The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 20, 1917, Page 1

CITIZENS NOT FOR. THE FRANCHISE; ~ Meet With Council and Express Disapproval. If the mayor and the city council had any lingering doubts of the tem- per of the citizens of Butler and the interested telephone patrons of the ‘county regarding the proposed new franchise for the Butler Telephone Co., they were speedily disspelled Tuesday: night when a_ representa- % tive gathering of citizens met with the council and expressed in no un- certain manner their unqualified dis- approval of granting the franchise as! presented. The meeting opened .with the Mayor asking for the report of the cities, Nor has the committee had authority or opportunity to audit ac- counts of the applicant for franc‘ise, mor to determine values of present equipment or reasonable rates for -service, “The committee asked for a copy of the proposed franchise, but were not permitted to sce it. Therefore the committee can not offer any criticisms of the proposed franchise, “However, the committee recom-} replacing Wi in use of stre one asked for poles and equipment and restrictions are set out; size and) the servic heighth of poles and equipment th The designation of th of the franchise were fteely indulged in and at times heated between objectors to the fran- chise and the attorney for the tele- phone company. With other data, a map was sub- milted by the showing that adopted the following would be cut off from communication with Butler except by paying toll for connections, }or by the various lines paying switch j ing charges: Johnstown, Altona, A: dette, Merwin, Amsterdam, Elkhart, telephon Worla A copy of the franchise granted the | would not fall helow an average of All company at Rich Hill and accepted | $15, was produced _and a made, The Rich* Hill franchise which is| only for ten years is a much more ac-} ceptable contract from the standpoint | of the patrons and the city than the; today destroyed the McWeeny livery} Pa : of} barn an assembling place for horses) /unplenstand clearly for artillery and other branches of; » of the United States and} here, discussion were the Location are specified, e power to/in the Butler franchise are plain’ arbitrate charges for removing and) out. etc., when necessary 1 Discussiong of the verious sections At the close of the discussio 3 Ganiwemy QO. Maxey, W. B, Dawson, C. J. franchise H. O, Maxey presented peti rural lines protesting against ranting of the franchise. trian, Bur- Washington, Dec. 18, -—- Be 50 a hundredweight for the comparison) ent, Huron, S. D., Dec. 14.--Fire ied arn Evidence clearly council to the joint committee of the} council and the Commercial Club, Among those who appeared against} the franchise were W. O. Jackson, H,| made. ry, J. A. DeArmond and M. S. Horn, signed by several hundred patrons of, the | eighty and this number the board 1s/ Asks Holding of Hogs Now. Hun Agents Burn Livery Barn, [BOA RD MAILS QUESTIONAIRES | First Five Per Cent Mailed Saturday. ly set} n the ys. telephone company signified their Five Per Cent Each Day. willingness to make certain minor B : changes in the proposed franchise} The Bates County Exemption became | fd the matter was referred by the| Board on Saturday commenced the mailing out to registrants tne ques- tionnaires by which a complete classi- fication of all men registered will be The regulations prescribe the} mailing out of five per cent of the questionnaires on each day, until each itions | registrant has been mailed a copy¢! Five per cent in this county is about Hen- sending out each day, li is the duty of each registrant up- on receipt of his questionnaire to an-| swer the questions contained therein | cause ‘committee appointed by the Com.| Virginia, Amoret, rland, Fosters) more hogs are being delivered in Chi-| tions thereon and return same to the | ‘mercial Club to-consider the pro- an Sprague, Papinville, Roc cago than can be slaughtered and | local board within seven days. ‘There | ‘posed franchise, The committee sub-) VIC ; \ shipped, J. P. Cotton, head of the|¢am be no excuse for failure to so iil mitted the following report: : In this connection, it was brought) jeat division of the food administra-| Out and return, and failure so to do] “This eommittee has had neither) out hat the Peru line pays a swith-| tion, this afternoon appealed to farm-| places the registrant in danger of for- time nor opportunity to investigate) ing charge at Butler of $4 per year] a6. to hold back shipments. He. also; feiture of the classification 1e may be telephone systems or rates in other| per phone. reiterated his statement that the price| entitled to. exemptions and made prior to noon, December 15, 1917, and alf certilicates in evidence are revoked from and after noon ov \that date, And all such certiticates theretofore issued have no further here| validity. The Local Board is’ very ieee that all registrants should these new phases pres- | trouble. indi-| Immediately after | ble aid to the registrants in filling fully, in accordance wich the aneenicel| discharges | of the draft system and thus avoid, NUMBEk 10 fe ie the registrants All other attorneys have also been appointed 'by the President to extend all possi- Or SHORT STORIES Interest—Clipped From Our Exchanges. Local out their questionnaires.. The advis jory board and the other attorneys a it barrels of rabbits were shipped imust do their work free. from Urich one day last week. ee es Hannah- Presho, aged 86 died her home in Urich JUDGMENT AGAINST Tuesday of last week. le BATES COUNTY. 3 The Amsterdam Lnterprise got out their Christmas number last week, It is a beauty. light big pages with colored cover, United States Court Decides that The County Owes Wills & Sons More Than $33,930. The suit of Wills & | Bates county, which ons against tried in th Mrs. John Gilbreith, a pioneer cit- jizen of this county: died at her home | United States court in Kansas City!in the Round Prairie neighborhood last week, was decided against the| Sunday morning of last week. county. i AR Wills & Sons are contractors and! The good old days were not so secured a contract for excavating ap wo se. “The He Telephone in its part of the drainage ditch in the | “Twenty Ye go” column Bayes southeast portion of the county.| Ut W. A, NY iliams brought In a They struck a considerable amount| bas of 100 quail Saturday ” of rock which they left in the ditch, tel eeaill Joseph Askew died at the home of eir contract di ! contending fhat his brothers, Oscar and Boone As- not call for the removal of any rock kew, in East Boone township, De- Che county court employed: anothe: | comber the qth, at the age of 59 contractor to remove the rock and years.—Adrian Journal, charged the against the ounce | of Wills & Sons, who sued to recov-| Mr. and Mrs. Fl White, who - er the amount, $39,090, together with} have been conducting the Hawkins the interest and the decision was ren-j hotel at Amsterdam for the last two dered in their favor, The attorneys] ycars, have sold out and Jast week for the county will in all probability | returned to their home in Indiana, appeal the case to a higher court, 4 : rie . Appleton City has risén to the dig- nity of a Chamber of Commerce. At ~mends that should the City Council decide to grant to this applicant a telephone franchise the following provisions should be incorporated therei “First. The term of the franchise of specified; connections over & tec’s lines and those with which he | the fire can connect are guaranteed to sub-| scribers free of toll charge; and other | fire, which caused a total loss of $7,- important points not clearly covereil | 090. an agen been uncovered, it is re horses were lost i Thir s responsible for | registrants in class 1 their physical examination at T. J. Smith and John A. Silvers ity and J. R. Hales of Rich Hill been appointed | an advisory! i said, once. n the -___-Lost,_Strayed_cr Stolen, br eeeettt ttectitng -Hte—fotoing oft iv ae, cers were elected: President, E. F. Black sow, weighing about 175])).° 00°. NeEary ise Ilerni, vice president, R. N. Burns; pounds, strayed from my place 6 1-2 h NE ; ate feos ae Pa znd vice president, W. N. Watkins; imiles west of Butler. R.W. MeCann, faneagGnel itz; temporary secre Rutler, R. F. De No. 6, ier] RT ue ae tary, G. C. Shanholzer, should be for a period of not more than ten years, v Second. Both the present svsten4 and service should be decidedly im- proved ,and especially over main lines) leading out of this city in the inter- est of Butler business, such improve- ment to be made within a limited: » time designated by the Council. wih provision for forfeiture of franchise Upon failure to make such improve-| ment. “Third, » General police requiations | and control, with prohilition of poles _ aground the Public Square and on Ohio street as far as practicable, and restriction of the use of highways to alleys and sctting of poles af lot cor- ners as far as practicabie, uncer d'-j rect supervision of City authorities. ; “Fourth. Maintenance of two lines in good repair rendering first class service between this city anl Rich Hill, one of said lines to be used! exclusively for commercial purposes. “Fifth. Subscribers to be given free connection ‘vith ont 9 sini- cation over all telephone lines in Bates county. contro ed ‘y the gran-| tee, or with which he can make con- | nections, “Sixth. The franchise shovll be specific in detail, settinz out fully the rights of the grantee, and all require- ments as to maintenance of a first class system and service, and the in- stallation from time to time of mod- -€rn improvements, ands‘ ould fi-:! maximum rates for all kinds of tele- phones. As to what are reasonable rates this committee has had no time -or means of discerning. “Respectfully submitted, Frank Allen, Homer D:vall, Carl J. Henry.” ag The proposed franchise was then} gead by T. W. Silvers, attorney for r telephone company and the citi- “> zens present were invited to express. their opinions upon the matter and a suggestion that the fronchise he “is-| cussed section by section was adopt- ed. % The invitation to offer objecti7ns was accepted in no uncertain man- ner. That the taxpayers are opposed to — the granting of a twenty year fran- chise under any cons dera‘ion was demonstrated ear'y in the discussion when a vote was taken non the proposition, the mgeting voting unan- imously against a twenty year fran- " chise. The discussion brought out the fol- lowing points very clearly: That the citizens of Butler do not . favor a twenty year franchise. ~ That before a franc’ise for any -fength of time shall be granted the system shall be modernized and the _ service improved. That there is a strong sentient against granting any sort of fran- <chise at the present time. _That no franchise will be -accent- le whith does not clearly specify othe following: 4 7 Supervision of the placing of poles equipment by the city authori- A thoroughly modernized svstem efficient service guaranteed; schedule of rates clearly, set out Sensible Suggestions for ° GIFT BUYERS f ' Last Saturday Earl Hess accident- ally discharged a, rifle in the [less home and the ball lodged in’ Mrs. ‘deft limb, just below the knee. Robinson and Dates were called the wound. A probe of the wound failed to locate the ball, It is feared that the bone was shattered lby the impact, All hope that Mrs, ess will soon recover trom: the in- Hy and be herseli again. Adrian bar) Pe he] iz Journal. ey, Dr. J. N. Jerome, the veterinarian, informs ts that about 25 head of eat- jtle have died recently in the territory contignous to Urich, caused by stalk | field poisoning, says the Urich Her- jald. Dr. Jerome's theory is that a nuthber of corn ficl’s were just at the | right stage when hit by the frost for i 5 jfreezing to develop an ay cal pow json on the stalk near the base of the PAT OER jcorn blades. A kind of white sub- / j stance is easily discernible, some of iwhich he sent to a laboratory for ex Ladies Coats Priced Special, $10.00—$14.50—$17.50 Ready-to-Wear Dress Skirts $5.00—$12.50 Ladies Silk Kimonas $3.50—$10.00 Ladies Rain Coats $3.50—$8.09 Children’s, Misses Ready-to-Wear. Wool Dresses $5.00—$10.09 Childrens, Misses Coats $1.98—$15.00 Ladies Silk Petticoats $1.98—$7.50 ‘Ladies Heatherbloom Petticoats $1.00—$2.50 Ladies Kid Gloves $2.00—$2.50 Cap and Scarf Sets $1.50 Childrens Gingham Dresses 50c—$1.75 Infants Sweaters 50c—$1.25 Outing Gowns 98c—$r1.25 Knit and Outing Petticoats 48c—$1.25 Linen and Cotton Towels 15c—$1.00 Table Damask 75c—$2.50 Linen Napkins $3.00—$6.00 Turkish Towels 15c—75¢ Ladies Umbrellas 98c—$6.00 - Fancy Silk $1.50-—$3.50 Wool Dress Goods $1.00—$3.50 Gingham and Percale 15c—35c Ladies Handkerchiefs 5c:—75c Silk Underwear $1.00—$6.00 R & G Corsets 50c-—$5.00 Comforts and Blankets $2.00—$10.00 Bath Robe Blankets $3.50—$4.00 Ready Made Sheets $1.25—$1.75 Bed Spreads $1.35—$6.00 Ss - Ladies Felt Shoes $1.00—$2.00 Ladies Dress Shoes $3.00—$10.00 Childrens Fine Shoes 75c—$2.50 Men’s Suits $10.00—$25.00 Men’s Overcoats $7.50—$22.50 Boys’ Suits $3.50—$10.00 Boys’ Overcoats $3.50—$8.59 Boys’ Mackinaws, $5.09 Men’s Mackinaw $5.02—$10.00 Manhattan Shirts $2.00—$5.00 Boys’s Dress Shirts 50:-—75¢ Boys’ Waists 35c—65c Men’s Knit and Silk Scarfs 5 Men’s Neckwear 25¢—$1.59 Men’s Handkerchiefs roc—4oc | Men’s Sweaters $1.00—$6.00 Boys’ Sweaters 75c—$2.50 Men's Jersey Sweaters §$2.. Superior Unionsuits $1.52—$3.50 “ Men’s Suspenders 25c—52¢ Men's Belts 25c—$1.50 Thompson Bros. Fine Men’s House Shoes $1.00—$2.co Stetson Hats $4.0:>—$5.00 Fur Caps $2.50—$5.00__ Ide Soft and Laundered Collars Men’s Cuff Buttons 25c—$2.59 Men’s Work Shirts 65c-—75¢ Boys Dress Caps Men’s Corduroy Men’s Bath Robes $5.00 Phoenix Hose Burlington Hose 15c—35c _ Goodrich Rubber Footwear Trunks, Suitcases and Traveling Bags UEL LEVY MERC. CO. : GOOD CLOTHES FOR MEN AND WOMEN Jamination and which proved to be arsenious substance, Gottleib Scholz, a pioncer citizen of St. Clair county, was found dead in a narrow lane about too yards from |his home just north of Apple : says the Journal. With hi \! v, Pete Tschannen, Mr, | been over to a pasture to look after some stock and in returnine, Mr. Tschannen did not go direct to the house, and upon his arrival there Mr. Scholz had not returned and upon in- ion he was found dead as re- }ported above. The body was lyigs }in the snow and there was no evi- |dence of any struggle, which 2e—$5.00 | den, The regular monthly meeting of the | Board of Supervisors of the Grand | River Drainage Distriet of Cass and 50 Bates counties, Missouri, was held in ifarrisonville Thursday of last wee, jsays the Cass County Democrat. A final rejection of all bids for the con- struction of the ditch was made a matter of record, but no action for the future in the matter was taken jat this meeting. Other routine busi- ; Ness was transacted and the board ad- | journed until the next. regular meet- ing on the first Thursday in January, 1918, at which time it is likely. defi- nite action will be taken as regards the construction of the ditch. Shoes $5.00—$7.59 Rev. H. J. Crockett, for the past year pastor in charge of the Christian church at Harrisonville has resigned 50e—75¢ and accepted a_ position with the Suits $12.50 American Extension University of Los Angeles, California, says the Cass County Democrat. His worx will consist of enrolling students in the correspondence law course of the institution, and his territory will in- clude Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkan- sas. For the present, at least, his family will remain in Harrisonville, but eventually they will make their home in some Eastern Kansas town, possibly, but not probably, at Bartles- ville, Okla., where he owns a fine home. The Reverend Crockett’s en- gagement with the University is on a commission basis, with a guarantee of $300 per month. 5s¢ Calf for Sale. A good heifer calf, six weeks old, raised by hand, eats well. See indi- * jeates that his death was quite sud- | ~ Rev. George R. Scroggs. oo