Iron County register., 1916-08-03

her death she was assistant mother
superior Of the convent. She was the
daughter of John Nicholson Washing
ton of North Carolina, whose grand
father was an uncle Of George Wash
ington."
From the FarmingSon News: "W.
Il. Smollinger, the genial proprietor
of the Iron Mountain Stock Farm,
was Pennington visitor Tuesday in
the interest of his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for Congress.
While here he made the News Office
call. When asked about his chances
for the nomination, he said he had
been busy threshing his big wheat
crop and had not been campaigning
much lately and hence did not know
just what the situation was. He re-
ports what we believe is the banner
wheat yield, probably of the county,
he having one field of forty acres
that yielded 21 bushels to the acre.
His entire crop of about 120 acres
yielded from 16 to q bushels. While
this is long way short of his usual
yield of over 80 bushels, it is good for
this year of from to 10 bushel aver
ages in Missouri and several adjoin-
ing states. Mr.. Smollinger is
thorough believer in preparedness
and makes his seed bed like he was
going to put in garden. He attrib-
utes his good yields largely to this
fact alone. He says that the yield on
most of his tenant farms was from
5 to bushels an acre. These crops
were sown in about the average way
and produced about the average yield.
1t evidently pays to give soil or seed
bed preparation careful attention"
Capt. A. B. Sloan is known in the
valley, having married Miss Belle
Craine, formerly of Pilot Knob. The
following is taken from the last issue
of the Cape Girardeau Republican:
"Capt. A. b. Sloan, formerly of Cape
Girardeau, an officer in the regular
army and for several years stationed
at Little Rock, Arkansas, has been
appointed by Governor George W..
Hays of Arkansas to succeed Fred w.
4 Greene as lieutenant colonel of the
Second regiment. Lieutenant Colonel
Sloan was assigned to the national
guard four years ago as inspector.
| He served two years and on re-
quest of the governor was again as
signed by the war department to the
post. The appointment was not a
6urprise, as Lieutenant Colonel Sloan
was one of the most efficient officers
in the regular army for number OF
years. With the mobilization of the
Arkansas state militia, Lieutenant
Colonel Sloan was made mastering
officer. He was recently granted per
mission by the war department to ac-
cept commission in the state guard.
Mr.. Sloan resided in Cape Girardeau
at one time, having attended the Nor
NAL, where he finished his course be-
fore going to Memphis to military
school. From Memphis he went to
West Point, but left there before tax
ing his graduating papers. He married
Pilot Knob, Mo-, girl and for the
past eighteen years, since leaving
here, has been in Arkansas. He visit
&c in the city about two weeks ago."
The question, shall this district as
sumo an indebtedness of $4,000 fol-
High School grounds and building?
has been submitted and will be voted
upon next Monday. The REGISTER is
in favor of furnishing all reasonable
facilities for the conduct of good
school; but claim the proposed ex-
, penditure is not called for with gooc
reason. If the present school build
ing is inadequate an addition thereto
at, say, cost of $2500, would furnish
all the necessary school room fol
years to come. But the claim is made
by taxpayers that even that ex
penditure would be wholly nncal!ed
for if the school be devoted only tt
the care of the children of the dis
= trict. Is there just reason for provid
ing for any others? Let that go, how
ever; admit, for the argument, tina
u we need more school room-must thu
II desire for this carry with it an ex
y penditure for tennis courts, base bal
n diamonds, and the other fallals it i
Q now too greatly the fad to hang upol
It the proper provision for teaching th'
B. young idea how to shoot?" Th'
: public may be an ass easy under 1T
: burden, but there is limit-ant
6 ought to be limit-to its endurance
s A debt of SIS 900 is not warranted b.
: the educational necessities of the dis
= trict are we rich enough 10 lnduig
q in the expensive furbelows and orna
o mentation demanded by the aestheti
! taste of the State wide High Schoo
n Trust? That is the question to be de
q cided next Monday, and | trust thos
! who pay. will be held capable 0
q answering it without outside aid o
y dictatlon.
n Reward for information of larg
% Collie, dead or alive. Wide whit
& collar; hair clipped.
A. M. LAPLANTE, Arcadia, Mo,
Phone SO.
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