Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18

diebroOk, but now engaged in contract
ing and building at Charleston. Mo-,
has been awarded the contract for Inc
construction Of . sl5,0Oo depot at
Dexter for the Iron Mountain railroad.
Mr.. Gassmsn secured the contract
in competition with Dexter and St.
Louis construction firms.
Nj. George Stark, who lives south OF
Arcadia, last week received . letter
from W. l. Nelson, assistant Secreta-
~ OF the State Board Of Agriculture
at Columbia, NO., informing him that
he had won second premium on fancy
sausage in the 1917 Missouri Farmers
Ham and Bacon Show. aud that the
prize of $500 would soon be forward
ed. We congratulate Mr., Stark. ~
Mrs. G. l.. Stall and daughters, Mae
and Lsvera, were called to Isonton
Monday morning by Nh. Stall on &C
/ count OF the death Of his mother.
They went down on No. 3, joining two
brothers Of MIR. Stalls, one from Ok
lahoms and one from Ohio, who were
fastening to their mothers bedside
a nd did not know Of her death until
they reached here. The funeral was
held Tuesday. The deceased resided
on a farm not far from I%ronton.- De
Soto Times.
Chas. Jones, who lives on the other
side of Shepherd Mountain, was q
caller last Saturday, and while here
showed US an old coin which Mrs.
Jones found on some recently plowed
land several months ago. 1t is OF sill
yer, about the size but somewhat
lighter than our dollar. The date there
on is 1892. On one side is an eagle
like the American bird, on the other
a lot OF engraving, but not that seen
on American money. No one seems
to know just what tits.
From the city council proceedings
recently published in the Poplar bluf
acknowledgements "The designations
Of DR.. /. W. Seybold and DR.. A. r.
Rowe as members Of the Board OF
Health were accepted by the council
and the mayor then appointed the
new board for the nexttwelve months.
He named: DR.. Bond and DR.. Rowe
as physicians and surgeons, and DR..
Davidson and Ed Patton as members
of the council we're appointed and the
appointment confirmed"
"The newspaper man is about the
only great producer who is not shar-
Ing in the war-made prosperity. EV'
erything he buys has gone up, and he
still sells his paper at the same old
price and takes a chance at that" Ic
, prove this he offers the following
"Please send me a few copies Of thf
paper containing the obituary OF ny
! aunt. Also publish the enclosed clip
, ping Of the marriage of my niece whit
I lives in Lewistown. And wish you
would mention me in your locaI
, column il it doesn't cost anything
. that / have two bull calves for sale
As my subscription is out please sto!
the paper, as times are too hard tt
waste money on Newspapers
t From the st. Louis Times: "Sidne.
e T. Allen, "a years old, of % West
z mnreland place, and his chum, Virgl
l., Lewis, also q. of 50 Westmorelant
place, have joined al American am
!, bulancer corps for service In tn
y French war zone as drivers of motto
= ,mbulances They sail next Saturda
o on the steamer Chicago OF the Frenc'
q line. Young Lewis is the son of r. L
Lewis; vice president of the Ligge,
f. g. Myers Tobacco Co, He has bee
!. empIoyed by the Packard Motor Ca
Company" Young Lewis is we
;, known here, having spent sewers
: seasons at his fathers summer hom'
"Mountain View" in the valley. W
wish him plenty Of glory in the fol
j. eign land and a safe return.
nj Chester NJ. Stevenson, the st. Lou
/. real estate man, last week made q 50
OF a tract Of land, near Gilman,
Reynolds county, for $500. TT
/, purchaser will use the land for shee
growing. The $3.50 acres in Reynol'
=; county, formerly owned by Stevel
- son Bros, Of Des Arc, sold last A,
gust, has again been sold and will
used as q cattle ranch. Stevenst
Bros. are about to make q trade
some OF their st. Louis realty for IL
~ acres Of virgin timber land In Mad
son Parish, Louisiana. II tho deal
u contaminated, which now seems &c
W tain, the S%tevensons will ship the
no their mill and teams from Taskee,
10 Wayne county, and cut the timber
the tract, which is only half mile dl
is, tant from the railroad.
From the Potosi Independent: "
ny F. Cordia, ]. B. Boyer and John TIE
I" rell who are prospecting on land
. Gently purchased by them Of the Nj
" souri, Lincoln Trust Company, locas
mo five miles west Of Potosi, on the Sh'