Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-15

livered at our ranch, five miles west
of Ironton, near the Reagan farm.
OZARK HOG RANCH Co.,
Ironton, Mo.
By E. G. SroNEY, Superintendent.
Mr.. George Stark, of Arcadia, last
Monday received the following from
T. R. Douglass, Secretary of the Mis-
souri, Corn Growing Association,
Columbia, Mo: "You won the cow
pea trophy, at the Corn Show here,
with your peck of black cowpeas.
Plenty of competition" This exhibit
will now go to the National Corn Show
at Dallas, Texas, in February, to COM
pete with all the other states. Last
year Mr.. Stark won the sweepstake
on cowpeas at Columbia, sc.
1t seems that in reviewing the
decision in the Pilot Knob depot case
four of the members of the Supreme
Court declared the act under which
the suit was brought unconstitutional
SO far as the fine imposed on the rail-
road was concerned, but that the pro-
vision compelling the maintenance of
a depot was all right. The question is,
how can the company be induced to
build a depot when there is mo penalty
for the failure to do so? Law and
courts are beyond the average a
Lulu Lumine, the indicated cham
pion of the great Western Circuit, was
purchased several days ago by Tom
Murphy of Indianapolis, Ind. Lulu
Lumine was owned by w. Fl. Smol-
linger of Iron Mountain, n of the
best known breeders in the West. The
mare was trained and driven by o.
car Ames, head trainer at the Iron
Mountain stables. She has a record
of 2.09N and far apiece can hit a gait
of 200. 1t has been reported that the
price paid for the a was 100000
Bismarck Gazette.
+ The attention of the readers is di-
rected to the advertisement of W. F.
Schade's 9th Annual Sale, which ap-
pears in another column. Mr.. Schade
is we'll and ~favorably known to stock
men, having a widespread reputation,
as for twenty-four years he has been
handling jacks and iennets, and his
annual sales have become a fixed fea-
ture, which draws buyers from many
states. In this sale will be offered %
Jacks and Jennets, most of the latter
bred to a son of Orphan Boy, No. 696,
grand champion at the st. Louis
Worlds Fair. Any one interested in
Jacks or jennets will do well to write
Mr.. Schade for a free catalogue and at
tend the sale.-Adv.
Mrs. A. j. Zwart died at Grand
Junction, Colorado, Thursday night OIL
last week after a prolonged illness
The remains were taken to Farming
ton where interment was made Mon.
day. Mr.. Zwart is an old Ironton boy
and many Valley friends sympathize
with him in his sorrow. Mrs. Zwar
was formerly Miss Clara Parkhurst
her father, the late DR.. Parkhurst
was one Of the pioneers of st. Francoi
county. She was a graduate of thu
Ursuline Convent, Arcadia, and is vel
remembered by many former student
of that institution. She was a noble
lovely woman and l { extend my con-
dolence to my life long friend in hi
irreparable loss.
About noon on Wednesday of las
week a couple of young men driving
a gray horse, hitched to a top buggy
stopped in front of "Valley Home" ii
Arcadia and asked James Robertson
if he would like to buy a bay pom.
they were leading. Mr.. Robertson
replied that he did not. The pom,
was tired, worn out and just about ''al
in" After going probably fifty yard
the strangers turned the pony loos
in the road and went on their way
Mr.. Robertson took the pony /
charge and is trying to find it's owner
Nothing has since been learned of tn
; two men. They came from towar
; Fredericktown and drove on into Ar
cadia. Where they went from Their
is not known. The affair looks sus
picious, to say the least land we woul
not be surprised to hear of some on
coming along looking for a horse, ant
maybe, two.
-. That the whisky traffic in Americ
is dead now, and only remains to b
told so by the National government
in order to toddle over into eterni
|, oblivion, was the declaration of Rev
: Andrew Johnson of Kentucky, in
lecture at the Baptist church, Frida
evening. He pointed out recent de
. velopments in the fight against tn
world evil which indicate that eve
: Congress will soon take action, allud
t ing to recent great manifestations {
d temperance sentiment in high ofici;
: circles. If there was anybody preser
e Friday night who was not alread
convinced of the unmixed evil Of al
coholic beverages, and the unmitigat
9 ed grossness of the laws which perm