The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-16

lots.
President Roosevelt will pass
through Pleasant Hill Friday, May
LIST, and as the train stops for orders
and to take water, the President will
be detained in that town severalmin-
utes and may be induced TO appear
and give little talk.
Attend the good roads meeting at
the court house to-day. The subject
oil maintaining the common dirt
roads OF the state will be discussed
by D. Ward King, Of Maitland, Mo-,
and business methods in road man.
agement will be presented by Col. G.
W. Waters oiCsnton, Mo.
Uncle Lewis Haggard returned
Thursday from st. Petersburg, Flor
ida, where he has spent the winter.
He had a very pleasant trip and en-.
ioyed good health, has gained flesh
rapidly and moves around as spry
as boy,-Adrian Journal.
The Democratic club OF jackson
county is making preparations to
observe the anniversary of the birth
day OF Thomas jefferson with ap-
propriate ceremonies the Goth inst.
A number of prominent speakers will
be present and deliver addresses, and
dinner will be served at the Midland
hotel.
Montrose is likely to get soon an
additional rural mail route that
will reach large number OF patrons.
The new route No. 4 takes Johns
town and Noah from No. | (which
will b given some new territory
from Johnstown the No. 4 route will
be south and east by Engermans and
Adamson's places to hecorner north
west OF Montrose thence south to the
city.-Montrose Democrat.
There is something brewing in rail.
road circles. Rockefeller and the
Goulds are getting together. Itneed
not surprise anybody II ere long the
Katy passenger trains should run
through Leroy and the Madison
Butler road be extended east to a
connection with the Sedalia branch
OF the NJ, K. & T.-LeRoy, Kansas,
Reporter.
John Nom, aged IL years, living
at Ellis, Vernon county, Mo-, had a
narrow escape from death the other
day. He was sitting upon the plat
form at the depot, when through
freight came along and struck him.
He was thrown several feet, and one
OF his legs was broken between the
ankle and knee. The boy claimed he
did not know the train was passing.
Uncle George Blankenbaker sends
in his annual dues by his son.in.l law,
Mr.. Bush. Uncle George Is one OF the
old timers, among the very first set
tiers OF the county. He is another
one of our old stand-bys that we
could hardly get along without, and
we trust that his days may be long
and pleasant in the land.
DR.. Fl. D. McClintock was a pleas
ant caller on Tuesday and favored
us. He had just returned from
three months visit to the families of
his two brothers, Geo. T. and Henry
McClintock, big ranchmen of Mid
land county, Texas. They live about
800 miles southwest OF Fl. Worth.
Doctor McC. said good land belong
ing to schools and railroads could be
bought for 80 per acre and the pur-
chasers have 40years in which to pay
forit. He reports a very pleasant visit.
The bill passed by the recent legis-
lature, providing that the board OF
directors OF town and city school dis
tricts may select repositories and
loan the funds OF the district, after
the manner that the county funds
are loaned, is a good law, and now
that it is passed and will soon be in
effect, the controversy that has been
waged over this question in the past,
will cease. 1t is good law and will,
no doubt, be obeyed and respected in
the future as all good laws should
be.-ElDorado Sun.
Attention is called to the announce
ment Of the co-partnership formed
for the practice OF law by Col. S. W.
Dooley and Judge j. F. Smith, under
the firm name OF Dooley & Smith.
This will make q very strong lay
firm, composed OF old and Experienced
lawyers. They have both been
prominent members Of our bar for
number OF years and enjoy the re-
spect and confidence Of our people
both In respect to their LEGAL ability