The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-08

| 1t was reported in Butler one day
the first OF the week that Ormie
Wiser, who was member of Co. b
when it left here last year had been
wounded in the fighting in France.
The report could not be verified and
as the division to which Co. E be-
longs is on a quiet sector many miles
from where the hard fighting of the
last ten days took place, it is not like
~ that there is anything to the story.
| Hayden Rowlcs last week received
a letter from his son, Lewis Bowles,
who is with Co. ID I3oth machine gun
battalion of the s5th division, now on
duty in France. He says that he and
his brother. Everett. who is in the
same company are we'll and enjoying
life. lie had been in the hospital
with an attack OF the mumps, but
when he wrote. liz the latter part OF
June, he had been restored TO duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wolfe arrived
Sunday night from Bristow. Okla
homa. being called here by the serious
illness OF Mrs Wolfe's mother, Mrs.
Taylor. They made the trip overland
and report it very dry and dusty all
the way. Mr.. Wolfe was formerly
employed at the old l.ndres bakery
in this city, but for the last eight
years has been at Bristow, where, his
many Butler friends will be glad 70
know he is prospecting.
II. A. Morgan. better known as
I"Hopper" was III town the first of the
week on the way to his home at
Dunneweg, Jasper county. Hopper
for several years past has been trav-
cling with some big circus. this year
with Sells-Floto. He says that the
circus business is badly demoralized.
Many OF the leading actors being in
the army, and it being almost impos-
sible to get laborcrs to do the work.
He didn't mind that until the manager
insinuated that he looked big and
hearty and would make a mighty tine
canyasman, then he thought that It
was time for him to quit the circus
, business, so he resigned.
Tuesday night Dale West. cor
stable of Rockville township. was
badly injured when the automobile n
| which he was bringing the votes OF
: that township to Butler struck the
t railing Of bridge near the Varnc>
farm, in Pleasant Gap township, ant
turned turtle. Mr.. West was thrown
S through the windshield and his hca'
, badly cut and the car was practically
demolished He was brought to But
, Ter in another car and after the
= wound on his head had been ATTENDED
: TO he was taken to the home OF M
! brother. Dow West, i'll the west par
S OF, town "Wednesday morning he wa;
5 able to be up and went out to see Jus
: how badly his car was damaged.
In a letter to a Butler friend Leslie
{ II. Choatc. a sergeant in the ordnan
/ department stationed at Camp l1ar
:, cock, Georgia, says that he expects tt
= soon see some active service. TO
It some time he has been attending al
{ ordnance machine gun school AT tina
o l.lace. He will graduate about tn
10Th of thi, month when he will h
: sent tn the Curtis airplane works Il
DAYTON. Ohio, for six weeks tnHrS'
svncronizing airplanc bombs and air
plane bomb dropping machines
. From the tone of his letter it woult
seem that he is not altogether pleaset
, with Gcor gia. bull likes the army life.
Another al the good things tina
people in this part of the country have
to get along without this season Is
watermelon. There have been very
Jew on the local market and OF
poor quality at that Saturday
= grower brought few little runty
;. looking ones that in ordinary year;
t would have been disdainfully passeo
t up at any price. which he had no dit
i iiculty in getting rid OF at price:
y ranging from 50 cents up. Some 4"
the best watermelon farms III tt1'
. state are in Bates county and i
comes mighty hard to be compelled
to forcgn the big melon feeds OF Other
l years.
4 Many oi the old soldiers who draw
, pensions for service in the Civil Wal
y we're made happy the first of the weet
when they received their checks fol-
I. the quarter ending August !, ant
' found that they had received increases
ranging from S. to $40 per month, ac
cording to the leHgth of service ant
their age. For a long time the re
r publican party has held the old boys
a i'll line by the bugaboo that If tht
y democrats were in power they would
S cut off the Civil War pensions ane
S now in their old age, when they nceo
t all that they can get, they are enjoy
: ing increases under bill passed by
t democratic house and senate ant
S signed by democratic president.
Will Alkire, who left last week will
the Bates county contingent of select
. i've service men for Camp Funston
has returned to his home northwest
of town. He was rejected on account