The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 2

MEMBER OF STATE . TAX COMMISSION HERE ception of four counties north and seven counties south of the Missouri fiver, Missouri has been placed on a par assessment basis, the county and township assessors heartily co-op- erating with the Tax Commission, Three townships in Bates county Hon. Cornelius Roach Meets With “County Court and Township - || Assessors. Hon, Cornetius—Roach, member been—assessed at par, Last the State Tax Commission, Saturday in this city in with the county court and the asses- sors of the several townships. Two members of the county court, Judges Campbell and T.owder, and eightcen township assessors respond- ed to the invitation to meet with Mr. Roach for the purpose of dis- cussing the methods of assessment. The assessors present were: George Wells, Mingo. I. C. Deardorff, Grand River. R. H. Wright, Deer Creek. J. Erwin, East Boone. Fred Church, Mound. Orlie Biggerstaff, Shawnee. Rex Spears, Spruce. Grady Smith, Deepwater. Ray Argenbright, Summit. Fred S. Wolfe, Mt. Pleasant. McCann, Charlotte. O. M. Drysdale, Homer. George Adams ,Walnut. J, P. McCall, New Home. B. H. Smithson, Lone Oak. E. W. Gilbreath, Hudson. John T. Yoss, Rockville. Eugene Franklin, Howard. . Testimony as to the manner and basis of a ment was given by each of the assessors and the infor- mation thus obtained will be used to; arrive at a basis for equalization of assessment first in the townships, and in turn, in the various counties. Mr. Roach addressed the assessors, | explaining the methods to be used in| the. equalization of the assessments over the state and pointed out the ad- vantages and benefits to be derived by as ment of property at par or actual cash value. He stated that par assessment would tend to decrease rather than increase the amount paid; in taxes on real estate and visible per- sonal property, through a lowering of the tax rate, it being the intent not to increase the revenues derived by | taxation. A par assessment will tend to bring ‘into the open for taxation much property which is now, under | jsince pork and beef are not widely ‘different in their nourishing qualities, the percentage system greatly under- valued, and property which is avoid- ing taxation entirely because of the high rates necessary under desirable feature of a par assessment will be to make apparent the glaring spent conference the per- ‘cefitage assessinent System. Anothggs ‘find an outlet for their, surplus milk MISSOURI NOTES. Christmas paroles were granted by Governor Gardner to five men .and one woman, all serving fong sen- tences in the state penitentiary, St. Louis grocers have been re- There is a big cash price waiting Boone, J. M. Erwin, assessor; Homer, O, M. Drysdale, assessor; Rockville, John T. Yoss, assessor. All the other townships have been assessed on a basis of 50 per cent. for money, notes and bonds, and 33 I-3 per cent on oth- er property with the exception” of Osage, money, notes and bonds in that township being assessed at 40 per cent: Mr. Roach called attention to the report that a par assessment was be- ing made for the purpose of increas- ing the general state revenues, This, he said, is erroneous. On the con- trary, he expressed the hope that by the operation of the General Income tax, the General Inheritance tax and the Annual Corporation Franchise tax, the state levy would be com- pletely abolished by 1921. Make Cheese on the Farm. Farm cheesemaking offers _oppor- tunity for saving large quantities of food which otherwise would go to waste. A surplus of milk is produce on practically every farm. This sur- plus is usually fed to hogs. In view of the meat shortage, milk makes an expensive feed for hogs, ‘when it could be made into cheese which is 4 meat substitute. The value ‘of cheese as a food has not been fully appreciated. One pound of cheese, according to the United States Department of Agricul- ture is equal in food value to two pounds of beef. Thus, some idea of the value of whole milk can be gained, since 50 pounds of milk awiil ma about 5 pounds of cheese. In other words, $0 pounds of milk made into cheese is equal in food value to 10 pounds of beef, A pound of cheese contains about twice as much protein or muscle building material, as a pound of beef of average composi- ton and it is more than twice as great in fuel or energy value. Cheese like- wise has greater food value than pork, except that pork has a higher fuel Tt Gould be possible for farmers to by selling cheese to local consumers. nD Senunr wz ROA & - S20. B8Teeea In this way the visible supply of food could be increased from’ a source which has been neglected before. In other words; cheese made on the farm inequalities of assessment of certain | classes of property which do not} show up under thé present system. | In this connection he called attention | to one or two instances in other sec-|would be an actual gain to the na- tions of the state where large manu-|tion’s food supply, Directions for facturing and utility plants under the | making farm cheese will be found in present system have been assessed at | Extension Circular 30 of the Univer- from two per cent to twenty per cent jsity of Missouri College of Agricul: of their actual value, while real estate | ture and farm property in paying on from! one-third to one-half actual cash value have actually been bearing the burden of taxation for these concerns. | A par assessment will of course do away with conditions of that sort which probably exist in every county in the state, and will eventually ma- terially reduce the present tax rate to the small tax payer. The State Tax Commission is com Packers Indulge in High Finance. Washington, Dec. 21-—J. Ogden Armour was named at the federal |trade commission's meat investigation ‘today as the packer who aided F, EH. ' Prince of Boston obtain control of ithe Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stockyards Company and turn piling detailed information from ¢v- He PNE to the Chicago Stockyards ery county in the state for the pure ompany, organized and controlled Z A ~ | by themselves. pose of securing a basis to determine | OR Ucurh ah mene. nirodnceda (on silo, the par valuation of the taxable prop-| 3, or, eo aoreniieal atte erty in the state, and when that ie eee ve een J ECOTR MUZE NO ae formation is compiled a special ses- | Stockyards company, without assets dlonier the leginatine eilue called ian business other than controlling the for the purpose of lowering the max- | older corporation, was able to “cut a imum tax rates that may be imposed i melon of ORS than $3, 000/000 uae for the various purposes, the object the Junction Railways surplus and te being to decrease the rate in as ncar- declare quarterly dividends of 2 1-2 ly as possible the same ratio as the per cent On their pebitahees capitaliza- assessment is increased, with the view | ten after the small py cecorea Junc- jtion Railways had been given their quested by the local food admintstra- tion not to sell, more than one pound of sugar to a customer. 4 Ed House, age 40, and Holly Seisn, 27, met instant death Saturday five miles east of Poplar Bluff, near Em- pire, when they came in contact with an electric current. | . The honor system in the Missouri penitentiary has failed. After aban- doning the attempt to institute self- government in the prison, the board of control has established a substi- tute called the merit system. The supreme court has granted a temporary writ of prohibition to pre- vent special Judge Arch Davis from proceeding with the trial of the case of the state against Joseph S. Chick of Kansas City on a charge of embez- zlement. Answering a Kansas City Railway Company advertisement, 80 women applied for positions at street car con- ductors. They were told that if ac- cepted they would be required to wear a gray coat, a short khaki skirt, leg- gings and a conductor's cap. Mrs. Helen Steele of Stottsbury, a small village northwest of Nevada, committed suicide Friday night by swallowing strychnine, which she took from a medicine case belonging to her father-in-law,.Dr. C. L. Stecley. Despondency given as the cause. The directors of the German-Amer- ican Natonal bank of St. Joseph con- cluded the “German” part of the name did not add much to the pres- tige of the institution, so they changed the name to the American National Bank. Willis Penfield of Fulton, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre, the French war cross, for meritorious ser- vice during the attack on Chemin des Dames. | John Woodbridge, a relative of President Wilson, and former Westminister College student, was similarly distinguished for brave work in rescuing French soldiers under fire while he was a membe rof the Ambu- Jance Corps. Miss Sarah M. Painter, daughter of former Lieut. Goy. and Mrs. William R. Painter, and Hudson Cooper of Carrollton, Mo., were married at noon Wednesday of last week. The cere- mony. was performed by Rev. a. West, pastor of the Baptist Church at Carrollton. Cooper was an expert ag- riculturist. and has extensive farming interests near Carrollton, The couple left for Florida, where they will spend several weeks. They will live at Car- rollton. Special Supreme Court Commis- sioner Virgil V. Huff, Thursday night held that Assistant Attorney General special prosecutor for the State in the Government. report was a Ewing and Howell. tory that has been scored for The tiary scandals. prog at ia amount of rev- { guaranteed 9 BSS cent per annum, The legislature will be called into special session for this purpose some time in February or March, it being necessary to reduce the rates permit- ted to be levied by the present law be- fore the fixing of the school levy which is done in April. Mr. Roach stated that with the ex- Fisk Opera House | PHONE 60 RUSSIAN OFFICERS OFFER TO SERVE U. S. ‘+ Volunteer as a Body to Fight Ger- many. With the American Army in France, Dec. 20.—The officers of the |to the United States. the notwithstanding to the finish for Russia under Stars and Stripes. THURSDAY Mary Pickford in FANCHON THE CRICKET ee FRIDAY Montague Love in THE BRAND OF SATAN ery one accepted. Lieutenant up. There also have been to the French Foreign Legion or thi Lafayette Flying Squadron. ; SA’ AY ‘William Desmond in THE ICED BULLET. AND A COMEDY N The ter will thence -by water. ures were given. A sector Russian Army in-France have volun- i teered as a body to give their services The officers are desirous of contin- juing the battle against the Germans, Russo-German peace negotiations, and declare they will welcome an opportunity to fight the The ranking Russian officer, who * made the request that he and his sub- ordinates be takem into the American service guaranteed to vouch for ev- c All grades are in- cluded in the request, from Second suggestions that it might be possible to form for the Russians an organization similar There is a general feeling that the action of the Russian officers will have a moral effect in their country. In April last year five contingents. of Russian troops: were landed at Marseilles after a land and sea jour- ney of 17,500 miles, from Moscow to Port Dalny, ‘Manchuria, by rail, and The number of men in these con- tingents was estimated at something like 25,000, although no ee = made by atorneys i nbehalf of Slate. i The Arizona Governor Ousted. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 22.—The office. Hunt is a Democrat. SEE THE CLOTHES DOCTORS For practical cleaning and pressing. We positively~ clean everything but a guilty con- science. ; »Hats Cleaned and Blocked |. All work guaranteed and prices _teasonable. Sharder P. Howell and Lee B. Ewing. recent graft cases at Jefferson City, svere not in contempt of Circuit Judge J. G. Slate, and that they had a right to ask for a change of venue in the trial of John W. Scott, ousted Com- missioner of the Permanent Seat of Commissioner Huff's complete victory for It is the first vic- the State since the first indictments were returned by the special Cole County Grand Jury in the coal and Peniten- Commissioner did not sustain any of the allegations Ari- zona supreme court today seated G. W. P. Hunt-as governor of Arizona. 'Iunt contested the tlection of Gov- ernor Campbell, who now holds the Goods Called for and Delivered. for your steer, and you can buy more lumber at our yard with one steer than you could have ever bought be- fore: It will take more $1.35 corn to fat- ten‘a steer, hog or horse that has no shelter. It will take more work and more time.. The animal that you can fatten in two to three months is the money maker. © LOMOCO CATTLE shed 40 ft.]. long, 16 ft. wide, 8 ft. high, $85.00, ~ LOMOCO: MOVABLE portable ¢) hog house 7’by 6 ft., 4 1-2 ft. high, $10.00. : ' LOMOCO POULTRY House by ‘20 ft. and 6 ft. high, $35.00. Eggs are now 45¢ per dozen and will probably be 65c before spring, but you can’t taise them with your hens roosting in the treés. ‘The extra eggs will pay for the poultry house. 10 The pigs you save will pay for the Hog house. And the corn you save will pay for the cattle shed. It will cost you more to be without these buildings this winter. than if you bought them. Build now. : Help will be scarce and wages higher next spring and summer. Our plan book of better built homes, cattle, sheds, hog houses, poultry houses and barns are free. LOGAN-MOORE LUMBER CO. Our representative is in your home. Call Phone 18. A GOOD TRADE FOR YOU. ‘COMPARE THE PURCHASING PRICE BELOW BUTLER, MO. SHORT STORIES Of Local Interest—Clipped— From Our Exchanges. In order to conserve fuel the mayor of Schell City has issued a proclama- tion asking the merchants of that town to close their places of business at seven o'clock each evening. —Mrs,Homer-Moore died in. St. Louis, December 15th, after a linger- oing illness, The body was buried at Rockville last Monday. Homer is a son of Mr. and Mrs, George Moore of this city.—Adrian Journal, One day last weck one of the sons of Wm. Rotert living near German- | town, killed 15 skunks from one hole, | 14 of the hides were sold to Kahns for $40. The boy killéd the skunks with a club.—Montrose Recorder. One day last week Ed York of Johnstown, sent to J. I. Stroup two; big wagon loads of rabbits—in all) 1360 “cotton tails” and 20 jack rab-| bits. On that day rabbits were worth: $1.50 per dozen here.—Montros¢ Re- | corder, Eddie Lowery, whose parents reside | in Lake township, died last Friday at’ Fort Deming, N. M5 after an illness, with measles and pneumonia. The, body was shipped to Nevada and fun- eral services were held Tuesday at the Christian church. The remains were buried in Newton cemetery with mil- itary honors.—Metz Times. Frederick N. Lightner, after an ill-| ness of several months, died at the} home of Mrs. P. A. Cobb, on west j Hume street, December 17, 1917. The funeral was conducted from the M., E.) church, South, Tuesday afternoon, by | the pastor, Rev. Thos. C. Puckett, and’ burial was made in the Hume ceme- tery. As a token of respect all busi-; ness was suspended in Hume during the funeral—Hume Telephone. A herd of forty-two sheep at the Wm. F. Flesher sale, last week,-sold for $916.75, or $21.78 per head. When it is considered that an average sheep a few years ago sold from $2 to $3.50| per head the above prices are getting ‘em up pretty high. They were extra fine ewes, and the buyers say they will be able to sell their lambs and wool and make a profit on their orig- inal investment.—Hume Telephone. Mrs. E. Lampkin, of the Mount) Hope community, had a fine “turkey | record” last year for having sold a| valuable load of the toothsome bird, and got considerable newspaper no- toriety for her stock. She will likely | _ be a candidate again this year as she} sold a load of turkeys Friday to John Williams, for which she received the snug sum of $116.20, or an average of $5.77 for the 21 birds.—Appleton City Journal. * Miss Zelah Bullock, one of Harri- ‘sonville’s most charming young ladies has received a commission, signed by | * E. A. Brooks, Lieutenant-Commander U.S. N., of the Western District, and Lieutenant Nelson Thomas, District Executive Officer of the Naval Re- serve with headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., which authorizes her, as an agent of the government, to engage in the work of securing recruits for all branches ofthe Naval service, says the Cass County Democrat. ‘The Name “German” Not so Popular As It Once Was.._ ; Within the last few, weeks the German" part has been dropped from the, names of three. financial. in- An Opportunity for Dairymen I am offering my fine young Guernsey Bull Overland Starlight 35149 A. G. C. C. For Sale at a Sacrifice Overland’s Starlight is bred in the purple and was sired by the well known Moss Raider 22155 imported by C. F. Holmes of Kansas City and sold for $2,000. Moss Raider was winner of and prize RASE Lincoln in 1907; First prize B & W Dorchester in 1908; and RASE Newcastle 1908; 2nd R C Winchester 1910. .His dam Govern’s Mary 45845 was imported and is the property of Mr. Holmes and is re- garded as as good an animal as is in his herd. It is well known that the Guernsey is unexcelled in. the produc- tion of cream and butter fat. If interested call on or write Mrs. P. A. Carnie, BUTLER, RT. 6 PHONE 11 ON 31 Denton-Coleman Loan and Title Co. FARM LOANS and ABSTRACTS BUTLER, MO. A Warm Garage Without Heat Cornell-Wood-Board: fom walls and cei.ings of your garage will make it warm and weather Easily, quickly and ecc:0m- CA Nails right over to studding. A resistant. , 5 and compu infor JINN In tft, "Easy to Bay and Apps” id “Corer Wend Pstece Cone (C.0.Fetabis, Pos)