Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-19

nent family. The Edgar name ranks
the same in Iron county and this I'M :
ion is hailed ..as an ideal one. The
heartiest of good wishes Of hosts OF !
friends are extended, that their life
may be long. happy and useful. Mr..
Harlow has been in business in st.
Louis several years and their home in ;
the West End is one of beauty and
comfort" /
The Assessors OF the various coun-
ties in Missouri were In conference
with the newly appointed tax COM
mission at jefferson City last Thurs
day. The Assessors were instructed
by the Commission that in future all
property, both real andpersonal, must
be assessed at its actual cash value.
This always has been the law but it
never has been enforced. Following
these instructions and in compliance
with his oath of office, Assessor Mar
shall wishes to inform the people of
Iron county that he intends to use ev-
cry effort to strictly follow the law.
Valuations on lists which have already
been returned to him will be changed
to comply with the new requirements
when the Assessors books are made
up in the latter part Of the year. He
wants it understood that all property
in Iron coudty will be assessed at one
hundred cents on the dollar.
An amusing story is told in connec-
ton with a joint in st. Francois coun'
ty, not far from the Iron county line.
For a longtime past it has been alleg-
ed quietly that all kinds of boose have
been dispensed at the aforesaid joint
in absolute defiance Of the law in such
cases made and provided. Reports
of what was going on must have fin
ally reached the ears of the St. Fran
co.'s county authorities at Farming
ton for ON three different occasions in
the past two weeks the place has been
raided by the officials but nothing but
Y soft drinks found in stock. Here is
the funny part of the story. A fellow
who stays around the joint more or
! less says that every time preceding
. the raids an automobile has driven up
to the place and the occupants had a
D., confidential talk with the man in
=. charge. The automobile then winds
i its way back homeward, presumably
s to Pennington or somewhere in the
: east. Immediately the man in charge
t of the Joint, with all the assistance he
R can secure, picks up bottles, Jugs and
cases by the score and carries them
r into the woods, up the hill. In due
time, All hour or more, another auto
e mobile arrives with the officials from
4 Pennington. They make a complete
and thorough search Of the premises
N but are unable to find anything bu'
i, Temperance beverages. In DISCUS
,, they return to Pennington, Then thu
r. hidden Jugs, bottles and cases ar
=, brought back from the hill.
ID On Tuesday of last week Fran,
az Hasty, married, about TWENTY-FIVE
years of age, presented an order t
d. r. T. White, across the street frol
N, the REGISTER Office, for fifty cent
rs, worth of merchandise, signed by Ra
nd Pinkley, carrier on the west end ma
is, route. Not doubling the genuinenes
n of the order Mr.. White let Hasty hav
[r. merchandise to the amount named
er Next day, however, he mentioned tn
sit matter to Pinkley, who promptly dt
lie clared the order a forgery. The ma
was presented to Prosecuting Attol
al ney Edgar, who at once had a wal
,ad rant issued for Hasty. The latter,
.ck the meantime, had left his home
ars north Ironton, but was located |
id. Sheriff Blue at Sunlight, in Washing
bly ton county, following q threshil
tho machine, where he was arrest'
Dr. Thursday, brought back to 1ronto
i'd and placed in Jail. He waived a pr
ce. liminary examination and was he
for circuit court, and now is in a fl
tina way to the penitentiary--just for ff
.ha cents. It is said this is not the fl
offense OF this nature committed b
~ Hasty, but he has never been pros
,Ls cuted before. He had an idea, 1t
!. ~ said, that SO long as he confined
rho operations to small amounts, nothi
Inv much could be done with him. 81
NV, urday last, when Hasty was sent
the Sheriff to get a bucket OF wa
he attempted to make his "get-awa
but was recaptured at the old hub
last tory where he vas trying to h
DID, from the officials.
10 is
and Mr.. and Mrs. r. Kim arrived hi
,od. on last Sunday from Mangum, Ok
ysi. to visit Mrs. Kim's parents, Mr..
Zee. Mrs. I. p. Pigg. They made the I
It is through from Wangum, q distance
Eva q little more than 1000 miles in a +
with roadster, and had some thrilling
%periences e~nroute. They came
way Of Oklahoma City and the Or
9 In r.a,, - Crho Nh ana from IN
eoi across country to Potosi. Betw
and ~vn.;rgeo,d AND Cabool. Mn. and q
lot ,rd poto., thav en@countered RI
that in n,aces we're .imnlv terr,ivj