Iron County register., 1911-06-01
Arcadia News.

Kew. A. M. Seville, a student at
Marvin College, Fredericktown,
was a visitor in the valley Sun
day and preached at Fort Hill
church.
There was considerable racket
in town last Saturday evening,
said to have been caused by an
overdose of beer. The beer busi-
ness in Arcadia is rapidly produc-
ing fruit.
The Children's Day exercises at
Fort Hill church on the 21st were
much enjoyed by a good audience
of interested friends of the little
folks. The program was we'll ar
ranged and carried out. There
was not the least hesitation any,
where and all the children did
themselves proud, and reflected
credit on those who trained them
for the occasion. The collection
amounted to $7.87.
Work was begun last Monday
morning on the foundation of the
tabernacle on the Methodist En-
campment grounds. 1t is to be a
steel structure. in octagonal form
Sc feet in diameter, with tile roof
and storage annex and platform
18x29 feet. When completed and
seated, it will cost about So, 800.
Mr.. Chas. Tual will build the tab
ernacle. This means that the
work will be we'll done and done
on time. Now, let lot owners
come on with their bungalows.
Mr.. Howard A. Butler, of ST..
Louis, who has charge of the sale
of lots on the Methodist Encamp-
ment grounds, was in Arcadia
last Saturday afternoon with par
ties from st. Louis, who are in
tending to buy lots, and we un-
derstand he sold three and select
ed another lot for man who was
not here.
The continued dry weather has
about ruined gardens where the
soil is not deep and rich. The
earlier vegetables are non est. The
festive potato bug has greatly
aided the drouth in the destruc-
ton of the early potato crop. Our
oat crop is a dead failure, likewise
our crop of English prince feathers
and castor beans.
The water in Stout's creek is
running so low now that the boys
don't use any hook and line any
more. They just haul off and go
in graveling, and they get the
fish, too. The water at Redrock
is several feet deep and very clear
and at any time of the day, nice
fish may be seen gamboling about
just by way of tempting the boys.
The ice plant is early and late
and long and shrill, and regular
in it's whistles, but it turns out the
| ice Just the same and that is what
makes us glad these long ho
days. Mr.. White seems to un-
derstand his business and strictly
to attend to it. We have knowI
men to prosper who did as Mr.
White is doing.
| Mrs. Hatten's sister-in-law O
Piedmont was visiting in the val.
ley last Sunday.
| Mrs. Duncan came down fror
st. Louis last week and is now a
home in her beautiful valley resi-
dence. She is the owner of on
of the most central and beautifu
homes in the Arcadia Valley.
| Mr.. Jacobs has made quite al
improvement in the appearance 0
his place by building a new fenc
around the west end of it and cut
ting away the unsightly old hedg
fence that ran straight across TIN
lot. There is no more beautiful
building site anywhere than tn
west end of Mr.. Jacobs portion o
Fort Hill. The natural scener,
around that elevation is not sur
passed in this or any other place
That view is just simply superb.
| The commencement exercises o
Marvin College at Fredericktowl
will begin on Friday afternoo
and continue until Wednesda,
noon of next week. There are fou
full course graduates in the clas
this year besides quite a numbe
in the schools of music and book
keeping. DR.. Ivan Holt, of Uni
versity City, st. Louis, will preac
the Baccalaureate sermon mex
Sunday. Several persons from
the valley will attend the com
mencement exercises.
Il The Pennington District Ep
worth League and Sunnay Schoc
| Conference of the M. E. Church
South, will convene at Elvins
June 10th to 21st. The delegate
from Fort Hill are: For the Senio
League, Mildred Huff, Mary Ed
gar, Myrtle Blanton and Ethe
Shelton; for the Junior League
Ward Farrar, Eugene Whitworth
Anna Farrar and Millie Schultz
for the Sunday School, MisseI
Maude Langdon and Pearl Mat
kins and Mrs. Coker with Len
Shelton and Madams A. M
Allen and L. F. Aspley as Alter
mates.
/ Mr.. Ed. Beard and family re
turned home Monday from a tw
weeks visit to friends in variou
parts of the southeast. Whil,
away Mrs. Beard attended the An
nual Conference of the Woman
Missionary Society, which met a
Kennett, May 17tht to 2tst.
/ Mrs. Jones, who lives four door
north Of the post Office, on Mai
street, is the champion choke
raiser of our town. She has tw
hundred and twenty-five rangin
from fryers down to just past pip