The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 15, 1915, Page 8

. bridge over branch between sections | ' Christman of Rich Hill, Board of Equalization. The County Board of Equalization met in regular session Monday, April 5, 1915 with the following members present: R. B. Campbell, Estes Smith, W. | der the auspices of the Butler Concert H. Lowder, Harve Johnson, Jos. A. Flammang and Frank Holland. R. B; | Band will bea most’ gala affair ‘and Campbell was elected chairman. The Board proceeded to go over the assessment books of the several) rounding country are promised a! townships for the purpose of equalizing the assessments of the coun! made increases and reductions on real estate outside of towns and vill and on horses, cattle and mules as follows: g REAL ESTATE Mingo........ raised.. 10% raised Grand River..raised.. 10% reduced 10% Deer Creek.: .raised....5% reduce East Boohe.. raised.. 10% raised West Boone..raised.. .5% West Point... raised.. 10% raised taised.. 10% -taised.. 10% .taised.. 15% reduced..5% ...reduced..5% raised.. .. raised.. 10% raised.. Mt. Pleasant. raised.. Charlotte.... raised....5% raised.. raised.. 10% raised... os raised... Lone Oak.... raised.....5% Pleasant Gap raised.. 10% Hudson...... raised.. 15% raised... .. 10% raised.. -. 10% raised... . 10% raised.. Many individual cases were laid before the board and raises and reduc- | age Shows and the Butler Band, the tions were made in these instances in The assessment of Banks and Trust Companies in Butler reduced from/the sale or use of Confetti, Wife 55 per cent to 50 per cent. Ordered that the personal assessments of all persons raised by the Grand ‘ Jury as shown by listin file in the office of the county clerk, be raised in ac- | turn Balls and other implements. of | cordance therewith. . ; The big Spring Carnival given un- | the citizens of Butler and the sur- and ages | week of amusement and recreation that will et treat. wn : the efforts of Charles Fisk, Direétor MHKES CATTLE _| of the local band the S. W. Brundage + 10% raiséd.. 20% raised.. 50% | Shows have been secured to furnish » falsed.. bad the amusement end and suffice to say raised.. 10% | it will be a clean,-sane Carnival as'the d 10% .. 20% raised.. 20% raised.. 20% Motto of the Brundage Shows, is “We: Moore, Rich Hill, Chaipman; Jas, W. wer Comply With The. Pure Show Laws.’’ .. 15% raised.. 20% raised.: 10% 16 special eauipoed and exits length raised.. 10% | Cars are required to transport the raised.. 20% | compaily’s various shows and. riding 20% raised.. 20% raised.. 10% | devices and Ed F. Feist, Special Agent 10% raised.. 20% raised.. 10% | of the company assures us that it will taised.. 10% be the biggest, best and cleanest Gar- 5% raised.. 10% | nival, that has ever played our city, 10% raised.. 10% bare pie The Shows, Riding and Mechanical ae raised. 10% raised.. 20% | novices will be set up on the main : raised.. 25% raised., 25% | Streets gurrounding the Court House Square and each evening the square 25% raised.. 10% vehicles from interfeaing with the im- 20% mense crowds that are expected to | take advantage of the offering. 10% By a special request of the Brund- accordance with the justice of each.’ | City Council has placed the ban on Beaters, Horns, Whips, Rubber Re- | war during the week, which will be’ good news to all as it eliminates the | County Court. County Clerk ordered to make re- quisition on state auditor for state’s position of quarterly salary of county Supt. of Schools for quarter ending March 31, 1915, in the sum of $100. Highway engineer ordered to make | estimate for good substantial concrete 16 and 17, Summitt Township. Highway engineer authorized to cause to be constructed two good and | substantial concrete bridges according | to pians and specifications, one over | Willow Branch and one over branch | of same creek between sections 8 and | 17 of Summit township provided pe-| titioners put up $300 cash and do all; hauling of material and tools. | Highway engineer ordered to repair | according to plans and- specifications | bridge over Walnut creek between sections 11 and 12, Walnut township | provided petitioners do all hauling | free of charge. The appointment of P. M. Allison as Deputy County Clerk approved and recorded. Bond of Arthur C. Moreland, coun- ty Supt. of Schools approved and re- corded. License for shows during week be- ginning April 26, 1915 and ending May 3, 1915, fixed at $1.00. Ordered that no ropes or stakes be placed inside the chains surrounding the court house yard by any show. Highway engineer instructed to make estimates for bridge across east Mound Branch between sections 31 of Shawnee township and section 6 of | Summit township. County clerk ordered to certify that | J. Harlan Porter has made final set- tlement as collector of ‘Homer town- ship on March 4, 1915. Saloon license granted to Albert T. beginning May 1. returns of proceedings of inquest .on | ped stuff os has been | the body of Lida Dixon which were |20l¢ feature with previous Carnivals | approved. » |held here. The. Carnival will open Settlement of County. Treasurer | Monday, April 26th, and run till Satur- | John H. Stone examined and ap-|4ay night, May Ist, and with the weath- | proved. jer conditions permitting, it should County Clerk authorized to adver- | be Butler’s biggest week as besides | tise for bids on the county funds, |the amusement features offered, the Funds to be divided in 10 parts and local merchants.as an added incentive, ‘bids to be made on any number of | will all hold big special sales and bar- parts desired. Each bid must contain gain days in all lines of Spring goods, | certified check to the amount of $500 County Deposit. i as evidence of good faith. ‘ Notice is hereby given that bids| A number of bills were presented : | and allowed. . | will be received at the office of the Statement-of County Clerk Frank Clerk of the County Court of Bates Holland presented and approved. ‘county up to noon of the fourth (4th) Statement of Circuit Clerk H. 0. day of May, 1915, from any Banking Maxey presented and approved. Corporation, Association or individ. Petit Jury. "| ual banker in Bates county, Missouri,. . that may offer bids forany one part of | Mingo—R, A. Garrett. |allthe funds of Bates county, or any Grand River—Robert Gloyd. | number of partsthereof, furids to be di- Deer Creek—R. A. Hiser. vided into ten parts; for the term of two East Boone—George Black. years next ensuing the acceptance of West Boone—T. M, Blackman. such bids. Interest to be paid or) .5% raised.. 10% raised... 5% | Will be roped off to prevent autos and | Barr, Butler, Chairman; Homer Hum- FEDERATION COMMERCIAL CLUB COMMITTEES Announced by President Sheppard ofit- | the Bates County Zederation. — in 6 "President H. E, Sheppard of the Bates County Federation of Commer- cial Clubsannounced the following list of committees of the Federation as revised: Advertising Committee—John .D. Harrison, Butler, B..F. Wyatts, Hume, E. A. Smiser, Amsteadam, J. F. Whitesides, Merwin, Frank Pattee, Amoret, J, F. Kern. Butler. : | Roads and Highways—J. A. Flam- mang, Member Ex-officio and Chair- man; Harve Robinson, Rich Hill, Dr. H. M. Cannon, Butler, Dr, J. R.. Mar- tin, Merwin, W. A. McBurney, Am- sterdam, Fred Barton, Amoret, Lewis Moore, Hume. 4 | Agricultural Committee —-S.— W. Tomatoes. Bliss Everbearing, Burpees phrey, Rich Hill, Geo. Parrish, Am- sterdam, H. B, Owen, Merwin, P, F. Warner, Amoret, Harry Curtis, Hume. Finance Committee—Wesley Den- ton, Butler, James T. Pahlman, Am- sterdam, C. O. White, Merwin, Ster- ling Davis, Rich Hill, J. C. Biggs, Early Giant,- Early Adams, Late, Country Gentlemen. Thornboro, Amsterdam, Chairman; Jno. Klumpp, Jr., Rich Hill, W. L. Coonrod, Butler, Dr. W. A. Williams, Hume, Joseph Wilson, Amoret, D. Salee, Merwin. Public Welfare—W. T. Harris, Merwin, W. F. Duvall, Butler, B. C. White, Amsterdam, John B. Bryant, Hume, Chairman; E. C. McCarty, Jr., Rich Hill, E. C. Longwell, Amoret. sprout. To those who buy NAVY Beans for a year. M. U. ‘Prepares Soil and Crop Collections. Now comes the Agricultural Ex- tension service*of the University of Missouri, at Columbia, offering the teachersand boysand girls of Missouri an opportunity to study first hand the types and varieties of wheat and corn in the State of Missouri, miscellaneous seeds, market grades of grain, leaf diseases of the apple, insects, soils and fertilizers, This material is care- fully prepared and will be sent at ac- tual cost of preparation, South The farm crops material is mounted Side sets continuously. Aluminum Ware, Etc. Shawnee—J. W. Moles. Spruce—F. C. Hendrickson. Deepwater—I. M. Kretsinger. Summit—Grover Gilbert. Mt. Pleasant—James Angle. Charlotte—Will Hardinger. Homer—R. N. Wood. Walnut—Henry Briscoe. New Home—Henry Tilson. Lone Oak—John Starr. bids must -be accompanied with a | hundred ($500) dollars, the successful | than the total revenue of said county given, also including the average, amount of school moneys on: hand, as provided by section 3806, laws of West Point—J. A. Campbell. computed on daily balances to the|@nd labeled; the different corn va- Square Elkhart—Geo. Armentrout. credit of the county with said deposi- | Tieties are in bulk; the small grains, Mound—A. N. Moles. tory, interest to be paid monthly. All /@Tasses, and clovers are in cardboard |# — = __—=___ = | certified check for not less than five fe in glass-fronted boxes, for the year of which said bond was common house fly. The stages of boxes; the entomological specimens : . To Send 1,000 Fliers on Raid “ The entomological collection in- London, April 6.—The world may i bidder or bidders to give yood and cludes the cabbage butterfly, the po-|). startled b id i ; sufficient bond for an amount notless | tato beetle, the scodling moth, the rtjed bya raid in which from chinch bug, the Hessian fly and the five hundred to a thousand English and French aeroplanes will. combine. development in each of these are| dhe report is current here that sucha shown. : : raid is contemplated. One thousand This material~ was prepared _pri-|#eroplanes at $8,000 each, would cost FRESH BULK GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1918 NOW READY Now on sale at my store, Burpees’ fine strains Tomato Seed. Earliana, Acme, Matchless, _Tsuckers Favorite, June . Rink, Earliest Pink, Chalks Early Jewell; Livingston's Beauty, Liv- . ing‘e Favorite, Paragon, Stone. Dwarf Champion, Fordhook Fancy, Trophy, Fordhook First, Success, Golden Queen, Dwarf Giant, True Giant Pondorosa, Yellow Pear. Yellow Plum, Red Pear, Peach, TOP OR BUTTON SETS Have just got in, by chance, a good supply of Summer Top Sets. They make a big Onion this year, then save a few of these large onions and set them out next spring and you will-raise your ONION OR WATER-MELLON SEED by the pound. I order these put up in pounds under Burpees’ Green Seal which insures you fresh seed. Burpees’ fine mixed Sweet Peas and Nasturtiums in bulk as you want them: You get three times as many Burpees’ fine bulk Nasturtium for a nickel than you cen get in packet seed. A complete line of Garden Tools, Hardware, Cutlery, Nails, DEACONS' ™*: Send me your mail orders, Pleasant Gap—T. D. Evans. Hudson—Henry Dickbrader. Rockville—S. H. Bothwell. Prairie—Jack Strader. Osage—J. EF. Thomas. Howard—Jacob Jordan. feet on concrete block. $4.25. H. B. Coroner R. E. Crabtree presents Alley. 20-tf Zinc in S.-W. P. Pure Lead and Pure Lin- ed Oil alone dosen't make good paint. A number of heavy, reinforced | steel barrels made uf 8 guage steel. commander of the submarine F-4, be obtained by writing to the Agri- Comply with the I. C. C. ruling. | which was lost off Honolulu harbor i 4 iverai tes cultural Extension Service, University When full will will stand a drop of 4) March 25, said today he had received of Missouri, Columbia, to reject any or all bids. ,school teachers for laboratory use, Frank Holland, but itis believed that it will prove County Clerk. pe atl ragga for the home or grad- ———__—_ schools. Everything is correetly Knew the F-4 Was Leaky. named and clearly labeled. Los Angles, April 9.—Allison D. A catalog giving description and Ede, brother of Lieut. Alfred L. Ede, prices of the various collections may 26-3t a letter from the naval officer in 5 which he said that the submersible, P. M. Allison to be Deputy was defective. Lieutenant Ede, his =~ ~—— County._-Clerk brother said, wrote that the vessel Porter M. Allison who has’ served was leaky and otherwise in poor the county. for the past six years as diti i } gn oa however, that Lieutenant COU"ty superintendent of schools has Ede had written that the vessel was 20cePted the place of chief deputy supplied with new motors while in | under County Clerk Frank Holland dry dock. Previous reports had | assumed his new duties Monday. stated that the-motors were old and =. aye throughout worn and therefore believed to have |" in a rotisi t! “a bye school been responsible for the loss of the ™enwn tne P on, Mr. Allison. is an office man of exdé@ptional Caer eaytind gre eu Sn stricter 1 brother two days before the F-4 went | Mr. Holland hell making @ most on the underwater cruise trom which | C*Viable record for efficiency and ac- # neve pelaened: \ comodation in his office. Mr. Alli- ' son has-a wide acquaintance through- | oyt the county and is thoroughly con- 1909. The court reserves the right ™arily to supply the demand of high| only eight million dollars, The cost of one super-dreadnaught is more than twelve million dollars. Aviators are convinced that one thousand aero- planes could do more real damage to the enemy than one super-dread- naught. If the Allies send one thou- sand aeroplanes over the Krupp works it is alniost a certainty that. these works will be so damaged that it would cripple Germany almost beyond reparation. ‘Dwarf Quarter Century, Red Cherry, Strawberry or Husk Fully as complete assortment in-all other varieties. GARDEN PEAS Burpees’ bright new stock of Nott’s Excelsior, Little Gem, American Wonder, Little Marvel, Blue Bantam; Alaska, First and Best, Burpees’ Extra Early Prolific, British Wonder, Senator, Quite Content, White Marrowfat, Graddus, Thomas Laxton, Champion of England Strategem, Telephone, BEANS Burpees’ Greenpod Stringless, Early Red Valentine, Golden Wax, Black Wax, Kentucky Wonder, Cut Short, Creaseback, Missouri White Cornfield, Speckled Cranberry, Davis White Wax, Lazy Wite, Golden Cluster, al] kinds Lima or Butter Beans. SWEET CORN Golden Bantam, Howling Mob, Early Minnesota, Kindall’s Stowell’s Evergreen, Mammoth Hume, George Pahlman, Amoret, BLUEGRASS Chairman. 5 fi : 23 pounds Dark Seed............c.sceecseeseseceeees 10c per pound Membership Committee—W. W.|] 24 pounds Bight Coton eacn tee, cca cashvccsss 15c per pounds ONION SETS Just in, beautiful stock, White, Red, Yellow Bottom Sets. These make a big onion the quickest, buy them now before they BEANS Are a very uncertain crop in this climate, but if you will plant a pint of Missouri White Cornfield or White Creaseback Cornfield Beans in the corn, you won’t have to buy any Navy Missouri. Missouri Building Best At Frisco, Vaughan Says The Missouri Building at the Pana- ma-Pacific Exposition is the best lo- cated State building on the grounds and one of the most attractive, accord- ° ing to Norman M,: Vaughan, one of the Missouri commissioners to the ex- position, who hag been called to St. Louis by the sérious illness of his father, Judge W. R. Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan says visitors are be- ing impressed by the mineral, fruit, live stock, farm and factory products and art and educational exhibits be- ing shown in the Missouri display. “Missouri Day’”’ will beobserved May 3,.-when Gov, Major and a large num- ber of St. Louis business men will attend the exposition. NO, SIREE—you have noticed on some jobs, how the lead powders off after the first six months or so— that is called ‘chalking’ and you can’t versant With the details of the coun- but none costs less email the cost is. get away from it unless you first mix zinc with it in scientific < WE DO THAT—and every can of S.-W. P. contains the . best and the right quantity of ZINC to the can. looks; it improves the wear; it increases the protection. : Some dope paints cost less by the gallon, ~ We have a finish tor every purpose let us‘tell you how — It improves the by the complete job. LiKE