Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-07

MARRIED-At Albuquerque, New
Mexico, Friday, December LIST, 1916,
Miss Mildred st. Louis and Mr.. Car
Loveridge. The bride, formerly a res
dent of Ironton, has numerous friends
here, all OF whom join with the REG
lister in praying for her and him she
has honored long life and marital hap
piness unalloyed.
Mr.. o. L. Garrison, president of the
Big Muddy Goals Iron Company and
other officers, from st. Louis, we're
here last Wednesday, looking over the
situation and making an examination
of the mines at Pilot Knob where pros
pecting has been in progress for sew
eral months past. They gave no hint
of their future plans except to say
that the prospecting would be con-
tinued.
zone of the Judges" who wrote to
the RESIsTER last week about the re-
cent election at Annapolis could have
made his communication much more
interesting had he told what caused
the abnormal increase in the vote at
that precinct this year. The total
vote at Annapolis two years ago was
1856; this year, 1874. Where did all
these voters come from and who were
they? Please tell us, Mr.. Judge.
Miss Blanche Turner was in the val
ley from st. Louis a couple of days
last week and Saturday morning at
tended mass at st. Joseph's chapel,
Arcadia. She hitched her horse out
side the convent grounds, leaving a
large white sweater in the buggy.
When she got back from church Miss
Blanche was fortunate enough to find
her horse and buggy still there. but
the bigswhite sweater was gone, nor
has it yet been recovered.
Edwin EIdrecher, a former Arcadia
boy, who several months ago had the
misfortune to have one of his feet cut
off in the railroad yards at Delta, while
working as brakeman for the Iron
Mountain, vas a valley visitor last
week. Edwin had just received an
artificial foot and gotaround very well,
He recently settled his claim against
the railroad for $4,000. The young
man now expects to learn telegraphy
Valley friends wish him well.
The Valley Manufacturing Company
(Messrs. Brown and Tims) r GER
tainly to be commended for the posi-
ton they have taken, as publicly an
|'nounced, not to buy timber to which
the hauler cannot show good title. i
all the timber buyers in this section ir
the past twenty-five years or so had
pursued an equally strict and con
scientious policy, land owners here
abouts would now have much valuable
timber instead of barren stumpage.
The good people of Victoria inyad'
ed the peaceful home of the Baptis
pastor, Rev. George Steel, on Mon
day evening, November 9th, and pro
ceeded to stock pantry and celia
with groceries, vegetables and fruit
in large quantities. The evening was
spent in pleasant social intercourse
with innocent recreation on the par
of the young people, closing with
sacred song and prayer. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Steel desire to thank the donor
for their seasonable and appropriate
gifts and appreciate more highly thu
kindly Christian spirit which prompt
ed the givers.-Jefferson Democrat.
From the De Soto Times: "The d.
Soto Grading and Construction Com
pany, of which VIM. J. Knorpp is thu
head, was declared bankrupt by thu
Federal Court in st. Louis. E. @. Ed
gar-of this place was appointed re
ceiver by the court. The compan.
has built most of the sire cts in D,
Soto and many miles of roads in tn
county. We understand the bank
rupt order was made following thu
filing of the claims against the estat,
by the administrators Of the estat,
of o. M. Monroe. The resource
and liabilities of the company hav'
not been announced"
The Iron Mountain will in the yer.
near future dispatch all trains b.
telephone. For some time electrician
have been working between st. Loui
and Little Rock, and within two O.
three weeks it is thought the new sys
tenn will be put into use The Mis-
souri, and Arkansas divisions are tn
last to have this modern way of dis
patching trains. For some tim
other divisions have been using it an
it was found to be most successful
Workmen are now busy installing tn
necessary instruments in the di
vision offices here and when the
complete their work here, the dis
patching by telephones will com
mence.-Poplar Bluff Republican.
The following from Jefferson City
under date of November 21st, appear
ed in the st. Louis papers of the fol
lowing day: "R. A. Knapp, of Iroi
ton, chairman of the Grievance com
mittee of the United Commerce.
Travellers Association, filed a generI
complaint with the State Public Sci
vice Commission to-day against tn
passenger train schedules of the S
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