Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-03

venes in Ironton, Thursday, July 10th,
and will be in session three days. Coun-
ty Superintendent Burnham urges up
on every teacher in the county the
necessity Of being present at every
session.
Every member of the Arcadia Val
ley Mems Bible Glass is urged to be
at Fort Hill Church next Sunday
morning at $50 O'Clock. 1t is the in
tention to have class photograph tax
en- and it is desired that every mem
Der be present.
@. W. Tetwiler and daughter, Miss
Kate, of Poplar Bluff passed through
Ironton last Thursday morning On
their way to st. Louis, where Miss
Kate boarded a train for the east, and
will spend several weeks in Pennsyl-
vania with her sister.
The owners of the Lead Belt News,
Stanfl and Cameron, purchased this
week the plant of the Mining Herald
of Elvins owned by the Lead Field
Publishing Company. The Company
was Incorporated for $4,000 with Po-
lite Elvins as President : Bonnie
Terre Register.
Lemrow Curtis was in the office
Friday and told us that he had a COW
just four years old that has already
given birth to five calves. She had
her first calf two years ago; last Aug
ust she gave birth to twins and twins
again put in an appearance Thursday
night. A record breaker.
Q. o. Carpenter, of Little Rock,
Arkansas, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture for the Iron Mountain Railroad,
will deliver an address at the Arcadia
Picnic, July 4th, at 10 o'clock A. M.
Mr.. Carpenters talk promises to be
interesting, and our farmer friends
are especially urged to hear him.
A number of the ladies of the Iron
ton Chapter of the Eastern Star, un-
der the guidance and car of Mr..
Jesse Hawkins, visited the Bismarck
Chapter last Friday evening. The
Ironton visitors report most delight
full time and speak in highest terms of
the hospitality of the Bismarck
friends.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued by Recorder Haw-
kins the past week:
Lawerance L. Matkin Of Pippin and
Virda A. Long of Minimum.
Ollie Gunnett and Addie Savage of
Hogan.
Mickey Nash and Florence Swain of
Iron Mountain.
Mr.. E. E. Evans, of Bismarck, n
Of the promoters ofthe new Bismarck,
Bellevue Valley & Southeastern Rail
road, was in Potosi Thursday last. He
stated that they expect to complete
the road eventually, though work on
it has languished for some time.
About 219 miles of grading from Bis
marck out has been completed, and a
little work has been done on the
grade at Caledonia.-Potosi Journal.
Our long time friend, Elem Kidd, of
Edge Hill, was in to Q us Monday
morning. Mr.. Kidd says that, while
the oat and hay crop in his section
are very poor, yet that the prospect
for corr was never better. He says
he was blowing in one of his fields
Saturday. The corn was waist high
and as fine as he ever saw. There
has been a lot of rain in the west end
of the county that missed us alto
gether.
George Davis, IL years of age, son
of G. G. Davis of Kinzer street, shot
himself through the hand yesterday
while playing with a "blank pistol"
The wound was considered dangerous
for a time. The boy was rushed to
DIR. Seybold, who used a serum to
prevent lockjaw and who also took
measures to Offset possible blood
poisoning. The wounded boy was
very ill to-day.-Poplar Bluff Republic
can.
After a delay of three weeks, wait
ing for some iron to be used in the
structure, work was resumed on the
addition being built to Arcadia Col
lege, Tuesday morning. J. W. Cooper
of Des Arc has charge of the brick
work and will rush it to completion.
1t is hoped to have the lower floor of
the building, which will be used for
kitchen and dining rooms, ready for
occupancy by September LIST. But it
will require some hustling.
Alberta Claire, the girl who a year
or so ago made a trip on horse back
and alone from Wyoming to Buffalo,
New York, and who is now tourin g
the State for the st. Louis Times in
the interest of good roads, reached
here from Pennington, Saturday af-
ternoon. She was greeted by quite a
crowd on the streets and that night
when she appeared at the Theater
there were probably more than 900
present. She left Sunday for points
in the southeast part Of the state 60
ing by way of Cornwall and Mar
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
A great deal of activities have tax