The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 8, 1915, Page 3

The Walton. Trust Company (ASSOCIATE INSTITUTIONS) As rendered to the State Bank Commissioner at close of business June 23, .1915. LIABILITIES RESOURCES | Money Loaned.........$837.057.23 Capital Stock .........$305,000.00 Overdrafts .:...........° 4,524.61 Surplus and Undi- 2 - Real Estate Furni- .- vided Profits...... 171,645.56 - f ture and Fixtures 52,373.48 Deposits...............587,262.48 Cash and Sight Exchange 169,952.72 ‘ "$1,063,908.04 _ $1,063,908.04 Total resources over a Capital, Surplus and Profits nearly a Deposits more than The best service in every department, with confidence of the public in its management accounts for the remarkable ‘SERVICE AND SAFETY FOR YOU Real Estate Transfers Sarah Thompson to D. D. Keener, tract sec 17 . Rockville, | $84.00. T. J. George to E. F. Humph- | rey, 320 acres sec 28 and 33 West Boone, $1.00. ©. 0, Leeka to Homer Odell 160 acres sec 36 West- Boone, $1.00. F. Hoag to A. L. Brown 80 acres sec 16 East Boone, $1.00. R. L. Wright to David Hiser, ‘lot 14, part lot 15 block 5 west side addition Butler, $1000.00. L. J. Prouty to E. O. Adams 160 acres sec 16 and 21 New Home, $1.00. Irvin Shirley to C. W. Wingard 360 acres sec 1, 2, 11, and 12 Wal- “nut, $18000.00. B. B. Hoyt to J. M. Smith lots 1s~and"T6" “lock” _ 19 “Amoret ““Wheelbarger - ny Jennie Braden part lot 11 block-67 Rich growth of this institution. “The Old Reliable.” Heri, $200.00. D. C. Blair to C. L. Blair 678 | and Osage and land in county, $1.00. Denies American Recruiting. New York, June 30.—The Brit- claimed any knowledge of in- ‘ducements having been made for United States ‘soldiers and sailors to desert the —American . service for the British army and navy, as charged by a Federal agent in San Francisco who has been in- vestigating recruiting activities in California. . ‘The first question we ask an applicant is whether he is an América citizen,’’ said a répre- sentative of the Consul General. “Tf he is an American citizen, his services are invariably refused.’’ AG For You 2 at Norfleet & Reams. D HARVEST Read this Add and Jot Down What You Want. Gallon Nectar Syrup...... Galion K. C. Brand Syrup... Gallon Pallace Brand Syrup Galion Apples.. Gallon Pie Peaches.. a Galion Peeled Peaches.... Galion Cherries, Pitted.. . 85c Garton Red ‘sida bebe Galion Apricots. Can Apples.......... 3 for 25c Can Pumpkin.......3 for 25c Can Baked Beans...3 for 25c Can Apple Butter....10c each oe prenk Potatoes. 2 for. 25c 3 tor 25c ..3 for 25c No. 2 Oats Kellog Krumbles.. Shreaded Wheat.....2 for 25c Wizard Triangular Mops regular $1.50 ‘aly 25c iacluding bottle polish. HARDWARE - Double Harpoon Hay Forks aly 8 $1, -Hay Forks trom 60c to 75c Scooge, Axes, Shovels, Scoops, Rakes, Hoes, ware of all kinds,. Get our prices before you buy. FRUIT . Oranges, Bananas, Le ona, FORD BUYERS GETTING $50.00 EACH Handles of all kinds. Hard- est you ever saw. Million Dollars . Half Million Dollars Halt Million Dollars acres sec 13, 18, 19, 24 Prairie; Vernon | BOMB IN NATIONAL CAPITOL? A Tremendous Explosion Does | Much Damage to Senate Reception Room, i | Washington, July 2.—A mendous explosion, believed tre- to ache GansuleaGencrall today, diss have been caused by some kind lof bomb or infernal machine, wrecked the public reception room on the east side of the cap- itol building shortly before mid- night tonight. No one was in- jured. Authorities immediately began an investigation. Officials believe that the ex- plosive was placed. by a crank who desired to create a sensa- tion. Visitors were allowed in the room during the day and a timed machine might have been left without attracting ‘attention. Superintendent Woods of the capitol building summoned by a panic-stricken watchman, made a hurried investigation, then tele- phoned for an expert on ‘explo- sives. Until the expert had made his report no official statement concerning the incident will be made public. Part of the ceiling and side walls of the room were shaken down, a huge mirror and a crys- doors blown open. doors led into the offices of the vice president and is said not to have been opened in forty years. ‘Impossible to Have Blues’ > When You Use Alfalfa, — Chicago, TI1., bers of the American Institute of | gestion and mental depression was recommended by Dr. Alex- ander L. Blackwood of Chicago. | He told of experiments made with the new remedy on patients at a Chicago hospital. ‘During the past year observa- tions were made of the action of alfalfa on 17 persons,’’ he said. ‘All of them noted that they grew so hungry that they could searcely wait for their meals. Their minds were clear and bright, all bodily functions were stimulated and it was- impossible to’ have the blues:’’ A Reprieve for Becker Albany, N. Y., July 1.—Gover: nor Whitman today granted | Charles Becker, the former New York police lieutenant, nr F)sentence of death until duly 4|The governor said he wand uae : Supreme Court does not interfere no further pes the case — the granting. e reprieve. This means that if ‘the United States Becker will have to die. S)their automobile for an overland Bitrip te Colorado Springs to visit | Melexpect to make the trip by {| stages.—Adrian Journal, ¥{nesday night, |tal chandelier shattered and the | One of the} July 2.—Mem-| | maal Qiasetition toder end * journed. Alfalfa as a remedy for indi-| SHORT STORIES {Of Local Interest—Clipped from Our Exchanges. Mrs. E. A. Hook: and_ son, James, returned home Monday evening after a visit with rela- tives in Charles City, Iowa.—Ap- pleton City Journal. Tied to the hitch rack at Amos Hall’s store Wednesday were a team of grey mules 42 years old that had been driven over from ee Cygne that day.—Amsterdam socal, William Newton, aged. about! 65 and a former resident of south | of the city, died at his home in/ K. C. Wednesday. The remains order for shoes? Verrily ‘The word that conftonts every good housewife that wishes to buy the BEST of everything that money can buy. at the smallest expense. When she wantsa pair of shoes does she have the mer- chant send a man out to her house to take her no. When she wants a new hat at the right price does she have the mil- liner come to her house and take her order? Cer- tainly not. The wise person knows that she will were shipped to Amoret Friday | and buried in Mulberry ceme-| tery.—Amsterdam Loeal. | John M. Reeder left Adrian — last and family | Thursday in| They | Len, Reeder and family. | easy | Died—Mrs. Clem Brunker, age 20 years, at the home of her par- | ents on the. Mangold farm, Wed- of typhoid fever, ing a 3-month-old baby. Her | remains Were taken to West Line Friday by her folks, for, burial.— Amsterdam Loeal. i) destroyed Dan Norbury’s barn, Sunday evening, with con- | tents. Origin of fire unknown. When the fire was discovered the building was in flames and could not be extinguished. It was | partially insured.—Border Tele- phone. Fire tevin Deffenbangh arrived in Adrian last Thursday from Cam- | i] . Mass., where he recently graduated from the law depart- | went of Harvard University. Tr- | vin is one of the Adrian boys who | has kept going until he has a long | string of degrees and is 4 thor-/| ough scholar.—Adrian Journal. Mrs. Fred Seholz, a well known: citizen living northeast of Mont- rose, died Monday morning after an illness of about ten days dura- tion, from diabetes. man Lutheran church of Apple-/ ton City Tuesday afternoon atl iN 2:00 o’clock, followed by inter- ment in the city cemetery. obituary will. be printed next | week.—Appleton City Journal. | W. A. MeBurney has solv ed the | mud problem. To his binder he | has attached a broad board, as aj; skid, and cased the wheels itil sheet ron to prevent them from | filling with mud., With his maz! chine thus equipped he can cut: \wheat in any field the horses can | wade through. Out in Kansas | jsome farmers are using beer kegs | to keep their binders from get- | les jin Kansas City, was buy the best groceries at have to pay extra to have the shoe man or the milliner call for her order. When she wishes to the least expense does she have the groceryman send a man to take her order? Nay, Nay. She just simply phones 77 where she knows she can get 1 pound of the best coffee éver sold for 30 cents and a handsome dish with each package. 3 cans large tomatoes....25c 3 large.cans baked beans.25¢ 3 cans good corn 2oc 3 cans good kraut.. .. 25¢ 4 lbs good rice ..25c 2 Ibs good dried peaches... 15c Headquarters for all 3 pkgs macaroni 3 pkgs Jello, any flavor... 3 cans good peas 3 cans good salmon 3 cans goose berries.. 3 cans’ black berries dG tbomaena fruits and vegetables You always get the best grown and always get it fresh when you Phone 77. That's Gosnell’s Grocery "57" The best cakes ever baked. Any kind 20c per pound. lowed out last year, meant hundreds of dollars to this community, many granaries built and money inade for those who need it.— Rockville. Booster. A, B. Argenbright, a native of ‘Grand River township, but now in’ Adrian Argenbright is Liggett-Stewart | Mr. for lSaturda Vi | working genbright married an Adrian girl Miss Clara Lentz, and they have one daughter. We take pleasure jan boys who have gone out into {the world and are making good. —Adrian Journal. A Pleasant Surprise. (Received too late for baa week.) | Thursday, June 24, host of | friends and netgibadk gathered | jat the beautiful home of Grand- ma Gander to assist her in cele- | brating her 80th birthday. Grand- ma took the surprise as a joke} and made them all feel at home. nell and DeForrest Cunningham, all of whom were with him when | death came. Mr. Cunningham jhad ‘been in poor health for two or fhree years, and left Hume a little over a year ago to be near his children in the West. —Bord- er Telephone. E. E. Parsons of Lone Tree, Robert Grover of Warrensburg and R. D. Reeder of Adrian, the three commissioners recently ap- pointed by Special Judge Charles | A. Calvird of Henry county to as- sess the benefits and damages ac- cruing to the various parcels -of land in the Grand River Drainage District of Cass and Bates Coun- ties, Missouri, were in Harrison- ville today and subscribed to their oath of office before -Cir- | cuit.Clerk Fred Mayer. They will meet again some day next week and enter upon the active duties of their offices. County Democrat. 3 C. H. Field, manager of the Logan-Moore Lumber .) ine forma us that the business of the : every reepect, ead oes fs that can |were signed aboard here to at- ship was carrying for use of the English army in the. war zone. Nineteen of them were white -men and the iting mired in the mud.—Amster-| The table was spread in the; | dam Loeal. yard and fairly groaned wth such a dinner as the ladies of | Word has been eereied that! Double Branches know so well F. E. Cunningham died at Se-! how to prepare, but was soon re- attle, Wash., Thursday, June 24. / lieved of its burden when 24 hun- No other particulars at_ this/gry people had eaten their fitt>— time. Deceased leaves a wife and |The evening was spént in singing itwo children, Mrs. Della McCon- | old time songs in which Grandma did the leading. At a late hour we all departed to. our homes wishing Grandma many more happy birthdays. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Belle Walton, Mrs. Ed Hall, Mrs. Sam Starr, Mrs. Jesse Hall, Mrs. Henry Thomas and sister, Mrs. John Needer, Mvs. Charley Clem, Mrs. Mark Spain, Mrs. M. Las- key, Mrs. Cal Besure, Mrs. El- mer Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gan- der, Mrs. Sears, Mrs. Beam, Eth- el, Mable, Lucy and Elsie Spain, Mable, Alta, Anna and Ruby Las- key, Hazel Hall and Belma Gan- der. One who was there. Steamer Loaded With Mules Sunk. Newport News, Va., June 30.— The British steamer Armenian sunk June 28 by a German sub- marine, carried, besides her -reg- ular crew, 106 Americans, who tend the 1,422 mules which the European others ne- j would have Let us hope that it | will be followed out this year and | _ Porfirio Diaz is Dead. ' Paris, July 2.—Gen. Porfirio Diaz, former president of Mexico, died at 7 o'clock this morning. General Diaz was born in 1830, | His family were of old’ Spanish stock with an infusion of Indian blood. Left fatherless at the age of 3, he was educated at the ex- |pense of the Bishop of Oaxaca ; With the intention of becoming a priest, but he eventually turned The ftineral (Commission Co., as butcher sales- to law and then at the outbreak services were held from the Ger-|man and is making good. Mr. Ar-|of the war with the United States \turned to a military career Diaz harassed the enemy con- stantly, and in June, 1867, cap- An Jin noting the success of the Adri- {tured the city of Mexico with his |forees. On the re-establishment lof the republic he was unsuecess- ful as a candidate for president, but in-1877 he was elected to fill the unexpired term of the fugi- tive president, Lerdo. His last and eighth election was in July, 1910. To Diaz was given eredit for jthe advance of Mexico to the sta- |tus of a stable, progressive. and {prosperous government, although |the autocratic. methods he em- ployed were widely criticized. General Diaz resigned the pres- idency of Mexieo May 25, 1911. County Biabwny Commission Elects Officers. The Bates County Highway |Comnission, consisting of Dr. \ A. Williams of Hume, Waites jHenry of Butler, and Jos. A. |Flammang, met at Rich Hill June }29 and elected Dr. Williams pres- ident and Jos. A. Flammang sec- j retary, The commission proceed- jed to examine the books and ree- ords of the secretary and ordered them approved. .It was then de- cided that the commission would at an early date examine all the county seat to county seat high- ways in Bates county, and after suggesting to the township boards of the townships in which the roads are located the im- provements required on the roads they would stop payment for dragging any road that is not im- proved immediately in accord- ance with the nsipoaeeees Liquid Fire Machine. London, July 2.—The British troops have captured one of the machines used by the Germans to throw liquid fire upon the al- lies’ troops. The captured machine com- prises a plated reservoir holding an inflamable liquid and means of spraying the liquid fire. The form in which it te corried is a