Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-16

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Springfield Traction Company, a cor
poration also owning the Springfield
Gas and Electric Company, a petition
asking for a special election on 9
municipal lighting plant has beer
filed with the city commissioners
Early in the strike the company wal
given a certain day to settle the diff
fisGlties; the strikers threatened to
circulate the lighting plant petition
if this was not done.
Forest fires were reported burning
in many counties of the Ozark region
recently and Springfield was envel
oped in a pail of smoke borne north
ward by a stiff wind. The fires were
spreading over large areas of timber
lands in the southern part of Chris.
tian county and in fancy county. and
passengers on incoming trains report
ed fires at many points between
Springfield and the Arkansas line on
the Southern division of the Frisco.
Hunters are thought to have caused
most of the fires.
B~loodhounds are on the track of the
man who recently attempted to attack
Miss Mary Flynn, 20 years old, daugh.
ter of a Hannibal merchant. In a
fight with the man in her home, Miss
Flynn was cut across the throat with
a razor. An hour later Miss Flynn's
assailant entered the home of George
D. Clayton, insurance agent, where he
was chased away by the three daugh-
tiers of Mr.. Clayton. Miss Margaret
Clayton, 20 years old, was cut across
the hand by the man.
Miss Alice v. Reid, a teacher Of
New Home School, north of Sweet
Springs, was seriously burned re-
Gently. She was at the home of A.
F. Mole. Screams attracted members
Of the family to her room. Her cloth.
ing was on fire. A lighted lamp and
uncorked bottle of gasoline were on
the dresser and are thought to have
caused the fire. The flames were ex.
tinguished by wrapping bedclothes
around her body.
The Liberal Arts Building Of the
Missouri Wesleyan College at Cam.
eron and the presidents residence
were destroyed by fire recently. The
loss is $65, 900, insured for $40, 900.
The school is conducted by the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. The board
of trustees will at once arrange to
rebuild. The students formed a
bucket brigade and saved the other
buildings of the college group.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Wilson
celebrated their golden wedding an.
~niversary recently at their country
home near Montrose, Henry county.
Mr.. Wilson is a pioneer of that
county, having removed with his par
ents from Virginia when q child in
1841. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson have seven
children, all of whom were present.
Announcement, was made at Soda
liza by the secretary of the League of
Missouri Municipalities it's convention
which was to be held at Joplin, No.
vember 1915, has been postponed to
a later date, which will be determin-
ed by the executive committee.
W. L. Velie of Kansas City, presi-
dent Of the John Deere PIow Company,
has purchased Of William Hutcheon of
Guilford, Nodaway county, his herd of
e~ighty-seyen pure bred Herefords for
$4,000.
On account Of the high price of
wheat members of the st. Joseph Bak-
ers' Association have reduced the
weight of scent loaves of bread from
thirteen to eleven ounces, and 10-cent
loaves from twenty-six to twenty-five
ounces.
Buford Burnett, assistant cashier of
the Farmers Savings Bank of Poplar
Bluff, has been missing and no trace
or word heard frc,n him since Septem-
Der 8, when he started on a Today
vacation. Burnett is 20 years of age.
When Burnett left he had only u little
money with him, but the officials OF
the bank say to this time he has never
checked On his account here. Bur
nett is a Mason and an effort is to
be made to locate him by the lodge
here. Foul play is suspected.
The contract for a $4,000 Chris
tian Church building at California was
awarded recently. The building will
be 52x75 feet, two stories and a base.
ment, built of brick and stone.
Stanton Harris, rs years old, a vet
Urinary surgeon, received injuries
which later resulted in his death and
Gerald BELLS, Is years old, also of
C~larKsdale, suffered a crushed hip
and compound fracture Of the right
arm when a motor car in which they
were riding was struck by a Rock
Island passenger train at a crossing
there.
Oscar D. Mcdaniel, prosecuting at
torney at st. Joseph, charged Of MUIR
dering his wife, was defeated for re-
election by his Republican opponent.
whose plurality in e%ighty-one out of
eighty-seven precincts was 2,754. Nc.
Daniel got 6,45S votes and Boutwell,
9,212.
J. X. Johnson, charged with muir.
dering |. W.. Schweitzer, a street car
aAn1.ntA- 49, nat-Iz- NJ $780, L-...I