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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-17
Now is the Time to Build q
Home at a Low Figure.

Henry M. Hyde, in leading article
in the Chicago Tribune under the
above heading, says:
People who have been talking for
years about building house are
hereby notifid that this is the time to
have the plans drawn and start the
work of construction.
In other words, building of all
kinds can be done at the present
time at lower cost than at any time
within the last ten years.
A house that would have cost 49,
OOO.O to build one year ago can be
completed today for $2,5OO.OO. 1t
may not cost more than 100000.
In the first place, theprice of build
ing materials are, on the average,
less than they were year ago. Lum.
Der, cement and structural steel are
three of the building essentials in
which the drop in price has been
most marked. The best available
authority estimate that at least 10
per cent can be saved at present in
buying bill of building materials.
In addition the present purchaser can
be sure of getting quick deliveries
and other concessions.
But when one talks with contrac-
tors another factor is discovered
which offers still greater savings to
The man who wants to build a house,
4 flat building, or other structure.
Every considerable contractor has |
n his employ number of expert
snced men on whose skill and loyalty
lie has come to rely. The future of
,is business largely depends on
his regular force intact. In
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-17
QUESTION CLEARED UP.
Butler Readers Can no Longer Doubt
The Evidence.

Again and again we have read OF
strangers in distant towns who have
been cured by this or that medicine.
But Buffers pertinent question has
always been "Has anyone here in
Butler been cured?" The word of a
stranger living a hundred miles away
may be true, but it cannot have the
same weight with us as the word of
our own citizens whom we know and
respect, and whose evidence we can
50 easily prove.
Mrs. J. 7. Craven, 4O7 East Dako-
ia ST., Butler, says: -Four years
ago. suffered from kidney and
bladder complaint. l had dull, heavy
pains across the small Of my back
and my head ached. used Doan's
Kidney Pills, procured at Clay's
Drug Store, and they took effect at
once, relieving me. | have had no
sign Of kidney complaint since"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Craven had. Foster.Mil-
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
6-2t Adv
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-17
We Have Moved

Our fine line of Sayers & Scovill bug
gies from our store-room on South
Side Square to our Garage on South
Main Street. Come in and see US.
Buy the boy a Sayers & Scovill bug
gy for Christmas and see him smile.
Mcfarland & Sons,
Phone So. South Main Street,
Butler, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-17

H tHa v
addition the average employer feela
a certain responsibility toward TIE
men who have given him faithful ser
vice. For both reasons he is anxious
to keep his force at work as long and
as fully as possible.
The result is that under present
conditions contractors are making
very low bids on new buildings. In
many instances they are cutting out
practically all profit. and.are offering
to undertake construction work at
cost If the contractors normal prof
it be estimated at 10 per cent a bid at
cost, of course. should make saving
of the same amount to the owner.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-17

prdcucaLy all prO1lt. anQsare Ofler11
to undertake construction work I
cost If the contractors normal pro
it be estimated at 10 per cent bid q
cost, of course. should make a savin
of the same amount to the owner.
Farmers Bank of Bates Count,
Now on Roll of Honor.
One Of the most interesting meet
ings ever held by the Farmers Banl
OF Bates county was the annual meet
ing of the board of directors, Novem
Der 3Oth.
+ Besides the regular routine of bus
mess that naturally comes before
such meeting, and declaring the
regular five per cent semi annual
dividend, the special feature was the
passing of $4,000 from the Banks
yearly earnings to Surplus Fund,
which makes the banks permanent
surplus fund 100000, equal to the
amount of its capital stock.
When bank builds up surplus
fund from its natural earnings equal
to the amount Of its capital stock, it
has then reached the distinguished
position known among banks as the
Roll of Honor. A position which
few banks attain and it will be no.
ticed that the Farmers Bank of Bates
County is the only bank in Bates
county having an equal capital, that
has attained this position, although it
is not the oldest bank.
- Since the bank has been conducted
by the present management, it has
been apparent at all times that the
safety Of the funds of the bank S pa
irons was the first consideration.
The uncommon progress of fine Farm
ers Bank and the continuous increase
in patronage is an inference of the
safe and economic methods employ
ed by officers and directors.
Several years ago the bank opened
Savings Department, furnishing
small steel savings banks for the |
home. This was probably the first
Bank Department ever open
ed by any bank in the county. The |
department has been very advanta.
geous to the institutions business
and the officers are very proud of
heir growing army OF Saving Depos-
tors. There are many people who
10 not realize the value of a savings
recount, however small it might be.
There are two kinds of interest that
tarts when savings account is op.
med, the bank pays interest on the
ccount and the account starts the
lepositor's interest in saving.
The bank with a capital of $780,
100. 90 and Surplus Fund of $780,
COCO has a working capital of $780,
COCO. This together with the heavy
BUSINESS it has acquired makes its
otal resources near the half million
,ark. The honorary position. the
ank has attained in financial circles
peaks strongly for the general con-
itions of our county as well as for
Re competency of the banks man.
cement. 1t is standing advertise
tent to those outside Of our commu
ity as the standing of the banks of
is one Of the first points
} be looked up.
One Of the best explanations of the .
lccess Of the Farmers bank is that .
) service is especially favorable to :
rmer. Its great volume of business
'mes from the farming interests
I'd it is continually becoming more
,ident that the farmers businessl
'ntrols the SUCCESS or destiny Of
ost every other business.
At the annual meeting Of the board
directors resolution. was adopt
!, commencing the present man.
cement for their valuable services
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13
HOME TRADE BOOSTS
So Does the Ostrich

01\I7 E HAVE all o he ostrich that sx,r,, -,
thruss his sand and believes @ danger threat
euse to yourself this gigantic than man. resting in ,a
Tor miles Ems mead hidden from view although body can be
There are too adopt tn. tactic. o, ,h. ,o, .,
are a o. an impending danger can escape or avoid
ties so , informed that there of facL
that deprived Of the omo gwen peter SUPPORT
h s our nome town storekeep
what more natural than may the case we do not stop
eles' such possibt and houses IN the DIG
o% t o0n we VIII ind out in all probability
which the wisest thing conditions souare IN the
lace and take the them or shall we line the
FOOLISH ostrich refuse
We can permit matters to drift
MINK nngs over carefully and with
after ' anu "' WI" ~
up the result of various interests not the
eas which the tributary farming
because of the various interests
ura point for the distribution
Of the farm products buying
"he the merchandise supplies the necessities
IT therefore follows naturally
ton that IF IT WERE OTHERS
sion FoR THIS COMMUNITY THERE WOULD BE NO NECESSITY
mediums
the marketing of the there would
keng and farming would not profitable
requisite
vantage to the farmers t the a e IN 0rae TO give a
market elsewhere
have to
the business spending
M in our own town instead of sending the mail order houses
the local market thereby resulting diminishing the ac
ties for getting what we need at home
lions sauare In the face and arrive at conclusion as to what steps are
which
fail to do this or tempore and let matters drift will
find emuaed the silly ostrich until the worst happens
NESS MEN KEEP THE MONEY IN CIRCULATION IN OUR HoMI
MUNTY
they
of these foolish birds Il" 'hl
community
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

M NJ prp Eopn. A1p SHARE OF NV D1rT1Es TOW ARD rIIp
SS COMMUNITY WHICH LIVE?
Let the subject fairly and openly
each something to our community We each
each responsible for fair proportion
of of maintaining support of the community
The physical represented by the taxes Too
with the perfunctOry performance of that part
THE p Is OF OUR TAXES RELIEVES
REspoNsIB1T1Es IN CONNECTION COMMUNITY IN
WHICH
We are inclined to forget both
social way find in community are ours
their dollars and have ourselves
expect loyal and to our community and We
at least pretend that we are loyal 10 'neH
Are loyaI7
neosss'e. and uxurs: " mai 0. houses W.
appreciation their endavOrs supply the % t ,b aS
hments which operated only with our cooperate" and
support - =. 49,. ,u ,a., .o,.., ~. -,
only expect quickly ws" we mus: send to the a
oes we do not p'''0"1' the"
and buy our them, and go out OF business
Even now stocks OF some local stores nave been re-
lcted must be bought to comply s ou,.
% Of the goods found the shelves OF our local
% stocks to the citizens do not find convenient
uy ,r fact that we practically everything
Then what Will happen? We will discover that the man ORDER
@ be the ones to must then send to them for " we
require in he merchandise . . ,,,,. .s, so 81.
impossible although II from the neld BY eliminating
mail shall have driven rendered through our sending
d away from will be @ bs he c
Ven - nav whatever prices mail order houses might choose "
nc With competition against them 10 pro'e'' W. -
A. - ,,t. we are really 10 cut our own noas Mn we
our ~, Efforts merchants to supply our
own A"o
for mess .s .vanons We fighting 'or our " pro
serves .h. which bound TO come
lection relations W
mail order concerns We
between w sw,y and compel send to the big eue "
In merchandise the store
When We pa a. :, cbeuly feeling that We are
keepers e' attractive and oh
future mail houses ano eneau
tons who strive
friendly spirit Oh anayzed give US
and VINO VIZ ne satiscon end than we can eApeS "a -
service and NOR merely as NUMBER aho '~
order house Nhe made at the Oh
undergrad empoye
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13
| NEW IDEA
pee Wisconsin Couple.

Fnt pay TO stick too closely
Pnons of things. New ideas
u to better health, success
lness.
couple examined an idea
hem and stepped up several
n the health ladder. The
writes:
years ago we suffered from
hking, were sleepless, nerv-
V' weak and irritable. My
/ both loved coffee and
was a bracer." (Delusion0
after years of suffering, we
ostum and the harmfulness
aad believing that to grow
give some attention 20 new
decided to test Postum.
We made II right We liked
ere free of ills caused by
Our friends noticed the
f'sher skin, sturdier nerves,
fnper etc.
1 changes we're not sudden,
eased as We continued to
enjoy Postum. and we lost
for coffee.
OF cur friends did not like
i nEst, because they did not
nslt But when they made
according to directions or
hsed It better than cohee
benefited by the change
gwen by Postum Co. Battle
lch. Read The Road L
4 in pkgs.
nov comes in two forms:
u. Hostum-must be vel
and sc packages.
rostum-is a soluble pow
e IN the cup with hot watsI
aE 3oc and soc tins.
81 Per cup of both kinds q
same.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

piano and played Il. ! decided to play
a joke on him. 30 ] closed the shut
tiers and when be got through ! sat
down at my piano and played the
same thing. Then ! pesped through
the blinds and saw Verdi hanging
halfway or OF his window. looking
IN al directions heard no more
from his piano.
That evening as We were walking
together. be vas much preOocOpied.
and ] asked him what Was the matter
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13
runnsm~d Locality.

.And this" said the alleged oio sof
"a 81 nsstering a Iong-sunering edieof
ne ras an old soldier. is ~nere
sraes we're massed in front o. - - !.
a.Ts to another place on -, =
aeIe ,acsst.map-"is where cur di-
mr. Hss drawn up in Zareba We
ISL, ,-,a-sd in this direction. and our iei'
lepio' IS attacked by the enemy on
his knoll. Just at this point va :
rnYrded on the left shoulder ana :
.-s-aa Yards farther on l got m!
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

tive Was original. and yet as soon as
I played 81 someone else in the neigh
borhood played the same thing. 10
worries me 10 think that ! should be
l!eve another's composition was my
own
Then I told him the truth. and be
was happy"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13
keenlnu Young.

One of the most distinguished men
In America was asked to write the
history Of his state. He vas more
than seventy-five years old. His an
swer was that be would not ere TO
undertake that work. as he -@as but
little interested in anything that was
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13
SAW HIMSELF AS PLAGlARIST
Brother Composers Joke Gave Verdi
Some Hours Of Unessiness Until
II Was Explained.

Giorza. the composer. used 70 tel
the following story:
once Verdi and ! had apartments
opposite each other in Milan The
s,ree, as narrow. II was warm, and
--r windows ere open. Verdi Was
, -. 90 bfa or,srae and after
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

poUse~ife'y Thought.
He-The crowd beat the ehaSuew
20 a jelly.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13
salt Lake City, No. 32-1914,
ALLOWED ONE GUESS
Pleasant Little Conversation
Iace During or After the :
Honeymoon2

4 Nv down his paper.
M if the colonel really means
hgain?'
Did you say, dear?"
d been listening you wouldn't
had said anything worth
"a be glad to listen"
o you know you would?"
4 les at her and wisely says
She picks up the paper.
be- she says, Il wish they'd
& what?"
Rngth Of next falls skirts"
IEEts.
all you can find in the pa
IS it's a good deal more i'm
ban the stuff you find"
4h mean to compare a paltry
he stupendous living issues
bur-"
b Jump into the River OF
do you know about the Riv'
bt?"
len as anybody knows. BAH
ourself!"
pon he rises angrily and
on the porch and Gains him
a pipe,-Cleveland Plain
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

n, our own shells. and" But" In
.a-ruuted the bored editor. where did
YOU get your brains blown oct Lon
con Tit-Bits.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13
LOYALTY TO OUR COMMUNITY
OVAL CITIZEN =?

So IA LOYAL CITIZEN?
fA\ SHARE OF MY DUTIES TOWARD THE
SS<S WHICH LIVE?
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

pa OF a hustler is a man who
ps occasion to buy an UNI.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

Poiogists say kissing must go.
goes with some girls.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-13

Going the Cats.
Ry he threw away his patri-
fnd threw himself after it."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
War News Fifty Y ears Ago
CFrom the Richmond Dispa,c Oct 10, s64)

General Braxton Bragg, who has for many
months been commanding the Richmond Depart
ment, has been relieved, and goes at to
take command of an important post in one Of
the more Southern States.
The latest information from below Richmond
is TO the erect that the enemy has transferred
a very large part of its force to the south side
or the river. Ten pieces of artillery were TAX
with them. This move may portend some busv
work in the front of Petersburg or II NAV he
just one OF Grants expensive fents
Again comes the now usual report "al ouiet
in front of Petersburg" There was absolutely
no Smelling yesterday and scarcely any picket
firing.
Five hundred sic1 ana wounded Federal
prisoners were sent down the river by flag of
truce BOAT yesterday for transfer the North
me latest Information from Wilmington is
10 the effect that the Federal blockade OF that
port is now practically complete the fleet of
Eunpoats having been largely augmented within
inc past week. The North Carolina coast is
known 10 be the most dangerous I'm the world
especially in the winter season and II is more
than likely that the winter storms will break tho
blockade before the rpringtime comes again
IL is officially ar bounced that the intrcpid
Mosby. having learned that a train of tho HoIti-
more and Ohio Railroad. heavily loaded win
supplies and cash for Federal uses in tho western
part OF virginia was to leave Baltimore, planned
to capture the same. He bounced upon n near
Duneld, between aarpcr's Ferry ana Mnr,ins
Durs, ana captured tho entire outfit among other
Things two Federal paymasters and 5000 600 In
sreenpacks that they were loaded with The
supplies were appropriated and the train
destroyed. $500
4 Detaiis OF the fight at Sckley's Shop beyond
Fishers Hill, in the Valley have bear obtained
me Federal cavalry attacked small cavalry
force and drove them back two miles Thinkinp
they had everything their own way the Federais
rushed forward, and before they knew anything
lney had run Into our infantry and two pieces
themselves they were given terrible darnbbing;
IN iact' tho force was almost annihileted Several
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
Should Portugal Declare War

D EPORTS that little Portugal, in accord
IN ance with it's ancient treaty with Great
Britain, would soon declare war against Ger
many and Austria have not been treated
with the respect the subject deserves. 1t
seems at first glance hardly possible that the
military force of this inconsiderablef nation
could add much to the war strength Of the
allies, but Portugal, in this contingency, is
not to be despised
In the first place. it can put into the field
100000 men of all arms, raised from the
republic itself. In addition Portugal has a
territorial army of about 10000, partly Euro
pean and partly" native, which ghrrisons
Portuguese possessions on the west coast of
Africa. in Mozambique, India and other
places. 1t is strongest OH the African west
coast, near where the Boer uprising against
British sovereignty recently occurred, and
where Germany also holds portion Of the
country.
There may be something more than coin
cidence in the reports at this time Of Portu-
gals impending entrance on the stage of war.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
RICHMOND va MONDAY OCTOBER 19

a day. and the strongest OF these will lose
strength. Therein lies the real secret of en-
durance that knows no hour OF rest.
Over in Washington there is man who is
wearing as heavy a burden Of arnor, OF an
other type. With the enormous duties thrust
upon him by extraordinary circumstances. he
is destined, If the signs are right, to be the
pcacemaker of the world-the arbiter among
nations The things he has done are small
compared with the things heshas to do. Be-
fore him, in the direction In which his face
is set so firmly, lie demands upon his every
resource that are simply beyond the strength
OF any man who stands alone.
1t is the business Of the people of all the
his strength Just now. lit is vitality import
ant to every great American issue that the
House of Representatives be voted in line
with the Presidents policies. 1t is up to the
various States to forget every partisan differ
ence and mako united government, and, in
doing so, to express their confidence in the
man in Washington, who needs that strength.
1t is too bad that there is no way to elect
Congressman other than by popular vote,
which is divided on partisan lines, and often
swung in national selections by petty local
considerations or the distribution of political
pap. That the very spirit and essence Of all
government should depend upon which polti-
cal party happens to be swinging the patron
age in local situation, is lamentable. But
even parties and partisans can at times rise
above all selfish considerations, and of all
times in history there is none like the present
to do it,
The President must have the confidence and
backing of the people through their repre-
sentatiyes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
MONDAY. ocroBEn 10. 1s14.
THE TIMEs-DIsPATCT and breakfast
are served together with unfnilinE resu-
iarity in the Best Homes OF RichmoRd.
Is ysur morning program completef
A Chance for the Bakers

THE great convention Of master bakers that
begins here this morning can do a great
service, If it will, to the cotton planter OF
the South. If the henderson, the bakers as
ISOLATION should insist that the flour and
sugar and supplies Of all kinds they buy in
such enormous quantities should be packed
wherever feasible in cotton bags, they would
increase at one blow the demand for cotton
cloth and quicken into renewed activity hun
dreds Of half-dormant mills 5:4
More than this, they would set an example
to the country. Other industries would fol-
low their lead. The cotton that now whitens
Southern fields must be consumed If the mar
Ret is to be maintained at a profitable figure,
and not merely put aside in warehouses
The bakers can help, directly and indirectly,
a cause that appeals to the sympathies of
every loyal American.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-19
whnt New HcnInna Doer FOR Momcn.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir;--I rend with great interest your edit orial
entitled Government In the Laboratory in
which you quote DR.. Ira Remsen, of Johns
Hopkins University. being wonderfully i'm
pressed by the laboratory work done IN New
Zealand. 81 know of no other such tribunal i'm
the world" is his comment the court of
New Zealand, In which disputes b<tween ca pital
and labor are arbitrated under an experimental
law, which seems to have justified itself for
permanent use. All this, you say. lis being
done SO quietly that the world hears little OF
It," y.
So Quietly has all this been accomplished that
doubt very much ii you know that the men
OF this highly praised New Zealand gave their
women Gas one of these experiments you laud
so hiEhly) the school vote In 1856, the municipal
vote In 1887 and the full parliamentary vote in
1893 Don't you think II must have worked well?
You would advise this experimental labora tory
established in the District of Columbia because
there no one has vote. Is that because men
are so inimical to reformatory experiments ?
Give the women of Virginia the chance they
have in New Zealand to reform all the laws
and you will not have to single out New Ze;
land, nor Australia, any other of the
numerou" places where vote, to poin;
to good government and good laws. The work
will be done quietly, too. for women don't
have 10 stand the housetops to proclaim
their good works. ALICE DOOLEY
Richmond, October II, 1914.