Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-25

roads" have long been celebrated as
the best in all this country and this
is the first time in many years that
the elements have hurt them to any
extent. We hope that with the ad-
vent Of real spring the roads can be
put in condition again.
Leadwood correspondence in the
Pennington News: "Dr. Mckenzie
is not well, has not, in fact felt well
since the influenza epidemic last year.
Then he was badly over.worked dur
ing the recent outbreak. He recently
consulted with some of his medical
friends and they urged a rest a
practically the only remedy. We
sincerely trust he will find the desired
help for this, and will soon be ready
to resume his practice"
j. 2. Harrison of Piedmont has en-
barked in the mercantile business at
Cooperageville, two miles and a half
west of Centerville. The Pioneer
Cooperage compeny of st. Louis are
building quite a town out there and
will employ many men when the
plant is running at its full capacity,
Mr.. Harrison has resigned his position
with the Armor Packing Company
and will stare calico" for his custom
ers. We wish him unbounded
-Centerville Outlook.
A delegation of Ironton citizens,
composed of Mayor Baldwin, VIM.
Trauernicht, Ohas. J. Tual and DR..
Gay were in st. Louis Monday to
confer with officials of the Brown
Shoe Company relative to establish
ing a shoe factory in the valley. Our
delegation was most courteously re-
ceived and handsomely treated by
the shoe people. They returned
home highly gratifed and are very
hopeful that something may result
from their endeavors.
Fredericktown Democrat : News:
'sThe Pennington Times in it's issue of
last week acknowledged the in
correctness of an article in which
the Commercial Hotel was alleged to
have''held up" a party of Pennington
basket ball girls by charging them
$14 for a room. The law firm of
Davis & Davis, who have been retained
by Mrs. White, the owner of the
hotel, to bring suit against the news
paper, were shown the last article
and asked what effect it would have
on the suit. Dol. Henry Davis replied
that the article was an unsatisfactory
retraction and that besides the poison
of,the first article could not be correct
ed by any kind Of retraction. He said
the papers were being prepared and
the action would be started in the st.
Francois county circuit court in the
near future. He still refused to di-
vulge the amount of damages that
will be asked"
ST. Louis Post-D Dispatch: 81. L.
Golf of Desloge, Mo-, a prominent
merchant of the lead belt, owns $50
acres of land in the foothills OF the
Ozarks, ffty-five miles south of st.
Louis, that he is preparing to i'm
prove with a hotel, golf links, tennis
courts aud other accessories of a
summer resort. For a good many
years the mineral springs on this
property have been used by persons
living in the neighborhood with bene-
fetal effect and an analysis of the
water made by John f. Wexford, the
st Louis chemist, who clarified the
water supply of the city, shows the
water to have many good qualities.
Maj. McTaggart of the regular army,
a s%on-in-law of Golf, and now on duty
at Princeton University, will lay out
the golf course and a series of auto
roads and bride paths. The property
is on the st. Louis Arcadia highway,
a favorite route for auto tourists, and
is also on the st. Louis and Bonnie
Terre Railroad. The plans for the
hotel and other improvements con
template that the property will be
improved by midsummer"
IH..
Gentry Ferguson, a former resident
of Iron County, writes, the REGISTER
from Baron, Oklahoma, under date of
March 9Th: II am always glad to get
the REGISTER, and to hear the news
from home. Still it is sad to read of
so many deaths, and many that ! was
acquainted with. There has been lots
of sickness here this winter and sever
al deaths. / have been sick but am
up again and think I will be all right
now. 1t is the first sickness I have
had since coming here. We have
had fine weather this winter. This
is a good country and Is improving
fast. Men are buying land from the
Indians and putting up good buildings.
We are getting good roads. A state
road is projected through here and