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Business Our best Authorities predict that hogs will be higher before Sept. 1, 1917 than ever before heard of in America. Keep a few good sows and buy a Pure Bred Boar, and reap a harvest next fall. WE HAVE THE BOARS READY for Service, Recorded, Guaranteed Breeders and Immune for LIFE AT PRICES FROM $25.00 UP ASK FOR OUR NEW SPECIAL PRIVATE CATALOGUE ‘Phone 2 on 386 COME AND SEE THEM. Farm N. W. Corner Town W. HH. CHARTERS CORN WANTED. 90c per Bu., Scales at Farm NOTE—Shipped 10 Boars last 10 days to Mo., Kas., Ark., Conn. and Texas. TO BRASS TACKS IN MEXICO | Big Jollification at Harrisonville. iB : Plain and Forcible Lan, is t Harrisonville, Mo., Nov. een Thousands of persons from Cas be Used by American Com- States government — representa-/ tended jollification meeting ever tives will talk plainly and forci-| held in this section of the state. bly to the Mexican members of; Among the speakers were Con- the Atlantic City commission in| gressman William P. BorTand. an effort to force a’ satisfactory |former Mayor Henry lL. Jost of settlement <n the eonference| Kansas City, Congressman Cle- which has now been on three|ment CC. Dickinson of Clinton months. and Congressman Perl D. Decker This talk will doubtless be] of Joplin. framed on President Wilson’s} Congressman Borland told — of own views, as Secretary Lane,| accomplishments of the adminis- fcommission chairman plans to}tration of President Wilson, !see him over Sunday, | The patience of the American, — F93q Dictator for Hungary. group has been sorely taxed by | delays, the responsibility for) Budapest, Hungary, Noy. 18.- which is placed upon the Mexiean} The appointment is announced of ‘chairman, Luis Cabrera. The lat-) Baron Kuerthy to the newly ere- lter’s opposition to a tentative ated position of food dictator for | peace plan is seriously delaying | Hungary. The new — official, Ja settlement satisfactory to all, whose post is regarded as of al- his colleagues. most equal importance to that of For this reason, the Americans ® cabinet minister, is practically | will use plain language, This/ unknown in the capital. He has method in the past has proven ef-|!ield for some time past’ the -po- fieacious, and probably — will be |sition*of governor of a northern successful this time, it is believed) province where his work wom the,’ here. jadmiration of Count Tisza, * The administration is far from convinced that a permanent dead- THESE PRICES? ROYAL (Highest patent soft wheat flour) $2.50 per sack _ or $2.40 in 500 pound lots. QUEEN OF BUTLER (Straight patent soft wheat flour) $2.40 per sack or $2.30 in 500 pound lots. 2 ROSE (Extra Fancy Soft wheat flour) $2.30 per sack or $2.20 in 500 pound lots. k : IMPERIAL (High Patent hard wheat flour) $2.50 per sack or $2.40 in 500 pound lots. GRAHAM Flour in 10 pound sacks 50 cents. Bread is still the cheapest food on the table—Quality and nourishment considered. Use nothing but the best flour—-it goes much further. One 50-pound sack will make practically 100 loaves of bread. He Was a Runner. \ Do your own Major Issues a Proclamation. |EUROPE READY FOR PEACE sca City, Hog aie Plans Under Way to Ask for crnor Major issued iis last Protecol to Discuss Peace. Thanksgiving proclamation to- day. It says, in part: | Berlin, Nov, ‘When we behold the brilliant} neutrals and the” United achievements of the Republic, the| are ready to call for peace. most splendid of all the past, set; Plans almost are completed, ac- in peace, then, what can keep-an| cording to semi-official reports American heart-- from thanking| from*Switzerland. Now the na- God for the blessings we enjoy.|tions await only the auspicious The rumble of wheels impor- ie rumble of wheels of impor 18,—European States com-) moment when they — will merce has not been supplanted by tune the warring nations for a |the rumble of the wheels of ean-, truce, during which a peace pact ; non, the great army of toilers has| inay be framed. }not become an army of marching — Berlin believes the protocol soldiers and happiness dwells at will be signed immediately upon \the fireside of millions of homes. : the agking. Newspapers here are We ean today thank the Master, |) devot columns to the discus- las a state and Nation, as we have sion, The present is declared the | never done before, Peace, plenty, brightest peace prospect since the jand prosperity and all that lifts; continent flamed with war more jus up aS a state and nation are! than two years ago. ; ours. ; The Koelnische Zeitung, a semi- | “Missouri has given her full) official organ, announces — that | dividend of all things good and the plans of the neutrals have as- has advanced in all the ways sumed definite shape and the which make it first among the! joint calf of the neutrals will be commonwealths of the Republié.| made soon. The first conference, Every department of religious} it is declared, will be in the na- and social life has felt the impress} ture: of a parley to which all na- for good and has progressed in an/| tions will be asked to send dele- exceptionable degree. For all! gates. these things in the state and Na-| Then, when > the belligerents |tion let us give thanks to the God | have sounded the proposals of the who presides over the destinies of | others, they will return and take eit Ne ; | missioners to Hasten a county assembled here-this after- : | Decision. noon ind tonight to attend the 3 | a |big Democratic: celebration of the \ Washington, Noy. 18.—-Within} reelection of President Woodrow | jthe next few days the United} Wilson. Tt was the largest at- Marshall; Cireuit Judge William | | Sayville). —The ‘of the parliamentary under men, | Many Seek Williams’ Post. Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 15.—~ | When Judge Fred hb. * Williams, Judge-elect of Division No. 2 of jthe Supreme Court, takes his place on the bench January 1, he will leave a vacancy on the Su- ;preme Commission to be filled by the Supreme Court. |, There will be three years of | Judge Williams’ unexpired’ term Fon the cominission to be served iby whoever lands the —appoint- ment, and the place pays the rsame salary as that of a member of the court, $7,500 a year. The list of applicants includes |former Circuit Judge A. O, Whit- | sett of Harrisonville; Judge Wil- jlard P. Hall of Kansas City; | James W. Suddath of Reynolds of | Hburg|* Robert ~M. T. Ragland of Paris, and Circuit Judge H. B. Shain of Sedalia. “One of Few Shakers Dies. | Shakertown, N, Y..-Nov. 18- /Sister Sarah Pennebaker — died /here yesterday, leaving only three | survivors of the onee famous and | prosperous colony of Shake m this community. She. was 7) sears old and her death was due to paralysis. The colony of Shakertown and — vast lands around it, their holdings estimated to be worth inore. than a million dollars. Owing to the ndvanced age of the thee sir vivors, Who Jt is claimed are too old and infirm to manage the large estate, efforts were made re cently to have the property revert fo the state. i Britain's Sea Loss Large. Shakers own, farming Berlin, Noy. 18 (by wireless: to Overseas News Agency today says. the statement | Warrens- his sixteen ‘up privately with their govern- ments the proposed eonditions. The conference may be held even without an armistice being | framed, it is said. “It is not impossible that neu- |tral nations may be considering such a step,’ the government an- nounced officially. It refused to deny the story in the Koelnische Zeitung, The peace talk, whieh is spread- ing throughout all Europe with almost the same rapidity of the war clouds, was given impetus to- day when it was learned that President Wilson again would of- fer his services as go-between for the warring factions. Tt was said he would so deelare in his mes- sige to congress, which convenes in December. Austrian circles especially are interested in the peace proposals. Recently it was set forth that talk of annexation of Belgium had been hushed by Germany and the plans of the allies for land “‘neerandizement have been As the wat is continuing now, j the nations are said to be fighting ‘for extermination of each other— | England to ‘‘erush German mili- jtarism,’’ and Germany to ‘‘break dictatorial power.”’ No thought, it is being pointed out, is being giver to the somewhat clouded is- sues which were set forth at the outset of the war. Killed a Bad Man. Chas. Lack, aged 32 walked up behind J. 8. Horne as he stood on the depot platform at Lockwood, Mo. Sunday even- week talking to year old daughter, revolyer fired one of Horne’s years, ing of last and drawing a several shots at him, which toak effeet in jright wrist.- Horne drew his re- volyer and shot Lack dead, Lack posed as a bad man. He was the . ne ‘ json of the wealthiest man in that tary of the British admiralty No | county, says the Lamar Demo- plans for early relief of the bor-| A man named Runner” was” a} der patrol, it was learned today. |«indidate for sheriff of Henry The situation is such, though,|county on the democratic ticket that the administration is eager | ut the recent. election and he jus- to come to terms soon. The pos-| tified his cognomen by running Our different brands of flour are on sale at all leading grocery stores in Bates County. jof September, 1916, by sibility of failure of the confer-| ence has never been overlooked | and military plans have been’ made accordingly, but on the} whole, administration men _be-! liéve that the conference will be; forced into a satisfactory conelu- | sion. | — Butler Roller Mills CANNON BROS., PROPS. Money in Eggs. Eggs are not bankable but the money from their sale is. This money is yours for. the effort. How do you treat the hen that lays the Golden Eggs? B. A. Thomas’ Poultry Remedy will keep the poultry in good condi- tion and increase the yield in eggs. We guarantce this and re- fund yocr money if not satisfied. C. C. Rhoades Pharmacy, 3-1m O. K. M. Butler, Mo. Your money works for you 24 Hours Every Day If you save it. Better put it in - “The Old Reliable” as you get it China Gets Loan in Chicago. Washington, D. C., Nov. 16.— A loan of $5,000,000 gold has been made by the Continental and Commercial National Bank of! Chicago to the Chinese Govern- ment through its Minister here, Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo. The Chinese Legation announced to- day the money already had been! placed to the credit of the Chinese Government. Missouri State Bank : way ahead of his ticket. You couldn’t beat a man with a name} like that. A BUTLER MAN’S EXPERIENCE Can you doubt the evidence of this Butler citizen? You can verify Butler endorse- ment. Read this: | M. T. Duncan, 620 W. Pine St. Butler, says: ‘‘For several years T had been having a bad time, ow- ing to kidney complaint. The kidney secretions were unnatur- al and I had severe pains in my side and across my kidneys. I used Doan’s Kidney Pills, pro- cured at Clay’s Drug Store, and they gave me more relief than) any other medicine I had ever used.” (Statement given Sep- tember 11, 1911.) On April 28, 1916, Mr. Duncan said: ‘I have had no need of Doan’s Kidney Pills for some time. I still recommend them as a reliable kidney medicine to any- one who needs them.”’ ; Price 50c at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Duncan has twice publicly recommended. _ Foster- Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 6-2t ember 17, that about—-2-4-2-per} cent of the tonnage of the British | trading steamers of 1,000 tons or, more have been lost up to the end, war, or, sea risks is correct. | “In facet,’ says the news agency, ‘‘English merehantmen of more than 1,000 tons . whieh have been lost up to the end of September of this year totaled 2,- 180,000 tons, or 10.4 per cent of the total English at the beginning of the war.”’ Berlin Has 39,863 Empty - Houses, Berlin, Nov. 18.—For every thousand houses, with or without attached stores, in Berlin no less than sixty-six stand empty as a result of the war, according to statistics compiled by the statis- tical bureau of Greater Berlin. The majority lie in the north, east and south sections of Berlin where the poorer portion of the population lives. The total num-; ber of empty buildings now has reached 39,863 in 1916, as against 27,809 in December, 1913. Doing the Work. W. T. Nanney, Noel, Mo., writes, ‘Your B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder is doing the work down in this part of the world. It proved to be what we needed to prevent and cure hog cholera and expel worms.”’ C..C. Rhoades Pharmacy, 3-1m O. K. M. Butler, Mo. erat, and when killed had a bottle of whisky in his pocket anda cigarette in his mouth and a re- volver in his hand. A great tem- perance lesson could be drawn trom this young man’s death, The {son of wealthy parents, with ev- Jerything that money could buy and dying the sort of a death as he did at 32: . His Ashes to the ‘‘Faithful.”’ Chieago, Ill, Nov. 19.—The ashes of the body of Joe Hill, the organizer of the Industrial Work- ers of the World, who was found guilty of murder and shot by Utah a year ago, willbedistribut- ed Sunday in 600 parchment packages to the delegates of the I. W. W. locals, who are in Chi- cago to attend the tenth annual convention of the organization. — The convention will meet Sunday morning in the West Side Audit- orium. William D. Haywood, general organizer of the I. W. W., went out to Graceland Cemetery today and brought the urn containing Hill’s ashes to the headquarters of the organization. A commit- tee of delegates accompanied him. Box Supper. There will be a box supper at the Valley school house Saturday night, November 25. Everybody welcome. Rose Clark, 6-1t Teacher.