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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-31

work is of such character as to make
| them of more value at home. In the
same way an employer can ask for
exemption of men in his employ
| whom he believes are more necessary
to the we'll being. of the Nation at
home than they are for service in the
army. 1t will be for the board to
weigh the evidence and decide the
question. .,
The exemption regulations will not
be promulgated until after June S,
the registration day, SO as to cause
no confusion about registration.
The War Department has not yet
decided whether to stop volunteering
upon registration day, June S, as has
been considered, and fill the regular
units up by draft, but it was believed
volunteering would be permitted to
continue at least until the exemption
regulations had been formulated and
the actual process of drafting the
men some time in the middle Of the
summer, invoked.
Enlistment in the national guard
since the lid has been taken off re-
cruiting up to war strength has
shown loss rather than an increase
in the guard total in the last ten
days. This largely has ben due to
married men being let out Of guard
regiments and to the loss of 3o33
men and officers in Ohio regiments
where there was reorganization.
In most states, guardsmen with de-
pendents have all been dropped so
that steady gain can now be ex-
pected
The national guard in federal SER
vice now totals 3,I84 officers and g.
500 men. or only one-third of the
present guard strength.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-31
Farm Loans.

We have made arrangement
whereby we can make loans on farms
in Bates county. Mo-, on the Rural
Credit plan.
No red tape or delays, it is not
placed on the market, but is held by
the same party until paid off You
always know where to find the hold
er who is ever ready to extend All
reasonable favors and continue you
as permanent customer. Prepay
ment privileges are incorporated in
the papers. This plan of borrowing
will save you money.
Come and see us, call US or write
and we will be pleased to explain in
full this plan of loans.
Canterburys.
goat Butler. Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-31
School Of Instruction Tor Registrars.

School Of Instruction for Resisnars.
A school Of instruction for regis
trars appointed for June S for Bates
County will be held in Butler in the
Probate Court room next Saturday,
June ?. at two o'clock in the after
noon.
Judge Carl J. Henry will explain
the requirements of the Presidents
proclamation and the duties of regis
trars. Sheriff ]. w. Baker, a. execu-
tive officer Of the Registration BOARD
has arranged this meeting and re-
quests al registrars to be present, If
possible. At least the chief registrar
Of each precinct should attend. The
inlsfSpctinn It this meeting win avoid
yp6eh rosible cosfnsion q the day.
- ~ Mica. Esch fsGl1tfar
St6nla he his se1x r 8 IT,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
Carley and Whitcomb

Orn jackson was in Whitcomb on
Tuesday on business. Mr.. Shuman
returned home with him and expects
to spend the winter on the Jackson
ranch.
Mary Carlcy spent Tuesday night
with Frenna Dority.
Mrs. Dority entertained number
of friends at cards Tuesday nights.
lIHonors went to Mr.. Williams.
Three carloads of young people
from Alderdale motored to Whitcomb
Wednesday night to attend the Hal
|lowe'en party at the school house.
Miss Lindblad spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents near Six
Prong.
A crowd of Whitcombites motored
to Alderdale Friday night to attend
a "weenie" roast given by the Ep-
Epworth League. A fine time is re-
ported.
F. L. Bass and w. L. McCauslin
shipped carload of cattle to Port
land markets Monday.
Mr.. McCauslin, of Walla Walla was
in Whitcomb Sunday and Monday on
business.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
BEWARE THE CLOSED MIND.
Keep Always In Touch With New Ideas
and New Methods.

Il
| and New Methods.
Senator Lodge in ,sn address deliver.
ed at the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology coined remarkable phrase
In warning the students to beware OF
the closed mind" gentle reproof of
the cocksureness Of the newly gradu.
ated. Senator Lodge said:
Beware Of the closed mind. This
sounds like paradox when addressed
to young men, yet it will, I think, bear
examination. 1t is a truism to say that
the danger Of maturity, and especially
Of age. is the closing Of the mind to
new ideas. Habit, most powerful of
Influences, hard experience. the very
passage Of the years, all alike tend to
stinfen the muscles and to harden the
arteries of the mind as they do those of
the body. 1t is a misfortune with
which advancing age must struggle.
and the effort is severe and too often
either neglected or fruitless.
But the same peril besets youth, al
though not for the same reason. The
great mass Of young men go forth from
our universities, our Institutes and
schools, prepared to learn and eager
for the knowledge which experience
alone can bring. Yet the disease Of the
closed mind turks all about them and,
curiously enough, is most likely to af
feet the cleverest, the ablest and the
most ambitious. This comes from
their very talents. from the high conf
dence which youth ought always to
have, and from the somewhat hasty
conclusion that because they have
thought for themselves nobody else has
performed the same feat before.
at is well to remember that the very
greatest men died learning. like Bacon
and Pasteur The greatest benefac-
lions to humanity. the greatest services
to human thought, have not all been
bestowed or rendered by men under
twenty-five or even under forty years
Of age, fact sometimes worthy Of re-
membrance. Do not, then, fall victims
to overconfidence and close your mind.
The Injunction is as important for
youth as for age-easy of attainment
for the former, difficult for the latter,
possible for both. The past and the
present, youth and age, new and old,
all have their place In the sun; all are
needed for the widest learning, for the
highest achievement, for the best de-
yelopment of mankind"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
NOTES FROM HOVER

l.. j. Dimick met with a serious &C
fcident last Friday, while in Sunnyside
He had taken his car thtre to have i,
repaired and was just going TO star,
for home, when he had the misfor.
tune to break his arm, in the attempt
to crank his car. He returned home
Saturday, leaving his car in Sunny.
side until later.
Mr.. Locks, S., p. & s. auditor, was
in town on business last Thursday and
Friday.
Miss Jellum, district home demon.
stration agent for the u. S. depart
ment of agriculture, met with the la
dies of Hover Wednesday afternoon
and gave short talk and came again
on Friday end demonstrated the diff
ferent uses and ways of preparing
cottage cheese.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans were Kenne-
wick visitors last Wednesday.
The children of the primary room
entertained few Of their little
friends who do not attend school last
Wednesday afternoon. The room was
made very pretty by the decorations
for Halloween. A short program was
rendered, after which Mrs. johnson.
their teacher, had a treat for all the
children present.
About dozen Hover men attended
the watcrusers' meeting last Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. E. 7. Cushman and son re-
turned last Wednesday from a ten
days visit with relatives in Spokane.
s. Moore Joined the U. S. Str. UNA
tilla crew last Friday.
"r. Eakin, of Seattle, was in town
last Wednesday and Thu, sday, looking
after his property here.
John Burns, of Portland, arrived
Saturday to take the position as deck
boy on the Str, Umatilla.
John Tiede returned Sunday from
business trip to Spokane and vicinity.
Mr.. Dobbins, of Horse Heaven, was
in town a few hours Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. belong, of Wallula,
spent Sunday afternoon in Hover.
The young people of Hover enjoyed
an old-fashioned taffy pull at the
school house Wednesday evening.
About twenty-five were present and
all report a jolly time.
Mrs. Killion and daughter, Of
Grandvicw, visited few days last
week at the home Of her brother, II. |
w. Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams and children,
former residents of Hover, arrived
last Friday to make their home on
the Dornberg ranch.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
FINLEY NEWS NOTES

Mrs. G. w. Baker, Of Fairfield, Ida.
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. L. F
Pearce, a few days last week. She
was accompanied by her two children
DR.. Royal Bisby, of Spokane, visit
ed at the E. C. Morton home this week
while here on business.
The harvest home dinner given Sat
urday at the schoolhouse was we'll at
tended. It proved to be one of the
finest dinners we have had in our
neighborhood for long time, and one
of the most enjoyable days for every
one attending.
Mrs. N. C. Bowles, who has been
visiting for the past month in Mime
sofa and other central states, return
ed home Saturday, very glad to get
back from the cold, wintry states, to
the sunshine of the Finley valley.
Miss Leona Parkinson is quite sick
this week. She has typhoid fever
again.
We are glad to learn that Mrs.
Sarah Tyacke, who has been quite ill
at the home of her daughter, is feel
ing much better this week.
Two more Fords running around
thru Finley. H. w. Johnson and Chas.
E. Robinson are the owners.
Mrs. Geo. Finley of Kennewick, was
Finley visitor Sunday.
Mr.. McCutcheon and family arriv-
ed Wednesday from Seattle to make
their home in our midst. We UNDER
stand they will live in what is known
as the Bailey house.
The young people of the valley are
giving al entertainment at the hall
Friday night of next week. They have
given good deal of time to the pre-
paration and we know it will be worth
your TINE and money.
Mrs. Lamont Smith, who has been
here visiting her husband, left Non
day for their home in Cheney.
Mrs. Earl Scott, who has been sray-
ing with her sister, Mrs. E. M. An
CELL, left Friday night for Fl. Candy,
to make her husband visit. Mr..
Scott belongs to the Oregon Coast
Guard, which is stationed at Fort
Candy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
EAST KENNEWICK

Mrs. G. w. Rupp is enjoying few
days visit from her father, Mr.. Odin
of Connell.
Mrs. E. Mouda and children spent
Sunday at the H. E. Hunt home.
Royston Spaulding left Monday for
Camp Lewis.
Mrs. L. j. Shelter, of Eureka Flats,
visited the latter part of the week at
the H. E. Hunt home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. PEBBLES visited
Sunday at the Kinkaid home in Horse
Heaven.
Mrs. Halterman left Wednesday for
an extended visit with her son in Wal
Ia Walla.
Ed. Crangle left Wednesday for Sc
attic, where he will spend the winter.
j. s. Butler and son Vern motored
down from Dayton Wednesday in
their Chevrolet to visit at the /. N.
Newkirk home.
Miss Edith Crangle went to Spo-
kane the first of the week to consult
an occulist in regard to her eyes.
Mrs. Guy Davis, who has been visit
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. II. w. Brown for about a
week, left Monday for Sprague, where
she will visit for two weeks before
going to Spokane to spend the winter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
VALLEY VIEW

Mrs. Kinks brother, M. Dobbins
who has been visiting with her tn,
past week, left for Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday where he expects to spent
the winter with his aunt.
Mrs. E. A. Laramore is quite sick
at the sanitarium at Walla Walla, but
| is little better at this writing.
w. w. Price finished hauling wheat
this week, but still has a protracted
job of hauling water.
Clyde Smith left for Sunnyside on
Sunday to visit his sister, Mrs. Ar
chic Campbell, before leaving for the
training camp. He was accompanied
to the train by his folks and Mr.. and
Mrs. Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heart and children
spent Sunday at Mr.. Kinks home.
The Halloween party was we'll at
tended and was enjoyed by all pres
ent. The evening was spent in music
and games and lunch of cake, pump
and games and lunch of cak, pump
kin pie, coffee and apples was served.
Ed. Layton will vouch for the pie.
A. T. Smith and family took dinner
with w. B. Elliott's.
F. Burke is looking for a new To-
cation, as the place where they have
been living has been traded off.
Several of the Horse Heaven farm
ers are sowing wheat in spite of the
dry weather.
j. C. Dennis was down in the val
ley a couple of days the first Of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burke were Kenne-
wick visitors the first of the week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
How's This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
I'VE years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces, expelling the Pol
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for q short time you will see q
great Improvement in your general
health Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
for testimonials. free.
= +. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. TIC.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08

Somehow, we can't recall ever hav-
ing heard of Congressional joker
that put the joke on the Congressman.
Boston Transcript.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
From the Correspondents
Items Of Interest Concerning Our Nghbors Hereabouts

Freeman Hunt, of Kahlotus, visited
the first of the week at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Hunt.
j. w. Smith has rented his place
in Section Seven and moved to Spo-
kane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
Quite So.

There is report that Ella has TAX
en- to painting her face, and saw her
buying rouge the other day."
"That certainly does lend color to the
eport."-Baltimore American.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03
Are You Proud Of
Your Front Yard?

The Improvement Of rural Highways
and the building of good roads lay a
new responsibility upon every farmer.
1t means that there will be greatly
increased amount Of traffic passing
by his homestead; it will bring him
more closely in touch with the out
side world. including citizens from the
immediate neighborhood, from the
surrounding counties and indeed from
many parts OF other states
The farmer and his home life are
now brought more directly to the at
tention of the general public "A
man is known by the company he
keeps" 50 the character Of man
is judged by his home life and the
atmosphere with which he surrounds
himself.
The improvement Of the home
grounds does not necessarily imply
spending great sums or building an
extensive show place decorated with
architectural furnishings and formal
gardens. II means treating the yard
as an out-of-doo living room: as a
part Of the house. 1t means, keeping
It clean and neat and comfortable and
cheerful. It should be decorated with
fine trees. beautiful Towering shrubs
and with annual and perennial flowers
that hll the soul with gladners and
make home lovable spot surrounded
by endear1ng associations, that tug at
the heart-strfngs and give the full
nearing Of Home. Sweet Home
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03
CHECK-RE1NS.

In recent years there has been
falling of in the habit of using the
check-rein on horses, at least to ex-
tremes. People with good taste have
come to realize that a horse is more
beautiful in its natural state and that
high checking will ruin any animal.
There are some principles governing
the use of the check-rein which every
body who is humane agrees TO. Draft
horses should have the free use OF
their heads, unhindered. Driving
horses should only be checked when
necessary for their proper control.
Check reins cause more stiff shoulders
and weak knees than all other causes
combined. Colts should not be made
to endure the biting bride over tif-
teen minutes at time. To keep it
on half a day, as some do, is to infiict
one Of the worst punishments possible.
Some colts are permanently injured
by It.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03

will require may be estimated at about
% square feet for each bird. There
are instances in which chickens have
thrived with much less than this, but
unless the soil il especially favorable
and the birds receive unusually good
care, crowding is likely to prove I'M
profitable.
Poultry specialists do not recon-
mend however. that every one with
the requisite space at his disposal
should go in for chicken raising. I'm
less there is a natural interest in
poultry or a determination to make
the flock source of real economy,
even II 1t does take time and trouble.
the venture is not likely to prove sue
cessful. Lack Of care may result in
disease that will sweep of the entire
flock. and it is almost certain to cause
a reduction in egg production that will
make the birds burden instead Of a
help.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03

The dairy COW viii be called upon
to yield her maximum share OF the
worlds food supply during the coming
months Of war. She can be depended
upon for production but preservation
Of the milk is mans part. The value
of milk is dependent upon the care it
receives after it is drawn from the
COW; consequently preservation Is as
essential as production. Milk is dan
gerous as human food II 1t contains
disease germs or worthless II 1t is SO
loaded with bacteria that its complex
food nutrients are partly decomposed.
1t is equally valueless to the producer
and distributor IL It sours before it
can be put to use.
To prevent the entrance of disease
germs into milk, healthy, tuberculin
tested cows free from any udder infiarn-
nation or garget are the first essentials.
Healthy men, and pure water from
protected well or spring are OF second
importance Clean utensils, covered
pals and clean cows come next.
Keeping milk sweet is entirely
matter of cleanliness and temperature
regulation. Cows free from manure
and dirt especially in the region OF
the udder and tanks; utensils that
are carefully cleansed, scalded and
dried: and careful protection Of the
milk from flies and dirt after pro-
duction, will prevent the entrance OF
bacteria into milk.
Milk is soured by bacteria develop
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03
Friendly Birds and
Insects in the Garden

We should learn to distinguish be-
tween foes and friends in the garden,
and II necessary the children should
be taught early the difference between
insects and birds that do harm to
plants and those that do good. Snakes,
toads and lizards, instead of being in
furious to plants. are always inval-
liable helps in keeping down injurious
insects. Snakes may be repulsive in
appearance, and poisonous ones very
dangerous, but the ordinary ground
snakes will not hurt one, and they
will keep down mice, bugs and insects
as nothing else can. AS rule, the
noxious insects are in the greatest
numbers in our gardens, and hence
toads, lizards and snakes that eat all
that come near them destroy more Of
the foes than friends. ! should never
think Of killing one of these creatures
in the garden, but would be more in
clined to protect them, and even to
import them into the garden. I have
seen a small gray lizard clean off the
worms from q field of cabbages as fast
as they. could multiply. Attracted by
the fat feast, the lizard returned every
day, and he would make trips up and
down the rows of cabbages until not
worm could be found.--C. M. NJ.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03
Suggestions About
the Fly Campaign

G) Kill az many flies "a possible
when they appear in spring These
first fiies are the parents OF the mil
lions Of germ-lAden flies that VIII
make life miserable throughout sum-
mer. One fly killed early in the spring
is equal to millions killed in Angus.
or September.
(2) Endeavor to prevent flies from
breeding or feeding on the premises.
Some flies will escape because they
will breed in decayed vegetable mat
ter or in the droppings of animals in
the pastures. However these will be
almost negligible.
(3) Fly traps are essential. They
catch the flies coming from breeding
places and thus prevent their migrat-
ing to the house.
o. Enlist the cooperation Of all
dealers in food supplies. Show them
the danger from flies and what may
result from unsanitary surroundings
OF their premises. If necessary, pat
ronize only those dealers who keep
their premises and their products
properly screened. They will soon
clean their premises and eliminate
flies if the campaign Is brought to
them in this financial light.
CD Endeavor to obtain community
cooperation in the fly campaign. Do
not be discouraged II few people can
not be induced to clean up their prem
ises. AS soon as they see that the
campaign Is effective they will readily
Cooperate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03
HORNED LARK.

The proportion Of animal matter in
the Diet Of nesting: Is about four
times as large as in the adults In the
nesting state. therefore, horned larks
are almost entirely beneficial and the
number OF insect pests they consume
Is very great The horned larks OF
California, differ markedly in food
habits from those Of other parts of the
country, being almost entirely vege-
tartan and. although the number ex-
amined constitutes little more than
fffth Of the total, they consume half
OF all the grain eaten by the whole
group.
From this it might appear that the
California birds are decidedly iujuri-
ous but it must not he forgotten that
oats, which make up the bulk of their
grain food, grow wild throughout the
state and it is probable that a great
part Of the oats consumed comes from
the wild plants, the destruction Of
whose seed In a benefit
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-03
Toads Are Valuable

That toads are of economic value.
particularly to the gardener. is the
assertion of DR.. J. e. Ackert.
1T has been estimated that one toad
is worth 1894 in single season be-
cause of the cutworms it devours,'
said Doctor Ackert. Approximately
SS per cent Of the food Of the toad
consists Of garden pests.
The toad is nocturnal in habit, COM
ing out in the dusk to search for food.
which consists mostly Of insects and
their larvae. During the day 1t sleeps
in It's burrow. made by backing into
the soft earth or dense vegetation.
Toads are Of special value, since
they are accustomed to live in gar
dens, where insects are most inju-
ious. In some sections Of the United
States the gardeners even buy them
to aid in keeping obnoxious insects
under control.
The popular belief that toads are
poisonous is erroneous. They possess
a rough. warty skin, which. however,
does not cause the formation of warts
upon the hands of those who handle
them, as IS often supposed.