Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-07-11

lent program. Season ticket, o.;
child, d. Initial p~erf0rmaucs Sunday
efteruoon, Cartwright Beothers Quar-
tette and Orchestral Club.
q. G. Curtis OF the POPLAR Bluff |
Drug Co., OF the East Side has open.
ed q confectionery store in the new
Greer building; also installed Q soda
fountain. He will in the near IN.
lure add . stock Of drugs. Mrs. Cur.
Tia is in charge OF the new store for
the preEent.-Poplar Blur Republi.
can.
Miss Eta Mayes of Arcadia receiv.
ed q letter from her brother, Kenneth
Mayes, Co. F, 1873 Infantry, U. s. A. In
France, saying, he was having . good
time and expects to see his folks
soon, that he was on guard, and too
busy to write often. Tell everybody,
hello. Had 4 fine time on the sea
coming over. but one day the wind
was high and was scared pretty bad.
Will Sigman and his son, Marvin,
went to 1rontOn sunday, where they
visited hOmefOlk. Marvin, y strap.
ping lad of II years, 10 spending the
summer with his grandmother, Mrs.
Jennie Sigman, at Jay Dee, where he
is helping on the farm. All honor to
the boys who thus spend the III mer
at this time Of need.-Flat River
News.
On Monday OF last week Mr.. Geo.
Stark OF Arcadia received . telegram
from st. Louis notifying him Of the
death OF his mother.in-law, Mrs.
Jachim. He went to the city to at.
tend the funeral which was held tho
ensuing Wednesday. This is the third
death OF Mr.. SIS near relatives to &C.
Cur il a little over . year. We trust
his misfortune has had its run and
that a brighter future IL in store for
him.
From the C~enterville Correspond.
ence in the Ellington Press: 20. P.
Laxon, mail carrier to Glover, has
given up his job, owing to inability to
live on the salary 1t paid. The Post.
master here has temporarily employ.
ed John Gotf OF Glover to carry the
mail a. far AZ Lesterville each day, In
car. Mr.. Gotf, of course, will get ex-
ira wages for doing this, which oil
! course will have to be paid by the
the bondsmen OF the original carrier
A car load Of oil for the streets was
received last Wednesday night from
Sand Springs, Oklahoma. The car,
which was shipped from Arkansas
City, Kansas, June 9Th, never did put
In an appearance. An order was Civ.
en- for 10000 gallons but the q re-
ceived contained only 8,025 gallons
. Marshal Fisher vas busy Friday, Sat
urdsy and Monday sprinking 1t. The
e cost, delivered, was about 80 cents
t gallon. The price last year was abou
two cents less.
De Soto has passed an ordinanc,
that no one is to be seen idling on tn
streets. Another ordinance prohibit
the use of the German language OIL
g the streets and in any Of the business
houses. 1t seems that De Soto is de
termined to make good American
citizens out OF every one. II ever!
"A town would do as De Soto has done
regarding the loafing proposition, it
certain that it wonld 60 . long way
Q toward solving the labor shortage tina
2, now confronts the country.
1t is stated that a representative {
: the Public Service Commission will b
le here next week to make an investiga
ton in the endeavor to ascertain VIII
the Iron County Electric Light& Pow
> er Company has ignored the order 9
the com mission restoring the day cut
!. rent to patrons of the company. 1t
N intimated that the Commission Is in
} fighting mood. Since the foregoin
has been put 10 type 1t has been AZ
~ certained that MIR G. b. Bee, chic
,e rate expert OF the Commission, wi
Il conduct the hearing In Ironton, Jul
18th.
A civil service exa mination Is heir
"a conducted at Piedmont to-day for al
ri plicants for the lronton post. otiic
So far as We are informed Sergeal
Reese and Geo. w. Hanson are Il
only ones taking the examination.
1g L. Barger, who has been in charge
on the office for the past month or NOR
announced some time since that ]
would be an applicant, but has chan
ed his mind. Lee says his short e,
10 perience has given him all the pos
lpt OIllC0 WOEA HO W0tSSHt JuoV sAo HAC
emit, atleast. 1t will likely be . coup
OF months before the civil servi
nR commission announces the grad
n. made In the examination.
nd
|e. The Engineer Corps Of the Arm
needs auto repair men, axeme
blacksmiths. bulge carpenters, ca
met makers, concrete workers, cool
electricians gas enginemen, hori
shoers, machinists, teamsters al
timbermen. Registrars qualified
No the above trades, who are not In I
current quota may volunteer for Il
sl. service and are urged to do 80. II
tn, includes those who registered
nd June s., 1918. Any registrant classic
ed, In Glass 9, 8 or 4 may volunteer
Or. this service provided he 10 physica
aualiaed and Ales waiver signed
his dependent or dependents. 7
IVY offer will be withdrawn ut noon
~ July II, 1918. Z
my G. W. Morris returned home Tu
'etz day night from st. Louis where
rat. had been for q few days with
his daughter, Miss Virginia, who und
the went another very serious surgi
.ail. operation ut st. Johns Hospital Nj
day morning for simucitus, the CO.