The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-10-25
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ed again In this session Oar elsya
tor man n Nyhart are engagingcorn
md smptying their Wheat Rranaries,
getting ready 20 rrceIvs corn.
We noticed several carriage loads
Of peopls passing Saturday and Sun
dsy, going 80 the river bottoms 20
gather nuts Of which there IL . good
yisid THE ysar. but about all are
eathsred nov.
Ben Ctjgisris quite SICK, butis some
bettsf ~ present. So N
M. and Mrs. J 8. Ehart have also
been on Tie sick list, bus are improv
Ing elouly. M
The Cortland bridge, which has
been closed for repairs Tor pome time,
W bear, win be open for trafnc the
first ofths week. We ARE allanxiousA
y waiting for the work to begin on
The ditch In this section.
0ns Of the contractors for the
Miami ditch and Lateral ditch N, {.
8 Was down looking over size rout~r
Of above ditchss With q view Of q wa.
tersupply 70 start shsir boats, which
be thought they would get BY run
ningN dam across some small crseke
and brsnchas near the ditches.
The Republican party seems TO be
directing ell Of their party guns
agaipst Judge McFadden. Ofcourse,
their idea is TO elect Mr., harper, but
itshould be done, Il possible for them
to do Il. fairly and honorably, but
they seem 70 have strayed from that
course At present.
We suppose Judge McFadden has
made some enemies. Any Presiding
Judge that does his duty would, as
ell people haven't the same opinion
on any one point But TO Start wish
four years ago Judge McFadden car.
ried Charlotte, his home township, In
the primary with but one dissenting
vote, and thas was, we understand,
his own. His campaign then as now
was fairly and honorably conducted,
and We believe his official acts have
been done In the same upright gen
tlemanly manner. We have In New
Home township, north Of the river,
about 8. 500 acres Of land, subject to
overflow from the river. Five years
ago this land had no value. Men lost
fortunes trying TO farm II. Farmers
with moderate means have tried to
farm IL, have been financially ruined
cultvating Il. until Il has been gen.
orally abandoned for farming pur-
poses, and the last few years Il has
grown upin weeds and brush, not one
acre In so being cultivated ct all, on
ground mind you; on which 60 and
90 bushels Of corn per acre has been
grown, on q lev exceptional years
vhen not molested by water. The
county curt passed on the drainage
petition. granting Il, one year ago. |
Opposition to the petition was very
bitter by some land owners. Mr..
Harper, the Republican nominee for
Presiding Judge, being one Of that
number. Az soon az drainge was a..
sured, land begins to rise in price
Forms that had been offered for sale, |
no buyers, begin to sell, to-day, |
do not know Of any bottom land In |
this side Of the township, that could |
BE- bought for less than $40. 90 per |
a,.re, unimproved. and very little Tor |
sale, although considerable changed |
hands at that price six months a. o. |
The buyers are usually parties from
, country where drainage has been
tried and proven 9 success and this
IL only the beginning. Land win be |
cultivated, transformed
from q wilderness to q fertile produc
ing country. Az to the productive |
ness Of the soil there is question. 4
Now, il Mr.. Harper was Presiding
Judge. instead Of Judge McFadden, |
our $500 acres Of overflow land In
North New Home would still be val |
ueless.
There is every reason ior all voters |
Of parties, who live in or |
adjacent TO overflow land to vote for |
Judge McFadden and leave the river
drainage matter to completion In the |
hands Of it, ifiende. VOTER.
IN 49, a-,,s