Iron County register., 1921-09-29
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The De Soto fair is in progress this
week.
A. B. Pierce is driving a new
Chalmers car.
We are indebted to Mr.. Arthur Huff
for fine pumpkin.
The Valley ball team will play at
Pennington next Sunday.
The Fredericktown schools have
been closed on account of diphtheria.
superintendent Hanson visited
schools in the west end of the county
last week.
Francis Bros.' new store house on
Main street is about ready for the in
side work.
J. R. Baldwin last week sold Max
we'll car to Loren F. Knight of Mar
BILE Creek.
The jitneys report the dullest BUSH
ness in their existence. All goes with
'normalcy"
The statement is made that there
will be but little wheat sown in this
county this fall.
J. r. Baldwin snd A. P. Schaefer
drove a new Maxwell car from st.
T,ouis last Thursday,
A few props are coming in. That is
about all there is to the timber busi-
ness in this town at present.
For Sale-Weanling Pigs. Good
stock; priced right.
VIM. M. SEITz, Middlebrook, Mo.
For Sale-One Overland Ninety
Touring Car. Good condition.
w. CURRY, Arcadia, Mo.
County Superintendent Hanson has
issued programs for Teachers Meet
ing at Des Arc Friday afternoon,
October 14th.
The Standard Oil Company has an
nounced the work of putting in a
couple of tanks and a warehouse at
the Ironton station.
Let us hope that the new game
warden will be successful in getting a
liberal supply of fish with which to
stock Lake Killarney.
Even riding in the aeroplane is get
ting cheaper. A flying machine that
visited the Lead Belt recently took
passengers at So each.
Mr.. Shy expects to take charge OF
the Commercial Hotel October 1st.
Mrs. Kelly, we understand, will prob
ably move to st. Louis.
Rain in September generally means
cooler weather, but it didn't this year.
We had an abundance of rain and
over abundance of heat.
W. A. Sigman, former valley boy,
writes from Flat River "How is
ssNormalcy?n Looks here like a
pretty full supply was on the way"
We last week stated that Tuesday,
27th, was the 5Oth anniversary of the
battle Of Pilot Knob. 1t was a typo
graphical error: It was the 57th
anniversary.
Jas. Johnson, the negro contractor
of Arcadia, arrived Monday and has
begun construction work on the new
store building erected by J. F. Shy
Ellington Press.
Circuit court convenes next Mon
day. The docket is a long one.' We
expected to print it this week, but
did not get it in time. 1t will be
printed next week.
DR.. o. Haley, formerly a resident
of Belleview, but who has been living
in Fredericktown the past thirty years
or more, died at his home there last
Tuesday at the age of rs years.
A few imported apples retailing at
two for nickle. If ever we have an
other bountiful yield of apples in this
locality well certainly appreciate il
we ever did before.
es of State vs.. Ernedt Hayes
lam Hayes, charged with
will come up for trial in oui
,rt next week on a change
/. ,om Jefferson county.
shall reports the arrival Of
II baby girl at the home OF
Mr.. ana Mrs. Marcus Yount, east oi
Ironton, Tuesday morning, Septem-
ber 9th, 1921, at 2;iO O'Clock. All are
well.
The Valley Ball team was at Elling'
ton Saturday, our boys winning by 8
score of to 0. The game scheduled
for Sunday was called off because O.
rain. The boys report royal treat
ment at the hands Of the Ellington
folk.
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