The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 9, 1911, Page 4

a passband ice Pe + eee es Sapedae cem 4 The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week J. D. ALLEN, Proprietor ROBT, D, ALLEN, Editor and Manager Entered at the Post Office of Butler, Mo., a8 second-class mail matter. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR ————_—_—_<_<$—$—— ANNOUNCEMENT. We are authorized to announce P.M. ALLISON &sa candidate for the office of County Super- intendent of Schools, subject to the action of e Democratic party. FOUR GOOD BILLS. Hon. J. W. Lewis, representing Bates county in the State Legislature, is the author of four bills which in importance will rank among the fore- most introduced during the present session, and his bill relative to the transportation of pupils in rural dis- tricts is of especial importance. This bill provides that upon petition of 10 taxpayers of the district, the board of directors of any school district may submit to the voters of the district the question of providing transportation for the pupils of such school district, living more that 1-2 mile from the school house, to and from school. Mr. Lewis’ other bills are, an act relating to the adoption of the con- tract system of working roads in counties having having township orginization; an act creating a State stallion registration board; an act to appropriate $5,000 to promote the growing of improved corn. Secretary of The Interior, Richard A. Ballinger, has tendered his resig- nation to President Taft, and Walter L. Fisher, a Chicago ‘‘Progressive,?’ has been chosen in his stead. Fish- er’s appointment is said to be object- ionable to Senator Lorimer, of Illi- nois. Ballinger’s resignation was probably occasioned by the announce- ment that impeachment proceedings were‘to be brought against him in the House. Some wealthy Missourian may be- come famous and enjoy the knowl- edge that his name will go down in the history of the state, by following the example set by General Dupont, the powder manufacturer who offers to donate to the state of Delaware a boulevard across the entire length of the commonwealth. Howard A. Gass, who on the face | of the returns at the late election was _ defeated for the re-election to the of- fice of Stathe Superintendent of Public Schools, has been elected | cashier of the Merchants Bank of | Jefferson City. | | | Democratic Primary. The Democratic primary held Sat- urday, March 4th to nominate candi- | dates for the various township offices | passed off quietly, though a good vote was polled. Followingis the vote for each candidates. Trustee. Geo Henty: 6.565 can jo ssaes ces 377 Collector. IGOR M Bathe. ccs ccisscccasnesd Hamilton Herrell Chas. S. Ewin............. L. S. Radford.:........... W. F. Hemstreet Assessor, John Wright........0........066 387 Constable. MG DUNG soya sce rset cee vies 377 | the legislature viz: Democratic Call. The Democrats of Butler are here- by called to meet in convention in the circuit court room on Tuesday even- ing, March 14th, at 7:30 o’clock, for|years. If so, why saddle bonds onto |trict will be gratified to learn that it the purpose of nominating candidates for councilmen, school director and the transaction of any other business which may come up. C. H. Burgess, Chairman. W. H. Hupp, Secretary. 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Wallis Lewis, representing | this county in the State Legislation, | made a trip home the last of the week | for the purpose of learning the de-| sires of his constituents on the vari- | ous propositions for the building of a/ new capitol. | There are three propositions before For a $5,000,000 bond issue to run 50 years; fora $3,- 000,000 bond issue to run 13 years; for $3,000,000 to be raised in 3 to 5 years by a direct levy. Mr. Lewis informed a representa- tive of The Times Monday evening that the sentiment in Bates county seemed to be almost unanimously in favor of the latter proposition. Mr. Lewis said: ‘“‘I believe this to be the wiser course to pursue, Al- though I would certainly act in ac- cordance with the desires of the peo- ple of Bates county, I would person- ally be very much opposed to saddling a $3,000,000 or $5,000,000 bond issue upon our children when we can raise Murder at Rich Hill. John Meet, a Swede, aged about | “County Fair,’’ the annual stunt of | Treasury at the ending of the month ; Jefferson City, $178,496.65; National 30 years, was stabbed to death near the Missouri Pacific depot in Rich Hill by a party or parties unknown. The Review says: Meet was a member of the extra gang of workmen who have been laying the new steel on the Missouri Pacific railway. Together with other members of the ‘gang, he had been dissipating Saturday night. When the time arrived for the closing of the saloons, most of the men went to their bunks in the cars, but it seems that Meed and another man, known amongst his co-workers as ‘‘Irish,’’ failed to get in with the rest of the gang. A few minutes after twelve, so the testimony offered at the coro- peat inquest bela aed appeared at the cars crying for help, saying that someone had stabbed hin. Constable Stangle was summoned and with the aid of others took the wounded man into the depot, where he died within a few seconds without piving any information that might lead to the arrest and conviction of his assailant. : A number of parties suspected with having knowledge of his assailant the necessary funds by a direct levy lai rest, t which will not in any way be burden- ering a * scsi some. It is estimated that a two cent A coroner’s jury was called and at levy would pay principal and interest |9 clock Monday night rendered a ona thirteen year bond issue, leave a surplus of $250,000. being the case, would not a direct levy of 5 cents more than pay the same amount in from three to five the people of the state.” Democratic Call. The Democrats of Mound township will hold a convention at Mt. Zion school house, Friday, March 10, 1911, for the purpose of nominating a town- verdict that the act was committed by parties unknown, and with full intent to kill. The voters of this Senatorial dis- was on motion of Senator Baldwin the Senate killed the bill to raise the assessment of all property to its act- ual cash value; a proceedure for which Gov. Hadley clamored incessantly. Senator Baldwin is a farmer, and no one realizes better than he that Had- ley’s pet scheme would hit hard the PE W. G. Dillon, farmers whose property is largely ae we ~~ old visible. The wealth of the cities ina i in convention at large measure escapes taxation as it ginia Saturpay, March 18, at 2o'clock| Vital Statistics for February. {i and a cash value assessment p. m., for the purpose of electing} The Vital Statistics report of Bates|would only emphasize and increase delegates to the convention | county for February 1911 as furnished | the present inequalities to the disad- and to nominate a ticket. [by Dr. T. C. Boulware, Statistician] vantage of the man whose wealth is W. M. Hardinger, Committeeman. | and three deaths. | -“County Fair’ by Students. Columbia, Mo., March 5.—The | | the students in the College of Agri-' culture of the University of Missouri, | “| will be given some time in April. | | The exact date has not been decided, though committees have the event in| charge. The stunt of the agriculturists orig- inated in 1905, when C. B. Hutchison, instructor in agronomy, conceived the plan of the “County Fair,”’ which has done more to bring the agricultural students into notice than anything else. Mr. Hutchison believed that the farmers should be represented in the annual stunts, as well as the other divisions of the university. “There is nothing like the ‘air any- where in the United States,”’ said Mr. Hutchison to-day. ‘‘This is the only agricultural college conducting such an institution. I have received letters from professors and students all over ithe country asking how the fair is organized, how it is conducted and how it affects the students.”’ Big Coal Discovery. Much speculation and comment has been stimulated in business circles during the past few days by the dis- covery of a vein of coal between five and six feet in thickness on the farm of G. Epple, three and one-half miles north of Appleton City, says the Journal. The coal strata was encountered at |a depth of 116 feet in.an old well Mr. Epple was having drilled deeper for agreater supply of water for stock. An excellent quality of coal has long been mined from a vein near the sur- face about 17 inches thick; but this is the first that a drill has been put down deep enough to reach the second de- posit and it is probably that a valuable diseovery has been made—one that may cause our town and country to boom as never dreamed of by the most optimistic. for the county, shows three births/ visible in broad acres.—Clinton Dem-| 8-foot solid pak extension table ocrat. $8.50 at Cuiver’s. State Treasurer Balances. There was a balance in the State of February of $3,733,276. While the receipts for February were $588,707.49, the disbursement for the month, owing to the fact that the appropriation bills have not yet | become laws, amounted to but $43.35. The Penitentiary earned $30,290.85. There is a balance in the game fund of $29,510.83. The general Treasury balance is held as follows: Cash and legislative | script in the Treasurer’s vault, $173,- 860.66; Exchange Bank, Jefferson City, $177,992.44; First National Bank, ‘Bank, Jefferson City, $178,436.65; | National Bank of Commerce, Kansas City, $173,499.65; German-American Bank, St. Louis, $321,681.90; Missis- sippi Valley Trust Company, St. Louis, $321,681.90; Mississippi Valley Trust Company, St. Louis, $2,707,- 804.86. 8-foot solid oak, 5-inch leg exten- sion table at Culver’s for $11.90. Gentlemen ordinary kind. Try it. 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