The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-31
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The city council has issued a warn-
ing to dog owners that all dogs not
wearing a muzzle and license tag
will be rounded up and shot II you
want to keep Tige from getting all
shot up you had better take warning.
Mrs. X. NJ. Couch and children
leave Friday morning for Casper,
Wyoming, where she will join her
husband and eldest son, who are EN-
ployed by the Midwest Oil Co., Of
that place. They intend to make
that their future home.
The memorial day parade and
march to Oak Hill cemetery to have
been held Wednesday morning at
1890 O'Clock was postponed on ac-
count of the severe storm which
ragged here throughout the forenoon.
The parade and memorial ceremonies
will be held Sunday afternoon.
One OF the handsomest cars ever
seen in this city was received by the
Henry garage Monday. 1t was a
Dodge sedan with cream colored
wire wheels and blue body. 1t is
lined with gray, with gray silk cur
tains at the windows and lighted on
the inside with small electric lights.
1t certainly is beauty.
Walter Lynch. of Chicago, who has
been visiting at the home of his par
ents, Major and Mrs. G. I. Lynch,
south OF town. Tuesday received a
telegram ordering him to return at
once to Chicago and report to all
ambulance company, of which he is
member. 1t is supposed that the
company will at once embark TOR
France
l.. r. Frankenfield, of Foster, was
in the city Saturday and filed with
Recorder Fortune articles of incor-
poraton for new Goa | company
which will open mines in the Foster
field The name of the new company
is Hickory Hill Coal Mining COM
pany. 1t is capitalized for 10000 and
the directors are r. w. Griffin, p. L..
Shelton and l.. r. Frankenfield
Mrs. Mary J. Keener. 81 years old,
pioneer resident. died at her home
in the northeast part of the city, Sat
urday evening. May 20, 1917. of in
firn,ities incident to old age, says the
Rich Hill Review. She is survived
by a family OF several children.
Funeral services were held at
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
home conducted by Rev. Fox. The
body was shipped to Warsaw, Mo-.
for burial
Misses Judith and Matte Basker-
Wife returned home last week from
Rochester, Mimi, where they went
some weeks ago, i'll order that the
former might undergo an operation
for goitre at the renowned hospital
of Mayo Bros. The preliminary OPP
Grafton was made and Miss Judith is
getting along fine but will have to
return to Rochester in about three
months Tor the final operation and
removal OF the goitre.-Appleton
City Journal
w. A. Baker, proprietor of the Blue
Grass Valley stock farm in Pleasant
Gap township, was in Butler the last
OF the week and with his son and
partner, Claude Baker. favored us
with a call. lie informed us that dur
ing the past week he sold two bulls
and five hefers OF his fine Aberdeen
Angus cattle to breeder at Dixon,
Mo-: a Poland China herd boar to
a breeder at Cloud, Texas, and five
herd boars TO- different points in Mis-
souri,.
About two weeks ago the Butler
lodge OF Odd Fellows organized
Canton OF Patriarch Militant, and
Tuesday night the following patri-
archs came down from Kansas City
and instituted the lodge and instruct
ed the boys in that branch of Odd
Fellowship: Col. F. L. Potter, AS
sistant Inspector General 5. X.
Lewis. Col. w. B. Welch, Major J.
w. Doust. Ensign w. 7. Lewis and
Chevaliers George Gambrel. Y. X.
Suddarth. A. X. Strait, c. A. Gun
dacher and F. l.. Duncan. The Off
GERS of the local canton are |. l..
Sutton. Captain; J. l.. Brown. Lieu-
tenant and Evelyn Smiser. Ensign:
Many years ago Butler had one OF
the best Patriarch Militant cantons
in the state and it is expected that
the new branch will, in short time,
be as proficient in the work as the
old one.
John H. Porter, of Pawhuska. Ok
lahoma. is visiting at the home OF his
brother, Emery Porter, in the west