The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-27
SHORT STORIES
OF Local Interest-Cipped From
Our Exchanges.

Prof A. Cal Thompson, of Wild
wood, Missouri, has been employed
as principal OF the Creighton school
for the coming year.
| Jack Mangold has leased the barber
shop at Amsterdam to l.. S. Merry
field, of Osceola. Mr. Mangold will
move back to the farm
Miss Ula Morris and Mr.. Ralph
Ferry were united in marriage Satur-
day June IS, by Rev. Riney, at his
home in Amsterdam. says the Enter
prise.
Willis and Arthur Whitfield, OF
Montrose, have left for New York,
from where they will sail for England
to work for the Pierce Oil company
in drilling for oil.
Mrs. c. F. Howe and family left
Tuesday for Butler where they will
make their home. Miss Vena has &C
cepted position as bookkeeper for
the Norfleet-Ream store.-Amster-
dam Enterprise.
Adrian friends of Sam Walls have
received letters from him and Mrs.
Walls, who are in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, for the benefit of his
health, saying that he is feeling bet
ter than he has for long time.
Just three weeks after he had leased
his farm to an oil company, George
Wilson, of near Hume, struck a fire
flow of oil while drilling for water,
says the Telephone. He found the
water, but the flow of oil rendered 1t
valueless.
The body of VIM. Fl. Bradley, who
died at Albuquerque. New Mexico,
was brought to Adrian for interment
Tuesday of last week, says the Jour-
nal Mr.. Bradley was a pioneer o.
this county, having lived near Ballard
for many years. He was 70 years old
Miss Helen Smith, of Adrian, is ex-
pecting an early call for over seas |
service in the Y. NJ. c. A., says the |
Journal She received word last |
week that an early shipment of work.
ers in that service would soon be |
made. She is a talented musician
and has volunteered as an entertainer
in Y. NJ. c. A. work.
The Appleton City Journal says
that stopping of work on the M. K.
4 T. terminals near that city is only
temporary and will be resumed in 30
to 60 days. The general purchasing
agent for the road had been there and
said that the indications are that the
claims arising out of the condemna-
ton of land in Bates county for res
ervoir purposes would soon be set
tied. So far the Katy has spent
about $4,000 on the terminal.
Montrose and vicinity was visited
by terrific wind and rain storm
which did considerable damage
Wednesday afternoon of last week,
says the Recorder. o. H. Fennimor.
rural mail carrier, sustained broken
arm when the buggy in which he was
riding was blown over and badly
damaged. Considerable damage was
done to store fronts and awnings in
town and many shocks of wheat and
considerable young corn was blown
down in the country. ii
In order to keep up with the pro-
cession Appleton City has found, that
their electric light plant must be i'm
proved and waterworks system in
stalled and special election will be
called in the near future to vote on
some sort of proposition for the
needed improvements. When the Ap-
pleton City folks once get going they
are hustlers and it is a safe bet that
in short time they will have all the
up to the minute improvements pos
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