Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-02-22

1880
John Sutton of Annapolis and Ocia
Medkif Of Reynolds.
Only one more week of the Big Feb
ruary Clearing Sale, with its Reduced
Prices and Special Bargain Offerings.
Hundreds have taken advantage of
this sale; have you'
LOPEZ STORE Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. J. Tesreau leave
to-day after spending the past three
months in Ironton. Mrs. Tesreau and
the baby will go TO New York. Char
ley will accompany them to ST. Louis
where he vii. join the Giants and go
to Marler Springs, Texas, for the
spring training
An effort is being made 10 have
Gov. Gardner parole Arthur Spaugh,
formerly of Iron county, who is now
serving a ninety-nine year sentence
in the penitentiary for the murder Of
Sheriff John W Polk OF this county in
1905. Spaugh should speud the re-
mainder of has days in prison.
Lewis Oesterle, of Great Falls,
| Montana, returned to st. Louis the
| first of the week after q visit with his
uncle, ID. NJ. Lewis, Of Lbertyviile,
and his grandfather, Chr. Oesuerle, OF
Bismarck, also other relatives and
friends here. He has been working
in St. Louis for the past few months
Pennington News.
A card from Mr. Wm. Trauernicht,
who, with Mrs. Trauernicht, is So
journing at Biloxi, Mississippi, APP
prises us that they are enjoying their
stay there very much. Biloxi is a
great resort and there are thousr nds
of visitors. VIM. writes that they Wis
tied tho Beauvoir home of Jefferson
Davis ond says it is a beautiful place
on the beach, near Biloxi. Mr.. and
Mrs. Trauernicht will go to New Or
leans this week.
Mr.. Robert E. Purkiss, a long time
resident of I%ronton, dropped dead in
the Kesling Hotel, west of the court
house, about five o'clock Wednesday
evening of last week. MIR. Purkiss
had been helping Mr.. Reed to remove
from the Willard Hotel to the kesline
house. He went to n of the room'
for something or other, and a few
minutes afterwards was found on thu
floor dead. The deceased was an
honorable man and many friends
mourn his sudden end. An obituay,
is printed elsewhere.
Dr. Noah NJ. Jones, Dentist 0
Campbell, has rented the office room
and also purchased the iurritnrt
and fixtures of the dental offices 0
the late DR.. G.. T. Penny, and vii
practice dentistry here, having takel
possession Of the Office the first of tn
month. He and family will becom'
: permanent residents of Maiden. DR.
Jones comes to Maiden highly recon
mended as Il magnificent fellow an
ar experienced dentist. He and fam
lily are extended a most cordial vel
a come rs citizens Of our town,--Malde
Merit.
A bill ia now before the Legislator
which il enacted would put all sur
veyors of the state on a salary basis
The proposed salaries are based OF
population of the counties, and woul
4, increase the salaries of these officials
!. The minimum salary would be $500
!, per year for surveyors in countie
with 5000 population or less. III
d. maximum salary would he So,
. 000. co, in counties having 10000
" population or more. Under the pres
. ent law the county surveyor is pal
So. 90 day and expenses while Ell
8 gagged in the work OF highway eng
neer. The surveyors duties are pa
n for In fees by parties desiring sue
work to be done.
!" Mr.. d. A. Hartzell of the Hartze
N Milling Company, at Enough, in Il
west end of The county, was in lrol
ton Monday. The HartzelI Millir
3, Company have bought the lronte
n Manufacturing Company -four mill
Ironton, and orders have already be-
given for a fifty barrel Midget M
IN which will be installed in the buildin
il The Hartzells have been conducting
in twenty five barrel mill ut Enough f
X. more than a year and the flour turl
at ed out has been of the very best qua
II. ity. They expect TO begin the mani
= facture OF the famous "Flavo" flo
in the Ironton mill as soon as the NJ
: machinery can be installed. II
REGISTER welcomes Messrs. Hartz
to Ironton and wishes them the gre
:. est success.
A move is on foot among land ov
ers near Black to interest some mi
=, ing company to do considerable dri
ing in that neishborhood, 1t bel
- generally believed that this is MI Il
IL necessary to uncover q rich depo
''V Of lead. Failing to interest some co
ar pany to do the necessary drilling,
ms plan Is on foot for the several intere
I" ed parties to form q company a