The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-08-19
A Loyal Missourian Who Has
Ever Been a Faithful Friend
of the Farmers.
Appleton City Journal.

Appleton City Journal.
The Journal is pleased to be able to
present its readers under the title of
Successful Home People" with the
above excellent engraving and per-
sonal reference to Hon. Geo. b. Ellis,
Secretary of the State Board of Agri-
culture at Columbia.
While Mr.. Ellis home is in an adj
joining Bates county and has been
for so many years he, like other Hud-
son people, is so near to us that we
claim him and them anyway. 1t is
only an imaginary line that divides us
in reality, and while it is of consider
able importance legally, politically
and at taxpaying time, it is not so con-
sidered socially and in reality we are
all one big family anyway.
This paper is well aware of the fact
that the people of this locality will
add a hearty amen to the kind words
that may be said of Mr.. Ellis and his
estimable family. His beautiful home
is the synonym for hospitality in the
neighborhood and has often been the
scene of many pleasant social func-
tons, around which pleasant recol-
lections ever cluster in the breasts of
those who may be guests.
Mr.. Ellis is now being quite freely
talked of in connection with the sue
cessor of Congressman DeArmond
from the sixth district, which reminds
us of the fact that Georges politics
really is the only dad" thing about
him, and if he could only be INDUCED
to drink enough of the Appleton City
Sulpho-Lithia water to take that i'm
purity out of his system, he would be
about right. However, we have
been represented in Washington for
a great many years by Democrat
and if that kind of a regime has to be
kept up in the future there is no man
in the district upon whom The Jour-
nal would rather see the mantle fall.
The Journal has always been able to
recognize the fact the Republican
party does not have a copyright or
mortgage on all the good and able
men in the country, and it is not like
ly that it ever will have.
Mr.. Ellis was twice elected to the
legislature, both times being prac-
tically forced to run, and elected
without making any active campaign.
While member of the legislature, to
show his fairness in conducting the
States business, he was instrumental
in having a bill passed making the
State Board Of Agriculture non-par-
tisan, thus taking this purely techni-
cal branch of the state government
out of politics. The State Fair, locat-
ed at Sedalia, owes its existence more
to Mr.. Ellis efforts in the legislature
than to perhaps any other one man
with the possible exception of the au.
thor Of the bill establishing the fair.
Mr.. Ellis was appointed member
of the State Board Of Agriculture in
1889, and continued to serve in this
capacity until 1901, when he was
elected Secretary, which position he
still holds. At the time he entered
upon his duties the farmers support
of the Board Of Agriculture was limit
ed and luke-warm. One Of the mos
striking Improvements made during
Mr.. Ellis administration is in the
matter Of the farmers institutes
When he entered the office the aver
age number Of meetings held in tht
State was about seventy per year
with a limited attendance Of farmers
Nov an average Of $50 are held an
nually, and last year the aggregate at
tendance 1t these meetings was ovel