Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-11-13
OH, BOY!

garetha Angelo Shelley of st. Louis.
James Dunn of Overland Park and
Maurie Stehle of st. Louis.
Thomas Francis Coleman and Jessie
Fay Redecker of st. Louis.
j.. A. Reyburn of the internal reve-
nue. department will be in the Office of
Superintendent Hanson In the court
house the remainder OF this week to
furnish information relative to the in
come tax. If you have any doubt as
to where you stand you had better
consult him.
Miss Allie Patton, the thoroughly
efficient and always accommodating
assistant at the post office, returned
Sunday from a visit to her home in
Ironton. The post Office force, as
well as all patrons of the office, are
pleased to have her with them again.
Harrington Times.
Forty of the f~ifty-eight teachers
employed in the public schools in
Iron county attended the State Teach
ers' Association in St.Louis last week.
superintendent Hanson informs us
that the attendance of teachers from
Iron county was greater in proportion
than that of any county in the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland S. Brickey
are domicile6 at "The Nest" Area
dia, one of the residences owned by
Mr.. g. G. Howes. They r. just play
ing at keeping house for a few days to
get relief from monotonous boarding
the year round. Mr.. Brickey is pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce,
Houston, Texas.
Two wagons, with eight or ten
hound dogs tied behind them, were
on our streets, southwark bound, one
day last week. The occupants of the
wagons were members of the Harris
family of the famous Harris Dooley
feud in st. Francois county twenty
years ago. The travellers we're said
to be moving from Iron Mountain tc
Chloride inthis county.
Last Friday quite a number Of farm
ers marketed hogs here at 9 and II
cents a pound, according to size anG
condition of the swine. This is a DROP
of about so per cent from the high fig
ure reached in the hog market during
the past six months. There has beer
no corresponding decline in the price
of pork products however. Nobody
is getting it.-Potosi Journal.
W. w. Strother went to ST.. Loui
Tuesday to buy a new front for thu
building occupied by the Gray Drui
Co., recently bought by DR.. W. P
O'Brien and DIR. Slaughter. He ais
has an appointment there to meet thu
management of the new mine jus
starting at Annapolis. We UNDERSTAND
he may accept a position there SINH
liar to the one he held with the Cobal
Co.-Fredericktown Democrat-New
Pennington Times: "The Times i
pleased to learn that Capt. w. J. Ell
ledge, of Iron Mountain, who acci
dentally had a leg broken in st. Loui
recently, is able to get around Oh
crutches. His superabundance of en-
ergy will not permit him to remail
inactive, even with a broken leg. H
is still able to superintend his wor
and to travel when necessary, so tina
/. he is keeping things moving about a
lively as usual"
Centerville Outlook: "R. M. Mile
, a member of the firm of Miller & Go
with offices in the Frisco building, S
Louis, vas here Tuesday and appear
ed before the county court for th
purpose of contracting for the bridge
: from the Iron county line to Center
j vile, but no contract was made on a,
count OF the State Highway Depar
ment not being ready with the plan
Judges Sutterfield and Harrison il
/ form us that that the court made az
plication some seven months ago IL
the plans and specifications but hi
never been able to obtain anne {
8 course, we are aware of the fact TIL
the State Highway Department al
very busy people, but it seems tn;
in six months time they could fir
time sufficient to draw up the plar
for the bridges. 1t is hoped the cou
will be able to secure the plans al
make the arrangements to have Il
work start in the early spring.
The Second Annual Missouri Fie
Trial Meeting for pointers and setter
o will be held at Iron Mountain, Missol
4 ri, on November 18th. On account
the epidemic the field trials were n
run last year. The Missouri Tria
are open for pointers and settlers. II
| program consists Of a puppy, derb
and all-age event in the amate
I stakes and a derby and all-age eve
in the subscription stakes. It is sa
that some OF the finest bird dogs