The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-04-05
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The Farmers Lumber Co. is
building a large cement tile fac
tory building which will add very
materially to their convenience
for handling their business. The
work is under the supervision OF
A. Deffenbaugh.- Jour.
nal.
j.. w. Stilwell has begun work
on three store rooms to replace
the building destroyed by fire
last Thanksgiving. Work will be
pushed as rapidly as possible and
the building will be ready for oc-
cupancy early in the season.
Adrian journal.
Mrs. Mary Walter became sud
denly and critically i'll last Mon
day evening at the home Of her
brother, A. J. Smith. Physicians
were called and revived her. She
was taken to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. ]. r. Hull, and
seems in fair way for recovery.
Adrian journal.
Amsterdam will have a person
al interest in the boys who are
serving our Uncle Sammie, as
Clark Hall, who has been attend
ing medical school at Columbia,
has enlisted in the Red Cross. And
George Vail, one Of our enterpris-
ing young business men went up
to Kansas City to enlist.-Am-
sterdam Enterprise.
II. j. Chapman has accepted a
position with the Prudential In
surance Co., of Kansas City and
will leave Friday to enter upon
his new duties. Harve is an ex-
ccllent young man and has wide
circle of friends here who will re-
greet his departure. Mrs. Chap
man and son will not 60 for some
time.--Adrian Journal.
A fifty-barrel oil well brought
in near Mound City, Saturday,
only brings the oil field nearer
Hume. Isn't it about time to en-
courage the development of this
field by giving someone chance
to do it9 All it will require is
the leasing Of land to those who
have the funds and will spend it
in putting down deep holes.-
Hume Telephone.
Here is a problem for you to
figure on: A farmer owned a
pig and wanted to weigh it. The
man weighed 1876 pounds and his
wife 100. They put a board
across the fence so that when they
sat upon the ends it exactly bal
Then they changed places,
the wife taking the pig in her
lap, just balancing the board
again. What was the weight of
the pig?-Humc Telephone.
At the time of the physical
tests at Camp Clark we heard one
mother say that she didn't raise
her boy to be soldier and she
hoped he would fall down on the
physical examination, and anoth-
,r mother say that she didn't
raise her boy to fall down on a
physical examination. Which
mother do you suppose is the
,roudest of her boy today? And
which boy do you suppose is
of his mother Edo
ado News.
DIR. r. r. Shafer who, with
harley Perry, started Tuesday
IN motor trip to Texas, met
With a painful accident at indie
,endence, Kas.. Thursday and re-
to his home here Friday
light. DR.. Shafer and cousin
lad started for a motor car drive
,ver the city, the cousin driving,
when the steering gear broke and
he car turned over, DIR. Shafer
,eing caught beneath the car. It
vas found that the Doctor had
suffered painful injury Of the
eft leg, but no bones were brok-
n. He was met at the train here
friday evening by Joe Anderson
md taken to his home in a car.
Perry continued his trip
% Texas.-Rich Hill Review.
Annual Meeting Of the Ladies
Cemetery Association.
The annual meeting Of the
ladies' Cemetery Association will