Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-04-26

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he expects to leave the Golden State
to-day "wednesday for st. Louis. |
We hope to e him in the valley
again soon.
MIR. L. f. Evans, general manager
OF the Belleview & Western Railroad,
was in town Tuesday. Mr.. Evans tells
US that the Rad has had q big bust.
ness recently. In three weeks sixty
cars OF ties and lumber we're ship
ped from BelIeview by Merseal
q Alice alone %, 600 ties and over
10000 feet of lumber. Some busi-
ness.
Commissioner f. l., farmhouse was
In lronton a couple of days the past
week. DIR. Farmhouse informs us that
the Office Of the Food and Drug De-
partment will remain in st. Louis un.
til the pew capitol building at Jeffsr.
son is completed about June lst. Then
his headquarters will be moved to the
capital city and most of his time will
be spent there.
From the Pennington News: CDR.
d. Appieberry and j. o. Campbell, of
B%elleview, drove over yesterday and
the former bought four pure-bred
Duroc-Jersey female pigs from A. j..
Young. They are fine young animals
and cost the Doctor from SIS to $50
each. Their g~randsire is the famous
Pathfinder, the highest priced Duroc
male in the country"
The editor ia indebted to Rev. John
Adrian for an invitation to attend the
Corner Stone Ceremony of Corpus
Christi Church, Jennings, Missouri,
Sunday afternoon, May 9th. His
Grace. Archbishop Glenning, otficiat-
ing. Valley friends will be glad to
hear that Father Adrian has been
most successful in his present field in
the outskirts of st. Louis.
The following from Iron Mountain,
under date of April ed, appeared in
Mondays st. Louis Globe-Democrat:
"To-day Nitnessed the opening of The
lake summer resort and 500 automo'
biIes conveyed more than 1000 person
here. Many st. Louisans are among
those registered. Much work is being
> done to make this the most attractive
summer resort In the Ozarks."
The REGISTER Saturday afternoon
/ had a call from three former resident
: OF the valley, Messrs. JOS. F., J. p. ant
|G. B. Lindsay, OF st. Louis, sons of til
late Col. James Lindsay. The former
/, practicing law, j. p. is manager Of In
mail traffic for the Santa Fe systel
and G.. B. has 4 similar position wit
i, the Wabash. They were here just
=, few hours to see old familiar face
and places.
= Mr.. Forshee, president of the Iron
:, ton school board informs us that II
,, only departure that has been mad
from the original plans for the hia
school building is in the constructic
" of the root. After considering II
10 matter thoroughly the board deemt
80 it wise to make an additional apr,
priation of Sl45 and have a roof sur
t. piled by the John Manvill Co., al
II guaranteed for fifteen years.
q w. T. White, who lives on Marb
lCreell about ten miles south of lro
lg ton, is on the grand jury this week a
was q caller ut the REGISTER Off
Monday. While here MIR. White sho'
ed us Il twenty-five cent piece of p
re- per money which he recently found
r. going through ar old pocketbook b
of longing to his father. 1t was OF t
lie kind that went out of circulation
the latter seventies and silver CO
tr has since been used In lieu thereof.
81. Mr.. Geo. @. Howes was here fro
cd St. Louis last Friday and arranged
n. the purchase of nearly 100 acres
land of the Methodist Assembly tr'
~ in Arcadia. This leaves the Assent
AZ with about eighty acres of land in
r.. block adjacent to the Tabernacle a
m. Dining Hall. With the funds secur
from this sale the debt on the Assel
>. bly, grounds is reduced to $l1o0, a
it is thought this will be paid by Ja
uary lst next. A most desirable &C
:, dition of affairs.
". Arthur Nall, formerly clerk in
office of Secretary Roach, has be
appointed in the department Of "s
,r., drinksn in the Office or State Beer
h;s spector Mostly. Mr.. Nails form
home was at lronton. He has bee
y resident of Jefferson City eight ye'
10 and Is recognized rs o compete
ms clerk .-Capitol City News.
Arthur's many friends in the
ic,e home are glad to hear his preferm
al. and have no doubt that he will I'm,
+. good" on the new job, whose du'
I'd. he will take up May lst. The post
The pays $500 q year.
cry MIR. Geo. g. Howes OF st. Louis
quite a number of men employed
ON his place in Russellville, under the
cor peryision Of Chap. J. Tual. A Ia
his poultry house is just about compile
and a barn 10 under way; other bu'
pb. iups contemplated are a fine r.