Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-03

months in England.-Greenyille Sun.
Attorney G.. @. Stephens, Vice
President and General Manager OF
the Walnut Valley Stock Corporation,
accompanied by R. NJ. Rubottom, its
treasurer, went to Annapolis last Fri
day, where they conferred with rep
resentatives of the Annapolis Lead
Company relative to closing a deal
for the mining interests of the Com
pauy, which has large holdings there
adjoining the rich lead region owned
by the Annapolis people.-PiedmOnt
Banner.
The Iron Mountain has a steam
shovel and a force of men at Mine La
Motto at work moving the large chat
dump neal the mill which was re-
Gently bought from the Missouri Met
ais Corporation receiver. There are
thousands of tons of the chats and
they will be used by the railroad as
ballast on the Belmont branch and
also on the main line from st. Louis
to Hoxie, Arkansas. 1t is expected
that the removal of the chat will re-
quire a large force of men all sum-
INSTRUMENTATION Democrat-News.
Mill Dam on st. Francois river, a
short distance above town, is out.
Game Warden Sorrell of Bloomfield
came up Friday and under his direc-
tons the masonry was blown away.
The agitation for the removal of the
dam came from fishermen above who
wanted a chance at the fish. The
dam was constructed a number of
years ago by the old Catherine Lead
Co. Granite boulders in the vicinity
were used in it's construction. For
many years it has been a favorite
swimming, fishing and outing spot
Fredericktown Democrat-News.
On Saturday night, June 2lst, at
the home of Mr.. J. L. Curtis, his son,
Goulding, gave a delightful birthday
party. Those present being Misses
Margaret Curtis, Agatha London,
Alma Mckinney, Messrs. Goulding
Curtis, Clifford Farmer, Clayborne
London and Blanchard Tual. A very
enjoyable evening was spent. The
host served delicious ice cream and
cake. AT the II O'Clock hour, after
wishing the host many more enjoy
able birthdays, the guests took their
departure for home.
Two GUESTS.
Probate Judge Sam M. Brewster
performed two marriage ceremonies
in the office of Circuit Clerk Hawkins
at the courthouse last Saturday al
high moor. The contracting parties
were Wallace Hammett and Mamie
Dennis of Bismarck and VIM. III
Dennis of Bismarck and Pearl Martin
of Iron Mountain. Both brides were
under age and license was issued OF
: consent and request of their parents
The bridgegrooms we're soldier boys
> recently returned from service. The
party made the trip to Ironton il
gaily bedecked cars, with ribbons
, flying. After the ceremony they a
} once departed for Bismarck where +;
t wedding dinner was in waiting. Hap
piness and prosperity to them!
} William Hart, son of Mr.. and Mrs
: Thos. Hart, arrived home Sunda,
after two years in his country's ser
; vice, the last thirteen months of whicl
were spent at Fort Logan, Denver
Colorado. William says that up to tn
t &ime of the signing of the armistic
he was a very busy man and workeI
d harder than he ever did in his life
He was a cook and put in long hour
every day. For one meal they woul
Q use a beef, some time two, twenty
five or thirty bushels of potatoes, fou
u or five cases of eggs and other thing
in proportion. The cooks were keI
on the run all the time. He enliste
in st. Louis April Z, 1917, and was di
q charged at Camp Funston last Satul
day. OF course, he is glad to be
home again.
In the probate court Monday Judg
Brewster awarded the care and Gus
l. tody of two of the children of VIM. {
Ie and Jane Mcdowell, Aaron JOSEPH
aged s, and Opie Margaret, g., to tt
is mother. The husband and wife hay
not been living together for SON
ID time and Mrs. Mcdowell recent
made affidavit that the father, WI
At was keeping the children with hin
ia was not the proper person to hay
:. charge of them. The court ordere
N that the two older children, Laul
r. Belle and Martha Ellen, should ele'
r. whether they should live with the
ID father or mother. The father b;
T. lived in north Ironton for some tin
A. past. Mcdowell is not satisfied vii
the courts action and says he W.