Iron County register., 1922-08-31

marck every evening and helps the
southbound Sunshine Special from
Bismarck to Gads Hill. 1t was three
years ago that General Superintend-
ent Murphy told us that two engines
on passenger trains would be aban-
doned at once because of the danger
attached thereto. But when Mr..
Murphy was talking then he did not
know about this awful strike coming
on.
Manager Evans of the Lead Belt
Arcadia Valley Base Ball team says
they were accorded royal treatment
by the good people of Quincy, Illinois,
on the occasion of their recent visit to
that city. In fact, everybody was all
right except the fellow who umpired
the games. Mr.. Evans AYERS that If
the umpire had given them square
deal the valley nine would have won
both games. The decisions in some
instances were worse than "rotten.n
st. Louis Globe Democrat: "On
recon mendation of E. E. Evans,
backer Of the Lead Belt baseball team
playing out at Iron Mountain, Mo-,
the Cardinals yesterday signed a
young pitcher by the name of Glen
Hostetter, of New London, Mo. This
makes the third recruit developed by
Manager Tim McCabe, of the Lead
Belt team, and turned over to the
Cardinals. The other two are Bob
Edgar, shortstop, and Erbe Shaef-
fering, third baseman.n
| Four big army trucks arrived in the
valley from Jefferson Barracks We'd
nesday night Of last week and force
of men have been at work at the
Rifle Range getting the property in
shape for three hundred troops who
will be at the Range during Septem-
Der and October. The troops will
march here, leaving the Barracks
September 3rd and be about five days
on the road. 1t has been almost
twenty years since there have been
any soldiers stationed at the Range.
Piedmont Journal Banner: "a card
from DR.. J. L. Hickman, who with
Mrs. Hickman and Mr. and Mrs. j. L.
| Miller and daughter of Des Arc, are
enjoying an auto trip through several
northern states, says the party is ex-
periencing most enjoyable sojourn.
The card was dated August 16 and was
written from jackson, Minnesota,
which is in the lake region of Min
nesota, a vicinity of many summer
resorts. They expected to start on
their return home on the following
day through North and South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas"
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Schroeder and
children were Sunday guests at the
T. A. Van Herck home in Iron Mount
il ain. In the afternoon ye scribe was
taken through some of the works of
the Iron Mountain Mining Co. by Mr..
Il Wan Herck who is the master me-
chanic. Preparations are being made
to mine on an extensive scale there, as
ground has been staked off for the
erection of mill, power plant and
for the sinking of another shaft.
When this new plant is in operation,
ore is to be hoisted at the rate of 1000
tons in "a hours. Bismarck Gazette.
The Southeast Missouri melon crop
which during the latter part of June
promised to be bumper one has fail
ed to live up to expectations. This
was due to the drought of the six
week period preceding the rain of the
early part of this week. Other crops
too suffered from the drought. The
Missouri Pacific shipping headquart-
ers at Charleston reported today that
only 20 and 80 cars remain to be ship
ped before the season is over. South
ern produce of all kinds has dropped
off to practically nothing and the Mis-
! souri, Pacific does not average car of
! such merchandise day through the
local gateway Poplar Bluff Citizen
Democrat.
Long time residents of the county
we'll remember the late DR.. Gentry
J Thomas. The following from the
Utility News, Arkansas, refers to his
son: "An Arkansas man, @. E.
Thomas, formerly Of Mammoth Spring
is traffic ma nager of the Pacific Elec-
trio Company at Los Angeles. The
"P. E. as the company is known in
California, operates several hundred
miles OF high class interurban and city
, railway lines in Los Angeles and
southern California. Mr.. Thomas has
made good with a rush and he has
many friends in Arkhnsas who are
much gratified at his success. He il
the son of Mrs. F. Wallick, whose
husband publishes the Mammoth
Spring Daily Monitor.n