The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-15

DR.. Shadburne, of Windsor, was
the guest of his son, DR.. J. T. Shad-
bourne, in this city, a couple of days
the first of the week.
, Mrs. J. b. Hoagland. of Kansas
City, Kansas. is in the city staying
with her daughter, Mrs. c. C..
Woods, during the illness of Mr..
Woods.
DR.. and Mrs. I. c. Harper and lit
tie son, T. c. Harper. jr.. of Trinidad,
Colorado, are in the city visiting at
the home of Dr. Harpcr's mother,
Mrs. t. l.. Harper, on East Dakota
street.
Major George DcArmond and Mrs.
DcArlnond arrived in the city Fri.
day Of last week for brief visit with
home folks Major DeArmond since
his graduation from West Point has
been in the cavaldy branch of the SER
vice, but has been transferred to the
aviation section Of the signal corps
and ordered to Waco. Texas, for
duty.
Highway I:nginccr- Joe Flammang
was out in the west part Of the coun
ty one day last week locating new
road west of the Mulberry ford just
south of the John Nickel place, be-
tween Amoret and Amsterdam. The
new road will cut around this ford,
the only bad place in the road be-
tween the two towns.
Fred Gilbert, who for the last few
years has been farming near Vinita,
Oklahoma. arrived Tuesday on a visit
to his son, Grover Gilbert, of Sum-
init. Mr.. Gilbert has sold his farm
in Oklahoma and has not yet decid-
ed on where he will locate. He says
that the lack OF rain in Oklahoma this
season has been very hard on the
farmers, oats being about the only
crop that amounted to much.
At meeting OF the Butler Fire
last week all of the old
officers were reelected. NJ. J. Cor
dinier, chief; Elmer Campbell, secre-
tary, and Chas. Hupp, treasurer and
assistant chief. The members of the
department did a wise thing in re-
electing Chief Gordinier and his as
sistants as to them are due the credit
for the fine department which But
Ter has at the present time.
The condition of c. c. Woods, who
is very i'll with complication of ma
aria fever and Bright's disease,
shows some improvement Wednes-
lay. Mr. Woods returned the first
of last week from the south part of
The United States, where he had
charge of string of race horses be-
onging to J.. B. Reynolds, of Kansas
City, and it is thought that he con-
:racted the malaria in Louisiana.
William E. Browder, Earl Browder,
md Thomas Sullivan, three draft OBJ
ectors, who were sentenced to one
rear in the Bates county Jail by Judge
Van Valkenburg. at Kansas City last
week were taken to the Platte coun-
y Jail instead. They will be wanted
n Kansas City several times as wit
,esses in a number of conspiracy
:ases and it was thought hest to place
hem in a Jail nearer to Kansas City. |
Miss Roena Shaner. state vice-pres-
dent of the W. c. T. u, will spend |
part of next week in this county in
he interest of that organization.
;unday afternoon at 3 o'clock she
vill r3eet with the ladies of the Pas
sic w. c. II. U. and that. night at
he Mt. Olivet church; Monday
vening at the Black school house:
morning at the Butler High
chool chapel; Tuesday evening,
Imoret and Wednesday evening, at
Itch Hill.
Arl Dudney, a member of the crew
f the battleship Wyoming, who ar
ived in the city the first of the week
D spend a short furlough with his
arents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Dud-
ey, was taken sick with severe at
lck of pneumonia, Tuesday afternoon
nd is in q serious condition at the
ONE Of his parents on South Me-
hAnic street. He was to have left |