Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-11-11
Des Are Irems.

We are having the driest fall for
many years past. Forest fires are
burning the acorns, but it has been a
great time to gather corn and farmers
are busy gathering it. never before
saw so much corr as is being shipped
from lower Southeast Missouri. | was
at Blodgett, Morley aud Bertrand.
They have more than 20, 900 bushels of
corn in sacks along the side track.
The sacks are piled up ten feet high
and 100 feet long, in addition to a
warehouse, 70x100 feet, full and run
ming over. They cannot get cars suf-
ticient to ship in; twenty wagons al
ways waiting to unload. They have
shelters that take the corn out of the
wagon, she'll it and run it into sacks.
At Oran a concrete elevator is being
built that will hold 1900, 900 bushels Of
wheat; the same company is building
II at Sikeston.
VIM. Stevenson has bought D. F..
Stevenson's store at Taskee. Bud
Stevenson and brothers will operate
two saw mills; they are loaded down
with orders.
j. II. Stevenson and Tom Lovelace
are running a mill on the road to
Brunot-about four miles from Des
Arc.
The tie business is improving. They
are paying 40 cents cash at Des Arc;
AZ cents at Bismarck; is cents at Po-
tosi.
Frank Copeley has traded his Gads
Hill property for St. Louis property
and has moved to st. Louis to live.
The work train is still stopping here
working about forty men,
The meat and flour market is very
unsettled-up one week and down an
other.
/ wish to correct an error in which
Stated last week that O.. S. Fitz was
paying SIS for red oak; it was white
oak instead,
Some new concrete walks are being
laid which are a great improvement
to town. On Main street the
walks are now made as far south as
the Methodist church, and on the east
side the walks lead to the Baptist
church.
While Hon. y. L. Munger of Pied
mont attempted to board a train here
Friday night mis- foot slipped and he
fell, receiving quite serious injuries,
He was not able to 60 to Piedmont
until the following day.
Mrs. G.. w. Wallis is seriously ill
with pneumonia. Her daughters,
Mrs. Lee Strader, Mrs. John Lovelace
and Mrs. Jas. Lovelace, have been
called home to help are for her.
Mrs. I. P. Fitz is home from a visit
with relatives in Eldorado, ILL.,, Farm
ington, De Soto and St. Louis.
VIM. Stevenson, wife and little son,
Woodrow, were visitors at Taskee
last week.
J. W.Cooper and wife went to Pied
mont last week to visit their son.
John Howard went to Ironton one
day last week.
Mrs. John Reed was an Ironton Wis
itor last week.
Glen Harrison and family spent
Sunday with relatives at Piedmont.
Gilbert Wallis went to Poplar Bluff
Saturday.
Miss Ora Lovelace has gone to Fred
ericktown to assist Rev. Mason and
wife in q meeting.
Mrs. Turner from De Soto spent
Sunday here with her husband, who
is conductor on the work train.
Miss Maude Fitz is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. G. W. Morris, at Farming
ton.
The revival at the Baptist church
closed Sunday night. Rev. O. L.Tay-
Tor preached some powerful sermons
and great good resulted. The house
was crowded Sunday night and many
went away, not being able to obtain
seats.
Rev Geo. Brown, the NJ. E. minis
ter, will preach next Sunday.
ISAAC.