Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-02-19
G BREvITIEs.

The big trucks are said to be mighty
hard on the roads.
The wood hauler was popular again
the first of the week.
The thermometer registered four
degrees Sunday night.
Superintendent Brookshire has a
letter on the first page.
Car for sale, cheap.
j. E. ROBERTSON, Arcadia, Mo.
Presiding Elder Duggins will hold
quarterly conference at Union church
Saturday.
E. E. Evans has bought a Baby
Overland from Geo. Wendell, the
local agent.
w. D. Fletcher has leased ]. M.
Hawkins farm at Pilot Knob for the
ensuing year.
G. D. Alexander has bought Ollie
Foy's Ford touring cal. Ollie has
ordered a new one.
1t is said that the Iron Mountain
railroad has more business than it
can satisfactorily handle.
Highest market price paid for Lum-
Der and Ties of all kinds.
j. F. ROBERTSON, Arcadia, Mo.
Car riding between Arcadia, Rus
s%ellville and Pilot Knob seems to be
growing in popularity, especially at
night.
There are still a number of sick
people in the community. The in
fluenza situation, however, seems to
be improving.
"Wooden Spoil," great story by
Victor Rousseau, will begin in next
weeks REGISTER. Do not miss the
opening chapter.
The saw mill and lumber yard of
Holloman Bros. at Hogan was de-
stroyed by fire last Saturday. The
loss is a large one.
We had another touch of genuine
winter Saturday, Sunday and Monday
last. The thermometer lowered near
the zero mark two or three nights,
Mr.. John s. Conway has returned
from st. Louis after an operation for
appendicitis. Mr.. Conway is not
strong, yet, but seems to be recover
ing.
Two sons of John Whited, who
lives in north Ironton, died quite
suddenly last Saturday frominhuenza.
The young men were nineteen and
twenty one years of age.
Grand Lecturer McLaghlan will
hold Lodge of Instruction in Star of
the West Lodge, No. 1873, A. F. &
A. M, Wednesday and Thursday
afternoon and night of this week.
For Sale-Forty acres of cumberland,
section z, township SO, range 4 east,
one mile south of Arcadia. Price
5000. Address.
HENRY ARNOLD, Oconee, Ills.
o. r. Robinson, at one time cashier
of the Belleview Valley Bank, but
who has been living in Greenville for
some time, is filing the position of
cashier of the Bank of Arcadia Valley.
The railroad company recently
built a concrete receptacle for mail
thrown from the trains, just north of
tu6 lFUutOu 6IdbtOu. AihC RIOflOuo
efforts along the'same line it can not
be characterized a bowling success.
Geo. T. Taylor, a former res ideht of
Des Arc, writes the REGISTER from
Parsons, Kansas, that he is thinking
of returning to Des Arc to make it his
home again. He says there are many
good folks in Des Arc that he never
can forget.
DR.. Marshall has received a letter
from Mrs. Lee Davis of Arcadia, who
recently underwent a surgical opera
ton in the Missouri Baptist Sanitari-
um, st. Louis, stating that she is get
ting along finely and hopes to be able
to return home soon.
The Republican District Convention
in session at Bismarck last Wednes-
day endorsed u young friend.
Polite Elvins, of st. Francois county,
for Lieutenant Governor. Unless we
miss our guess Polite aspires higher
than the Lieutenant Governors
office.
A new time card became effective
on the railroad Sunday. Passenger
bEdluS uORdtu iIOuh iOAuOh oVuNAOh az
follows: Southbound-No. SO, 11:45
"A. M; No. 8, 1855 A. M; No. II, 11:29
p. M; Northbound-No. 80, 2:17 p. M /;
No. s, 4:27 P. NJ; No. 4, 4;5S P. M;
No. IS, 4:26 A. NJ.
Albert A. Kuhn, the butcher, Mon
day bought the cattle on r. 8. Dodd's
farm, near Pilot Knob. Among the
cattle were five head of 18-month old
steers that had been stall-fed on 81
lage and corn since last November.
Mr.. Dodd has leased his farm and
moved to st. Louis.
Mrs. Anna DeMier, for many years
q resident Of the valley, relict of the
late Cyrus e. DeMier, of Arcadia,
died at her home in St. Louis last
Saturday at the age of 66 yeaas. The
remains were brought to Ironton
Monday noon and interment made
in the Masonic cemetery.
MI. Carson's letter advocating an
ordinance to cut down the speed of
the railroad trains through our town
is timely and the suggestion is a good
one. The Missouri Pacific should
not be- permitted to rush its trains
through our town at the fast rate it
nIuavo bac Tet antion he taken at