Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-06-10

Ton last Oaturuhy stdtluS tndl lno
United States Senate had that day
confirmed the nomination Of W. E.
Reese az postmaster at Ironton. This
probably terminates the long drawn
out contest, and If there are no more
delays, which is not likely, Mr.. Reese
will probably be in charge within q
month. The matter should have been
disposed of two years ago. The de-
lay is absolutely without reason or
excuse. Seems to be the general rule
where the Civil Service dabbles in.
Redmond Black of the west end of
the county announces as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Representative for Iron county. Mr..
Black is a we'll known citizen and
prominently identified with affairs in
his section. He is held in high es-
TEEN by his friends and neighbors
and should he be chosen to represent
Iron county in the next Legislature
there is no doubt but that he will at
all times be found doing his very best
to serve his constituents. He 9
spectfully asks consideration of his
claims.
The REGISTER this week announces
N. A.. King as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination of Assessor of
Iron county. Mr.. King lives in the
south end of the county in the Brunot
country, andis a most excellent young
man, being held in highest esteem by
the people among whom he was born
and reared. His friends say he pos
sesses admirable qualifications for the
office he seeks and that should he be
successful in his aspirations he will
prove n of the best Assessors Iron
county ever had.
We have just been shown a draft
for Two Thousand Five Hundred Doll
lars by Mr.. G. L. Carson drawn in
favor of Mrs. Mary L. Black, widow
of the late James M. Black, who it
will be remembered was killed by a
Missouri Pacific train at o railroad
crossing in this city last February.
Considering that Mrs. Black was only
offered $500 by the Claim Agent of
this road, and that as a charity(?)
offering only, and further consider
ing, that she was generally advised
that she would not recover, we think
this puts a feather in Mr. Carson's cap
as a collector and diplomat.
A new time card became effective
Sunday. Following is the hour of the
departure of the passenger trains
from the Ironton station: North
bound-No. 8, 1882 A. NJ; No. 80, 2:17
P. M; No. "a, 6:07 P. M. South
bound-No. 33, 11:55 A. M; No. 8, IL:
So A. M; No. II, 11:29 P. M. Rotten
train service that. No. 4 is due here
at 4:42 p. NJ, but no longer stops al
this station. We will have to inter-
fcede with Mr.. Murphy, the superin
tendent Of the railroad, and try and
get that train again. 1t will be re-
membered he promised it to us wher
he was here testifying before the
Public Service Commission last fall.
Bro. Pigg is asking for an audit O
the county offices. Whom he suspects
or what he surmises he does not say
He gives no reason for his conten-
tion-he simply wants an audit for it'
improbable chance of disclosing some
thing wrong, no doubt praying that
such may be the result. Now the au'
dit he is pleading for would cost the
county about s $1,000 rather heavy
price for the qualification of his par
tisan malice. He claims that he hal
more than $50 names to the petition
he is circulating and that he will soor
have the necessary 300 to secure the
audit he SO a~nxiously desires. How
many of the 300 will pledge them
selves to pay $40, each, for the audit
/, ing in case it is found the expense wa
incurred without justifiable caus Sc
How much will Bro Pigg pat up? B.
the way, give us the names of thu
signers to the petitions. I wonld like
to know how much taxpayers the.
are.
The following teachers we're in at
: tendance on the teachers examina
. ton Friday and Saturday Of last week
Ida Day, John Day, Bixby; Pear
: Brooks, Irene Townsend, LoranT Town
/ send, Belleview; Eulah Pearson, Rutl
Huff, Essie Sheriff., Hogan; Mrs. Bes
) sic Wilson, Glover; Maud James, De,
: Arc; M. j. Kelly, Annapolis; Elva
Savage, Mrs. Ruth Thompson, Arcadia
Sybil Cook, Beatrice Brown, Roselle
N. A. King, Maud King, Brunot; Mrs
: Houston McColl, Annapolis; Rutl
. Hatriige, Munger; Carl Pippin, Red
mondvilie; Myrtle Blanton. Bismarck
! Eta Goforth, Peoria; Dewey U
, Beard, Annapolis; Mrs. Lille Pinkley