Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-18

County Clerk of Butler county. He
mas been a deputy in the Office the
past eight years.
From Sundays Globe Democrat:
"a tract OF land, consisting of 1882
acres, lying So miles south of st. Lou
is, ON the Iron Mountain road, is to be
divided into forty-acre farms and
sold. The Iron Mountain Lake is To-.
Gated on the property"
Mrs. A. II. Doris, sister of my es-
teemed friend, Chas. l.. Harris, of Sa-
bula, died at Lincoln, Nebraska, last
Thursday morning, after months of
suffering from paralysis. All who
know MIR. Harris will Join me in ex-
tending sympathy to him.
The County Beard of Equalization
increased the assessed value of all the
real estate in the City of Ironton and
the Ironton School District from go to
LOG per cent. Under the circum-
stances 1t seems to us that the fair and
proper thing to do would be to reduce
the levy accordingly. II the old levy
is maintained taxes in this town and
school district this year will be some-
thing frightful.
At the regular meeting of the City
Council Tuesday night, the honor of
being the next Mayor of Bismarck
was won by g. 7. Tullock. At the
election last Tuesday Mr.. Tullock and
U. ii. Lucy were tied for the Mayor
ship. 1t was left to the Board of AL
dermen to decide, and that body tied,
so the two anne with some blank
ballots were placed into a hat and the
first ballot TO lie drawn contained the
name Of Mr.. Tullock.-Bismarck Ga
zette.
W. w. Strother came down We ster-
day from st. Louis and reported that
| Mrs. Strother ia much better. She
has been suffering for several weeks
with blood poisoning in her hand and
the past week suffered a relapse and
1t was even reported here that she
had died. She is at the Baptist SAM
tarium and Is so much better that Mr..
Strother will spend most of the week
here on business with the Cobalt Co.
--Fredericktown Democrat-News.
The ladies Of the Red Cross will
serve lunch at the Ironton station
next Sunday afternoon from 5 to 6
o'clock-on the occasion Of the visit
of the "War Relic" train here. To
meet the expense OF the lunch the fl
nancial committee of the Red Gross
asks a donation Of 25 cents from each
family in the valley and requests that
same be sent to the Red Cross room
either "wednesday or Friday after.
noon of this week. The relic train
will arrive here at 4:15 Sunday after.
| noon and remain for one hour.
From the De Soto Republican: 1.-THE
German-American Society of De
Soto dissolved last week, and after
paying all bills, sent the balance on
hand to the American Red Cross at
Washington with the following letter,
signed by l. +. Silberstein, ex-presi-
dent, and A. Zenzer, e~x-treasurer:
'We, the undersigned president and
treasurer of the defunct German
American Society of De Soto, now
dissolved, do hereby remit to your
Society the balance on hand to the
amount OF 1884 81, and we hope that
this may help to send the Kaiser to
hell.'n
From the Doniphan PROSPERITY News:
"John II. Keith, n former Ripley
county boy, now a practicing attor-
ney of Ironton, is a candidate for rep
resentative of Iron county. John is a
good, sober, honest, industrious fell
low and has made his way alone and
under difficulties, and we should like
to see him q member of the next
General Assembly. He would make
a hard working and a dependable
member. The Democrats of Iron
ought to give him the nomination
without opposition; then he would be
in ship shape to win over the common
enemy next fall"
In this weeks issue Of the REGISTER
will be found the announcement Of
Arthur Huff who again seeks tho
Democratic nomination as Clerk OF
the County Court. Mr.. Huff needs
no words Of commendation from us
Born and reared in Iron cou nty, his
record, his ability and rare worth are
known to most every man, woman
and child within its borders. Endow'
ed with unusual clerical and execu'
tive attachments he IL an ideal official,
and his administration Of the County
Clerks Office the past four years has