The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-08-16

Ed. A. Stef1n, ]. C. Williams and
C. Turpin, farmers living south aud
east OF Butler, leit Saturday night
for Colorado.
Misses Mary and Lulu Ford are
visiting friends at Lucas, Mo. They
will attend home party al Mrs.
Grady's at Urich before returning
home.
Simon Gordon, OF Washington
City, has leased the big Cstterlin
room on the south side OF the square
and will occupy Il about September
18th with a line Of dry goods and
gents furnishings. Mr.. Gordon comes
highly recommended as business
man.
One OF the problems OF the general
assembly In this state will be to en-
act q better road law Geo. Church,
Republican candidate for Representa-.
tive, has given that question a good
deal OF study and will be prepared to
act wisely II re elected. Republican.
Press.
Let's see' What did George do for
the roads when he was in the Legisla.
ture? He probably hsdn't passed
the study" stage.
Sam E. Heinlein, manager OF the
Midland Manufacturing Compsny's
plant In Kansas City, accompanied
by his wife and daughter, was In But
Ter the first OF the week looking az.
ter business affairs and visiting
friends.
Chas. LsFollett left Saturday ior
Baxter Springs, Kansas, on receipt
OF notice from Cal. B. Robinson ia
report there Monday to 60 to work
as an engineer for big mining com.
pany. Charley Is u good engineer.
Hesaid he didn't know how he would
like working for somebody else,
as he had been his own boss all
his life. He left his farm in charge OF
his wife, and II he don't like 1t, he can
return.
Taking advantage OF the cheap
rates offered for the G. A. R. Nation.
al Encampment at Minneapolis,
Mimi, the following Butler people
left Monday to spend a months out.
Ing at the northern summer resorts:
Mrs, Joe Meyer, Mrs. Alice Allen, Mrs.
j. M. Christy, Mrs. d. N. Thompson
and Miss Ora Thompson; Messrs. Fl.
c. Wyatt, Charles Rogers and Harley
Drysdale.
VIII Morris, OF lola, Kansas, who
had been spending few days visit.
ing relatives and friends west OF
town, returned home Tuesday. He
Is the son of John C, Morris and is
engineer for the United Zinc and
Chemical Company. He called at
The TINES office and renewed and
also renewed for Emery Cox, former.
ly farmer near Nyhart, who is
working for the same company as
Mr.. Morris.
A special letter from Butler, lauda.
tor OF Col. Atkeson, together with bis
picture, whiskers and all, was pub.
lished in the Globe-Democrst, and
reproduced in the Republican Press,
sans whiskers. We have been won
dering ever since Atkeson was nomi-
mated on the Republican ticket for
Congress, what that party would do
with the whiskers, but since the
Globe-Democrat has accepted them
as orthodox, we suppose we may
consider that problem settled. II
Atkeson should be elected, what will
become OF the Republican wits who
always had fun with PETER whiskers?
Wonder what kind OF bird it Is
that hold a "teat In its bill" Now
there must be some kind OF animal or
bird OF that kind, because an esteem.
ed contemporary speaks Of "hoding
q teat In its BILL" and we know it's
editor couldn't be wrong on any
proposition. Possibly 1t is the great
"Dodo" bird Of which scientists dis.
pute, or may be 1t is an unieathered
biped. It must be something awful
and as Il was compared to us, we are
trying to find out what II looks like
before getting mad.
Judge William T. Ksmper, accom-.
naniad nv his fourteeu wear old son.