Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24


mitted to the jury Wednesday night.
A jury will be selected during the day
"wednesday to try Ora Robinson on
a similar charge. Robinson's trial will
probably commence Thursday morn
ing.
Many of the REGISTER readers are
acquainted with Rev. G. E. Edwards,
former pastor of the Ironton Presby-
terrain church. While living here the
reverend gentleman made his home at
the Sanitarium. It was there, in the
summer of 1911, that he met Mis- Flo
renee Dodd, a st. Louis heiress. Rev.
Edwards severed his connection with
the Ironton church about a year ago,
since when he has been living in st.
Louis. The following is taken from
last Sundays Globe-D Democrat: 1.-THE
friends who heard with interest of the
just announced engagement of Miss
Helen Dodd and Rev. F. B. Cleland
received an additional thrill yesterday
at the news from East Orange, N. j.,
that her elder sister, Miss Florence
Dodd, had announced her engagement
to Rev. Charles E. Edwards. Both
ministers are members of the st. Louis
Presbytery, and close friends, each be-
longing to the Greek letter society of
young Presbyterian ministers. Mr..
Clealand is a widower, but Mr.. Ed
wards, who is somewhat older, was
regarded as a confirmed bachelor. 1t
is said a romantic meeting at a santa
rum in Arcadia Valley, where Mr.. Ed
wards was formerly pastor, was what
brought about the engagement. Miss
Dodd is visiting friends in East Or
ange, N. j., and Mr.. Edwards is with
his brother-in-law and sister, DR.. and
Mrs. s. o. Loughbridge, in Peoria, Ill.
The two sisters are nieces of the late
Capt. s. M. Dodd and heirs to his large
estate. Both the Misses Florence and
Helen Dodd are active in church
work"
The Missouri Pacific-Iron Noun
tain has just about completed the lay
ing of the heavy 90-pound steel rail
authorized under last years program
of track Improvement on the system.
A vast quantity of it has been put on
the main through line to Colorado
and the West, including one solid
stretch of sixty miles between Sc
dalia and Pleasant Hill. The rail also
went on the main line of the Kansas
Division between Leeds, Mo-, and
Stilwell, Kansas. There was another
stretch laid on the Omaha Division
between Kansas City and Leaven-
worth. On the main line to the South
considerably over 100 miles have been
relaid between Kimmswisk and Pop
lar Bluff on the Missouri Division, and
nearly as much on the Arkansas
Division between Little Rock and
Texarkana. In order that the work
of bringing the track up to the high
est standard may continue, President
B. f. Bush has already authorized this
year the purchase of %, 1000 additional
tons of 90-pound steel to to be placed
in track. On this amount, 10000 tons
will be put on the main line to the
West, releasing 75-pound rail between
Ottawa and Council Grove, Kansas,
and 1906 tons will go to the Omaha
Division between Atchison and Baker,
Kansas. The Omaha Division is al
ready a fine piece of track, almost
four thousand tons of heavy steel raj
having been laid on it during 1912
With the completion of the work
planned for 1918 this stretch Of the
road will be as fine as any in the
country. In anticipation of large
crops during 1918, the work of putting
in the heavy rail will be pushed tt
completion as rapidly as possible, the
management desiring to have the
roadbed in the best possible condition
The old rail taken out of the track il
sent to the mills and re-rolled into
new steel and then relaid on the min
or branches of the road, displacing oil
light rail.