Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-04

strong wind blowing from tne SOUTH
west changed and the fire did no
more damage. The mill vas not in
operation and two tramps made q
fire in the mill and slept there, leav-
ing the saw-dust burning, and the
fire spread to the building with the
above result.-Centerville Outlook.
Van Buren, Local: "M. R. Cole, q
civil engineer who has been employ
ed for some months past with an
eastern syndicate which is promoting
9 large hydro electric plant on Current
River near Eminence, in Shannon
County, was q visitor to Van Buren,
Tuesday, coming down for a brief
visit with his two small children who
are makiag their home with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Baker. Mr.. Cole departed
Wednesday afternoon for Cincinnati,
Ohio, where the main Office Of the
company is located, to spend a week
or ten days making his report Of the
survey and preliminary plans for the
power site. The dam is to be located
across Current River at Butting rock,
near the junntion of Jacks Fork and
the river, some distance from Emil
hence. The company recently pur-
chased a large body of land along the
river and the copper ore properties of
the Shannon County Copper Mining
Co., which has been engaged for past
year or more in carrying on extensive
prospecting there. In addition to the
dam, it is planned to erect an electric
smelter for refining the copper ores
and an electric railroad, the cost Of
the hydro electric plant alone to ap-
proximate $3.50 900. Construction
work will be commenced March 1, II
nothing unforeseen occurs to prevent
present plans being carried out.
When the dam is completed it ismore
than likely that electrical power will
be transmitted to many of the towns
In this section"
During the Holidays I received a
mighty welcome letter from my
friend, Mr.. A. M. Madigsn, now of
San Francisco, extracts from which
I purposed presenting the readers of
the REGISTER. But the letter was
mislaid and not found until a day or
two ago. Although a little late, it
does not lack in interest, and I copy
from it the following: "We are all
well and enjoying ourselves. We
went for a long ride out to the Beach
yesterday and watched tie sun go
down in the Ocean. To me the
Ocean is the most wonderful sight.
| can stand for hours watching the
waves roll in. Mother Davis is look
ing fine; has gained several pounds
since she came. Schofield got a
Bicycle for Christmas, and what do
you think? Gene got a new suit with
long pants. The weather here is fine
"a little snappy and frosty this
morning, but not cold enough to kill
vegetation. I like the climate in
Frisco in the winter, but it is sure
rotten in the summer; we get SO
much fog and cold wind. I suppose
the southern part of the state is much
the ~pleasantest place to live in, but
the natives that we're raised in Frisco
think it can't be beat. There is quite
a rivalry between this city and Los
Angeles. I could write a lot about
the wonders in California, but the
dearest spot on earth to me is dear
old Arcadia Valley, Ironton, Iron
County, Missouri. We always In
normal times get the REGISTER on
Monday, but now since the Holiday
rush is on we get it most any time,
but, believe me, we sure are glad to
get it. even read the ads. 1 have
worked but a few days this month, as
the coal strike and cold weather have
tied up the freight from the east and
we can't get any stock. l am still
with the Ford people. We get out
one hundred and fifty carr a day
when we are running full capacity,
, and as everything is shipped from
the east here they have a lot of
J freight coming every day" His
friends here wish Mr.. Madigan good
I fortune and that 1920 may bring hin
: and his health and hRnninaHa.