The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-05-16


Joe Meyer, the clothier, transacted
business in Kansas City Wednesday.
Dewitt C. Chastain transacted legal
business in Kansas City Wednesday.
Zera Raybourn of jefferson City
was in Butler Tuesday meeting old
friends.
E. B. Childs of Kansas City was in
the city Wednesday and made us a
pleasant call.
Miss Lucille Hatten of independence
Mo-, is enjoying visit at the home
Of Miss Gladys Atkeson.
Mrs. A. o. Welton left Wednesday
for Kit Carson, Colorado, where she
will join her husband
H. w. Heinlein of Kansas City en-
joyed visit here with relatives and
friends the first of the week.
Mrs. T. w. Arnold and daughter,
Miss Dorothy, are enjoying a visit at
the home of w. G. Shafer in Joplin.
E. E. Harper of the engineering
firm of Goodwin &: Harper of Kansas
City, was in Butler Wednesday on
business connected with the apprais-
ment Of the Water Company's plant.
Bullock & Harper, proprietors of
the Parlor meat market, have pur-
chased the Low Simpson market on
the west side Of the square and will
operate it at the same stand.
The annual convention of the Mis-
souri, State Elks Association convened
in Springfield Wednesday and will
hold four days session. A number
Of local "Bills" will attend. A big
time is expected.
r. E. Culver, special commissioner
in the contested state election cases,
filed his report in the supreme court
Wednesday morning. The report
was received too late for filing Tues
day night, consequently the findings
Of the commission are not available
for publication.
E. C. Vandervoort, agent for the
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain, in
forms us that the new IT'S horse
power gas-electric motor car which
was recently purchased to run on the
Interstate branch between this city
and Madison, Kansas, will arrive
Wednesday evening.
DR.. E. G. ley, who gets service
out of his automobile about 1865 days
in the year demonstrated Thursday
evening that the machine can be
used for drafting purposes as well as
"hurry up vehicle, when he
hitched the machine to a road drag
and put about 800 yards of North
Havana street in first class condition
in about 80 minutes. The doctor has
set an example which other automo-
bilists would do we'll to follow.
Mrs. William c. Deacon of this city
is advised by her husband who has
been with the wholesale house of the
Simmons Hardware Co., in St. Louis
for number of months past, that he
has been assigned five-week trip
over Kentucky territory as a substi-
tute for another travelling salesman
He will start on this trip the middle
of next week. He has not yet re-
ceived a definite assignment of terri
tory, but has qualified in every re-
spect for the work. -Harrisonville
Democrat.
A party of ladies' narrowly escaped
death or serious injury Thursday
night when DR.. J. NJ. Christy's tour
ing car run backward off a steep en-
bankment south of Adrian. In the
car were Mrs. j. M. Christy, Mrs.
Joe Meyer, Mrs. j. B. Adair and Mrs.
H. G. Cook who had been attending
the band concert at Adrian. In re-
turning home the negro driver got
onto the wrong road and in backing
the car went over the embankment.
Fortunately the machine did not turn
over and no one was seriously in
jured. 1t was necessary to get a team
of horses to get the car back onto the
road.
A substantial silo that cannot col
lapse, twist or blow down is made of
2x4s laid flat one on top of the other,
led nails being driven through each
piece, 4S spikes in each layer. Each
2x4 acts as brace on every one it
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