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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-02
ON THE WING.

YIN he V11NQs
Virgil Jackson cut kaffir corn for
F. L. Smith Friday.
Miss Olive Judy is boarding with
Peter Denning.
O. D. Drowning will have sale the
7th of October. He is thinking ol
going to Utah.
Perry Fritts thrashedfor Grant Old
ham and Geo. Pahlman and sons.
Mr.. Fritts pulled his machine back to
the shed.
Peter Denninq has just finished
sowing 40 acres of grass seed.
The road boss, Tansy Smith has
just completed another concrete
bridge at the Crooks school house
corner.
Douglas Browning went to Amoret
Friday to get apples at the Darby
farm.
Mac Smith and his lady friend at
tended meeting at Mt. Vernon church
Saturday evening.
Tink Hedger has been helping his
brother, Marion, bale hay on the
river bottoms.
Dan Stubbs at Pleasant Gap joins
The Times list. i
Those hauling coal are F. H. Old
ham, Coleman Snodgrass and Pahl-
man brothers.
Harry French's youngest child ac-
cidently got its arm dislocated Mon
day and DR.. Lusk was called.
Emery Porter says there will be a
wedding in this partin the near future.
Alvin Colburn is visiting his aunt,
Mrs. Geo. Thompson.
Rev. Haynes commencedprotracted
meeting at the M. E. church of Vir-
ginia, Rev. Hughes assisting. Mr..
Carlston is the singer. \
Ed Barnes and family, Grandma
Jackson, Douglas Browning and fam
lily visited at Charley Jackson's Sun
day. !,
- Aunt Sally Foster called on Mrs.
Hedger Sunday.
Geo. jackson and wife went to the
county seat Monday to meet Mrs.
Jackson's sister who came on the
morning train.
Uncle Neal Porter is some better
at this writing.
Grant Oldham has decided to sell
Sculley improvements. 2 miles north
and 7 mile west of Virginia.
Frank Oline, elevator and grain
man of Amoret was badly hurt one
day last week by falling against the
big wheel in his engine room. j.
M. Smalley has charge Of the power
room these days. Mr.. Oline is COM
ing to himself rapidly and will soon
be able to be in the elevator again.
Charley Weller is drilling well
for Frank Olene at the elevator in
Amoret.
Uncle Alex Lopeman and wife OF
Harrisonville, Mo-, are visiting his
son, William, and Mrs. Lee Nichols
for two weeks in Homer township,
near Amoret, Mo. He is taking a
circle from here, he expects to visit
in and around Amsterdam then to
Lyle, Cass county, Mo.
Mr.. Willmouth sold his 10 acres
near Mulberry to Mr.. Blacklege con-
400.
F. A. Gabby, 2 miles north Of Am
oret traded his 100 acres to Mr.. SUIT
ton for an Iowa farm.
Ike Booi traded his 2 farms near
Amoret for a big farm in Iowa and Is
making arrangements to make the
change In December, 1918.
Joe Mccall Of near Foster visited
with s. N. Kinion Sunday.
John Fosters team were frightened
by an,auto Monday while in Virginia
and ran away.
w. H. burst made q trip to Amoret
Tor Judge McFadden Friday.
Oldham brothers and John Foster
md son finished S. N. Kinion's well
Grant Oldham thrashed Monday
md Tuesday.
Constable Ed Aiiahas sefia out eSat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
COMMUNITY PLAN
Methods of Belpre Minister Are
Approved by X. S. A. C.
Institution Advances Outline
for Increasing Rural Interest.

Manhattan, Kan, July pa two
weeks summer camp conference for
rural leaders on the campus of the
Kansas Agricultural college next year
was announced this morning by E. l..
Holton, professor of rural education.
Announcement was made at the last
session of the school for rural workers
which has been in progress at the col
lege since Monday. 1t is a part OF
campaign which the agricultural col
lege has undertaken to better rural
life conditions in Kansas. That Pro-
lessor Holton's plan met with the
hearty approval of the rural pastors
present was shown by the enthusiasm
with which it was received.
1t is tc be canvas" conference,
Professor Holton said. The meetings
will be held in one big tent while sleep
ing accommodations will be furnished
the delegates in a number of small
tents. There will be a mess tent, too,
where the college will furnish board for
the visiting delegates at cost. Profess
sor Hoiton thought it should not cost
a delegate, under this plan, more than
so cents day for board and lodging.
Plans for next year already are being
made. Every rural pastor, rural leader,
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary, and county SUI
perintendent in the state will be urged
to attend.
How much can be accomplished in
a short time in a small country village
to improve country life conditions was
brought to the attention of the dele
gates at this meeting when the Rev. A.
NJ. Hardness told of a plan he is try
ing out. Mr.. Hardness is pastor of a
small church in Belpre, Kan, town or
400. Last spring he made it known
that he was about to start a campaign
for improving conditions in and around
Belpre. Whereupon the Commercial
club elected him president and told MIN
to Ego to it," agreeing at the same time
to back him up in whatever he started.
The Rev. Mr.. Hardness first wrote
out a plan or program, called meet
ing and had it adopted by the COM
munity. 1t outlined the needs of that
community and told how to get the
results desired. knowing of his desire
to present his plan to the country peo-
pie around Belpre the county commits
sioners made him assessor for the
township While doing the work of this
Office he was able to tell the people on
the farms of the community plan. AS
result of this he has organized two
farm neighborhood improvement clubs
which are auxiliary to the town Com
mercial club. The clubs meet in
churches near Belpre. Another club
now is being organized.
He also has induced the town to take
I'D the matter of a municipal electric
light and water plant. A small library,
left as a memorial to the town, also
is receiving the pastors attention. This
library never has had a book in it. Mr..
Hardness has taken the matter up with
the Carnegie Foundation and hopes,
with the aid of that institution. to
equip it within the next year. Then, he
says, he will endeavor to establish
branch libraries at each of the rural
churches near BeIpre where the neigh
borhood Improvement clubs meet.
All done in four months. And he has
only begun on the program, he says.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
SCOUTS ARE HERE.
Doc Reynolds Undergoing Observa-
tion-Impressed with Western
League.

Tom O'Hara, scout for the Cincin-
natl club of the National league, and
Joe Sugden, of the Detroit club of the
American league, are in Topeka and
looking at some of the Kaw players.
OF course, they are after men with
other teams, if they can find some
man who looks good for faster COM
pany.
They are looking over Pitcher Doc
Reynolds and witnessed the game
Sunday, where they had a chance to
see him going his usual gait, since
getting into condition.
The scouts were faVora bly, inn
pressed with the work of the four
pitchers who worked Sunday and
with the performances of McLarry
and Forsythe. They are non-commit-
tai and won't talk much. 1t is re-
ported that Cincinnati will take a
chance on Casey Hagerman and King
of the Denver club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
NOUN DAY CASE
Attorney QuintOn Declares He
Was Misguided in Matter.
Says He Meant 10000 Acres
Land Sold, Not 10000 Buyers.

Attorney A. b. Quinton, represent
ing Don A. MounDay and wife in the
litigation surrounding the affairs OF
the American Sugar Manufacturing
and Refining company, declares that
he has been misquoted and that re-
ports of the affairs of the sugar com
pany and its troubles are untrue and
misleading. Quinton, however, re-
fused to submit to an interview or to
give out a statement regarding the
sugar company's troubles.
In its Saturday issue, the State
Journal quoted Mr.. Quinton as stat
ing that $4,000 Kansas people had
bought land contracts in the Noun
Day company. Now the Topeka law
yer contends that he stated or meant
to convey that $4,000 acres of the land
had been sold 70 Kansans and that he
did not know how many people had
purchased contracts. The statement,
which was made several days before
the raid on the offices of the sugar
company by postoffice inspectors, was
printed substantially as made by the
ment made by Mr.. Quinton in the
course of an inquiry by reporter
concerning the similarity of the names
of the two MounDay companies.
Judge Quinton, who objected siren
uously when the postoffice inspectors
seized the files of the sugar COM
pany, was very profuse in his recep-
ton of a newspaper reporter several
days prior to the raid. He produced
the charter of the Oklahoma corpora
ton to substantia certain claims and
handed reporter the stock book and
minutes of the New Mexico company
as proof that the company had never
sold or offered to sell real estate.
Then he told of the number of Kansas
purchasers of New Mexican land
through the Oklahoma company,
called from another room one of the
companys customers and offered him
as Exhibit A to prove that the land
in controversy was a good investment
and that so far as was known no one
was asking their money back.
smith COnfers With Quinton.
The Topeka lawyer and A. w.
Smith, one of the incorporators of the
New Mexican company, spent por-
ton of Sunday morning in consulta-
ton Smith. who was pension agent
until the Topeka office was abolished
by act of congress, concurred in
Quinton's opinion that the reports of
the company's affairs were unjust. But
no statement was made for publica-
ton by either of the men.
will you make or dictate a state
ment correcting any mistake which
you claim % was asked of Quinton.
mot at this time" said the lawyer.
II prefer to try the case in the courts
not in the newspapers"
The custer suit against the Noun
Day sugar companies will be heard
Tuesday morning in the supreme
court. Hearing on the Injunction suit
to prevent interference by the banking
department in the affairs of the
MounDay companies is set for Wed
nesday morning in Judge Dana's di-
vision of the district court. The pre-
liminary hearing on the government
case, charging MounDay and his wife
with fraudulent use of the mails will
not be called until August 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
WROTE LETTER TO SELF.
lola Youth Sought to Escape Reform.
atory by Running Away.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 2S-William Nc
Haley. Is years old, wrote letter to
himself, telling of his mother being near
death at Macomb. Ill The letter was
good for passage on a freight train from
lola. Kan, to Kansas City and a safe
explanation for his presence m the rail-
road yards here when accompanied by a
supply of tears.
But Joseph Enright, patrolman at the
union depot. asked the boy some questions.
Finally William admitted the letter to be
a hoax and that his father and mother
both lived at lola and that both are in
good health. He admitted he was trying
to escape from serving a sentence in the
Kansas Industrial school, to which he
had been ordered sent.
Il took a preachers dinner and his BIZ
cycle and broke into one or two houses,
and they want to send me to the school
for it," he Indignantly declared.
William was sent to the detention home
and the sheriff of Allen county notified
of his arrest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
COUNTY SEAT WAR
Three Principal Towns of
Usage Begin HOstilities.
Lyndon Asks Help of Burlin-
game-Dig Up Old History.

Burlingame, Kan, July 2s.-Dele-
cations from Usage City and Lyndon
were here last week. the former to
induce the people to help them get,
and the latter to help them keep the
county seat. Already the war is on,
and old settlers are going back forty
years or more and raking up history
that intensifies the feeling between
county. The Enterprise this week
says:
Some forty-odd years ago these
self-same towns connived together for
the purpose of removing the seat OF
government of Usage county from
Burlingame, where it was then locat-
ed, to Lyndon, and by fraudulent
votes, following a campaign OF cor
ruption and bitterness which almost
resulted in bloodshed, accomplished
the purpose, And from thoat day to the
present time ii has been a bone of
contention between the two conspir-
ators.
LAS we have stated in the begin
ming, all this happened forty years or
more ago, and the county has never
fully recovered from the evil effects
of that ill-advised contest. In every
political campaign since that time, as
well as in every social function of a
general county nature, the effects of
the county seat war has cropped out
in some form. 1t has figured in the
defeat of many a deserving man for
puDllc OFFICE, II mas nelped TO elect
designing and INSCRIPTIONS men; it
has created prejudice; it has had its
bliShting effect upon every county
gathering, either of a public or social
nature; it has raised hell sin general.
In view of all this it now looks very
much as if the county will be forced
into another scrap of a like nature.
Perhaps there will be no ballot box
stuffing or repeating, but it will be a
fight to a finish for supremacy, and
will engender enough bitterness to
last US for another half century and
perhaps longer.
However, there is a happy solution
to this veXing problem. 1t is very
evident that the interests of Osa ge
City and Lyndon in this matter can
not be harmoniZed. Then why not get
together on the proposition of return
ing the county seat to Burlingame,
where it rightfully belongs and from
whom it was wrongfu1y swiped? We
honestly believed such a plan would
meet with the hearty approval of q
majority of the people of the county,
and besides Burlingame and her peo-
pie might be induced to furnish a site
for the much talked about new court
house and also help a little in the
building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
.CUMISKEY IN CONTROL
OIL Inspector Has His County Com
mittee Behind Him.

That Frank Cumiskey, state oil in
spector, is still in control of the Demo-
cratic situation in Crawford county
was made evident when 80 of the A
members of the county committee met
in Pittsburg and endorsed Cumiskey's
actions as chairman of the committee
and officially approved the commit
tees expenditures in the last cam
paign. The action of the committee
will probably finally conclude the Call
en-Cumiskey row which has created
state wide interest among the Demo-
Gratis.
The Pittsburg meeting was called by
Cumiskey as chairman of the county
committee. DIR. ]. H. Cushenberry, a
follower of the DOC" Callen faction
in the Crawford county fight, was Of
fically ousted as secretary treasurer
of the committee, and Leonard Boyd
was named as his successor. Dr.
Cushenberry did not attend the meet
ing and ignored requests to bring or
send his records to the committee
meeting. Boyd was then instructed to
take action to secure these records.
Resolutions endorsing the action of
Frank Cumiskey as chairman of the
committee were adopted by a unani-
nous vote and the fight between
Cumiskey and Doc Callen, which
eliminated when Cumiskey refused to
endorse Callen for postmaster, is now
finally settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
T0DAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago. July 2s.-WHEAT-Wheat de-
chned today on account of weak cables
ana because of the fine weather north
west Nearly all the pit traders took to
the bear side. Commission house demand
on resting orders, however checked the
down turn. The opening was Adssc TO
12c lower. September, which started at
s61sc to s6lAc. loss of A@3sc to 9s@16c,
fell to 86Ms6lsc.
Subsequently further setback resulted
from the poorness of export call and from
a big increase in the visible supply. The
close was nervous with September &c net
lower at S60S61Ac
CORN-Active buying rallied corn after
an early dip due to a little rain in Kan
sas and elsewhere September opened 1s@
&c off to a shade up, at 625sc to 623sc and
rose to 6314 @63ssc.
Any important reaction was prevented
by assertions that the crop was firing in
Iowa and Illinois. The close was firm
al 63A @633sc for September, a gain of
1Ac net.
OATS-Oats took the same course as
corn September started a sixteenth to
1sQAc down, at 401sc to 4014c and climbed
to 405sc.
PROVISIONS = Provisions weakened
with hogs but developed strength when
the coarse grained bulged. First sales
varied from 21sc lower to an advance of
10c, with September options as follows:
Pork, S21.271a; lard, s11.771s; ribs, s11.S 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
WRECK NEAR ELDORA.
Twcnty-Seven Passengers Injured on
the Switzerland Trail.

Boulder, Colo, July 2S.-Twenty-
seven passengers were injured, six
perhaps fatally, when five coaches of
the Denver, Boulder & Western train
overturned near Eldora. Colo. In the
five coaches were 125 passengers,
mostly tourists from the east who
were viewing the scenery of the
Switzerland Trail.
The train had left Eldora about
noon and was attempting to make the
customary wye turn when the rear
coach left the track. The train crew
endeavored to draw the coach back
upon the track, when it overturned
and carried with it the next four cars.
The passengers were thrown from
their seats and bruised and cut by
flying glass. Those most seriously
hurt were injured internally by the
fall. The train was a narrow gauge
one.
Among the injured We're:
Miss Mabel Deck, Iowa; internal in
juries.
Miss l.. P. Symmes, Dexter, Iowa;
internal injuries.
Mrs. f. L. Downey, Dexter, Iowa;
arm broken.
Miss Sadie Frank. Nashville, Tenn;
face cut.
Harry Packer. Kansas City, Kan;
internal injuries and cuts.
Ethelyn Hall, Lexington, Neb. I;
wrist broken and face cut.
The most seriously injured We're
taken TO the University hospital here.
A relief train was hurried from
Boulder to the scene of the wreck,
bringing back the wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
MAY BE BLACK HANDLER"
lola Police Arrest Negro Who Il
Wanted in Rice County.

lola. Kan, July 2S.-Rice county's mys-
terious BLACK Hand case that has
several months. was believed by officers
to have been solved when j. c. Bowen, a
here at the request of the county attorney
at Lyons, Kan. Bowen had been sought
for several weeks. Evidence gathered by
Rice county officers led them to believe he
had knowledge of the letter sent last Jan
uary to Roscoe Bressler, a white man.
and a prosperous young farmer, near
Lyons The letter threatened Bressier
and family with death unless $3.50 was
placed at the designated spot.
RressIer turned the letter over to the
sheriff who placed an officer at the rail-
way crossing where the money was to
have been left, but no one appeared
When Bowen was wanted for sending the
letter he had left. the neighborhood. Re
lola A search disclosed the negro hiding
in the attic at the home of relative
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
AT CHESNEY TONIGHT
X. and L. Band Will Give Concert at
Park.

The knights and Ladies of Security
band will give their regular weekly city
concert at Chesney park this evening
Following is the program:
March-The Aviator .......Dox Cruger
Observation-Disclosures . ......DaIby
Saxophone solo-ROcked in the Cradle
of the Deep ................B oos
c. S. Alexander.
Selection-Martha Cby reques) FIotow
Waltzes-Danube Waves Ivanov12i
Comic Rag Marcia Slippery Place
=
Cornet duet-Fame and Fortune
...-...............T V. Short
-Messrs. McClintock and Howenstein.
Observation-Disclosures Girl Bale
Baritone solo-The Cavalier Polka
Jesse Bigiey.
Grand National medley Overture fby
requesD Observation-Disclosures. Losev
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28

Topeka, Kan July 9s
RAWBERRIES-Per crate, $500.
alberta PEACHES-Per blu. basket.
81 Is; per basket crate, $1O0; per basket
crate, $1.40.
CALIFORNIA PLUMS-German prunes.
per crate, $1.75; Wixom plums, per crate
s.. 90; BradShaws, per crate, $1.75; Sugar
plums, per crate. $1.65.
BARTLETT PEARS-Per box, $780,
CANTALOUPES-Sta per crate
So %; Pony, per crate. $2.75; Arkansas and
Oklahoma cantalOupes, per crate SETS.
VALENCIA ORANGES-Per box 5000
TEMONS-Per box, $s.OOGS50
IIMES-Per basket, $1.25.
pTNEAPPLES-Per crate, So 75d4OO
POTATOES-KaW Valley. per bu soc
CALIFORNIA CABBAGE-New, per
~ RANANAS-Medium sized punches, per
bunch $17592.25; large lunches per
bunch, $2.50Q2.75; per h., SAC.
ONIONS-Per bu., Fancy Reds si25:
Eancv White S1.25; Choice Fellows, 81 co.
,, RHUBARB-Per H., &c; 100 lbs. or
more, 134c. -
TEXAS CUCUMBERS-Per basket 81 90;
ner IL crate 81 %; per 70 blu. crate $50
HOME GROWN TOMATOES-Per crate.
M M1pANGO PEPPERs-Per basket, s.oo.
CARROTS-Per doz. punches, 45c; per
BEETS-Per bu., 75c.
TIJRNIPS-Per bu., S5c.
WATERMELONS-Pe h., 11Ac.
NEW CORN-Per doz., zoe.
CHEESE-171Aq19c per lb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
WON'T GO TO WICHITA,
School "Marm'' Trouble Leads to
Threat by Citizens.

Wichita, Kan, July 2s.-Threatening
letters received by Miss Ida H. Bowles,
Paris, ILL.,, have caused her to refuse
the principalship of the Latin depart
ment in the Wichita high school. She
was hired to succeed Miss Leida H.
Mills, who had taught in Wichita %
years. Miss Mills was discharged be-
cause she took an active part in poll
tics opposing the president of the
board. The refusal of the board to re-
employ her caused much indignation
and when Miss Bowles was employed
following the refusal of Chicago girl
to take the place letters were sent her
Three of the letters contained yelled
threats and have been placed in the
hands of postoffice authorities by Pres
ident Louis Gerties of the school board
Two of the letters are signed by "A
fellow teacher" Miss Bowles says in
her resignation that she would not
teach in a city where there are such
vicious people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
crop Conditions Better.

Junction City. Kan, July 2S.-Crop
conditions at the close of this week
are more favorable in Geary county
than at any time in the past month.
The early corn, which 1t was thought
was totally destroyed by the heat and
lack of moisture. will make a part of
crop in several sections of the coun-
ty, according to the farmers. Late
corn is in good condition as the result
of a recent rain and comparatively cool
weather. and the lowland corn in some
tanned drouth. The fourth cutting of
alfalfa will be ready for cutting soon.
1t will be the smallest of the year.
With proper conditions a big fifth crop
should be cut, however. In some sec
tions the farmers have cut only two
crops and will make their third cutting
next week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
TODAY'S CLOSE.

New York, July %.
Anal; copper, 7O5s Am. Beet Sugar. 27A;
Am. Locomotive, S1A; Am. 8. and Ref, C..
q; Am Sugar Ref, 112; Am. Tel. and t.,
1271a; Anaconda Mining, 361s; A. t. and
s. F., C. 9e1s;; Baltimore and Ohio, $50 /;
Brooklyn r. T., SSz; Can. Pacific. 21S;
Central Leather, 241s; Chesapeake and
Ohio, Sc; Great Western, c. 141h; G. M.
and ST. p, C. 1861; Chicago and N. W.,
100; Colorado Fuel and Iron, 81; Chino
copper, ss1s; Erie, c. 271k; General Elec-
trio, 1401k; Great Northern, p. 1859; In
SEPARATION, 1514 Inter Harvester, 1OSas; K.
Valley, 151A; Missouri Pacific, SO; NJ. K.
and T., 22&; New, Con. Copper, 161a; N. Y.
Central. 1915; Norfolk and Western, 1867;
Northern Pacific. 11114; Penn. r. r., III;
Rock Island, G. 17ss; Rock Island, p. 29ss
Southern Pacific, 931s; Southern Railway,
C.. "a; Tenn. Copper, 3O14; Texas and Pa
cific, C. 1501s; Union Pacific, C. 1905; U. S.
Copper 4SA; Westinghouse Electric 6312.
SATURDAYS CLOSE.
Anal. Copper, $685.; Am. Beet Sugar, %;
Am. Can. c. 3s1s; Am. C. and F., C. AN f;
1271s; Anaconda Mining, 35A; A T. and
S. F., c. 9S1z; Baltimore and Ohio, c. 9S1a;
Brooklyn r. T.. sSA Canadian Pacific,
III; Central Leather 241s; Chesapeake and
and st. Paul, c., LOG; Chino Copper, S71k
Col: Fuel and Iron, 80: Erie. c. 261a; Gen
eral Electric, 14O14: Great Northern, p.
107; Lehigh Valley, 1901 Louisville and
Nashville, 1881; Missouri Pacific, 1924; NJ.
K. and T., c. 2214; New Con Copper, 1872;
eific, 1929 Penn R. r., 11SA; Ray Con
Copper, 1917 Reading, C. 1875; Rock Island,
c. 17as: Rock Island, p. 2914; Southern
Pacific. 9S1s; Southern Ry., C. 231a; Tenn.
Steel. c. 5S1a; Utah Copper, 4794; Tenn.
Union, 644; Westinghouse, 62R.