Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-07-11

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A petition is about to be drawn
up and circulated in the valley
and vicinity for the purpose of
calling a special election to vote
on the establishment of a road
district, which is allowed under a
new law. This law provides that
a section eight miles square, hav-
ing, say, $1,000, 100000 assessed
property value, can tax itself sc
on the $4,000 valuation, and for a
period of Is years, and have, at
the disposal of Commissioners,
appointed for this purpose, a fund
of $50, 000.0 70 to expend in building
rock roads confined to the terri
tory named. In order to meet the
ST. 900, 100000 assessed valuation
clause, it has been suggested that
the district take Ironton as a
centre east and west, but only
extend 8 miles south and 5 miles
north, so as to take in GRANTEE
vile. If the plan is adopted the
result will be that we will have 20
miles or more of as fine roads as
there are in the United States and
$4,000 per year to keep them in
first class shape.
The cottage on the lot just west
of the Blue Store was destroyed
by fire at an early hour Friday
morning. Mrs. P. w. Whitworth,
who liyes next door, discovered
the fire about 2:30 o'clock A. NJ.
and gave the alarm. A crowd
quickly assembled, but the flames
had gained such Roadway that it
was impossible to save the build
ing or furniture. A cook stove
was the only thing carried out.
When the fire was first discovered
smoke was issuing from the build
ing. Soon the flames darted OUT
side and the structure burned rap
idly. Fortunately there was no
wind and nearby buildings were
not damaged. The house was rent
ed by 7. j. st. Louis and family.
It had been without a tenant for
several days, however, Mrs. St
Louis being in Indianapolis, and
Mr.. st. Louis staying at Pilot
Knob. He had been in the house
Thursday evening, however, and
made a fire for the purpose of dry
ing the room where the piano was
The furniture was insured fol
81, 200. The building belonged tc
j. M. Logan of Belleview and was
insured.
The picnic at Arcadia on the 4th
was. remarkably superior to the
usual run of picnics: it was en-.
ioyable from start to finish. Am
pie provision had been made fol
the big crowd assembled. The
spacious grounds are delightfully."-
shaded, inviting to the passer by,
and they we're fitted for the enter
tainment of old and young. Mu.
sic, games and dancing; ice
cream, lemonade and soda pop
the merry.go-round; the wheel o
fortune-all YER there. The bar,
becued dinner was the prime at
tra ction, for everybody was hun
cry, and nothing tastes better to 9
famished human than barbecueo
meat, whether eaten SO Or done VI
in sandwiches. Then, too, tn,
service at the tables was good
and that's always q blessing. AT
ter the noon hour, addresses wer
made by Messrs. Davis and Faun
tleroy, who held the attention o
the auditors-no ordinary feat a
a picnic. Father Adrain supple
mented the speeches with a few
we'll chosen and pertinent re
marks. All day the crowds en-
joyed themselves, with nothing t,
break the prevailing good order
and at evening went to theirhomes
maybe a little tired, but sober an,
happy. The Arcadia picnic was
big success.
Crume K. Miller, who was asso
ciated with the present editor o
the REGISTER in. publishing thi
paper, way back in 1871, writel
from Kirkwood, Mo-, under dat
of July 1: II read in the dear oil
REGISTER what you said relativ
to your forty-fve years Of labo
and pleasure at the helm Of thu
REGISTER, and the year previou'
when you were merely foreman
That brings me back to old times
too, and | want to say that you
timely remarks concerning the fol
ty-fve years, or forty six. revive
fond reoollections in my mind G
the days when you and | wer
younger(and Handsomely than W
are now. But yet we feel muc
younger than we look. I, too, la
bored on the REGISTER some i
those pioneer days of Southeas
Missouri journalism, when news
papers were few and far between
in that section, the REGISTER serv
ing several counties in publishin
delinquent tax lists. In this con
nection | will add that anothe
who has served in newspape
work in that part OF the Sta to, on