The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-11

House dresses,a SI4S-$I.9S, North
Side Variety Store. 2o-2t
B. A. Garrett, Ben Gregory and
George Miller oi Mingo were visitors
at The Times office Friday.
Spring sale on all curtain goods this
week.
colt North Side Variety Store.
Lieut.. Vnsley. OF the medical corps,
at Camp Dodge, spent few days OF
last week in Rich Hill with home
folks, says the Review.
Mrs. \. +. Hlatchert, OF Kansas
City, came down to attend the funeral
of her nephew. Sergeant Elliott Walk
cr. Thursday oi last week.
Mrs. J. \. Rogers and children
were called to kansa, City the last OF
the last of the week by the serious
, illness of her father, l.. !. Clapp.
Rev. Lewis keele, who is in- charge
oi the corn testing station in the base
ment of the court house, was Gin
ton visitor one day the last OF the
| week.
! Ralph Pipes, OF Altona, graduate
OF tic Butler High School in the class
OF 1913, attended the funeral OF his
classmate, Sergeant Elliott Walker, III
this city Thursday.
c. \. Mcfarland, who has been
spending the last two weeks visiting
home folks in this city, has returned
to the Mcfarland ranch at Iucu'n
carl, New Mexico.
Lewis Barker returned to his com.
panv at Camp Doniphan the last OF
the week after spending a iurlough IN
this city with his parents, MIR, and
. Mrs. ]. l.. Barker.
Senator John Baldwin, oi Hudson
township. was a Butler visitor one
dav last week. The Senator is can
didate for reelection but so far has
NOT started an active campaign.
Among the callers at this office Sat
urday was G. w. Reading, OF route
one, Mr.. Reading short time ago
moved from the Rockville neighbor-
hood to the ". RI. Smith farm. a lew
miles east OF the city.
Relatives in this city have received
| word that Sergeant Mel Newsome'
who has been with the Tooth depot
brigade at Camp Lewis. Washington
has been discharged from the service
on account OF heart trouble.
Chas. Baker, OF southeast OF town.
last week bought one of the finest
registered shorthorn bulls that WAS
ever brought to the county. The ami
NAL is II months old and weighs
lao pounds. 1t is from the GragS
herd and is beauty.
The seed corn testing station that
has been located in the basement Oh
the court house, on account OF the III
crease of work has been forced TO
move to larger quarters and can now
he found in the Seese building, on
the southeast corner of the square
NJ. c. Fortune. who for several
wears has been collector of Usage
township last week rendered his resig.
. nation to the township trustees and
will go west for his health. The trus-
/ tees appointed George Moreland to
fill the vacancy. The many friends OF
Mr.. Fortune hope that he may be en-
tirely restored to health by his stay III
the west.
Some time ago a number OF Adrian
gentlemen headed by ]. d. Parker
organized an oil company and pur-
chased oil leases in southeastern Ran
sas. The other day a we'll was
brought in which is said to yield 100
barrels per day. After a sixty quart
charge of nitroglycerin had been ex-
ploded in the well 600 feet of oil rose
in the well.
Edgar Waller and Sam Barr last
week bought the elevator at roster
and Mr.. Waller moved to that place
and is in charge of the business and
will no doubt make the business pay
well. The only regrettable thing
about the deal is that we lose MI
Waller as a citizen. but that is partly
overcome as Mr.. Baw expects to
move to Rich Hill as soon as the
twins are able to walk down.-Rich
! Hill Western Enterprise.