Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-01-12

Pohei} BIC dioW uo5o Pfofiouos 4uc
deceased was 81 years of age. The
remains were taken to Black River,
his former home, forinterment Sum
day.
AS delicious a box of oranges as 1t
was ever our good fortune to possess
came Christmas week from our
nephew, VIM. A. Tetwiler, in Cotton,
California. "Billy" will be emem-
bered by sold residenters" as an at
tache of this office in the seventies
and early eighties.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Harry A. Boehmer of st. Louis and
Mrs. Mary Often of Florissant.
John Toppins and Daisy WEIGH of
Minimum.
Hugh F. Regan and Alice O. Con-
nor of st. Louis.
Wesley Lucas, who is in the employ
of the Standard Oil Company in
China, visited his father, j. M. Lucas,
and other relatives at Goodwater the
past week. Mr.. Lucas has been in
China for the Standard Oil Company
for the past eight years. This is his
first visit home in five years.
Quite frequently 1t has been rumor-
eff in the past month that work was
to be resumed in the lead mine at
Annapolis. Thus far, however, there
has been nothing done and no n
seems to know when there will be
Prospecting by Omaha capitalists is
still in progress in that vicinity.
Strsyed-From the range on Tom
Sank, one two-year-old red steer with
white face; no marks; branded on left
hip with small 49," tattooed in right
ear with "S B S"; also labeled in top
of left ear with Shy Bros. label.I Any
information will be rewarded.
OILY DhOS., LoatoCV WIG, nos
Mrs. G.. W. Hanson, after spending
several weeks in St, Louis under the
care of an occulist, returned home
last week. One of her eyes was In q
serious condition., we are told, but
there has been some improvement.
She expects to return to st. Louis for
further treatment In the near future.
Bismarck Gazette: "Will Polk, of
Hoxie, Ark, son of Mrse B. Polk of
this city, went to st. Louis Saturday
evening to the Missouri Pacific hospi-
tai. Mr.. Polk is a brakeman for the
| Missouri Pacific Railroad and at Nicely
vile while discharging his duties his
right thumb was almost severed from
the hand"
Elvins correspondence Flat River
News: "Mrs. Clarence Kendall, who
had spent the week here, visiting her
parents, left Saturday to go to Iron
ton, to spend New Years with her
husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
Kendall. Her husband joined her at
Ironton, Saturday. They returned to
their home in st. Louis Monday"
We are informed that R. L. Drury
who has been working at the local
depot for several months has accept
ed a position In ST. Louis and with his
family will move to that city Within
the next two or three weeks. Mr..
and Mrs. Drury are valuable citizens
to a community and it will be a mat
ter of regret to Piedmont to- lose
them as citizens.-Piedmont Journal
Banner.
Work was resumed in the mines al
Iron Mountain December 30th, after
being shut down for several weeks,
There are now about one hundred
men employed and it is said to be the
intention to place more at work as
soon as they can be secured. 1t il
stated that a contract for shipping
ore to East st. Louis insures that the
mines will be in operation for a year
anyway.
10000 bushels OF high grade rice,
representing this years. cropfrom 40t
acres of the rice farms of George
Begley, Jr., at Fisk and Dudley, In
Butler county, have been sold to
New Orleans man at $1.00 a bushel
The rice is now being shipped and il
is estimated that the shipment will
comprise is or is car loads. The
rice crops from the Begley farm is by
far the best paying of any one othel
product grown in this section of thu
state.
Haywood Scott. son of Prof. Jno
B. Scott, was, with his parents, a resi-
dent of Ironton some thirty five years
ago. His home for many years hal
been Joplin, aid the boy we knew hal
made good as a man. He'is now Cir.
cult Judge and the Bar Association o.
Joplin has given him unqualified en-.
1ornarnnrA for <hn ooa;t;o~ - Tra~,