Iron County register., 1911-03-30

whole discussion seems to involve.
The Journal is not in a position to
pass an opinion on the real merits
of the charges, there may be
shortages galore there, but so far
as Joe Reyburn is concerned, we
will hesitate little before we be-
lieve he has been guilty of steal
ing from the county. We have
had a sort of acquaintance with
Joe for SO many years it makes US
feel old to think about them, but
in all that tine we never heard
anything to his discredit until he
got mixed up in Iron county poll
tics within the last few years. s.-Po-
tosi Journal.
Writes F. B. Matthews of Roselle
to the Frederioktown Democrat
Nesus: "Men are now cutting the
timber on the creek in what is to
be the lake bed, which will cover
about three hundred acres of land,
nearly one.half is now cut and all
brush burned. This lake will be
nearly two miles in length and
will be one-fourth to one-half
mile wide. Nature has made every
thing necessary to form this lake
along Stout's Creek, except the
dam, and the place where the dam
is to be built is all that could be
desired. The creek passes through
deep narrow place between two
hills; the dam, which is to be 48
feet high, will be somewhere near
one hundred feet at the base, and
four hundred feet at the top. This
will make the lake from few feet
to somewhere near 40 feet deep.
One has only to look over the
ground and can easily see how a
great body of water can be formed
there. The club house, as laid off,
is 225 feet north and south facing
the lake and 80 feet east and west,
with an 81" extending west about
I96 feet square. The building is to
be two stories high and contain
four hundred rooms. This build
ing is on high hill, and will give
a fine view of the lake from one
end to the ether. A committee
representing the Missouri Editors
visited this place the other day,
and selected a location for club
house for Missouri Editors. They
are to have six acres of land, and
said they were going to build a
club house costing about $4,000
The Arcadia Country Club has
three thousand acres of land which
they propose to enclose for a game
preserve and park, which they
offer as a gift to the state. The
people up about Arcadia and
Ironton seemed to think this grea
undertaking was a joke, but as the
club has about twenty five men al
work, and want more, they now
think it means something; wages
are $3.50 per day for cleaning ano
burning brush. The club seems tc
keep their business to themselves
but one thing is certain, and that
is, that they are spending money
now and all this work will require
big outlay of money. We are
soon to have telephone line from
Ironton to Mr.. Jesse Inman's or
the east bank of the big st. Fran
els River. The posts are all W
and the wire stretched down from
Ironton through the Shut-In. By
the middle of the week the wir'
will be up. 1t is the intention O
the parties doing this work to ex
tend the line to Fredericktown il
the near future. Mr.. AL. Hill i
putting up the line, which he pro
poses to turn over to a joint stool
company of farmers, as soon a
enough boxes are taken to pay
him for the outlay; $500 pays TO
one phone and one interest in thu
line. We hope that it will soon bt
so that we can talk to you people
at the dear old home town."