The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-05-30
News from Bates County Citizens.
BL0oMER, OKLA.,l
May 20, 1901.

l interest TO some of your readers as
l haven't seen anything from thes
parts for some time.
1t has been a very late cold spring
Most OF the corn that was planted
in March and first hall of April haC
to be planted over
Owing to the wheat louise and a
drouth that extended from April 8
to May IA, the wheat crop will be
cut to about half-wet now. has
rained for six days.
We often meet people from Bates,
and like kentuckians, they are al
ways proud to own that they are
from Bates county. Willname a few
of them:
A Mr.. Bender kept hotel in Butler
% years ago. Sold out to Hannah
and Shaw. He lives at Perry.
Al Harding and New Moore. once
trusted employees of Keith & Perry
Coal Co., at Reavely, both own
places l3 miles east of Perry, doing
well. Harding has grown to be
quite corpulent.
Sam Cope, brother to Seth and J.
z. A. of New Home, is at Enid
Fred Luft, formerly of Foster. does
an extensive harness business at
Enid.
VIM. Hackett, blacksmith of Rich |
Hill and Butler, is at End
Early settlers of New Home will re-
one VIM. c. Allen that mar
red Miss Yardley. He is at Enid in
The lightningrod business-is report
ID to be very wealthy. Left Bates
thirty years ago. Says Will and
Tom Yardly both have claims in
Woods county. Okla.
Melville l.. Birnel left Altoona III
ears ago, lives 3 miles east of US
ute an extensive wheat raiser has q
ne home and is a leader in the COM
lunity.
Joseph L. Mount is another happy &
assessor OF a good home in Garfield
ounty. Says tell the boys outside
that game leg he is as sound as a L
ollar. His brother, VIM. Mount c
yes near Adrian. t
Stephen A. Buck, once OF New t
ONE, lives at Highland, II miles Ii
orth Of us. | have not seen him. 81
s neighbors tell me he has a fine r.
ace and is doing well. His town Re
up is largely republican. The dem tf
rats have run him several times te
different offices and Steve has
yer failed to be elected by good
ljority. tie
leo Rhodes lives next neighbor to in
has fine place: is doing well. "a
Uncle Enos Vaughn is as happy as si'
old June bug-is building a fine of
use now-he gets to be a more rigid NJ
nocrat every day of his life. His
ghbors say that when Mr.. Hester TO
led him for his daughter Anice. he an
d him if he was a democrat he sis
lid have her, and if he was not he ina
lldnt. Mr.. Hester's politics was he
stlOnable before that-his father be
lg Kentucky republican-but Bo
rot the girl and has been a full nat
ged democrat ever since and we per
t blame him. wa
mother happy New Home man is 7
n b. Dale, Dilly postoffice, Okla, can
ways glad to talk over old times will
Bates. Will Dale sold his place ma
to Woods county (rumor had It'll yea
re he was going into the cattle -
ness and get married. He got -
cattle but we haven't heard the =
ding bells ring yet.
lere are several living near Gar
rom the vicinity of Adrian. We =
not met them, but understand -
are doing we'll They are J. III. g
her. VIM. Ferguson. J. f. Smith f.
Walker. E~
l.. Wilkinson of Burdett is an Fl
lucky Bates county boy, is nm 1s'
aging the grocery department NTH.
e CARRIER 4 Son Mercantile Co.. HlIl.
was adluster OF damages last HlHl|
Tor the Farmers Mutual Insur- HlIlI
Association against hail There HllHl
more hail than ever was known HlItI
'lahoma before and he adjusted HIlll
lose damages to theentire salts H8lIlI
IN OF the people and the COM HIBll
, L don't think there is a man HIlll
strip hatenioys theconidence UlIll