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The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Rev. c. B. Lotspeich Dies in Kansas
City.

Rev. c. b. Lotspeich, formerly a
pastor Of the Christian church, OF
this city, died at his home in Kansas
City, Wcdnes sday evening, April TO-
at II o'clock, after an illness of sew
cral years.
Rev. Lotspeich was born in New
london, Ohio, II years ago and
when young man came with his
parents to Missouri and located in
Johnson county. During his early
life he followed the trade OF printer
During the Civil War he was gal
liant soldier in the Confederate army
and took part in several Of the bat
ties in the southern part of this state.
Tie was a pastor OF the Christian
church in this city from 1904 to 1907,
and, again from 1901 to 1903. He was
a man OF strong character and firm
convictions and while he did not force
his opinions on Others. he possessed
the courage to stand up for what he
believed was right under all circum
stances. Tie was a man OF fine ply
sique and retained his military bear
ing until a few years ago when he
suffered stroke of paralysis (which
left him partially disabled.
Funeral services We're held at the
late home in Kansas City, Sunday
afternoon. April II, and interment
made i'll Forest Hill cemetery.
H., l,nync him wife,
and four children; three sons,
Robert L. l.otspeich. of this city;
Bert Lotspeich, Portland, Oregon.
and Leon Lotspeich. OF Miami, Okla
homa, and one daughter, Mrs. \. c.
Blodgett, OF Kansas City.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Notice..

Bates County Post No. IS, e. y.
K. will meet in the grand jury room,
in the court house. Saturday, May !.
at > o'clock All members and those
not members are urged to be present
at this meeting. We-arc To decide
whether or not we will disband and
surrender our charter, or whether we
will stand together until the greatest
murderer of all tlne--the German
Kaiscr-is licked good and plenty.
anyone having an honorable dis
charge and has quit stealing chickens
is eligible to join and to hold office,
too. Our meetings are entirely in
formal No red tape. No bolted
doors. Boys. it is up to you. VIII
we be cutters or stayers?
S.,Dcnt, Commander.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Merwin Items.

We arc having a good rain, which
was needed badly.
+. B. Halpike, from Shamrock
Oklahoma, visited his sister, Mrs
Frank Taylor, this week. He is or
his way to join the army.
Mrs. Kate Shannon returned home
from Kansas City Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs, James Young were
in Drexel Saturday.
One day last week as Mrs. Ferrl,
and little daughter. Thelma. were re
turning home from town a dog ran
under the wheels oi the car, turning
it over. Mrs. Ferris and daughter
were thrown out. Mrs. Ferris re
ceived all injured spine. The car
was damaged slightly.
Glen lingst returned home from
Liberty, Mo-. last week.
Leo Ritchey, a prominent young
man of Merwin, has enlisted IN the
army and is now at Jefferson Bar
racks.
II. X. Foster and daughters were
Drexcl visitors Saturday.
The play given by the girls NJ. NJ
NJ. for the benefit OF the Red Cross
was good. Thirty-six dollars was
taken in.
John Duvall. of Amsterdam, was III
Mcrwin Saturday.
The Liberty and Baby Bonds are
selling fast in Merwin,
Mrs. Eta Longacre of Amsterdam,
was in town Saturday.
The Merwin orchestra helped fur
nish music for the musical concert
given at Amsterdam Saturday night
The proceeds were given to the Red
Cross.
NJ. NJ. Harris returned home Mon
day from Neosho, Mo-.
Born-To MIR. and Mrs. Jacobs,
boy. one day last week.
A. d. Hargis and family went to
Creighton Sunday. returning home
Monday.
Drexel gave Red Cross sale Sat
urday. Among the things sold was
baled hay, pigs, sheep. chickens and
eggs. A gallon bucket containing
eggs was sold for the sum of three
hundred and fifty-six dollars.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Pleasant Gap.

Albert Brown and Charley Kinder
have been saving wood in this vcln'
ity the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Mehafiey Wis
tied Sunday evening at the john
Woodfin home.
Miss Mary Mckinley is attending
school at Appleton.
Miss Rosa Brown and Mr.. Wesley
Smith and Miss Bernice Ford and
Mr.. Burl Kinder attended the play
at Papinsville Thursday night.
There is to be sale at the Amos
Ford home next Saturday, April 20.
Formerly known as the Bob DAVIS
farm. Sale begins at 1880.
Mrs. John Woodfin called at the
John Kipf home Friday evening. She
reports Mrs. Kipf very poorly.
Miss Beulah Brown has been enter
tanning the German measles for the
past few days. =.
Mr.. Dock Fillpot, who was down
from Kansas City last week, visited
relatives and friends in the vicinity
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Williams spent
Friday at the Will Brown home.
Ray and Charley Bassett are the
owners of a Ford.
There is to be play given at Pleas
ant Gap hall Saturday night. April 20,
entitled Down in Maine 1t will
be given by the boys and girls OF the
Reynard neighborhood for the bene-
fit of the Red Cross.
BLUE BELLE
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Elkhart News.

We are having some very nice April
showers this week
Mrs. Maddy is entertaining niece
from California.
The Liberty Loan solicitors were
busy in this township last Friday. A
meeting was held at Elkhart hall on
Thursday night to give them instruc-
tions. The solicitors were: Fair
view, Bruce McReynolds and Will
Ragan; Pleasant Valley, Arthur
White and Dave Lankford; Mt. Yer
non, Mr.. Eye and MIR. Simms; Lone
Star, John Cox and MIR. Armentrout.
Fairview district went 'over the top
by selling over $4,000 worth.
g. p. Cowdery and son, Edd, Wis
tied Jim Burton at Blue Mound, .kas.,
last week. Mr.. Burton used to live
in Elkhart township.
Mrs. Dave Lankford received let
ter from her brother Evelyn Huddle-
son Monday He is somewhere i'll
France.
Frank Weber is baling hay for
Floyd Robards this week.
Miss Millie Taylor visited Vera
Dufiey Monday. -.
Grandpa Cowdery is ahead of all
the farmers. He is past ninety years
old, but has corn all planted.
Some girl is sure lucky to get to
drive Lloyd Roberts new horse for 1t
sure is pretty.
Quite number OF people took din
ner with Frank Lankford Sunday to
help him celebrate his birthday.
a crowd OF young people from
Archie called on Vera Duffey Sunday
evening.
Edd Cowdery. who has been visit
ing relatives and friends here started
home Monday, going by the way OF
Creighton to visit a cousin. then to
Kansas City. where he strikes the
Santa Fe trail at St. Johns, Kansas.
Floyd Robards shipped one Of his
fine Duroc Jersey hogs to a party i'll
Oklahoma Monday.
Several neighbors called at Mr..
Maddy's Saturday night and enjoyed
some fine music.
BROWN EYES.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
A Splendid Program.

The Christian church OF Butler is
planning for a big day next Sunday,
April 2lst. Easter Sunday was day
of unusual interest at this church.:
the attendance was large and nine
teen were added to the membership.
but it is hoped that next Sunday will
surpass. in many respects, even East
er Sunday. The church will be beat
tifully decorated. Mrs. w. +. Wal
ton and corps of able assistants
will look after that. The orchestra
is expected to be ON hand and render
valuable assistance. y splendid pro-
gram Of music is being gotten up.
Miss Eva Wood, by special request.
will sing Keep the Home Fires
Burning The Church i'll the Wild
wood" will be rendered by u male
quartcttc The ladies qtlartettc will
sing "Tha, Beautiful Land, on the
Far Away Strand. Then there will
be an anthem by the whole choir
There will be two short addresses.
II. q. Ma>ey will take for his subject
"Ovrr the Top" Pastor :. Is. Moore
will >pcak'on "Onr Opportunity.
The members and friends vi the
church are urged to be on hand with
out fail Bring somebody with YOU.
The services will begin promptly at
lo:4s and we shall aim to close by
Il. Sunday school as usual at $50,
and evening service at s. Let's all
try to make next Sunday big day
in our calendar
Publicity Committee.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Another Good Rain.

Just when the chronic kicker was
sure that there would be a crop fail
ure in this part of the country this
year on accodnt of dry weather, il
rained. The rain commenced Satur.
day and there were showers during
the night and Sunday and Sunday
night.
According to press dispatches the
rainfall was general over western
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. In
the latter states many trains were de-
layed by the swollen streams caused
by the heavy downpour.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Seed Corn Committee of Bates
County.

c. c. Shubert. Grand River.
Z. c. Harper, Lone Oak.
r. b. Campbell, Pleasant Gap.
+. NJ. Owens, Rockville.
IL. L. Sheppard, Usage.
R. r. Hamilton, Homer.
w. II. Sunderwirth. Prairie.
J. B. March, New Home.
Thad S. Harper, Charlotte.
J. r. Baum. Mt. Pleasant.
J. X. Ewing, Mingo.
Lewis Ewing, Spruce.
]. F.. Doolittle, Walnut.
c. T. Holland, Howard.
B. P. Powell, Summit.
C. F. Chaplin, Hudson.
]. A. Borland, Qeepwater.
Bud Chambers. East Boone.
Z. L. Shockey, West Boone.
Geo. .Armentrout, Elkhart.
J. f. Dowell, Deer Creek.
]. p. Cox, Shawnee.
V. L. Harrison. Mound.
Edgar Smiser, West Point.
Members OF this committee are
to certify tests made ir
their townships.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Chaplin in the June Draft.

Los Angeles, Cal, April I5.-Char-
lie Chaplin. motion picture comedian
has been drafted and expects his call
in June, it was announced at his
studio today.
Although he is an Englishman,
Chaplin has waived his rights, and
expects to wear Uncle Sans khaki
in a short time He is touring the
country selling Liberty Bonds.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18

Joseph Riegel, Wesley Beaver,
Richard Dukes, jr, Enid Elmore and
William Brockmeier, charged in a
coroner's jury verdict with the muir
der by hanging of Robert P. Prayer,
an enemy alien, were arrested Thurs
day night and were taken to. the
county Jail at Edwardsville, ILL.,.
where they will be held without bail
for action by the grand jury.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-18
Editor Dowell Elected Mayor.

At the Adrian city election last
Tuesday, Editor Dowell. OF the Jour
nal. was elected Mayor: A. +. Tim
mons, marshal and street commits
sioner; and w. S. Mahan, city COL
lector
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
ABOUT THAT CEMENT PLANT

DEOPLE of Washington county are still asking
what has been done in regard to testing ma
terals available in the Cedar canyons for the man.
ufacture Of Portland cement. In fact for some
reason, they appear to be showing more enthus-
iasm in the matter than our local people are. 1t
is recognized by them, as well as by state officials
and others interested, that in the program that is
all the time gaining in favor of a cement highway
down through the state from Logan to st. George,
cement plant in this section of the country will
play an important part.
1t is understood that samples of limerick, shale
and gypsum were sent to the northern part of the
state for analysis and report number of weeks
ago, and we suspect that the fact that no report
has been received may be due to their having been
sent to persons interested in the cement business
in the North, who wish to discourage competition
in the business. Whatever the reason, however
it is time that someone followed the matter up
and obtained the information being asked for by
persons willing to take stock in the factory For
our part we believe that cement plant with a
capacity of from two to three hundred barrels of
cement a day will prove not only practicable, but
immensely profitable here as WELL
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
FRIDAY, JUNE ID, 1918.
TO RAISE MORE WHEAT

MORE Wheat is the demand of the Food Ad-
AVA ministration of the United States More
wheat! is the response which is being made by
the people Of Iron county as well as very many
other counties in this as well other wheat-pro-
ducing states of the Union That the farmers of
Cedar City are striving to do their "bit' in this
direction, is proven by the action of large num-
Der of them at the Tabernacle mass meeting Tues
day night when they unanimously voted to en-
trust the entire disposition of the irrigation water
of coal creek to the management of committee
there chosen to distribute it where it would, in
their judgment produce the most wheat. 1t was
patriotic action and one for which the farmers
in this valley deserve full credit.
We trust and believe that the representative
committe will conscentously administer the task
they have been entrusted with, directing the use
of the water in an impartial manner. with only
one purpose in mind--"To Grow More Wheat
regardless of individual interests. The individual
must be lost sight of for the time in the comnun-
ity welfare. Selfishness must be forgotten, and
each farmer must stand as a patriot. re;dy to
place everything upon the alter for the success OF
the struggle we have engaged in What is Il few
bushels of grain few tons of alfalfa in COM
parison with the human lives which are being
sacrfsed for this cause?
1t is no time for men to bubble or argue as
to legal rights-no law court would uphold tech
nica personal rights in matter like this which
so vitality concerns the public veal The commit
tee should be given free rein in this matter and
not be hampered by chickering's between land and
water owners. If this is done, the action will be
attended with great deal of good and the yield
of wheat may be increased anywhere from five
to ten thousand bushels, we would estimate If
on the other hand, owners of the water comport
themselves like lot of vicious dogs, ready to at
tack the committee or anyone who approaches
them and their property, the work of the com
mittee,, thankless at best, will become decidedly
obnoxious and no good will be attained Let each
farmer remember that he is an American citizen
and that he owes everything to his nations cause
if it needs it.
One thing should be scrupulously watched by
the committee and also by land owners, and that
is that the water has the very best of attention
and that not one drop shall be needlessly allowed
to waste while there are many wheat fields sc
badly in need of it.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
COTTAGE CHEESE FOOD VALUES.

The farmers have been asked to pro-
cottage cheese they have n food that
Is already produced on their farms.
To have 1t they do not need to pillow
another acre of ground, nor plant an
other seed, nor invest another dollar.
Pound for pound cottage cheese is
the equivalent of lean meat in food
value ii contains % times as much
lime as meat, and lime is Il most valu-
able bone building material, absolutely
necessary for growing children. Cot
tage cheese contains three times as
much lime to the pound as Il dozen
eggs and is just as efficient muscle
builder as meat or eggs, ant more
efficient than beans or cereals,
The U. :. department of agriculture
has launched campaign to stimulate
the use of this by-product of the but
ter industry. over 40 per cent of the
entire milk production is used In but
ter manufacture when one hundred
pounds of milk is used 10 make butter,
the result Is four pounds of butter,
twelve pounds of butter milk and
eighty-four pounds of skim milk.
Skim milk is too valuable a human
food to be wasted and ii can be made
into cottnge cheese and utilized With
great effect.
Government recipes for II large mum.
Der of cottage cheese dishes may he
had by application TO the Federal Food
Administration Of Utah, room POO New.
houS" Building. Salt Lake City.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
INCREASE SUGAR
BEET ACREAGE
Growers Answering Call of Gov.
eminent i'm a Most Com
mendable Manner.
Sugar Companies Have Agreed to Pay
an Advanced Price Of $500 Per Ton
Where an Increase Of 10 Per Cent
In the Acreage is Secured.

The urgent demand for an increased
production of sugar prompted the Food
Administration to issue a special APP
peal for an increased acreage Of sugar
beets. Sugar Is one OF the important
war time foods. of which the world Is
short.
The United States Food Administra-
ton has used its good offices to the
end that the price of beets to growers
should be as high as possible, and the
sugar companies have agreed to pay
an advanced price of Sl.00 per ton
where an increase of 10 per cent in
the acreage is secured.
In many communities splendid
spirit has developed. Community pride
has caused many of the growers to
feel that their district must Ego over
the top" I'm response to the govern
ments call for more sugar. In some
instances, The juniors have rendered
splendid aid
farmer who lived five miles away
from the nearest beet dump and there
fore had about concluded that the
haul was too long, was importuned by
his ten year old son who insisted that
he wanted two acres of land so he
could grow n war crop; he insisted
that he could produce enough sugar on
the two acres to sustain 100 soldiers
on full sugar ration for an entire
year, and, furthermore, he would. He
got the land and then he had enough
cash to buy Liberty Bond and also
had considerable sum for his own
bank account from the proceeds of the
beets. Five miles was not too far
for him to haul beets, when the ques-
ton of properly sustaining our SOL
der boys at the front became an is
sue.
"A large amount of field work will
be done this season by the boys and
girls. Last year, there were many
Illustrations and practical examples set
by the younger element; they learned
the lesson of thrift as well as industry.
Their help came in timely way and
saved many harvest fields and beet
fields when transient labor that should
have been busy in the fields was loi-
tering about the streets
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
GET BEHIND THIS MOVE

ONE of the most commendable and important
- movements that has been started in Cedar
City for long while, is the formation of Build
ing Association, for the purpose of financing and
securing the erection of new homes for persons
desiring to purchase same on the installment plan
More house room is one of the crying needs of
Cedar City at the present time, and the logical
practical and efficient way of securing the object
is by the formation of this building society, which
is practically assured, but the size, sphere and
usefulness of which is yet to be determined by
the amount of its capital stock which is subscribed
for.
Every man or woman in Cedar City who has
little idle capital should become interested in
this association which is a gilt edge proposition,
with no chance to lose, and one which at the same
time will mean so much for the welfare of the
community
The next meeting Of the promoters and men,
bers of the projected company will be held tonight,
You are invited to attend.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TRY IT?

Oh, say, you sing from the start to the end,
What proudly you stand for when orchestra play
When the whole congregation in voices which blend
Strike up the grand hymn and then torture and slay it
How they below and shout when they're first starting out
But "the dawns early light finds them laundering about
'Ts "The StarSpanged Banner" they're trying to sing
But they don't know the words of the precious old thing
Harkl The "twights last cleaning" has some of them
stopped,
But the valiant survivors press forward serenely
To "the ramparts watched" where some others are
dropped
And the loss of the leaders is manifest keenly
Then 'the rockets red glare gave the bravest scare
And there's few left to face the bombs bursting in air.
IT'S thin line of heroes that mango to save
The last of the and "the home of the brave'
Omaha Excelsior
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
EDITOR WEBSTER CALLED

TN the death of Editor David A. Webster which
l. occurred in southern California last week, af-
ter an illness of only three or four days, Beaver
county in particular and southern Utah in general,
lost one of their most able eXpounders of our re-
sources and attractions.
Mr.. Webster came to Utah from California
about three or four years ago, and settled on
large arid farm near Milford. He had been trained
in the newspaper field, and something like year
and half ago when a vacancy occurred in the ed
torial and business management of the Beaver
County News, he was induced by California ac-
quaintances who knew his ability along this line
to take hold of the paper. Under his careful and
aggressive manipulation the paper soon became
power for good. Later he acquired half-interest
in both the Milford and Beaver papers and as
socated himself with Karl Carlton in the manage
ment of both papers Then he got mixed up in
politics and was appointed postmaster Of Milford
which position fully occupying his time, he retired
from the active management of the Milford paper
only few weeks before his untimey death.
While young man, comparatively speaking
full of vim and energy, he has a son who is grown
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE

COULDN'T we afford just little more water
~ on the streets of the city, Mr.. Mayor and
members of the City Council? We know that
water is scarce and the demand for its use in the
maturing of crops imperative, but the town is
awfully hot, dry and dusty of late.
We noted recently when in St George that
they have man and team on steady and sprinkle
eight hours each day. The result is that all the
principal streets of the city are kept packed and
almost free from dust. If we can afford the eX-
pense and the water it would be splendid to do
about the same thing here.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
DIR. RUFUS LEIGH GOES TO
DEFENSE OF THE COLORS

Provo, Utah, June 7.--Dr Rufus
Leigh, who volunteered for the dental
reserve corps, u. S. A., August 20,
1917, and was given the rank of first
lieutenant, has been notified to appear
at Fort Douglas on June 10. He ex-
poets to be sent to Fort Oglethorpe,
Ca, for special training in dental SUR
gerry. DR.. Leigh has been practicing
dentistry here about four years and
is member of the state board of
dental Telegram Herald
Republican.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
Do You Enjoy Life?

A man in good physical condition
is almost certain to enjoy life, while
the bilious and dyspeptic are despond-
ent, do not enjoy their meals and feel
miserable a good share of the time.
This i'll feeling is nearly always un-
necessary. A few doses of Chamber
lain's Tablets to tone up the stomach,
improve the digestion and tone up the
bowels is all that is needed. Try it.
adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
WARN! Did you say? Wen, rather. And well

WARM! Did you say? Well, rather. And well
w it may seem warm to us, for it has been an
unusually cool and backward spring and early sum-
mer, and here before the middle of June the Their
mometer at the official observatory of the b. A.
c. has registered higher than it did at any time
last summer. 95 deg in the shade last Tuesday
is the record, we are told
In our opinion this weather is too warm to last
long, and we hope it may be broken by good rain
soon, which will do an immense amount of good
to growing crops--particuarly wheat-and would
be the means of easing the situation confronting
farmers and suffering crops at present
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14

Dr. Leigh is native of this place,
and practced dentistry here before
going to Provo. He is a bright and
progressive young man, and will no
doubt do his full duty by the govern
ment in his new field of usefulness.
The Doctors mother, Mrs, w. d.
Leigh, has gone to Provo to visit her
son before his departure from the
state.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14

and is, we believe serving the colors He also
leaves wife, somewhat younger than himself.
The editor of The Record had become well ac-
quainted with the Websters, and found them to be
most estimable people. Mrs Webster has our pro-
found sympathy and coincidence in her hour of
affection.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14

The next regular draft to leave Iron
county will entrain for Camp Lewis
on the oath of this month 1t will be
made up of the following men, Joseph
f. Waters, William b. Wilson, Glen
Macfarlane and David O. Tullis.