Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-04-13

Athletic Meet at St. Paul's Park at
1880 O'Clock in the afternoon.
DR.. G. W. Farrar will leave for Kan
sas City Thursday morning to appear
before the State Board Of Health and
defend himself Of the charge that is
against him of writing prescriptions
for beverages. The DIR. is confident
that he a convince the board OF his
innocence.
At the town election in Arcadia last
week A. ] Boardman, Louis Miller,
Jr., O. F. Hargadine, Brinker Evans
and Geo. Shores were elected mem
hers of the board for the ensuing year.
Lee Davis, Jack Coad and WH. Bethel
were candidates for Marshal. Davis
was elected.
David Silvey, of Belleview, last
week bought the j. w. Schaefer o.
room cottage in Clay & Evans Addi-
ton from J.. H. Kinneman. Consider,
alton $3.50. The deal was made by
M. A. Young. Mr.. Silvey expects to
move into the property this week.
Pennington News.
Hon. Edward Robb returned from
a trip over several of the counties
comprising the 18th congressional
district last Tuesday, and found the
political situation so encouraging that
he has fully decided to get into the
race and will stay in the race to the
fnish.-The PerryviIle Sun.
It is probable that in the nearfuture
the mail service from Ironton to the
Silver Mines will be increased to six
days in the week. At present but
three trips are made weekly. In
creased activity at the mines calls for
better mail service. Joe Haven, the
mail contractor, says that he is ar
ranging to run a hack from the mines
to carry passengers.
The Woman'e Study Club met with
Mrs. Essie Newman Tuesday. The
officers for the coming year were
elected. Mrs. Addie Gay, President;
Mrs. Jennie Fletcher, ice.President;
Mrs. Jessie Boardman, Secretary and
Treasurer. Solo, Mrs. DeWeese-
IHSpring.n Paper-Mrs. Hanson
Treasures Metropolitan Museum
Dainty refreshments were served by
Y the hostess. The Club meets with
Mrs. Laura Barger April 25th.
MEMBER.
HI. R. Taylor, manager Of the 7. J.
Moss Tie 90. business in this county,
departed for Clayton creek, above
Edgehill, yesterday, with a crew of
men to bring down several thousand
ties off that stream to the vicinity Of
Black, where they will be banked UNI
til the big drives are started in the
summer. The ties will be brought
down off of all the small streams in
that section this spring while the water
is flush. 1t is hoped that the com
panY will not experience the big losses
this year by high water that they, did
in 1915.-Centerville Outlook.
Bismarck Gazette: "The Iron
Mountain has made quite a change in
their section employees the past week.
Walter Bone, section foreman on the
main line, was discharged last Friday
and Monday morning Chas. Disteli,
foreman on the Belmont Bra neh sec
| ton, was also released, Several of
the section men have also been dis
charged. It has been stated that there
are quite a number of section men, up
and down the line, that are slated for
release. No reason is given by the
company, but the general opinion lie
that the discharges were brought
about by the men joining the Brother
hood of Trackmen.n
, The M. M. Club met on Thursday,
, April 9th, with Mrs. f. Erbe. Meet
ing called to order by the President,
Mrs. w. T. Gay. Minutes of last meet
J ing read and approved. No business
: of any Importance, and a general
good time vas had. The hostess, as
sisted by Mrs. F. Kindell, Jr., served
5 a most delicious three-course lun-
cheon, in which the clubs colors,
D lavender and white, were very, much
in evidence. The favors were sweet
peas (club's flowers) in their colors
: Those present. were: Mesdames w
Ii. Gay, F. Kindell, ST., J.C. Forshee,
A. Haywood, F. Kindell, Jr., +. Erbe,
and G. F. Hanson.
! High School in the Ironton district is
! now engaging the attention of the
school board. Several sites have
I been proposed but none, so far, beer
: decided on. It is semi-officially an
8 nounced, however, that the structure
will not be located north of the present
I. building, the desire being to locate j,
: in the central part of town, if possible
Y and not far away from the old schoo
building. AS soon as the site is agreed
3 on matters will be hurried as much al
possible in the endeavor to get the
I structure completed SO that it can be
: used the coming school year. Thii
will require unusual energy, however
and fast work.
Alfred Schwab, John Knight, VIM
/. HARRISON and Andrew Yates, of PHO
q Knob, were arrested Saturday on thu
0 charge Of disturbing the peace. The,
were tried before Justice Rascht
Tuesday afternoon, who found the
two first named guilty and fined them
z 81 and costs each. HARRISON ant
y Yates were discharged. Another
: charge of violation Of the local option
j; law has been filed against Schwab
= 1t seems the young men got drunk OF
some whiskey received on train q
/ Saturday. 1t is alleged that Schwal
ordered the whiskey and distributed
it among the.other members of thu
a party, which is in violation OF thu
: local option law. His trial will BIZ
had Wednesday. The penalty OF
conviction is $500 fine.
From Sundays st. Louis Republic
' "Dr. Henry w. Schulz of 1908 Chero
kee street was sued for divorce in the
\ Circuit Court yesterday by his wife
Clara. She states that for 10 year
before they separated April ] he wa
n cold and indifferent to her and object
ed to any display of affection. He ex
y hibited a bad temper, used bad Ian.
,, guage and was sullen and morose, re
Is fusing to speak to her for days at
time, she AYERS: In September, 1918