The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 31, 1916, Page 8

THE BATES COUNTY FAIR Te Wal be Bigger 60 Better than Thursday and Friday of last week +with relatives in Butler. Ever this Year. Good Races and Many Free At- tractions. The-husi the countr: at the’ present time | Assoviation. They are on the go} continually, — securing the fair September 5, 6, 7 and_8. A foree of men is busily engaged | hood atteuded the fair at Pleasant in fixing up the stalls, repairing; Gap Thursday. the grandstand, putting the track in good condition and things in shape generally. The races this year promise to be better than usual and a lot of} preach at Herrell school house people are going to be surprised|Sunday immediately after Sun- exhibits of] day school. fruits and agricultural products. | to attend. when they see the Cattle, hogs and sheep are all in good condition and the displays in those lines should be particular- ly good. There will be some automobile races, base ball games, free attraction and something go- ing on every minute. Don’t for- get the dates, September 5, 6, 7 with his brother, Ira, in Mound st men in this part of | City, Kansas. er Gilbert, president and sec-| business visitors “at Spruce Fri- retary of the Bates County Fair! day. exhibits |/day with Mr. and Mrs, Robert and getting the grounds ready for Stubblefield. getting | Esther Hertz spent Monday with Ruts Jones. for Hildreth, Nebraska, to loo: af. thrilling | ter a fine farm that he owns near that place. daughter, Miss Annabelle, Herreif Happenings. Ethel Haynes spent Miss Mr. Roy C. Jones spent Tuesday Mr. H. A. Wayland, Mr. Geo. ccna tae enema that ae y4:! est Horse power Mrs. Rosie Winsett spent Sun- A crowd from this neighbor- Miss Kathleen Wayland and Rev. Harold Hilliard — will Everyone .is invited ROSE. Gerd Wallman left Wednesday and went Mrs. J. E. Thompson you need. A Wonderful Automobile Value’ .There is no necessity of paying $1500 to $2000 for an automobile. Here is one for $635 that gives you all and 8. Jefferson Highway Committee Formed. the Jefferson Highway the association, spent Tuesday in Bates county ing the csunty the Highway. Meetings were held at Adrian, Batler ane Rich Hill and the fol- as board of directors for Bates County: Sam Walls, Adrian. aloha Speer, Adrian: Frank Ream. Butler. C. A. Allen, Butler. H. P. Robinson, West Rich Mill road. Ira Hart, East Rieh Hill road. W.W. Jamison, Rich Hill, During the meeting here Tee Spicer, mayor of Harrisonyille, wired Mr. Clarkson that Cass eounty had raised the necessary funds for membership in the as- sociation New C:shier for the Bank of Amsterdam. Last week Clyde Bailey, cashier of the Bank of Amsterdam, his holdi George Peblnan, assistant cashier of the Bauk of Amoret, who was » elected cashier upon the resigna- <tion of Mr. Bailey. Mr. Pahiman is well known in a safe, conservative banker, and one Who thoroughly understands the banking business. learn who will take his place in Hon. J. D. Clarkson of Des Moines, Iowa, general manager of and L, Wolstencroft, publicity. man for sting in complet- | organization for | Jowing gentlemen were selected | sold | : in that institution to} i the western part of the county as! We did not), down to Nevada Saturday and spent Saturday night and Sunday, with Captain J. EB. Thompson, of the quartermaster’s department at Camp Clark. " All entries of exhibits for the Bates County fair not made at the secretary's office this week must be made at the fair grounds office | Monday. Grover Gilbert, Secretary. Mrs. Ina Tiffany and Mrs, Paul Preston inotored down from Kan- sas City Monday and will spend ja few days in this city at the homes of Mrs. Wm. Newell and | Ed Culver, ‘Phe ladies, are having a fine time fishing on theMiami. Milk Fed Calves Are susceptible to bowel troubles which runs them down and _ it takes a long time for them to re- cover, For them to grow and thrive they must be in good con- dition from the suckling stage }to marketing. B. A. Thomas’ 'Stock Remedy corrects these | troubles, cleans: out their systems and causes them to reach the |marketing stage in the earliest | possible time. We sell it. C. C. Rhodes Pharmacy, Butler, Mo. |43-I1m O, K. M. Hail Damages Watermelons. The watermelon patel of J. 8. Brown, about a mile and a half | south of town; was damaged ‘about #200 by the hail storm Sat- urday night. Mr. Brown had a fine crop of melons almost ready for the narket and those that were not ripe were badly » dam- red. So heavy was the hail that some of it was left in the field It seats five comfortably. Has a big, powerful 31!4 horsepower motor; has electric lights and electric starter and Butler, Mo. Phones 229-516 CLINKENBEARD & ISLEY = The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio “Made in U. S. A.” ~—New Series is right up-to-date in every respect. _ - This car is beautifully finished; works like a beaver; will outlast any other, and gives 40 to 50 miles an hour. This Overland is the most wonderful automobile value in the world. Come in and see it today. Rich Hill, Mo, Phone 157 When you come to the big cir- buy your REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS | C.L. Burk to Peter Meyers, Sr.,/ cus don’t forget _to tract section 12 New Home #1! tore 100.00. \" : | F. M. Davidson to 8S. W. Shipp, Mr. and Mrs. 8S. F. Warnoek | lots 1, 2, 8, 4, 5 and 6 block 39) and daughter, Miss Marion, Ed Amoret, $1,200.00. | Power, Dr. T. W. Foster and Mrs. Martha E, Davis to H. G, Sun-) E. Zwahlea motored up to Kansas derwirth 80 acres sections 24-and City Wednesday morning in Mr. 25 Deepwater $450.00. | Warnock’s Cadillac eight. | J. S. Hedger to Ora B. Wilson lots +-and 5 block 8 Glasgow’s| addition to Rich Hil $3850.00. W. 0. Atkeson to Christian Science Seciety part lots 3 and 4 block 25 Butler $1,700.00. M. J. Turner to Emma Bland { 4 Paul Levy, who went east about two weeks ago to buy | goods for the Sam’s Levy Mer- cantile Company has, returned. Ile reports times as being good in the east and money. plentiful. 2 acres section 29 Charlotte} Dan Mf. Bailey, of Bolivar, Mis- $2,762.50. . : ‘ |souri, has accepted a_ position} Pearl McKee to Claude More-| with’ the Duvall and Pereival | wood 80 acres section 34 West | Test Company in this city. His | Ella $5,200.00. = family will move to this city as} N.R. Castle to WW. H. Burton | soon*as a suitable home can be, 9 and 30 Adrian $2,000. Midkiff to J. W. Evans 4 ‘block 29 lots 28, Mary ( lot 4 and part lot secured. | Mr. and Mrs. G. BR. Mathews, | Rockville $300.00. und son, George, returned the last | Thos. Eeger to Frank Lee 39]/of the week from El Dorado} acres section 11 Hudson $2,047.00.| Springs, where the latter had) Phillip Banner to J. R. Pfost | been taking treatment for rheu-| tract section 22 Mt. Pleasant $3,-| matism. He is considerably im- 500.00, proved. } week for Kansas City where he; will not stay in jail. school hooks at Tudwick’s Drug} has accepted a position in a big! three prisoners escaped from the | grocery house. Lloyd has had| Vernon county jail” at considerable experience in the grocery business and there is no|eaped from the Butler jail. Clin- doubt but that he will good, the Bank of “Amoret. ‘Sunday afternoon. Mr. Bailey came to Amsterdam | : about a year ago from Kansas and! purchased the bank from W. W. | Ruble. | Notice to Farmers. For Sale. : Three room house in good condi- | gacks for handling grain. Your Attention! Special meeting of stockholders | “Owing to the impossibility of] of the Butler Building and Loan | getting sacks as well as the pro- hibitive price the elevators and mill will not be able to furnish Association is hereby called, to be held. at the office of T. J. Day, Secretary in Butler, Mo., on - New boys school clothes, Sam’l Levy Merc. Co. Mr. and Mrs. W. T.-Wigger and daughter, Miss May, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Wigger, of Holly, Colorado, who have heen visiting relatives and friends in their old neighbor- It'is getting so that people just Lloyd Rosier left the last of the| Last. week Nevada. The week before that four es- make!ton and Warrensburg have each had jail breaks recently. Have You Seen It? The new 1917 Ford. Stream Line Head, black radiator, erown fenders, and only costs $360.00 F. O. B. Detroit. $80.00 less than last year and all these improvements, too. Grocery Department BETTER. BUY NOW Can Pork and Beans, No.2 ............ 10c Can String Beans No.2..... . 8 for 25c¢ = Can Peas No. 2............ .8 for 25¢ ‘ Can Sweet Potatoes, No. 3. seareoheaoe Can Kraut, No. 3.......... 3 for 25c Can Corn, No. 2..... ..3 for 25c ¢ Can Pumpkin No. 3. . 3 for 25c Can Hominy No.3................ 8 for 25c { Call or address this of- | 46-lt® | ay tf elose in. fice. Buy Now! Do you think FLOUR — "is GOING UP? WE DO. We made an early Cannon Elevator. of flour at a very attractive want a chance to quote you on enough to run you over winter. - PLENTY OF BRAN AND SHORTS ‘Peoples Elevator Co. A GOOD PLACE TO BUY GOOD COAL Peoples Elevator Co. -purchase of several car loads . price and while it lasts we. Tuesday at 7:30 o’clock p. m,, September 26, 1916., for the pur- pose of voting upon the proposi- tion to increase the capital stock of said- association, from $60,- 000.00 to $120,000.00. By order of Board of Directors, G.I. Lynch, President. T. J. Day, Secretary. 41-td Save” money at. Sam’l Mere. Co. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brannock left the first of the week for Kan- sas City, where Mr.- Brannock will attend the G. A. R. meeting and then go over to Kansas City, Kansas, and visit his son, Newton, Levy W.H. Hupp, who has been spending several months in Colo- rado with his daughter, Mrs. Anna Goldsby, returned ‘home Monday. His health, which was able. : Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Holloway and two children and Miss Anna Cook, of Independence, Missouri, who have been visiting at tho home of J. W. Holloway, re- turned to their home Monday. ng made the trip in an automo- ile. The Public Garage of this city is demonstrating the Dictz Vapor system, a device to introduce a vapor taken from the radiator of a motor car into the intake of the very bad, has improved consider- |; [hood in Meepwater township, re- turned home Wednesday. They made the trip in an automobile and expect to be about three days getting heme. Douglas Shoes, Black & Arnold, Taesday evening ‘the mem- bers of the city council, the mayor and the city clerk were enter- tained at s)x o’clock dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Silvers at ‘their home on Mill street. The din- ner was prepared by Mrs. Silvers on her new electric stove and those who were so fortunate as to be present say that the stove may be all right but that.they are certain that Mrs. Silvers is about the best cook in town. After din- ner the cigars were passed and a very pleasant evening was spent. Buy your clothes at Sam’] Levy Mere. Co. : Miss Belle Buck, of Amoret, died August 18 about 11 o’clock in the morning of bowel trouble, after an illness of less than two days, although she had been in poorer health than usual for sev- eral weeks. Miss Buck was about 85- years old at the time of her death. She had been a resident here nearly 50 years, ing here about 1869. Prior to that she had lived in Ringgold Car Peaches, regular 25c only 15c for a short time. Wan, ElaiCocoa, 1 pt. jar 20c, a bargain. Wan, Ela’Cocoa, 1 qt. jar 35c and nothing better. Can Oysters No. 5 any size....... Can Oysters No. 10 any size..... Jello, any flavor.................. 3 for 25c . 1 gallon Syrup 35c for a short time, worth more thn we are getting for it. A If You Have a Ford Ask about the Ford races at the Fair Thursday, Sept. 7, 1916. ne — prc byt aay - piper oateos Just slow driv- . on i e announced at the Judges stand the day of the RACES. " : See the Ford Races At the Bates County Fair, Sept. 7—nothing danger- ous, something interesting—open for all—will you enter. 1st Prize $10; 2d Prize $5.00 i Come to the Public Garage, Butler, Mo., and we will tell you all about it. Free pass for all cars entering race. ~ ;