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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
May Stop Oil Pumping

Neodesha, Kas., June 10,-A 3d.
900 barrel oil tank, hall filled with
oil, on the Prairie Oil and Gas COM
pany's tank farm here, was set afire
by lightning at 8 o'clock last night.
II burned all night and all day to-day.
Hundreds OF men worked all night
and all day to-day to save therest OF
the property. The entire force OF
the Standard and Prairie from the
superintendent down were here at
work. At 3 o'clock this morning the
tank collapsed and burning oil flow.
ed out into the water about the tank
and caused an explosion. The hot
oil few In every direction, burning
many men and completely destroying
one team and buggy. The burning
oil set fire to the pump station and
destroyed ell the buildings except
the boiler house. Some Of the largest
oil pumps in the world had just been
established here and the ones they
were to replace were still at Elephant.
All were ruined. The pumps were
worth 100000. The destruction of
these pumps will stop the pumping
Of oil to the Kansas City and Whit
ing refineries and probably will cause
the Prairie OIL and Gas company
temporarially to cease buying oil as
the storage capacity is almoste xaus-
ted. The total loss to the Prairie
Oil and Gas company, a branch Of the
Standard will exceed 100000. The
fire now is confined to the oil In the
tank and inside the dixie around it
and will do no further damage.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
NOT APPRECIATED.

"Time was when any old codger
could run a Democratic paper In
Bates county, II he only imagined he
was a "dimecrat." Those days are
gone forever and to-day 1t requires
brainy men like Sam Davis, Of the
Democrat, and Capt. Allen. OF The
TINES, TO keep the Democratic hosts
In line," etc.
The above from the Bates County
Record is 80 foreign to the truth, so
unfair and ungenerous to an old
competitor, whom the heavy hand OF
time and disease laid low, that we
can not believe that Col. o. D. Aus.
tins hand penned the lines. For the
past thirty years Colonel N. A. Wade
was the only other Democratic edi.
tor, aside from the two named above,
who held forth at the county seat.
He was not an old "codger" and he
didn't imagine he was a "dimecrat, "
but he was an educated and able edi.
tor and as loyal a Democrat as ever
walked the streets Of Butler. The
editor OF The TIMES and Col. Wade
crossed swords, within party lines, for
q quarter Of q century, and we can
testify that he was q courageous
fighter, q hard hitter and welded q
trenchant pen. When the nomina-
lions were made, the guns were eli.
ways trained on the common enemy,
and no one Is better able to'testify
to Col. Wsds's abilities as an organ.
iser and splendid fighting qualities
than Col. Apstin, who often felt the
full force Of his body blows. Why
should he now Knock the lion thus
laid low? II Col. Wade ives alive
and In full possession Of his faculties,
We venture the assertion that the
above sentiment would not have CD.
pesred in the Record. lit had, Col.
Austin would have found himself cup
In the air." from the explosion Of
dynamite Col. Wade would have set
OF under him. The sop to us In the
above notice is NOT appreciated, I'M
der the circumstances.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
Hundreds Of Kentucky
Fish SO on Biz Drunk.

Frankfort, KY, June 12.-The
Flake stand at q distillery broke
down and more than Is. 900 gallons
Of whisky, worth $4,000 was lost.
1t made it's way to Benson Creek,
only q few feet away.
Farmers living along the banks Of
the stream later noticed hundreds Of
fish floating lazily on the surface, or,
leaping playiully out OF the stream,
altogether unafraid OF the presence
OF man. The farmers caught them
by the bushel.
It was not until the news OF the
break at the distillery became known
that the mystery was solved. The
fish had become intoxicated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
Bryan Will Sail
Late in September.

Republic.
William ]. Bryan will sail for home
from some German port, the exact
one not yet selected, late In Septem-
Der.
Colonel M. G. Wetmore received q
telegram, containing this TACT, from
c. W. Bryan, Of Lincoln; Neb., broth
or Of William ]. Bryan. The tsle-
gram quoted q cable message. In
which Mr.. Bryan said that be had
notyet decided upon the date oileev-
ing Europe, but that It wouldproba-
bly, be between September 20 and Is.
Neither was be surs Of the city nom
which he would take his departure.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
County Ticket,

County Ticket.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NJ. GRIFFITH
Circuit Clerk-T. ID. EMBREE.
County Clerk-C. &. WEEKS.
Recorder. NJ. SMITH
ssherin-JAMEs X. ANGLE.
Prosecuting Attorney-wATrB b, DAWSON.
Probate Judge-J. A. SILVERS
Treasurer-W. X. BELL.
Collector-Y. C. COMBS.
Assessor-A. l.. GILMORE.
Coroner-O. Y. RENICK.
Presiding Judge-J. W. McFADDEN.
Associate Judge North Dist ESTES SMITH
Associate Judge, South Dist.-A. d. HYDE.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
SteeIe-Sta0dtman
Announcement.

The following item appeared in tn
society notes Of the Kansas City
Star, Of Sunday, June 10th:
"Mr. and Mrs. James Strodtman,
northeast OF Independence, announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Besse Alice, to Walton W. Steele, OF
St. Louis. The wedding will take
place Monday, June 49,"
The wedding will take place at the
Strodtman home, five miles north
east Of Independence, on the Lexing-
ton pike. The BRIDE o.be is q men,
Der Of an old and prominent family
in Jackson and Lafayette counties.
She was educated at Baptist Female
College, Lexington, Mo-, is Q besuti-
iul and charming young lady, an &C
complished musician and very popu.
lar.
No more worthy or popular young
gentleman ever went out into the
world from Bates county than Wal
ton W. Steele, who started his bust
ness career with the Missouri State
Bank, Of this city, and ID now hold
ing an important position With the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company,
Of st. Louis.
THE Tnfrs, believing they have
both chosen wisely and we'll, extends
congratulations IN adyanoe, with
best wishes for their happiness and
prosperity.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
Call For Senatorial Convention

In pursuance OF an action OF the
Senatorial Committee OF the 10th
Senatorial District OF the State oil
Missouri; a Democratic delegated
convention is hereby called to meet
in ElDorado Springs, Cedar county,
Missouri, on Saturday, June 10th,
to nominate q Democratic Candidate
for State Senator In the 10th Sena-
torial District OF this State.
The basis adopted Is one delegate
for each 800 votes cast for Jos. W.
Folk, for Governor, and one delegate
for each one OF the fractions $50 or
over. In this call each county will
be entitled to delegates, as follows:
Bates County...............".""."."..1
Cedar County..............."........."
Henry County........................""..1l
st. Clair County...................".".
W. n. ANTHONY,
Chairman OF the Democratic Sena-
torial Committee OF the 18th Sena.
torial District OF Missouri.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14

"Although Colonel Bryan is stand
ing pat" says the Atlanta Consti
tuition, "on his 1896 principles, the
safe and sane Democrats up in New
York, deep downin their hearts, pro
Tess to have a feeling for him. Col
Bryan may yet experience the anon
ely OF being right and being Presi
dent, too"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
THEIR ONLY BOPE.

The Republican-Press overshoots
It's mark and tags its efforts to mske
defeated candidates sore, by devot
ing column after column OF slush
about Unfair and dishonest methods
used In the primary. IL defeated
candidate WAS Inclined to be "sore"
he could but resent the thinly veneer
ed efforts OF thls radical republican
sheet to make q cats paw out OF
him, to dishonor him In the eyes OF
his party associates, and make OF
him a laughing stock for Republican
beneficiaries.
No one, al all conversant with the
methods OF these Republican sheets,
expected them to give a fair, I'M
biased report of Democratic pri-
maries. The only hope they have OF
Republican success this fall lies In
ID ,mocratic discomfort. They know
that with united party and an
aggressive campaign, they can not
hope to overcome the splendid DEM
ocratic majorities which will be roll
ed up. ConsC quently they endeavor
TO SOW the seed OF discord In Demo
cratic ranks.
But We warn them that they have
reckoned without their hosts, and
vastly moderated the splendid metal
OF which these candidates are com.
posed. We took occasion repeated
ly during the campaign to assert,
and to quote other gentlemen, that a
ticket selected from the material Of
iering could but be good. Our judg-
ment is indicated by the manly
and honorable way they are accept
Ing defeat. True greatness and
manliness are demonstrated better
in defeat than In victory. Out OF
the thirty candidates, only two have
uttered mutinous sentiment, and
only one has questioned the fairness
OF the election and accuracy OF the
count by a contest, and he has given
no specific cause for such action, but
is trying to get possession Of the
ballots in the iorelorn hope that
something might be discovered on
which to base his contest.
This is not right, 1t Is maniiestly
unfair to the party and unjust to
those splendid Democrats all over
the county who gave him loyal sup
port, not only this time, but repeat
eddy before, and they should not now
be placed in the attitude Of having
attempted TO foster a bolter and q
kicker upon the party. These are
harsh terms, but are absolutely true
and the only ones that can be flttingly
applied to those who refuse to abide
by the decision Of the primaries az
ter seeking preferment thereby.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14

Chicago, June 12.-Farmers from
the Mississippi valley are here to
attend q two days session Of
the American Society Of Equity.
The object Of the organization
is the control Of prices Of all
products Of the farm. The plan isto
build elevators and cold storage
plants throughout the country and
to sell direct to the Wholesale dealer
in the city.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES
]. D. ALLEN, EDITOR.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

The WEEKLY TIMES. published every
Thursday. will be sent to any address
ne year, postage paid, Tor SI.oo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
For
The Sick

to have THAR medicine at ~
right tims = 3 matter Of great
Importance. There win - a ]
delays Y your prsscripdon =
ppt up b. us, for We have ~
etythinR the doctors IN this
vielnIty are likely TO ordeeand
or prescription department
is'equipped With every modern !
convenience for promotlnR
quick, accurate ssrvi6a Ar
experienced pssscriptionist aL
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
State Ticket,

State Ticket.
W. W. GRAVES.
Supt, of STRAIGHTFORWARD A. GASs.
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner-
II, r. OSLESBY
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-06-14
The Missouri Pacific Time Table at
Rntlar Station

The Missouri Pacific Time Table at
Butler Station.
CORRECTED TINE TABLE.
seufH BOUND.
30. 9ca Joplin 4 Southwest mail 4 Ex SCI IN
No sO5K.C A Joplin mail a Express ~ IS, m
30. soa X C 4 Joplin mail & Express 1850 m
no, eel Local freight l:Sp m
NORTH BOUND.
No, ao6 Kansas City and Sc. Louis Elk. $50 m
nd. S04 Kansas City mail and Express go m
No. 80 Kansas City limited mail lUiSop m
LOCAL FREIGHT
No. 2qs Local Freight ll;so m
10. f52 Kansas City stock s;isP IN
INTERSTATE DIVISION
WEST BOUND.
70. al Local freight and Pas mixed secs IN
xLsr ROUND.
10. s,s Local freight and Pas mixed ar 5;lo pm
J. r. GEiGER, Agent
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
COUNCIL INsPECTs LEvEE.
VIII Meet Tonight to Decide How 10
Expend $4,000.

In accordance with the agreement
of Wednesday evening the city council
will hold an adjourned session for the
purpose OF discussing the question of
levee repairs Yesterday afternoon
the members Of the council made n
tour of inspection along the ri, er
above the Main street bridge. The
party started at the upper end of the
levHe and by coming down the dry
bed of the river were able to note the
effects of the flood upon the bulk
head.
This afternoon the members of tho
council will meet again and inspect the
levee below the Main street bridge.
AS soon as 1t can be decided where
repairs are to he made arrange
ments will be made for ,oom-
mencing work either by contract or
by having the work done by the day
under the direction of a .uperintend-
ent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
NATURAL GAS AT ONTARIO.
Company With s1,OOO,OOO Capital to
Exploit IL.

| Portland, August pa company
with $1,000, 900 capital stock is being
organized to begin oil and gas de-
velopments in eastern Oregon. An
other natural gas discovery. larger
and more important than any preced-
ing 1t, has set the town of Ontario
and surrounding country throbbing
with excitement. Experts who have
mada Investigations say the region Is
uDderleid with q lake of petroleum,
and that the oil is comparatively near
to the surface.
the ontario district IL oil bearing
but, like many other resources of Ore
gon, the deposit has received little at
tention. A number of farmers who,
in boring wells, tapped gas reservoirs
their houses and utilized 1t for light
ing and heating. A few weeks ago
Malheur county was boring a well
when. at depth of 210 feet, he struck
clear, pure drinking water that rose
to within six feet of the mouth of the
well.
He installed a small gasoline engine
and pipe to irrigate his lawn and gar
| den. 1t was noted that the water,
when first pumped into vessel, would
present milky appearance and bub-
BILE furiously but on standing a mo-
ment the water would clear and be
| good. tasteless drinking water. AZ
ter two weeks of nearly steady pump
ing, Judge Clement had shut down
his gasoline engine and was standing
about when the well began a chug-
ging noise and water squirted spas
medically from the pipe.
The judge, in alarm, called expert
advice to learn IL possible whether his
well was going dry, or what was the
| meaning OF the noises. 1t was decid-
ed by the wise ones that either the
well was about to go dry or there was
gas pressure at the bottom OF 1t. On
suggestion that there might be a flow
of gas, the Judge lighted a match
and held It over the pipe. There was
a flash and flame of gas shot into
the air six or eight feet, and continued
to burn steadily.
Standard OH Man There.
A Standard OIL agent who has ex-
amined It says the gas is pure petro-
leum gas. 1t is believed that an oil
reservoir exists under the ontario dis
trict, and that the place is on the
verge of an oil and gas boom that will
rival Texas and Kansas fields.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
MANY LAUNDRYMEN COMING.
n G. Wallace Says They Are Inter.
ested I'm Pendleton Convention

That the laundrymen of Oregon
and Washington are taking much in.
terest in their convention, which is to
be held here in September. was de-
clared this morning by A. G.. Wallace,
of the G. NJ. Arthur company, who
has been in the city today on busi-
ness with ]. F. Robinson, of the Do
mestic laundry.
"Laundrymen from both of the
states in the association and even
some from British Columbia and
northern California, have expressed
their Intentions of attending the con-
vention. Many are intending to go
from here to Denver to attend the
meeting of the national association,
which will be held Immediately after
the Pendleton meeting"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
Ten minutes lntermlssion,
Sustained Serious Injury.

Through falling down a flight of
stairs into cellar Mrs. Sabray Hop
per, grandmother OF Mrs. T. B. Swear
ingen, was badly injured several days
ago. The accident occurred at the
home of Tom Hopper, three miles out
in the country. While trying to go
into the cellar Mrs. Hopper fell the
distance Of nine steps and was badly
hurt Owing to her advanced age her
injuries were especially severe, and
she has been unable to move since
the accident. She is now being cared
for at the Hopper place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
WAGES AND LABOR
PORTLAND LABORERS VS..
BUREAU LABOR STATISTICS.
They Deny Wages Have Advanced at
Greater Ratio Than the Cost of Liv-
ing-Burcau OF Labor Has Either
Made Great Mistake or Is Guilty of
Pcttifogging - Leaders I'm Other
Parts of the Country Make Similar
Statements, and All Quote Facts.

The Oregon Daily Journal gives the
following hearing to 1.-THE other side
of the stock-watered tales of wages
being raised faster than prices OF
necessaries advance:"
The recent report of the Unite 1
States bureau of labor to the effect
that wages are raising more rapidly
than the cost of living is calling forth
denials from labor leaders from all
parts of the country. Unionists espec-
tally are aroused to emphatic protest,
their statements invariably being that
the cost of living, outlegs the price of
wages two to one.
The text of the bureau report says.
I'm 1905 the average wages per hour
in the principal manufacturing and
mechanical industries of the country
were 1.6 per cent higher than in 1904;
the retail price of food was only .O6
higher, and hence in 1906 the pur-
chasing power of both hourly and
weekly wages was 1 per cent higher
than in 1904"
Charles Shultz, president of the
Portland Federated Trades council
declares this statement to be incorrect,
at least as far as Portland is concern
cd
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24

That Charles Cunningham, the
wealthy ex-sheep king, was one OF
several men who were made the VIC
tim of a clever swindling scheme in
Seattle last winter is proclaimed in
telegraphic dispatches from that
place. The account sent out from the
Sound city is as follows:
Seattle, Aug. ga confidence
game of incredulous proportions
worked in this city since December
has only just come to light. Promi-
nent men from several parts of the
northwest We're victimized to the ex-
tent of $l5O,000. Among the alleged
victims are Charles Cunningham,
Pendleton, s4ee0; w. P. Gwyn, Ana
conda, Mont. $4,000; Thomas Nor
ton, Sacramento, $4,000; Harry
Lairn, San Francisco. $4,000; DIR. G.
E. Blackburn. Butte, Mont, $4,000.
There were several others.
The game was through fake
wrestling and fight bets on which the
victims thought they had sure
thing. The bouts were pulled off in
an obscure arena on the shore of Lake
Washington.
1T is alleged that the instigators of
the fake fights were Russell B. Har-
rison, alias Russ Barrett F. w.
Brown, an eastern confidence man.
and Matthew Ries, well known
horseman. The expose was made to-
day in a local newspaper. Arrests
are expected
In a dispatch received this morn
ing from Portland the amount of Mr..
Cunningham's loss is placed at the
sum of $4,000.
Cunningham Denies Story.
That he lost any money through the
operations of any Seattle swindlers
was emphatically denied this morning
by Mr.. Cunningham. When seen at
his home this morning and told of
the startling tale that comes from
Seattle. he said:
II don't know anything about the
matter. I have had nothing to do
with anything of that kind and as far
as I am concerned, there is no truth
in the story at ALL"
Since he was injured in a runaway
last Friday evening, Mr.. Cunning
ham has been staying at his home
most Of the time nursing an injured
arm and hand. Consequently he is
prepared to prove an aiibi for that
time.
The fact that Mr.. Cunningham was
in Seattle for time last winter may
have led to his being connected with
the story. After having disposed of
his immense sheep business last fall,
at price said to have been close 10
$3.50, 900, Mr.. Cunningham devote d
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
FOR FIFTH CONCERT
EAGLES BAND MAY
PLAY NEXT FRIDAY
Fourth Concert Tonight Supposed to
BE Last. But Leader Sharp Thinks
Band Will Play Again for S21 Re-
manning i'm Fund-Program of
Eight Numbers at Court House To.
night.

Although tonight's band concert
was scheduled as the last one of the
season 1t is very likely that another
entertainment will be given next Fri
day evening by the Eagles band.
After tonight's concert has been
paid for there will still be s21 of the
concert fund remaining. Though this
amount is but half what has been
paid the band for each concert It is
hoped that the organization will con.
sent to play for that amount, At all
OF the concerts given thus far immense
crowds have been present and the
program has ben greatly enjoyed.
Consequently it is hoped that another
concert will be given next Friday
evening, August 81, and thus the sea-
sor ended with the summer.
While the matter of holding another
concert has not been brought Official
ly before the band, Director C. c..
Sharp says he believes the band will
he glad to give another program and
that he will bring the subject before
the players.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24

some time to travelling and during
that time sojourned in Seattle for a
while However, IL he suffered any
financial losses through acquaintances
made then, he has evidently forgot
ten all about the same by this time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24

Owing to the multitude of prisoners
in the city jail this morning and tho
fighting propensltics of one of the
number, they were brought into court
in two separate squads.
The first installment brought before
Judge Fit2 Gerald consisted of three
Indians and white man. They wero
Ny Pete, Francis Wilhelm, whose ap-
pearance does not justify such a fancy
name, Cop-lots, an aged Umatilla war;
rior, and William Ferguson. Ali of
these admitted being drunk and were
given S5 or thre days each
Fighter Gets 12 Days.
In the second batch brought into
court were Aaron Bowman and Mich
ael Heber, the two young men who
engaged In n disturbance in front OF
the Idle Hour yesterday. Heber Is
the man who resisted arrest by Mar
shal Gurdane and finally broke away
from that officer though he had been
dubbed hard enough to quiet an or
dinary man.
ut was the first time I had ever
been arrested and guess l was ex-
cited" said Michael in attempting to
explain why he had tried to avoid the
chief
However, his excuse failed to make
an impression on the hardened heart
Of Judge Fitz Gerald and a fine of s25
or IL days in Jail was imposed on the
scrapper. With the other prisoners
he was then turned over TO the mercy
of Street Commissioner Billidue.
Aaron Bowman, the partner of He.
ber, declared they had only been scuf-
fling and had not been mad when in
terrupted by the chief. He was given
sentence Of $40 or five days for his
fun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
Society Event at Arlington.

We understand that young man
got too fresh this week and certain
young lady hit him In the head with
a rotten egg.--Arlington Record.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-24
BEFORE THE COURT
MAN WHO RESISTED
ARREST GETS IL DAYS.

He Says II Was the First Time He Was
Ever ArTcsted-Niy Pete, UmatilIa
Warrior ana Other Indians, Were
Given SIS or Three Days Each for
Being Drunk-Aaron Bowman,
Partner Of Hebcr, Declares They
Had Only Been Scuffling.