Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-17

and Mrs. A. /. Willard. Mr.. Russell
has returned to St. Louis and resum-
ed his position with Robt. W. Hunt
Inspection Company.
s. L. Powers, resident manager of
the Moss Tie Company interests in this
county, will start one of their smaller
tie drives tomorrow down Big
Brushey. This drive will be brought
down to Black and banked on the
Middle Fork to be hoated with the
big drive later on. Small drives will
also be brought down to the Middle
Fork off of small streams ear Edge
Hil.-Centerville Outlook.
Mr.. VIM. Schwab, of Pueblo, Colo
RADIO, is visiting relatives and old
time friends in the valley and vicinity.
Mr.. Schwab left this county in 1882
going to Birmingham, Alabama. For
the past fifteen years he has been at
Pueblo with the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company and is now in charge
of the laboring men at the blast fur
mace. Time has dealt kindly with
Mr.. Schwab and he holds his own
very well.
"Camoufage of Shirley" will be
presented by the Senior class and stu
dents of the High School on Friday
night, April 25th, at the Academy of
Music. Admission, 25c. The play
deals with an American situation rel
alive to the late war, time of occur
rences being the summer of 1918.
There is most everybody in it, from a
captain, lieutenant, war bride, Red
Gross worker and a German spy to
CONSERVATION, }" the pup. Don't miss
it.
DIR. @. HI. Jones was here from JEFF
ferson City Saturday and Sunday.
The DR.. says that while the lower
house of the General Assembly hasn't
apparently accomplished very much
in the three months it has been in
session, yet the members, or most of
them, have been hard at work all the
time. We are not questioning the
Dr. word, but we can't see where
anything has been done for the good
of the people. Maybe it will develop
later.
Announcement was received here
last Wednesday of the death that
morning in st. Louis of Mr.. R. A.
Knapp at the Baptist Sanitarium. Mr..
Knapp had been in a serious condition
for some time and the news of his
death was not unexpected. The de-
ceased was So years of age and made
his homei in the valley for many years.
Many friends here learn of his pass
ing with sorrow and extend sympathy
to the bereaved widow. Interment
was made in Bellefontaine cemetery
Thursday.
The Reynolds county road tractor
was destroyed by fire 9 a Glover, in
Iron county, early Sunday mornin G.
It is thought to have been the work
Of an incendiary and Sheriff Blue was
sent for Sunday evening. He went to
Glover that night and made an in
vestigation but did not secure sufi
Gent evidence to justify the issuance
of a warrant. The tractor had beer
hired to do some work in the Glover
special road district in Iron county
The loss is said to be between -four
and five thousand dollars. The gas
oline tank on the tractor was blown
fifty yards or more.
By reference to the financial state.
ment for Iron county for the yea
1919, which is issued id pamphlet
form with this weeks REGISTER, il
will be noted that the personal de-
linquent list returned for the veal
1918, returned by Collector Burnham
totals 1854. 70. Can you peat it? We
( have no doubt that this is the small
est delinquent personal tax list in the
history of the county and we very
much doubt If there is another col.
lector in the county that makes I
showing as good. When it m tt
getting the money you just have te
A real bona fide battle tank, mad
by Uncle Sam to vanquish the Hun
will be seer in Ironton, Friday, Ma.
| I'd. The tank will be one of the feat
, ures of the Liberty Loan special trail
, that will visit Ironton on that date. ]
; weighs more than seven tons, is ar
!, mored and is about fifteen feet lon
and ten feet high. 1t will be carrie,
on a special fiat car and under it's owl
power will traverse the streets of tn
. city. The special train will arrive a
!, 3P. NJ. and depart at 1880 P. M, Tn
i tank will be manned by soldiers WHIT
! have seen service overseas. A Vic
8 tory Loan orator and bond salesman
will accompany the train. Doubtles
a large number of people from al
|. parts of the county will be in Ironto
= that day to see the tank.
F. For some weeks past the fresh fs
trade has been quite lively in tn.
boosted Arcadia Valley and in the su
burbs of Flat River. Lake Killarne
the base of supply and the supple AT
tomobile the mean for distribution
:. It was q thriving business-while
lasted-for in the sweet springtim
the winter cloyed taste of man turn
) as ~longingly to sweet, fresh -caugt
: fish as does the bounding heart of 81
y uberant youth to thoughts of low
All was going as merrily-and NOR
proftably-as the marriage bell, whe
behold! The meddlesome hand of th
10 law butted into use an expressive
y il not elegant, colloquialism-an
). brought the business to naught. Dep
b uty Game Warden Gunton and Shel
y iff Blue, after several nights watcl
.. got wise as to the extraordiner
1t aluck" of the fishermen in question
who were last Monday called upon t