Iron County register., 1922-05-11

cities, viii open stores in the Lead
Belt, Bismarck and Poplar Bluff, it is
announced.
Three valley stores, Lopez, Gay &
Kindell, and Signer & Signer, Arcadia,
received car of sugar, about $4,000
lbs. last week. 1t came from New
Orleans.
Not nearly so many trains over the
road as there were couple of weeks
since. Like all other prosperity un-
der the Harding regime it was very
short-lived.
Thos. johnson asks the REGISTER
to request the automobile drivers not
to park their cars In such punches on
the street by the post office. They
frighten his horse.
We understand that Lieut.. James
d. Edgar, who has been stationed at
Camp Lewis, Washington, for the
past year, will be removed to San
Francisco in the near future.
| w. Fl. Stevens, who is now in the
employ of the Terminal Railroad, st.
Louis, was in Ironton last Thursday
on his way home from visit to his
mother, Mrs. Robinett, in Belleview.
! 1t is said that the Arcadia folk are
having some trouble in agreeing on
just what kind of a church they want
to build on Fort Hill. Some want to
invest more and some less on the
new structure.
Mrs. O. L. Friday took charge of
the New Commercial Hotel last Sat-
urday. She will continue to operate
the Kesling House, west of the court
house, as a rooming house in connec-
tion with the Commercial.
| A new time card became effective
on the railroad April 30th. Night pas
senger trains and were discontin-
ued. Our night passenger truins now
are No. II, south bound, 1929 P. NJ;
No. is, northbound, $40 A. M.
The REGISTER had a call last Thurs
day from Mr.. Walker Anderson, form
erly of East st. Louis, who is now
domiciled on the farm west of town
which he recently purchased from J..
| A. Ramsey. Mr.. Anderson was ac-
companied by his neighbor, Mr.. W..
| d. Harden.
| Mrs. Harriet Polk of Marble Greek
was in Ironton Saturday on her way
to Bismarck to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Leslie Yount. Mrs. Polk and
Mrs. Yount will leave next Saturday
| for Hot Springs, Arkan sas, where
| they will spend couple of months
| for the benefit of Mrs. Yount's health.
| The State Highway Commiss ion has
made change in the route of the
| State Highway near Tip Top since the
contract was let for building the road.
The route now proposed is. along the
| west side of the railroad, avoiding
two grade crossings. The increase in
cost over the route as first proposed
| is $23, 900.
Il At q meeting of the fronton Red
Gross last Wednesday night it was
decided to spend the cash now on
hand, about 1926, to relieve the suffer
ers in the recent cyclone in the west
end of the county, and disband. In
lieu of the Red Cross a Provident AS
sociation will be established and
maintained,
Edward Wendell Post, No. 81, will
give dance at the Academy Theatre
tonight "wednesday. The same ex-
cellent music that made the last dance
such very successful and enjoyable
affair have been engaged for this oc-
casion. The devotees of Terpsichore
5 are certain of royal good time or
this occasion.
4 Alta meeting of the executive COM
! mittee Of the district mission of Frank
i lin Baptist Association held in Fla
River last week it WAS voted to dis.
continue the service of Rev. VIM
England, the district missionary. II
was deemed inadvisable to attempt tt
maintain missionary in the district
Rev. England will again take VI
! pastoral work.
DR.. Farmhouse spent last Saturday
and Sunday in Ironton. He had al
9 appointment at Springfield, Mo-,
9 Monday morning and when he learn
ed Sunday afternoon that No. A wa
three hours late which would pu
) him in st. Louis too late to catch tn,
d Frisco train for Springfield-he hiret
7 an auto to take him to ST. Louis ant
caught the $3.50 Frisco train that night
Judge William Stevenson of Viii
: Evansville is being urged by his friend
to become a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Judge of th'
d Western District to succeed Judge