Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-05-13

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ington last week DR.. W. G.. Patton
was elected as President of the As
ISOLATION for the ensuing year.
Paul P. Rosentreter last Friday
bought the residence of Frrnk Mullin
at the foot Of Shepherd Mountain.
The consideration is said to have
been $4,000. 1t is a very desirable
home.
1t is stated that the Baptist folks
will not move to their recently &C
CURED property, the R. D. Lewis
place, this summer. A building will
be erected before a move is made,
we understand.
A dozen or more members of the
lronton Chapter, o. E. s., made a
trip to Pennington last Wednesday
afternoon, returning home late at
night. They report a very enjoyable
meeting of the Stars.
Some freight has been received the
past week but the service is still slow
and unsatisfactory. owing to the strike
of the switchmen. A Car Or two of
feed has arrived, relieving the tension
along that line to some extent.
Fletcher & Barger again demon
strated a Fordson against a Sampson
Tractor at Caledonia Monday. Frank
Johnson, who manipulated the Ford
son, tells us that he ''put it all Lover''
the Sampson man from Pennington.
The ball game between Ironton and
Annapolis at Pilot Knob Sunday was
not played to a finish, but broke up in
a row in the first half of the ninth in
ming. The score was 4 to 8 in favor
of the visitors and the home team had
two men on bases.
Rev. A. B. Bush, Miss kathryn
Bush, Mrs. s. P. Ringo and Mrs. Mil
ford Riggs, of Ironton, and Miss Nan
ME Ringo, of Arcadia, departed from
st. Louis Monday on the Missouri
Baptists' special train to attend the
Southern Baptist Convention, Wash
ington, D. @.
Mr., Sampson, care -taker at the
hHowes place, reports that the out
look for strawberries out his way il
good, and they should be on marke
in another week. This is almost
week late. Mr.. Sampson produced
some of the best berries grown in the
valley last year.
Mr.. John s. Conway vas able to bt
out on the street last Saturday fol
the first time since his return from
the hospital in st. Louis several weeks
ago. We are sorry to state he is nots 81
we'll again this week, however, and il
considering the ACCESSIBILITY 0 f>return'
ing to the hospital.
The power house destroyed by fire
at Pilot Knob several months ago ha
been rebuilt and operations in thu
mines can be carried on as before a
soon as the machinery has been in
stalled. This would have been don,
some time since but the railroad strik'
has delayed the arrival of the machin'
cry. v
The Western Union men, who haC
been located here for some time, wer'
last week moved to Bismarck, from
which place they will work for som,
time. 1t is said that the labor cost
alone, of rebuilding the TELEGRAPH
lines is $500 a mile. The poles nov
being used, which are chestnut, cos
800 each delivered.
Lee Usher, who lives south 0
Arcadia, returned last week from
two weeks visit to his children
Fred Usher, Mrs. Joe Conrad ant
Mrs. George Sheriff. in Detroit, Mich
igan. He says he left them all wei
and generally pleased with condition
there. He reports several inches c
snow and the wea tber cold when hi
left there May LIST.
The Light Company of its own
motion, has done away with the
morning service altogether, but i
very careful to shut off the lights
promptly just before midnight, ant
sometimes several minutes before
midnight. When the night train i
belatad travellers have to grope arounc
in the dark as best they can. Wha
care the Light Company?
The Light Company should be com
PEELED to give service until half al
hour after the arrival of train No. II
1t is outrageous, more particular.
for a stranger, to have to disembarl
from the train that hour in the nigh
and not a light anywhere. If tn
Public Service Commission wer
half so solicit GUS about the rights o
the people as it is Of the i%nsistence o
the Light Company present practice
would not be tolerated another day,