Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-26
LOCAL BREVITiES.

LOCAL BREvITiEs.
Very few apples.
About two inches Of rain the past
week.
Teachers' examinations August Sd
and 9Th.
The probate docket for the August
term 10 printed this week.
Grand Lawn Festival at Arcadia
this Wednesday evening.
Hear Chss. Lanes great lecture at
the Assembly Friday evening.
An electric motor is pumping water
from Mulligan Hole to Arcadia
Heights.
A fine rain Sunday afternoon and
night. The crop prospect was never
more encouraging.
A number of obituaries, unavoid-
ably crowded out this week, will be
printed in our next issue.
Lost Last Sunday morning a
Catholic prayer book. Finder will
please return to this office.
Acouple Of experts are here from
St. Louis building a greenhouse on
Mr.. Howes' place in RussellvilIe.
Mr.. 8. P. Ringo is building a garage
Of granite spawls, having a car ship
ped here from Graniteville last week,
Do not fail to buy a ticket to Chas.
Lanes lecture at the Assembly Fri
day night and thus help out a good
aus
Lieutenant George Gay has gone to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. We wish
him all the good luck and success in
the world.
DR.. f. l.. Farmhouse has sold his
saw mill and timber land in the west
end of the county to a man from st.
Louis county.
W. T. O'Neal and son, Jesse, were
here from Frankclay Sunday. The
latter vas caught in Uncle Sans
draft last Friday.
Mrs. NJ. f. Grafton celebrated her
81 birthday, July II. Many friends
attended and many presents received.
Piedmont Banner.
W. d. Fletcher shipped two cars of
wheat from Belleview last week. He
says there 10 lots of wheat in the Belle
view and Caledonia country.
1t is rumored that Sunshine Special
is to be taken off the road in order to
have more locomotives to be used in
the transportation of freight.
Gladys hulette and Flora Finch in
prudence, the Pirate" and Lonesome
Luke, Lawyer Thursday.
Judge r. l.. Carly, west of lronton,
was the first man in this immediate
vicinity to have his wheat threshed
this year. or OF sixty acres he got
just about 500 bushels of wheat.
DR.. N. NJ. Jones, dentist, and sever.
al other local sportsmen, have pur-
chased a large and modernly equipped
motor boat, and already have it in
service In drainage ditch No. 2,-Mal'
den Merit.
Fletcher 4 Barger the past week
sold Ford touring cars to j. q. Woods
and Walter Hale at Graniteville and q
chassis to W. e. Hall, the Arcadia
merchant. In all, the local agency has
disposed of more than thirty Fordt
the past year.
Arthur T. Brewster of Ironton was
in De Soto, Tuesday, and went out to
Old Mines to look at some mineral
land he owns there. He Is thinking
Of developing the mines at once
De Soto Times.
Postmaster Miller Of Annapolis wat
in town Monday. Mr.. Miller wa con
scriped last Friday and he claims
exemption ss postmaster; another
reason he has Q son, named President
Wilson, born July 4th.
The situation in Flat River is mucl
the same % It was q week ago. Nc
foreigners have been driven out since
the arrival Of the militia. A specia
grand jury is in session at Pennington
Investigating. A long list Of indict
ments is expected to be returned.
Col. and Mrs. r. D. Lewis motore,
down from st. Louis last Wednesday
in : their Pierce Arrow car. Mis-
Roberta and her guest, Miss Elizabeth
King, Of Washington, d. O., cam
down In a roadster. They expect Il
spend several weeks at ."Mountail
View"
A card from Mrs. A. NJ. Madigan
Denver, Colorado, says: "Arrivet
here Wednesday evening. Had al
enjoyable trip. VIII remain here al
Of next week and then on to Frisco
This 10 one lovely, clean place, and tn
cir 10 wonderful. Just cool enough Il
be pleasant"