The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 3, 1916, Page 3

I will be in your city to buy any number of Horses, Mares ‘and Mules. Buy Horses and Mares from 4 to 12 years old, from 15 to 16 hands high, from 1,000 to 1,800 pounds. Will also buy Mules from 14.2 to < 16 hands, and geldings from 14.2 to 15 hands, 5 to 10 years old. Don’t fail to show me your good Draft Horses'and Chunks, as I buy them as good as grow and pay the highest cash price. : Iwill make you from $5 to $20 per head on your Horses and Mules, as we hold the largest Horse and Mule contract in the United States. I buy more Horses direct from the farmers than anyone in the State. WILL BE AT Butler, Saturday, August 12 At Guyton’s Bus Barn P. J. HULEN Kansas City Stock Yards. Joan business.—Hume Telephone. | outgrown such things as gasoline SHORT STORIES ay Ca Of Local Interest—Clipped From Our Exchanges. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Meech, at Amsterdam, lost. their 2-month-old baby by death Thursday. Mrs. Meech is a daughter of R. D. Hackett—Merwin Sun. Elder Leslie Lucas, pastor of the Adrian Christian Church ten- dered his resignation to the chirch officials last week, effect- ive at once. We are not advised as to the reason for this action. — Adrian Journal, lilty dollars looks like a big price to pay for a hog, especially when it is not pedigreed stock, but according to the Metz Times, that is the price a Vernon county farmer received for one in that town receiitly. ‘ ' Tho TWume Chautauqua whieh was held a week ago was a suc-! cess, according to the Telephone. | The sale of tickets did not quite | pay the expenses but the backers cheerfully “dug up” the deficit, and said it was worth the money, If, V. Adams sold his lumber yard at Decatur, Ark., to the J. P. Rouse Lumber Company, and will move to Hume and enter into partnership with M.'L. Beadles in the real estate, insurance and Montrose recently sold their gasoline street lights to Rockville, The Recorder takes on a lot of airs and says they -are good enough for Rockville but Mont- rose has eleetrie lights and has street lights. J. K. Sweger, an old and_re- spected citizen living near Johns- town died at his home Monday af- ternoon of this week. He had been sick only a few hours. Funeral services were held -~at_Johnstown parts of the state of Texas. MY OPINION OF Anda thousand years he t He neither complained, nor did Where he could torment the sov Without being chained in a So he asked the Lord if he had The fact is, old boy, the stuff is T don’t think you could use And he said if it came asa But afte? examining it careful The Lord promised the dey For he had some water, or ratl Hence the trade was closed, and And the devil then said, ‘‘T’ve ¢ To make a good hell,’’ and Tle began to put thorns on all t Put thorns on the eactus ar And put an addition on th Tle put a little devil on the bro And poisoned the feet of t! The rattlesnake bites you, the The mosquito delights vou The sand burrs prevail, and so “Te’d“etideavor to keep up And all would be ‘‘mavericks’ You getyall the Local News in “The Times.” Have You Keard It? ALT EAA ee YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT ONE NOW The cheapest car in the world, * The best car in the world, | PRESIDENT APPOINTS MEMBERS OF FARM IF LOAN BOARD | First Meeting to be Held in Aug- | ust to Decide on Boundaries of Districts. Washington, D. C., July 27.— The President sent to the Senate today the names of Charles E. Lobdell of Great Bend, Kas.; George W. Norris of Philadel- j phia: William A, Smith of Sioux | City, Ta., and Herbert Quick of | Berkeley Springs, W. Va., ,to be | members of the Farm Loan Board in the new Federal farm loan sys- |tem, ereated by the rural credits Tuesday morning and the re- mains were laid to rest in the Johnstown cemetery.—Montrose Recorder. The J. W. Elliott family who went to Western Oklahoma last fall, have all returned but Mr. Elliott and he is en route with a carload of goods, The drouth burnt them out. They will live on Billy Marsh’s farm until they get possession of their own Mar. Ist.—Merwin Sun. Dr, G. C. Bates, of Adrian, has purchased the office fixtures, ete., of the late Dr. C. P. Bowden of Appleton City, and has taken charge of the office says the Ap- pleton City Journal. Te will oc- The red pepper grows on the b The Mexicans use it in all Just dine with a greaser and the —A Membe “DOWN ON THE RIO GRANDE.” The following poem from a member of Company B graph- ically expresses the opinion that some of the soldiers have of The devil in hell we're told was chained, But determined to start a hell of his own, Anything left when he made the land. The Lord said, ‘Yes, T-had plenty on hand But I left it down ‘on the Rio Grande; But the devil went down to look at the truck, He concluded the place was too dry for a hell. So in order to get it off of his hands, A regular earthartie, and smelled like bad eggs. And the Lord went hack to his home in Heaven; And mixed up the sand with millions of fleas; And seattered trantulas along all the roads; Tle lengthened the horns of the And those whotsit down need half soles on their pants. The deviletben said that throughout the land ae The heat in the summer is a hundred and ten; Too hot foy the devil and too hot for the men. The wild boar roams through the black chapparal ; It’s a hell of a place he has for a hell. “T’ve hell on the inside, as well as the out.’’ LAREDO, TEXAS. here remained, he groan, ils of men prison pen. on hand so poor, in hell anymore.”’ gift he was stuck ;_ and well, ; vil to water the land, ler some dregs, the deed was given, ull that is needed hence he sueceeded, he trees, 1d horns on his toads ; Texas steers, e rabbit’s ears; ncho steed he centipede. scorpion stings with his buzzing wings, do the ants, the devil’s own brand, > unless they bore "1 score anks of the brook, that they cook; en you will shout, r of Co. ‘‘B”’ at Laredo, Texas. relatives gathered together and at 12 o’clock tables were spread and loaded with everything good imaginable in the ‘‘eats’’ line. In fact the table fairly groaned he- neath the weight of good things. | Old times were talked after the | COL. W. H. PHELPS DEAD |End Comes to Noted Politician in Rochester, Minn., Hospital. Colone] William HI. Phelps, the The cheapest car to run, The car the sun never sets on. _ BIG DROP A SURPRISE TO EVERYBODY lact of July 17. The Sceretary of }cupy the quarters held by Dr.}ainner hour and all enjoyed the | Most famous of Missouri politi- }the Treasury is ex-officio chair- Bowden and expects to be ready] gooasion very much.—Amoret | cians, state senator and business j man of the board and one of the|for active practice right away. eadem, or man, died at 3 0’cloek Wednesday i; members nominated today will be ‘inorning in Mayo Brothers’, hos- | designated by the President as the ‘pital in Rochester, Minn, Death Mrs. Jesse Spurrier suffered a $80 OFF ON TOURING CAR A Ford Touring Car fully equipped: at $360.00 F. O. B, DETROIT Roadster HBAS F. 0. B. Detroit : Just think—cheaper than a team and buggy— give us your order EARLY, there is sure to bea THE UNIVERSAL CAR shortage. The Car for Everybody enter. Acar load of we will tell you all a entering race. Aristos Flour Old Wheat Flour THIS WEEK try a sack of it now If you are figuring on a Cook Stove or Heating Stove this-fall, see our line before you buy, we will save you some money. “Money saved is money made.” Do you like to Make Money? - See the Ford Races At the Bates County Fair, Sept. 7—nothing danger- ous, something interesting—open for all—will you 1st Prize $10; 2d Prize $5.00 Come to the Public Garage, Butler, Mo., and bout it. Free pass for all cars Phones, 144 and 49, Garage 35. |. eet & BUTLER, MO. ‘Farm Loan Commissioner. _ The Farm Loan Board will be; ithe executive officers of a new} | bureau in the United States Treas- jury Department, where it will have offices. The new board will | meet within a fortnight and will H make a tour of the country during | August to decide the boundaries jof the 12 farm loan districts that ‘are to be ereated and select the | eities which will be the centers of ‘the farm loan -activities of the tsystem in-each-partieular district: Two Runaways in One Field. Miss Geraldine Thompson, while driving a team of mules to a mowing machine, Friday after- /noon, met with an accident that bruised her up pretty badly. The mules became frightened and ran away. She was thrown from the jmower, her foot catching in the lines and she was. dragged quite a distance. Wm. Thompson, her father, who was also driving a machine, attempted to come to her rescue, when his team ran away. It was an exciting time for every- body. Miss Geraldine’s ankle was sprained quite severely, but luckily no bones were broken.— Hume Telephone. : Women May Run for Senate. Colorado Springs, Col., July 27. —Women co ional and sen- atorial candidates will be placed in the field in the twelve suffrage states this fall if President Wilson and Charles E. Hughes, Republi- can presidential nominee, fail to take a definite and satisfactory stand on the Susan B. Aanthony amendment for woman. suffrage, declared Miss Anne Martin, pres- ident of the National Woman’s , upon her arrival here to- day. Miss Martin and other suf- frage leaders are here to arrange for the 3-day conference of suf- er leaders, beginning August 0. : |July 25, forenoon and ‘noon at the family home south- advanced educational Cass County Democrat. Last Sunday was the 75th birth-|over the three proposed routes, day of Mrs. Jane Rowe, and in commemoration of this day, about 20 of her relatives drove out to f-|her home with well filled baskets and spent the day. The morning passed very. quickly when these stroke of apoplexy Tuesday, passed away at 1:25 o'clock that after- west of town. Mrs. Spurrier suf- fered a similar stroke several years ago while visiting in Kan- sas City.—Amsterdam Enterprise. James Sartain and family came in Monday evening for a_ visit with his mother and sisters. They left Springfield early last week and drove overland to Keetehem, Oklahoma,-where—they—visited_T_| W. Prine and family. Mr. Sartain reports Ike and family doing well. James says that it is dry every place he has been, worse if any difference, than it is here.— Adrian Journal. Frank Taylor, while sawing out finishings with a circular saw in his shop at home Saturday fore- noon to be used in building gar- ages for W. I. Lewis and H. 0. Owen, accidentally sawed off his right index finger at the first joint and some of the ends of his thumb and second finger. Dr. Martin is mending the members and in a few weeks Frank will be at work again and of course later on will hardly miss the miss- ing inch.—Merwin Sun. _ Prof. 8. E. Smith, former prin- cipal of the Harrisonvile High School, who has been attending the Summer School of the State Normal at Warrensburg, came to this city last Thursday evening for a brief stay before leaving for a visit with his mother in the vicinity of Urich, Henry county. Professor Smith expects to attend Chicago University this fall and winter for the purpose of —o work,— Man Tortured With Hot Irons in Kansas City. Kansas City, July 27.—-Tor- tured with hot irons until he was nearly uneonscious, an unidenti- fied man was found today under the approach of the Armour-Swift Burlington Bridge by a Terminal special policeman. The man was rushed to a hos- pital. It is believed that he will rot survive. ease, which is one of the most gruesome in the crime annals of this city. The men was terribly burned over each knee, under his arms and on his shoulders. Cuts and white sears showed that his face also had been seared. His left eye was nearly out of its socket, indicating that his tor- turer had attempted to gouge it cut. Officials of the bridge say that it would have been impossible for the man to have been hit by a train and knocked from _ the bridge. No bones were broken. All arcund him the sand was marked with blood and showed evidences of a life and death struggle. a Inspected Highways. Last fall.at a good roads meet- ing held at Foster a committee was appointed to recommend a route for a state highway between Butler and Hume via Foster. Last week the committee, com- posed of the following gentltmen M. G. Beadles, of Hume; Walter Hendrickson, of Adrian, and C. A. Chambers, of this city, went the Haymaker bridge route, the Island route and the Marvel bridge route. They studied each route carefully and will make a report recommending one or the other in the near future. The police are puzzeled by the | followéd an operation performed last Saturday ‘for kidney and bladder trouble. With Colonel Phelps at his ideath were Mrs. Phelps and. their ; young son, George Emmett Phelps ‘and Joseph Shannon of Kansas | City, the widely known Demoerat- lie politician, Wim, IL. Phelps, Jr., of Carthage, had left for Roches- [ter on receipt of notice that his father was worse but reecived ‘word of his death while in Kan- sas City, = Sek | Col. Phelps had been in failing jhealth for about two years, but ‘his friends hoped that in spite of ‘his 70 years his splendid vitality wold. pull him through. i | Col. Phelpsavas horn in New i York and 49 y ago he went to Carthage, arriving there with but #17 in his pockets. Te soon en- tered polities and has heen an ac- tive figure in the political life of ithe state. He was for years em- ‘ployed by the Friseo railroad and later by the Missouri Pacific. -Af- j ter quitting the employ of the lat- ter road he served in the state \senate, where his knowledge of | railroad affairs made him one of jthe noted men in that body. When the railroad rate question was uppermost in the legislature in 1907, Col. Phelps’ attitude caused a bitter fight to be made on him by the railroads, but in 1910 and again in 1912 he was re- elected to the state legislature. Col. Phelps was twice married. His first wife was Miss Lois Wil- son, of Northfield, Ohio, who was killed:in a runaway accident in St. Louis in 1894. Eleven years ago he was married to Miss Bridget O’Leary, who had been his secretary for many years. Lease for Sale. Scully lease on 400 acres of good land located eight miles northeast of Butler. 42-2t° Chas Ours, Butler, R. F. D. No. 2.