The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-09-30

| I. L. Skinner, special agent for the
State Labor Bureau, at jefferson
City, was in Butler Monday in the in
terest of that Department. We ac-
knowledge a pleasant call.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Conger and
children, after a pleasant visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Edwards, have returned to their
home in Washington City, where
Mr. Conger is engaged in business.
The proposition to take in addition
al territory to the town corporation of
Adrian, voted on last week, carried
by a large majority. The original
townSite was 100 acres, which by this
vote has been increased to $50 acres,
and several hundred more inhabitants
added.
c. r. Home the real estate and
loan man, made a business trip to
Oklahoma the last of the week, where
he contracted several nice loans.
He met A. B. Ludwick, at Paw
huska, where Bruce is engaged in
the abstract business, and is doing
well.
A team belonging to j. X. Sweger,
of Johnstown, hitched to an awning
post on the north side of the square
in front of Mrs. Hawkins millinery
} store, became frightened at young
ster on roller skates Friday, tore the
post out and dragged it to the north
west corner, where the team was
| stopped.
Robt L. Braden was a pleasant
caller on Wednesday. He came in to
mingle with the old settlers and swap
stories of the early doings in Bates.
He came to this county from Ohio
, fifty years ago and is therefore away
S up in q. class among the old boys,
A He is one of the county's strong, in
r fluential citizens.
The Cole County Democrat notes
that Mrs. w. w. Graves was the first
t one to correctly solve geographical
S problem which had been given by a
!. music house of Jefferson City, and
S received for her work a very fine
n $500 piano. There were a large
number of contestants, but Mrs.
Graves gave the only absolute correct
solution.
d Ex-Sheriff and ex-Recorder Jas. R.
!. Simpson was in Butler Saturday fol
e the first time since his return from
a Sulphur, Oklahoma. He was look
ing as we'll as we ever saw him anC
:, says he is feeling remarkably good
The trip certainly worked wonders il
his case, as he was very sick mar
= when he left here last spring.
It Prosecuting Attorney Ewing, OF
a Vernon county announces his inten'
ton Of prosecuting all Sunday hunt
ers against whom he can obtain evil
. dence. He points out that there is 9
state law against hunting on Sunday
and that this law will be strictly en-
> forced. The penalty for a violation
. of this law is fine not to exceed $50
We were complimented on Monday
by visit from Captain F. Y. Doke, {
prominent merchant of Corsicana
Texas, who was in the city visiting
! his sister, Mrs. j. R. Ford. Captain
Doke is an ex-Confederate and wa,
g on his way to Mexico, Mo-, to attend
;, the state reunion at that place thi
week. He was formerly a citizen o
this county,.
A number of our people attended
y the annual stock show at Hume las
. . Thursday, and all report an excep
). tionally fine display of stock, chick
a ems and farm products. There was ;
- very large attendance and everybody
had good time. The Hume Stocl
Show has become one of the estab
o lished institutions of the county anc
n grows better with each succeeding
!. year.
r. Mrs. George Pilgrim orders hel
= paper changed to Dunsmire, CAL,
where she has purchased a home.
She had just returned there from her
old home in Bates county, and write:
they had very pleasant visit here
8 a safe and enjoyable trip home. They
c stopped off inSalt Lake City and Wis
: tied the famous ostrich farm a
S Phoenix, Arizona, where are abou
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