The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 31, 1907, Page 2

The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week. J.D, ALLEN, Edisor and Prop Ratered at the postofiice of. Butler, ‘Mo., as e@eond-class mai! matter. Aown tte candid, if OWS goth MILE POST: ~We are thirty years old to-day. Tus Tucks has weathered thestorme for thst aany years and oas beenon “easy sirees” lor a loug time. We do not preiend to compere with the city papers in quantity of news, but we do give allthe county news worth publishing and THe Times readera are always posted abvutcounty af- fairs and happenings. We are proud of our big list of subscribers and es- - pecially of thoee faithful old feliows who have been with us so long, many of shem the full life of the paper; who have worked with us and assisted in the county’s up building and havea just pride in their work, They are ‘ true patriots and all hovor is due ' » them. i'o oar business men is large- ly due the credit for Tae Times suc- cess. They have ever been our liberal patrons, and that they continue from year to year and increase their advertising cach year, demonstrates that they know they. get full returns for thelr outlay. We feel that these ere occasions for review and retro- spection, and in summing It up it ts best told by w gentleman who re- cently sald: ‘I have been a constant reader of Tue ‘times for more than twenty yeers and Ican truthfully Say that !t has alwaye kept abreast of the times and has grown better each your.” : t a abuse of Pal BP te ah Seo eD Hon. Jas. A Reed has cleared the political atmosphere at Kansas City by svuouncing for Hon, Wiiliam 8, Cowleru for Governor, In a speech at Indepencence Saturday night, > ¥ aide. strenuous in u giowauys brioute of Mr. Cowherd: ; : of ripe experivacs aud of aplen- | ong i did abiliey. sissouri will never be ; forced tu apologize for him. He will enforce wiso and honest policies; he => will be dom ols duty.” Oue can oot pick up an Osceola pa- per wiwcut being shucksd by thelr apparci’ profanity. That “dam meviing” wiil’ ba referred to wlth a flippuucy taas takes away your breath. Theu you will read about the wood dam, the rock dam, the concrete dam and about forty other ‘ kinds vidaues uubil the dam thing i webs vl your nerves aad you wonder time typhoon, caught in money. table and whou is will cnd by putting in the dam. We hope so. It {e reporsea trom Helena, Mont. thas Willlam Loeb, private secretary $o Presiueus Koosevelt, killed a bear in his recent hunt in that vicinity. The killing of one bear by his secre- tary will probably please the Presi- deus, bus suppose be had killed three bear or even fuur, then what compil- Casious would have arisen in the Streuuous president's citicial family We shuduer bo coasemplaie, LL any duck, Over in The Hicks predictions of a stormy i October did not come trae in this | section. It has been & delightful fall mouth, good for the farmer to get ahead with hie work, but a little dry for wheat, the mcoadows and in sec- tlonsstock watcr was getting mighty scarce, Lass Friday and Saturday the first heavy, soaking rata fell that has visited this county for a long time. 86 | Ian's tt ‘about time to give that Fairbanks cocktail a rest and go af- ter things that “work abomination and make a lie?” asks the Paris Mer- cury. Such nonsensical clapsrap is growing immeneely wearisome, and the continued pillorying ofs man over @ master so losiguificant as t0/ ¢ural situation in New York, said: be hardly worsh notice has Lecome home, wanted to offer Mr. Roosevelt | are the cheapest lands I know of any- a cocktail, that was Mr. Fairbank’+ busiaess and oobudy elee’s. The use of a perogative is by no means the things goaranteed in the bill of rights remaining. Farmére shoula understand that|of country life, to the possibilities it {s not necessary to poat theirfarms | connect-d with these lande, in order to keep hunters and other trespassers off. A hunter under the}mid section has been taken up. law has no more right to go on a| Lands being reclaimed by trrigation man’s place without permission that | re desirable, but they are remote {8 not posted than on one that is|from great centers of population. posted, andexactly the same penalty | The lands we are discussing are here exists in both cases. According to} 4 your doors, within hearing ol fac- law all property is “posted” and it| tory whistles and school bells, within {a necessary to get the consent of the| sight of college and church apires, owner befors going upon 1 to fish or/0d only need intelligent manage- hunt, or for anyother purpose. If a| Ment to return paying harvests.” farm {s enclosed it is sufficient notice for trespassers to keep off. President Roosevelt has announc- ed that he will tissue the proclama- tion admitting the new state of Okla homa {nto the Union on Saturday, November 16th, 1907. The fssuance ofthe proclamation will immediately ! when uncl start the machinery of Oklahoma as! familiar figure on our streets. He & state. It fs refreshing thes the) was an honest, the President wants it understood that his approval was noé to be tak enasan indorsement of all tts piv | of his abilit visions. The people of the new state | she Soush Methodist church and was and all the old states thoroughly un- derstand the thorn in the president’s LodgeNo. 1801 0. 0. F.andalways mobile narrowly escapes runninghim|4y afternoon at 3 o'clock by tho into the ocean; the borub thrower is | P&8tor, Rev. O. E. Vivian, and burial now 4 team of mules came near run- | ®uspices of the Odd Fellows, which ning down the big secretary. His|0rder he loved so well. He leaves an press agents are sure earning their|9@ed widow and several grown chil- “The people and thecorporations,” sald Senator LaFollette the other day, remind me of a woman and her ' little boy. There was a very large vs. the Kansas City Southern, tried chicken and @ very small duck on the last wook the jury, returned a yerdics the carving kuife Johnny, which will you take chicken “en phy in Mo, = claimed orduck? Duck, piped Johnny, But . wae Lb peaPocetes trip through she the mother shook her head. No, south lust May he purchased a ticket Johnny, ene said in a firm, yet kind- at Lake Charles for Kansas Clty. ly voice, you can’’ have duck, my traia to take and after getting dear. Take your choice, darling, Ms take your choice, but you can’t have aboard he misplaced his ticket. The docorated the church for a social] bly «jected him from the train while with poison ivy. The result, about|it was still in motion. He walked two-thirds of the congregation andj back to Lake Charles and flaally some {nnocent outsiders had swollen|found his ticket. He claimed that faces and big heads. In view of the action taken by the| The plaintiffs attorneys wore Cross New York, Chicago, St. Loule andj & Cross, of Kansas City, and W. 0. <ceansas y DARE; no noid Gs " reserve of our banks, in declining cur- rency shipments to us, it has been deemed advisable by all of the banke of Bates county for the protection of the business interests of our vommu- nity and our patrons, to cease cur- : rency bt except. in small ean RUDE oe the Best amounte until the fiancee i ROT WEAR || ts improved. Poe on earth, buy . “ [Jot certificates of deposit tor Twonty-|4Foom house, Weet Ohio street, agriculture, speaking to a conven- tion called to consider the agricul- “These neglected lands an be Ops=sLask so pheig-grimisccicstt of Mr. Fairbanks, in his own |tcinese, and no doubt will be, They sheben-s Pb where in the country, It can only be necessary to call the attention of people wanting homes who havesav- ed some capital from thelr earn!nge, or young men of some means who have tastes for the independence cf it, and there are a few “Good government land in'the hu- Uncle John Vancamp Gone. A veritable land mark passed away with uncle John Vancamp on Satur. day last. Uncle John had been in feeble health for a long time, but un- til lately kept up and going. The oldest inhabitant can not remember le John Vancamp was nota {ndustrious cit!zen, raised a large family and fulfilled the ‘ partin life allotted to him to the best . He was a member ot one of the charter members of Bates attended the meetings and took an: Secretary ‘até must be having a|&ctlve part {a the workings of the! time in our orient posses- | !0dge when his health would permit. | a@moug other things Mr. Reed said, stone judging trom the dafly reports| He filled the position of venerable! Ce jot his exceedingly narrow escapes|Semlor Wardeu for many years aud “He ty wen of sober Judgment, |trom serious injury and death. At|20 One could go 1-80 weil as he. he 1s being chased by a| Funeral services were conducted another a runaway auto-| from the M. E. Church, South, Sun- the very nick of time and| 48 !n Oak Hill cemetery, ander the dren. $1 500 Damages Awarded. Tn thedamage sult of John 8, Boles the woman; pausing with awarding plaintiff $500 actual and ; ; $1,000 punitive damages, Boles raised, sald: The station agents told him which conductor came for his ticket and Boles claimed that without giving him time to locate his ticket, heforci- —_—_—_ Utica, N. Y., the women his back was injured by the fall from the train and he sued for $2,000 ac- tual and $5,000 punitive damages. Ne casi Ui were attorneys for the Southern, For Sale or Trade! CHILDS’ CLOAK We are showin ‘ever. ‘ .SPECIAL IN $3.50 all wool, red, tan or blue emblem on sleeve. Special price $2.75 Extra Good values in blacks at $12.50 and $15.00, Other numbers from $6.00 up. Childrens Cloaks $1.50 up. Misses $2.00 up. If you want to buy a Fur Scarf you should by all means visit us. g twice as many as usual, and at lower prices than The prices run from 98c up. Do not fail to see them, Walker-McKibben’s. EVERYBODY’S STORE. Just opened. We are the only one price Cloak House : in the city. We treat you just as well as your neigh- ° bor. Our cloaks are all well made, have the proper hang and style, and we sell them right. Come and see them. We carry an EXTRA FINE .line of BLACK CLOAKS. ' x Coon hunting has become quite a popular diversion among some of our strenuous sportsmen, and a each morning. “This starts a gaso- number of parties have spent nights in the woods with varying success, A party of husky, fall grown chaps, while out one night, went into camp and after making @ big fire and ex- haueting their stock of stories, jokes and ‘other things,’ eached wrapped himeelf {n his blanket to sleep until the psycological moment when Mr. Coon would venture out to become a prey to man’s machinations, we say all went to sleep? Well one overgrown chap, with the bump of fan abnormally developed,lay awake until his companions were in the tealms of dreams, when he proceeded to move the fire quite a distance in- to the wood, but ia plain view of old camp: Then he cautiously removed the blanket from each sleeper and went over by the new fire, laid down to await developmonts. As the cold night air got in its work and each sleeper awoke, one can only imagine his surprise to find himeelf away from the fire without covering, when he went to sleep noar the fire with a warm blanket. Thia is only one of the many p fal night. UKIarrorns BUG Appointments Made. Marshal Eastern District—Gros- venor A. Porter, Ardmore. Marshal Western District—John Abernathy, Lawton. District attorney, Weatern District John Embree, Guthrie. Fun in a Coon Hunt. Did # b > + + 4 ranks played that event- The Independent Farmer. An exchange tells of a farmer whose alarm clock goes off at 4:30 line engine, which tllte the hired girl’s bed, spilling her on the floor. I¢ al- so ‘dumps’ the beds of the hired men 80 that everything {s etarted going. This engine, pumps water for - the house and barn, turns the corn into each horse’s feed box, starts the kitchen fire, turna the grindstone, runs the washing machine, does the churning, saws wood, peels potatoer, opens the door of the chicken house, | fi swings the gate forthe ducks and geese to go to the creek, rune the patent milker, while fixing an eye opener for the old man when ‘he is taking his morning bath. There doesn’s seem to be anything too good for that farmer, who has an eye to business, SSS nN en - Meee eRe LLLLLLLELLL LLG Interesting Big Barns Burned. The two big barns of Mr. Sealey on the old Stanley place, near. Nyhart, wax burned Tuesday morning Five farm horses perished in the flames together “with a lot of hay, grain, farming !mplements and. vehicles, The total insurance carried by Mr. Seeley was $3,750, distributed as followe: $2,000 on barn, $1,100 on horses, $800 on hay, $200 on {m- plements and $150 on grain, The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr Seeley'and his men were working in the flelds when they discovered the re. RAST WARE aie SEET JOHN F. HERREL & SON Make a Speciality of Farm insurance and Real Estate BUTLER,MO. | Office in court house, Standard pack corn, 4 Ibs 25¢ SSELSSE be +s REREREPSS SS Mic 4, are Navy beans, per Ib Be Prunes, new, i lb Be 18 Ibs $1.00 head rice, 3 Ibs 250 \ Gallon 35c ‘ box 6 1-26. cra a a