Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-15

sition there and now has q place with
the State Board of Health at Jefferson
City. Miss Kendall is making her
home in the Capital City with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. A. Nall.
Carter Blanton, son of Nh. and Mrs.
j. 7. Blsnton of Flstwoods, UNDER
went an operation for appendicitiSin
the Baptist %Sanitarium, St. Louis, last
Saturday. Reports received are to
the effect that the young man is doing
nicely. He has been in miserable
health the past year and his many
friends hope for a speedy improve
ment in his condition.
Under the new schedule, effective
next Friday, shovelers in the Lead
Belt mines will receive $40 and ma
chine men $3.50 per day. The pres
ent wage is $40 and "a. 45. The OPP
orators are in hopes that this will de-
ter labor from further forsaking the
lead country. In the past year hun
dreds of men have left the Lead Belt
to go to Detroit or the oil fields in
Texas.
For Sale-1O acre Truck Parm, stu
ated n anda half miles east of Iron
ton, Mo-, new frame house, green
house, barn, chickenhouse; all kinds
of fruit trees, strawberry, blackberry,
hundreds of grape vines, all of the
best quality, and in bearing; $3.50,
cash. Possession at once. For more
particulars inquire
A. DURvAUx, Owner,
l~ronton, Mo.
George Begley, Jr., missouri Rice
King" was sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary at Jefferson City aft
or he had pleaded guilty to the charge
of forgery in the circuit court at Pop
lar Bluff last Saturday. Other charg-
es against him were dismissed. The
charge to which Begley pleaded guilty
vas n of eight preferred against
him by E. E. Kimmel of Hot Springs,
Arkansas. He will be taken to the
~penitentiary Immediately.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses since our
last report:
Geo. 8. Evans of Arcadia and Viola
Kemp of st. Louis.
John Branham of Bismarck and
Della Webb of Annapolis.
Herman E. Hasty of Monterey and
Fannie Q. Fitzgerald of Belleview.
Charley W. W. Wright of Monterey
and Nellie Fitzgerald of Belleview.
Jesse B. Jackson of Des Arc and
Dorothy il. Kammholtz of Granite
vile.
A law passed by the last session of
the legislature is expected to protect
automobile owners from theft. When
q second hand machine is sold such
fact must be attested on the state GER
tiicate of registration by seller and
buyer, in the presence of a notary
public, and the certificate is kept by
the buyer as evidence of ownership.
Dealers and private are both
bound by the law, and the penalty of
it's violation is a fine of $50 for both
buyer and seller.
NJ. R. Cole, a former highway engi-
neer of Carter county, but more re-
Gently of Heber Springs, Arkansas, is
now engaged in looking over pros
pective sites with eastern capitalists
for a power dam on Jacks Fork of
Current River. He favors the build
ing of a dam at Butting Rock, above
the new bridge spanning Jacks Fork,
near Eminence, and estimates that a
30-foot dam located at this point would
be capable of furnishing electricity
for all power requirements in that
section. An unlimited supply of wa
ter power is one of the natural re-
sources of the Ozark region.
In accordance with established GUS
tom, Ironton Chapter, o. E. S., met
for the purpose of installation of
officers On Monday evening. Associ-
ate G. Matron Zoe B. Holman, of the
Grand Chapter Of Missouri, installed
the officers. In her newly acquired
honor she shows a ready acceptance
of difficulties ofher position, combined
with natural talent as a speaker. The
following officers were installed for
the ensuing year:
NellieDowney, Worthy Matron.
Jesse Hawkins, Worthy Patron.
Mary A. Edgar, Associate Matron.
Ethel Hanson, Secretary.
Blanche Oodding, Treasurer.
Laura Barger, Conductress.
Mary Kindell, Associate Conductress
Sara P. Edgar. Chaplin.
Mary Farmhouse, Marshal.
Mary Whitworth, Organist.
Ada Fletcher, Adah.
Dora F. Curry, Ruth.
Josie Hawkins, Esther.
Letha Burnham, Martha.
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