The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 3

Three Laws Bring Revenue, Two Principal Aots Originating With the Secretary of State. The vast benefits given to road improvement in Missouri from the MISSOURI NOTES The expenditure of $684,000 on improvements of the Missouri Pa- cific line and for necessary equip- al district court in St. Louis rer cently. ‘i —— 2 ment was authorized in the feder- olicy of state aid,- which - ‘Wonderful in ‘the amount of lasting pleas- ure involved in such a gift—the certainty ~ of quality guaranteed by Beach’s name. We Have the Latest and Newest ~ Line of Jewelry ever displayed in Butler. This stock will have to be seen to be appreciated. Jewelry is something you'can be easily humbugged in. We handle only goods made by first class man- ufacturers. Our many years of experience in the Jewelry Busi- -mess enables us to know what Jewelry is. ’ It would be impossible to tell you what we carry in this line. Come and see for yourself. Our. stock consists of everything usually car- ried:in a first class Jewelry Store. |. WeHave Goods at the _ Right Prices Goods Just as Repre- sented or money back OUR SILVER WARE IS THE BEST EVER : We carry all the leading brands in Sterling and plated ware. Come and be convinced Pure 18k Wedding Rings made to order BEEZ MEN Remember our optical department. We are : graduate opticians. Let me fit your eyes with glasses a “ay that willsatisfy you. We have fit hundreds we can Ee Dai satisly you. ccs ; ae We will appreciate your business Beach’s Jewelry Store Store open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. until Christmas. Phone 85 The up-to-date jewelers. South Side Square Butler, Mo. _ PERFECTLIGHT ; vd ‘ basket ball team went to Nevada AFE” LAMP and) and defeated the strong Co. H. LANTERN | team of that city on their own court. It was a hard fought game : and was not decided until the last D Candie Pewer | half minute of play when Jimmie a « *} Williams threw a field goal that Ouo-teath of ene cont aa | gave Butler the game by score + beer te operate of 27 to 25. \ ‘om "| On Friday night the Butler RO WICK—NO SMOKE | High School teams won a double NO DIRT—NO GREASE |header from the Adrian High ‘ Sehool. The boys winning their game by a score of 49 to 28 and the Butler girls played their us- : ual fast game and easily defeated pightest Most | their op ts from Adrian by afest—|the one score of 37 to 4. Eagles Pest in Missouri. Gainaville, Mo., Dec. 4—Invad- jf ed by bald eagles, damage close D0 has heen. done in Ozark, y and Howell. counties and y> gro in. the Butler Defeats Nevada and Adrian. the pasture, instead of ringing them, gave them meat meal in self feeders. _days _ stopped rooting, and as they were . and Fireside. About buying your Christmas Candies for it never pays to buy ‘Thursday the Butler Reds ee j a to flies and germs this warm weather. We will have by far the “largest assortment of candies ever brought to Butler, Will “nave it on display December 15th. All nice, fresh and clean Thousands of ponds at prices never before heard of in Butler, will’tell:you about it next week. And should you happen to man, whose hogs were rooting up vetting a better balanced ration, no doubt the meat meal not only | saved the pasture but added more | wntertained a number In three days they to the gains _than_it_cost,—Farm- relatives at dinner Sunday and cheap candies that have been on exhibition for 30 days subject tracting such. wide attention at this time, makes especially inter- esting the fact that. State aid is very recent origin in Missouri. There are three laws on the stat- ute books providing revenue for the road fund, and their actual operation covers scarcely a half dozen years, The success of this constructive road legislation is emphasized by the recent state- ment of State Highway Commis- sioner Frank W. Buffum who es- timates that as a result of the stimulus to road building given by these laws there has been since 1912 throughout the State an ex- penditure of local funds of a sum exceeding $15,000,000.00. : The first law for State aid was enacted in 1907. Senator E. A. Dowell, of Lewis County, was the author of this law, which was known as the ‘‘option stamp act.”’ Its enforcement was held up by litigation until 1910, when the to- tal receipts for that year were | $25.00. The litigation over this act was finally terminated in 1911, With the law sustained by the courts, in full settlement of ar- rearages, there was paid into the State Treasury the sum of $83,- 135.25, The gross proceeds of this act up to November 1, 1915, were $186,351.45. : The second act intended to pro- duce road revenue was passed in 1907, provided for the registra- |tion of motor vehicles. This law |was loosely drawn and disap- pointing in its results.. The gross | proceeds from this act: up to the ‘present efficient registration law | went into effect four years later, Hwere only $76,321.50. In 1911, |the present Secretary of State Cornelius Roach, re-drafted the /automobile registration act mak- ing registration annual up to No- vember], 1915, this new law has put into the state treasury to the credit of the road fund, the mag- ificent sum of $900,384 , The third law providing State aid for roads was enacted in 1913. This act, also designed by the present Secretary of State, is known as the ‘‘corporation regis- tration and supervision act.’’ The operation of this law has pro- duced road money in the sum of $230,116.39 up to November 1, 1915, The net results of the policy of |State aid have been the payment of $1,393,145.09 into the State Treasury for the road improve- ment fund. Of this amount, $1,- 130,472.14 have come from the laws placed on the statute books {through the efforts of Secretary of State Cornelius Roach. The |substantial benefits to the road jsystem of Missouri are so far \reaching that the wisdom of the |State aid policy is proved and its jeontinuation and. expansion as- i sured, Family Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. David Warford of their the meeting was a most enjoyable {one to all present. Those present || were: Mr. and Mrs. John Tucker and Carl Tucker, of Collins, Mont. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Beatty, of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. Len Shubert, of Butler; Mrs. Jennie Warford and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Proctor, of Adrian. E It was the first time these peo- ple had been together in a number of years and they enjoyed this gathering to the limit. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Proctor and Mrs‘ Jennie Warford entertained them, at dinner Monday and they enjoyed another great feast and a pleasant time socially —Adrian Journal. 59 Hunters are Killed. Chicago, Dec. 1.—Fifty-nine persous killed and sixty-six in- jured is the hunting toll in eigh- teen states for the season which ended yesterday,. according to statistics available here today. Last season. 111 persons were tkilled and 162 wounded. Dragging shotguns through fences and other accidental dis- charge of guns again claimed 4 ‘majority of the victims in the ‘various states. A score of hunting deer.were shot by fellow hunters who mistook them for | | | Wisoonsin nine hunters were Dr. R. O. Crawferd of El Dora- do Springs has announced as @ Republican candidate for Con- gress in this district. We never heard of Dr. Crawford before, but presume he would run about. as well as any other Republican, and perhaps better than some who are too well known.—Osceola Demo- erat. -Isaac Elliott, 75 years old, a wealthy Pettis county farmer, and his wife on Thursday celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Both were born in Pettis county and have lived continuously on the farm where they were mar- ried. Royden Johnson, who _ has struct it rich in the new oil fields of Oklahoma, refusing $200,000 for his royalties alone, formerly was a crippled printer working on the Standard at Montgomery City. He worked ‘‘at the cas. in other towns in Missouri. Fred Poynter will serve three years in prison as the price the state has imposed for the murder of three women.’ Poynter killed Ars. Julia Breece and her two daughters Nellie Breece and Mrs. Rose Wright on the farm of Mrs. Breece last fall. He pleaded: self defense. : J. P. Tumulty, private secretary to President Wilson last Thursday wired .C, M. Long, agent for Pet- tis County that Mr. Wilson had referred to the Secretary of Ag- riculture the request of the Pettis County Board of Agriculture that the Government investigate tlie recent de¢line in live-stock prices, Rumor has it, aceording to the Deepwater World, that two men down there traded wives last week, All parties to the trade have left town after explaining to a few friends that the swap was preferable to scandal and divorce proceedings, especially when ev- erybody was satisfied.—St. Jo- seph Observer. Saline County’s $10,000 seed corn auction sale closed Saturday night with a banquet given in honor of the prize corn contest- ants. This was the greatest corn show in the history of Missouri. The first prize bushel sold for $25; the first prize ten bushels sold for $138.50. About six hun- dred bushels of corn were entered in the contest. By a vote of nearly seven to one the Waverly special road district last week approved a $49,000 bond issue to build its link of the ten miles of the Old Trails Road. The total vote was 461 to 68. In Waverly only two votes were cast inst the bonds. The vote in averly precinet was 393 to The Hodge preecinet voted -eight, for and thirteen against. On a hand loom purehased by her twenty-one years ago for $6.50, Mrs. Martha Shearer of Taney county earns a livelihood for herself and her husband with some money to spare says the St. Joe Observer. Rugs, shawls, blankets and mufflers woven by the methods of pioneer days find a ready market when offered to [tourists in the Taneyeomo region and the old loom is seldom idle. Never had a haireut, never had a shave, never had a tooth pulled, owns three thousand acres of land. His name is William Ham- mack and he lives in Salisbury. He has always been a busy man. Says the Fayette Advertiser: ‘‘He passed through town thirty years ago but did not stop.’”? There’s your recipe for long life, health and prosperity—don’t stop, es- pecially in Fayette——Marceline Journal-Mirror. John L. Parker of Lynn, Mass., hurls a long service challenge at Tyler W. Parker of Montgomery City, who retired recently. The Missourian worked ‘‘at the case’’ with Mark Twain 62 years ago. John L. Parker says he began De- cember 1, 1856, 64 years ago. Missouri’s claimant says he has John L. beaten because the latter | to edit.@. pap while e e old. fashioned. way for 62 years, - Te: The two Parkers are distantly lated... me oye ete cer SRR He ar , i" b { a