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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-07-27

ment for the roads as argued here
by Mr.. Smith, could be made, it
weuld have to be against the
township and not the county as a
/! whole.
This l have gone over with Mr..
Smith and the Committee and it
has been tacitly admitted at least
that l am right in my contention,
as is evidenced by a proposed
amendment forwarded here by
Mr.. Smith, seeking to make the
drainage townships liable. Further
| would say that if it be true, as
Mr., Smith said, that the county
has refused to pay these alleged
assessments for the last several
years and you have not sought a
remedy to collect it until now,
then l must insist that there is
such a thing as sleeping on one s
rights" and I think you will
clearly fall within the meaning
of this saying.
hope to have your good opin-
ion to the end that I represent you
here as one who stands for the
county and if someone. was to
come here and ask me to do some
thing against that drainage dis
trict which l think is an injustice
to YOU. l would stand for you
even though You sought to evade
me or otherwise indicated that
YOU did rot need my services.
Trusting that you will not think
hard of me in this matter, I re-
main very truly your friend,
JAS. N. Sharp.
Now Mr.. Editor, very much
regret the need Of this action, yet
it seems as if the men who We're
behind this thing think they will
get by" scot free and I am to be
made the scape-goat. Yet my
honor is just as sweet to me as
theirs ought to be to them, so l
lay the whole thing before my
fellow citizens and they can draw
their own conclusions.
Now. in exclusion. I will say
that l am charged in voting
wrong on the dry proposition,
and I may or may not be able to
put my finger on the source it
comes from, hut l will say that |
voted right. I voted to uphold
the rights of the people as they
themselves expressed them in the
constitution. | voted to uphold
their intelligence and competency
to know what they wanted and
what they didn't want. And in
it all. I acted as any honest and
honorable man would. ! kept my
oath sacredly and l firmly believe
that the people who have honored
me heretofore still have faith in
my loyalty and fidelity to them,
and if they do, l ask them to hold
up my hands in this crisis.
Your obedient servant.
Jas. n. Sharp.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-07-27

Has Its Share Of the Proof That
Kidney Sufferers Seek.

BaekacheY Kidneys weak'
Distressed with urinary illsf
Want a reliable kidney remedy I
Don't have to look far. Use
what Butler people recommend.
Every street in Butler has its
cases.
Here's one Butler man. exper-
ience.
Let T. j. Stubblefield, 204 f.
Chestnut ST., Butler, tell it. he
says: az used Doanss Kidney
Pills for a case of kidney trouble
and was quickly relieved. Since
then when any of the old symp-
toms reappear, I use Doan's Kid
ney Pills and always get relief."
Statement given September 3.
1917
On April q, 1916, Mr.. Stabble-
field said: ST never fail to tell
anysne about Doans Kidney PHI
foe Ne help they have sivsa ne
issvsn1ssfal. .
1ilne 81 Ct IN dealers. DeAt
Sie ~ 1se . ki1sv Hsns1Y
ah Xi1n1y F0b1Ae
4 IN ~ A1fn1a0 -
- 1oonn -,
-, 1los -
s. 800 q Is ~ 49,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-07-27

than one, and some of the players
seemed to be little out Of prac-
tice, but time and determination
will cure that,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-07-27
OIdWheat Flour
Is a TfifIe Higher this Week

On account Of the sharp advance the price Of wheat We
have been compelled to raise the price of flour cents per
hundred which makes it Is follows:
ROYAL highest patent soft wheat flour SITS per sack or
$1.65 In 500 pound lots.
QUEEN OF BUTLER straight patent soft wheat flour
$1.e6 par sack or $l.66 in 800 pound lots
ROSE extra fancy soft wheat flour $65 per saok Or s1
in 500 pound lots.
IMPERIAL high patent hard wheat flour sizes pr sask q
n.t6 IN 900 pound lots
Even With this advance are .s cheaper than mes. of
TIE mills.
Il ye9 prefer hard wheat fow yoa WIN find orr
IMPERIAL equal 70 any The marsk and iust - eAesn
Ak ysr ss fer Il By taking aav,nags q ~ wAe,,.ne
go poand raas - ss pr Annred aad ,,e
ysusa6 against faz4Ar advances hAe a. RsnanSr $,
saare fsr pa % tAas yoa ta,a s q yosr pasa
$ " =. .zaAsas. ns.r Il ~aass
lltler Her Mills
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-07-27

Friday afternoon the Postoffice
base ball team defeated the North
side team by a score of Is to Z.
1t was hot game in more ways
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
"A THANKSGIVING TURKEY.

Kitty stood by the kitchen table
1t was covered with raisins and
currants and spices and citron and
a great many other good Things,
that made a Thank sgiving smell
Through the whole house.
Mrs. Saunders was sitting there
peeling apples. She lived near by
and had come in to help She
was not strong but said she could
do Sitting down things and had
been given the apples to peel
Soon a grocer boy came in with
a great big turkey. Mrs. Sanders
asked him. "How are you selling
turkeys?"
Thirteen cents" said the boy.
That's cheap" said she, and
Kitty thought so too.
After dinner Kitty whispered to
her mother that she wanted to go
and buy a Thanksgiving present
for Mrs. Sanders.
Nv iAiepLAes pun vi lACl ClUdh anu
cap and said: "Be careful crossing
the street, dear
II want to buy turkey" Kitty
said, when the grocer asked her
what she would have today?" 81
want TO buy the biggest. turkey
you've got"
Here's a fine big fellow" the
grocer said. "shall / send it home
for you?''
Yes, if you please" said Kitty.
so he gave the turkey to the
boy, to carry to- Kitty's home.
Shall l send the bill to YOUR
papa?" he asked.
"Oh, no." said Kitty; Pm going,
to pay for it myself. Here's the
money, and she laid thirteen CENTS
ON the counter.
1.-TWO dollars and forty cents >,
said the man. Eighteen pounds
and seven ounces"
why" cried Kitty, "the boy
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
School
Notes

Most of the lower grades are
preparing for a Christmas tree
next Friday. The mothers are al
ways welcome.
There has been 10 tardy marks
this month in room one.
In room two, Irma Rasmussen has
made N tardy marks in 7 DAYS.
Leonard Johnson has been abb
sent several days ON account of
sickness
The children are very busy MAX
ing decorations for their Christmas
tree,
Dorothy Hall was absent last week
on account of sickness.
Rooms three, four and five will
have Christmas boxes.
Anna Andersen, Thelma and Beu-
lah McClain were absent Monday
afternoon to attend the funeral of
Mrs Hetty Croy.
Room five, will have a few Christ
mas songs and a christmas story
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21

Friday afternoon besides their gift
boz.
In room six, Pauline Hehsley
caused the first tardy mark for
this month by being one minute
late.
Lionel Fredricksen entered Sew
enth grade Monday
The County Fair held in our
Gymnasium last Friday evening,
proved a great success, $11O being
cleared which will be used for the
library.
Marie Jansen will leave for her
home in Missouri, Saturday, to
spend Christmas.
Pauline Yoder also will spend
Christmas at her home in Cedar
Rapids. She wild be accompanied by
Miss Evans who is going to Will
liamsburg.
Miss Petersen, our worthy Latin
teacher, after having announced
her marriage to Mr.. Schuyler Dav-
Is, resigned her duties in our
High School. We wish her much
success and happiness. We expect
new teacher to resume her duties
this next semester.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
SPICE COOKIES.

One cup molasses, one-half cup
sugar, 12 cup each lard and butter,
four cups flour, one teaspoon each
ginger, salt, soda and cinnamon, 112
teaspoon nutmeg, two eggs. Heat
molasses to boiling point, add the
sugar and shortening. Mix and sift
the dry ingredients and add to THE
molyasses mixture with the eggs
lightly beaten. Chill and roll out.
In warm weather prepare the mix
ture over might, or some hours be-
fore using so that it may be cas-
lily rolled.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21

told me turkeys were thirteen
cents"
The man called the boy back
Them he turned and looked at the
shelves and Kitty doesn't know
whether he was laughing or wheth-
Ell the pepperbo3 he was looking
ait made him sneeze.
She went home and laid her
head in mama's lap and cried.
Mama smiled AIS she listened to
her story.
Never mind, darling" said she.
"You shall carry a beautiful Thanks
giving dinner to Mrs. Sanders, all
that she and Dick can eat
And she did, much to Dicks sat-
isfaction. Turkey and cranberry
sauce and celery and mince pie
and plum pudding and plenty be-
sides.
She told Mrs. Sanders how she
tried to get her a whole turkey.
"NNlhy bless you, child" said
Mrs. Sanders, Dick and I could
never eat whole turkey Don't
you sec this dinner is lots
better?'' I
1.-The dear child she said to her
self, smiling. "A turkey for thir-
teen CENTS
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
CORN MuFEINs

One cup cornmeal,
One cup flour,
Four level tablespoons sugar,
One-haf teaspoon salt.
Four level teaspoons baking powder
One cup milk
Two eggs
Two tablespoons melted butter.
Mix and stiff thoroughly the corn
meal. flour, sugar, salt and, baking
powder. Beat the eggs, add the
milk and add the mixture to the
sifted counmeal and flour. Beat 2
minutes. Add the melted butter, and
fill well-buttered muffin pans half
full. Bake twenty-five minutes in a
moderate oven.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
PORK ROAST.

Wipe pork with a damp cloth,
sprinkle with pepper, salt and
flour. Put into a covered roaster,
leave off the cover the first thirty
minutes, then cover closely. ALLOW
twenty minutes for each pound.
Bake in a moderate oven. Make
gravy as for beef Apples with the
cores removed, may be placed a
round the pork to bake. This
gives the pork a delicious flavor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
FOR THO
: CHILDREN
MOLLIE's REASON WHY.

NAOAAAZAAZ - ll1LfAkJON w Ill
We learn it all i'm hist'ry.
You didn't think 4 knew?
Why, DON'T YOU s'pose l study
My lessons? Course | do.
The Pilgrim fathers did lit
They made THANKSGIVING Day.
Why? Oh, | don't remember;
My hist'ry doesn't SAY.
Or p'r'aps | wasn't listening
When she was telling why;
But if the Pilgldm Mothers
We're busy making pie.
l s'pose they couldn't bother,
And so that was the way
1t happened that the Fathers
Made our Thanksgiving Day.
j. M. L.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21

dies was the dearest watch a lit
tie boy ever owned.
"A merry laugh interrupted their
'eMclamations of delight and there
stood papa Watching them.
20 papa, you rogue" cried Ed
die.
20 papa, YOU dear. dear darling"
sand Fanny running to him.
"W'hy, papa, heard you say
you had lest money!" said Alice,
in a daze.
why, Yes, dear, and it was true,
but lit was only a quarter which
dropped ON the floor.
But, Children and papa's eyes
grew moist, "the best present
ever had lis the dear little note
that | found in my stocking, in
which my children gives me all
their money in the bank, all the
birthday money, and even the pen
MES in their purses, to carry
through my hard time.
For it shows me that 1 have
willing hearts and ready hands to
help me, and the love of my chill
dren which is better than ALL
Then papa's eyes twinkled We
don't always know what's inside of
a nutshell, you see. And think
Have the best OF our Christm as
joke, don't you?'
The children Thought so, too.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
DOUGHNUTs.

eggs we'll beaten, nutmeg, SALT Sift
two teaspoons baking powder with
sufficient flour for thickening, stir
the flour i'm lightly. Roll light
ly not too thin. Gut and fry in
deep fat very hot. For chocolate
doughnuts add four tablespoons of
cocoa with the FLOUR.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
IN A NUTSHELL.

III was the day efore Christmas
and Alice, Ida and Fanny were
SO ex lied they could hardly wait.
"Well,' said Eddie. 81 haven't
said anything about it for a long
time but l told papa last Christmas
that / Thought should be old
enough for a watch this year, and
he looked as though he thought
so, too. | do hope he hasn't forgot
TEN"
And | have talked so much
lately about Ia locket like Nell:e's
that am sure he can't forget
it,, said Alice.
And want a ring the worst
est of anything" said Fanny.
Not like yours, Alice, but with lit
tile blue stones ALL around it, and
I've teen good, so b'lieve I'll
get it,"
"Wel, Children sounded
hearty voice behind them, you are
all ready for Christmas, are your"
and in a minute more papa was
in the big chair with Fanny in his
lap and Alice and Eddie each ON
an arm.
Yes, papa" said Alice, and
We were wondering if we would
get What we want the most
But OF course we'd like amy
thing put in Eddie.
land we'd know you loved us, if
we didn't get a single thing" ex-
planned Fanny.
"Wellj children,' began papa
slowly, Il don't know but it's ais
we'll to tell you now,-of course
some veprs papas cpn give nicer
presents than others, and we'll
---the fact is."--tle truth is chill
dren,---of course mama always has
presents for you,---Dut I'm afraid
all the presents l can afford to
lgive you this yehr can be put in
Ia nu usIhell"
AS he went out CT. the room the
children locked ct each other
blankiy. He means MAT he isn't
going to give us anything" said
Fanny"
"He means were going to be
poor, suppose, said Eddie slow
iN,
II think he means that he has
lost money and is poorer than he
wtas,' sid Alice, '1or / heard him
tell mama last night that he had
lost some money. And I've thought
of beaultifuI Christmas present for
him; one that he would be sure
to like" and the three curly heads
clustered close together, as they
laid their plans.
Oh. istnas morning dawned and
all the little stocking were filled
to the blim. There was an over
flow, too, and under each stock
ing was a chair filled with myster-
ious bundles. I'VE never had so
many resents, even if papa could
MT give us anything" said Eddie
Il guess mama must have found
the money that he lost" reflected
Alice
Pm full of happiness clear up
to my throat. said Fanny, hug
gdng her doll with one hand and
eating chocolate-d drops with the 9th
err; think IN have to eat this
nut n little at a time. See what
a big one. l am sure can't eat
it ALL"
q have one too" said Alice.
Let's crack them
Here is mine,' shouted Eddie.
my, What a big one. / don't
believe they are for us to eht. |
expect they are for cumosities to
put in our cabinet
Why mine doesn't have to he
cracked cried Fanny It's only
stuck together. Oh; OH; oh; my
ring; my pretty ring" AS she
spoke the two halves of the nut
fell apart, and there on bed of
the pinFest cotton was the ring
she had wished for with PRETTY
blue stones al around it,
1t wasn't half a minute before
the other nuts were opened. In
Alice'S WAS a. locket a great deal
prettier than Nellie's, and in Ed
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
)bserQa-
lions

Let us attend to our own wind ows
and if they are STUFFED with uass.
out with them and sell them for
glass.
Who tries to buy true love with gold
Full often finds that he is sold.
What can l do for you?' asked
the grocer.
Il hardly KNOW said the lady
who was doing her first mark ETH mig,
What are they eating this falE?"
Tx.
Extract from a letter: Last
might l sat i'm a gondola in Venice's
Grahld Canal, drinking it all in,
and life never seemed so full before
There are sometimes other causes
but we have smelled a whole house
full of sickness in ore dishrag.
Betterihg ones condition does
not always follow moving. Some
times the frying pan is hotter than
the fire.
1T some folks waited till they
were Dnt Df tho u,nodc bopo,,
they shouted, they never would
make a SOUND.
Why is a crouch? Doesn't he
know he is punishihg himself more
than anyone else? The fellow who
grouches loses the love and even
the respect of family and friends.
Pretty dear for the little satisfac-
ton he gets out of lit.
The three best medicines to keep
us i'm health and prolong life, cost
little or nothing at ALL They are
air, light and water.
1t is net altogether that people
lack bread and butter that makes
them heavy-hear, ed, it often that
they need a word OF cheer
Sometimes we are inclined to
grumQDle if things don't all come
our way If our neighbor buys an
auto and We can't afford one we
think fate is unjust. But let's
turn the thing around, just look at
the people who are worse off than
we are, and then WE'LL be willing
to- let the other fellow do the
grumbling.
"All the world loves a lover"
but the world watches them, too,
and makes note of their mistakes
and their follies.
Whstling is the best and cheer
lest music ever Invented.
There is no age in love. The
heart is the one portion Of our
anatomy that never grows old.
o.
They never accomplish much
who weep over every failure. 1t is
the person who glins and hangs
on that comes out victor.
If we can not he rich we car
be thankful.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
SLEEPY LAND.

SLEEPY LAND.
What are the stories of sleepy
land?
'Hark, ah, bark;
Call all the sweet names where
they stand,
Waiting in the dark
Their s Cinderella and Little Bo-
Peep,
Who lost her sheep. her pretty
sheep,
Jack Horner and Boy Blue
And the three tears living in the
wood,
And the wolf and Little Red Rid
ing Hood,
Are still as mice,
And the story-tehler must under
stand
She's to tell each story twice.
The crickets chirr. the stars eyes
wink;
Perhaps the man in the moon may
think
Them saucy in their play;
But whatever Is heard or said or,
done,
Each tired, sleepy little one
Gets rested for next day.
For the pillow dis white in sleepy
land
And white the bed,
And the tender loving mothers
hand, 49,.
Is laid on the little head.
And list, the tune she HUNS and
sings.
AS with soft creak the rocker
swings,
How far away it seems;
The tune---the lullaby--ah, me
They are leaving sleepy-land you
see
For the quiet land Of dreams.
The little children in sleepy land
| C. D. B.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
BEEE CRITTERS.

Put ONE pound OF round steak
Through food chopper Season with
pepper and salt, then add one can
Of corn, ONE cup of bread or
cracker crumbs and two eggs slight
ly beaten. Cock the same as pork
sausage in a hot frying pan.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
CREAMY RICE PUDDING.

To one quart new milk add four
tablespoons rice washed i'm cold
waiter. Add three tablespoons SUI
gar and a pinch of SALT Flavor
with nutmeg. Stir all together,
place in a. moderate oven and
bake two hours. Stir once during
the first hour. One and one-half
cups raisins may be added if liked.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
lbeRq %
- former

One egg, beaten, ONE fourth cup
water, one tablespoon butter, one
fourth cup vinegar, one-half tea
spoon salt, one teaspoon sugar. Stir
all together over hot water until
creamy, pour over the cabbage and
serve at once If the vinegar is
very strong reduce the quantity
and add more water.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
Canadian Cabbage.

One small firm head of cabbage,
cook unia tender. Make a sauce
as follows: Take one cup sour
cream or milk. one-fourth cup vine
gar, two tablespoons flour, one
teaspoon salt, ONE teaspoon sugar
and two tablespoons butter, (omit
the butter If cream lis used. J
Cook together and pour over cab
bage. Serve at once.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
FOR CHRISTMAS.

i want a doll, a TRULY doll,
With bright blue eyes and curly
hair;
But papa says its tol-de-rol,
And mama does not seem to care.
want a real doll, instead
OF my old ugly corn-cob one,
That hasn't any feet or head,
And only just a shawl pinned on.
If you should tell good Santa Claus
How much want a truly doll,
Perhaps he'd bring me one, becaus
He might not think twas fol-de- rol
canon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21

10 JOIN our Bird CLUB write these
words:
II will not harm the birds. will
do what l can to protect Them
Sign your name and address, and
send to Mrs. w. y. Lancelot, Extra.
Iowa.
Many of the birds are absent
now, but they'll be on the job in
the spring. Now is the time to join
the Bird Club. We want to sho
our appreciation of the birds work
for us last year.
Cabbage worms destroyed the
most of the crop this year. If
there were plenty of birds we
would have had no such trouble
for they would have eaten the
worms.
The time is coming when every
farmer will realize the value of
the birds, and then feeding sta
tons will be found ON every
farm.
We hope our boys and girls will
| have Christmas trees for the
birds. Hang on them wire baskets,
filled with suet, and boxes with
the front removed in which are
placed different kinds of food
Cracked corn, rolled oats, wheat,
bread crumbs, in fact almost any
thing is acceptable.
To keep water for the birds
from freezing, heat bricks or
pieces of hardened cement, and set
the pan of water on them.
To make a good suet basket
for the birds, take one inch mesh
poultry wire and cut piece a
foot square. Lay the wire against
a tree and tack the bottom fast
so that it will not come loose.
Place the strips of suet in be-
hind the wire, and drive two long,
wire nails above in THE tree and
slip the upper edge of wire on
them. The birds eat the suet
through the wire and when it lis
empty the top is slipped off the
nails while more is put i'm.
Watch for the Juncos (snow-
| birds). They are such confiding
little fellows, sociabe, trim, spright
ly and never quarrelsome that it is
| pleasure to have them around.
Sometimes we see them with chick
| ADDE'S or tree sparrows. They are
usually in flocks of from ten to
fifty. They stay with us through
the winter if food is plentiful.
Do not mistake them for English
sparrowls
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
LITTLE LBuE-EYES.

LITTLE LBUE-EYES.
Little Blue eyes is sleepy,
Come here and be rocked t,
sleep;
Shall 4 sing to you darling, or tel
The story of Little Bopeep?
Or the COWS that got into the
meadow,
Boy Blue fast asleep i'm the hay
If Pm to be storyteller,
What shall l tell you, pray?
Tell me'--the blue eyes opened
Like p,ansi5's when they blow
"Of the baby in the manager,
The little Christ-child, you know.
l like to hear that tory
The best of all you tell.''
And the little one nestled closer,
AS the Wright shadows fell.
Then l told my darling over
The old, old tale again
OF the babe horn in "a manager,
And the Christ who died for men.
or the great warm heart of .Ias,hS
And the Chi dren whom he blest,
Like the blue-eyed boy who listened
LAS he lay upon my breast.
E. y. ReXford.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21

HOT SLAW.
Slice cne-half a small firm head
Of cabbage. Make dressing Of
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21
Notes
- for Our
Bird Club

To join our Bird Club write these
words:
II will not iharm the birds. will
do what l can to protect them"
Sign your name and address, and
send to Mrs. w. y. Lancelot, Extra,
Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-12-21

Many of the birds are absent
now, but they'll be on the job in
the spring. Now is the time to join
the Bird Club. We want to sho
our appreciation of the birds work
for us last year.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
subscriptions Are Being Made by Jews
and GCntilcs.

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 2S.-Reports
received by the central committee In
dicate that Texas will contribute at
least s2O0,000 to the relief fund fer
the Jewish war sufferers. In accord
Rnce with President Wilson's procla-
nation naming February a. the day
for raising funds for this purpose,
meetings were held in nearly every
city and town in Texas. Subscriptions
are being made by Jews and Gentiles
and the central committee believes
the 100000 mark will have been
reached before the final reports are
received from all the communities.