Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-19
HAPPENINGS
Of tie tOeek
IN

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The Columbia Daily Times. u OF
the Oldest papers of Columbia and the
only morning daily in Boone county.
has stopped publication. The paper
has beer sold many times and several
notes against the property will cause
the sale Of the paper at auction.
The July crop report issued by W.
l.. Nelson. assistant secretary Of the
Missouri state board Of agriculture.
tells of ideal harvest conditions and
better yields of wheat and oats than
were anticipated a month ago.
On a site formerly occupied by the
residence of the pastor of a Moberly
Catholic church. VIII Steinkamp and
Leo Schilling. two boys who had been
employed to NOW grass. found $3.50 in
twenty dollar gold pieces.
George Grissom, a we'll known Coop
er county farmer, was found dead in
a creek south of Boonville recently.
He had started home and ii is thought
be stopped TO water his horse at the
creek and succumbed TO an attack Of
heart disease.
Boone Ltnville, 40 years old, a farm
err who lived -four miles north Of Ora
ham, was killed five miles out on the
road to Mound City when a motor car
in which he was riding turned over
and went down an embankment.
Louis G. Anthony, 81 years old, II
dead at his nome in Centralia. He
was a live stock shipper and was on
the st. Louis live stock martet each
week for twenty-five years.
The New Bloomfield fair grounds
where the county fair had been held
nine seasons, were sold the other day
at public auction for $3,i25. The fan
will be discontinued.
W. f. Patterson, a farmer. died il
4 wheat field north OF Sedalia recent
~. lie was As years old. His wAie
three daughters and two sons survive
| A home defense regiment or INV
| men Will be organized in st. LOU
l under the direction OF the police boar
to take the place of the Missouri Nj
1 tional Guard which le&yes next mont
| Tor the federal cantDnment, Philip /
\ Fouke, treasurer of the police boart
| will be commander. A second reg
ment probably will be organized late
>. The University Of Missouri is WI
TO do It's full share in helping thos
~ who go from this country to fight
, French soil get as much knowledge
y the French language as possibl
While it would be Il fine thing for
The Missouri g%uardsmen to get i
ftrIction. if feasible plans could
found for such a big task. Preside
A. Ross Hill believes that the mo
important matter would be for the
ficers, who will assume command
the troops to get instruction IN |
use of French.
A Red Cross chapter has been orr
nized at Aux Vase as part OF the
ganization in Galloway county. Q
will be organized at New Bloomtlt
soon.
y The McCredie consolidated dIstr
~ Of Galloway county voted for I
~ fourth time recently on a $1,000 DO
I issue to erect two new buildings a
&% for the second successive time ach
sM one vote Of the necessary two-thll
sM to pass the measure. Another el
ton will be called.
#W Six cousins of the same Surna
###MM and all young farmers from the vic
#E# ity of Pattonshurg have applied at
- St. Joseph recruiting station for
4 listment in the United States nav
Or. w. s. Woods, retired Kan
81 City banker and several times a 7
"a lionaire. died recently at the III
hotel in Excelsior Springs. He 5
80 fered an attack of paralysis while
the office of Craven & Moore, his
ward celsior Springs lawyers, and was la
ire to the hotel.
ward
ates Corn is making splendid gro'
everywhere in Missouri. the wee
weather and crop bulletin says. Fie
are clean and well cultivated.
At a. conference at Washington, d
between George w. Arnold, presid
the and u. G. Bylander. secretary OF
IA Missouri State Fair, Herbert Hoo
food dictator, representatives OF
War and Navy Departments and
'oih' Department of Justice, the gov
the n,.n, .arood MT IN take over the
sahy souri, State Fair grounds for an
alton corps training camp until a
the closing Of the state fair on
TENDER 90, and also determined
eera- have the War and Navy Departm
the and rho Food Conservation De,
ment make extensive demonstrat
at the state fair this fall.
heat
Eight more deaths have resulte
the southern part Of Scott county
e%nterocolitis, the disease which