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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13

..t K 4
/ The Bates County farmers Asso.
ciatioa, an organization Of the sew.
eral Farmers Clubs in the county
was organized at, aimeeting held Il
the Circuit court rooms instliis chs
Saturday afternoon. September 8.
The meeting was called to order by
John Dever Of Adrian, A. c. Roster
of north of this city acting as secre-
tary.
Committees on resolutions, and on
finance were appointed by the chair
as follows: Resolution: ]. Harlan
Porter, E. H. Roster and E. "A. Gep-
ford, Finance: E. F. Martz. Frank
Romicr, John Speer, E. N. Clark, and
j. P. Herman.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, A. c. Roster, Butler; Vice
President, ]. Harlan Porter, Null
berry; Secretary and Treasurer, Eu-
gene Jewett, Butler. The business
Of the association will be handled BY
u board VI directors npon which each
club in the county viii have repre-
sentAtion. IL
j Thomas ]. Taibert Of the College
81 Agriculture 81 the Sssts-1J Ai~er-
sity Was present and made wonder
fully interesting and iastructive taii
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13
Former Rates County Resident Dies
in California.

SAsesSA AFSSSs S01sAy SNUoAueuS Lave
in California.
Santa Ana, California,
Sept. 2, 1917.
The Butler Weekly Times,
Butler Mo-,
In this hour Of sadness our
thoughts turn hack to the dear old
home Of our childhood to the many
dear friends and neighbors in, whose
midst we passed SO many happy
years. The death Of our father,
Henry Rahlman, aged eighty-four
years, occurred in Santa Ana, Aug.
10. 1917. He will be remembered BY
many Of the older residents OF Bates
county where many years Of his life.
were spent previous to our removal
to California almost five years ago.
Mid flowers and tears We laid him
to rest in beautiful Fairhaven ceme-
terry in far away sunny, southern Cal
ifornia.
Mary Rshlmaa.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13

| ted to tIe eS Sfst el ilie5 b
public IA al11l a
Engines M i " W \ A 4 T.! VI El1
the projeEt el3s ID I'M
final appfoyaI has v lEiSIl fIE n
cause bf s1le asactnt VI 81
necessary be goMrlti II TIM
the projects thron6l AZ; s vsriic,is 4 SssIs
before they acll tlse N ssrty ~
Agricult I'D must spprpye lI
federal MD prpiects submitted III TN
|various states. lwin6 XII this eia3g,
Earrange mcnts were CON efed durinIi
the past three week tn pse stake sroad
funds, without combining Will ffed-
5eral mons fo match lint M Win
counties which arc now read III be-
gin the tonstruction5 of stare road 4
Under this arrangement actual con
struction Of u state road III IAuey
county, between Branscn and the jalr-s
kansas line, il now under way, while
the surveys have been completed and;
work will begin this week On u state
road project Ia Montgomery county.
Arrangements have also been made
to begin this week the survey Of the
state road which: will connect Jeffcr-s
son City and Columbia.
The State Highway Department
has practically finished its task of
checking up the 1900 miles Of I'M I
ter-county seat highways III Missouri,
making proper apportionment of the
100000 road drag fund, and exam
ming the plans and specifications
submitted BY the ia counties 70 OBJ
tain their proportionate share Of the I
1917 appropriation Of 100000 TO Az
sist in the permanent improvement
Of county roads.
All counties are urged to prepare
and submit surveys of officially des-
ignated state roads as soon as pos
sible, so that, there may be no delay !
in the construction Of these roads.
The State Highway Department
.akes the position, in which il is sup
ported by government authorities,
hat federal funds can be used to best
on projects involving q
arge expenditure, as this will pro-
tide for inspection on the 8 per cent
,asis allowed by the federal, aid road
let. State aid, without federal funds,
AN be better applied on smaller pro- /
ects, thus eliminating the necessity |
# elaborate and expensive surveys
equired by the government, and en-
bling counties to proceed with the
of state roads under the
lirect supervision of the State High
vay Engineer without delay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13
u nATHs II tJlgT
;. -ssg ,|i9s i I m. y 4 4 !? y
Five Pr Cent of ~ Quota "
day for Camp FunSton NJ

Bates county first contrlblls
the National Army consisting y N S
Leland IT. CaytUn, RirlI + Ii E l;s@s'
Peter " M Cook, Spruce q 1s All
Charles @. Flannery. Amoret
Asa E. Simmons, Mt. Pleas4slt n g|sss
left Friday for Camp Funston, 3sss
The four young men had been g
titled several days before Of thsll +
lection and ordered to report 4
exemption board at the office 81
County Clerk Frank Holland
o'clock that morning and they
there promptly at that hour. M s NJ
Several business men and membsfs
Of the commercial club were on
Is. bid the boys goodbye and
luck. Rev. George r. Scroggss
the Presbyterian church. Offered
prayer and a brief address com1n11s
ing the Boys for their patriotisn
giving them some good advice. iey
were then each presented with = sn1alf
box containing a testament, q srnSH
American flag and a fountain pen.
They were provided with iaeaf
tickets and transportation BY the ~
emption board, Cayton placed III
charge and the squad started for TIKI
depot where they took the II o'clock
train for Fl. Riley, where they are
now being trained for service whef-1
ever they may be needed. ~ 1.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13
ARE YOU NERvoUsa
Maybe There 10 q Cause For It That
You Can Correct.

Many who suffer from backache
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13
PAINTER RESIGNS AS
WARDEN
Porter 0ilvin, Deputy Warden VIII
Probably be Promoted.

Porter 0ilyin. Deputy Warden Win
MIX. W.. . p.:... ...d
" s r .;n WIN. :. A -. S.st.
3D.. ~ pa ssis .aI 4. -. ,,as.r
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13

1upok iazreasfns tie production 81
wheat IN the county.
For /. slogan. the Association
adopted the following: Productive
.Costs Together Nith2a Reasonable
Profit for the Things Produced BY
Their Sweat and Toll
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-13

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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-11-02

Companies A and b, who left Chica-
go ahead Of us. had supper all ready.
August Is. Gas mask drilling and
parade drill also. Twelfth, Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Seventeenth regi-
ments in one camp. Thousands OF
English soldiers in camp around.
August IA. More drill of same
class.
August 15. Got up at a. m. March
seven miles to train (four regiments)
and depart for London where we
paraded before the king and queen
of England. 1t was great day al
though we had but fifteen minutes
freedom. Am sending pictures and
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-11-02
LETGERCf1om The
e0SCmhe SERl:Gc

The following letter was received
bYsP ostrnaster E. L. Flaten, Moor
head, from his brother Arthur V.
F1aten who was then at Camp
Greene with Company B formerly of
the North Dakota National guard:
Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N. c., Oct. 27s
Dear Liner:
Thought would let you know how
things are going down here. We are
preparing to leave for the coast with
in a few days; quite a few of the
troops of our division have left ale
ready.
The whole regiment, the 164th or
the First North Dakota, has been
out on the rife range, twelve miles
from Camp Greene, for nearly a
week. The range is in an old river
bed in the foothills of the Blue Ridge
mountains, a very beautiful country.
Today we shot on the 800 yard range
and / made the top score for the
company, SO out of a possible rs.
The first 10 shots were with peep
sight and the last 5 with battle sight.
The next highest score in the COM
pany was 81 made by Lieutenant
Thune. John Crea says 1t is the
hardest range he ever shot on be-
cause of the white sand that is hard
on the eyes. Jacks score was 50.
Today We are in the target pits,
marking for the other companies.
There are 200 targets so that number
of men can shoot at one time. To-
morrow we finish work on the range
shooting with peep and battle sights
at 200 and 100 yards.
am sleeping on the ground and IL
sure q hard, but am getting used to
it so it don't bother me much now.
1t gets pretty cold down here nights;
but it is not bad except when 1t
rains, then little fire makes things
comfortable. The weather does not
get real cold here until after the
first of the year, then they have
about O. month of it and sometimes
snow that lasts about week.
When we finish on the range we go
back to the main camp to pack up
and get ready to leave for parts un-
known. Censorship Of letters has
not been begun yet; but it will soon.
The movements of troops or refer
ence to camp conditions are to be
omitted.
We are getting good meals for we
have three cooks who know their
and are getting the same course OF
training they had in the officers
camps.
/ have been treated fine since leav-
ing home and have only been on de-
tail onCe-then as Office orderly.
The other night Captain Colley's
tent burned-it was either set on fire
or was started by a cigaret butt.
There is not much more news so
will close for this time. Your brother,
Arthur V. Flaten,
Co. B, 164th Inf, 41st Div,
Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N. G.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-11-02
BLACKIE.
CHICAGO TO FRANCE.

D. A. Hurd, tralnman on the
Northern Pacific at Dilworth, has
received an interesting diary Of his
brothers trip from Chicago to
France. His brother Henry Hurd,
enlisted as q. locomotive engineer and
was among the first American sol
diers To land in France. His story Of
tie trip to the trenches Is very in-
terestine. The letter follows:
July 2l, 6 p. N. Left Chicago from
Clark and Nineteenth streets Ate
breakfast on the 22nd at Cleveland.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-11-02

clippings from London paper. Five
thousand tired American soldiers got
back to camp at s p. m.
August 16. Got up at 3:45 a. m.
Ate breakfast and marched (full
equipment) to train and travelled to
English channel port and left on a
horse boat which had been captured
from the Germans. Whole Thirteenth
regiment ordered to remain upon
deck with life belts on at all times.
Rained from to D. m. Fine.
That was the longest, most dis
agreeable night / have ever lived.
front,rrod a. raga111
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-11-02

CONTINUED on page III
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-02
WAR PREVENTIVES

This is the opportune time to begin to think talk and write about war preventveS Realizing the horrors of war we are able to discover honorable ways out of it as at no other time The need and glory of peace yields con straining influence. And there cOmmendabe and praiseworthy prevenves be found There strategy that makes for peace well strategy in war And Ii the mind of statesmanShip was we'll occupied in dis ceming how to maintain obtain peace as IS in over looking or cOndonng the causes of the era of inter-
 national peace would not be far removed But what are few the war preveneS within reach of all the nations -prevenvas that vii greatly reduce the probabilities ot war making it almost next to impossible. FirSt-Let no war be entered upon without the consent Ot the governed And the governed should iN this insz1nce as n all
 instances relative to governmental fife, men and Women
 the rich and the poor the learned and the unlearned Second-A commercial boycott upon all the beIgerentS by the neuras should not only be threatened but vgor
 ouslv maintained Such regime will no doubt entail
 financial loss but that loss should rather be credited to the price of peace and called gain Third-AII the num-
 ons of war should be made and owned by the govern ment forever canceng the profits of war to special - terests This will serve as prevention of hostites by
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-02
PULP MILL BEFORE CABINET

The suggestion made by the Dispatch last month for the establishment of pulp mill in the TOngaSs reserve has come to the attention of members of the cabinet at Washington This is learned by letter received from Secretary of the Interior Lane on the last mail Mr. Lane has personally the Dispatch editorial to Secretary Houston of the department of agriculture that the two chiefly interested in such matters in the cabinet have at least had their attention directed to it, and at the very moment when the question of paper manufacture oc cupyng the minds of the government.
 As we have advanced so much it might be advisable to have the suggestion followed up by action by public bodies in this and neghboring cities Not only would pulp mill on government reserve up here be of the grcaes advantage to the district but the govern ment has the means here to get supply of the timber its own ground the paper ring might be broken and the price of paper be regulated in much satisfactory manner than by the commission which has taken it in hand While the subject is fresh in the minds of the retales of the interior and agriculture Juneau should act Without action Alaska would never have got its railroad nor anything else.
 The following is the letter from Mr.. Lane;
 The Secretary of the Interior,
 Washington, D. C., March 6, 1917. Dear Mr.. Russell:
 My attention has been called to your editorial in your issue of February 20th entitled "Why Not Establish Gov ernment Pulp Mill in Reserve. The Tongass reserve to which you refer is under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service Department of Agriculture and am therefore sending your editorial to Secretary Houston personally
 Cordially yours, Franklin K. Lane. -CJuneau Dispatch)
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-02

subjugatiOn of commercialism. Fourth--In no case should neutrality be interpreted permission to sell munitions to both all the belgerents There other preventves the most conspicuous though much talk about is but little used namely arbitration It is evident th there enough of these preventives Cool eads and warm hearts will surely them and win sue cess-(E. H. PARKINSON D. D., Washington D. O.
 Pacifsts have dropped Mrs, Catt. She fell on her ieet-(St Louis RepubIc.l
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-19

| Knitting has become de4ef4rti r.
popular first, because it is need n
and second. because it can bc done M
most everywhere Much of the au=
gical dressing preparation can i, ~
tended tn property only at the Grd
Cross w0rkronms This makes +
little more difficult Tor The volral
VINO has time to spare only in satul
dribiets than the knitting which can
be picked MP and dropped at vii, Eut
there are very few women In the
country Who could not arrange ri give
TWO hours once week 10 this work
Perhaps they can spare the two hours
best in the evening. If so. the work.
rooms should be open with some one
IN charge two or three nights week
The experienced workers have been
only too glad to open the rooms. to be
on hand 10 give help and instruction
at almost any time But few things
are more discouraging than for com
petent teacher to spend hour after
hour IN empty workvooms, awaiting
the workers who do not materialize
This condition should be remedied
Why shouldn't the men help a
little? Lot father get the dinner ami
10 the dishes once a week. if need be.
70 let mothr Off without being so tired
sue cant keep her mind on the work
Do the knitting by all means. but
l0nt offer it as an excuse for not
making the dressings. The Red Cross
las a tremendous commission to tx .
'cute IN that line this month one
lour Is not too little TO offer. Set
our neichbor good example Go
oday
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-19
SHARE YOUR CHILDREN

What is the one greatest pleasur,
on Christmas Day? Ii is not openin
costly presents or greeting one.
lover OF eating the Christmas turkey
It is watching the children when they
have their first glimpse of the stock
lngs or the tree.
The ecstatic awe. the eager delight
the Increasing JOY as details begin to
come out of The first glorious chaos
that's the biggest thing of all.
Have you an elderly, lonely aunt a
iriendly-or srouchy-old gentleman.
in your circle. a forlorn girl working
away from home, a youth in your
olllee whose home is many miles
away? Why not share your children
with some one like that?
You don't need to invite them for
dinner If you don't want to break in
upon the family group Invite them
TO breakfast and TO see the Riddles
al the tree for an hour in the morning
before church time
For loneliness or soltIshness. or
this is the best medicine
IN the whole vide world.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-19

else at noon. He grew heavier and
shorter of breath and kept on spend
Ing his -fifty-ccn,scs.
War stamps have saved him. Now
at noon, instead Of dropping into the
nearest restaurant, he walks briskly
TO the main post-otIice which is near.
y haltmilc from his place of bust
ness. he spends his fifty cents for two
war stamps and he walks back. Once
IN while he eats an apple before
he starts his afternoon work. He's
feeling better than for years. he's
banking three dollars week with his
Uncle Sam. and he's doing all and
more than Mr. Hoover asks of any
man
The method is freely recommended
to all adiRoSe ladies and gentlemen
who wish 10 preserve their figures
and the nation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-19
KNITTING NO EXCUSE.

Knitting Is an extremely useful DC.
cupation, and the more WOODEN soch
aud sweaters and other things turned
eht the better. But when a soldier is
brought IN from the front with i
couple OF bullets in him aud frac.
ture or two. il wouldn't do him a
particle of good 10 bind NJ his wounds
with a Y0llen sock What he needs
Is dressings of sterile cauze. His auf.
geon aud nurse have got TO have pick.
INK and sponges and pads and ban.
dages and fracture pillows. and ,hey
nave got To have lot of them. The
wound must be dressed not only once.
ont many times in the ensuing few
weeks
And have the surgeon and Tie
purses all the surgical dressings hey
needy They have not. From every
hos pital, every dressing station. every
Red Cross unit comes The cry More
surgical dressings. More, More
". haven't even half enough"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-19
WANT ED--AN AGRICULTURAL
ARMY

Massachusetts farmers want an az
ricultural army that will insure farm
labor for every bit of good farm land
in their state. They would have this
army drafted just as the national
army is being drafted for military
purposes. and then set TO work pillow.
ing fields and sowing grain just as
the other fellows get busy digging
trenches and firing guns.
The Massachusetts Stage Grange. at
its forty.ninth annual meeting held
last week in Worcester, adopted a
resolution urging some such step on
the national administration.
II is true that the farmer. in many
localities throughout the country. had
a hard time during the past year 10
Keep enough help on hand to do all
That the country expected him TO do
III the way of producing. harvesting
and marketing food for ourselves and
the world Nevertheless the farmers
responded We'll. That they would do
more II they could is also true
Back to The farm" has more s.ri.
GUS meaning these days. The farmer
must have all the help he needs
whether Il comes In the form Of a
drafted agricultural army or through
the voluntary turning to farm work OF
people engaged in less vital occupa.
fion
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-19
men OF mare value.

weigh my words when soy tina,
IL Tue nation could purchase poten.
tial Watt, or Davy, or Faraday. at tho
cost OF hundred thousand pounds
down he would be dirt.cheap at tho
money. 1t Is mere commonplace and
everyday piece of knowledge that
what these men did has produced IN.
told millions of wealth in the narrow.
est economical sense of The world
Huxley.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-19
NOTICE TO PROVE CLAIMS.
Frank :. Follett Attorney

Frank F. Follett. Attorney.
Estate OF WILLIAM I. HrCk. de.
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that tho
Undersigned, administrator OF the ~.
tate of William + FIuck late of the
County of La Sale and State of hi.
nous. deceased, will appear before the
Probate Court Of said County, on the
ilFst Monday lbcing the Attn day) Of
February 1918, at the Probate Court
room, N Ottawa, in said county when
ana where all persons having claims
or demands against said estate are
ho'lled to attend and present The
same in writing for adjustment,
Dated the 18th day Of December,
\. ID 1917.
RALPH A. GREEN
Administrator
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-24
Notice

until noon Christmas Day for the
convenience IF its cUstomers.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-24
5 ALARMS KEEP
FIREMEN GOING
Small Blazes Result in
Slight Aggregate Loss and
No One Is Injured.

Firemen answered five calls be-
tween g o'clock Saturday night and
o'clock Sunday afternoon. At S:45
o'clock Saturday night there was a
call from 1O8 South FL Paso street.
where a Mexican smoking in the base
ment is said 20 have set fire to some
trash. There was little damage.
At 2:25 o'clock Sunday morning a
call came from 11o5z South Oregon, a
rooming house owned by H. 3.
Thompson. where a man smoking IN
bed set fire to the bed clothes. The
damage was confined to the bed
clothes.
A false alarm came in from Ochoa
and Texas at 1910 o'clock.
Garage Burns; Auto Damaged.
At 1870, a call came from 1901 Nc
Kinley avenue. which was answered
ton. A garage in the rear Of the
premises was destroyed, and a JOr-
dan automobile belonging to H. Mohr,
and driven by his wife, had a rear
wheel ripped off when 1t collided with
the firemen's truck IN the 1900 block
on Dyer street. No one was injured.
At / o'clock Sunday afternoon a
still alarm came from Overland and
FL PasO, where fire had started in
trash can. There was no damage.
Monday morning about 500 o'clock
firemen answered a call from 4SO
South Durango street, a two story
brick tenement The cause was an
open flue from which sparks issueui
some Of them lighting upon and set
ting fire to a mattress. The damage
was slight.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-24
JOHN TYLER, MAN OF THE
WORLD. TELLS LIFE STORY

The life story Of John Tyler,
through the stages Of fashionable
young society man Of Virginia Euro
pean tourist. sophisticated travelling
man. Spectator in Wall street, globe
trotter. and finally tramp bum" and
outcast in New York city, told by
himself formed a tale of absorbing
human interest TO a large audience at
the mems meeting at the \. N g \
Sunday afternoon.
Prefacing his address by reading
the 116th psalm, Mr.. Tyler told his
story in a dramatic and interesting
manner, never spcrinE himself or con-
ceaIing the dark spots in his bizarre
career. The Jerry McAuley mission
in New York city. reclaimed him, and
in closing Mr.. Tyler told OF the JOY
that had come in his last years.
While 8Tr. Tyler talks about him
self chiefly. his address was free from
egotism- His knowledge Of the life
III the United States after the Civil
war seemed encyclopedias. and ne
has numbered his acquaintances from
Justice Bradley. sitting on the Hayes
Tildeu electoral commission down TO
Lefty Louie and -Gyp the Blood
The music was led by private
Thomas Williams OF the Eighth engi-
neers. with private Leroy Hiushaw as
pianist. Mr.. Williams also sang A
solo. Birthday Of a King, (Neic-
Prior to the entertainment con-
cert was given through the courtesy
Of the photograph department OF the
FL Paso Piano company
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-24
Keen N b CnIendar.

You Move when You Can ssOO.-Adv.