Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-08-23

oAaS Cuup8uy t8C%osy. luz bOe8 70
tailed ti6.0o0. little Of It covered BY
Insurance. The discovery Of the
tracks OF two men leading from the
building to the Missouri river increase
the belief that the fire was OF incen-
diary origin. timed to prevent the
preservation Of an unusually valuable
crop.
Fifteen pounds Of dynamite were
found by section men on the st. Louis
& San Francisco railroad bridge It
Poplar Bluff. They reported the mat
ter to the United States deputy mar.
shall. The dynamite was On . rock at
the base Of a pier.
A farmer nea Montgomery brought
nine hogs to market recently, all the
litter OF n SOW. The hogs averaged
$40 pounds and sold for $685. q hun
dred, the M sow's production in less
than a year bringing the wner s425.47.
The grand jury Of San Francois
county has returned indictments
against 113 men in connection with the
recent anti.foreign riots at Fiat River.
Improvement bonds in the sum Of
$12,500 were voted by a majority Of
four to II in the election at Excelsior
Springs. The money will be used to
build two bridges in the city, compiet-
ing the circular drive and for finish.
ing the Sloan Springs pagoda.
The average cost OF producing an
acre Of wheat this year. as estimated
by several hundred Missouri farmers
reporting to the state board Of agricul-
ture, Is S9.9S. At this years average
yield. fifteen bushels, this would make
the average cost sixty.seven cents a
bushel.
r. E. Caldwell, 81 years old, is dead
at the Confederate Home at Higgins.
Vile. He belonged to Company B.
Fifth Missouri infantry.
Capt. F. H. Coester, Fifth Infantry,
Missouri National Guard, with head
| quarters at ST. Louis, was found
guilty recently by a courtmartial Of
unmilitary conduct in attempting to
enlist through fraudulent methods
into the Fifth Regiment men whose
serial numbers came out first in the
drawing for the national army. &C
cording to an announcement from the
office Of Brig. General Fl. c. Clark.
The penalty was fixed by the court
martial as a reprimand by the regi-
mental commander.
Announcement has been made Of
The election of DR.. Harvey A. Jones.
pastor of the Bowman Methodist
Episcopal church Of st. Louis, as
president of Marionville college at
Marionville, .
Two Boone County children lost
heir lives at Columbia recently. Car.
rie Frances Forbis, the 4.year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Forbis. was playing at the gate on her
fathers farm near Columbia when a
horse, blinded with pinkeye. ran
through the gate. The child was
knocked down and crushed to death.
Murray Jones, II years old, an or
phan. was drowned while bathing
with neighbor girls in Pierce Creek
northwest of Columbia. She lived on
the farm OF her uncle, Louis Jones.
Capt. l. C.. Legere, so years old. q
veteran of the Civil war, is dead at
Versailles. He represented the county
in the legislature in the sessions ol
1909 and 1911. He had been in failing
health for some time. He is survived
by his widow.
With the departure Of the members
of the national guard and the neal
ness of the draft, by which this coun
ty will lose many Of its younger men
George W. Bailey, chairman OF the
Linn County Council OF National De
Tense. is. organizing companies o.
, home guards in Brookfield, Bucklin
Marceline. Laclede and Linneus
Bucklin. the smallest Of these towns
responded with 122 members the frs
day. II
= James w. Garrett, of Moberly, wal
! convicted at Marshall of the murde
Of Mrs. Sarah Campbell, a widow, a
Z New Frankfort last January. Gar
rett, a nephew Of the murdered VIC
man, was sentenced to n~inety.nin
:, years in prison.
The road bond issue for Y millio
dollars in Scott County carried by
5 safe majority. 1t is proposed to bull
(, about two hundred and thirty mile
of hard roads with the money. Bond
will be voted soon In Mississippi
A. County and New Madrid County ha
already voted money for roads whic
e. insures hard roads over the entir
Southeast Missouri.
The West End bank, at Univers!t
q City, a suburb Of st. Louis. was robbie
u Of $2,190 by an unmasked bandit II
'e pointed a revolver through the vii
= dow Of the assistant cashier and con
handed him to hand over the ten an
y twenty-dollar bills. The robber 9
y capped. +
At
le Plans for the establishment Of a
aviation camp In connection with u
III school Of engineering Of the Unive