Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-12-06
HAPPENINCS
Of fhe tveek
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@s III
that the citizens living between Full.
ton and the Mineola hills special road
district had voted $4,000 in bonds for
building a permanent hard surfaced
road for . section of the Old Trail
route. The result of the election wa
23l for the bond issue and thrr
against It. This assures the build
OF hard surfaced road from COlum
to beyond the MineOla hills. 'eS.
John Caps. q Missouri PACT
%roundhouse emplOye. vas insta.
killed 10 the railroad yards at
vada recently. He was at work i
cinder pit when an engine bacl
over him. -
49,. If
A charge Of first degree muir.
has been filed against Alfred Coble--
Mountain Grove, slayer of DR.. S.
Johnson, who died as result of wounGN,
inflicted by Coble with an ak in -.
sanitarium at Springfield.
The old Hanks cotton gin at Con- I
Ing, with about thirty bales of cotton :
was burned the other night. The los I
is estimated at $25. 600. 1t is believed
that the fire was the work Of an in
c%endiary.
James E. Pollack. a wealthy lumber
man Of Louisiana, Mo, committed sui
eide at st. Louis recently. For nearly
a month he had been a patient at Il
local hospital and he became despon-
dent over poor health.
Saloons were voted out in the local
option election in Marceline the other
day by a majority of 127. The issue
was holly contested.
A. l.. Donlin, secretary Of the Ma.
tional Federation of Commercial
Clubs, announced at Nevada recently
that a fund of s12, 200 was raised here
in eight hours for the purpose of Great.
ing the Nevada Chamber of Com
ilGi < ~ WIZ Twill VA Ia lilG tOtIuN iliE
departments: Publicity, Industrial,
agricultural, traffic, civic, trade and
commerce and credit.
At a special meeting Of the Missouri
Democratic committee at Kansas City,
Ben M. Neale, widely known lawyer
OF Greenfield, was elected chairman
of the state committee to succeed
Judge James G. Cowgirl. Judge Cow
gill resigned from the committee be-
cause he was a member OF the board
of election commissioners. Twenty
four delegates were present,
Nicole Stats, Ga years old. one OF
the art employees of st. Louis newspa-
pers and in recent years a painter Of
many pictures now in Catholic
churches there, is dead. He came
from Hungary in 1885.
The attendance at the state conven-
ton OF the Missouri State Sunday
School Association in Maryville ex-
ceeded that of any other state conven-
ton in the history of the association
for fifty-two years with 1875 dele
gates registered. Officers elected
were: William Fl. Danforth, st. Louis,
president; r. A.. Long, Kansas City,
vice.president: G.. II. Henbroeck, St.
Louis, recording secretary: Lansing
y. Smith. st. Louis, treasurer. Jeffer-
son City was the only applicant for
the convention for 1918.
Herbert c.. Hoover telegraphed Dean
F.. B. Mumford, state food administra-
tor. congratulating him on the fact
Missouri stands first in the number Of
signers to the family enrolment food
pledge. Missouri leads in proportion
to its population all other states. Only
one state, Pennsylvania, with a p
lation twice as large, had a larger to-
tai enrolment than Missouri.
Frank Jackson. Harley T.. Brown,
Thomas Rogers and J. Duty, miners,
were killed in a cave-in at the Ben
Flanklin mine east of Webb City re-
cen:ly. Jackson, Brown and Rogers
are survived by families.
On his return from Washington,
where he had a conference with Her.
bert c. Hoover, Dean +. B. Mumford,
state food administrator for Missouri,
Issued an appeal to the people Of the
state not to slack In their efforts TO
save wheat. Every person should real.
lie, he said, the situation as to flour
and wheat is GRACE and each person
now has a great responsibility and
opportunity for service.
Floyd Brashear Of Ray county was
killed near Norborne recently when a
shotgun he was carrying was acct.
dentally discharged, the shot tearing q
section Of his skull off.
Rudolph Wise. q widely known Bur.
lington conductor, died suddenly at
Brookfield recently. 1t was while on
his run that he was taken from his
train at Drookfield seriously III.
The officials Of the federal food I'd.
ministration have requested a definite
increase in pork production for each
state. The request 10 based on avail.
able supply Of feed and upon other
conditions which will determine profit.
able production. Missouri has been