The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-10-17

that she fesding OF green corn 80
hogs is responsible in a large meas
ure for the cholera now prevalent In
the country Mr.. Falor had two
lots Of sixty hogs each. To one he
fed green corn aud to the other old
corn. In q short time 10 OF the hogs
being fed on green corn were down
and three died, while the other sixty
head continued to do nicely. Mr..
Falor thinks that II a farmer lie COM
PEELED to feed new corn, he should
first all the hogs up on old corn and
then keep q supply OF medicine on
hand.
The W. II. Ison stock sale was we'll
attended and the stock brought
good prices. j. G. Walker bought a
two year old mule for S2l7 and It's
match for about 5000 and a sucking
muleior $95, a team Of yearling mules
brought $500, or about $500 for the
FIVE mules. The gross receipts Of the
sale was 81, S72.50. Mr. Ison, 1t will
be remembered, had his back broken
In a runaway abouttwo months ago.
The lower part OF his body and limbs
are still paralizsd, but there Is some
ieelibg aad he thinks he isimproving.
Mr.. lson has always kept up Ills
courage and still insists that he will
get we'll
W. F. Wiggeg, a Deep Water, was
a pleasant caller and favored us with
renewal. Mr.. Wigger and his three
brothers have become known
throughout the county as water
melon men, ON account OF their
phenomenal success With that luscious
iruit. The brothers had In eight
acres In watermelons and realized
81, 200 net. They had TO pay sell
Ing commission OF 20 pei cent. max
ing the crop realize 81, 440 In Butler,
or $3.50 per acre, for about four
months work. How Is thatior Bates
county land? 1t would look pretty
we'll on a fashy prospectus, with
coloIed pictures.
Prosecuting Attorney Watt B.
Dawson has been advised by the st
Louis and San Francisco rail road
company that trains will be run
hereafter every day OF the week In
Guiding Sundays between Rich Hill
and Plessanton, Kan. Ga complaint
Of people living on that branch line,
Mr. Dawson had taken up the mat.
ter with the company with the above
result. Mr.. Dawson also induced the
! Mo. Pac. to run Sunday trains out
over the Interstate. MIR. Dawson ia
sure making good IA prosecuting at
torney all along the line and Law
violators are about the only ones
that have any kick coming.
Superintendent of county schools
A. L. Ives left Monday morning on
his fourth week OF visiting the coun.
ty schools. In the three weeks which
closed last Friday he had visited
fifty schools. He expects to visit ev.
cry school in the county by Christ
mas. Superintendent Ives says he
finds the conditions OF the schools In
the county much improved under
county supervision. He doesn't have
to stay SO long at school, and the
teachers as q rule are working In
harmony with him and are carrying
out q uniform system. He is much
pleased 80 far with conditions as he
finds them and speaks in high praise
of the teachers.
Mayor A, B. Owen, who with hit
daughter Miss Jennie, took In the
Sedalia Fair, reports a big time anC
says 1t is an institution the state
should we'll feel proud OF. He sale
the stock and machinery was not ex
celled rs the worlds fair at st. Louis
The buildings are all permanent
built Of stone and brick, conven
iently arranged for the purpose
Everything was on big scale ant
the immense crowd was handled b!
the rail roads and street cars easil!
and without q jar. Mayor Owen sail