Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-11-23


Louis Globe Democrat: "The State
Highway Commission won its case
before the Public Service Commission
against the Missouri Pacific, al the
latter body this afternoon issued an
order requiring the railway company
to put in the crossing desired by the
Highway Commission at Sabula, Iron
county, on the state road south of
Ironton. The new crossing will
eliminate five other grade crossings
and greatly diminish danger to travel
over that highway. The order is eff
fective within ten days and the cross
ing must be put in within fifteen days
after the taking effect of the order"
Piedmont Journal-Bauner: "Min-
ing operations at the Barrett Iron
Mines, 8 miles northeast of Williams
vile, are to be resumed in the near
future according to reports. The
iron mines were formerly operated
by the Mid Continental Iron Co., but
future operations will be under the
control of the Wayne Corporation,
Work of damming a large spring
near Black river and piping the water
to the mine is now underway. Upon
the arrival of machinery, work will be
started on the ore mill. The mill will
consist of a jaw crusher and a four
dish jig washer, capable of turning
out 200 tons of r daily for the fur
mace. Thirty-five feet OF very fine
ore is in sight, it is said"
Miss Dorothy Collins gave a mas
querade at Valley Inn Saturday, No
vember IS. There were about twenty
five persons present. Miss Collins
represented a gypsy fortune teller,
Miss Dorothy Curry an old fashioned
society woman, Miss Martha Elder q
Spanish maiden, and Mics Gladys
Tual, a negro woman. The rest of the
girls represented such things as Dutch
maidens, Chinese women, and Indian
women. Master Harry Johnson repre-
sented a cowboy, Ralph Keith a sailor,
Carl Anderson George Washington,
Paul Schaefer a Ounce and Jess Hawk
ms wore the garb of a clown. After
we were unmasked we enjoyed some
refreshments. Everyone present had
a very enjoyable time.
ONE PRESENT.
Mr.. 7. A. Goodman Sunday receiv-
ed a shipment in a special car by ex'
press ten head of Guernsey COWS to
add to the very fine herd he already
had on clearinghouse Farm" The
COWS came from Fon gu Lac, Wiscon'
sin, and were shipped from there Sat
urday morning at 9 O'Clock, arriving
here Sunday On train No. 8. In re-
ferring to the sale at which Mr.. Good
man bought this stock the Fon du La
r Journal of Move ber 10Th says: "Six
! ty-nine head of Guernsey cattle of tb,
! Pergue herd owned by Ernest w
Sass, Streator, ILL.,, were sold at a pub
lie auction held Wednesday at thu
Aolstein sales pavilion. The tota
amount of sales a amounted to $25, 035
/, The majority of the cattle was bough
> by OUT of. the state cattle men. T. A
Goodman, Arcadia, Mo-, bought man,
animals and paid the highest price TO
one COW. He paid $1,000 for Pergue'I
!, Cottie Lass"
, Rev. J. D. Watson is we'll known tt
t a number of people in the south emf
of the county having once been paste
+, Of the Des Arc Baptist Church
, "Isaac'', our Des Arc correspondent
, sends the following clipping from
Mexico, Mo, paper with the reques
. that it be published: ERNEST F. Wa
! son, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. d. Wat
son of Mexico, Mo-, died of tuber
culosis, from which he had been
sufferer for almost a year, on Octobe
14th at Fort Bayard, N. M, where h
, had gone to regain his health whic
/, was badly impaired in the World Wal
He served with the American ex
i, petitionary forces, spending owe
II eleven months overseas. He was 2
: years, s months and 7 days of age
Funeral services were held from hi
parents home October II, in charg
!, of the American Legion. He was
member of the Baptist church c
!. Mexico, uniting when IA years G
age"
Poplar Bluff Republican: "T. T
Pigg, veteran newspaper man c
!, Ironton and recently appointed b
Governor Hyde to the position @
= deputy game warden for the souther
Missouri district, was here this wee
: looking into the game situation, an
particularly scrutinizing the hunters
: license book. He expresses the be
: lief that the game law is being violat
ed, basing this belief, as he states, o
the small number of hunters licens