Iron County register., 1911-04-20


which finally disposes of the mat
ter: "The syndicate had made all
arrangement even to the final
financing, for supplying st. Louis
with natural gas. The supply was
proven to be adequate, engineers
had reported estimates on the cost
of building a pipe line and an un-
derstanding had been reached
with the Laclede Gas Light Com
pany. Then one engineer stated
that double line would have to
be constructed, and this, ,.consider-
ing the revenue in prospect, would
increase the capital investment to
an excessive amount. The pro-
ject was abandoned, and now Mr..
Dennig has submitted plan for
developing the oil in the fields"
The severest storm of wind and
rain this Valley has experienced
for years came down upon US last
Thursday evening about six
O'Clock. 1t was accompanied with
heavy thunder and vivid lightning.
There was some hail, too, but the
downfall was not so great as we
have, seen on several preceding
occasions. For half an hour be-
fore the storm came portentous
black bank of cloud hung in the
northwest, but it caused no uneas-
mess, for it's like had often been
seen, with nothing but copious
shower and sharp breeze follow
ing. But last Thursday evening
the onslaught Of the elements
was terrifying. The trees swayed
to and fro ard the bare-leaved
branches were tossed hither and
thither in furious play. And the
rain! 1t was not rain, but a
downpour. In few minutes the
mountain sides were coursed with
rushing waters,t hence overhowing
conduits, bitches and streets, and
rapidly swelling the streams o1
the Valley. Happily, the rain
storm lasted only half an hour oil
SO, and no very serious results
came from it. The streets ano
sidewalks were damaged, o,
course, and fine shade tree on
the Episcopal church lot was up
rooted; but aside from these there
were ne notable ill effects. In the
southern part of the county thu
storm was of cyclonic nature anc
great loss of property was ex'
perienced. The REGISTERS cor
respondents give accounts of it
Reynolds county suffered severely
in casualty and property. II
print elsewhere is a full accoun
Of the calamity, taken from thu
Reynolds Outlook.
From the st. Louis Republic
April 18th: "While the Arcadi'
Country Club will have at it
feet Lake Killarney, duplicate o.
the Irish original, twill not have
its Blarney Castle. The right tt
erect Blarney Castle on the crag
of a mountain overshadowing the
Arcadia Valley has been peace
fully usurped, with epistolary
weapons, by Archbishop j. J
| Glennon, owner of HennessJ
| Mountain. When His Grace un
derstood the club had christene
the lake now in the making Xii
Ilarney, he watched for further in
| novations of things initiative G
the beauties of his native isle
Then came the announcement tn
clubs lodge was to be called Blar
ney Castle. That was too mucl
| for the Archbishop. In his mind
| eye he had for a season seen tn
ideal American Blarney Castle de
flying the thunders of time wit
arms of hospitality extended
Iprettily ensconced on HennessJ
Mountain, close to Ironton. Thel
the promoter of the club, John HI
Curran, received this letter from
Archbishop Glennon: 4 thin
Iyou have got an admirable It'll
for the grounds, namely, Killar
ney; but want to tell you that
would enjoin you if you want ais
to incorporate into the club o
the Blarney Castle. | happen t
Eown,the top of the hill up nea
Hronton. The ascent thereto j
steep, the way is rocky and it
height sublime. | am goingto ca
that hill Blarney Castle, and il
doing SO I am justified, becaus
the original Blarney Castle of tn
County Cork is quite distant fror
the lakes, which are in the Count
Kerry, ,and | think while your pee
pie take "Killarney" you ought t
let us have the County Cork an
Blarney Castle. Of course, if "
create monument upon our hill
! we will be perfectly willing to giN
a Cork lunch to the pilgrims VII
make a visit to our Blarne
CASTLE The, question was take
up by Mr.. Curran and the righ
of domain were discussed by tn
Board Of Directors of the Arcadi
Country Club. 1t was unanimous
ly conceded the rights of the Arcl
bishop must be respected. Som
day tourists will climb amid tt
hundreds of boulders to the heigl
of Hennessy Mountain to enjo
the hospitality of the metro
politan."
One Of the most destructive cy
|. clones that ever passed throue
: this section Of the state, visited tn
; county this (Thursday) afternoo
about 2:30 o'clock, doing untol
damage and injuring many peopl
seriously and some probably fata
: ly. The storm came from sligh