Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

ucdIly bclOYeu WIG Oh JOS0pu Js
Barth and dear mother of Lucille,
Laverta and Joseph j. Barth Jr.,
at the age of 81 years 8 months
and 6 days"
Mrs. David Gray, who lives in
north Ironton, received quite a Sc
we're cut from a Ratchet Tuesday
evening. She had been repairing
a fence, using the Ratchet and let
the Ratchet fall on the opposite
side of the fence. Mrs. Gray ask
ed boy who was with her to get
the Ratchet. He did so, but in
stead of handing her the Ratchet,
threw it, striking Mrs. Gray on the
jaw and inlicting a rather serious
cut.
More than 200 people took dim
mel at the Arcadia Country Club
House Sunday. One party of 10
bicyclists from st. Louis was in
attendance. All day long auto
mobiles rolled into the valley from
st. Louis and st. Francois county.
The Club House is a very popular
place with the visitors and the SER
vice is pronounced excellent.
Manager Geo. w. Walker is a
most genial and affable host and
seems to be the right man in the
right place.
Mr.. H. r. Polak made a trip to
Pennington in his automobile last
Saturday and while there-about
2:30 in the afternoon-witnessed
the destruction by fire of the Adj
ministration Building of State
Hospital No. A. A force of men
were putting a copper roof on the
structure, and it is thought while
they. were absent from the build
ing getting supplies, the furnace
they were using overturned and
set fire to the roof. The Admins
tration building was, by far, the
handsomest in the asylum group
and the loss is in excess of $40, 900.
1t looks like gross carelessness and
neglect on the part of some one.
Burglars visited the Lopez Store
Company, the post Office and the
Ironton railroad station last Thurs
day night. An entrance was eff
fected through the back door at
the Lopez store. A couple of re-
volvers, possibly some other mer-
chandise, and about S13 Of Bap-
fist church money which Manager
Ringo had placed in the money
drawer, were taken. The burglars
got into the p~ost-ofice by break
ing the glass in the door on the
north side of the building and I'M
fastening the lock. About 6.50
in money was secured. They got
into the depot by breaking a win
dow in the telegraph Office. A
number of express packages were
opened and their contents strewn
upon the floor, but nothing taken.
The burglaries were not discover
ed until Friday morning.
Says the Bismarck correspond
emit to the Pennington Times. "E.
E. Evans of St. Louis, President
of the Bismarck, Bellevue and
Western Railroad, has rented a
dwelling here for his family and
will move here this week. S. j.
Bunker, President of the Construc-
ton Co., organized to construct
this new railroad from Bismarck
to Bunker, moved here with his
family this week. Grading ma
terial has been shipped here and
actual construction work will be-
gin Sept. list. Citizens along the
line have been liberal in encourag-
ing this new line which when
completed makes Bismarck a real
railroad center. Substantial, pro-
gressive citizens here have con-
tributed freely to this enterprise
and lent every possible encourage.
ment. We r pleased at the pro-
gress made"
Work on the Iron Mountain
Railroad is pushing ahead rapidly
There is at present about six work
trains running out of De Soto
north and south, and about 60(
men are employed, in fact every
available man is working. The
grade in many places is being re-
duced, the roadbed widened ane
other necessary improvements are
being made. In the shops here {
larger force of men are employed
than have been for years, and il
is stated on good authority tina
the force is to be still increased
The shops are also to be modern
lied as soon as the fall rush is over
Fifty car loads of chat will b.
scattered over the yards and thu
buildings frightened with paint
AT present there are fifteen crew
running out of De Soto, somethin,
very unusual but very gratifying
to the people of De Soto.-De Sot
Press.
AT a meeting of the city council
Monday evening ordinances were
enacted ordering the building o
granitoid walks in front of tn,
property of the late Henry Vale
on Main street, and in front of thu
lots in north Ironton, west OF tn
station, owned by w. HI. Crumb
The ordinances provide that tn,
walks must be built within THIRTY
days after the owners Of the prop
grty have been served with notice
of the passage of the ordinances