The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 11, 1901, Page 6

pene er casas = nite a ja MISSOURI CROP REPORT A Smaller Yield of Wheat This Year Than Last George B. Ellis, secretar. state board of ult the following ry ditions for 1 s 106 counties, by 5 respondents Wheat—The acre of wheat crop the total yield being al most 16,000 000 bushels. Theaver- fifreen bust ven bushe some report the berry a little small, it is good quality Oats—The worst failure of the oat eropfor ma 10 per cent of the croy harvested at all and much of what will be harvested will be cut for hay |; u and a great many fields have be pastured. The condition of what is harvested is only 45. This based on the reduced ac e makes less than one-fourth the year a growing and immature crop, it | should be stated that present condi tions of the crop are based upon nor- mal future conditions of the weather. | Should no rain fall in the next two} weeks there are thousands of acres | ofcorn that would not even make lorage. Corn in the southern part of | ;, the state is almost in the tasseling state, a few fields in the ext south beginning to tassel now Should the tassel appear without rain or cooler weather, two or three days’ warin weather would kill the tassel and ruin the crop beyond any hope of recovery. There are some fields on gravelly soils and dry hill} Jands and others so badly infested with ¢ portion of the area, however, has been doing fk counties reporting an excellent pros- pect. The average condition forthe state is 69, a loss of 8 points since June 1, and compared with 98 for July 1.1900. The highest condition is 83 in northeast, followed by 76 in northwest, 69 in southeast and the lowest, 64, in the central division The estimated acreage is 6,144.000 which is 4 per cent less than in 1900, and the an ount of old corn now in the hands of the farmer is only 76 percent of the amount same date last year. The total yield for the| state in 1900 was 193,000,000 bush- els, but with the most favorable w materially reduced this year Timothy—The timothy hay crop is one of the important crops of this state and was estimated at 3,000,000 tous, worth $20,000,000, for last year. This year the yield of 57 per cent that will be cutis only two-thirds of a ton per jeng acre, which makes a total yield of | day be« 1,100,000 tons. or a loss of nearly 2.000,000 tons from last year. Pastures—Pastures are placed at }s 45 per cent for the state, and while a number of farmers ar stock, in good, and where pastures are uot! stocked heavily the dried grass is holding the stock Many report as a few are shippi markably well rout their cattle Potatoes—Late potatoes almost! k au entire failure, and the whole crop | t about one-half an av age Apples—Orchards that have been well cultivated are not yet showing much loss except in some places where the apples are falling badly. »Imany orebards are not cultivat- ed that the general average is only compared with T4 one month ago and 59 ove vear Peaches peet for being very even « saches, the condition is 76, the state. Small Fruits and Gardens—Small fruits are in very poor condition, a great dex on the vines, and ned up. Wool Clip—There are 643,000 sheep inthe state, and the averag fleece chp of nearly 4.000.000 pounce gardens ger pounds, or a total wool Apple Crop Threatened. —Fred W ate Ho all been har- sdin goud condition, and while years is reported, only sown will be op thrashed last | intention of t trausfer it stituted t ernie ke demande flag an the Spanis inch bugs that they are dam representing aged beyond recovery. The greater! , finally relente The exercises ¢o-day were attended by several eluded patriotic The speect e by Governor ’ hers who participated were Adams, Superior. . Gre ’ : en | ther from now on, this will be RIVALS Man per cent of the} erop will not be harvested at all and | women, uth | { the s ime > feeding their | afew counties pastures are | ity of water and rm. In Chapma of the riglit | prominent ¢ There is yet a fair pros-| HUNG BY eae suspe AMERICAN FLAG IN KANSAS. ; Wave of Crime RAISED ct Monument on the Site the Kansas state which is charged with have = have ho lives on hase and 1e state | ted $8,000 to mark the historic spot | | Corn—In giving the conditions of| , le state to a public park E'S DARING EXPLOIT. was In 1806 he started with twenty me | é ation the newly uequired Louis- | Lieutenant at the head |" "| MISSOURI FEUD ENDS IN MURDER. jhas persuaded the Pawnees to swear | lo Malgares, stachinent of Spanish soldiers allegiance to Spain and to run upa, pean flags over their village, r that the the advance guard of The chief told the In Pike’s demand hard fight refuse hundred addre Morrow, Maintz, , Hardy. Neb.; tepublic, on a July 4.- aided by ‘no miles from vdesp >the principal is hurt As she the lapmal wins were Miss Chapmar are well fours She Was Suspendec Before Her Predicament Was Dis covered Heroic round ‘Kansas and * LV Seaece he been preserved {| shnson, btained the | ae : |Ridge, and ‘ales has appropria- | ultimately | | across Still's just after | Vernon County on the | he Indians that ; ¢ hauled down and substituted, colors party of twen- thi this | Ketterman. people, ses and band] facceptance was Win After he with his Superior, Washington; Washington; State Senator IN A FIGHT family Witnesses the One of the seconds rs were Champman, and bott tuated with uled in her hand- d Dixie Chap- Me n was knocke ONE HOOF Meyers. a by or SEVEN MURDERS IN ONE WEEK. diana shot and k binson Boult dispute about their cre Sunday morning: found ies indicating th ultercation with they were | Tuesday Jim Still shot ar jed Will Proudfoot near 14 | cause of a dispute After Proudfoot was Wiuchester Hast Se aturday he took ll and beat him over times, knocking When they Proudfoot’s dead the Body, Wrests Gun From Antagonist. enemies for a long gat 6 o'clock double-barreled irecharge going through his abdo- and killing and shot breaking it in twe Sheriff Harkreader has gone to the who is still at to arre the two and it is respectable nds 60 MILES i} Kemarkable Speed Shown by the New Battleship [linois in its Offi- cial Trial >} sixty-six miles s, lorty-eig | onds, SMALL BOY'S AERIAL FLIGHT. Caught in Rigging Carried Five Miles. useatine. Ia AT WARR Sweeps Over | Whole City Threatened A waveof gy been killed with- ziWiess claims, | © their cousin, | business « naud woman railway track 2 south part had not been} Gwathn »in a field near| KANSAS WATER Gwathmey r power is exte head with a hoe i is offered to our custom All Streams Are Low their priva is organized examined Kansas towns were found by the neigh-|". ope ies wie | eity it is ditfi to furnish their Jobn Deerwester, and both were appar Booker Powell, LOW lawns. the er by our Supreme WALTON TRUST COMPANY, aay boards have ida, Mo., rstanding culminated in a mur- Davis and sudden changes of temmperaiure, rain, wind aud in a single day, i before offered. morning. E. Bryan, this at Butler ready tives are so frequent by neglected resulting directl ly taken from us Chis morn- killed Davis lotgun, the -e's German Syrup kept about your home for immediate sickuess, @ encumbrance from the time laud almost instant- States down to this date. pneumonia, ‘K ALLEN, Secretary, or any disease of throat or Inngs, its succ as your drug Get a sample bott! Was shot antagonist, secured qe wonderful, Gorman a Candidate. Baltimore jet Gi en’s Prize c Py Get Green's Prize Almana ot fiemos Sonatas Bryan, There has been bad blood be- } Gorman for re-election to that body FOR JAPANESE | 2 chosen thi elatives that relative nounced to-day ke up the Mikado May Give Bounty to Girls Who will be further his honor ed Students ; Joseph Fric and have large |} onnections besides a number » Democrats of prominen: | Jap inese students innuce them rewarded in the trimonial Government eaders of the par- _|ty in Baltimore county Fight in Africa. tichmond. 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WETMORE TOBACCO c9, St. Louis, Mo. q The largest independent THE MISSOURI STATE BANK, of Butler, Misscvu url, sand | sees P rotits, $6,700.00, nofia branches of Abundance of Cash so. that t most liberal terms ck books free of change i them as a sale ipers free of rent banking laws of Missouri and ig Bank Examiners, has forty-seven f them live in Bates county, is managed » patronage of the public. We want you for J.R. Jenkins, Cashier TORS. —- R. Radford Wm. Ff. Walton, ght J R Jenkins, Frank M. Voris, C H Dutcher. INTERESTi RATES. Amendment ing been declared unconstitutional Fetate in Bates, Vernon and t lower rates of interest than ever * amount of idle money in Bank There will be no delay on our part, if you want a joau be sure to come and get our rates, terme, ete, We have a complete and reliable abstract of tithe to each acre of Jand and town lot in Bates county showing every transfer or was bought of the United WM. E. WALTON, President Paralyzed from Battle Wounds. 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