The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 13, 1916, Page 8

Printed ca Thereday ef cach poh tld JOHN H. STONE Ww. B WELCH Suma Tewnship J. & TAYLOR Shawnee Township 3. W. BAKER Osage Township HD. CHAMBERS East Boone Township Jeage County Coart Nevrth Dtatrict A. B THURMAN Mingo Township J. M_ REEDER Deer Creek Township Judge County Court South District W. H. LOWDER New Home Towaship Cirestt Judge, 5h Jedictal Dértrict CA CALYIRD © Clinton, Mo. HENRY F Clatoa, Preeeeeting Attorney POAGUE Mo. D. C CHASTAIN WATT DAWSON HOWELL H. HECK Osage Township JAS. N SHARP Mound Township JOSEPH B MARCH 8. C WILLIAMSON Osage Township County Doak. County Court met in regular session, Judges R. B. Campbell, A. B. Owen and W. H. Lowder present and Sheriff Johnson and County Clerk Frank Holland in attendance. Highway Engineer authorized to construct bridge between sec- tions 11 and 12 in Hudson town- ship according to his plans and| specifications provided citizens | pay $400 cash and do all hauling free of cost to county. Highway Engineer authorized to construct bridge between Cass county agd East Boone township and pay one-half of cost, Cass county to pay 1-2 of cost and cit- izens to do all work free to coun- ty. Highway Engineer authorized to build bridge on east side of - section 16 in Howard township provided citizens pay $100 cash and do all hanling free, of cost to county. { to build bridge over fork of Deepwater in section 11. Summit township providing citizens pay $100 cash and do all hauling free of cost to county. Dr. T. W. Foster appeared and sworn in. as deputy coroner. Highway Engineer authorized to view and make estimate of cost of bridge between section 23 and 26 in Mound township. Highway Engineer authorize to construct concrete bridge be- tween section 1 New Home town- ship and section 31 Mt. Pleasant township provided citizens pay $100 cash and do all hauling free of cost to county. Highway Engineer authorized to view site and'make estimate of cost of bridge between mation 28 and 33 in Summit ——.: ‘abatract corrected and : ied. Tho Butler Weekly T Times ROUT. D. ALLER, Bitter ond) ligr. Representative im the State Legislature | General State Road, $469.35. Common @chool, $2500.00. Twp. School No. 10, $300.00. Twp. School No. 13, beige Twp. School No. 16, ‘$300.00, Criminal Cost, $1879.79. Circuit Clerk H. 0. Maxey pre- sents his statement of fees collect- ed fordune which is approved. - | lected for June which is approved. | |: All school loans with interest |™ was | delinquent ordered foreclosed. Report of inquest proceedings on body of W. H. Charters, Sr., presented and approved. State Auditor authorized to draw his warrant in the sum of $100, amount salary due county superintendent of schools. State Auditor authorized and requested to draw his warrant in favor of J. H. Stone County Treas- urer, in the sum of $3257.39, the amount due Bates county for the year 1916. Warrant ordered drawn J. A. Flammang, Highway Engineer, on ‘General State Road Fund in the sum of $250. for checking account for labor. Now on this 8th day of July, 1916, a petition. signed by more than 20 legal voters of East Boone township asking for the issuance of $3000 bonds for road purposes. It is therefore ordered by the court that a special election by the legal voters within and for East Boone township is hereby called to be held on Tuesday, August 1st, 1916. The following judges were chosen to hold said election: J. M. Seevers, Roy Scott, Wn. Oats, Ed Hunt, Geo, Chapman, L. S. Robards. Clerks: G, E. Christman, Joseph Erwin, Emmet Boling, Ed Frazier. Farmhouse Burned. The farmhouse of W. N. Hamp- ton about three miles northw est of town was totally destroyed by fire Saturday evening about 10 o'clock. Nearly all of the honse- hold goods and clothing of the family were lost: Earlier in the evening as Mr. Hampton and a neighbor were preparing to.come to Butler to do County Clerk et fen eat - | presents his statement of fees col- | at the Fest Office of But- P authorized statement given out Tarkio, Mo. July 10.—In_an Mr. Roach, ‘‘that St. Louis news- papera today printed rumors that éfforts were being made to induce me to withdraw. Nothing could ‘be farther from the fact. I will be in this race to the end and | expect to be nominated. “*T have today traveled by auto- mobile over 100 miles throngh three counties—Andrew, Holt and Atchison. The same is true of Buchanan | county. I know this from author. | itative sources. “Up to the present time I have | visited 40 counties, and I expect to; carry every one of them. I am, now between 30,000 and 40,000 votes ahead of any other candi-| date for this nomination, and I am gaining strength every day. “So far as the rumor that Mr. Shannon and Col. Phelps had used | their influence to induce’ me to withdraw from the race is con-| cerned, it is without foundation. I know these men are for me, and | that they will be for'me to the end. | | I was in Kansas City yesterday | and am in a position to state that) the story printed by the Kansas | City Post to.the effect that Shan- | non had ordered lithographs of me taken down and pictures. of | Atkinson put up in their. places is untrue.” The Second Regimen: at Laredo, | Texas. Letters from members of Co. B, who passed through Butles last Wednesday night bound for ‘somewhere in Texas’’ state that they arrived in Laredo, Texas, af- ter 70 hours on the train, and joined the Missouri brigade under command of General Clark. The home boys are all reported in good health and spirits. Brig. Gen. Clark Monday _re- ceived his first’ application for some trading they noticed smoke coming from one of the upstairs rooms and discovered that the house was on fire. They put the fire out as. they thought ‘and came to town. Mrs. Hampton and her daughters went to the home of a neighbor to spend the night. About 10 qclock as they were re- turning for the night they looked out the window and saw that their home was in flames. posed that the fire earlier in the evening had not been entirely ex- tinguished. There was a small amount of in- surance on the house and contents. John M, Atkinson in Town. Hon. John M. Atkinson of Rip- Highway Engineer authorized | !ey county, candidate for the Dem-| health of the boys is good. ocratic nomination for governor, arrived in the city Sunday even- ing and spent Monday forenoon getting acquainted with the demo- cratic voters of Butler. Mr. Atkinson is too well known to need any éxtended notice in these columns. He has served the state as speaker of the state legis- lature and was the first chairman of the State Utilities Commission, d resigning that ‘position to make ho the race for governor and should he receive the nomination the Democrats of the state will have no apology to make for their can- didate. He left Butler on the 1:10 train and spent Monday afternoon: in Rich Hill. Leaped Out of Window in His Bleep. Sunday morning about 3.0’clock of $900 Frank Mathers, cashier. of the} the church. Bank at dreamed that he was Dhait to Oh |run over by an express train and Tt is sup-|these is the daily siesta. 'H. Burger of St. Louis sanitary discharge under the Baker de- pendent family order. The appli- cant is a member of the Second Regiment and a resident of Clin- ton, Mo. The acclimatization of the Mis- souri boys in camp at Laredo is proceeding apace and with it is coming a gradual adoption of the Mexican customs, Among the most popular of Prompt- ly after noon mess the officers and men hie to their tents, re- move unnecessary outer garments, flop on their cats and doze from one to two hours. Gen. Clark‘ appointed Maj. E. Condi- The inspector of the camp. tions are improving daily. Farewell, Old Church. An old and beloved landmark of this community is. about to pass out of our existence. For some forty-five years the Ohio Street Baptist Church of Butler, Mo., has helped to forge the char- acter of our community. And now as the workers go out into a larger Id and make ready for a new use of worship, they pause to say. farewell to the place of their endeavors. Sunday, July 17, 1916, will be a home coming for all Baptists, who have ever labored in the field, to gather together for the last time and participate in the closing ser- vices of the old church. fie commenced the The services on wt will be conducted by Dr. S. M. Brown of Kansas City, the present pastor of The public is cordial- ally invited and especially all pres-}. T shall carry each of these counties by a larger Vote | than the combined opposition. {it is the intention to have a nurse’s |put to the great expense of going lass adoption. The in wrecking of. the Pt soured will be ay - | ‘vill be doubled in months. closed ‘the Patriarchs’ marched to) $1. the United arecre “Sohn ’W. Faller to Clifton Fer- | | BUTLER TO HAVE A HOSPITAL | J. 8. Newion Thinks Butler, Should Have «a Hospital and Nurses Training School. . |Dr. There have been one or two half hearted efforts to establish a hospital in this city but nothing | ever came of it and recently Dr. J. S. Newlon, realizing the need of lan institution of this kind in |Butler, has given the matter a, great deal of attention and thinks | With a little pushing on the part of our citizens it can be made an ac- complished fact. In connection with the hospital training school where young wom-! en will receive the regular three years training and be awarded diplomas upon graduation. The hospital is to be equipped with all the latest improvements to. be found in the hospitals in the largest cities. One department will be equipped for the treatment of nervous diseases and for the stientific treatment of drug and liquor habits, ne of the leading surgeons of Kansas City has promised his co- operation and says that he _ will make regular trips to the hospital for the purpose of examining pa- tients or performing any required surgical operation. This is a very worthy enterprise and should have the unanimous support of all the citizens of the city. nate as to require surgical treat- ment could have it here near their home and friends and not be} to a city. 1.0.0. F. Encampment Instal Officers. At a regular meeting of Butler Encampment No. 76, I: 0. 0. F., on Tuesday evening the following officers were installed for the. en- suing term : Thos. Wainwright, C. P.; BE. A. Those who are so unfortu- | pared with the eight-year aver- jcast 4,110,000 barrels; production ts Cool at Home | Fa ‘cunserta het and tired the “other day-at moot, and: snid,-*(Bia; ite tit as | sha heen 50h A enAS lems te col er SBE? hes & a ob say’ Mins Soh ¢ SOE ALN : “T tall you wiles, Blsther, we have got the wheat and onts all ont, and the hay is about all up, and we have been talking of building = nice cool shady porch for the past two years, and we are going to de it. ae ee ae ret ee ‘Phone 18—Butler, Mo. Government Crop Report. Washington, D. C., July 7, 1916, '—A summary of the July crop re- | port for the State of Missouri and | for the United States, as compiled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and transmitted through the Weather Bureau), U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, is as follows: CORN—State: July 1 fore- cast, 203,000,000 bushels; -pro- duction last year (final estimate a | 209,450,000 bushels. United States: July 1 forecast, 2,870,- 000 bushels; production last year (final estimate), 3,054,535,000 | bushels. ALL WHEAT—State: July 1 | forevast, 18,900,000 bushels; pro- | duction last year (final estimate), 34,108,000 bushels. United States: July 1 forecast, 759, 000,000 bush- els; produetion last year (final es- timate), 1,011,505,000 bushels. - OATS—State: July 1 forecast, | 39,300,000 bushels; production last year (final estimate), 31,850,- 000 bushels. United States: July 1 forecast, 1,320,000,000 bushels; production last. year (final esti- mate), 1,540,362,000 bushels. TOBACCO—State: July «1 forecast, 3,150,000 pounds; pro- duction last year (final estimate), 3,150,000 pounds. United States: July 1 foregast, 1,190,000,000 pounds; prdduetion last year | (final estimate), 1,060,587,000. HAY—State: July 1 condi- tion 93, compared with the eight- year average of 74. United States: July condition 93.4 com- | | ! | age of 82.2. APPLES—State: July 1 fore- last year (final estimate), 6,287,- 000 barrels. United States: July 1 forecast, .72,500,000 barrels; production last year (final esti- ORE LUMBER. ‘CO. Mt. Carmel News. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Osborne spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Simpsgn and family. Her sister, Lena, came home with her for a visit. Hazel and Mildred Burk,visited from Thursday till Sunday with their aunt, M¢s. W. M. Hardinger, and family and cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Hardinger. Lec M. Hardinger eut flax for D. C. Wolfe near Virginia Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Osborne vis- ited relatives near Adrian Sun- day. ‘J. W. Eggleson of Butler spent the latter part of last week with his daughter, Mrs. C. G. Porter and family. Tom Dunlap’ 's baby has heen on the sick list. ‘ Malone Brothers thrashed for Larris Wheatley Monday. Frank Walker of Butler vacci- nated hogs for Jess Fleming Mon- day afternoon. ° We understand that J. F. Arm- strong hes purchased a farm near Adrian, Mo. The Mt: Carmel Y. P.. B. will give a temperance program at the Mt. Carmel church Sunday after- noon, July. 16. Everybody i is in- vited to attend. . Mrs. J. W. Jarvis eame home from Kansas City Thursday night and. is getting along nicely. Her daughter, Mres,,A. L. Linder, came home with her for a short visit. Jim Bennifjeld of Pleasant Gap visited the latter part of last week with his sister, Mrs..Joe Fleming, and family. Miss Myrtle McCann is visiting at the home-of her uncle, John Wright, in Butler. UNCLE HENRY. mate), 76,670,000 barrels, PEACHES—State: July forecast, 1,470,000 bushels; pro- duction last year (final estimate) 3,300,000 bushels. United States: July 1 forecast, 42,100,000 bush- els; production last year (final 1 Hobson, H. P.; J. L. Barker, Ss. W.; D. F. Adams, J. W.; I. Sutton, Seribe; J. F. Crabtree Treas.; E. R. Richards, I.$.; W: Smiser, 0. S.; H. H. Cowell t Watch; W. A. Groutsch, 3 Watch; Chas. Grube, 3 Watch ; Delbert Morgan, 4 Wateh. It was decided. to have a con- test for new members which will| Margaret A. H. end September 26th, with. a big J. L. Brown and 1. L. Sutton were elected as thé Captains after which the Encamp-}. Burr P, Hereford to W. T. ment was diyided into two. sides. ‘Hereford et al 160 acres section 26 e next three | After the ‘Encampment where ive -of Men Who estimate), 63,460,000 bushels. COTTON—State: June 25 “| forecast, 72,000 bales; production ”/ last year (Census), 47,999 bales, United States: July I forecast, 14,400,000 bales; production Tast year (Census), 11,191,820 bales. BEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS | H—_—_———- to N tie T. Hankins lots 5, 6, 7, efor block 17. > ee 8 addition to Rick Hill $300.00. Jesse Axtell to, D, Ez. "Clapper: 520° acres section 15 New Home guson’ “10 acres section. 20 East Boone $550: : “Roy Bartlett to Frank D: Blin «| tin 320. 1-2 interest vue acres le ager 5 t Porn Items. Ne Several threshing machines pulled. out to begin work Monday morning. Mr. E. L. Evilsizer and family: who have been visiting- in this neighborhood for the past week returned to their home in Kansas City Sunday, Miss Nita Poin- dexter remajned to visit with her- grandparents a while. : Miss Fannie Bottoms spent. a few days last week with Miss Fern Harper. The Fourth has egme and gone: t.| but we aré sorry to say that it was almost a failure at Peru on ac-- count of the rain and wind storm which, came: just. peter ~ the parade. ? es Dessie and Liz- and} wi aa ene rr u f Blankew” Dosti rane ‘leven, ‘Di