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Kansne City Stoc! Local Freight....... BUTLER STATION No, 209 Southweet Limited No. 207 K.C & Joplin Mail & No. 205 Nevada Accommodat No, 29] (Local Freight?......... INTERSTATE, All freight for forwarding must be at depot notlater than eleven o’clock a m or be held for following dav’s forwarding. friight for Interstate Division must be delivered before No freight billed for thie ¥ E. U, VaNDERVoonT, No. (198 Madieou Local Freight.......... No 87 Madison Accommodation... five o’clock p. m, No. 688 Butler 4ccommoda*! train in morning. No. 604 Butler Local freight. Freight tr-ins Nos. 693 an )E gers on Interstate. Diviaion. No other freight | trains carry passengers. “i SOUTH, jon Agent. 3 ed | sata Court on a day to be named in sald writ to | | show cause, if any they h-ve, againat euch | dierolu ioa, it is now ordered by the Court that ersons interested in the Rich Hill Coal any, & corporation as aforesaid, ereby are ri quired to show cauee, ifany thev have in this Court, on or before the 20th day of March 1912 why such corpora- | tlon ehou):: not be dissolved. And notice is hereby given that the ge: | pature of said application is a The petition verified by ® majority of ite | disaolution of sald corporation, Board of Directors for the dissolution of the | jects und purposes having been accomplishet, Rich Hill Coal Mining Company a corporation | ite debts patd and allof ite assets distribated, under the laws o! Missouri, brving been filed! there is no further occasion to naintain ite in the Circuit Court for the Twenty ninth Cir- | cor, cuit, Bates County, Missouri, and the several | not! officers and all the stockholders of suid corpor- | ation having entere! their voluntary appear- | ence thereto in eaid Court at the time of filing | of said petition, or those thereof who did not | enter their voluntary appearanc: in sald Court been notified by a suromons under the hand 4nd eeal of the cl: rk of eald Court, recit- | ing the filing of said petition, ite general pur- | pose and nature and citing them to appear in | ’ Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Bates. In the Cireuit Cou t for the Twenty-ninth Cir- | Minin County of isates, State of Missonri, | before Honorable C. A. Calvird, Febrnary | In the matter of the Rich Hill Coal Mining | nerall| Abdi rderlng and teors Ing Company, a corporation. rate exietence. and it is ordered tha’ this | ce be published acco! trust dee C.A CAL A true copy of the record. In testimony whereof, I have hereun- to set my hand and affixed tho seal of | said Court at office, in the city of Buler, County of Kates, State of Mis- | ouri, this the 27 h day«f 912 H. O. MA Clerk of Circuit Court. | CONDENSED OFFICIAL STATE- MENT OF THE MISSOURI STATE BANK As rendered to the State Bank Commis- sioner at close of business, February 20, 1912 RESOURCES Money loaned $276,122.31 Overdrafts (only) Real Estatd (including bank bui Furniture and fixtures Cash reserve $394,727.40 donouserdoncansana ..§ 55,000.00 Capital stock Surplus and undivided profits. $394,727.40 “The Old Reliable” Sheriff’s Sale in Partition. lant or ‘¢rofeale rendered and made by the | Clrenit Court of Pates Counts, Missouri, at the | Feoruary term the eof, (12 in a ease there | pending wherein Wary Lena. reand Earl Sayre | are plaintifa, and Bit h uriition aud Bale of the following describe real estate in Bates Count: , Missouri, to wit: The east half of lots | one and two of the norih west quarver and the | wea: half of lots one and two of the north east | quarter allin section six (6) tov nship thirty- ; nine (39) range twent -nin ) subject to a dd for two thousa nree hundred dollars and interes’ in taver of Wiliam II, FAd+ems trustee for William R © mpton which ig recorded in hook 185 at pa, in the office lof the Recorder ot Devits o tes County Missouri, also sulject toa trust ceed fir «ne | hundred aod sixty-one dollare and interest in favor of the same parties recorded in book 18), | at paze 597 in the ottice of the recorder of deeds of Bates Comnty, Mi-ssuri, I w.ll on Wednesdsy, March 20, 1912, | between the hours of nine o'clock ia the fore- noon @ d five o’clock in the afternoon of that day at the east front door of the court house in | Batler, Ba-es County, Missouri, sell at pa lic ont-cry to the highest bidder tor cach in band allof aid revi catate, in accordance with eaid | rae Bnd decres W. J. BULLOCK, Sheriff's Sale in Partition. Maggie Bolin and D. S_ Bolin, her hnsband and Wm. E Walten guardian of M M Combsor unsound mind Plaintitls Vs ‘Mason Combs Hilton Combs, Plata Combs Sylvester Comts Jr , Roy tubbs, Homer Duvall, The tarmers Bin Bates County Miseowi, The Dnvall Pe: pany and the B, Leiterodter Millinery Com- paoy, Defendants Ia porsnance ot decree in partition ven- dered by the Cireu't Court of bates County Missouri at ite Februar. term 1912, in the ab-ve entitled ac jon, I the uodere'g ied Sheriff of Batis County, Missouri, will on We.!nesday the 27 bh day of March, 1912 at the enst front door of the courc house in Bat ler, Miesouri, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cach the toliowing dee cribes, real estate in Bates County, Missourt, | to-w | esonth halfof the sauth esst quarter of Sectt. » Tw-oty-two (22) a enoreb half of | the north east quarter of seciion Twenty-seven (27), all in| Townsnip Forty .40), Kange | Thirty (39) Bares County, Missouri. Woy. KULLO’K, 19-td Sheriff of Ba'es County, Missouri Sheriff’s Sale in Partition. Joseph E, Mosley, Plaintift vs. sarah K Mosley, Robert Mosley, Lula Black- | more (nee + osley) Clyde Mosley James N Mosley, William Mosie,, Josie C, Musley and | George R Mosley, Defendants | In the Circuit Court, Bates, County, Missouri By virtne and authority ofa decree ard order | of sale made by the esi Court, in the above en- uted cause, and of a certified copy thereo', | | dated February Oh, i9)2,1 ition Wednesday, Mareh 20th 1012 between the hours of 1in# o clock nt e forr- | Boon Ans five o’clock in the afterno n of that | day, a the east front door of the Court Houser, iv th city of Butl-r, Batre Co Missouri, sell at public V ndue, to the highest bidder, | the tollu wing degeribed real estase, viz: All thar partofthe East halt of the North | West quarter of Section Twent\-eigh' (2s), Townehi Thirty eight (3¢), of Range Thirty (30) that lies North snd Eaet of the Marinsdes Cygnes river containing 55 a:rc8, mo: eor less, allin Bstes County Missouri, tor cash in hand a8 provided by said order of sale | W. J, BULLOCK, vid Sheriff of Bates County, Miesouri. It is a mistake to allow orchard ‘land to Me hard and crusty in the spring simply because there are no | weeds growing. The orchard needs By author'ty and in pursuance of a decree | swyre is defendant | Sheriff of Bates Vounty, Missouri | 1 Trust Com | On the Wing. Luther Borris has hired to Richard Stevens. If Dick will feed him | plenty of gravy; he is a good hand. M. E. McConnel has sold out and and is going to visit his daughter | ;Mabel at St. Louis, thence to Cali- fornia where he will make his future home with his son, John. H Frank Vandriff attended the funeral | jof Mrs, Henry Ison at Butler Monday. | Orchard Grove has built a new| ‘school house. It’s a big, fine one; has a bellfry but no bell. Geo. Chaney and wife visited Jim Bealer’s in Butler Monday. Mr. Smoot, who lived on the Wells farm, moved to the Pink Ellington} farm east of town Monday. | | George Chaney and family and | | Verne Ward visited at the home of; |Mrs. McConnels Sunday night andj} ‘entertained them with some music. | | George's fingers are out of tune but) jhis mouth is still going. He has | purchased a new French harp. LLLLUALL MOT, ty VLULULUU AULA LA lf MMMM DeliciousCake Healthful Food made with Dr. Prices CREAM BakingPowder RANA LULU LL LLUY LL LLLYLU LULA LL LLA LALLA ML Wdddddd Wl (LLUULAALLMLMLLLL TULL LA LLUULLA LULL LLL LLL LLL TLL Charley Earsom is a frequent visitor at Jim Marstellar’s since Miss Grant | | boards there. Mr. Grow has moved on the Clabe |Miller farm and Mr. Blankenbaker | |moved where he vacated. | Jess Smith of Montana has been | |here visiting with relatives and) |friends. His brother-in-law, Henry | | Bryant, accompanied him home. | We understand that Bud Poor is} |erowded up in one corner in order to} let another man move in. | | VLLLLLLLLLLL LA VLLLLLL LLL LML LLL \ CLL, MMMM ZZ The product of Grapes L ime Phosphate | bese nerrrrerncbnenrnet | YUM Ld ryfield et al 450 a, sees 32 and 33 Hudson $20625. WS Fuller to Laura J Fuller et al unc 1-6 int 160 a, sec 28, Mt Pleasant $1.00. John © Simpson to H B Walker 108 a, see 30, Deer Creek $— J W Wallace to J F Moore, Jr., lot 1, blk 64, Rich Hill $200. C A Harman to W B Kemper 40 a, . see 1, Pra £2000. C A Harman to W B Kemper 80 a, see 11, Pleasant Gap $4000. J C Bracken to J A Silvers. tract, sec 30, Mt Pleasant $1700. Wm McBratney to F W Davis lot 8, pt 7, Mills ad, Adrian $250. HE Dooley to W C Rhoades 242 a, see 24, nd River $12000. Real Estate Transfers. is as one more month oi) | N. M. Nestlerode snowed in to stay 3 : ‘ all night with Mr. Chaney Monday. Geo A Davis toG F Horton 120 a f ec 27 Walnut $6000. The Miller h: : 5 school, B G Davis to J W VanDyke pt lots Moudy Steiner of Prairie City, ao wa : re S000, Igettinemreadyatombuildbasbie store] Geo Hatrel to Bird Hutchings 80 a ‘house, as his trade has increased so |°°° Hep etnl Ts tne en, lhe ee ca heannedd Sit “~ ““| J T Bamford to C H Argenbright ete mae : : / 80a sec 9 Mt Pleasant $4750. | The camp at work on the drairage | John § Anderson ct al to J P_ Bond ditch has received acar load of hay /80 a see 7 Howard $4400. | from Kansas City. J W Greenup to Wesley Denton Erwin Bassett has bought Joe | 200 a sec 6 Summit $15000. | Haskins store at Pleasant Gap. Joe | Wesley Denton to.J W Greenup 120 bought a store in Rich Hill and has | a see 33 Charlotte $5000. !moved there to take possession. T L Fisk to B P Powell 160 a see The Scifers school has a good at: | 16 Summit $16000. | tendance this bad weather and the! RG Trickett toM T Dunean lot 1 ‘teacher has things going her way. ‘blk 1 Wyatts add Butler $100. T P Green et al to MH Mouse 100 | John Q. Edwards has moved from ey Angle ee Blackmon 40asee 4 see 34, Grand River $6500. 32 East Boone $2000. Geo Hatch to TB Hey 120 a, see acc tealae aah aia | Anna Angle to V E Blackmon 40 a es ae i ack § a levered fills mantis ests ! CP Mead to Ella Turk lot 5 pt lot 6 \ ) d _ | blk 24 Ladd Rich Hill $300. | Lee Browning says he hasa job in’ 141 Clinkenbeard to F R.Allen pt ; Kansas City this summer, lot 3 blk 1 Pecks add Butler $1200. | H. H. McClendon has a span of} John M Scott to A J Brown pt lots |good heavy horses for sale or will 5 and 6 blk 24 1 ad Rich Hill $200. ‘exchange for cattle, hogs, sheep or! Geo L Argenbright to A D Love- ‘hay, as he has rented his farm and / ridge lot 14 and pt lot 15 W Side ad ‘expects to devote his whole time in| Butler $1000. the coal mine. John O Shofner to Joe Smith et al J. F. McClendon of Mulberry, Kas , | 180 a sec 14 Walnut $7200. ‘has moved in the house vacated by} J A Howe to P P Howe 46a sec 5 |Ed. Merchant and expects to work in | Pleasant Gap $1700. ‘his brother Harry’s coal mine, F Vickers toG W Dixon 2a sec 23 G. W. Sunderwirth bought 80 acres | Mt Pleasant $350. of the coal company at $50 per acre.| Elizabeth Dersch to E A Card tract ! Spe dae | sec 23 Mt Pleasant $75. lal Mipicenes $09 OF A. Steineris: dead. Elihu Huntsman to M L West 55 a/ He was a faithful watch dog; nothing 5 rf ‘to git folks into a peck of trouble, -would keep him from his duty. | sec 15 Rockville $935. : land a little neglect of constipation, TOS GRGr tan. coal. inestina M A Willis to W R Wilson 40 a sec | biliousness, indigestion or other liver e Sunderwirth coal mine has | 49 wainut $2000. derangement will do the same. If plentA of coal out. Mary J Woody etal to Jacob Powell jailing, take Dr. King’s New Life Pills Wm. Woods has his new house | 80 a sec 2 Charlotte $4400. ae eae ak a 33, West Point $6600. B F Cox to L E Wilson lot 6, blk 8, Reese’s ad, Hume $850. T W Tedford to J F fedford lots 10 and 11, blk.38, Rich Hill $400. Roy M Wilcox to W E Guyant 180 a, sec 7 and 8, Mt Pleasant $15000. W E Kelley to Roy Wileox blk 10, Thompson ad, Butler $2000. W E Guyant'to Roy Wilcox lots 12, 17, blk 11, West Side ad, Butler $2000. L E Sackett to Gertrude L_ McClel- land pt blk 13, Butler $5.00. Gertrude L McClelland to Sackett et al pt lot 1, blk 13, $5.00. by), Butler Uncle Ezra Says It don't take more’n a gill uv effort ” The Walton Trust == Company = Butler, Mo. .$ 55,000.00 102,004 40 Capital........... Surplus Fund and Prof Always has cash on hand to loan on farms in Bates, Vernon, Barton, Cedar, Dade and Polk coun- ties in Missouri and in Oklahoma on five or seven years time, at lowest rates of interest. PAYS INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS. We own and keep up with the récords daily a complete Abstract of Title to all lands and town Will furnish RELIABLE ab- lots in Bates county. Fees reasonable. For idle money we can‘arrange for you to re- ceive interest for a few months or years and you hold high grade security for it. DIRECTORS Frank Allen John Deerwester Wm. W. Trigg C. A. Allen John E. Shutt J. B. Walton W.E. Walton ...... President .. Vice-President J.B. Walton......... C. A. Allen..............:... Treasurer | cultivation just as does the corn. A mulch should be maintained so as to | prevent the escape of the moisture. | During midsummer the moisture will be needed, and if it is dried out the trees may suffer and shed their leaves early. “No scheme of soil conservation can be successful unless it is profit: able. fertility but is unprofitable, then it need not be further considered. But livestock farming is profitable, and is more profitable than any other sys- tem of permanent agriculture that has been devised."—Dean F. B. Mum- ford of Missouri Agricultural College. According to Professor Kempster, of the Poultry Department at the Uni- versity of Missouri, the orchard or | the cornfield is the ideal place for poultry raising. The hens get plenty of exercise and plenty of animal food in the form of grubs and insects. Close confinement is never so good for hens as wide range. OVER 65 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Trave Marks Desicns Copynicuts &c. Anvone sending 8 sketch and description may our opinion free whether an wn 18 probably patentable. Communica inv. i tions stri Sondden tal. WANDEGOK ‘on P sent dest agency for securing receive hout charge, in Patents taken through Munn 2 American, en special wit! A handsomely illustrated weetty. largest fears Tour months, $k Sc by all newedestere WON #6 acitrendre NOW jai F Bt. Washington, D. If live stock farming conserves | Wm. ‘Merchant says there is noth- | 33 Butler $700. | Anti-Single Tax Meeting Called. -ing in this leap year. He has been! Parnell Jenkins to H M Klumpp 1-2| A meeting of the farmers and busi- | shaving three times a week and no | interest lots 4, 5, 6, blk 3 Rich Hill)ness men of Bates county will be _one seems to notice him. $175. ‘held in the circuit room in this city Wade Bridgeman has built a nice} Bird Hutchings to MO McClarmon| Saturday, March 9th, at 2:30 o'clock | little house for Chas. Morgan one-half ; 119 a sec 4 Deer Creek $6800. p: m., for the purpose of discussing quarter west of Pleasant Gap school | Sol Winetroub to F B Varnum pt/the proposed constitutional amend- blk 1, Montgomerys 1st ad, Butler} ment which provides for the adop- house. D. B. Thomas on Route 7 is very | $1.00. ‘tion of the “‘Single-tax’’ system in (ill. Lillie V Foote to J F Thompson! Missouri, and to take steps for the lots 3, 4, 5, blk 19, Little’s ad, Humé, $1800. Prominent speakers will be pres- WN Huckstep toJ P Herman 80 ent and thoroughly discuss the ques- a, sec 36, Shawnee $4400. | tion. JS Merkey to G H Piehl 40 a, sec| Every tax-payer is vitally interest- 31 Pleasant Gap $1700. ‘ed this question and should take this C W Rice to Henry Bowman lot 19, | opportunity to become fully posted blk 17, Amoret $450. {on the probable effects of the meas- Frank A Morris et al to Gates Mer- jure. defeat of same. scenes R. J. Warren is sawing wood _ for his brother with his big engine with 2 ‘sets of saws attached. Dick has a | 16-foot gang disc and as soon as the| ‘ground thaws out he is going to turn | ‘the river bottom upside down for Mr. Kern. | Grover McCoy was riding around | ‘with Nelse, the old picture man, two days last week. i | Art Lyon’s wife died the 28th of | February, one mile north of Rock-| Patriotism ville. She leaves a husband and five | (gaeres. She was buried in Prairie i The stomach is a larger factor in ‘‘ life, liberty and the pur- | Vly Priday. j suit of happiness’’ than most people are aware. Patriotism can withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. The confirmed dys- Peptic ‘‘ is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils.’’ The man who goes to the front for his country with a weak stomach will be a weak soldier and a fault finder. A sound stomach makes for good citizenship as well es for health and happiness. ‘ Diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition are promptly and permanently cured by the use of Dr. PIERCE’S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY. dt builds up the body with sound flesh and solid muscle. The dealer who offers a substitute for the ‘‘ Discovery ’’ is only secking to make the little more profit realized on the sale of less meritorious preparations. John Bracher has bought a fine camera and is making some good Pct Johnny is also overseeing | Wm. Eddy’s ranch. : | W. T. Summy is going to move to +the 80 acres he bought in Vernon county as soon as the roads will per- mit. ; H.M. Merchant says, ‘‘Don’t put ‘this jowshar. in the paper.’’ I won't but I have the tune in. | ‘The snow is six inches deep and | pd falling. Itis now ten minutes Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free | after one. ) receipt of mas: oy expense <= — oan : one-cent stamps paper cove: , or 31 stamps Ps mage a hans oe ie Sire eeeee nenans crn s peters 2 ween |Is ten y old. Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y.