Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-01-19

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Commission Company turkeys to the
value of S170; geese worth s36.72 and
chickens to the amount of SIS .66, or a
total from her poultry of s227. 3s.
This poultry was raised under ordi-
nary farm conditions such as any one
can meet. Doubtless there are hum
dreds of farmers in the county who
would be many hundreds of dollars
better off if they had devoted as much
time and attention to poultry and
dairy cows as they gave to other farm
ctivities.-Fredericktown Democrat
News.
Hunters throughout this state who
have been making some easy money
killing wolves and collecting $40
bounty from the state for each scalp
may continue their fun but they can
not collect the bounty. Several Mis-
souri, county clerks who recently have
sent vouchers for wolf hunters to
State Auditor Hackmann have re-
ceived notice that the wolf bounty
fund has been exhausted. Formerly
there was a bounty of SO each for
wolf scalps, later this was increased
to S. and two years ago the legisla-
ture raised the bounty to $40 for each
scalp, declaring that the pests must
be exterminsted at any cost. 1t is no
uncommon thing for a hunter to cap
ture a litter of wolf puppies, take
them home and raise them until they
are grown and then kill them, collect
ing a bounty for each scalp. AS the
bounty fund is gone, wolf hunting
ceases to be a profitable pursuit with
some folks.
December 31st ended the open sea-
son on quail and virtually all other
game in Missouri. Quail, turkey,
deer and squirrels cannot now be
hunted under the state law and the
federal law prohibits the shooting OF
wild waterfowl after the opening of
the new year. Fur bearing animals
can be taken through the month of
January, but they rarely are hunted
with guns. Rabbits r not protect
ed and may be hunted any time. The
open season has made quail hunting
good sport and many birds have been
killed by hunters. However, the
same open weather has been bene-
fetal to the birds in preventing their
wholesale slaughter, which is often
possible when there is a deep snow
that puts them at the mercy of the
hunter. Many large covies OF quail
are yet to be found and if there are
no heavy snowstorms or sleet thu
birds will get through the winter il
fine shape and greatly multiply mex
summer.
From the Flat River News: "Dr
| G. B. Williams, county health Office
for St. Francois county, was calle'
Monday to the Hickory Grove settle
ment, just over the line in Washing
ton county, to investigate certain
cases of small pox, alleged to be OK
. listing in that community. He foun'
, two cases of continent small pox
more generally known as "blacl
small pox," and very virulent In it
nature. The school in this com
munity has been closed. The teacher
Miss Lillian Schmidt, of Flat River, i
:. quarantined. DR.. Williams has mad
: a complete circuit of that end of 81
! Francois county, from Bismarck t.
Frankclay, having visited all schools
!, and, interviewed physicians, for tn
! purpose Of urging Immediate vaccina
/ ton, which is the only known pre-
tentative against small pox. A rigi
: quarantine is being maintained in tn
Hickory Grove settlement, which
only Is miles from Flat River. Sma
pox was carried into that communit
py a girl who had been visiting i
: Kansas City. 1t is thought that sh
I contracted the disease on the train
Henry Rosentreter, SOL of Mr.. an
q Mrs. Paul P. Rosentreter of Pile
& Knob, accidentally shot and killed hin
self while out hunting on Brewer
L Greek, six Or eight miles east of Pile
Knob in st. Francois county, la
Sunday morning about 1880 o'clocl
4 The day before the unfortunate youn
man, with his brother, Otto, an
i Mack Mcdonald and VIM. Siebert, a
Of Pilot Knob, had gone to Brewer
/ Greek for q few days camping an
q hunting. Sunday morning Henri
: and McDonad left the camp in scare
4 of game. After they had proceede
some distance through the woot
Rosentreter stood his gun by his sic
.; and started to roll q cigarette;
70 some way the gun fred and the fl
n charge Of the shot gun passed throue
T. his body. Mcdonald was waikiki
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