Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-11-04
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

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few fish.
The probate docket for the NoYem-
Der term is printed this week.
There was quite a lot of ice two or
three mornings the past week.
There were some ducks on Lake
Killarney after the rains last week.
Jas. Sohn has removed into the s..
B. Reagan property On Main street.
Just unloaded a car of cement.
A. P. GROW.
Assessor Marshall has been busy
with the assessment for seve raj weeks
past.
Is there going to be any morning
light service? Will some Il be good
enough to answer this question?
There was fire on>the hill south and
east of Pilot Knob hill Sunday night.
The first forest fire of the season.
An unusually heavy rainfall the
past ten days or more. If the frost
holds off it should insure splendid fall
pastures.
Are we goingt to have any turkeys
for Thanksgiving? The city papers
say the Ozarks has grown a big lot
this year.
Quite a number of the High School
students went to Caledonia last Fri
day afternoon to witness the basket
ball game.
Work is progressing very salts
factorily on VIM. Blues new resi-
dence east of town, and the roof is
now being put on.
The base ball season of 1920 was not
very gratifying in a financial sense to
the local team. Expenses more than
receipts, it is understood.
Never ate better roasting ears than
we have had the past week, secured
from our nelghbor, Mr.. T. B. Pruitt.
1t is certainly a prolonged season.
Geo. Wendell, it is said, will leave
for the north within a few days to
work in an automobile factory. He
will return to Ironton in the spring.
If you failed to hear Chas. NJ. Hay
at the courthouse last Saturday night
you missed the greatest speech thai
has been made in this valley in many
9 day.
1t is said that the reason the wood
hauler is SO independent these days
is that he can make more money
handling almost any other kind o
timber.
1t is reported that wild turkey il
unusually plentiful this year. Per
haps not plentiful, but more numer'
Gus than they have been for severa
years past.
Iron county friends will be glad t
hear that Mr.. A. M. Madigan's health
has greatly improved since he remov
ed from San Francisco to Cotton
California.
Among the visitors to Ironton Sat
urday before last was Chas. Curtis
formerly of Ironton, who came witt
the De Soto band to make music fol
the Democratic Rally.
]. @. Middleton has moved her
from Irondale and will open a fame.
grocery store in the building owne'
by VIM. R. Edgar, Jr., across tn
street from the courthouse.
The boys we're out nearly all Q
Saturday night, playing, or trying t
play some Hallowe'en pranks: Moth
ing of any great moment was accom-
plished 30 far as is reported.
Our old friend, VIM. HI. Webb, sus
tanned quite a bad fall from a ladde
while trimming trees Tuesday of Las
week. We are glad to state that b
probably suffered no serious injury.
You'll not be embarrassed whe
serving friends with eggs from on
farm. They are fresh.
J.W. RUSSELL POULTRY YARDS,
Ir%onton, Mo.
Our sbossn visited Des Arc lai
Thursday with some of the ladies in
terested in the Democratic campaign
She says it is the neatest, spick an
span little town she has seen in a lon,
while.
Mrs. Arthur Huff returned from 8
Louis Sunday and we are pleased
state has about recovered from tt
surgical operation she underwent
the Baptist Sanitarium a few weel
since.
Peter Left, who has been %sojournir
In Ironton for several months, sa.
that he ls thinking Of buying a coo
dog and returning to the Arkans
swamp, to trap fu~r-bearing ANNA
this winter.
Remember the Big Dance and T