Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-04-15

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profession after this year and act
lively engage in the practice of law.
The REGISTER believes he will be sue
cessful.
H. @. Jackson, who lives on Crane
Pond, had the misfortune recently to
have his residence destroyed by fire.
This is the secoud time within a year
that Mr.. Jackson has had his home
burned up.
After finishing the trial of the case
against j. H. Long in the circuit court
last Friday afternoon court adjourned
until Tuesday. Court reconvened
Tuesday and will probably make final
adjournment Thursday.
Many people are insisting that the
fruit was not all killed by the frost of
April 4th, and that if there are nc
more killing frosts we will yet get a
fair yield of fruit, peaches included,
We certainly hope SO.
Society was startled yesterday by
the elopement of Dwight Lambert
and Peggy Patton, one of the most
charming debutantes of the season.
Who put that idea into those Infants
heads?-"Ruth in a Rush'-AdV.,
The prices of horses and mules are
said to be higher than they have been
in a long while and the supply is in 40
way equal to the demand. Adecided
shortage of both horses and mules is
predicted for some time to come.
Last week we reported that R.
Callison had sold his farm on Marble
Greek to John Thompson. A couple
days later Mr.. Oalllson was in to see
US and said that Thompson wanted to
''back out" after having once agreed
to buy. A law suit may result.
We are sorry to announce that our
old friend, Edgar Perry, was defeated
in the rae for Police Judge in the
city election in De Soto Tuesday of
last week. Chas. E. Curtis, candidate
for City Collector, was also defeated
in his ambition to be city collector.
Miss E. K. Kraft, the instructor of
the Iron county classes in Hygiene
and Home Nursing the past winter,
visited Valley friends Saturday and
Sunday. Miss Kraft has been in
jefferson county since she left here
and says, though she is pleasantly
situated, that Iron county is her first
love.n
Chas. F. Hanson announces this
week as candidate for City Collector,
to succeed Roland Aill, who has re-
signed. Mr.. Hanson once filled this
office and our town had nor
never will have a better collector
than he proved himself to be. His
splendid record, his friends say, should
insure him the office.
Mrs Jean Moore Foster, popular
young society matron, in Entertaining
with a weekend party for her sister,
Ruth Macdonald Moore and Miss
Moore's collage friend, Juliet Ray
mond, Philip Grant, the fascinating
millionaire, and Gilbert Lansing, the
distinguished writer, are among the
guests.-Adv.
The following have been named as
the Judges and Clerks to serve at the
special City Election, Monday, April
26th: Ward No. John Moore, w. j.
Smith, T. T. Baldwin, r. E. Gunton,
Henry Adolph, R. w. Stanfield.
Ward No. Edward Backof, Geo. w.
Marshall, Ted Dillon, W. G. lain, HI.
E. Stone, A. B. Bush.
For the past week the express COM
pany has refused shipments of any
kind here for st. Louis. This be-
cause of %congested conditions in the
city. People who want express ship
ments will just have to wait until con-
ditions improve, and when that will be
no one ventures to say. Some of our
merchants, we understand, are pretty
we'll loaded up on eggs, because of the
embargo.
At a meeting of the City Council
Monday evening Roland Hill filed his
resignation as City Collector. Among
those who evidenced a Willingness to
succeed him YER Robert A. Rasche,
A. I. Willard, FL. L. Rieke and j. E.
Grandhomme. A perusal of the Or
dinances, however, revealed that the
vacancy could not be filed by APP
pointment but would require a special
election. Mr.. Hill will go to st. Louis,
it is announced.
A jury in the circuit court last Fri
day found a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff in the suit of Mrs. Sarah A.
Cole against J. H. Long for the kill
ing of her husband Frank B. Cole, in
Belleview July last, and fixed the
damages at $4,000. The trial of the
case required something o than a
day, but the jury returned their YER
dict after a few minutes elaboration.
The defendant has appealed the case
to the Supreme Court.
De Soto Press: "Ed Frazier, the
veteran passenger conductor, was BE-
verely injured at Villa msville station
a few days ago by having his little
finger SO badly crushed that it was
necessary for it to be amputated, and
also received internal injuries. He
was assisting in loading baggage
when some employe prematurely sig
nailed for the engineer to start, which
caused him to be caught between a
truck and a vestibule."
VIM. A. Vondil was in Ironton Mon.
day morning on his way home to
Redmondville after a trip to Pine
Bluff, Arkansas. He informed us that
shipment of machinery from the hub
factory at Redmondville to Pine Bluff
would be made in the next few days