Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-17

A
SIinkard ten years ago lived in the
valley. She was only a girl then and
her name was Jessie 0gsbury. The
following from the Los Angeles Times
of July 4th gives another chapter Of
the romance: ''MIrs. Jessie Slinkard
decided that her runaway artist hus-
band, Rex Slinkard, would never re-
turn. She brought suit for divorce
yesterday on the grounds of deser-
ton. The young wife is an artists
model. 1t was while she was posing
for Slinkard for a life size portrait,
The Nymph,' that they were mar
ried unknown to the young mans par
ents. Mrs. Slinkard was not received
into the home of her husbands family.
She sued them fof $15, 900 damages
last February, charging they had
alienated his affections. The young
artist was out of the city at that time,
presumably in New York city. At
the time of the artists romantic
marriage he had a studio in Blanch-
ard Hall and a large class of students.
He studied in Paris and his friends
prophesied a brilliant future for him.
Then came the unhappy marriage, the
break between the artist and his par
ents, the disruption of his plans, and
his exit from the city, leaving benin
a wife and infant son. Until quite
recently Mrs. Slinkard believed
that her husband would return
for her and her boy. Information
came from New York that led her
to believe waiting is vain. Then she
decided to apply for legal separa-
ton. 'The Nymph,' land other of slim
kard's paintings for which his wife
had posed are unfinished. The studies
were left with a friend here when the
artist went away. He indicated that
he would never complete them. The
artists parents are Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Slinkard of No. 1887 Wright street.
Il told my sons wife Immediately
after they were married that he had
not been able to support himself, and
1 was quite sure he could not provide
for her, said the elder Slinkard re-
Gently. He was a dreamer artist
and gave no thought to making mon
ey. I bought all his clothes and gave
him spending money. 1t was a bad
blunder for him to get married. The
final result was inevitable
The following, taken from Sunday
st. Louis Globe Democrat is of loca
interest because of the fact that A
Young, the railroad engineer therein
named, was for twenty years a resi-
dent of the valley, being employed or
one of the pushers at Arcadia: "a
ninety-ton engine used nthe Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain termina
service, is lying in the Mississippi Riv'
er under 25 feet of water, where 6
spur track runs out of the Ivory yardi
to the transfer boat, which plies be-
tween East Carondelet and the Mis-
souri, side of the river. The engine
No. 943S, was engaged in the daily
transfer service, pulling strings O
freight cars to the boat and meeting
those arriving from the Illinois side
Itsengineer, AL Young, pulled dow
to the edge of the incline Friday af
ternoon to meet a boat. He was aheat
of time and stepped from the engine
and walked a short distant from thu
track. Firemen Charles Jones, no
noticing the engineer was away, go
down on the other side Of the cab anC
walked off. The wheel slipped ant
gained momentum on the down grad,
and there was a splash. The engin'
plunged, pilot first, into the STREAM
literally made a hole in the water
Then there was the noise of ESCAPING
steam. Workmen ran back on tn
bank expecting the engines batl
{ would be followed by an explosion
, A. L. Waits, superintendent of build
ings and bridges for the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain, worke,
t hard with Capt. L.. A. Hope, foreman
of the Carondelet a department c
8 the allied companies, each with a bi
: gang of men, making arrangement
: for raising the engine. Whether thi
8 can be done to-day is a matter
r doubt. An effort will be made tt
: raise the engine by the combine
power of two marine piledrivers.
this fails the Wright, snagboat, owr
t ed by the government, will help. 4
Fl. Ferdina of 5000 Water Street,
professional diver, went down sewers
times yesterday to inspect the engin'
and reported it lying on its side an
sinking down in the mud. He and h
brother, Henry Ferdina, made anotht
inspection last night and prepared I'll
q way for fastening massive cables
i the engine. The work will be COZ
tinued this morning. When the cable
are in place the marine piledrive
!. will test their power in lifting ninet
tons from the bottom of a rive
Young, who stood on the incline al
saw his engine take a plunge into IL
river, it an old employee of tn
q company and is rated as a careful ma
according to an official. For sever
o years he handled an engine at Arcad
: used to push trains up the "Hogan
a Mountain" as the stiff grade at tn
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