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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS =

Lucy F.. Hammond to A. M. Ear
som 70 acres section 20 Pleasant Gap
$472s.oo.
Rudolph Steiner to Cred Drains 90
acres section IL Rockville $4,000. 90
Hiram Vail to B.. G. Davis part
lots S and E block g Rich Hill $780,
]. Y. Beatty to ]. w. Stayton 100
acres section 20 Mingo $4,000.
L. NJ. Ship to J. J. Ashbaum Sc
acres section 20 East Boone $4,000. 90.
Lucy M. 1dlett to Emma Brundidge
lot 40; part lots SO and Al Gilhans
addition to Adrian $1,000.
Fl. A. Clark to B. F. Siville 80 acres
section II New Home $4,000.
Emma J. Witt to w. S. Walker lots
II and IL block 20 Rockville $1,000.
W. P. Montgomery to H. L. Div
lille 2o7 acres sections 6 and I New
Home and Charlotte $1,000.
NJ. w. Smith to VIM. Guide IS
acres section 20 Deer Creek $4,000. 90.
O. c. Lawson to G. D. Gerdes 563
Id acres section S Pleasant Gap
$4,000.
Ed L. Hunt to C. P. Hawkins part
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Country Happenings.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Keen and chill.
dren spent Sunday with Pies Evans
and family.
Mrs. j. L. Harvey spent few days
last week with her daughter, Mrs
Bernice Dickson.
Will Foster and family visited Sum
day at the VIII Wigger home.
Everett Sutherland purchased a
horse OF Jim Nichols last week.
Mrs. Rilla Radford and children OF
Butler visited from Friday to Sun
day with her sister Mrs. A. T. Keen
Mrs. Rich is staying with Mrs. Dee
Vanhoy.
MIR. and Mrs. John McCook and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Sargent and daughter, Thelma, called
at the Geo. Wigger home SUNDAY
afternoon.
Elmer Keen has been working for
Dee Lutsenhizer the past week.
Mrs. Humphrey Dickson is quite
poorly at this writing.
Will Shillinger is doing some car
penter work for Frank Kretsinger.
Several from this vicinity attended
the Pleasant Gap Fair last week.
They all report a nice time,
Geo. Keen and son, Cecil, were in
Appleton City Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Welliver and
three children spent Sunday with
Mrs. Welliver's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Harvey.
Mrs. Dan Bowman and sons, Ray
mond and frankie, visited last week
in Urich with friends.
WILDER and Dewitt Snodgrass spent
a few days last week with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dee
Vanhoy.
Leonard Hays and family spent
Sunday with Lewis Warns and wife.
Misses Nina Keen and Thelma
Sargent were shopping in Spruce
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lawson and little
son. Cleve, and Will Lawson, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Gilmore and Children,
Mrs. Lawson and Ruby and Chester
Nichols motored to Clinton Sunday
and spent the day with Mr.. and Mrs.
Erie Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ervie Barnett called
on Mr.. and Mrs. A.. T. Keen Sunday
evening. t,.
c. c. Wilson delivered hogs to
market Monday.
DAISY,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
What is the Condition of the Rural
Schools.

During the last session of the Mis-
souri, General Assembly a suggestion
was made that survey Of the coun-
try schools of Missouri be undertak-
en-. The purpose was to have con-
crete statement. from reliable sources
as to the physical condition of the
country schools. their organization
and support, the preparation of the
teachers in them. and the character
and quality OF instruction. The mat
ter received favorable consideration
from those to whom it was proposed.
After the session adjourned, Cover
nor Gardner wrote to State Superin-
tendent OF Schools Lamkin, suggest
ing that all the educational interests
in the state cooperate in making sucil
study and investigation, and sug-
costing further that it would be well
for the people of Missouri to know
just how efficient their country
school system is.
In accordance with this plan, the
Missouri State Teachers Association
appointed committee to have
charge of this work. They elected
Mr.. A. G. Caps as secretary. The
Association. together with the State
Superintendent of Schools, the Uni
versity and Normal Schools, Col
leges of the Missouri College Union
and public school people generall,
have undertaken the work, not with
the idea of proving any pet theory OF
of finding out any one particular
thing. 1t is ap Investigation by Mis-
sourians of our own school system
with the idea OF making the good
better, and of improving conditions
where they should be improved.
The cooperation of commercial or
CARNATIONS, women's clubs, the news
papers, the church and all interested
in the public schools of the state is
desired. Either Mr.. A. G. Caps
Columbia. the secretary of the com.
mittee, or thesState Superintendent
Uel w. Eamkin, Jefferson City, will
be glad to give any information con-
corning the matter. ~
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Brackney Items.

We had some real cool weather the
latter part of last week.
Mrs. Marie Latham, of Illinois, is
visiting with friends and relatives at
the present writing.
Mr.. J.: l.. Ghere has been attending
the state fair at Sedalia.
Mrs. Belt and daughter, Florence,
called on Mrs. L. A. Deems and
daughter Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Samuel Mellon returned home
Sunday morning after a few weeks
visit in Kansas.
Elmer and Ernest Deems spent
Sunday with l.. A. Deems and family.
A number from this community at
tended the fair at Pleasant Gap. A
good display of corn encouraged lis
of a fair corn crop.
"A number of the drafted men left
Friday night for Fl. Riley, Kansas.
Mary Deems and Fern Miller spent
Sunday with the latter's sister, Mrs.
Robert Evans.
Mr.. Howe is real poorly at this
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. A G. Deems called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Travers Sum
day afternoon.
Several visited the soldier boys a:
Camp Clark, Nevada, Sunday.
Bertha Padgett spent Sunday with
Mrs, Otis Andrews.
JACK and JILL.
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27

Mrs. Whites parents and her daugh-
ter, Ermine, in Butler.
Mable Dale Harris visited with
Anna Myrtle Doll Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale visited Mr..
-Salnp Hendrickson and family
Sunday.
Mrs. Montia Simpson spent a few
days last week at FL Dorado Springs
visiting gg with her cousin, Mrs Walter
Cole, who has been there several
weeks with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Crist.
T. c. Tyre and Bro. w. Tyre
came Monday to visit the formers
daughters, Mrs. Montia Simpson and
Mrs. Sterling Harness.
Mrs. Walter Cole returned home
Thursday after spending several
weeks at Ell Dorado Springs.
Leta and Roy Hendrickson spent
Sunday at MI. Will Douglas.
Mrs. lea Hibbs came Sunday for an
extended visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs J. H. Clark and other rel
atives.
Claud Clark visited home folks
Sunday afternoon.
Levaud Harness, Ruby Grossheart
and Maurie Station visited home folks
from Friday evening, returning 10
Butler Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed and children
visited in Urich Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coonrod visited at
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilberts Sunday.
A NEIGHBOR
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27

Specialists in Western wheat dis
tricts estimate that 20 million bush
els of wheat and proportionate guam
titles of other cereals are wasted an
nually in harvesting and threshing.
The Department of Agriculture, in a
statement issued, urges farmers to
give special attention to the adjust
ment of threshing machines. and to
make certain that none of the grain
is lost with the straw and chaff,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
FARMERS FEED WHEAT TO
HOGS; RAP U. S. PRICE
Cereal is Found Cheaper Feed for
Live Stock Than Corn
at $a.2s.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Sept. 20. -
Wheat is being fed to hogs and other
live stock as substitute for corn in
many counties of Northeastern Okla
homa. Pending governmental action
little additional wheat will be market
cd from these counties at the price
fixed by the Food Administration, &C
cording to the State Board of Agri-
culture.
The action of the farmers is due to
the scarcity of corn and that the
farmer feels the Government has
placed an arbitrary price upon tfiis
product at time when the law of
supply and demand is in his favor,
without at the same time fixing
prices of other articles for his con-
sumption, the statement says.
Very little corn has been raised
in Northwestern Oklahoma, one
county reporting a 8 per cent CROP
the statement continues.
with corn worth $2.2s a bushel
and wheat bringing from $1.8o to
$Io5 at the elevator, the farmers are
using wheat for fattening hogs.
Little wheat will be sold until
the price is raised, county agents re-
port. The Government has not fixed
the price of corn.
According to these reports the
farmer who is as loyal as any other
citizen, and as anxious 10 help win
the war. feels he is being deprived o!
a righteous profit, while others are
allowed to exact war profits with
out governmental interference.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Must Stamp Out Disloyalty.

Washington. Sept. 2+-William c.
Fits. the assistant attorney general,
in charge of the governments inves-
tigation of the industrial Workers
of the World, at luncheon here cf
the Four Minute Mem today de-
clared that the time had come for
drastic dealing with every agency
aiming to hinder or hamper the gov
eminent in the conduct of the war.
THE time has come Mr.. Fits
said. "When every arm that is not
willing to be uplifted in the common
defense must not be allowed to be
uplifted at all"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
: lot 20 Little's~ addition to Hume

lot 20 Little's> addition to Hume
S55o.oo.
J. r.. Hales to NJ. L. Smith lots :,
8 and 9 block 90 Rich Hill $4,000.
E. T. Barnes to J. J. Lackey lot IL
block II Ricf, Hill 100000.
H. v. Geiger to B. F. Metz lots 49,
II and IS block g Rich Hill $4,000.
Julia A. D. Cotton to E. H. Sum-
mres 40 acres section 22 Usage ST..
10000.
P. Z. Askew to R. w. Askew 40
acres section 80 Deer Creek $I.oo.
Wallace Terrell to B. F. Metz lots
3. 4, S and E block ga list addition to
Rich Hill $500.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
TO FURNISH SEED CORN AT
cost
Secretary Houston to Distribute as
600 Bushels in Texas.


Washington, Sept 1o-Inaugurat-
ing the Department of Agriculture $
first undertaking for the sale Of seed
to farmers, As provided by the Food
Productions Law, Secretary ..Houston
today amthorised the purchase of
twenty-five thousand bushelS a. seed
corn in Northern and Northeastern
Texas for sale to farmers in thevcour-
tissk Of that state where ,$hie yeaf's
s,l s! :: 8 kkE:;.ss,l,
pense Of distfihution. A d11lzoeoa
stateuaent sid Il Mna be1l( t.
e1ln e1uD1 luSnl1oge
q apssoxinately &3a busel
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Spruce Pick Ups.

Mrs. Tai Raybourn called on Mrs.
Lee Reese Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Matte Hill and daughter,
Mrs. Jim Jones, spent Monday with
Mrs. George Vanhoy.
Mrs. Laura Rich and Mrs. Frank
Rich called on Mrs. Lee Reese Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. Matte fill and daughter,
Mrs. Jim Jones spent Tuesday with
Mrs. Louis Hill.
Mrs. Lee Reese called on Mrs.
George Vanhoy Friday afternoon.
Miss Gladys Barnes called on Miss
Christie Sargent Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merit Anderson from
near Ballard spent Sunday with M.
and Mrs. Frank Rich.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vanhoy and
son, John, and Mr.. and Mrs. /. H.
Dickson spent Sunday with Mr.. ami
Mrs. Del Lutsenhizer. =
Mr.. George Borland and family
and Mr.. J. A. Borland and family
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. K.
H. Barnes.
Mr.. Louis Hill and wife spent Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. Matte
Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Reese called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rich SUNDAY
evening.
Miss Christie Sargent called on
Miss Gladys Barnes Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. John Cumpton spent Sunday
with her son and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Orville Cumpton.
Mrs. Paul from Kingsville. Mo-, !,
visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Rich
Mr.. Herbert Sargent spent Sunday
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Reese.
~ go BROWN u EYES y
b nd xrossS Isysfsrs
Mrs. Tan White and little dangh-
Ftess, Iheln1 und ssy-buuiss, -
the latter part of the week visitias
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4
asked me to write some poetry ap
propriate for his best gal. / asked
him to describe the dame SO that
might make the verses fit her. He
said he didn't know much about her
The only description he could give
me of her, was that she was exceed
ingly long for her weight and tina,
he was considerable "sot"' on acquir-
ing her. SO I wrote this; =
Thou art the idol of my heart.
My very life you seem. I think Of
thee all day-all night. IT'S but OF
thee I dream. care not what thy
past has been. Id wed thee right or
wrong. need but little here below
but want that little long. | don't
know how much this helped but l
told him if this didn't fetch her to let
her go and look for a short one.
notice that the modern Eve in an
encounter with bear feigned death
in order to escape being Rugged by
said bear. | just wonder if she would
have played at bein' dead if it had
happened to be a man instead of a
poor old BEAR
Though Sunny Jim
Is tall and thin;
He's always feelin' sunny.
And that is why
(This on the sly)
He writes for fun-not money.
~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
SUWBEAMS
Dear Readers
Lest you forget
My face so plain
come te-see you
once again


With nothing said
Which regret
I'm with you yet-lm with you yet
Now aren't you mighty glad to see
me? just laid off last week to show
the editor ! could stop if ! wanted
to do SO. Oh, yes, the whole push
(down to the deviD were sore. You
see they have lots of space in The
Times and as didn't give 'em notice
they had to hustle some to get stuff
to fill my column. Cool weather is
comm on and | will be busy Teller
SO ! rather think III only come to
you two times month. If this ar
rangement is satisfactory to you,
please stand up. Thank, you-that
will do Looks like you only want
me every two weeks. But twas ever
thus, etc.
In the trenches should you toll
Do your bit.
If at home you till the soil
Do your bit.
If they call for you to go
o a foreign, distant laHu,
If they stand you in row
With gas bomb in each hand
Do your bit-d-n it yes. Do
your bit.
If the devil should lose his caudle
appendage, where could he get al
other:o This question was placed in
the question box for me. Why he
would go to saloon, of course. But
you ask why to saloon? And | re-
ply because that is where bad spirits.
are retailcd.
Mary had little lamb. Its fleece
was white as snow. And everywhere
that Mary went. the lamb was sure
to go.
Now that's stale. Here's some
thing different: Mary sat upon pin.
1t caused no perturbation. While
some OF her was genuine, the most
was imitation.
Always use little soap in the
water when you wash your feet (f
you ever do). 1t helps some and
then it may be good for what ails
you.
Never eat pie with spoon nor
soup with fork You simply muss
things up and then it's not good
FORM Tooth picks should never be
used in public. To use them 50
makes you a low-brow
In asking the father OF your girl
for her hand lin marriage) always
present your 'front.' Never by any
chance turn your back. Something
might happen.
) a Kansas man took a drop too
much a few days ago and it killed
him. No. no. it wasn't drop OF
booze. He took drop of four
stories.
The Duke OF York removed the
cork and tilted up the flagon. The
label read OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Bzt-3x-xxx-and now he's on the
wagon.
The melancholy days are here
Well. what of that
The 10th of old November's near
And quails are fat.
They say Butler is goin' to have a
circus. Also it was narrated around
that we were to have carnival. Yes.
Don't build any hopes on being en-
tertained in this progressive burg
Except at the movies) until after the
city council and the Commercial
Club have investigated.
A farmer owned swarm of bees
and they to save their lives, always
followed the farmer-because he had ,
the hives. 80
Once a Teller come to me and
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Mrs. Tan White and little dangh-
Itesss fhelmx und lfasy- hUuisss spSat
1.-The latter part of the week visit5ag
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
lonoco' Service
!. A New Wsy 70 serve
Squash

Divide q hard.shelled
squash into quarters. Re.
move the seeds and soft
inner ection. then
steam In the shell until
it can be pierced with q
fork. Remove from the
fire. and cut In sugar and
butter to taste. Place In
the oven and let it brown
lightly. Serve hot from
the shell. This will ap.
peal to your family as q
pleasant change from the
ordinary way of serving
squash.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-17
Recruiter Looks Up
to This Applicant

Sergeant Hayes. Of the recruiting
station. glanced up from his work last
Saturday morning at q man who en-
tered.
He glanced good way up. Six feet
and nine inches, to be exact.
II want to join the army" said the
applicant.
The sergeant saw at once that the
man was under the weight limit, but
he put him on the scales to see just
how much he weighed. With his
clothes on, he weighed 120. Stri- the
other way, he hefted Just liz.
His name?" asked a reported.
WELL" said the sergeant, II was sc
darned astonished that l forgot to get
his name"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-17

forming these people what is expected
Of them or OF the changes In these ex-
pectations from day to dag. It is esti-
mated that 25 per cent Of alien work
men are employed every day hunting
jobs or exchanging jobs. The eco
nomic loss to America is serious
enough-the discipline loss is even
more serious-and the unity loss to
America is tremendous. The man who
doesn't stay long enough on a job or
in a town to make friends. to get a
neighborhood contact, to establish a
home tie or to get the feel Of an
American town is like a typhoid car
rier-he may never come down with
the disease OF disloyalty and intrigue
but he infects whole groups of other
men.
There is only one way to deal with
this matter-a central intelligence bu-
reau for aliens with two co-ordinated
services. An investigative service to
cover the destructive activities as
spies, plots, violations of laws. censor
ship and carrying out of official or
ders. This Is the repressive phase OF
the work.
Co-Orotndtton Neeoeo
Equally important must be the ac-
tive service to furnish information on
all matters connected with the war to
all aliens that need it to conserve in
dustry by directing the transfer of
aliens from war zones, by exchanging
men, by safeguarding products from
aliens in plants: to coordinate the
many enlistment decentralized enlist
ment appeals and plans for aliens, to
assist in the necessary adjustment
which bear so heavily on aliens as a
result Of the war, to direct the hun
dreds of Americanization movements
now under way and which could be-
come wonderful medium for inoculat,
ing loyalty and order. This is the con
structive preventive work.
IF this war continues we shall come
to central registry Of aliens, using our
postmasters as local registration
agents and prescribing rules and reg
ulations for removal without notice
and means Of identification. This is
a preventive, not regulative measure
and can be made the means of win
ming the confidence and support OF
aliens.
THE whole subject is now utterly
Gecentralized, neglected and disorgan-
lied.
1--WE are unprepared. On the alien
problem we have not acted. We have
not faced the facts or provided the
1ceans Of handling them. 1t is unfair
to the alien, unjust to the allies, un'
safe for America. We can make the
aliens in America a great force for or
der, loyalty, efficiency or they may pc
come a great medium for disorder, dis
LOYALTY and labor unrest and agitation
| The Federal government has the op-
portunity to make it the one or the
other"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-17
day with Martin Rodenberg and Mr..

day with Martin Rodenberg and Mr..
and Mrs. Forrest Allen at German
town =. w. H. Kinder Of Miamisburg.
Ohio, was here Sunday to see his son
Harry Kinder. !. 7. Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
lei Plankenhorn and son Orval, mot
ored through the eastern part of I'm
ion county Sunday and viewed the
damage done by the storm Friday
Eight. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fisher
and daughter Miss Darlie, motored to
Cumberland Sunday and spent the day
with DR.. and Mrs. Ambrose. Mr..
and Mrs. William Bertram and son
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-17
PHILOMATH

Samuel Fisher and daughter, Miss
Darlie, were business visitors in Lib
erty, Friday. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B.
McCashland were Brownsville callers
Saturday morning. !. Miss Okla Clev-
enger spent Tuesday night and We'd
nesday with Miss Darlie Fisher. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Rodenberg and
son Charles, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Rodenberg and son John, visited Sun
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visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Kinder. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
B. McCashland and daughter. Miss
Gertrude. picnicked near Glenwood
Sunday. :. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hendrix
and daughter Thelma, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Hendrix and
their guests Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-17

Richmond. -. Mrs. Raymond Kinder
spent Friday night with MT. ana MIS-.
Samuel Fisher and Dariie.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-12-28
S OuthW stern Towns and
Trading

The five southwestern states
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Lo-
uisiana and New Mexico had,
according to 1910 Federal Census
figures. a combined population Of
Dill. 1876.
Over 8, 900, 600 Southwestern-
ers approximately 80 per cent
lived in towns Of less than Is. 900
inhabitants, and in the rural dis
tricts.
Nearly "a per cent of the peo-
pie in the United States live in
towns Of less than $500 popula-
ton and in the country.
From these figures it is easy to
see that unless our small towns
and villages are prosperous the
country as a whole cannot posi-
bly, be in a healthy commercial
condition.
I'M fact, conditions in our small
towns and villages usually con-
stitute a reliable barometer for
registering business conditions
at large.
Agriculture and livestock fur
nish the bulk of the Southwest's
wealth, there being but compar-
atively little manufacturing in
this section. About 80 per cent
Of the producers of this wealth
live in and around our towns and
villages, consequently they are,
Dr. should be, deeply interested
in the growth of their home
towns" and communities.
AS practically all Southwestern
towns and villages are dependent
on retail business, the citizenship
of these towns and villages should
endeavor at all times to keep as
much locally produced wealth at
home as possible.
Your home merchants can
serve you to as good advantage
as those at a distance If you will
specify trade-marked-adyer
goods when making your pur-
chases.
investigation and comparison
will convince you that this class
OF merchandise invariably affords
better values for prices asked
than the non-standard variety.