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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The latest novelty in bazaar attrac.
tions is surely that introduced by the
Springside Wesleyan chapel, Rawten'
STALL A wedding cake was cut up,
and In one section was concealed a
marriage certificate. 1t was an
nounced that the bachelor or spinster
securing the chunk" containing the
document had the opportunity offered
to be married free of cost within the
next IL months by the Rev. J. Ben
netts.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Springfield, ILL.,, Marcia petition
memorislizing President Roosevelt
to call q special session of Congress
to reviee the Dlnyley tariff law was
presented in the House by Represen.
tatve ]. P. McGoorty, Of Chicago
Dem
It recites that the present Dingley,
Law has been on she statute books
Of the United States for nearly ten
years without matssisl change, In
spite Of the alterations IN economic
conditions due to the Industrial and
financial development Of the country
resulting from this protective policy
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The intern revenue commissioner
is overwhelmed with letters from
farmers asking whether the manufac.
ture of denatured alcohol on a small
scale is profitable. 1t has been neces-
sary to print circular explaining
that the manufacture of alcohol re.
Quires expensive machinery, that a
separate bonded warehouse will be
required at each factory, and there.
fore only those who have a consider.
able capital will find it profitable to
go into the business.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Muskogee, I. T., March 18.-A IL.
year oil lease on seven and one.heli
acres Of land In the Glenn pool BE-
longing to Robert Pettmsn, Q 8 year.
old Indian boy, sold for 80, 300.
The boy also gets 10 per cent Of all
the oil produced. One hundred and
flity acres additional in the same al
lotment were sold for $39, 1926 bonus
and 10 per cent Of the oil, netting
the Indian boy $50, 125 for the leases
on the entire allotment. What he
will get in oil Il problematical. he
stu owns the land. The sale was
made by the master In chancery al
auction and there was a big crowd
Of oil men present, most Of them bid
dsrs for The base. -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The inhabitants of an industrial
town seeking to abandon it in a body
"a strange event for modern times
is now to be witnessed in Spain. The
town is that of Bejar, near Salaman-
ca, whose people are using their ut
most endeavors to have themselves
distributed-men, women and chill.
dren-among the South American re-
publics. Bejar was once a flourishing
town, with reputation for its cloth
fabrics. Fifty years ago the popula.
ton numbered $4,000 people, but the
place has gradually declined, and to-
day contains no more than 5000 souls,
who seek to flee from it as fast as
they can.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
TsIs1hsasl Ia cenpstIsIsa.

Every community which has tele
phone service is likely to be con-
fronted by the question Of granting q
franchise to q rival company. Each
case must be decided by the govern
ing circumstances, but every case win
show the popularity Of the telephone
problem. The telephone is a natural
monopoly, for 1t is to the advantage
Of every subscriber that all users Of
telephones should be on the same sys-
tenn with him.. More than one system
means that a subscriber must have
more than one instrument, or be out
Of communication with part of the
world of telephone-users. II is diff
cult, however, to adjust human nature
to ideal mechanical conditions. Estab-
lished companies. without rivals. lack
the motive of competition to keep
rates down and service good. There
fore some communities have welcomed
new companies which promised better
and cheaper service. Dual systems,
like labor strikes, are on their face
economic losses, yet It may be worth
while to endure the temporary dis
comfort and loss in order to secure
better conditions ultimately. The
butcher may be on one system and
the baker on another, yet low rates
may bring two instruments within the
previous cost of one. and may so in
crease the number of subscribers
within call as to atone for the incon-
venience. II finally one company alb
serbs the other, the community may
have become so well established In
low rates that the surviving company
dare not raise them. On the other
hand says the Youths Companion, the
effect Of competing companies is
sometimes merely to divide the tele-
phone-users of community without
adding many 10 the total number, and
if the companies then make an agree
ment to keep rates up. the community
Is worse off than before. In the
strategical game which a community
plays with public service companies,
1t is difficult to determine in the case
Of the telephone service how far the
actual or threatened establishment Of
a rival company stimulates mechani-
cal Improvement and checks the ma.
tural tendency of monopoly to extor-
ton, No community can settle the
question without careful study.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
GIRL ASKS PERMIT
TO WEAR TROUSERS.
Lots Of Reasons" She Replies
in Answer to Officers
Why?
Why?

Chicago, March 1S-Miss Marie
Hunt, who admits shat she Is "a
years OF age and says that she is
domiciled at the Chicago Beach
Hotel, approached Lieut.. Ryan OF
the Harrison Street Police Station
and asked that she be given a per.
mit to wear trousers and other
things distinctly masculine. Lieut..
Ryan gazed on Miss Hunt and said,
"Why?'
"Oh there are lots OF reasons" re.
piled the young woman. 81 work
Tor high,class book concern and
have to climb stairs, and this (lndi.
eating q neat tailor.made skirt Is
very heavy. Besides women's clothes
cost more, Now, this suit have on
cost me $50, and you know shat
you can get fine suit Tor $50. You
probably paid less for that suit you
have on"
The Lieutenant, who was looking
particularly fetching in a new uni,
form that cost him 500, aside from
the stars and gold braid, had con.
siderable difficulty in mastering his
feelings sufficiently 80 remember that
he was talking to a member OF the
opposite sex.
"You are all to the bad on the ex.
pense question: he said, and fur.
thermore, ! cannot issue any permit
TO allow you to trot around In
pants. Perhaps the Chief might do
it, or maybe Mayor dunno, but SO
far as l am concerned you can con.
tinue to make your rounds in skirts
and pay what you please for them. y
Further speech on the part OF Miss
Hunt could not succeed In making
"the Loot" forget the slur on his
new Uniform, and the maiden went
on her way with the sorrowiul con-
viction that she would have to con.
tinue her way through lie with her
neither limbs hampered by dresses.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

In Italy the sale of salt is a govern.
ment monopoly, it's cost in that coun.
try being greater than that of sugar.
Everyone, therefore, uses it very care.
fully. 1t is only for sale in the tobac-
co shops; and the privilege of keeping
these is greatly coveted, being a sort
of sinecure awarded to men who, in
other countries, would receive a pen
sion for services to the government.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Gold in transit across the ocean
"sweats," no matter how tightly 1t may
be packed. 1t is usually sent in stout
kegs, and packed as tightly as posi-.
BILE; but there is a regular allowance
for loss by attrition upon the voyage,
and in the course of years this loss to
the commercial world amounts to q
large sum.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Brander Matthews consoles himself
for the presidents desertion of the
spelling cause by the fact that al
present there are 1000 signatures to
the agreement to use the committed
simplified forms, and they are coming
in at the rate of 1000 to 1000 q
month.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The number Of skins of fur-bearing
animals obtained every year in Brit.
ish America is much greater than 1t
was half a century ago. Muskrats
outnumber all other animals trapped
or killed for their furs in Canada by
a large margin, and these rodents
yield about 100000 pelts annually.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The roast beef of old England
comes from America and is eaten
with thankfulness by our British
cousins, but 1t doesn't compare with
the southdown mutton, old chappie
az an article of diet.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

A couple in Connecticut celebrated
their golden wedding and then start
ed out on the same wedding trip they
had taken so years before. Here ia
an example in this fine old couple
that ought to put pessimism and SYM.
cism to shame in showing how love
can keep hearts young.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
Found at Last.

ia. Harmon; Of Lizemore, West
Va, says: at last have found the
perfect pill that never disappoints
me; and for the benefit Of others al.
1icted with torpid liver and chronic
constipation will say; take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Guaranteed satisiac.
tory. 25c at F. T. Cays, DRUGGIST.
1872 mS~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

In England they are now asking:
Can Christian become a million.
aire? Our answer to this question
Is: Ask the eye Of the needle. Per.
haps 1t can see through It.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The fact that more people die at
home than on a railroad train does
not lead to the conclusion that rail.
road train Is safer place than
home.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

II the dowager empress Of China
has learned to play bridge, she may
bankrupt the Celestial Kingdom b.
fore she gets through.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The earnest, strenuous, intense man
may make mistakes, but he will &C.
complish something to be remem.
bered
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The Eau Claire man who fell down.
stairs and broke his neck while try.
ing to kiss a woman, took q tumble
to himself too late.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Scientists at New Haven are sol.
EMMY discussing whether Eve gave
adam an apple or a lemon. 1t was
something sour, anyway.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Even II Gen. Kuropatkin has writ.
ten a book on the lessons of the war,
Japan doesn't expect to learn much
from II.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

A man has actually been killed In
a French duel. Nothing surprising,
after all. Sometimes even a slapstick
Is fatal
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

A man robbed near Pittsburg was
tied to the railroad track. Those
highwaymen are getting almost Is
heartless college hazers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

A London suffragette has christen.
ed her baby boy Franchise. Isn't this
having revenge on the wrong pes
son? y
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
AN IDEAL INVESTMENT
WEST FARNAM DISTRICT

Three Groom press brick houses with
tiled roof; built In 1906 Hard wood finish
and floors, 1st-story. Tiled bath rooms;
hot and cold water In servants rooms;
servants water closets in Easements. Pave
ment permanent walks, cement steps to
porches; paved driveway. Everything COM
plete and first-class. Practically fireproof;
Insurance rate only 60 cents for five years
Leased to responsible and permanent ten
ants. Net income almost 10 per cent In
our opinion this Is the best Investment OF
this class in Omaha
j. H. DUMONT & SON
9O6-6 N. Y. Life Bldg.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
GARVIN BROS.
1904 Farnam

$550-5127 N. 18th st.. four-room
cottage, 5O-foot lot; rents $84 per
5Ox12S feet. EASY PAYMENTS.
$8OO-2S26 Decatur; lot 6OxLt7,
with old six-room house; now rents
So. Snap. WANT OFFER.
$S5O-S20S Emmett; good brick
cottage Of FIVE rooms, city water, lot
5Ox12S feet. EASY PAYMENTS.
$8BO-221O N. 27th st., four-room
cottage. WANT OFFER.
$95O-2624 Corby St., hve-room
cottage. WANT OFFER.
S1,250-3OO5-30O Franklin St.,
two cottages; city water; lot 50x127
feet. INVESTIGATE.
S1,6OO-s322 Boyd st., new Ave
room cottage, two blocks from Ames
Ave. car line. PART ON PAYMENTS.
A bargain.
S2.6OO-s22 N. 32d st., new seven
room house, modern except furnace;
corner lot, 60x11O feet. Close to two
car lines.
S3,5OO-New modern house, two
full stories, with high basement, six
nice rooms and swell reception hall;
good location, near Hanscom park.
PART ON TERMS. INVESTIGATE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28

BENSON HOME.
Buy from owner. new Groom house, two
lots, 50X1& each; cistern, electric lights,
city water in street. not attached;
shrubberY, east front. Call at 1S0 Weir
Ave. Tel. Benson S66.
INVESTMENT OR HOME.
one Broom house. near 32d and Cunning,
modern except furnace, street paved and
paid for, lot SlX159 now rented for $500,
has barn. Let us show this property.
Price, $4,000; can make terms.
49,, S2lOOOO
SSl6 Chicago St, rooms, lot 5OX135, south
'front.' house in good repair. This prop
erty Is worth more money.
4Sl3 Maple St, rooms. we'll and cistern,
two lots, 5Ox100 each: cherries. plums,
small fruit, nice lawn. Terms
MUST SELL.
Before May !, 2715 Decatur ST., 1-room cot
tage, gas and city water, 6O-ft. lot.
$4,000.
4-room cottage, gas, water, sewer, large
lot lawn, flowers, shade and fruit trees,
block to car. $4,000 cash: balance,
terms.
LOTS.
In Benson, two blocks from car, cheap at
lots don't miss this.
ACREAGE.
80 acres near Ashland. Neb to ex-
change for cash or Omaha property.
TURRELL & CO.,
Room l6 Patterson. Tel D 1929.
QS)-M263 81
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28

INVESTMENT
Nine-room house and barn, with lot S2h
XA, on S. 18th St., adjoining Great West
ern railway terminals; only $500 This
property Is bringing good income, and on
account of its location is sure to grow in
value. Full particulars on request.
j. H. DUMONT & SON
905-8 N. Y. Life Building.
uD
1850 will buy lot blocks west of post
Office with small house in rear; size Of
lot 66X132, paved St.
r. d. WEAD, 1874 Douglas.
HOUSES FOR sALE-Also fine lots in No
part Of city; prices right; easy terms
Call Doug. 1853 or Doug. S709. once, 1890 N
24th. o. NJ. UNDERHILL 4 co.
Q9)-78 My11
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
Tel. Douglas 952

INVESTMENTS.
$4,OOo-526-52S s. 3Oth st., double
modern fat eight rooms each; rents
$3.50 per year.
S2,760-Near 9th and WOODWORK
Ave, eight-room modern house, good
condition, cement walks; rents 1912
per year. A GOOD BARGAIN.
$s,5OO-New brick fiat (St. Louis)
only five blocks from postofflce. six
room apartment house on first floor;
seven-room apartment on second floor;
a thoroughly modern and we'll built
building; rents $77.5O per month.
SEE US FOR PARTICULARS.
1216-121S So. 7th Ave-, nonresident
owner wants an OFFER for this double
fiat; modern except furnace; lot COX
154 feet; rents S476 per year. SUB
NIT OFFER.
31e,0OO-Rents $2,16O per year
Investigate this modern nat building;
located in good residence section,
west; close to Farnam car line.
FIVE PROPERTIES.
We have FIVE we'll rented properties,
all in excellent repair and In good To-
cations, for sale by a client who will
give good values" for cash. Call
and investigate this.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28

F. D. WEAD
New Broom cottage on Writ St. near Path.
has every modern Improvement; fun lot
south front; $50 cash. balance monthly;
b. d. wEAD. 1874 Douglas
BARGAINs
Southwest corner 14th and Dodge, 4tx66
feet, 3-story and basement brick-S2S,SOO
Five brick stores, S1,5lS rental-$l2,6OO.
SIX brick fats, 81, 40 rental-Sl2.OO0.
Two brick fats $40 rental-N,5OO
Near High School, $40 rentai-SO00
Five stores and fats, $500 rental-36,5OO.
Near postofice 7-roOm house-A,5OO.
BlS1s2. near 18th and ChicagO-A.50O.
84l5 Cunning, 52x15O-$3, 100.
1914 Grace 66169 fset-S3, so
ISIS Rees, S0sS rental-S2, 400
2i5 n 18th St, Boxes feet-S2 100.
1854 Cunning roOms-&2, 80.
27gi Davenport, roOms-$2O00.
9Th and Marcy, 70X112 feet-$l, 800
SSxls2, south front, close in-Sl000.
bOxiZ7. east front BIS Franklin-S5O0.
-Four acres Tth and DOrcas-$26Oo.
Ten acres, southwest imprOved-S3,sO 800.
JOHN n. PREMIER, OPP. OLD P. o.
us)-4Ss q
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
Buy from the Owner and Save
AGENTS Commission

A strictly modern house, seven rooms,
good cellar with cement floor and separate
rooms for vegetables, cistern. lot 50xiSo
fruit and shade trees. large barn and per-
mansnt walks, all IN hrst-class condition.
only $500 Half cash, balance long time At
Is per cent
212 CoRBY STREET.
"a. $3.50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
GRAND OPENING OF
KEYSTONE PARK
Saturday, May 18th

posoice line be
Mill
Hope
south
side be
laid
constructed along Central Boulevard Omaha There
fording the commanding imaginable
automobiles speeding nothing
it,
blue
to insure rapid growth
shubbery WISH trouble
already thousands Of dollars building roads and setting out
be planted early possible
around Omaha, the possibilities
Prices from 175 1875
and three
Payne Investment Co. and D. " Sholes Co., Agents
N Y Life Building 10 Trade,
TEL Doug 1871. Doug
Q9)-54o
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
REAL ESTATE
CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE
Continued.
lesson in Geography

Lesson IN Geography
ProfsssorJYou may bound BOULE-
WARD PARK"
omahan-'BOULEvAR PARK is
bounded on the north by sahler ST., on
the south by Laird St., on the east by
Sherman Ave, and on the west by tho
Twentieth Sc. boulevard. It Is generally
level. sloplng slightly to tho east, slightly
overlooking the valley Of the Missouri and
the Iowa bluffs"
o.-"How can this addition be reachedT
A.-'rake sherman Ave. car to Sprague
St. and turn west into the addition, or
spin over practically level streets and
boulevards from tho very heart Of the
city, making it very accessible by car or
conveyance"
o.-'What about public improvements"
A-"Public improvements, such as city
water, sewer. cement walks, trees and
shrubbery, are in and paid for, and tele-
phone, gas and electric light service al
ready installed"
o.-"Are lots out Of reach OF people OF
moderate means?"
A'-No; prices are reasonable, ranging
from $3.50 up, and lots may be obtained on
easy terms IL desired"
Q.-What evidence have you that BouI-
EvARD PARK will build up2"
A.-"rhe very best: many new, modern
houses up and occupied. several under con-
struotlon. and others contracted for"
O.-"How can verify your statementaf'
AGO, SEE FOR YOURSELF
General List of Dwellings
SPAULDING ST.
B-room cottage. city WATERSHED.
AMES AVE.
4-room house and two lots. fruit trees,
barn, cheap-$S50.
WALKING DISTANCE
Groom cottage, practically modern-s2,SOo.
BOULEVARD PARK
Groom and large reception hall, brand
new ready to move tnto-SS,2O0
GRAND AVE
5-room, new. all modern cottage-Sa65o.
CENTRAL PARK
s-room house, city water, cistern. fruit.
good lots, loo
CLIFTON HILL
broom cottage, 5O-foot lot, fruit-S1,eOO.
18TH AND SPRAGUE
Groom, new, modern throughout, inn
mediate Professionalism.
FARNAM HILL
s-room dwelling, finished in oak; perma-
nent walks and pavement-$6.O0O.
VACANT PROPERTY
96th and Dodge-Iot 49x123-s1,OO0
| 18th Ave. and Camden-Corner-$2b0
| Bunch of fifty lots at $50 each.
SUBURBAN HOME SITE
Five acres. only block from car, run
| ming water, plenty OF shade, pretty build
Ing site. Owner instructs us to sell; asks
1900; little less will, buy It,
ACRE IN BENSON
One acre, only four blocks from car In
Sinner & Chase Co
Down Town Corners. Choice Residence Lots.
l6S barnanL Ground Foor. Douglas 1857.
Q9)-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28

81, 200 FOR very neat cottage home on n
9th Ave near Grant; has city water and
gas In house; corner lot, with brick
walks: snap, 1920.
+. d. WEAD, 1524 Douglas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
CLOSE IN SNAP
CLOSE-IN COTTAGE

5000 for 241l Burt St. G.
room cottage. modern except
furnace, walking distance
business district. now rented
for t2oOo per mo. under lease.
GEORGE q CO.. Sole Agents.
Is0 FsERAm 81
pQ-Ana
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28

W. FARNAM SMITH & co.
Three b-rOOm cottages on 25th-Ave., near
spencer St, In excellent repair Prices
u,boO 70 N5OO; part cash, balance easy
terms.
TwO-stOry 7-rOOm dwelling with east front
on North 9th near Parker St., 81, 400 cash,
II taken Immediately
s. 18th St, near CASTELAR,. Broom cottage,
In good repair. A snap at 500
VACANT.
Fine building lots on Fowler Ave, between
9th and ga sts. Prices ranging from
500 TO 81 900.
North AZ IT, lot 2 block /, Patricks addi-
ton. situated on 2ith near Patrick Ave
Price 1850. but will consider Offers
N0ri ! front lots on Fort St., near Florence
DO LeVard. Price $50.
w. FARNAM SMITH a 90,
Tnls. bona Douglas l06A t12o Farnam 81
d9l-4h =
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-09-25
Health in the Canal Zone.

The high wages paid make it a
mighty temptation to our young artis-
ans to join the force of skilled work
men needed to construct the Panama
Canal. Many are restrained however
by the fear of fevers and malaria. 1t
is the knowing ones-those who have
used Electric Bitters, who 60 there
without this fear, well knowing they
are safe from malarious influence with
Electric Bitters on hand. Cures blood
poison too, biliousness, weakness and
all stomach, liver and kidney troubles.
Guaranteed by Kaufman Drug Co.,,
and Derrick's Drug Store, druggist.
5Oc.'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-09-25
Transfers Of Real Estate.

The following transfers of real es-
tate have been recorded in the clerks s
office since our last issue:
D. Lawrence Corley to R. II. Cor
ley, 9 acres in Lexington township
for 5000.
J.J. Mack, Sr., to J. J. Mack, Jr.,
II acres in Bull Swamp township for
S..
M. H. Witt to Pinkey E. Gregory,
lot in Byookland for S465.
Lonzo Smith to A. Popwell, 2 acres
in Platt Springs township for S..
Alfred J. Fox to DR.. j. j. Wingard,
lot in Lexington for $500.
Alfred j. Fox to Dr. J. J. Wingard,
lot in Lexington for $500.
Russell Pool to Henry Pool, Alexan-
der Pool, VIM. Pool and R. L. Pool, 4
tracts in Bull Swamp township.
J.P.. B. M. and B. N. Bodie to B..
n. Bodie, S3 acres in Gilbert Hollow
township for STAT.
Mary {. Lybrand to G. F. Rast, lot
in Swansea for 5000.
Geo. Y. Hunter and G. F. Saner to
John W. Lindler, 107 acres in Saluda
township for $3.50.
M. E. Rutland to Mrs. Matte S.
Rutland, lot in Batesburg for $4,000.
S. F. Perry to T. Halsey Fox, lot in
Batesburg for $2,500.
T. Haisey Fox to L. T. Perry, lot in
Batesburg for 50, ,230.