The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
Virginia Items.

Walter Wolfe came in Sunday
morning about 3 O'Clock Ii was
sunduvu when he passed through
Blue Mound, Kan bus AS light as
day when be got here. He expects
TO re uain one week at home.
Miss Grace Darr's school closed
last Friday at Virginia with a grand
entertainment. She furnished ice
cream for dinner. Many OF the
patrons attended the closing OF the
school. The house was crowded.
Exercises were singing, declsmstions
OF various kinds, James |. Wolfe had
his fathers grsphsphone, and Me.
barr the- guitar James Wolfe
delivered fine address to the school,
also Mrs J. W. McFadden gave a
short talk. The scholars speak we'll
OF their teacher. Miss Grace has a
way Of keeping on the good side Of
her pupils, and the pupils showed the
same kindness, 30 they had pleas
ant time tngather.
o VI. Drysdsls left Saturday for
Moundville, Mo to spend u few days
with Isaac Park and family.
Miss Vens Biggs, OF Hume, who
had been visiting her uncle, George
Thompson, returned home Thursday
last week.
DR.. Smith was called to see Mother
Oldham Sunday.
Mother Craig has been on the sick
list for several days. She is getting
quite old.
Quite a number OF friends OF Miss
Mamie McKibbens gathered at her
fathers house Monday night OF this
week to celebrate her fifteenth birth.
day. Among the number was her
uncle, James |. Wolf, OF Burlington,
Kan. 1t is reported they had good
time.
We Join In with what Rustic said In
the Record last week On the dog law.
We will add his poetry:
Some little dogs are very good
And very useful too;
And did you know that they will
mind
What they are bid to do.
He says II any sheep have been kill
ed In Hudson In the last 20 years, he
did not hear OF Il. He says that we
suppose fifty dollars would pay for
all the sheep killed by dogs In Bates
county. That the tax on dogs would
amount $4,000 or more a year.
Wolves killed a number OF sheep q
few miles west OF Spruce this spring
He thinks Mr.. Carroll could have
benefited the sheep men better by
asking the legislator to pass law
to get rid OF the wolves. He speaks
OF the dogs killing skunks, minks,
weasels and other animals that eat
chickens, and the poultry industry OF
Bates county is ten times more prof
table that the sheep industry. We
know Rustic's head ia level on the
dog law, and another thing crops
out; in peace he is opposed to class
legislation, 80 We find most all the
old Republicans. The Office seeking
ones wear q different coat. We see
from the Hume paper that Mr.. Vail,
a sheep and red hog man, south OF
Hume, has bought three wolf dogs
to kill the wolves. Mr.. Vail handles
a large number OF sheep, and the
wolves are eating up the profits,
Paper adds II the dogs will do the
work, they are worth $50. Once
In awhile wa hear persons say,
"My neighbor has number OF dogs,
and keep good dog, and am
willing to pay tax on him." We
would say that that kind OF an
outfit is busy killing skunk and 9TH
or animals that destroy the poultry
Of the county, while the man that
has a good dog, is always laying
around the yard waiting for his din.
ner. We shall humbly submit to
what the county court says II 1t is a
dollar on our dog, we will pay.