The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-12

VIM Caldwell lett last week for
Colorado. where lac expects to spend
some time for the benefit OF his
health, he having ior long time been
a sufferer from asthma If the eli
mate proves beneficial he will prob
ably locate there.
Rev. Geo. Scro2gs went to EIarri-
sonville Sunday - fill the pulpit OF
the Presbyterian church where he has
been called to preach. iic will move
his family to that city this week SO
far his successor has not been selected
by the Butler church
Born Sunday. Sept lst. to Mr.. and
Airs. Harry Alley girl. Mother
and babe are at the home ui her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Stewart,
in this city, and are getting along all
right Mr. Alley returned to Kansas
City Monday .~-Ur;rh Herald
J. d. Black, OF I-ompoc, California,
writes and says to give his respects to
his old Butler friends and to tell them
that he has retired from the harness
business which he mas been engaged
i'll for the past 80 years. Mr.. Black
was formerly resident OF this coun
ty.
Ben Young, who arrived Last week
to visit with home folks and attend
the funeral OF J. +. Shut, returned
to st. Louis Monday night lie has
for the last ten years been member
of the st. Louis police force and is
at present working out OF the Eastcn
avenue station.
Steve Hart arrived Monday morn
ing from San Antonio, Texas, and is
spending a few days in this city with
relatives and friends. He reports
Texas as being very dry, hut says
that San Antonio is booming, due
largely to the big army training
camp located there
d. NJ Radford, of Spruce, was i
pleasant caller al this office Saturday !
afternoon. Mr. Radford is enjoying |
the respite from the water wagon
which he has been riding Tor good
part OF the summer. hauling water to
his stock. He thinks that the late
rains should make considerable fall |
pasture and thus save some OF the iced |
for winter.
One day last week Sheriff Baker
arrested Herman Rooney, son OF A.
Rooney, of Rich Hill, and Paul
Thomas, son OF lin Thomas. OF Yer
ION county, two IS or 10 year old
Boys who about q week ago had ran
away from their homes. The boys
we're rather proud of their escapadc
md said that they had seen consider
lble of the world in the week that
hey had been gone. They had spent
most of the time in small towns in
astern Kansas. |,
Three more families were added to
he population of Butler last week 4,
rhcn M. H. Osborn, Chas. Fulton and
Bert Lowrey moved their families
rom Merwin- to this city. These
entlennen are operating an oil drill /,
yhich they are setting up on Scully !
Ease few miles west of town. III
ook IS teams and one truck about 10
avs to move the rig to its present To- 6
alton and it will take about five more $
avs to set it up and get in shape for :,
'ork. 1t is the intention to work the "
rill "a hours per day until it is deli il
ltely settled as to whether there is a
i in paying quantities underlying this T
art of the country. N
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Bassett, and little a,
IN, Glenn, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl burst r
I'd Mr.. and Mrs. John Lee returned
onday morning from Camp Funs-
n, where they had spent few days tr
sitting their sons, Chas. o. Bassett, c
dolph and Albert burst and Albert re
&c. who are in the National army te
hey report the boys as being we'll a
red for and putting on weight since NJ
ey have been on government "a tn
'ns. They left Butler July 26 and ri
E expecting to be moved to some di
mp in California in the near future of
ON there they will, in all proba- in
ity be sent to join the Russian ex- da
dition which recently landed at fa
adivostock. on