Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-09-23

Pemiscot Argus frequently appear in
our exchanges. We take pleasure in
announcing that the fault complained
Of does not attach to the merchants
and business men of this community.
On the contrary, except in rare
instances where the work is beyond
the attainment Of the local job offices,
it is given the home printer, and that
has been the practice for years. The
Argus complaint reads: "Every news
paper is expected to keep up an active
campaign against the mail order
houses and to advocate the patronage
of home stores by the farmers in
every instance, but it not infrequently
finds that the same store which is so
much opposed to the sending away
of money by the farmers for goods is
guilty of the same practice in pur-
chasing its supplies of printed matter
from the large cities. II st. Louis and
Chicago can furnish them bargains,
why should not the same cities furnish
bargains to the farmer?n
Is there no balm in Gilead, no oil to
grease the wheels of some new in
dustry for the Valley? Is there not
enough of enterprise to utilize the
natural advantages about us? These
questions occur to me asI contemplate
the silent buildings and the idle ma
'chinery on the grounds adjacent to the
railway station where for years the
moving of teams and the hum o.
activity e~nlivened the surroundings
The h~ub-factory is a thing of the past
but is there nothing that can be made
to take it's place? The screen dool
factory, too, is gone-shut down by
the trust-but can it not be reinstated'
At its closing it was a prosperous ant
increasing business, with orders tt
employ it for a year ahead. Why no
our citizens form a joint stock com
pany and re-establish that industry
It will preforce be of moderate ca
pacity at first, but, properly,managed
will grow, and with it probably othe
enterprises. A monthly payroll is
wholesome appendage to any com
munity.
Wednesday, September Is, saw tn
opening of the duck shooting seasol
III DOUH q uHQOI RLblO upl'
Federal laws. Owing to the higl
stage of water during the create
part of the year, duck shooting shoul'
be better this season than ever be
fore; the fact that ducks in larg
numbers have nestled in Missouri thl
year alone should account for create
numbers of waterfowl. The wet sea
son also will aid in keeping them i
local waters until late in the season a
feed is growing wild in abundanc
along the streams and ponds. lndica
tions also point to a more plentifr
supply of wild turkey this season tina
ever before and squirrels, reported a
scarce in many localities earlier in tn
year, are now to be found in larg
numbers where hickory nuts grow
An extra large crop of hickory an
other nuts will also tend to kee
squirrel in such localities longer tina
would have been the case had nj
crops been light. The wet seaso
during Matching season will caus
quail to be scarce in many localitie
unless they migrate from other part
Already several cases Of typhoi
fever have appeared in Farmingtol
and local physicians say more wi
likely follow because of the unsan
tary conditions of many cesspools an
out closets, made more dangerous
public health by the recent heay
rains. The News has. repeated
this summer called attention to tt
need of an examination of the city
condition from a sanitary standpoint
to be followed by such cleaning-up
might be found necessary by sue
an investigation. So far as a unite
, effort along this line, nothing, v
, believe, has been done all summe
To say that such workahas been Vi
L necessary is to speak ig%norantly
the facts. The stencil from certa
quarters of the town not half a doze
blocks from the public square
enough to put the smell from a phi
} pen to shama. Every effort shou
: : be put forth by everybody to maj
our city just as free from dangers
contagious diseases as possible. II
; vast majority Of our citizens do tai
such precautions, but there are alwa
a few who do not know the bad G
. fects of these unsanitary places, or
not care. Ii offending property ow
! ers and occupants will not clean U
there is ample recourse in law to cor
pei them to do so.-Farmington New
J Sheriff Blue Monday morning r
) ceived a message saying that he W
v wanted at the summer home of Mr..
: A. ". Lewis, east of Arcadia. The {
3 fetal Immediately responded to t.
q summons. Arriving at the Lew
' place the officer was informed tt
: Mr.. Lewis negro chauffer, Fred Ro
n inson, had the Saturday afterno
8 previous attempted to rape Agnes, t
q eleven-year-old daughter of Mr.. LIE
Isl care -taker, Louis Favez. The n
4 gro was found in the barn and +
Sheriff OF once took him in custoC
: The story told by the little girl is tt
the negro had taken her to his roc
. in the second story of the barn, fl
! tened the door, removed her und'
clothing, laid her on the bed, and
tempted to have intercourse with b
= About this time the child's mott
= had noted her absence, came to t
!. barn in search of her, and called !
Il name. The negro being unable to
q complish his pursose, and hearing I
a mothers call, opened the door a
q told the little girl to 60 down sta
= The mother, in the meantime, b
% returned to the house and the ch
did not tell her what had happt
cd until the following day. Rt
inson was placed in Jail and will ha
a preliminary hearing before just
y Rasche Thursday afternoon. Rob
son came here from st. Louis ant
y probably % or 90 years old He
10 made no denial of his guilt. ]
y charge filed by prosecuting attorl
p Edgar is assault with intent to ra
y The maximum penalty on convict
thereof isAtive years in the penitt
tiary. If guilty, the offender sho
be given the limit and then some.
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