The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 11, 1907, Page 6

oe PUR MBE Bea ~ eM ERE: .tures of the county. There is no ex-|4¢ less than one-half cent per copy. ter of all flove paid in, showing the| grown in Hates county. It . . | ane was but all caer shat The Butler Weekly Times {2° "°° Paid: bos Printed on Thureday of each week. Mr. Funk doesn’t appear to be ex- ; oe f amining the records with a view of : J. D. ALLEN, E:titor and Prop protecting the public interests and | Entered at the office of Butler, Missouri, as giving credit where it belongs, as an | —e: honest, conscience man he is bound todo, but fs determined to findsome thing wrong, if he has to manufac ture ts. THAT HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSITION. The qualified voters of Butler school district will be called upon next Monday to vote on the propc- sition to issue twenty thousand dol- lara in bonds to build and farnish a new high school buildiog, to be le- cated upon the Washington or West school bullding grounds. That Butler needs a modern High School bulldivg separated from the ward buildings, is pretty generally conceded. But the public, like indt- viduals, need a great many things that can be worrled along without natil the psychological moment ar- rives when those needs can be rea- lized. We have grave doubts about this being the time to ask the people of this district to contract a further debt of $20,000 when there is already a bonded debs of $11,500 on the district, $1500 more than was voted for ‘the north ward building, al though we were assured at the time vhey were voted that with the spec- fal levy 1s would take only a few years to wipe ft out. The four upper rooms at the west school building have been for anum- ber of years used for the High School, and while the quarters are cramped, they seem to have gotten along very well, There’are two vacant rooms nt the east school building, but we jo not belleve it practical to send any of the grades from the extreme west end of the district to the east end, This year the school enumera- sion 1s decreased nearly two hun- dred and the ordinary individual ean not understand the pressing and Imperative demands for a high school building atl at once. A public school building should provide for the future, as well as the present, and a preposition that re- quires the expenditure of a vast sum of money should be carefully coneid- ered, thoroughly discussed and fully matured, all of which essentials have been neglected in this proposition. The school board floundered from one proposition to another in amaz ing rapidity and ou the very evening this proposition was matured, one to bulla ward building for much less was adopted and then reconeld- ered. The amount asked should build a modern structure in every detail to meet the requirements of the school for years to come, and yet aasite ts selected which fs not on a eewer line and from which 1¢ would be absolutely impossible to make proper sewer connections with the city system. That fuct alone, if no other, should be good reason to vote down this proposition, SHOULD TAKF THE INITIATIVE. We call attention to the report of; the County Board of Visitors, pub-| lished !n another column his is »| non-partisan board, composed of! practical men and women, appointed by the county court, whose duty itis; to inepect and report the actual con-! ditions of the various county Instl-; tutions. ‘rhe report shows & eahecnen> dition at the poor farm, but one which, the members frankly admit, can not be wholly remedied under theconditions ae now exist Theold building 1s wholly inadequate for the use, absolutely devoid of sanitary arrangements, and the walls of the old wooden structure infested with! vermin that only the torch would! thoroughly eradicate. The board’s recommendation, that & new, modern fire proof structure be| erected, is a good one and will meet | the hearty support of every human-' {tarlan. Bates county is wealthy} and her people progressive, patriotic | and willing to assume the burdens | that belong to them and that, too, before outside {1 fluence is exerted to ; compel them. | It has been suggested that an ex- penditure of at least twenty thousand dollars {s necessary to arrange for! the proper and humane care of our, paupers. That a slight tax ofabout | five mills on the dollar for three or] four years would raise the money | and would not prove burdensome on any one. The time has come {n our progres-! sive civilization when we arecompell-! poor, and we can not shirk our re-| sponsibilities. The whole state is be- ing aroused to the importance of this step and we should take the initia- tive. Barney Sheridan has retired from the Kansas City Post after an eight months’ stormy though brillant campaign to establish a Democratic Journal in Kansas City, the need of which fs so sadly felt in Western Mis- sour! and Kansas. That it is the best field in the United States for a strong Democratic daily paper there 1s little doubt, but it requires a big capital to successfully establish and matntain a big metropolitan paper and a country editor is endowed with most everything else but that re quisite. The public is sssured that the gentlemen who havesucceeded Mr Sheridan are financfally able and will make the Post a great paper. They contemplate among other !mprove- ments putting ina big Sunday edi- tion. The people of this section will support a Democratic paper at Kan- sas City, that will cover the field as a newspaper and stand for pure, unde- filed Democracy. But so many have ae on oy id —— cue started In half equipped and fallen clal statement does not sho ordas having been received, as the med ee nf are skeptical about law requires. THE TIMES was called |! making good. on to explain why the law wae not complied with in regard to these fines and it fa silent.” —Republican-Press. Shades of the departed! now wouldn’t that cork you? Whenthat paper first called attention to the omission of mention of the Newberry fine from the financial statement as receipts of the county, we sure thoughtit was perpetrating a “bull,” AMAZING IGNORANCE, “We have also called the attention of Tar Tres to the Newberry fine of $500 which is nos shown in this financial statement as having been in the list of receipts. There were A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. The Twice-a-Week Republic now for 50 Cents Per year. The Twice-a- Week Republic, of St. Louis has reduced ite subscription but from the above insistance it ap-| price from $1 per year to 50 cents. pears that instead of a grotesque/This ‘sone of the oldest and best blunder, it is a display of amazing | semiweekly newspapers published in ignorance, the United States, and at the price All fineago into the commonechool | of 50 cents!per year no one can fund. They are not county receipts afford to be without is. For 50 and have no place in a statementeet- | Cente you receive two big eight page ‘ing out the receipts and expendi-| papers every week, 104 copies a year cuse for Mr. Funk not knowing*this, | Your friends and neighbors will sur- even if he is an alien, come here from|¢ly take advantage of this oppor- another state to show old line Re-|tunity. Don’t fail to tell them all publicans how to redeem Batescoun- | about It. ty to that parsy. He hasbeen here} Send all orders to The Republic, long enough to have learnedjjthat|8t. Louie, Mo. much. : Mr. Funk tries to be very adroit in the above notice; while not Large Wheat Field. that the Newberry fine was Capt. M. L. Dillon and son. o such inference can clearly be!drawn. | Mound townehip; have jost harveest- County Treasurer Bell keeps a regie-jed -the largest field of wheat ever poset pxaber Rapes or Prone tee cae ed to properly care for our worthy | - The First Week OF THE Pre-Inventory Clearance Sale AT Walker-McKibben’s Was a decided success—beyond our expectations—we have added more items this week. Come and see the splen- did bargains—they are being picked up daily. Come and save money. Attractive Reductions on LACE CURTAINS. Big lot of odd Curtains at great reductions. 10c lace cnrtain loops, sale Tc We sell the very best make of Trunks, to reduce stock we offer 10 Per Cent Off. Ladies $1.25 umbrellas, black, sale $1.25 Ladies 2.00 silk kimonas, sale $1.25 One lot Ladies 15c Bleached Vests. Sale price 10c Ladies 25c Union Suits. Sale price 19¢ All 19cfi gured Batistes. Sale price 12° All 10c figured Batistes. Sale price 7X 35c and 25c fine grades dotted swiss, sale price 19¢ 15c linen finish colored duck. Sale price 10c Beautiful 85 and 25c dotted swisses (white) Sale price 19c All 15c dotted swisses. Sale price 10c Beautiful 30 and 35¢c white waistings. Sale price 19¢ Assorted lot 10c cotton dress goods, double fold. Sale price 8c Assorted lot 15c cotton dress goods, double fofd. Sale price 10c Ladies 175 long crepe kimonas, sale $1.00 36 inch 12 and 15c eilkolines Sale price 7c Beautiful light welght 17%: ginghame. Sale price 15c 50c silk muslins, sale 35¢ SPECIAL ATTE NTION—Beaut'fal $1.50 wool and silk and wool fancy dress goods will be on sale at $1.00 yard. Men’s $3 50 trousers, sale $2.75 Men’s $3.00 trousers, sale $2.25 Men’s 75c and 1.00 suspenders, sale 48c Men’s 50c Invisible suspenders, sale 35c Bargains in the SHOE DEPARTMENT. 1 lot ladies 2 00 and 2.50 tan oxfords. Sale price $1.50 1 lot ladies 3.00 oxfords. Sale price 1 50 1 lot childs 1.25 to 1.75 tan oxtords. Sale price 1.00 1 lot childs slippers and oxfords 9 to 1. Sale price 75¢ 1 lot misses oxfords 10 to 2. Sale price 1.00 1 lot mens 65 and 75c slippers. Sale price 35c 1 lot mens 1.25 slippers. Sale price 75c 1 lot mens 1.50 slippers. Sale price 1 00 1 lot mens 1.75 oxfords. Sale price 1.25 Broken lot of ladies pat leather 3.50 oxford. Sale price 2 90 Linen covered telescopes (suit case styl+) 1.00 grade 78c - Linen covered telescopes (suit cave style 1.25 grade 95c Odd lot mens 50c shirts. Sale price 25c Odd lot mens 50c overalls. Sale price 25c RUGS. Several pareerpe {n 9x12 f $10.00 all wool ‘Bete prio? 60 Several patterns in 9x12 ft $15.00 brussel Sale a2. 50 tsever 00 bree rage veral patterne in 10-6212 tt $20.00 Bale price $15 00 Several Patterns in 9x13 ft 995 00 Axminater. Sale $20.00 Several patterns in 10 6x13 6 ies OO eee price 27.50 Beat emall ruge, sizes 27x54 to 86x84 in. $5.00 Rugs for 8.98, $4.00 Rugs for 8 25. $3.00 Rugs for 2.39, $2 50 Rags for 2.00, $2.00 Rugs for 1.48. Choice lot of eample rugs. Sale price $1.00. Choice lot of rope portiers at X off. ee Choice lot of tapestry portiers at 20 per cent off. This is THE GREATEST MONEY SAVING SALE OF THE YEAR, so yqu want to attend. COME AND SEE. Choice lot of 1,000 Yards Fine Laces 500 yards valencies laces 4 and 5c grades, Extra good assorted lot 25c corset cover embroidery. One lot 50c corset cover embroidery. Sale price 35c. Mennens 25c talcum powder. Sale price 15c. All 25c dress shields. Sale price 19¢, All 1.25 black petticoats. Sale price 95c. All 1.25 wash petticoats. Sale price 75c. Assorted lot of 50, 75, 1.00, 1.50 corsets, discontinued Choice variety in up-to-date parsols. Assorted lot $1, $1.50 colored felt hats, sale price 50c Assorted lot boys 50c pants, 4 to 8 years, sale price 25c TABLE LINENS. 65c extra heavy all linen table cloth. Sale price 48c, 85c extra wide all linen table cloth. Sale price 72c. $1.25 extra wide all linen table cloth. Sale price 98c. 1 lot 1.25 napkins. Sale price 95c doz. It will pay you to buy a bolt of this at the price White Quilts on sale 85c grade for 69c, worth up to 15c yard SALE PRICE 5c. Sale price 2c yard. Sale price 20c. styles. Sale price 10c. Sale price 20 per cent off. To Clear up our Shirt Waist Stock We Offer $1.18 waists for - 85c $1.48 waists for - 98c $1.98 waists for - $1.25 $2.48 waists for - $1.75 $3.48 waists for - $2.48 Odd lots mens 75c jumpers, sale paice 35c Assorted lot 25c suspenders, sale price 15c You all know linen is higher, which nakes these bargains extra good. 1bc sheer india linon. Sale price 10c. $1.25 for 98c, 1.50 grade for 1. 20, 1.75 for 1.39 and better ones in proportion. Assorted lot of 50c lisle thread @ Topsy Hose, tan and black. Sale price 35c. Choice lot of 15 and 10c fans, Sale price 5c 1 lot 10c stamped linens. Sale price 5c. EXTRA SPECIAL choice lot 25c lace collars For sale 10c All Muslin Underwear at 10 per cent discount from our special low prices. Ladies $2.00 Gloves, extra long, white and black Sale price $1.35. Assored lot of Ladies 50c Gloves Sale = 25c, Assorted lot 25 and,60c Bale price 106, 200 ladies Mourning Handkerchiefs Sale price 5c, 6 for 25c. 50c Silk Muslins 25¢