Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-28

| see the Knights of Columbus
entertained the President at st.
Louis Monday.
The road between Pilot Knob
and Middlebrook has long been
a terror to the traveller in buggy,
surrey, carriage, hack or automo-
bile. But its distinctive feature is
being eliminated. The road build
ers are at work on it, in earnest,
and boulders, gullies and bumps
are disappearing. Six or seven
culverts will carry off the waters in
flood time. 1t will be we'll ditched
and rounded, with a width, at its
narrowest, of sixteen feet. The
fancy curvatures have been taken
out of it, and it will be a straight
thoroughfare-a credit to the
county.
Ironton ought to be made a
regular "stop" for No. 4. 1t now
stops here "for st. Louis passen-
gers only" yet in the past six
months in hardly a single instance
has it failed 10 take on such pas
sengers. Parties from Piedmont,
Poplar Bluff, and south, bound for
Ironton, have ninety mine chances
to one in their favor; still the ele-
ment of uncertainty is there to
worry them. This ought not to
be-more especially since the law
requires the railway to stop all
passenger trains at county seats
in this State "on request" It is
said a new time card for the Iron
Mountain will 60 into effect on the
1st prox., and the roads WE'LL
wishers hope that the management
may make this town at least a
.'signal" station.
The Business Mems League will
have a smoker and luncheon at
the Academy of Music next Thurs
day evening, October 9th, 1911, at
1880 o'clock. Through the kind
1855 Of Messrs. DeWeese and
Grandhomme an excellent pro-
gramme of moving pictures will
be provided. One hundred tickets
have been set aside for the mem
bers of the League. Tickets may
be had from Messrs. Trauernicht,
York, or DR.. R. w. Gay. Some
good speakers will be in attend
ance to talk to the members on
topics of interest to all. There
will be only one show from 1880
to $3.50, after which an hour will
be given to business that may
come up, and short talks by those
present. In the meantime Messrs.
Codding and Madlinger will have
prepared some things worth while
for the inner man, and the meet
ing will be adjourned to the re-
freshment room. Don't forget the
date, and come early. If you are
not a member this is a good time
to join. M. M. YORK, Sec'y.
An immense cave inclosing an
underground lake of unknown di-
mansions has been discovered on
the grounds of the Arcadia Coun-
try Club, at Arcadia, Mo. The
lake, many feet in depth, contains
pure spring water, and is regarded
as a valuable find. The lake is
said to form the bottom of an old
Spanish mine, cut into the side of
a mountain. The discovery was
made a few days ago by Howard
Smith, an engineer, who is con-
struoting a dam across Stout
Creek, that a surface lake of wide
area for fishing and boating may
be formed. While prospecting
among the hills Smith came across
a depression resembling an in
verified cone, which, according to
traditions, indicated the entrance
of a mine dug by the S~paniards
when they were in control of
Louisiana Territory. After max
ing soundings he found the bottom
of the pit gave forth a hollow
sound. With the use of sledges a
6-inch crust of stone that formed
the bottom was broken through,
revealing the underground cave
and lake.-GLobe- Democrat.