The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 19, 1909, Page 8

DRAINAGE IN KANSAS. Traveling Companions. Preparations Being Made to Em- Governor John A. Johnson, of Min- nesota, and William J. Bryan met by accident at the Union Station in St. Louis, on Sunday and took the same train to travel together as far as Des Moines, Iowa. Their greetings were most cordial and each expressed sat- isfaction at theother’s company. They both condemned the new tariff law. To a Republic reporter Gov. John- ulate Bates County. Willing to Spend $15 Per Acre. Mr. J. F. Kern, Butler, Mo. Dear Sir:—I am sending you some copies of our paper containing vari- ous flood information, including an estimate of the acreage and crop area covered by the flood in this county. This basis of loss does not include that done in the city, which might easily be estimated at $50,000, but for which there is scarcely any definite |country.”” “The feeling is general guide. that it is a betrayal of promises made Senator Bristow’s secretary, who anda failure of the Republicans to had the signal system proposition up| keep the pledges for downward re- with the weather bureau at Washing- | vision made in the last campaign. ton, says the department seemed| ‘‘Gove Johnson said the sentiment | much interested, and willing to do regarding the tariff in Minnesota was whatever was practical, and thought | best expressed by the fact that eight there was a possibility of installing |of the nine Congressmen from that some stations this fall. State and the two United States Sen-' Weare now waiting on the govern- , ators voted against the bill.” ment engineers, who are overdue, to| There is not a Republican newspa- , begin the new survey of the valley. per in the twin cities—Minneapolis Our drainage organization is deter-|and St. Paul—that has not criticised | mined to push the work along, and the tariff bill. Democrats and Re-, the big majority of land-owners have publicans are quite unanimous in no prejudice against spending $15 or so | their denunciation of the measure.”’ anacre. Many of themare going to | “‘If the Democratic party in the work out neighborhood dike plans ‘next congressional and national cam: this fall and winter, as an auxiliary to | paigns assumes the proper attitude on the main work, which it is hoped to | the tariff and emphasizes its position | put through the entire width of the With sufficent force, we will stand an | county. The Santa Fe railroad has , excellent chance to win," added the shown large interest in the discus- | Minnesota Governor. sion, and its engineers heartily en- eee dorse the drainage ditch idea. From | After Tax Dodgers. what I hear, Linn and Miamicounties! There is more or less complaint! will join with us. | over the county that many holders of | Ishould be very glad to hear of| notes, moneys and other personal | any activities in your section, either | property, fail to give in to the asses- from engineering parties or in any sora correct list of their holdings, other way. |thus evading payment of their just With much appreciation of your in-| share Of the revenue, without which terest, I am, Yours, io government can exist. When one A. L. Miller. | tax-payer neglects or refuses to give; The above letter to J. F. Kern by’ in the full amount of his or her prop- A. L. Miller, editor of the Ottawa! erty to the assessor it is not only} Herald, shows that our neighbors | stealing from the government, but is across the line have confidence in the | putting an unjust and increased bur- ditch project, as inaugurated by the den on the honest tax-payer who does Bates County Drainage Ditch District, | return to the assessor a correct list. andare willing to spend at least $15 per | For the correction ‘of this rapidly acre on the project. He also says the | growing evil, there can be nothing Santa Fe railroad is showing much | better than publicity of the returns} interest and its engineers endorse the | made to the assessors of the different Drainage Ditch idea. Of course, the | townships. citizens of that District, the rpultoed The Progress will endeavor to in- and its engineers have not yet consult- | augurate a publicity movement in this ed the Pleasanton Herald and Hume county by publishing the complete Telephone. sults, the above should be gratifying | Richland township as soon as the as- to and encourage the people of the | sessor has completed his work, and | Drainage District, who are pioneers in hopes to see other papers in the coun- the project in this state and must ty and state adopt the same policy: abide the result. There should be a law compelling the, | Publication of the tax list in every, county, but every effort to enact such a law has so far been defeated.— Times have greatly changed since | Richards Progress. grandma wasa girl. In that slower | nace and duller day certain old-fashioned The Gang vs The Dads. notions regarding matrimonial eligi- amet bility held sway, and among them | The celebrated game of ball be- , ‘ tween the City Dads and Court House was the idea that a knowledge of : vest household duties was highly credit. | Gane came off on schedule time : | Thursday afternoon last, and, as ex- able to the bride, and some steady sted, | f ‘At the start occupation of a breadwinning char- pecs we » peahrtal call tes A | it looked like the Dads had been bad-| acter was equally creditable to the | ictaseed «Th lan’t hit bridegroom. But society has largely | oA aoa my Eee P Vase * | Dillon’s balls, except occasionally, done away with these primitive requi- pile ee Semamasition th. Sie an- | ad then to foul them. The Gang pevamecmer'g otm marriage | When they came to bat had no trouble 4. | hitting Cannon and the Dads appear- of two young ke whose families | 64 lly xa had at daichii or ai are of social »/ ence in the East | “ "ie y % stad top we are told th / Ae prospective bride | ping the ball, as they did at tting. The Gang made 8 scores without in- isan expert 1 er and whip and a : terruption, when Wyatt made a g amateur actress. Of COUFSe, | double play on 2nd. From then on these are admirable accomplishments | for a young woman contemplating | *"e sun of the Gang set and for the : | Dads steadily rose, until it appeared tance in grandma's day. And the (22d Ray had been having fun and % m A F jollying the Gang. After a heated sara epee Rte contest at the seventh inning the score " ood 12 to 12 and the game was call- ate and a good ball player, having *s been a member of the varsity nine. a ba a The other accomplishments of the in-| teresting young persons appeur to be entirely overshadowed by these ath- letic distinctions—at least, no attempt is made to catalogue them. Cattle Killed by Heat. Rioh Hill Review. 17th. The death of seven head of fat cat- tle as a result of the heat of yester- day is reported, and since then the death of five more. According to the report 40 head of fine, fat steers were driven to the “Tt is a woeful disappointment to the people out in my section of the Modern Accomplishments. Cleveland Plain Dealer, repeated it will be in the winter, deep. Bitter’ By a Copperhead. Preston Guernsey, the 11-year-old son of George P. Guernsey, a well- known farmer and stockman living some two or three times last Satur- sick; but at the last account the crisis was past and he was getting as well as could be expected.— Distinguished Citizens Met as said: | In view of the flood re- | personal property assessment list of | = | We put in almost all of last week in t for our customers. We found many things They are now coming in, and while we know and get them at the prices we will sell them. New 25c Dutch Collars for 19c New 25c We bought last week, and now have them on display, ° New 12%c Pillow Cords an assorted lot of Nobby New Shirt Waist Suits Tee m4 These were made to sell for Shirtings 15c for ~— $1.50 to $5.00 Per , ales We will price the lot for quick sale from New 75c ior 6c Umbrellas a c to $1. : New 10c 50c Dress Ginghams Let us show them to you. 7c Newest Things in New 50c ADVANCE STYLES IN STREET Ruching Dressing Combs H ATS Collars and Ties 35c — { the’ Nobby New Street Hats are in ret A few o! oe ain ‘ol Atlantic City Bags 4 $1.98 to $2.25 tr 25c Hill's Gash St The Womans Store. NEW GOO At HILL’S CASH STORE he big wholesale houses looking for good bargains on which we can save you a heap of money. itis HOT WEATHER, it will pay you to come BARGAINS IN SHIRT WAIST SUITS DS New $1.25 Skirts for 98c 25c Bates County Fair. Copy for the premium list and) catalog for the annual meet of the, Bates County Fair Association, is now in the hands of the printer and will) probably be ready for distribution in the next ten days or two weeks. A} heavy line of exceptionally valuable special premiums are being offered | by the merchants and business men of Butler, besides the regular liberal premiums offered by the manage- ment. The prospects are exception- ally bright for a big and successful fair this time, that will excel in many features the previous fairs. \ Our farmers have been blessed with bountiful crops so far that brought big prices, the stock is in good ‘condition and, as a whole, of a much better grade than has hereto- fore prevailed in Bates county. The most of them are taking pride in im- proving the breed of all classes of stock and poultry, and there is no better way to stimulate this than to exhibit at the county fair. Bring your stuff in and compare it with your neighbors and with that from other sections, and you will go home resolved to do even better the next time. Remember the dates from September 14 to 17 inclusive. S. S. Institutes. The Sunday School Institutes for registering about 100, and if it is ever| Butler association will be at times and | places as follows: Drexel Aug. 23 at when the snow is about three feet!g 5 m.; Amsterdam, Aug. 24 at 8 p, Charlie Henson, m.; Mt. Vernon, Aug. 25 at 8 p. m.; at 8p. m.. New Hope, Aug. 29 at 8 p. m.; Butler, Aug.30 at 8 p. m. Pas- tors, Sunday School superintendents, he arrived and hé was} and New Hope churches. Our asso- ene ace” Et tel mene anean athena Se belipages: there will be FELIS Worland, Aug. 26 at 8 p. m.; Hume, Chas. R. Buckles, Aug. 27 at 8 p. m.; Rich Hill, Aug. 28 Nannie B. Rexroad, Harry Thaw is Sent Baek to In- sane Asylum. White Plains, N. Y., Aug.—Harry Kendall Thaw was sent back to Mat- teawan to be held an insane man, and a menace to the public if at liberty. Justice Isaac N. Mills filed his de- ‘cision denying Thaw’s application for release and ordering him returned to the madhouse from which he has |been fighting for his freedom ever ,since he was committed there by | Justice Downing, at the end of his | second murder trial, when he was ac- quitted on the grounds of insanity. Justice Mills’ decision was a vol- uminous document, reviewing all the |testimony taken at the three weeks’ \ trial which ended last Saturday. Thaw, return him to Matteawan or send him to some other State institu- tion for observation. He also could have given Thaw into the custody of a keeper during a term of probation. After reviewing the testimony, the decision announces Justice Mills con- clusions as follows: “First—The insanity with which Harry K. Thaw was afflicted on June 2, 1906, when he killed Sanford White, was of the kind known as chronic delusive insanity, or paranoia. - | “Second—Harry K. Thaw has not recovered from his insanity.’’ Marriage Licenses. Adrian, Mo. Adrian, Mo. Adrian, Mo. Adrian, Mo. Bessie Keeton, R. J. Aitchinson, Rilla Thompkins, Butler, Mo. five or six miles southwest of town, |teachers and other christian workers F. L. Finley, Amsterdam, Mo. was bitten by a copperhead snake) wil} be expected to be in these Insti- Nellie V. Dye, | Amsterdam, Mo. Justice Mills-had-authority to tree }}— Archie, Mo. | Pity the poor king and queen of Spain. The day of their marriage a bomb thrower attempted to assassin- | ate them as they drove through the | streets. When their first child was | born and the Queen wanted to go home for a few days it was necessary to ship the baby, dressed iike a peas- | ant child, by another route, while the | queen-mother took a child dressed up | as though it was hers, so that in the | event of an assassination the real heir | would be spared. Ever since their | reign began there has been tribul Harness, Buggies, Wagons. tion and revolution and now the Moors are whipping the regular soldiers and an international revolu- tion has broken out in Barcelona with resultant loss of life heavy. The Barcelonian en have armed themselves behind ambuscades and mowed down the: police officers until one war correspondence says the town ‘“‘was a perfect hell.’’ Being king or queen of Spain is just about as pleasant and permanent a job as sitting on top of a volcano in full working order.—Ex. it for you without extra charge. | | | money—be sure and see it. Insti-_ Red Rope Paper and Rubber Roofing. a ee ee ae Arthur 0. B. Allen, Butler, Mo. : Axle Grease, Harness Oils, Etc. Bh fatgi WR eae Se Butler, Mo. | ~~ : prices on Fly Nets and all Summer Goods J.C. H lo. 2, two runner, Road leg was considerably eons are to, by ordained st Worlsadl © Ot, bess lorhertong na $1.50 on this cna thee Scraper for only $5.00. Save $1.00 to than three. It ig 42 1-2acres of land, all in timothy no: and clover, 1-2 mile of Pasiaic, Bates A sold at COST PRICES. ‘We are headquarters and recognized leaders in First Class Harness dnd Vehicles. In our splendid stock of HEAVY FARM and LIGHT DRIV- ING HARNESS we can suit you in any style and price you want. Should we not have exactly what you want—remember, we will make We just received a number of new style STEEL FORK COW- BOY SADDLES, which with our LADIES ASTRIDE and KEN- TUCKY SPRING SEAT SADDLES you can find what you want. If you want a BUGGY or even enjoy looking at FIRRT CLASS VEHICLES, don’t fail to come in and look our line over, as we can - say without fear of contradiction, that it is the largest and most up-to- date in the TOWN, and OUR PRICES are always right. We will have another shipment of SAYERS & SCOVILL WORK in before the FAIR, which includes all the latest styles. We have the BEST SPRING WAGON on the market for the Our prices on FARM WAGONS can not be EQUALED in the TOWN—three well known and standard makes to ali Milburn, Owensboro and Buerkens. Tents, Wagon Sheets, Bows and Paulins, for sale or rent.