Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-01

the Liberty Loan parade. Everybody
come and please be on hand promptly
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon.
There were, at least, twenty-five
Ford cars lined up in front Of the
Academy Of Music when the school
entertainment was in progress last
Friday night. There is no disputing
the proposition that the Ford is the
popular vehicle in the Ozarks.
A federal tax of one cent on a ten
cent dish or less of ice cream be-
comes effective May 1st. Even the
5 cent cone will have to pay the tax.
How much longer will We be permit
ted to take 8 drink of water without
paying a tax? Or q inhale breath of
fresh air?
The REGISTER is in receipt OF a card
announcing the fiftieth wedding ami
versary of Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Steel,
Sunday, May 18th, 1919, Hillsboro,
Mo. Iron county friends tender con-
gratulations to the venerable couple
on the completion of a half century
of connubial bliss.
The County Clerk of st. Francois
county writes Game Warden Gunton
that the prosecution of the violators
of the fish laws at Lake Killarney has
had a tendency to make hunting
licenses more popular in st. Francois
county. We can't tell you why this
is. You'll have to figure it out for
yourself.
On Friday evening, May 9th, at the
Academy of Music, the Girls Glee
Club, directed by Mrs. Mayield Huff,
will give a Darkey Minstrel. The
program will be printed next week.
1t consists Of choruses, quartets, and
solos of all kinds-besides many lively
darkey conversationaliu
Every,number is sur to please. Watch
for the posters.
This section was visited by glorious
rains Monday and Tuesday. There
was q slight rainfall Sunday, but Mon
day morning it started to come down
IN earnest-just in sufficient volume
for most of it to soak into the ground
and continued with more or less
regularity throughout the day and
night and the following day. 1t was
fine. Just what was badly needed.
Patterson correspondence in Green
willie Journal: "Miss Mary Elayer has
been unanimo usly chosen as principal
of the Patterson school with Miss
Louise Gross of Ironton as assistant.
Patterson is indeed fortunate in Sc
curing a teacher of Miss Elayer's ex-
perience and success. We are not
acquainted with Miss Gross but she
comes highly recommended and we
are assured of a term of harmonious
team work"
Bill Wemp, for probably fifteen
years station agent at Ironton, drop
ped in on us Unexpectedly last Thurs
day night. He is about the same
William that he always was, a little
fuller in the face, somewhat heavier,
and chestnut locks turned to gray.
He says he notes many changes in the
ten years or more he has been away
from Ironton. He is nov located at
Alexandria, Louisiana, engaged in the
hotel business and getting along very
nicely.
The Senior Play, "The Camouhage
of ShiEley," presented by the students
of the Ironton High School at the
Academy of Music last Friday night,
was good, very good, indeed. Each
and every participant evidenced care
full training and preparation and ell
were praised and complimented. We
congratulate all concerned Herewith.
The attendance was large, many be-
ing turned way from the doors when
standing room was no longer avail
able. The gross receipts were 1874. 55.
Walter bearing, a brakeman on the
south bound local freight train, was
seriously bruised while switching in
the Ironton yards Friday afternoon
bearing was on the side Of q box car,
running down the house track. He
was watching the conductor for sig.
mails and did not note car was sp-
preaching the stock pen, close by the
track He was caught between the
pen and the car and sustained severe
bruises about the hips. But he chung
to the car like grim death. Had he
let 60 his hold the result might have
been fatal.
Mrs. G. W. Collins of the New Com
mercial Hotel Monday had a warrant
issued against Violet Moore, a mem.
Der of tn carnival company tina
spent last week in Ironton, on tn,
charge Of obtaining board and lodg
ing by misrepresentation. The de
PENDANT was arrested at Piedmon
M0o1ou aftaruoon end hrouOht 4.