Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24
q BREvITIEs.
The lilacs are in bloom.

valley Sunday.
Some fire on Shepherd Mountain
the past week.
The probate docket for the May
term is printed this week.
W. D. Fletcher shipped "a car of
cattle to st. LOUIS Sunday.
Situation for light house work by
elderly lady. Apply at this office.
The County Board of Appeals will
at the courthouse next Mon
day.
Circuit court c onvenes next Mon
day. The docket is printed on the
last page.
The community seems to be through
with the influenza at last. But 1t was
a long and narrowing siege.
Electric lights are not very salts
factory when you can have them only
at such time as pleases the producer.
There are eight divorce cases on the
court docket for the April term. ibis
is rather above the average for our
county.
Richard @. Croker died at his home,
near Graniteville, last Thursday. The
remains were taken to GoodWater
for burial.
What has happened to the Fife and
Drum Corps? Has it, along with the
other Announcements OF war, peen
abandoned?
Fletcher & Barger last week sold a
Ford tractor to Joel Ricketts, OF Belle
view. There are prospects OF several
more sales DON
The brick layers have finished the
second story on the Nichols store
building. About 10000 brick will be
used in the structure.
The anglers are still catching some
fine fish in Lake Killarney, but the
TRANSPORTATION of automobile lots to
the Lead Belt has ceased.
The prospect for wheat was
more promising and if nothing IN
toward develops the crop in this
county will be a bumper one.
r. @. Love of Edgehill was in Iron
ton Friday to meet his son, Arthur,
a student in the State University at
Columbia, who will spend a few days
at home.
Chas. Vickery and Virgie Huff OF
Hogan were united in marriage by
Rev. ]. H. Calvert at the Baptist
Home, Ir%onton, Wednesday after
noon, April 10Th.
Quite a good crowd witnessed a
game of ball between the G~ranltevliie
and Pilot Knob teams Sunday after
noon. PILOT Knob was victorious py
q score of II to 8.
An auction sale of Household Goods',
Buggies and Harness will be held at
the Rosentreter livery barn, lronyon'
Saturday April 26th, Sale will begin
at 10 o'clock A. M
Len Sutton was here from st. Lou
is Saturday and Sunday. Len is still
employed in the Chevrolet factory and
says they are turning out about
eighty five cars a day.
J.. H. Aiken, of Michigan, has
bought twenty acres of land on the
north side Of Shepherd Mountain,
and expects to build a log house
thereon in the near future.
H, L. Bell sold two Chevrolet cars
the past week-one to w. A. Shelton
and the other to Geo. Sewers Of Gale
donia. Mr.. Bell went to st. Louis
Monday and brought two new cars
home that evening.
Again we have a local freight train
each way daily. The schedule of the
past few weeks, a local south one day
and north the next, did not prove
satisfactory, and the other crew was
put back to work Saturday.
What is known as the Conley farm
five miles south of Ironton was sold
last fall for $4,000. The present own
err, Chas Ivester, refused a cash oner
of 81, 900 for the place last week
Farm values r still leaping.
Arthur Huff has bought the brick
from the ruins of the Inner building
in Pilot Knob and has had them haul
ed to his lot, west of.sthe Blue store,
where he contemplates building q
residence at some time in the future.
A baby girl arrived at the home Of
Judge and Mrs. S. A. Trask at Brule
Friday, April 18th. There are now
eight children in the ~family-ive boys
and three girls, the eldest being a CIR
of twelve years old. Our congratula'
tions.
Henry Kendall was stricken with Q
heart attack at Whitworth's store las
Thursday morning and had to be TAX
en- home in an automobile. After 8
couple of days in bed he seemed to Dc
all right and is now able to be ou'
again.
Capt. Fred Farmhouse, son of VIM
Il. Farmhouse, a former resident o
Ironton, but now living in Texas, Il
expected in Ironton this week. Thii
Young man received several promo
lions for distinguished service in thu
A. e. F.
A recital will be given by the pupils
of Miss Irene Marshall on Thursday
evening, May list, at the Academy o
Music. Admission, rs cents. AM
seat reserved, SO cents. Proceeds will
be donated to the fund for the Frencl
War Orphans.
The circuit court docket as PRINTED
on the eighth page of this paper i
in that it contains thre'
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