The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-24
A DEATH ON BIG
DRAINAGE DITCH

DRAINAGE DllCH
Breaking Machinery Kills Contractor.
Rich Hill, NO., Aug. lev. F.
jenkins of Joplin, Mo-, member of
contractors taking out the rock in the
Bates county drainage ditch, IL miles
east of here, met with an accident
about 2:30 this afternoon that result
ed in his death at 6 O'Clock. He was
experimenting the dredging work
when a brace supporting the huge
dipper of the steam shovel broke, let
ting the dipper fall on him. Mr.. Jen-
kins was AZ years old and leaves
wife and two children.
Mrs. S. B. Porter left Monday for
Great Falls, Montana, after an ex-
tended visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Joe T. Smith. The latter accompan-
led her as far as Kansas City.
Since Sunday night several good
rains, which reports from over the
county indicate were general, have
fallen and Bates county's prospects
for big corn crop are indeed bright.
| S. f. Heinlein, who is in the imple-
ment business in Kansas City, visited
with relatives and friends here the
first of the week. We acknowledge
pleasant call Wednesday.
5 Victor Souders who for several
weeks has been located in this city
engaging in sign card writing and sign
painting returned Sunday to his home
in Topeka, Kansas.
FOR SALE:-I have some house.
hold goods and some chickens that l
. wish to sell.
,, MRS. JOHN C. HAYES,
: East Dakota St. Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. w. Walker and
son returned to their home in Kansas
y City Thursday after brief visit here
with the families of j. G. Walker of
southeast of this city and w. X. Nc
Kibben of near Virginia.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. l7.-Mrs.
H. B. Hillman, who was SO last
March, has submitted to an operation
for appendicitis and is expected to
recover The operation was per-
formed on Sunday.
j Turnip seed sowed now and up to
September first, will make sweeter
turnips and better keepers shan when
sewed 25th of July, wet or dry. l
have fine fresh stock of the Purple
Tops. j. D. DEACON,
Alt South Side Square,
Lon Stanley, of Ell Dorado Springs,
accompanied by his son, Roy, was
Butler visitor Wednesday and made
us brief, though pleasant, call. Mr..
Stanley informs us that he will prob
ably move back to this city in the
near future.
Co. A Signal Corps, N. G. NJ, pass
ed through this city Sunday night on
their four days 'hike' from Kansas
City to Camp Hadley near Nevada.
The detachment is sending reports
by wireless to their headquarters in
Kansas City from every camping
place.
Miss Mary Braden resigned as
teacher of the 9Th and 9th grades of
the Butler Public Schools at a meet
ing of the school board held Friday
evening She has accepted posi-
ton in the Kansas City schools. F.
L. Gench was sworn in as secretary
to the board to succeed w. O. Alike
son, resigned.
School shoes at Black-Arnold.
j. f. Coleman of near Johnstown,
was county seat visitor Wednesday
and made The Times most pleasant
call. Mr. Coleman believes in scien-
tific farming and informs us that the
S results of his cultivation will more
r repay him for his extra work on his
S corn this year in spite of the drouth.
He has 40 acres in corn which he
= worked over eight times.
K A. L. Gilmore, of near Spruce, ac-
E companied by his son, Art, Jr., a
chip off the old block, visited in the
county seat Thursday and favored The
!, Times most pleasantly. Art Gilmore
is one of Deepwater townships
9 strongest and most influential Demo-
Gratis, and he believes so strongly in
voting her straight that it has become
almost proverb in Eastern Bates