The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 25, 1909, Page 4

: e : The Butler Weekly Times Knterei at u pes ler a5 88 econd-ciass mail matter ASSESSMENT AND TAX PROBLEM. Barton county fs the only one 80} ar to come forward and plead un-} jer-valuation In real estate assess- ment under this hue andcry froma Republican governor to get busy and raise more money. The deputy yunty clerk and postmaster at La- mar, representing the county court, appeared before the state board of uslization and requested that body | to ratse the valuation on farm landa| n Barton county 100 per cent and also asked # 100 per cent ratse in the sluation of live stock So far as we can learn the assessed valuation of farm lands tn Bates} ounty compares very favorably with thas in other counties through ub the state and for the purpose of} state taxes, that is all that could be} asked of us, Our local condition ts somewhat aggravated by the fact slat the present assessed valuation doesn’t ratse sufficlent funds to meet the county's needs, but we do not are to pay more than our just pro- portionment of state taxes. State Auditor Gordon Is un-quessionably right when he calls attention to the large amount of money reported by the banks and trust companies and the small amount that finds its way on the assessors books, But how are we to get at it? Aman may have $10,000 on depostt the first day of June and owe @ note for $10,000 due on June 15th. Now, certainly tt would be a double assessméant to col- ect taxes on both the money and the note, The man with the money pays ft on she note within fifteen days of the assessment and takes-up his note and destroys it, Now tf this was borrowed money, invested in real estate, he ts already paying on that tnvestment. * We therefore donot agree with Auditor Gordon tn his full deduc- tions that because all the money re- ported in the banks Is not ‘on the as- sessment books, that {* means a criminal dodging of taxes. The county board of equalization ast year started a plan, which we expected to accomplish good results, by adding a per centin a blanket raise to all the township assessments. Is was expected that the township assessors would assess at this {n- crease in 1908 and thus the as- sessed valuation would be gradually nereased on an equatable basis, but most of the assessors went back to the old rates. All recogu!ze the need it Bates county for more revenue, and that the assessed valuation Is no’ commensurate with the prices and is bringing, but just the proper steps to take to reach the desired end {s the problem that must be set- tled by the township assessors, or user by the board of equalization. FREAK LEGISLATION, House Bill No. 548 and Senate Bill No, 411 now before the Missouri leg {sluture are designed to regulate ad vertising. Ostensably they are meant 40 prevent frauds from being perpe- trated through sdvertising agency; in reality both re of she foolish med- {ng sort that are usually champion- ed by camp followers of reform movements, who must be radical tn order to be recognized as regulars The enactment of these laws would prevent any merchant In the state from advertising his wares in super- lative terms, such as “all wool,” ‘finest cheviots,” etc under heavy penalty, both for the merchant and the newspaper. “Damaged goods,” “Fire Sales,” “Bankrupt stocks” are on the black list. It provides against the advertisement of all proprietary medicines. If these bills become laws every publisher and every advertiser would have to employ a lawyer to pass upon all advertising matter and then lawyers and courte differ in their construction of these complex laws. It is pretty generally believed that most of such bills are introduc- ed for the purpose of “holding up” the intereste effected, but always there 1a danger of freak legislation being enacted to the annoyance and trouble of interests effected, and too often a dead letter on the statute books, and a lowering of that respect for law which should be held by all good citizens. : The Agricultural Department of the University of Missourl, is unable to supply the demands for the hog cholera serum, discovered by Dr. J. W. Connoway. Since the announce- ment of the discovery was made in Janaary, thousands of letters from Lots of New Portiers, Madras Curtains, Couch Covers Extra Choice Line of Room Rugs—Special Value at $10.00 Wide Embroideries and Platt Valenciennes Laces Beautiful New Spring Suits Man Tailored in the very best manner and fitted without extra cost to you in our own dress-making shop. Lots of Spring Jackets just in Lots of New Spring Skirts Our Spring Lace Curtain Sale Is on in earnest now and we are selling lots of beautiful curtains every day. Now is the time to buy them, just before house- cleaning and the prices are a great inducement. $1.00 grades on sale at.... \ 1.25 grades on sale at.... 2.00 grades on sale at.... 2.25 grades on sale at.... 2.50 grades on sale at.... 3.00 grades on sale at.... 4.00 grades on sale at.... 4.50 grades on sale at.... ON SALE AT 10c Yard In the New Fabrics and Colors COME AND SEE US WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS Walker-McKibbens twenty-four other states, have been received, asking for {nformation {fn regard to the new hog-cholera cure. The university 1s sending out the cure-as fast as possible, but is hamp- ered by lack of factlitles for handling the serum. Rok Gace $2.25 Special Value at $6.50 Special Value at $5.00 Hunting Clubs, | Last week Judge Denton, at Clin | on, {ssued @ blanket Injunction, pro- | hibiting all persons from trespassing jon tfie grounds owned or leased by It {s estimated thas | the Hartwell Hunting Club. Shertff $500,000 fs lost annually as a result | King, of that county, has already of hog-cholora-and the tact that the | served injunctions on eleven trespass- new cure {8 proving successful in|@8- The club has been having much | | stamping ous sho disease has creat. | Touble in keeping local hunters off} Wyoming, came in last Thursday ed great interest amongjfarmers and | thelr preserves. The city hunters, stockmen. _ Old broken-down horses, thin, shaggy and past the age of useful- ness, find an easy death at the hands of the classes {n stock-judging and horse anatomy in the Agricultural Department of the University {of Mis- sourl. The department pays $5 a head for old horses, and after being judged by the classes in stock judg- ing, & rubber bag 1s placed over the horse’s nose, and chloroform {s grad- ually administered until the horse fs dead. Then it 1s dissected by the students who are specializing in vet- erinary eclence. More than a dozen horses are used each year in this way. A glass tube containing $1,000 worth of radium has been received by the Department of Horticulture of the University of Missouri. The tube contains ten millimeters of radi. um, an amount that could be held on the point of a pen-knife. It is be- ing used by Prof. 0.8. Gager in ex- periments with plants. He has origi- nated an entirely new variety of primrose by use of the radium rays. The radium belongs to Hugo Lieber, an importing chemist of New York City. The tube has to be kept wrap- ped in tinfoil to prevent ite burning the hands and eyes. | who go {nto counties and buy up or| | lease the natural hunting preserves, ;that have for generations been a source of profit and pleasure to the citizen of that locality, and by pass {ng strict and arbitrary rules pro- ‘i Amsterdam Items. | From the Enterprise. T. H. Shields, at one time a rest- March 9, of hemorrhage of the brain | morning to viels homefolke and old | friends. Will shipped five cars of cattle into the Omaha market and} | topped the market. Missourians | make good any place they go. Word has been recelved here of the death of Mrs. John L. Rankin, at hibiting trespassing and evoke the} Oakland, California, Mrs. Rankin is} law to enforce thelr rules, naturally are not very popular in the country. Much of the opposition to strict and effective game laws come from this source, because the people are im- pressed with the idea that such game laws in some way benefit these hunt- ing clubs. Russell in Serious Condition. A. E. Russell, who was shot by Thos. Tibbetts in a quarrel at the Dunklin coal mines, near Hume, a couple of weeks ago, ie still in a pre- carious condition at & Kaneas City hospital, where he was taken soon after the shooting, reports the Rich Hill Review. Tibbetts is being held in the county jailat Butler, being unable to far- nish bond. Prosecuting Attorney Dawson stated that no date had been eet for a Perea hearing, owing to Rus- sell being unable to attend the trial, but ff some change did not short! appear in his condition the prelimai nary would be held, nevertheless. Marriage Licenses. Joseph M. Wheeler, Rich Hill, Mo. Maggie May Cooper, Rich Hill, Mo, wellknown here and has many friends who will regret to hear the sad news of her death. Mr. Rankin was {dentitied with the founding of Ameterdam. Killing at Confederate Home. Higgineville, Mo., March 22.—J.R. McCormick, 85 years old, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil ware, died atthe Confederate Home at 3 o'clock this morning as the result of a fist blow by “Jim” Cummings. Both menlivedin the home. The men quar- reled yesterday afternoon and McCor mick applied a vile name to Cum- mings, who was a follower of the James and Younger boys in thedays of their maraudings, In the fight that followed, Cummings struck the blow that caused McCormick’s death. Mr. Keith, prosecuting attorney, and Ccroner Mann were summoned and ® coroner’s jury was empaneled. Af- ter a thorough investigation the jury returned a verdict that McCor- mick came to his death from a blow delivered by Cummings, but as Mc- Cormick was the aggressor, Cum- mings was held blameless. | last Wednesd. ant { {dent of this section, died in sant- its falldwlig vokee, y omy ee \sarium in Kaneas City Wednesday,| Willame; City collector, Jesse E | Duvall for treasurer, E A. Bennett | Smith; School director, J. E Harper; | Alderman 1st ward and A O Welton Mr. Shields has many friends here | Alderman 2nd ward, H. G. Cook; Aldertrcan 4th ward. Thus we have |3rd ward, Clyde McFarland; 4th) a sort of coalition ticket, with each who will regret to learn cf his death. | ward, Arthur Wemott, to fill vacancy | party Somluating its re cand!- City Nominations. penter. The offices of Treasurer, Al- |derman 1st and 4th wards, left va- The Democratic elty convention on cant, The Republican convention the night before nominated Arthur Will Graham, of near Buffalo, | caused by resignation of Friend Car-| dates. » en eh eh eh oh ot First Arrivals: We have just unloaded our first car of 1909 pattern Buggies, Car- riages, Runabouts, etc., with all of the latest noventies, "such ee and een Anis Gears, Rubber Tires, etc. e an elegant line and can suit you in price in any kind of vehicle. Z i We are having the largest harness trade in our history—Why? Because we make all our own harness from leather and put you up the —— Best Harness in the State for the Money! While our harness may cost as much We mane’ Figeed NEnY ras pd than they cost, non noe ae pecialty of Buggy Top Repairing, Uphi i . Sell Buggy Tops and alt inds of ropaires —— = Red Rope, Rubber Roofing, Axle Grease, Harness Oils, etc. Tents and Wagon Sheets for sale or trade, _ We have a lot of good Second-Hand Vehi $ » also a few second-hand harness. a SOE SE SE COME IN AND SEE US. McFarland & Sons, We Oil Your Harness for One Dollar. j PAP ABASBSoteewewmwewas a ee ee eee SO, SE , S e