Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-02-08

Some weather prophet in ST. Fran
co.'s county IS saying that because OF
the mild and pleasant January" we
wall have winter in April and May.
Well, We had not observed that jan
nary was 81 "mild and pleasant"
Had your
in connection with the Picture Show
home talent will produce the popular
comedy, "When Women Rule" Tues
day, February 18th. The programme
will oe interspersed with songs and
music. Admission, ten and twenty
cents.
One Of the rooms in the public
school building was SO uncomfortable
Monday morning that school was dis
missed therein until afternoon. Bet
ter make some arrangements to
properly heat the building-and that
al once.
Messrs. L. W. Graves of Des Arc
and Arthur HUI OF lronton have an
iron ore prospect in the south end of
the county, near Des Are, that may
prove something valuable. 1t will
probably be prospected thoroughly in
the near future.
Dan Wilkinson, proprietor of the
Commercial Hotel at Ironton, spent
the first of the week here with his
brother, Frank Wilkinson. He says
that the hotel business is good in his
town and that he hes abou. all he can
handle FreGericktown Tribune.
w. ID. Fletcher. the stock man, says
there is no question bat that it "pays
to ADVERTISE He says tla REGISTER
has clearly demonstrated that fact to
him In response to his advertise
meBts he frequently received inquiries
and makes sales a long distance from
Ironton. Of course it pays to adver-
tise.
Il. M. Golf dropped in to see us
US yesterday. Bob just recently came
on Il visit to his family from Ar
kansas, where he is operating a hub
manufacturing plant for W. j. Lee,
He expects to return to Arkansas the
latter part Of this week. Reynolds
County Outlook.
Last Friday night Fred Fisher heard
n u trying to open q window iu
his blacksmith shop in Arcadia. He
fired a SHOT and then saw two men
making their get away. The gu!. was
loaded with bird shot. Fred says next
time he will have buck shot and some
one will get hurt,
Mrs. Rachel Left, of I%ronton, is
spending the winter with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. G. Thurman, in Lapahto,
Ark. Mrs. Left writes she likes the
country fine, and has had good health
all winter. About March the LIST, she
expects to go to De Soto, Mo-, to her
daughters, Mrs. a. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Blanton were
pleasantly surprised by a number of
friends Thursday evening in honor Of
the 18th anniversary OF their marriage.
They were presented with u number
OF pieces of cut ginss aud will long
remember the pleasant anniversary
Of their marriage.--Da Soto Press.
Arthur Spaugh, who is serving a
ninety-nine year sentence in the Mis-
souri, p~enitentiary for the murder of
Sheriff John w. Polk Of this county,
in May, 1905, is said to be suffering
from tuberculosis, having had q num-
Der OF hemorrhages recently. Spaugh
has been in the penitentiary more
than ten years.
On Monday, January 22d, "Uncle
Jesse" Iiarral reach ed his 99th mile
stone in iife's journey. Mr.. Harral is
spending the winter at Marquand. SO
his son, John w. HarraI, Of this place
sent him a huge cake, with 80 candles
| on it. MIR. Harral Is a veteran Of the
Mexican War and IL also one of the
| oldest Masons ia the state.--Bismarck
Gazette.
Deputy Y. S. Revenue Collector, j.
A. Rerhurn of lronton, was here last
Thursday and Friday looking around
to see that mons Of your Uncle Sam
uel's coin, which the Wilson admins
tfation needs 80 badly, is getting
away unbeknownst. Joe is Is good
man on the job. on which he will
probably keep his grip whilst Wood
row holds his. -potosi Journal.
Warnings to the banks aud the
public we're sent out from st. Louis
Saturday from tho United States
secret service Office in that city,
against counterfeit hall dollars which
have been placed in circulation. There
are two specimens. one initiating the
old style half dollar and one the new
denomination recently issued. 1t il
said that the limitations are almost
perfect.
The band wagon was put out in the
weather by the contractor on the
high school building last Wednesday
fMrs. NJ. j. Francois observing tbs
situation, promptly rendered the use
OF the big barn on her place as .stor'
age room for the wagon. II we hap
pen to be on deck when the next bant
is organized, we propose to see tina
Mrs. Francois il the first person
serenaded.
Bill johnson, colored, about twenty
years Of age, was taken In custody by
Sheriff Blue Monday, on Il charge G
crap shooting preferred against hin
nearly three years ago. All the time
intervening he has eludsd the author
tiles. johnson vas taken before Just
ice Rasche Tuesday, pleaded guilty
az charged, and was fined S25 ant
costs. Bill says he has been max
ing his home i'll Chicago. He says he
had no idea that he would be modest
ed, after all this time, IL became back
to Ironton to see his folk.
Bismarck Gazette: "We have
casc Of smallpox in town, Stanle!
B%ispllnghoff being afflicted with tina
disease. Stanley came home from
Chalfee last Tuesday, He was sici
ut the time, but it WAS not until Thurs
anu that the triip nature OF thu cas-