The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 29, 1915, Page 4

WALKER-McKIBBEN’S A Wonderful Bar; Never in Butler have such high grade Oxfords and Pumps been offered at such extremely low |. prices. Purchasers this week have been more than satisfied--and ought to be; for such choice Shoes as these made by E. P. Reed & Co., and Chas. K. Fox. You might not have su opportunity in your life time. Regular $4.50, $4.00, $3.50, $3.00 grades for — Because the price is so small and they a re selling so fast, we will not exchange or send out on approval any SALE SHOES. It you can your feet by some member of your family. BETTER BUY HALF DOZEN PAIRS ch another ‘t come send a map of your We Also Offer 50 Pairs Men's and Boys’ Dress Shoes and Oxfords only Ladies Fine Tailored Suits Special eee We will fill your order for anything in our lines at the same or less than any catalogue house quotes. Walker-McKibben’s We give no more EagleStampsafter Sept. 1st. $10.00 Blac Dress Skirt: On Sale at Ladies Beautiful it Mercerized Curtain k Marqui Ss sette Sale 19¢ $7.50 The Duplex Congoleum Rugs 9 x 12 Ss Sample line Towels on Sale at $7.50 Wholesale Prices QUAKER LACE CURTAINS Wanrner’s Rust-Proof an Redfern Corsets Quality tore Printed on Thursday of each week "Rntered at the Post Office of Butler, Mo., as eecond-class mall matter. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR Major J. H. Finks. Major J. H.Finks, Marshal of the Supreme Court, who had been very ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Aslup, in Fayette, for several weeks, passed away Saturday. He was 77 as old and one of the most widely own Missourians in public life. Few men in Missourl were so wide- ly known ‘or -had—mere—friends~and+ acquaintances than Maj. Finks. He entered the Confederate Army as a private and was promoted ta the rank of Major, distinguishing himself several times by conspicuous bravery. When the war terminated he was. serving on the staff of Maj. Gen. | Monroe M. Parsons. After the war Maj. Finks engaged in farming in Howard county near Glasgow, and was also in the banking business. H the ut le was mocrat nominee for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1894 and was defeat- ed with the rest of the ticket in the blican landslide. The Butler Weekly Times|COUNTY COURT AND TOWN. se | SHIP BOARDS TO CO-OP- ERATE IN ROAD AND BRIDGE MATTERS Members of Township Boards Unani- mously Support Resolution for Formulation of System in Presentations of Petitions, The members of the township boards of the several townships pres- ent at the meeting with the county /t) seek new. channels, and made a ment. | court in: Butler Tuesday afternoon, were unanimous in their support of a ‘resolution requesting the county court to make an order of record, specifying a manner of presenting ' bridge petitions to the county court and praying the court to also specify a form of petition; the county clerk to mail certified copy thereof to each inember of alltownship boards. This motion was presented by County Highway Engineer Flammang and seconded by T. D. Embree of Sum- mit township. A Seventeen of the twenty-four town- ships were represented by from one to three members of the boards and a number of road overseers were ; present. ‘ Every man present plainly realized ithe vital necessity of intelligent. co- |operation between the county court called the meeting to order at 1:30 o'clock and in a brief talk, clearly and t permanent. The cost of a concrete | bridge far exceeds that of a wooden | lone. He closed his remarks by point- | the necessary assistance. - jing out the necessity of co-operative |en also outlined his method of mak- work and called upon the representa- | tives of the boards for their ideas} along this line. | W. S. Mahan of Deer Creek town- | ship then took the floor and expressed | his agreement with Judge Campbell. Mr. Mahan said that for too long the | road and‘ bridge system had followed | the rut and that the time had come! forcible comparison of the manner of | working the roads in his youth with | the manner used today. He stated | that Deer Creek township is rapidly | doing away with the old wooden; bridge and culvertand replacing them | with concrete structures, and said | that between 90 and 100: had already | been_put-in-and-only-30-were—left to; build. For the past two years no concrete bridge has been built in that | township of a width less than 16) feet, none on the ‘White Band” road | less than 20 feet and none, at a fork | in the read less than 24 feet. He isa} hearty advocate of the road drag and | said that is the solution of the dirt | road problem. | County Highway Engineer Joe! Flammang talked briefly regarding | the construction of concrete bridges | and culverts. He said the state re-| a width of less than 16 feet. John H. Braden of Amsterdam who | the | suggested that the coun! rd were prepared to do their part upon a bri really needed, the county court stood ready to furnish | Mr. Brad. ing settlement as township trustee with the court by mail, this method | not only saving the trustee a trip to county seat, but also effecting a material saving in the time of the court. T. D. Embree of Summit township | n court adopt | the plan of having bri petitions; either 'come through the township board or bear the board’s endorse-| t. A. H. Culver, who for the past two ears has been a member of the county highway commission made an excellent talk upon the construction and maintainance of dirt roads and urged upon those preven: the value of the road drag. He condemned the excessive use of the road grader and made the statement that many. times | the injury to the emi the use of} the-grader overhalan the benefit. He contended that the 2-inch beam | 8-foot iron shod drag when properly | used, atted both as grader and drag. | He commended the county court upon the economical system adopted in e matters and ‘urged the town- Is to offer the limit in u assistance upon needed Judge Estes Smith of Mingo town- financial ship when called upon, took up the matter of the indebtedness of: the county bridge fund and explained the necessity of the igid economy d. He then ie amount oj The Carnival. Shows, which are city under thi phe tthe Buttes Trust Company is seriously ill at his| eS espana oe Phage sea bene thie city. ‘4 Concert Band, arrived Monday and Mr. Wathotr Cos iuken es | set up their various shows on the . is taken sick about 8 | public square. eek ago with stomach trouble and| They have a good clean show and later complications set in and Dr. J. | eerie oe Fact le ged is _per- D. Gri oe given of Kansas City, was called in consul atermoan and evening. preced- tation with the local physicians. Two | Band. sec pe trained nurses are constantly in at-| They havea dog and pony show tendance, | which pleases the old folks as well as He is somewhat better at this writ- | oe thee fhe et phone lyn ing oe me are hoping! and interesting curiosities, the Fox | Trot Girls in up to the minute dances, Rev. Claude S. Hanby Ph. B., pres- | the ferris wheel, the merry-go-round nd ae other first class attractions. ident of the Epworth Leagues of thi district composed of the south half Wm. E. Walton Seriously Ill William E. Walton, presidentofthe| The B Missouri State Bank and The Walton | Playing a | , Appreciation. ‘Butler, Mo.. aan Meta bots for of we ey will be in Butler all the re- mainder of the week. Missouri, is spending the week in/To Shoot U. S. Correspondent? field work. Monday he was in Se- in ‘| —Phili dalia, Tuesday nightin Butler, Wednes- MoClennye on? Fe chrte emus me day night in Webb City, Thursday | correspondent at Vera Cruz, has been night in Rolla and Friday night in | imprisoned and sentenced to be shot Farmington: j by za authorities for having nr kin a So | sent out uncensored Peak dispatches. e many friends of N. rece ana land will be glad to learn he is rapid- | f0F ald today from John W. Robert, / & is rapid-| soother ly recovering from an_ attack of | snd instructed esi Sergei stomach trouble, which has confined | take the question up at once with him to his home for some days. General oo No official report Mavs bec cata. hi sain | OU the ir has reached the depart- city announcing the birth of a daugh- 3 ter-to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Requa in Kimberly, Idaho, on Wednesday, April 21: ‘