The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-15

uacement stairway OF ner nome Sat
urday afternoon and received painful
bruises, but fortunately no serious
injury.
Governor Folk has appointed R
NJ. Kemp oil Eldorado Springs, q
member OF the Nevada asylum board
OF managers. Gov. Folk recently
appointed Senator Wright OF Nevada
a member Of the board. Senator
Wright and Mr.. Kemp take DR.. Hur-
rays and Hon. John Montgomery's
places on the board.
Grandma Miller, widow OF the late
ALI Miller, who is living with her son,
A. A. Miller, on Mechanic street, while
In the kitchen, became dizzy and fell,
her head striking the cook stove,
cutting her face and ear. DR.. Christy
was called. Grandma Miller is in her
s7th year, and is unusually active
for one Of her age.
John B. Adsir, who is travelling
for the Kansas City OIL Co., Sundayed
with his family In Butler. Mr.. Adair,
who went on the road with view OF
improving bis health, says the change
10 business methods has been been
ficial. He Is travelling In southwest
Missouri and makes the inland
towns with teams.
The largest mule In the world was
sold at the National Stock Yards In
East St. Louis last Friday. The
mule was a native OF Culver, Mo-, and
sold for $500 and weighed 1860
pounds. 1t was shipped to Pitts
burg and will be placed beside hair
less horse, and the animals used for
exhibition purposes.
Some people strain at gnats and
swallow camels. They clamor for
the enforcement OF the law against
the vendors Of Ice cream, pop corn
and cigars, In which no one is iDjur-
ed, and yet they remain as silent as
the grave in relation to enforcing the
law In cases where absolute injury to
Others Is itted.-ElDoradoSuD.
1t would be much better for the
farmers II their lands were assessed
at somewhere near their true value,
then the rates could be reduced.
When farmer values his farm at
$50 per acre, 1t doesn't look we'll to
have 1t appear on the assessors
books at $40. A buyer might con.
clude something was wrong with
such great difference in valuation.
L. B. Ashbapgh, an assistant in
the legal department OF government
at Washington City, was Is Butler
the first OF the week taking deposit
lions In the claim OF Guyer against
the U. s. government. The claimant
claims that be was running a hotel
In Butler during the war and that
Federal soldiers took from him goods
and horses, for which. he Is now
pay.
Our good german friend M.
Weimas, ofAmsterdsm, accompanied
by his SOL, Henry, and neighbor,
George Uschkrat, complimented us
and had his dates set ahead. Mr..
Weimas is a substantial farmer OF
West Point township. Mr.. Uschkrat
came to this county this spring. He
came over from the "old country"
three years ago.
Missouri Is the only state west of
New York which has nickel and CO.
bait mine. There is only one other
OF these mines In the United States
which produce these metalssin oxide
forms. This mine Is located In Mad. |
lson county. The products OF the
smelter are ignot nickel, black oxide
Of nickel, oxide OF cobalt and blue
A Sunday train was put on the
Interstate road on the 18th and
hereafter will be on the regular sched-
ule. This was not brought about
by the spiteiul fling of.the Bates
County Record at Prosecuting Attor-
ney Dawson last week, but because
the old Missouri Pacific is determined
TO live up to all the laws, the least
% well as the greatest, iiit does lose
money In the effort.
Ex County Clerk Jno. F. Herrell
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