The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-11
TOWNSHIP.

week and organized by re.electing
DIR. A. E. Lyle President and DR.. I.
Z. Boulware Vice. President. The OF
fees OF secretary and treasurer will
not be filled until In July.
Prof. Ira Ludwick and wife return.
ed Tuesday evening from "a six
months stay in Pasadena, Cal They
went out Wednesday to their home
near Spruce. They report delight.
ful stay on the coast and are much
pleased with the country and climate.
Best neutrality-suspicious. McKib-
bens.
u. Z. Summers, substant!aliarm
er and stockman oiiSpruce township,
favored US pleasantly on Tuesday,
had his paper changed from Ballard
to Urich No. 26. He said the post.
office at Ballard will be closed this
week.
c. r. Walters, editor Review, W.
r, Ferguson and John W. Jamison,
president and cashier Farmers Bank
and W. II. Marsh, came up from
Rich Hill on Sunday to attend the
funeral OF ex county clerk S. T.
Broaddus.
Our esteemed lady patron Mrs. S.
1T. Brown, OF Elkhart, sends US re.
mittance for renewal, the receipt OF
which, she assures US, Is sure cure
for poison Ivy. Mrs. Brown Is an
early settler and worthy citizen OF
that section.
Clarence L. Mills, OF Adrian, was
in Butler Monday on Business. He
informed US that he and his wife will
probably leave for Seattle, Wash,
next week to look after property in.
terests he has in that city. II they
like the city and country they may
conclude to locate there. They will
probably be gone five or six months
anyhow.
Poffenbarger & Douglass are Civ
Ing away with each two dollar pur.
chase a very handy and useful house.
hold utensil in the form OF a dust
| pan, with long handle permitting the
sweeper to stand erect while taking
up the dirt.
Riley Gilbert, a wealthy young
farmer, OF Spruce township, was In
Butler Saturday after some farm
machinery, and favored US in a bust.
ness way. He reports farm work as
far advanced In his section for this
time OF year.
A telephone message on Tuesday
announced that a large barn owned
by Charley Il. Clouse, northwest of
Foster, was burned at an early hour
that morning. One Of Mr.. Clouse's
jacks was burned up in the barn.
The cause OF the fire was not known
at that time.
The John T. Hodgen Medical Socie.
ty, embracing the counties Of Bates,
Barton, Gees and Vernon, met In
Nevada last week with thirty mem.
bers present. The meeting Is report.
ed the best ever held BY the society.
Adjournment was made to meet in
Butler In July.
At q social meeting Of Elks and
their ladies on Friday night II was
decided TO organize q card club, to
meet at least once every month. The
first meeting will be tomorrow even.
ing, and ell Elks and their ladies',
who play cards, are urged to be there
By 8 O'Clock.
Brown Walton, who is in the real
estate and loan business at Hobart,
Okla, stopped over in Butler for q
few hours Sunday to visit home folks.
He was on his way east on business.
Mrs. Walton accompanied him and
is visiting her parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Everingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Stephens,
OF Elkhart we're trading In Butler
the last Of the week. Mr.. Stephens
called and favored % with renewal,
making twenty dollars be had de-
posted With 10 for that purpose.
Mr.. Stephens IL an early settler and
Substantial citissn Of thst ssction.