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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
Oak Grove Items.

Mrs. Lee Reese spent Wednes da,
afternoon with Mrs. D. Vanhoy.
Mrs. Geo. Sargent and daughter
Thelma. were Appleton City visitor:
Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Gilmore ant
children spent Sunday with her moth.
er, Mrs. Lawson.
Chas. Ewin and family spent Sat.
urday evening at the J. E. Newberry
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Smell and
children spent Sunday at the Tom
Chitwood home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Odneal were
entertained at the James Harvey
home Sunday.
Mrs.~Geo. Keen and daughter, Nina,
were the guests of Mrs. Geo. Sar-
gent and daughter. Thelma, Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Fayette Keen spent Saturday
night with her sister. Mrs. Len
Davis. :;
Mr.. and Mrs. Merl Sargent were
guests at the Geo. Sargent home Fri
day night
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Hayes en-
tertaiped the following Sunday after
noon: Mr.. and Mrs. Mart Butler,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Mckinley, Misses
Minnie and Rena Warns, Messrs. Geo.
Sargent. Hilton Wix and Clarence
Warns.
There will be Children's exercises
at Pleasant Home Sunday morning.
Mrs. Clara Bachelor and daughter,
Nena. and D. NJ. Cumpton spent Fri
day at the w. G.. Cumpton home.
Mr.. and Mrs A. T. Keen. Mr. and
Mrs. Fayette Keen and mother called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Keen Sunday
evening. PANS4.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14

for anything old and everything new)
Send the names Of your friends VINO
might be interested in organizing
committees.
At the meeting Wednesday Mrs. w.
D. Stanley was elected chairman and
Mrs. E. B. Silvers, secretary and
treasurer.
Mrs. W. F. Duvall, Mrs. T. J. Day
and Mrs. Sam w. Davis were appoint
ed to secure room suitable for head
quarters. The committee is at work,
and within a few days everything will
ts in readiness.
Some twenty-five or thirty ladies
gave their names as members. It Is
expected that Butler will have a large
committee, SO large that it will have
to be divided into groups. There Is
work for every woman, and when
there is a full understanding Of the
work much of it can be done at home.
The work Of the Butler Committee
will be kept before the public through
the papers. Donations mentioned in
this article will be gladly received by
the president, or by Mrs. VIM. E. Wal
ton, who is the instigator of the move
ment here and who kindly made the
first donation of $1,000 worth Of ma.
terial to the organization.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
Mt. Carmel News.

Mrs. Orland Eggleson and daugh-
ter, Anna Laura, of Butler, spent
last week visiting with her sister,
Mrs. w. E. Osborne and sister-in-
law, Mrs. c. G. Porter, and their fam
lilies.
Mr.. J. E.. Leonard, who had his lett
leg broken jim February, was able to
spend Sunday with his daughter, Mrs.
J. F. McKissick and family, near Lost
Corner school house. We are GER
tainly glad to know that he can get
around on crutches some now.
Robert Osborne of St. Paul, Mimi.
who is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Y. Osborne, in. Butler,
spent a few days the later part of the
week with his brothers. w. E. and T.
H. Osborne.
Mrs. Clyde Welliver and children
OF east of Butler spent Saturday night
and Sunday with J. c. eWelliyer and
family. Clyde came over Sunday.
Miss Edna Fleming, who has been
in lola, Kansas. for some time, came
home Saturday on account of her
mother being sick.
Several from our neighborhood at
tended the funeral of Miss Cora
Drysdale in Butler Monday.
Bill Armstrong commenced work
ing for Joe Fleming Monday morn
ing.
Lee NJ. Hardinger had the misfor-
tune of getting his best mare badly
cut on the wire one night last week.
The Charlotte Township Sunday
School Convention will be held at
the Christian church in Virginia July
IS, 1917. The program will be print
ed later.
Mr. and Mrs. w. NJ. Hardinger and
daughter, Ruth, spent Tuesday with
Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Crosswhite in
Rich Hill. UNCLE HENRY.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
Summit Happenings.

Several from these parts attended
Children's exercises at Salem Sun
day. Some of the Salem boys piloted
the way.
Miss Kitty Steele and Mrs. Guyton
were callers at the Sturgeon home
Sunday afternoon.
Sunday school opened up at the
Herrell Sunday with very good at
tendance. The time is 10 o'clock.
John Beaman and Ernest Black
and family were visitors at John
Hines Sunday.
Mrs. Gordon Barnett is visiting
her parents and other relatives.
Miss Adamson of Montrose is max
ing her sister, Mrs. Frank Holland,
a visit.
Miss Selma Newton will leave soon
for a visit to her aunt in Oklahoma
and friends in Kansas.
Those who have cherries and straw
berries are quite busy.
Oats and wheat are looking fine.
The corn has most all been plowed
the second time and is looking very
we'll.
Golladay brothers have sick
mule.
Mr.. Frank Clark and two children
have returned from Indiana. The
children will make their homes here
with their mothers people. Martin
Howard and wife. and Mrs. Joe
Wright
The township Sunday school con-
vention will be held at Black school
house the first Sunday in July at
ago o'clock. A good program is be-
Jag prepared.
Mrs. Ray Argenbright attended the
reception given at Mrs. Frank Al
lens for Mrs. Frank Norton Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Newton and daughters spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Welton.
SUNSHINE.
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Virgins. -

The ChiIdrens Day exercise at the
NJ. L, church Sunday were exception
ally we'll rendered and a large crowd
was in attendance. The drill by the
sixteen young ladies was especially
praised by all. Rev. F. E.. Hughes
gave very effectively as solo,"He
Lifted Me-"
T.. S. Harper's children are under
dergoing an attack of measles.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cochran, at
Seattle, Washington, are visiting with
his brother Wade Cochran.
Homer Terry of Waterloo, Iowa,
arrived one day last week for few
days visit with his mother, Mrs.
Grant Garner.
Born, Friday, June 9, to n r. and
Mrs. Ernest nighttime. girl.
John Duvall, of Adrian, attended
League Sunday night.
Rev. Spencer, of Amoret, preached
good sermon at the M. f. church
Sunday night
Ivan Deffenbaugh, of Butler, made
his regular visit to c. f. Robbins
Sunday.
f. T. Burgess children have recently
recovered from the mumps
Mr.. Sherman. of Breckenridge, Mo-,
visited few days last week at the
w. w. Park home.
Miss Agnes Wilson, of Adrian,
spent Sunday with Miss Emma PAIL
man.
Miss Icy Jenkins was leader at the
league Sunday evening. The topic
was THE High Grace of Loyalty
Several interesting points were
brought out in the discussion.
Roy Sheslcr, who is teacher in the
Manual Training school at Forest
City, Iowa, is visiting at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Shesler.
Born to Mrs and Mrs Frank Old
ham, boy, to whom the name,
William Franklin. has been given.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. Z. church
will serve an ice cream supper at
Virginia next Thursday night, June II.
The Commercial Club of Butler will
be there and render program.
Everybody is invited to come.
David Thompson and James Argen-
bright, of Butler. were in this vicin-
ity Sunday.
The w. {. T. U. was postponed
last week from Thursday afternoon to
afternoon, when it was to
be- held at the Christian church.
fhe topic for the League next
Sunday will be Students Recognition
Night, Prov. 1927; 9:9-I2; Kings
s:4-5. The meeting will be led by the
Will Englehart. Il
The w. {. T. u. will meet on
Thursday. June 81, at the home OF
Mrs. Burk. All who can are urged |
to be present at this meeting. Each
one is requested to bring roll OF
or scraps, and sissors, with
which to make pillows for the sold
iers in the trenches. Every one who
is eager. to do his small part toward
helping relieve those in the trenches
can render no greater service to them
for these pillows are badly needed.
0.
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Fair Mount News.

Warm weather is here now. Shoe
fly, don't bother now.
Miss Lydia Rapp and Ida Schenkel
visited Sunday with their dear friend
Lena Bohm.
Mrs. Fred Schmidt and Mrs. Char.
ley Fix are having dental work done
at Schell City.
Nick Rapp and son, Alfred. called
at the Lewis Fleischer home Sunday
afternoon.
Frank and c. NJ. Rapp and SON
Amos, motored to Rich Hill on spe-
cial business Sunday.
Mrs. Ahn Vogt of Schell City
spent the past week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fred Schmidt, and other
friends and relatives.
.Hilda Rapp took Sunday dinner
with her friend, Hulda Holliger
Nettie. Schellman entertained at din
ner Sunday her friends Miss Ella
Bolte and Clara Fischer.
Mrs. Martin Rapp and children and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquardt spent
the day last Wednesday with Nick
Rapp and family.
Children's Day was held in the
Prairie City park Sunday afternoon.
A very large crowd was present to
hear the exercises of the children,
which were very good.
Mrs. Frank Rapp called on Mrs.
William Bolte last Wednesday.
Reinhold Yoss dined with Otto
Yoss Sunday.
Nora and Johnnie Rapp, Marie
Schoeck and Henry Rapp took din
ner Sunday with John Marquardt and
wife.
Mrs. Henry Coopman of near Pitts
burg, Kansas, arrived last Thursday
to be at the bedside of her mother,
Mrs. Gotlob Holliger, who is very
poorly with a cancer.
Miss Nora Rapp and Marie Schoeck
spent several days last week with
Mrs. John Marquardt.
c. n. Rapp motored to Appleton
City Monday afternoon.
About twelve ministers are here
having conference at the Evangelical
Luthera1 church in Prairie City.
Arthur Bolte and Paul Fleischef
nade : husiness trip to- Rockville
Sunday. RklSClLLA.
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List of Letters

Remaining uncalled for in the post
office at Butler, Mo-, for the week
ending June II, 1917:
Earl Cannon, Burden Davis, ]. M.
Edwards, w. G. Hogue, w. H. Moles
(a), B. A. Ransberg, P. S. Shelton,
Jesse Walker, Mrs. Frank Beploy,
Miss Blanche Chane. Mrs. w. E..
Jackson, Mrs. Leathie Walden, Mrs.
Armintha White.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter office June z6. 1917, if not
delivered before. In calling for the
ehope please say Advertised NV
~ daae az LET.
]. Z Williams, Postmaster.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
OIL MAKES BEST ROADS
State Highway Secretary Says Ma
cadam Will Not Do.

In recent address at Warrens-
burg. A. c. Mckibben, Secretary OF
the State Highway Commission ad-
vanced startling ideas upon the sub
ject of modern highways:
He recently returned from Wash
ington, where he had his information
first hand, and it may be considered
authoritative He intimated that the
federal experts had changed their
views as to the best highways ma
terially and that rock roads are no
longer demanded. He declared that it
would be waste of money in John
son county to build macadam roads,
and added that Secretary Houston. of
the Agricultural department had
told him that earth roads, properly
graded and with approved culverts
and bridges, may properly come in
for Federal aid.
In the place of rock roads, Mr.. Nc
Kibben recommended proper grading.
then thorough rolling, then coat of
oil, and on the oil a thin coat of
limestone screenings, which the oil
will hold In place. 1t was inferred
that this specification is about to be
recommended nationwide to sup
plant rock road building; that oil COW
cred with not more than half an inch
of screenings is found to be as eff
cient as a rock road and far cheaper.
On ordinary roads, he added, a
coat of oil will serve every purpose,
and will bring some State and Fed
eral assistance. the government pay
ing ten per- cent of the oiling cost
and more than that for the permanent
bridges and culverts.
According to the Warrensburg
Star Journal Secretary McKibben's
statement that Federal aid can only
be secured for work hereafter done,
caused great disappointment in John
son county, for that county is admit
teddy far in the lead of many of her
neighbors in the building of perma-
nent beidges and culverts, having
carried on a comprehensive program
in this direction for many years. The
extending Of Federal aid to laggard
counties and Withholding it from
which have 90 well carried
out their work, looks like penalizing
enterprise bat that q the ruling and
il must stsnd. He estimated that
roads smootked qps pilkd a1d 6raveled
uusuld eqlt fpqpstG t46oo perl
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE
Branch Organized in Butler Wednes-
day, June 6.
The meeting held at the Presby.
terrain Cottage Wednesday afternoon
to allow the women of Butler to meet
Miss Dickinson of the National Surgi-
cal Dressings Committee was we'll at
tended, and the ladies listened atten-
lively for nearly two hours as she ex-
planned the work which is now car
ried on in hundreds of towns and
cities, with headquarters for the
United States at 299 Fifth Avenue,
New York.
Below is given a short history of
the needs of the organization, as out
lined by Miss Dickinson: -.
The National Surgical Dressings
Committee Of America was organized
in October, 1914. This committee Is q
volunteer War Relief Organization
engaged in the making Of variety of
surgical dressings out Of old and new
materials which are shipped to-
Europe for free distribution among
the hospitals. It aims to be the
medium through which generous and
sympathetic Americans who are de-
sirous of giving their time and money
for alleviating the sufferings of the
wounded, can make and send Surgical
Dressings to the hospitals in the War
Zone, many of which have not the
barest necessities for caring for the
sick.
The Committee has successfully
striven to maintain two principles
first the real spirit Of service, and Sec
ond economy in administration with
no executive or overhead expenses.
From the beginning all money donat-
ed to the National Committee has
been used to purchase the actual ma
terials for the dressings. No execu-
tive salaries are paid-all rent, equip
ment, packing, and shipping factli-
ties, ETC., have been donated.
The National work is organized un-
der state chairmen whose duty it is
to start subcommittee In all cities
and towns throughout their respective
states. The National Committee well
comes the names Of people who might
be Interested in forming committees.
Each subcommittee ships to Head
quarters for .reforwarding to Europe.
The distribution Of supplies IN
Europe is equally we'll organised.
Bureaux run by voluntary committees
are established IN Paris and Bordeaux
for France and Belgium, in London
for England. the English front IN
Flanders and France. Servia, Saloni-
IN, ETC., and in Rome for Italy. Prom
inspt surseons Of Al countries have
approval Of the types Of
dressings supplied, Each hospital is1
served on reQuisition from the near.
EFT bureau without delay or duplicar
ton. Dressinsy are stsrilised before
shipment, II necessary. Over Iso0
hospitals are served on the continent.
and over 100000 dressings have
been shipped to them. The Commit
tee IL onicially recognised In al co1n-
tries where It operates. /
1. Old Materials Linen and cot
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14

The making of paste from flour for
wall paper or bill posting is now pro-
hibited in England. The repapering
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14

OF walls is not a domestic enterprise
of 4 patriotic character, according to
an official announcement.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-22
AUTO BANDITS AND
 MORALES ROBBERS
 BELIEVED THE SAME

That the highwaymen who forced Tom Irving to turn over his automo- bile at the point of a gun had to do with the robbery of the Nogales GUS toms house ten days ago lis the belief of the sheriff's office, which for the past few days has had deputies fine combing the hills of Maricopa and Yavapai counties for the bold bandits.
 The local officers were compelled to give up the chase yesterday after series of tire troubles. They had made steady gain on the robbers, and when almost certain of victory had to abandon their plan and return to the city. The Yavapai deputies were notl- fled, however, and began the search where the Maricopa officers left off, with the hope of taking the desperadoes into custody before another "A hours. They are confident that the men they are seeking are in this state.
 The authorities believe that the Mex jeans who rented the car from young Irving, who drove them towards Cave Creek Sunday night, are from Nogales. They feel certain they were among the employees reported missing after the custom house was learned to have been robbed of s60,000.
 Five men are believed to have been connected with the crime, three or whom have been arrested in Tucson. The other two are supposed to have come to Phoenix, where they rented care for hire. After driving five miles the other side of Cave Creek, they held up the driver and compelled him to give up the car and walk back to town. It was hours later before the matter reached the sheriff's office and deputies put on the trail. Deputies Harry De Winton and Charles NafZinger, Vernon Culp of the city police and young lrv- ing started in pursuit. They traced the bandits as far as Jerome, where they gave up the search.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-22
JOSEPH COPE AND TEXAN KILLED
 WHEN AUTO AND SANTAFE TRAIN CRASH AT S|X POINTS CROSSING

machine and heard the warning blasts from the engine. He heard the inn pact and turned in time to see a great cloud of dust which completely obscured the wrecked automobile from view
 The train came to a quick stop and the crew and passengers were quickly at the side of Cope and Hysaw. The former was placed in the automobile of Sid Henry who was about to start for the hospital when it was observed that MT. Cope had breathed his last.
 Charles Pope took Hysaw in his auto mobile and made a quick run to the
 hospital Fifteen minutes after being received there, MT. Hysaw died. Both bodies were removed to the J. T. Whitney undertaking parlors and Coroner Charles De Sales Wheeler
 notified.
 A jury was impaneled, consisting of
 Walter Hayt, foreman; Lasker Wise
 E. c. Stults, M. F. Whitlaw, Elmer F.
 Williams and Benjamin A Funk
 These, together with Coroner Wheeler
 visited the scene of the accident and yesterday afternoon listened to the evidence of nine witnesses. After short deliberation a verdict that said deaths were the result of being struck
 by Santa Fe passenger train at Six Points" was returned
 Word was at once sent to the widow of Mr. Cope, who with their niece, Miss
 Genevieve Cope, were at Long Beach
 They are expected home today when
 funeral arrangements will be made son of MT. Hysaw was also reached
 by wire and he and a daughter are , also expected to arrive here today tc accompany the remains of their fath- CT back to Texas.
 Joseph Cope came to this city from Illinois over quarter of a century ago. He engaged in mining ventures and at one time was the principa1 l owner of the Magma mine, selling his
 interest for a large sum. He was heavily interested at the time of his
 death in city and valley properties and was a member of the Valley Realty and Trust company For sev- eral years he had been associated with Fred Tait in the operation of alfalfa
 and grain ranches. He was a veteran Of the Civil war and was about 70 years old
 George w. Hysaw was prominent ir Texas, for. several years being in the employ of the Texas and Pacific rail- 
 road as foreman of the Big Springs yards. Later he became interested in properties in the vicinity of Maria tc which town he moved his residence Besides his wife he leaves several sons ana daughters, at least two of his sons being now in the military service
 or their country. He was about S? years old and member of the Maria
 Masonic lodge
 At the inquest held yesterday after noon there was no evidence brought | out which could be construed as ir any way placing the blame for the
 accident upon the crew of the trair
 which struck the machine Everythine
 tended to show that Engineer Miller
 did all within human power to avoi6
 the Impact. Passengers, as well as eye I witnesses said that warning blast.
 had been sounded on the whistle ant
 that the emergency brakes were ap- piled as claimed by Miller. At tn,
Arizona republican., 1917-08-22

Joseph Cope vice chairman of the first city commission, member of the Valley Realty and Trust company, and one of the best-known and best liked citizens of this city met almost instant death, and George w. Hysaw, a prominent business man and lodge member of Maria, Texas, died a few minutes after being taken to St Josephs hospital, as a result of in- juries received when a big sixcylin- der automobile driven by MT. Cope was struck by a Santa F'e passenger train at the Six Points crossing at 10:50 o'clock yesterday morning. Both men were thrown several feet from the wrecked automobile and each sus- tained fractured skulls, directly re- sponsible for their deaths.
 Whether MT Cope, who was driving, was aware of the approach of the train and expected that he would be able to cross the track ahead of the engine, or whether his motor stalled when the machine had reached the track, will never be known. Wit nesses say that the automobile was sauarely in the center of the track when it was struck and hurled forty feet landing upright and clear of the track It was still in high gear.
 w. s. Miller, engineer of the Cali fornia train, which was running Sev eral hours late, said that he saw the automobile while it was still on Grand avenue and before it had made the turn to cross the track to the Christy road. He had already sounded his regular crossing blasts on the whistle and had slowed down for the crossing. An instant later he saw the machine olr how aria of blasts on the whistle, at the same time applying the emergency brakes. In this latter operation such force was employed that passengers in the coaches were thrown from their seats.
 MT. Hysaw had come to Phoenix about one week ago and had been the guest of Judge A S. Hawkins at the Hawkins home, 1920 West Washington street, since that tin.. He had evinced a great interest in the Salt River valley and had contem- plated investing in a stock ranch. On several occasions previous to yes- terday he had been taken about the valley by MT. Cope, who had shown him various ranches and properties which were for sale.
 Monday evening MT. Cope extended an invitation to MT. Hysaw and Judge
  CT trip. Mir. Cope intending to visit the West. End schoolhouse and cast his vote in the Water Users associa- tion election Judge Hawkins, as well as MT. Hysaw, accepted the invitation, but at the last moment was obliged to give up making the trip. To this Judge Hawkins owes his life.
 Mir. Cope and Mir. Hysaw started from town about 10:30 o'clock and proceeded out Grand avenue. Those who saw the machine before the acci- dent say that it was being driven rapidly. J. M Massey, a carpenter who was engaged upon building at Six Points, saw the machine driven upon the tracks, observed the ap- preach of the train and witnessed the impact of the engine against the automobile. w. M. Tossing, a ranch CT living on the Christy Road, saw the train just before it struck the
Arizona republican., 1917-08-22

 Hrawn, a lawyer was employed and after three days the lawyer returned with four closely typewritten pages of legal matter pertaining to the case. It was pronounced by all who read it to be a masterpiece of legal literature, but only the word in compatibility" was photographed. Be- ban and his company had a great deal of fun picturing the lawyer pac- ing the floor dictating this legal doc ument and when he requested a pri- vate running for the benefit of some of his friends whom he had told of this masterpiece he was granted the nrivi'ego. When only the word ''incompatibility" was shown on the SC. eel. they all had a good laugh at the attorneys expense. But when the attorney presented bill for s12.OO the laugh was turned on the con- pany.