The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 4, 1904, Page 2

and this progress, are farmers and their families more contented and happy now than then? No, their de- | pendent condition in the primitive Tperiod of our nation’s growth brought them close together, they According to my recollections our | were sociable, nei hborly and eatie farming operations and the imple- 24 with their lot in lil) Would the ments we used fifty years ago (in this | ass of farmers be bettered by re part of Southwest Missouri) were turning to those primitive condi- very crude and primitive as viewed tions, were such a thing possible? from our present advanced stage of | That is a difficclt question to an- observation. At that time this was) .wer, as well as idle speculation. Our a very wild country, almost entirely | advancement as firmere, it eeema, in a “state of nature,” with nothing | has been in harmony with the world’s but Indian trails for roads and civil progress and, we may conclude, pleas- ized habitations far apart. With ing to Him who “doth all things markets few and remote and the} well,” Will the next half century ordinary utilities unknown or unob | witness as great progress? Whocan tuinable, of course, we had to do] ¢},9 with such meane as we possessed. A| Weinut Grove Farm, young farmer of to day would laugh Amoret, Mo. could he see the “plows” we used. — They were constructed with wooden mold boards for turning the soil. Cola. Wien our blacksmiths learned to Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets make iron moldboards this was con-| oyry a cold in one day. No cure, m sidered quite an improvement but] pay. Price 25 cents. woe unto the owner who allowed his iron moldboard to get rusty—he had a difficult task to scour it. As a “companion pirce’ for the wooden moldboard plow we either used har- rows with wooden teeth or cut @ small tree top and dragged it over the surface to smooth it. We plant et onr corn by hand, using a hoe to} Washington, Jan 30 —Representa cover it, and cultivated it with a sin-| tiye Sullpway, of New Hampshire, wir hovel one horse plow with which | chairman of the committee on inva we would make four furrows in each | jig pensions, intro !uced yesterday a row. Of course, that was very slow,| service and age pension bill, which but it was sure and we raised suffi | would give to each s luier who serv: cienteora to do us. Nobodysuffered | eq ninety days aud who reaches the for something to eat, people were} aye of 62 years, $8 per month; 66 happy and contented and like broth | years, $10 per month, and 70 years, ers and sisters, Think of using from} ¢12 per month. Iu addition to these four to eight yokes of oxen bitched | rates his bill would give to the men to one plow—this we had to doin] who served two years or more anad- breaking the wild prairie sod. At} ditional increase of $2 a month in the present day such methods would |gach of the above The bill beconsidered a greathardship. May-| would increase the minimum of pen- be they were so then—we didu’tknow | gions allowed to $8 per month in- iv, atead of $6, which would increase the Our-wheat-and-oate we harvested | pongions of 125,894 soldiers who are with “reaping books” and threshed | pow upon the rolls at $6 a month out the grain with “flails” or tramp-| Phe bill further provides that the ed it out with horses and cleaned the | pongions of widows who married the gain with awkwardly constructed | soldiers prior to January 1, 1870, wind mills, Our meadows we cut}and who are now uoon the rolls with seythes, raking the hay with drawing $8, shall be increased to $12 hend rakes, a furked stick with the] Heretofore the law has been that points sharpened often serving for a they could not have $12, unless their fork. The foregoing list,in the main, | hysbande died of discase contracted constituted our ¢quipment ofagricul- lin the service, This bill would give tural iniplemente halt a century ago. | an increase to the men who served Ta a few years a plow factory was ninety days and increases for the stirted at West Point (then thechief| men who fought through the entire town in this part of the stute), and] war, and also increase the pensions we were able to get better plows | 4f widows who married the soldiers The wooden teeth of our harrows | in or immediately following the war. were replaced with iron spikes and the one-shovel cultivator with the “doubled shovel” which reduced the labor of cultivating corn one-half When the reaping hook was super- ceded by the gruin cradle we had male substantial “grubber,” or ration is Published. “ground hog” threeher progress,and| g¢, Joseph, Mo, Jan. 30.—Some- when the horse-power replaced the) what of a sensation has been created ajls.and tramping floor as 4 means | here hy the publication by Mra Rosa ‘ut threshing out grain our labor was! fF, McGowan of a notice to the effect atill farther lightened. that she had divorced her husband, Along with the passing yeare came! Robert A. McGowan. The notice is better “plows. From planting our!» ferred to by Mrs. McGowan as “A corn with a hoe we progressed to the} in! of separation,” and she main “akip jack” which, pag ged tains that it should be binding tothe readers of this never saw. 1290} gameextent as are common law mar- frame for a single shovel plow, hav-|riages. The grounds given by her ing a straight, square — a for issuing the “bill” is ill health and made from a thin piece of metal in| py its terms the husband is charged place of the regular — Bis to care for and educate their son of 8 thorse bitched to this would walk on| years) Th re have been no proceed the row, and the operator would an in court whatever. + sm « kip” it up and down so as to drag} was until recently a prominent Re- éirt onto each hi'l of corn to cover] puablican politician of St. Joseph and the seed _ by Rage tay har e: gaged in the ai pecan te so tired that he wou Ghat ing business. He was for severa’ quit. This crude “man killer” 8000 | years president of the board of park uve place to the ee commissioners and has held other of- “Blessing” planter. hen came} fice, A few weeks ago McGowan sold wowing machines, wooden teeth re-| out and removed to Texas, and, not- volving hay rakes and separating | withstanding the “bill of separa- threshing mochines; then the two-| tion,” his wifsia now engaged in pack row core pcan ts a ing their —— goods prepara. “jropper’ arvesting tory to following him. ; which: required the labor of eight men ee ___to keep the grain bound up after tiem; then came in a rapid succes- a ntheself tab'e rake, the “March Harvester” and the eelf-binder, the two-horse cultivator, the sulky hay rake, the steam power thrsher and the sulky bresking plow. From the wooden moldboard plow of half a century ago to the steam, gasoline audelectric “gangs” of the present day is a long step of progress but no moreremarkable than from the reap- ing hook and flail to the motor har , vester which cute, threshes andeqcks , thegrainat onevperation. Tothoee of us who can look back ome #cretch of time the progress in agri- Farming Fifty Years Ago. BY HON. PIERRCE HACKETT, of Bates County. Buralist, Sedalia, Mo. nd ee ae _— Stops the Cold and Works off the BILL TO INCREASE PENSIONS. Age and Service Provisions ina Measure Introduced. cases SHE DIVORCED HER HUSBAND. A St. Joseph Woman's Notice of Sepa- A Girl Tried to Enlist. Chicago, Jan. 29 —May Bondell, 22 years old, of Terre Haute, Ind, dressed ina suit of her brother's |clothes, yesterday had her hair cut |short, pat ona man’s wig and ap- i piied to the recruiting sergeant at { Ft. Sheridan to be mustered into Company I, Twentieth infatry. The ‘company will be ordered to.the Phil- ippines as soon as it is at fall ” ‘The girlcried when informed that she must undergy the regular phye- ical examination. She said she was heartbroken ed. at the thought of sepa-| MISSOURI BANKS BREAKS RECORDS. HAWES WOULD DISCUSS ISSUES WITH JOS. FOLK. | St. Louisan Will Concede Open- Per Capita Deposit of- $136 ; _ Ing and Close of Debate to Ranks State High Up Circuit Attorney. Among Rich Com- St. louis, Jan. 830—Harry B. monweaiths. | Hawes. ex poli e commissioner of St. ‘Lonis bas sent a lengthy letter to deferson City, Moy Jan 90—dAe |Joseph W. Folk in which be chal-|*2own in the last réport made by lenges the circuit attorney to a joint the bake one penpn cake debate on the iseues now before the | Ste. Maser os en prespereese. people of Misscuri. The challenge in condition at the present time as bas part is as follows: saree the case im the history of “The difference between thecha age which you have made sales tat There are 684 State banks doing and those which 1 bave made, con- business in Missouri, and eighty- sists in the fact that you have pro eight trast companies. All of theee ceeded by insinuation, Innuendo and | ePort op roll to the State Banking by indire ‘t methods; I have on the Department, which is under the con- contrary made my statements bold- trol of the Secretary of State. ly, vsing your name, giving facteand | | The last bask call was teserd on conditi. nsaz 1 found them, With-| September 29 last, aud cue report out evasion without subterfuge, I by the State banks and traustcompa- have tried to go directly at my points | Mies then showed the sum of $268,- 80 that you would have no difficulty 260,000 to be on deposit. in arguing them did you feel alle to The last vepors of the national 606. banks doing business in ~ State, of “T therefore propose that we mret,| *hich there are more than eighty, in joint deb oir discuss those dif: aden ee ic | y yr} 08 i Sema SUD Nate Seep TS OT oh, hk coli eed “While T should suggest the city of that th re were 3,106,665 peopl. in St. Louis aa the place of meeting the State. Calculating the natural where we are best kvorn, yet any percentage of increase over theabove proper place in the state would be] Population in the last three yeare, satiefuctory to me, Secretary of State Sam B Cook esti- “Such discussion wonld ocenpy but mates that for wre man, woman oneevening of your time. Youcould and child living = Mieeouri there is not, therefore, raise the poiut that it on deposit with the financial institu- would interfere with your perforin- tions something like $136. ance of your cfficiul duties, Four This remarkably high average ¢x- hours of the time you apend in the coeded the expectations of the de- : partment here and is far in excess of that of Kansas, which recently re- ported £63 20 wr every inhabitant of that State The showi g made by Kansas at the time was considered wonderful, and was widely commented on fi the diffrent. financial j.urnals of the country, That Mi-souri should show 80 larze a per enpita deposit will rank the State far up as ove of ix-Supreme Justice Scott Recaptured | the richest in the Union in Oklahoma Fire Damp Killed the Miners Guthrie, Okla., January 380—] Pittsburg, Jan. 28.—Ninety-five Henry W. Scott, former associate} bodies have been taken from the justice of the Oklahoma supreme] Harwick mine. Thirty more are at court, underappointment from Pres | foot of the shaft ready to be brought i lent Cleveland, and now a resident] up and about fifty are still in the of New York city, was arrested to-| mine. The identified number twenty day at Tecumseh, Okla., charged| nine, Men were put to work to-day with securing money at Anadarko, | digging graves for the victims in the Okla., upon false pretenses. Scott! plot of ground adjoining the Luther. came into Tecumseh from Arbeka,|an cemetery. It isin this plot that [ T., where he claims to be represent | the miners who have no frien s able ing e big railway syndicate, and was| to bear the expense of a burial will immediately placed under arrest. | be interred. Mounting his cow pony. he attempt-| James E Roderick, chief of the ed to escape, but was recaptured.|atate department of mines, sai: : He was indicted by the Caddo coun |The explosion was undoubtedly ty grand jury at Anadarko, and the|caused by the accumulation of fire officers have been striving to locate|damp. This ie afact and not a the- him. Asa result of his preliminary |ory.” W. F.Cunningbam, an inspec- hearing he was released on bond.|tor, who is in charge of the mine, Friends believed his mind unbalanc-| said: “Every manin the mine was killed by an explosion of fire damp. Scotthashad a tempestuouscareer|They died as qu'ckly as if ehot since being removed from the Okla-| through the heart by a bullet.” homa supreme bench, and figured sensationally several times at Kan- sas City. Mo., in trying to kidnap his children from bis divorced wife. Equitable building at youreampaizn headquarters would suttics, “L will permit you to have the opening and close «f the debate. to select the place and s lect the time, provided that you do not put off the debate longer than two weeks, “I will meet you Monday night’or any night thereafter during the fol- lowing two weeks.” July Cotton at Sixteen Cents. New York, Jan. 30.—July cotton sold at 16 cents a pound on the New York exchange to-day. A few \care TEACHERS MUST NOT ago the price ranged between 6 and HUG THE BIG GIRLS|§ conte, The market opened strong, at an advance of 7 to 23 points on heavy Pennsylvania School Board Adopts} buying of a more or less general character, that was induced by the sharp advances iu the Liverpool Leighton, Pa., January 29 —At a| marker. meeting of the Aquashicola school| ‘The advance was not checked until board lastevening charges were made| Murch had 15 64 ceuts, May 15.90 by acommittee of taxpayers that|centsand July 16 cente, a net ad- “the teachers were dumb and that] vunceot 25 to 26 points. Following some of them hugged the big girls.” | this, the market eased off a few This brought on a heated discussion | points, ruling nervous. which culminated in @ fistcuff. The] 4, eltore ie belie made to evans oe oo pupil — a the release of J a M. Glover from “In case the pupil cannot sol eustody- ia Colorado. problem the teacher must at once ” as step to the blackboard and work it,| MILLIONAIRE’S POOK STOMACH if he faila to do so charges will be| _,,. preferred agninat him.” Teachers] o. ysiltonaire is often paraded tn must not “hug the big girls,” or say | ;-ntiic prints as @ horri example “how do you do, my dear,” or use|: evils attendant on the possession of great wealth. But millionaires are any other terms of endearment when pa oh pie gery ts The proportion New Rules. Bates County Investment Co ENE, pe IER Money to loan on real estate, at low rates. Abstracts of title to all lands and town lots in Bates county. Oholée securities always on hand and forsale. Abstracts of title furnished, titles examined and all kinds of real estate papers drawn. ¥. 3. Treanp, President. Jno. OC. Harus, Abstractor. 8. F. Wauwoon, Notery Sinicentindiiiindieinnnancannsnndeeaieasnanean 1 FARM LOANS, | | Hon. J. B. Newsxner, To be able to borrow money on real estate on long time, with the privilege of making payments before due, is an advan- tage which the frugal borrower appre- ciates. We loan money in this way and at a low rate of interest. DUVALL & PERCIVAL, BUTLER, MO. AP OP PPP PPA IPRS OPLPPPAA Oe! | Cotton soars to 1640 cents a Ib for July delivery in the New York market, and it spite of heavy realiz- ing the close is steady. Refuses to Leave Prison. Jefferson City, Jan 28 —Warden Woolridge basa prisoner who puzzles him The man is Moses Wright, a negro, who served a term in the pen- CAasTORI itentiary on conviction in the federal | pears the The Kind You Have court in Hannibal He wis released | Signature last June, but refusad to leave the ¢ city and was sent back to the peni tentiary under the statute which requires ex-convicts to leave the city at once. He served out his sentence He is feeble minded, but knows enough that he does not care to leave the penitentiary in cold weath- er Itis probable that the warden will keep him at the penitentiary until the weather moderates, A. Bougst It is reported that John W. Gates will abandon Chicago and reside in New York. A Golden Rule of Agriculture: Be good to vourland and your ¢! wiil be good. Plenty of aby CASTORIaA. Bears the The Kind You Have Alwars ought oO a Ss Qignature in the fertitizer spells quality u and quantity in the har- vest. Write us and we will send you, Sree, by next mail, our mgney winning books. GERMAN KALI WORKS, New York—93 Nessau St. or St. Louls—4th & Olive Sts, Express Package Stolen. Fort Gibson, I. T., Jan. 28 —Some- where between Okmulgee and Tahle- quah the Wells Fargo Express Co. has lost a package coontaining $1,000 in currency that it was car- rying over the Frisco line. | This package disappeared some time ago and the last that has been heard of it is that it was delivered to the agent at this place He took the puckage to his home for the night as the banks were closed, and the next morning the package was gone. The wrapper on the package was after- wards found in this place, but no money. The matter is being sifted by the officers of the company. America’s Oldest Soldier. Nevada, Mo., Jan. 29 —Henry Dor- man, 4 resident here, who was 105 years old afew duys ago, said yes- terday that he was the oldest soldier in the Uuited Stutes and said that the war department so considered him. He fought in the war of 1812 and through the civil war. He is eaid to be the oldest per-onin Mis- souri. He uses no cane to walk and is remarkably active. Husband’s Ashes in Trunk. Omaha, Neb, Jan. 28.—After a search of two weeks the ashes of the husband of Mrs. Ostili Houpstuck of San Francisco, who died Monday in a local hospital, have been located in a jar in the dead woman’s trunk. The woman died from the effects of | *f* injuries received at the dock in Oak land, Cal. She was on her way to Germany with the ashes. She has two sons in San Francisco. Pee) yy Bought beeen - 5 and 6 per cent Money t0 Loan. Close Loans at once, Abstracts furnished, MILES $. HORN, Attorney at Law, BUTLER, MO. Easi Side Square. Ne Administrator’s Notices, Notice is hereby given that 1 tration with will aunowed, itor” of, Adminis, Charlotte Keeble, deceased, ha o py te one rte from the date of ey ma} At of auch estate; and'if sald hibited Within two renee from bilcation aeaateamel 3 4 y Ey bi ‘| The Austrian commissioner to the world’s fair, on his way to St. Louis |’ a werts that all the European exbib- ite will be in position for the opening of the fair in May.