The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-08-19
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week 10 look aIter MS clalm.
Mr.. Crosswhite was around Thurs
day of last week finding out what the
farmers had to pay tax on next year.
| Paul Martin and family, of Fort
Scott, Kan, spent last week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Martin.
He says that crops are about the same
there as here.
! Misses Ruth, Ruby and Arthur
Orear, of Butler, are spending their
summer outing in Parktown and Vir-
ginia with Miss Rachel Park and the
families of w. w. Park and Geo.
Rubel.
Rev. Sheldon filled his appointment
at the Christian Church Sabbath.
His family was with him, and they
dined with Judge Paddock and fam
lily. Also quite a number of their
neighbors were present. The Judge
had plenty of watermelons for them
to eat. The Judge and wife are en-
ioying themselves of late riding
around in nice new road wagon.
Mrs. Effie Mitchell, of Illinois, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Orear, and
her sister, Mrs. John Hensley.
Miss Ida Smizer left Saturday for
Kansas City.
James Park returned home Satur-
day from Seattle, Wash. He regis
tered at all three of the land draw
ings. He does not know yet if he has
been one of the lucky ones. He was
in nine states. 1t was his first trip in
the west, and he says he saw enough
to well pay him for making the trip.
If he should be lucky and get claim,
the west will probably be his best
- future home. He left Tuesday
morning for South Dakota to look
around few days.
/ Mino Mining was painting Truman
SGilbert's house last week.
Geo. Rubel had several teams haul.
ing grain to market last week.
Henry Gardner has been working
the road. He pulled the grader with
his steam engine.
Ollie Walker and family spent Sat-
urday night with his sister, Mrs.
Harry Clark, in Linn county, Kan.
C. w. Wolfe and wife left Saturday
for Excelsior Springs to spend few
! days with their son, j. l., who is
spending his summer vacation there.
c. w, Wolfe expects to go to west
ern Kansas before he returns.
Misses Bonnie Wolfe, Elsie Park,
Mayme McKibben, Myrtle McCann;
Messrs. Geo. Pahlman and Maxwell
Park returned home from Warrens-
burg Saturday, where they had
been attending the Summer Normal.
! The Virginia and Mani Center Ball
teams played at Virginia last Satur-
day. Virginia was victorious-l2 to
Z. Jim Gray and Duck Penny, of
Amoret, played with the Virginia
team.
! Fred Drysdale, of Amoret, was in
Parktown Monday, delivering apples.
Young Aaron is always lucky.
Early Tuesday morning he had an
opportunity to take free lesson in
whistling from one of the Parktown
specialists.
Mrs. Will McKibben was on the
sick list the first of the week.
. C. E. next Sunday at 7:30 p. m.
, Topic: Two Prayer Lessons. Matt.
6:5-6; 1S:l9-2O. Leader, Miss Villa
Darr.
! DR.. Smith reports a new conner al
Bunk Dickerson's, also Mrs. Mahon-
! ey, west Of Virginia, on the sick list,
, and Frank Mitchell's little child was
quite sick, but is now better.
: Mr.. Feasel, who lives on Mrs.
Schmidt's place, formerly Mrs. Jap
Pierce, said he received letter from
her, and she is in Wyoming very
feeble in health. She was unable to
walk at that time.
| It is reported that Edna Jared, who
taught school at Virginia one winter
and at Crook last winter, is dead.
Several Of our young men are look
ling up locations for next year. Look