Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
G BREVITIEs.
Happy New Yearl

VIII you watch the old year out?
The rabbit hunters have great sue
cess.
Christmas day was warm and pleas
ant.
The automobiles skinned over the
snow.
Are you ready to "swear off"
again?
Some weather December has af-
forded as.
Last week to pay your taxes with
out penalty.
Some good sleighing and coasting
the past week.
The wood hauler says he has more
than he a do.
Dance at the Academy of Music
Thursday evening.
A wolf weighing S5 lbs. was trapped
near C~enterville last week.
"The Thoroughbred" five reels, at
the Picture Show Saturday night.
The local banks will not be open
fer business Monday, New Years day.
fae Iron Mountain tract, owned by
". H. Smollinger, about l 1000 acres,
has been sold.
Mrs. VIM. Trauernicht continues to
improve. She expects to leave the
hospital this week.
Fletcher & Barger expect to begin
work on their garage building as soon
az weather conditions permit.
IT'S Christmas week and the indulgent
reader will kindly overlook the short
comings of this issue of the paper.
The Lead Belt News says the county
seat of st. Francois county should be
moved from Pennington to Flat River.
County court meets in adjourned
session Friday. 1t will be the last
meeting of the court as at present
constituted.
Miss Maude Graft, of st. Louis, on
her way to Little Rock spent n day
last week with her amt, Mrs. f. P.
AXE, in Ironton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roblee are in the val
ley and are entertaining a large house
party at their home, "The Brier
Patch" over Christmas.
A telephone was installed in the
Ironton depot last week and now
most all Of the train dispatching on
the road is done by phone.
Calendars for the New Year do not
seem to be as plentiful as usual this
year. 1t is announced that the insur-
ance companies will issue no calendars
for 1917.
Mar ried-At the courthouse, Iron
ton, Mo-, Friday, December 22d, 1915,
Chas. Baker and Myrtle Lashley, both
of Brunot, Mo-, Probate Judge Q. W.
Roop officiating.
We had another snow storm last
Thursday and the night following was
bitter cold, the thermometer record
~ingffourteen degrees below zero. II
moderated considerably the next
day, however.
Herbert Stevenson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. Fl. Stevenson, of Des Arc,
who was taken to Kirksville for treat
ment last week, is reported to be i'm
proving. He will remain there fol
a month or six weeks.
The REGISTER last week had q
a mighty pleasant letter from Golf
Whitworth of st. Louis. Golf is
mighty fine boy and has long been a
valued and efficient employe in the
general Office of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad in st. Louis.
Our mail service the past week was
badly demoralized- Thursday, Friday
and Saturday we did not get the
morning papers until nightfall and al
the trains were way late. The snow
the very cold weather and the Christ
mas rush all contributed to delay.
Rosentreter's black horses, hitchet
to a sleigh at the depot last Friday
afternoon, ran away across the rail-
road track and into the barb wire
fence east of the station. The tongue
Nf the sleigh was broken and one o
Aorses rather badly cut by the wire
fence.
Walter Bollinger returned Friday
from ~Bellevlew, Iron county, wher'
he and Fred Bollinger were called by
the serious illness of their sister, Mrs,
Maude Meador. Fred returned thu
early part Of the week. Mrs. Meade
is now greatly improved.-Wayn'
County Journal.
From the Cape Girardeau Republi
can: "Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Graham
have arrived from Ironton, to maxi
this city their home. They will occu
Ply one of the new Rueseler apart
ments on Merriwether street. Mr.
Graham is connected with the River
\ side Lumber Co."
Lester Green, who left here las
March for Detroit, Michigan, arrives
Nlast Saturday to spend the holiday
with his parents in Ironton. Lester !
working in the machine shop of thu
Dodge Motor Gar Company in Detroi
and 10 we'll pleased with his position
He will return Saturday.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol