The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 14, 1918, Page 6

‘MISSOURI * PACIFIC © IRON MOUNTAIN Time Table © North Bound Lea passenger No. 2092 local freight . South Bound No. 205 Joplin, Wichita & Sunday only .... CLAUD E L. PLAIN, - Agent. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. H. E. MULKEY Veterinary Surgeon Fourteen years successful practice. At Garrett’s Old Stand Phones:—Res. 268; Office 3. North Mo, State Bank DR. J. T. HULL Dentist Studio, North Side Square B. F. JETER Attorney at Law East Side Square Phone 186 MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY 11:00 a, m, ns + M.! soils to meet them, Coffeyville Passenger .. 3:50 4. ™.) Matter to raise enough food for the No, 207 Joplin and Yates nation, it Was then that “just any- Center passenger ....... Isto p. m.| body” could make a living by poor No. 201 local freight .....11:00 a. m.|farming methods. It required no ——— special'training to raise fifty to eighty Madison Branch | bushels of corn on very rich land, nor Leave Butler daily........ a. m,| was it difficilt to feed cattle and hogs Entrance same that leads to Fox’ Butler, Missouri Notary Public | managers. To the young fa The Bates County.Club at the University of Missouri. | The Club lost four and gained two ; members at the end of the tirst se- |mester. Miss Helen Cook, Miss |Selma Gench, and Mr. James S. | Williams left the university and Miss , Dorothy Armstrong and Mr.. Kirkby | Walker enrolled. Miss. Cammie Fen- } ton is no longer a member -since her lmarriage to Mr, M; I. Hurley Janu- ary 31, 1918, The members had their pictures vtaken for the 1918 Savitar February 10, The following article is by Donald Pharis, a junior in the College of ture: ed of scientifically trained \farmers has never been more pregs- jing than now; with demands from ail |sides for increased production, and men and hard-pressed When ninety per | cent of the total population lived on }farms, and the new lands had: lost none of their fertility, it was an easy 4 Ag ve *; with fewer uesd 23 _| economically, with all feeds so abun- |dant and cheap. . These conditions |have changed. Constant abuse of {lands has made them poor, and farm life has not been attractive enough to linduce the young people to remain in the country; the result has been that today sixty-five per cent of the total | population is in the city, leaving the remaining thirty-five per cent to fur- nish food for the entire nation and other countries. | Thus, with the population increas jing, and the productive power of the | soils ever decreasing, it is little won- der that men are coming to rea | d jthat farming must be studiec the ghly as medicine « lin In the past, most linade a suecess by buying t when it was cheap and jfrom the rise in land y Jthan by their own ability 8} has only his health ar jstart on, making a suc BUTLER, MISSOURI "'T, J. HALSEY, M. D. 0. D. fand « ing a tarm diff proposi GPE ot opined 8" “. about 115 lbs + iN and ithe fitting of f re BUTLER, MO. Office South Side Square Phone 15 ! ARMY LEAVES FOR FARMERS Furloughs to Men in Necessary W: Pursuits Approved. Washington, March f nd other men in non were autho passed tod: enate approval of A Hous soldiers f forced to we the t their will, By its provisions furlough may b- granted only on man himself, Governors were today by Provost Marshal Genera! owder that all students in la agri cultural colleges whose s stand- ing places them in the upper third of the senior class may enlist in the quartermaster’s — enlisted reserve corps, and will be placed by local boards in Class 5 on the ground that they are in the military service, The evident purpose of the = an- 4 an amendment to the selective ser- ‘a vice fegulations, is to exempt as far as possible, registrants who may be This is in line with the country’s used on farms, the policy to increase food production. Ohio Street M. E. Church. Owing to the fact that we are all torn up repairing, there will be no preaching or Sunday school at the Ohio St. M. E. church next Sunday. However, we have a cordial invi- tation to spend the day with Bro. Starkey and his good people. Thank you, Bro. Starkey, we'll be there. SEE THE CLOTHES DOCTORS 8——-Farloughs | ¢} essary to the war phys bill, with the and application of the ft) chinery, motors, and a hundred oth- ~ ers, nouncement, which takes the form of | | Party and its candidates .to the best of sc these principles al courses 1 H horticulture, b ep poultry raising, forage crops, pork and beef production, cutting and .cur- ing meats, stock judging, farm The men who teach these know jtheir business, and how to instruct lothers. They never recommend { practice unless it has been proved by jactual use to be right. So the old idea of the “impractical college pro- fessor” is all wrong, as anyone knows who has visited agricultural schools, These are but a few of the | reasons why the College of Agricul- | ture plays such an important part in the world téday. A young man can choose no profession offering greater opportunities than agriculture, an jsince this is the day of the trained, educated man, one does well to se- cure an education at all costs while he may. Fn 4 bushels Yellow, -About 100 nice Rh Moore Announces Candidacy. To Bates County Democrats: I have decided to become a candi- daté for the nomination for the of- fice of Recorder of DeedS of Bates County at the August primary and respectfully solicit the consideration and support of Democrats for that of- SHORT STORIES fice. It might be well to state here that}Of Local Interest—Clipped From I have lived in Bates county for forty Our Exchanges. years and during these years have Ee been a faithful party worker, always,| .Two of Appleton City’s rural maif contributing to the success of the | Cafriers have enlisted in the army. Chas. A. Brown, who for the past three years has conducted a black- smith shop at Adrian, died at his home in that city Monday of last niy ability. During the campaign four years ago | stood as a candidate for the of- fice I now seek and, while not nomi- For practical cleaning and pressing. We positively clean everything but a guilty con- science. Hats Cleaned and Blocked All work guaranteed and prices reasonable. week, se In a basket ball game between the Pleasanton, Kansas, and Hume All Stars at Hume one night last week, the Kansans got away with the I end of the’score. nated, made a creditable ‘race and supported the victorious candidate. Should I be successful in being nominated and elected to this office I assute you that I will not ask for re-election for a second term. Geo. J. Moore: time will be given on bankable notes drawing 8% interest from date. 2 over $10. No property to be removed until settied for. -}ors at Appleton City and-the indica- rose for interment Saturday of Jast}, wee : Any support that may be given my ~ =», 4 was at one time cashier of the Farm- candidacy will be heartily appreciat-| -Joseph Lewis, formerly of Ad ers & Merchants bank of Montrose, ed and if chosen as your candidate, || but now a soldier at Camp Doniphsa,| =" ASS Sec promise faithful and efficient service d 2 Having decided to quit farming 1 will offer at public auction at my home on the Jed Wolf place, 5% miles east of Amoret and 1 mile south-and 44 mile east of Virginia, Mo - the following described property: ay, H 5 HORSES _ Brown mare, 9 years old, 1300, broke any where; bay mate © 11 years old; blind mare heavy in foal by Corlett’s brown hogse;- ° a good worker; smooth mouth gelding; spring colt. oe 8. CATTLE 3 extra good milk cows to be fresh soon, all coming 4 years : Old; 5S calves, coming yearlings; 3 heifers and 2 steers. 10 HOGS Brood sow to farrow in April, extra good; 9 shoats, weight FARM MACHINERY McCormack Daisy Reaper, McCormack mower, McCor- mack 12-foot hay rake, wheat drill, corn planter, 80 rods wire, disc, harrow, 3-section harrow, wagon, buggy, double shovel plow, single shovel plow, Sattley 16-inch sulky plow, 14-inch walking plow, feed grinder, cider mill, corn sheller, 38 rods of 32-inch hog wire, dinner bell, 2 riding cultivators, walking cul- _llvator, cross cut saw, double harpoon hay fork, set’ hay rack | brackets, hay frame, 4 galvanized chicken brooders, water | tank, 2 sets work harness, saddle, sled, lot of heavy | Stove and many other things too numerous to me Feed, Hay and Grain White, Silvermine and Polkberry seed corn. 300 bushels of corn.” Some timothy hay in the mow and some in stack. Good hay. ode Island hens and some roosters. i TERMS | All sums of $10 and tfndef, cash. On all sums ‘over that amount a credit of nine month’s % Lunch by Ladies Aid of Christian Church: SALE TO BEGIN AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M. ton City. The Katy has had survey-| ©G. T. Finley, of Amsterdam, has his arm badly cut one evening last week when he got too close. to a power wood saw. The arm was cut about two inches below the: elbow and sev- tions.all point to something big for the Prairie Queen, Mrs. Alva Allen died suddenly Sat- urday morning of last week~ at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Charley White, at Drexel, says the Star. Mrs. Allen was born in Bates county Aug-| ust 29, 1850. The remains were tak- en to Rockville for burial: ¢ The remains of Mrs. Harrington, who died last week in a hospital in Kansas City were shipped to Mont- feral stitches had to be taken to close the wound, says the Amsterdam En- terprise. >” : : a ae A newspaper in a neighboring town last week made an error in the list price-of an article being advertised by. ‘one of the local ‘merchants. The shoul id ‘ing an ead Livestoc price quoted was slightly less than it| . Tope, cook ntion. off for cash on all sums- , Owner. M. C. WILCOX, Clerk. acre stump “patch,” says the Apple- ton City Journal... He planted the “patch” in cane from which he sold $125.00: worth of sorghum, $187.00 worth of seed and had $15.00 worth of seed left for his own use. .Asid yet the St. Clair county folks do a lot of worrying about a few, hundred thous- and dollars of old railroad bonds. “Ke = < have been, The merchant, be- advertiser, ha anyway, but. with the k. Mrs. Harcington’s — husband}