Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-09-25

ludt lutfc Is uO nPhlne1 IucIo anu
fish cannot get up the stream. This
complaint has frequently been made
to the game warden in the past and
relief has been promised, but none
ever came. Certainly if the dam
does not comply with the law-and
we understand it does motif should
be changed to meet the requirements.
E. E. Evans returned from Jeffer-
son City Wednesday evening, where
he had been in company with Chief
Counsel L. A. Hall, of st. Louis, and
filed all the papers pertaining to the
Bismarck, Bellevue Valley and West
ern Railroad Company with the Pub
lie Service Commission on Tuesday of
this week. The Secretary of the Com
mission informed the officials of the
company that a date would be set for
hearing the arguments as soon as the
Commission could be set for an open
date, which will be in the next few
days. Messrs. Evans and Hall went
over the report with the Secretary,
Chief Counsel and some of the MEM
bers of the Commission in a brief way
after which they we're informed that
the proposition was n of merit and
public necessity, and that permission
to proceed would be forthcoming from
the Commission at the official meet
ing. The engineer corps is now
busily engaged in establishing a
permanent location of the road. They
have reached the F. G. Grisham place
and next week they will establish a
camp at Caledonia. The work is be-
ing rapidly pushed. The officials are
busy securing the rigbt-of- way and
other matters, so that an early start
can be made in construetion.-Bis-
marck Gazette.
Charles Barrett, scout for the st.
Louis Browns, whose presence in
Pennington was noted in lasts weeks
issue of the News, on Friday signed
up Tim McCabe for a place on the
Browns 1914 pitching staff, provided
of course, that he can make good in
this position. Young McCabe's home
Is at Graniteville. Recently Barney
Pelty's Tigers played with the Iron
ton team and McCabe was on the
mound for the summer resort lads
Barney was so much impressed with
the youngsters work that he annexed
him to the Tigers staff where he
would have a better chance to OBJ.
serve what he could do. Shortly af'
terward the Tigers went to Jackson
to play at the Home Corners cele'
bration and in this contest McCabe
struck out % men. The opposing
pitcher was Jasper Of the Chicago
White Sox. This performance caused
Barney to send for Barrett and also
to notify other big league scouts
McCabe pitched for Pennington in {
game with the Field ippman team
of st. Louis at the fair grounds OF
Thursday of last week and got II
strike outs in this contest. Friday
morning he was the owner of a bertl
with the Browns for 1914. McCabe il
only IS years of age. He is 6 feet tai
and weights $50 pounds. He has won
derful speed and a wide, quick break
ing curve. He shows a woeful lack O
practice, but great natural ability as
pitcher and will undoubtedly develo,
under proper training. He is aquaint
ed with jeff Tesreau of the New Yorl
Giants who had been trying to get tn
big Eastern team interested in him
Young McCabe has returned to hi
home at Graniteville. He mad
many friends during his stay a
Pennington who join the News il
congratulating him or his success an
who believe that he will make goo
in his new and larger Farm
ington News.