Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-02-20

here In a long time"
DR.. Farmhouse came from Jefferson
City Friday. The following day he
went to Ellington to attend the
funeral of Mrs. NJ. L. Copeland, Sena-
tor Buford's mother-in- law. Mrs.
died in st. Louis last We'd
nesday in st. Luke's hospital while
undergoing an operation.
DR.. ]. L. Hickman and wife Of Bru-
not passed through Ironton on train
No. 80 Saturday from a trip to Kansas
City, where the DIR. had been attend
ing the annual meeting OF the Nilsson
ri Valley Veterinsr Association. Mrs.
Hickman visited her daughter, MrB.
Williams, in st. Louis, while absent.
In the county court proceedings
last week, s. B. Reagan, roadoverseer
of district No. g., was credited with
having paid $4O.26 to the County
Treasurer. This was an error. The
amount returned by Mr.. Reagan was
81 OF. Another error the poll tax for
1919 was said to have been fixed at $5;
il should have been So.
When Sunday, March Both, arrives
the clocks all over the country will
be set forward one hour in accordance
with the daylight saving act which
was effective for the first time last
year, and which continues in effect
indefinitely or until Congress other
wise provides. On Sunday, October
26th, the clocks will be set back one
hour.
On account of the wreck on the
railroad O. B. Bee of the Public Ser
vice Commission was unable to get
here last Saturday and the hearing
in reference to the Iron County Elec-
trio Light & Power Company which
vas to have been held in Ironton on
that day was postponed to some flu
ture date, of which due notice will be
given,
The Pennington Times says that il
is rumored that Hon. Polite Elvins
will abanon the practice of the law
and devote his time in future to the
development of some lead lands he
recently purchased in the neighbor-
hood of Doe Run. The Times init
mates that Doe Run, for many years
a "deserted village" may me
back"
The United States Employment Of.
five at Cape Girardeau desires to heal
from every discharged soldier or sail.
or in Southeast Missouri (18 Counties
who is out of employment. Write
them stating the kind of work yol
desire, and it will be found, if possible
They are ALEC anxious to hear from
any INT in the Eighteen Counties VIII
can employ help of any kind.
j. j. Cundiff, of Jefferson City, wa
called here this week by q message
announcing the critical illness Of hil
aged father, L. j. Cundiff. The for
mer, though an ardent Republican
has a responsible position in the of
fee of Secretary of State Sullivan
given him because of his persona
friendship and also because of hi
recognized ability to properly fill tn
position.-Farmington News.
We are In receipt of the ninth bi
ennial report Of State Hospital No.
at Pennington and want to congratu
late the officers upon the way the,
have managed this Institution. w,
haven't heard any complaints, what
or, since DR.. Eaton took charge, an
there is not likely to be any com
plants, either. 1t is the best manag
ed institution in the State, and South
east Missouri is proud of it.-Potol
Independent.
OF the $4,000 in bonds issued by tn
City of Ironton in 1914 for street i'm
provement $1,000 have been paid, an
the money is now on hand to pay an
other 81, 900 of the bonds which wi
be due in June. The remaining $3.50
will not be due until 1924. THIS prob
ably means that the tax levy for cit
purposes will be reduced considerabl
for this year. The rate the past fv
years has been fifty cents on the hun
dred dollars valuation.
Iregret to note that in some section
there is slowness in coming to the re
lief of the suffering Syrians and Al
menians-people whose deplorabl
condition is consequent upon the
adhesion to faith in Him who woul
have all mankind one brotherhood
1t seems to me Christian purse-strins
ought to loosen upon such a call; br
the pocket-nerve, being a retirln
thing, is sometimes hard to reacl
and hides behind the very faith i
owner processes.
On the, last page of this paper
printed an article taken from la
Thursdays Republic, telling of
young man by the name of Davis beir
in the tolls at Joplin, Mo. The stol
as told by the Republic is somewh,
confused. Davis wife is not fro
t Ironton. Davis, however, is said
be a son Of j. e. Davis, who has bee
making his home on what is know
as the Elgan farm, two miles west /,
Ironton, for several years past. 1t
said that the young Mrs. Davis al
baby arrived there last week.
! The sun last Thursday looked nut
) more like the moon than the sun.
was silver instead of golden and mai
, people insisted they could see a bla,
spot on 1t. The wind blew vigorous
from the south in the afternoon and
B rain that followed was of muddy wa
err. Clothes on the line were SOLE
. by the rain and the window pan
8 were streaked, just as II water b
been taken from q mud puddle 81