Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-05-04

than q year past and we dare say no
one will dispute the assertion that he
has made a fearless, aggressive and
most capable prosecutor. Should he
again be honored there is no question
but that he would continue to dis
charge the duties of his Office with the
same zeal and fidelity that has char
acterized him in the past.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Mackley and
daughter, Miss Ann Elizabeth, and Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Reyburn motored from
Desloge to Ironton Tuesday evening
of last week. Miss Ann Elizabeth re-
turned to Arcadia College after the
Easter vacation. Mrs. Reyburn has
been spending several months with
her daughter, Mrs. Mackley. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mackley left the latter part of
the week for French Lick Springs,
Indiana, where they will make a So
journ of several weeks in the hope
that 1t will prove beneficial to Mr..
Mackley's health, which has not been
very good recently.
DIR. Farrar, secretary of the Ironton
school board, last Saturday completed
and forwarded to the State Auditor
for registration the $4,000 in bonds
to be issued by the district for the
purpose of building a high school. If
the Auditor finds all the proceedings
regular and registers the bonds the
board will at once proceed to market
them and get ready to. build. The
bonds are of 81, 900 denomination and
draw five per cent interest. The
board has received many inquiries
from people who want to purchase
the bonds, and there is no doubt that
they can be readily disposed of at a
premium of 5000 or more.
A vote was taken on the most
attractive children at the Better
Babies Contest, April 9th. The re-
suit of the vote was as follows: Blue
ribbon, Mary Cecilia Russell and Billy
Barger Fletcher; Red ribbon, Ruth
Jones and Arthur Marie La Plante;
White ribbon, Dorothy Buckley, Addie
Louise Downey, and James Newman,
Jr. A blue ribbon was awarded to
Wilma Ruth Pratt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Pratt of Arcadia, for
being the fattest baby at the contest.
This baby is five months old and
weighs 81 pounds. The prizes in the
physical contest will not be given out
for at least a month as the scoring
committee will have to go over each
examination card with great care.
An entrance was effected into the
store of VIM. e. Hall in Arcadia Mon
day night and about $50 taken from
the safe. The combination had not
been set for the night and the thief,
evidently, opened the safe with ease.
The robbery was net discovered until
the store was opened Tuesday morn
ing. Investigation revealed that the
burglar or burglars had gained en-
trance into the store by climbing a
tree and going through a window in
the second story of the building.
There was every indication that the
work had been done by some n ia
miliar with the premises-that is, To-
cal talent. A telegram was sent for a
couple of blood hounds at Poplar
Bluff. They arrived on train No.
Tuesday afternoon and were taken to
the tree that had been used in getting
into the store; the dogs promptly took
the trail, going west and up Stout's
creek. The dogs went directly to the
barn on VIM. Borders farm, about a
half mile southwest of Arcadia, and
there seemed to lose the scent.
There arrived in Ironton on trair
! No. 9 Friday night, April goth, G
man and woman who registered al
8 the Commercial Hotel as &c. j. Jones
and wife, st. Louis" The man STATED
that he was in search of a small
i chicken farm, and if he could find {
} place to suit him would buy it and en-
gage in poultry raising. After looking
around for a day or two Jones LEASED
: the home of the late Mrs. Phoebe
Farmer, in west Ironton, and STATED
he would make his home there unit
he could buy a place to suit him. The
: man and woman left the hotel ant
: went to the Farmer home to live. Oh
the following Thursday there arrived
g in town Mr.. Chas. A. Steele, of the
Pinkerton Detective Agency, st
Louis, on the lookout for a man ant
woman wanted in st. Paul, Minnesota
and Rochester, Pennsylvania, or
charges of bank swindling. Mr.. Steele
9 had never seen the man and woman
4 ne was hunting, but from description
\ furnished him at once became sat
] lsied that "Jones and wife" were
the two he was looking for. Tha
, afternoon, in company with Sheriff
Blue, John l. Marshall and deputie,
Blanton and Fisher, the detective wen
to the Farmer home. They we're re
fused admission and the front doc
of the house was locked. The mai
and woman were taken in custody b.
! a couple Of the officers as they wer,
seeking to get away by a back door
The prisoners refused to make an,
statement and were taken to Jail. MI
Steele says the mans name is Me-