Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-09


to accomplish much in the next year.
Born, at Charleston Missouri, We'd
nesday, November "a, 1915, to Lieut..
Francis G. Delano, Coast Artillery
Corps, and Mrs. Delano, a son, Fran
els Hunter Delano. The REGISTER
tenders congratulations and best wish
es to all concerned.
DIR. @. A. Peterson, who used to
take a prominent part in the celebra-
tions on the anniversary of the battle
of Pilot Knob, died at his home in
Webster Groves, Mo-, about two
week ago at the age of 81 years. A
widow andtwo sons survive him.
The article "Who Owns Your" pub
lished on the first page of the REGIS
TER last week was taken from an
editorial in Physical Culture, a New
York magazine, with which Bernarr
Macfadden is connected. He was at
one time a resident of Ironton.
The Cemetery Improvement AS
ISOLATION has thirty two members.
Hand your name in for membership
and let our Cemeteries be improved
and beautified.
MRS. F. P. AXE, President.
MRS. A. L. SCHwAB, Secretary.
Mrs. C. Collins and daughter, Miss
Hazel, of Ironton, accompanied the
formers daughter, Mrs. A. F. Blanton,
home last Sunday. Mrs. Blanton and
mother and sister went to st. Louis
Wednesday where Miss Hazel was
operated on for adenoids.-De Soto
Times.
Lieut.. Frank G.. Delano, Of the U. S.
Army, who has been at Charleston,
Mo, with his family for several weeks,
will sail about Christmas from New
York for Panama, where he expects
to be stationed for some time. Mrs.
Delano and the babies will 60 to PAN
anna later.
Mrs. Nancy Hall, of Piedmont, a
sister of Joe Hasty, of Arcadia, fell off
the railroad t%restle, just this side of
the Arcadia station, and received
several rather v e cuts and bruises
on the head and face. Considering
her advanced age she is getting along
very nicely.
Mrs. Sadie Fletcher, of Arcadia, ac-
companied by DIR. Marshall, D. Edgar
Fletcher and Miss Florence, was taken
to the Missouri Baptist S~anitarium st.
Louis, where she will be placed under
the care of DR.. Malcolm Bliss, a nerve
specialist. We hope to hear of an
early improvement in her condition.
Rev. @. @. Brandt of Ironton stop
ped over here for a short visit the
past week with John Guessing and
family, en- route home from Gordon
vile, where he had been visiting old
friends. He was at one time for sew
eral years pastor of the Lutheran
church at Gordonville ~ Harrington
News.
Lost-Somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of Iron Mountain, Mo, a dog,
white and brown spotted, hair like a
setter and answers to the name of
"Brownie." The license number on
the dogs collar is 12657-St. Louis
license, 1915. A reasonable reward
will be paid for information leading to
the dogs recovery. Address A. @.
Stockton, Iron Mountain, Mo.
The car of the Missouri Fish Com
mission was attached to train % last
Wednesday and some 1900 small cat
fish, bass and croppie we're left here
and put in Lake Killarney. Owing tc
the damage done by the floods in Au-
gust last the Commission is short on
fish this season. Lake Killarney is
now becoming fairly we'll stocked and
if the fish are not wantonly destroyed
there will be some good angling there
next summer.
The st. Joseph Lead Company hat
a notice in the st. Louis newspapers
to the effect that ii expects to pay of
its outstanding bonds due January L
1918, amounting approximately to 49,.
100000 on January LIST, next. This we
understand, will cancel all the bond
ed indebtedness against theSt. JOSEPH
Company proper, although it still
guarantees the payment Of 81, 500, zoo
of bonded indebtedness against the M
R. & B. 7. Ry. Co.-Farmington News
A syndicate of New Workers recent
ly organized by H. ], Cantwell of st,
Louis, began operations with a dia-
mond drill four miles west of Irondale
last week. This syndicate has under
option more than 5000 acres, includ-
ing the Eaton Eversole tract, upon
which lead was found nine years ago
1t is generally believed that the ex-
tension of the Flat River district into
w ashington County will be proved By
the drilling now in progress.-Potos
Journal.
Sheriff VIM. Blue Of Ironton, Iror
county, spent Friday OF last week il
attendance at circuit court in Center.
vile. Mr.. Blue is a splendid gentle
man and is making an cxcellen'
record as an official in our sister
county. This visit from Mr.. Blue re-
minds us that we are personally
acquainted with nearly all the county