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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

Do you use gasoline in the home?
If so, the following relative to it's
use and the danger attending care
lessnes in storing and handling it
will be of interest and may pre-
vent disaster: A pint of gasoline
left open in basin in room at
a normal or average temperture
will entirely evaporate in twenty
four hours. The gasoline vapor
is heavier than the air and sinks
Immediately to the floor, and un.
less it is disturbed by active air
currents will remain in the room
for many hours. One pint of gaso-
line will make two hundred cubic
feet of explosive mixture With
out becoming too scientific, it may
be said that this gasoline vapor
is seven times more powerful than
gunpowder. Every gasoline ex.
plosion and fire that occurs in the
home is due to ignorance and care
lessness on the part of the user.
Gloves must be cleaned, fabrics
must be dipped in gasoline or al
cohol. For that reason it is vital
ly important that the user should
have all the information possible
about the danger incurred. Gaso-
line should be used in open air
wherever possible, but ifit must be
used in the house. all the windows
should be opened wide and suf-
ficent draft created to drive all the
vapor from the room. 1t is al
most criminal to use gasoline in
the kitchen or other rooms where
it is exposed to fire. The vapor
has been known to jump thirty
feet from a tank in the open air
and explode with such violence as
to wreck the tank-car and burn all
the buildings in the immediate
neighborhood. 1t is not neces-
sary to touch a match to it. A
spark from the heel of shoe strik-
ing a tack or nail will explode the
vapor. A lighted gas jet will pro-
duce the same result. Keep gaso.
line away from every kind oi
flame, even IL that flame is en-.
closed as in a stove or furnace
Articles dipped, washed or soaked
in gasoline give off an explosive
vapor for hours after. They should
be thoroughly aired before beine
used and always kept away from
exposed flame.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

Major Gibboney Houck, OF Cape
Girardeau, was in Pennington on
yesterday. While here he was
seen by the Net0s in regard to the
story printed in yesterday morn
ing's Globe Democrat that the Houck
lines had been sold to a company
of st. Louis capitalists instead of
to the st. Louis & S41 Francisco
Railway Company, as reported
last week. He said that while 1t
was technically tHas that the
Houck lines had beef sold to the
st Louis capitalists tiat the deal
was made for the Frisco Company
which would take ovsr the Houck
lines about January Let and at
once begin rebuilding them. He
said ST, 900, 900 would be spent in
rebuilding the line between Farm
ington and Cape Girardeau and
that the road would certainly be
extended on north to St. Louis at
the very earliest possible time.
He said they had realized very
handsomely for their lines and
we're now out of the railroad busi-
ness for good. He felt sure that
the new ownership of their lines
meant great service for the COM
munities through which the roads
pass.-FGrmington Neaos.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
The Springfield Court Of Al

The Springfield Court of APP
peals Monday handed down opin-
ions in three cases of interest to
the people of this section. George
Martin, a son of the late Judge D.
F. Martin, who during his lifetime
was circuit clerk and afterwards
probate judge of Howell county,
got a judgment in the Shannon
county circuit court against the
Bunker Lumber Company. Mar
tin lives at Piedmont. He owns
a hub factory and made contract
with the Bunker Lumber Company y
to move his mill on their property.
They were to furnish timber for
the mill, but failed to comply with
their contract, and Martin brought
suit and got judgment. The high
or courts affirmed the Judgment
West Plains Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
A War Story.

Fifty years ago we spent our
Christmas in Fort Magruder, near
the old town of Williamsburg,
eight miles froms ork-
town, where Lord CORVALLIS sur
rendered. Tie old breast works
can be seen yet. In the spring of
1862 McClelland's army advanced
on Yorktown. General Johnson
was ordered there from Marrens
where he had been in winter quar-
ters. | then belonged to the
Albermarle Artillery of six guns,
we were ordered down to York
Town on the 9th of April. The
Union Army shelled us from our
breast works; we held our ground
for a few days and retreated to
Williamsburg where desperate
battle was fought. Our artillery
was not used as the tim ber was SO
thick. The battle was fought
mostly with infantry. After the
battle of Williamsburg our army,
under Gen. Joe E. Johnson, re-
treated to Richmond; McClelland
followed US. The next battle was
the seven days fight around Rich
mond. We we're reinforced al
Richmond by Stonewall Jackson
with his army we drove the ene-
mey after seven days. fighting to
James river under the shelter o.
his gun boats. After these battles
around Richmond | was trans
ferred to cavalry under Col. T. j
Rosser and Fitz Lees Cavalry.
served the balance of the war II
Company | 9th Virginia Cavalry
and thank the Lord am livint
yet. THos P. FITz,
Des Arc, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
Washington Correspondence.
CLYDE H. TAvENNER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. - How
often do "the interests of the
country" demand that ]. P. Morg-
an organize a trust?
Mr.. Morgan testified, somewhat
airily, before the Money Trust in
vestigating committee that he got
busy every time it was ''good
business and for the interests of
the country"
When Mr., Morgan's concern or
ganized the illegal Steel Trust it
took S29, 900 worth of stock for
it's trouble.
In order that dividends may be
paid upon this S29,0O0,OOO every
consumer in the United States
must pay excessive prices for
manufactured steel goods, because
every family in the land uses in
some capacity at least some of
the products OF this illegal Morgan
steel trust.
How can it be figured that "the
interests of the country" demand
that American consumers be thus
gouged?
In>order that dividends may be
paid on the 500, 100000 of Morgan's
watered stock, the men who work
in the blast furnace of the steel
trust are forced to work IL hours
a day, seven days week!
Did "the interests of the coun-
try" call for this?
Immediately upon the organiza-
tion of Morgan's illegal steel trust,
the price of barb wire to the
American farmers was increased
nearly third! And nails,
sheet iron and many other pro-
ducts increased in price in like
proportion!
Do the American people have
such thick growth of wool over
their eyes that they will believe
that any one of these things we're
brought about by Morgan for "the
interests of the country?"
WHAT is A MONEY TRUsTp
Mr.. Morgan says there is nc
money trust, but if the state o.
affairs that he admitted does no
reveal money trust, it would bt
interesting to know what money
trust is.
Testimony before the Pujo COM
mittee shows that eighteen finan'
cial institutions in New York
Chicago and Boston by means o
interlockiDg directorates have |
voice in the management of 13
corporations with an aggregat
capital of S25, 1926, 100000 1t show
that ]. P. Morgan & Co., tb
Guaranty Trust Company, tn
Bankers Trust Company, tn
First National Bank and the Ma
tional City Bank with BAL interlocl
ing directors, are allied with cor
porations having resources o
S22 .245, 900, ,OOO.,
The eighteen nrtitutions tina
have voice in the managemen
of S25,325, 100000 have 1870 part
ners and directors, These 180 me
hold 1856 directorships in forty on
banks and trust companies wit
deposits of 1884, 900, 900. The
hold fifty directorships in eleve
insurance companies with tots
assets of S2,646, 100000 They hol
155 directorships In thirty-on
railroad systems having tott
capitalization Of $i2,193, 900, ,OO'
They hold ninety eight director
ships in twenty -eight producin
and trading corporations with
total capitalization OF S3,583, ,000
600. They hold forty eight direc
torships in nineteen public utilitis
corporations with an annual grof
earning capacity Of S42S, S,oOO,OO0
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
Bio Cut lin Ladies' and Chi|drtn's S Hats

In order to make a complete and
quick clearance of Ladies' and
Misses hats-entire stock reduced
as follows:
All Regular 81 and $3.50 Misses Hats
cut to 5oc and 75c.
All Regular So Ladies' Hats cut to 81
All Regular 81 and $4.5o Hats cut to So.
All Regular $5 and So Hats cut to SO 90
All 7.5o and $8 Pattern Hats cut to S4.9S.
Now is the time to buy If you
want a big bargain.
LOPEZ STORE Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

NoTICE-Do you want to save
money? From January 1st until
January 18th there will be spec"
ial price on shoes, underwear,
clothing, overcoats, sweaters, long
cloaks, and in fact on every article
in the store at B N BROWNS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby gwen that the UNDER
signed, r. E. L. Carly, executor Of
the estate of Elvira Carly, deceased, will
make Final Settlement Of his accounts with
said estate as such executor at the next
term Of the Probate Court Of Iron County,
Missouri, to be holden at Ironton, in said
county, on the i4th day Of February, A. d.
1919. R. e. l.. CARTY, Executor.
December 81, 1919.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
NOTICE oF FINAL sETTL LEMENr.

Notice is hereby given that the UNDER
signed, Edward Funk, Executor Of the
estate Of Gottliebe Funk, deceased,
will make final settlement Of his accounts
with said estate as such Executor at the
next term Of the Probate Court Of Iron
County, Missouri to be bolden at Ironton,
in said county on the 10th day Of February,
A. d 1919. EDWARD FUNK,
Executor Of the estate Of Gottiiebe Funk,
Deceased.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

For Sale-Wagon, team and
harness, cheap.
JOHN |. MARSHALL,
Ironton, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

Trunks, and Suit Cases, Sanl-
tary Couches and Deavenports,
upright Bedsteads and 5ettees,
A. RIhEE & SONS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

Coal for sale ut A. Rieke q
Sons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

Big Midwinter Clearing Sale at
B. N. Browns. Special price on
every article in the store.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

Hammond's oleomargarine and
creamery butter for sale at Cod
ding's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
From Goodwater.

Xmas passed off very quietly.
The weather has certainly been
fine
Bert Lucas accidentally shot
himself in the foot the other day.
Frank Loomis, OF Belgrade, was
here on business last week.
Mr.. Ira Carl and wife, of Irou-
ton, visited relatives here during
the holidays.
Miss Bessie Midyett, of Courtois,
is visiting here.
D. R. Hartzell is putting in a
store at his sawmill here.
Ed, Dunlap and family are Wis
iting at Bergman this week.
Henry Mckay and family, of
Desloge, moved to- his farm here
last week.
Ed Skaggs moved to his saw
mill here last week.
Miss Ethel Merritt, who has been
staying with Mrs. Yount, near
Ironton, is with home folks now.
Messrs. James and Eddie Scott,
of Brule, visited relatives here
Xmas. l.. w. ..
Among the teachers who spent
the holidays with home-folks here
we're Miss Jessie Carl, who is
teaching near Butts, Crawford
county, and Miss Ida Dennis, of
Munger.
Miss Ethel Merritt, who has
been spending the pastlfew months
with her aunt, Mrs. Yount, of near
Ironton, is now with home- folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. I. Carl of Ar
cadia spent Christmas with rela.
tives here.
Clarence S. Lucas is home from
Steelville high school.
BertLucas, who accidentally shot
himself few weeks ago, is i'm
proving rapidly.
There was singing at Judge
Scott's Thursday night. All re-
port good time.
Margaret Lee, infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Carl, is
slowly improving.
Walter Mayberry of Desloge is
visiting his parents here.
Miss Rose Wise of st. Louis is
visiting Claude Carl and wife.
Geo. w. Love made business
trip to Ironton and Des Arc this
week.
w. A. Abney and family visited
Geo. Masoh's Saturday and Sun
day. V.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09
Warning to Trespassers.

Trespassers are hereby warned
to keep off the premises known as
the Kerchner property at Cher
manville, E. J. HITzMANN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-09

Best equippe Job Print
ing establishment in this
section of the State. We
insure satisfaction. Prices
reasonable.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-03
smoke /. Lee. Dense Now.

The average locomotive in Chicago
at the present time is making smoke
the density Of which is 1892 per cent
This shows a decided improvement
over the conditions recorded by the
city smoke commission three years
ago. when the average density wass
reported at 23.3 per cent. The per-
centage gives the ratio Of actual per-
Torrance to worst possible perform
ance: that is, II locomotive emitted
dense black smoke all the time this
record would be reported at 100 per
cent. II 1t gave out no smoke at all
the percentage would be zero. The fig-
ures give the results Of many obser-
yations covering the entire city.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-03
Inc, I. sermonette.

When I was kid they used to tell
me that II would go to the end OF
the rainbow l would find bag Of gold.
I believed it, and used to always be
ON the lookout for the path that would
take me there. After while ! learn
ed that the rainbow story was only a
pretty fairy tale. But as i wander
about the town now I frequently run
across men who are sti0 looking for
that magical path, They go about day
after day with no other thought in
their mind that eventually that path
would be revealed to them and they
will get the promised bag OF gold.
They refuse to get down to hard pan
Of fact and see that they must take
the path themselves. They must grub
out the stumps and lay the bricks
with their own hands. Their neigh
bors about them plod on faithfully in
their humble ways, making a path
instead of looking for one. But the
man with the vision sits throughout
the long day anxiously peering into
the mists to catch a glimpse Of the
shining way. He fails to find It to
day. but goes to sleep confident that
the morrow will reveal It. So the
wears of his natural life fit by, and IN
the end the neighbors find him out
as "a failure"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-03
PASSING OF SUNDAY SUPPER
Chatting Dish Messes Now Seem Large
ly to Comprise the Sabbath
Evening RePast.

Time was when the Sunday night
supper was of even more vital inn
portance than the midday dinner. es-
pecially in those towns and villages
where strict religious principles pro-
hibited cooking on the Sabbath.
It was not considered wrong TO mix
a pan Of biscuits the night before and
bake them for supper, so that these
hot. puffy features of the meal. with
honey or some of mothers ounce pre-
serves or canned cherries, were look
ed forward to with Joyous anticipa-
ton.
AS time passed, the stringent line
relaxed as far as cooking for supper
was concerned, and, in addition to
cold salads, there would always be
some hot dish, such as the real old
fashioned hash or scrambled eggs,
with creamed potatoes.
City life has changed all this. Even
the suburbanite who apes city ways
has the mahogany table cleared, the
doilies used in place of the regulation
dinner cloth, and the chafing dish
placed in front of the hostess, the In
gradients at hand, and the lamp
trimmed and burning. From this she
turns out creamed chicken and ham,
deyiled sardines. mutton ragout and
other "messes"-her grandmother
would call them, as she WAKES remin-
iscent on the honey and hot biscuit
era
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-03
New BAGGAGE Check.


A new baggage check that is ex-
pected to lessen the number OF errors
and complaints has just been placed
into the service on an eastern line.
The duplicate portion Of the new
check Is provided with spaces, in
which are printed number Of the
principal bad order conditions In
which the baggage is frequently re-
ceived for checking. A check, on be-
ing delivered to the passenger. viii be
perforated to show whether the piece
of baggage is a trunk, suit case or
valise, hber case or tool chest An
other perforation will show the condi-
ton in which the baggage was re-
ceived at the office. In this way the
duplicate check will contain a full de-
scription of the baggage when it was
brought to the company for shipment.
The number on the tag portion on
the check is placed at the bottom.
while on the duplicate portion It IL
printed at the top. so that the two
can be easily matched when the bag
gage is delivered.
It is expected that the new check
will minimize the matching Of num-
bers wrongly and will greatly reduce
the number Of claims.-Trade and
Transportation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-03
Raatlme las > pefender.

Ragtime is not as bad as some peo-
pie would make it appear, according to
Victor Schertzfnger, violinist, re
marks the Los Angeles Evening Her.
aid. ~ ,s 49,, AZ
There has lately gone up great
hue and cry against so-called ragtime
in cafes and hotels as we'll as in 9TH
er places" he said. Personally, be
lieve there is much to be gained from
ragtime.
"A composer must hearken to the
call of the public IL he wants to make
a livelihood. And there is no deny
ing the fact that there is real de
mand for popular melodies.
"a Bach fugue may be artistically
ideal, but it does not produce bread
and butter Take Victor Herbert's
'Natoma,' for instance. It is one OF
the most beautiful operas extant, but
1t is not financial success. The rea-
SON is that the general public is not
educated unsteady to appreciate that
class Of music. Educate the public
gradually and then the better, the
nobler musical works will be the popu-
lar music.
Victor Herbert's reputation is not
based on classical music. His great
est successes perhaps are Coon BAN
basha,' The Red MILL Babes in Toy
land and one or two others. In fact
his reputation is based on those
works, largely. In every one there Is
tinge Of ragtime, so-called."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-03
THROUGH HEART OF, ALPS
New Railroad Traverses One Of the
Most Picturesque Sections Of
All Europe.

The great international highways
from north to south, which In former
days led over the Alps. nowadays pass
through them: their number is shortly
to be augmented by the opening Of the
new Bernese Alps or Lotschberg rail-
road. which will constitute the newest
and shortest route to Italy from Swift
zerland and the neighboring countries.
II win be opened to the trafic OF the
world next May.
This new Alpine railroad has been
constructed In the face Of formidable
difficulties. and win be numbered
among the most noteworthy feats OF
railroad engineering in modern times
All the forces Of elemental nature
were mustered to oppose the task OF
laying a railroad line through one OF
the widest mountainous districts In
Europe. A nine-mile-long tunnel had
to be pierced through the heart OF the
Bernese Alps range, but this was a
mere bagatelle compared with the diff
fculties encountered In constructing
track through the precipitous and
avalancheswept country on either
side Of this.
| The line, which forms a short cut TO
the Simplon and obviates the wide de-
tour hitherto necessary, is only AZ
miles in length, but has occupied more
than six years in building. owing to
the obstacles which had to be sur
mounted. Mighty embankments had
to be constructed along the edge
of dizzy precipices. granite via
ducts and steel bridges thrown across
wild ravines. and huge wall-like bar
riers erected high UP the mountain
slopes to dissipate the force of the de-
structive avalanche.
The railroad traverses country
rich in points of interest and second
to none as regards scenic magnih-
cence. Leaving Berne, the Swiss capt
tai, the line proceeds by way Of quaint,
medieval Thun to the beautiful lake OF
that name; here the eternal SHOWS OF
the Jungfrau. schreckhorn and Mat
terhorn come into view and form .
striking background to the changing
colors of the lake Thence the line
continues through the charming Fruit
igen and Kandersteg valleys, with
their typical Swiss pastoral scenes,
and arrive at Kandersteg. the north
ern portal of the Lotschberg tunnel,
surrounded by Enthusiastically shaped
peaks.
7 Passing through the tunnel, the line
emerges In one Of the most wildly pic
turesque valleys Of Switzerland, and
one hitherto practically inaccessible to
the tourist-the Lotschen valley. The
steep, pine-clad slopes Of this uninhab-
tied region are soon exchanged for the
smiling pastures of the Rhone valley.
and the line gradually descends from
its high mountain ledge to Brigue.
where the Simplon railroad is Joined.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-03
French Railroad Schedules.

When a train gets in the habit of
being late on an American railroad
something drastic is done about It, but
on the state-owned railroads of
France they have a different plan.
On the Paris-Rouen run the time Of
the express trains used to be an
nounced at one hour and forty-five
minutes, but the actual time was two
hours and six minutes, So they re-
arranged the time table to fit that
actual elapsed time. What could be
simpler? And then the traffic man
ager put across another rearrange-
ment. The 7.50 train from Paris got
in the habit of arriving twenty-four
minutes late. So the traffic boss
started 1t thirty-one minutes earlier,
thus getting passengers into Rouen
seven minutes ahead Of the time 1t
used to be officially due.