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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-06
Free Delivery Established.

Saturday morning, June Let, free
mail delivery service was established
In Butler The three carriers, Bee
Wix, Milford Richardson and Fred
Williams, resplendent In new reguls-
ton uniforms, with new mail saschsls
over their shoulders, made thsir FIRST
official trip delivering mail. Two
deliveries will be made each day ex-
cept Sunday. The carriers will leave
the postofiics on their trips about 8
q. IN, and 100 p. m. hey will gath.
er mall from the 81 mail boxes,
which have been put over the city.
This will certainly be a great CONVEX
fence TO the ladies at home, and those
men not doing business on the
square, and Ia time, no doubt, ali
will get used to ii. Those gentlemen
OF leisure, who have made a business
OF going to the postoffice on the ar
rival OF each mail, are inconsolable.
z hey can now stand on the corner
and see the mail 20 by.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-06
Ballard Notes.

DOVE Morlan and wife, OF Urich,
visited relatives In this neighbor.
hood last week.
J, L Wariord is home from Butler
where he has been on the petit jury.
The Ballard ball team will play
against Passaic on the backgrounds
Saturday, June 8. This Is the first
match game OF the season, and q
large crowd Is expected
Miss Wilma Policy Ia home from
Warrensburg for a weeks visit with
relatives and friends
A large crowd attended services at
Bethel Sunday. Basket dinners are
a pleasant medium OF renewing old
acquaintance and making new ones.
Robert Bradley Ia home from War,
rensburg where he has been attend.
ing summer school.
A new switch board has been put
In at Ballard. with Miss Rosa Pitt
central Our little village has now
four main telephone lines, and much
better service than heretofore X.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-06
Jesse Nave Accidentally Killed.

Jesse Nave was killed In srunaway
in Lexington, No., on Saturday last.
He was riding in buggy with his
son, Forrest Nave In going downa
hill the hold-bsck strap broke, the
horse took fright and ran away.
Mr.. Nave was thrown out over the
wheel, lighting on his head on the
pavement, sustaining conclusion Of
the brain. Theremains were brought
to Butler Tuesday, and interviews
was made In the family lot In Oak
Hill cemetery, by the side OF bis wife.
Mr.. Nave was an old citizen OF Bates
county. He lived in Butler many
years and afterwards lived In Merwin
and near that town on a farm, where
his wife died several years ago. Since
that time Mr.. Nave has been living
the greater part OF his time at Lex
ington, among relatives and old
friends.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-06
An Old Citizen Dead.

Uncle Dan Cothrien died at his
home In Burdstt. Monday, after q
long illness, aged "a years.
Uncle Dan was born In New York
but came to this country in 1852,
and for 81 years had been an honor.
abls citizen and respected gentleman.
No man In the community where he
has lived oil these years was more
highly respected and none did more
to aid his neighbours IN their hour Of
need than be. Uncle Dan Was relied
upon by all in the time Of need and
be never proved untrue. For many
years he had been an active member
Of the Burdett Baptiet church and
he was always found ready to re-
spond to the call Of duty.
Several years ago be lost his vile
and two sons. This ives Q severe
blow TO him and be never fully 10
covered from the shock Two dAugh-
Nm, Mn. Anna Axslson and nys.
Thos RAmey survive 10 mourn ths
loeo 81 = klnd and loving lAther.- -
Adrian Journal s. !
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-06
OLD COURT GAINED.
Land Owners Of Drainage Dis
trict No. I. Presented the
Members Tokens Of Ap-
probation. A Dinner
al Hotel PenneI.

Saturday last Judges John W. Nc
Fadden, P. A. Bruce and John Arm
strong we're entertained at dinner at
Hotel Pennel, In Butler, by q com.
mittee, composed OF J. F. Kern, w.
]. Bard, b. N. Ball, W. R. Bell, and
Thos. ]. Smith, representing theland
owners Of Drainage District No. 1.
at close Of the meal ]. F. Kern, as
spokesman, presented each Judge
with handsome gold headed, ebony
cane, the handle handsomely carved
and inscribed with each Judges
name and the following: Token OF
Appreciation from Land owners
Drainage Dis, No. 1. Bates Co., Mo. T"
Mr.. Kern's presentation address
was as follows:
My ability as a speaker should not
be measured perpendicularly.
The occasion which brings us to-
gether to-day is a happy one. Two
years and one month ago a petition
from land owners ofoverflowed lands
along the Marias des Cygnes and
Usage rivers in Bates county was
presented to the County Court OF
Bates County, praying for the estab
fishing OF a drainage district to re-
claim these lands. Step by step that
court carried the organization OF
Drainage District No. to compile
ton. After Investigation and a de-
cision by you that the showing made
by the petitioners entitled them TO
have their prayer granted, there was
no thought OF a backward step or a
hesitation by you as to going for
ward at every successive step. Drain
age District No. l was organized and
In shape for active construction
work as soon as almost any drain.
age district Is organized, notwith.
standing we had here almost an un-
precedented opposition, which resort
ed to every conceivable method for
delay, an opposition we are all glad
to know has about disappeared.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-06

plot where . number Of old soldiers
are buried. The Aowsfs used Tor dec.
Grating were many end beautiful.
The weather was warm and pleasant
and large crowd Witnessed the cere.
moss.
The grave which attracted the
display, ives that Of Clara Endres,
who died last week. The mound uas
literally banked In beautiful and
costly flowers.
The soldiers grave most conspicu
Gus Tor it. o. s fags. and national
bunting was that Of John Ludwick,
n Old q confederate, hut Who's
loyalty 10 the Unlen. before Nd
s1ioth. end Inst ol4his manly som
1fne ~ been nlplupoas.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-06-06
ROuers Cemetery.

Notice is hereby given to all inter.
ested In Rogers cemetery to meet on
the grounds next Saturday morning,
June 9Th. at 10 o'clock, FOR the pur-
pose OF cleaning up the grounds and
for the further purpose OF organizing
a permanent cemetery association.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
The Cats for "Ben."

"Why do you keep so many cats
around the statiOn?" John McNarrey,
chief of the Fire Department in the
West Side, asked recently.
80 that Ben can sleep soundly,' re-
piled Chief McNarrey.
Ben is one of the fire horses He is
a big bay, kind and gentle. One great
trouble Ben has is a constant fear OF
rats and mice. The instant rat
pokes its head up through a crock in
the floor or ventures up too near Ben
he throws his front feet on top of
railing, which stands two feet from the
floor. and there he stands until the
mouse or rat disappears.
Ben and the cats work together.
When the horse begins climbing on
the. railing and making all kinds Of
noise the cats have learned that there
Is a mouse in Ben's corner. They
come from all parts Of the station, and
the frightened horse Is soon at peace
again.-Kansas City Star.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
How Birds Learn to Sing.

Do young birds learn their songs by
direct imitation of their parents or Is
the power of song an innate quality?
Some observations made by w. IL.
Hudson on a species of tinamou
(Rhynchotus rufescens) throw some
light on the question. This species has
4 peculiar and characteristic song or
call of its own and according TO Mr..
Hudson's observations, 1t does not Ie-
oulre to learn it. a young bird was
taken from the nest when just break
ing the shell and brought up in house
where it could never have had the
chance of hearing its parents. Yet
long before 1t was full grown it would
retire to a dark corner Of the room
and give it's characteristic song in
great perfection. Here the song must
have been innate. The experiments CT
the Hon. DANES Darlington, in which
various species were reared under lin
nets, and learned and sang the linnet
song instead of their own, suggest, on
the other hand that the young bird
learns by direct imitation.-London
Globe.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
Mother Goese con:Inled.

Mother Goose Continued.
OiG King Cole was a merry old soul,
ANA = merry old soul was he;
lie ca,icd Tor his pipe. and lie called for
And lac called for his addlcrs three.
every Idiier had II tine fiddle,
,.,Ahd very fine fiddle hud he;
'l"et- tWe"dlc.dnc, tweedlc-dcc, went the
ndiris tiW,cJ-
oh, there's none SO rare as can COM
With King Cole and his fiddlcrs three!
Good Queen Kate was his royal mate,
ANA a right royal mate was she;
SAe would frequently state that carousing
Was something that never should pc.
but every fiddler had such Il fine fiddle
on such fine fiddle had he
lIut OLD King Cole, in his inmOst soul,
was as FESTIVE as he could be.
H.
Wien thus spoke she to his majesty.
lie planted his crown on tight
I'VE viii wait" whispered hc to. the nd-
"Till the. queen has retired for the
night"
Every fiddler then tuned up his fiddle.
And tuned it as true as could be-;
While old King Cole got his pipe and bowl
And feplcnlshcd them secretly,
So gay they grew as the night hours flew,
he forgot how the time sped away;
TIL swift overhead he heard the queens
tread
AS she sprang out of bed, when he hur-
ricdy said
They might finish the tune the next day.
Every fiddler he had fine fiddle,
And very fine fiddle had he;
Oh, twas not fair such "A concert rare
Should be ended so suddenly.
st. Nicholas.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
Blind MAYS Slnalna School.

A GAME.-One player must - blind
folded to take the Fart of the teacher.
The rest of the party compose the
class. and sit in line facing her.
She then informs her class that they
will begin the lesson by singing the
scales. The head girl, or the one at
the end of the line Immediately sings
ah, and the next ali! a little higher
or lower. Just as she chooses, and so
II goes all the way down the line, each
singing a note in any way that she
NAV wish. The teacher must listen
attentively, and any time she thinks
she recognizes a voice she stops the
class and calls the singer by name. If
she guesses correctly she changes
places with the pupil, who in turn be-
comes teacher, but II not, she must
keep on guessing.
Every time new teacher is select
ed the whole class must change seats.
so that the voice may not be recognized
by the direction from which they come.
A little variety may be introduced
into the game by singing well known
song instead of the scales, each pupil
singing the word which comes to her
to supply. 1t is the privilege of each
teacher to direct her class to sing
whatever she may choose, either song
or exercise. Washington Star.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
Gold in City Street.

THE days of old, the days of gold
the days of 49," were recalled in o
vivid manner in the heart Of the bust
ness section OF town, the other day.
Considerable sand had been washed
down the gutter and street from the
hill above, and some thinking mortal
tried a shovelful in miners pan. He
quickly found colors, and in a short
time any number of business men and
others were hard at work with all
kinds of pans and utensils washing
the dirt in tiny stream in the gutter
near by. Some made as much as 81
in a short time, while even the veriest
novice found colors. 1t is argued that
a rich ledge lies in the hill at the end
of the street, and prospecting may be
started in an endeavor to locate the
home of the fine gold.-Nevada City
Correspondence in the Sacramento Bee
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
TO SLEEP.

n gentle lover OF a world day-woia.
Taking the weary light to thy dusk
arms,
and torn,
Waiting the balm of thy Obvious
charms,
Make me thy captive ere guess pursuit.
And cast me deep,within some dream
less close,
where hopes stir not, and white wrorgcd
lips are mute,
And Pains hot wings fold down DER
hushed woes
And. If ere morn thou choos'st to set me
free,
Let il not be, sweet TALLER, through the
door
THAT timewa I'd opes. but to eternity
Set thou the soul that needs thee never
more:
GO from Sleep to Death may softly wcnd
AS one would pass from gentle friend to
friend.
Olive Tilford Dargan, in Scribners.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
Our Sensitive Government.

As a train from Washington recent.
Is slowed up below the station at a
small town in Virginia the mailbag
was thrown TO a darby lad Of perhaps
10 years, who at once started off on a
brisk trot to the postofflce. He had
not gone more than ten yards before a
larger negro boy ran into him, al.
most knocking the youthful messenger
off his feet. Look heah, niggah" eX.
claimed the messenger with a glance
of indignation, "Youse tryin' to git in
iail. amt you? Youse interferin' wild
de United States mail, niggah. When
yo' jars me yo' jars de government Of
de United States. '-Harper's Weekly.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27
Pets at the White House.

If all the animals and birds which
have been sent by admiring friends as
gifts to the President and members of
his family had been allowed to remain
at the White House that historic old
structure might easily be turned into
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-06-27

Rapid growth of the finger nails
is a sign of good health.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

the time arrives for these festivals.
The unfortunate bear cub is tied to q
post in the center Of a group Of Ainus.
A headman Of the village leases she
cub with some shreds Of willow bark
fastened to the end Of a pole, while
two other men stand with their bows
drawn ready to shoot the victim as It
stands on its hind legs. Although the
writer nas visited native settlements
Of all the different races which dwell
on the northern shores of Asia and
America, from the Arctic ocean down
wards, he has never encountered q
similar custom among any other
tribes.
The Ainu, like the Eskimo Of Amer
lea and the Tchuktchis Of northeast
Siberia, have no religion They have
no knowledge Of a Supreme Being anu
no belief in future state Mr. Landsr.
who questioned many natives on ymI
ous subjects, was once scornfuliy told
by one Of them that "the Ainu are
taught nothing and they know moth.
ing. This exactly describes the
state in which they live Certain or
the Ainu intermarry with the Japan
csc. and hence one sees a number Of
halfbreeds. Also where their villages
are in proximity to Japanese settle
ments, the natives to a great extent
adopt Japanese attire, whereas among
the true Ainu, in warm weather, all
forms Of clothes are conspicuous BY
their absence.
Any person who seeks experience
among a strange people win be amply
repaid By a visit to the Ainu Of Yezo-
But let not the wanderer pay too long
visit to the interior Of an Ainu
house, unless he be immune from the
effects Of evil smells, for scarcely, even
amidst the most savage northarn
races, have I ever known anything l3
equal the uncleanliness OF Ainu dwell
ings, nor encountered any creatures
Of the human race more dirty and
odoriferous than the Hairy Anu thenl-
selves.
q II RADCf. .YTrfrfs
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17
NH ms hE12a0NDAN ANlUNonc7 ouzpyg -

feet The present quotations on quar-
tered white oak, which are SIS to $50,
offer another basis Of comparison
which indicates tn condition Of the
market for white pine
The best stands Of this timber now
In this country are In scattered sec
tions in Minnesota, New England and
parts Of Idaho. The species In Idaho
Is sometimes called silver pine. Some
Of the conntry's best white pine is
found on the Indian reservations in
Minnesota and Wisconsin and scat
tered stands in the states Of Wyoming,
Montana, and one or two other states
At the present rate Of cutting the tree
win soon be practically a thing Of the
past The small stands IN the nation
al forests are inconsiderable, but they
will be managed with the greatest
conservatism BY the government
through the forest service. and
through this method and practice Of
reforestration It may be hoped that
the fine old tree will furnish timber
for other generations.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

The position which the United
States has held as a lumber-producing
nation has. perhaps, been due more to
white pine than TO any other wood.
The timber OF this valuable tree
which has played a most important
part In the material development Of
the nation is fast disappearing and
now It IS as costly as the finest Ameri-
can hardwoods.
Rev Edward Everett Hale. the
chaplain Of the senate who has always
taken an interest ID forestry. deplores
the passing Of white pine as our fore
most wood. and tells how in bis own
lifetime he has seen the day when
"the masts Of every vessel that sailed
the Seven Seas were made from New
England grown pine; while to-day
very little white pine is cut in New
England big enough to furnish good
sized spar He tells also. to illus
trate the increasing cost OF the wood.
that he ordered a set Of book shelves
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

The Madison street police station.
which is sort Of clearing house for
lost children, has recently acquired q
young man who is about as useful az
could be desired He is Louis David
son, nine years old, who lives al a53
Madison street, next door to the police
station-that Is. when he isn't In tho
station house. Louis is known As the
Captain Of Lost Children. When 4
stray child is brought into the station
house Louis converses with him IL
either English or Yiddish, aud II there
is anything to be asceEtalned from
that child Louis win ascertain Il.
Sometimes the captain goes out aud
hunts up the parents Of the lost boy
or girl. The Madison street nolies
find him a most effective aid In their
work m Y. Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

are often erected on sticks, where
they remain as trophies outside tho
hunters dwelling. All young bear
cubs which are captured are brought
home to the settlements, where the
women Of the tribe adopt them, and
actually suckle these beasts as they
would their own children. The object
IS that IN due course Of time these
young cubs shall Be killed and eaten
at what is known as Bear Festival
Often when the cubs grow too big to
be nursed any longer, they are con
fined in kind Of wooden cage until
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

The value Of the worlds railways Il
Dut At s27775. 100000
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17
sANK N oUIcksANDs % NEoK.
Hunters Dog Brought Relief When
His Master Had Given Up Hope.

John Cronin came preclously near
being swallowed BY a quicksand in the
woods near North Arlington, N. ].
cronin was up to his neck or down
to his neck--in the quicksand when
he was saved
Cronin, who lives on Union avenue,
BelIeville, went rabbit hunting with
Michael Flynn. chief OF police OF Belle.
vile, the chiefs young son, John, and
Frank Curren. Cronin's dog chased
rabbit, cronin ran after the dog and
rabbit and so became separated from
the rest Of the party. Suddenly he
walked into the qulcksand and, like a
shot. sank to his waist.
The more he struggled the deeper
he went. The dog, seeing him in dIf-
ficulty. let the rabbit 60 and ran
around the quicksand's edge, barking
aud whining Cronin discharged his
shotgun. but his companions thought
he was firing at a rabbit. He yelled,
but they did not hear him.
His wise dog set of after the others
Of the party and told them as plainly
as be could that Cronin was in trou-
BILE. Il ran toward them and then
away dozen times, and barked and
showed such manifest signs Of distress
that they followed 1t.
Cronin was only half-conseious by
this time. His friends could not GO
closer to him than six or seven feet
or they would have been engulfed
too. They finally uprooted several
birch saplings and pried him out.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

manner for years. Suddenly the peo-
pie awoke TO the fact that the thought
less destruction Of the trees had
thrown 100000 Of acres on the de-
linquent tax list. These white barrens
point 10 the terrible penalty Of vast.
Ing the forest resources which should
have been the heritage OF all future
generations.
An idea Of the increasing scarcity or
white pine timber Is given by the New
York r. o. B. quotations. on q basis OF
carload lots. AUppers Of the best
grade, cost s97 to sliA a thousand
board feet and ghe selects or next
lower grade cost s7950 to $40 80 Men
Who are not yet middle.aged remem-
Der the time when these Grades could
be purchased at SIC to $50 thousand
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

tHtFSttA%t fNAhNinl EN1WtWH on WNikG
Pine That Stood Too Much Alone in
Early Youth.
on which the cabinetmaker made
price. and then asked whether they
should Be made Of mahogany or white
pine.
The white pine production has
shifted from New England to the lake
states. and Michigan was the leading
amber-producing state for 20 years,
from 1870 to 1880. with a supremacy
oased on white pine In these two
decades the output was le0. 900. .0o0, 600
sf board feet, valued. at the point Of
production, at not less than 81. 900 900,
300. or nearly half as much as the
value derived from an the gold fields
u California from their discovery in
the late forties until the present.
The rich forests Of Michigan were
once thought lnexhaustibie ana lum-
boring continued Ia most reckless
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

q d RADcLYFT1.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17
HE OBJECTED TO FRENCH.
Wanted a Clock That He Gould Un.
derstand When It Struck.

- ttttNNA = WtHAN ANt@= NtE 144IW AHle
derstand When It Struck.
Howard Wilson. who pitched cou-
pie Of seasons for Washington few
years back, is now in the watch and
clock business. and whenever any Of
the ball players want anything Ia this
line they patronize the genial Howard.
Some days ago the versatile Mr..
Waddeii determined to buy a clock.
So that when he retired to his home
for the winter he would have a rclia-
bic timepiece that would arouse him
from his slumbers each morning So
that he could be IN time for breakfast.
which is a meal that Rube thinks
whole lot OF
So going up to the store kept by
Wilson IN company with Harry Davis
and Stocks seybold, George Edward
began looking over the various time.
pieces thar were put out by the ac-
commodaing Howard for his inspec-
tion
Ruhe was hard to suit, and finally
Howard said to him
I'D, here IS an extra fine French
clock that ] viii give to you for half
price
It's a pretty piece Of work, ali
right, Howard. replied the Rubo, as
he began scratching his head. and /
wouldn't mind owning it. only. you
see" he explained, 'it wouldn't be any
good to me, as want a clock that /
can understand wheh a strikes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

The National Good Roads associa-
tion was organized By delegates from
SS states in n lonal convention in
Chicago, November a. 1900. and an
extensive campaign for good roads all
over the union IS in progress. The
president Of the association Is w. H
Moore. St Louis, and The secretary is
Arthur e Jackson Damarlscotta. Me.
with vice presidents representing each
state and territory.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-17

John Burns is said to have the bask
working library O any member Of tire
English house Of parliament