Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-01

iieisnts tuesday morning. Mrs. May
berry will remain throughout the AS
sembiy. The Judge went home Mon.
day evening, but will return next
week.
Through the generosity Of DIR. Mar
shall the REGISTER family had a mess
OF fine r0astin' ears and some most
excellent tomatoes, grown in the Dr.'s
splendid garden, for Sunday dinner.
We assure tho donor Of our sincere
appreciation.
A meeting will be held in the court
house pagOda at ten o'clock to.mor. |
row Thursday, morning, in behalf OF
the Salvation Army drive. Private
Geo. Jacobs, Tor two years with the
Canadian Army, will make an address.
Come everybody!
Jane Cowl in the Saturday Evening
POSTS story, "The Heart of Sunset"
at the Academy Theatre, Thursday,
August LIST. Admission, 10 and l5c.
Marguerite Clark in "The Amazons,n
next Tuesday, August 9Th. Admis-
sion, II and II cents.
William Henry Rudy will be ell.
trained for Syracuse, New York, on
August /. He is the first of Iron Coun.
ty's "Limited Service" men to be
called, and will join one OF the fire or
guard companies being formed for
service at ports of embarkment.
A good roads meeting will be held
at the Upper Crane Pond Schoolhouse
Saturday morning, August 10th, at
1890 O'Clock, for the purpose Of dis.
cussing the proposition of bonding
Liberty Township for good roads.
Everybody urged to attend this meet
ing.
The first car of Southeast Missouri
watermelons put on the market this
season were grown in Dunklin county
, and sold last week to Geo. Buckingham
of Bonnie Terre who shipped them to
the Lead Belt. The price paid for the
car was a record breaking one, 1926
1t ia said that the Dunklin county
melon crop is above the average this
year.
Lewis d. Cole, son of J. r. Cole o
Munger, left st. Louis, Tuesday night
July 10th, after successfully enlistint
in the Navy as a second class seaman
He was sent to the Great Lakes, His.
t Training Station, where splendid an
unusual opportunity for rapid promo
, ton awaits him. Acting postmaste
u Barger furnishes information on tn
Navy, and also free transportation TO
g recruits to st. Louis, where enlist
ments are completed.
- Our old friend, Thos. Johnson, wa
in town Tudsday morning with tn
front end OF his espring wagon file
> with mntilated half-ripe watermelon
Some one had entered his patch tn
/. night before and cut and wantonl
destroyed dozens of the best melon
1t is as contemplate an act Of wanda
ism as u attention has been dlrectt
to in a long time and We should III
II to see the offender, or offenders, CIV
en- the laws limit-and then some.
~ Mr.. II. z. Crow died at his home
this city Monday morning at 3 o'clo'
after q prolonged illness resultl'
ie from paralysis. The deceased was
T. wears OF age aud had resided
or ironton a number of years. He was
v, good man and citizen, esteemed by
who knew him. To the bereav
widow and two sons, one OF whom
VI with the colors in France, the REGl
TER extends assurance OF profoul
or sympathy. The remains were tax
.ly to Fredericktown, the d~eceased's G
home, for interment Tuesday. Peac
full be his sleep!
,ar From the Bismarck Gazette; "a
meeting held at the Airdome Frid
nipht it was decided to change t
~. name of Bismarck to Loyal. M
10 names were submitted and upon
ballot being taken the following v
on the result; Acme, Sweet Home, 0; l
right, 1; Grant, 1; Manter, 2; Anne
CO, s.: Highland, 0; Pershing, 4; Lit
. al, 25. The name chosen will have
,le' be filed with the Secretary OF st
cry ten days, after which three wee
Inc notice has to be given in a newspa.
as to the date the City Council
the act on the petition"
' et' Pennington News: "Joe Reybu
of Ironton, who ia with the Inter
CAV Revenue Department Of the COVE
ment, was in Pennington last Sat
t to day checking up income tax retu
and of last year. AT the time the COVE
I'M. ment helped local people make
Ter. their returns last winter he took
word of the person making the
turn as to money paid out for wi
lley credit was allowed. Mr.. Reybnrl
now checking this up to detern
wi whether or not any false returns v
'oor made. Next year, he says, the 6
erment will not give any credit for
dale terest, taxes, insurance, ETC., allo
her BILE, unless receipts are in hand
ives same. He, therefore, asks us to
ome everyone paying out money for "
they are entitled to credit in ma
their income tax return, to secure
F oa. preserve receipts for all such 81
90, rs only receipts or Cancelled en-
! 70 will be accepted as evidence"
The valley Is still dry, very dry
deed, Good rains have been repc
oeen from all around us the past week
De' here in the valley there hasn't
nuns enough rainfall to settle the dust
seiI several days the indication TOR
. his was excellent and 1t looked II
down.pour was certain, but sea