The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 23, 1917, Page 1

VOL. XXXIX. Chairman Announces Committee Ap- pointments, To Organise — The Bates’ County Council of | De- fense met pursuant to the call of the county chairman Saturday afternoon with (a large representation of the “nembership present. ~ an Chairman A. H. Culver called the meeting to order in the circuit court rooms at 2 o'clock and introduced H QO. Maxey, who in an interesting talk, concisely outlined the objects of the Council of Defense and the. duties of its members, : f The Chairman announced, that, in order to meet necessary cxpenses of gostage, printing and other expendi- tures that might be required, the chairman and secretary had assessed themselves $5.00 each, and the mem- ters of the Central Committee $1.00 each, andthe suggestion that the Council will give wide publicity in|is a State Fair road and we feel that casualties and maintain an informa-| 805 Smiser, Fred Walls, Butler riembers of the council assess them-| the State to the Heover telegram. | the state will aid in the maintainance tion service for ‘inquiring kin. An| 900 Schork, Arthur H., Rich Hill selves 50 cents each met unanimous Conditions were never better in|of such an important thoroughfare Found Ore Rock in Well. extra crew of telegraph operators|1617 Thornbrugh, Ray H., Amster- approval and instant response, Those] Missouri for the preparations for the| after it is built up in as nice a shape will be engaged dam members who were not in attend-| Planting of a record-breaking acreage|as this road will be when finished, It A. H. Widner dug a well on his! A~ stream of ‘soldiers will be sent| 363 Farrell, Thomas A., Worland a! ance are requested to send their dues} in wheat this fall’ __|ia the best crossing on the Osage for| farm at Crescent Hill tast week and! broad before snow flies, The first|1287 Butler, Martin Jay, Butler of 50 cents to W. G. Dillon, secre-| Recent general heavy rains! many mites either way, and when the] $truck two veins of water at a depth} ational guard divisions to go will|1s0s Thomas, John Earl, Rich Hill tary or A. H. Culver, chairman, But-| throughout the State have put the) grades are completed will be above} of twenty-five feet. The veins were! have European training by that time, | 1625 Wilcox, Walton W., Butler ler, Mo. ground in splendid shape for plowing| the ordinary rises of the river. Yes, covered by a four inch strata of rock! White a second regular army expedi-|1073 Thompson, Charley B., Adtona It was decided to take immediate|for fall seeding and much of this! we are justly proud of this road after|o hard that it took a heavy charge| tion js likely to be under way before] 25 Biggerstaff, Benj. A. Spruce steps toward the organization of a work is eow in hand.’ so many years of impassable mud.— of dynamite to blast it out. On ex-| winter, 906 Allen, Wm. Henry, Adrian home guard in the county. Schell City Newp. amination this rock was found to con-) [, addition to these units, there is] 700 Preston, Lester, Rockville a Short talks were made by W. H. Loyal Sots, Attentios! i cies tain iron and zine ore in considerable | aiready- more than one division of| Those claiming exemption on ac- Johnson, Wallis Lewis,. Clark Wix, J. A Electric Line to Harrisonvilte. quangties. Mr. Widner brought a] regulars in Brance while scattering} count of dependents are: | E. Dowell and others. The Loyal Sons will not meet at " , ni sample of the rock to town Monday | units of foresters, engineers, aircraft| 1275 Barnett, Bertley Irvin, Spruce ay Committees were appointed as fol- the Court House next Sunday morn-| _ Harrisonville may within a short/morning to show his friends—Adrian| 44 other services are on European| 711 Biggs, Glenn, Hume | lows: ing, but will assemble at the Chris-|time be connected with Kansas City} Joernal. soil. 1022 McCall, Jesse Fred, Batler | Agriculture and Food Production: rtian church at 11:00 instead. by an electric line which. will include] 4 841 Ricklefs, Henry H., Rich Hill C. C. McGinnes, Chairman, Howard] We voted unanimously last Sun-| Independence, Lone Jack, Lee's Sum- Seer 638 McClendon, Harry, Appleton W. H. Johnson, Osage day to attend the’11:00 o'clock ser-|mit and Pleasant Hill. The met-| patter Reople in Oil Company. German Dead Exoeed Civil War. City, Mo. E, E. Laughlin, Foster. vice next Sunday when the teacher,|chants of Lee’s Summit and Pleasant}’ ; : 5 1141 Middleton, Roy Bernice, Urich Labor: 7 Mr. Maxey, will speak‘at the church.| Hill are very much interested in the) The Red Arrow Oil and Gas Com-| According to German official re-| i916 Shelton, James Roscoe, Butler D. T. Andres, Chairman, Adrian Every Loyal Son is expected and| project and meetings have recéntly/pany, with main offices in Kansas] ports, which place the German dead| 335 Welliver, Clyde Estal, Butler W. W. Cheverton, Osage , urged to be present and at least lend] been held in both towns who expect City, _is officered almost entirely by|at 1 1-2 million, more than 22 times] 1358 Raney, Wm. Thomas, Amoret W. F. Duvall, Mt. Pleasant. l4hat support by your presence which | to take up the matter with the Harri-|eitizens and former citizens of this as many Germans have been killed 1306 Norman, Jim, Amsterdam Utilization and Economy: is so helpful. We shall have some|sonville business men within the/city. Its president is W. J. BuMock,| in action as were killed outright in] 3<; Dykman, John J., Amsterdam John Braden,—Chairman, Amster- special music and a lesson that will] course of a few days, it is said.—Cass|of this city. Ed Dillon, of Kansas|the Civil war. Nearly 5 times. as 360 Schantz, Frank L., Butler dam be worth While. 4 County Leader. City, is secretary and treasurer and | many have perished in battle as died 1657 Gault, Clyde, Sprague Ben Baskerville, Deepwater All of the church membership are : J. J. Richardson, of Kansas City, of wounds, of disease and on the 1217, Lowe, Wm, Harvey, Alton T. D. Embree, Butler. of course expected and all people} Four tons of bambs were dropped} general manager. ’ field in the Civil war. The numbers 571 Porter, Preston R., Amsterdam Distribution and Marketing: are cordially invited, te attend and4by airplanes Tuesday morning on the They have leases on land in prov-|of these German dead are 5 times the 488 Cutshall, Judge Estell, Merwin John Bradley; Chairman, Rich Hill worship with us.. 5 maritime arsend at Venice, causing}en fields in Oklahoma and Kansas total of men who engaged in the 72 Hough, Elmer E., Rich Hill ‘ F. W. Krull, Rockville ‘ Brother Moore, our minister forja number of conflagrations, accofd-|and expect to start drilling in the) American Revolution, and they are] 3:6 Taylor, Walter S., Butler Wm. Hardinger, Charlotte. - the cqming year, ing to,, the” off al statement of the, fuutunte and are very sanguine 3 neagly 3 times as many as fought or] jy2 ,Potts, Wm. Harrison, Butler Ses cee op teet Sugeay,: war office. olen. sont ingyin a producing well. ~~ ‘sha in the War of 1812. | 1067° Houtaling, Frank A., Pleas- “Wallis Lewis,, Chairman,, .West : tron ne eee Point — é 128 Newlon, George K., Butler W. D. Whinery, Amoret 679 Borhman, Lucien B., Adrian Judge W.-H. Lowder 11 Staton, Novel Eroy, Hume M. M. Carroll. . 327 Garner, Fred Lewis, Butler Co-operation with other local patri- e 93 Oyler, Clarence E., Adrian * otic bodies: 1448 Allen, James F., Amsterdam «+ W. A. Baker, Chairman, Pleasant 345 Klumpp, Jos. P., Rich Hill Gap - . 1355 Jackson, Samuel H., Butler Harry Pratt, Hudson : - : 1585 Christie, Walter T., Altona M. A. Anderson, Deepwater. @ 1221 Ricketts, John Cecil, Adrian Women’s Defense Work: 2 1102 Black, Orville, Adrian Mrs, W. E. Walton, Chairman, ; 556 Stuart, Charles H., Drexel Butler ‘ a 1565 Hirni, Albert, Rockville Frank L. Dillon, Mound ¥ } 154 Piepmeier, Wilber D., Apple- lor, Shawnee ‘ ton City lon, Mound ‘ ’ 51 Bishop, Floyd, Butler Mrs. 'A. B. Thurman, Mingo. 717. Fisher, Walter Cline, Spruce , went Ca COATS, WAISTS and SKIRTS 2 fee Hd Mar J. E. Dowell, Chairman, Adrian 9 dam : . - 2 30 Kornhaus, Christian, Adrian L. A. Stone, Elkhart Harley Buckles, Grand River E. E. Shockey, West Boone Floyd Bailey, Elkhart Sam Walls, Adrian _ H. D. Chambers, East Boone. . GOVERNMENT MAY SEIZE COAL MINES Chicago Session Opens to Fix & Fair Price on. Fuel. Chicago, Aug. 17.—State Fuel Con- troller Carter drove straight to the heart of Iilin tremendous prob- lem today when he opened the first of the formal: hearings which will ~ eventually fix a fair price on fuel— and may lead to seizure of the mines. Justice Carter ‘quickly dissipated any notion that the wrangling of the many factions had halted the inves- tigation. ‘He brushed aside the stub- ‘born opposition of the coal operators thregts that DEFENSE MEETS| Government Guarantees” $s per! THE VERNON-BATES ROAD | "Jefferson City, Mo, “August 17.— Are Getting a Good Road Through Chairman F; B. Mumford of the Mis-| - souri, Coumticil of Defense today sent this telegram of inquiry to Food Supervisor Herbert Hoover at Wash- ington: farmers $2 per bushel for wheat? Uncertainty here regarding this} both raised money for the work and point. Very important that definite tion: statement regarding this point bel-work done. The Bacon township made immediately. Otherwise, y wheat acreage will not be increased. Please wire reply.” as to the guarantee. It is: guarantee to farmers for crop of 1918 at $2 per bushel at principal primary markets.” William F. Saunders of the Defense -Buahel for 19:8 Wheat. “Does the Government guarantee Hoover's reply leaves no question “Recent legislation fixed minimum Chairman Mumford and Secretary BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917. -The work on the Vernon-Bat county toad through the. Osage rivet: bottom is progressing nicely and we will soon have a nice road for the autos. ion ; Schell City and Rockville have there has also been much donati big road tractor and grader has been working on the road for several days and is certainly doing a nice job of grading. The fill in the old lake has not been finished yet and the bridge is only a temporary structuse placed on the cement abutments and will bé replaced by a steel bridge with con- crete floor as soon as the grade is completed. This road is one of the main auto roads in the southwest and he Amsterdam-Nowata Oil and Official Bulletin Will Start _ (Ges Company, after much delay ” = Pes ‘ough tnavoidable conditions, have ualty Column” That Day. Osage River Bottom. ‘with an approximate production of] cial bulletin August 27. Bates County Oil & Gas Company,| named. An Invitation See the New Fall Hats Jos aac ba well- dressed men of ahy age—come and esi povieelret dh liome Charming individual models which dem- onstrate the approved fashions for autumn and winter. They are moderately priced, especially. so when you consider material and workmanship. They are arriving daily. The entire stock of Shrink-Nomo Wash Skirts are divided into two lots: LOT j00 Sas. S200 ~SSco skins... PLO _ MOST ANY SIZE Hundreds of ards of Taffeta, Satin and Moire Hundreds of yards of Fancy Ribbon.................. LOC yd Hundreds of yards of extra wide Dresden ribbon - iat weripes and pisid. rom 2 to 14 yrs. 4OC tO $2.00 _Ready-to-wear Ladies’ Skirts, Serge and Gaberdine, in sig $6.50, $7.50 and $8.30 ee NEW FALL RUGS—0xi2, 10-6x13-6, 11-3x12 Bates County Oil Company. TO THE FRONT AUGUST 27? “Cas- eived their charter also a permit} Washington, Aug. 18.—That Amer- do business in the State of Mis-| ican troops will soon be in the fray sour, ‘ y abroad was indicated today when it +A new well which has just come in| was learned the War Department will nortli and east of La Cygne, Kansas,| start 2 casualty column in the offi- twenty-five to thirty-five barrels} This is not to be taken as an exact daily has assured them of oil as this|/date for Amerigan _participation,| ed. company has acreage practically ad-j however. The bulletin section joining the same and the trend of} served for such lists will be marked sical disability were: the oil seems to be in their direction.| “no casualties” on days when there “There is a scramble for leases in} are none. Then when there are only this territory by large companies and|a few casualties, the column will the belief is that this territory in and! print the soldier's name, organiza-|1314 Witter, Fred Earl, Merwin ‘around here is destined to become) tion and next of kin. If, However, the next active oil field on the map./ the lists run heavily, onky the sol- This company is now known as| dier's name and organization will be with capital stock of $50,000.00.—Am-| A special bureau under Adjutant] 970 Burris, Ernest Everett, Adrian sterdam Enterprise. General McCain will check up on|1543 Rogers, Floyd, Adrian NUMBER 465. 79 PER CENT PASS DRAFT TEST Twenty-One of Second 100 Men 4 Fail to Pass Physical Ex- ve me amination. Seventy-nine per cent of the one hundred men examined by the local exemption board last Wednesday and Thutsday passed the physical tests, only twenty-one men being reject- re-| Those rejected on account of phy- 1032. Waring, James Price, Amoret 269 Westhoff, Carl Lester, Archie 685 Dudney, Carl, Butler 493 Downey, Don D., Amoret 1305 Mulkey, John Adelbert, Spruce 341 Arbogast, Dee Lee, Foster 1007 Wolf, Theodore W., Butler 199 Kirk, Horace Allen, Amoret ‘I}1423 Mustard, Aca, Butler 773 Stewart, Roy Austin, Rich Hill 608 Page, Dimner Bell, Urich 519 Trout, Francis Wayne, Hume 392 Pulliam, Leonard A., Adrian 383 Barnett, Chas. M., Rich Hill 1166 Hill, Ira Julian, Montrose 588 Houseworth, John F., Adrian 856 Fahnestock, Clayton G. Rich Hill z 705 Meyer, Leslie E., Rockville 576 Hupp, Joe C., Butler 944 Bruner, Fred, Butler 122 Tuttle, Edgar George, Butler 642. Cowgill, Fred Leroy, Altona 939 Lehmann, Ernest, Rockville 222 Leedy, Claud O., Butler 1195 Kline, Charley R., Rich Hill a 297 Ralph, Ernest A., Rich Hill Those claiming no exemption: 623 Snow, Charley Lee, Butler 1430 King, Ira Nuten, Butler 391 Hedger, John Ellis, Amoret 637. Campbell, Elmer J., Butler 704 Meekins, Archie A., Rockville 1142 Sutherland, Wm. Jewell, Mont- roes 6 Boyer, Frank, Rich Hill 987. Monhress, Thos. F., Rich Hill 1557. White, Isaac O., Butler 1112 Reeder, Harrison, Adrian 103 Liggett, Forest W., Hume 388 Fix, Jennings E., Rockville 889 Hammer, Wm. Leonard, Rock- ville 1346 Hegnauer, Leonard S., Rock- ville 1337 Stoughton, Robert W., Amoret . The following were transferred to other boards for examination: 923 Graves, Frank E., Rich Hill 664 Rich, Orville, Rich Hill 1281 Cameron, Alexander, Butler 1639 Ganther, Charles F., Adrian 1250. Ward, Frank Henry, Aaron Two of those in the call had al- ; Clyde Sims