Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04

Constable.
The grand jury adjourned last
Saturday afternoon. Twenty-four
indictments were returned, one
for disturbing religious worship
and the other twenty-three for
selling liquor without license. In
all, about twenty-five witnesses
before the grand jury.
MI. White, the engineer who is
to have charge of-the ice plant un-
der the new management arrived
in Arcadia Monday night and at
once began to get the machinery
in order for making.ice. He says
he will have the plant in operation
as soon as a a of coal arrives.
Miss Edna Oesterle was called to
Esther Tuesday to finish the term
of school there for the assistant
principal, Geo. Smith, who re-
signed to accept a position with
Graves & Stamp at Des Arc. Miss
Oesterle had been previously en-
ployed to teach in the Esther
schools next year.-Farmtngton
NeWs.
May Festival and Ball at Work.
mems Hall, Graniteville, Thurs
day night, May 18th, under the
auspices of the Graniteville Athle-
tic Club. Refreshments of all
kinds served by the ladies of the
Royal Neighbors of America.
Dancing will begin promptly at 8
O'Clock. Best of order and good
music. Admission, so cents.
Poplar Bluff is we'll represented
in Ironton this week. A delega-
ton of about twenty people, in
terested in various cases in our
court, arrived Tuesday morning.
In the party are x-Mayor Berry
man, D. L. Burnside, editor of the
Republican, Chief of Police Gard
ner, Chas. E. Langley, Attorneys
Hill, Arlington, Phillips and
Green.
w. O. Crawford foreman of the
underground work of the Puxico
IRON Company, was in the city
last Wednesday. He informed US
that the company is shipping 5 or
6 a loads of ore a week. The
mining is being done near the
north end of the big cut on the
railroad and he thinks they have
four or five years run. The ore
is shipped to st. Louis.-Bloomteld
WndicGtor.
Last Saturday was warm and
sultry like summer. 1t rained
more or less Sunday and Sunday
night. Monday and Tuesday were
cold and disagreeable, and there
we're quite heavy frosts both
nights. 1t is said, however, that
no great damage was done to the
fruit. Wednesday morning prom
ises warmer weather again. The
weather bureau, however, says
there will be, another cold spell
about the 9Th or 9th.
Mrs. Nose Edmonds who has
been i'll SO long with tuberculosis
and who went to Colorado for her
health died here last Friday. The
funerel services we're held at the
house, Rev. Geo, j. Evans ~officiat-
ing and the remains were taken to
Belleview for interment. She
leaves a husband and one son to
mourn her loss. Their many
friends here extend sympathy to
the husband and son.-Festus COR
respondence to De Soto Republican.
We understand that the work of
securing rights of way for the K
tension of the Houck railroad
from Coffman to Pennington is
making good progress-in fact
that they have been secured up to
within, a few miles of town. If
right-of-way can be secured
through the intervening lands
along the proposed route with
proper terminals at Pennington,
we have been assured that work
on the road would be begun at
Characterization Times.
Mr.. S. M. Phelan has sold his
beautiful summer home in the val
ley to Mr.. j.. H. Roblee, vice-pres-
ident Of the Brown Shoe Compa-
ny, st. Louis. Mr.. Phelan vacates
at once and Mr.. Roblee will ltake
possession next week. Mr.. Phelan
is a most excellent and affable
gentleman and we are sorry to
have him and his good family
leave US. He tells us, however,
that next season he hopes to have
a cottage in the valley and will be
one of our summer residents
again.
The county court Monday
named the Bank of Ironton as the
county depository for the ensuing
two years, that institution agree
ing to pay 8 IL per cent. per an
mum on daily balances. There
was no other bid submitted to the
court. An order was made re-
quiring the Bank of Ironton here
after to file monthly statements
with the County Clerk/and Treas
urer showing daily balances and
interest due and paid thereon.
This is the law and has been for a
number Of years, but has not been
complied with.
The Ladies' Social Club met
Tuesday, April 25th, 1911, with
Mrs. J. FL. York as hostess. The
club was called to order by the