The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 8, 1917, Page 2

| If any one finds him, bring him) MISSOURI BONE DRY BILL IS | Kcep the Redord Straight Please. t/ back. didn’t get done talking to PASSED : Uditor ‘Times :— ¢; him. ! If folks who read Sir Oliver|Measure Forbids Shipment of| a Nic eet Was aan “"*" | Lodge's pipe dream of what Heav- Liquor Into Local Option hea fate Ad atoll in series Fools rush an] (nis and believe it, T confidently _ Territory. - fg be et vent Seley where “‘angels’’| oxnee ee the U.S. de 5 a é ng e fear o tread—In ee ta Se sa bd pe Jefferson City, Mo., March 3—| when my neighbor accuses me of | Fee at 4 Representative Land’s ‘‘bone-|-doing a great injustice to so many an evil hour I was] ; arbes i re nese ae i persuaded to con- fools Aue ay 3 paeee dry”? bill, the most drastic of all} people,I feel it my duty through ‘ eS tribute a coftmn} here, Me? O, I feel sure it was, the ‘‘dry’’ measures pending in| the columns of your paper to ask yeek oe ane | ‘ ¢ Missouri Legislature, waa aent|that the real facts are made per week to the great and only] the result of a ni zht ina cabaret, | the 2 a we ee as ‘Weekly Times’’-—The only stipu- One aan a to me, thirty]! ¢ugrossment by the House this|known and for the benefit of lation was that it should be ‘‘dif- years ago L led my wife to the al- afternoon by a vote of 71 to 16, those of your ee may ferent’’ and for several months I]ta» and T said what a train of| This vote indicates the complete | not fully understand paw bs have made good, (in so far at least beautiful thoughts of the happy gvip the ‘‘drys’’ have on the lower | the wonderful scenic route M r. as being different goes). I-am-not bygone days it must bring to you. house, as there were from 15 to| Jones so graphically deseribes was permitted to retail neighborhood | fio said yes, and also and morcov-| 22 ry votes absent when the roll | not the one alluded i oe ° gossip, talk polities, offer sugges-| ey it brings to mind that she has|Was called. .__ {mer article at all HC. aaa tions, forecast the weather, nor! done all the ‘“Jeadin’’ since then| . he bill prohibits the carrying,|many of your readers (inelit ie meddle with international affairs./and 1 just said, O, well, I’d|S!ipping, or transporting of in- “Mr, Jones) are my aware 0: So you sce my. field is limited toy “rather” be led than. ‘‘druy,’’|foxicating liquor into any county this fact. Therefore I did ane own ‘fertile and erratie’’! [here's some chance for a fellow! 12 Which there is local option and|an injustice to these people be- awiaiiod—-aid if at times Celi ee eee one who has the penaes pee are both oe they oe ee oe on i ie is ‘ i ' ine i nt, posed route I mentioned, He stuff is ‘‘punky’’ and uninterest-|{q be ‘‘druv’’ is hopeless. pe grate daar ranean P f ; ing just remember that I must] Recently a judge in sentencing] The Hawes ‘‘L. V. L.’’ measure] states they pe not A ap . spend a few minutes per diem in] man to be hanged said, this is|"¢quiring organizations to sign all change the old Rich ey keeping the wolf from my domi-|the most distressing ‘‘dooty’’ a| Political publications during cam-| Well, that’s a fact Ua 4. oe eile and can’t spend all my time|‘+jedge” has to perform, and J’1]/Paigns and Heather’s city mana-|a few of us van Rael * on 4 on literature—but such asThave I/het a plugged nickle that he|#er bill for cities of - third Pah ee can But # de a will give to you until my contract] didn’t feel half as distressed as class were also engrossed. _ blot from our memory the oo expires and then—never again—|tho <feller’’ he was ‘‘talkin’’ to| ..[he General Assembly will of- that you were.one of the severa and yet? ‘‘Full many a gem of] nt that ficially end in 10 days, but the petitioners who asked the court to purest ray serene. The deep,|- 4 man said to me, I judge from | legislators probably will remain in | practically take up a part of this dark caves of grand old ocean| your style of writing “that you}Session 10 days longer, although |old road along which there are bear. Full many a_ flower is} }ead quite a bit. I says, yes, I’m their pay for that period will only | good homes and set it doswn- be- a Ye ° ro ’ b P . RA s e i doomed to blush ‘unseen’ and/what you would call a well read/¢ $1 aday. : ,, {hind these same homes running waste its dewey fragrance on the/man. He says ‘‘whateha mean|, Missourians will have little erit-/ across lots through what I said desert air.’ And so, if my ef-|well read??? Why 1 says, every-|icism to make of the legislators) before ‘‘where there are no homes forts are wasted I at least have body reads what I write and ain't | When. the present General Assem-| or locations for homes, an unsight- done what I could to entertain} that being well read? Huh? bly rings down the curtain, The! ly place for the road and on you. An angel could do no more.| | heard a person speak like this} evenue of this state will greatly which you admitted to me your- King Solomon was a wise} one day, ‘I wish I could look in-| he enhanced through the legisla-|scif was not the proper place for ‘‘gink’’ (so we are told) and he|to the -future and see what is in| tive program of the administra-|the road. I am glad you ne said there were three things he] stove for me.”’? And I just said, | tion. Sixteen years have passed |live in an unsightly country Mr. didn’t ‘‘sabe."’ - One was the|to him, you would better look|Simee Missouri has devised ways| Jones beeause I live in the same “ . ; ” “ and means to provide additional] country and am just as anxious ways of a woman another ‘‘a 1 x over the past and try to prof- 7 4 . ‘ th i pack 0 ~P i, Pp revenue. tor your friends (and mine, too,) Ford automobile’ and third “alit hy your mis 8. e future} A B f Paes line telephone.’’ Well, eal tee bude ae to! The Governor is pleased with to know it as you are and now, “Sol?” here's to a better under-| you and it’s just as well that you| the Hawes good roads legislation. | just a word in regard to this won- standing. Likewise and of a cer-|(an't see what’s comin’. Me? 0, The Hawes bill (No, 5) which! dertul scenic highway that old tainty I will try to elucidate. The}] don't need to see but one step {Makes it possible for the State to nature has made so picturesque | first two, ‘‘woman and Ford| ahead and I don’t worry, not]'eceive Federal aid for the roads| with its water elms, cool runing cars are very much alike, viz:/none a-tall. My times are in|#nd highways has passed both|brooks (sometimes). Yes, and Very uncertain and not always|‘jTis” hands. He makes the branches of. the Assembly. The hluegrass pastures that even Ken- - dependable. Both good in their pathway plain. I still trust credit of passing the measure inj tucky people will motor. up to see. place, Should always be kept un-|T{jim'” who never said seek ye the Senate is due to Senator John] If you fellows will build this road der control and need “wateh-|yfy face in vain. D. Taylor, are and bridge those canyons as I un- ing."’ The party telephone was} Wien | was a boy and mother Representative Farris and Sen-} derstood your attorney to state in built expressly for a class of folks} would give me ‘castor oil’? or|#tor Morton, floor leaders in the} court you would do without a pen- ; ‘h House and Senate, will make ev-|ny of cdst to the county or anyone who have (or seem to have) 10] some other medicine she would al- a4 ; vat f higher aim in life than to hear and| ways give me something to take |¢"y effort during the next 10 days/else when finished, you will have repeat (with liberal embellish- the ‘‘had taste’’ away. And so I ; ment) the gosshy of the neighbor-|try each week to close my work } . hood. They are one pest whieh} \ith something /good, something you knew not, Sol, and for which]ty make you forget the nonsense you should be and (doubtless are) | whieh has gone Nefore. Last week very thankful. Selah—. T closed with (to my self at least) ures as possible. Every lawmaker] ory that will stand long after you pertains to his senatorial or rep-|race. Why shou owing to the time to consider the} only a dream too good to be true I've often seen the “lemon’’!, peanti rht—something to | OW8 : ¢ L : | peel, Hiowine the “oyster”? stew. epee af Cae hig bills. and when this road is built and] At the age of 14 years he came sae ! I’ve seen the ‘‘board’’ walk, thin Oe it looked like a Suesesmunnciogar ashing bridged I imagine the taxpayers |'© i et and made his home sinsial —‘hutter’’ roll—T've seen a dew! Ghinese puzzle in print, due no{German in St. Louis is Arrested|of the county will be asked to “a Poses ch Mrs. James Gragg, por Sy drop dew. Iwe seen a “cowslip”| doubt to my poor writing (as as Spy. help, But neighbor John or iia ated eri i gerd vie Old Rifle Found Embedded in out of its boots, also the “‘silk-| oditors don’t make mistakes), I Si Wout oMARMe @ecovarnt writing for the home paper wil eh he was only two} Earth. weed"? silk, and {ve seen a corn-| want you to have it, so will try] ont duents aveuuoldinee Buick never seen. butter’? milk. ‘Tis a beautiful” thought, to Brock, 38 years old, of Berlin, Ger- thought we would have war with hye qnists away, by the opening hotel here on suspicion of being Germany and TP said says 7? W and the closing flowers, at the end a amar Gat, ¢an begin as soon as we can line of a summer day—more beautiful Gersdorff ie produced several Rolling Stones. B up a lot of Dn. fools who want toj c4: vate vait, ti ° ‘ ‘ : r, Te enttt eel einen Ghali i i ogh ph poone \ AS te ar Ferevter eaten Fae Li Stet a Palate th copies of two telegrams, identi-| We had quite a little snow storm| Evans, of Springfield, Ilinois;/away. Officer Craighead was i OLE ane hb swillin'?| 2etster says, ““well done” and to| 41 with those received by Alfred] last Saturday. [ guess it will/ Mrs, Harriett Hill, of Jordon,| called when the gun was discov. { Germany seenis pith willin enter in through the Pearly Gate Gwynne Vanderbilt, before he ’ | e > gun was disc { T sce no reason for keepin’) ype alia sale, " terh i : || bey anti " a how Re when He bids us welcome Home. sailed on the ill-fated Luvitania ; Poles ayo le: india ite! one warning him the ship was to > Baptist ladies of Altona }- i Beye Cae aed ftookel coun ae SE is — |be torpedoed and the other con-|haye been quilting for Mrs. Chas. ec | dian eh us Hee cana a A ” 4 7 cerning hidden guns onthe Luci-| Martz and Mrs, Jim McClay, T | ysl oieate ital suber eres | tania. Bill Wackerman is moving back | w “ So Se a Three weeks ago Gersdorff reg-|in our midst; he has been living ena nascar cee istered at the Maryland hotel/near Appleton for several years. —— ———————— ~ JNO. Chas. Western moved out near 5 from Joplin, Mo. He said he Missouri Property Value $1,771,-| worked as steward of the Connor] Adrian last Wednesday. 556,076, Says Auditor. hotel at Joplin. Several-days ago| Just ask Raymond Gepford how he left the Maryland and failing |he likes to cross ditches with his Jefferson City, March 2.—Re-|to pay his bill, his tranks were new tractor—-I believe horses are turns from all of the counties of| seized. These will be examined] the best yet. . Missouri as: received by State by government officials. - Frank Mosier and Julian Snow Auditor George E. Hackmann, : and wife were shopping in Adtian show the total assessed valuation last Friday. of the State as fixed by the Coun- U-BOAT CHASERS ON SHIPS James Harrison, the Butler real ty Assessors, in their assessment estate man, came out to the Walt of real and personal property, for at Mag Bg lg ig Cole sale last Tuesday and Mr. “T the’ taxes 6f°1917, to be $L771,- Submarines, = | Godin-and-Mr: Goughreturned to 556,076, ‘i Butler with him. - The total on these classes of} Washington, March 3—The| Grand-ma Wainscott and Davie property for 1915 was $1,701,937,-| Navy Department has in mind }‘Simms are both real poorly at this 923, the increase for this year be-| other means of protection than Lwriting. ing $69,618,553. This is a ¥#tle| merely arming merchantmen. Wm. Buckles has taken posses- above the normal rate.of increase} One ‘of these is to put submar-|gion of the Tabler Bros. Store at for the past 10 years. ine chasers aboard merchant}-Altona, we are sorry to lose the With assessments of the rail-|ships if the proposed armament} Tablers, they have many friends ay yee road, bridge, telegraph, telephone, | does not suffice. These chasera—|in this community. f and other property of that kind,| small gasoline boats—would be| =Mrs. Geo. Buckles and daugh- which is yet to be fixed by the| put overboard to hunt submarines] ter-in-law were trading in Altona State Board of Equalization, the| after the vessel reached the dan-|last Friday.’ will this year go well above the| wil) not be used at: present. closed for this season. : two-billion mark. gunners and guns‘ will be provid-}-= Rev. Braimer of Liberty called Realty is valued at $1,345,778,-| ed. : Aus ~ fon hijs father-in-law Henry Moles, 941, and personal property at a! Convoying ‘merchant ships is|Jast Sunday. : a of omaha sk ci sak deemed imprpetionl at present,| aes Desert and wife aeet wn lots are valued at ,-|Fhe State. Department ruled to-jSaturday night and Sunday with: i#he latters father, who has been |weal.poorly, but is some better at '}096,916, and farm lands. at $505,-|day that convoying munition . contraband ships would-be in The totals of the various classes 1 Esti pre! as an act of war. Personal: property are as fol- to consider as many local meas-|built 2 monument to your mem-| ern near Nokomis, Illinois, Sep- a . ‘ u tember 18/1868, and died at the| t® 80:”’ Were a strong index to his here has some legislation which|and I have finished this earthly | ome of I he {*@r anyone Carthy, ne t 1 resentative district. This legisla-| else object to such a gift to Bates| 191% being at the time of his Friday afternoon by Rev. L. W. tion has been somewhat neglected} county. But ah! methinks it’s| death 48 years, 5 months and 13 Mays of age. - neither pay the preacheft or buy eee, Pa the of of 20 he| v al eH ee 1 . = fot’ it,) United with the Adrian Baptist; An old rifle whieh looks like it field full of ‘*shoots’’ but UT have), «. ‘orsdorff the baby a dress. Jet's quit, Piel nicht tee a eee iel¢ of “shoe again, R. Gersdorff, also known as E. R. shake Wands and work’on the road reas He leaves to Journ his might have seen service during AVuideetiia saltaeaile vets Ae t what say ye? j Oss Tour sisters, and four broth- | revolutionary days was found just A oman asked ine ‘ imark the hours, as they float in many, arrested at the Brevoort JAV. Pritchard, | crs: Mrs. James Gragg, Passaic ;' west of Wilson feed yard. The irae danke een Ty Mrs, Rebecca Chausse, and Wn. } gun was partly embedded in the 3. Evans, of Nokois, Illinois; Mrs.| ground, and the drainage ditch Clara Johnston and Henry R.| had washed part of the dirt oats sowing and garden Montana ; and Edwin Evans, of | ered and assisted in. digging it for a few days. Witt, Illinois, out. The stock is of walnut and this, their hour of sorrow. He was] buried at that time.—Nevada loved and respected by all who} Mail. —————____=_=_=_=___ 49 Head of Live Stock total taxable wealth of the State|ger zone. This means, however,}'. The literary-at Olive school has{| _ I will be at the following towns to buy any number of Horses, Mares and Mules. Buy Horses and Mares from 5 to 12 years old, from 1,200 to 1,800 pounds, 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. Will buy any kind of a useful Mule from 5 to 10 years old. ey, [ will make you from $5 to $20 per head on your Horses 4 and Mules, as we hold the largest Horse and Mule contract in the United States. I buy more Horses direct from farmers than anyone in the State. J SPECIAL: Will also buy some BIG old Fat Mares,“ sound or unsound WILL BE AT Butler, Mo., Thursday, Ma All day at Garrett’s Feed and Live (The Old Guyton Bus Bar; Adrian, Mo., Friday, March 16, °17 All day at Adams’ Feéd Yard Harrisonville, Mo., Saturday, March 17, °17 = All day at Koh} r’'s Bus Barn P. J. HULEN Kansas City Horse Market Z 5,17 Barn Thaddeus Grant Evans, knew.him and the words that he uttered at the last ‘‘I know that The subject of this sketch was I am going to die but I am Pens Christian faith. . and Mrs. Geor - . ar this city ihhert Funeral services were conduct- jed at the Passaic ‘Baptist church Keele, of Butler. and burial in Oak Hill cemetery. During his residenee in this} is 5 or 6 feet long, and is the old vunty he won a host of friends! muzzle loading rifle, and flint ho join in” heartfelt sympathy | lock. The gun was possibly used ith the brothers and sisters in during the civil war and was PUBLIC SALE | J Havin, sold my farm, I will sell at public auction at my place, 8 miles west and 2 mites south of Butler, 1 mile east End 2% miles south of Virginia, on. MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1917 ~The tollowing described property: : : 8 Head Horses and Mules fey horse coming 4- old weigh 1400; bay mare jmooth mouth; black horse 11 years old; bay mare 11 years old 9 Head Cattle 4 cows, 2 with cal ’ ‘. ‘ . ling cannes: ves by side, 2 fresh ‘soon; 5 _soming year: - 22 Sheep, 10 Hes Bes ees: seed Shoats, Implements 2 yng, Deen ne aes meen Ing binder, McCormac! wer; hay rake, 4- horse dish, Panton sap : fan Spat tal Sulkey Household and | :