Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-09
HAPPENINGS
off6e tOeek
IN MISSOURI

to the county judges of st. Clair coun-
ty and the representatives Of credi.
tors of the county for 4 million dollars
to compromise and end forty-fve years
Of litigation. March "a was set by the
judge for all interested parties to ap-
pear there and discuss an ending of
the fight.
There are no licensed saloons in
Rich Hill for the first time in the
city's thirty-ive years of existence.
The city voted "dry" September 1,
1915, and the last license has expired.
Rich Hall had six saloons when it vot-
ed dry" Three of the saloon sites
now are occupied by other lines of
business.
The will of Mrs. Mary A. Wilson,
who bequeathed the bulk of her $500
estate to the Euclid Avenue Baptist
church, st. Louis, was set aside in
the circuit court there recently. The
suit was brought by Fannie Barth, a
niece of Mrs. Wilson, and by two col
lateral heirs.
The Christian church at Harrison
vile was burned the other day. The
estimated loss is $4,000.
James and H. M. Harkers, twin
brothers of Carthage, the other day
celebrated their seventy-sixth birth.
day anniversary. Both men are in
good health. They were born in Pc.
oria, ILL.,, coming to Carthage in 1871.
Both are veterans of the Civil war.
Miss Oda Butler, who was attacked
and nearly choked to death by a tramp
in her home near Deepwater, has re.
gained consciousness and given a de-.
scription of her a~ssailant. The sheriff
and a detective expect to make an
arrest soon.
William Lewis Miller, 1902 years old,
is dead at his home in Joplin. A week
ago he took a long walk, as was his
daily custom, but this time a heart at.
tack resulted and he vas found ex.
hausted on his doorstep.
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According to MI. Astroth, official
tester for the Missouri experiment sta
ton and the American Jersey Cattle
club, Oxford Beaus Vixen 291747, a g.
year-old belonging to G. S. Keller Of
Palmyra, is the champion Jersey COW
of the state for the last thirty days.
The test began January Is and in the
ensuing thirty days 1922 pounds Of
milk, testing 4.76 per cent butter fat,
was produced. The production of but
ter fat for the month was 59.119
pounds, which is equivalent to nearly
two and one-ha]f pounds of marketable
butter a day.
The Young Mems Democratic club
will meet in Columbia on Jefferson
day, April 10, instead of at Mexico, on
March 8, as had been planned. A
fever epidemic in Mexico caused he
change in plans.
James Campbell and his wife. both
80 years old, who were stricken with
grip at the same time recently, died at
almost the same hour. They had been
married sixty-eight years.
R. G. Grow, who disappeared from
the Pontiac hotel, st. Louis, in De-
cember, 1914, returned to his home
in Charlottesville the other day. He
refused to make a statement. Crow
is 80 years old and has a wife and
children.
John Hyatt, a veteran contractor, is
dead at Sedalia. His last work was
done on the new state capitol build
ing at Jefferson City, where he rep
resented the Johnson Construction
Company.
independence voted recently to is.
sue bonds for $4,000 for the second
high school building of the town. The
proposition carried by 429 to 142 votes.
The Mexico health authorities have
closed the schools and theaters and
prohibited any public gathering until
March Z, on account of scarlet fever.
Twelve cases are under quarantine.
Roscoe A. Morris, So years old, an
implement dealer who had lived there
t~hirty-four years, is dead at his home
in Savannah.
In a hard fought election Sedalia
voters defeated a proposal to adopt
commission government by a vote of
1880 to 1904. The vote was light.
The victory for those opposing the
new rule was the result of a combined
effort of Republican and Democratic
politicians.
A machine gun company Of fifty
members has been organized at Co
lumbia by E. e. Major, a nephew of
Governor Major. The company in
cludes university professors, business
men and students on its roll.
T~hirty-one horses died in a fire at
Brookfield when an old livery barn
belonging to J.. R. Williamson burned.
Twenty-nine of the animals belonged
to George Storms, who had bought
them preparatory to shipping to the
South. Two years ago he lost eleven
horses in the same way and both fires
are thought to be of i%ncendiary origin.
J.. A. Mitchell, for forty years cash
Ter of the Bank of Carthage and a pho
neer resident Of that section, is dead.
He was rs years old and was reputed