The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-30
SHORT STORIES
OF Local Interest-Clipped From
Our Exchanges.

| The MOntrOSe Dand made thcl
first appearance at the Red eros:
speaking in that town Monday nigh
of last week, says the Recorder.
The members of the Adrian clul
are arranging to have an elevator ii
that city says the Journal. Ernest
Timn1ons and John Dever have beer
in consultation with Iowa parties il:
regard to the plans for the new struc-
ture.
AT a recent meeting of the Merwir'
school board the following teachers
were elected: Principal, Miss Helen
AIaxey, Butler; intermediate grades,
Miss Elsie Harris. Fayette;; primary
Miss Lucy Shepperd, of Armstrong,
/ Missouri
c. l.. Moore, junior editor of the
Hume Telephone, was among those
sent to Camp Dodge Wednesday in
the selective draft. The senior edit
or, Lewis Moore, will do his bit by
staying at home and doing the work
Of lis brother in addition to his OWL.
Appleton City is now enjoying a
big boom. Two additions have been
laid out and the lots will be auctioned
off in the near future. A new up-to-
date elevator is under consideration
by the Farmers Equity Grain and
Supply Co, and free delivery mail
service is expected in a short time.
According to the Amoret Leader,
Mulberry is going to have Fourth
of July celebration this year that is
celebration. The Mulberry Cooper
ative Farmers club, Eldorado Farm
ers club and the Liberty Club will
have charge OF the affair and with
the three organizations working to-
gcther it should be one OF the biggest
in the country this year.
The Rockville News says that the
old Rockville electric light plant has
been purchased by Pleasant Gap par
ties and will be set up and running
i'll time for the big frolic on June
se4ttl if he News is ,,nkind enough to
add that it will light the town and
county in that vicinity SO bright that
it will not be necessary for the visitor
to keep his hand on his pocket book.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Ellsworth
caught four young wolves in the tim
Der east of Adrian Sunday evening.
Three Of them they killed, the fourth
one Ralph Ellsworth was exhibiting
around town Monday. The animal
to be five or six weeks old
and seemed quite satisfied with his
captivity but Ralph may come Up
some Of these days minus a finger
Adrian Journal.
According to the Rockville News
the new M. K. and +. terminal that
IS being put in a few miles south OF
Appleton City, may not be an I'm
mixed blessing to that town. Work
S progressing rapidly on a hotel and
,ating houses where railroad men
nd passengers will be accommodate
d, besides which it is rumored that
mercantile establishments will be
rected in the near future and the
ext thing will be town lot auction
ales.
Over in the hustling little town of
Rockville the members of the So
allied weaker sex play very inl-
ortant part in the business life of
hat hustling little city. According
D the News the mercantile establish
lents. banks, garages, the .postoffice,
ural routes, telephones, and hotels |
ould hardly get along without one G
r more hustling efficient business ,
omen, many of whom are taking the q
lace of some man who is doing his !
it over there" /
A big drag line excavator. or r
redge boat, has been shipped to !;
richie and is being put together q
here operations are to begin on the r
rand River ditch in Cass County.
| is expected that work will COM
fence on the ditch in week or two.
t is said that other eNcavators will
$50 be put to work soon, in which
vent it should not be many months O
ntil connection is made with the Fl
ioneer ditch at the Henry Cass S
ounty line.--Urich Herald. Il
The Red Cross sale at Amoret last :,
iedndsday was an unqualified sue "
.ss. A total of $I,4II was added to :
lie fund to make life more endurable d
,r the boys lover there" A cake !,
onated by the daughter OF John .
'ykeman, was auctioned for $IoS. 50. !,
That young lady must be some cake =
aker.) A crocheted Bed spread do a
ated by Mrs. J. w. Wilson, was raf-
ed for $50. 1t was found that Mr.. J.
7. Wilson held the lucky number
lat won the spread and he prompt a
, had it put up for sale, when it a
rought SIS, making total of SIS. A t,
off pup was auctioned off to the To- t;
Il butcher for $22.5o and the Amoret a
eader insinuates that the pup may n
ION be bolOnQa. y u,