Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-22

D'Urbervillesn is the attract ion for
Saturday night. Mrs. Fiske is one of
Americas foremost actresses and as
''Tess" she attAins the Hottest heights
of dramatic power. Don't miss seeing
this famous drama.
The Tyler Land & Timber Com
pany, owned by ]. E. Franklin, one
time President Of the Bankers Trust
Company, st. Louis, filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy in the United
States District Court at st. Louis
Monday. Liabilities were listed at
S172, GIT 81 and the assets at $685.
1885. Notes for loans held by a
score of banks in Missouri, Illinois
and Arkansas, constitute the greater
part of the liabilities. The Bank of
~Ironton, so the st. Louis papers state,
holds a note Of the Company's for
S250O.
O. II. Oasebolt of Doyle was here
last Saturday endeavoring to have
the County Superintendent create a
new school district at Doyle in the
west end of the county. 1t was pro-
posed to form the new district out of
the Burgundy, Goodwater and Bixby
districts. Superintendent Hanson APP
pointed B. s. Gregory, Lee Barger,
T. N. Mari and August Schwab of
Pilot Knob as a board of arbitration
to pass on the matter. After hearing
the evidence the board recommended
that no new district be created. @.
H. Oasebolt of Doyle was here repre-
senting the petitioners.
The story is told that one day last
week the wagon of a tie hauler broke
down a mile or so west of town. The
ties were unloaded, piled up by the
side of the road, and the wagon
brought to Ironton for repairs. Early
next morning the hauler went back to
get his ties. But, 10 and behold, when
he got there the ties were nowhere
to be found. They had disappeared
as completely as if the earth had OPP
ened and swallowed them. He said
he met one or two wagons loaded with
ties coming to town early that morn
ing. Further said he could identify
his ties; but has not done SO up to the
present writing, and the guilty one
goes unpublished.
The Flat River streets are to be oil
ed again this seaso and the work OIL
putting the oil on is to begin within
a few days. The committee selected
by the business men to receive and
consider bids on Tuesday afternoon
let the contract to John Ball, repre-
senting the Texas Oil Company, his
bid being the lowest. The Pierce and
Standard Companies 9 close com
petitors of the Texas for the CONTRACT
there being only a small fraction of a
cent difference in the three bids. The
Texas is to furnish and put the oil or
at three and seven eight-hundreths
cents a gallon OF a total of 1902. 81
for the first application of 5000 gal
Ions. IL necessary a second applica-
tion will be made later in the season
The territory to be oiled is Main stree
from the wagon bridge to the M. R
& B. T.. track near the depot; from
| Main street at the Schramm corner tt
far corner of Henry Rinke residence
lot and from Main street at Bequette'i
livery stable to Christian church. To
morrow has been designated "Clean'
Up Day" by the business mems com
mittee. Residents and business mer
along the streets to be oiled are re.
quested to rake up all rubbish in piles
and the committee will see that it il
hauled away.-Farmington News.
The first house east of the railroad
track in "White Row." Pilot Knob
was badly damaged by an explosion
of dynamite a few minutes before
midnight last Friday. The only oc'
cupant Of the house at the time wa
VIM. Hornbeck. Fortunately, he es'
capped injury but big hole was blown
in the floor land the plastering tor
from the walls and ceiling. The
charge was fired from under the
building. Hornbeck says he was too
badly frightened to call for assistance
and crawled to a corner of the room
in which he had been sleeping ant
lay in fear and trembling. Sheriff
Blue was notified of the disaster mex
morning and promptly started an in
vestigation. He did not make mucf
Roadway until Monday when he got
clue coming by way of Flat Rive
that Thos. Thurman living at PHO
Knob bad probably fired the dynamite
Monday night Thurman was taker
in custody at his home, the old com
pany office, in Pilot Knob. Next day
a warrant was issued against hin
charging malicious destruction o
property. The penalty on conviction
of this offense is from two to twenty
FIVE years in the penitentiary. Thur.
man has been living at Pilot Knoll
about a year, coming there from thu
Flat River country. Several year
ago he was tried in the circuit cour
OF st. Francois county for burglarizinl
the Norwine store in Flat River, bu
was not convicted. Hornbeck is
man about fifty years of age and ha
been living at Pilot Knob severa
years. At present he is running