The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-06-15

Bank. We understand that Mr..
Allen has purchased the Classify
place on South Mechanic street
and will move there in q short
time.
Among the appreciated callers
at this office Monday was D. D.
Dalton, Of northwest Of town. Mr..
Dalton moved to Bates county
from jackson county about q year
ago and likes it fine. He says that
land in Jackson county has gotten
too high priced fer farming pur-
poses.
Walter c. Hyatt, of Seattle,
Washington, arrived Monday af-
ternoon to visit his father j. T.
Hyatt, of Summit township. Wal
ter has just returned from Chi
cago, where he was a. delegate to
the Progressive convention. At
ter a short visit he will return to
Seattle.
DIR. R. R. Gloyd of this city has
been notified by DR.. D. F. Luckey
State Veterinarian that he has
been issued papers emitting him
to do interstate work. This con-
sists of the inspection Of stock for
shipment to points outside Mis-
souri,.
w. G.. Mehaffey, of Pleasant
Gap, has been in the city the last
week taking treatment for a Sc
we're case Of kidney trouble. Mr..
Mehaffey has been confined to
his home since last February and
his many friends will be glad to
know that he is improving fast
and that his entire recovery is
hoped for. ...
T. G. Robinson and daughter,
Mrs. G. w. Schultz, left the first
of the week for Kansas City
where they will visit for few
days. From there Mrs. Schultz
will return to her home in Fair
bury. Nebraska, and Mr.. Robin
son will go to Wisconsin, where
he is engaged in making maps of
counties in that state.
w. A. Baker, Of Pleasant Gap,
the we'll known breeder of fine
hogs and cattle, was in Butler the
latter part of the week shipping
out a fine young herd header to
a prominent Marysville breeder.
This is the third shipment Of Po-
land China hogs Mr.. Baker has
made to this same party.
The Times good friend, Will
Jackson, who lives about four
miles west of town, made this Of
flee pleasant call Friday Mr..
jackson is one Of Bates counties
most progressive and up ltN tdafe
farmers. He owns one Of the best
300 acre farms in this section.
He has 10 acres of corn. which he
thinks will make fine crop.
Chas. E. Booi, of Danforth,
Illinois, in renewing for the Times
says, Il am always glad to get
The Times, as it is like a long let
ter from home. ! am interested in |
Bates county, having two boys
living between Amoret and Am
sterdam. Am going to build a
new barn on my farm out there
this summer. 1t will have a con-
crete floor; will be 40 by As feet
square and "a feet high"
Mrs. Anna Lyle Hill and daugh-
ter, Miss Thelma, will leave the
last of the week for Kansas City,
where they will spend the summer
with relatives. In the fall they
will 60 to Columbia, where Mrs.
Hill will teach and Miss Thelma
will enter the University. Mrs.
Hill is one of the most popular
teachers of the Butler High School
and she will be greatly missed by
he pupils as she was always their
friend as well as teacher.
The Friday nights band con-
'ert was attended by the usual
zig crowd which was rewarded by
rearing one of the best concerts
# the season. After the concert
Arthur Wadell and his bride, who
we're standing near, were "cap-
ured" by the band boys, who
lad procured a wheelbarrow in
which Mrs. Wadell was induced
o ride around the square with
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