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The Butler weekly times., 1917-04-19
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Double Branch Pick Ups.
Saturday

Another shower Saturday
night.
John Ferrell and family spent
Sunday at Geo. Bakers.
Mary Deems Sundayed with
Gladys and Joyce Ghere.
Alice Baker took Sunday din
ner with Annie Walters.
A little girl baby has come to
make her home with Mrs. Paul
Baker. Born Sunday, April 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. Jones and Mrs.
Smith were guests at the j. r.
Walters home last Wednesday.
r. L. Scifers, wife and daugh-
ter, Fern, spent Sunday at Lee
Scifers.
Some have their corn all plant
ed.
Mra Porter moved some Of her
things to her daughters, Mrs.
Charley Glen; where she will stay
until Jesse finds q location.
Delberts Requa, Geo. Jobe and
ECharley Baker hauled hogs to the
Butler market Monday.
8. @. Thomas and wife, Job
UtIey and wife were the guests Of
Ge6. Utley Sunday s
IA Hall md wife, Elmer Hall
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The Butler weekly times., 1917-04-19
Root Branch.

On the Welch Bros. land the
corn stalks are SO heavy the ten
ant has to harrow them down,
rake and burn them before he can
do a good job Of plowing.
The Black school house is
floating q nice 3x6 foot flag,
which draws the attention Of the
children and passersby.
w. C. Green hauled hay from
over south Friday with four
horses.
Mrs. J. S. Ison Of route G, visit-
ed her SON, Hige, Saturday snd
Sunday on route 1. 4
r. Burton found . fine yonng
mule in his pasture Sunday mcf1-
Homer Bartlett is feeding ! tine
fs rof hog f1r tie 20e market
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COW down. She was thin and she
fgot down in the pond. They
dragged her out but were not able
to get her up.
| J. E. Bartlett has just returned
from Kansas City where he was
looking after his $4,000 property,
which has been renting for $500
a year to a railroad man.
L. Turpin has built fine gar
age for, his auto. He lives on
route 8.
Mr.. Ira Smith is living in Tom
B. Welch s house and farming the
John Lanning farm on Root
Branch.
AT the school election at the
Fry school house a new house was
voted. This fall the old one will
be sold to the highest bidder in
work on the new one or they will
take the cash. No doubt the cash
will be the handiest.
Jim Smith, instead of going to
Oklahoma, moved back on his own
farm.
Homer Bartlett has a cheap Sec
ond hand buggy for sale.
Ihave some corn ground to rent
for this year for IL in the field.
Friday of last week it rained
mostly all day. 1t was just the
thing to please the farmers for
the pastures and small grain need
ed it and the ground was getting
too hard to plow.
Albert Argcnbright has five
fine pedigreed White Face males
for sale, young yearlings, at $50
each.
Ed Winters eight ewes brought
him IL lambs and all are now in
fine shape.
O. b. Thomas has built a nice
three room house near the Sum-
NIT church on G. Gilbert's farm
and has moved IN.
j. p. Conner is putting concrete
fence posts on his 144O acres,
which is known as the Fry Ranch.
The Black Sunday school is get
ting ready to be a big thing.
People are coming from miles
around and they have preaching
twice a day every two weeks.
= The $3.50 gold piece | found in
my yard turned out to be a beer
chip for five cents. It was so
badly worn that l had to take it
to a magnifying glass to tell
what it worth. 1t was none of
mine for | never owned such
piece. I'd go and trade it out but
l don t know where to go.
Geo. Kegerice's boys spent Sun
day playing with j. P. Connor's
boys
Some men from Kansas City
went down to Rockville last Tues
day to change their property for
Bates county land.
Schuyler 1son, formerly of
Western Bates, but now of Colo
RADIO met with quite an accident
while working in a cement plant.
He was running a wheel barrow
over trestle and board broke
and he got a fall of Is feet, break
ing two of his ribs and he was
badly bruised up. AS it happened
he fell between the two handles of
the wheelbarrow or it might have
killed him.
The children Of the Black school
had quite a chase after wild flow
ers Monday evening after school
hours.
Claud Green set a big stump. on
fire and it burned for nearly a
week. It burned eight feet down
the roots. You could almost put
a small house in the hole where
the stump stood.
NELS.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-04-19
Mulberry and Western Bates.

Ye pencil manipulation spent
four days last week in the Sun
flower State at Oskaloosa, where
ON Tuesday and "Wednesday ll7e
head Of the big Black and White
Holstein Friesian cattle were
sold. The top COW, Lady May
Hilton, No. S4 in the catalog, sold
for $1,000. This is the champion
cow of all breeds in the state of
Kansas, she had record OF
26.29 pounds Of butter in 7 days.
The top bull sold for $3.50. There
were buyers from New York to
Washington and North Dakota
to Texas. We sure had very
pleasant trip and are now booked
for sales in five states.
Mrs. j. Nj. Smalley is on the
sick list.
The Mulberry school will close
Friday of this week and the
teacher and pupils are practicing
for an entertainment to be given
Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fail and
daughter Doris, were guests at
the Claud Norwood home Satur-
day and Sunday.
Claud Norwood had a car Of
fat stock on the Kansas City mar
kct Thursday. He also bought
two cars of stoclers while in the
city Thursday.
MAKES A RECORD
George r. Bohlken, one of
Homer townships hustling young
farmers, sold a part Of his 1916
corn crop to f. A. Oline and on
Wednesday, April II, got a few
of his neighbors to help him haul
the same off in one days hauling.
His check was $59840 and last
year was short crop one.
DR.. j C. Sageser and Claud
Norwood made business tril to
Kansas City Saturday.
Bernie Bohlken, wife and
daughters, Minnie and Fannie, II.
X. Dykman, Frank Bohlken and
their families, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Bohlken were. guests at the John
Dykman home Sunday.
Bruno Mcints and family and
Miss Grace Lenerts visited at the
A. j. Mcints home Sunday.
Rev. Mrs. Cockrel of Kansas
City preached at the Mulberry
school house Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Weller of
Amoret We're callers at j. NJ.
Smallcy's Sunday.
Miss Mona Rowe, who has been
in Colorado for the past six weeks
came home Sunday
Mrs. August Drucker and son
visited Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Braden
Sunday.
Margaret Cooper of Drexel
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
parental Claude Cooper home.
Squire II. X. Dykman delivered
fat porkers in Amoret Monday.
Messrs. Luke G. and Ed Booi
of the Highland Park farm, were
callers at We pencil pusher S Sun
day. The Booi brothers are start
ing in the IIolstcin Friesian cat
tie business.
Miss Bessie Walker was a call
er at the j. II. Leiner home Mon
day.
BIRTHDAY SUPPER
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dykman
gave a supper in honor of their
daughter. Maggie's, eighteenth
birthday, Monday evening. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Bollken and sons, Will R., George
r., and Bert, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fl.
Lciner, Bernie and Frank BOIL
KEN Henry X. Dykman and A. j.
Meints and their families. The
evening was spent in playing
games. and at a late hour the
guests left for their homes wish
ing Maggie many happy returns
of the day.
H. J. Mayors new house will
soon he finished and when com
pleted will be one Of the finest
homes in Homer township.
Miss Tully Richardson Of Amo-
ret called on friends in this neigh
borhood Sunday evening.
RAMBLER.
Root Branch.
On the Welch Bros. land the
The Butler weekly times., 1917-04-19
Oak Grove Items.

Mr.. and Mrs. Pies Evans and
little son, Virgil, and M. N. Evans
and children spent Sunday at the
j. NJ. Evans home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everette Harvey
and children motored to Taber-
vile Sunday to visit Mrs. Har-
vey S parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Kretsinger
and children were the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Kretzinger
Sunday.
G. w. Keen was an Appleton
City visitor Friday.
Mrs. Clara Bachelor and
daughter, Nena ID. NJ. Cumpton
and c. G. Moore We're the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. g. Wilson
Thursday evening.
Maude kretzinger spent Satur-
day with Pearl Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. IS. l.. Keen and
mother, Mrs. f. j. Keen, called
at the G. w. Keen home one night
last week.
Mrs. Lon Foster and children
visited the Oak Grove school Fri
day afternoon.
Viola and Frances Evans spent
Saturday night with Lola Evans.
G. G. Moore spent Thursday
night at the G. G. Wilson home.
Mrs. Mert Shillinger and baby
called on Mrs. Frank Kretzinger
Friday evening.
w. G. Cumpton called at the
Mrs. Clara Bachelor home Sun
day afternoon.
G.. G. Moore spent Sunday in
Adrian visiting his sister, Miss
Fannie Moore. ,..F,sss
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh Brown
were the guests Of Mr. and Mfs
Clarence Raybohrne Friday even
ing.
Mrs. Jake Frey and Grandma
Frey called on Mrs. j d. Chit
wood Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Sargent
md son, 0len visited ct the Geo.
Sargent home last week.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-04-19

j. P. Conner Of route 8 signs
for The Times. Mr.. Conner has q
COW down. She was thin and she
got down in the pond. They
dragged her out but were not able
Evening star., 1917-01-18
DOUGHERTY FACES JURY
ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
Accused Of Having Caused Death OF
Granville Mills With
Blow Of Fist.

Harry Dougherty was placed on trial
today before Justice Gould and jury
in Criminal Division 1 to answer a
charge of manslaughter in causing the
death of Granville Mills August SO last
Dougherty struck Mills with his fist
in front of the home of the deceased
I'LL 5th street southeast.
Attorney NJ. Z. OBrien, for the de-
fense, told the jury he expected to
prove that Mills had spoken in a
derogatory manner of Dougherty'
wife, and that this had caused the blow
to be delivered.
Assistant United States Attorney Arth
conducted the prosecution.
Mrs. Annie Norbeck, who resides near
the scene of the tragedy, testified that
Mills was struck from the rear. Deputy
Coroner William B. Carr testified that
death was caused by a traumatic hem
orrhage at the base of the brain and
resulted from blow. He said that
Mills was suffering from hardening OF
the arteries and that very slight blow
might have resulted fatally.
Mrs. Granville Mills, the widow of
the victim, saw her husband fall in
a heap. she said. but did not see the
blow struck She said he was forty
eight years old.
Testimony for the defense Will be
heard tomorrow.
Evening star., 1917-01-18
CORCORAN GALLERY
AWARD IS PUZZLE
Public Still Wondering Why
Five Distinguished Artists
Chose Davies Painting.
TRIBUTE TO ITS TECHNIQUE

why did the artists give the first
prize % that picture?" This is the
question which has been repeatedly
asked since the decision of the Corcoran
Gallerys prize jury was announced
seven weeks ago. Within the last week
the public has had a chance to reverse
this decision and it has done so with
evident satisfaction. But still the
original question is unanswered. Why
did the artists, five competent and dis
tinCuished artists, elect Arthur b.
Davies painting for the first award
In the Corcoran Gallery's exhibition?
Probably if they themselves were
asked they would not be able to give d
satisfactory explanation.
They gave it because they thought it
the best picture entered in competition.
These men were painters, not writers
or teachers. but they We're perfectly
honest minded and they gave the first
honor to Il picture which no one of them
could have painted. or probably would
have painted if he could.
Joseph Penncll was overheard ad-
miring extravagantly certain picture
and layman ventured to approach
him and ask him what he saw in that
picture to admire. Mr.. Fennell's answer
was: IF you do not see il yourself, sir,
nothing that / could say to YOU would
make You see it," and he walked away
leaving the layman more mystified than
ever.
Evening star., 1917-01-18
Art and the Public.

To the Editor of The Star:
The art exhibit at the Corcoran Art
Gallery during the last four weeks and
the interest of the public in it are
most creditable to Washington. The
opinion of the public as to the merits
of individual pictures. shown by it's
vote, as given in your paper last even
ing, reveals, as you state, "the fact
that the art-loving public is both
large and discriminating" But, if that
be true, what can be said as to the
value of the decision awarding the
prizes made by the jury of professional l
artists. None of the four prize-takers
was approved by the public. And it
would be most interesting to know how
many votes, if any, were cast by the
public for that strange production of
Arthur B. Davies, entitled "Castalios,' -
to which the two-thousand-d dollar prize
and the gold medal were awarded. The
picture was confessedly to the great
mass of visitors to the gallery an OBJ
ject of ridicule and an unsolvable mys-
terry.
They could see in it no element of
beauty. 1t seemed to them to lack
even the rudiments of good drawing,
and to possess none of the destinations
of color, and, as a composition. to con-
vey no intelligible idea. The public
treated it much the same as it did the
exhibit of the cubists in New York,
as a huge joke, and in no sense an af-
fair of real art. The judgment of the
jury seemed a base travesty of justice.
Such result is most unfortunate in
it's influence on the general public and
tends to produce skepticism as to the
real merits of art. The feeling of the
people as to this matter was universal,
and SO openly manifested that it de-
serves general recognition. and the
suggestion is made that if an explana-
tion of the decision of the art jury
awarding the prize can be given in
way that can be comprehended by those
who are not trained artists themselves
most useful purpose would be
subserved if some competent person
would make it through the medium of
your paper, in order that general faith
in the merit of art may be restored and
genuine interest in the growth of art
encouraged CLARENCE :. JOY.
Evening star., 1917-01-18
Blind Eniov Play.

Twenty-Five blind men and women
were the guests of Manager Berger at
Polls Theater last evening for the
performance of Louisa Alcott's Little
Women" which in book form is one
of the publications provided for the
blind at the Library of Congress The
invitation was rendered through Miss
Eta Jocelyn Griffin. 1t was a treat
which the blind guests seemed to enjoy
and which they heartily applauded.
Evening star., 1917-01-18
Population of Brazil, 24,6oo, 900.

A new census of Brazil shows a pop
ulation of 24,60O.000, of whom more
than $4,000. 600 are listed as illiterate.
The figures reached here in consular
dispatches. They show that only eight
persons are found to the square mile.
Bra1irs territorial extent is equaled
only by four other countries-the
United States, China, Russia and Great
Britain with its colonies.
Evening star., 1917-01-18
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Evening star., 1917-01-18
Workmanship and Results.

The public has never cared to concern
itself with matters of process and there
is no reason why II should. But the
workman Will always be interested in the
way the work is done and when a decision
rs to merit is left to a group OF workmeu
St will be awarded for technical achieve
ment, for workmanship, and the public
will dispute the award. In the long run
it is the public that determines what art
shall survive, but il is the artists that
educate the public. Between the ques-
lions as to what is good and what is
Interesting there is everlasting conflict
and not until great results are attained
will discussion cease. over the archi-
lecture and sculpture of Greece and the
paintings of the renaissance in Italy and
Holland there is no discussion, no diff
ference OF opinion between artists and
laymen- But in matters concerning the
great mass of art currently produced
there will ever be between these two
classes misunderstanding. The artists
will quarrel with the public. the public
will differ with the artists, but each in
the end will help the other
Those who will go back and look again
will find that Arthur B. Davies prize
painting Is well composed, fine in color.
fndividualistic and imaginative-perhap
after all. not so unworthy of getting an
award 1t may also be worth noting that
three of the paintings which the public
preferred were not in the prize compe-
tition. LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star., 1917-01-18
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The Merit of True Art.

To the Editor OF The Star:
May have space in your columns for
Il few words of comment regarding the
exhibition of cotemporary American art
Evening star., 1917-01-18

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Evening star., 1917-01-18
Two Salient Factors.

There are two factors which enter
into the Judgment of a jury of artists
which the public does not take into
consideration. one is how picture is
painted-that is. the mere craftsman
ship. the technique-the other is what
the artist had in mind when he painted
the picture. Now. the public is merely
concerned with result. Here is imme
diately a difference in viewpoint. To
the public, Arthur B. Davies prize pic
ture appears to be but a childish imag-
lining. but back of this childishness the
artists saw a vivid and original imagi
nation. MIR. Davies had message, and
he delivered it in the simplest, but
most knowing manner possible. To
the artists this was intelligible: to the
public it was not. A novice may at
tempt to paint picture, and paint 1t
very badly-an artist. we'll trained and
skillful, may render subject as would
n child. and make it to other artists ac-
ceptable The one produces the effect
accidentally unskillfully: the other ar
rives at the result through purpose and
deliberate effort. To the fellow work
man this fact is an open secret, but
between the two kinds of production
the public does not discriminate.
At meeting of the College Art As
sociation held last year in Philadelphia
Arthur Wesley Dow, professor of art
at Columbia University. dealing with
the subject of Modernism in Art"
said Modernism has had the good
effect of arousing the anger of the
'complacent exponents of the thing that
is When modernist art is shown
Old Man Know-it-all denounces these
'fakirs,' freaks and 'queerists' with
their 'crazy-quilt' art. He calls this
the cult of 'crudity and ugliness' and
their canvases color puddles' of de-
lirious dyers.' The rebels strike back,
haunting academists with stand-patism
and asserting that art critics are use
less and harmful Imagination shall
not be chained they say. An adherent
of the old school entered well known
5th avenue gallery where were mod
ernist works. This is NOT art he
shouted to the owner of the gallery,
and l know something about art The
calm reply was: Your education is
finished; mine has just begun No
wonder that the public is mystified by
ali this. 1t will be some time before
the public so appreciates the spirit of
the serious modern work as to be able
to detect the false and the superficial"
Evening star., 1917-01-18
Mr.. Davies Not Modernist.

Concluding his address Mr.. Dow
warned his hearers that whereas mod
ern art had many good points which
he and others were willing. to accept
and welcome ii had some results which
could not be approved That it was
not altogether new and that it was
clumsily what had been done to per-
fection.
Arthur B. Davies is not to be classed
altogether with the modernists He is
not rebel. he is not defying tradition.
But he is working in way which is
essentially individual. He has rare
imagination and he is producing pic
lures of decorative quality. works a
art. The public may not like them and
yet the artists may know that art
they are good. 1t has been said that
the public saw in Mr.. Davies painting
mo element of beauty, that it seemed
to lack even the rudiment of good
drawing and possesses none of the fasci-
nation OF color and as a composition to
convey no intelligible idea, that the
public treated il much the same as it
did the exhibit of the cupists in New
York as a huge joke and in no sense
an affair of real art. the Judgment OF
the jury seeming base travesty OF
Justice" This was merely because the
public did not see in this picture what
the artists saw in it, that they were
looking for result ard the artists for
promise 1t should also be remembered
that the painters themselves are alert
for innovat tion, that there is no health
ier sign for art today than the eVl-
dence of dissatisfaction on the part OF
those who are producing
4 jury of artists which awarded q
prize to a picture which was painted
precisely in their own manner would
not give indication of a spirit Of prog
ress The tendency of tine time. more
over, is toward elimination. In jour
nalism this is eNemplified by the pres
ent excessive use of headlines; in paint
ing IL takes the form Of somewhat child
ish simplifieC, expression. Arthur b Da-
Nies' works are at one and the same time
childish and sophis ticated, his designs are
classical. his treatment naive
Evening star., 1917-01-18

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