Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-01-26

Seed Corn" George Stark;
"Horses," R. E.. Rudy; "Poultry
on a Large Scale," G. A.. olde
A discussion by all the members
was held after each talk, and
proved interesting and of benefit
to the members. Prof. F. H.
Demaree, of the Missouri Agri-
cultural College, who will visit
Mr.. Stark's farm early in Febru-
airy, to decide on plans to continue
the corn breeding work next year
was invited to meet and address
the members of the society dur
ing his stay in Ironton.
A recent issue OF the st. Louis
Post Dispatch gave a write-up of
Kaskaskia anq other early settle
ments in Illinois. Mr.. g. w Dur
fee, of Arcadias tslls US that Just
about eighty years ago his father
entered 240 acres of land in that
section paying therfor a ''bit"-
IL 1-2 cents-an acre. This same
land now sells from $3.50 to $500 an
acre. The fine corn that Mr.. Dur
fee brought from Illinois, which
VIC mentioned last week, was grown
on the farm of his brother-in-law,
Jas. Cody, Burksville, Monroe
couaty.
Anyone who enjoys a irst-class
play presented in a irst-class
manner should not fail to % W..
F. Mann's production of Mary j.
Holmes popular novel, "Tempest
and Sunshine" dramatized by
Lem B. Parker, to be seen at the
Academy of Music, on Friday
evening, January 9th. The seen.
cry is beautiful, everything used
in the representation being car
ried by the company. The costum-
ing is quaint and pretty, made in
the fashion of 1850, which is the
period of the play. The story is
both strong and interesting, deal
ing principally with the southern
aristocracy, and is relieved with
much comedy. Southern melodies
are introduced throughout the
play.
A persistent rumor is in circula
ton that the Missouri Pacifc-Iron
Mountain machinists are not sat-
isged with the results of the recent
settlement of the long-continued
strike, the men claiming that the
companyis not living up to its part
of the agreement, in that union
men are not being reinstated at the
several shops Of the company. A
telegram from Sedalia says there
is a strong probability that the
men will again go out. In Poplar
Bluff there is talk to the same eff
feet. The Citizen-D Democrat was told
that unless the company made
good it's agreement there would
be another walkout early in Feb
ruary.-PopIar Bluff Citizen Demo-
ocrat.
The following is reproduced
from a recent issue of the Butte,
(Montana), Miner: "Mrs. Emma
Woodward, who died Thursday
night, was we'll known in this city.
having lived here for 16 years.
Her home was at 1915 Talbot ave.
nue., and she was a member of st.
Paul's Methodist church. She is
survived by three sons, Harold,
Joseph and Willard, her mother,
Mrs. E. Tangye, a brother, Geo.
w. Tangye, all of Butte, another
brother, w. H. Tangye, of Mexi-
co, and three sisters, Mrs, Earnest
Dean and Lila Tangye of Iron
wood, Michigan, and Mrs. Robert
Wilson of Mexico City. The body
will be removed to the home of
Mrs. Bishop,25 South Grant street,
from where the funeral will be
held" The deceased will be re-
membered by the older residents
of Ironton as Emma Tangye, liv-
ing here with her parents twenty
years or more ago. Many friends
of long ago will hear of the death
of Mrs. Woodward with sorrow.
Otto Rieke is now stationed with
the U. s.. army at Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands. In a late let
ter to his brother Herman, of this
city, he says: 81 received your
letter the other day; had a letter
from Tillie which, as yet, | have
not answered. Iwould have writ
ten sooner but have been busy
playing in Honolulu, which, by
the way, is one of the most beau
tiful cities | have ever seen. No
place on earth has a more pleasant
climate and there is not a shrub OF
tree that won't grow here. In fact,
it is one big wilderness of flowers.
This post is a prairie about three
miles wide and four miles long,
surrounded for miles and miles
with sugar and pineapple planta-
tions. Everything grows the year
round. On two sides of the post
are cattle ranches. These cattle
need not be fed, as the grass is
green all the time. Surround lg
the post and these plantations is a
range of mountains on which the
clouds hover all day. These
mountains are impossible to climb
as this whole island is a volcano
and everywhere are the lava beds
from the volcano, and you can see
the molten earth in sheets as il
gradually cools off. In the dis
lance you can see the volcano
called "Punch Bowl" now extinct.
In the crater of this is an artilley
post. Lieut.. George Turner is in
command of the 159th Company.
Col. George X. Hunter was in
command of the 9th Cavalry, but
left for Washington a few days
a u0 This ia n vary hna hand