The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 22, 1915, Page 8

James W. Harrison | Telephone No 123 On Tuesday August 3rd A personally conducted land Excursion will leave Butler for the great Lower Rio Grande Valley. No richer or more productive lands can be found in the United States. Three staple crops can be raised on the same land each year. Corn, Alfalfa, Hogs in products grow abundantly. fact practically all northern Two crops of corn each season. Conservative estimates place the aver. age yield of corn for Ist crop at 70 bushels per acre. Railroads estimate corn yield in the valley this year at four million bushels. Alfalfa yields 6 to 10 tons per acre and sells at e average price of $15 per ton, and makes green pastures the year round. “All kinds of vegetables grown during the winter months which find ready sale at good prices in northern markets.” The climate is ideal, winters mild, no snow or ice, cool gulf breezes temper the cummeridat. People affected with Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Tuberculosis or other lung troubles-‘or rheuma tism greatly benefited... . Good Schools and Churches. Very best people from the Northern States with beautiful homes already established will be your neighbors. These lands:can be purchased on easy terms. Property of value will b ea e taken in payment if desir These lands and conditions in the valley have been personally inspected and investigated by the undersigned, to- gether with J. W. Eggleson, Orland Eggleson, E. G. McAlister and family of substantiate the foregoing statements. Photographs and products of this country may be seen at my office. . . X For further detailed information, call, write or ’phone— Peoples Bank Building Butler who purchased land there d will \ e on ne BUTLER, MISSOURI On the Wing. Dr. Lusk visited “Mrs. Oldham Sunday. Cyrus Nestlerode lost’ a fine| | hig mare one day Geo. Jackson Tuesday with four mules.’ Some people are topping their corn so it will straighten up. Mrs, Henry Oldham’s brother. ! jin-law of Nebraska; is visiting her and other relatives at Vinton! jthis week. Summit Happenings. Randoff Claridy is visiting} Mr. Schwander is Joe Clark and family. sick list. oe ae | Mrs. Culbertson spent Friday} Mr. Sullen’s silo last week. herent aaa put afternoon with Mrs. J. M. Mor-| down Sunday night. corn ler headed for the Miami for al T'S: ee Oe | week's. visit. | Miss Eulalia | A ast Saturd: ight Grandma Minton, who has | Rath Neues: mer been visiting her daughter, Mrs. | Mra, Blmer Sturgeontand baby Henry hauled Sturgeon spént we Miss ive. Lockweak th . ?. To y. ay 7 . ry . Fred MeCall was seen leading | Robert Stanley, in Butler, has spent Friday afternoon with| Too mueh rain is a fine Jersey cow home Tuesday. | "eturned home. Mrs. Lacy. ‘ 3 po |) Seth) «Nightwine’s barn was Paes wu Harry French and — family 2 . ‘ ~; The Baker Medicine was | UP : “(struck by lightning Sunday | The Baker Medicin teen spent Sunday in relatives. The Huffman boys say water was about their bridge. Born to the -wift-of- Peter Pet-| Helen—Oldham,tlie year tison, Saturday, July 17, twins,/ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant ‘a boy_and a girl. Tinker Hedger spent Sunday at A.D. McGraw’s on Nabbs creek. Arthur Browning lost one of; his work mules last week from) eating too many green oats. | Aunt Amanda, Durst, who is | in her usual good ‘89 years old Sunday, July 25. Volney. McFadden, a in ie agg i gg at Mrs. Seth Wix’s home Satur. _ Geo. Maloney, took dinner with Judge - and family Sunday of last week.) ing of the Commercial Club. » Jno. E. Hedger and family meer ited his wife’s people, Mr. and| yoo Fy ane t Mrs. Butler, on Mulberry, Sun-| with Mr. and Mra. Walter Cas- any sity. = some trading for land there. , . a +f. bs. : ‘Teachers and children should| ‘This section was visited by ds nattlomioke oot day.” last 5 3 sa Pp Ew : a Bertha Huitt ‘spent Sat- wheat i remember that school com-/big wind-‘and rain storm Sun-| Mra~. Lewis Culbertson a ae ab JS tarae cae Fn i A ge with | about 15 mences the first Monday in Sep-|day evening. Not -much @am- children spent Wednesday and ry : * ry Hicks. == : : ‘ . age was done. © ! y at Spruce. 2 Oak Troms. Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Pat ’ The telephone people are put-|- ting in new poles on the line —from Butler to the wate Butler visiting . working this part of his evening and the cupolas torn off. | 4 ne if |The wind did a great deal of tory Thursday ing her grandmoth the}damage to the trops in this vi-| Miss Mildred Haskins spent | County, Kas. over | einity. . fone afternoon last week with A surprise dinner was given to! Miss Margaret Hyatt. a foot Miami Items. Mr. Walter Wright has his foot again last week. too many chinch bugs, so cheer| Mexican Trouble,’’ was debated | Mrs. Sallie Eggleson is _ visit-, | Mrs. Hyatt and daughter and|not the boxing gloves. East Lone Oak. Miss Edith Osman of Ft. Scott is here for a visit with relatives and friends. Club met July 17 with a large crowd present. A very interest- ing program was rendered. Ed- na Gilmore and Marvin Harvey’s was blown|song, entitled ‘‘Playmates,” and |Miss Kate‘ Pharis’ recitation! pom to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey hurt | Were exceptionally good, also| powell last Sunday, July 18, a Ben Baskerville’s recitation. en- | ji¢¢Ie baby pink’ Mia titled, ‘‘The Mouse was Hard to ; , visiting her Catch,” as well as the mouse. still on the Joe Rogers is visiting his par- mother, Mrs. Stuffin, of Butler. The debate,, ‘Resolved, that the|ents, Mr. aid Mrs. D. S. Rogers, better than|U. S. Should Intervene with|of near Mapleton, Kas., by Ben Baskerville, Sam Ritchey | Quite a heavy rainfall and Lm and Walter-Gragg for the af.| Vere Wind storm visited this part Elk|firmative and. Bruce Odneal,|9f*the country last Sunday even- Cleve Lawson and George Frey |!"8- \ of the negative. Decision of the] Mrs. Jennie Algire of Kansas her in Butler is willing i) put the judges was for the affirmative.|City is visiti fi 4 5 J -|City is visiting at the home of ball gloves on with Rich Hill but |The dalogue,. “Stick to Your hen jacnta, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. | Word, Gal,’’ was good. The Latham. Mrs. Culbertson spent Thursday Oldham, on Wednesday. . There|®fternoon with Mrs. Tyler. Bert Barr drove to and family | Were many littlefolks and their; Percy Tyler and wife spent a|day last week in Ed |parents present. Miss Helen is}couple of days last week with | quite a speaker and singer at the|his parents, Mr .and Mrs. W. B. Kas. church and has a host of friends. | Tyler. A N. MLN. Misses Helen Clark, Gladys|- Qlgrence Porter |Spears and Eulalia. Sturgeon | w3q) Eggleson and Orchard Grove. jSpent Wednesday —_ afternoon relatives of Rich Hill spent Sun- ag ee | cone faved ‘eke natiinn’)- an with Miss Mable Card. day at Corlett’s. ith, will be Y i * ws SO baade Several people from this) yy, Jess Williams is here on a hay in this section and a few arc threshing. ‘ An.ice cream supper was given neighborhood went to Rich Hill Sunday. We sure know Rich Hill4s wet now. It looked pret- ty nice to get back to Butler. Kansas this year. Don’t day evening. Everett Morilla went to Ne. Hedger | vada Tuesday to attend a mect- of Rich Hill (Too late for last week:) for R.. Sturgeon Thursday. Miss Nixie Melees. and — Mr. Sunday his foot one day last week. ‘turned from Texas. an out to} Mrs. Hendricks visited wide|W: B. Tyler Wednesday noon. We would like to see the! Mrs. Nellie Wright .and. little || Same‘ crowd’ at Sunday schoo! ev-jaon retirned home from 2 -visit A splendid crowd rworks Ed Corlett, Fletch Hayzle and|Ctnh_wilt mect again Aug—t+- Bert Barr returned to Topeka, | He said he would be back | after: hay and oats are cut. | visit with a big car, of corn raised | Sunday afternoon and night. Texas is no corn state. -A few families around here | ily. were caught in Butler Sunday ry y night by the storm and the cows), fi i Chas, LaFollette sawed wood | V&O yoo od, thet night, sod rom Olatha, Kansas, Sun. Roy Culbertsonrun -a nail in}-* Will and-Orland 4 0 ' They were|ery Wednesday and Satarday Lyle Argenbright was bitten{ Pleased with the country and did | night. : ¥r eo ‘Mrs,|. Mr. and Mrs. Ples Evans spent fi, the proud parents of 2» and{Sgnday at the Geo. ‘Mra. Harold Hilliard of Summit expect to do some repair work|township, a student of. Marion- on the school house soon. _ _}ville College, will preach at Peru ; PANS¢. |Hext Sunday both morning and ~~" night. ‘i Ra Mrs. Blalock of Hume, Mo. Merwin Items. and Mrs. Arthur MeCrey of Mrs. Morrell of, Kansas City is Lamar, Mo., spent a few. ‘days visiting Mrs. Bill Lee. last week at the home of their Well, we had another big rain aaa Me and ae. pees Drexel The directors of the district ’s car. one | | and. family, family and Mrs. Margaret Requa, Mrs. Maggie“Thomas, and: Mrs. Lizzie peice on ome a couple of : 4 t tl 4 Mr. Frank . Deforst » returned Mare eee . aa township. ect Merwin has-a picture. show ev- ALE i: f the farmers get -fooled,| Miss Alice Hicks spent Sunday with Mr. Jim Aurnutte and fam- Keen home. ra girl, born