Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-10-27

before, due to the two previous mild
winters and good breeding seasons.
This report says that the birds are as
plentiful in other sections of the coun-
try as in the Ozarks.
Following is the F~arminoton Times
STORY of the base ball game at Farm
ington October 18th: "Before the
game with the Arcadia Valley team
began, considerable time was wasted,
apparently without adequate reason.
While the visitors were warming up
it became apparent that the home
boys would be kept busy, and it was
here they soon realized that they
were in sore need of Forshee's puz-
cling delivery, as the visitors ex-
%perienced no difficulty in finding
Clawson, and he was really batted out
of the box some time before the local
management appeared to realize that
fact. Unfortunately, a controversy
arose over a decision, and consider
able more daylight was "burned" be-
fore play was resumed. In the ninth
inning it became apparent that some
of that wasted daylight would be very
essential in finishing the games
as the shades of night draw down
very quickly at this season of the
year. At the end of the seventh in
ming it was decided to teal it a day."
owing to the darkness, with a score
10 to 6 in favor of Arcadia Valley.
But in the brief period Forshee operat-
ed in this game a tightening of the
lines was noticeable throughout the
local lineup, which came with added
confidence in the boxman's ability to
deliver, and had daylight lasted
awhile longer there is good reason to
believe Pennington would have over
come the visitors lead. But, while
that is a very good alibi, it has no
bearing on the actual result of the
game"
The Annual Agriculture and Stock
Show hele in Pennington last Friday
and Saturday, while not SO elaborate
as the county fairs formerly held in
st. Francois county, was a decided
success and reflected much. credit up
on the citizens of Pennington and vi
cinity. The writer "laid off" Friday
and in company with several other
I%rontonians motored to Pennington
and took in the show in it's entirety.
The exhibits were all very fine, full of
interest and calculated to build up and
improve conditions in that communi-
ty; they also furnished valuable in
formation and suggestions to visitors,
especially to those engaged in agri-
cultural and kindred pursuits. Farm
ington has long been celebrated for
its hospitality and its reputation was
fully sustained on this occasion, every
citizen, evidently, constituting him
self a committee of n to make
things pleasant for "the stranger
within her gates" After spending the
greater portion of the day in Farm
ington we motordd out to the farm of
Mr.. Maurice Highley, who lives on
the Pennington Flat River road three
and q hole miloo noah 0f EorrinOton
to see his flock of beautiful thorough
bred Angora goats, headed by a genu-
inc South African buck. No single
feature of the stock show was more
interesting than this. Mr.. Highley is
vice. president of the American An
CORA Goat Breeders Association, or
ganized in 1900, which maintains the
only record of pure bred Angora goats
in America. This information is Civ
en- here 30 that our readers who mag
be interested in goat raising may know
where to obtain thoroughbred stock
at reasonable figures.
Under date of October 10, my young
friend, Mr.. Kelton e. White, st
Louis, writes me: "My dear Mr.
Ake-The enclosed item may interes
you, and recall to your memory thu
early days in Ironton. l am wonder
, ing what the next fifty years will
bring forth, and where our quail, sons
birds and squirrels will be. l an
afraid the ruthless hunter with thu
automatic and pump gun will an.
initiate them, the same as he has tn
wild pigeon and the fast disappear
ing deer and wild turkey" Enclosed
with the foregoing was a clipping
from a city paper under the heading
"Fifty Years Ago Today" One o
the items in the clipping reads: "Wil'
; pigeon shooting is the pastime Al
!. Ironton, Mo-" 1t does indeed recall
a condition that is but a memory
The wild pigeon has gone from u
forever, leaving not a trace to mari
his departing way. Before that tim'
their numbar might have been al
most likened to the sands upon tn
seashore. They were known t,
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