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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
Negroes Chased From Town

Broken Bow, Ok, July 20.-Brok-
en- Bow is a 'white' town Friday
night as the result Of a summary ac-
ton taken last night by band of
armed white men which nearly pre-
cipitated a race riot.
Notices had been posted last week
warning all negroes to depart, as they
"were not wanted, " and a number of
them did so at once. Others, who
had been imported by new sawmill,
armed themselves, announcing that
they did not intend to be scared off by
any threats.
There were close to hundred of
them, all residing in one section Of
the town, but they fled precipitately
last night after the crowd of white
men had marched through the streets
of the negro section and fired more
than 200 shots into their houses.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
Butler Camp Petitions for Repeal

Heretofore no legal authority has
existed permitting a referendum vote
of the membership of the Modern
Woodmen of America upon the re.
peal of any legally enacted by law.
Effective July 1st, 1912 the lcgis-
lature of Illinois at its recent special
session amended the fraternal bene-
ficiary law under which this society
is chartered authorizing the Executive
Council to submit to a referendum
vote of the entire membership the
question of the repeal of the By Laws
adopted by the Head Camp in Janu-
airy 1912 making, fixing and changing
the schedule of assessment rates.
This act requires the filing of petitions
from camps representing ten per cent
of the total membership of the society.
AT a regular meeting of Butler
Camp No. 2458, NJ. w. A. held on
july Is, 1917, 1t was ordered the fol-
lowing petition be signed on behalf of
said camp and filed with the execu-
tive council of the NJ. w. A.
To the Executive Council of the M.
w. A.; Butler Camp No. 2458 respect
fully asks and petitions that the ques-
ton of the repeal of the By Laws of
the Modern Woodmen of America
adopted at a meeting of the Head
Camp held in Chicago, Ills, in the
month of January, 1912, and which
make, fix and change the schedule of
assessment rates of said society be
submitted to a vote of the members
of said Modern Woodmen of Ameri-
ca as provided by the law of the
State of Illinois at the earliest possible
date.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
Major Opposes Single Tax

Early last spring, and as soon as
the question was presented to the
people of this State for public discus
sion, Acknowledgement Major came
out unequivocally against the Single
Tax. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
on June 3, 1912, published an editor
ial denouncing Acknowledgement
Major for his stand on taxation, and
accused him of "favoritism to farm
owners The St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch is the leading advocate of the
Single Tax policy in this State. In its
attack upon General Major it said:
ellis action overburdened ST. Louis
homes, TO LIGHMEN TAXES ON
FARMS AND VILLAGE PROPERTY.
Acknowledgement Majors appeal to
Missouri citizens for votes on the
grounds that he has held down their
taxes gives color to the charge that
the Board OF Equalization refuses to
enforce fair standard of assessment
throughout the State for making polit-
ical capital by FAVORITISM TO
FARM OWNERS"
And what does Major say? This is
what he says: Il am opposed to the
Single Tax because | am opposed to
heaping any further burden upon the
overburdened farm and home owners
of this State; and opposed the treb-
ling of the State assessments because
the trebling of the assessments upon
Missouri farms and homes would have
meant the trebling of the taxes upon
Missouri farmers and householders
throughout the State, when as mat
ter of fact the State already has all
the revenue it needs and | have al
ways believed that UNNECESSARY
TAXATION is UNJUST TAXA
TION." ~
That is issue. Major stands for the
protection of Missouri farms and
homes. The city tax dodgers may
accuse Major of "favoritism to farm
ers'' if they wish, but the people Of
this State know that Major is honest
and clean and square, and that every
official act of his has been in the in
terest of common honesty and fair
play toward all the people of the
State.-Richmond, Ray County, Mis-
sourian.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
$4,000 A Year for Dress

London, July 21.-An Austrian
newspaper, which has been inquiring
into the cost Of royal wardrobes, says
that Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is
the most extravagant of the women
of European courts, spending annual
ly $4,000 on her personal attire.
Queen Margaret of Italy comes next,
with $4,000, a considerable part of
which goes fer lace.
The empress Augusta Victoria of
Germany puts $4,000 into toilets,
which always come from London or
Vienna.
The Czarina is the most economical.
She has preference for black and
for severe styles that obviate trim
mings and accessories. Thus she
makes her dressmaking bill insignifi-
cant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
1900 Acres in Potatoes

Columbia, Mo-, July 2.-About
1900 acres Of potatoes will be har-
vested in the Orrick district, the only
commercial potato-growing district in
Missouri, according to j. Kelly
Wright of the College of Agriculture
at the University of Missouri.
The acreage this year, Mr.. Wright
says, is about two-thirds as large as
it was last year. The average yield
will be from 125 to $50 bushels to the
acre.
Mr.. Wright has made an investiga-
ton of potato growing in Missouri and
will publish the results Of his work in
a bulletin soon to be issued by the
State Board Of Agriculture. =
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
Why West Virginia
Farmers are Poor.

Farmers are Poor.
From the Williamsburg tvs) Virginia
Gazette, June q, 1911
George H. Auringer, a western
farmer, wondering why the Virginia
farmers were so poor, paused by the
roadside one day and reasoned it out.
The average Virginia farmer gets
up early, at the alarm of a Connecti-
cut clock. buttons his Chicago sus-
penders to Detroit overalls, puts on
pair of cowhide boots made in Ohio,
washes in a Pittsburgh basin, uses
Cincinnati soap and dries on a cotton
towel made in New Hampshire, sits
down to Grand Rapids table, eats
hot biscuits made with Minneapolis
flour, Kansas City bacon and Indiana
grits fried in Omaha lard, cooked on
a St. Louis stove, buys Irish potatoes
grown in Michigan, and canned fruits
put up in California, seasoned with
Rhode Islands spices, claps on his old
hat made in Philadelphia, harnesses
his Missouri mule, fed on Iowa corn,
with New York harness, and plows
his farm covered with a Massachusetts
mortgage with an Indiana pillow.
AT night he crawls Under New
Jersey blanket and is kept awake by
Virginia dog, the only homeproduct
on the place, and wonders why he
keeps poor.
Moral: Patronize home industries,
spend your money where it will give
you a market for what you grow,
and thus make money and icrease the
value of your farm.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
A Hero in a Lighthouse.

For years j. S. Donahue, So. Ha-
ven, Mich, a civil-war captain, as a
lighthouse keeper, averted awful
wrecks, but queer fact is, he might
have been a wreck himself if Electric
Bitters\ had not prevented. "They
cured me- of kidney trouble and
chills," he writes, latter l had taken
other so=called2 cures for years with:
out benefit and they also improved
my sight. Now, at seventy, / am
feeling fine" For dyspepsia, indi.
gestion, all stomach, liver and kidney
troubles. they are without equal. Try
them. Only SOC at F. T. Clay. ~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
DON'T BE MISLED
Butler Citizens Should Read and Heed
This Advice.

Butler Citizens Should Read and Heed
This Advice.
Kidney trouble is dangerous and
often fatal.
Don't experiment with something
new and untried.
Use a tested and proven kidney
remedy.
Begin with Doan's Kidney Pills.
Used in kidney troubles rs years.
Doan's have cured thousands.
Are recommended here and every
where.
A Butler citizens statement forms
convincing proof.
It's local testimony-it can be in
vestigated.
M. T. Duncan, $40 w. Pine St.,
Butler, Mo-, says: ''For several
years suffered intensely from kid
ney- complaint, There were severe
pains in my sides and the kidney Sc
cretions bothered me. After using
several remedies without benefit, l
procured Deans Kidney Pills at Clay's
Drug Store and they benefited me in
every way"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's-and
take no other. 302
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
500 Per Plate

was paid at banquet to Henry Clay
in New Orleans in 1912. Mighty cost
ly for those with stomach trouble or
indigestion. To-day people every
where use DR.. Kings New Life Pills
for these troubles as we'll as liver,
kidney and bowel disorders. Easy,
safe, sure. Only Csc at F. T. Clay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
F0ils a Foul Plot.

when shamefulplotexists between
liver and bowels to cause distress by
refusing to act, take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, and end such abuse of you
system. They gently compel right
action of stomach, liver and bowels,
and restore your health and all good
feelings. Csc at F. T. Clay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25
Why the Farmers are for Major.

Because he is a Democrat
Because he does things.
Because he can win next Novem-
Der.
Because he is against the single
tax.
Because he did win in 19O8-by
odds.
|. Because he is unincumbered, unat-
tached and has no alliances.
Because his official record is an
open book and reads right.
Because he prevented the trebling
of the tax on every farm and city
home in the state.
Because he has done more for the
people than any other Attorney-Gen-
eral Missouri has had.
Because he enforced the Stamp Act
and sustained it in the Supreme Court
of the United States, and placed $780,
10000 in the State Treasury to the
credit of the good road fund.
Because saved the producers of
grain $500, 0OO0 co annually by enforc-
ing and sustaining the Full Weight
Statute in the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
Because he sustained, in the Su-
preme Court of the United States, the
validity of the Initiative and Referen-
dunn, or the right of the people to leg
islate.
Because he prosecuted and con-
victed the Harvester Trust securing
fine of $25, 10000 and an order to dis
solve.
Because he is successfully prose-
cutting the Lumber Trust and Beef
Trust.
Because he is one of the best known
men in Missouri and is fully CONVEX
SAINT with the States fiscal affairs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-25

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color
silk, wool and cotton at one
boiling. You don't have to know
whether your goods are mixed
goods or not, if YOU use PUTNAM
FADELEss DYES.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27

According to reports gathered by
the National Association Tor the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis, prac-
tically 10 per cent. OF all deaths in
church congregations are caused by
tuberculosis. In a study of $4,000
commandments of 725 churches in
which there were 1000 deaths in 1910.
the deatb rate among these church
members was found TO be 2.z4 for
every thousand communicates. This
is higher than the rate for the regis
tration area of the United States.
which was I60 in 1910
While these statistics" says the
national association. ARE not COM
parable from the point Of view OF ae-
curacy with those OF the bureau OF
census, sufficient credence may be
given 20 them 10 indicate that one cf
the most serious problems the or
6iaary church has so consider is that
of the devastation of its membership
by tuberculosis. Every minister in the
United States should give this sub
ject seae attention during the week
preceding or that following April 2s.
Tuberculosis day"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
Mean People.

Henry Russell, the head of the Bos.
ton opera, was describing his foreign
tour in search of talent.
They were mean people" he said
OF the singers of certain city. Il
could do no business with them. They
thought only of money"
Mr.. Russell smiled.
''They were as bad as the man who
discovered the Blank theater fire.
The first intimation the box Office
had of this fire came, at the end OF
the third act, from a fat man who
bounded down the gallery stairs,
stuck his face at the ticket window
and shouted breathlessly:
"'Theater's aire! Gimme me mon.
ey hack!'"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27

say; you will have to ask him When
| say this | have in mind the follow
ing case that was brought to my no
tice: A young cub, only few weeks
old, was caught one spring and fed on
milk. He was kept in camp until the
following fall when they moved camp
down on some bottom lands. Here.
while running about, he would sud
denly stop, dig up some roots and de
YOUR them with a relish. He seemed
to be as fully prepared to forage for
himself as if he had been taking les
sons from his mother all summer.
Another much mistaken idea about
the black bear is that he energies
from his winter quarters very thin
and emaciated (this SO far, Is true),
that he is desperately hungry after
his long fast; or is terribly ferocious,
and inclined to attack anything on
sight, man included This is not SO,
although | have often heard it so
stated Not even black bear with
his enviable digestive apparatus can
OF does indulge in hearty meal after
so long fast. The organs of bear
are no different from those of a man
in this respect, and after their long
disuse are only capable of assimilat-
ing the daintiest morsels of food
such as grass shoots, tender roots and
their like In fact, at first they show
little or no desire to eat. but after
few days they commence to partake
l n In ~ ~ ounrHthino |
say this because bear is omnivorous,
which means that he eats quite gener-
ally eveTything-both vegetables and
meat They are not as carnivorous as
generally supposed Usually being con-
tented with such small animals as
ground squirrels and field mice, but
STILL when the opportunity offers, they
have a great propensity for stealing
down ever so carefully to a nearby
farm and carrying off a fat little
shoat They, too. have a great weak
ness for sheep, and ii is hardly neces-
sary for me to mention honey and
sweets, for here we see him again
Ike a good-natured mischievous boy,
The various insects form long list
of goodies for them. and they spend
much of their time overturning stones.
prying open old stumps and logs, polk
ing their nose and smiling at every
tiny hole or crevice for such dainty
morsels as grubs, caterpillars,
crickets, and ants. The black bear
seems to partake of such variety OF
food that it is hard to say just which
he enjoys the most Ants are one OF
his favorite dishes, and | have no
doubt that they consume as many of
these as some of the ant-eaters OF
South America One of their favorite
methods of catching a certain species
of ants, which are very vicious little
lighters. is to thrust a paw in the
midst of one of their hills, and as
they swarm over the bears paw with
the purpose of attacking their enemy.
they are quickly Tapped up.
But what greater picture of content
ment can one imagine than bear in
a good sized burberry patch? Sitting
half up on his launches and pulling
the branches towards him with his
paws-fairly shoveling in the berries
that help fatten him up for the long
winter-they are indeed great berry
eaters ana. will often travel miles to
locate a patch. and then viii patronize
it long ard often.
Last fan in the Sierra Madre noun
tains in northern Mexico was camped
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
Cleanliness and Difference 70 Women
Americans Strong Points.
Says Visitor.


Baron Ernst Won wolzogen. who.
with his wife. recently made an arts
tic tour through America, is flooding
the German press with his impressions
OF America and the Americans, a Ber-
lin letter to the Brooklyn Eagle says.
He was greatly impressed with the
Americans expeditions way OF hand.
ling baggage. baggage checks being
unknown here. The lot. STUFF air of
Pullmans also impressed him. but he
forsets this in dwelling on lesson in
cleanliness he received IN a Pullman.
He says:
'ln Pullman car. by the way. one
may get a good idea OF American
cleanliness | shah never forget the
very eircumstantial morning toilet of
a herculean fellow after bis nights
journey The man was certainly Meth.
er military atteche nor a civp
esthete. The fellow washed. shaved.
co.rhoc ia ha.s carefully. brushed his
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
Young Sculptor.

One of the picturesque figures at the
New York Geological park these days
is a l4-year-old boy modelling wild ami
mails at close range. He is q Award
Fairbanks. and he comes out OF the
Tar west-Utah-with a lump of clay.
an absorbing love OF wild animals and
a determination to become a sculptor
as his stock IN trade Inside the pro
teeting rail Of the lion house. right up
against the cages. he sets his modelling
stand. with HIS sleeves rolled up to biz
brown elbows be Uolds and digs and
pats bis clay in the shapes Of the huge
beasts behind the bars. His ambition
is I'd model wild animsls viz strict
fidelity 10 their natural pastures. Snd
he has made ~ ass mind TO vii a
place among the successful, sculptors
OF the worls. no matter what IL ca sts
IN hard wcrk--The CSrlstissa Herzs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
Uses Of Hot.Water RottIe.

] wonder how many know the many
uses of hot-water bottles. Nearly ev.
cry one uses it filed with hot water
in cases of neuralgia, toothache or
pains in any part of body. or filed
with crushed ice to lay on head in
cases of brain trouble One way |
have found it useful is to fill with hot
water and set my bread on it to rise
on a cold night or in the day time in
cold weather Still another is TO
make a cover to At it with pocket
on each side large enough to hold a
nursing bottle, put bottle of milk in
pocket and fill hot water bottle with
hot water. It will keep the milk warm
for baby and save the trouble of get
ting up to warm milk on cold night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
RenovatInq PAINTING.

Often the beauty of painting is
lost because it is so taickly covered
with dust. To remedy this follow
these suggestions:
Brush the painting free from dnsi
and wash the canvas with water, us
ing a sponge Now take a piece Of
shaving soap and rub it over the en-
tire painting, leaving it on a very
short while Scrub of with brush
and when 1t is thoroughly dried, rus
the canvas with piece of linen which
has been Dipped into ben2ine. Do not
use this 100 freely, however. If the
painting appears dull, little olive oil
will benefit this. A coat of thin, col
orless varnish is now applied, which
protects the painting and keeps 1t
bright for long time.
To brighten gold frame. boil some
onions in water until soft, mash them
fine and use the fluid that is extract
cd
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
AS a German Baron Sees Us

teeth. manicured his finger nails ard
polished himself till it was really a
pleasure to look at him He took
whole hour for the job"
Our genial German critic was struck
by American Difference toward women
and by the great freedom that main
tains in social intercourse between
young men and women in the United
States. He SAYS. If you see that your
young lady friend likes you you can
give her all sorts of condolences with
out being regarded by ner or her par
ents as sutton for her hand. But you
must be careful about kissing. In
some states the law regards a kiss as
a promise OF marriage. in other states
3 kiss constitutes assault and battery.
and each kiss may cost you a consid-
cradle cash fine"
American informal. offhanu manners
Wolzogen found IN strange contrast 10
German circumspecton He missed in
America the custom among men Of tip
ping their hats 10 each other forty
tines day II they happen 10 meet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27
About Garnet Care.

While a nice. well-cared for carpet
in any room is attractive, shabby,
badly-treated carpet makes the furni-
ture upon it look, ike itself, i'll cared
for.
Sometimes a good carpet will sud-
denly show signs of wear long before
its time, and threadbare places will
appear here and there to the dismay
of its owner.
The maid who has swept it may be
new one and perhaps not quite ac-
customed to the best ways of carpet
sweeping She may have used a hard
brush, which will bring a fair show of
sweepings into the dustpan. and so
win have satisfied her that she has got
something from her labors on the car
pet
Dust pan and brush are still the rule
in many households run after the good
old pattern of the foremothers there.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-27

a low-growing tree and the bears are
often given to summing themselves in
these trees.
The black bear prefers his meat
we'll tainted and in fact, do not De-
lieye it can be too strong for him.
Unlike the grizzly he does not cover
over or bury a carcass, but this again
is only characteristic of him, for he
does not feed, or in fact do anything
as Systematically or as seriously as
the grizzly-much preferring a little
mischief to work, and here again We
see him the happy-go-lucky fellow. l
cannot take space to mention all the
fancies of his appetite, but this gives
very good general idea of his diet.
must not omit to say, however, he
is something of a fisherman, both for
game and for sport, and with quick
stroke of his paw sends many an
unsuspecting fish hurting through the
air to land well up on the bank, where
he can once more please his palate.
have often heard of seven hundred
pound black bears; there re none, Be
tween four and five hundred pounds
are as heavy as they win ever tip the
scales Bears are very rarely weighed
by hunters, and the estimates given OF
their weight are very often much IL
excess, but, of course, not always
purposely so. Broadly speaking,
would say that the average weight OF
the average black bear, taking them
as Jon happen to find them. would be
approximately one hundred and fifty
pounds | am not speaking of full
grown bears, as one is likely to kill
several partly-grown bears to one full
grown. A full-grown bear in the spring
may weigh but little over two hun
bred, and the same bear in the fall
might easily be close to a four hun
dred FOUNDER.
How many of us have gone into
the woods In our early hunting days
and looked around wondering which
would really be the safest tree to shin
up in case an old black bear should
have designs on us. Nov that little
sapling over there looks good They
say a slim tree with no branches
is the best to nest in on an occasion
like this. But for those who do not
already know, we will settle that ques-
ton right here 1t does not matter in
the least what tree you select, wheth-
er it is one some two or three feet in
diameter or just that little sapling;
1t is safe to say if you can get up,
so can the bear But this is the point,
he won't come No black bear wheE
given such a fine opportunity to get
away, will stick around. Their claws,
which are very unlike those of the
grizzly. are especially adapted Tor
climbing. while the front paws of
grizzly are especially adapted for dig.
ging. being long. and from four to six
inches in length. and nearly straight.
Grizzlies do not and cannot climb
trees. On the other hand. the black
bears claws are shorter, more curved.
and thicker at the base, which enables
them TO so up huge tree very much
as cat or squirrel would, and also
slim one just large enough to sus-
tain their weight
In conclusion would say that do
not prentend to know all about black
bears mo one man can; but I have
found them sufficiently interesting to
have taken a great deal of pleasure in
devoting long study to them. and
have here set down only what know
TO be facts