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

twenty-five minutes. This sum
will be used in providing addi-
tional equipment for the grounds.
Flat River Nelcs.
The Arcadia Valley Nine de-
feated Frankclay in a game of ball
at Arcadia Sunday afternoon by a
score of 9 to s. A great many
people who saw the game, how
ever, insist that the home team
would not have won had it not had
the help of the umpire. The story
is that there were one or two
frank, decisions that snatched the
laurels of victory from the visitors
and placed them on the Valley
nine. The writer did not g the
game, neither is he an expert on
base ball. We simply tell the story
as it was told to us. Anyway, all
will agree that the Frankclay play
ers are a gentlemanly set of fellows
and they abided by the umpires'
decisions without a murmur. We
hope to see them here often in the
future and will treat them the best
we know how.
We are, all of US, proud of our
granitoid sidewalks. The town
has had, in fifty years, no other
improvement which has added so
greatly to its comfort and beauty.
There are yet a very few gaps of
gravel between the finished por-
tions, and they are being filed
out as rapidly as the paviers can
get to them. Some of the street
crossings have been put in by the
city, but that work has been halted
because of the lack of funds in the
city treasury. For one, l I'm in
favor of getting in all the crossings
without delay, and, to that end,
bonding the city for, say, $1,000.
1t will be money well spent, and
the sooner the better; in fact, un-
til the crossings are put in the sums
expended by the property owners
are not productive of their full ex-
tent of good. | am told that $1,000
will be ample for the completion
of the work. Why not have the
city borrow itP The interest
thereon would be not more than
fifty dollars per annum, and in 9
very few years the debt could be
wiped out without too great en-.
croachment on the city's current
revenues. Let US have q city
beautiful to fit the valley we de-
lightin.
The Baptist Assembly on Ar.
cadia Heights closed Sunday nigh
in a blaze of glory. The AS
sembly was beyond question the
most successful and largely at
tended in the annals of Arcadia
Heights. The total number reg
istered during the two weeks
meeting--that is, those who made
their home on the hill-was 1854
Last year the number was 643-ar
increase Of about one-third. Not
withstanding fully 300 Of the camp
ers left for their homes Satur'
day the attendance on the Sun.
day morning service was fully
equal in numbers to the big crowd
of the Sunday previous. A col
lection of $1,000 was taken, max
ing, in all, over 1000 that was
subscribed for expenses during
the Assembly. The greatest draw
back of this years Assembly wal
that the water supply was not wha
it should have been, but this, it i
hoped and believed, will be avert
ed in the future, as a contract wa
made Friday for the boring of
deep we'll. The contractor guar
antees good water and a volum'
of as much as a thousand gallons
an hour. That will be glorious
and make the Heights an idea
Assembly Ground. A plan is nov
under way to have at least a tw'
months camp in connection will
the Assembly next year. Tn,
Assembly proper will last but tw'
weeks as heretofore, but the idei
is to have campers on the hill dur
ing the months of July and Aug
ust and have services in the tabeI
nacle every Sunday. There
every indication that the Baptis
Assembly on Arcadia Height
has come to stay and it will &c
better and greater every veal
Good!