Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-05

Fitz, assumed his uties.-Greenyille
Journal.
The oil for the streets arrived last
Saturday, but owing to the very wet
weather is still on the car. The city
authorities are in a quandary as to
just what to do with it. To put the
oil on the streets in the present very
wet condition would be worse than
folly. To leave it on the a will
make demurrage charges and to store
it will also be expensive. Just what
to do is a problem.
Mr.. VIM. H. Delsno last Friday
brought to this Office what he termed
a "horned snake" 1t was about
twenty inches long, striped, with a
horn about an inch long on the tip OF
the tail. 1t was the first one of the
kind we ever saw and Mr.. Delano
says it was something new to him,
too. The snake was killed by Mrs.
Delano and Mrs. ]. W Newman at
the mouth of the cemetery lane the
evening before.
Oscar E. Hermann, son of Mrs.
Caroline Hermann, who lives near
Pilot Knob, has returned from France,
after serving sixteen months with the
A. E. F. There was q family reunion
at the Hermann home last week, there
being present: Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Hermann and baby, q. Charles Her
mann and Miss Ann Hermann-all
from ST. Louis. The visitors arrived
Friday and returned home Sunday,
all enjoying the reunion very much.
A determined effort is going to be
made to have trains Nos. / and 2, the
Sunshine Specials, stop at I%rontonf for
passengers. These trains would af-
ford splendid service..to valley people.
One could leave here at $3.50 in the
morning, spend sever hours in st.
Louis, and be at home again at 9:16 in
the evening. People who have inter
ested themselves In the matter seem
to think we have a chance to secure
the service. We certainly hope 80.
We ought to have enough civic
pride to keep our sidewalks clean OF
obstruction. In some localities the
weeds have grown SO as to cover
fully half the surface of the walks,
and the man who traverses them af-
ter a shower takes a bath from the
knees down. How the ladies can
make their way immune from be-
draggled skirts is for them to con-
trive. That's not our business or
yours: our ace ought to be that
no such condition shall confront them,
Brethren, clean your sidewalks and
do your town and yourself proud!
Miss Sarah Jane Bacon, a veteran
school teacher, died at her home in
st. Louis recently, aged 81 years
The father Of the deceased, Chas. K
Bacon, was a prominent citizen il
this county fifty years or more ago
An inventory of the estate of Miss
Bacon, filed in the probate court il
} St. Louis last week listed her person
al property at 1925 ,915. The bulk Of
this estate was left to the children OF
Mr.. James Buford, formerly of this
county, who are nephews and nieces
of the deceased.
Plans>are being made for a "get'
together meeting'' or out door picnic
of all Southeast Missourians now liv'
ing in st. Louis, on Saturday July II
s 1912. 1t is proposed to hold tht
Z meeting on Picnic Ground, No. 2
Forest Park from 8 to 8 O'Clock P. M
There will be a basket dinner at
O'Clock P. NJ, and speaking and othe:
, entertainment provided. Every
Southeast, Missourian and their friend
: are invited to attend. 1t promises tt
be a most enjoyable occasion. L
9 you want particulars address Miss
Leila O'Neal, 342 Custom House, st
Louis.
' DR.. and Mrs. Riggs and Rober'
1 Riggs spent Thursday Of last week il
a st. Louis, attending the dedicator.
: exercises at Sedan High School of
q bronze tablet to the memory of tn
20 students who had attended tina
!, school, and who had died or been kill
, ed during the war. Among the 2
was the name of Russell Riggs, b
. having begun his High School cours
, at Sedan. DR.. Riggs and Robert de
. parted in the evening for Coving
I ton, Kentucky, near which town DR.
: Riggs was born and reared. From
there they will go to Georgetown
Kentucky, where DR.. Riggs will tax
n part in Commencement Exercises o
n his Alma Mater, be having receives
his A. M. Degree there 81 years ago.
: From Sundays st. Louis Post. Dis
: patch: "The funeral of DIR. Jane