The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 3, 1916, Page 1

unty who think that it‘ would|. bea good investment to build some 1 a It is claimed that two. hundred “miles of rock road would place : nearly every farm in Bates coun- .~ ty within three miles of. one of “them. ‘$800,000. would easily “build these réads and probably fifty miles more.. : - It does not cost anything to think a little and figger a little. Tn fact it pays. : .To prove that it pays two prizes -are offered to the two persons in Bates county: (no voter can com- pete). who will sendin correct an- swers to the following. four prob- --dems in plain arithmetic. As: be- tween correct answers the prises . will be awarded to the first and ‘next plainest and neatest solu- tions. County School Superintendent Moreland, J. O. Henderson, Butler School Superintendent, and W. L. Coonrod, Principal of Butler High ‘School will act as judges. Answers submitted must be sent to W. L. Coonrod, Butler, Missou- ri, and not received later than February 26th. For the first prize, $10 cash. Second, $5 cash, Problem one: The present assessed valuation —of Bates County for taxes is $13,- 652,260.81. Let it be supposed ° that taxes are collected upon only $13,600,000 of this. amount and that there will be no increase in| ly Then. if}2 Mi th the nineteenth year if a levy 0: forty-seven cents upon the $100 is collected to pay interest and upon principal for the first nineteen||y, years? And what levy: will be re- quired for the twentieth year to pay off the interest and all of the balance of the debt at the end of the twentieth year? Remember that the interest each year must be paid off before any payment is made upon the principal. (That all answers may be uniform, when the interest figures in cents, one dollar will be added instead of odd ‘amount. For instance if the interest is $24,957.15 it will be called $24,958.) Problem two: If a farmer owns 160 acres of land assessed at $16 per acre, six horses assessed at. $35 each, two cows assessed at $20 each, thirty things when he growls about how | Peters, good roads will ruin him. : and the roads are rather rough at, this writing. home of Ed Moore and family one night last. week. Ford, Carl Welliver and Ralph Culver and Misses Nellie Welli- ver, Beulah Brown, Kipf spent Sunday evening with the past week with his sister, Mrs, Hugo Kipf. oyster supper Tuesday night. All reported a good time. horse. McKinley, Mr. and Miss Beulah Brown spent last Saturday with W. H. White and family. Pansies ness trip to Butler Friday. sister, Mrs. John Woodfin. his sister and friend spent the week end with relatives near Ap- pleton City. : Mrs. Sterling Bolin entertained a number of young folks at din- ner Sunday. The table was fair- f|ported an excellent time. present were:’ W. P. Tharp’ and family, Glenn Sargent and’ fami- Messrs. Carl Welliver, Forest Univereliy ng iscousian . Soele; é eS, DAY, FEBRUARY 38, 1916. Thomas Peters, ° Ralph} Peters, Henry Tharp, Will Brown, Marvin Campbell, Emmitt Ford, Ralph Culver, and Olen Sargent ; Misses Nellie’ Welliver, Beulah; Brown, Pearl Tharp, Anna Kipf, Beatrice, Marguerite and Jewel Tharp. BLUE BELLE. | Send in your answers. Butler Commercial Club. The weather is very changeable Mr. Ralph Culver visited at the ag aS ae Mound Pickups. If the weather keeps cold, skat- ing will be fine and very-much en- joyed by the skaters. Miss Cora Church, having re- signed her position as a nurse at} the Wesley Hospital in Kansas City has come home. , : * Mr. J. B. Ruddell and family visited at Mr. Jas. Eckart’s Sun- Mesrs. Carl Burch, Emmitt: and Anna ‘iss Pearl Tharp Oscar Cravens has been visiting y. Tom Hancock and wife gave an| Mrs. Edson Snyder having an bed a few days but is better at this writing. ‘Mr. Earl Leeper has a very sick ty seat on business Saturda, Dr. Zey of Butler was cal Mr. Will Brown and Miss Mary yo | Joe Brownfield count of the illness of their little daughter, Mildred’ Aileen, We Marvin Campbell made a busi- at this writing. John Pharis is improving at is writing. Ed Moore is on the sick list. Miss Pearl Tharp is visiting her Albert Polson Sunday. her home southwest of Adrian|- were held at the Christian church at Adrian Sunday. Her remains were laid to rest in the Crescent Hill cemetery. Mr, Lloyd Fouts was-in Passaic trading Monday. Those on the sick list.in this vi- Will Brown, accompanied by loaded with good things to eat, fact everything that the heart|Ned O’Dea and Master Robert Those | Sunday afternoon. J. H. O’Dea Sunday. Milburn Tharp and __ family,| EVERY onde and the bridegroom is a -Mr. J. B. Rice was trading in Passaic Monday. Mrs. Webb Shelby called on week. Mr. D, S. West was called to Kansas on the account of the ill, ness of his nephew, Harvey Hew, itt, ; “J. F. O'Dea called on Karle Thompson one day last week. -Mr. W. G. Mehaffey is on the siek list. « Clyde Ellington spent Sunday accident was forced to remain in| With his sister, Mra, Lee Scifers. : Miss Pearl Tharp is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Woodfin. Mr. C. F. Wise was at the coun-|. Miss Frona Hood of Adrian who. has been visiting Mrs. Wal- led to|ter Cassity during the past week, the home of J. H. O’Dea on the ac-| returned home Saturday noon. are glad to say that she is better|as teacher of Marshall school Sat- urday morning and will make her Mr. H. L. Fransham visited Mr.|future home in Iowa. Ralph G. Slane was elected to finish out the Mrs. Chris Schmidt, Jr., died at| school term. | Mr. and Mrs. M. Friday, Jan, 28. Funeral services| spent Sunday with Mr. J. W. Is- Tey and family. Mr. and Mrs.’ Walter Cassity and Miss Frona Hood visited at the home of Mr. Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Bolin en- tertained at dinner Sunday the cinity are: Mrs. J. B. Rice, Mrs.|following: Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sargent,.Mr. and Mrs: Mrs. W. H. Ruddell visited Mrs.|at Orchard Grove Sunday morn- ing and evening. ‘We are expecting a wedding in| - Bro. Joe Wix and family, Bro. this community in the neer future. | Ben Wix and wife and Bro. Seth DOLLAR bride to be is a. charming Wix and family took dinner handsome young man. . L. C. Eichler one’ day last | Friday. Sunday school 10:30 a. r, R. W. Finley was trading in | Christian Endeavor 7:00 p. m. jaic one day this week. Sunday. : Summit Happenings. LITTLE IRISH ROSE. sick list for the last few days. Orchard Grove. day and family spent Monday the Golliday home. Grant’s. Miss Nell Grant started in count of sickness. _Mrs. Loy Douple, formerly Miss eda Carhart spent Saturday|Feb. 11. ea invited to Nova Kelly, resigned h ition| Might and Sunday with Glen}come and take part. teacher cf Marshall school Sat.| Price. SUNSHINE. | Mrs. Mullis of Butler came George R. Scroggs, pastor. Sabbath school 9:30 a.m. J. Harper, superintendent. for all ages and grades. a place for you. Preaching at a. m., subject, E. Stouffer F. J. Peters evening hour and will render Walter vine: roperty for taxation. - : F300. ims ay bend were issued to|could wish for in the way of eat-| Snyder. _.,[Tharp, Mr. and Mrs. Milburn's 1. Prayer and teachers meet- build good roads, these bonds pay- ables were there in abundance.| Mrs. Claude Brummett visited Tharp, Messrs. Ralph Culver, ing vavervawodnenlay teveniteent able within twenty years and bear-| The dinner was served. in courses | her sister-in-law, Mrs. Tom Brum- Henry Tharp, Emmet Hood andj}7.59 You are invited to all the ing five,per cent... ihterest’ until by..Mra, Milburn Tharp, Mrs.;mett Monday, Carl Welliver, Misses Pearl | vices of the church. paid; what ‘will be ‘the indebted: Sargent, ‘Mra. _: Misses deci a a ene. Se Nellie Wel-| : and Mrs. Sterling-Bi Wightman visited at Mr. Mier’s{tiver and»Anna Kipf. ; ; : ee a ness of the county at the end of/and ‘ling- Bolin... Each:re- | Wig! Bro, Hood of Adrian preached| Masoné Attention. Butler Lodge No. 254 A. F. & Saturday night, Feb. 5th. All Masons invited. ' Gets Its Value Doubled and Tripled “hogs assessed at $3 each and all other property assessed. at $200, what will he pay in special taxes during each of the first nineteen years toward paying off the bonds? What will he pay in the twentieth year? What will be the total amount he will pay out in “twenty years? What will be the total cost to him per acre of his land? : Problem three: . -If thissame farmer each year raises and sells 300 bushels each of oats, corn and wheat, and each year loges one cent a bushel on his , eats, two cents a bushel on his corn and five cents s bushel on his AB yds 12%¢ flannelerte In our first great Dollar Sale, the most impor- _ tant Sale of Saturday and Monday — the year. Will be two big days in our store, days of wonderful bargains. We’ve ‘made it possible for your dollars to do extra duty on the following ‘list of merchandise. 25 Ladies Suits - 50 Ladies Costs 100 ladies waists 2 for 50 pr. $1.50 blankets 78 pair ladies shoes $1.50 Corduroy pants _ $1.50 Mens Union Suics t 2 pair Boys Indigo blue Overalls $1.00 2 yds.72-inch table linen $2.50 Worth of Remnants $1.50 Comforts 1 lot, $1.50 Corsets $ 1 lot $1.50 lace curtains Kenwood work shirts 3 for . $1.50 Mens Sweaters $1.50 mens silk lined kid gloves * $1.50 mens duck coats 3 Boys Superiot Union Suits $1.00 for $1.00 the home of Everett Morilla Sun- lay. A party of the neighborhood young people came in to apend the evening with Miss Frona Hood Mr. and Mrs. Frank Feely vis- ited at the home of D. H. Shelton APPLE BLOSSOM. Dr. J. M. Norris has been on the Robert Sturgeon and wife, El- -/mer Sturgeon, wife and baby, Mr. Hyatt and family and John Golli- Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sturgeon and Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Lacy spent Sunday evening at Everett teach school again Monday after an absence of several weeks on ac- Presbyterian Church Sérvices. Classes There is “Christian Bold- ness.’’? The three Christian En- deavor societies will occupy the program in observance of ‘‘Chris- tian Endeavor Day.’’ A free will offering will be taken at this ser- Junior Christian Endeavor, M. will confer the M. M. Degree NUMBER 16 Mt. Carmel News. —- Well, we are sure having our share of cold, stormy weather and bad roads. This (Tuesday) is the first pretty day we have had for a long time. J. W. Cox spent last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dick Martin, northwest. of Butler. Our mail earrier, Glenn Hag- gard, on Route 6, did not get around again Thursday on ae- count of the Miami being out. H. P. Tharp’s sale was pulled off Wednesday in spite of the rainy day. Col. Ben Harrison of Ballard was auctioneer and did a fine job of it. Mrs. Larris Wheatley and P. H. Osborne were on the complaining list last-week. Clarence Fleming came home from Iola, Kansas, Saturday, where he had been for several weeks. He reports it pretty cold out there. ; The Mt. Carmel Y. P. B. will have a ciphering match at the Bel- mont school house Friday night, at m,. at to down Friday for a few days visit with her daughter, -Mrs. Larris Wheatley. P. H. and W. E. Osborne, Lar- ris Wheatley, Orville Porter and Jim Barr went to Butler Saturday on the Interstate from Nyhart. We hear that Jim Barr went on to Adrian to visit his friend Miss —. Girls, look out, Henry McCann has a new driving horse and it is adandy. Wonder who will be the first to ride behind it. Several from around here at- tended Frank Walker’s sale Monday. Everything sold well. The Mt. Carmel ladies who served lunch cleared about $7.00. Don’t forget Carl Jones’ sale Tuesday, February 8. Everybody come and bring someone, - UNCLE HENRY. E, 11 a A. Tan White and family visited at Sam Farmers Sunday. ae Mr. Sam Staton had his sale Wednesday and left for his new home in Archie Thursday. Mr. Godwin expects to have his sale soon after which they expect to move to Urich. We are sorry to lose both Mr. Godwin and Mr.. Staton from our midst and espe- cially will their loss be felt at the church where both families are active workers. There was only two at the Sun- day school at the Baptist church Sunday and no one at the Chris- tian church on account of the bad roads and bad weather. Mr. Ben Harrison’s mother and brother are very sick at their home_in-Oklahoma-wi —_ M@s. Spears and Mr. Jim Har- rison and wife went to their moth- er’s Thursday. The last word they sent up to the present time was that she was very low. ; Bishop Canon visited Mr. God- win Sunday. ~ .Tan White and R. K. Godwin went to Urich Saturday and found the roads in bad shape. The R. F. D. carriers did not get but about a mile out on their routes from Urich Thursday on account of the roads. A NEIGHBOR. « Oak Grove Items. - Mrs. J. T. Keen spent the fore part of the week at Geo. Keen’s. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cumpton spent Thursday night with his sister, Mrs. Clara Batchelor. : There was prayer meeting at Will Wigger’s Sunday night. Miss Beulah Bowman called’ on © Miss Nena Batchelor Friday af- ternoon. 2 Several of this vicinity attend- ed Charley Smith’s sale Satur- day. Fayttte Keen and mother spent Sunday at Geo. Keen’s. : ‘ Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wilson called. on Garfield Ramalia and wife Sunday afternoon. Mra. Lawson sprained her ank- le one last week but is some