Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-10

ates of the Law School on that oc-
casion. He is a former Pilot Knob
boy and we Congratulate him on the
success he is achieving. We do not
know of a more deserving young man
anywhere.
Ed. Tinker of the west end of the
county who had been in Jail here about
a month on the charge of assault with
intent to rape, was last week deliver
ed to Sheriff Trask of Crawford coun-
ty where there is a charge of incest
and rape against him. Tinker was
taken to the Crawford county Jail in
Steelville, where a few days after
wards;h made his escape, and is now
a fugitive from justice.
Marshal Fisher, Mayor Baldwin,
and Councilman Trauernicht put in
the greater part of Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday last putting the
oil on Main street. The street was
oiled from bridge to bridge and we
believe is a very good job. If it does
away with our dust this summer sure
ly the money has been well spent. The
Mayor, Marshal and Mr.. Trauernich-
are entitled to thanks for their faithq
full and efficient work.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. W. Ayres arrived
from st. Louis last Wednesday to
spend about a week at their home on
the mountain side. They have rented
the place for the season to Mr.. s. M.
Phelan whose family will be here
within a few days to remain until
October. We r glad to know that
these good people will be with this
US summer. Mr.. Phelan is now on a
pleasure trip to the expositions in
California, a trip awarded him, we
derstand, by the Prudential Insurance
Company for an unusual amount of
business acquired by him.
Miss Beth Durham is engaged to
wed. The news is contained in a
clipping from a newspaper of Califor-
mia sent by friends who knew the
news would be of interest to many
Cape people. Miss Durham was a
graduate of the Normal in 1907. She
then taught a year at Jefferson school
and three years at Broadway. -Four
years ago she went to the coast with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Durham, and has been teaching at
Redwood. The wedding will take
place in June.-Cape Girardeau Re-
publican.
Mr.. F. T. Hunt, the good roads boos-
ter from Reynolds county, was in the
valley Tuesday soliciting dollar sub
scriptions to a $50 fund to be used on
the Ironton- Hogan road. Mr.. Hunt
informs US there is now available 5000
for use on this road and the work Will
be done at once under the direction
of q. w. Sutherland of Arcadia. The
county court of Reynolds county, Mr..
Hunt tells us, had made, a special levy
of Is cents on the 800 valuation for
road and bridge purposes. This will
add about $450O annually to the road
fund of the county. MI. Hunt is do
ing a great work and should be en-
couTaged.
Rev. J. IT. Ford, of whom mention
was made last week, takes exception
to the REGISTERS Characterization of
his services at Pilot Knob as "trip
roaring.", He also says that the ar
ticle which appeared in the paper last
week would lead one to believe that
Sheriff Blue served the summons on
him notifying him that his wife had
sued him for divorce while he was
conducting services. The summons
was served on him in Ironton, he
AYERS. AS to the charges made in his
wife's petition for divorce, Mr.. Ford
insists that all of the serious ones are
false and he will 81 establish at the
proper time. He and other ministers
are still conducting a meeting at Pilot
Knob.
Circuit court convened in adjourned
session Monday afternoon. The court
rendered a decision in favor Of the
plaintiff in the case of R. L. Barger VS..
jeremiah Healy for specific perform
ance of contract. The trial was had
in April and taken under adVisement.
Defendant appealed to the Supreme
Court. Arthur and Firmin Lashley of
Des Arc pleaded guilty to charge of
assault and battery and we're fined $40
each; committed to five days in Jail.
Elmer Lloyd of Annapolis pleaded
guilty to carrying weapons while in
toxicated and was fined 500; granted
a stay, until the next term of court.
Tuesday morning was devoted to the
trial of some land title cases, which
the court took under advisement n
til next term Of court. Court ad-
journed Tuesday noon.
Ex-Collector J. g. Forshee's back
tax collections for April and May,
1914, totaled $719.19 Collector Burn
hams back-tax collections for the
same months this year total $1146 .945
That is, Mr.. Burnham collected $427. %
more back taxes in April and May
this year than did his predecessor in
office in the same months last year.
A month or 80 ago, when we made a
note of the unusually large tax delin-
quent list returned by Mr.. Forshee in
his final settlement with the County
Court, the Potosi Journal, a Republic
can paper, Reproduced what we had
to say and put a head on the item, in
timating that the exceedingly poor
collections could be attributed to
Democratic hard times. BY the same
process of reasoning, then it is fair t.
assume that times have greatly inn
proved in the past year. Let it 60 at
that.
Bismarck Gazette: 'tThe Bismarck
ball team went to Graniteville Sunday
for a game with that team, and re-
ceived a severe drubbing at the hands
to the G~raniteville boys. A would-be
pitcher by the name OF Ebey, who
blew into town some time Saturday
from parts unknown, started on the
mound for our boys. His offerings
were easy picking for Graniteville,
and after 4 runs had been scored, and
the bases full, he was derricked and
Pogue took his place. Pogue pitched
good ball the remainder OF the game.
Warren for Graniteville had our boys
number and they were helpless. He
was especially strong in the pinches.
The Anal ac0ra was IN IN 2 with Grau-