Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-08-04

The auction sale at the Stephens
farm, south OF Arcadia, last Thursday
afternoon was we'll attended and con-
sidering the scarcity of money and
unusual apathy In business fair prices
were secured.
The total receipts in the Circuit
Clerk and Recorders office in July
were just S4S.3O-somethiug unheard
OF before and is indisputable evidence
that business conditions are worse
than "bum" these days.
Geo. R. Gay aud family motored to
Ironton from Little Rock, Arkansas,
in two Ford cars. They report quite
an enjoyable trip and pretty good
roads all the way. They departed on
the return trip Monday.
MI. and Mrs. w. D. Fletcher and
Mrs. Barger made a motor trip to
Maiden in Dunklin county, last Fri.
day. They returned Monday, coming
by way of Poplar Bluff, and were on
the road only seven hours.
The Baptist Assembly convened on
Arcadia Heights yesterday. A great
many visitors are already here and
we are informed that indications are
that the attendance will be the larg-
est in the history of the Assembly.
The Arcadia Valley team and Barn.
ey Pelty's "All Stars" played ball at
National Park, Desloge, Sunday after
noon. The game vas a very inter-
esting one, the "All stars'' winning
in a twelve inning contest by a score
of 6 to 5.
hon. Chas. M. Hay and family of
st. Louis motored to the valley last
Sunday and MI. Hay delivered an ad-
dress before the Methodist Assembly
in the afternoon. Mr.. Hay, as he al
ways is, was in good form and pleas
ed his auditors greatly.
DR.. g. @. Kerlagon was called to
Iron Mountain Saturday afternoon to
attend to Mr.. Bushy of Chicago, the
present owner of Iron Mountain, who
fell down and dislocated his shoulder
while underground inspecting the
mines .-Bismarok Gazette.
The patronage at the Social given
last Friday night for the benefit of
the proposed memorial was not by
any means as liberal as it should have
been. Not by any means. Iron
county can not afford to get in the
''slacker" class at this late day.
Rev. Mr.. Judy was home from Ar
cadia the first of the week and said
the attendance at the Methodist AS
sembly now in session there is the
largest since the opening of the insti-
tuition and that the program was of
the highest type.-Potosi Journal.
Mr.. @. l.. Carson has sold his bum
galow, south of Arcadia, to Mr.. A. W.
Lambert, vice-president of the Grand
Avenue Bank, st. Louis. MIR. Lam
bert will take possession this week.
After q visit with his brother in Texas,
Mr.. Carson and family will return to
England to reside.
An examination for postmaster at
Bismarck will be held at Flat River
August 18th, the term of the present
postmaster, Mr.. Geo. J. Goeltz, hav-
ing expired. 1t is announced that the
selection of a postmaster will be made
from the three making the highest
grades. The salary is 81, ZOO q year.
County Treasurer ]. A.. Francis
and brother, Charles, have purchased
from DR.. K. w. Houston twenty-five
feet of ground on Main street, just
north of DR.. Houston's Office. The
Francis brothers have given a con-
tract to Mr.. Chas. j. Tual for putting
up a store building thereon 22x45 feet.
The structure will be of granite
spawls, like the bakery building, and
will be hurried to completion.
The REGISTER has been assured that
it was m~isinformed as stated in last
weeks paper that there came near
being a squabble on the Assembly
Grounds at Arcadia over the sale Of
Bevo. "Nothing to it," our latest
informant says, "just q few old wom-
en- objected because they did not like
the name of Anheuser- Busch" We
trust this explanation is satisfactory
to all. Certainly we don't want to
make any misrepresentation.
The Greenville Rustlers stopped the
onrush of the Des Arc Pelicans when
they defeated them Sunday afternoon.
Estes was on the mound for the Rust
lers and the Pelicans could not fathom
his shoots, making all told only five
hits. Slusher was on the hill for Des
Arc and Greenville hammered him
for eleven hits. Marsh, Rhodes and
Headrick being the stellar perform