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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13
Snow in April.

People in this part of the roun-
try We're somewhat surprised Fri
day morning on looking ont to
discover the ground covered with
about three inches of snow. 1t
showed pretty much all night
Thursday night and Friday. Most
of the snow was gone before Sat
urday when it turned cold and
that night this part of the
state was visited by a heavy frost.
which so far as We are able ("
learn. did little damage.
Heavy frosts and thin L." was
reported from Texas where much
damage was done.
In Oklahoma the mercury
dropped to freezing and the early
peach crop was practically killed
and garden truck badly dam
aged. ~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13

dated Dec. 18th, 1879 and recorded in
the aforesaid Recorders office in book
IL at page 49, and which interest
they have neither jointly or severalIy
conveyed to aNy one, Of record: Or as
the unknown consort heirs, devisees,
donees. alienees, immediate. mesne, or
remote voluntary or involuntary
grantees Of NJ. A. Seymour who ac-
quired some interest In said premises
Respectively of record in the aforesaid
Recorders office, in book 81 at page
3sI and in book ia at page 81, and
which interest so acquired, the said NJ.
A. seymour deceased did not of record
PROPERLY convey to any one.
Whereupon it is ordered by the Clerk
IN Vacation that defendants be noti-
fled by publication that plaintiffs have
commenced suit against them in this
court. the object and general nature
OF which is to try, ascertain, and de-
termine the title to said premises and
to have, by decree of court. the right.
titl" and interest of the parties plain
tiff and defendant defined and ad-
all other just and proper relief. And
that unless the said defendants be and
appear at this court at the next term
thereof. t" be begun and holden at the
said county. on the fourth Monday of
May, 1916 and on or before the first
day of said term. answer or plead to
tn" petition in said cause, the same
will be taken as confessed, and judg-
ment will he rendered accordingly. And
1t is further ordered that copy hereof
b. published according to law, in The
Butler Weekly Times, newspaper
published in said county of Bates. for
four weeks successfully. published at
least once a week. the last insertion
to he at least thirty days before the
first day of said next May 1916, term
of this court.
Fl. Q. MAXEY,
Circuit Clerk.
\ true copy from the Record.
Witness my hand. and seal of
,senD the Circuit Court of Bates
County, Missouri, this the 9th
day of March. 1916
II. o. Nancy.
24-it Circuit Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13
High Price of Paper.

The high price of paper is get
ting to be serious proposition
to the newspaper man. The price
of the best white news print. such
as has always been used in print
ing The Times, has gotten so high
as to be out Of the question. In
fact the paper houses refuse to
fill orders for that paper except
in small quantities. When the
stock on marlborough for about
three issues-is exhausted, The
Times will be compelled to use
different grade of paper until the
market conditions are more set
tied.
There were representatives of
two paper houses in the city in
the last two weeks neither Of
whom would quote prices on any
thing. You sent in your order
and the house sent you the paper,
if they happened to have it on
hand, and charged you what the
price happened to be the day your
order was received.
1t is almost impossible to get
some lines of book paper at all.
Last week The Times had to wire
a special order to the mills in
Massachusetts and even they
wouldn't promise delivery under
two or three weeks.
1t is said that large orders for
paper from South America, who
usually get their paper from Eu-
rope, is responsible for some of
the shortage. Then, a great deal of
the pulp used. in paper making
comes from Russia and the dyes
from Germany, both Of which
countries are shut off by the war
now raging in Europe. |
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13
One Dead, Two Hurt in Missouri
Battle.

MontgomeryNCity Mo-, April 5.
A father and two sons attempt
ed to stand off Constable Lee
Powell and several deputies on
the Lor farm near here late this
afternoon. AS IA result one man
is dead and three wounded. y
The dead man was the father.
George l.orton, farmer. who
came to this section from War
rrnton. Mo-. year ago. His two
SONS, james and Walter, were
wounded and ar" in jail here.
Deputy ton>tahl" Henry l'ppvr
was shot in the face.
The Lorton> occupied the I.oc
farm, owned by Mrs. l.. f.. T.oe.
widow. who lives here. The trouh-
lc grew out Of an effort to regain
possession Of the farm She pro-
cured a writ of ri"rtm"m, and
Constable Lee Powell went t.
serve it.
When Powell appeared at the
farm he met with armed resist
ancr and hurried back to the city
for rrinforrrmrntS.
The Lorton> barriradrd them
selves in their house and when the
constable and his deputies ap-
pcarrd. poured Il vollry of shots
out of rrvolvrrS at the party.
a pitched battle resulted. in
which the eldest Lorton was
killed. When the sons saw their
Father dead they surrendered. An
inquest will be held Monday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

T sS,ntv of of " Ks.ss' {~S.
In the Circuit Court, May Term, 1916
In Vacation March, olst. 1916.
W. -, Howard. Plaintiff.
The unknown Ncensort, heirs. devisees
d"nees, alitnees, and grantees of
sanford Allen, ~aeceased, Defend
ants.
The state of MissouriNto the above
mentioned defendants. Greeting:
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein, and files his petitions verified
under oath. alleging among - other
things that he is now in the possession
Of and claiming the Hbs"lnt" fee
the west half tl-@ of the north
west quarter 90 and the south
east quarter 40 Of the north west
quarter u-4) of section twcnty-siN
'-GD township f"rty-one '4l) Of
range, thirty-,wo '32), Bates roun-
~. Missouri,
and alleging. among other things that
he verify believes there are persons in
t"rcSled in the subject matter of his
suit whose names .nd the nature,
character and extent Of whose inter-
,sts he can not specifically set out
because to him unknown. but that il
such persons there be they derive their
interest, If any they have. as the un-
known consort, heirs, devisees, donees
aien-es. immediate. mesne or remote.
sanford Allen who acquired llil" t"
the above, described premises as gran
tee in deed dated May nth, 1865 and
found of record in the Bates county
Missouri Recorders office in book y
at page 40 seventeen and which in
terest so acquired he did not of record
convey to any one.
Whereupon. it is ordered by the
Clerk in VACATION. that said Defend :
ants be notified by publication that
Plaintiff has commenced a suit against
general nature of which is to try as
certain, determine and adjudge the
title to the aforesaid real estate and
by the Judgment and decree of this
respective rights. title and interest of
the parties plaintiff and defendants.
sevrrnlly in and to said premises;
And that unless the said defendants
be and appear at this Court at the
next term thereof. to he begun and
holden at the Court House in the City
of Butler in said county. on the fourth
Monday of May. 1916. and on or before
the first day of said Term, answer or
plead to the petition in said cause.
the same will be taken as confessed
and judgment will be rendered ac-
And it is further ordered. that a copy
in The Butler Weekly Times, "A news
GaP.r p ,uD Sn, in said "%sntE %i
published at least once week, the
last insertion to be at least thirty
lays before the first day of said next
May. 1915. Term of this Court.
II. -. Nancy.
Circuit Clerk.
BY Joanna MaNey, Deputy.
true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and seal of
,s.aD the Circuit Court of Bates
county, this list day "f
March, 1916 o4-4t
H. o. NANCY.
Circuit Clerk. |
BY Joanna MaXey, Deputy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13

Wild ". Noble. Defendant.

Nld W. Noble, Defendant.
Now at this day comes the
plaintiff herein, by her attorney
and files her petition and affi-
davit, alleging, among other
things that defendant is a non
resident of the State of Missouri.
Whercupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk in Vacation that said de-
PENDANT be notified by publica-
ton that plaintiff has commenced
a suit against him in this Court,
the object and general nature Of
which is to obtain a Judgment and
decree of divorce from defendant
and the care and custody Of
their three minor children. found
ed upon the following among
other allegations: that on the -
day of -, 1914, defendant with
out reasonable cause abandoned
this plaintiff and has abscnted
himself from her for more than
one whole year, and that defend
ant has been habituated to
drunkenness for more than one
year. and that unless the said de-
PENDANT be and appear at this
Court. at the next term thereof,
to be begun and holden at the
Court House in the City of Butler
in said county, on the fourth
Monday of May. 1916, and on or
before the first day of said Term,
answer or plead to the petition
in said cause. the same will be TAX
Ell as confessed, and Judgment
will be rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered that
Il copy hereof be published, ac-
cor,ling to law, in the Butler
Weekly Times, a newspaper pub
,ishrd in said county Of Bates for
fo>W weeks successfully, pub
IiShrd>Ht least once a week, the
last insertion to be at least thirty
days hcforr>>thr first day of said
next May. 1916. Term Of this
Court.
II. q. MANEY,
Circuit Clerk
\ true, copy from the record.
Witness my hand%and
seal seal of the CircNt
Court of Bates Co,ln-,
ty. this 29th day of
March. 1916.
II. O. M.ANEY,
~ 1T Circuit Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13
Notice to Farmers.

Owing to the impossibility Of
getting sacks as well as the pro-
hibitive price the elevators and
mill will not be able to furnish
sacks for handling grain. T.
Power & Bro.
Peoples Elevator Co.
19tf Cannon Elevator.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-04-13
Order of Publication.

State of Missouri, S.
County of Bates. ~
In the Circuit Court, May Term,
1916. In Vacation March %,
1916.
Josephine Noble, Plaintiff.
The sun., 1916-08-27
Why Do Not Catholics Appreciate
Their Schools, Colleges, Universities?

affection Of European a~ristocracy in
preference to the splendid manhood Of
America. But no doubt there will be
Improvement in both matters as time
goes on. As for endowment. there Is
grave reason to fear that this particu-
lar age, which more than any other
has been marked by great generosity
toward schools. will have completely
passed away before our people catch
the enthusiasm. Perhaps the future
generation may become the beneficiary
Of a condition which cannot but APP
pear unsatisfactory to the deserving
Catholic colleges Of to-day.
The sun., 1916-08-27
Continued from Seventeenth page.

tfat social prestige in ones own COM
munity accompanies membership in
certain OF the larger and older coll
leges and that a young man may say
In after years II studied ut podunk,"
with u the same air that a man
Formerly said "Civis Romanus Sum-
Not one Of these things, OF course. Is
true. There is probably no single
Catholic institution that provides all
the courses a young man may want.
agriculture n ceramics, I do not
know Of any programme Of studies
that Is not provided In one or the other
Of u Catholic institutions, and I am
altogether sincere in saying that the
work Is done at least as well In the
Catholic colleges. Similarly. II Is not
true that social prestige comes with
being a "Podunk" man OF that at "Po-
dunk" a youth will make intimate
friendships with a lot OF men who will
smooth his path in business during the
after years. Moreover. the discipline
In the larger Catholic schools Is not
such as any well meaning and we'll be-
having young man resents at all. and
the other details VI his life are man
aged for him with an eye single to his
comfort II advantage. There will
he very widespread and decent APP
probation Of the great and singular
services Of the Catholic school when
our people clear their minds Of a lot
- these foolish conceptions.
Secondly. the lack OF endowment in
nearly all our schools Is strong pre-
sumptive evidence that our people lack
appreciation. There are. 1t is true.
three or four schools that have re-
ceived either from individuals or
groups Of people considerable amounts
Of money. hut in general II ins;itu-
tions have been Obliged to get on with
grateful words and a tender glance Of
rem nisccnce and the lusty E1h. Rah!
OF reunion. and such other highly at
tcnuatci rewards as emotion furnishes.
IL - curious that III" ron-Cathul.c
school which gives 50 little IN tho way
of personal attention ~ the students
seems 20 reap ahundlnt reward IN the
way uf practical gratitude. while the
so'icitnus. seif-siCriticiry educator
rcaps only scant recognition.
1t would he pleasant Ia c.ose these
reflections by a prophecy of brighter
days 10 COME. 40 rrorh"sv brighter
days in many respects. but until most
Of the foolishness is exercised out Of
human nature Catholics will still con-
t.nue to think that their own schools
are lacking in some particular excel
lence. just as our American girls will
continue 10 covct the protection and
The sun., 1916-08-27
WIT AND

Here there looms before US the need
OF defining In their turn optimist and
pesslmist, and fortunately q lover Of
paradox has made the attempt. holding
that an optimist IL "a man who believes
that the devil Ii dead and that hell IL
half full Of water" whereas a pessimist
IL merely "a man who has Just been
talking with ar optimist." One Of these
recalls the Yankee definition Of hell re-
corded in 1owells preface to the Pig
low Papers as "a place where they
don't bank the fires nights
This Is wit-unlcss II In rather To ne
accepted as humor, continues Scribncr's
NaDaeinc It IL wit which inspired
Douglas Jerrold's definition of dogma
tisin ~ "%puppyism come to maturity"
and his description OF a conservative
as "a man who refuses to look at the
new moon out OF respect for hat an
cicnt institution the old noon" Oddly
enough the same thought has been ut
tered with equal felicity OF phrase by
the poet Aubrey de We're when ne con-
tended that a Tory was "a man who
wanted to uninvent printing and to UNI
discover America
II Is 10 Thackcray, Jerrold's colleague
on the stan OF Punch, that We must look
for the ~cle1rcst definition of a snob. as
zone who meinly admires mean things"
Ana yet another aspect of snobhery
was once hit of with glancing wit by
Emerson. When "A friend dismissed "A
certain woman as \ snob Emerson gently
corrected him with the suave cxplana-
ton that It might rather be SAID OF her
that she IL n person having Il great
sympathy with Success"
one Of the wit.i.st o. definitions. not
too bitterly favored with paradox, is
that which Describes n bore as "a person
who insists on talking about himself
when you want TO talk about yourself"
There IL cause for regret that this clever
saying cannot ir r%s-,ii;-i 80 4; maker;
II has Il certainty uf stroke and an in
sight into human frailty which would
have delighted la Rochcfoucaald, from
whose bitter sweet aphor!sms Il would
be possible 10 except more thai one
definition neither plat.tud.nous nor par
adoA!cal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
ARGUMENTS OF "WETS"
 IS DECLARED SILLY

RATION, N. w., Oct. 9.--The argu ment that more liquor is sold in dry states than in wet" frequently ad- vanced by the liquor interests was de clared silly" today by Ira Landrith prohibition candidate for vice-presi- dent at the last meeting of the dry special train campaigners in New Mexico.
 Do you believe for minute that if the assertion were true the liquor interests would be fighting prohibi- tion?" he asked.
 Wouldn't it be good business for them to make every endeavor to in- crease the dry territory if their sale. increased proportionately? It cer- tainly would and they are wise enui to know that. They would be con tributing to the expenses of my cam paign if the liquor consumption was increased by my work and l will give you my word they have not donated a cent to the prohibition campaign" :"
 From here the special train left for Colorado. Meetings will be held at Trinidad, La Junta, Rocky Ford, Col orado Springs and Pueblo. J. Frank Hanly is suffering from hoarsenesa
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
HE WAS A MAN OF HABIT.
And He Couldn't Break His Routins
 Even to Be Agreeable.


 A couple in a Broadway restaurant were engaged in a conversation which to all appearances was tender as well as confidential when an elderly man walked stolidly past thirty or more va. cant tables and sat down at theirs. The couple stopped talking and looked at the man with an icy stare. But the mans mind was not in a receptive state. He calmly studied the bill of fare and ordered his meal.
 The woman in the case looked des. perate. "Is there no remedyT she said to her companion.
 "None apparently short of actual murder" he replied.
 "We might move," she suggested.
 "No; let's stick" he said. T am go- ing to find out why this i'll hammered pelican Is putting in when there are so many vacant tables"
 In slightly modified terms the ques- tion was put to the aged interloper.
 "I don't mean to freeze folks out" he replied. 'This is my table. I have eaten luncheon at this table every day for the last fifteen years. You don't suppose, do you, that am going to be thrown out of gear at this late day just because you people want to be sentimental? am a man of habit"
 From people who have habits," said the young man, good Lord deliver me-" And then he ordered the waiter to serve them at another table.-New York Letter in Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
How Biz Wac the Baby?

l had heard great stories about the pyramids, but after seeing the stones at Baalbek those of the great pyramid looked like children's building blocks. In the quarry is a stone on whose up rc: surface a troop of cavalry could stand Qf 1t were a small enough troop. It is squared on four sides, but Is not yet detached from mother earth.
 The crude Arab story has it that a female giant was carrying 1t when she heard her baby cry. She dropped it there, and no one has moved 1t since. If that baby hadn't drawn its mothers attention from her work there would be today in the walls of the temple 6 stone seventy feet long and fifteen feet square. It Is a large stone and will no doubt some time justify the amount of work that has been done on 1t. At present 1t helps six hotels. a dozen curto shops, a score of muleteers and a station master.-Christian Herald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
ROADS AND THEIR USES.
LikswIss Their Materials, and Also
 Some Sarcastic Comments.


 Some Sarcastic Comments.
 A road is a device of long standing, which in modern times is used for autos to wear out Roads are also used to raise dust and taxes and kill chickens, dogs and children.
 Roads are very common, almost as common as accidents. We see them everywhere It is quite difficult, in- deed. to go any distance without run. ming across one.
 Roads are made of various materials. In the northern part of this country they are made of bluestone and macad- am. In the southern part they are made of mud. Of the two kinds of material the mud is likely to be more durable, which. as the Scripture so beautifully expresses 1t, "sticketh to one like brother"
 Roads are not always friendly with each other, and, although they can be seen constantly mingling together, they arc likely to be cross. When a road enters city 1t becomes puffed up with importance and Is then known as a street. boulevard or an avenue.
 Life in cities. however. in spite of the society. is not always agreeable to roads. which are then likely to be af- flicted with various diseases, among which we may mention gaspipeitis, telegraphitis and graftonomy.-Life.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
MUsHERs BURY BODY
 OF LEE FORTNER

s. s. Garrett and J. F. Gruby ar. rived at Flat on Wednesday evening last, having come across on foot from Anchorage. They bring story of the drowning of Lee Fortner, resident of Seattle, in the treacherous waters of Happy river, in an attempt to cross that stream. The date of the tragedy was given as July 5. The two tray elers left Anchorage July 1.
 Fortner was about 54 years of age and is said to have owned property iu the vicinity of Lake Washington, at Seattle, Wash. He was a carpenter by trade, and is supposed to have q daughter somewhere in Indiana.
 Fortner left Anchorage with man named Ed Becker, who Is said to be an old-timer in the Iditarod district Becker was met by Garrett and Gruby while on his way back to Susitna. He requested them to bury the body of Fortner which they did at the june tiOn Of the Swentna and Happy river; on the left bank. They marked the grave plainly with the name and age of deceased.
 A trip across the country from An chorage to Iditarod in the summer season is one which few men care % undertake, and when the men arrived in Flat they were the center of in terest. Much speculation has been caused with regard to the tragedy be- cause of the fact of Becker's leav- ing the body of his companion ua- buried, but this will probably be clear ed up when the full details are re- ceived. While Becker is said to be an old-timer in this district no one here appears to know him.-Iditarod Pioneer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
Dickens and Women's Clubs.

There is a certain connection between Dickens and the origin of the "wO- mems club" movement in the United States which will interest his admirers. The New York Press club in 1868 ven tured to give dinner to him and to exclude all women workers on the newspapers of the city. The affront was felt keenly. It led straightway to the organization of women's club called Sorosis, of which the chief mem bers were press women, among them Jenny June Croly, Kate Field and Alice and Phoebe Cary. The success of Sorosis was such and its influence in expanding the range of women's inter est and influence was so marked that 1t at once had imitators.-Christian Science Monitor.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
Coos County Secs Circus.

MARSHFIELD, Ore, Oct. 9-There were more than 1000 persons at the afternoon performance of the first circus which ever came to Coos coun- ty and which exhibited here Satur- day. There was one woman 75 years of age present who had never seen a circus. Another woman 91 years old, a resident of the county, attend ed the performance. The recent com pletion of the Willamette-Pacifc rail- road from Eugene was the factor that put Marshfield on the circus map
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
Marriage and Mathematics.

"Yes," said the old mathematician. with a gleam in his eyes, i've always looked at 1t that way. Marriage Is ad- dition, when the little ones come it's multiplication, when dissension comes up to cloud the horizon of their happi- ness it's division, and when the final parting comes it's subtraction"
 And how about divorcer asked the listener.
 "Oh, that would come under the de. nomination of fractions"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
Nsr,tous Apprshsnsjon,

"They are not going to cut me up if go to the hospital, are theyT
 "Of course not when you're going just for rest What makes you think they arer
 Because when I called up the hos pital a voice said, Operator '"-Balti- more American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
Your Attention

is respectfully requested for the fol- lowing notice. The Fraternal Order of Eagles, Valdez Aerie 1871, will hold one of their delightful dances on Halloween night, Tuesday, Octo- Der 31. Everyone cordially invited.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
Stop that Internal Racket

Show your wife how much you love her and send that noisy old pump to the Valdez Iron Works and let them remove the peace disturber. your neighbors will appreciate it. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
A Big Shipment.

Just received, a fresh line of Haas Candies, the kind you like, at Levy & Ross.' If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09
WOrkingmen's Home.

Back of the postoffice. Bunks with out blankets, $1.5O per week; with blankets $1.75. Do your own cook ing. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-09

For steam heated rooms come to the Golden North. If