The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-13

Mrs. l. n. Mains and Mrs. J. D.
Allen have out invitations for slawn
picnic to-day at the formers home.
Ladies beautiful oriental lace ties,
2 yards long with heavy embroider-
ed ends, only 10c in our Red Ticket
Sale. Hills Cash Store.
The ball game Sunday afternoon
between the Butler and Rich Hill
teams resulted in Is to 6 in favor OF /
the home team.
L. ID. Scott, we'll known to our old
settlers, has his dates set ahead and
paper changed from Stockholm to
Misner, Oklahoma.
Chris Mcclure, who recently sold |
his farm In West Point township,
was in the city on Monday and IA
vored US. He was on his way TO e. |
Dorado Springs for q short time.
Said be hadn't fully decided where he
would locate, but hated to leave
Bates county.
Nineteen years ago Paul Morgan
finished his devilship in The TINES
office and went out into the world
to seek his fortune. He walked into
our Office the other day "a fine looking
middle-aged, prosperous appearing
man. 1t is needless to say We failed
to recognize him. He is visiting his
brother, H. A, Morgan.
W. 7. Cowan and wife returned
from a three weeks trip through
Idaho, Washington and Oregon,
Sunday night, They have a daugh-
ter at Moscow, Mrs. Brown, whom
they visited. Mr.. Cowan says that
is good farming, stock raising and
fruit country, Says the lands there
compare in price very favorably with
the land here, They report very
pleasant trip.
T. f. Order, a successful farmer Of
Elkhart township, was a pleasant
caller on Monday and had his dates
set ahead. Mr.. Grider was the first
man in Bates county to pipe his
home for natural gas for both heat
ing and lighting The gas was struck
in well in his yard. Mr.. Grider
says there will be considerable corn
raised Ia his neighborhood, although
much OF it is very late.
On a trip OF ten miles in the coun
try we noticed a number of pieces OF
most excellent corn. One piece we
noticed near Willow Branch school
house that will make from 40 to 80
bushels to the acre. All the corn
looks healthy and is growing fine.
II the frost does not catch it, it will
make good corn. There will be n
whole lot OF corn raised in Bates
county, at least hall crop.
Our old friend Henry f. Mudd, OF
East Boone, one Of Bates county's
very best citizens, was in the city
Tuesday on probate business and
favored US with pleasant call and
had his dates set ahead. Mr.. Mudd
owns fine farm and says he has
samples OF timothy which measure
five feet eight inches. He promises
samples for the Worlds Fair com
mission.
P NJ. Drake, residing on the old
Dixie Haggard farm, near Ballard,
will sell his personal effects August
18th, and expects to return, about
the first OF the month, to his old
home at Alvin, Illinois. Mr.. Drake
is not only an excellent citizen but
democrat OF the first water and he
don't care whether it's gold, silver,
tariff or what not, just so the ticket
is headed democratic. Heis made OF
the right stuff and THE TINES regrets
to see him go.
At the annual meeting of the old
settlers OF Vernon county, held at
Lake Park, Nevada, the other day,
the oldest settler OF the county at
tending the reunion was NJ. NJ. Sum-
mers OF Metz township. Mr.. Summers
is rs years Of age and has lived in
Vernon county 70 years. His father,
Allen Summers, came from Arkansas
an settled on farm on the Little
Usage, and the son, NJ. NJ. Summers,
says the Mail, has resided on the
home place ever since. His wife is
II years OF age. They have six chill
dren twentv. ono grand. childrep and