The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 12, 1917, Page 5

ORDER OF PUBLICATION, Btate of Missouri, } ,,. County of Bates, : In the Circuit Court, may Term, 1912. In vacation, March 15th, 1917. Mike Kern, Plaintiff. a sprigs 5 Harriet O'Riley and the unknown con- sorts, heirs, devisees, donees, alien- immediate, ¥8) “ees; i: mete; }~- untary or involuntary grantees of Harriet, O'Riley if she is deceased. and of John Linch, decéased, and Loring, FE, Stone, deceased, Defend- ants, Now at this day comes the herein by his attorneys and files his Petition under oath, alleging, among other things, that the defendant. riet O'Riley, if living, is a non-re lent of the State of Missouri, and rther alleging, that he verily be- lHeves there are persons interested in the subject matter of this suit whose names he can not insert in his petition because the same are to him unknown, that such unknown persons derive their interests in the subject matter thereof, as the consorts, lieirs, devi- sees, donees, alienees, immediate, mesne or remote, voluntary or involun- tary grantees of Harriet O'Riley, if she is deceased, who owned said land by entry from the United States Gov- ernment, as shown by the plat of original entries on file in the office of the Recorder of Deeds'in and for Bates County, Missouri, and by deed of conveyance recorded in the office aforesaid in Book F, at page 316, and did not convey the same unless in and the name of Harriet Orielley, which plaintiff avers is one and the same erson as Harriet O'Riley; and of John inch, deceased, who held a convey- ance dated in the year 1857, purporting to convey to him said land, which con- veyance is of record in the office aforesaid, in Book E, at page 375, which interest he did not convey in. his life- time; and of Loring BE, Stone, deceased, who had a Tax Deed to said real es- tate or some part thereof, which ig of record in the office aforesaid in Book .Y, at page 301, and@ the interest, if any, acquired by said Loring E. Stone, he did not convey to any one in his lifetime, also, alleging in the petition that the interests of said unknown de- fendants can not be more specifically set forth or described in his petition, except that the same seems to be ad- verse and prejudicial to the title and claim of plaintiff in and to the real estate, in his petition and hereinafter described, which real estate is the sub- ject matter of the action by plaintiff. Whereupon, it is ordered by the clerk of this court in vacation, that the de- fendants be notified by publication, that plaintiff has commenced a suit against them in this court, the object and general nature of which ts to try, ascertain and determine the respective rights and interests of the plaintiff and defendants in and to the following real estate, to-wit: The North half of Lots Two and Three (except two acres off the east side of said Lot two) all in the Northwest quarter of section Sev- en, Township Thirty-eight of Range Twenty-nine, in Bates County, Missouri, to adjudge and define such interests, and diyest the defendants and each and all of them of-any and all interest, or apparent interest they: may have in and to sald real estate and vest the same in plaintiff, and unless the de- fendants appear at this court at the next term thereof, to be begun and held at the court house, in the City of Butler, in sald county, on the Fourth Monday of May, 1917, and then and there answer or plead to the petition in said cause the same will be taken as confessed and judgment entered ac- cordingly. It is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published according to law in The Butler Weekly Times, a new paper published in Bates County, Mi souri, H. O. MAXEY, Clerk of the Circuit Court. A true copy from the record, itness Hy, hand and the (Seal) ‘seal of said court, this 16th day of March, 1917. H. O, MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. JOANNA MAXEY, D, C. ARH B-4t ORDER OF PUBLICATION. State of Missouri County of Bates, In the Circuit Court, May Terim, 1917. In Vacation April 3rd, 1917. Sadie Gregory, Plaintiff. vs. James Gregory, Defendant, Now at this-day comes the plaintiff herein, and files her petition under oath, alleging, among other things, that defendant James Gregory is a non-resident of the State of Missouri. Whereupon it is ordered by the Clerk that said defendant be notified by pub- lication that Plaintiff has commenced a sult against him in this court, the object and general nature of which is to obtain a divorce from the defend- ‘ant and an order granting her the custody of the infant child, has. Gregory, and that unless the sald de- fendant be and appear at this Court, at the next term thereof, at the Court House in the said ‘county, on the fourth Monday of May, 1917, and by the first day of said Term, answer to her petition same will be taken as con- ioaen and judgment rendered accord- ingly. And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, according to law, in The Butler Weekly Times a news- paper. H. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. By JOANNA MAXEY, Deputy. A true copy from the record. Witness my hand and seal of (Seal) the Circuit. Court of Bates County, this 3rd day of April, 1017. ; H. 0. MAXEY, . Circuit Clerk. JOANNA MAXEY, D.C. {ss. 35-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION. State of aera} County of Bates. ‘°* In the Circuit Court, Ma: In Vacation March 15th, 1917. August Fischer, Plaintiff. eyrinst : Harriet O'Riley and the unknown con- sorta, heirs, devisees, donees, alien- immediate, mesne or remote, vol- un or involuntary [Sigh sad of Harriet O'Riley, if she deceased and of. John and Term, 1917. N Linch, deceased, Loring E. Stone, deceased, Defe: ants. Now at this ay. comes the oy by his attorneys, and under oat! vo ene. for the State that the interests of said unknown de- fendants can not be more specifically set forth or described in his petition, except that such interests seem to be adverse and prejudicial -to the title and claim of plaintiff in and to the real state, in his petition and hereinafter jescribed, which real estate is the sub- Ject matter of the action by plaintifr. ‘Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk (fee -in-vacation, thatthe. ; -court—in— at — fendants be notified by publication, that plaintiff has commenced an action against them in this court, the object and general nature of which is to try, ascertain and determine the respective rights and interests of the plaintiff and défendants. in and to the follow- ing real estate, to-wit: The North half, and the Hast half + of the South half of Lot.One, and the East two acres of the North half of Lot Two, all in the North- west quarter of Section Seven, Township Thirty-elght, of Range . Bventy caine, in Bates County, Mis- sourl, to adjudge and define such interests, and divest the defendants and each and all of them of any and all such in- terest, or apparent interest they may have-in and to said real estate and vest the same in plaintiff, and unless the defendants appear at this court at the next term thereof, to be begun and held at the court house in the City of Butler, in said county, on the Fourth Monday of May, 1917, and then and there answer or piead to the petition in said cause,-the same will be taken as confessed and judgment entered Record mel y: . It is further ordered that a cony. here- of be published according to law in The Butler Weekly Times, a new: paper published in Bates County, MI souri, H. O, MAXBY, Circuit Clerk. A true copy from the record, Witness my hand, and the (Seal) seal of said court, this 16th day of mero ey 23-4 Cir JOANNA MAX ORDER OF PUBLICATION, State of Missouri, as. County of Bates. is In the Circuit Court, May Term, 1917, In Vacation April 3, 1917. 8. L. Coleman, Plaintiff. vs, John C. Burk, Defendant. Now at this day comes the Plaintiff herein, by his attorneys and files his petition, alleging, among other things, that defendant is a non-resident of the State of Missouri, 5 Whereupon, it -is ordered by the Clerk, in vacation, that said defendant be notified by publication that Plain- tiff has commenced a suit against him in this Court, the object and general nature of which is to perfect plaintiff's record title to the following described real estate, lying and being situate in Bates County, Missouri, to-wit: The Hast half of the South-west quarter of Section One, in Town- ship Forty, of Range Twenty-nine, in said county and State and to divest defendant of all title or interest in the same and vest it in the plaintiff by reason of the fact that the title to said land emanated from the Government of the United States more than eleven years before the com- mencement of this action by the issue of a patent to this defendant; that the plaintiff and those under whom he claims haye been in the open, notor- fous, continuous, exclusive, peace- able and adverse possession of said land for more than thirty- one years next before the filing of this petition; that the defendant ap- pears to have or claims to have some interest in said land adverse to that of the plaintiff, in this: That on the day of , 1855,, he en- tered d land and thereafter there was a patent issued to him on the — day of ————, 18—, more than thirty-one years before the filing of this petition; that there does not ap- pear to have been any conveyance of record from the defendant, though, as plaintiff is informed and states the fact to be, that the defendant conveyed said fand to one Samuel Jackson, from whom through mesne conveyances, this plaintiff claims, and that unless the said defendant be and appear at this Court, at the: next term thereof, to be begun and holden at the Court House in the City of Butler, in said county, on the fourth Monday of May, 1917 and on or before the first day of said Term, answer or plead to the petition in sald cause, the same will be taken as con- fessed, and judgment will be rendered accordingly. And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, according tg law, in The Butler Weekly Times, a news- paper published in said County of Bates, for four weeks successively, published. at least once a week, the last insertion to be at least thirty days before the first day of said next May Term of this Court, H. O. MAXEY, és Circuit Clerk. A true copy from the record. ‘Witness my hand, and seal of (Seal) the Circuit Court of Bates County, this day 3rd of April, 1917. 25-4 . H. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that letters of Administration upon the estate of Catherine Sellers, deceased, have been granted.to the undersigned by the Pro- bate Court of Bates County, Missourt, Meee date the 10th day of March, 1917, All persons having claims against said estate are required to exhibit them to the undersigned for allowance within six months after the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and if such claims be not exhibited within one year from the date of the last in- sertion of this publication, they shall be forever barred. Date of: last-insertion, April Sth, 1917. J. M. CLARK, ‘Administrator. 23-3tp NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given to all creditors and others interested in the estate of Napoleon B, McFarland, deceased, that I, Margaret McFarlend, utrix of said ‘eatate, intend to make final set- tlement thereot, (st the if 8 Col Rat tate of Missouri, to r, Missouri, commencing The Rutler Weekly Times published Sreckiy at Butler, Mo, for April, 1917, Sounty. of Baten, {° unty Clerk Cirouit Court in Teor the state and county afore- said, erwomally, a R. Alien, lay ving been duly sworn accord: ing to we says he of The. Butler Weekty that the foll wi ‘de-| al, has be eo ship Board, Bates County, Road District Notice. “Notice is hereby given: That a petition signed by Milo EB. Hill, J. W: Pritchard, A. W. Shay, et iled with the Clerk! ORDER OF PUPLICATION. State of Missouri, } ., County of Bates, §° In the Circuit Court, February Term, 1917, In Vacation Maroh 12, 1917. Opal Shinn, Plaintiff. ‘va. Arthur Shinn, Defendant. N at this day comes the plaintiff , and files: her petition under of the Township Board of Lone Oak Township, Bates County, Missouri, praying for the organ- izatica of a Road District to be known as the Cornland Lone Oak Township Road District No. 1 of Bates County, Missouri, with boundaries described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Lone Oak Township, be- ing the Northwest corner of Sec- tion Six (6) in said Lone Oak Township, said Township being Thirty-nine (39) of Range Thir- ty-one (31), in Bates, County, Missouri; thence running South}: along the west line of Section Six (6) and along the West. line of Section Seven (7) to a point on the North bank of the Marias'! des Cygnes River where said West line of Section Seven (7) intersects said River; thence in a|** Southeasterly direction, .contin- uing along the north bank of the Marias des Cygnes River through Sections Seven (7), Eighteen (18), Seventeen (17), Nineteen (19), Twenty (20), and Twenty- one (21), to where the north bank of the Marias des Cygnes| sa; River intersects the Miami Creek | ° near the Southeast corner of Lot Six (6) in Section Twenty-one (21); thence North along the west bank of the Miami Creek through Sections Twenty-one (21),-Twenty-two (22) and Six- teen (16) and Fifteen (15), to a point where the Miami Creek in- tersects the west line of Section Fifteen (15); thence North and West along the Miami Creek through Section Sixteen (16) and Section Nine (9), to a point where the Miami Creek intersects the West line of the East half of the Southeast quarter of Section Eight (8); thence North to the Southeast corner of the West half of the Northeast quarter of Sec- tion Eight (8); thence North to the Southwest corner of the East half of the Southeast quarter of Section Five (5); thence West one-fourth (1-4) mile to the Southeast corner of the South- west quarter of Section Five (5); thence North one-fourth (1-4) mile to the Northeast corner of the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 5); thence West one-half ) mile to the West line of said : on ‘Five (5); thence North along the West line of said Sec- tion Five (5) to the Southwest corner of Lot Seven (7) of the Northwest quarter of Section Five (5); thence East one-half (1-2) mile to the Southeast cor- ner of Lot Seven (7) of said (1-2 alleging, among other defendant Arthur Shinn {fs a non-resi- dent of the State of Missouri, D Whereupon, it’ is ordered by the Court that said defendant be notified by publication that plaintiff has com- tueneed a sult against him in this , the object and general nature vhich ig to be divorced from the de- fendant on the grounds of desertion and abandonment for more than one whole year prior to the date of ‘the tiling of her petition, And that unless the said Arthur Shinn be and appear at this court, at the next term thereof, to be begun and holden at the Court House in the City of Buller, in sald county, on the fourth Monday of May, 1917, and on or before the first day of said Term, answer or | plead to the petition in said cause, the same will be taken as confessed and judgment will be rendered accordingly, And it is further ordered ‘that a copy hereof be published, according to law, in The Butler Weekly Times, a news- paper published in said County of Bates, for four weeks successively, ished at least once a week, the last sertion to be at least thirty days be- fore the first. day of said next May ‘rerm of this Court. H, O. MAXBY, Circuit Clerk. A true copy from the Record, Witness my hand, and seal of the Circuit Court of Bates County this 1th day of March, 1917. H. O, MAXEY, Circuit Clerk, (Seal) OF FINAL SETTLEMENT, Notice is hereby given to all credit- ors and others interested in the estate of John Yoss, deceased, that I, John T. Yoss, executor of said estate, intend to make final settlement thereof, at the next term of the Bates County Probate Court, in Bates County, State f Missouri, to he held at Butler, Mis- a commmentcl He on the 14th day of JOHN T. YOSS, Executor. _———$—$—$—$— NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. ice is hereby given to all credit- and others interested in the estate of Isaac N, Brown, deceased, that I, T. 1, Embree, Administrator of said es- tate, intend to make final settlement thereof, wt the next term of the Bates County Probate Court, in Bates Coun- ty, State of Missouri, to be held at Rutler, Missouri, commencing on the Mth day of May, 1917, T. D. EMBREE, Administrator, wat Notice. Notice is hereby given, that let- ters testamentary upon the estate of Maggie Allen, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned hy the Probate Court of Bates County, Missouri, bearing date the 22nd day of Mareh, 1917. All persons having claims against” said estate are required to exhibit them to the under- signed for allowance within six months after the date of said let- ers, or they may be preeluded from any benefit of such estate; and if such claims be not exhibit- ed within one year from the date of the last insertion of this pub- lication, they shall be forever barred. Date of last 12, 1917. insertion, April D. F, ALLEN, Executor. Guard Called ‘‘Tin Soldier’’ Murder and Suicide Results. 24-8t Northwest quarter of Section Five (5); thence North one- fourth (1-4) mile to the South- west corner of Lot Hight (8) of theNortheast quarter of Section Five (5); thence East one-fourth (1-4) mile-te the center of Lot Eight (8) of said Northeast quar- ter of Seetion Five (5); thence North to the North line of said Section Five (5); thence West along the North line of said Sec-. tions Five (5) and Six (6), be- ing the Township’ line to the Northwest corner of said Section Six (6), being the Northwest corner of the Township and the place of beginning. All owners of land in said pro- posed District are hereby noti- fied of the-presentation of said petition, and that the same will be heard at the next regular meeting of said Township Board, which will begin on Wednesday, the 18th day of April, 1917, at the office of the Township Clerk: in Lone Oak Township, Bates County, Missouri, and that those who may desire to oppose the for- mation of such road district must appear on the first day of such regular meeting of the Township Board and file their written re- monstrance thereto. : This 28th day of March, 1917. J. A. MARSTELLER, Clerk.of the Lone Oak Town- Mis- 24-3t souri. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby—given to all credit- ors and others interested in the estate Permishie that , 1 a Bxecutor oF of sald estate, “ leme' rt term of the Bates Kansas City, Mo.,.March 31.— The body of a man identified by the police as Leslie McGrath, 19- year-old National Guardsman, was found near the Missouri River here today and ended the rch: that had been made for him sinee J. Presley Erganbright, a clerk, was shot and killed in the yard of a public-school building here late last night. He had com- mitted suicide apparently, since the police described the finding of an automatic revolver near his body. McGrath was a member of K Yompany, Third Missouri Infan- try, that was ordered into Federal service Monday. The police de- clared today that McGrath and Erganbright had quarreled, the latter having called McGrath a “tin soldier.”’ Several persons witnessed last night’s tragedy. McGrath was in uniform when he killed himself. Two boys who said they saw him shoot himself declared he faced the river and lgave the military salute before pressing the revolver trigger. In one of his pockets was a brief note addressed to the captain of his company. It read: ‘*Have Bill Bateman blow taps over me, please.’’ Z Villa Raiders to Trial Soon. Santa Fe, N. M., April 7.— Presentment has been made to the federal grand jury here charging nineteen of twen- ty-one captured Villa raid- ers with levying war on the Unit- ed States in the attack on Colum- bus, N. M. Whether indicted or not in the federal court the raid- ers will be put: on trial in the Luna County district court at Deming, in April, on the charge ‘of murder. The men were cap- tured in Mexico by United States STATE ASSESSMENT FOR 1917 TAXES I8 RAISED $50,490,258 Valuation of Farm Lands In. creased 10 Per Cent in Forty-One Counties. About Growing Beans. “Judging from the large number of requests for informa- tion about bean growing,’ says W. L, Nelson, assistant secretary of the Missouri State Board of Jefferson City, Mo., March 31. —Today marked the completion of the work of the State Board of Equalization in passing upon ‘the assessments of real and personal property for the taxes of 1917, as returned to the board by the county assessors, The board directed increases averaging 10 per cent in the valu- ation of farth lands in 41 of the 114 counties. Tn the faee of these the total of the assessments these classes of -prop State is out $19,122,1 the total of the returns made by the Assessors, This is due to the equalization of the value of bank stocks. In some of the counties the assessment of this class of property is fixed by the local As- sessor at $1, The board some years ago fixed the assessible value of bank stocks at 50 cents on the dollar. The Assessors returned a_ total value for all bank stocks in the State of 107,576,045, and the final value of 50 cents on the dol- lar applied by the board makes the total $68,792,329, The total value of the real and personal property of the State for the taxes of the current year is $1,756,433,871, this being an in- crease over the total valuation for 1916 of $50,490,258. The increase in the assessment of -land. over last year is $16,- 027,276, and in personal property of $3,634,145. Other items, such as increase in money, notes, bonds ete., make up the balance of the general increase. Ag usual nearly one-half of the entire valuation of the State for taxes is found in Jackson County and the Cityof St. Louis. The total of the former for the present year is $219,507,258 and of the latter $616,592,815. Neither the Jackson County nor the St. Louis assessments as fixed by the local assessors was changed. The board finds a discrepancy increases of the in the assessments of real estate}- owned by banks and trust com- panies of St. Louis which is val- ued by the owners at $22,860,039, and is returned in the assessments at $5,889,520. The board could not well in- crease this item without disturb- ing all of the real estate valuation in St. Louis, but adopted this res- olution offered by Attorney Gen- eral MeAllister: Resolved, That the attention of the Assessor and Board of Asses- sors of the City of St. Louis he called to the fact that, while the actual value of real estate be- longing to banks and trust com- panies of the City of St. Louis is $22,860,039, it is returned for as- sessment at the total value of 889,520, about 25 per cent of its actual value. Here are some of the counties that were increased by the State Board in valuation of farm land assessments : ' Buchanan, Harrison, Gentry, Saline, Carroll, Linn, Mercer, Boone, Callaway, Montgomery, Audrain, Ralls, Shelby, Knox, Scotland, Adair, Marion, Frank- lin, Moniteau, Henry, Vernon, Stone, Ozark, Texas, Shannon, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Ste. Gen- evieve, Osage and several others, 10 per cent over the figures of the County Assessors. i In the counties of Mississippi, Nodaway, Hickory, Taney, Pem- iscot, Madison and Phelps the Board. made an increase of 20 per cent in the valuation of farm lands. In Putnam County farm land valuations are ordered increased 25 percent, and in St. Louis County 5 per cent. In De Kalb and Livingston counties the as- sessments were decreased 10 per cent. In 31 counties the valuation of mules is increased from 10 to 50 per cent; in 46 counties there is an increase in the assessment of cattle ranging from 10 to 80 per cent. With the corporate assessments that including the property of railroad, telegraph and telephone, bridge and other public service corporations which the board will value next, and which will ag- gregate something over $200,000,- 000, the total taxable wealth of Missouri is expected this year to go beyond the two-billion-dollar mark for the first time in the his- tory of the State. ‘8. C.R I. Red eggs for hatch- ing, $1.00 for 15. < Mrs, J. F. Nicolay, aAgriculture,—‘many—farmers—are thinking of planting beans this season. The reason for this is’ that beans are now selling at ree- ord prices—$6 to $7 per bushel. These prices are due to the ex- port demand, resulting from the European War and to the heavy losses from excessive moisture and early frosts during the 1916 season. “The 1916 commerical bean crop of the United States amount- ed to 8,846,000 bushels, grown principally in Michigan, Califor- nia and New York, The average yield was 9.4 bushels, and the De- cember farm price was $5.06 per bushel, as compared with $2.26 two years previous. In Ontario where about three-quarters of a million bushels of beans are grown annually the yield for 32 years hag averaged 17 bushels, with $1.25 as the average price per bushel, ‘‘A bean disease, known as an- thraenose, which attacks pods, beans ‘and leaves, causing heavy losses. For this disease, some- times refered to as the ‘bean spot’, and which resembles apple or to- mato rot, there is no satisfactory cure. For this reason Missouri farmers, who plant to grow beans, should be careful to secure dis- ease-free seed. Anthracnose is transmitted thru the seed, thru washing ‘or brushing of the fungi from one plant to another, or it may he carried in the soil. “The bean plant, like all leg- umes, is a nitrogen gatherer or soil builder. The bean is also one of the most valuable articles of food. Beans may be grown in & variety of soils, but always the seed bed should be well prepared. Planting is in rows about 28 in- ches apart, an ordinary grain drill or a special bean planter be- ing used. In Michigan the small white bean-pea is most evtensive- ly grown. Marketing is mainly thru bean growers associations.’’ Auto Licenses Set Record. Jefferson City, Mo., March 31. —Today closed the biggest three months’ business ever done by the State Automobile Registration Department. in the office of Sec- retary of State Sullivan, All the business is chargeable to the cur- rent automobile year, which _be- gan February 1, but the applica- tions for registration for the year began pouring in carly in Janu- ary. In three months of January, February and March more auto- mobile licenses were issued and {more money taken in for them by Secretary Sullivan than for the entire registration year of 1916, The registration for the three months were: Chauffeurs, 7,- 214; transfers for owners, 286; extra and duplicate plates, 715; dealers, 1,075, and automobiles and all other motor vehicles, 104,- $98, making a total of 114,098, On this basis and following the normal rate of inerease of other years the total number of auto- mobiles owned in Missouri by the clgse of the present registration year should exceed 125,000. The total taken in for the regis- tration so far this year is $413,545 which, under the Hawes highway act, goes to the good roads fund of the State. All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber. The undersigned have for sale all kinds of hardwood lumber at the mill or délivered. Telephone C. W. Doane, 18 on 2, or address us at Rich Hill, Route 5. C. W. Doane, W. C. Doane. 23-tf JUDGE GRAVES FARMER He Has Put Out One Hundred Cabbage Plants. Judge W. W. Graves, of the Su- preme Court is not going to build and operate a sauer kraut factory here, but he hopes to raise enough cabbage this year to supply his table with this most desirable for the next year to come. Today he put out 100 cabbage plants as a feeler. If frost nips them, as the Judge very much fears, he will come back with still more plants and keep on.until he secures @ full-sized crop. This is only one feature of the Judge’s agrieultur- al venture. He is planting pretty much everything suitable to this- climate, and in addition he is go=; ing to raise more chickens, m more ti