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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
Water Getting Low at the Water
Works Station.

The long continued dry weather
has so reduced the supply of water
in the Miami river, where the city
gets it's water, that last week it
was thought best to stop street
sprinkling in order to save as
much as possible. 1t looks as
though Butler is facing a genuine
water famine and if a rain does
not come soon the condition will
he serious. Friday morning Su-
perintendent Fisher put a force
of men to work digging bitches to
the water holes in the river above
the pumping station. The con-
sumers are urged to be as econom-
ical with the water as possible.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
Aged Man Dies in a Movers
Wagon at Rich Hill.

Thomas Meelinger, about 81
years old, died in a covered wag-
on in the western limits of the
city about 8 clock Friday night,
of perionitis. The old man was
accompanied by a son with a wife
and little child, and investigation
proved Il sad case Of restitution.
The story as related to Mayor
Williamson and the city physician
was to the effect that they came
here from Joplin and had been
travelling for the old mans health,
and had started to Kansas City
where they hoped to place the old
man in a hospital. When given
medical attention it was found
they had no money but the city
physician furnished it.
Saturday morning Mayor Will
hanson collected"a neat sum of
money from business men and
Others who generously contribut-
ed, and turned it over to the fam
lily for their needs. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Jamison purchased cloak
for the woman and clothing for
the child who is only about 2 l-2
years old.-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
WHEN CAMEI.S RAN WILD IN
MISSISSIPPI.
Biologists Find Ancestor of Chew
ing Gum Tree Under Cotton
Fields.

The geology Of mountain re
gions is generally more difficult
to master than that of plains, be-
cause the rocks have been more
,roken and tilted about, but the
geology Of certain parts of Mis-
sissippi is almost as difficult as
that of mountainous region, be-
cause certain widely distributed
formations bear few definite iden-
LITIGATION marks, particularly re-
mains and impressions of plants
and animals that lived at the time
the deposits were formed. A pc
culiar sandstone, which biologists
have called the. Catahoula sand
stone, has been studied with care
~ G. G. Matson and E. w. Berry,
Of the. United States Geological
Survey, Department Of the Inter-
ior, who have been able to identify
and follow the sandstone by means
Of the remains Of plants. Among
the plants found We're pines ferns,
leaves of date palms, tropical
figs, and a tree closely
related to the present-day Mexi-
can and Central American sapota,
from which most of the material
for chewing gum is obtained.
These fossil plants show that at
the time the sandstone was formed
five million years ago
the climate of this region was
and bones of camels
found by other biologists and the
similarity of the sand composing
he sandstone to certain tropical
lesert sands have a similar i'm
)lication.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
Bates County Teachers Meeting.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of last week Butler entertained
the school teachers of Bates coun-
ty who were in the city attending
the regular fall teachers meeting.
About 200 were here and it would
be hard to find a more intelligent,
ambitious and wide-awake body
of men and women. Bates county
should be proud of it's school
teachers for they are second to
none. They are deeply interested
in their profession and are always
trying to learn something that
will add to their value to the the,
schools of Bates county.
Prof. w. C. Morris, head of the
physics department Of the War
rcnsburg State Normal, delivered
several very fine lectures as did
Prof. Harry Phillips, head of the
Agricultural department of the
same school.
Mrs. Finn, of Nevada, president
of the State mothers Congress
made an interesting address on
"Closer Relations Between the
Parent and the School,"
Thursday night the teachers
were the guests of the Peoples
Bank at Lyceum party at the
opera house, where they were en-
tertained by the Harmony Glee
club, the first number of the win
ter lecture course.
Friday night the Walton Trust
Company, the Missouri State
Bank, the Farmers Bank and the
Duvall-Percival Trust Company
the teachers at the
basket ball game between Butler
and Rich Hill.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
Boston Americans Win The
Worlds Championship.

The Boston American league
base ball team won the base ball
championship of the world when
they defeated the Brooklyn team
of the National league in the fifth
game of the series at Boston
Thursday. The total attendance
for the five games was 163, 359.
Total gate receipts $685., 59O.50.
Each player on the winning team
will receive as his share $3,91O.26,
whether he played in the series or
not. Members of the losing team
receive 81, 84.82. As each of these
players draw down from $4,000 to
5000 per year in addition to this
sum they ought to be able to en-
dure the h. c.lL
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19

Mrs. John T. Turpin died at he,
home east of this city Tuesday,
October 10.
Miss Winnie Mundey was born
in Audrain county, this state,
where in 1875 she was united in
marriage with John T. Turpin.
They moved to this county last
January, since which time they
have been living on a farm east Of
town.
Funeral services, conducted by
Rev. Lewis Keele, were held at
the Summit church Thursday, and
the remains laid to rest in Oak
Hill cemetery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
M ::::1sz:> 6 :7z7.
y. s. Game Warden Jailed.

st. Louis, Oct. 21.-John NJ
Thompson, migratory game ward.
en- inspector for the federal gov
eminent, is under sentence Of thir-
ty days ih Jail and to pay a fine
Of $1,000 on a charge of padding
an expense account. He pleaded
guilty in the federal district court
at Cape Girardeau, Mo.
District Judge Dyer said that
the plea of Thompson's mother
saved him from a penitentiary
sentence.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
Barn and Silo Near Hume De.
troyed by Fire.

Fire at 5 O'Clock Monday morn
ing destroyed a large barn and
contents and a silo' on the farm OF
Mrs. Ella NJ. Davis one mile west
of Hume, this county, causing q
loss Of about $1,000. The origin Of
the fire is unknown. When the
fire was discovered it was raging
in the hay loft and the structure
was quickly burned, the silo, also
being consumed by the flames
Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
Green Feed in Winter.

Why don't your hens lay when
eggs are hight They do not get
the chemical ingredients that the
grasses and green feed supply IN
season. B. "A. Thomas Poultry
Remedy supplies these very in.
eredients only in . more concens
trpfed form. We sell Il and euars
anteesy ron 10 Get eeeG
s. g. @. Rhode phars "a. i
f91nQ =. Bud &; NJ
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
THIRD CONSTITt TIOSAL AMEND
NEWT
Proposed by Initiative Petition

Prohibiting after July first, 1917. the
manufattnr Of. the introduction Into. and
tho giving. exchanging. bartering, seIlin:
or dispOsing Of Intoxicating Iiuuors In the
state OF Missouri. except wine for sarra
mental purposes. prescribing q penalty
Tor the violation thereof and repeating aij
parts OF the Constitution. Statutes and MN.
nicipal Lava In conflict Herewith,
P:"pose,l amendment to the Constitution
or Missouri. to he submitted to the legal
voters OF the State of Missouri for their
approval or rejection at the regular gen.
eral election to he held on the seventh day
g" Oh N .,, A. d. 1916. prohibiting the
the giving. exchanging. bartcring, selling.
or disposing of Intoxicating liquors in the
state OF Missouri. except wine for sncrn-
mental purposes. prescribing u penalty for
Of the stn cna rssps,ng az arts
ipal Laws in conflict Herewith
Missouri: ~
Section !. From and after July Arst
1917. no Intoxicating liquor or iiGuors
except wine for sacramento purposes, shall
he manufactured In or introduced into the
state of Missouri under any pretense,
Every person who sells, exchanges. gives
harters. or disposes of Intoxicating liuuor
OF any Kind to any person In the State of
Mishouri. or who manufactures, or intro
uucrs INTO. or attempts to introduce into
tne St"t 1, OF Missouri Intoxicating liquor
oi any kind: except wine as aforesaid for
me purposes aforesaid; shall be guilty of a
mts',eHcanor and upon conviction shall be
punished by tine of not less than three
s numGr,n dollars nor more than one thou
sahu dollars. or by Imprisonment in the
county Jail not less than six months moi
more than twelve months, or by both such
fne and Imprisonment.
All I.arts Of the State Constitution, and |
Jaws OF the state and municipalities there. |
III. conflicting with the provisions of this
sectiOh' are hereby repealed |
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
HOW TO PRUNE SHADE
TREES
The Proper Method of Cutting
Back Soft Naples in Order
to Strengthen and
Thicker Their
.~t. Tops. .-..

A very timely circular is now
available upon application to the
Missouri College of Agriculture,
Columbia, Missouri. This circular,
No. 81. is entitled Pruning Shade
Trees.
Briefly, the circular states that
to properly care for and preserve
the beauty and symmetry of our
ornamental shade trees it is nee
essary to understand what
species may be "topped'', and the
method by which this should be
accomplished. The most beneficial
trees are those which are pre-
served in their natural form. To
encourage additional strength
and quantity of foliage, one must
study the natural external struc-
ture Of such specimens, and then
apply the proper methods of
pruning to obtain natural growth.
Two distinct type-structures oc-
curing in tree growth are dis
cussed with illustration, showing
the undesirability of cutting
back" or as it is more commonly
called, topping" of the Ameri-
can elm and similar trees, and of
the proper way in which to "head
up" the soft maple.
AS the fall and winter seasons
are particularly suitable times in
which to conduct this work, the
circular is one that may well be
in the hands of those who are in
terested in preservation of lawn
and street shade trees.-H. F.
Major, Missouri Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution Of Missouri
IRsT CONSTITUTIONAL
NEWT,

Joint and concurrent resolution sub
, u,ittlng to the qualified voters Of the state
81 MtNeOUF1 an amendment to -e0H-
stitufiOn thereof r0ncerning pensions to
the deserving blin,i.
Be il rssol,ed BY the Senate. the Howe of
Rrpresen!ds,ss contMvrino therein:
That at the general election to he held
on Tnesi.ay following the first Monday
IN November, 1916 there shall he submitted
% tho qualified voters OF Missouri, for adop-
tion or rejection. the following constitu-
tional amendment. to-wit:
That section II OF article ~ Of the Con
ststuti"n he an"u,!e,i by adding thereto
the following words: provided further,
that nothing in this Constitution contained
shall be construed as prohibiting the gen
eral assembly from granting. or authOriz-
ing the granting OF. pensions to the de-
serving blind. ~ may be provided and
regulated by law"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
STATE OF MISSOURI, !
Department Of State.

l. Cornelius Roach. Secretary Of State
that the foregoing is n full, true and com.
plete copy Of the one joint and concurrent
resolution Of the Forty eighth General As.
sembiy CT the State Of Missouri Of the pro.
posed amendment to the Constitution NJ
the State Of Missouri: also. Of the two
amendments to the Constitution proposed
~ Initiative petition, to he submitted "a
at the general election to he held ON Tues.
day. the seventh day Of November. 1915.
In testimony whereof. hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Great Seal Of thu
State OF Missouri. Done at office 10 thu
City Of Jefferson. this 9Th day Of septem.
her, A. II. 1D16.
fHeAI1
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-19
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
Proposed by Initiative Petition.

To empower the Legislature Of Missouri
to create b. special law. . State Land
by deed Of trust on agricultural lands
and to issue bonds, and authorizing the
appropriation OF One Million Dollars (&i,-
e ,Se. out Of tho st.ts Treasury 70,
and bonds Of said bank from taxation.
and validating any legislation heretofore
enacted for such purposes.
MISSOURI STATE LAND BANK AMEND
MEST TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Proposed BY legal voters by Initiative
Petitions under the Initiative and Refer
empowering the General Assembly to en-
act special law creating a corporation to
be known as the Missouri State Land Bank,
with powers to mobilize and llquidi1e farm
credits. to appropriate state moneys as
loan In aid thereof and exempting from
state. county and municipal taxes all Of
the assets Of said bank. also dsbenture
validating Of any law enacted BY the Gen.
erel Assembly In accordance herewith.
Pc Il s.aeted by the PEOPLE Of the Sssss Of
Ansos,' that TIE Co"st'ts''or b. 80 smsndsd
Section 1. The General Assembly 10 here
~ empowered to enact special law to
create = corporation to be known a. the
make loans on notes secured by deeds Of
trust or mortgages upon agricultural lands,
and to issue debentnre bonds against the
same with all suitable and Incidental
powers. And to enact other special laws
At the same session or at other sessions Of
the General Assembly to amend and I'm
prove the said net. or to supply omissions
or correct errors or defects therein
Section >. The General Assembly Is here
BY authorized and empowered to enact
law or laws appropriating as a loan out of
the moneys Of the State Treasury, the |
sum OF one million dollnrs as working
capital for said corporation.
Section g. TIE T7eneTaT AssembIy 70 I
hereby authorized and empowered to en-. |
act y law or laws exemptlng from state.
county and municipal taxes the assets OF |
said Missouri State Land Bank and all de-
henture bonds issued BIZ 1t.
Section !. Any law heretofore enacted
by the Gcnfrnl Assembly In accordance
with the provisions Of Sections /, . and 3
hereof shall be deemed valid from and after
the adoption hereof.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-27
July 20t3
Notice of Hearing Petition For
Letters of Administration

State OF South Dakota, courty OF Hand.
81. In county court.
In the matter OF the estat OF Nicholas
Duehr. deceased.
The state OF South Dakota sends greeting
to Joseph Duehr. George Duehr. Charles
Duehr Clara SpurgeOn. Martha Ericsson.
' atherine Duehr. William Duehr, Anna
Chase, ana the heirs OF Margaret Duehr.
deceased. heirs at law and next OF kin Of
Nicholas Duehr. deceased. and to all to
whom these presents may come:
Notice IL hereby given that George Duehr.
Charles Duehr, Clara Spurgeou. aud Kath-
err Inc Duehr have filed with the Judge OF
this Court. a petition praying for Letters
Of ADMINISTRATION Of the Estate OF Nichola as
d. chr, deceased. for A. b. Catalan.
and that Friday the 4th day Of August,
1915. at 10 O'Clock A. M. Of said day,
being a day OF n special term OF this Court,
towit: OF the August 4th term. 1915, at the
court room Of said court at Miller. In
the County Of Hand has been appointed ms
the time and place for hearing SAID petit
ton. when and where anv person may
appear and show cause why said petition
should not he granted.
Witness the Hon r. G. Anderson. Jadge
of the county court. and the seal of said
court. this 18th day of July A.. ID. I9t at
his office In the city of Miller, county OF
Hand, state OF South Dakota.
R. c. ANDERSON,
Attest: Judge OF the County Court.
W. E. MORROW, Clerk.
County Court seaD
Harlan J. Bushfeld, Atty.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-27
july 13 t.
Mortgage Sale

Whereas, Default has been made In the
payment OF the principal and INTEREST ON
the 1st day OF March A. D. 1870 .sscSs S
ed by John T.. McCullen and Media McCulleu
O. the County OF Hand and State OF South
ty of Pierce and State OF Nebraska and
which Mortgage was recorded In the once
q the Register Of Deeds OF the County OF
M asna sssse o. Or sG Psss pst3 DC In II Beck o. .;
March 1910. at 11:35 O'Clock a.. m: and
Whereas. No action or proceedings at
law or otherwise have been instituted to
recover the deb secured by said mortgage
Whereas. 1t was stipulated. In said Mort.
gage that II default would be made In the
payment OF any portion OF the principal
and Interest promptly at the time the came
should become due, then the whole snm
both principal and interest, at once be-
comes due:
Whereas, The whole amount Of the princi.
pal and Interest has become due by reason
OF such default;
upon said mortgage at the date Of this no.
ttce, IL the sum OF eight thousand seven
hundred sixty:essht dollars and eighty. six
pal. and S71s-S6 interest besides the sum AZ
twenty. five Dollars attorneys fees, stinu-
lated for In said mortgage
Now therefore,. notice IL hereby given that
said mortsase. and duly reco rded n ne sior. 70
said. and In pursuance Of the statutes
10 such case made and provided, the said
mortgage Will be foreciosed by a sale of the
m~ortgaged premises therein sdescribed al
pubic auction by the sheriff of Hand coun-
~. y. D.; at the front door Of the court house
In the CITY OF Miller. and courty OF Hand.
and state OF South Dakota. IN the 18th day
OF Augnst 1915 at one O'Clock In the after
noon OF that day. The mortgaged prenlis-
es are situated In the county OF Hand Ia
the state Of South Dakota. and are des-
cribed as follows tOwft; Southeast ~quartef
OF section twenty one and the thu ept
qua rter OF section twenty two In townahip
one hundred eleven north range sixty-sevso
west 9Th p. m.
Dated at Miller. South Dakota. this ifth
day OF July AID, 1915. :
DAVID l.. LITTLE,
Executor OF the estate OF Ellen
Little, mortgag gee.
Harlan J. Bushfeld. Attoruev for Mortgagev'
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-27
July 2Ot2
Statement of Receipts and Elk
penditures Of School District

State Of south Dakota. county of Hand.
rs. Florence School rtstrict
To whom IL m ay concern:
The folio Ia q statement OF the re-
ceipts and expenditures of Florence School
District. Of Hand county, south Dakota. as
~ssc-Fts.nsd pon settlement between the
treasurer and school boar d OF said school
district. for the year eading June 30, 1916,
W hirh statement 10 hereby published accord
ing to law viz:
Receipts for school Year
Balance on hand at last annual
report. July ]. 1915 .........,..& 3 AZ
Amount received from district
tax....-.-..- :-.-.....-....... 1928 ~
Amount received from appor-
ttonment ............... ........ 2 90
Amount received from Howell
townshfp...-...".--..... ... Ia 10
Total mount received from all
sources during the year.....-.$ 1924 81
Expenditure for School Year
Amount paid for teachers sal.
0fy.-.... -. tO61 20
Amount paid for school o ficers'
salaries; ckairman 3 = 90. clerk
$500. treas0rer &15.0O.... 80 90
Amount paid for tuition.....-.. 8 90
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-27
July cots
Summons

SulIItIbOUS
state Of South Dakota. County Of Hand.
SO. In Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit.
siberz Bros. a Craig. a corporation.
Plaintiff,
Adelis Girls the unknown heirs, ex.
%ecutors. administrators. legatees and de-
v'sccs and creditors OF Adelia GriswoId
deceased. Charles BROCK wav. Laura MEYERS.
Brock war. Mary Breeze. George H Carroll
az administrator of the estate OF and last
will and testa Of Annn ID. Griswold,
deceased; and all persons known and un-
terest OF lien in and to the north west
quarter III section =. township 115. range
66; In Hand county, south Dskata.. and the
and creditors OF any known or unKnown
Defendants above named who may be de.
ceased, defendants
The State OF South Dskota sends Greeting:
to the above named Defendants,
You are hereby summoned and REQUIRED To
answer the complaint of the plaintiff which
Vas filed In the ONCE Of the clerk OF the cir.
cult court at Miller. Hand county. South
Dasots; on the 2oth day OF april. 1915.
title to and the decentralization Of all adverse
claims or liens against the premises des.
eTibed In the csInpla int and situated In
northwest quarter OF section 8, town ship
serve n copy OF your auewer to said con
plant ON the undersigned at his once in
the Issenhuth Block. In the City OF Red6eid.
Sphinx Counfv. South Dakota, within thirty
days after tine completed service Of this
summons upon you. exclusive OF the dav Of
such srrvirc aud u you fan TO answer said
complaints within that time. the pla intin
will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded IN said complaint.
Dated this 25th dav Of April. 1915.
w. r, BRUELL.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Redneld. X. d.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-27
Miller Druggist PIeases customers

Miller Druggist PIeases Customers
]. d. Fitzgerald reports customers
greatly pleased with the QUICK &C
tion Of simple buckthorn bark. gly-
cerine. ETC.. as mixed in Adler-i-ka.
This simple remedy drains the old
foul matter from the bowels SO
THOROUGH chat ONE SPOONFUL
relieves almost ANY CASE Of con-
stipation, sour or gassy stomach. Il
ID 80 powerful that it IL used success
fully in appendicitis. Adlersi-ka
nevsr Rripes and the INSTANT &C.
tIno u 1urprising. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-27
July 1873
Notice Of Hearing Petition 70
Letters Of Admjntstrstaon

Notice OF Hearing Petition for
Letters Of AdministratioM
state Of south Drxota. county o. HsnS.
90. In county court. "
In the matter OF the esfa 20 OF Jenu,s
Schlechter, deceased. "
The state OF South Dakota sends srAt-
ings to Conrad schlechter. Minnie SprSn -
Mary Dillon. Lizzie Meier, John EvSfs'
sophie Brown. Jennie Klufko, DoYa Ilc6.
tenourg. heirs ut law and next OF Kin Of
Jennie Schlechter. deceased. and TO an to
wnom these presents may come.
Notice is hereoy given that John CvsYS
pas MED with the Judge OF this court, 3 be-
tition praying for letters of edministration
OF the est ate OF Jen ME Sehlechtsr. dedesse6.
And that Friday. the 2sth day OF July 1915
At ten O'Clock a. m, OF said day. Being q
DAY OF q special term Of this court. tovit:
OF the July 2Sth. term. 1915 at the cotft
room OF said court at Miller IN the couney
OF Hand. have been appointed a. the time
ana place Tor hearing said petition. whea
ana where any person ma appear and
show cause why said petition shouid not
be granted.
Witness the Hon. r. G., Anderson, Judge
OF the co untv court. and tho seal Of said
court. this 1T h day of July A. d. 1915. at
his offieei In the city OF Miller. county OF
Hand, state OF South Dakota.
X. G. ANDERSON.
w. E. MORROW, cierf.
Harlan J.. Bushfeld. Atty, tsEALJ
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-27
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