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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20

arrived In Rich Hill one day last
week for q visit with relatives and
friends.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. G Carroll
last Saturday night, q girl.
Aleck Cameron, Mae Daniel, Bert
Blough and Gladys Geneva attended
church at Peru last Sunday night.
George, Chloe and Pearl McKenns
attended the baccalaureate sermon
Of the High School In Butler last
Sunday.
MRS. Maggie Rogers, Of Bronson
Kansas, visited relatives In thil
vicinity recently.
Joe Suter, Roy Latham and Myrtle
Walker visited at the J. W. Thomal
house last Sunday.
Cultivators may be seen going ovel
this section Of the country. We re
member that at this time last yea
the corn was not all planted.
Pussy WILLOW.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20
A Desirable Home for Sale.

Having purchased the Ben Moore
residence in Butler, l nov offer for
sale my residence situated one block
north Of the public square. The
house fronts south and east, is two
stories high, with good basement
and concrete floors. The house con.
tains twelve rooms-double parlors,
sitting room, dining room, break.
fast room, library, kitchen, pantry
and halls, wish hard wood floors
throughout the first story. The sec.
ond story contains FIVE bed rooms,
dressing room, halls and bath room
fitted With hot and cold water. The
entire building has electric lights,
and is heated With hot water recent.
" put in at q cost Of $1,000. New
barn and buggy house. The lot con.
tains one acre. Price $4,000. Want
~, 900 down, balance long time and
low interest. WIN. E. WALTON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20
Nugget" as a Life Saver.

Through the intelligence and docil.
ity Of q little Shetland pony, former
~ owned BY Mrs. N. B. Mcfarland
Of Butler and later By John Harper
OF Virginia, about one hundred and
fifty head Of valuable horses and
mules we're saved in q big fire at
Kansas City Monday night, when
the big Guzton & Harrington horse
and mule barns we're destroyed and
about 175 mules were crsmated.
Adjoining the burned building was
the big Cottingham Brothers Horse
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20
East Lone Oak.

Rev. Gilbreath held bis regular ap.
pointment at Peru last Sunday
night.
We hear Miss Minnie Mccoy spent
Sunday in Kansas City with her sis-
ter, Carrie.
C. N. Thomas and family, E. A.
Cough and family spent Sunday With
Mrs. Ella Thomas.
1t was decided last Sunday to have
Children's Day the frst Sunday In
June at night.
The corn IL doing pretty nice at
this writing. All the early sod had
to be planted over on account Of cut
worms.
Rev. Whitsstt's regular appoint
ment is next Sunday, both morning
and night.
Harvey and Dora Rogers, Of neal
Butler, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Marion and vlss
Thomas.
F. L. Blankenbaker and family
spent Sunday at the home Of N. 8
Jenkins In Rich Hill.
Grandma Isley, Of Rich Hill, spen'
. couple Of days In this vicinity.
I Mn Nols Cough, Of Big Timbse
: Montana, and formerly Of this place
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20
The Fairfax Forum sermonises q,

The Fairfax Forum sermonises ss
follows: "Say, life is Short. The
grave digger lie hunting for you.
You ain't got any time to waste
hunting up passages 10 the Scripture
to prove that Ham Was q Niger, or
that dipping or pouring is the prop
or mode Of baptism or that weshould
put on q long face on Saturday In
place Of Sunday. Don't worry about
Gains wife or whether the ark was
big enough TO hold Noah 9 menagerie.
Just you keep Q 'rootin' for your
sell"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20

100000 LBS WOOL WANTED
We have contracted with one Of the
largest Eastern Wool Manufacturers
for all the wool We can buy for them.
Come and zee % before you sell your
wool, We can pay you moro than any
one else. b LOEB & Bro,
q 1t Rich Hill, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20

and Mule Barn containing q hundred
and fifty horses and mules. These
were loosened and driven to the
doors but could not be made to leave
the building. The little Shetland
pony Nugget, finally walked out
ahead and q general stampede fol-
lowed saving the stock In that barn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20

Missouri has 800 miles Of mac.
adam roads and Of this 100 miles
were constructed in 1908 said Curtis
Hill, state highway engineer. More
than 300 miles Of gravel roads were
built last year making about 1900
miles In all. In the year u, 1865, 200
was expended Of which "a per cent
was donated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20
West Deep Water.

Most farmers are done planting
corn.
Uncle Johnnie Craig and wife, Of
Kansas, are visiting their sons,
Frank and Walter Craig.
A. G. Tabor's little son, who has
been very sick, is no better at this
writing.
The Sunday School that was or.
gsnised at the Valley school house,
Is progressing nicely with Charley
Norton as superintendent.
DR.. Fletcher is located again at
Spruce.
II. q. Hsrshaw hauled his fine
hogs to Butler Monday to arrange
them for his big Poland China Sale
Saturday, May 20. FARMER JOHN.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-05-20
Notice 10 Breeders.

/ have six or seven registered
percheron stations that will stand
for mares this season at my plSn3
miles northeast Of Butler.
28-N j. w. BARNHART.
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| lars per month.
Section 8. No person shall give a
public entertainment for gain or
profit without license therefor from
he town, and the charge therefor
shall be as follows:
l. Menagerie or circus, twenty-five
dollars for each day. Each side show,
five dollars per day.
2. Any show other than menag-
erie or circus, five dollars per day.
3. Street exhibitions, two dollars
per day.
4. Theatrical exhibitions. opera or
concert singers, minstrels. sleight OF
hand performances, legerdemain and
other public entertainment not here
in otherwise provided for, shall pay
a license of five dollars per day, or
forty dollars per quarter.
5. Public pedestrian or wrestling or
sparring exhibitions, two dollars and
fifty cents per day.
No license shall be required for any
! entertainment given by citizens of
the town when the same shall not be
for gain or profit to the person giving
the entertainment.
Section 10. License may be grant
ed under the provisions of this ordi-
nance for one year or less, at the op-
tion of the applicants: Provided no
license shall be granted at any one
time for longer period than one
year or for a less time than that men
toned in the rates of assessments in
this ordinance, and in all cases the
period or terms shall be expressed in
the licence.
Section II. No license shall be as
signable or transferable without per-
mission of the city council or mayor,
nor shall any such license authorize
any person to do business or act un-
der it other than the licensee there
in named.
Section II. The town marshal shall
make diligent Inquiry and examina-
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03
Delegates Returned

B. w. Brockwoy returned from
Billings in Louis N. Hills special
car last Friday. Mr.. Brockway
states the Dry Farming Congress the
best ever attended and met represent
tatives from all parts of the world
Harry Cosner did not return until a
day later, having stopped off in Great
Falls tO'transact some business. He,
too. was very enthusiastic over the
exhibits and demonstration of i'm
plements for dry land farming. Com
missioner A. Davidson stopped off at
Judith Jap to visit old friends some
OF whom he had not seen for eighteen
years and did not return to Malta till
Monday morning. All attending the
Congress were impressed with the
Billings 'bOOsters. The citizens
there work tremendously for the up
building of the city and the result is
it's phenomenal growth.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03
ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF MALTA

tion as to all persons in the town liza
Die to pay license as required in this
ordinance, and is hereby authorized
and empowered to require each per-
son to state under oath or affirmation
the amount of business which he or
the firm of which he is member or
for which he is agent or attorney, or
the association or incorporation of
winch he is the presiding officer, has
done i'll the last preceding month or
quarter, and also to make a state
ment under oath, if required, in ord
er to carry out the provisions of this
ordinance, and thereupOn such agent
or other person shall procure IL
cense for the period for which such
license is authorized to be issued for
the class for which such person is IL
able to pay. And in all cases where
an under estimate has been made the
applicant shall be made to pay a dou-
Die license for the next month or
quarter. Such license shall authorize
the party obtaining the same to trans
act the business as provided in such
/ license: Provided, that nothing in
this ordinance nor in any license is
sued under it shall be so construed as
to authorize any person to carry on
any business without procuring such
additional license as may be lawfully
required by the laws of the United
Ststes or the State of Montana.
Section 13. Any person or persons,
corporation or association, who shall
transact any business, trade occupa-
tion or profession for which Il license
is required by this ordinance, with
out first obtaining such license, shall
be deemed guilty of violation of
this ordinance, and ON conviction
thereof before the police magistrate
of the town shall be fined in any sum
not less than ten dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars, to which
shall be added the amount due from
such persons for such license, togeth-
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er with the costs Of prosecution, to
be collected as in other criminal ac-
tions.
Section II. No license shall be re-
quired to be paid by any person who
sells any production of this State,
raised or manufactured by himself,
except as may be in this ordinance
specifically mentioned.
Section Is. The Town Clerk shall
not issue any license until the party
applying therefor shall have paid i'll
to the town treasury the sum of
money charged therefor by ordi-
nance.
Section IS. All money paid into
the town treasury from licenses shall
be credited to the general fund unless
otherwise ordered by the town coun-
ell.
Section II. A license may be is
sued to any corporation, association
or partnership, or to two or more
persons engaged in any joint enter
prise, the same as to a single person.
and for the same charge.
Section Is. License in favor of the
employers shall protect the employee
OF the person, partnership, associa-
ton or corporation. including officers
of corporations engaged by the IL
censee or licensees III conducting or
carrying on the business, trade, vo-
cation or profession licensed.
Section 49, This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after thirty days from the date of its
passage and approval.
Passed by the town council and ap-
proved this 18th day of Oct, 1909.
John A. Tressler, Mayor.
Attest:
f. W. Hall, Town Clerk.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03

Chicago Union Stock Yards, Nov. 1.
Receipts of western range cattle last
week totaled 22,5OO, which, barring
the weak ending October 2 was the
smallest total since the week ending
September 4, and compared with
81 200 the previous week. Supply for
the season to date 265 200, an increase
of $500 over the like period of 1908.
The big drop in the offerings and keen
competitor among local and eastern
buyers resulted in an advance of
mostly 25 to 35c for steers and Is to
25c gain for she stock, repairing all
of the break for these offerings the
previous week. Strong demand for
feeders at prices 10 to 15c higher for
the week. "A new high price was re-
corded for steers when S7.6O was paid
for 35 prime 1,4Sl-lb Montanas and
for IS prime 1,356-lb Wyomings.
There is an excellent outlook for the
it will not do to delay shipping Of fat
offerings, as there is danger of NEE t.
ing up with bad storms. Keep all
stock that is intended for the market
this season coming as fast as con-
venient. Bulk of beef steers last
week sold at S4.75 to 5.65 and most
cows and helfers at $500 to 4.5O.
BUYERS DOMINATE SHEEP TRADE
Total run of sheep and lambs last
week was 14O, 800, an increase of 900
over the previous week and 5000
more than the corresponding week
of 1908. The proportion of rangers
was very heavy, with fat offerings
comprising bulk of the arrivals. The
mark ct was slow on most days, buy
ers are donning their bearish clothes
at the start of each morning. Result
was that ewes sold 10 to 25c lower
than the previous week, wethers lost
1Oc and most lambs were 10 to 15c off
while yearlings held about steady.
Top sheep $3.50 with bulk aty $3.50 to
4.25. Yearling stock in main at $500
to $50. Pinnale for lambs $500 and
trading in main at $6.75 to 600.
Feeder offerings were in larger
numbers and buyers made every ef-
fort to lower the cost of the same,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03
BIGGEST SHOW OF ITS KIND
WAS THE DRY LAND CONGRESS
MANY PROMINENT AND ABLE SPEAKERS DISCUSSED THE
POSSIBILITIES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE SEMI.
ARID COUNTRY.-vISlTORS SATISFIED

builder rather than a boomer. Know.
ledge of the work which the congress
seeks to promote may be best gath
cred from his conservative arrange
ment of facts and estimates of possi-
bilities and probabilities. What he
here says, which is taken from his
address at Billings, will be new and
instructive to people of Montana. as
we'll as to others outside of the state.
"The study of modern scientific ag-
riculture is comparatively a new
study. A great many people think
those college fellows don't know
enough to put crop in the ground
or to hoe row of turnips. Well, it
isn't necessary that they should.
Your agricultural college and the
others are in touch with all the adj
vanced thought in scientific agricul-
ture in the world. And all that these
men have learned by experiments
and thought is the common property
of all. 1t would take practical farm
ers so years of their time and then
they would not begin to learn what
these men have discovered about sci
entific farming, simply because they
don't know that modern scientific ag-
riculture calls for as high degree of
intellect as any other science. The
farmers haven't the time or the
knowledge to do all these things that
an experiment station and an agri-
cultural college do for them. Let the
experimental station analyze the
soils and adapt the seed to the soil
and the soil to the seed, ascertain
the best time to plant and the proper
rotation of crops. That is the prop.
er work of your experimental farm
and agricultural college. Let me,
however, advise you to be very care
full in whose hands you place this i'm
portant work. If the man is not will
ing to sit up day and night he is not
lit to be in charge of the work of the
experimental farm, for far-reachino
mistakes have come through his lazi
ness. 1t is better thousand times
not to have him at all than to have
him make a mistake. THE MoDta-
ma Lookout.
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IRRIGATION EXPOSITION
AND LIVE STOCK EXHIBITION
WILL BE HELD In CHICAGO NOVEMBER 10Th TO DECEMBER
srH. ILLUSTRATED LECTURES BY RECLAMATION
SERVICE WILL ADVERTISE COUNTRY

Project Engineer, Cyrus c. Babb.
of the Reclamation Service, is in re-
ceipt of the following letter from r.
T. Perkins, Engineer in charge OF the
Chicago office:
777-779 Federal Bldg, Chicago.
Mr.. C. C. Babh, Project Engineer,
Malta, Montana.
Dear SIR
The United States Land and
Irrigation Exposition, to be held III
the Coliseum, Chicago, H., N0vem-
Der Goth to Dec. 4, and the 1nternat-
ional Live Stock Exposition Novem-
Der % to Dec. 5, will be attended by
several thousand people who are in
terested in irrigated lands. The Rec
lamatiOn Service will participate in
these expostions by giving illustrat-
ed lectures on the work of the Ser
vice, and will have on display numer-
Gus colored transparencies repre-
senting engineering features of var
ious projects and scenes on irrigated
farms.
1t is proposed to take advantage of
the opportunity afforded by these eX-
positions to advertise the lands und-
er Reclamation projects. n branch
of the Reclamation Settlement Sec
tiOn has been esta biished in Chicago,
in Room SOP, Federal Building,
where q creditable exhibit of colOred
pictures, photographs and products
of irrigated lands will be installed.
The Milk River project should be
represented in this exhibit, and this
letter is to solicit your cooperation
in securing small samples of fruits,
grain and other farm products. The
fruit should be inclosed in glass jars
attractiuely labeled. | wish that you
take the matter up with your local
Chamber of Commerce or other rep
resentative body and ship me as soon
as possible, charges prepaid, the eX-
hibits than can be furnished as more
exhibits will probably be received
than can be displayed, we will use
our best Judgment in making such
selection as may be necessary.
Very truly ours,
E. 7. Perkins,
Engineer iii Charge.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03
ORDINANCE NO. q
Continued from last week.

continued from last week,
Section 6. Any person or persons,
private association, INCORPORATION O,
company who shall engage in the
business of banking shall procure a
license before doing any such bus1-
ness and shall pay therefor ten dol
lars per quarter. Provided that anv
bank engaged in the business of
banking as it's principal business,
and in connection Herewith, shall as
such bank, write insurance as an in
surance agent, shall be conside red
banking business only, and subject
to license as such only. Provided
further, that no officer of such bank
employed therein who Shall write in
suranse as an insuance agent
h | be required to OBJ
tain a license, but shall be consid-
cred a part of such banking bust
ness.
Section 7. Every real estate broker
shall pay license of five dollars PEI
quarter. Provided that any person
engaged in the business of real es-
tate broker as his principal business
and in connection Herewith sha II
write insurance as an insurance
agent, or draw any legal instrument
deed, power, power of attorney OF
other document for which he charge S
a fee, shall be considered real es-
tate broker only, and subject to H.
cense as such only.
Section s. Every brewer or manu-
facturer of malt liquors, and each
person who manufactures malt liu-
uors outside of the town limits and
delivers the same to customers with
in the town. in packages shall pay a
license as follows:
1. Those whose business amounts
to five hundred dollars or more pei
month shall pay license of eight
dollars per month.
2. Those whose business amounts
to less than five hundred dollars pei
month shall pay license of five dol.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03
COMPLETING CANAL

With the prevailing fine weather
prospects for the completion of the
Dodson- Malta canal are most auspi-
ciOus and ranchmen who have land
under this canal should not fail to
make preparations for the reception
of the long wanted water. Practic-
ally all the most intrinsecate work is
completed. At Point of Rocks, the
hardest job on the canal, the major
portion of the hard work is complet-
ed, with the exception of some con-
crete work and cement lining at the
outlet of the cut, a bridge w;Is
be constructed over the canal where,
it crosses the county road, at Point
OF Rocks, some time this winter.
However, travelling will not be inter
ferred with as the Reclamation Ser
vice has left gap in the canal over
which travelling is made possible.
At the dam a small force is employed.
to complete every minor detail, and
within month the dam will be ready
to bow to the will of the water wiz
ards. The Great Northern Railroad
is finishing up their work. The first
of the week they began rip rapping
the track above the dam to prevent
the high water from damaging the
road bed. Work on the lateral
bitches has progressed beyond the
most sanguine expectations, and with
month of good weather all the later
ais will be completed, with the excep-
ton of lateral "F". This being the
center lateral. and owing to the small
acreage it will cover, their is no i'm
mediate hurry for it's completion,
however, it will be taken up early
in the spring and will be completed
i'll ample time for the needed irriga-
ton.
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The gathering at Billings last week
called the Dry Farming Congress
was international in it's representa-
tive character. 1t was successful in
every detail. Near to it and connect
ed with it was an exposition of soil
products secured through the scien-
tific methods of soil culture, which
proved or justified all that was said
by the many eminent and able speak
ers who discussed the possibilities
and advantages of semi-arid coun-
tries.
Naturally, with the meetings held
in Montana city which has derived
large benefit from dry land farming
as it is understood, this state played
an exceptionally prominent part in
the proceedings. 1t must be a cause
of satisfaction to the people of the
state to realize from the discussions
and addresses that Montana was rec
ognized by representatives from 9TH
er states as presenting the most fav-
orable opportunities and the greatest
resources from the new industry in
addition to her better appreciated ad-
vantages. From the welcoming ad-
dress by Governor Norris to the final
adjournment Montana was in the
display lines of every kind of adver-
tisement.
The people of Billings fulfilled the
most generous expectation of their
friends as entertainers. "The Bill
ings spirit" was everywhere mani
fest, from the lavish decorations with
bunting for day time and electricity
for night to the trimmings that went
with refreshments. The Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railway
companies contributed in cash for ap-
preparations, in fact for the argyll
ments, and with sleeping cars in am
pie number for the temporary accom-
mOdatiOns of the crowds which might
otherwise have exceeded hotel facili-
ties. Among the best contributions
from this source was the address by
James j. Hill, as it was among the
best of information contributed from
any source. He is prominent as a
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03

Mrs. Homer Cox entertained the
Woman's Club socially Saturday af-
ternoon at her home. The afternoon
was spent in pleasant conversation,
and in a guessing contest in which
Miss Peck guessed the most words
and was awarded the prize, a vase by
the hostess. Lunch, consisting of
sandwiches, olives, pickles, meat,
salad, cake, fruit salad and coffee.
was served.
The next regular program meeting
will be held Saturday of this week at
the home of Mrs. NJ. Sklower.
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FARMERS WILL
BE HERE

On Thursday, November Is, Far
mers' Institute will be held in this
city, in the morning, afternoon and
evening. In fact the entire day will
be devoted to discussion of irrigation,
dry land farming, horticulture, stock
raising and dairying. 1t is earnestly
hoped that all farmers and ranchmen
who wish to farm successfully will
attend this meeting. Prof. Thomas
Shaw, of Minnesota, one of the most
distinguished agricultural lecturers
of the country, will deliver most
interesting address. Other speak ers
will be Director Frederick b. Linfield
of the Montana Experiment station,
F.S Cooley, superintendent of Far
mers' Institutes, Edmund Burke, ir-
rigation and soil expert and chemist
of the experiment station and Verna
Erwin, lecturer in home science.