Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

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men from all over the State.
Among those expected to attend
are Champ Clark, Judge D. P.
Dyer, Rev. w. J.. Williamson,
James H. Campbell, @. A. Peter
son and Col. David Murphy. The
Arcadia Valley Boys Band will
furnish music for the occasion.
James Campbell has charge of the
arrangements in st. Louis, while
the G.. A. R. Post of Pilot Knob
will have charge of the arrange
ments at that end" The railroads
have granted a rate of a fare and
a third for this meeting.
Our readers will recall the shoot
ing of Paul Deguire in Frederick
town by Walter Day in July last.
Day, who was supposed to be out
of town, found Deguire late at
night in the Day home with Mrs.
Day and the shooting followed. 1t
wss thought at the time that De-
vuire had been fatally injured, but
he is now getting well. AS a se-
gel to the near-tragedy the follow
ing remarkable document was
published in the last issue of the
Fredericktown Democrat News:
NOTICE.
FREDERIcKTowN, Mo-, Sept. l, 1911.
We are authorized by Mr.. Walter Day to
state for him, and we state for ourselves,
that since the unfortunate accident on the
evening of July IS, l9II, which resulted in
injury Of Mr.. Paul Deguire, a careful inves-
tigation has convinced US that no criminal
relations ever took place between Mr.. De-
guire and Mrs. Day, wife of Mr.. Day.
We have further ascertained that the
shooting on that day and the wounding of
Mr.. Paul Deguire was purely accidental and
unintentional.
ANTHONY & DAVIS,
Attorneys for Walter Day.
A new poll tax law passed by
the legislature last winter goesin-
to effect after this years taxes.
Under it all poll tax will be pay
able in cash and the work on the
roads will hereafter be paid for in
cash and let out by contracts.
Under the new law the road over
seer will make out during February
ana deliver to the county clerk by
March 1st, q list of all the able
bodied men of the district in
which he resides, between the ages
OF 81 and SO years; also a list Of
all other citizens over the age of
II years These lists will be GER
titled back to the road overseers
who will proceed to collect in
cash the sum of mot less than So
from each of the first list liable
bodied men between the ages of
Fl and so years. and so cents
from those on the second list,
which we understand to mean
those under so years who are not
able bodied, and those over that
age. In case the poll tax is not
paid by July it will be placed in
the hands of the constable of the
township, who will proceed to
bring suit for collection,
From almost every county of
Missouri there have come to the
Agricultural College during the
past three months appeals to check
the ravages of hog cholera. At
the present time Franklin, Cald-
well and Ray counties are centers
of Infection and every effort is
being put forth to prevent the
further spread of the disease in
these sections. The Veterinary de-
partment has been taxed to it's ut
most capacity to supply serum as
fast as the calls have come, but
with it's present equipment this
has not been possible. Over 81, 900
doses were sent out from the So
rum laboratory at Columbia dur
ing the first eight months of 1911.
Fifteen thousand hogs were in
oculated for the prevention of
cholera during the month of Au-
gust alone. -Four men are now in
the field where the disease is most
deadly, applying the serum treat
ment and advising other pre-
ventive measures. Last winter
the Legislature of Missouri appro-
priated S25, 900 to aid the work of
the Veterinary department. in
fighting hog cholera. To say that
double this sum is being saved to
the farmers of Missouri every
month of the year as a result of
this original investment of S25, 00C
is an entirely conservative state.
ment.
Miss Ray Lindsay, the pretty
and accomplished daughter of At
torney and Mrs. J. F. Lindsay, ar
rived home Saturday from Berlin,
where she took a summer con.
servatory course in voice culture
and piano technique. Miss Lind
say shows improvement, due tc
her contact with the European
masters. She left for Elmwood
Seminary Wednesday, to attend
school the ensuing year. Miss
Lindsay's itinery homeward from
Berlin was remarkably interesting
and varied. She left Berlin Au-
gust 9Th, going to Dresden, from
Dresden to Weimar, from Weimal
to Isonach and to Metz, near the
north slope of the Alps, and then
went by steamer down the famous
river Rhine to Cologne. In this
trip down the Rhine she passed
many old castles, some of them
dating as far back as the third
century before Christ. She viewed
one city in her passage down the
Rhine which has been sung tc
fame in verse: "Bingin, calm
Bingin on the Rhine" from
whence went 'the soldier Of the
legion, who lay dying in Algiers,''
otn GoINnna ic nna of tho 70.