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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
MONEY IN SHEEP RAISING
Bates County Farmer Tells o.
His Success in the Sheep
Business.

Mr.. Melvin Malan, of Shawnee
township was in town the other
day and this is what he said
about the sheep business in Bates
county.
Three years ago I bought 10
sheep. paying $4,000 for them.
I have kept a strict book account
of every bushel of feed l have
fed my sheep, charging the feed
at the regular price I could get
for it in Butler, and have charged
my sheep account with 8 per cent
interest on the original invest
ment.
I have also credited my sheep
with the amount that I received
for the wool I sold Zone sheep
will yield on an average Of 8
pounds of wool per season and 1t
is selling now for about soc per
peund, which makes each sheep
Weld about $2.4O of wool per
YEAR,. I have also credited the
account with the lambs have
sold. I sell the lambs when they
are about three and a half months
cid, or about the first or middle
of May. They are most always
the best price at that time. of the
year. In 1916 I received on an
average of $1,000 per head for
the lambs and q good. many OF
the sheep give birth to two lambs
each season. I find that an ear
" lamb will bring more money
than a late lamb, therefore l al
ways try to have my sheep give
birth to the lambs the last Of Jan
uary or the first of February.
This puts them on the market
about the first of May when the
prices are the highest.
After charging the sheep &C.
count with all I have fed them.
8 per cent on the investment, and
ali other expenses, and creditine
the account with the proceeds
from the sale of the lambs and
wool I have made net $4,000 and
7 now have 46 sheep that are
worth at least $1,000 per head
and I have been offered over
$4,000 per head for some Of them
So you see Mr.. Malans mel
profit in three years on his orig.
inal investment of $4,000 Il
about $4,000 and he still has MI
- sheep. -.
Mr.. Malan says one of hi
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
BLUNDER IN LAMM CONTEST
Republicans Fearful Petition
Will Prove Boomerang
MANY Citizens Libeled.

jefferson City, Jan. 6.-Some-
body has Numbered.
And worse, in the eyes OF re-
publican legislators, the blunder
virtually has made a joke of the
election contest filed Friday In
the Missouri legislature in the
name of Henry Lamm.
The text of the Lamm contest
21O printed pages-was distrlbut-
cd to members of both houses IN
the Joint session at which Senator
A. f. Il. Gardner of St. Louis in
troduced the contest petition.
Couched in language that many
of the legislators could not inter,
pref at first glance, the book mad
an ominious look and brought
lines of perplexity to the faces OF
many democratic members.
"We'll give them a fair shake
in this thing said many OF them;
IF they can prove the charges OF
fraudulent voting as they have
made them in this petition, we
don't want Gardner to hold the
governorship and we are sat's.
fled he will not want to hold II
under such circumstances
Faces grew larger as members
turned to the back of the book
and found 1000 names "of SAID
false and fraudulent voters IN
Kansas City. That long list
looked more or less convincing
Then smiles began to appear OF
the faces of those who appreciate
a Joke and Irowns on others VINO
could not control their mdlg na
ton. -,
There in the list, touted by tn
republican committee as contain
ing the names Of Kansas CITY
election crooks, were names O.
men whom legislators had Learned
to respect and admire as cltl"cn
of statewide prominence.
Soon there was hubbub OF ex
citemcnt. One member had foun(
that James Cowgirl, state chair
man of the democratic party, wa
listed as having voted illegal!
fron, the Inez hotel, his Kansa
City home.
Then was found the name o
John A. Taylor, a Kansas Clt
representative in the Legislature
Pages quickly were turned an
name after name of men, know
to the least informed members, t
be legal voters in Kansas CIT
were found.
Democrats laughed. The co'
test already had lost its serlo'
side. 1t had turned in a few NIL
g utes from stern accusatio
! which might take the governo
8 ship from the democratic nomlne
and give it to the republican, an
had become petty attempt I
\ bolster up claims which the maj
ers had not expected to have
} prove.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
LIEUT.. GOV.-ELECT ILL.
Wallace Crossley and Wife Un-
able to Attend Inauguration.

Warrensburg. Mo-, Jan. Z, 19l!.
Lieutenant Governor Elect wal
lace Crossley and his wife we're
taken suddenly i'll last night at
their home in this city from pto-
maine poisoning. While in no
immediate danger, their physician
states this evening it will be i'm
possible for either to attend the
Inauguration of Governor Gard
ner at the state capitol tomorrow.
Governor Crossley and his wife
while at lunch last night ate some
ham which is believed to have
become infected.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
Girl is Clerk Of Important Sen
ate Committee.

The distinction of being the
highest paid woman employe OF
Congress belongs to Miss Jessie
Simpson, Of st. Louis. Miss
Simpson has been appointed clerk
of the Senate committee on for.
eign relations, the most confiden-
tial branch of the entire legisla-
tive system of the Federal gov
eminent.
Miss Simpsons salary will be
$4,000 per year and the appoint
ment carries with it the privilege
of going on the floor of the Sen
ate. She is the first woman who
ever enjoyed that privilege.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
Ends Life in q Cistern.

Saturday morning about 10
o clock Miss Emma King, in a fit
of dependency plunged to her
death in a cistern at the home OF
her mother, Mrs. Annie King, in
Rich Hill. Miss King was 36
years of age. DR.. Foster, acting
coroner, was called and went to
Rich Hill, where he decided that
an inquest was unnecessary.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
Flood of Rhine Does Big Damage

Paris, Jan. 6.-The sudden rise
of the Rhine has brought serious
flood conditions in both Holland
and Germany, according to dis
patches from Amsterdam today.
In southern Limbourg, many
towns and villages have been
flooded and extensive damage
done. '--
The railway between Cologne
and Direnghausen has been wiped
out and the fate of the popula'
ton of the latter city is unknown
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11

1t is said that British veterinar-
iafis at the war front have found
a way of making it impossible for
the Missouri mules there to bray
We protest. Braying has long
been the only mule privilege
Like the Democratic party, a
mule has neither pride of ances-
try nor hope of posterity. He
comes into the world without the
consent of any of his own folks
and, after kicking (perhaps that
might be called a privileged
around for thirty or forty years
goes out of the world, leaving nc
namesake or kinsmen to keep his
grave green. We protest at this
denaturing of the Missouri mule
Nevada Herald.
By the way Mr.. Merchant, did
you notice here a week or two
ago that a Kansas City mail or
der house, which already has one
of the most immense establish
ments west of the Mississippi
River, has the plans under way
for doubling the size of its house
No, we are not moralizing-just
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
THEY Say

exchange accuses him of being a
"plagiarist."
England has given CONSTANT
nople to Russia, but in this coun-
try there is law against dealing
in MISUNDERSTANDING Star
Journal.
The only thing General Perish
ing seems to have captured in
Mexico is a major generalship-
and the president handed that to
Notwithstanding Star-Journal.
Newspapers are sometimes
frightfully inconsistent. Just now
many of them continue to claim
that Congrcsswoman Rankin is
unusually beautiful and at the
same time print her picture.-
Joplin Globe.
"Jim" Reed is being men
toned as a Presidential POSSIBLE
ity in 1920. 1t is a safe gamble
that he does not get much sup
port in Kansas. People who tell
the truth about prohibition are
not very popular in that state
St. Clair County Democrat.
Congressman Fuckers pro-
posed bill making the term of the
president six years and congress
men four years is meritious one
and should pass. Under the pres
ent system an officer no more
than takes his seat when he IS
again obliged to run.-St. Joe
Observer.
Of course, trade is dull, but it
is duller for the merchants who
do not advertise than it is for
those who do. Some merchants
| are like the Arkansas farmer,
| whose roof leaked. When trade
is good, they don't think they
| need to advertise, when it ism t.
it ain no use, they say.-Henry
County Democrat.
A new prohibition law to be in
troduced in Nebraska would
make it possible to arrest any
man whose breath smells like
whiskcy. If it ever gets to be .
felony to have your breath smell
! like whiskey, it ought at least bt
| a misdemeanor to have it smell
| like onions, or garlic or limburge1
! checsc.-Joplin Globe.
II With the coming of the New
| Year let us look backward ant
| view with an unprecedented mln'
what we have done and what W
: have left undone; and then max
= the resolve that we will give on
p best efforts to the undoing o
n those things which never SHOULD
have been done and attack wit
g renewed vigor the accomplish
n ment of those things whicl
is should have been done, but wer
not.-Amorct Leader.
~ Have YOU ever realized the rec
4 ord Roosevelt has as a maker o
\ presidentsY He has made fou
N presidents of the United States
y He first elected Teddy Roosevelt
~ president. Then he made Tai
~ president. His third effort result
" ed in the election of Woodrow
20 Wilson in 1912, and in 1916, 'fou
h years later, he reelected Wilson
~ The last was the best he ever dc
r. Lewis County journal.
N The Bolivar Free Press, notin
er the slight decline in wheat whe
3. rumors of peace spread over tn
H. country predicts dire disaster t
'p the farmers unless the tariff
at at once raised. The highest tai
It. if the world ever saw was know
p as the Mckinley bill, and while
was in force wheat was selling l
, Osccola at As and so cents, cor
at Is and Is cents, cattle an
hogs at 6 and 4 cents, turkeys !
cents, butter 10 and IL IL cent
W chickens at from $3.50 to 50 pc
u dozen and eggs at four dozen fo
LII 25 cents.-St. Clair County Den
rs Ocrst.
!, 1t is said that British veterina
iafls at the war front have foun
~ q WAY of making it impossible fC
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-11
Farm for Rent.

24O acre farm for rent for cash.
Mrs. Dora Harshaw,
1891 Butler, Mo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a we'll, playful child
again. When it's little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for go
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
Died of Premature Old Age !!

How many times we hear OF COM
paratively young persons passing away
when they should have lived to be 20
or 80 years of age. This fatal work Is
usually attributed to the kidneys, as,
when the kidneys degenerate, it causes
auto-intoxication. The more injuri-
Gus the poisons passing thru the kid
neys the quicker will those noble or
gans be degenerated, and the sooner
they decay.
It is thus the wisest policy, to pre-
vent premature old age and promote
long life, to tighten the work of the
kidneys. This can be done by drink
ing plenty of pure water all day long,
and occasionally taking Anuric, double
strength, before meals. This can be
obtained at almost any drug store. You
will find Anuric more potent than lithia
for it dissOlves uric acid as water does
sugar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
Is That Sol

A man was frisking over his last
summers clothes figuring on digging
out a light suit, when he discovered
that pair of pants was SO much moth
eaten to be useless. On examining
the holes in the pants he discovered
that they were arranged in a mechan-
zeal manner like the holes in the player
piano rolls. So he placed the pants in
his player-piano, and to his amazement
they rendered two verses of Home
Sweet Home. "-Milwauke Sentinel.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
Proof to the Contrary.

"It is whispered by the neighbors
that the Jobbles are living entirely On
breakfast food"
"Jobble is a proud man. If he hears
that story he'll have his revenge, all
right"
"What will he dog"
Hell probably order his cook to
fumigate the neighborhood with the
Odor of fried steak and onions"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

of my ailment than have in ten years
used to have severe headaches. /
have never had one of these spells
since / took the first bottle Of DIR.
Pierces medicine.-JOHN G. JOHN
SON, 1105 Tower Ave.
Golden Medical Discovery" is put
up in both liquid and tablets. No alco-
hol, no narcotic. Ingredients printed
on wrapper. ALI druggists dispense it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
Potatoes.

Irish potatoes and most other vege'
tables and fruits tend to make the
body tissues and fluids alkaline, SC
correcting the tendency of meat, eggs
fish and similar foods to create acid
conditions. Since the body performs
it's work best when 1t is neutral or
slightly alkaline, this function Of fruits
and vegetables is important, especially
to the hearty meat eater.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
The Dancer over.

Mrs. Yearwedd-John, when we
were first married you used always to
say grace before meals; you never do
it now.
Yearwedd-I am not so much afraid
of your cooking now.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

from it at one time
while in Vancouver,
but overcame it by
a persistent use of
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Finally I was COM
pletely cured. I oc-
casionally use the
remedy now in or
der to keep the kid
neys regulated. I
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
Considerable.

'Ts Gladys considerable of her moth
er?"
81 think so. Whenever Gladys moth
er asks her to do anything, Gladys
doesn't do it; thereby avoiding muss-
ing up the housekeeping"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
Confidence.

"Would you tell Bliggins anything
in confidencew
''To a certain extent. I'd be per-
fectly confident that anything told
him would be repeated"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
THE 3 DIS IN DODD's

Mr.. Robert w. Ferguson, bingham,
Mass. writes: I suffered from kid
ney disorder for years. Had incessant
backache and trouble. Nearly died
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

The South predicts that it's cotton
crop this year will return close to
81 600, 100000, despite the reduction in
yield.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
important ia Mcthera

The "rule of the road" for drivers
in England is to drive to the left,
while in the United States it is to the
right.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

SUFFERER LOT ABOUT
ten years with ca
tarrh of the head,
or nasal catarrh.
l have now been
using DR.. Pierce's
m e d i ci n e S for
about five months,
Golden Medical
Discovery a n d
IS a g e's Catarrh
Remedy and I
am feeling hetter
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

Gold is a wonderful fertilizer. It
has caused many a family tree to
spring up and get its full growth in
a few hours.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

have the highest praise for Dodd's. Be
sure to get "DODD'S," the name with
the three DIS for deranged, disordered,
diseased kidneys, just as Mr.. Fergu-
son did. No similar named article will
do.-Adv. \
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

Salt sprinkled over carpets before
sweeping preserves the color and
keeps away moths,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

A bill to prevent "baby angels in
movies is before the New Jersey legis-
lature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
That's All.

'What do you think the biggest fac
tor in making a genius?"
midnight oil.'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

1t is surprising how little people
know when on the witness stand.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
A Chin of the Old Block.

y OIIIP U LIIC UIU DIUNNs
Impertinent Young Fellow Gas bar
Der masseur extracts a blackhead)-
Wow, that hurts! You have a wooden
touch, believe me.
Barber Masseur (sarcastically)-
What else can you expect when I ex-
tract blackheads from blockheads p
Puck.
American firms have 500 branch
houses in Canada.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly SOOfa.

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckles, the
prescription othine - double strength - Is
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get ounce OF othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce 10 needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine, as this is sold under guarantee OF
money back If 1t fails to remove freckles-~
Adv.
Fireside Humor.
Ssh! Don't make any noise"
can pwhy?"
''Me fut's ashleep.'
Dress may influence q woman, but
it's the Easter hat that dominates
her.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19

Washington, April 16. - President
Wilson has issued the following per-
sonal appeal to the people of the Unit
ed States:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
A WISCONSIN MAN

Superior, wis.-"T have been a great
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
The Riuht Road

Young man, you are locomotive;
yoI are a thing that goes by power
inside Of you; you are made to go. In
fact. considered as a machine, you are
very far superior to locomotive. The
maker Of a locomotive is man; your
maker is mans Maker. You are as
different from a horse or an OK or a
camel as a locomotive is different from
q wheelbarrow or a cart or a coach
Now. do you suppose that the being
who made you-manufactured your
machine and put into it the motive
power-did not make a special road
for you to run upon? My idea OF re-
Iigion is that it is a railroad for hu-
man locomotive and that just as sure
as it undertakes TO run upon a road
adapted only to animal power it will
bury its wheels in the sand, dash itself
among rocks and come to inevitable
wreck. G. Holland.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
pebuked the Iudns.

cot all the retorts made By barristers
on unjust judges that recorded by
Charles Phillips. the famous Dleader
of the central criminal court. London.
Is perhaps best remembered. Phil
Hpps. addressing jury in defense of a
man on trial for murder. was much en-
barrassed by the repeated interposi-
tions Of the Judge. Baron Quincy. dis
tInguished as one Of the old fashioned
Hanging" school of British jurists.
Phillips. keeping his Irish temper
vel under control 10 the end got
home" with this passage in the perora
ton of his address. looking full at
Quincy the while:
There are those on the bench who
have the reputation Of being convict
ing judges. neither envy them their
reputation in this world nor their fate
in the next."-LOndon Globe.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
She Loved His Tomb.

An immensely wealthy widow who
gave yearly hundreds of thousands to
charity decided personally to inspect
come individual cases of deserving
poverty herself. One of her agents
brought before her a poorly clad WON
an, saying:
Here is a poor old woman. very
decent sort OF person. Her husband
used to go about with 9 dancing bear.
This creature. though usually very
aT2e and gentle. enc day threw itself
- its master and ate him up
ALAS. my good sir" the old woman
orcke in, since that moment the poor
beast and myself have been without
home
~What. The Ueastr' asked the
wealthy woman lis it the same that
5evuured your nusband?"
'.Alss, my good lNdy, it is all that IL
sft to me Of the deA lamested one.--
S-- xS<N 9ersld
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
GraVitation.

Both Dante and Shakespeare preced-
ed Newton in knowledge Of the princi-
pie if not the law Of gravitation-
Shakespeare says in ''Trolius and Cres-
sida:''
But the strong base and building Of my
love
Is as the very center OF the earth,
Drawing all things to it
Three centuries before Shakespeare
Dante said in the Inferno"
Thou dost imagine we are still
On the other side the celestial point
where I
CIIsped the earth piercing worm, fell
cause Of i'll.
60 far 1 continued TO descend,
That side we kept. but when I turned
then We
Had passed the point to which all bodies
tend.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
HELPING the Congregation.

The following notice was recently ex-
hIbited in q certain large church:
.'The service on Sunday morning is
at II a. N. The suppOsition that it is
ten minutes later is mistake.
Young men are not excluded from
the week night service.
1.-THE seats in the front portion Of
the church have been carefully exam
ined. They are quite sound and may
be trusted not to give way
1T is quite legitimate to join in the
singing. The object Of the choir is TO
encourage. not to discourage. the con
gregation. "-EIcRange.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
umatism, lumbago and

For rheumatism, lumbago and
lame back use Old Scotch Linament.
Send scots. in postage stamps to
G. A. Masse and Co., Box 1O9, Esta-
eada, Oregon, and you will receive
BY Parcel Post, prepaid to your
address. one 4-oz. bottle OF Old
Scotch Linament.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
Chinese Wisdom.

If princes knew - speak and women
to keep silent. courtiers to say what
they thought and servants to conceal
it. the whole world would be at peace.
Chimes, Prnvern
LOST: A cloth tool case with
tools for automobile; also automo-
bile hammer and spark plug wrench,
some place in Payette, Monday. Find
er please leave at this office.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-06-28
FOR SALE.

A fine driving horse, has always
been driven single; consider him
safe for lady as l have driven him
during the last four years, weight
about 1900 pounds. also have light
top buggy and single harness.
Mrs. Louise Norris