The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 21, 1902, Page 1

‘VOL. XXIV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1902. dec. L wus 20 cents. At this price | ‘ I KNIVES CUT FRIENDSHIPS, . THE STATE'S WHOLE HISTORY. the crop was worth $50,000,000. act | The lowest average yield of corn in | but the one you get from ‘ ? | Missouri's history was last year, . State Second Only to Minnesota in When only 9.9 bushels to the acre) , DEACON BROS. & Cco., | | Were gathered. The price was cor-| ; i Production of Wheat. | respondingly high, being 62 cents at will make them your friend forever. 4 the farm. | f Columbia, Mo., Aug 16.—Secretary| —[t seems that the price of Missouri’s | ; THE CATARAUGUS is warranted to hold a keen edge. Geo. Ellis, of the State Board of Ag-|corn crop this yearshould beat least 5 rieniture has given out figutes on the |@8 high as in 1805—i. e., 20 cents a And the Cataraugus RAZOR is a dream for,the man Who) gpoat ak aiie rope lebbert for | bushel—but Secreta y Ellis will make shaves Raaall, : Gas. pismo vent uudcaleo figures no statement to that effect. The; : value of the corn crop at 20 cents a DEACON BROS. & CO. comparing the yield of wheat and} bushel would be over $60,000,000. Hardware and Grocery House. corn this year with previous years, —_—_— Secretury Ellis estimates that the Senator Cockrell is at Home wheat crop of Missouri this year will Warrensburg, Aug. ‘17.—Senator average twenty bushels to the acre.! p.y{, Cockrell arrived here Sunday He says the yield on some farms will morning from Detroit, Mich., where reach as high as forty of fifty bush-} he attended the funeral of the late els Per RET. Senator McMillan, The senator is This yield is much larger than aDY} jn good health but tired out with previous yield in this state. The! )eavy work. He will rest until Sep- largest previous yield was in 1900|tember, when he will plunge into and 1901. In both of these years) campaign work. He expressed him- the crop averaged sixteen bushels to} golf as pleased with conditions in the acre. *| Missouri. The acreage this year is also larger ee : Mound Items. visiting relatives and friends in this community, | We hada nice rain on the 10th | Miss Helen Peacock visited Mrs, F. which put the finishing touch on the | A. Kretzinger Saturday afternoon. theearly corn. ~- Rev. Vivian, of Spruce, has a very - We are truly teow to see the far- | sick little girl at this writing. mers’ wives and daughters goingin-| Claude Stephenson has his hay to the court houseand taking agood | baled and ready for market. + look through the different offices. | 1. M. Kretzinger will put a ‘phone They come out well pleased and say | in his house on the Bell line next that we have one of the finest court | week. houses in the state. Jake Fry, of Appleton City, left The ice cream supper at Mr. Long's | last week for Dakota. on the 12th inst, was a success. The! It is reported that Mrs. Josephene net proceeds were $18. It will he for | Stephenson and daughter Pet, will the use of the Sunday School. leave for Kansas City this fall to We met Crockett Graham, who | make that place their future home. used to live in Elkhart township,} George Kretzinger, of Oklahoma, but now lives in Johnson county, | will make a vist in Bates county this near Centreview. He islooking after | fall. ~ eo interests, and a od st Chas. Peacock, wife and daughter, | much asin 1900, in which year the sell now as land has advanced in| and Mrs. I. M. Kretzinger will attend | wheat acreage was 1,507,000, ac- tS , price. He said oy oats and corn | the state fair at Sedulig next week, | cording to rs estimates cf the Unit- : Passale Breezes, are good and every farmer is talking |" Johu Doubletrees made a business ae Re : of sowing wheat. He said: “Eich-| trip to Kansas City last week. ed States Departmentof Agriculture. ler, I wish your tobacco was ripe so| Mra, T, A. Kretzinger spent last} The same authority gives the total Teould take some home with me, 1 | Wednesday afternoon with Mrs, Jot} wheat production: of the state in am hungry for ‘long green. | Newberry. 1900 ax 11,873,000 bushels. The J.B. Rice aud family went to thé) It was reported that a big rain.fell tmnt 0 jo. by tt tat Rich Hill fair and had a good time. | at Deepwater last Friday evening” “eclyaea arty erat adit Aha niece Mre.John Burnettcame upfrom| W.N. Sutherland has put anew board of Agriculture and is larger Rich Hill to see her daughter, Mrs. | roof on his house. than the United States estimate. | home folks were getting along. Aas Patho will take a three , prop ai meant baled, his hay | This vear the wheat crop willexceed| A number of babies ure on the sick is’ Vacation. | last week. $e . Co is | list. Mrs. J. W Crews and Mrs.J. £2.) Sil Dyer and wife called onI. M. peg, tan —— The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Crowder will leave Buffalo, Wyoming, | Kretzinger Friday evening. yield with the estimates of otherty i. ied Friday morning of the-23d—inst,for—their home, near}—Steve Tillery made a business trip} Wheat producing states, it” is” seem tk that Missouri, which has heretofore been chiefly noted for her corn, ranks second only to Minnesota, where the estitaated wheat yield is 90,000,000 than in any*previous year. Mr. Ellis Shattere All Records, estimates that 3,189,000 ucres were} Twice in hospital, FP. A. Gulledge, planted to wheat in Missouri this} Verbena, Ala., paid a vast sum to year. He believes that previous esti- doctors to cure a severe case of piles, mates of wheat acreage in Missouri causing 24 Cumors,. When all failed, havat ow. eis ‘ Bucklen’s Arnica Salve soon cured ave been too low, Twice as much} him, Subdues inflammation, con- wheat was planted this year as in} quers aches, kills pains. Best salve 1901, and something over twice as{in the world, 25¢ at H. L. Tucker's drug store } Florer tires tha Doe, Jenkins, Andy Ray and others | vicinity week, Nip. Evaus, Newt, Coleand Thomp- son, Oliear Balard, were here with yard an Isaac Walls was in from the mound | word ha Saturday evening to see how the | monwea of here, ed toget Passaic.” They like the country out | to Montrose last Saturday. there welland the climate is fine.) The ice cream aupper at Lum Fos- They are having tine tune catching | ter’s last Thursday night was a de- trout and sightseeing. Lather | cided success, Crews and his brother have a fine) A most pleasant social event wae crop of wheat, oats and barley aud | the ice cream supper at the home of bushels. everything is prosperous. | Rey. and Mrs. Cowan last Monday] While the yield of wheat this year Col. M. L. Wolf says be would like’ night, giver in honor of their daugh-|is enormous, the quality of the grain to see a few wore of his old Bates! ter, Miss Bertha. A large crowd was ts nat aah hit 4 eounty friends come and look at the | present and all enjoyed the privilege 3 not 80 Zoo as it has been in pre- country and drink some of the good | of gathering in that genial home. vious years. This is due to the dam- water that comes zushing out of the | Musie and social games were indulg-|age done by rain. The state board mountains. eee (ed in and ata late hour the guests) of agriculture will not give out any Col. JN. om, Mele to Appleton departed for their homes, wishing | estimates as to the probable price of weeks’ sickness, Buried at Round |p jsery ft Mrs. Harry Robinson Visited her daughter, M days last week. J. D. Maddy, road boss, was around collecting our road tax, ashe} to show will buy lumber for the road. He} jn the w: has an eye to business. vou it’s Mr. Bailey from Nab’s Creek, fell |; from # frame, 15 feet bigh, using hi | soe and . Tathwell, here several covery the cows. ’ om | however, wil not bring the high} (yockert Graham was down from Fie Reason Williams is hauling water | ’» for Rufus Lockard’s machine. He is threshin. tor Jeon Baum and is} Deep Wa.er Items. ivi ral sativfaction. By Maddy’ is buildin an addi} Thursday was said to be the warm- tion to his barn, gays there is noth- | est day of the season. , ing like having puty of shelter for; JamesOfill and wife went to Mont- ' stock. : rose shopping Friday. Geurge Thompson has sold his| George MeFee, of North Missouri, farm to Doyle West for $32.50 per ix the yruest of his sister, Grau ima aere Weare sorry to lose George, | Wilker. at this writing. as he is a good democrat, one of the} W H. Zimmers made a business old timers. We learn that he will go “— ee roe ne i i i re. Maud Alexander, of Mon ‘ hg pte mete pba = spent laet. week visiting relativesnear | the absence of injurious insects, the employed Mra. Bettie Crowder to Johnstown and vicinity. - use of fertilizers, the excellent season, teach the winter school at Prairie| “DelbertShelton was the guest of his| the good crops uf the two previous Roce, Et ‘will commence the- first oe ae of Jobnstown-Friday years and the fact thata great deal Monday jn September. Mrs. Crowder — Merars. Herberts, of Johns-|,0f wheat which had been sown for and has given ood satisfaction. town, haye. been hauling telephone| winter pasturage lowvked so well in Geo. Reale, jr, has as fine tobar- | poles trof the James Oil this week, | the spring that it was not plowed co as evergrew out of theearth. He sand will Piste on the line from up. it. ruce to Butler. i ‘ ; chanecn sven 6 Some few from thia section attend.| Tbe corn crop of the state this year short time. We measured some of] ed the fatr at Rich Hill last week, and probably will amount to 305,000); the leaves. ‘They measared 30 inches | feported a jolly time and wood races Seer: whem anveedind. 50a: P 8 . "Lum Foster is rej uite| timate given out, by other states in ne poi 18 inebes in width, se ” PY a will be the largest crop of any state tes? sick. Ne $e out lookingfor year-{ Henry Zimmer, of Butler, dined in the union. tings a elven He will pay the | With some of his Indy friends in this] The acreage planted in corn this prices of previous years. Quality] his old bome in Johnson county last and quantity both tend to decrease} week on business. He lft here last the price. Still, new wheat is. selling |SP™Og, Slt! to the home of his ‘ fet 5 i Jew r| see bi ent part in the country at present at from 50 childhood Fits books glad to eee bi Ad oy . ‘ and have him answer our numerous} Fultor to 56 cents. No. 2 red selling for the , questions and talk of the days of our doing m latter price. Taking 50 cents as the) boyhood. “Long may she wave.” g average value per bushel for the Come again, Crockett. state, the wheat crop this vear is worth $81,890,000. Secretary Ellis gives as causes for the large yield and the large acreage storms ¢ ties. ments here Sunday. Aucge Re: of tine peaches from Arkansas, we hear. The Lotspeich boys finished plow- ing. west of town Friday evening. Het The ice cream supper was well at- Abile tended at G. W. Long’s. We hear} 2!" where no doubt all enjoyed the even- a winds. ing. The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Johw Walden is quite sick to-day. JN. Cole took out a load of coal Saturday evening. We don’t mean he was loaded, but the team was. Jno. Jenkins aud Geo. Walls haul- ed hay from the east a couple of days. Mrs. G. W. Long is sick to-day. Os. Hendrick was out selling beef Monday morning. has taught schuol for several years Lincol Corn in rain. MISSOURI'S CROPS BEST IN eh prea petee thas pent se ES Forest Fires in Wisconsin grass seed last week, Crops in the vicinity are ruined and) by a bulldog to-day S been received from Com-! ably die before morning from his, malaria fever following flux, aftertwo] Por years | suffered such untold Prairie Saturday, ‘They indeedbave | Johaston, of Broughton, Ga., “that ; the sympathy of all in their very sad] often | was urble to work. Then, | sing the dog, when it turned and bereavement. when everything else failed, [ was | attacked him wholly ¢ hottest day of the year in Nebraska, the temperature ranging from 96 to for the transaction of all 102. At Fairbury for six hours it branches of legitimate banking, was over 100 and hot winds blowing. Some friends are tellling, we are paying too much money for grain, seeds and hay. It’s true we ar handling, on the smallest margin ever attempted in Bates County, | WHEAT, OATS, FLAX, = HAY AND TIMOTHY. a @ @ But this is all the better for the farmer, Come right along with you stuff. Highest possible prices Old Farmers’ Exchange, north end of depot. | p town office under Hotel Ross, S Peoples Elevator Co. : BUTLER, - MISSOURI. 2 CLARENCE C, LYLE, Treasurer, CHAS. H. ZABRISKIE, Secretary. SACKS FREE, SALE OR NO SALE. fe) { Boy Mutilated by Bulldog rece, Wis. Aug. 17.—Forest! Vincennes, Ind., Aug. 18.—Edward thave been raving in this! Francis, aged 7 how threaten the town and | Hoopengarner, : rs, son of Jacot protuitet farmer delivered wheat to Tuthwell last} this afternoon the fire department | who lives one qmile tron: tiis-city ot was called out to proteet the lumber | the Hlinois side of the Wabash River do sawmik of DoS Fuller. | was mutilated beyvor recognition : ‘ i bas Ith,a mining village south | wounds, that the eiizens have band-| The father reeentiy purchased the ber to protect their. homes | dog to protect his farm against tres. passers, who had been giving bins Jnuch trouble by det ting down fences and gates and allowing stock todan + | age erops, The boy was playfully All Were Saved, rom Bronchitis,” writes J. I. ured by Dr. King’s New Dis- for consumption, My wife suffered intensely from Asthina, tillit | es’ A cured her, and all our experience goes itis the best croup mediciue | yrid.”” A’ trial will convince unrivaled for throat and Se ung diseases Guaranteed , bottles $1.00. Trial bottles free at | up considerably, He called nextday |. |, Tucker's. ree. Storms In Kentucky. Cincinnati, Ohio, Ang. 16.—Territie hight in differ- 8 of Kentucky weourred Jas 1 and (ayer report Cornadves uch damage in those locali- Elder Walden tilled his appoint-| At Pineville, William Goforth and uiro were killed by contact Miss Elva Church received acrate| with wires which had vlown down. | Three others were badly injured. in Kansas and Nebraska. e, Kas., Aug. 17.—To-day's AVING = ture was 1033 with highsouth H Se ol The week has been the hot- large surplus, conserva- test of the summer. Rains are need- tive management and a strong ed for pastures and fall plowing. 4 5 Board of Directors, and being in, Aug. 17.—This was the equipped with good facilities ; : the piaces is much in need of A large congregation went out to hear the Rev. Walden Sunday night. The preacber took dinner Sunday with J. B. Lotspeich. Messrs. Sullens, Rosier, Churchand wife talk of spending the coming win ter in the west. J. B, Lotapeich thinks of wintering inthe south. Guess we will nogcross Nab's Cree Mr and Mrs. Ray and Alonzo Ray, of Butler, Andy Ray and family, of Culver, Sandayed with us. Miss Cocdia Walls had a friend vis- it her from Adrian lust week. Par market price. community Saturday evening. year was (7,645,600 acres, and, ac- ‘Phe little boysof theneighborhood | _ We underatand Spruce merchants cording to present indications, the , over to spend the evening with | 40. rushing business all the time. peg probably will average as much : ‘tan Eichler. They saythey are go-{ Several teachers left last. Monday | € 0 bushels to the acre. : to organize a ball team. Such is | for Rich Hill to attend the Institute The quality will also be fine if nor- peor bog. ; 44 Quite crowd from-this communi- aed Na nis rowel from this - oo..Walle tr and Johnarown attended the pic-}until theend of the season, ie Wa le ie hauling hay for John nic at Ger wn Sunday, ae tine quality ai fend oo up to A orted a hilarious time. ‘ some extent for the reduction o} FE eee eee ey | Ded. W. Choate, of Butler, eame| Price incident to the heavy yield. to fee her daugh-| down to his farm on business last The largest previous yield of corn Scott, near La-| Thursday. ; _, |in the history of the state wae in , be 3 Misa.Offa Allison spent last week peeps bye pr tbl Ae noand Tom Q’Day | visiting frienda at Spruve. . | eigbt pusbels to the wore. total : whan all in eee tere shelt Cg the Sundav Schoo) | yield in thar year oe 250,000,000 e only person that nienie Saturday at. Hope. Well dead pba Le renyhennpbalere leigh ataomink ad ste began a “Look Pleasant, Please. : onthe 3th. We hope | were carried out to ion. oat r Photographer’ €. C. Harlan, of “Phase. who a — buried there . H. Shelton commence to , j Eaton, 0., can do so now, though for will do beh we did, Tt im: | Make sorgh the. ot week. -yeurs couldn't, because he suffered ‘proves the looks and itdaaduty we [He kindly a pep. him. > funtold agony from the worst form of dead) : Prices reasonal le, ° + atin indigestion. All physicians and medi Scott will, rommence his |” 4 697 cines failed to help him till he tried fimeeting thin week at Pas- a Blectric Bitters. which ‘worked such “every one to come creep and it wonders for him that he declares they are a godsend to sufferers trot dys Hela: and stomach troubles.| § tion. Ur vitled f en tt bonne nad liver and kidueye, t pnild up an eee Wate the whole system: | by H. Is , droggist. ; rv “My hair came out by the hand- ful, and the gray hairs began to ing out and restored the color.’’— @ Mrs.M. D.Gray, No. Salem, Mass. There’s a pleasure in offering such a prepara- tion as Ayer’s Hair Vigor. It gives to all who use it such satisfaction. The hair becomes thicker, longer, softer, and more glossy. And you feel so secure in using such an -old and reliable prepara- Farmers Bank solicits the account of every citizen of Bates county, prom- ising the utmost liberality of treatment consistent with mo- « [tried Ayer’s Hair Vigor, s dern banking methods, stopped the hair from com- = o3 pee Pre: aie