Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-13

being identified with some of the
mineral land sales in the West end of
Iron county several years ago.
Misses Freda and Lucille Ringo will
arrive home from Cape Girardeau
early next month. After spending a
couple of weeks at home they will Wis
it the Panama Exposition at San
Francisco, making the journey in
company with a number of teachers
from the Normal.
Mr.. Taylor informs us that he is
meeting with fairly good uccess in
floating ties down Big Brushey to
Middle Fork. They have landed one
drive of 10000 and r bringing
down a larger drive now. They have
s. 1000 or more ties on that stream
Centerville Outlook.
The closing exercises OF the Ironton
schools viii be held in the Academy
of Music Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights of next week. An
admission fee Of Is and 25 cents will
be charged Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. The graduating exercises of
the High School will be held Thursday
night. No admission fee.
Hon. Walter L. Hensley white in
Bonnie Terre last Saturday purchased
from George Keith, local agent, a new
REQ the Fifth. Mr.. Keith went to st.
Louis and drove a new car down SO
that Mr.. Hensley presented the car to
his wife Sunday morning as a birthday
present.-Bonne Terre Star.
A man by the name of Thos. w.
Brown of Elvins was drowned in the
Iron Mountain dam Sunday. Brown,
with two companions, was in a
boat fishing. In some way the boat
was overturned and Brown was
drowned. The deceased was 36 years
Of age and leaves a wife and two
children.
Albert Collins departed Tuesday
evening for De Soto. From there he
will go to st. Louis and thent TO Clarks-
vile, Mo. Mr.. Collins sold his inter-
ests in the handle factory to Dobbins
and McHenry. Alb. was a jolly good
fellow and had many friends here
whose good wishes follow him.-Bis-
marck Gazette.
Mrs. Hannah Allen of Granville,
New York is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Roblee, at her home in the val
ley. Mrs. Roblee also has as guests
her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Mccarthy,
and granddaughter, little Miss Mar
jorie Mccarthy and Miss Alice Willis,
all of st. Louis. Mr.. Roblee and Mr..
Mccarthy were down for the week
end.
The REGISTER this week publishes
in pamphlet form the Financial State
ment of Iron county for the fiscal year
ending January 81, 1915; also the
condition of the School Fund is shown.
The statement is explicit and COM
plete. In fact, none Of the statements
published in the various counties in
Southeast Missouri that come to this
office are as comprehensive as that
of Iron County.
Mr.. w. R. Edgar, Sr., tells us that
while journeying to st. Louis last
Sunday afternoon, he met Mr..
s. e. Haven, a former resident of the
valley, on the train. twenty-five
years ago Mr.. DeHaven had charge
of the schools at Pilot Knob and is
we'll remembered by III older citi-
zens. He was on his way home to La
Grange, Kentucky, after a business
trip to Ell Paso, Texas.
Mrs. Hollinger, wife of the care
taker at "The Naples" was accident
ally shot through the foot by a %
rife Tuesday morning. Mrs. Holm
ger was looking in a drawer for some
cartridges when in some way the gun
in her husbands hands was discharg-
ed. The ball wentall the way through
the foot and a painful wound resulted,
but DR.. Marshall says the patient is
doing very nicely.
Rev. Welborn of lockwood was a
Flat River visitor Wednesday. He
informs US that Burk and Hobbs will
conduct a meeting in lockwood. No
definite date has yet been fixed but
they will probably arrive there about
the 18th of July. The evangelists are
now at West Plains. From there they
go to st. Louis; from st. Louis to
Cushing, Oklahoma, and from there
back to Leadwood.-Lead Belt News.
Mrs. q. G. Russell requested us to
forward her paper to Sikeston, Mo-,
where she goes to reside. Her son,
Mr.. John G. Russell, who has been In
business at Hayti, Mo-, for some time,
has bought a farm implement business
at Sikeston and moved there recently.
We regret to lose these estimable
people who were among our most
model citizens; but our loss will in
ure to Sikeston's Notwithstanding
ton Times.
Piedmont will oil the streets instead
of sprinkling them this year. This
was resolved by the business men
who pay the bill at a meeting held at
the Exchange Bank Monday evening
and presided OVERLY Mayor Chas. H.
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