Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12


drews Of the Cove for $50 which he
alleges is due him for work he has
done on a residence that Mr.. Andrews
is building. Andrews says he owes
Vance but SIT. The case was called
Monday, but was continued until
Tuesday Of next week. Edgar & Ed
gar represent the plaintiff and Munger
& Steel the defendant. 1t will be a
hotly contested suit.
The first civil service examination
to be held in Iron county for fourth
class postmssters win be conducted at
Ironton, Saturday, June 2sth, among
the applicants for the Sabula post-of-
fee. The vacancy is occasioned by
the resignation Of Mrs. Rood, present
postmistress. The Office pays about
$25 a month. The only applicant we
have heard of for the place is ]. N.
Lewis, former county collector, who
now has a store and farm near Sabula.
Baldwin Bros. Tuesday morning
commenced excavating for a building
they will erect on the site of the Tele-
phone Exchange structure that was
destroyed by fire last week. 1t will
be a two story brick, with basement.
The first floor will be a store room,
the second story will have two Office
rooms and an apartment for the tele-
phone exchange. The structure will
be 25 feet wide and so feet long and
heated by a furnace. 1t will hurried
to completion.
Elsewhere we print from the Potosi
Independent an obituary of the late
Mrs. Efie Golf, beloved wife of Smith
T. Golf. Mr.. and Mrs. Golf were
former residents of Iron County and
many friends will learn of Mr.. Goff's
bereavement with great orrow The
writer had a personal acquaintance
with the deceased extending over a
number Of years. She was an admir-
able character and the REGISTER x
tends of profound sympathy
to Mr.. Golf in his great sorrow.
Petitions have been circulated in
Iron County the past few weeks ask
ing that the law passed by the late
legislature requiring the railroad CON-
panies to keep three brakemen on all
trains be referred to the voters at the
general election in 1914. About 700
signatures were secured on the petit
ton in Iron county and it is announc-
ed that the requisite number of names
have been secured throughout the
state, to submit the proposition to the
voters at the next general election.
This renders the law imperative until
after the election.
M. W. Daugherty Monday morning
received his commission as postmas-
ter at Ironton and took charge of the
office that day. 1t has been sixteen
years since Ironton had a Democratic
postmaster, the last one being A. P.
Vance, who was succeeded in 1897 by
!, J. N. Bishop. Mr.. Bishop held the Of
fee nearly eleven years and was fol-
lowed by Adrian Steel, who was ap-
pointed in 1908. Elmer Newman will
serve as deputy under Mr.. D%augherty
, for one month. The new postmaster
has named Miss Pearl Conway as his
, permanent assistant.
DR.. Hugo Summa spent Sunday and
!, Monday at his summer home, returning
to st. Louis in his big touring car Tues
day. He made a record trip of it. He
, writes me: cleft Arcadia at Ill P. M.
Arrived at 1.-THE Pennington garage 2:22,
3 where we filled gasoline and oil tanks.
At 3:55 we were in De Soto; stopped
there 5 minutes for ''soft drinks" At
sharp s P. M. we were at our home in
st. Louis, after5 minutes were spent
for a "soft drink for the water tank
for our engine at a farm house near
Seckman: 4:43 for the whole trip,
; with 20 minutes stoppage-4:23 tour
ing time"
After a siege of ten days of hot
weather there came some showers last
i Saturday afternoon and that evening
' and night there was a decided drop in
: the temperature, the thermometer
registering so, a change of forty de-
grees in twelve hours. Sunday was
rainy and cold; Monday aud Tuesday
: were fair but cool. Tuesday night the
: thermometer went down to 35-the
t coolest June weather, Mr.. Delano
tells us, of which he has any record in
r the 30 years and more that he has
q been the "weather man" in the val
, ley. 1t is still dry. We have had but
q 3.S inches of rain in two months.
On Sunday a party consisting OF
: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kindell, Jr., and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Kellogg
r and two children, and Mrs. st. Louis,
drove several miles Marble Greek
direction, to spend the day with the
family of Perry Patterson. They
reached the church in time for morn
ing services, listened to a sermon by
Rev. Calvert and assisted in the sing
ing. The road from the church to Mr.,
Patterson's place is something to long
/. be remembered. But a fine dinner
! was waiting to which all did justice,
] and a most delightful afternoon was
passed.
Married-At the residence of Mr..
IThos. d. Jones. Ironton. Mo-, Thurs