Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-08-25

evening. Mr.. Reed is one of the
greatest orators in the nation anc
his talk was most interesting.
G.. L. Smith, former school com.
missioner, was here Thursday
George will teach the ensuing yeal
at Esther in st. Francois county,
He will reside in Pennington and
make the trip to and from his
school daily on the electric road.
Our old friend, James P. Barger.
Wednesday morning brought tc
this Office half a dozen of the
largest and finest tomatoes we evel
saw. They are OF the "Bona Rosa
variety and are certainly NAM
moth productions. Mr.. Barger
has Jul thanks.
MI. James Grover was here from
st. Louis Saturday and Sunday
Jim came down to view old stamp.
ing grounds and, incidentally, tc
ascertain the feeling in the United
States Senatorial ace. He now
has employment with the Missis.
sippi Valley Trust Company.e
A estate Wide Prohibition Raj.
ly" will be held on the courthouse
lawn, Ironton, the Sd of September
afternoon and evening, under the
auspices of the local w. G. 7. U
Everybody is urged to attend
The voters OF Iron county are es.
pecially requested to be present
Next weeks paper will give a more
definite announcement.
MI. Pat O'Brien of Los Angeles
California, arrived in the valley
Sunday on a visit to old friends
Mr.. O'Brien has been absent five
years and finds a good many
changes. He reports his family
all well and much pleased with
the Golden State. His son, Joe, is
a lieutenant in the U. S. army, il
the Philippines.
The festival at Graniteville las
Wednesday evening was one 0.
the most successful affairs evel
conducted in Workmen's Hall
A very large crowd attended and
enjoyed the dance from s P. NJ, to
4 A. NJ. The supper at Browns
Hotel was all that could be desir-
ed. The good ladies of Pilot Knob
and Graniteville have cause fol
self-congratulation.
The mines at Pilot Knob will
probably be working in the neal
future. An account of the sale o:
the property is reproduced else
where in this paper from last Sat
urday's Republic. The purchaser
recently had an agent here ant
after inspecting the Pilot Knot
hill thoroughly and fully he said
the ore was unquestionably there
in paying quantities, and money
could be made in mining.
A letter from our young friend
Mr.. E. H. Amelung,s superintendent
of the Prudential Insurance Com.
pany at New Albany, Indiana, ap
prises us that he and Mrs. Anne
lung are now on q trip to the Pa
cihc coast. From San francisco
they will go to Goldfeld, where
Mr.. Amelung goes to inspect a
gold mine in which he is interested
They expect to arrive at PHO
Knob for a few days with home
folk about September list.
We congratulate County Super
intendent Burnham on having Sc
cured the services of the Hon.
Walter Williams, Dean of the
School of Journalism at the State
University, to make an address
during the teachers association
next week. Mr.. Williams is ont
of the most gifted takers in thu
country has a national reputation,
and should be greeted with q
crowded house when he appears a
the Academy of Music Friday
evening Of next week.
The Business Mems League, al
the suggestion of the Iron Noun
tain railroad, has undertaken tc
get up a creditable exhibit from
Iron county for the land congress
to be held at Moberly, Septembe
9th and 7th, and desires the coop
Grafton of all. If you have a fine
specimen of grain or fruit, select
the bestin your neighborhood ,ane
take if to the Office of VIM. Trau-
ernicht, Academy of Music build
ing. After the Moberly fair, thu
display will be taken to Chicago
and exhibited, November 18th tx
December 4th.
A number of COWS in the valley
have died from Texas fever sine,
our last report. Pursuant to in
s~tructions from the state veterna'
rian all cattle have been taker
from the range and every effort |
being made to prevent furthe
spreading of the disease. 1t i
feared however, that most of tn
stock in the valley is infected
The Missouri law makes the rail
road company liable for damage
where the disease has beer
brought to a community by trans
porting stock, and there will likely
be some suits filed against tn,
company in the near future.
We heartily concur in the fol
lowing from the last issue of the
Pennington Times: "The city
council will be asked to pass
chicken ordinance for the protec
tion. of people from the depreda
ton of their n~eighbors' chickens
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