The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 2, 1914, Page 1

“omen Teyana VOL. XXXVI. Missouri News in Brief Congtessman Dorsey W. Shackle-} ford, who has been on his farm on - the Osage river, in Camden county, for several days, came to Jefferson City recently on crutches. He is suf- fering from a strained back, due to a ‘fall from a porch. This 's apple crop in the Ozark fruit ebsatida be 700 carloads less than estimates, according to Ashleigh | 41, P. Boles, Hortibulture Commissioner of the Frisco . Dry weather and blight is causing much of the young fruit to fall. from the trees. H. Broadbentof Jefferson City, who ‘was superintendent of the Game Farm at Jefferson City under a former ad- ministration. says the game in Mis- " gouri could be preserved if the Deputy (lame Wardens would enforce the statutes and prevent slaughter for the market Mrs; Mary S. Hereford, a ploneer ‘citizen.of Marshall, has recently cele- brated her ninety-seventh birthday, surrounded by her two daughters, Mrs. G. M. Francisco and Mrs. D, D. Duggins and their families, including * eight grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Awhirlwind campaign for members conducted by the Sedalia Booster’ Club resulted in passing the 500 mark at noon Tuesday. Whistles were blown and bells were rang announc- ing the result. , The campaigners will start immediately on a thousand mem- bership campaign. At the Old Tavern at Arrow: Rock, there was an interesting dinner party | 777 Friday night, June 27, including. the’ grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great, great grandchildren of | Joseph Huston, who pall the tavern ota Gov. and Mrs. Major have an- nounced that a’public reception will be held in the Executive Mansion Fri- day evening in honor of Gov. George W. Hays of Arkansas. When Gov. Major went hunting in Arkansas last fall he was the guest of Gov. Hays in Little Rock for a couple of days. : The total balance in the four good _ roads funds of the State Treasury is $325,640.11, of which $175,891.07 came from the registration of auto- mobiles, $28,165.53 from the sale of option stamps, $33,267.25 from the generat road fund, and $88,326.26 . from the corporation registration tax. An appropriation of $52,000.for the maintenance of the Missouri Poultry Experiment Station at Mountain Grove for the next two years will be pon ‘decided at the annual ateling of the Missouri Poultry Board. The meet- ing favored the establishment of a ten-acre experiment farm in connec- tion with the. station. It would be : used for demonstration purposes. Business men and farmers of Brookfield, Marceline, Wien, Bynum- ville, Prairie Hill, Clifton Hill, Ran- * dolph Springs, Huntsville and sal Desha Breckinridge of Washington, D. C., are the speakers to be sent by the National Woman Suffrage Asso- ciation into the campaign States. ‘A ruling made June 30 by the At- torney. General holds that. County Committeemen to be selected in the State prifnary August 4 are not State’ officers in the sense contemplated. in the generat primary law and there- fore names: of caddidates for ‘such: office must not be printed on the -of- ficial primary batlot. The question | arose in the Cole County Democratic Committee and was referred to the Attorney General. The voter must write the name of the persori he de- sires to vote for for committeeman upon his ballot, the Attorney General says. One hundred -and fifty students from the South and Southwest regis- tered Monday in the yraduate school of agriculture at the University of Missouri. This graduate ‘school is conducted by all the’ agricultural col- leges in the United States each sum- mer, This is the first time it has been held at a State university west of the Mississippi. Dr. A. C. True of the United States Department of Ag- riculture is dean this year. The in- structors come from the leading ag- ricultural colleges of this country and Europe. Two are here this year from Germany. Others are sent by the Government. The school will be in session until July 25. Nearly 500 stu- dents aie expected to attend. zle who died Friday at her home, Iy iy ety, \ Fistoricg, Soo; i: W105, BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1014. Acheck will be forwarded by the ‘State Treasurer June 29 to the Mer cantile Trust Company- of St. Lauis for $290,000 to take up Capitol ing refunding bonds for that amourt will also forward to St. Louis in # The. body of Mrs. Katharine Kuen- $652 Russell avenue, St. Louis, was cremated recently. She was the wid- ow of Capt. George F. Kuenzle, whos was an officer of a Missouri regiment during the Civil War. . She was born. and married in Heidelberg, Germany, and came to Missouri about 50 years) ago. She and her husband resided for many years in Washington and Jefferson City, Mo. She lived in St: Louis about twenty-five years. She is survived by two daughters, Misses Hermina and Carrie Kuenzle. Judgment for $33,762.20 was given June 26 against John Scullin in favor of City Collector Koeln in Circuit Judge Hitchcock’s court on account of taxes for personal property for 1910. According to the evidence, a District Assessor called at Scullin’s home and,,Scullin not'being at home, left a blank for him to make a return. Scullin did not make the return and the Assessor made one for $60,000. Christian Brinkop, who, was Presi- NUMBER 37 dent of the Board of Assessors, or- dered the return to be increased to $500,000. The taxes sued for was build- | $22,200. The balance of the judg- ment is ‘for interest and $1,607.72 at- The bonds called are Nos 1. to 280, |torney fees. inclusive. This is. the result of ac- The Health Department at St. Louis cumulations in the sinking fund ‘to care for the issue of bonds to build the new Statehouse. The Treasure? trans at street corners. The traps photographec-a pile containing more than 5,000,000 dead flies caught in fly contained fifty-seven gallons of flies, few days to the State’s fiscal agemt,}These would be more than enough, the Merchants-Laclede National Bank, a draft for $55,000 to-meet the semi annual ‘interest due on the. Capital building bonds July 1. according to Assistant Health Com- missioner Jordan, to carry disease germs to kill more people than have been killed by all the armies in the world in the last. ten years. In its educational experiment the Health Board used twenty-four traps and the result demonstrates their assertion that by the use of such catchers in premises St. Louis could soon be made a flylesstown. The flies were of all varieties, including the small 6reen kind, which carries germs of infantile paralysis from “‘limberneck”’ chickens, and others which carry ty- phoid fever and tuberculosis. Virginia-Grand View Pick-Ups. Mrs. Harry Stephens and little daughter, Lucile, of Morrisville, Mo., arrived Friday of last week for’ an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Barr. Little Imo ‘letaren visited from Thursday till Saturday with her grandparents of Butler. Mrs. Claude Barnett, who has been quite sick for some time, is some better at this writing. . Miss Mattie Mager spent Sunday. with Miss Elsie Engelhardt. Mr. and Mrs. Will Durst and son, Marvin, spent Sunday with _ Mrs. Durst's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boyles and baby spent Sunday with his- parents of near Butler. ; Butler visitors from this* vicinity last week were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert McFerren and baby, Geo. Lewellen, wife and children, T. S. Harper, Joe Whinery, John Turner and family, Misses Elsie and Ida Engelhardt, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Harper, Ezra Burge, Willie Engelhardt, Misses Maude Burke and Olive Nightwine. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lewellen and children visited over Sunday with her rents, Mr. and Mrs. Graves, near pruce. ’ The only enjoyment left in the world is to go to Amoret on the com- ing Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Paddock, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Barr, Powell Engelhardt, wife and children, and Mrs. Harry Stephens and baby spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Engel- hardt. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Butler and daughters, Rannie and Lizzie, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Butler’s parents, Chas. Wisdom and family of Trading Post, Kans. Mrs. Waldron’s cousin and children of Oklahoma, arrived Tuesday at the Waldron home for a few days visit. The Malone boys thrashed last week and this for J.°D. Whinery, Geo. Butler and Don Waldron. The wheat is of excellent quality and a heavy yield, and was grown on the Warnsing ranch. Down. are:-the Prices “ON IS OUR BIG ANNUAL CLEARING SALE Our entire stock of Men’s and Young Men’s Clothes is being sacrificed, at prices which will surely tempt you when you our loss. see the goods. Our customers NOTHING RESERVED. $25.00 Mens Suits will go at. 20.00 Mens Suits will go at. 15.00 Mens Suits will go at 10.00 Mens Suits will go at. $7.50 Boys Knee Pants Suits will go at $5.50 ' §.00 Boys Knee Pants Suits will go at 4.00 3.50 Boys Knee Pants Suits will go at 2.50 2.50 Boys Knee Pants Suits will go at 1.75 $3.00 Mens Straw Hats will go at.... 2.00 Mens Straw Hats will go at..... 1.00 Mens Straw Hats will go at....: 50c.Mens Work Shirts will go at..... . $1.50 * 1.00 .50 “35c ~-$1.00 Mens Dress: Shirts, 1 tot will yon at io 1.60 Mens Umbrellas will goat... -.. 98c Hope Bleached Muslin will go ee Best Standard Prints will go at....................4¢ ALL DRESS CAPS $2.50 Mens Work Shoes, solid, go at 35c Boys Work Shirts will go at 50c Boys Dress Shirts will go at.. will profit by — $18.50 15.00 7.00 AT HALF PRICE $1.75 20c 25c .$3.50.John B. Stetson Hats will go at. .$2.50 50c Boys Knee Pants will go at......... ‘75c Boys White Pique Pants will go at. $2.50 Boys Oxfords will go at . 35c 35c ss (OL.75 ALL_ BOYS CAPS AT HALF PRICE $2.00 Mens Dress Hats Best Percale will go at.............0000........... Nifty. $3.50 Gun Metal Pumps go at... $2.50 Nifty $3.00 Gun Metal Pumps go at....... $2.00 Best Apron Check Gingham will go at... 44c All Silk Ribbon worth 20c will go at....... .10c will go at Re 8c |. You have ‘i annen us long anscali to know we do not misrepresent our goods or prices. Bsn sale with full assurance that you will: find everything as represented. le Company | | py WOMEN Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Grimsley were Butler visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Harper and children, Doc and Mary, took in the ice cream supper at Amoret Saturday night. Born Eunday, Jane 21, 1914, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Grimsley a nine- pound son. East Lone Oak. Had you heard about the big cele- bration at Peru July 4th? Something doing all day. Parade in the morn- ing, contests of all kinds in the after- ° noon and fireworks at night. Every- body take a holiday and come. — It will do you good. Have you heard the threshing ma- chine humming yet? Dick Warren is threshing for Duvall; F. L. Blank- enbaker for Smith, and the Meade brothers for J. F. Kern. Wheat is making a good yield but the price is pretty low. Doss McGinnis of Oklahoma is vis- iting his father in Rich Hill who is very ill with dropsy. A large number from this vicinity went fishing on the river west of John Walker's last Sunday. Dave Evilsizer and wife of Ransas City were visiting relatives in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood last week. Mrs. Evilsizer will stay over until next Sunday. Rev. Gaither preached at Peru last_ Sunday morning and night. J. F. Kern sent back east for three pecks of good seed wheat last fall which he sowed on three acres of good rich river bottom svil. It made just 99 bushels or 33 bushels to the s}acre. Pretty good for the amount sown, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Ison of north east of Butler spent Saturday night and Sunday visiting in this neighbor- hood. Miss Edith Osman of Ft. Scott, Kansas, is visiting at the home of Elmer Requa and family. Misses Marie Deweese and Helen Adair of Butler visited Misses Susie and Fay Harper last Friday, and in the afternoon they called on Mrs. Ernest Gough. PUSSY WILLOW. J.T. Hull Elected Treasurer Members of the Western Dental As- sociation, from the counties of Cedar, Vernon, Bates, and Cass counties met in El Dorado Springs last week in an- nual session at the office ou Dr. H. V. Enloe. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President—E. T. McKim, City. Vice President—A. L. Billings, of Hume. Secretary—F. W. Brownfield, Rich Hill. Treasurer—J. T. Hull, Butler. Papers were read by Bates county dentists as follows: “The Business Side of Dentistry,’ Dr. T. W. Arnold. “Diagnosis of Conditions of Dental Nerve by Electricity,’’ Dr. Brown- field, Rich Hill. “Munisons’ Method for Rubber Plates,”’ Dr. Cromwell, Rich Hill. “The Other Fellow’s Work,” Dr. H. M. Cannon, Butler. “Use of Cynthetic Porcelain,” Billings, Hume. Schell Dr. M. E. Church, South.- Sabbath School at 9:30. The last month made a creditable showing; but the average is a little below that of May. Let each one zealously en- deavor to make July the best month of the Conference year. The pastor will preach the second of three sermons next Sunday morn- ing. He hopes to have a good hear- ing. The subject atila.m., “The Re- lation of the Believer to the Holy Spirit.’ Epworth League at 7 p. m. Busi- ness meeting Tuesday evening. Midweek service Wednesday even- met 8 p. m., followed by choir prac- fe tonnes oat chee “Ef-