The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-03-02
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ness in his new pool room on Main
street. The pool tables are new, Of
the latest make and quality, and the
room he occupies light and comfort
able.
The R. j. Hurley Lumber Co. will
have one of the best arranged outfits
for handling dressed lumber, when
their new plant in this town is COM
pleted, that this or any county in Mis-
siouri affords: The material for the
shed and other buildings is lying on
the ground now, in the vacant land
one block east Of the depot, which
they have purchased. The work
began last Monday morning, and will
continue every day until completion,
weather permitting.
The big shed, which will cover 312
lineal feet, will be built around three
sides of the lot; will be IS feet high
on the sides and "a feet to the peak,
with a width of 40 feet. The founda-
Hon will be of concrete to the top Of
The ground, with brick above to the
sills, and the superstructure of wood.
The covering will be of corrugated
galvanized iron, and everything in
and about the sheds of the strongest
and best materials. The office will
be built in the corner of the open
side next to the shorter wing of the
sheds-the two will be of unequal
lengths. This latter building, which
will be 16x3O feet, may be construct
ed of brick. That has not been de-
termined as yet. Mr.. c. Longwell,
manager of the company's business
here, says that of twenty-five similar
plants owned by. the R. j. Hurley
Lumber Company, this one will have
the strongest and best sheds. If the
weather is good, Mr.. Longwell
expects to be doing business at the
new location inside of seven weeks.
John Hensley bought some hogs
and calves few days ago, and some
of both pork and veal persuasion died
on his hands. Better luck next time,
John. t.'f' Y
Just imagine $4,000 apple trees in
blossom-all punched together. Of
course the reader nor any one else
can do that; but if you will come
down here to Amoret a few weeks
hence, you can gaze on hundreds of
of acres of them. The Darby Fruit
Farm, just at the edge Of our town
has that many trees upon it; and
while literally all of them may not be
in bloom-you will miss not the few
that are not-for the whole landscape
will appear to be filled with apple
blossoms that will seem to cover up
all else. A veritable sea of them.
Even though you had never been
here before, and were blind, you
could walk right toward that vast
orchard, guided by the beautiful odor
that comes from the trees. Some
thing over eight hundred acres OF land
Immediately adjoining this town of
Amoret is devoted to the cul-
lure of apples, only such portion of it
being used for other crops as is nec-
essary in order to supply hay, grain
and such other things as will furnish
food for man and beast.
Many important improvements are
now under way on this farm. A
water system is being installed
through the orchards, which COM
prehends the laying Of two and one
half miles of one and one-half inch
pipe, which will be supplied from an
overflow artesian well, the tested
Of which is said to be 1900
yallons per day. These pipes win be
aid through the orchards in such a
way as % enable tank wagons to OBJ
ain water supply at short distances.
These tank wagons there are seven
# them, equipped with engines
re used in spraying, the chemicals
,eing added to the water wagon
vhen the trees are to be sprayed.
The water.pipe system will furnish
i've stations no iarthsr apart than one
quarter Of q mile and from these
be wagons viii load and reload.
The engines force the chemically
hnrged water out through several
everal nozzles on to the leaves and H
'ther paris Of trees.
These are also several standpipes|
b6rt he place- - create prednsll