The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 30, 1917, Page 2

? around and climb down and the, beans .does a cat have a tail?” Scientists appa Cg S i SUNBEAM (S| Stop! Look!! Listen!!! Some years ago I was rid- ing along a coun- ewe 4 "try road (on horse- back) when 1 met a man with a gun, He ordered me off my horse and told me he was goin’ to shoot me. I just said “Mister, for what reason, I have mever met you before?” He replied, “J don’t mind tellin’ you, seein’ as you won't live to tell anybody.” Said he, “I promised my dyin’ Pa that if I ever met an uglier man than I am that I would kill him, and I have at Country Happenings, Mrs. Geo, Sargent and’ daugh er, Thelma, called on Mrs. Merl: In and Around Mayaburg. Mr. Hargraves finished threshing their big field of grain Saturday, The big reunion at Urich has at last come and gone and joy..go with it. There was ideal weather and big crowds. * Mr, and Mrs. B. F. Richards _ of Butler visited at their daughter's near Maysburg last -Saturday—night and Sunday. ‘ Clyde Owens, the Maysburg mer- chant stuck a nail in his foot and it has been giving him considerable trouble. Mrs, Doda Patt and Mrs. Winnie | Wednesday. 3 Reed spent a part of last week with} Miss Grace Randall’ spent Friday their mother in Urich and attended | afternoon with her sister, Mrs;-Claud the reuniom Quick. si Mr. Lea Martin and wife have} Mrs. J. R. McCook and children Lomoco Service Department Tomato Mincemeat — Slice a quantity of green tomatoes and sprinkle them well with salt, Put into a bag and hang up to drip all night, The salt which is left on the_ tomatoes will not. need washing: off. In the morning take equal Mr. er called at the Geo. Monday evening.“ i A...L. Gilmore. was an. on City visitor Wednesday. _Nina_Keen-spent- Monday sight at the. Mrs. E. J. Keen home, Mr, and Mrs. Bernice Dickey the proud parents of a fine bi Mr. and Mrs. T. H, Cum The hot summer” sun -h cracked the boards; the summer, rains have found their way into} - these cracks, and the buildings are} ~ now depreciating; the boards are}. turning. black, and the germ we call rot will soon begin ite work of destruction, It is easy varnish stain wiil ood work the ap- fast found him.” Did I beg? 1]|moved in with Mr. and Mrs, Riley|called at the Mrs. E. J. Keen home weights of sugar and It is so’ easy and inexpensive i shore did. But ’twant fo use, The|Gilbert. Lee expects to work for| Friday afternoon. Bee tomatoes and cook un- considering the risk to protect | - J. pear “ight: Oak, Dark Oak, evidence was all against me. Finally] Mr. Gilbert the coming year. W: G. Cumpton spent - Thursday til the tomatoes are your buildings with i ee ie , Mahogany, ‘or Walnut, It I decided to save my life .even| Claud Clark visited home folks one | night with his daughter, Mrs, Clara thoroughly done. To : be : f dies hare snd firm and will last though it cost me fifty’ cents to do|evening last week, . | Batchelor. : ns seven pounds of the ‘ Lomoco Paint se f for years... will be glad to it. So I called a taxi and went on}|~ Mr. Grover Boyd's mother from| Mrs. D. W. Bowman who hag been | mixture of tomatoes Lomoco Paint will. cover 350 show yor ‘sample of work finished home. Now, you folks who are anx-| Deepwater is visiting them at pres-| quite sick is reported better, | and sugar add ‘three square feet, two coats per gallon. in Lomoco Varnish Stains. ious to know me may be sure youjcnt. Mrs. J. E. Harvey spent- last week pounds of — seedless Lomoco Paint is manufactured for eae z 5 have found me when you see a per-| Mrs. Dale and daughter, Ina, sur-|with her daughter, Mrs. Bruce raisins, with mace and us, and we guarantee it. When "a eae cinnamon to suit the you buy Lomoco Paint you have son is uglier than yourself. Do you|prised Mrs. Dale’s little granddaugh- | Odneal. the assurance that it will give you think you will be able to do so? ter, Mable Dale Harris, who makes} Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wiggeg-are taste. Cook for a short A fellow asked me what business|her home at Mrs. Dale’s by inviting | visiting relatives of this vicinity, time after adding the the service you have a right to ex- fi brighten: them ‘w Our flat wall he could go into that offered the|in some of her little friends Saturday| Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Barnett-enter- seasoning and put into pect. Quality, which is found on- §~ finish: dries. Quickly without gloss, quickest returns. I told him to try|afternoon in honor-of her tenth birth-|tained relatives Saturday night and jars. This will keep ly in good paint. Lomoco Paint |” leaving a.dainty, velvety wall moue ; ering, which: thoroughly protects without being sealed and will make delicious pies, which many con- sider as good as those from. ordinary mince- meat. costs hothing, because it saves more than it cost. Lomaco Paint dries with a fine, smooth gloss, and if properly applied will not blister, crack, peel, check, or scale off. writing for a county paper. That]/day. It was quite a surprise to the | Sunday. is é | brings quick returns—(of your M. S. | little girl. There were 13 little girls] Mrs, I: M. Kretzinger ‘and . little | Ss.) present. Ice cream and cake was| daughter, Madge, called on Mrg, Ev- | 1 met a fellow onct who was long,| served to the little guests. erette Hill Saturday afternoon, 4 lank, and had a billious complexion.| Last Friday ‘week being Mildred] A. T. and S. L. Keen, J. R. Mc-| He was nervous, he had a stoppage|White’s oth birthday her mother in-| Cook, G. N. Keen and son, *Elme:, of speech. He stuttered with both|vited six little girls in to spend the] and Cecil, motored to Nevada Sunday feet, was so cross eyed he could look} day with her. A big time was had|in the former’s Ford car. : at his own head. In fact he was ter-| by the little ladies. Ice cream and]; Mr, and Mrs. T. H. Cumpton rible. He said, “I have a scheme that|cake was served in the afternoon. called at the Mrs. Clara Batchelor will make everybody rich quick. Sit}. Mr. and Mrs. Dale’s daughter, Mrs.| home Friday afternoon. down while I elucidate.” I sat, yes,| France and little son of Kansas City] Fayette Keen, wife and mother and listened as long as I could (and|have come down to stay about a|called on Mr. and Mrs. A. T, Keen not commit murder). I won't tell|month with her parents. one evening last week. Par * you what it was—I like you too] School will begin at Hackler next] C, B. Lawson, Will Lawson and | much, I said to him, “you are mis-] Monday, Sept. 3rd, with Ms. Harry|mother spent Sunday at the A. L.| taken and an unhappy man. Go, | Lash as teacher. Gilmore home, | take something for it. You will par-| Little Thelma White suffered quite| Mr. Sargent spent .Sunday safter- | don me if I say you seem to be suf-|a severe attack of acute indigestion] noon with Al Prier. | fering from a lack of something}Sunday evening. She is better at} John McCook and family visited | (mostly brains). Evidently you are|this writing. with James Lawson and family Su.- a dreamer with an aggravated notion} Mrs. Dina Miller went to Butler | day. | that your dreams will come true.|on business Friday. “Mr, and Mr. A. T. Keen are sport- They ’will not. Stop while you may.| Dr, Allen, wife and baby have been] ing a new Ford car. Take it from me, I too, was a dream-| spending a few days with home folks DAISY. er (once). Leave this beautiful land|at Rich Hill. of dreams. ‘The world has no use for] Little Nadine Harness was quitt| peer suGaR MEN AGREE TO] TOGAN-MOORE LUMBER rere) AN- e vagaries nor dreams and nightmares | sick Sunday. ain't worth the price of a meal ticket] Ward Reed fell and hurt his leg 1 1-a¢ CUT IN PRICES and covers: the walls, and it can be washed repeatedly without in- jury to the finish. It is made in several beautiful colors_and you can apply it yourself. It costs so little to paint with Lomoco Paint that you will be surprised when we tell you what it: will cost to paint your buildings. Just give us the size of your buildings and we will tell you what it will cost to paint them. ' ; picks s Fall is the best time to paint, the surface ig more open, the wood will absorb the paint, the paint penetrates deeper, which gives it a better hold, and your buildings need the protective coating of paint this winter. Lomoco Paints in- clude Linseed Oil, Turpentine, White vand- Red Lead, Brushes, Dry and (any more).” When I finished he | quite badly. $ Saving/to Amer Co said, “Friend, I may follow your ad- A NEIGHBOR, | $39,000,000 Saving to American Von- -Oil Tt Putt: vice quien sabe, and you may yet hear sumers a eam asa PHONE 18 > BUTLER, MISSOURI : sed ie y of my achievements in a’ more salub- North New Home. rious climate, and where people are Ry more appreciative. We part as| Free Stanfill visited at Milt Reeves friends do we not?” “Sure,” says I,| Wednesday afternoon, “Buenos noche,” and he waved adios} Ernest Wainwright baled straw for as he passed on his way. Homer Linendoll last week. An evangelist ‘says that the} Mrs. McCormack spent last week churches and preachers have been|in Butler with her daughter, Mrs. asleep on the job, else we wouldn’t] Neu and family. have got into war. This same bally-| Miss Minnie Gaston returned to hooer goes on to say christians ard} Butler after a two weeks’ visit ‘with not as enthusiastic about religion as| relatives and friends. Washington, D. C., August 26.—A drop in the price of sugar to the housewife within a few weeks is: pre- dicted as the result of an agreement entered into by the sugar-beet pro- : ducers of the country with the Food| Only 5 Per Cent of Quotas to be Administration today. = Sent in First Increment. : The producers have promised to re- ‘i i : duce the price of their sugar about 1 Washington, Aug. 26.—Instructions 1-2 cents a pound from the present babe iciain Ae ge See, sh ilgaieess 7 ramet cies reo F er cent of the state some folks are about a corn_ plaster. Misses Thelma Richmond and Beu- eae ae Pack Ata quotas drafted Reh to training Sep- Now my opinion is that a good corn lah Hutchinson visited a féw days ideale Betweentnos Tia Jan ry tember 5, but to send only § per cent. plaster is worth more, will go farth- last week with Mrs, Charley Dicker- fd es Ane uy ry Congestion. of railway .traffic was er, stick closer, last longer, take aj son. S . given as the reason for this radical deeper hold and do more good than Strayed—On last Wednesday a Meade dhehineg Fd ae, - nea shift in orders, and to avoid interfer- the (so called) religion these em-|steer calf, is deep red with a feWli. cyorbitant prices helae asked by | cence with normal seryice on: all lines bryotic evangelists (who are still| white spots. Any information will dhe hellers tot THE oininie: Be he as much as possible governors were damp with the dews of their youth) | be appreciated by Willie Simpson, Cuban crop. These latter demande instructed not to attempt to sénd the are spreading around the country at}phone 8 on 29. have advanced the price by over 11-2 full 5 per cent on September 5. If so much per spread. Religion never Bud Berry has a very sick baby. entnca pound Hapeti the last few | mecessary to eliminate the “ conges- won a war and never will. It takes| Albert Linendoll is helping Ernest wecla P e tion, the governors may stretch the guns, work, nerve and—some cussin’.| Wainwright bale straw and hay. d . sending of the er cent ove - I rise to remember that as a gard- John Phelps will be ready to make Sa tee mb cout iod of five diva That Tal ae ener I am “au fait.” I'm it. ° My| molasses next week. He makes fine tember. If the high price for the Ga that only 1 per cent of the state’s specialty is beans. I have one (Ken- | molasses. : ported product should-continue uaite total quota would entrain for the tucky Wonder variety) that is some The farmer's club will meet at Lost] i+ time, the American Suite cantonment every twenty-four hours. pole climber. It.has arrived at the Corner Saturday. Everybody is in- public will be the victims. Before the The governors were advised to se- top of a 14 foot pole and it is still] vited to attend the meeting. Cuban ‘crop is available however, lect, so far as practical, medical men, going up. How will I get the beans} Miss Beulah Hutchinson returned Asedica (producers. who: will begin. men with previous military experi- do you ask? O, I'm going to wait. to her home at El Dorado Springs to put 806 Gon tone thko the market ence, cooks and engineers to make up Bye and bye when it gets tired of after a week’s visit with relatives. during September, intend to limit the the first increment of-5 per cent. All reaching for more pole it will turn Mr. Keeton will make molasses at price and thus control the price th drafted men in this initial force are his home one-half mile southwest Of |) 4, will be asked for the Cuban out 'to- be white. The negroes are to be Nyhart on the Nyhart and Foster put *"*-| called later. ‘ The first 5 per cent will be at the road. Jess Fleming, wife and little son cantonments ready and be ready to spent Sunday with Willie Simpson |’ assimilate the larger forces that are and wife. to come later on. Until today the governors were under orders to fur- Milt Reeves and wife, Clif Ehart, wife and baby spent Sunday after-| neat crop of 1917 have been tenta= nish 30 per cent of their -full state “se, | quotas. September 5; 30 per cent more noon at Henry Ehart’s. tively fixed by. agreement with! Mr. and Mrs. Rosier and Mrs. Food Aaaiaeecgean at Was th on} September 15 and 30 per cent Octo- Lewis of Amsterdam and Mrs. Perry]. foliows; Flour twenty-five gente, ee® S the remaining 10 ‘per cent to aay a ld neg spent Monday], ton. This developed today 1 at Mr. Chandler's. a. i i — Je Neu Beigel daughter are bg we smong Minty, spending the w: ith her parents, ‘Millers will bu: in at | § will’ be . i Mr. and Mrs. McCormack. prices from the 2, ‘toed corporation, | September 19, 40 per. cent October , Frank Miller bas a good work mule} ging it into flour and mill fee yand the semaining 15 per cent:as soon| -. - lor sale. , : or. [tll the products at fixed net p 1 " i = ; ; c The Food Administration can time refuse to supply wheat millers if the agreement is not. Watermelon Crop Along Missouri| termelons cannot be. stored for any River a Record. considerable period, and no one has Jefferson City, Mo, Ang. 2§— me invented a way of canning Great quantities of Missouri River{ The negroes along the valley are Valley watermelons are being put up-|in their glory. The high “cost of on the market. It is said there was | meat put. their summer barbecues never such a big crop raised. Oddly | largely out of business, but a record- enough, prices are about the same |bréaking watermelon crop and low they were before the war, This un-|prices-have combined to make a good doubtedly is due to the fact that wa-| substitute. DELAYS THE NATIONAL ARMY Y Y Z will come with it. Speaking of poles reminds me. When a boy at school the boss asked me where Poland was and I said 1t was right where the surveyors left it. That made him ‘huffy and he said, “Ah, you are very clever, ain't you?| Well, then you may tell the class what the chief industry of Poland is.” And at that 1 had him beat for I promptly answered, “manufacturing poles,”—Then the roof blew off. 1 feel so peculiar and —so funny. Just like I’d tumbled in the honey, or some one had left me all their money. Gosh, it’s funny when you feel that way. Try it once. The question has been asked, “why Fixed Profits on Flour. Minneapolis, Minn, Aug. i Maximum profits of millers on: the MM AQLAAY answer by asking another, viz: “What. would a cat look like with- out a tail?” Now, nobody has asked! Miss Christie Sargent called on me ior my opinion, but, by heck, here] Miss Della Smith Mouday afternoon. it is. [think a cat would have about! Mrs. George Borland and daughter, -as much use for a tail as anyone} Miss Cora, called on Mrs. George a head who would A Ba es Spruce Pick Ups.