Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-08

w. L. Wemp returned 10 his nome
in Alexandria, La, last Thursday.
When he left Louisiana his intention
was to pay a visit to Canada, bot
when he arrived here he changed his
mind and concluded to return to the
southland.
Chss. and John Faulkner, Of the
west end of the county, are in jail on
an idictment charging them with hog
stealing. The defendants happened
to be in town when the grand jury re-
turned a bill against them, and Sheriff
Blue at once took them in charge.
Mr.. w. A. Russell of PotosI was in
Ironton last Wednesday. Mr.. Russell
recently returned from Los Angeles,
California, where he spent the win
ter. Mr.. Russell tells us that while
the country, generally, had an unus-
ually mild winter, the weather in CAL
itornia was the most severe in years.
Mr.. O. Collins is closing out his stock
of merchandise in Ironton, prepare
tory to taking a rest. He expects to
make a sojourn of a couple of months
in Hot Springs. Then he will go to
Marquand, where he and his son-in-
law, Mr.. H. e. Homan, have bought
out a large mercantile establishment,
Mr.. R. A. Dunn, of Sabula, who was
in Ironton last Friday to see the tank,
was a caller at this office. lie says
that in his country the late frost play
ed havoc With gardens and fruit on
the lowlands, but on the uplands there
was no damage done at all. This is
practically the report from all Sec
tons.
Circuit court adjourned Thursday
morning. The docket with the dis
position of the cases is printed in
this paper. An adjourned term of
court will be held June 18th for the
purpose of trying parties indicted by
the grand jury who fail to give bond
for appearance at the next October
term.
When the bond selling was in pro-
gress at the courthouse Friday after
noon, Mr.. r. E. Marshall, recently re-
turned from France, mounted the
tank, at the insistence of his friends,
and said a few words. Mr.. Marshall
has apparently recovered from the
serious wounds received in battle and
looks robust and healthy we are glad
to say.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Charles Gay and Lydia Watts of
Goodland.
Leeman Smith and Edna Sutton of
Annapolis.
John Meyer of Pennington and
Jennie Albert Porter of DeLassus.
Lyman Crowley of Brunot an d
Mary Williams of Brunot.
One child ia reported to have beer
killed and two or three seriously in
iured as a result of the visit of the
battle tank to De Soto Sunday. One
of the rockets, or bombs, or whatever
they are termed, failed to explode il
the air. When it fell to the ground il
was picked up by a child and an ex'
plosion followed. The shooting Of
these rockets under the circumstances
was nothing short of criminal care.
~lessness and never should have beer
permitted.
Iron county friends will be glad tt
know that Gov. Gardner has appoint
ed Mr.. Fl. A. Nall to a position in thu
recently created Beverage Inspection
Department which supersedes the
Beer Inspection Department. Arthur
writes us that his eyes have been fail
ing recently and he may take a place
on the road, covering the 18th anc
18th Congressional Districts, in thu
hope that a %surcease from office worl
will prove beneficial. In the event b.
makes the change Mr.. Nall's head
quarters will be in st. Louis or De So
to.
Mr.. E. G. Eastmcn expects to begil
making cakes in the new building thu
last of the week. Owing to delay il
the shipment of his bread pans he will
not get to baking bread before tn,
fret of next week. In another week
though, he expects to have every
thing in ''apple. pie order" Mr.. E
says he is going to conduct a baker.
f establishment of which everybod
will be proud, and we do not doubt
one bit. He will wrap his bread an
offer a cash prize to the one suggest
:, ing the most suitable name therefor
Particulars later.
! 'Gene Whitworth made an eightee:
mile trip trip down Marble Greek t
the farm of the late Simon Durand i
Madison county in his truck. Most c
! the road was fair, but some was hor
. rible, and then some, and he didn'
! know whether he was going to pu
!, through or not, but he finally made
! all right. He says that Mr.. Loren T
Knight, who lives seven miles sout
of here, has an orchard on the up
g lands that was not in any way damag
ed by the heavy frost that prevaile
: throughout the country the night {
: April 25th. Three hundred peac
trees in the orchard are loaded wit
fruit.
The Girls Glee Club, directed b
/. Mrs. Mayfield Huff, will give a black
n face minstrel show at the Academy {
Music Friday evening, May 9th, a
8:l5. Admission, 25 cents The girl
have been working on their Minstr'
for several months and the program
2 has been planned in such a way a
= to please everybody. There al
u choral selections from the opera
8 semi classical songs, and bits of rae
time-all woven together by cleve
IF conversations, jokes, and funn
: characterizations. Just to say tits