The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-23

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A sigh OF relief went up when tia
legislature adjourned Saturday.
The Bates County Medical Society
win meet In this cisy Friday.
The maple trees are budding and
in week or two will be putting out
leaves.
Duck shooting on the lakes has
not been 30 good this spring a. In
lformer years.
The farmers took advantage OF the
flne weather the last two weeks and
finished planting oate.
Machinery has been received fol
sinking q well for oil on the Robt
Brown far near Harrisonville.
Washington Asksw, q wealthy
farmer, who lived near Roosevelt
Okla, committed suicide by shooting
himself Saturday.
A bill to extend the term OF Office
of county treasurer to four years in
stead Of two passed the Legislature.
John s. Lemon, president of the
Tootle Lemon National bank, st.
Joseph, No., Is dead. He was ~
years old.
In bis fight with Japs, General
Kuropatkin adopted the old adage:
He who fights and runs away will
live to fight another day"
Geo. Miers, Jr. who has been living
in Kansas City the past year, has
moved back to his old stamping
ground near Amsterdam.
The passage Of q bill BY the legis.
lature appropriating 81, 900 to be
given In awards at the state poultry
show insures a large poultry exhibit.
A tornado passed over the South
west part Of Springfield, No., Friday
evening and a number ofsmall houses
we're demolished. Heavy rain follow
ed the wind storm.
Senator W. ]. Stone will accom-.
pany Secretary Taft and party on
their trip to the Philippines. Senator
Stone is q member OF the Senate
committee and has been urged by
Secretsry Taft to become one Of bis
party.
The Lexington Intelligencer re-
ports the death Of John E Robinson
in that city at the age Of 70 years.
He was born In Shelby county, Ken.
lucky and served through the war In
the command Of Gen. Morgan. He
came to Lexington in 1865.
B. W. Davidson will sell bis person
Of effects at auction at bis home ono
hall mile east Of Ballard, Monday,
March 9th. The sale will consist Of
stock, implements, household goods,
etc. Mr.. Davidson expects to 20 to
California.
Fire, supposed to have been set out
by apassing train, says the Pleasant
Hill Local destroyed about 100 acres
Of grass and IA tons OF hay belong
ing to Charles Hartley. Upton Brick.
er and Mrs. Jerry Bricker south OF
Ore, Cas- county,
Orders have been given for COM
panies "a" and 3D." First battalion
OF engineers at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, to proceed to San Francisco
Experimentation for the Philippine
islands on the extra transports sail
ing July LIST next.
Ben Butler once said he didn't care
a d-n what the papers said about
him 80 they kept bis name before the
public. just 30 with the catalogue
houses, so We are OF q loss to know
how the country press is benef1tting
the merchant in advertising these
houses.
The State Fair at Sedalia has &C.
cured appropriations from the state
through recent legislation to the
amount OF $145, 900. OF this sum
1927, 900 is to be used for buildings.
The appropriation is $780, 500 more
than was given to the fair by the
legislature two years ago.
Now it's to be q state bee inspector
and a state hay inspector, which
moves the Monroe City Times to
point out that we already have beer
inspection, corpse inspection, shave
inspection, health inspection, mine
inspection, grain inspection. labor
inspection, coal oil inspection, police
inspection, election inspection
Dentists in Missouri will be com.
lpelled hereafter to pass Al examine
ton before they can practics their
profession. The governor u TO CD.
point q board OF I've peroons from
the reputable dentists Of tbs state
who viii have had at least Ave years
lexperience In their profession, By
whom the dentists viii Be examined.