Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21
Des Arc Items.

We have had some fine weather.
One farmer, near Charleston, has
planted his potatoes. Charleston, in
vegetation, is nearly a month ahead of
this section.
At Caney Creek, on the Belmont
Branch. they are building a dredge
boat, 5Gx2O0 feet; it will cost $25, 600.
They will cut a ditch fifty feet wide,
and from 10 to Is feet deep in order to
drain Mingo Swamp. Work will be-
gin about March LIST. About 300 men
and teams are working on the levee
between Commerce, Mo, and Cairo,
Ills, on the Mississippi river. l was
talking to a big farmer at Charleston.
He has 900 acres of farming land in
Ste. Genevieve county and 800
in Mississippi county: he has 200 head
of two-year- old cattle and has not fed
them anything. They live on the rye
fields; in the spring the fields are
plowed and planted in melons. ask
ed him what he thought of silos. He
said they were all right for small
farms, but that he did not s them,
having so much roughness.
I was in Annapolis Saturday and
visited Chas. E. Bolch's handle facto-
ry.. His manager, Mr.. Green Brooks,
is certainly making some fine handles.
Mr.. Bolch certainly has o. bust
ness on hand than any other one man
iu Iron county, and if he were not a
live wire some of his business would
soon fall down. He owns several good
farms, several saw mills and looks
after them all himself. He has a big
stock of goods and carefully watches
the market. I wrote him from
Charleston last week to order a car of
-four at once as it would advance be-
fore / could see him. He took my
advice and saved 40 cents a barrel. If
he lives he will be the wealthiest man
in Iron county.
Judge W. T. Stevenson is still trad
ing and when he gets through | will
write of his trades. He has a head on
him and will, no doubt, come out on
top.
/ was down at Lilbourn last week.
Stevenson & Fitz's business is grow
ing all the time. Their sales last Sat-
urday were $40. They have taken in
another partner, L. d. Marlowe, @. l..
| Stevenson's son-in-law, who is a fine
timber man. He will look after ties,
lumber, etc.
Flour has gone out of sight in price;
so cents a barrel higher than it was 10
DAYS ago. | sold three cars last week ;
saved my friends about so cents a bar
rel. And it will go still higher. Some
fbody is getting rich, 1t is certainly
hard on the laboring class. Work is
getting more plentiful, though. Twas
talking to my friend, Gus Funk, at
Annapolis Saturday. He said that in
1912 he paid as.high as 81 a barrel
for -four.
J. H. Stevenson went to Poplar Bluff
last week.
Glen Harrison and wife from Pied
mont were here Sunday to visit Mack
Harrison and wife.
Gus Williams and wife from Hoxie,
Arkansas, are visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Williams.
Mrs. John Stevenson went to Hen
erickson last week to visit relatives.
Mrs. E. w. Fitz and little daughter,
Maxine, have returned to their home
in Pangburn, Arkansas.
Mrs. Eta Hale was here last week
from st. Louis to look after her farm
near Vulcan.
Massey Ruble and wife and Franz
Cooper and wife from Piedmont at
tended the revival here Sunday.
We are in the midst of another
good revival meeting here at the Bap'
list church. Rev. Oscar Taylor is do.
ing d great work here. Up to Sunda.
there had been twelve conversions
Our business men, railroad men, til
inspectors and Constable have beer
converted. The house was crowded
Sunday night, and about forty chair
were placed in the church; then peopl'
we're turned away as there was n,
standing room. Rev. Taylor is q pow
erful man for God and his work her
will be lasting. The meeting will con
tinue through this week. ISAAC.
The Famous Spirslla Corset, mad
o measure. Regular and Irregular fig
ures taken care Of. Special servic
given in the home. Fittings guar
anteed. Appointment by phone 0
card. Mrs. CLARA LEICHER,
AT The Ne Willard Hotei, Irontn
Mo.
For Sale-Some Chester White Pig
/. Seven weeks old. A. RIEKE.