The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-17
SHORT STORIES
OF Local interest Clipped from Our
Exchanges.


]. +. Dowell, the senior editor Of
the Journal, and wife went to Excel
sior Springs Monday morning for the
benefit Of the editors health. He has
been suffering for two weeks from a
severe attack of stomach trouble
Adrian Journal.
Dr.. Herbert w. Insley returned
Wednesday morning from ST. Louis
where he passed successful profess
sional and physical examination for
his early entrance into the Medical
Reserve corps OF the U. S. Army.
DR.. Insley's commission was recon-
mended by Capt. Leuddie of the U.
S. department, and he is now subject
to immediate call into the SERVICE
Rich Hill Review
VIM. H. Furbee, formerly cashier
of tn LEARNERS and Merchants Bank
of Rich Hill and later III the banking
business in West Virginia for 10
years has arrived here and accepted
position in the Bank OF Nevada. Mr.
Furbee has purchased stock in this
institution and at the next regular
meeting of the board of directors.
will probably be elected to one of the
offices in the local institution,-Ne-
vada Post.
DR.. Williams of Hume, president
of the county seat highway board.
was in Rich Hill Saturday, having
made trip Of inspection of the road
from Hume to Rich Hill. He reports
the road from here to Sprague was
not dragged from some cause, to his
surprise, and that the money for this
purpose, $225 will have to be re-
turned, having been unused. This
money will come back next year. He
further stated that there are leo
miles of county seat road in Bates
county and 70 cents a mile is allowed
where roads are dragged and put i'll
proper condition--Rich Hill Review
A check for $4o,27S.o7 passed
through the Kansas City exchange
one day last week drawn on the Bank
of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Missouri
The check was not fancy lthograph
production or anything of the kind:
but it got there just the same, and it
would not be amiss to add that the
firm whose name was signed to the
check is just as unassuming. Bailey
and Son, farmers and cattle men OF
east of town, had just closed a deal
for ,64 head of cattle at Garden City.
Kansas, and shipped them to the
Kansas City market. They Melted the
Baleys nice profit for handling. 1t
is not every day that deals like this
are pulled off even by the big cattle
dealers, so we Bates county folks are
little proud of the fact that it was
fellow Missourians who bought and
marketed this bunch of Kansas cat
tle.-Amsterdam Enterprise.
If. w. w. Perry of Spruce. No.
was seeking great fame for himself
and record for his herd, probably
all he would have to do would be to-
offer Maid Wonder and her spring
litter of ten by King Joe for sale at
public auction. Any record he would
make would be justifiable. for Maid
Wonder and the three little King
Ioes and seven little Maid Wonders
is one OF the classiest Poland families
in the state There is probably not
breeder who attended the Feb. 7. W.
b. Wallace sale who does not regrets
the fact that he did not beat Mr.. Per-
RVS $24o and take this good sow
home Doubtless MIR. Perry would
not have stopped at that price Maid
Wonder is daughter Of A Wonder
5000 and was narrowed March IT,
1915 She brought the King Joe lit
ter on Feb. 10. II to start with, one
dying shortly after birth, but the re-
mainder are coming along in excel
lent shape-Poland China Journal.
Mrs. G.. s, Carnic of Athol was in