The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 14, 1918, Page 8

cy date farm implements. same. extra clutches. the machine in, motion, remove same. frame. Forks so arranged to take up all wear. planter made do not fail to see the DEERE. Oliver, Emerson and Grand DeTour. price most all of the above way below the present market as they were mostly bought before the recent advance. and right up to date. sell you way below the market. line, it will certainly pay you to see us, : 8 than any other on the market. see the De Laval. separator. Week. for your needs, the market. WIN THE WAR By raising more grain. And to raise more grain you will need up-to- | This is the place to find them. to raise good corn you will need a No. 999 John Deere planter to plant It is the most accurate planter on the market. able drop automobile gear shift for changing drop, with no springs or Number of kernels in the hill can be changed with You can also change drill distance as well as number of kernels in the hill without use gf extra sprockets or plates. f Kaffir corn can be planted one seed at a time. quickly attached, it not being necessary to take it to a blacksmith to The reel being under hung, buttons will not catch on If you want It has a vari- Runners are If you want the best We also handle the Case and Emerson planters and can sell you an Emerson for $50.00; the others come higher. SULKY AND GANG PLOWS. We have a large stock of sulky and gang plows in the John Deere, Also, some others and. will In Disk Harrows, we handle the Deere, Case and Roderick Lean and are making some extra low prices on some of them. In Smoothing Harrows we have a large stock that we can sell you at less than present wholesale prices. We also have a large stock of End-gate Seeders Corn Drills, 11-foot Seeders, Single and Double Shovel Plows, Plow Shares, Cultivator Shovels, etc. CULTIVATORS! CULTIVATORS!! We have the largest stock and best assortment of cultivators in Bates County and our prices are as low as the lowest. the John Deere, Pattee and New. Century. They are all good ones We also have some other makes that we can If you are needing anything in this We handle BUGGIES AND HARNESS We have the largest and best selected stock of buggies and har- ness in Bates county and our prices are below the market as most of same were bought some time ago. Prices on wagon harness and collars, also have some buggies we are closing out way below the market. and shafts that we can sell you at wholesale prices as we bought them way down, We are making some special Just received about 150 poles DE LAVAL SEPARATORS Don’t forget that we handle the De Laval Cream Separator, which \ REPAIR WORK is considered the best one made. Lasts longer and takes less repairs If you want the best, do not fail to We also have the United if you want a cheaper Don't forget that the first week in March is the National Repair Look up your old machines and see what repairs you are going to need this spring and summer and come in the first week in March and order same so that we can supply you in plenty of time It behooves everyone to get their implements in shape, especially this year, before they begin using same as it will save ycu time, trouble and expense, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE We still handle the largest and best selected stock of groceries TELEPHONE 82 P. S—Bring us your butter, eggs and roosters. pullets or hens till May 1st) and we will pay you the highest market Price in cash or trade. and hardware in Bates County and our prices are always in line with We appreciate your trade and will try and give you service that will merit a continuance of same. Bennett-Wheeler Mere. Co, BUTLER, MO. (We can’t use any CATTLE DYING Texas, Arizona, Herd Owners May Appeal to | El Paso, ~ sible that an appeal will be made to the government to investiyate the al- leged poisoning of stock on ranges of New Mexico, Arizona, and western | ~ Texas. low the request made to state author- | ities by the cattlemen who are heavy} losers through the loss of cattle. It is estimated that 2,000 head cattle are dead. The loss is attributed | to some mysterious poison and, be-} » cause of the rapid spread of the death | area, the cattlemen are inclined to be- lieve that the poison is being admin-! istered by human agencies. ly suspicion is directed to a possible plot of the Germans to strike at the ” Government in this manner, although at present there is no definite infor- ‘mation to prove that such a conspir- acy exists. Remaining uncalled for in - the post ce. at Butler, Mo., for the week BY THOUSANDS and New Mexico | ‘<4: j Tex., Feb. 9.--It is poe- This action is expected to fol- |' or} Naturai- List of Letters dead letter office February 26, 191%, ‘if not delivered before. In PLOT SUSPECTED | |fo rthe above, please say” giving date of list. E. Williams, Postmaster. Combination Public Sale Having sold my farm I will sell at Public Auction at farm 7 miles Southwest of Butler or 2 miles east of Nyhart, or 1-2 mile seuth of the J. C. Merry place, on Wednesday, Feb. 20,18 5 Head of Horses 6 Head of Cattle 4 Duroc Gilts to farrow in April Some Hy, Corn and Kaffir Corn Farm Implements Some Household Goods Sale begins at 1 p. m. sharp For Terms, see Bill calling “Adver- BIG HORSE AND MULE SALE The Argenbright Sale Saturday Was a Record Breaker—The Re- ceipts of the Sale Were More Than $30,000, ~ The Argenbright horse, and mule || sale held in this city Saturday-was in many respects “a record breaker. There was a record breaking crowd in attendance. The animals brought record breaking prices And the sale was made in record breaking-time, At 1:30 Co}. C. E. Robbins, the auc- tioneer, opened the proceedings with a few remarks and the sale was on. start and in four hours the entire of- were sold, the receipts colts averaged.$1 10.00, Mr. the leading mule buyer of this section of the country, was more than satis- fied with the result of the sale which demonstrated that the raising of mules is a very remunerative business at the present time, North New Home. Mrs.’ Crumley, of visiting with Mrs. Ben Pickett. Milt Reeves and wife spent Friday near Amsterdam. Mrs. Ben Pickett and Mrs. Crum- ley spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Linendoll, : There will be a pie supper at Ny- hart Friday night, Feb. 15. Every- body is invited to attend. Clif Ehart and Warnie Keeton moved to their new home Saturday. Miss Connie Craven spent Satur- day night with Miss Thelma Rich- inond. 5 Homer Linendoll, wife and son, -\Ibert, spent Sunday with Geo, Frank and wile. Sam’l Patterson visited over Sun- day with home folks, John Phelps and wife spent Sun- day with Henry Ehart and wife. Miss Ruby Patterson spent Satur- Kelley. George Gaston and wife, Schuyler Ehart and wife. visited at John Ehart’s Sunday. Bob "Henderson, wife and son, of Rich Hill, are visiting with her par-} ents, Jim Clark and wife. Miss Lois Clark spent Sunday ai- ternoon with Miss Ruby Patterson. Milt Reeves, J. A. Patterson took fat hogs to Butler Monday. Several from our vicinity attended the sale at N. A, Barr's Monday. Mr. and Mrs. McCormack made a business trip to Butler Monday. Monday for Sheridan; Wyo., after a visit with relatives. - will make their future home, Mrs. Willie Simpson visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nightwine, | Monday. COR. | Peru Items, i Well, the ground hog saw his, shadow, i Mrs. Dode Holland is visiting her! parents, Mr. and Mrs, E, C, Harper. The Lone Oak W. C. T. U. met! with Mrs. J. G. Walker last Thurs-! day., Page Harper and Margie Blanken- baker have the mumps and Willie! Griffin has the smallpox. All those who attended the Party | at Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Nafus’ report a ‘tine time, Mrs. Ida Chaney visited last week in Ft. Scott, Kansas. ~ | The Double Branch W. C. T. U. met last Thursday with Mrs. Elsie Griffin. e Earl Woodall, visited Sunday with Dell Requa. | Several are being vaccinated in this! neighborhood. F. L. Blankenbaker bought a Norse! and pig at the Chas. Pry sale. Preaching next Sunday might at Peru. Mrs. Bertha Williams is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Warren and son are visiting relatives and friends in this neighborhood. There wére quite a few -attended; the pie supper at Peru. There was not many pies but the sum of $12.90 was made. Mrs. Visa Eckles and son, ” Mrs: Nell Thompson and son visited one day last week with Mrs. R. A. Belt and girls. Having been exposed to the small- pox, Margie Blankenbaker and Ina May Hart are not attending school. News is scarce this week as us kids have been looking for eggs these sunshiny days and haven't had time to listen much over the phone. Mr. and Mren Roy Walker are the proud parents of a baby boy, born February 12. BILLIE AND SUSIE. The members of the High School peberaintiew ir ge ay ie oy The bidding was snappy from the] QUR groceries are the quality kind, our scales give you the * » full quantity, our-prices are based on a very reas-. onable profit. If these facts appeal to you, we shall. be pleased to serve you. No.¢ fering of 34 horses and-over 125 mules * being over $30,000. Teams of work mules sold for as high as $705.00, $625.00, 627.50. Yearling mules brought as high as . $460.00 per span ‘and 20 head of mule’ Argenbright,. who is perhaps Amsterdam, is_ with his mother and brother, Johu, | day night in Butler with Miss Tude! Will Heinz and son, Heriry, left} Henry Hill and family will leave it: | a short time for Illinois, where they! lay with | family. ‘Kansas City the first of the week. E. Side Square PROMPT PHONE 210 SEES NO TAX INCREASE Assignments. Jefferson City, Feb. 9—Taxes are ;not to be higher in Missouri because jthe assessments on all taxable prop- erty have been greatly increased, Governor Gardner asserts, Instead tax levies,are to be reduced so the total tax paid by the individual will be approximately what it has been in other years. The governor's purpose in calling a special session of the legislature is for the enactment of laws which will jlower the maximum levies which may be established by counties, municipal- ities, school districts and other tax i levying authorities. If the tax levies were left at present figures it is esti- mated the state would have. an, addi- tional 6 million rollars in revepue, su sharp has been the boost in the as- The new revenue measures Passed | by the last legislature will yield to the state 3 million dollars, the gov-| ernor estimates. One million dol-, lars of this amount will go to the school, the otHer 2 million into the | general revenue funds, ‘ | The new demands for money to care for the increased activities of the dollars, the governor believes, Other’ state officials are not as op- timistic as Colonel Gardner as to the amounts to be derived from the new revenue laws, which include the inher- jitance, income, franchise znd corpor- ation tax measures. These laws prob- {ably have not been-in operation long enough so that a close estimate can be made on what they will yield. Brackney Items, The weather has moderated some the last week and the farmers have begun to think of oat sowing. Mrs. Ethyl Harper spent one day [ieee week with her mother, Mrs. R. A. Belt, Mr. and Mrs. L. Turpin and daugh- | ters, Viola and Genevieve, spent Sun- Mr. and Mrs. Turpin and} Mrs. Wm. Steffin spent Saturday with Mrs. lL, A. Deems. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Carroll and family were guests of Mrs. Carroll’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Walker, | Sunday. Miss Gladys Ghere spent the past week with her brother, Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Ghere. Mrs. A, G. Deems and’ Mrs. 'L. A. |Deems were guests of Mrs, S. A. | Deems Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Pry and Mrs. Birch spent Sunday with Mr.. and[ Mrs. C, B, Baker. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Deems and daughter were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Stoffer and son. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Deems were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Deem's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sear- ; fas. Blair Walton spent Saturday night jand Sunday with his father. J. Miller, of Kansas, is spending a few days with his brother, C: K. Miller. Chas. Steffin spent a-few days- in Miss Jessie Birch ~spent the week end with Miss Lela Rains . of near Appleton City. The ladies of the Black W. C. T. U. will give 2 speaking to be held at the Black scHool house February 22, 1918. Everyone invited. JACK AND JIL. For Sale. 125: head of 1, 2 and 3 year Here- férd and Derham heifers. most of them springers. — 20 head.1 year old Angus heifers. 1g head yearling Angus steers. 4 registered Angus bulls. jersey milk cows, one. with calf ty other fresh in March. DELIVERY. Governor Gardner Hopeful as to New ; State can bé met with these 2 million, just'a complete, fresh sanitary stock of groceries. ic ‘ ¢ HERE AT HOME Butler Citizens Gladly Testify and Confidently Recommend Doan’s . Kidney Pills: It is testimony like the following that has placed Doan’s Kidney Pills so far above competitors. When people right here at home raise their voice in praise there is no room left for doubt. Read the public state- ment of this Butler man:: A. H. Herrell, florist, 119 Broad- way, says: “I had a dull ache in my back and getting up or down or lifting. anything caused a sharp, stinging pain in it. My kidneys acted too often, especially at night and the kidney secretions were scanty, scald- ing and unnatural, Doan’s Kidney Pills completely relieved me. A few now and then keep me in good health.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that | Mr. Herrell uses, Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 18-2 Many Old Soldiers Aliens, Leavenworth, Kas. Feb, 8—AI- |though they endured the hardships of warfare and fought gallantly for’ the |honor of the United States in the Civil. War, many members of the Sol- \diers’ Home in Leavenworth were re- quired to register as enemy aliens with John T.. Glynn, police chief, be. cause they are unnaturalized citizens, More than two hundred German en. emy aliens have been registered here According to Judge W. W. Lacy, United States deputy marshal, wl 0 interviewed them for restricted zone permits, there are more alien enemies in Leavenworth than in Topeka, bined. That the United States will go on daylight rations between March 30 and October 30 seemed certain Sat- urday when the interstate and foreign commerce committee favorably .re- |ported the Borland daylight saving | bill to the iouse. The bill would set standard and railroad time ahead one Tour, C. W. Anderson Wichita and Kansas City, Kas., con J Id goods— BEAT FRENCH GUN RECORD Americans Faster With 758 Than _Their Teachers. Washington, Feb. 9.—Praise of the state of efficiency reached by Ameri- can gunners in their training with the famous French 75s was received to- day from a French artillery officer who has just arrived in Washington to join an official mission. He said ntany of the American batteries have exceeded the best records made by French gunners using the “75s” since that weapon was adopted, The officer described the work of one squad which several times fired thirty rounds a minute as being the subject of comment throughout the French armies. Four men ‘comprise this squad, one working the breech and one the lanyard, while the other | two were occupied entirely i in passing ammunition and loading. So nearly exact were the movements of each member, the French officer said, that it was impossible to distinguish the slightest variation in the intervals be- tween each shot over a stretch of several minutes. “U. S. to Have Bigger Navy. Washington, Feb, 8-—Secretary Daniels said in a speech at the Na- tional Press Club tonight that. the time was coming “when President Wilson’s dream uttered at St. Louis will be realized. “That the United States shall have incomparably the greatest navy in the world.” “This result,” he said, “will be ac- complished with the aid of Henry Ford and some other gentlemen.” Mr. Daniels spoke briefly at a pri- vate exhibition of official pictures of the navy since the war began as hav- ing been filled with glory. “I do not believe,” he said, “that any other organization in the world is so filled with the spirit of enthus- iasm and team work. From the new- est recruit to the youngest admiral— for we have no old admirals and the navy is a boy organization—they are eager to continue the great record Give him an apron and turn him loose. He will fight with your * old worn-out back number range about four minutes, then he will Tush to our store and ask how quick we can send out : made in protecting the country.”