The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 5, 1912, Page 5

A aa A) ig A Happy Christmas for : EVERYBODY THE SPLENDID STOCK OF THE SEASON ? Presents to Fit Your Needs WON’T YOU COME AND SEE NEW PENSION-PAY PLAN IS ADOPTED Checks Are Now Being Sent Direct From Washington, D.C. to | Beneficiaries | Washington, D. C. Nov. 1.—The | new system of paying all soldiers on | the pension roll ‘direct from Wash- ‘ington, instead of through the eigh- | teen pension agencies, which will be ‘abolished January 31, now is being | inaugurated by the Pension Burean. Checks are being sent three hun- Tavenner will Continue as Wash- ington Correspondent for The Times. LaFollette’s Magazine, edited by | United States Senator Robert M. La- :Follette (Republican), pays a fine | compliment to Clyde H. Tavenner, i: who has been acting for some time | past as our special Washington cor- respondent, and who was elected to Congress from the Fourteenth Illin- ‘ois Distric Senator LaFollette, ed- itorially, says: FARM FURROWS. Farmer and Stockman. There are two ways to husk corn clean, to strip it clean of husks and to get it all out of the field. Some huskers lack in both ways of being clean huskers. Asarule, trash plowed under at this season of the year rots enough before spring to not give any trouble in cultivation, yet an extremely dry winter often preserves trash about as the plow turns it under. It seems that the old oak plank in all bridge construction work has to go. I am glad of it. The concrete floor is becoming the only thing for large bridges, and concrete or stone is the only thing to use in the use of culverts. It is too bad we didn’t bid goodbye to the oak plank years ago. When a boy I was always pleased when the first snow of the season fell. !Now, as a man, I am sorry, and grow more sorrowful the more that falls. Snow costs this country a lot of money every year, but they say our soil is helped by it. The winter wheat grower, however, is the ouly man who is real glad to see it snow. A little bit of neglect and a little bit of snow and zero weather starts the small calf down hill pretty fast. In this case down hill means to be- come poor in flesh. This English language of ours is capable of many meanings. A friend of mine found his wind- mill pump on top of the windmill tower the morning after Halloween. Before noon a conversation with a neighbor boy disclosed the “guilty ones,’’ and the boys said taking it down was not half as much fun as putting it up, although they didn’t have to lift much to get it down. A prank makes fun out of hard work. | Most are now “‘posted”’ against hunting. I don’t blame thie owners a particle, yet, at the same | time, I never object to neighbor boys | to come in to hunt rabbits. There are jcircumstances that demand an im- partial barring of all, however. : farms When it comes to milking fifteen or | twenty cows everything depends up- on the facilities for caring for them, whether the work is a drudge ora jcomparatively easy chore. Trying to | milk in an open yard, with only a} barb wire fence for a shelter, soon} makes a man feel that “dairying don’t | ” yay. In some c ate of forgetfulness eS lit is fruit or vegetables that are froz-; ‘ordi Bright New Xmas Goods Just In— —tusteful and inexpen- sive Christmas presents of all kinds, including Self-Filling Feuntain Pen mere thumb-pressure. Exchange- able after Christr doesn’t suit. All si if point 's and styles, SMITHS’ Book and Station- ery Store “Just Around the Corner" Fraternal Inn Bldg. the township road-dragging brigade should be on the job. Some experimenters made a_re- markable discovery (?) this summer. They found that uncultivated plots of corn outyielded the cultivated ones, provided that uncultivated plots were free from weeds and the surface was loose. Now all there is left for them todo is to tell us how to keep an field free fron» weeds and ce loose without cultivation. the This dry weather is fine for getting work done and for keeping our roads in the best of condition, but fire should be carefully guarded. Just at present fire isa good servant, but a . very fiard master. The weighing and testing of each cow’s milk and the study of balanced rations for dairy cows are not new things They are methods that have been in use for years in older countries where dairymen and their cows would have starved to death if ' they should have been as careful with The first snug freeze of Rvintonie eis feeds and dairy methods as we usually catches about so many inal | have been. When we begin to figure the price of land by the square rod instead of by the acre our methods must change. en, again it may be a puinp that has! a vent closed. Sometimes, among | auto owners, the water is left in. the! | : | “Clyde H. Tavenner goes to Con-| gress from the Fourteenth Illinois | district. Tavenner is a_ talented | dred thousand pensioners in the sec- | | tions heretofore covered by the agen- | radiator and that | the water jackets around the eylin-, than for y bursted, if not} bé he weather is as near redding corn as it can der is in better shape . As long as these con- ie the work should be At present t perfeet for sh and the Pictures, Foot Stools, Carpet Sweepers, Picture Frames, Leather Mais, Tabouretts. Costumers for Christmas A. H. CULVER FURNITURE COMPANY \ ieee > [IRSURAN {ls THE BES PLACE THAT INSURANCE TODAY! Fire may ensue tomorrow, and if you are not insured you will regret it. Passing through life without a thought of what may become of those dependent on you in case of death is next to criminal. A policy in one of our reliable companies cests but a trifle, and yet it may pre- vent a large amount of suffering. Insurance of all kinds—Fire, Tor- nado, Life, Accident, Mail and Au- tomobile. WE HAVE THEM BOTH— Farms and City Property ¢ For Sale and Exchange Well located. LISTEN: 72-acre farm in Bates county; 5 miles from railroad town; close to church and school; on‘public road, railroad and telephone line, new improvements. Price $50 per acre, good terms. A number of good farms vary in price from $40 to $100 per acre. Also good city property for sale or trade at bargain prices. CALL A SEE US. List your property and get our prices. Holloway, Choate & M’Comb Olfice over American Clothing House. ’ Phone 137. BUTLER, MO. ‘eies at Augusta, Georgia, Boston, | Columbus, Detroit, Washington and | San Francisco. The agencies at Indianapolis, Knox- | ville, Louisville, New York, Philadel- phia and Topeka, which have com- pleted their November payments soon will be brought into Washing- | ton, the first of the agency transfers |to the Pension Bureau. | Special efforts are being made by Commissioner of Pensions Daven- port and Dr. Thompson, chief of the Finance division, to make banks and pensioners understand the new pen- sion check system. For the first time in history, the | pensioners will be paid without the \formality of vouchers, the checks | serving the same purpose by a re- |quirement of indorsement by the | pensioner in the presence of two witnesses. The pensioner also must show to \the indorsers his certificates, the number of which must tally with the \certificate number on the checks. | The new system obviates the neces- | sity of receipts from the pensioners. Ends Hunt For Rich Girl | Often the hunt for a rich wife ends when the man meets a woman that j uses Electric Bitters. Her strong jnerves tell in a bright brain and even temper. Her peach bloom complex- ion and ruby lips result from her |pure blood; her bright eves from restfu sleep; her elastic step from firm, free muscles, all telling of the health and strength Electric Bitters ive a woman, and the freedom from indigestion, backache, headache, faint- ing and dizzy spells they promote. Everywhere they are women’s fav- orite remedy. If weak or ailing try them. 50c at F. T. Clay’s. Debs Says Charge Based on Lies Terre Haute, Nov. 25. Eugene Debs awaiting awaiting arrest on the Girard, Kas. indictment today de- nounced the charge saying the in- dictment is based on lies hatched by those who openly boasted they would ut himself, Warren and Attorney J. . ShepBard in state prison and bank- rupt the Appeal to Reason. young man and a progressive Demo- | ‘ erat. As a newspaper correspondent atthe national capital, he earned a reputation for integrity, industry and |insight into the problems of govern- |ment. Given the choice of two pro- jgressive candidates to represent jthem, the voters selected Tavenner. | We believe this confidence in Taven- ‘ner is not misplaced. His past per- | formances give assurances of a cred- |itable record in the House, against | privileges in all forms, against ma- |chine domination and for progressive | principles. ’’ | This endorsement may be accept- {ed as unprejudiced, because Senator | LaFollette’s magazine is Republican. |The fact is, Tavenner won almost ‘solely on the merits of his Washing- {ton letters which have appeared in \this newspaper, and which we will continue to publish exclusively in i this territory. | The extent of the magnificent tri- bute paid to his work as a writer can | best be understood when it is consid- lered that he won out by 1,200 ina \to 12,000 Republican, and which has |not been represented in Congress by |a Democrat in 22 years. publican and a Progressive candidate against him,a condition which prevail- ed in many districts and which would have made success easier. His op- ponent was the regular Republican nominee, who also had the advantage of the strong endorsement and sup- port of the Progressive. Dawson For Supreme Court Commissioner Assistant Attorney-General John M. Dawson is a candidate for Su- preme Court Commissioner to suc- ceed Commissioner Henry W. Bond, who has been elected Supreme Judge. General Dawson is one of ablest lawyers in the State and he has many friends who would bé pleased to see him selected.—Capitol City News. | district which is normally from 6,500 | | Tavenner did not have both a Re-! Operators of gasoline engines re water cooled should also re- member to let the water out. Santa Claus will not have the priv- ilege of taking advantage of the new parcels post law this year, an it does not go into effect until the first of January. The express companies are preparing to ‘“‘meet the rates,’’ leave a large melon to cut each ye: The way the express compan been piling up money in years past beats any gold mine that ever existed. Not one man in 100 can build corn and when the shocks are down and left that way the fodder and a good share of the corn will be spoiled. ° If shocking corn is worth doing at all it is worth doing well. It is time to look after the seed corn that has been drying in the out | buildings. It may be well dried, but and these wet days are pretty sure | to be followed by a cold snap at. this time of the year. Seed corn may not be damaged by cold weather if it is perfectly dry, but it is not the proper thing to risk any ‘‘mays’’ or “‘ifs’’ in the care of corn. A corn shock that is down or part- ly twisted down soon spoils. Pick them up first and feed them, or take half a day off and haul them up. There’s no profit in letting feed spoil after it has been put in the shock. When a bunch of shoats is offered for sale at an auction this fall, the crowd of excited bidders must resem- ble the crowd at the board of trade when the market takes a sudden jump or slump. Both crowds are gambling on the future value, ina way. It is a mistake to say that the auto- mobiles go ‘‘whizzing past’’ just at present. They go past all right, but they don’t whiz, they wheeze. Mud- dy and rough roads are the cause of the change. Late in the fall is when an indication that they can and still | shocks that will stand up any length}! jof time without being securely tied} {it will gather dampness on wet days | | ditions contint | pushed to the limit. Five cents per bushel and board ie thing that will pry (the town bum loose for a few days’ | work in the cornfield. I have come ) to the conclusion that high wages is | no inducement to the confirmed bum, because he does not know how to ake use of his money after he gets It is usually spent in drinking or | gambling, or worse, and the less he |has of it the better off he is. \seems to be t Husking is showing more soft corn \in all fields than was expected. This | ude the laying of two or three {strings of tile through wide cribs ‘necessary in order to save the corn. Those who neglected to this will ibe liable to have a job of shoveling Fon their hands when warm weather | comes in the spring if they have any ‘corn left. It is interesting to listen to good | roads talks and to read articles about road making now when dry seasons | have made splendid roads for us with foutany special effort on our part, | then think back a few years when all roads were - stred bottomless imud. Will our good-roads theories istand the test of a real wet season j like some of the ones we had in the past? The first cost of a gasoline pumping outfit or a windmill is nearly the same, but where # ing; is to wR done froma deep \& : pump that throws a small stream the cost of gasoline makes this kind of pumping too expensive. This, however, is not saying that the little gas horse is not worth his worth his board as a helper on almost any farm. Move On Now! saysa policeman to a street crowd and whacks heads if it don’t. “Move on now,”’ says the big, harsh miner- al pills to bowel congestion and suf- fering follows. . Dr. King’s New Life Pills don’t bulldoze the bowels. They gently persuade them to right action, and health follows. 25 cents at F. T. Clay’s. s of “t with a ™