The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 2, 1888, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Epirtox. J.D. Auten & Co., Proprietors, TERMS OF SUFSCRIPTION: TheWeekriy Wednesday, w one vear, po: ed every BUTLER MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1885, FOR ST? We are anthorize: E SENATOR. to FIELDIN of Cass county, ase State Senator, from t subject to the Democr tion. Mayor Francis drew first blood. At the Howard county convention on last Saturday the delegates se- Jected for the ate convention Was instructed for Francis for govern- or. It was a mass county conven- | tion, and they disregarded all rec-| ommendations of the State Central | committee in regard to dates for! holding conventions to send dele- gates to the various conventions. | The relief committee for the suf-| ferers of the recent Rich Hill mine disaster have made their final re-| port, which shows a total subscrip- | tion of $2,182.25. This ‘large | amount was disbursed to the best | judgement of the committee. Among the largest givers were Keith & Perry Coal Co., $500; Rich Hill Coal Mining Co., $300; Cowles Mer- $100; Jno. B. Newberry, M. L.| Wolfe, Burnham, Hanna & Co., Kansas City, Pomeroy Coxl {Co., Atchison, Kan., $50 each. J. W. MeVeigh, Sanderson & Wilson, D. R. Francis, W. J. Stone, Jno. M. Glover, and W. A. Warner, $25 each. The suggestion of the Henry County Democrat that Senator George G. Vest be chosen as one of Missouri's delegates at large to the national convention at St. Louis is very good. Missouri democracy at this time should put forward her very ablest leaders. Senator Vest’s relation to the president is very pleasant, his ideas on all tariff re- form are purely democratic and con- sistent with the president's views as expressed in his message to Congress: There is no doubt the success of the democratic party depends al- most entirely upon the platform adopted at St. Louis, therefore we should select our ablest counselors, j and those most loyal to party prin- ciples. J. K. Brugler, who enjoys the dis- tinction of being the most energetic real estate rustler in the county, and | who is also president of the Bates County Immigration society, was in i Foster Tuesday, and through us in- ivites every citizen and reader of the News to turn out and attend the mass meeting to be held at Butler jj May 12, for the purpose of deciding iitake toward the immigration move- {ment in Southwest Missouri. Every an in Bates county that has a foot of land should be interested and at- itend this meeting. We live in the best county in the state, but unless e rise up and say no one will be} he wiser. Southwest Missouri is going to boom this spring and ‘Bates should lead the procession \ and not lag behind.—Foster News. | Few, if any, candidates deserve | qmore kindness than our neighbor, | Gen'l B. G. Boone. His opinions, | s the law officer of the state, have | een almost invariably sustained by | he supreme court. What he has | id, off-hand, the court has approy- in its deliberate judgement. Then, too, no officer ever was more ccommodating or prompt than hein | giving advice to subordinate officers when called upon. The humblest as the same attention as the great- st,and in his office no effort is janting to make clear for the officer br citizen who applies to him the bath to be trodden. Gen. Boone, having in his first ame as attorney general proven him- elf so efficient an officer and so ac- modating a gentleman, may well sk the endorsement of a re-nomina- fon and re-election We look he democracy to endorse him yonvention and the people to rs heir action at the polls. for eantile Co., $100; Rich Hill Bank, | them in the positio EQUALIZING ASSESSMENTS. The Rich Hill that the Board the of Equalization in assesssments of some of the sors, was for the revenue to be de- rived from sucha raise. This is a zduress serious mistake. The Equalization | Board, as its name implies, is con stituted and organized for the pur- | pose of equalizing the assessment of so that the burden of the count r it would just for land in on sessed at $10 per acre, while her sister township with iship to be us no advantage over he or improvements to 1 dat 1$15 per acre, thereby making her property owners pay more county and state taxes. of Mt. Pleasant township are‘assess- ed at $40 per head, it is not justice to her tax-payers that the assessor Again, if the horses of Osage township be allowed to re- turn the horses at $30 per head, and other property. But then in order to equalize the proper- ty of all the townships it was neces- sary to the valuation of several of the townships, such as the live stock of Deepwater, reduced 22 per cent; Pleasant Gap .02 per cent., Mound .03 per cent, Mt. Pleasant .06 Elkhart .07, Walnut .06 and so on. It was absolutely necessary in equal- izing the assessment of the various {townships that a basis should be established, then the assessments of all the townships must conform to that basis. Ifthe township asses- | sors were dilatory in their official | duties and returned their assess- ments too low, asa matter of fact the members of the Board of Equal- ization had no discretion in the mat- ter whatever, but had to make all assessments conform to the basis es tablished. This was the great ob- ject to be derived froma meeting of the township ass An effort of that kind made last spring when the Review entered strenuous obj ns ut the time, « no assessor so with all reduce SSOrs. dining that would be bound by any agreement arrived at in any such manner. If all the assessors of the county had come together at that time, agreel upon a basis for assessing and strictly adhered to that basis, there would then have been no need of the county Equalization Board making a change. ——_—____—. Judge Krekel Likely to Resign. Washington, D. C., April 29 — Judge John F. Phillips, of Kansas City, arrived this morning. His mission here is 2 novel one. He seeks the sanction of the president to an arrangement made between Judge Krekel and himself. Judge Krekel is old enough to retire, but it is optional with him whether he takes advantage of the law. He is, however, willing to retire at once if the president will appoint Judge Phillips to the vacancy. Judge Phillipsgsaw Senators Cockrell and Vest to-day, and he will probably see the president to-morrow. The senators say there is no doubt the ar- rangement will be carried out. In fact, the matter has been broached to the president already, and while he has not committed himself. he has talk- ed favorably and expressed a desire to meet Judge Phillips. Senator | Cockrell was at the White house yes- terday in regard to the proposed ap- pointment. Judge Krekel has not yet resign- ed, but has stated his willingness to | do so if he can be assured Phillips will be his successor. There is close friendship between the two men. | They were Colonels of Missouri reg- iments on the Union side during the j war. Krekel was in the service as a Colonel when bench in 1862. One reason why Judge Krekel so strongly favors Judge Phillips is that he feels hi appointed to the tives holding ap- fairl y with by Judge Phillips. Judge of the court, and his widowed daughter has & position which enables her to sup- port herself so situated much inh r Krekel's son-in-law is clerk Judge Krekel i o leave his childre . and he has been } He w e on that account. Seas = 1 either soil | hed to keep | Review assumes | form the duties of the court. sole object of the county | cour! raising | there —_—_————— townships as returned by the asses- | will fall upon all the town. | 4 | | } | Judge Phillips. and believes he | and at Centre Colle i : ‘ long as he could conscientiously per- i Of nded to say that 2 it is not inte a bargai sideration of J Judge Phillips atives of Jud that can be which in ne 1 grees to keep the rel- Krekel retirine g Krekel i is that Judge Kre- thin the fai f kel repos do what is ri It is be will U ed that the president give Judge Phillips such as to-morrow that Judge Krekel’s lips for judg of Missouri senate John Finis Phillips is a native of He county in 1834. the State Missouri. was born in Boone He was educated at Univers y e, Danville, Ky graduating fromthe latter institut in 1 He studied law with G B. Clark at Fayette, Mo., and p: ticed at Sedalia. He was a memb of the Constitutional Convention of Missouri in 1861, and entered the Union service as a soldier in 1862. He was shortly commissioned Colo- | nel, and commanded a regiment of cavalry until the close of the war. He was a delegate to the national} 3 democratic convention which nomi- nated Seymour and Blair in 1868, and in 1874 he was elected to Forty fourth congress as a represen- tative serving term. Since that time he has on tle bench. from Missouri, one been : : ; | payment pointments under him will be dealt } On last Wednesday the tow Boar: of Mt. Pleass and « number of up township, citizens wit- nessei 2 test trial of the Austin Reversil’: Steel Road Machine, on the road leading southwest from town, near the Humphrey place. This grader, under the management of H. W. Ireland, general agent for the state, of a ition to those who had never our was in the nature reve! seen it work, plowing, scraping and rounding up to completion one 1 quarter of a mile of road in less than two hours, drawn by four horses. It was then in the hardest gumbo that could be found, that had wet weathe ‘was as rough und uneven as it could well be. Here it showed that it was possessed of ev- ery quality claimed for it. With the addition of two more horses attached, the machine turned over and shaved down this flint-like gum- bo as nice and smooth as if it had been the loosest soil. This maehine has the two fold advantage over all of its competitors in plowing and ditching, in being _ revers- ible, so that it can be worked both ways on the same side of the road. Itis made of the very best wrought iron and given a_ test been cut up during the an and steel, is very to stand the It works in ditches or cuts down banks success- fully, as the blade can be shifted two feet outside of wheels. It has four wheels which are the best sarven patent. All of the members of the township board were well pleased with the workings of this machine and purchased one on the ground. If every township in Bates county had one or two graders of this kind we would have much better roads the year round. Judge D. V. Brown, of Butler, is the agent for this ma- chine for Bates and Henry counties. strong, guaranteed strain of eight horses. Big Bond Suits to be Brought. Sedalia, Mo., April 29.—Six differ- ent suits in favor of three of the holders of Cass county bonds will be filed in the United States circuit court at Kansas City to-morrow by Judge W. S. Shirk. of this city. The suits are against Cass county, Pleas- ant Hill, Austin and Coldwater town- ship in that county, to compe! the of bonds, coupons and judgments and will aggregate with- out the interest $110,000. SO Acrsof Land Fer Sal. T have 80 acres o nd in section sale. > this land of Missouri at the | a short dis-, Par- ; ‘Special Bargains. office. All oso eam WE HAY EK THE BEST LINE OF Lace Gurtains, Ever shown in DAYS Pieces, White, r+ 66 74 66 ecru 66 oe he Oo Oo mm RO AD in order to get the be ‘They are all SCALLOPED AND TAPE BOUND. Dene cree east Yo ee 46 inches wide, Tape Bound, at 40c per oe 46 50 GO a2 60 62 This is the best line of Lace Curtains ever shown in this city. 66 66 6 e6 66 66 66 6 st bargains. Ole man, take our old buggy to TOM LEGG and have it all fixed up with new wheels, tires, spindles and new paint. Get a new top or the old one covered. Tom knows how and he will treat youright. Do as I tell you, have it fixed or TRADE 10 HIM FOR A SEW OME Buggies, Spring Wagons and Phe- tons on hand, made to order or fur- nished at Lowest Prices. Cushions, $1.00. Shafts, $3.50. East room, iron block. 15-tf Butler Mo. STAR SHOEING HOP. | i) x iS i) = & is a _ 4 2 4 South east corner square, at Butler, where they keep the Perkins light steel shoe for light traveling horses and the heavy Burden shoe for farm or draft horses. You can get a first class job of shoeing done at this shop at prices to compare with any other first-class shops in town. Give us a call and try it. JACK GIPSON, Proprietcr- MONEY AND LAND. —_ ++ e+. BATES COUNTY LOAN and LAND CO, JAS. K. BRUGLER & SON, | } | | | IMPROVED acres eac ‘YATLNG a1vad—— “WrIiOoOnH ff SrIrTivaM pooy Lou ‘souloipoy ‘Song ——-NI SU fap ssupo-isay voy Supupezsod Fury soso puy. ‘ODIVQO, PUB s.1eB1 ‘popunodtuos Aynyorva suondiosar] ALOU LOG, YS THNOSSIW oe o6 -66 66 66 66 this city and will offer them for TEN ONLY asa special Bargain. yard, yt |) ee 60 mK | ) 15 5 |) oO y 5 66 66 66 66 66 66 6 Be sure and call early SAML LHVY & CO. Free! Free] | THE RECORD’S Bio Offer. SCBSCRIBE To new subscribers to the |Bates Co. Record, We will also send the WEEKLY K. (. JOURNAL, Until after the November election, P REE! This also applies to those who | pay up arrearages. ] NOW / Call on or address O. D. Avstrx, Prop’r. } | P. C. FurKerson, T. L. Harpar, j Pres’t. Treas. | J. Everincuam, Gro. CANTERBURY | Vice-Pres’t Sec’y. THE BANKERS LOAN & TITLE C0. LAND TITLES EXAMINED & CERTIFIE: Our d The I josed. 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