Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-10
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April has been very windy.
A nice warm rain would help vege-
tation now.
No lights in the morning is little
less than an abomination.
One angler caught 1888 small oroppie
at Lake Killarney Sunday.
Fletcher & Barger received q ship
ment of Ford cars Saturday.
Brick work will commence on the
Nichols store building to-day.
Boys and girls, the post office as a
TRUSTING place is rather public, is it
not?
Services in st. Paul's Church, Iron
ton, next Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock.
The county court will receive bids
from repositories for the county
money at the May term.
The influenza situation continues to
improve and it is hoped all the sick
folk will all soon be we'll.
The fruit trees are laden with bloom.
Not in years have the blossoms been
SO profuse on all the trees. /.
County court was in session a few
hours Monday and then convened as
the Board of Equalization.
Four acres of ground for cash rent.
MRS. MARTHA WHELEHoN,
Arcadia, Mo.
Prof. B. Fox was reelected Super
intendent of Schools in Washington
county last week, having no oppon-
ent.
Lake Killarney is a most attractive
place, it seems, on Sundays. Fisher
men flock there from all points of the
compass.
The boys have been sharing some
fine suckers the past week and great
big strings of them are brought into
town every day.
We are showing a very fine line of
Ladies'and Misses pumps and Oxfords
in all colors proper styles at lowest
prices. LOPEZ STORE 90.
Louis Miller and son of Arcadia
have the contract to build a $12, 900
high school at Williamsville to re-
place the one recently destroyed by
fire.
Our most efficient deputy County
Clerk, Sergeant w. W. Reese, has
been ''laid up" the past week suffer-
ing from lumbago. He is able. to be
out again now.
The local freight goes south one
day and north the next. Just three
round trips a week between De Soto
and Piedmont. The train goes south
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
superintendent Hanson is able to
be about again after a two weeks
tussle with influenza. The returns
from the school election last week
were 40 doubt q powerful stimnlant.
DR.. and Mrs. G. @. Kerlagon of Bis
marck were visitors to the valley
last Wednesday, making the trip in
the Dr.'s roadster. The REGISTER ac-
k~nowledges a very plea SAINT call from
them.
The REGISTER is not at all surprised,
but very much pleased to hear that
Robert Lee Edgar is making good at
West Point Military Academy. In a
recent examination he was sixteenth
in q class of over 300.
The city council met last Monday
night and settled with c.. F. Hanson,
the retiring Collector. MIR. Hanson
was generally complimented for the
zeal and fidelity with which he has
discharged his duties.
Miss Allie Patton, who has been an
attache of the post-ofice in Farming
ton for some time past, we are in
formed has resigned her position
there and is now assistant in the
Farmers Bank, Pennington. Best
wishes to herl
Rev. A. B. Bush of Montgomery
City, Mo-, bas accepted a, call to the
passionate of the Ironton Baptist
church. He and Mrs. Bush are here
and will be domiciled in the residence
cross the street from the church,
formerly occupied by Rev. King.
The County Board of Equalization
has been in session at the courthouse
this week and will probably adjourn
to-day to meet at a later date, Nc
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til the local board has some intima-
tiun of what the state board will do.
James G.. Chiffon, who recently re-
moved to Nebraska, was in Irontor
last Wednesday. He had been down
in Pemiscot county selling horses,
He shipped a car of hogs from An
napolis the Saturday previous. Mr.
Chiffon returned to Nebraska last
week.
Our lights went out about $3.50
o'clock Sunday night and did not
come on again during the night.
Something went wrong at the plant
and the supposition is that nobody
was sufficiently interested to attempt
to remedy the defect until the follow
ing day.
A game OF base ball was played al
Pilot Knob Sunday afternoon between
a Pilot Knob nine and a team made uI
at Granlteville and Middlebrook. The
score was "a to @ in favor of the home
team. The Pilot Knob boys say they
are ready to accept challenges from
any local teams.
Fred Twomey, Fl. @. johnson anc
David Inman and their families were