The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-12


Ream were called to Havener,
Okla, Monday by the serious
illness of Mr.. Norfleet daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. S. Monroe.
4 Clyde Mcfarland, who had
been visiting home folks for
couple of weeks returned to
Hart, Texas last week. He
shipped a car load of cattle and
three horses for the big McFar-
land ranch near that place.
Don't forget about those hand
engraved cards or anything that
you want in the fine stationery
line as we have some of the fin
est samples you can see any
where, call and see our line, We'll
ton Jly. Co.
John Powell of this city was
last week appointed, manager of
the western branch office OF the
L. s. Starrett Tool Co., located
at Chicago and will in the mar
future move with his family to
that city.
Mrs. S. T. Jones, of Charlotte
township, left the last Of the
week for Canada where she will
visit son. From there she will
go to Twin Falls, Idaho, where
she will spend some time visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Bruce Requa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ansel Rock, Mr..
and Mrs. f. A. Hardin and Mrs.
w. L. johnson motored to APP
pleton City Sunday afternoon,
Mrs. j. B. Bachelor, Mrs. John
sons mother, returned with
them and will spend few weeks
visiting in this city. +
F. G. Nolin, of Rockville, was
in the city Saturday and was a
welcome caller at this office.
Mr.. Nolin owns and farms the
place on which he was born 46
years ago and he says he expects
to remain there the rest OF his
life, as Bates county is good
enough for him. .-.
J. B. Walton returned Friday
from a several weeks tour of the
west. Mr.. Walton says the Pan
} ama-Pacific exposition far ex-
ceeds anything Of the kind ever
attempted in this country. Mrs.
Walton and daughter are visit
ing relatives at Maniteu, Colo,
and will return later.
Edmund T. Perkins, Of the
Perkins Engineering Co., of Chi
cago, and president of the Amer
lean Reclamation Federation
was in the city the first of the
week. Mr.. Perkins will 60 over
. the. Bates county drainage dis
trict and make estimates of the
cost of some needed improve
ments.
Charles Mains, who has been
spending a week with the third
regiment national guard, which
is in camp at Excelsior Springs,
came in the last of the week to
spend a few days visiting his
mother, Mrs. Alice Mains, before
returning to Jefferson City,
where he is employed in the Adj
iutant Generals office.
Saturday forenoon the Bates
county text book commission
met at the office of A. c. More
land, county superintendent of
schools, in the court house for
the purpose of selecting a men,
tai arithmetic for the CONNER
cial courses. All the members
were present except j. B. Han
nah, of Hume, who was detained
at home by the sickness of his
father.
Harve P. Robinson, an extern
sive farmer and wheat raiser
west of the city, has just COM
pleted the harvesting of 100
acres of wheat which yielded
14OO bushels, or an average of II
bushels per acre, and Mr.. Robin
son pronounces it of fine quality.
He says it was cut with reaper
and much grain was scattered on
1.-THE ground and lost.-Rich Hill
Review.
/ Coroner Crabtree was called
to Adrian Thursday to hold an
Inquest over the body of an in
FAINT found in the vault at one of
the school houses in that city.
The body. which was of b baby