Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-08-14

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Gus MEAD, Graniteville, Mo.
Our old friend, R. j. Hill of De
Soto, is in Ironton visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fl. L. Bell. Mr.. Hill is just
recovering from a rather evere i'll
ness and has lost considerable flesh.
But he thinks be viii soon be himself
again.
Centerville Outlook; Sc. R. Janu-
airy made a business trip to Ironton
last Tuesday, returning the same ev-
ening. He made the trip to Ironton
in an hour and a half, and says had it
not been for a bad piece of road be-
tween Glover sand Arcadia. he could
have made it in less time"
| Roy Peck, wife and child, of indie
pendence, Mo-, arrived in Ironton
last Wednesday shortly afternoon,
and are guests of Mr.. Peck's sister,
Mrs. j. w. Clarkson. They made
the trip in an auto mobile and were
two days and a half on the road.
When here last week Division En-
gineer Griffith announced that he had
secured from the War Department a
fifteen ton tank for use on the Iron
county roads. The tank can be used
either 81 a grader or tractor and Mr.,
Griffith thinks it will be most valuable
in the prosecution of our road work.
Jesse D. O'Neal and his sisters,
Mrs. Nettie Bells, Misses Leila, Mari
an and Blanche, drove cover from
Frankclay and spent the day with
Ironton friends Tuesday. Jesse has
just been discharged from the Navy.
Miss Leila, we are glad to say, has
about recovered from her recent i'll
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Dunbar, Misses
Margaret, Marian and Dorothy Keith
and L~ieutenants George Whaley ant
Chelsea Inman, motored to Arcadia
Tuesday morning. They ate dinner
at Valley Inn, in Arcadia Valley, anC
returned home, Tuesday afternoon.
They report a pleasant trip.-Leat
Belt News.
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Mrs. s. W. Andrews Sunday re-
ceived the sad intelligence of thu
death of her niece, Miss Martha
Cheatham, in an automobile accident
at Astoria, Oregon, the day before
Another niece, Mrs. Wray, was seri
ously injured. The remains Of Mis-
Cheatham will be taken to st. Loui
for interment.
The editor acknowledges the re
ceipt of a card from Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Wesley Beard of st. Louis an
nouncing the marriage of their daugh
ter, Esther Helen, and Mr.. Christie
pher W ard Stammer at st. Charles
Mo-, May %, 1919. Mr.. and Mrs
Stammer are at home in Denver, Col
orado. Our best wishes.
Wednesday of last week was tn
hottest day of the summer and tn
thermometer registered 104. Then j
grew cooler and several delightful
days and nights followed. But W
have had no rain and the devastating
drouth continues. Scarcely a dayIbu
what rain is reported around about
but none comes to the valley.
: Mr.. VIM. Depew, who lives south
east of town, recently came across
b 5errapin on his farm marked "a. W
/ r., 1875" 1t is supposed that terra
pin was marked by Albert Williar
Russell, son of the late VIM. Russell
who removed to Texas in 1877. TIL,
, Russells lived on the farm now own
. ed by Mr.. Pollock, adjacent to MI
Depew's farm.
i The addresses delivered by Coy
Brough of Arkansas at the Methods
Assembly Thursday afternoon an
+ evening were good, e~xceedingl
good. The Governor is a scholar
thinker and orator, and, if you viii
pardon the suggestion, something {
a politician, too. He is unquestiona
bly, possessed of unusual attainment
and a most interesting and pleasin
talker.
Our faithful and most estimabl
station agent. Mr. Chas. E. Downe,
with his wife and daughter, will leav
= this week for a two months trip t
. California and other points in the ia
west. Charlie certainly is entitled t
a vacation, and we hope he will EMO
it to the utmost. Mr.. e. D. Shattucl
7 who some fifteen years ago was ager
, at this place, will have charge Of th
q station in Mr.. Downey's absence.
Young Anton, of Doe Run, driving
Hudson down Main street Sunda
: morning collided with Duncan Rot
ertson's Ford. A tire on the Hudso
: WAS ruihad and an axla hanh and tiY