The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 7, 1912, Page 8

“A Great Big Fine Country.” | equipped with the latest machinery, Hart, Texas, March 1, 1912, |have forty head of horses and |mules, mostly mules, however, a few Dear Bob:— | AsI have more time today than | thoroughbred colts and cow horses, anything and realize the struggle you | 230 head of high grade cows and have to fill the columns of your valu-/Tegistered bulls, mostly Herefords, able paper, Iam making an effort to |and one-half car of nice Poland-China é Our stock is all good arid help you out; I trust, however, that Shoats. : 4 A if you print this, it will not cause any | Would do credit to any Missouri farm. of your “cash subscriptions” to be | Besides have a Shetland pony, weight cancelled and will ask that you have 165 pounds-—last and least. same carefully “proof read,”’ thereby | correcting all errors of spelling, ‘ingly fortunate in having as foreman punctuation, éte. ;on our ranch, Mr. C. A. Oneal, who, Well Bob, it has been about three | with his family, are well known in months since I came down here and | Bates county, having lived there a had fully expected when I left home| number of years before coming to to have been back for New Years, | AB dinner, but this is a great country; and I got my wires strung on so! many different poles that it did not exactly suit me to return as soon as I had expected. However, I expect to be back in Butler soon and am sure she will be quite pleasing to the eye. overly interesting to you, but it may be to others if you permit such in one thing that would particularly in- terest you and Capt. J. D., that is the antelope, or ‘“‘goat,”’ as they term This isa great “big fine country,” sae netsh There is 8 nice bunchiok 1 4 > . \7or8 about 10 miles from us and the best of water and a healthy cli- , mate. when I was down in Dawson county We raised a good crop of Kaffir I saw a herd of about 25 or 30 and Corn and Milo Maize last year and blue quail big enough that Bob Dea- oats and Indian Corn were fair, stil] Con and Maj. Crowell couldn't help the season was a little dry, but have but get a bird a-piece, that is in one had lots of moisture this winter and | T two days. have a good “‘season’’ in the ground, With best personal regards to your- which makes 1912 crop prospects | Self and the Capt., Iam hoping to see fine. you soon. Very truly yours, You can raise most anything you Clyde N. McFarland. want here, but of course some crops Ce pees do better than others. Kaffir and Milo Maize are the main feed crop, however oats, wheat and millet do fine. There is quite a lot of alfalfa grown on the “Draw Lands’’ and: Inasmuch as some party or parties some very good fields on uplands. have, during the past year, promis- We have a nice 7 section ranch cuously scattered poison throughout well watered by four wind pumps the city, endangering the lives of and a draw, running through two little children, and causing the death sections, which has water in it the of many valuable animals, we, the greater part of the year. Our soil is ' undersigned citizens of Butler and a rich chocolate and just enough sand | Bates County hereby agree to pay to make a plow scour, but the soil. the amounts set opposite our names does not blow. We have about 250 upon the apprehension and conviction acres in one field and about 125 in of such party or parties who have another. We have one section fenced | been or may in the future be guilty all. around and two cross fences with of this offense. high woven wire with one barb wire W. J. Bullock................ Wait for Barnhart’s sale for your mares and stallions. $165 Reward! on top on cedar and hedge posts. | R. R. Deacon. .. The other five sections all barb wire Rae a a and fenced in three different pastures, Hf, H. Holloway... having something over twenty miles; Frank T. Clay... of fence. |W. W. Cannon... Have a nice six-room house, con-| J. B. Armstrong. . crete cellar or basement and usual ced ee Co. . out buildings. One barn atthe house | CE. unite ee will care for 40 head of horses and J. D. Norfleet mules and at our corral, which He Gree eae 96x100 with 6 foot board fence, we Yhas. W. McKarlana. . have a shed, with loft, 16x96 that will | rad ie 8. va care for a good many grown cattle. /[. S, Radford. Our ranch is well stocked and jR. D. Allen March 6, 1912 11 years ago today we landed in Butler; in that time there has been a good many changes. Watch our ads—they will bring a good many more. We think we have been exceed-| has a good home for them. Now Bob, the above may not be ‘your valuable paper, but I know of|to build a new barn. -have a sham trial at the windup on Elkhart. Well how is this for winter? The snow is eight inches deep. We think that the ground hog knew his busi- ness when he went back in his hole. Anyone wanting a good milk cow can get one by calling on A. West- over, John Barnett will leave this week for Iowa with his children, where he Miss Fannie Hook was calling on Mrs. A. Westover one day last week. *Squire Crumley was called to Col. Lockridge’s one day last week. The Col. had a sick cow. Charley Kershner has gone to Ok- Jahoma on a visit to his Uncle. John Reeves is getting out lumber Bob Marshall, the city attorney of Elkhart says that he is going to build a new barn. Milt Reeves transacted business at the county seat last week. The dance at Elkhart Jast Saturday night was pulled off in good style and everybody reports a good time. Mrs. Clements visited at Mrs. E. Beavilin’s one day last week. It is reported that Mrs. Ed Bailey had a very sick baby a few days ago. W. F. Stephens and Frank Proctor went to Butler last Wednesday to hear the Smith trial but it failed to come off. The Elkhart scribe got rained out last week and failed to show up and came very near being snowed under this week. We received a letter from Mrs. | Beohm a few days ago. She said that Leonard was getting along alright at Kansas City. We were sorry to hear of his bad luck. | Hub Thornbrough has a young) lady come to his house to board. | Jeff Clements took in the sights at Butler one day last week. When he left home he put on two overcoats and a blanket. We haven't heard whether he froze or not. Walter Henderson and Miss Grace Barnett were seen driving toward Butler last Sunday evening. Miss’ Flossie Fritts has gone to Richards, where slfe has.a good place to work. Logan Extraordinary Low Prices Metal Roofing We just received word from our factory that they are overstocked on Standard Gage Galvanized Corrugated Iron Roofing, and by taking advantage of the low price they are making to move this iron, we are able to make our customers a price of $3 per 100 square feet. Moore Lumber Company BUTLER, MO. PHONE 18 == on PER 100 SQ. FEET $3.0 Merwin Items. Some more snow fell this week. If adeep freezing of the ground and plenty of snow are favorable to a good corn crop the farmers have reason to be hopeful. Lizzie Henderson began the spring term of school at Edgewood this week. This is her first term and we wish her success. The K. C. S. hada wreck north of town about one-half mile last week. Several freight cars were derailed} and smashed. Both mail trains were | delayed until a wrecking crew came) from Pittsburg and cleared away the | wreckage so they could get by. Noj one was injured. ; S. E. Smith went to Hume last Fri- day night to act as judge in a debate between the Hume and ‘Adrian high schools. Bell & Shannon have received a new boiler for their well drill. They expect to be able to do all kinds of, well drilling as.goon as the weather | will permit. /“ S ' The Forbes ‘literary is still running in full blast. They report a good time. R. L. Scott is building him a new corn crib. Bob says he is going to raise some corn this year. can get them by calling on Col. Lock- ridge. John Reeves had the misfortune | take charge of the of the Maples Ho- H. E. Long made a business trip to Woodland last Friday evening. Miss Bertha Cheshier has resigned | her position as primary teacher here on account of poor health. Mrs. | Weiden is teaching in her place. The Christian Endeavor will give a; Anyone wanting good bur oak posts| St. Patric social Friday night, March | 15. It is rumored that Geo. White will last Sunday to have a fine litter of young pigs drowned. W. H. Keeton’s boy fell last Sun- day and cut a bad place in his lip. _ The literary at the Crooks is still running in good shape. They will the last night. Miss Fanny Hook pulled out a-foot for Rich’ Hill last Friday evening. We haven’t heard whether she got through all right or not. We will re- Hardware Department Just unloaded a car Woven Wire Fence, mak- ing two cars now on hand. port as soon as we hear from her. Miss Hazel Dubes and Miss Hook visited at the writer’s one day last week. tel here on April 1. travei in the interest of the business | college. former trips. this vicinity. Wagons are passing! through town every day loaded with household goods and farming imple- ments. that with so much good land in Bates county a large per cent of those who! till the soil are renters. He has been in | the implement and hardware busi-| ness but sold out some months ago. | D. F. Charles left this week to; He reports a fair success on This has been moving week in It isa fact to be regretted | AJ. | | home of a friend, she said, during the i | Rodsevelt “Harmony”’ Plan. Weather Favors Fruits. Jefferson City, March 5.—It is the, Columbia, Mo., March 5.—“The purpose of the Roosevelt leaders, in| weather we are having is favorable to ' Missouri to make a desperate effort the fruit crop, instead of detrimental, to hold primaries in all countiesin the as many people think,” said J. C. \ ' state. | Whitten, professor of horticulture in | It is known that this course has’ the University of Missouri, today. been agreed upon by Governor Had-| “This late winter is holding the i ley and all the rest of the Roosevelt | trees dormant. In March last year ‘leaders. Letters will possibly be sent | we had exceptionally warm weather, ‘to Chairman C. D. Morris and each ; and the buds of the trees came out, member of the state committee to-' only to be killed inthe April cold. |morrow or next day virtually de-| This weather will keep the buds from { manding this procedure. The argu- | coming out too soon.’ i mentthat will be most strongly urged| The chances for good fruit crops in in support of the primary plan will be | Missouri, excepting peaches, are ex- that perfect harmony in Missouri can | cellent, he says. : only be had in that way, and it is in-! The peach crop already is killed, timated that nothing but a primary | according to Mr. Whitten. The ab- will satisfy the Roosevelt advocates, | normally cold weather killed the buds Wait for Barnhart’s sale for your | 0 the trees. The southwestern cor- mares and stallions. iner and ‘possibly a few places over — = h Family Horse Wanted. | the State may have escaped the cold. Want good gentle family horse, | Wait for Barnhart’s sale for your must be automobile broke. | mares and stallions. . DeWitt McDaniel, | Route 1, Butler, Mo. | Dunne Hits Primary Laws. Peoria, Ill., March 5.—Present-day ; methods of obtaining nominations to j public office were likened to that of the corrupt days of Rome by Judge | Edward F. Dunne, candidate for the | Democratic nomination for governor, |here tonight. Asa remedy he advo- cated the enactment of a corrupt prac. |tice act, limiting campain expendi tures toa percentage of the salary As eae ota the raaere neers be jand compelling publicaaion before last Thursday, and who was reported and after election. to the police as missing. appeared af-| One of the most enthusiastic crowds ter she had been notified that she was | he has encountered in his campaign being sought. She had been at the | Greeted Judge Dunne. Leading Dem- ocrats from both Peoria and Tazewell Rbetenee Reena ree jcounties attended the public recep- A Medal for Mr. Knox. ition at the Jefferson Hotel and the San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, | meeting at the City Hall. —The day of the arrival of Secre- | Judge Dunne will speak tomorrow ragu: be d ; ‘ non’ pate Baik wean out | at Bloomington, Clinton and Decatur. For Sale. the country. Mr. Knox is to be ac- About 100 tons of good bottom hay. 20 tf Putnam FaDELEss DYES cost you no more than others, but ey color more gouds brighter . and faster colors, Lost Girl Returns. Wichita, © —Miss Dolly Frutz, storm. | corded presidential honors and will be presented by the government with a hepatic ‘seas in commemora- | wil] sell in quantities to suit. Also i native lumber. Also some good Wants to Corner Wheat. horses and mules. 20-2t. New York, —Having had * Kern & Beatty, 47 in. high, 12 in. stay 47 in. high, 6 in. stay ,>—6-in~-stay 27 in. high, 12 in. stay 20 in. high, 12 in. stay 33 in. high, 12 in. stay Stock and Poultry Fence 45 in. high, 6 in. stay 45 in. stay, Diamond 48 in. high, 6 in. stay mash, with fence wire Poultry Fence 24 in. high, 4 in. stay % 48 in. high, 4 in. stay 36 in. high, 4 in. stay 60 in. high, 4 in. stay Car Crushed Shell Car Crushed Shell here. Get a sack before it’s gone. Only 60c cwt. Car Kansas Salt Just received a car of No.1 Kansas Salt. Unloading today. 3 Cars of Seed Potatoes just received. We . are in a position to furnish any amount you want. Just put in a stock of Galvanized Corrugated fron Roofing. Would like to have a chance to fig- ure on your bill. Yours for business, vettoten “ BUTLER, MO. It looks like it is almost time for that wedding to come off. Boys, you had better keep your old bells handy. JOHNNY. Along the Miami. Eva May Nance, the little twelve month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nance, has the chicken pox. She was seriously ill, but has been better since. There were 23 present at the Ty- gard Sunday school Sunday. This school has been organized almost a year and hasan average of about 40 in attendance. K. M. Couch, recently of Pleasant Hill, hasimoved to the place formerly occupied by H. J. Martin and family. H. J. Martin and family moved to the Tyler farm Friday and Saturday. Miss Mary Allen returned from Warrensburg Friday. ; The death of Mrs. Henry Ison cast She was a young woman who had relatives have the sympathy of all in N» 363. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FINAN CIAL CONDITION OF THE Farmers Bank of Walnut himself crowned as the Napoleon of] the Budapest wheat market, Desso Rosner, the youngest market plunger}. Smith Assault Case April 8th. in Hungary, arrived here with his wife. He says his sole purpose is to| The case of the State vs. Henry corner the wheat market of this coun- | Smith charged with assault, will be try. called for trial on Monday, April 8th. Butler or Rich Hill, Mo. “ At Foster, State of Missouri, at the| MP close of business on the 20th day of February, 1912, published in E BUTLER’ WEEKLY TIMES, a newspaper printed and published at Butler, State of Missouri, on the 7th day of March, 1912, Loans and discounts, undoubted! personal or collateral, .. (banki: Farniture and fixtures. Dee om oreer banks and bankers, g iS THe worst part of being sick is often the medicine bills. You feel you're paying too much, but you're helpless — you have got to have good medicine. Learn NOW that you DON'T have to pay too high prices for high qual- . ity. 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