Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-03

Kennett F. Curry has proved a
model mail man at "Epworth
Among the Hills" during the en-
campment.
We have an interesting letter
from w. G. Craine, an old Pilot
Knob boy. Bill is now located at
Stuttgart, Arkansas, as agent for
the Cotton Belt railroad. Stuttgart
is in the center of the Arkansas
rice fields and a thriving town.
We are glad to hear that he is,get-
ting along very well. He and Mrs.
Craine r just home from an ex-
tended trip to Salt Lake City.
Died-Saturday, July 30, 1911,
at his residence in Pilot Knob,
Mo-, Peter Gerstenmeyer, aged
about "a years. Deceased had
been a citizen of Iron county
for more than fifty years. He was
an honest man, with a heart void
of envy or malice-esteemed and
liked by his neighbors. His pass
ing was peaceful and without suf-
fering, Jas became his character.
In the fullness of years, he simply
lay him down to rest. Honor to
his memory!
Returns so far received indicate
that there was about one-sixth of
the vote polled in the special cleo
ton held in Iron county yesterday
to vote on the state capitol propo-
sition. At Ironton precinct but IS
votes were cast-61 for and IA
against; Annapolis, 1 for, II
against; Des Arc,20 for, / against.
Returns from ten of the thirteen
precincts in the county show a
minority Of about eighty for the
proposition out of a total vote of
240' The proposition seems to
have carried in the state.
The annual meeting of Baptists
at Arcadia will open on August I'd
and during that season there will
be many Poplar Bluffans in at
tendance, there now being ar
rangements made for many folks
to go to the Arcadia Valley. The
B. Y. P. U. adopted the Arcadia
Valley as the resort spot in Mis-
souri, some years ago and the pop
ularity of the place has constantly
grown. Wonderfully fine i'm
provements have recently been
made. at the assembly grounds.
Some of the new features are the
big concrete swimming pool and
the assembly grounds restaurant.
Poplar Bluff Republican.
The Reformed Church of b.
hemia, in Austria Hungary, wishes
to celebrate in 1915, the five hun
dredth anniversary Of the death of
John Hus, by erecting a memorial
building. A conference has been
called to meet at Prague, the CAPT.
tai of Bohemia, September 7th
and 8th, in reference to the needs
of this church. Rev. G. E. Ed
wards of the Presbyterian church
belongs to an international COM
mittee for this object, and will sail
for Europe from New York on the
"Amerika," for Hamburg, August
18th, returning from Liverpool in
the "Mauretania," September 23d.
His appointments in Hillsboro
and Ironton will be supplied dur
ing September.
During the past two weeks two
new postmasters have been APP
pointed in st. Francois county.
Geo. Kells was appointed for the
Elvins Office and Bert Sumpter for
the lockwood Office. Mr.. Kells,
who succeeds Carr Hartshorn, who
recently resigned to assume the
cashiership of the Bank of E~lvins,
was appointed on the 18th and the
appointment was confirmed by
the Senate on the 18th. Mr.. Kells
has been in charge of the Office
since Mr.. Hartshorn resigned,
hence, lis already familiar with the
work and should render the same
efficient service which the patrons
have been accustomed to under
Mr.. Hartshorn's Administrations
Pennington News.
Last week we told about the dis
covery of gold, copper and silver
at Roselle, in Madison county.
Now the only part of the story we
want to take back is the part say
ing that the gold showed by assay
to appear at the rate of AZ cents to
the ton. Now a fellow can get
more than AZ cents worth of chick
en- gravel out of the average ton of
Missouri soil, SO AZ cents worth of
gold would be no inducements
for publishing the fact, especially
in the News. The fact is, it was AZ
dollars worth of gold to the ton
which the assay of the Roselle
rock showed. The reason we offer
this explanation is because our
readers have learned that the Neaos
always endeavors to report things
right, and when an item of news is
wrongly reported we are always
willing to correct it.-Farmington
Nevs.
The attendance at the meeting OF
the Valley Business Mems League
last Thursday evening was not SO
full as had been desired and ex-
pected. Those who were there,
however, were entertained by an
interesting and instructive talk
he declined delivering a formal
address--by MI. HI. M. Blossom, a
leading business man of st. Louis.
He is a devout believer in the flu
ture of the Arcadia Valley, and in
consequence has acquired vested