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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
OUR UNDEVEL0PED
RESOURCES.
More Than 80 Million Acres Of
Swamp Land Which Can
Be Drained.

Agnes C. Lsui in the Outing Magazine for Jun,
There are In the United States sc
million acres OF swamp land which
can be drained and which will be az
arabic as a garden when they are
drained. This swamp land would
provide homes for and support 10
million people. There are In the
United States millions upon millions
Of acres Of arid and semi-arid lands.
which irrigation could make and is
making very fertile. These lands will
support Is million households, or
twice the population OF New York
State. There are what may be call
ed the Lost Lands; lands lost to the
public through fraud; lands lost TO
thepublic through lack OF knowledge
Of how to handle their peculiar for
nation. Only 20 per cent OF Uncle
Sans lands are yielding living aver,
ages. What Of the restf Conserve
tion says every acre, every foot OF
every acre, must be made productive
Of something. II you can't grow
crops, grow trees! II you can't drain
swamps, grow cranberries and mat
ting reedsl II you can't irrigate,
then practice dry farming! II you
can't farm rocks, then harness their
cataracts into water powerl Az to
the lands lost to the public fraud,
Conservation says; "Take them
back for the public or charge their
full price for the public"
And you are still only at the begin
ming OF Concentrations big program.
For every ton Of coal mined, a ton
and hall is wasted; or, to put It dii
ferently, for every four tons mined,
six tons are wasted. In the petro-
leum fields, enough natural gas goes
to waste to light every city In tha
United States free of cost. The fire |
waste of the United States is the |
highest In the world; 80 is the bill OF |
fire Insurance. And greater than all |
these Is the waste OF human life In |
mine and factory.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
Ballard.
Received too late for last week.

Received too late for last week.
A large crowd attended Childrene
exercises at Bethel Sunday night
The program was interesting.
The two year old son OF Earl Cor
win has been seriously sick for some
time. He swallowed bean and II Il
supposed to have lodged In his left
lung.
Mrs. Anna Hays Of Kansas City Il
visiting her sister Mrs. ]. B. Hays.
Mrs. T. D. Embree and daughter
came out from Butler and spent q
few days With her father, D. Teeter.
Bert vanSant and family visited
relatives at Archie last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Kedigh enter.
tanned relatives from Henry county
Saturday and Sunday.
N. N. Teeter lost q yearling colt
and cali By lightning Saturday
night.
Deputy Sheriff Dillon vas In Bal.
lard one day last week on official
business.
Mrs. Louisiana Evans died at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs. N. NJ.
Greer, Thursday, May AZ. Funeral
services we're conducted By Rev.
Clapp Friday afternoon and the
body laid TO rest In Frame cemetery.
Ars. Evans and her husband we're
among the earliest settlers Of Bates
Co. She lived to the ripe old ago Of
u years and vas loved and honor.
I'd By her family and friends. Her
husband died about II years ago.
BELLE.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
A Banker an Escaped Canvict7

cambridge, Ca, June Tt took
Charles Harding, alias A. D. Oliver,
just five months and three days to
run the social gamut from escaped
convict, through the roles OF promo.
ter, millionaire, envied bridegroom
OF South Georgia and back to the
penttentiary again. The climax
came when Sheriff Jones Of Monroe
county, Mississippi, arrived here and
identified A. d. Oliver as the Charles
Harding Who escaped from his Gus
tody December 81 last. Harding,
said the sheriff, had eleven years to
serve In Mississippi for obtaining
money under false prstensss.
Early In January "Oliver" appear
ed at Climax, Ga, near here, and the
report was spread that he was worth
8 million dollars. He posed ss q
capitalist, bought lumber mills and
timber lands and established q bank
at Climax. At the height OF bis sue.
cess "Oliver" married Miss Rose
English.
A iew days ago "Ohver" was
arrested, charged with swindling
the people Of Climax ont Of many
thousand dollars, bis bride flled suit
Tor divorce and one Of his employees
In The Climax Bank was threatened
With lynichlAg altar ''Ohvsr" he'd
bssn placed IN iail here. News Of his
arrest attracted The attention Of the
Aissisaippi suthoritiss.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
The Greatest Baseball Catch
Ever Made.

Stores OF exciting baseball plays
and OF many deciding moments 10
great games are recounted by Hugh
s. Fullerton, the baseball expert, In
the June American Magazine. The
following Is the story Of the greatest
catch ever made:
"The greatest individual feat ever
performed was one BY which Bill
Lange, now retired, saved a gameior
Chicago and 5000 for himself In
Washington, In 1895. There IL an
odd story connected with the play.
Lsnge had missed q train In Boston
two days before, failed TO reach New
York In time to play there and An.
son had fined him 500. Thereupon
he missed q train to Washington
arrived on the grounds after the
teams had practised and just In time
to play, and for that Arson fined
him another 500. The game that
afternoon went eleven innings, Chi.
cago scoring one run In the eleventh.
There were two men out and q run.
ner on the bases, when Kip Setback,
then one OF the hardest hitters in the
business, smote the ball q terrific
blow and sent II flying over Lsnge's
head toward the centre field fence.
The hit seemed a sure home run but
Lange, man Weighing 225 pounds,
turned and without looking sprinted
desperately straight ont toward the
fence, racing With the flying ball. At
the last instant, ~ the ball vas 20.
ing over his head, Langs sapsd,
stuck up both hands, turned . som.
sesault and crashed agslnst thsisncs.
Ths boards splintsrsd, one entire
pansl crashed outward, and ont Of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
Around the world In Thirty
Days.
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post.
Jules Verne would give a thousand
years Of paradise to be alive In thIs
age OF wireless chatting of turblnes,
OF Trans Siberian railroads and jan
snese expresses. What a romance
OF the seroplsne would he not die.
tate Into the NAV OF q talking ma
chinel
With a 5.dsy steamer from NJ
York to Plymouth, starting on Sat.
urdsy, We could connect with the
train for Berlin via Flushing, srriv.
ing Friday at $40 O'Clock In the al.
ternoon. Catching the slow expires,
to Moscow, we reach there I.2O
O'Clock In the afternoon Sunday. At
z O'Clock in the evening we start
over the the new Trans-Siberiop
roadbed, making Harbin In five and
one-hali days. We then take thu
Japanese express to Fusan. arriving
Sunday morning. We reach Yoke.
homa by steamer Monday morning.
With the new gas engine boats Of the
Canadian Pacific line We reached
Vancouver on the twenty.iourth
day out, and the 96-hour schedule
from Puget Sound to New York
lands US home on the 2Sth day.
But the Trans.Siberian is still
building, and the Corean Express is
not yet In operation. Nevertheless,
this schedule Is not a dream OF ned.
ness, but a practical possibility than
will be carried out within five years.
Verify the time has come when the
term brotherhood OF man" has a
significance that even the thought.
less cannot fail to recognize. The
quicker we can circumnavagate the
globe the more impossible is an in.
sernationsl war.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
ONLY ONE "BEST,"
Butler People Give Credit Where
Credit is Due.

People Of Butler who suffer with
sick kidneys and bad backs want a
kidney remedylthat can be depended
upon. The best is Doan's Kidney
Pills, q medicine for the kidneys only,
made from :pure roots and herbs,
and the only one that Is backed by
cures In Butler. 2 Here's Butler testi.
mony:
Mrs. E. R.iCampbell, West Pine
st., Butler, Mo-, says: / suffered
from kidney complaint for years and
l tried many remedies In an effort to
get relief. Nothing helped me until I
began using Doan's Kidney Pills
procured at Frank Clay drug store.
They relieved the pains In the small
OF my back and strengthened my
kidneys generally" (Statement CIV
en- 10 March 19O6.)
On Nov. 30, 1908 Mrs. Campbell
said: 81 still use Doan's Kidney
Pills on and on ss I find that they
act ss a tonic toimy kidneys. / glad.
" re-sndorse this excellent remedy"
For sale By all dealers. Price so
cents. Fostsrh ilburn CO.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's-and
take no other.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10

the wreckage crawled LANCE, holding
the ball In his hand, and the crowd
went mad. Lange came limping In,
with the crowd standing on seats
shouting, and he said to Arson:
Fines 60, CspP' Nope said Arson,
and the catch had saved the big
fielder 5000"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
Tilted BY MAIL,
SHE STEALS MAN.
Woman Drags Farmer From His
Wlfe's Bed at Revolver
Point.

Louisville, KY, June 7.-Forced
by mysterious woman, Who, re.
volyer In hand, entered his home,
Jasper Crum left Inez., KY, and dis
appeared, according to a dispatch
to the Courier-J Journal. His wife IL
now a raving maniac, and his five
small children are left to the charity
OF relatives near Crum Station.
About 8 O'Clock at night the
strange woman went to the home oil
Crum, who Is farmer, living on Big
Elk Creek, Eve miles east Of IneE and
asked TO stop over night. Crum,
who was In bed with bis wife In an
other room, told his Oldest son, 8
years old, to open the door.
The woman sprsng into the room
where Crum was preparing to get
out OF bed, and covering him with an
automatic Colts pistol said:
81 am the woman with whom you
have been corresponding and whom
you promised by letter to marry IL
years ago. Ihave come to see that
you keep your word with me-"
Crum was slow to get out OF bed,
and with the pistol In one hand she
seized him by the ankle with the 9th.
er, dragging him from the side OF his
wife, telling him to dress himself and
get ready to 60 with her.
Crum, who weighs 1913 pounds,
took the woman at her word, and
amid the gllmmer OF the moonlight
said goodby to his wife and started.
He was forced to 60 In front OF the
woman.
Mrs. Crum, whose mind broke
down under the mental excitemert,
is still a raving maniac at the home
OF Crum's brother, Ell Crum, living
ueHr crum Station, on the Norfolk &
Western Railroad.
Crum has five brothers living In
this county, all OF whom have gone
In search OF their brother, whom
they believe to have been slain by
the woman. They started toward
Warfeld and we're compelled to trav-
ell four miles through q virgin forest.
kilograms are being sent In every
direction, but as yet no news has
been received as to their where.
abouts.
The woman, who got of the train
at Crum Station and walked eight
miles, carrying a heavy dress.sult
case, inquired Of all the neighbors
along the highway as to where Crum |
lived. She is said to be a strong,
muscular woman, a brunette and |
good looking.
There is nothing among Crum's
papers to show that he had been cor.
responding with a woman. On be-
ing asked by farmers II she was re.
ated to Crum, she said she was, but |
lid not desire to reveal her name, as
she had not seen him for several
years and wanted to see II Crum
would recognize her.
Crum belongs to one Of the most
prominently connected families In
'he Big Sandy Valley, and the mys.
serious occurrence has thrown the
'ntire community into a furry OF
excitement.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-10
FARM BURROWS.
Prom Farmer & stOekmAn.

Admiral Evans was about to leavl
J after being one OF the guests at al
entertainment In Washington wheI
be CHANGED TO pick up a very dainty
handkerchief. While examining th
same ladylike young man csmeio
ward and claimed IL. AS the Admir-
al handed il over to she young maj
he asked II the handkerchief belonged
to his sister. "0h, no, ISIS mine,
was the reply. Whereupon Fighting
Bob asked: would you mind tell
Ing me what sized hair. pins you user
A fruit professor says that the pea
came into the world before the apple
His theory is, presumably, that th,
first pair ate the first apple. Blu,
going back still further, il is agreed
that Eve was q perfect peach and
there vas no pair until this peach
had come into the world.
The man who tries to get rich quick
without doing honest labor contin.
ues TO be about the poorest man
there is.
Out our way last Sunday teach.
er asked the class to give some scrip.
tual quotation to show Why it was
wrong TO cut of a dogs tail and one
bright boy yelled out: "Whst God
hath joined together let no man put
asunder."
The fences along the road to town
are commencing to bloom with cir
Gus pictures Of beautiful lady riders
and ierocious, roaring lions. Some.
how, rs man grows older he doesn't
put as much faith in circus pictures
as he once did.
| like to be old.iashioned In some
things. Take, for example, fishing.
For genuine, unsdulterated fun and
excitement give me a shady hole full
OF common, everyday bullheads and
nothing more sristocratic in the line
OF fishing tackle than an ordinary
willow pole and some cotton lines.
The more stylish anglers can 90 aft
er the foxy trout or the wiry bass II
they want TO, but like a democratic
fish. | believe the bullhead was made
expressly for the farmer.
A few days ago Farm Burrows
gave machine man two good or.
ders-one was to get off bis farm
right" quick and the other was to
stay off. The reason was that this
agent attempted to show him how
perfectly silly he must have been to
buy any other make OF gasoline
engine than the very one he was rep
resenting.
never can allow an opportunity
Tor saying good word for the elm
to pass by. II it is not the best or
tree for corn.belt farms
and lawns. 1t is one OF the best. It
grows rapidly and when 1t attains
some age it is truly magnificent. 1t
Ii easily started either alone or In
clumps. To my notion clump OF
slms sets of a lawn even better than |
svergreens.
'Seein' the sights" at least once q |
PEAR is a>habit which l believe every
one OF Farm Burrows readers can
veil afford to acquire. To my notion
one of the most profitable sight-see-
ng habits is going to the state fair
annually. A few days away from
home every season is q better tonic
han the best doctor In the land can
prescribe. Think 1t over.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-02
NEEDLEwoRk NOTES.

A dashingly effective Japanese motif Is a great dragon embroidered solid with satin stitch and large clusters of French knots.
 Ruff1es, though scant ones. begin at the hem of the dress. and it takes nine short ones to complete the entire skirt to the edge of the embroidered cuirasse.
 In cutting the yokes for waist and skirt cut them first of some other ma terial than that of the frock, fit them exactly. and then cut the yokes of ma terfal from these.
 New monograms for marking one's own clothes or linen are of very simple patterns, some original, with delicate lines in bold relief the same as a cord would appear upon the material. Heavy markings are no longer used and when one desires something orig inal the initials are cleverly interwov- en, delicately outlined and inclosed in some plain border. Lace stitches ap- pear on few patterns.
 Dainty doilies for the dressing table may be conceded in the same way.
 The fascinating little boleros seen in the shops marked at such high prices may be made at home by even an orti- nary needleWonlan, and incidentally much money will be saved. Quite a number of the new models show this accessory either in effect or as a sep arate garment and if this part of the gown can be fashioned for the dress maker her charges will be considerably lessened One must buy a pattern either traced for working or the paper pattern and design separately. Then decide upon the material and the dec oration. Net, thin silk and velvet are used for the foundation; braid and em- broidery for the trimming
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-02
A BUNCH OF WOE.

What is "a jag but a bunch of woe: : He makes heavy hearts for parents and family or else for wife and chll- dren. and becomes a nuisance finally in the saloon and a jail-burden upon the taxpayers.
 And we all know what "a jag" IS as a trolley car passenger, with his bad odor, bad temper and bad lan- guage, hence we can the better ap- preciate the effort of the citizens Of Worcester to have the jag-car serv- ice brought to an end. The Telegram says that the men of that town are putting up to the railroad commits sioners that trains are bringing too many human tanks into Worcester and that they are not as respectable neigh bors as rum corked up in bottles. It calls attention to the further fact that jag cars contain no seats for sober and respectable folks and that the train constables are of about as much use as a slate pencil in keeping a book account. The Telegram would have jags debarred from the use Of the cars and says it is a police duty to stop them.
 The clean and sober portion of ev- cry community will endorse these sen- timents. for, as Walt Mason says. When a man can do nothing but lead his high-ball appetite from saloon to saloon 1t has become fatal to all that is commendable or progressive.
 Worcester should be congratulated if she makes an end of the jag train.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-02
A CALL FOR INVESTIGATION.

The charges made against the op- arators of the mine at Cherry, H., where so many lives were lost are charged with neglecting the small du- ties which belonged to them to per form. and which might have prevent ed this horrible affair.
 The Toledo Blade says: Tt is known that the officers of the mine lost val nable time before they sent for the oxygen crew maintained by the Unit ed States geological survey. Had these men been called promptly they might have penetrated the underground workings many hours before they even left their stations. They might have been in time to put out the fire, which early was reported to be subdued, but gained headwsy when the ventnating fans were started anew. So far, it is clear that the officers were responsi- ble"
 There is nothing unreasonable in the urging of rigid investigation Of this case, or in the claim that the mine operators should be compelled to take better care of their employees. No otl1- ar country has mine horrors with such frequency, and it is certainly against tho good name of the country to have 1t shown that the loss of life in Amer 1can mines has been 10000 in twenty years, or an average of 1,50o a year, or five a day for every working day. Better conditions for miners ought to be demanded by the people of the whole country.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-02
THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY.

Wednesday marked the 65th anni- versary of the Waterbury American, and it signalized the event by issuing an industrial edition of SO pages, H. lustrated, an amount of matter equiv. alent to an smo book of 300 pages, and every page in its makeup showed that typography is an art. The high repute and typographical beauty of The American is so firmly established that it calls for no praise beyond the statement of this ample fact; and Wa terbury's industrial greatness is known and recognized in all parts of the world where Yankee notions are in use and in demand. The American is model family paper-clean and up to date in It's news service, rational and sensible in it's editorial comments, and a delight to those who appreciate taste and style in makeup. It can neither be over-praised nor over-ap- preciated. May it continue in beauty and strength and popular favor for 1000 years.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-02
THE BERLIN ROAD coNTRo-
 VERSY.

After all the hue and cry over the Berlin road matter and the charges of incompetency which have been hurled at the commissioner, he stands on the right side of the ques- ton with his hands in his pockets and smiling.
 Thirteen years of service have made him familiar with fractious contrac- tors, bumptious selectmen and self conscious I-ams in general, and he has never failed to teach them that he is the states agent, honoring law, check ing graft and demanding a full equiv alent for all of the states money which passes through his hands. He had not accepted the Berlin road when it went to pieces, but with his cus- tomary caution waited to see what 1t was worth; and when a rabid con- tractor assumed that he had the power to close a public road because the commissioner had not accepted 1t, he personally removed the barriers and informed him that whether the state accepts a road or not it cannot be closed by a contractor to public travel. Tn this light the state highway com missioner just shines.
 What is the matter with Commits sioner Macdonald? It cannot be bet ter explained than the editor of the New Haven Leader sets it forth, when he says:
 "Complaint that roads which cost much do not wear well is general
 There is grumbling all along the line and Commissioner Macdonald is being made the goat
 He Is blamed because the roads have needed repairs, blamed because repairs have not been promptly made, blamed because of the alleged failure of contractors to do good work, and blamed because he has delayed paying contractors until the merit of their work could be ascertained.
 'Yes, the highway commissioner has been catching 1t right and left and he hasn't been saying much in reply"
 He calls upon the commissioner to and closes with the following state ment:
 The state has had strong conh- denoe in the commissioner and we do not believe that confidence has been abused or misplaced, however imper- feet the condition of our highways may be-but let's have all the facts that's what the people want"
 It is not probable that the commits sioner is withholding any facts. His annual reports show that he is frank and they answer most of the com plaints made against him. Facts will make no difference to his enemies and his friends ought to be willing to wait until in the natural course of business the explanations are made.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-02
GREATER ECONOMY IN GOVERN
 MEN1.

Senator Bourne of Oregon is to the front as a leading economist, and he has faith that a saving of at least $50, ,o00.0oo can be readily made He is hoping for the introduction of busi- ness methods and getting of complete control of the estimates under the su- pervision of a committees upon public accounts. The senator calculates that the populatisn of the United States has increased during the past ten years IS per cent; the revenues from all sources 22 per cent. and the ex- penditures 54 per cent. Of course this is condition which must not be per- mitted to continue. and Senator Bourne proposes that 1t shall not con- tinue. Here are his confident words: If we can reduce our appropriations from five to ten per cent we may save for the government annually be- tween $50,000.000 and $100,O00,000. I believe that this saving can be made"
 Senator Bourne commands the sym pathetic interest of economists in all parts of the country, and 1t is to be hoped that he may succeed in his pur- pose.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-02
THE LEADING AGRICULTURAL
 YEAR.

The 18th annual report of Secretary Wilson of the department of agricul- ture shows that the hard conditions of New England for agriculture in 1909 was not sufficient to in the least af- feet the final result, for he does not hesitate to say that 1909 was the most productive year and the most profita- bie the nation has ever known. He finds that the yield has been boun- filful and the prices have been high. The value of the farm products is so incomprehensfhly large that it has be- come merely a row Of figures" The row of figures in total is ss,70o 900, 900, e gain of nearly nine hundred millions over the year preceding. Easily with jn Ar. Wilson's official recollection farm products made only fifty per cent. of the present showing. The corn crop alone has a value equivalent to all the gold and silver coin and bullion of the United States. This corn came up from the soil and out of the air at the rate of fourteen million dollars worth for every day 'twixt seedtime and harvest, which shows how rapidly nature produces wealth.
 Secretary Wilson will close his ca reer with practically 12 years of serv- Ice and as the greatest agricultural secretary the country has ever known.