The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-11-18
SHORT STORIES
OF Local Interest Clipped from
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VI Local Aterest-Ul1pped from
Our Exchanges.
r. F. Sisk, who recently sold
his Bates county farm to j. G..
cDonald, has recently returned
from Louisiana where he pur-
chased 120 acres Of land of Har-
mon \ Goodwin, the Clinton land
men.,-Urich Herald.
Jno. Bornhauser, brother of
Mrs. Gus Erhart. was injured in
an auto accident on Sunday Oct.
81 near Boonville, Mo. He and
another party were going to JEFF
ferson City when the accident oc-
cured. He was taken to the hos
pital at Boonville where he died
Monday, November !. Funeral
services were held at the Presby-
terrain church and burial was at
Walnut Grove cemetery at Boom
ville.-Montrose Recorder.
l.. NJ. Stanley former resident
of Ell Dorado, who, with his fami-
ly, is now living in Kansas City,
spent several days the latter part
of last week greeting old time
friends and looking after business
fmatters.-El Dorado Springs
Sun. :.
Not to be outdonc by Mr..
Prier's fine corn, mention of
which was made last week, En-
met Hook, one of Bates county s
prominent farmers and stockmen,
brought to this office Saturday
sample of yellow corn raised on
his farm. This corn was taken
from a field that is averaging 81
bushels per acre and the ground
upon which it grew was first
plowed by Mr.. Hooks father in
1S43-seventy-one years ago. The
sample ears are as fine as could
be expected from new ground and
only shows what can be produced
in this section of Missouri, even
on old ground when the proper
amount Of moisture is furnished.
If anyone can beat this record,
just come along with your corn
and figures.-Appleton City
journal.
Geo. Roberts is hauling lum-
Der for a big barn to be built on
his farm five miles east of Adri-
an. Mr.. Roberts is one of the
early settlers here and keeps his
good farm in fine condition.
Adrian journal. 49,.
!, G. A. Dickbrcder and wife, of
Portales. New Mexico, visited
here last week and the early part
of this week with Mrs. Dickbred-
er's sisters, Mesdames VIM. Gig
gel and j. A. Maddy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dickbreder formerly lived
in Bates county but have been in
their present home ten years and
are well pleased with it.-Adrian
journal. I
Lloyd Brooks hace been mark
citing his corn crop the past week.
He informs us that he has one
piece of corn that is making over
sixty bushels to the acre, which
is not so bad after all, and places
him in the front row as a corn
grower-Border Telephone.
Mrs. Jeptha Waggener was
struck by a Katy train at the
Ell Dorado depot last Saturday
evening. The family We're just
to the city, Mr.. Waggen-
er having arrived Thursday. The
train did not reach here until at
ter dark aturday and while the
rain was switching Mrs. Wag-
yener was struck. She appears
10 be injured internally. The
family are from near Lone Tree,
Cass county.-El Dorado Springs
News.
The Rockville Booster has a
lew editor. Lewellyn Smith s
lame appearing at the head Of
hat paper last week. If the first
is a criterion Mr.. Smith
will get out a very newsy sheet.
Chester Wilson of BOcas del
roro, Panama is visiting with his
west of the city, bringing
With him a beautiful bride which
le captured at Joplin recently