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

1 WAS uOWu 8fOuuu tfeeLnOut thst
week. The government il fixing tar
big work there. Lots of me 1t work
and two switch engines employ ed.
stopped one night It Williams
VILE. Our old friend, Bob GLADDEN.,
is still confined to his bed.
Very much cor had to be replant-
ed. Wheat looks fine, but thin on the
ground.
met G. r. Burton at Wiiliamsvil,e,
attending the closing exercises of the
high school. / failed to hear Chas. NJ.
Hay at Greenvilie and Piedmont. He
il another Bryan.
l met DIR. Goodykoontz of Caledonia
at Irondale on his way to Cape Girar.
deau to attend a medical association.
He is a live wire.
One of the most destructive rains
We ever had fell here Saturday night
and Sunday. 1t washed aHay John
Semands' barn, E. Martins old dwell
ing, L. l.. Schmidt's wire bridge. the
schOolhouse bridge, the wagon bridge
that leads to Brunot and the foot
bridge to the graveyard. Graves &
Stamp lost 1000 feet OF lumber, be-
sides ties and shade trees. 1t was a
regular waterspout. The water a
through town in front of Graves 4
Stamps store. Two %culverts, on the
railroad, south of town, were washed
away. No. 3 was held here an hour
while they were being repaired. On
College Hill there was water in four
houses and in Len Morris house,
south of town, and damaged crops. |
was talking to the porter on train Is
to-day. He said they were at Hem
Erickson, between two washouts, for
26 hours. There were $50 passengers
on board and they ate all the chickens
and eggs in that country.
Drs. n. a. and f. +. Farr and An
drew Farr went to st. Francis river
last week and brought back a large
lot OF fine fish. One cat weighed 26 lbs.
Z. s. Fitz has arrived back in Amer
lea from a trip "across'' and is now in
an Atlantic port. We were getting
anxious to hear from him and were
glad to receive four letters Friday.
Mrs. H.. G. Harrison and children
are visiting her parents in Piedmont.
Mrs. j.. II. Stevenson and little
daughter and Mrs. Marshall Steven
Sol are visiting relatives at Hen
erickson and Taskee.
Mrs. Ed Eustis from Poplar Bluff is
visiting Mrs. Len Morris and family.
Mrs. DIN F. Holcomb, formerly
Edna Smith, who has been with her
husband, at a training camp in Louis.
lana, came home last week for 4 few
weeks visit with her parents. Lieut..
Holcomb is expected here on a fur
Tough and she viii return with him to
remain until he is sent '~'across."
There was not a very large crowd
out to the Red Cross Supper Saturday
night owing to the unusual downpour
of rain. The proceeds were S52. SO.
Hon. VIM, r. Edgar of Ironton de.
livered a patriotic address at the
schoolhouse Saturday night, Despite
the unfavorable weather the attend
was fair. Mr.. Edgar has made
Iron county his home for more than
half a century and ranks with the best
lawyers in this section of the State.
His Americanism Is of the staunchest
brand and his de%nunciation Of the
Hun was the most scsthing and his
.invectlve the most powerful of any
speaker who has come to Des Arc
since the declaration Of war. lie is
pushing the War Saving Stamps cam
paign and at the close of his speech
several of our citizens subscribed for
$50 worth of stamps. ISAAC.