The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-07
Root Branch.

Uncle Payton Burton killed tNt.
black snakes that weighed IS pound
on his we'll Sunday morning. NE
| Jim WEIGH has more corners AMI
goers than anybody these days.
| w. H. Plunkett has fenced hi
cows from his wild onion patch.
Dan'l Stubs is thinking of getting
Chas. Warmers dog and catching !
good big bunch Of fish.
w. l. Walbridge has a good brood
mare which he wants to trade for
sheep. He lives on route 8. ri
Robert Adams is hobbling around
with spell of rheumatics.
The carpenters are waiting for the
concrete to set and dry on the big
stone house that B. Wix is going to
have put up in Pleasant Gap.
Ed R. Hall sold 1000 bushels of
wheat in Butler at $500 per bushel.
He just got through delivering last
week and has enough left for bis
cults the next 10 months for his fam
lily.
Pleasant Gap and Peru will cele-
brate the 4th of July this year. 5
Aunt Fanny Smith has been here
on a visit from Billings, Mont, for
nearly six months with her old neigh
bors and friends and was called home
on the account of some woman
jumping her claim.
Sunday was big day at Double
Branches, it being Children's Day.
The late rains washed lots OF listed
corn out on rolling ground and some
of the corn has got very foul. Some
plows started Monday morning
where the land was dry enough
Roy Dawson was home on Route S
for a weeks visit with his parents,
Thursday of last week he took the
train for Iowa, where he has employ
ment
Miss Williams and VIM. Brown
were married one day last week.
Miss Williams is daughter of Lon
Williams on route 6. Mr.. Brown is
a son of Abraham Brown of Spruce,
route ?.
Ira Wiser, with his grubbing hoe,
is Staying the buck brush in his pas
ture He says grass is better pas
ture than buck brush anyway.
The Black Sunday school observed
Sunday night and had a fine pro-
gram and we'll trained performers in
all acts.
Mr.. Jessie Brooks. near Pleasant
Gap. got his arm broke while crank
ing Arthur Burkhart's car Sunday.
Band concert and ice cream sup
per at Pleasant Gap Saturday June
9th, for the benefit of the band boys.
Come out and encourage the boys.
Ewing Basset of Spruce, route 2,
is looking for store location on a
cross roads some place in the county.
He says he has the biggest field corn
in the county.
AT the children's exercises at the
Black school house Sunday night the
seats were all taken before shutdown
and at $50 standing room in the
yard was at a prize. Not half OF
those present could hear the pro
gram rendered.
Y. P. B. will give an ice cream sup |
per June 10Th. at the Peru church
All come and bring some one with |
you and help the good temperance
order along. Marie Wolfe, Mr.. Joe
Rogers, Margaret Thomas and EN-
met Hart joined at the last meeting
held at Peru, being joint meeting
of Black and Peru neighborhoods
combined and quite number signed
the pledge. The next meeting will
be at the Black school house June
10Th.
Rev. H. Hilliard preached a fine
sermon Sunday morning and night in
Peru church.
Geo. Clancy went to Okemah, Ok
to join his wife for a visit in
Oklahoma the last of the week.
Ira Hart sold two sideboard loads
of corn Saturday for $1.7o per bush
Ell. Ira thinks the prospect good and
says he could spare couple more
loads