Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22


materialize. Many are now contend
ing that the crop will not be more
than a half one. No one seems to
know just what the trouble is.
A. J. Boardman motored e from
Arcadia Sunday to take Mrs. Board
man and their little daughter home.
They have been visiting here a week
with Rev. and Mrs. L. Il. Davis
Fredericktown Democrat-News.
DR.. O. L. Blanks from Camp Grant,
HIS, spent last Friday with Mr.. F.
Kaths and family at Pilot Knob. The
DR.. very much desires, we under
stand, to get back to civil life, but for
some reason or other he has not yet
been able to secure his discharge.
VIM. Curry of Russellville last Sat-
urday sold a very fine four-year-old
Jersey COW to R. L. Rhodes of Farm
ington for $3.50. VIM. raised this an
imsl at his place and says she certain
ly is one of the very best. 1t occurs
to US that she ought to be at the price
named.
Chas. ]. Newman has built another
bill board, locating it south of the
Whitworth store. Mr.. Newman tells
US be has contracts to keep all his
boards covered until the first of the
year. The bill. board is another in
novation, sc TO speak, that has come
to stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. s. Gregory have
given up housekeeping in Ironton
and stored their furniture in the
post office building. Mr.. and Mrs. I.
z. Whitwortd will occupy the house
vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory.
The latter will make their home in ST.
Louis at present.
The county court last Thursday APP
proved the $50 900 bond of the Bank
OF Arcadia Valley as county deposit
tory for the ensuing two years. The
~sureties are: d. E. Fletcher, r. L..
Barger, Louis Miller, A. J. Boardman,
J. B. Holloman, r. Z. Holloman, John
Signer and r. L. Carly.
With the street lights burning prob
ably four hours and a half in the
course of the night that was a capital
idea Of the light company to ask for o
full nights pay. The directing genius
in that corporation is said to be a firm
believer in Aoly Writ and shows his
faith by his works. "Ask and We shall
receive"
Miss Maude Fitz of Des Are was in
Ironton Monday. Since her father
sustained q severe fall at Williams
Vile last February Miss Fitz has been
on the road doing his work as a meat
salesman. And she has been very
successful, too, we learn. She informs
us that Mr.. Fitz has about recovered
from bis mishap and will probably re-
sumo travelling again next week.
Deputy Game Warden Gunton was
in Reynolds county several days of
last week trying to obtain evidence
against parties charged with dyna-
hitting fish in Black River. Some
times it is a difficult matter to get
witnesses against the dynamiter.
And this should not be. Every good
citizen should be glad of the opportu-
nifty to help put a stop to the destruc-
ton of the fish.
A pay car went over the road last
week distributing checks TO the en-
ployes. This is the first pay car on
the road for several years, the practice
being to place the checks with the
local agent for distribution. 1t is said
the car was placed in commission
again to ascertain if any ''dead ones''
were on'the pay roll. Whether the
car will be a regular feature again is
not announced.
Mrs. A., A. Meador and her two
daughters, Audrey and Evelyn, were
called to Patterson, Mo-, Sunday on
account of the death Of DR.. Meador's
father, J. F. Meador. The doctor had
been with his father the greater part
of the time since he became i'll a cou-
pie of weeks ago. The funeral was
held at Patterson Monday afternoon
at 2 O'Clock. DR.. and Mrs. MeadoI
and their daughters returned home
Tuesday.-Lead Belt News.
The last Legislature passed a very
! drastic compulsory school attendance
law. The law provides that every
child between the ages OF elk anC
. fourteen years Of age must attend
school the entire term in his or hel
district. The law is absolute and per.
! mits of no deviation therefrom. An
! attendance officer for the county is
: appointed by the County Superin-
tendent. The remuneration of this
officer is SO per day for time actually
employed.
Fred Russell tells a rather interest
ing story concerning a ~terrapin. He
says that his brother "Kipp," whc
died in 1886, on April Is, 1880, marked
! a terrapin on their farm with the date
and his initials IL. K. r." In 1891
> Fred came across this terrapin andre
] marked it. Just the other day he saw
the terrapin again. He says he would
like to know to what age the terrapir
attains. This II apparently is M
/ older than he was when he first saw
: him twenty-eight years ago.
The Ironton school board last weel
employed Prof. e, Dearborn Jas Sup
erintendent of Schools. Prof. Dear
! dorff has been principal Of the d.
Soto High School the past year; he is
' about twenty five years of age and i
said to come highly recommended
Miss Bush, daughter of the Baptis
pastor, has been employed as teacher
of Latin and Mathematics in the High
8 School. Two teachers are yet to b
. chosen-one for the the fifth and sixtl
grades, and one for the teachers
training course in the High School.