Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
LOCAL BREvITIES.

De Soto Fair this week.
F.. Fall Fertilizers at Lopez's.
Never saw as much baled straw
in this country before. :
For Sah-Three fine milch cows.
Apply to F. M Davis, Ir%onton,
Mo.
Circus day crowd was the largest
that has been in Ironton for some
time.
Sixty-two children in the pri-
mary department of the Ironton
schools.
Next Wednesday is the forty
seventh anniversary of the battle
of Pilot Knob.
Have you yet seen the new
store of B. N. Brown? Do not
miss visiting it.
Messrs. Foard & Edgar ire at
work this week completing their
audit of the county.
If Potosi can consider a PROPOSE
ton for waterworks Ironton can
certainly do as much.
The granitoid walk is a thing of
beauty and Joy forever. Especial
ly after nightfall, it is great,
great!
The st. Louis Conference of the
M. E. Church, South, meets at
Kirkwood, Wednesday, Septem-
Der 9th.
Work has been temporarily
suspended on the dam in the Shut
In because Of a modification of
the plans.
Those of eur people who attend
ed the Fair at Pennington last
week report the occasion a most
successful one.
The evening train from st. Louis
is running regularly late these
days. Most annoying to the
travelling public.
The ice man says he's ready for
cooler weather. The harvest has
been so long and fierce this sea-
son that he wants a rest.
The Pennington News says that
quite a number of people from st.
Francois county will attend the
celebration at Pilot Knob on the
9th.
Mr., w. G.. Dilts has sold the old
Donaldson home to Mrs. Umpie
Bradley, widow of the late HI. M.
Bradley, Jr., who will make her
home there.
A seven passenger automobile,
we are told, will be brought to the
valley this week to carry pas
sengers to and from Ironton to the
Country Club.
Fred Kindell, ST., will build
quite an addition to his residence
in west Ironton this fall. He also
intends putting in a steam heating
plant in the structure.
Tt is proposed to lodge a num-
berof people at the Pilot Knob
celebration, September 26, n and
% in tents. Meals will be served
on the grounds for thirty cents.
The city dog tax is payable next
month. If the collector gets a dol
lar for every canine that roams the
streets the city's cash will be in
creased to a considerable extent.
ANGoRA GOATS WANTED-From
100 to 500 head for immediate de-
livery. Must be young and of
fair grade. Quote price. G. G.
Clement, 1865 Lawrence Avenue,
Chicago.
Rev. Father German, q mission
airy priest, is conducting a mis-
sion at the Catholic church in
Pilot Knob this week. Mass at
$3.50 A. M, and services at 1880 in
the evening.
Last Thursday was reported as
the coolest September 18th that
Washington, D. O., has expert
enced in fifty years. It was about
the hottest September 18th ever
known in this section.
Circuit Clerk Hawkins captured
several blue ribbons with his
young stallion at Pennington last
week. Naturally, he thinks the
Pennington Fair just tabout the
best in the whole country.
DR.. w. j. Smith wishes to in
form the public that he has leased
all the privileges at the fort for
the celebration to j. w. falkland,
Parties wishing to get stands will
apply to MI. falkland, Pilot Knob,
Mo.
1t is now stated that the Pilot
Knob Memorial Association pro-
poses to give the government the
twenty acres about the Pilot Knob
fort in the event the government
will make a National Park of the
place.
Mr.. Rosentreter lost one of the
best horses in his barn last Thurs
day. The animal had just been
brought in from a drive to Gran
iteville, fell over and died. The
excessive heat was probably the
cause.
Judge w. S. G. Walker has re-
fused to try the libel suits Of Thos.
D. Jones against Fuller Swift and
jim. Hays and the Bond Com
pany, taken from here to Stoddard
county on a change Of venue. An
other Judge will be called to try