Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-07-27

stationery, l am the "Kandy Kid''
now. Business is, or has been, very
good. Our tempature runs up as high
as 106 and l have seen it up to ia, so
you see it takes lots of cold drinks
and ice cream. 1 have a beautiful
Fountain and Candy Shop in a good
location. 1 like Cotton very much;
have a bunch of good friends that are
good boosters. This is a city of be-
tween five and six thousand and COM
petition is very keen, but l have by
far the best shop in town, SO 1 think
I wont have any trouble getting my
share of the patronage. The strike
will hurt Is to some extent as this is
a railroad center. We are all fine.
Mother Davis is with us, has been for
almost a year. Eugene and Schofield
are big boys. Gene is almost as tall
as his dad and s. is going to run him
a close second. They both work for
me-"
From last weeks Fredericktown
Democrat-News "Two diamond
drills arrived at Mine La Motto this
morning from Flat River to begin a
thorough drilling of the property. 1t
is said that several other drills will ar
rive within the next few days. The
drilling is being done by the st. Joseph
Lead Company, it is said, and their
purpose is to make a rigid investiga-
ton of the mineral value of the prop
erty. For several months Mine La
Motto has been yielding quite a quantity
of lead. Prospectors have been dig
ging it out under the energetic man
agement of Mr. Yardley the produc-
ton reached several carloads of con-
centrates. 1t is also the untiring an
ergy and unlimited faith of Mr.. Yard
ley that has brought about the pres
emit drilling of the property. 1t will
be remembered that the property was
sold under a foreclosure action at the
court house here January 25th, 1921
1t was bid in for $4,000 by Phila-
delphia men who held bonds to the
extent of more than a million dollars
and MIR. Yardley was continued il
CHARGE"
Ellington Press: "From all reports
brought to III by the various candi'
dates who have c%anvassed the coun'
ty we are of the opinion that the big
gest primary vote ever cast in thil
county will be polled August 1st. o
course the number will be nearly
doubled on account Of the woman
vote, but the interest even among
the men is greater than eve before
The Reed-Long Senatorial fight is in
teresting many. The high taxes arr
o source of continual complaint, AM
the existing sentiment among thu
voters is one of irritation and discon
tent. The voters are alive to the is
sues that confront them today, ant
they are far more interested in tn
men that are candidates than ever be
fore. This is as it should be-, Peopl'
everywhere are breaking away from
the ties of partisanship and are de
manding to know the issues and hov
the candidates stand on those issues
We are looking for a great primar,
vote, and every man and woman
voter thai is able to 60 to the poll
should go and vote at the Angus
primary"
-Four diamond drills have alread.
arrived at Mine La Motto in Madiso
county and two more are due to ar
rive at the property this week. say
the Fredericktown Democrat-N News
"These six drills, according to the
, owners, the st. Joseph Lead Co., wi
;, thoroughly drill out the historic lea
. property and definitely determir
: whether or not it contains the valu
, able lead deposits in which 80 man
. people have implicit faith. 1t is est
mated that a million dollars has bee
spent drilling Mine La Motto sine
the advent of the drill. The recort
over a long stretch of years, howeve
are either lost or SO poorly kept as
: be almost worthless. That conditic
n makes the work ofthe st. Joe peop
/ almost like going into an unprospec
ed field. Most of the knowledge
Mine La Motto at the present time
n of the very shallow deposit and
serious efforts have been made r
% Gently to mine the deeper deposit
g While the lead mining industry seer
70 to be more promising in Madis'
u county, st. Francois county is al
apparently starting on an era of e.
u %pansion."
le Another large shipment of CIR
l. Enamel Ware just received. 70
choioa for 10c LOPEZ STORE On