The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 20, 1909, Page 10

. Statement Showing the Amount of Common and Township A Fi F, School Fund Loans, Interest Paid on Same, Also Fines air ee and Show Licenses Collected and Added to Common a School Fund From May Ist, 1908, to April 30th, 1909. COMMON SCHOOL FUND. By Bernice C. Caughey. (Copyright, by J. B. Lippincott Cog ane The fiat had gone forth. James Al Amount receive 1908, ¢ ee | len must ride possessively around a, Aneent and thousand ewes before there should be 1908, t | added unto him the fairest maid in all Total amount received. . .......-..0005 ——— $1,947.55, the Pecos valley, Mercreda Torres. So | ———| ruled old Pedro, Mercreda’s father, Total sec eeesresees 74,269.17) and Allen knew the Medes’ and Per Amount of loans May 1, 1909 eRKhe sians’ laws were weak, wind-shaken Amount of cash on hand May 1, 1909. ... rs saz! Feeds beside. the solid rock of Pedro's wget? ies ——— 7426917) grim determination. 2 TOWNSHIP SCHOOL FUNDS. Poor Jim! He did not even own the Corrected amount of loans } os $40,953.14 mustang on which to do the riding. Cash on hand May 1, 1908 4,365.81 As for the ewes— Jim rushed from | — Pedro's presence in a sudden passion, Total loans and cash May 1, 1908...........0008 $45,818.95] and the tiny village of adobe houses set in the middle of New Mexico Amount of loans May 3 $42,166.57 dropped into dim perspective as Jim's aa Sh 3,152.88 long, angry strides bore him towards Total loans and cash May 1, 1909.....cceeusees $45,318,95| the range which rimmed the valley. | The full blaze of noon held the bar- Total amount Common School loans, May 1, 1909.. ren land in thrall. A dry wind whis- Cash on hand Common School, May 1 $14.2 pered through the withered grass and Total Township school loans, May 1, 14 . 42,166.57 shook the ghostly sagebrush. Above Cash on hand, Township school, May 3,152.38 the valley a treeless plain stretched coe a out to meet a turquoise sky. The Total loans and cash May 1, 1909.....,.. ‘ $119,588.12 Interest paid to May 1, 1909, on Common School loan <$ 1,008.49 white wool of a dozen flocks relieved Interest paid to May 1, 1909, on Township School loans the dullness of the landscape. When the young man had walked $ 2,100.40, his passion off, he faced the situation bravely and made his palns. Old Pedro had a double purpose in the promulgation of this edict, Jim was a lawyer, He had gone to school in Derfver, had raked and scraped and Total interest paid Statement Showing Receipts and Disbursements of District’ School Fund From May Ist, 1908, to May Ist, 1909. Balance on hand May 1, 1908. ...ccceeeeeeeenee $ Te amount recely tate Apportionment To amount received, mmon Scheel Fund App pinched to get his education, and had To amount received, Township School Apportionment planned to remain there to practice, To amount received, Back tax tees but when the time came to leave the To amount received, Dram 8 valley his widowed mother had fallen To amount received, Merchants’ tax ill with a tedious malady, and Jim, of Te amount received, Rallveng, Telegraph and Pelophene vai 4.00649 cones, Sayed Wi ee ere - oo ' mr —— ser ‘be among her people, Jim's mother “|was a Mexican, as was Mercreda’s Total balance and receipts } father, though the other side of each By amount paid Township Trustees house came from good New England stock, and Pedro, fearful of the Yan- Balance on hand May 1, 1809.......ccceeeeeeees $ 1,066.18} kee blood in each, sought to bind Jim to the valley. Statement of Mt. Pleasant Township Railroad Bond Account.| The young man opened up a modest To balance on hand May 1, 1908 $10,904.33 | Office in the village and flung a shin- RECEHIPTS, To amount received, General Taxes To amount received, Penalty on same . To amount received, Back taxes and penalty... To amount received, Merchants’ taxes To amount received, Railroad, T taxes, 1908. . .. To ‘amount received, Y. C. 1908, , 1908 and Telephone Combs, ACCOUNT ETTOP. . cc eeeeeeee Total balance and receipts....cccceeeeeeeeevnee | EXPENDITURES, refunded to individuals account error,,..$ refunded to Y, C, Combs account error,... exchange on draft to pa ds and in- By amount paid. 4 | By amount paid | By amount paid, terest... C. G. Weeks, filing and cancelling coupons By amount paid, By amount paid, W. R. Bell, commission on disbursements. By amount paid, St. Louis Republic By amount paid, five bonds at $1,000. By amount paid; one hundred and eight interest coupons BE BEB.00, . nc rrcccccccrerscrccrccvccccccecvceescers 4,860.00 Total GRVONAIUIOE: « ccssesascssrrnocmssnarenrse Balance on hand April 30, 1909......e.ceeeeeeee 103 927 outstanding bonds at $1,000.00. . interest coupons attached at $45.0 Order made by County Court to pa +06 $103,000.00 41,715.00 x bonds June 1, 1909. Mercreda Squeezed His Hand. RECAPITULATION. canliee ceneie GG eae ‘ 5 - ing shingle 2. Statement Showing All Receipts and Expenditures of River een devin ee the Tanke. But fees Drainage District No. 1 From April 30th, 1908, to April] Were Scarce a8 molars on a hen-farm. . Might ruled in the valley. The Mexi- 30th, 1909, Inclusive. cans and greasers settled their differ- ences with fists and knives, and Jim eked out his scanty income by work- # 1g at the dipping-station just outside Construction Fund. To balance on hand April 30, 1908. . ose $218,209.40 PTS, the village. . To amount received Missouri State and Farmers’ Bank, in- th A yosre Ue din bad: gathered waned. scales a hundred ewes into his tiny corral. 3,391.58 Fits of alternate hope and despair had Total balance and receipts.............eeeeeee $221,600.98 | bridged the interval. When a ewe : DISBURSEMENTS. gave birth to twins, Mercreda straight- By amount paid, warrants drawn for construction work...$129,477.31 way predicted that an epidemic had By amount paid, 249 interest coupons at $15.00.. set in, and rosy-fingered Hope plied By amount paid, transferred to interest account.......... 10,650.00 the calculating pencil on a double ba- $145,362.31] §'8. But when a gay ranchero rode ’ f —————| into town, or a blithe young cowboy Balance on hand April 30, 1909............006 $ 76,238.67] from the foothills swung through the village streets, despair held Jim in its Interest Fund. paralyzing clutch. RECEIPTS. But a great day dawned for Jim and To balance on hand April 30, 1908. +6 $ 603.26] for Mercreda. It found the former, To amount received, on taxes of 1 +o$ 3,559.21 clad in buckskin pants and jumper, To amount received, penalty on same. . es 141.17 busy at the dipping-statio: . To amount received, on taxes of 1908. + 16,179.59 flocks of Ton: dois filled th: y To amount received, penalty on same. . .. 34.12 d wi 6 . geste vipat y 19,914.09 an ere struggling through the annu- To amount received, transferred from Construction Fund.. 10,650.00 Jim, the erudite, held the post of hon- Total balance and receipts... DISBURSEMENTS, By amount paid, 1408 interest coupons at $15.00....... «++ $21,120.00 By amount paid, refunded to G. A. Adams, account error.. 48.62 $21,168.62] forced by the wily collies. Jim Balance on hand April 30, 1909.......... seeeee Installment Fund. the nonchalance of a housewife shell- Balance on hand April 30, 1908..........cccceeeceeeeee dees $ 2,673.68 RECEIPTS. Yrexicans armed with throat hooks To amount received, on taxes of 1907. $ 592.50 To amount received, penalty on same. . + 24.24 through the long, narrow vat towards To amount received, on taxes of 1908 + 2,719.79 the dripping pens. To amount received, penalty on same. . .. . 6.36 ———_ 3,842.89) flock of lambs draw near outside the dipping-station, surrounded pb: Total balance and receipts........ eoevvcscoccce 6,03 “ Rr neil iaviiiainns: $ 6,016.57) ping collies and dark-skinned herders. By amount paid, 4 bonds at $500.00........... tteeeeeeeeees$ 2,000.00 . oe plu ant view, 2,000.00 | a burly westerner, whose name was i known to every sheepman on the Balance on hand April 30, 1909... . Statement of Delinquent Taxes Due Bates County River Drain- age District No. 1. Amount due, delinquent taxes 1907.......... Amount due, delinquent taxes 1908.... represent him. Jim ealled old Gomez, Installment. Interest.| W2O came forth with glowering face +s.$ 198.42. $ 1,185.78 ®0d angry mien. The stranger 8 | startling statement that he had Total amount due April 30, 1909..............00 q wee jig OF Sate ae $ 1,051.16 $ 6,281. ae beige the. Ghne the entire I, C. G. Weeks, Clerk of the County Court of said county, do hereby! certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct statement of the! receipts and expenditures of said county from May Ist, 1908, to April 30th, 1909, we appear on record in my office, to the best of my knewledge and ‘Witness my hand and seal of said court this 8rd day of May, 1909. Cc. G. WEEKS, (SEAL) Clerk of Bates County Court. The | district in New York where the waiters al dipping process to prevent disease, | is known to various regular customers $31,167.45| Or on a@ raised platform above the| speaks German and French with equal steaming vat. From the yards below a | fluency, and on that account was the narrow chute led towards him, up| subject of a bet which he had to decide which a steady stream of sheep was | yesterday. One man who had known dropped the frightened creatures one | Wa ® German, and another was just § 9,998.83) by one into the hot sulphur dip with | 48 certain that he was French, and a|Zown f=g peas, and shouted orders to the | and that the linguist waiter undoubt- who guided the floundering sheep | part of Switzerland where every child From hie elevation Jim saw a vast | Prised to hear that Frank, as he pre $ 4.01667, Tange, and asked for the owner of the| wanted to borrow then,” said the wom: station. The owner was absent from| an as she came into her room and shut the valley and there was no one to! the door. “My typewriter. 72, ed immediate possession, He made the| why didn’t he ask me to cut off my nearest station, and the law required that the lambs should be dipped be fore crossing the state line. With mellifiuent flow. of Spanish vowels, in striking contrast to his vol- canic manner, old Gomez called upon the residents of heaven to witness his intention, and the fires of hell to eternally consume him if he budged an inch for a luridly modified Yankee. The stockman coaxed, threateved, and finally turned his pony’s head towards the village for legal assistance. Jim hurried home to change his clothes, and was quietly seated in his office when the stranger sputtered in. Jim explained the futility of the usual legal process when the ugly Mexicans were aroused and suggested a com- promise, to which the stockman glad- ly consented. All day Jim camped on Gomez's trail. His native instinct, {l- lumined by his Yankee wit, won the day. With smooth words and $20 the corrals were cleared. The delighted stockman slapped Jim on the back and told him to come to the hotel that evening for his fee. Jim hurried home to consult with his mother, and stopped on the way to tell Mercreda. “I ought to have $50,” he insisted, “for it was worth that to him.” Mercreda squeezed his hand, and his mother gazed proudly upon the man Who could earn $50 in a single day. Arrayed in his bravest apparel, Jim sallied forth, walking on air, but be- fore he reached the little ‘dobe hotel be gradually neared the earth again. He was obliged to stop and recall Mercreda’s proud look and his moth- er's wonderment to keep his courage at the proper pitch. “What if the stockman should offer me $5?" Jim asked himself. A cold chill pierced his spine at the thought. The stockman met him with a cheer- ful greeting. “Well, sir,” he began, when they were comfortably seated, “what do I owe you? Let's get the matter settled.” Jim hesitated and cleared his throat. “Tt saved you considerable, sir,” he ventured, “I know it did, and I am willing to pay for it,” was the reply. But Jim was loath to cast the die. “I'll tell you what I'll do,” said the stockman; “I'll just spread” out here on my knee what I think the job is worth, and you can tell me if it ts satisfactory.” All hope of $50 vanished, and Jim was mustering up his courage to face Mercreda. The stockman drew a huge wallet from an inside pocket and carefully untied it. Jim watched him moodily, ‘and saw him draw out a bill and smooth {t carefully “upon his knee; another one was added and another, until five one-hundred-dolla: bills lay clinging together. “How's that?” asked the stockman laconically. Jim could not reply at once. By a sudden metamorphosis the timid sheep-dipper was transformed into the successful young attorney. His head was held erect, a bright spot burned in either cheek, a blaze of triumph shone in his eyes. His palms pressed hard against his rigid knees in a des- perate effort to appear calm and un- concerned. Presently his power of speech returned. “Better make it an- other fifty,” he said, and there was a ring in his voice as if New Mexico were his. “Tl do it just for luck,” replied the stockman, Next morning when Jim went out to feed his flock he found it had been augmented by 900 ewes, each bearing on its left ear old Pedro's brand. A trim mustang was tethered near the gate. A scrap of paper clung to the bridle, on which was scrawled in Pedro's writing, “I mek prezent to my son Jeem.” Jim swung himself into the saddle. Twice round the little flock he raced and disappeared down the road in a cloud of dust. The mustang seemed to know its rider's mind, for when they reached the hedge in front of vad Pedro's cottage he leaped it like a rabbit. A moment more and Jim stood on the tiny porch with his arms about Mercreda. Polygot Waiter Was American, At a restaurant in the Wall street all speak French and many of them German there is a popular waiter who as Franz, Frank and Francois. He the waiter for years said that Franz third said that both men were wrong edly came from Alsatia, or from that speaks three languages, each with a foreign accent. They were all. sur. fers to be called, was born in the Bighth- ward, and has never been further from New York than Wash: ington. The Half That Borrows, “You can’t guess what my neighbor chine I work on to make my living that gets out of whack if a stranger | oven of “The Men Who Manage Repub- lican Campaigns Have Bunco- ed the Country.” The following editoria! appeared in the Minneapolis Tribune, a republl- can paper, of April 29: It is pretty well understood,that there are to be no material changes from the Dingley law. The men who manage republican campaigns have buncoed the country and the party agalo. Duties are to be put up by the house and down by the senate, or down by the house and up by the senate, 80 as to make a delusive ap- pearance of legislation. But after all is said and done the schedules will be practically where they are now. The sooner the consumers of the country make up their minds to this, the less disappointment will they suffer. The surest prophets of tariff legis- lation are the custom house reports and the stock market. The heavy and sustained increase of importe in- dicates expectation of a general in- crease of duties. But it may be ex- plained otherwise. General prices are low in the stag- nation of trade waiting for tariff Probate Court Docket May 1909 Term. Executor or administrator. lst day, May 24th. Eatate. David W Laughlin Mary E Laughlin Daniel John M DB Daniel Liggett Mary Jane Jno C Hayes Liggett Sami L Jno C Hayes Hawkins OE Jno C Hayes 2nd day, May 25th. Rogers Jacob Wm A Rogers Ford David H 88 Fox Davie WE Mary Davis Britt Henry T Julia A Britt Nichols Stephen Harriett Nichols 8rd day, May 26th. ‘Wade Mary J E A Bennett Parker George Frank Alien ‘Trotter Robert A Frances M Bear Thomas Hugh F LB Alien Ross Rufus George Craig Forbes Sami Y Josephine Forbes 4th day, May 27th. Stayton Joseph G@ Jno W Stayton Lovell John Esther Lovell Arfman Mary LA Arfman Swarens AnD CC Swarens Baker Zepheniah WA, JH&Jno Baker 5th day, May 28th, Hibbard John JF Hibbard MeNickle Rhoda AS8 Weddle Denham John U Nancy Dunham Burkleo ML Jno C Hayes Mathers J W Anna V Mathers 6th day, May 29th. Haggard Stonewall Jockson | Rhode Haggard ‘arford Sobieski Eme D legislation. They should be higher Barton taney J Pst 4 when {t {s over even without much | Haywood Leevine John C Hayes increase of duty. Shrewd importers 7th day, May 31st. may be taking advantage of this. If Leiner John RB Campbell 80, they are only acting like other | Spine A JB Neptune business men. Whether duties are seypsladelenetiay be opie to be higher or lower, whether actual ape \emae au pee business conditions are to be worse ; {Prova portey or better everybody expects some 8th day, June 1st. improvement when they are settled. | New Anna John B Wilson This being 80, the sooner ft is all beeen Henry B Frank Allen over the better for the country. The|2*7"* "er Geo D Menells Dingley schedules themselves are bet- | Estate. Guardian and Curator. ter than prolonged uncertainty with 9th day, June 2nd, small hope of anything better at the ae J x P ; Fred 8 Wolf ‘ughes Dewey et al end of ft. When the people expected | weient cure Josten, some benefit from tariff legislation, | Thomas Harry G et al LR Allen everybody was willing to endure a] Tbomes Wesley G John C Hayes period of business uncertainty and 10th day, June 3rd. suspense, ee eur George Church . pears mond et al Now that nearly everybody has| ayer wiburF peg me made up his mind that no improve: | Morrell Eva V John C Hayes ment is to be expected and that the | Scbnobelin Claud et at John C Hayes country will be lucky if we do notget 11th day, June 4th. @ worse tariff, the chief anxiety ev- [sidderp ty br anid Lou Browning erywhorels to get the thing overand | wuittertage Ernest W : Donen send members of congress back to | Rapp Louisa M Rapp settle with their constituents. Rogers Paul B et al Minnie Rogers 12th day, June 5th. Sheriff's Sale. Robinson Frank WE Heyle By virtue and authority of a special execu prep ther re w r women y E Walton aoe erent itngg | Groner Shrmon sno Juno turnable at the May term, '1909, of ‘sald | Forbes Ruby E 8 P Gragg court and to me directed in favor of the State of Missour! ex rel YC. Combs, Collector of 18th day, June 7th. fainet S.A. Melvins. J have fovied apoa and | BUrton Katto et al 8 L Bates ali the right, title, interest and claim | Hedrick Lanra Frank Hedrick of the said s. A. Melvin, in and to the follow- | Sheppard Richard P described real estate, to-wit: Freak Ala ts four (4) and dive) in block 190 in City of | Tompson Leone Dantel Prine Rich Hill, lying: and being in the said | Tileon G W WE Walton county and state of Missouri, Twill on 14th day, J 8th. Friday, the 4th day of Jane A. D. 1909, 7, dane Sth, between the hours of nine o'clock in thefore- | Blevins Theresa Henry Bearce noon and five o’clock in the afternoon of that | ®¥ixner Wilhelmina 4G Williams sate it of tas wie | pence 5 4 . Jno D Moore required, si peblle vendusy to tte highest | Masterson Grace D Jno W Jamison m hand yy BULLOCK. 15th day, June 9th. Sheriff of Bates County, Mo. | pioom Anna wiediiie Neal W Raney Jno C Hayes Sheriff’s Sale. are Gladye et al Isabella Rodman jproul Clark John C Hayes cireuit court of Bates ae Te- Judge of Probate. turnable at the May term of said court and to me directed in favor of the State of Mis- sone 02 tes TC Corn Vasu oe Gtee: School Fund Mortgage Sale. 38, range 81. all Iyin and ‘bel im bald county "Bates and stats of Missouri and T'will on Friday the 4th day of June A. D. 1909, between the hours of nine o’clock in the and five o’clock in the afternoon PRA. Pn ee L. -~ Wriday the 4th day of June A. D. 1900, i oy Fy Whereas, W. J. McAninch and B. Me- ule wife, exeonted. and Gallvered to Bates county, in the state their » dated May 7, 1907, and Yecorded in book it Pass of the school fund ol ites county, Mo., conveyed to Bates the de- scribed estate: =two the et eee ) in 2) im Wil now Cit: - ler, Mo., which was made in trust to 4 ihe vis: 4 and sasce s pind oak orto aan vee ‘Te the high- sett od Bates County, Missoart. ‘+ Prominent Young Man Drowned Gay Repley, whose parents live near Archie, was drowned in