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The game law will confine Circuit First Week in October. Clerk Patterson to 25 per day this fall. As Doc has been bagging about| Secretary of State John E. Swan- the entire output heretofore, de-|ger has granted a charter to the tectives heh ced og ha hye Bates County Fair Association, which rohig complies etrictly with the has been incorporated with a capital | F jlaw and gives the other sportamen a of $5,000. They already have one of chance. s | BATES COUNTY FAIR ee oy : Assured for Butler—Possibly 8 " McKIBBENS ood Goods at the Lowest Prices, Shirt waist silks 36 inch wide $1.00 up. Fancy mohairs 50c up. $1.50 fancy wool dress goods for 75c. Beautiful summer wash goods in great variety . the best tracks in the country, and a | & at 2Ke yard up A late order of the postoffice de- nag aun Stare Bae Ragood Choice styles in lace and embroideries. partment directs that any rural car-|"ePair. The incorporatore, Mesers. Zeph eg rier who eolicite insurance or sub-|T. J. Day, N. B. McFarland, H G. phyrs ginghams 8c up. scriptions to newspapers must be|Cook, A.B. Owen, Joe T. Smith, T. Apron ginghame Se agp dismissed. Further more it is order-| kK, Lisle, W. W. Graves, J. R. Mor- Best shirting cheviots 10c up. ed that carriers shall note fn} vison, J.B. Ar 2 Standard L L muslin 5c up. any business ‘off hours” which , J.B. Armatrong, J. C. Clark, Deas diveaiee 100 brings them in competition with|-F. Duvall and A. 0. Welton met pear . mes, other persone in any line of business. | on the Fair grounds Tuesday morr- 36 inch dress mpyhage ard. Charlee8, Ewin, wile and daughter, | "8 t view the location and arrange pre ys aa ch y y 7 Elizabeth, left Saturday to spend the|fora big amphitheatre, judges and _ayeesgerh tyne tel dat heated term at Colorado Springs, |starters stands, etc. While no defi- Manitou and other mountain resorts. | nite date has been fixed for the fair, 8 aac bie Tue Times will follow to keep them : Gauze underwear 5c up. hgy fps ; posted of the doings of the home it is thought that it will be held . iahane Sie tal »’> ER folke in Butler and Bates county. about the first week in October, which | UW boi sie) apotha ; We wish them a happy outing and|{!s unquestionably the best eeason in biota borage Aprende) 25 up. f safe return in the fall. the year to hold a county fair, At 25¢ black silk mitts tor 10c, r SUMMER CLOTHES Our junior editor, Robert D. Allen; that time the heated term will be ng ee or er lace mitts for 50c. 4 took & trip through that eplendid| over; the farm products will be ripe ent id gloves F1. 0, $1.25 and $1.50 patr. section of Bates county, Walnut and | and in best condition to exhibit and Thomson's glove titting corsets 48¢ and $1.00. z@ee0 @ @e0ee@ Howard townships, last week with] he stock in good condition. The Splendid working shirts 50c, the result that forty-seven new names are enrolled on Tux Times books. He was courteously received and kindly treated by those hospitable people and thoroughly enjoyed the] big county fair this fall. experience. Ata meeting of the stockholders The R. F. D. Carriers Association | Monday evening the following officers of Bates _ «4 held its quarterly | were elected: T. K. Lisle, President; | meeting in Butler Saturday night,/ J, B. Armstrong, Vice-Pres.; T. J. at which fifteen members were pres- ‘ ent, E. D. Smith, of Butler, J. 0,|D0%» Scretary; A. B. Owen, Treas- enterprising gentlemen who have taken hold of this mutter is a sure guarantee of its success. Look fora (and some are regs) We Keep the Kind You will Appreciate--and the Price--Well You Will Appreciate it too. 5.00 to $15.00 OUR STOCK OF MENS SHOES IS THE BEST IN BUTLER. of Rich Hill, were elected delegates to the state convention to be held in Kansas City in August. Jno. Yinget was severely stung by a swarm of bees Saturday morning. He wae trying to hive a swarm of bees, when they became unmanage- able. There was hardly @ spot an inch square on him, but there was a sting. Dr. Martin treated him.— Merwin Clipper. According to the Columbia Herald since Columbia commenced to run the water and light plant in that city laes August—a period of nine monthe—water rates have been re- duced from 30 cents for 1,000 gallons to 25 cents for 1,000 gallons, and during the same time the receipts ut exceeded the expenditures $2,- 000. The court and jail buildings are to be painted at Lexington by order of the county court. Over here in Bates the Republican papers make tun of the proposition to paint the jail as an extravagant idea, Our sanctum was graced on Hon- day by acall from Mrs, H. H. Mar- shaw, with her two bright children, Miss Edna and Master Leslie. Shecall- ed to renew for her father, C. B, Slay- back. She reports UncleClem in very bad health, which his friends in the county will be sorry to hear. He is an early settler of Bates county, and always retained the respect of his neighbors for his honorable dealings and upright life. W. N. Hardinger, accompanied by his two little sous, Lee and Elmer, N.B. We have a Special offer to make on records for Graphophones in lots of a dozen or more. FOUR DOLLARS PER DOZEN. eo CLOTHING HOUSE REE AIORE WATS Members of Blue Flag lodge No. 180, Knights of Pythias, observed Bell, of Adrian, and Mr. McKissick,}!FP Fi 0 was 4 pleasant caller on Tuesday. | Baptist church will give an ice cream Mr. Hardinger is democratic com-| supper Thursday mht, June 22nd mitteeman of Charlotte townsbip | at the residence of John Kipf, tive memorial services on Sunday last by |®24 184 believer in thorough party | miles west and two miles south of Extra good overalls for 5c, Mens mixed socks 4c pair. Mens dress shirts 50c to $1.00. Good suspenders 25c. Mens woo! pants $2.00, $2 50, $3.00 Childrens shoes and slippers 50c up. Ladies shoes $1.50 pair up. Mens shoes $1.50 pair up. Room eize rugs $8.50 to $25 00 new patterns. Matting 10c yard up. Best wool carpeting 62. Linoleums and window window shades. Lace curtains and portiers, Trunks and suit cases, Mens hats, Mens caps 25 and 50c. Satiefaction guaranteed in every instance. NicKibbens. Visit our Remnant Counter. MUSLIN Underwear on Sale. BBEGBECSCHEEBABSSSESHaaS John Bexteare, we has en oe A : BAD ACCIDENT. tending military school at Marshall, is home for the vacation, The B. Y. P. U. of the New Hope organization. He reports crops in| Butler. Everybody invited. ‘ meee | marching to Oak Hill cemetery and) iit section in good condition and moeeny Discharge of a F. K. Wood, proprietor ot Cedar alter holding ritualistic services dec- says corn can stand it without rain : fal : White quilts 98¢ up. | Sunburst petticoats 10 yards around $1.50. | oy) i] : ie iS) a] 0 Miss Alva Weddle Loses a Finger by the Premature Mrs. Coleman Smith and daughter, Our old friend K. T. Judy, of the Lawn farm, Hume, Mo., favors us. | Maggie, will leave to-morrow for Fsancel ag AL de 7_= pated the — of this oes. That we | Virginia neighborhood, abe tirst Shotgun. The Woodmen are preparing to Fulton, Mo., on a vielt to relatives. |W. Mf Gritith, Johif Rupert, George | Should have a dry May and June for | of tne week tor his old nome inVwen-| Sagurday afternoon about half past hold big picnic at Amsterdam the] The Brundage and Fisher Amuse- 4th of July. ment Co. will hold @ street fair in A good soaking rain would be Warrensburg beginning July 8rd, | 80d W. A. Scott. ty board of health, was called to abousthe proper suing now andthen| Anew fifty horse power gasoline) _ Quick work in a divorce euit at Gry weather during Lurvest. engine has been received at Adrain to|Nevada, Mo. Service was waved i and in less than fifteen minutes after We understand that Judge Stith is = electric light plant of shag the papers were filed, Mrs. Sarah G. laid up at his home west of town with Moore was divorced from her hus- 4 stomach trouble und rheumatism. B. F, Richards is still confined to| band, Wm. P. Moore. At the Febru- his bed with sciatic rheumatism. q I 7 term of court, 1904, a previous Rose Hotel, lee Suturday for o bow mae a week since he| wife secured a divorce from Moore, month’s yacation on vhe northero ‘ says the Post, which goes to show Jakes. Among the important elections to a oly iasrimonial ventures are tae Denton discharged thejurors take place this fall is the election ofa vestigate a reported case of small- by a physician from Appleton City, and the members with the disease, except one young man, were about convalescent. Restrictions were placed over the home, and thefamily were warned not to leave the premises or allow visitors to enter. The fam- ily had been careful in regard to the matter, and there is no apprehension of a spread of the disease. Mr. and Mrs. George Frauk, of the governor and legislature in Ohioand| Gur esteemed farmer friend G. W ‘paner—on-devurday Se Becteiasd OF . W. morning aud udjuurued courttod uly & mayor for New York City. Baker, of Pleasant Gap township, 10th, More than two hundred degrees | 9° ® pleasant caller on Saturday. were conferred: at the close of the| #9 wae in town for & load ot corn to State University, making it themost 57 cente per bushel. Mr. Baker said|People, has recently been elected saccesetal Foor the Sehioc! Bas had. they never bad brighter orenpesteter casbier of the Silverton National} Charged witha sories ofsmall thefts |cornat this time of year. Thewheat| Bank, of Silverton, Col. He writes ot three boys belonging to respectable | is fairly good and oats excellent. He] the place: “this is the mort prosper- Guy L. Emerson, at one time con- mected with the Farmers Bank, and About the only things not protect- @0 iru wdecUhiul Ly bie youe low * are snakes, crows, bawks and rab- bite. Alter to-day the squirrel will have & reepite unti the tirst of July. Not i very iong, but it gives him a breath- ing spell. Wheat harvestis underway in Kan- gas, andin a week oc ten days the : she. fhe binder _will_be heard in to jail to serve a term of thirty days. | would begin next week. right in the center of the Sau Juan from Texas, closed on Friday ever- ing. While the increase in member- preence geet, the meetings were countered a good flow of gas ata depth of 400 feet, says the Review. surprise but a great pleasure to his ning to purchase the lake park near | cided interest in the cause of chris- ! Our good friend J. W. Rosson, Jr., L. Smith, Sim P. Francisco, Dr. G. & good corn crop. ton, Kentucky, to spend a season a y with relatives and vld friends. It . . W. Ely, Bert Herthel, Charles Endres Dr. Boulware, secretary of thecoun- | hag been meay pease slnee he viaibed dle, daughter of Mrs. Sam Weddle families in Marshall, Mo., were sent|said he thought wheat harvesting |0US gold mining town in Colorado, | Pe ; it and sale return. ‘ ox. The famil, being treate trees, lost the fore finger of the oe wh ny ogee s hay, hand and the end of her thumb by Ex-county treasurer C. E. Johnson | ghe accidental discharge of the was a pleasant ca'ler, while in Butler | she was using. Monday. He is enguged i the gro- cery business in Coffeyville, Kansas, with his brother-in-law, Mr. Pearce, formerly of Rich Hill. Charley says | they have a splendid locatiunandare ‘Pye gun used on this occasion enjoying a good trade. He is &| 4 single barrel pump gun, which worthy young gentleman and is de-| had borrowed from Mr. Berr serving of success. neighbor. In shooting at the birds a shelt four or five o’clock Miss Alva Wed- , hood residing about seven miles southwest tne scenes of his boyhood days.| of town while shooting at birds to Hudson township Saturday to in-| Tye Ties wishes him # pleasant Vis-| are them away from the cherry left gun Miss Weddle is 20 or 21 years of age and is said to be perfectly famil- far with the use of fire arms and an expert shot with rifle or shot gun. was she yo Wallace Crossley, formerly of Mex: | failed to explode and she pumped that city and greatly improve it a8@/tianity stirred up in Butler. Mr. Pleasure resort for‘ home people and| Abernathy preached some strong in his trade. Vieltors to the city. seflaons and made mavy warm ‘ The Cass County Democrat reports friends during his stay in our midst. f . Mre,M. B. Morrie and Mrs. Nep-| the death of Mre. Clayton Bane in Ex-Recorder P. K. Wileon bada y tune are entertaining thelr sister, i % y : Mrs. C. F. Cutmeyer, and ber triend —_ cope. 19th 1815, por policed close call from serious injury while in 1 Mrs. Wyant, of Eureka, Kansas. j Butler last Thureday. A heavy lad- eee ea Missouri in 1836. _|der being used by painters at the Mise Bessie Cable went to Holden) (ounty Clerk John F. Herrell de |Farmer’s Bank build on Monday 0 attend the graduas: | sires us to say that he has on hand|down by the wind ing exercises at the Catholic Neml-| for free distribution a number of| Wilson on the head acon» Some nary. Her cousin isa member of the | copies of the State Fair catalogue. |gash and bru his sho , class. - | Mhoee interested can call at his office | was taken uj into Dr. Foster's From all indications Bates county | #24 get one. office, who dreseed the wound. It was very fortunate for Mr. Wilson Sas yeas, eagerly fn Dan, K. Walker left Monday morn- | that his shoulder caught the force of fog for @ 150 mile jaunt into the) the ladder, or his skull might have a gmaaeaa das looking | Osarks, on his well trained eaddle| been crushed. horse. His family ‘ telephone messa; Pleasan ill Wm. Steffin, residing about seven ~ munees r sines tnthcgnnie ks along the | miles southeast of town in Lone Oak eupper at the village hall on Satur- township, who has been suffering for day, June 17sh, ana a generalinvite- ee ' with an abscess on his tion is extended. 3 D by Dr. favors us witn renewal. Mr. Rosson ! isan expert plisterer and takes pride Mr. Steffi Why We Do The Clothing Business OF BATES COUNTY. We Carry the Largest Stock, We Handle the Best Grades, Our Prices“Are the Lowest, Be Convinced of this by Call- ing and See our Goods and Get our Prices. JOE MEYER, AA, f k t ico, owner of the Star at-Warrens-| another in the gun. She then put carry him through, for which hepatd pees favoreay keowo to oN burg, Mo., and A. U. bush, late of the * ’ Excelsior, Mo., Call, have purchased the Fulton Sun. oth of these gen- | got in it in extracting the shell. tlemen are up-to-date newspaper | this instant the gun was discharged ople. Mr. Crossley is a member of | and the anger was blown to atoms the Legislature from Johnson county | and the flesh on the thumb from the mining district, the yellow metal is | 20d is prominently mentioned as «| joint was stripped off to the bon The drill going down ontheC.C.| Theprotracted meetings beingheld | taken out of the ground almost with- candidatefor Congress in his district. McGinnis farm near Rich Hill en-|by Rev. Abernathy, the boy preacher | in our city limits.” Mr. Emerson is Mr. Bush is @ son-in law of 8S. P. Em- as worthy & young gentleman asever | MODs, of this city, and is welland| of Nyhart, amputated the stub of left our city and his success is no are tan commer os bait es nae 26 he eet, | at eh alain TE. teh 80! .— | the hand and she is getting alon, The Elke down at Nevada areplan- | productive of much good and a de-| many friends here. , Mexico Ledger. ‘ well as could be caper. , — —s—s—s—s—s—s—s—sSCes__.sseesese ae her fore finger iu the muzzle of the gun to remove some dirt which she At 18. Dr. Boulware was summoned by telephone and assisted by Dr. Lusk the fore finger at the joint, dressed x as AS ee Py 4 = ser 4 ears +