The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 14, 1907, Page 3

“* VOL. XXIX. Cultivators == = iacaeaspeiaaaie JUST ARRIVED The handsomest line of vehicles ever shown in Bates county and if you will call and examine our stock, you will realize the above statement fs true. We have some straight sill and cut under rubber tire driving wagons that can’t be equaled anywhere for the price we are asking for them. Who ever heard of a rubber tired runabout “guaranteed ‘for one year” selling in Butler for $55 00. In surries we have canopy as well as extension tops, alao some with cut under bodies, In open surrles with rub- ber tires and cut under bodies we have the swellest line you ever looked at. We also have a full line of top buggles and spring wagons, and the largest assortment of rubber tired buggies ever shown tn Butler, and the prices the lowest. Can sell you a good rubber tire buggy for $75 anda steel tire buggy from $50 up. Please call and examine our stock whether you need a vehicle or not—It will do you good, Harness, Collars, Pads, Etc. We ure just recelving the largest and best selected stock of harnees ever shown in Butler and the price is lower than any ones, quality conaldered. If needing a wagon or bugey harness, don’t fail to see us. It will pay you. Planters, Cultivators, Plows, Etc. It needing a corn planter don’t tall to see our Deere No. 9 edge drop. 14s the simplest, easiest running, and most ac- curate drop planter made. You ean plant 1, 2,3 or4 grains {na bill, and {f that don’t sulé you we will glve you a plate that plants 2 grains in one hill and 3 tn the next. We also sell the Gale and Bradley planters, In cultivators we handle the Deere walking and riding shovel cultivators also the Deere disc cultivator. We also handle a full Hne of Pattes’s New Departure, Jenny Lind, Busy Bee and Two Row Cultivators; aud don’s forges that we are agente for the Famous Midland and Tarkio Twe Row We ean sell you a good six shovel hammock seat riding cultivator for $20 00, who can beat it. We also handle a full line of the Deere, Bradley and Casa- BUTLER, MISSOURJ, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1907. Country Roads. (By a Bates County Farmer.) In my last week’s article on this subject, I tried to show some of the faults in the old system of road work under Township Organization, claim- ing that we did not get more than fitty per cent value received for our money, and for the lack of care lost the greater part of that. I want to offer another plan that I think will not only give us more than 100 per cent In results, make better roads, but leave them at the end of the year enough better to equal 25 percent of the money expended. I admit this te pretty strong, buat I be- lieve the plan will make good, THIS IS TAE PLAN, Let the working and care of each piece of road to the person most inter- ested im it, and pay them for their work at the end of the year. It there is more than one {nterest- ed, let it to th» beat offer, divide It among them, or let it to them jointly. The object !s to have some one re- sponsible for the piece of road forthe whole year. The party to whom the work is let should contract to make the necessary repairs, drag it a cer- tain number of times {fn proper time and manner, keep ditches and cul- verts open and see that that plece of road {s kept in good repair to the end of the year. But, you ask, can this be done un- der our present law, and will the peo- ple take the contracts? Yes, to the firat question, bus fs will b> necessary to make some change in the way we have been doing things Under the law we have a Township Board, who have charge and control of the affairs of the township (See Ars IX, Townshtn Organiza tion.) Isis the duty of the Board to divide the townehip into convenient road districts, and sppoint asuitea ble person for road overseer in each distviet, who shall hold the offi e un- til the nexé regular township elee tlon. ete. (See. 10821 ) Phere {2s nothi t+ prevent the Board from r slip one, « most “eonve easier & a ‘ than four or more x veehole town . if they thoughe it * ane in wonld he erty and poll, paid in money, See, 10327 road lsw says: “Every tax payer, excep railroads, telegraphs wank) ha} to have al) road taxes, both prop-| day sulky and gang plows. They are all good ones. If needing any kind of farm implements you will find we have the largest stock of the beat’makes {n Butler, and our prices as low as the lowest Have just recelved some Deere I lge Drop Riding Listers that will please you it you sre going to Ist any corn. We also have a full line of Land Rollers, End Gate and Broad Cast Seedera, Harrows, Disc Harrows, ese. Field Fence, Poultry Netting, Etc. and telephones, shall pay to she road overseer of his distries Cue amountot road tax due for the eorrent’ year in money or labor, as designated by order of the Township Board’ Itfa plain thas the Board must make an orderas to how the tax shill be paid, and that they can make is either way as they mav deem beat. See. 10333 says: “The Koad Over seer shall use his best endeavor to keep the roads {n his district in good repatr, make an equitable applica tion of the funds on all the roads In $10. Iam tn favor of good roads “- ete bi Ib posed ow, is the case ave su) unrearonable? If not, vont the road get the work for half what {t is worth? ItI do, what I have agreed the road will be better at the end of the year and should cost less next time. But you say: “Suppose you don’t do as you agreed?” The contract should take care of that. The pay should come at the end of the year, and if I failed to comply, the con- tract should be void. Helos it to Smith or some ore else. I would have to pay my road tax just the same. (To be continued ) Virginia, Quarterly meeting at Virginia last Suuday was not well attended on account ot bad weather. The Pre- aiding Elder was present and preach- ed Sunday ats ll a.m. This was Rev. Bakers last day at Virgtola this conference year. Aaron fs in hopes the next one that comes will say something about national evils,such as mormontsm and the saloon. The Democrats of Charlotte met at Virginia March 7th and nomina- ted the following named gentlemen for the differens offics: Trusvee, John Woody; Justices of the Peace Egel- gon and Paddock; assessor, Emet Burke; collector, Spart Adams, con stable, Ezry Burge. J. W. MeFadden and wife went to Kansas City Sunday afternoon and returned Tuesday. Mes, Ben Parker, of Warrensburg, spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mra. James Cuzick, last week returning home Sunday. The townslip school meeting at Virginia last Friday night was not largely attended, the Herary at Grand View gathering the crowd Prof. Ives was present, Prof, Brad lay of the Amorett school and 3 from the Foster aehool Aaron was not present for the reason his educa flon was out of date. Iswas 41 yenra ago since he went through Weeterville college in Ohlo—that ta, fn one door and out the other Ei asephens dete list week for his new homein Neb. Ufis faintly will remain here unl warm weather | feomes when they will join him, Mrs. Wil! Avers vi kinfolks in the Indian Territory last week Dr J. J. Mitchell has torn down the old blacksmith shop that stood on the corner of his farm, on Main street Virginia. This shop was built in what ts now called Park Town about 40 years ago by Joshua Jenkias. Listen for another wedding soon notfar trom Vilrwtiis May joy go with them all throagh Ife. Do not go bo guesslug who {tis for you will be a long way off Why {sit you hardly ever hear a Republican speak against mormon- ism and yet they want to head off the Democrats at she springelection. wire, steel gates, etc. 12 bars Ark soap for 25c. A good can corn for 5c. A good quality 3 tb can tomatoes for 10c. Pure northern seed potatoes for $1 00 bushel. 50 tb High Patent Kansas Flour for $1.00. Onion sets at 5 to 10 cents per quart. Beat Timothy seed $2 00 bushel. And a thousand other articles at bottom prices. Please don’t forget that we want all your country prod- uce and will pay you the highes market price, in cash as well astrade, Thanking you for past trade and soliciting a con- tinuance of same we are Bennett-Wheeler Merc Co We are agents for the American Field and Poultry Fence also carry a full line of Haish Lawn and Poultry Fence, barb Hardware, Groceries and Stoves. We are headquarters for all kinds of Hardware, Stoves, Groceries, etc , and are selling them as low as the lowest, will sell you the best perfection coal oil at 10c gallon j 5 gallons Perfection coal oil for 45c. G bars old country soap for 25c. 4 cans Greenwich lye for 25c. proportion to their utility, ete.” Note thas {% does not say that he shall do the work himeelf, nor that he shalleven warn out from one to three men and bores them at $2 per day, but that he shall use his “best endeavgr;” and there {3 notbing to hinder him from using said “best en- deavor’’ in some other way. A care- ful reading oi the law will show that heis to be what the term implies, Road Overseer, and be {s responsible for the condition of the roads. It ts his duty to collect the taxes und pay them out, to repair and care for the roads, to care for the tools belonging tothe district, ete. To perform these duties it is obvious that he must have help, and he may hire (contract with) one man or one hundred as seems best. Will the people take the contracts? Lets look at it from the standpoint of the people, one of which Iam. The overseer comes to me and says: “Here is a piece of road along your farm that you ought to be as much interested inas any one. There isa mud hole down there that must be filled, and a ditch must be opened to letthe water away from thatculvort; then if it is dragged about five times in right time and manoer, and the ditches and culverts kept open it will bea good road. What will you do the work for and | It in good con dition fora year.” I make an esti mate and a* price Overseer says: “That is more thau the townshipcan a Yours truly, PePUmP aI i444, 444,44 Oaks Must Serve. The Supreme Court affirmed the two year penitentiary sentence of Jesse Oakes the Urich school teacher, who eloped with his sixteen year old pupil Opal Knaus. The trial jury in the clreult court fixed Oakes’ punishment at two years in the penitentiary, but be ap ied to the Supreme court because of technicalities in the trial of the case. Pending the determination of this appeal he was bonds and it is understood been teaching’ echool Arkansas. . pes onthatamountofroad. There's mith over there He ought tohave the same Interest In it that you have. Think I’ll see him.” Then I have another shink coming. I remember that I have often wished I could be overseer long enough to fix that plece ofthe road just way I wanted it. Now this fa my opportunity. : Alao I will pay say $10 tn road tax and Ican put it or the worth of ft right where I want it, and I can do the work, when {t fe most convenient and not when I am buelest as usual. I can make that road make my the dam will make the river naviga-|farm look better and shat Smith— bleat allssasoneas far as Taterville, | well, I never did like his road ideas, twenty miles beyond Osceola.—Clin-| and while that work {s worth $20 ton Democrat. ; To Dam the Osage. Ata meeting of Osceola business men Monday night a proposition was formulated to dam the Osage river to secure water power for {n- dustrial purposes. The proposed dam will cost $25,- 000 and Osceola will be asked to vote $9.500 in aid of the proposition. A local company {s to take stock, The Monegaw Springs Company promises to subscribe liberally, as Is {¢ becnuse Bill Stone voted for the mothers and daughters of this eonn- try when he sald Senator Smoot ought not to make laws for the christian people of the United States The Methodist paper says that same thing that Bill Stone says Win Martinand Misa Misner, of near Amsterdam were married lnat Sunday. They are now at home oue mile south and @ half east of Virginia. Monday evening Jack Berry is re- ported a very sick man. Dr. Smith was called to seo him {n the after- noon, S, F. Martin, a good Puritan Dem- oerat, hada son married and the nelghhorhood boys came in Monday evening and wanted to bell them The good old man said, “come and rejoice with me over my new daugh- wer.” Thay had a good time feasting and rejoicing. We see by the Star that Mr. Kratz, who was tried in Butler in Feb. 1905, has got to be a big man among the Republicans of St. Louis. In their nomination 8 saloon men and one ex-saloon keeper. Talk about Democrats being the saloon men. AARON. Real Estate Transfers For Week Ending Mar. 12th. Elmira McCoy to WJ Beard bik 25 Waltons ad Rich Hill $50. RJ Groves to Clarence Wallace 160 a sec 13 East Boone $8500. 8 R Campbell to J F Maurer et al 75 asec 18 and 19 Osage $4,370. Chas Timmons to J D Tathwell 94 asec 16 Mound $4000. Adam Richl toC R Pardee 200 a sec 22 West Point $10,000 CJ Pahiman to G M Hughas 40 a gee 5 Charlotte $1,450 HUT McCall to Scott Jagars 145 asec 7 Bikhart $5,548. Ethel E Morris to A H Jenkins lot 1 blk 12 Thompsons ad Butler $1000. JW Houck to FY Orear lot 10 blk 14 West Side ad Butler $800. Henry Lee to J A Lipe 1204 sec 5 Lone Oak $4800. : rather than let him do it, I’ll do itfor; W H Carroll to AG Drennon 40 a Mare kl 8 see LS is BLL Karn BOR EM Weymouth to DS Keener los A PAM DOM AHP IOC BBM ION RIS Wants Your Trade. We have seed potatoes on hand—not ordered coming—come in and get what you want at the right prices. We also have fresh garden seed. Remember we have the best high pat- ent flour in town per sack $1.00, good high patent 95c. Shorts and bran. get our prices and take home what you need. $1.00 o~ Come in and Best coffee in town 8 pounds for Still selling 5 cans of that good corn for... 25 Solid packed tomatoes still gotog for per can... 10 4 cans peas, while they last for. oud, ae 3 cans dried beef, good quality 2 large cans red RaIMOD 0. ees see Our caaned goods, while they ars sold low are not cheap quality. Package currents and ratsens 3 for... 4 packages mince meat for. re Mohawk & Clipper soup going at 10 bars for..... 2: 6 bars of old country and cream laundry soap 25 6 pounds good prune for 25 Hoes and rakes 25c up.’ Remember we handle barb wire, screen wire, poultry netting, washing machines and wring- ers, forks, shovels, nails, axes, tinware anda full line of farmers every-day hardware, Jome and see us. ring us your produce Come and Briny prod and whatever you have to sell, Yours J. E. WILLIAMS. Doopwaser $1400 NU Adama S08 Sead Oats rd S370 Car : ee } iJ 3G Deer Creek Hull te AL Atye teh THN S30 — Propir’s ELevawok Co 12 1k 13 Reeb Hill $50 A Gaslin to A Duvall $200 see 28 Shawn S960 MR King to GE Long 80 a see 15 Howard $4,000, B A Maxey to MM Tyler lots 141 and 142 Adrian $2,000 CR Darnelito © T Weathers 69 sec S Usage $—omitted. OB Pace to Ad Erhart 3 asee o Elkhart $100, JK Hedges to Wm Kretner 122 a aoe + East Boone $6,712 Notice to Taxpayers. Twill get possesston of the 1006 Back Tax Book, from the county ' or about Monday, Maren ele ;USeh, i007, when these who have been returned delingnens ean prey. Y. C. Comes, 18 26 County Collector. For Sate—2s0 acres being lots 1 and 2ofN W.4, and the north 4 of section 30 township 38, You can have your eyes tested free and Dr. J fet south side Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week. QSOCSMMISOSOMMNSSSSUNOSSS wos the Montrose farm ) 24 miles south of Hume, Mo .on the Ports Arthur RR 2 houses, 20 barnes, wells, windmills, feneed, 255 acres in cultivation, maple grove and orchard—might divide, Address J. C. Vaughan, ; Agent, Box T57, Chicago. = 15 64° properly fitted with glasses by . M. Norris, eye and ear special- Wilt be at his office on the 19 46 9 0 : So Harness Look pretty much alike on the outside, but differ a great deal when you put {it to work, so you had better be sure before you buy, that the harness you select !s made of the right kind of leather. Some harness are made of leather loaded with glucose, sugar «ec. Every harness made by McFARLAND & SONS is absolutely guaranteed to be made of the Best No. 1 Oak Tanned Leather. Workmanship the best, style the newest and PRICE the LOWEST. We also carry a complete line of the velebrated Sayers & Scoville and Columbia Buggies, Carriages &e, Also have large line of Steel Fork and Ladies Astride S_ ddles, collars, halsers, horse blankets, robes, whips &c. We sell the genuine red rope and rubber roof- ing, axel grease, harness ofl, ete. Don't fail to come and see us before buying anything fo the harness or vehicle line; we can save you money. Wecan duplicate any “catalogue” Harness or vebicles Bring in your cash and eatalogue and we will show you. lcFarland & Sons. . cos