Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-16

such Roadway that he could not ex-
tinguish them. He went to a neigh
bor's for help but before he returned
house and contents were a total loss.
Corporal James \. Taliey of Vulcan,
No., was reported slightly wounded
IN the Casualty list sen from France
under date Of May 9th. Corporal
Talley was one of the first men to en-
list from Iron county and is the first
one OF u boys reported to have been
injured. Every body will be glad to
know his wounds are only slight.
There was some talk last week of
circulating a subscription paper in or
der TO ascertain how much money
could be secured to pay for oiling the
streets. 1t has since been ascertained
that the oil can not be had for love or
money; SO, IL this information is cor
rect, the project will have to be
abandoned for this season. at least.
Mr.. Geo. Z. lIowes drove his Pierce
Arrow roadster into the swollen wa
tiers of the creek at Middlebrook san
day morning and the engine ''went to
the bad The car had to be pulled
to Ironton by \ team. Mr.. Howes
WAS on his way from st. Louis to the
valley and had stopped in Farming
ton Saturday night because OF the
heavy rains.
Surveyor James Faulkenb erry
dropped in to see Us a few minutes
this afternoon, he having just com
pleted the survey of the proposed
State Road from the Iron county line
to the river Just north OF this place.
Mr., Faulkenbarry informed US that
he had just recently returned from a
business trip to the Sunny South
Reynolds County Outlook.
Iron county put some OF her neigh
!, bors to shame in the Third Liberty
Loan drive. Madison county on the
: east, with more people and more
wealth. did not buy as many bonds as
80 we did by about $4,000 and Washing
ton county, on the north, with nifty
per cent more people and much more
y wealth only subscribed for about SO
900 more of the bonds than we did.
To our long time and faithful ole
friend, Thos. Johnson, Esq we are
indebted for a box Of strawberrlet
presented last Saturday-the first o.
t the season. They were delicious ant
y we enjoyed them greatly. Mr.. John
son saws that the outlook for berrle
ia in his patch this year Is yer.
" poor, and if the same conditions eA
st list everywhere the fruit will be scarce
Jesse M. Hawkins, accompanied b.
his son, Russell, went to Eliingto
last Friday night to act as auctlonee
in at the Big Red Cross sale held ther
n the following day. The heavy ram
fall Saturday and Sunday putthe M's
va souri Southern railroad out of con
r. mission. and the travellers hired
mule team to take them to Hoga
T.. where they boarded a belated tral
for home.
~. We unders tand that Ruble Bro
at of Reynolds, will move their Soul
II. Branch saw mill to a point on tt
az public highway about half way b'
tween Reynolds and Centervili
-. where they have a large tract OF Vi
:, gin white oak timber. Our informa'
~ also says the RubIe Bros. will empI'
~. the services of three large trucks
~ hauling their lumber to the NILSSON
Southern railroad Reynolds Coun
-, outlook.
. The Red Cross Entertainment al
,d Recital gwen at the Academy
- Music last Friday evening was a SUI
-, cess in every way: in conduct al
financial results. Every number
the programme was ex%cellently re
II dered. / am proud of our "hor
talent" Mrs. Gait, Mrs. Mildr
Langdon, Mrs. Barger, the MISS
AZ Marshall and Workman, have
arc thanks for a mighty pleasant evenlr
Good fortune attend them all! X
Inc ceipts, $4,000.
Unusually heavy rainfall saturd
~ and Sunday last, the precipitation
the two days being in excess OF fe
inches. Streams were out OF tn
banks and much havoc wrong
eft teamwork has been greatly retard
ext by the excessive rains OF the p
oy. month. The rainfall south OF h
sed Saturday seems to have boon mi
Red greater than it was here. The RI
, to road was washed out along Black r
ody er and we were practically with
EN-. train service Monday.
Lon Chapman, a young man ir
Of the west end Of the county, came
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