Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-28


The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist Church, South, will give a Lawn
Social Thursday of next week at Mrs.
Mamie Walkers in Ironton. Every
body will be invited.
All the students of the Ironton High
School are requested to be at the
Public School building next Saturday
morning at ten O'Clock for the pur-
pose of having a photograph made.
Miss Mary Steel will leave for st.
Louis at an early date to finish her
sisters miss Lillian) term of school
at Maplewood, while Miss Lillian at
tends school at Cape Girardeau Nor
mal.-Lead Belt News.
We r informed that there will
not likely be a local option election
in st. Francois county before the first
of the year. The matter is in the
courts and there is some uncertainty
as to just when an election may be
called.
An important meeting of the Ar
cadia Valley Business Mems League
will be held in the Office of President
Trauernicht in the Academy of Music
building, Thursday evening, May 2Sth
at 1880 o'clock. Everybody urged tc
attend.
Prof. Raymond Schoop, of Rich
mond, Mo-, who was recently electec
superintendent of the Ironton schools
was here last Saturday. He has moi
yet announced his acceptance Of the
place but will give the Board a defn'
mite answer in a few days.
Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix Of Kan
sas City has been secured to preach
the last Sunday of the Methodist AS
sembly, July 26th. He presides oyel
the Conference in Southeast Missouri
and will hold che Conference at Ca
ruthersvllle, September 23d-
Tuesday Mr.. s. T. Wilson, Superin
tendent of Mr.. T. E. Kimber's Win
wood Farm, near Pilot Knob shippe'
three fine Yorkshire hogs to 81
Adams, Mo. The largest was
boar and weighed 500 pounds-a fin
animal. He is the sire of one litter o
nineteen hogs.
Miss Blanche M. Evans Monday re
ceived the appointment as postmis
tress at Arcadia to succeed Miss Flor
ence Fletcher, whose term had expil
ed. The appointee is a daughter o
Mr.. J. B. Evans of Arcadia, and W
have no doubt will prove a competer
and courteous official.
Clark w. Harris, son of Mr.. Chat
L. Harris of Crane Pond, had the mis-
fortune to have a portion of n c
his fingers jerked off while driving
team last Friday morning. In som
way the hand got fastened betwee
the tongue and double tree. He cam
to Ironton for treatment, and is gel
ting along very we'll.
We are told thata gentleman frol
st. Louis by the name of Smith wf
here last week and made an endeavc
Ito purchase the farm of Mr.. Low
Carly, vest Of town. An offer of $12
500 was. made for the place but it
said Mr.. Carly wants $4,000. MI
Smith is the contractor who built til
Mckinley bridge over the MISSISSIPPI
at st. Louis.
We didn't have a drop of rain he1
last Friday but about noon there wa
indication that rain was falling sout
of here. Mr.. Clark w. Harris, WI
came up from Sabula on train No. 2:
told us that there was two hours
| hard rain at Sabula about noon.
did not extend far, however, for thel
was only a sprinkle at Hogan ar
hardly that at Annapolis.
Miss Dora Hinsdale, who has bee
attending the University at Columbi
| Mo-, the past year, has secured
: position in the schools at Webst'
Groves, near st. Louis. We congratl
> late the young lady and congratula
, the school. Mrs. Hinsdale, who h;
been living in Columbia the past yea
will remove to Webster Groves
make her home in the near future.
Circuit Clerk Harrison informs
that the contract for the constructic
of Bismarck, Belleview Valley al
Western railroad from Bismarck
to Caledonia has been signed al
. work will soon begin on that part
the road. 1t is Thought that If Il
road is completed to Caledonia it W
$ be an easy matter to arrange for Il
: construction Of ihe entire line.-Re,
: nolds County Outlook.
The drouth continues and the stu
ton is becoming serious. There h
been no material rainfall since APP
9 26th. 1t is dry, dry, very dry, and t
outlook most discouraging. 1t lool
like a repetition of last year. Ora
has been greatly damaged and ever,
thing needs rain badly. For three
four days past the skies promised raj
Q but the rain came not. Summer
here, the thermometer Tuesday re
istering 81.
The City Council at q special NEE
ing on last Saturday night bong
Il. 49, e+raat onrinL1ar from MavhprT