Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-07-28

predictions OF the early disappear
ance of lumber as a Louisi ana asset,
it is pleasant now and then, to hear
a cheering note. At a family meeting
of the ]. B. White interests in Shreve-
port a few days ago, those present
agreed that they had a 30-year sup
ply of yellow pine for their mills,
counting the second growth timber
which has been cared for and is now
coming on. The White interests
operate mills at Fisher, Victoria,
Clarks, Standard, Oakdale, Glenmora
and Slagle, with a combined produc-
ton of 1850 thousand feet a day.
Their investment is $15, 600 ZOO. If
Louisiana begins reforestation now,
on an adequate scale, the saw-dust
need never stop flying. The fate of
this industry and of the the thousands
in Louisiana to which it gives en-
ployment, is in the hands of the leg
islature at its coming session."
"Josie," the fortune teller of Taskee,
in Wayne County, quite famous
throughout all Southeast Missouri. IF
teen or twenty years ago, still seems
to be doing business at the old stand.
The following is from a recent issue
of theIPuxico.Index: "Josie, the far
famed fortune teller of Taskee, is still
enjoying a lot of business. We are
told that forty ate dinner at their
place last Sunday at 81 per head and
about twenty ate there Monday. That
is about the usual run of business.
She charges nothing for talking. She
tells nothing but answers to ques-
tons. 1t is said that many are going
to her for advice in sickness and that
she tells of various remedies to use,
many of them barks and herbs. And
sometimes gives names of people at
a distance who will supply the roots.
etc., wanted. Many believe in her
and many don't. One young man,
who lives a distance from here, told
Of his wife, who was very Ill. He
could do nothing for her so he went
to see Josie, who told him of roots
and herbs to get for her and also the
men to get them from, and that the wife
would be well in thirty days. When
asked if she did get well, he replied
that his wife died in thirty days, but
he was still much impressed over the
fact that Josie had told him where to
get the roots and herbs. And so 1t
goes"
The young lady mentioned in the fol-
lowing item, taken from the Sikeston
Standard, is the daughter of Mr.. A.
I'll. Buckley of Ironton. She is one
who "makes good" in her undertak-
ings: "T. A. Wilson and his able as
sistants, Miss Buckley, Charles Schweer
ane Clyde Richards, have the South
east Missouri Agricultural exhibit
about ready to ship out and it is now
expected the a will go Saturday.
Loading of the handsome display
cases started Wednesday and 1t will
be Saturday before all are placed.
This will be the most ~stupendous dis
play of farm products ever placed be-
fore the public in any city in the
United States and every Southeast
Missourian will be proud OF it. No
other section of the world now open
for settlement can produce such a
wide range of fruits or agriculture as
the eight counties of Southeast Mis-
souri,. 1t is not only the varied ar
ticles that will be in the display, but
the manner in which they r placed
before the public that will be 80 pleas
ing. Special cases have been built,
these lined with fluffy cloth that make
a good background for the articles to
be displayed; then the exhibits in each
case are SO tastefully arranged that
one is led to believe that Miss Bnckey
must be the prime mover in the
decorative art, as it is hard to believe
that farmers like T. Wilson, Charlie
Schweer and Clyde Richards could
have such TASTE"
In reference to the killing of James
Turner by City Marshal Greasy at
Piedmont July 18th last week'sJourn-
al-Banner says: "a preliminary
hearing of the case was set for Tues
day afternoon and Greasy was brought
back from Ironton on afternoon train
No 8. A large crowd met the train
at the depot and Greasy escorted by a
heavy guard vas taken to the office
of Attorney O. L. Munger where he
conferred with Attorneys Munger and
w. V. Ing of Greenville who will de-
fend him. The preliminary hearing
was to have been before Justice of
the Peace Schelk at the Princess
theatre which was early packed to
overlooking. When Greasy was
brought to the trial room Prosecuting
Attorney Raney announced the State