The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-08-25

j Miss Addie Lotterer, of Fl. Scott,
is visiting the family of her uncle,
Juo. +. Herrell.
While DR.. Geo. T. Rowe and vile
were attending an entertainment in
Pleasant Hill the other night their
horse and surry we're stolen from the
hitch rack, the thief making his es-
cape.
: AT the city election held at Foster
on Tuesday Of last week the follow
ing named were elected: Mayor, L.
81. Scrivner; marshal, John Allen;
assessor, Vim. Cobb; aldermen, W.
NJ, Mills, D. W. Steele, south ward;
. A. G, .Metzler, ]. W. Bowman, north
ward.
Geo. l.. Herrell, Bates county's
popular deputy clerk, left yesterday
for Colorado Springs and Manitou
for season OF rest and recreation.
Georges close application to bust
ness has earned him a vacation
which We hope will prove pleasant
and beneficial to him.
Butler and Rich Hill NJ. W. A. drill
} team will leave for st. Louis Satur-
day night, September 3rd, for the
Forester's Encampment at the
Worlds Fair. We hope both OF our
! home teams will capture some OF
the prize money offered for that oc.
casion.
> Clark Boxley's store at Paola,
Kansas, was robbed OF twelve dollars
in silver Tuesday night, says the
Spirit. The money had been placed
in q shot sack and hid behind some
, canned goods on the shelvingat night
The thief evidently saw Clark hide
8 the money and after he left pried a
9 back window and went In and got
1t. Clark is son Of Judge Boxley,
e of this city, and opened his store at
Paola about two years ago, and has
been doing well.
D The Clinton Oil and Development
), Company, OF Clinton, Mo, has let q
), contract to 0. j. Wilson DIST. Louis,
= to bore their first prospect well, Gays
9 the Tribune. This hole is to be 1900
}. feet deep unless oil or gas Is struck
/ at lesser depth. In drilling the
deep well on the Henry farm at the
north edge OF the city limits OF Butler
several years ago a strong flow of
gas was struck. Why not organize
a company here and go after gas?
s Frank Warner, formerly of this
}. city, now residing In New London,
q Ohio, is back in Butler on a business
h trip. He says the wheat in his see
:. tion Of Ohio was almost q total TAIL
II ure, while oats and hay was good.
When he left home rain was badly
needed ard the corn crop was being
badly injured for want OF moisture.
, A few more days OF dry weather
wouldcut the crop to about hall.
= James A. Maddy was a pleasant
n caller on Tuesday. Mr.. Maddy is a
n practical farmer OF Elkhart township.
e He goes on the theory that as far as
Il possible everything raised on the
farm ought to 90 back into the soil
He therefore feeds all he raises. He
. has 120 acres OF pasture and says
: that while a few years ago it required
three acres to one head OF stock, that
;. his land had improved so that two
,, acres are more than sufficient. He
believes that every farmer should
, :, keep yesrs feed stored in case Of
:. crop failure. Mr.. Maddy believes
' that an Industrious farmer will grow
richer on a rich farm, while he is apt
: TO grow poorer on poor farm.
Ex-county treasurer Rseder was a
pleasant caller on Tuesday. He had
but recently returned from Dillon,
? Mont, where he was called ON &C
, count OF the illness OF Is son, Joseph
Reeder. He said tina J)e is suffer
ing with appedicitis, AMI that an
operation may become necessary,
!, but he hopes to bridge it over until
cool weather. He said that Joe and
: bis wife are blessed with a fine baby
boy, seven months old. Mr.. Reeoer
said that Marion and Perry Staley
e and j. &. Erwin, OF this county live
: in that neighborhood. Joe and bis