Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-02-05
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

uhy ueAG week.
Fine jersey cew for sale. Stark
Farm, Arcadia, Mo-.
Joe Fraser, recently of4Iawa, has
located near Tip Top.
Everybody is complaining at the
condition of the roads.
The influenza seems to be in milder
form this year than last.
No developments in the ~Ironton
post office situation the past week.
The local census enumerators ex-
pect to complete their work this
week.
The roads are said to be In a horri-
BILE condition-more mud than the re
has been for years.
The grounding saw his shadow
Monday, so there will be six weeks
more of winter.
Despite the miserable condition of
the roads There is much timber being
hauled to the valley.
The Oenterville Outlook says that
$4,000 have been paid out in Rey'
n,lds county for furs this winter.
Tue slest prevented the harvesting
OF a good crop of ice at Middlebrook
in the cold spell a couple Of weeks
ago.
Fletcher & Barger have received
new Ford truck to be used by W. L
Scoggin between Glover and Center
vile.
Fletcher g. Barger have sold eigh'
Fordson tractors the past year. An
other car load will be received ii
March.
While we had some real winter
weather in January yet during the
month there was some glorious
weather.
About twenty couples attended the
Masque Ball at the Academy Of Music
last Friday and the occasion was
much enjoyed By all.
County court was in session Monday
and Tuesday. The roadovorseers
will be named at an adjourned session
TO be held at an early date.
Quite a'ot of sickness in the valley
and vicinitAsnd q number of cases OF
influenza reorted. Every effort ii
being made p keep down an cpl
demic.
Fred Cdretonof Bixby was in Iron
tor monday. Mr.. Cureton says ina
the people of the west q Q
'no ooetv want the news they rea
the REGISTER.
Frank Kuhn of Marble o.ask was
caller Monday. Mr.. Kuhn teno u
that he is the possessor of a violi
that was made in .1760. The instru
ment is said to be a valuable one.
An orphan boy, eleven years. oil
who recently came here from Popla
Bluff and was the ward of Mr.. A. I
Brewster, died qnite suddenly las
Thursday, having been sick only
few hours.
Frank Reagan and Miss Mario
Huff will go to Kirkwood, Mo-, asreT
resentatives of the Ironton Hig
School, to engage in joint debate wit
a team from the Kirkwood school, o,
February 18th.
G. W. Stivers, internal revenu
agent, will be in Superintendent Han
sons office in the courthouse unit
Thursday of this week to assist PEG
Pile in making out their federal in
come tax returns.
The Academy Of Music will be thor
0ughly diSinfected and ventilated 70
the Hot Time Minstrel entertainment
so you need not fear the 'fln."
Our faithful station agent, Mr.. Chas
E. Downey, has been confined to b
room the past five days with an q
tack of influenza. DR.. Marshall re
ports that he is improving, though
and we hope to see him out agai
soon.
About twenty thousand dollars
worth of beer was dumped in tt
Mississippi river at Cape Girardea
about three weeks ago when tr
drouth spread over the land. Ism
that awful to think about? And
many people thirsty.
Chas. J. Newman is home fro
Bertrand. He expects to retur
there in a few days to do some MOI
painting. He says that Louis Mile
will probably complete the thre
buildings he is constructing Their
about the middle of March.
Mrs. F. O. Codding was summone
to Columbia, Mo-, last Wednesday ;
a telegram stating that her son, Et
win. was seriously i'll, threatene
.aanmonia Mrs. Coddinp WEI