Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-19
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nome, with the single exception OF
u copy which failed to reach us,
three weeks ago. This is the sec
ond copy only that we have missed
in years. Other papers often fail to
reach us, little is though or said
about it, but when we fail to get the
REGISTER, then things are not so very
quiet on the Potomac for a few days.
Owing to the dry weather that has
prevailed in this locality for two
months, the oats are almost a COM
plete failure, while the yield of hay
will, perhaps, not be more than a half
crop. Wheat in most places, is fairly
good, and farmers will begin harvest
ing this week.
Monday morning of last week we
had considerable frost here which
''bit' the blades of corn, though not
materially injuring the corn.
The Methodist people here are hold
ing a revival meeting with a very fair
attendance, considering the very busy
time
Mr.. Mckinley has been very much
indisposed for the past two weeks.
DR.. Bates has charge of the case, and
we hope to see MI. Mckinley up and
around again in a few weeks.
Mrs. Chambers made a trip to Iron
ton last week.
R. E. Johnston returned Saturday
from a business trip to st. Louis.
Nh. King was in De Soto and st.
Louis a few days last week.
j. T. Patterson recently had a new
telephone on the Farmers Mutual
Telephone line installed in his home.
He says he likes this line very much
better than he does the Belleview
Rural.
Fred Meyer, who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. Wilson, returned to
Flat River last Friday.
Mrs. Patterson and daughter, Min
ME, visited Mrs. Anna Logan last
week.
1t is reported that Miss Rebecca
Tins, of near Arcadia, has been en-
ployed to teach the Cedar Grove
school the ensuing year.
Miss Lizzie Russell will teach the
Belleview school. 1t is said that the
Elm Grove school has not yet en-
ployed a teacher.
Burt Shy, of Black, visited in the
valley last week.
Having business in De Soto recent
ly, we boarded the early morning
train at Ironton, and arrived in De
Soto in time for breakfast. Having
dispatched our business before noon,
we had the afternoon to look over and
around the city. We first went to the
public school building, thence to the
high school, at which place the Coun-
ty Superintendent was conducting a
teachers examination. There were
perhaps a hundred or more teachers
present, and we must say that tJeffer-
son county certainly has a very fine
corps of teachers, if n can safely
Judge from personal appearances.
In the corne of the high school
building we noticed a nicely polished
granite stone on which were inscribed
the names of the members of the
Board of Education, and lower down
on the stone was the following in
scription: "'This stone is presented by
IPh. w. Schneider, 1898" The super
intendent's office looked, indeed, like
a business workshop. There was a
telephone, and other things necessary
for the proper dispatch of up~-to-date
methods. AS we took in the sur
rounding conditions, we thought of
the wonderful change along education
al lines since our boyhood school days!
But while this is true, it'does not oc-
cur to us that the pupils of the modern
up-to- date system of education very
much, if any, excel those of the old
time system. Too much attempted
under the present system, and conse-
quently the minds of our pupils are
, dwarfted, rather than expanded, as
they should be. De Soto is a pro-
gressive up-to-date city, and for clev,
er accommodating citizens, it is hard
+ to excel. We stopped over night
with Mrs. Pile and son, Curtis, who
once lived in this valley, returning
home next day on No. %, reaching
Iron Mountain at 1:12 A.. M. Thanks
, are due}Mrs. Pile and son, and to a
number of others whose acquaintance
we formed during our short stay in
De Soto. p.
Lem Logan was a business visitor tc
the city the first of the week.
W. A. Townsend and son, Clarence,
were in Pennington last week.
Dr1hxT M ~, ~ nf HnInu NnnHrn ie
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Latham, this
week.
Mrs. H. L. Bell and daughter,
Gladys, left last Thursdays for G
) months stay with Mrs. Bells sister
Mrs. William Gillian, in st. Louis, and
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Hill,
near Aurora.
Russell Hawkins, of Ironton, spent
last week with his aunt, Mrs. Harry
Russell.
". W. Hagerman, of Des Loge, was
here a few days last week in the inter
= est of the L. o. A. A. Lodge.
: Boaz and Hazel Settle are at home
from Columbia, where. they attended
school.
, Mrs. R. E. McClintock and children
0 of Elvins, visited here last week al
t guest of her sister, Mrs. L. E, Sitton'
Mrs. Virginia McColl has a reunion
of her children in her home this week
3 Mr.. and Mrs. Sol McColl of Piedmont
: Joe McColl of St. Louis, and Mis-
Grace McColl of lockwood beinI
present.
Mr.. and Frank Settle received thu
sad news last Sunday that their daugh
ter, Amy, who lives in Chicago, wa
very low, not expected to live.
The revival services at the Method
ist church are we'll attended, consider
ing the busy season, Bro. Jackson i
8 a strong and broad-minded preacher
James Stuart. of Galesville. Ill, |