Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-22

murder in the first degree at Farm
ington last week and given a sem
tence of ninety-nine years in the
penitentiary.
Cut down the weeds and keep
the grass bordering the sidewalks
in good trim, fellow-townsmenl
If each property owner will do
this he will be amply repaid in
self satisfaction for the light ex-
penditure of muscle necessary
thereto.
County Clerk Reyburn last Sat-
urday received a postal card from
E. w. Graves, of Des Arc, now in
Ireland. The card was mailed in
Dublin. August It'll, and reached
Ironton in just ten days. Mr.. and
Mrs. Graves will be home early in
September.
(, One night last week some fellow
from st. Louis spent the night in
his automobile on the road be-
tween Iron Mountain and Middle-
brook. Next morning he tele-
phoned to Ironton for Fred Della
no, who soon got the car to run
ming, and the traveller came joyful
ly on his way.
Mr.. H. G. Colwell, Secretary of
the Baptist Assembly, is certainly
the right man in the right place.
He has every detail of The Assem-
bly, work we'll in hand and Moth
ing escapes him. His efficiency
can probably be accounted for to
some extent by reason of the lact
that he was formerly a printer.
G.. w. Signer, son of John Sig
ner, a we'll known farmer on Mar
BILE Creek, completed a summer
course in the Normal at Cape Gil
rardeau last week. MI. SigneI
has been chosen principal of the
High School at Oak Ridge, Cape
county, for the coming year. We
congratulate the young man and
wish him every success.
A gentlemen by the name OF
Bordell from Wisconsin arrived
here last Friday, bringing with
him a car of stock and other be-
longings. He is one of the MUIR
dock Crumb contract holders and
seems to be we'll pleased with his
land. His tract is about six miles
southeast of here and he will pro-
baby engage in poultry and sheep
raising.
The Press stated two weeks ago
that S. j. Bunker had resigned his
position as president of the BIC,
Lumber Company and would be
/ president of the new railroad from
Bismarck to Bunker. We were in
error as to the latter part of the
statement. Mr.. Evans will be
president and Mr.. Bunker will de-
vote his time to promoting the en-.
terprise.-Ellington Press.
Chas. Giese of Poplar Bluff was
a caller at this Office Monday
Mr.. Giese's family had spent the
past two weeks on the Heights
and he had been there since Wed
nesday of last week. He inform
ed US that, in all, about sixty
people from Poplar Bluff hae
been on the hill during the AS
sembly. They all enjoyed thu
outing immensely and promise
larger crowd next year.
To Mr.. Robinson, the eficien
gardener at aValley Home" w
are indebted for some vey fine
large green peppers and a mon
ster head of cabbage. The pep
pers were excellent and the cab
bage weighed IT IL pounds. Mrs
Robinson, who brought the vege'
tables to this office, says that il
quite a big patch of cabbage Their
are very few heads that will no
weigh as much as eight pounds
Can you beat it2
We are in receipt of very pleas
ing letter from MI. A. G. Jaquith
an old Pilot Knob boy. He is nov
located at Dubuque, Iowa, wher
he is engaged in the AUTOMOBILE
business. He writes "we can't d
without the REGISTER; it's abou
the last link that binds me to tn,
Valley" AL, speaking of the pc
~litical situation in Iowa, says
"Have you any Bull Moose dow
there? They are ~overrunning tn
country here and something vii
have to be done to the pesky crit
ters."
On the east side of Main stree
there is now q continuous stretch
granitoid walk from Whitw orth'
store to Crows lumber yard, abol
a block this side of the Ironto
station,-probably three-fourtt
of a mile Of granitoid walk. III
west side Of the street is prett
we'll supplied with granitoid, to-
but there are few gaps yet to \
! filled in. And nearly all IL
walks on the side streets hay
, been built in compliance with til
I suggestions Of the city council
Will any n dare say that pre-
. ent conditions are not a vast i'm
provement over those of a COUP
of years agoP
: The water supply on Arcadt
i Heights for this year, as in tx
past, was pumped from the dee
| we'll at the hub factory. The tan
was pumped full Saturday and
was thought there was abundant
of water on the hill for the follow
: ing day, but during the night son
one let the water run and the,
. was anarcalv any m hand ne,