The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 6, 1908, Page 3

———- —_4 —_ a | Che Butler Decklp intes. VOL.. XxX. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 6 1908. NO. 41 ' =<:.2@"=earenccneeees ws ~ Rev. Miss Lydie Weth: il) en Pte so98 sT leseunsatn a . wie pag sgratard Amoret. SENATOR STONE. COWNERD 8 WOMINATED. BUTLER BOY IN CHARGE. through Virginia Sabbath ‘to be|Sb0o! house next Saturday night | or to Mr. and sire. George Z Probable Democratic State seein the Mulberr and cestinue one week. Miss Lydie | Davidson, a fine boy. = . | C Ira McC II Engi for Gov- b y cemetery. He}. valeed south of Virginta. Had Mr. and Mrs. John Lyle have re- Ticket. ra McConnell Engineer tor died at his home at Eldorado Springs Friday night. Mr. Hall lived south- west of Virginia a number of years. His father was one of the early eet- tlere~ The family is all dead bot Mre. Mike Maloney, who lives in But- ler. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Park prepared 4 farewell dinner Sabbath for their daughter, Mra, 0. M. Drysdale, bus: | band and son, Fred, of Butler. They | will leave Butler Wednesday of this | week for Braymer, Mo., where Mr. | Drysdale will start a racket store Mr. Drysdale run a store in Virginia | for 27 years. H. H. Fleisher, ot | Lamar, Mo.; Miss Mattie Park, of Moundville, Mo; Ed. Ray, wife and son, Ruseel, of Butler, and a number | of neighbors gathered in in the afters | noon, ate ice cream» with them and | | bid them goodbye and wished them | success fn their new home, Dantels Thrashing Co. have been thrashing around Virginia for sever- al days. Large crowd passed through Park Town Monday for the show in But- ler, Children had tosee the animals. Pretty warm dose. Preaching at M. E. Church at 11 &. m. and at night. Miss Bradley, of Kansas City, ts | visiting with her uncle, Geo, Thomp- son, also Mias Vena Biggs, of Hume, daughter of John Biggs, both at-| tended Sunday School at Virginia! Sabbath. Herbert Steele is doing the carpen- “ter work, repairing the Virginta| school house The oats and flax that have been | thrashed are not making a very big, yield. Corn is needing # drink badly. | Miss Gertle Mauger, of Colorado, fe visiting her parents. Goods Must Go! In order to clean up all Summer Weight Dry Goods and Clothing, so as to make room for our fall purchases which are now coming in, we will\make some very special prices on all Summer Weight Merchandise, such as Lawns, Batiste light weight Skirts, Shirt Waists and light weight Clothing. Come and see how cheap you can buy good reliable mer- chandise. We have the goods and will make the price. WE aoe SELLING 8c Fancy Lawns @t........... short visit here. the lower drawers of which had been 12%c Fancy Lawns at...........7%c yard. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Lind-|rangacked. The robbers effected an 1& to 20c Fancy Lawns SRS 10c yard. say, & fine boy. . entrance by cutting through ascreen Fe, ages —_ door inthe rear of the house and. r 4 . WE ARE SELLING $1.50 Shirt Waists at............ 95c. Mise Vena Higgs. ie teaue am Yom te cot ’ 2,00 Shirt Waists at.......... $1.35. Prosecuting attorney W. B. Daw-! wre Black returned home they no- , 3.00 Shirt Waists at.......... 1.85. son and wife were here last week D)ticed a light in the boys room, up 5.00 Shirt Waists at..... on) ae pee ny ofthe illness of Mr. Dawson’s| stairs and o prompt investigation Roy Biser came in fora short vaca- itis upto pod sueee WE ARE SELLING $1.25 Ladies’ Oxfords at......_ 95c. tion last week. rege. eaten droit 2.00 Ladies’ Oxfords at......$1.50. Robert Mead who le looking fora eae of the robbers. It is sus- - 3.00 Ladies’ Oxfords at..... . 2.25. location, having sold his store at picioned that the guilty parties were : 4.00 Men's Oxfords at........ 3.25. seed = visited his parente} hangers on of the big circus. WE ARE SELLING $10 Fancy Suits at............. $6.50. Another Mine Opening. aS See Come and buy choice merchandise at less than cost to manufacture. They must go—we must have the room. I Levy Merc. Co. we all auch members as close follow- ere in {the Master’s footsteps, there would be no saloon in the world. Mother Durst was not feeling well Monday of this week. The telephone switch board ts | badly out of fix. Batley Beckett put a new root on McFadden’s store last week. Truman Gilbert 1s getting ready to, | commence his new barn. Mra. Will Durst visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wallace, at Amo- | rett last week. Endeavor at the Virginia Christian | | Church next Sunday evening at 7:30. |Tople: “Why and How to be | Healshy.”—I Cor. (:19-20. Leader, | Mire Mary Allen. Every one is tn-| vited. Wash Evans, of St. Clair Co, Is’ viaitiog in his old neighborhood. The Democrats are cleaning the brush out of the road, Republicans are la the middle wandering around, 8 few Pro. behind them keep them tn the road. The ladies aid will have an ice cream supper at the M. E. Church | Tuesday night, Aug. 11th. Every- ' body come. AARON, Farmers Bank Encampment. All farmers and their wives are we!- come to attend any of the lectures | during the Boys Encampment. On, ‘the last day especially we hope you | will attend, bring your dinner and |help to make the last day of thw | Boys Eucampment a big day. Lec- tures have been arranged for that day and everything possible will be | done for your comfort ayd enjoy- ment. The Bank sincerely hopes you will, | attend. THE severely cut his foot with an axe | while sharpening fence posts one day turned home from Sulpher Springe. Gertie Mager of Victor, Colo., arrived last week for # visit with her parents, Mr. ana Mra. Mager. Mrs, MeGaugh and daughter Emma aod Mrs, Benneté and children of Geatry, Ark, arrived last week fora visit with their aleter, Mrs. G. A. Jones, Ira Worley wae overcome with heat while at work in the field oue day last week. He was givea prompt medical attention. Roy Castle bad the misfortune to While the officlal returns from over the state will not be tn for several days, indications from the various cannties point to the following ticket: DEMOCRAT.C TICKET, Governor. 8. Cowherd Lieutenant governor...W. R Painter Secretary of state... Cornelius Roach State auditor... John P. Gordon Supreme court.............W. W. Graves Ratlroad commissioner Sabenennienennessbencel John A. Knott State treasurer «James Cowgill Attorney general....Elliots W. Major REPUBLICAN TICKET, Governor., Herbert 8. Hadley Lieutenant governor..Jacob Gmelleh Secretary of state...John E. Swanger State auditor....... Jease A. Tolerton State treasurer......Wilbur F, Maring Attorney general, Frank B Fulkerson Rallroad commissioner W. W. Wilder Primaey Election in in County. The primary election in Bates county passed off quietly Tuesday. Little interest was taken through- out the county and less than a halt vote was cast on the Democratic tickets and a emall vote on the Re- publican ticket. There were many surprises. Ball forces were well or- last week. ‘ On the eick list are grandma Rog: jere, Mrs, L. M. Stephenson, and the | Htéle son of Supt. Shumaker, of the ' Darby farm Ballard Notes. Ballard and vicinity was well rep- resented at the show at Butler, Monday. “ O. D. Noble, of Hill’s Business Col lege, Sedalia, Mo., was {n our nelgh- borhood last week in the tnterest of that institution. Holliman and Crow shipped hogs to Kansas City last week. D, Teeter and sister, Mra. Abbott, and Mrs, C. N. Teeter have returned from amonth’s vislt with relatives at Court House in Butler on Monday, August 10th, at 1 O'clock. Every citizen in Bates county who possibly can, should come to Butler and hear “their United States Sena- sor. Whether you are for or against him, he is your Representative in the Senate, and you should extend him this courtesy. Hear the gifted and eloquentStone next Monday, August 10th, at 1 o’cloek p. m. Urich Herald. ernment Irrigation Project. An Interesting article by a etait correspondent to the Globe Demo- crat, descriptive of the Great Gov ernment Tunnel near Montrose, (lo rado, by which about 150,000 eres of waste and arid is to be reclaimed in the Uncompahgre Valley, selle about the engiveer in charge, Irn 9 McConnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. £. McConnell. Ira was born and raised in Butler and eerved an apprentice- ship in Tae Times office. The Globe article says of him: “Io the Uncompahgre Valiey 1 W McConnell fa supreme in authority. He not only struggles with great engineering problems involved, oat handies all general questions of policy. Is may be interesting to the readers of this paper to know saat Mr. McConnell was born and reared {in Butler, Mo., and tn his youth ted many fist tights with the young soas of Representative DeArmond. Me- Counell {e emall in stature, but oas muscles as hard as steel and bas nerve colossal. He bas stragyled with problems at the bottom of the Gunnison Canyon which would appalled aman with less courage and determination, Two or sires times he has been obliged, beeanss of nave ganized in the country prectnucts and got their vote out. Under the new law the county clerk can not cast up the vote until Friday, therefore the official vote cannot be given before next week. Ball carrfed the county between 300 and 400, The followlog candidates are noml- nated: For Representative, Lawrence Ori! fith. For Treasurer, Sam L. Coleman. For Sheriff, W. J. Bullock. For Prosecuting Attorney, W. B. Dawson. For Surveyor, J. H. Ester. For Public Administrator, Jno, C. Hayes. For County Judge, North Dist., L. 8. Paddock. For County Judge, South Dist., A. D. Hyde. We will publish the offical vote in table form next week Butler Residence Robbed. While Thos. A. Black and % mily were at church on Sunday evening, thelr house, on High Street, was en- tered and ransacked. The robbers secured a sult case and telescope which they filled with clothing. Four pairs of pants anda sult belonging to Wesley and a new sult belonging to Bruce, young sons of Mr. and Mrs. Powell and children from St. Louis are visiting her sister; Mrs. J. H. Clark. Mr. Wolford {s reported tn very poor health at his home near Aaron Chas. Shelton and wife and Mies Stella Ramsey attended the Clinton {n Nebraska Mrs. Jas. Johnson visited relatives ‘at Garden City last week. M.N. Teeter and family left the first of last week for an over land trip to Oklahoma, Friends here recefved the announce- ment ofthe birth ofa daughter to | Chautauqua. Rev. and Mrs. A. B, Christle, at Rio} Will Winegardener did a hustling Janerio, Brazil, where they ate en-| bustness with his threshing machine | waged {on missionary work. BELLE.|down in the Mayesburg neighbor. hood last week \ : S.N. Silver was called to Lowry City lass Wednesday on account of his nephew who was accidently shot He repgrts him tna serious cond! tlon. We are sorry to learn one of the little boys of L. A. Fox fa having a serious time with his eyes, caused by @ severe attack of whooping cough. Weare {informed of the death of Mrs. Henry Hayes who recently died at her home near Decator, [lltnols Mrs. Hayes lived for several yeare near Mayesburg. The Baptiss Sunday School has accepted an invitation to attend the Sunday School picnic at Lucas which will be Saturday, August § Edgar Foley and wife moved to Creighton last week. Mr. Foley has recently purchased thelivery barn of Upton Ewing and we hear that he Is 12 Fancy Suits at.. 15 Fancy Suits at... 18 Fancy Suits at...... Fignt:tn te posh. Mrs. Black, and a lot of wearing ap- Hume. parel and other articlee were missed. ‘ ss About $75 is a low estimate of the Born to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Rose, loss. The burglar took time to a fine boy. shead his old shoes for a new pair. They overlooked a watch and some money in the top drawer of a dresser, Mrs. J. P. Thurman and children, of Wichita, came in last week fora ..4c yard. The regular August examinations of applicants for teacher’s certificates will-be held as the west achool build- ing in Butler on Friday and Satur- day, August 21and 22, beginning at 8:00 each day. The subjects will be given in the following order: Fires day—Geog- Language, Arithmetic and Litera- ture. Second day—Rgading, Civil Government, United States History, Science, Physiology, Pedagogy and Advanced History. Algebra and Literature are the only subjects that will be repeated the eeeond day. A. L. Ives, After @ fight of several months with @ body of some two or three acres of water of an average depth of five feet, Thos. Engels expecta to be able in a day or two to open his mine at the northeast limite of the city, near the fair grounds. He has hada pump gofig night and day, but as he has been draining the wa- ter from all the neighboring under- ground mines and strip pite, the task has been a tedious one and the water has been lowered very slowly. Mr, Engels has at last gotten the papa the fight and is now in a fair way to soon be ready to fi orders.—Rich Hill Review. . Co, Supt of Schools. ° labor troubles, to clean out bhe fo ve of several hundred workmen and staré them hiking up the side of she canyon while he looked eleewnere for laborers. Itis only by sestmg him on the ground and tn seston that you realize that oneso aici la manner, 80 fnslgnifieans in personal appearance, fs such s master of oie profession “Yet McConnell passed througi an apprenticeship which well fits bina f ¢ the task which now comes to itn. After getting what education te could tn the public school of Butler he wens to @ornell University, and there, by cutting lawns {np the summer time and attending fnr- naces ig the winter, he was abie to complete his tirst collegiate year, The next year he was in charue o the co-operative book store, snd each year, through outside work sad endeavor, he was able to make his way, hard earned, to high honors and well merited degrees tn the mn veralty. “Immediately on his graduation he was retained asa member of the having charge of,the ereetion a- the great civil engineering iabo- ratory for which the university is now famous. He went to the Brooklin navy yard foru year a8 & rodman and surveyor in the teet- nical department and helped to put into condition for war work, colliers and other vessels in 1898. The sew- ersystem at North Tarrytown, S.. Y, fs a monument to his ability ae 6 superintendent of construction. The present Indianapolis water system was built by a contractor for whom he was @ superintendent. The New Orleans sewer and water system was also constructed under his direcston.. “In 1903 Mr. McConnell went so the University of Missourt, and fora year and a half was one of the faculty of the School of Mines at Rolla. From this position he was taken by the reclamation service. In this po— ition he has charge of the Gunnison tunnel. Since his connection with that great work he has been offered. some tempting places by big com struction companies. One of them tried to wean him away from the government with an offer of $1,000 & month with a five year contracs: and guarantee. McConnell’s deters- mination to stay with the Gunafver project until it {s completed prompt ed him to refase this offer, although the governmett pays him but one fourth of this amount.” U.6.G. PROWELL ‘OUNTY A Fahne DEPARTMENT Continental Fire Insurance Co. Office with W. W. Ross, Weat Side of Square. BUTLER, - MISSOURI. 4-4 faculty, teaching engineering and - f Cedi Os fe FIL he i 2 ..