Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-09
Belleview News.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Bell, who spent
a month in Fort Worth, Texas, re-
turned home last week. Mr.. Bell
says he can't see that the trip helped
him any.
Earl Boring of Peoria is visiting in
the home of w. A. Boring.
The B. Y. P. U. gave an oyster and
pie supper last Saturday evening
with satisfactory results.
Rev. NJ. M. Blaese has been away
two weeks in a meeting at Belgrade.
Mrs. B. W. Bynum, who has been
quite sick with pneumonia, is re-
covering.
Mrs. W. A. Boring visited her
father near Peoria last week.
VIM. King was a business visitor to
st. Louis last week.
News was received here last Mon
day of the death of Willard Lowe of
Iron Mountain. Mr.. Lowe used to
live here in the valley and had many
friends who sympathize with the
bereaved family. ALPHA.
The weather is nice and spring-like
to-day. If it remains fair and does
not rain, farmers will get busy this
week.
A proposition to consolidate a mum
Der of school districts in this valley
and form a central high school in
B%elleview proper is before the people,
and is being generally discussed. Just
how the matter will terminate is
somewhat predetermined.
Sergeant Andrews and Newt Tins
of the Cove we're out here Saturday
after thirty head of cattle they pur-
chased from the Ricketts, Brothers.
James Hartzell has leased DR.. G. W.
Farrar's large stock farm, and has re-
moved his family to the farm.
Charles Edmond, Jr., has purchased
a livery and feed barn in Bismarck,
and has removed his family there.
Mrs. D. Lasater left here Sunday
to visit her sister, Mrs. O. B. Paullus,
in Oklahoma City.
1t is reported that s. Gillian and
family and Thos. Douglas and family
will arrive in Belleview the coming
week.
We understand that the Farmers
Mutual Telephone Company have
failed to make satisfactory arrange
ments for further connections with
the lronton Telephone Company, and
consequently we cannot talk to Iron
ton, except over the Long Distance.
While not wanting to discuss the
"whys," the "wherefores" and the
"therefores" of the situation, we were
not at all surprised when the news
was FLASHED over the line" Well, so
far as the writer is concerned it does
not make any very material differ
ence, but for some of our business
men, it appears that the matter will
seriously handicap them in their bust
ness. During the past year the writer
has cheerfully paid the amount as
sessed for "Ironton connection" and
that period of time has not
used the line in connection with Iron
ton Central altogether more than five
minutes; consequently the Long Dis
lance service is just about as cheap
to him, and furthermore, the whole
telephone system as it has been for
the past year managed, does not
amount to a thing of very tangible
Joe Ricketts, and Miss Fanny Camp
bell were married Tuesday of last
week.
Willard Stephens visited Otto
Patterson Sunday.
Harry Russell is building a new
home.
Win Stevens recently purchased
from Joseph Forshee of Ironton 100
acres of land off the north part of Mr..
Forshee's farm, two miles north of
Belleview proper. This makes Mr..
Stevens a good farm. He is making
preparations to remove his family to
the farm this week.
r. e. Johnston went to Imboden
Sunday to look after the interest of
saw-mill business; that is, he went
down there Sunday to be ready for