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hind the Peoples Sank. ‘ered, ors’ room is available for Public New accounts are invited. Butler’s Cooperative Bank The broadest, most helpful service to patrons is the ideal be- Our facilities are at patrons’ disposal; maintained for the good of this community. Every assistance consistent with our established Policy of sound, helpful banking is at all times rend- Indicating the breadth of service is the fact that our Direct. last Thursday in the month, when our Directors meet. | PEOPLES BANK _.. ‘‘The Bank on which you can always bank.”’ uses upon any day except the DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST CO. — CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $250,000 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. We have money to Abstracts iii. abstrscts no swe examine and perfect titles to same. Investments interest on time deposits. W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. t We will loan your idle money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good security. We pay J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, loan on real estate at a low rate of interest with privilege to pay at any time. We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will fur- real estate in Bates county and W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. PROFESSIONAL CARDS OR. J. T. HULL Dentist Entrance same that leads to Fox’s tudio. Butler, Missouri North side square B, F. JETER, Attorney at Law = Notary Public East Side Square Phone {St BUTLER, MISSOURI T. 5, HALSEY, @, B. O. 0. ~ Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and the dtting of Glasses BUTLER, MO Office on South Side Sjuare Phone No. ¢! aay eo SEE THE Clothes Doctors For practical cleaning and pressing. We posi- tively clean everything but a guilty conscience. Hats Cleaned and Blocked All work guaranteed and) prices reasonable. Coods Called for and Delivered. CROUCH BROS. No. 7 S. Main St. } Phone 171. Butler, Mo. ‘MISSOURI PACIFIC \ IRON i MOUNTAIN i i TIME TABLE i CORRECTED MAY 1, 26 aap BBB FrP PPP | Meet feach month at hall, corner of Main : Fraternal Inn. LODGE DIRECTORY. Woodmen of The World—Maple Camp meets at the call of the Sov- erign Commander. Coufederate Veterans Marmaduke duke Camp, No. 615, meets at the all ef the commander. &, A, R.--Bates Post, No, 58, meets at the City Hall on the first Satur- day in each month at 2 p. m. at the Knights Amerienn Yeoman Meets call of the Foreman in ihe of Pythias Hall, National -Americuns Meets second Monday night in each nionth at Woodman Hall. i @ ©. F. Meets every Monday night in hall over Fraternal Inn, Buticr Encampment Meets second and fourth Tuesday in each month at hall in Fraternal Inna. A. Fy and A, M.—Meets ‘first and third Saturday night in each month at hall in Fraternal Inn. Modern Woodmen—Butler Camp, No, 2458," meets first and third Thursday nights in each month at hall on south side of square, Reyal Neighbors—Meet in Wood- man Hall on south side ef square first’ ard thipd Monday nights In Feach month, Bencvolent and Protective Order of Rlks—Meets second Tuesday night of each month at hall, corner of Main and Ohio Streets. Ladies of Security KRaights and and fourth Tuesday second nights in each month, Kaights of Pythias—Blue VFiag Lodge, No, 190, meets eaeh Friday night at Castle Hall on south side of square, Fraternal Ala ‘Association Hope ;Council, No. 862, meets first and | thind Tuesday nights in_each month. Order of Owls Butler Nest, No. 1058, meets at call of the president. Daughters of Rebekah Carnation lodge meets the second and fourth Thursday ir each month in hall in ~Mtamt R.A, Chapter Stated meet- lines on second and fourth Thursday jnights in each month in hall in Fra- ternal Inn. Reyal and Select Masters—Butler ! council, No. 22, meets on the second | Tuesday in each month in hall in | Fraternal Inn. Naights =p Telaplar — Gouley Com- mandery No. 80 meets second Satur- night in each month in hall in 30,000 DEPORTED FROM BELGIUM ‘As Many More Are to be Deport. ed, London is Informed— “Teuton Commander Fines Council. London, Noy, 17+—Thirty thou- sand Belgians have already been deported to Germany, aceording to information reeeived here through official channels. Reports from the same sourees | say that the Germans plan to take | judging from the | some -300,000, order issued in a number of ¢ities for all males over seventeen to re-) the port for inspection. The municipal couneil of Tour. | nai has formally declined to ac-! cede to the German demand, the! reports say, protesting that hith- | erto it has acquiesced to all Ge man orders, thereupon imposed a fine of 200,- 000 marks, it is added, for the re fusal of the council to furnish a list of male inhabitants, with a! further fine of 20,000 marks daily | as Jong as the council refused to vive the list. A circumstantial report the Mons district says that the entire male population over sev-| enteen was summoned to report at German headquarters at 3} o"elock on the morning of Octo-| ber 26.) The priests, professors, | teachers, local of of the food committee and physically defective were dis- inissed, but it is added, 1,200 men, composing 20 per vent of the eli- General Hopffer| Hook, accidentally upset “a from |, j registered at. the }where the banquet was held, cials, members |> the! Urich last week. 'Broaddus hav SHORT STORIES | ! Of Local Interest—Clipped From, Our Exchanges. Reeder and Clay) recently opened a/ -City says! Harrison restaurant at Garden the Adrian Journal. Sheak theives broke into the! cave of Mrs, Idlets at her home jin Adrian and stole 42 quarts of! ‘fruit, some — lo with fruit as) serree as it is this year. Win, Bassore, formerly of Am-: eret and until recently owner of Epperson restaurant at Am- isterdam, has purchased a barber shop at Prescott, Kans., says the Amoret Leader, Last Wednesday Howard Hook, ' son ot Mr. and Mrs. Emmett tea- Kettle fw of hot water and the ‘ontents of the kettle scalded Mrs. Hook's foot quite seriously. Rockville Booster. The fourteenth annual meeting und banquet of the Ohio Society | was held at Appleton City Satur- ay of last week. Sixty former, the Buckeye Durley residents of state, hotel, We Want All Your Old Iron, Rags, _ Metal, Rubber, Hides and Furs : Old Books, Magazines and News- papers tied in bundles. Market Price When Delivered Sallee Coal, tron & Metal Co, West Ohio St. Phone 130 The bonds of the Pioneer Drainage District, amounting to 7,000, were sold to the Bank of | They awere 5. © per cent 20) year bonds and |‘ brought a premium of $2,821 on | the issue says the Urich Terald. | NOTIC OF 'TRUSTEE'S SALE, Canning Apple Cider. ! ri ree Notice is hereby given, that whereas, Apple cider: may be canned and Perry M. Flinn and wife. Lacy. Flinn, stun art Rees b TAO es ge. Of the County Jackson and State of ve kept sweet , indefinitely, ae- Shiesouri, reortain deed of trust ording to the canning specialists | dated Oetober 25th, and recorded f the Office of Ex sion’ Work, athe, office of the Recorder of Deeds of! the Office of Extension’ Work, within and ‘tor Bates County, Missouri. Wita ' 7 ng * aerorn Te » in book 20 at page conveyed to the North and We st, Who furnish the | (mp0. Niaiaucchar roliawtne dec ollowing recipe : scribed) real ite situate, lying. and being in the County of Bates and State gible males, hoth eniployed and , : ; Fill fruit jars with fresh apple cr Missouri, to-wit: tmemployed. were selected and Charley Hudgins rought to cider, Add a- tablespoontul of | Te cana quarter of ie a on eattle| this offi¢e Monday morning a sugar to each quart. Place rub- the Souths immediately placed trucks and started for Germany. He informed us | the day | »yray eagle. iateit had been killed previous by Dwight Bitner, on the: ; river and that it measured seven : : ! eu water bath outfit for feet two inches from tip to tip. j east quart the Southwest au ver and cap in position and par- ially tighten (cap and tip in case of tin cans). Sterilize in the hot 10 minutes; nthe water-seal outfit for S min tion Two (2), ex » North- (S$) rods Lowell, Mass. bull v1 ih he “O Aa “ irl i j Soohie XIN, Ht was sure ‘some bird.—-Amoret utes: inthe steam pressure outfit, Sorthoust quarter of the South calf has been born to Sophie 2 feuder. fannie | Wty roa ist (darter of Section Eleven Ct the queen of the Jersey cows on under 6 pounds of steam for 4 nd Northwest quart f oth 2 y ie elersey cows 1 : : ; ne ” us ” ‘ fhe C. T, Hood farm in North Robinson & Son topped the, nutes: mn i nun a neviet te f ction Tewksbury. Mr. Hood declares) Kansas City stock market with a ees ah He SUNOS: ae ‘ bat he hopes te rise rong | bunch of 41 head of Black Angus MOve J Hghten covers, invert valnut that LO} t through | Lng fo eon anda tuNt t a this calf a superior line of Jer-| steers Thursday. Ceph RON eon Oy Phivty” seys. jwent to the city with the ship- See eae all The birth of a son and heiy to} ment. So far as is known this is More Pennies Needed. ide in the queen of the Jersey herd is an} the highest priced shipment of its The treasury department — de natGE. event in the dairy world beeause | size ever going to market from claves that more pennies are need pobehe tn of the fame of his sire and mother] Gates county, Rockville Booster. ed the United States, So the : who were brought here from der) ca: at | Philadelphia aad San Praneisco ney ae Bt tential Md A. Took. for many i aa 5 E ead ‘ Sai sev twenty vears age, They Sani ' i suvgnilereenne (Chie suints are working 24 hours a diay t note November grew up on the Hood farm. ‘Phe!: A ieee Dye y Petty ne na the Denver mint 16 hours a pene Tae ote eee Ost (TOMI CMt eHIZels ane BU eee Beiay aa (Hin mother wor first prize four years |. ; : oon day tuning out pennies, ines * z : vfnuretaal OfOradcre | Pukenacese {kOe pa nrayire) edit left last Haun hradheanndlay : ogo at the International ~ Dairy ‘| ee were when nobody paid any ut ‘ eee * t week for Olney, Ulinois, where he . Se tei Show at Milwaukee and at the ee aie! siti Aeieenit tention to the — penmies. They jnuabtode last Springfiled show. The sire Hg Se LS aoe te OES NS were reenrded us huisauces to {r a and ey for for the Commercial Telephone yo) ‘ 4 me won prizes at agricultural shows) Maloun ace! area eae have in one’s pockets and were in, Ohio, New York and ins this) {" \ : Raear Rta ie usvally untoaded oon the small x Salle a ‘ d a: 2 op . ;, Bates ; Bu hail) De bON WY boys 6f one acquaintance, But Hood recently refused OWN ae the use of the copper coin lias in- offered by Miss May Irwin, for Miss Ethel Lothridge, daughter creased. Dealers in everything Sophie, At that time Mr. Hood{of Me. and Mes. J. M. Lothridge, adda penny now and then, said he would not take $50,000 for the cow, The calf. when old enough, will be entered in cattle and dairy shows.--Boston Post. Struck Gas Near Drexel. Henry C. Nall. ville Well-driller and oil and gas the having expert “brought in’ what is be- lieved to be the best gas well in Cass county on Wednesday atter- hoon of this week while drilling on the farm and near the home of “Colonel Bybee in’ Coldwater township, about six miles uerth and east-of Drexel, The gas was found at a depth cf about 880 feet, and so strong was the flow that the drillers were compelled to suspend work, Tt is estimated that the pressure is 80 pounds to the foot. an amount sufficient to furnish light and fuel for Drexel, Freeman and , Fraternal Inn, FARMERS BANK of Bates County Capital - $50,000.00 Surplus - $50,000.00 Undivided Profits $5,000 00 We offer the best of service in every “department We solicit accounts of Harrisonville for some time to come.——Cass County Democrat. died at ler home, 805 Gladstone. Kansas City, Mo., Noy. 12, 1916. Tuberculosis was the cause of her death, Ethel was an Adrian girl, « lived most ‘of her life in Adrian and vicinity, but moved with her parents to Kansas City about two vears ago. The hody was broneht to Adrian where fu- neral services were held. t 159 are Killed as Train Goes Over - a Cliff. Laredo, Tex Noy. hundred and fifty-nine were killed and many less seriously injured in a road wreek on the Line to Vera Cruz, between . De- hesa and San Miguel, near Japal- One!t t 118), ‘persons nore or rail- apa, on November 12 recording to reliable reports received here « tonight. The wreck is said to have been | due to the engineer running at too high speed over a dangerous part of the roast. Interoceanic © Notice. tice is hereby given that letters neurred: tor this a ninistration upon the estate of vezy, deceased, have HOMER DUVALL, ited to the undersigned by 7! pyar bearing date the 18th day NOG Ww November, toro, is hereby that letters Al persons having claims against)! inistration sitit te said estate are required to exhibit | Uumes Me White, cece Ta RCS hem to the undersigned for allow- bate Court of Bates vy. Missouri, , ance within six months after the dite | hearing date the Mth day af November, if said letters, or they may be qire-| tei), neimona Naving. olin naninat ded from any benefit of such es- | said estate are required hibir them ‘ and if such glaims be not exhib- to the undersigned for allowance with ited within one year from the date of | yrs mon sels ot Fae he last insertion of this publication, wf osueh ft such hey shall be forever barred exhibited w Date of last insertion, December 7, ee Sone old IDA SWEZY, insertion, November 30, at Administratrix. JAS AO WHITE Sei eke a \dministratot Notice. — aE Notice is hereby given that: letters Bank of Rockville Has Three Yo administration upon the estate of Presidents in 25 Years. EK. Umstattd, deceased, have It has been over twenty-five been granted to the undersigned by f ee ‘ he Probate Court of Bates County, Years since W. EB. Heyle east his Missouri, bearing date the ith day dot with the Rank or Ro ille, wt November, 1910, and during those she has ex- having: clains All person . he . } periencves which seldom fall to one ‘ echt, _ . train Said estate are required to > ¢ ‘ i : Russian Losses 2,128,474. All but five cars on the train tien to the undersigned for” allow. cashier, In conversation with ‘ : Cees left the track and rolled over a) ance within six months after the date) Mr. Heyle regarding the death of Berlin, Noy. 19 (via Cayville).| cliff, The passengers were liter: of said letters, or they may be pre-! |, Heenaner, we learn that he is Soaring Ow the eggs Iden-} ally ground to pieces. No Amer- chases froin ats hegotis at vasch, ss- the third president of the bank ification ive at Kiev, Russia, | je; re: . 4 reprise OUR Le oe mee nG-Higit- cinta Mime Liewloie aa a - c 2 s}ieans were among the dead, © ited Within one year from the date of who has di | sine Mr. Heyl he- says the Overseas News eucy, | was said. : a ‘the last insertion of this publication, came cashier, The first president the number of Russian casualties Among the killed are said to! they shall be forever barred to pass away was: Mr. Frederick amie dune 1, 1916, has rene hed] have been a widow and her seven) _ of last insertion, December 7.) pix next was Mr. Laughlin and 100,321 officers and 2.027.593} small ehildr aes EK. UMSTATTD, [the last Mr. Hegnaner. Rockville moe: — (-3t Administrator. | Booster. Among the soldiers who recent- ly have fallen, according to the same sources, are one General of Brigade, four Colonels. and four] Chinese refugee from Parral to-| command | day -sent United is apparent) here a report saying the} ers remaining in Par agency says, that part of the Rus-/of the five who were known to; sian forces on the Cauvasian front] have left for Culican have been transported to the Eur-[ have arrived Lieutenant Colonels in of regiments. It from the recent Russfan list. opean war theater. Notice. Kill Foreigners in Parral? | El Nov. “18.—A| > Te Xx. States agents: i foreign. | . exclusive | that been | and there, have killed by the Villa bandits. Those reported to have been! killed included at least six Amer- | jeans, all German residents of | any size We Pay Interest on Savings pie suppers, box suppers, church] eight, together with their families and school entertainments at] all Chinese, Arabs and Hebrews. | which an admission fee is charged] Among the Americans killed is| eards of thanks and similar n0-|said to have been William Scott, tices, printed in this paper, will} gon of Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, be charged for at the regular com-| chief of the staff of the United mercial rates. _ 5-4t] States Army. After this date all notices of} Parral, numbering egpestettely | | A Luxurious Combination Those Davenports of ours are unique in this respect: In the day time they are a magnificent piece of furni- ture suitable for any room: at night they can be opened up, affording perfect sleep- ing accommodations just the same as a bed. Our prices are remarkably low. 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