The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-05-11

hOOt. otuOOlenelui WHO mas lOU
acres OF corn planted and up, COM |
plains that the short tail mice and
moles have done him great injury |
and he will have to spend several
days replsnting. Mr.. Stubblefield
lives 6 miles south OF town.
A. d. Culver left yesterday morn
ing for Fresno, California, as a CON-
missioner to the General Assembly Of |
the Cumberland Presbyterian church,
which meets in that city. He will be |
absent two or three weeks. The
TIMES wishes him success in his mis-.
sion, a pleasant trip and safe return. |
W.D. Rogers, one Of Bates county's
sterling young Democratic represent
atives at the state capitol, favored
US pleasantly. He is the son OF the
late Judge Rogers, OF Pleasant Gap,
one OF the county's earliest settlers.
Mrs. Rogers, nee Miss Cora Betz, a
former bright young teacher in our
schools, is now visiting relatives and
friends in Wyoming.
John T. Harper one OF the sterling
young farmers OF Western Bates was
n pleasant caller on Saturday and
iav ored us with yenewal. Mr.. Harper
owns fine farm In Charlotte, is a
m ost genial gentleman, in fact is
good enough to be Democrat, but
there Is hopes for him, as he married
a good democratic girl, the charm.
ing daughter of Dave Bean, and we
can vouch for the good Democratic
Literature he reads.
The business part of Owl, Okla
homa, was struck by tornado Fri.
day, and the damage to property Is
estimated at $4,000. Ten people
were injured, four fatally. Nearly
every business house In the place was
l damaged, and about fifty dwellings
. we're carried away. The tornado cut
a path about 700 feet wide and swept
q everything clean before it. The
: school house was destroyed, and 1t
: was here the people were injured.
At Hills's Cash Store Monday box
after box OF the celebrated Peters
: shoes, Worlds Fair beaters, were
Il being opened up, From the looks O
;, the shipment Hills Cash Store must
= be intending to allow no man, wo'
man or child to go bareiooted in thu
future. Then the prices are right
t and made to fit the pocketbook. Mr.
Q Hills keeps abreast with the timel
y and bis store right now is LOADED
n with goods and loaded will
g bargains.
The Mail says: with natural ga
Nevada will continue to go straight
ahead, only at a faster gait. Natura
gas makes the wheels of industry Il
u round, and keeps them in motion.
> Natural gas will do the same TIN
: thing Tor Butler, and we have TIN
II gas rightin the city limits. Nogues
< work about this, and all that is neces
- sary to get it is to send the drill
down. 1t was struck In the Henr,
/ pasture when drilling for flowing
It we'll. Lets organize company anC
{. 60 after natural gas.
l. An up so-date street fair will b.
y held at Mexico, Mo-, this fall say
D. the Ledger. Already the mayor and
d city authorities have taken hold o
the matter and the fair will be tn
n leading issue with the people unit
8. opened in the fall. Provided we ar
y blessed with good crop in Bate
q. county this year a street fair il
n. Butler this fall would be about tn
80 proper thing for the business men o
d. this city to take hold Of. But "
C. don't want any more professions
streetiakers to take possession Of tn
town.
n ]. C. Hagedorn has sold his photo
Is graph gallery and business to R. Z
n Liddil, a practical Photographic
is who has been associated with hiI
Is for several years. Mr.. Hsgedorn ha
Of built up and conducted his busines
ct In Butler for about twenty years an
has always kept up.to.date an
abreast OF the times. He Is rate
In one OF the best photographers an
C. artists In the state and THE TINE
be wo uld be very sorry indeed TO hav
I'd ll: I.ao p,+lo, M iddil undo,