Iron County register., 1920-07-15

the outlook is good for Senator Far
ris' nomination.
o. 81. Gordon, who has been en-
ployed in the Fisher Body Factory, in
Detroit, Michigan, the largest con-
Germ of it's kind, since last March, is
spending few days with his family
in the valley. Mr.. Gordon says
Detroit is great city but he would
much prefer to live in the valley. He
will return to Detroit this week.
Mrs. Lena o. Steel of De Soto visit
ed with Rev. George Steel and family
over the week end and attended the
baptismal services at Morse Mill on
Sunday. Mrs. Steel expects to re-
main in De Soto until the opening of
school when she will resume her
work here in the primary department
of our school, Democrat.
While on recent trip to Belleview
Superintendent Hanson found nest
of quail eggs in wheat field. He
gathered them up, brought them
home and placed them under set
ting hen. Last week they hatched,
every egg producing chick, one
dozen in all. George is going to try
and raise them. Everybody says he
has job on his hands.
A line from W. T. O'Neai, one of
the delegates from this district to the
San Francisco convention, written in
Los Angeles, Cal, July 9th, says:
s'It was the best that we could do and
they will win in November. Wish you
all were here to go to the beach and
take plunge in the ocean and cool
off," Ticket suits US all right, Will
liam. Sure it's winner.
The telephone man has his troubles,
along with the rest of us, in these
davs of the reconstruction. Every
thing he has to buy is sky-high in
price and not to be had then. For
months, we understand, the local
company has been trying to get some
more phones, but can not get them at
all. And phone that used to cost
about $8 is now 500 or more.
A line from Mr.. O. j. Prince, of st.
Louis, advises us that the Committee
on the Southeast Missouri picnic in
st. Louis held meeting last Thurs
day and decided that the annual
gathering should be held in Forest
Park, Saturday, July 31st, from 6 to
O'Clock P. M. All Southeast Mis-
sourians are urged to attend. B. W..
Frauenthal is chairman of the Enter
tainment Committee. Particulars
later.
Bonne Terre News-Star- Register:
stThe new Dairy of the Bonne Terre
Farming & Cattle Company will be
called the "Purity Products Dairy"
~. Bowman, @. r. Pratt and O, H.
Barker, the judges in the name con-
test, this week awarded the prize to
the name "Purity Products Dairy''
and Bradford Delano, the young son
af MIR. and Mrs. L. A. Delano, was
given the $25.0Q offered by the Com
pany. There were 250 names entered
in the contest.
The REGISTER by courtesy of q. A.
Logan and Jewell Mayes of the Mis-
souri, Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service is abie to announce the fol-
lowing advance summary of the State
Farm Census and live stock of Iron
county as follows: There are 91e
farms in the county, 695 owned and
223 rented. There were 1850 acres
in corn in 1919 with total yield OF
1S9, ,150 bushels. There are 8 silos in
the county, 2,474 beehives and in the
midsummer of 1919 there were II $50
poultry in the county. There are
2,770 milk COWS in, the county anC
, 5000 other cattle. The numbe oi
hogs is given at z ,311 and sheep: 1920;
horses, 1886; mules, 1,08O.
, Rev. and Mrs. George Steel went to
{ st. Clair, Franklin county, Saturday
, to attend the funeral of George FL
Lee, youngest brother of Mrs. Steel
' who died at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Edwin Dierking, near st. Clair
July /. Mr.. Lee was native of JET
ferson county but had lived for abou
) sixteen years prior to his death in st
Louis, having gone to his daughter
Z, home about three months ago,
sufferer from the great white plague
= He was a man of fine personal quallt
les and member Of the Baptls
a church for many years. Besides hi
J, daughter he leaves a widow and
|, son, Dwight B. Lee. The funeral wa
v conducted by Rev. Manesis, at 81
!, Clair, July Sd. Mr.. Lee was in hi
: 59th year.-Hillsboro Eemocrat.
De Soto Press: "Two young mer
!. dressed in overhaul suits, attempte
II to rob DIR. G.. A. Auerswaid in th
u latter's drug store on Main street lat
v Tuesday night, but were frightene
:. away when DIR. AUerswald ran int
n the street and raised an alarm. Th
q. doctor was in the store alone whe
one of the men entered and purchas
~ ed cigar. While the sale was bein
o made an accomplice entered an
q covered the doctor with revolver
Z, Their intended victim had avery size
II able roll in his pocket, besides a gol
u watch and valuable diamond RIM
and not willing to give these up, start
id ed to ''argue" the matters with tt
e. would be robbers. At the same tim
le he was walking toward the door an
1 when he gave the alarm the holdul
% fled. The men were strangers to tt
" DOCTOR" :.
, Otto Patterson and Geo. Whitehea
were arrested Monday afternoon c
y the charge Of stealing suit case file
Z - with women's clothes from a tent G
II a the Assembly grounds in Arcadia Sur
~ day night Both waived preliminai
- examination. Patterson gave bond
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