The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-04-19
Root Branch.


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signs for The Times
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route s, signs for The Tim
I Farmers, when you al IL
Butler, don Y let your dbl I'M
you. The marshal shot twS ss
the other day when / was m 1S|I d.
Glen Maloney has movS 70
Adrian No., and is going f6 Z III
in blacksmith shop as sr.
Glen is No. l hand at any Ming
he goes at. sss
w. A. Groutsch moves hispaper
up a year. He runs the Star ak-
cry on the south side IL the
square.
! Uncle Ira Wiser says when his
age is called to protect the Union
flag he will be ready to go.to war.
But he don t like the idea offight-
ing in the ocean for he can't swim
like he could when he was aboy
and says his father was in the war
[3 1-2 years and he and his boys
are Just as gritty as his father.
Roy Burk loaded his car for
Hardin, Montana, and pulled out
of Butler Friday night Of last
week.
If you want to look at a good
horse and jack, just take look at
Jas. R. Welch's, three miles east
and IL mile south of Butler. They
are high lockers.
Charley Potter has been work
ing for j. p. Ellington for 20 years
and this spring Mr.. Potter has
gone to work for himself and says
if he can make Pink money he can
make some for Potter.
Our road boss, Mr.. Claud Green,
has completed the new bridge on
Mound Branch, IL mile south of
the Summit road and has begun
tearing the bluff down at the new
bridge on Root Branch, 3 miles
east of Butler and l IL miles
south of the Summit road.
Lige lson is farming some of the
Welch Bros. land this year. Mr..
Ison is a worker. He is in the
field early and late.
Beno, the devil type setter in
The Times office, says he has lost
no war and is looking for any
thing else but war. He says to me,
Nels, you know am always
peaceable.
The roads have been the finest
this winter that | ever saw, if ]
can remember right.
Jack Skaggs hauled big load
of shelled corn from Butler the
other day.
Seth nighttime hauled a load Of
pine lumber from Butler Friday.
If you want to keep posted on
the war just sign for The Butler
Times. take subscrip-
tons and make some collections.
The Times office in Butler
looks lonesome without Cap. John
son at his desk, as he has been
there for years and was much
liked by all who made his acquain-
lance. Mr.. johnson is sick and
has not been able to be at his desk
for some time. We hope he will
again be at his post soon, as usual.
Lee Ison and wife, Ernest
Price and wife spent Easter Sun
lay with Lige Ison and family.
Mr.. Ed Winters gave fine din
1er to quite number Of his
friends Easter Sunday. HI
w. O. Morrison of near Corn L
and was at Mr.. Payton Burton 's
md spent the night. Mr.. Morri-
ION was looking for new milk
low.
VIM. Burton and Aunt Rebeccal
Burton spent the day with LigeI
son one day last week.
Albert Argenbright dehorned
10 head Of white face cattle Mop-
lay.
Ray Argenbright, our new as-
essor has his corn about planted.
Then suppose he will be around
o assess us g1I
Mr.. Lige fson has 10 acres of
'orll planted. liz
Emmet Black had q sheep killed
" wolves Sunday. ~H
Ira Wiser has q IL year old boylf
lie sends 2 miles away with threeH
lorses to farm by himself. III
Miss Dorothy Angle is gettinel