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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-29

"well!" said Susie. as the storr
died.
"Oh. the crash was horrible! You
should have heard 1t. That shelf al.
ways was wabbly. and might have
known II would fall. All those forty
pints Of cherries. strawberries. plums
and raspberries fell together! The
floor frightened me to death when
saw tall running red Every jar Is
splintered into thousand pieces. and
I don't dare scrape up single bit"
Now. listen." said Susie. locking
the door and taking the kew. II came
over In the electric. know . woman
who viii love to come and clean IN
for you. Take on that apron and tie
on this scarf. There's plenty Of time
for pears. peaches and ounces on 1
solid shelf. This woman makes love
b preserves.
'.But ven forget about such thinen
tpdsy end peeeorvs your reasea q
$500. Ceus a ~ tAts Z log ~
= The PARK
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-29
extending hearty welcome to our

extending hearty welcome to our
midst.
The extra gang, which has been
putting in large drain tile under the
tracks just north Of the depot, have
finished their work and left for other
parts.
Mrs. Will Hoover loaded herhouse-
hold goods Wednesday and she and
the children left for Omaha, Nebras-
ka to join Mr.. Hoover. Will has a
good position in one of the packing
plants.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-29
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

BY supt p. NJ. Allison.
The first school visited this week
waf Wilcox of Mt. Pleasant township.
They have a fair enrolment and with
the exception of those who are work
ing at home the attendance is very
good, The pupils made very good
showing on the test and are willing
workers, Miss Anna Woody is teach
er and while this is her first term her
work is very satisfactory,
Prairie Rose has a very good at
tendance and they are not only willing
workers but like to work. Miss Vest
Rice is teacher and is doing good
work for them. This school will have
some graduates.
Mt. Vernon has fair enrolment
aud a very good attendance, The
pupils are willing workers and will
succeed if work will bring success.
Miss Winnie Largent is teacher and
is satisfying all concerned. This
building needs better provisions for
ventilation.
Concord has a very good attendance
and the second largest enrolment of
any rural school in the county. This
school has good workers and had
three spoilers in the spelling contest.
These pupils made good showing
and while they did not win a prize
they are good spoilers and few
schools can beat them on their record
in spelling. Miss lnez Beck is teach
er and is is one of the best in the
county This school wants to be APP
proved.
Pleasant Valley has not had an alb
sent mark in more than a month and
they are going to keep up the record.
Better workers would be hard to find.
Miss Ella McCune is teacher and has
been for several years and is doing
good work for them. This school
would like to be on the approved list
but they like Concord have not com.
piled with the library law.
Lone Star has done moreimprovine
this year than ever before. They
have dug well, put in new black
board, new maps and a new library
case. Miss Nola Ellis is teacher anc
is doing good work for them.
Silver Dale has a light attendance
due to sickness in the district. Thi:
school has some good workers anc
all are anxious to succeed. Mis-:
Alvena Maddy is teacher and is doing
fine work for them.
Fair View has fine record on at
tendance and they expect to make i
better here after. The pupils of this
school are good workers and made &
good showing on the test, Ruth Rock
hold making 100 per cent. Miss Corr
Rush is teacher and has been severa
years.
Buck Horn has fine building an(
am much pleased to say they keel
it so, the furniture and walls are no
marked or injured in the least. Thil
speaks well for the teacher andpupill
and the community in general Thi
school will have several graduates
Miss Fannie Hook is teacher and i
doing good work for them.
Hess was preparing for a Christina
tree and they were going to have a fin
program. This is one Of our mos
interesting schools and no bette
workers could be found. Mrs. Berth
Robinson is teacher and has been 70
several years. The work is dom,
well in every particular.
Crescent Hill is in session agail
after vacation on account Of sick
ness in the district The work |
moving well q Il always does an
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-29
The Troubles
of Polly

Three times the bell had rung. But
Polly had not stirred from the pantry,
where she had been sohhing for q
quarter of an hour.
Its that odious Mrs. Barton. who
came over when the flower box fell,
she breathed to herself. That wo-
man always does come when some
horrible thing happens like this.
won't let her in"
So saying. Polly. reused at last.
drew out a huge pail and filled II with
steaming suds. contributing to the
flood now and then a teardrop. She
got down the dustpan and broom and
enveloped herself in q pink and white
checked apron.
Then the back doorbell rang-two
short rings and three long ones.
IT'S Susie" she cried. throwing the
dustpan into the pail and then finging
open the door with a CHATTER.
you darling," she sobbed. pushing
her friend into the green wicker chair
that adorned the porch. You can,
20 in there. almost didn't let you In
at all, l didn't hear you ring at the
front door and just knew It was Mrs,
Barton.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-29

PUTNAM FADRLEss DYEs cosG
you no more than Others, but
they color more goddD brighter
and faster coloro.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-29

at all. | didn't hear you ling at the
front door and just knew II was Mrs
Barton.
She's a regular bloodhound 70
trouble. you know" explained Polly
"She sympathizes and patroniIes Ill
you want TO scream. And know sh,
had heard the noise and was tryin9
to get In to g,oat alphabetically Owe
my trouble.
only yesterday she told me tha
she had bought Two dozen cans o
plum preserves for only 10 cents
pint. She is forever doing somethins
like that. And know they were LEFT
over stock and horrid. Nobody, no
even a factory, can make preserve
and sell them so cheap. Why. sugar
Is cents a pound, and II takes sue
oceans for preserves"
Polly began TO cry again and Susit
began to ask questions. which wen
unanswered for some minutes,
"Hamless?" she exclaimed at las
when breath had come again, "Tha
woman's not harmless. Why. she ca
cause more trouble in Ave minutes b.
existing than you or could In life
time Of active anarchy.
when We screened our porch sh,
came out and told us that they haC
never screened theirs because II face
west, like ours, and there were neve
any western breezes. and they Away
went away for the summer anyway
Then we hung the flower box and sh
told us that she had never had sue
cess with flowers in boxes. as the
never did we'll In shallow earth. The
the box fell down and she came out Z
saw Did II fall? That Is too bad. bu
those chains did seem fragile to M
from the first
"Oh, that woman, stormed Poll
zone day when our yard was full o
clothes she watched for me TO say tina
she had noticed how my lavende
linen had faded She was sorry now
sho said. that she hadn't told me Il
hove the laundress put salt in the wa
ter and hang the dress in the shadc
Sha said II would have been all rig
r. those precautions had been taker
When I brought home the cherries
Here Polly wept again. while Susi
took 2 bottle of ice water from the re
frigera.or and tried to cool her with
glassful.
SON ethirg has happened to tn
fruit. know said Susie. softly
please don't cry You can Away
buy fruit
That's what she has told me al
surr,e err" Polly walled. But | did
want TO buy It. have always wante'
to make preserves-all my life-and
was fun. But she told me that sh
didn't believe in putting up fruit one
self when she saw me stagger up tn
stairs with those cherries. ha
bought them downtown because ha'
heard could get them at wholesal
there. And she met me with the new
that at the grocery on our cross stree
they were selling cherries at 10 cent
a crate less than I had paid for mine
She was so sorry for me. she sait
She had tried putting up fruit the frs
year OF her married life. too. she re
marked. and smiled at me. but no'
she thought 1t by far the better pla
to buy canned fruit.
THAT evening she came over an
talked with Dick and he was furiou
because had carried the cherrie
; home from downtown, just becaus
he had said he liked cherry pies I
the winter. couldn't make him thin
that it wasn't nearly so much whs
he liked as that I wanted to make LOT
| ~ nroeorvoa"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
PROSPECTORS SEARCH FOR
PLACERS IN OLD LA PAZ

PHOENIX, Aug. 31.-For the past
several weeks engineers and prospec-
tors have been out along the Arizona
side of the Colorado river searching
for placer diggings, and from all in
dications there will be more placer
mining in that part of the territory
the coming season than for many years
past.
At La Paz preparations are already
under way for the beginning of active
placer operations at an early date.
Work on a five-mile pipeline is now
in progress. shipment of machln-
ery and pipe, is expected to arrive
in Parker about the first of Septem-
ber. It is understood that the New
La Paz Gold Mining company is now
making arrangements for its trans
portation to it's property forty miles
south of Parker.
La Paz is situated just outside the
southern lines of the Colorado Indian
reservation and within few miles
north of Ehrenberg. In the early days
at least $4,000 people were employed
there. 1t is claimed a large part of
the southern extremity of the reser-
walton is rich in placer gold. After
the reservation has been opened there
will be a scramble for these placer
fields.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
NEW OWNERS RESUME
WORK ON BLACK JACK
Two Wells Are Started-PreSent
Monthly Production Is
10000 Barrels

BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 81. H. w.
Thomas, S. U. Waugh and H. f. Ring,
who recently have taken over the own
ership of the Black Jack Oil COM
pany, in the Kern field, have started
three new wells on this lease. There
are already nine producing wells on
the ground, which are yielding 10000
barrels monthly. The Black Jack peo-
pie are delivering their oil to the Asso-
ciated Oil company. Two shipping
tanks have been completed by the
company.
The Oakland Midway Oil company,
which has purchased a part of the
Dabney Oil company ground in Sec
tion 15, 31-22, is preparing to operate
the same. Material will be on the
ground soon for rigs, buildings, etc.
Several wells will be put down.
The S. X. d. D. Oil company has
leased twenty acres from the Jade
Oil company in the northeast quarter
of section IS, 1928. The wells on this
property will be put down by Par
ker rotary.
The Alaska Pioneer Oil company,
on section go, 1928, has its first we'll
down 1900 feet.
The Rock Oil company, on section
23, 1922. has landed its ten-inch cas-
ing at 1850 feet.
Inc Midway 1I6lul6I OlA SCiiPS
has landed its twelve and half inch
casing at 1864 feet. The company
will go down to 1900 feet with ten-inch
casing and will finish the well with
eight-inch. The we'll should be COM
pleted in forty days.
The Kalispell Midway OIL company
has completed the building of the der
rick for well No. l. The well will
be spudded in about September 1. The
company has completed the erection
of the necessary buildings, also the
boiler house, fuel and water tanks.
Ralph Weed is superintendent of the
company. The lease is on section D,
1928, and joints the st. Lawrence prop
erty.
The Globe Extension Oil company,
in the North Midway, after shut
down of a few weeks, is again in op-
Grafton. Well No. / is pumping and
the company is sinking three wells,
all of which are now in the oil sand:
This company is expecting some very
good wells. The land is on section 15,
31-32.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

The steamer George w. Fenwick. Capt.
Miller. arrived today from Columbia river
via San Francisco with 100000 feet OF
lumber for the National Lumber company.
She has been running regularly between this
port and Columbia river for about two years
and will make one more trip before being
delivered to Bates & Chesebrough, who have
chartered her from the Hammond Lumber
company for service between San Francisco,
San Pedro and Panama The Hammond
Lumber company Will probably charter an
other steamer to take her place on the
Columbia river run. The Fenwick is one Of
the largest and most modern lumber car
riers on the coast, and holds the record for
quick discharge. She has capacity OF b
600 900 feet of lumber or 1000 tons, is 377
feet long, with 43-foot beam and draws II
feet of water.
The steamer shna Yak. Capt. Hutton. ar
rived from Columbia river this morning
and is discharging 10000 feet of lumber at
the Southern Pacific slip.
The steamer President Capt. Cousins.
continued down the coast to San Diego to-
day and will call here tomorrow for passen-
gers and freight the return voyage to
san Francisco and Seattle via, Redondo
Beach.
The steamer wellesley Capt Lindquist,
sailed today for San Francisco for orders.
The steamer Rose City. Capt Mason, ar
rived today from San Francisco and Port
land with passengers and freight and will
sail tomorrow for return.
The steamer National City, Capt. Hig
gins, is discharging $4,000 feet of lumber
loaded at Fort Bragg.
The steamer Vanguard, Capt. Odlund ar
rived today from Eureka via San Francisco
with $4,000 feet Of lumber for various
wholesalers
The steamer Hanalei. Capt. Mcfarland,
sailed today for San Francisco with pas
sengers and freight for the Independent
Steamship company.
The steamer Iaqua, Capt. Self. sailed to-
day for Eureka via San Francisco to reload
lumber for this port.
The steamer Lakme Capt. Malgren, to-
day sailed for Port San Luis to discharge
10000 feet of lumber and will proceed to
Eureka to reload
The steamer Thomas l. Wand, Capt
Peterson will sail for Redondo Beach to-
morrow to discharge $1,000 feet of lumber
and will return here to load cement for
Portland.
The steamer Admiral Sampson. Capt
Bartlett. arrived today from San Fran
cisco and Seattle with passengers and
freight for the Alaska Pacific Steamship
company and will sail for return Saturday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
Shipping News

SAN PEDRO. Aug. 31.-Arrived-Steam
ers Rose City from Portland via San Fran
cisco; steam schooner George w. FenwicK
from Portland via San Francisco; steam
schooner National City from Fort Bragg
steamer Admiral Sampson from Seattle via
San Francisco; steam schooner Shna YAK
from Knappton via San Francisco; steam
schooner Vanguard from Eureka.
SaIled-Steamer President for San Diego;
Hanalei for San Francisco direct; steam
schooner Lakme for Eureka via Port san
Luis; steam schooner Raymond for Willapa
Harbor; steam schooner wellesley for San
Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01

Auberly street, 2126-R. w. Martin,
2133 Glendale avenue, owner; William
Knickrehm, builder; to move residence,
s145.
Gregory place and West Dracena
drive-F. A. Mackie, 4406 Kingswell
avenue, owner and builder; one and
e-half-story, six-room residence,
$2100.
Carondelet street, 131 North-J. E.
Crandall, PIP Byrne building, owner;
The Lawrence B. Burck company.
builder: one-story, six-room residence,
$1,000.
Hill street, 3O1 South-The Ferguson
company, owner; Alta Planning Mil
company, builder; store and office
building, $160,000.
Gramercy place and Second street
Lucille Dimmick, 1102 Elden avenue,
owner and builder: one-story, seven
room residence, $4,000.
Montrose street, 1910-Mrs. P. F.
Ketchum, at lot. owner; w. Perkins,
builder; two-story, ten-room residence,
Avenue Twenty, 4O5 North-Brad
ford Baking company, at lot, owner;
w. Cossar, builder; to build bake
ovens, $1,000.
1853 East Fiftieth street, owner; T. L.
Pullman, builder; addition to residence,
$235.
Cypress avenue, Sic. E. Jeffries,
545 Cypress avenue, owner and builder;
one-story, eight-room residence, $35OO.
Alessandro street-1S51-Selig Poly
scope company, owner; Richards-Neu-
stadt Construction company, builder;
one-story Photographic studio, $3977.
Hill street, 6OS-1S South-Central
Broadway Building company, Byrne
building, owner. The Barber Bradley
Construction company, builder; bus1-
ness building, $1S,753.
Alcazar street, 26OS-M. A. Fly 1901
Mission road owner and builder; one
story. four-room residence, $40O.
acknowledgements and Franklin
avenues-F. P. and e. s. Wells. own
ers: Shilling & Lure, builders; one
and-one- -half-story two-room barn,
$3.50.
Main street, 1900 South-Hoffman &
Mittfie, 776 Crocker street, owners and
builders: one-story four-room portable
house, $3.50.
KelIam avenue, 1327-Mrs. Lucreta
owner; Henry A. Cogswell & Son,
builders: two-story 20-room fiat build
Fifty-sixth street, 22S west-G. w.
Friberg, 1850 South Hope street, own
err and builder; one-story six-room
residence, $1,000.
Occidental boulevard 431 North--H.
G. Awerkamp, at lot owner and build
er: one-and- d-one- e-half-story six-room
residence, $780,
Union avenue, 1921 South-Homer
Hanlin. at lot, owner; Martin Hasting,
builder: alterations of residence, 5000.
Seventh avenue and Blaine street
City Loan and Trust company, l2o
South Broadway owner and buiIder'
one-story, five-room residence. $4,000.
Burlington avenue, S37-E. L. Loran,
at lot, owner S. N. Morehouse, builder;
addition to residence, $500.
Bunker Hill avenue, 259 South-Rob-
ert Marsh company, owner; S. n.
Morehouse, builder; alterations or
building, $780,
Westmoreland boulevard, 1SS1-R. D.
Richards, 220S Western avenue. owner;
one-story, three-room garage, $500.
Hollywood-425 Edmund street-Paul
Peirer 121 North Olive street, owner;
w. ]. Gretten, builder; one-story, six
room residenca- S27Rn
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
NATIONAL PETROLEUM
WILL DRILL ACREAGE

BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 31.-Field
superintendent S. C. Sloan of the Ma
tional Petroleum has started work on
the company's first well on section a.
1928, Sunset. The National Petroleum
has a contract made some months ago
to drill and patent 100 acres of land
for half of it. Operations were de-
layed by a contest with scrippers, but
this has now been won, and work VIII
be prosecuted as rapidly as possible:
Section "a, 1928, is four miles east of
the Lakeview and the big wells of
the Union on 95, and the Wellman and
Ethel D. on 36, 1924. Mr. Sloan is an
experienced oil man, and now that the
way is clear for development he ex-
poets to make fast time. The territory
probably is fairly deep, but there are
we'll founded hopes that it will prove
very productive.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
NEWS OF THE MINES AND OIL FIELDS NFRE
MT. DlABL0 COMPANY
WILL DECLARE, TWO PER
CENT ON ITS STOCKS

The Mt. DIabIo Oil, Mining and De-
velopment company, with headquarters
in the Central building, Los Angeles. an
nounced yesterday that beginning today
It would pay monthly dividends of 2 per
cent instead of 1 per cent, which has
been the earnings in the past.
The Mt. Diablo company, like several
OF the enterprising oil concerns. has made
good to tho great satisfaction OF the
stockholders and in doing SO has inspired
confidence in those contemplating oil in
vestments. Several of the newer oil
companies operating In the fle1ds of the
San Joaquin valley are making arrange
ments to declare initial dividends, and
the fall will probably see large return
on the money invested Inst spring and
winter.
Tho Mt. Diablo, which will in the fu-
ture pay "a per cent a year, has for its
president James Cullingham and for its
secretary n. X. Potter.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
CENTRAL WILL DRILL SIX
NEW WELLS AT WHITTIER

WHITTIER, Aug. 31.-six wells are
being drilled by the Central Oil com
pany. No. "a is down 500 feet with
a 12h-inch hole, No. AZ is down 1900
feet with 1O-inch. No. II is down 2!OO
feet with SA inch and No. So Is in the
sand and promises to be a good pro-
ducer. No. 20 is being drilled deeper.
The Murphy Oil company has two
wells drilling in the local field and one
in the Coyote district. No. 25, in the
local field, is in sand, at about 5000
feet, showing for good we'll. No. rs
is 275O feet deep, with sand expected
any time. No. q has the rig up and
will commence drilling as soon as
possible.
The Canadian Pacific has tested it's
No. l, on the Savage tract and found
heavy oil. They are preparing to DO
some new work on the Warner lease,
recently purchased.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
WILL AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 31-In direct con-
tradiction of a report contained in an
evening paper Friday afternoon, w.
w. Orcutt, head of the geological de-
partment Of the Union Oil company,
with offices in Los Angeles, yesterday
stated that the company will not
drill for oil in Mission valley.
"There is absolutely no truth in the
statement that the Union Oil company
has made arrangements to sink an
oil well in San Diego county," de-
clares Mr.. Orcutt. "The rumor is
false. There was not even a founda-
tion for such a report"
A. J. McVean, local agent for the
company, also denied that he had ever
heard Of any plans to begin drilling
operations here, and said that Orcutt
would know If anyone does.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
BIC NINE At AUSTIN
TO INCREASE PAYROLL
Employment of Additional Miners
viii Add $4,000 to Ex-
penSe Account

AUSTIN, New, Aug. 31.-Walter w.
Wishon, general manager for the Aus
tin Manhattan company, returned a
UVeek ago from a two months trip in
the east. Upon arrival here his first
work was to inspect the machinery In
stallations and top work that had been
accomplished during his absence by
Mine Superintendent James Humes. OF
this Mr Wishon said:
II find the top work and machinery
installations, made during my absence,
in good shape and everything ready for
our extensive program Of development
and mining"
ION September we will put on three
shifts at four important points in the
development of the mines in Austin.
These four points are the Frost SHAFT,
the Ophir shaft and the Jack Pot shaft.
By October l, on which the mill men
tell us they will have the plant ready
for ore, we will add to the above re-
quired force about fifteen underground
miners, stopping and breaking down ore
for the mill. The work Of keeping the
mill supplied with ore will in no way
lessen the vigor with which develop
ment operations will be carried for
ward at the four places before mem
toned"
When these statements are analysed,
they mean an addition to the Austin
payroll within the next thirty or forty
days a total of $4,000 to $4,000 a
month. Again, 1t means by far the
liveliest fall this camp has seen for
many years and places Austin in the
front rank of the active mining camps
of the state. 1t means an addition TO
the men employed In this camp by
october 1 at around eighty men, to say
nothing of the men required to operate
the mill, which is expected to be IN
commission by that time.
Six carloads of machinery for tho
mill have arrived in the last ten days
and all the carpenters and mechanlcs
available are working on the Jop'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
TINY DERRICK AND
PUMPING PLANT ARE
PLANNED FOR EXHIBIT

BAKERSFIELD, Aug 31.-Plans for
q 12-foot derrick and complete pump
ing plant to be placed in operation at
the state fair at Sacramento, have
been received at the rooms of the
board of trade. The derrick will be
built at the Associateds plant at Oil
center, and the machinery by the
Bakersfield Iron works. The whole
equipment will be absolutely complete,
oil being pumped rom a submerged
reservoir into q miniature tank Of
regulation make, from this gravitat-
ing back to the we'll
Besides this, the board will make a
splendid exhibit of oils in glass tubes
Kern has been the leading prize win
ner in refined oils for years and the
expectation is the county will win
again this year.