The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-11

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dispositions in the case OF the State
OF Missouri against the Standard OIL
Company, says he has no regard for
the Missouri Supreme Court.
Governor Cummins, OF Iowa, in his
biennial message TO the General AS
sembly, advocates new law requiring
Insurance companies to safeguard
policy holders By making large de-
posits.
The Howard County Advertiser,
owned and edited by Henry 7. Burk-
hart, comes to our desk arrayed In a
bran new dress, to start the year
1906 right. Mr. Burkhart calls at
tention to the fact that the Advertis.
er is sixty.six years old, one OF the
Oldest county papers in the State,
and the editor promises that il shall
be better this year than ever before.
TIE TIMES wishes Henry literal
fulfillment Of all his ambitions and a
full measuee of success for his spl, n.
did old paper in it. new garments.
A. NJ Fritza, formerly a farmer liv.
ing south OF Butler, but for the past
ten years a Citizen OF New PoDca,
Okla was a pleasant caller on Sat.
urdsy and had his dates set ahead
into 1909. Said he didn't know
W hen be would get back and wanted
to be certain of receiving The TIMES.
He was in Kansas City Friday, with
stock, and says the fever struck him
to visit his old friends in Butler on
Saturday. Mr., Fritze has prospered
In that new country and has a good
business In Poncs, a town Of $500
Inhabitants.
Kansas City was visited by q fir,
Friday night which completely des
troyed the big Woods building In
W hich the Columbus Buggy Co., thu
W. W. Kimball Piano Co., and thu
n ettinger Bros. Dental supplies wer'
d DING business. The Bank OF Com
m cree building was badly damaged
and almost completely Quilted
There were three million dollars II
cur rency in the bank vaults which
was uniriured. The fire started II
Het finger Bros. store on Walnut
and swept through the thin parti
tions dividing the building. The losl
is estimated ut about half million o
dollars.
W. B. Tyler was a pleasant caller
on Saturday. He is a prominent
citizen OF Summit and one OF thu
county g most successful farmers. Fl,
informed US Of the marriage Of hi
daughter, Mrs. Fannie Billings, tC
William Hall during the holidays
These young people meant to sur.
prise Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler by visit
Christmas, when they would An.
nounce their marriage, but Mrs. Bill
ings, who ia station agent at Lenexa,
Kan, was unable to obtain a fur
lough, so had to announce the mar
riage by letter. The happy couple
will make their home at Nevada,
where Mr.. Hall has a rail road posi-.
tiop, az soon as Mrs Billings can
obtain her release from her press Mt
position.
The electric light plant was shut
down Sunday night for repairs and a
force OF hands are busily engaged In
cleaning the fiues OF the large boiler
and removing the brick lining prep
sratory to Installing a new fire brick
lining throughout. This work will
be rushed and the plant made ready
to resume at the earliest possible
moment. The city authorities are
doing their very best to accommo
date the public and are 10 no way re-
sponsible for the lining burning out
and boilers becoming foul. All rec
ognize the absolute necessity for
duplicate machinery and boilers but
up to this time the council has not
felt that the city revenues would JUS
tify this additional expenditure. But
it is only matter OF time when this
will have to be done, and the sooner
the better, for it would preserve and
increase the life OF the old machinery.
Another application for natural
gas franchise was made to the city
council at it's meeting las. week. A,
r. Nichaoljs and W r. Clino. of ion.