Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-10

ward for information leading to the
Animal's recovery.
PERRY SUTTON, Vulcan, Mo.
County court was in session Mon.
day for the purpose of re%districting
the roads Of the county in accordance
with . law passed by the last legisla.
ture. Changes we're made. in the
boundaries OF four districts in the
county and two new districts were
created. There are now twenty dis.
tricts in the county.
J. W. Harral has the record SO far
in this vicinity of selling the largest
hog. A few days ago he sold a porker
to o. E. Hansbrough which weighed
465 pounds and neted the owner
s75.O5. Mr.. Hansbough also bought
six hogs from Henry Reynolds
which weighed 1885 pounds and
brought 2l2.-BismarckG Gazette.
At the meeting Of the city council
Monday evening the treasurer was or
dered to pay off another Of the $500
bonds Issued in June, 1914, for street
improvement. Ten bonds were issued
and the payment of this one willleave
but six outstanding. There is suffi-
cient money in the sinking fund to
pay. off another bond II it can be Sc
cured at this time
James G. Newman has resigned his
position in the Gay & Kindell store,
after a service of nineteen years, and
will devote his time to farming on the
place of his mother-in law, Mrs. J. G..
Yount, east of 1ronton. Mr.. Newman
has leased his town residence to Eu.
gene Whitworth. Fred Erbe, former.
ly with the Lopez store, but who has
been in Granite City, Ills., the past
year has returned to lronton and will
succeed Mr.. Newman at Gay & Kin
dell's.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Belleview Valley Bank
held in Belleview last Saturday the
old board of directors was reelected
for the ensuing year. The past year
was an exceedingly prosperous one
for this institution; at the meeting
Saturday $500 was added to the sur
plus and a handsome dividend paid to
the stockholders. After the business
for which the meeting had been called
was completed the shareholders ad
journed to the Paullus Hotel where q
most delicious turkey dinner was
served.
From the Potosi Independent: IN
E. Rhodes and Walter Boster have
very good prospect OF float copper
located in the citadel = mile south
west of Potosi, which they are having
developed. Samples of the ore as
sayed AZ and 4s.1O0 per cent copper
and much of the ore now being mine
is better than the samples assayed
, This discovery vas made in groun'
which has been prospected for NOR
than one hundred years, and wa
, found just below the surface. Severa
q tons of the ore awaits shipment to tn
. smelter at st. Paul, Mimi, the near
est smelter. On Saturday last W
we're shown by Mr.. Rhodes one chun1
OF very fine copper which weighed 2
pounds"
:. From fridays st. Louis Globe
democrat: "Flat denial is made b
United District Attorney Oliver tina
charges against II. b. Krenning, 5l5
, Waterman avenue, charged with vic
:, lation of the espionage act, will b
|, dismissed. THE case against Krer
ming will be prosecuted to the limit
said Oliver yesterday. 4 have re
ceived no intimation there is an
,move on the part of the "higher ups
q to dismiss the case. Reports that
!. have a letter from Attorney Gener'
Gregory advising q dismissa! are at
solutely FALSE Krenning is charge
with having denounced Presidel
D. Wilson a. . real traitor when h
picture was shown at the Orpheul
Theatre the night Of October stl
~ Krenning denies the utterance. H
defense Is being handled by Attorne
sr Jeptha D.,Howe."
to The remains Of William Griffin, WI
died in the Alexian Brothers. Ho
r pitsl, st. Louis, January 4, at $3.50
a NJ, were brought to Ironton Saturds
IN nipht and interment made in Il
Catholic cemetery at Blot Knob Il
n, following afternoon, the funeral b
he ing conducted from st. JOSEPH
he Chapel, Arcadia, the Rev. Faith
at Blankemaier officiating. The hor
%. Of the deceased was in Garter Count
be where he had lived for more than fl
years. His age was Is years. D
ed ceased was Q brother OF Mrs. Catheri
Of Guuton and the late Thos. Griffin
he Jronton. lie 10 survived by two 80
@. and a daughter. Mr.. Griffin y
NO once presiding Judge Of the couu
A court Of Carter and had otherw
been honored by his fellow ci
zens. He was q man Of ruge