Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-09

teresting gentlemen and much we
enjoyed his visit to the REGISTER
office. He is looking we'll, and he
tells US he is feeling fine.
Bismarck Gazette: civilian
Ruddock was born in st. Clair
County, Illinois, September IL,
1918, and was " years, 5 months
and Ia days old at the time of his
death-February 26, 1911. He was
married to Miss Emmer Cole jan
uary T., 1854, and to this union four
children were born. His wife and
two of the children preceded him
in death. Two sons, two sisters
and two brothers, with a host of
other relatives, are left to mourn
their loss. Mr.. Ruddock died at
the home of his son in this city,
after a brief illness. He was liked
and respected by a host of friends.
The funeral was preached at Cedar
Grove Church, four miles beyond
Belleview, after which the remains
were laid to rest. beside his wife
and children in the Cedar Grove
cemetery, there to await the calling
forth by the God of all Grace"
On Tuesday evening James Nc
Crory and Homer Cunningham,
while out hunting, discovered a
small box partially buried near the
old Derby shaft. On removing
the cover the skeleton of a baby
was revealed. The box was about
eight inches wide and fourteen
inches long and had been made
from a powder box similar to those
used in the mines. On the cover
were the words, ''high explosives"
The boys brought the box to town
and left it at j. D. Vance's Office.
Coroner English was notified and
he came to Elvins Thursday and
made a careful examination of the
tiny skeleton. He stated that in
his opinion the remains were those
of a child of premature birth. He
also concluded nothing could be.
gained by holding an inquest and
issued an order for the burial of
the remains. The coffin had evil
IDENTIFY been lined with a newspa-
per as portions of the IRON CONN
TY REGISTER, dated July, 1909, was
found wrapped about the skeleton.
-EtOins Herald.
Tuesdays Globe Democrat: GA
special train will carry more than
100 members of the Arcadia Coun-
try Club to Ironton, Mo-, Satur-
day, and vehicles will take them
to the club reservation, SO they
may formally select their bunga-
low sites. This was decided yes
terday morning, when the Board
| of Governors of the club met with
the officials of the Iron. Mountain
Railroad and arranged for the
train. John HI. Curran is presi-
dent of the club. The train is
scheduled to leave Union Station
at 9 o'clock and to reach st. Louis
again at s o'clock the same night.
Three Pullmans and two diners
will make up the train. Luncheon
and dinner will be served all MEM
bers on the way. A reception
committee of the Arcadia Valley
Business League, headed by the
Arcadia Boys Band, will meet the
party at Ironton, and after an in
formal reception the party will be
taken two miles to the club
grounds. The party will leave
Ironton at 5 o'clock. The club is
arranging with the railroad COM
pany to run a special train each
Saturday during the season, re-
turning Monday morning"
The following appeared in last
Wednesdays st. Louis papers,
telegraphed from jefferson City
under date of February 2Sth:
Representative j. HI. Martin, of
Iron County, introduced in the
House this afternoon a bill author
izing the State Game and Fish
Commissioner to accept, in the
name of the State, 5000 acres in
Iron or st. Francois counties, with
in a radins of ten miles of Area
dia. The land will be donated if
the bill passes. 1t provides that
the land when accepted shall be
known as Arcadia State Park and
shall be used as a game preserve
for the purpose of preserving, in
~creasing and improving the game
and fish of the state, and shall be
open to the people of the State as
a place of recreation. The Com
missioner is empowered to charge
non-residents and residents a fee
for the privilege of entering the
park, the fees to go into the State
game and fish fund, but to be de-
voted to the improvement of the
park. The bill directs the Com
missioner to improve the park'by
building roads, necessary building
and other improvements, the ex-
pense to be borne by the State out
of the surplus of the game and fish
fund. The proposed park is 10.
Gated about 80 miles south of st
Louis in the Arcadia Valley, a ia.
vorite summer resort of st. Louis.
ians, many of whom have homes