Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-06-07

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bad" and il was fire O'Clock Wednes-
day morning before they got back to
the valley.
Some iorty-tive men are now en-
pioyed in the prospecting work and
track laying now'in progress on Pilot
Knob hill. We look for some lively
times there in the not far distant
future. Something like the good old
days of yore.
Let the speed limit ordinance with
reference TO automobiles be enforced
or the ordinance repealed. Present
conditions are farcical, and it is moth
ing short OF miraculous that Il fatal
accident has not happened on Main
street before now.
Mr.. G. a. Buckley, who has the CON
tract for the new building at Arcadia,
wanted to begin work the first of the
week but vas unable to do SO because
OF his inability to get laborers. Labor
IS an exceedingly scarce commodity
in the valley al present.
Recorder, Hawkins ISSUED the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
John L.. Brewer and Anna Brewer q.
Annapolis.
Walter II. Fisher, Jr., and Camille
Beatrice Mari of l%ronton.
Mrs. Jamea Robertson of Arcadia
last Thursday presented the REGISTER
office with a large basket full of green
peas. They we're certainly delicious
and we enjoyed them more than we
can tell When it comes to growing
garden truck Mr.. Robertson just can't
nc beat,
The REGIsTERis in receipt Of q card
announcing the marriage at Iropico,
California, May 3lat, l91T, of Mr.. Len
$. Chcsley and Miss Dorothy Lester
Leech. The bride Is the daughter Of
Mrs. Rose Hughes Leech, a former
Irontonian. Our congratulations ant
very best wishes,
/ Mrs. Lena Cheney, nee Fletcher
: writes from Hickman, KY, to rel
t atives in the valley that the recen
cyclone did much damage in that sec
ton. MIR. Cheney had six horses an'
, males killed and suffered other prop
erty loss. There were q number 0
fatalities III the vicinity.
=, TAKEN Up.~-Wednesday, May *
- 1917, near my farm, a Sorrel siore
about even years old; II white hin
g foot, and a few gray hairs on his rigt
Jaw. Owner can cur him by prov
ing property, and paying for this ad
vertisement and cost Of keep.
JOHN TEsREAu, Silver Mines.
Registration day in Iron county WI
y quiet. The registration at lrontc
" was IS; PHO. Knob, IS. A surprisin
announcement comes from Goodw;
ter, in the west end OF the count
where it Is said the registration was
e, excess of 100. The total registratit
I. in the county viii probably foot mo
than 600.
'g Marquand Correspondence in Il
Fredericktown Democrat News: IN
at aud Mrs. E. A. Homan, Miss
e. Eta Homan ard Blanche Win
n motored to Ironton Sunday morn!r
d returning home that afternoon a
no companied by Mrs. G. G. Collins n
n daughter, who will spend several da
with her daughter, Mrs. II. E. II
Err man"
ne Ben Russell, coioled, who Is teac
ay ing school at Oregon, in holt coun'
VI spent the past week in ~lronton sect
old friends and acquaintance. Is
ed has taught school the past three yei
ii. in Oregon and has been re-employ
,r. for next year, so he must be CIV
he pretty good satisfaction. In the su
mer months he works at the bari
trade in Jefferson City.
,o. Thomas LeMaster, conductor on
law Potosi Branch, was killed in the
We clone which nearly swept Mine
Point cut of existence last Wedn
day afternoon. Mr.. LeMaster
;oa for many years a passenger condnc
on the main line and was we'll kno
up and down the road. A few ye
ago he was transferred to the bra
because of physical intirmities.
Several hundred people assemb
:, in Ironton Tuesday afternoon to
, -. tend the flag raising exercises; spet
es were made, songs sung and
esprit of'76" was rampant. Rev
b. Henry presided, addresses "
made by Messrs. Edgar, Daughe
Stanfortb, Keith and others, Mr..
the rorse Waved the fife. and
u IL. Grandhomme and Albert Schultz
the drums!
,. My old young friend, Mr.. II. D
" man, of Wichita, Kansas, surpr
me with a mighty pleasant call
our' Saturday. He was an Iron COZ
pose boy In the days gone by. Mr.. u
'usi' man Is here on II visit to the oldht
Inc accompanied by his wife ana
aore Mrs. Fay, originally Miss III
r. 4, barc ton. She bro