The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-15

at Joplin.
Our good friend J. R. Simpson of
Deepwater township was in Tuesday
on a business mission. I
Major A. v. Adams of Jefferson
City spent the latter part of the week
here on office business.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Mckee of south
east Of this city left Tuesday for Cali
fornia where they expect to spend
several months.
DR.. and Mrs. c. H. Ticknor enter
tanned Rev. Davis, pastor of the Pres
byterian church of Rich Hill the latter
part of the week.
, County Clerk c. G. Weeks was
notified by telegram Wednesday
morning of the death of his brother
l. E. Weeks. at Wren, Georgia.
James Shelton Williams of Virgin
ia has been nominated comptroller of
currency and ex-officio member of
the federal reserve board by Presi-
dent Wilson.
j. c. Hayes of Kansas City was
down the last OF the week on bust
ness. He is now Justice OF the
Peace in jackson county and his old
friends call him Judge
The best individual record at the
National Egg Laying contest at Noun
tain Grove, Mo. was made by a White
Leghorn pullet owned by J.R. Noon
ey of this city, with record of %
eggs.
q. And now it appears that the PAM
pered chicken eaters are kicking be-
cause they have found some sand and
gravel in the chickens crops. Too
bad, the ultimate consumer pays for
the sand.
The city council at the last meeting
contracted with E. E. Harper, civil
engineer of Kansas City, to prepare
preliminary plans for new water
works plant, and to make estimate of
repairs needed on old plant.
Hon. Lucien B. Baskerville, men,
Der of the legislature from Bates
county, has filed with the secretary
of state under the new primary law
notice of his intention to be a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for senator in this district. Mr.. Bas,
kerville has host of friends in Hen
ry county and throughout the dis
trict. Clinton Democrat.
Mrs. John r. Walker, widow of
the late United States District Attor-
ney, John II. Walker and a sister-in-
law of Senator Cockrell, died at the
home in Kansas City Saturday. John
R. Walker was resident of Bates
county in the late sixties and early
seventies and served in the Twenty
Sixth General Assembly Of Missouri.
a member from Bates.
The death of Col. John Conovcr OF
the firm of Richards & Conover, Kan
sas City, Mo-, on January 8, removed
one of the leading merchants OF that
city. He was in his 18th year and
had been in business in Kansas City
4S years. He left one daughter, Mrs.
Hugh Smith and two sons, John A.
and George. He was a cousin of
Col. o. D. Austin of the Record and
of Mrs. w. F. Rosser of this city.
Col. Austin attended the funeral.
w. A. Baker of Pleasant Gap town
ship, one of the foremost breeders of
the big type Poland-China hog in
Southwest Missouri was in the first
of the week, arranging matters for
his annual bred SOW sale which will
be held in this city the latter part of
February, and informed us that he
has as fine lot of hogs'for this sale
as ever walked into a sale ring, and
we may add that Mr.. Baker is a first
class Judge of hog flesh. He says
that his mail order business has kept
up we'll this winter and since the first
of this month he has shipped out six
fine specimens of breeding stock, 2,
herd boars and 1 gilt to Texas, 3 gifts
to Carrolton, Mo-, and boar to
Hume, Mo.
The Missouri state board of agri-
culture has again set aside 500 to be
awarded as premiums on the best