The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 4, 1909, Page 2

a ne 2% CLAY’S URGES RAISING OF MAINE, Governor Magoon Says Battle- Ship Wreck Menaces Navi- gation. Washington, D. (., Jan’y —Gov ernor Maguoa, of the Provisional Government of Cuba, in his annual repors to the Secretary of War, brings to bis attention the wreck of the Uulted States bastleship Maine tn Havana harbor and recommends that the Government take immediate steps to accomplish Its removal with out delay. He says: “The wreck of the Matne continues to lle in the mud and waters «f Havana harbor. The sunken battle- ship fs & serious menace to the ship ptog of the harbor, as it oceu;tes a portion of the best anchorage Th» obstraction has {ncreased annunll) during the last ten years by causing # shoal. “The neglect to remove the wreck is attributed by mary, espectally the large Spanish contingent in Cuba, to the fear that {ts removal will disclose the fallacy of the popular belief that the Maine was destroyed by a tor pedo or mine instead of an interior ax plosion, “So generally does this opinion prevail that I beleve the Cuban Government was deterred thereby from deallng with the wreck as an obstruction to navigation “The correspondence on file {n the Department of State and the Navy Department at Washington shows tliat a bellef prevailsin those depart ments that it fsnecessary to procure, by atreaty or otherwise, the con sent of the Republie of Cuba to the authorities of the United States en tering the harbor of Havana and proceeding with the work of removal “This permisston, tf necessary, can be easily procured. “Learnestly recommend that the United States Government take !m- mediate steps to accomplish the re- moval without further delay.” Revolts at Cold Steel. “Your only hope,” said three doc torsto Mra. M. E. Fisher, Detroit, Mich, suffering from severe rectal *troyble, lies fn an operation,” “then I used Dr. King’s New Life Pills,” she wr ‘es, “till wholly cured.” They prevent appendicitis, cure constipa- -efon, headache. 25c at F. T. Clay’s | A Word of Warning Senators, members of congress and fegislators in the various states ucht to be on their guard against an effort which is now belog made by ‘ectric companies to-secure perpetu- s! water rights along the mountain) streams in the west and south. Jet-| ferson said that eternal vigilance was the price of liberty, ant liberty is not the only thing that depends upon she vigilance of the people and their representatives. There is a constant | efforts on the part of the great cor- poraticns to over-reach the public #ud to so monopolize the natural re- squrees of the country as to make tae many the servants of the few. he improvements in the methods of transmitting electric energy open up a field tor a new utilization of the mountain streams. Congress is be- {og urged to grant water rights, Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, and Mr, Mondell, of Wyoming, has} introduced bills which look to the granting of large advantages to those who will seek to acquire water rights under the laws. There ought to be no such thing as a perpetual franchise. No one cun look ahea far enough to judge the conditions that the people will have to meet} twenty-five, fifty or one hundred years hence. A perpetual franchise ix one sided, Ifshose who secure it tales thelr guess and obtain some- sifngishas is worthless,they can give is up, but ff the legislators miss thelr wess and exact too small a compen- ution, the people must suffer, Every xrant of a franchise ought to be Iim- {ted toa certain number of years; | twenty-five is enough, but under no circumstances should the pertod be longer than fifty years, Compensa- tion ought to be demanded, and the right ought to be reserved to increase | she compensation from time to time, at stated pertods, if itis found that justice requires {. Whether the franchises are granted by congress or by state legislatures: | care must be taken. It must be re- “ ” Meanest Man” Unknown. | membered that no official is perfect New York, Jan.—His effort to de- and that no one can, therefore, be termine by a voting contest who {s| entrusted with authority to surrend- the ‘meanest man” {n Mount Ver- er in perpetuity rights and privileges non Cost Milton Friedberg $5, which | which may become enormously val- County Judge Plats, of White | uable in tlme, even if they may ap- Platos, assessed against him. | pear of little value now. To his cigar store window !n Mount In the conservation of our nation’s ‘Vernon, Friedberg placed a placard resources the purpose should not be announcing to customers that they merely to conserve them, but to con- ‘might vote in the ‘meanest man” | serve them for the whole people. scheme asa joke. When the names Europe is cursed with a system un- of the Mayor, Chief of Police andcity der which afew are landlords and officials were tacked on the list, he she rest tenante; les not our country was notified he would be sued for, putits neck undera yoke equally Hbel. His attitude was of the “I galling—a system under which the don’s.care” kind. Hence the arrest people will have to pay perpetual and fine.” ‘tribute to mopopolies.—Commoner. ELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE LA Unlike Any Other b +4 = Newspaper is the * Weekly Kansas City Star THE WEEKLY STAR, in addition to printing the entire news of the week in concise form, has x Absolutely Accurate Maket Quotations ” ” 4 ” 4 © 4” @ NI ” ” 4 ” A] ” So valuable are these that such are copyrighted by ” THE STAR and appear only in this news paper. ; ” THE WEEKLY STAR has also the famous Chaper- ” on Feature which furnishes free, advise and help on many perplexing problems. Also “Answers” which takes care of all questions the reader cares 4 to ask, ” It has a practical, successful Kansas farmer in charge of its Farm Departnient, which is of great 4 value to all farmers and stockmen. + ” A ” 8 THE WEEKLY. KANSAS CITY STAR isn’t for any limited set of people; it’s for every member of every family. If you don’t find something of inter- est in a particular issue, well, the office looks on that issue as a failure. 25c pays for one year. ADDRESS \ # é 4 & K « ri x rf ® x bi x Mi a * 3 x + x 7 8 x x a wi x x The Kansas City Star Kansas City, Mo. ESELEESSSESSSESESSSESES Weekly lett Drug Store ELKHART TOWNSHIP BUTLER, MO. | Popils ees “4 SCHOOL APPORTIONMEN ‘ i ——— 8 Ps Of the Rail Road, Telephone and ——— ps egy Telegraph Tax For the Dist. Be. e : 43 Om te Year 1908. ; MINGD TOWNSHIP ‘ WEST BOONE TOWNSHIP PLEASANT GAP TOWNSHIP. STATE OF MISSOURI, Pupils Amount County of Bates. Dist No.2 29 5.7 1, C. G@. Weeks, Clerk of the County Court of fiat £ ee lM sald county, Do hereby certify the above tobe * Ace al 2 | 8 correct and trug copy of the apportionment of Copital ........ ee ety the railroad, telephone and telegraph school Surplus... oy 15,000.00 Page ie 35 5 | monies for the year 1908, a a ei iase:: ask ichdl Ga adel RUAN We are protected against robbery by insurance and our LABGE ‘ 9 30 [seat] court, Done in office this the let day CORLISS SAFE, guaranteed by the manufacturer to be Burglar SUMMIT TOWNSHIP a tad Proof. C.@, WEEKS, Dist, No. 1 eee DIRECTORS. -. < 38 dune. , E, A. BENNETT, wd a7 ws Rockefeller Declares It’s Hard Ce Oe. aie » Homer Dvvatt, FRaNnK Houuanp, J. W, CHoatTe ae ce to Get Rich, F, N. DRENNAN, 0. A. Heme, W. F. Dovaun. BEAWAES DOWNS. New York, Jan.—John D. Rocke- eee a amen feller, in his latest article, which ap- WE WANT YOUR SUSINESS, hia a “ at pears Thursday in the World’s Work, z pete: | ui declares {¢ fs difficult to get rich, and E. A. BENNETT, Prea, J. J. MeKEE, Vice-Pres. ae : nt a his argument with his W. F. DUVALL, Cashier, HOMER DUVALL, Asst. Cashier. own early experiences, 10200 0080000000000000000000000000000000000080009 GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP. Peng here up a rebuke to} - pene rR Miss Ida Tarbell when be defends the ; OP PPP PRP POPPPONEPOR ORR Dist. No, 1 i rhs memory of his father, who Miss Tar- ' m ' } i : = “ by bell had pictured as a close-dealing, a =e a 55 91 |20madic horse trader. Of his father h a patie Pi Aitca isle ae Mr. Rockefeller says: DEER CREEK bgp ag “Tl owe him a great debt for the CASH CAPITAL, $50,000. ait Stor 4 7 = Amount) | actical ways {n which he trained Farmers Bank Building, Butler, Missouri. C4 23 5] me.” ae A The author says he came of a fam- FARM LOANS. We have money to loan on real ee 2 ily of modest means, in which there estate at a low rate of interest with privilege to pay atany time. : oO § 38 33.72]was a close fimfly life, which he 7 oe a8 eal 252 05 | counte @ blessing. Tits fires business| ¢ ABSTRACTS. We havea complete set of abe- MOUND TOWNSHIP. deal consisted in eelling turkeys bore cre teh a ernlah sbstracts to any Real Eetete in Pupils Amount| which his mother gave him for et Spear SO anaREIN Gnd portent tithes to came. | Dist. No. 1 2 63 | + ” pag os a penned them. INV ESTMENTS. We will loan your {dle + 46 pe 17.35 8 first employment was with the money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good secur- ae . firm of Hewitt & Tutt, of Cleveland. j ity. We pay Interest on time deposits, ie 7 After three months he was paid $50 W. F. DUVALL, P: 1 : . F. DU » President, » B.DU ae re The salary next year was $25 a| $ ARTHUR DUVALL, Sensor. % “D. YATRA Toes eae eerie errr month. The third year it was $700. cea vient A eases innaas He wanted $800, and, this being re- PILL Pupils —_ Amount | fused, he resigned to go into business sree c tor himeelf. a 2 ae ij f — DL. ae | 82 2 ae \C. EF. Beard eg % - = Es s =f sng 83 ! Auctioneer f 7 LONE OAK TOWNSHIP, = hye Ra of successful selling, aleo member of the State j , seoclation. wide acqua Dist No. 1 50 7 farmers and etockmen po pe ao 3 ait ineaace with ths ae ; ; f your etock. Will get for you the bighost. ontlite aie ay te f eR. a Property: My. resort i ah \ Dollar and a Square Deal for both § ae Be * 0 . Ha made a majority of th ed _ 3% Ou Bi rd k T . § § sales in the county, gives me a thorough Lacelehes see oae OSAGE TOWNSHIP ees See f mdey pe bd nde wnt mo coe who bee 6S nly #) Pupils “4 Amount Dist, No. 1 1108 > 8 0 Compound 7 ‘ f. / 48 42.60 : Zs or wrt See § a oe F 33.73 is a blood purifier and ton- § oe ic combined. otf OBAGE—H 2 CR—HOWARD TOWNGHIP. | |$ ‘Taken this season of the §| § OC. F’. Beard, : Dist. No. 1 rf 21,06 year it gives the most grat- wwe GG GP We ee ee f : ; 2 20 17.76 ifying results in toning up bectthar Raiden nena ' ae bs : be the system and acting also ‘i ° as a safe-guard against I NEW HOME TOWNSHIP, colds and other maladies am out to buy every inch of Pupils Amount so prevalent in winter and FUR and all kinds of Junk Dist. No. 1 4 Tt early spring. that comes to Butler, Get pric- soe g 6 5.0118 Ask ug About It. es ‘anywhere, everywhere. ot 21 18.64 } Then see me. That's all It 1 85 ") 35.50 will be my fault if I don’t. get CHARLOTTE TOWNSHIP the goods. Pupils Dist. No 30 28 4 by 2 Pupile Amount Dist. No. 1 43 38.16 Papils Amount « ‘9 a8 33.72 | Dist. No, 1 a 41.74 a 43 ee ae 2 23.40 Ri .* R | ae. o 83.43 as " His: BUTLER, MO SPRUCE TOWNSHIP ee WEST POLNT TOWNSHIP s “i Pupils Amoant bia. x ; rye amennt Y Gapital, $ nd Profit $70,500.00 Dist. No. ! s Ly Dist, No. 1 38 83.72 apita ’ UPS a Torts Kc ’ ‘ a 23, a:b ¢ nl * 3 48 0). 6 Fe = os . After twenty-eight years of faithful service as a Tes 6 re 2 19.08 bank we ask a continuance of the patronage * 4 av QM. « 4 ” 17.76 heretofore enjoyed, promising absolute safety * 4 @ 40 BW). 6 g 85 2.0 for your deposits and accommodation that any se ekg bank could offer. Always has money to DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP, HOMER TOWNSHIP joan. Pupils Amount Puptts Amount DIRECTORS: Diet, No. 1 aS "e 33 29.28 Dr. T. C, Boulware, Wm, M. Hardinger, Wm, B. Tyler, t.¢ 8 82 2 4 aust} Bs,B+ Campbell, C,H. Dutcher, Frank M. Vorls, hoe tae a m4 i John Deerweater, A. B, Owen, J.B, Walton, 3 20 3 34 30,17 Wm, KE, Walton. ao Ss oA 4 MA 127,80 Does a conservative and safe tanking business, Don’t keep mone about your ‘ 5 36 5 3 2 house, inviting robbers and murder, but deposit it in the Missouri State ik an Ray ‘ 6 rut your bills by checks, which are always unquestioned recelp's for payment. We fur- WALNUT TOWNSHIP nish nice check books free and will appreciate your patronage. a iss 7" . Our cash in bank vault ts gu againet burslare by electricity, and with time HUDSON TOWNSHIP . lock and burglar-proof safe inside a fire-proof vault, We also carry insurance for every Pupils Amount dollar of cash In our safe, Pupils Amount] Dist. No, 1 135 i : Dist. No. 1 35 sie] ‘ ¢ 3 al Under State Supervision and often Examined by State [ . « pr cw} ' * 8 a7 Bank Examiner, ‘ 3 5 ae P) , , ‘ ‘ “ i 93 WE WANT YOUR PATRONAGE, ‘ 5 ol eevee a e ae 3 cing i The Missouri State Bank ee sO tomes t) . ~ ' ata . oe i. THE OLD RELIABLE” . * 10 83 ROCKVILLE TOWNSHIP HOWARD TOWNSHIP Pupils Amount 90000000000000000 00-00 0000000000000 Dist, No, 1 192 170.36 Puplis Amount » s 9 ty 40,96 | Dist. No. 1 20 25,72 oS eee 136 165,07 PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP ae oe 38 20.48 ar 43 “38.16 Pupils Amount Diet, No. 1 48 42.60 —— $ » % 7 63,00 Total pupils 7,781 B A N K . ane 2» uv Rate per pupil 88 S-4e a Arg 27 ss Total am’t apportionment — 6,905.49 2.85] VERDICT WAS FOR alleged that editor Smith published 36.39 34,61 a libelous article about him, aliegt EDITOR SMITH. perjury. The attorney sued editor ~abiipaine Smith for five thousand dollars. The Anes Was Sued By Attorney D. | suts was tried before a jury in Cirentt 23 40 : Judge Thurman’s court at Eldorado 7.0! Walker Smith For $5.000.00. | nd was vigorously contested. At ae Nevada Mail. | sorney R. N. Bannister of Eldorado 23.96 and attorneys Faulke and Brown of A trial of a law sult of more than) usnal interest, was closed in circuls | St0ck+oD, represented the plaintiff, Bowker of court at Eldorado § Thure- | 824 Attornéys Scott and day, it being the sult psa D. Nevada represented editor- Smith. Walker Smith agalnet Jobn S. Smith, | The jury, after thirty minutes delib- editor of the Eldorado Sun. D eration returned a verdict in favor Walker Smith, whois known here, | o! editor Smith. Amount 37.27 32.85 OF BATES COUNTY. SALLEE J. M. | Obie Street, Butter, Mo. ‘Phone 130,