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The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-04
Summit Happenings

Mrs. Albert Argenbright and two
children, Celeste and Glen, visitcc
Sunday with Ray Argenbright and
wife. They found Mrs. Ray Argen.
bright with the mumps.
Louise Thomas is quite sick with
measles and mumps. She took both
at the same time.
The Summit Red Cross met witt,
Mrs. Sturgeon and daughter Wednes-
day.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Grant and
Miss Nellie Wright and son. Viii
burn, were Sunday visitors at Fisher
Lacy's.
There were several egg roasts Sat
urday night and Sunday in various
places.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Garrett were
called to Nevada Saturday by the
death of a relative
Farmers are wishing for rain, the
oats and grass need moisture.
Miss Margaret Hyatt is out of
school this week, also Ada Mae
Thomas. They are both sick.
Robt. Sturgeon and wife spent Sum
day afternoon with Herman Seelinger
and family.
Charles Douglas has had his phone
transferred. His number is ? on 40.
Also Ray Sturgeon has a phone. His
number is I6 on 81.
Mrs. j. NJ. Norris is quite poorly.
Has trouble with her heart and can't
lie down. She was feeling some bet
ter Tuesday.
Edward Havens and wife came last
week from Pittsburg, Penn, to visit
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Havens. Thsy think of locating in
Butler.
Glennie Price returned to his work
in Kansas City, Monday, after being
at home some time on account of be-
ing sick
We all extend sympathy to Mr.. D.
X. Walker and family in their sad
hour.
The. farmers meeting at Herrel
school house is we'll attended. Mr..
Roster gave a talk Tuesday night.
SUNSHINE.
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Mt. Carmel News.

w ell, every one was SO busy last
week that we couldn't find any items
and if we had found them we would
not have had time to write them so
we lost out again.
Powell Englehardt has new tele-
phone on the Virginia system
Mrs. W. l.. Osborne and Lee NJ.
flardnger were on the sick list the
last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Hill are the
proud parents OF a fine boy, born
Easter Sunday, March 81.
The basket dinner at Mt. CARMEL
Sunday was we'll attended and every
one had lots to eat. We don't know
whether it was a Hoover dinner or
not as we were sick and couldn't 60.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Y. Osborne of
Butler came out Saturday for sew
eral days visit with their son, w. f.
Osborne and family.
Mrs. Ray Argenbrght has been en-
tertaining the mumps the past week.
Several OF the boys in our neigh
borhood enjoyed an egg roast in the
Williams pasture just east of Enter
prise school house Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Crosswhite Of
Rich Hill called at the w. NJ Har-
dinger home Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. E. Leonard and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orland Eggleson and
daughter, Anna Laura, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Eggleson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Y.
Osborne and Mrs. Herbert Steele and
children, all of Butler ATTENDED the
Easter dinner at Mt Carmel Sunday.
w. M. Hardinger made a business
trip to Metz Monday afternoon.
UNCLE HENRY.
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Ekhart News.

News scarce; weather fine.
Everyone has been having the
measles but all are better now.
George Ragsn and wife visited
relatives In Kansas City the latter
part of the week.
The Fairyiew Sunday School en-
joyed an egg roast in the Ross tim
Der Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Knapp of East
Lynn visited with H. R. Chitwood
Sunday.
Frank Landlord and family visited
his father in Adrian Sunday.
Mrs. Fri returned last week from
visit with her son Frank at Camp
Pike. Ark. She reports him well but
no chance to come home. They are
expecting to be moved somewhere
in the near future.
Mrs. Cecil Lankford visited D. L.
and Fsank Lankford few days last
week. She s4turned recently from .
visit with her husband at Camp. Pike.
Mrs. Isankltrd wiz return to her
home in Colorado soon.
Wnf Ragan has new car.
Misses Nataiia and Hatte AAddy1
will sasist in mnsical recital to be-
eivss Nh E Dowell. Tuesdsy.
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MerWin Items.

II. d. Ritchey and family were
! Kansas City visitors Sunday.
a. d. Hargis and family went to
Urich Saturday, returning home
Sunday.
J. A. Dressendofier and family of
Lees Summit came down Sunday TO
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Harrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. X. Mcclure and
family OF Drexel spent Sunday at
the A. Harrison home.
Uncle George Mordica, former
citizen of Merwin died at his home in
Kansas and his body was shipped to
Drexel, where he was buried in the
Sharon cemetery. Mr.. Mordica was
known by everybody around Mer-
win.
NJ. NJ. Harris returned to Neosho
Sunday.
A play will be given by the girls
NJ. NJ. M. Club Friday night at the
High School auditorium. The pro-
ceeds will be given to the Red Cross.
Mary Kclso was up from Amster-
dam Saturday.
Arnold Payton has the smallpox.
George Boyer of Drexel was in
town Saturday.
G. d. Wood went to Kansas City
Sunday returning home Monday in
new Ford
Rev. Setlif is holding meeting at
the Christian church.
Mrs. Lucinda King returned to
Adrian Sunday.
Blanche and Sybil Elliott were i'll
Drexel Saturday.
E. Z. Larkey went to Adrian Sat-
urday
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High Test for Seed Corn.

M. r. Perry, one of the best farm
ers OF Shawnee township, was in the
city Saturday and made this office an
appreciated visit. Mr.. Perry, like all
good farmers, had tested his seed
corn tor this year, as he did not
want to waste any land by planting
seed that would not grow. His test
was the highest that we have heard
OF SO far. He tested 700 ears and the
result showed that 60 per cent of
them were good.
Some corn is testing as low as 6s
per cent and no farmer can afford to
plant 'untested seed this year when
u IS important that every ear possible
be raised.
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Sunday afternoon at the J. L. Brooks
home.
Gladys and Warren Winter, Fern
Moore, Evelyn Brooks, Edna and
Oletha Hancock visited Alma and
Elsie Merchant Sunday.
Mrs. %MeHaffey is visiting at the
home of her son Wilbur and wife,
this week
John Woodfin had the measles last
week.
Irene Moore visited Mary Brooks
Sunday.
The school children of" Orchard
Grove spent very enjoyable time
at an egg roast at the home of NJ.
Tharp's Monday night.
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Letter From the Far West.

Gooding, Ida, March ,e, 1913
The Butler Weekly Times,
Butler, Mo.
Dear Mr.. Editor:
! guess | will. write you my prom
ised letter tonight. Since writing tc
you we have moved to Gooding
Idaho. SO please change our address
accordingly.
Since leaving Missouri we have
been around considerable. have lived
three or four places, three months OF
which was in Nevada.
We have lived thirteen nfonths on
our homestead and by the 18th OF
April will have put III cnough time on
it to prove it up under the commuta-
tion law
There seems to be quite an exodus
OF AIissourians from Missouri to
Idaho. Well. Idaho is pretty good
place to live.
Goodng is. on the main line of the
Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha
to Portland, but at some town in
Wyoming it takes the name OF Ore
gon Short line. There are several
passenger trains day. and ireights
one right after another and large
number .of them have forty to sixty
cars on them.
The irrigation tract that Gooding IS
on is just a new tract only eight or
ten years old, SO there is quite lot
OF new land yet.
Twin Falls county with a popula
tion of $4,000 raised 100000 bushels
of wheat besides quite a number of
other crops.
Ernest Corey, . Missourian that
came from near Drexel, Mo-. raised
less than three acres of spuds (po-
tatoes) that brought him $1,000 90. A.
J. Requa had five acres that made
over 100 sacks of spuds at $I.2o
sack. Beans made over $4,000 per
acre in lots of places. R. E. Thomas
had 9 acres of clover that the seed
alone brought over 100000. Alfalfa
hay produces from four to six tons
per acre at three cuttings.
Wages here are pretty good. A
single man ! know was offered $1,000
for 10 months work and board, but
refused to take it, said he would
rather farm. A person ought to save
some money. Wages run from SO to
$Ioo per month. OF course a lot of
people won't believe what am writ |
ing.
A fellow went back to Iowa from
here and told all of these big stories
and his uncle asked him where he
learned to stretch things so. He
came out in year or SO and he was
worse than his nephew. If you don't |
believe what I am writing don't say
anything rash about it.
If people don't quit leaving Mis-
souri ! guess we can come back and
take a homestead.
Joe Rogers is with US now. He Is
like the rest of us, thinks this is
great place.
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Sermon in German Barred.

Miami. Ok. March 3I.-The con.
gregation of the Lutheran church at
Fairland, near here, heard the Easter
sermon d its pastor, the Rev. Theo-
philus Daughtehahn, in English to-
day for the first time. The Ottawa
County Council Of Defense informed
the. trustees of the chprcS, and school
Saturday that the German language
would no longer be tclefated. An
the pdpile of the chureh hssshool win
hencefort 60 to the Seblit school.
The gfads school = Just across the
street ifotn skhe Getman Sehooj and
the pupil have made i Z eustom =
I'm r. nAon - scAool yard
q sehcol cry day.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-04

We are expecting H. II. llvilsizer
and family out in few days.
We have certainly had lovely
weather this winter. The thermome-
ter hasn't registered lower than eigh;
or ten degrees above zero. 1t has
been SO pcople could plow most OF
the time. We couldn't realize it be-
ing SO cold there.
Yours truly,
Ernest Cough.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-04
Farmers Attentioni

We want at once the name of every
farmer in Bates county who can
spare so bushels or more of good
seed corn. Please get a test on this
corn, as only the best is desired This
call comes to us through our District
Agricultural Agent from U. S. Bu-
reau of markets.
Please notify as soon as tested out:
Prof. Gorrel, Principal of High
School, or l. w. Keele, Butler, Mo.
Give variety. 2s-It
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The Butler weekly times., 1918-04-04

In meeting of the Bankers of Bates Co
the Government well to the citizens of Bates {
every citizen who does not have available funds of his
modaton upon payment of 10 per cent of any citizer
able any time during the year, in instaments This
or with his credit
If you wish to purchase Liberty Bond, S
will your bonds, either for cash credit you
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-09-13
ROOKIE GETS HIS INTERVAL
1t Lasts Fifteen Minutes and Is Taken
Up Most With Converse
ton.

Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, s.
ca bunch Of new draft men were
marching across camp in charge of a
sergeant who occasionally sung out
sharply: Keep your intervals"-this
being a military term used In keeping
the squads at the proper distance from
each other.
One Of the rockies complained to
the captain: "Say Cap, the guy that
brung us over here told us to keep
our intervals. They haint gimme one
yet"
as that So" unused the officer
thoughtfully. "Well, when you get
through medical examination tell the
personnel officers about 1t. You must
have an interval. by all means. Try
TO make them give you one before
night"
When the rookie demanded savage
ly later that Captain Coffin, person
mel officer, issue him an interval the
captain gave him one of fifteen min
utes, taken up with very earnest con-
versation.
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OVER HERE!
BY n. C.. WitWer.

by n. ". WitWSTs
with q genufiection to George NJ Cohan)
Johnny save your mon, save your mon,
save your mon
Help us lick the Hun, lick the Hun,
lick the Hun!
Uncle Sans calling on you and me
For another loan for Liberty!
Hurry right away, get your pay, 60
today
Buy bonds by the score, then some
more, win the war
They're not asking much of you, look
what our boys In France must do [!
Over Here!
Over Here!
We can fight with all our might right
over here!
Every Yankee dollar makes the kaiser
hOller
And fills our boys In France with
cheerl
So do your share, make this loan q
bear.
For every bond you buy helps over
there!
Put this loan over, put this loan over,
And keep on buying till it's over, over
there! ~,
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CHANcERY SALE

In pursuance and by virtue of q
certain decree of the Circuit Court
for the county of Van Buren,, State
of Michigan, in Chancery, made and
dated on the 25th, day of January,
A. ID. 1918, in a certain cause there
in pending, wherein Dewitt Dillen-
beck, Albert Dillenbeck, Charles +.
Dillenbeck, George Dillenbeck, Ches-
ter Dillenbeck, Hattie Christie and
Florence Nicholas are plaintiffs, and
Charles Fiske and Helen A. Fiske are
defendants:
Notice is hereby given that, for
the purpose of making distribution
of the proceeds of sale according the
terms and conditions of said decree,
l shall sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at the north front
door Of the Court House, in the will
age of Paw Paw, in said county of
Van Buren,, (said Court House being
the place of holding the Circuit Court
in and for said County, on Saturday
the 14th, day of September, A. d.
1913, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
all of the following described pre-
misses, to-wit:
The Northeast quarter of the
Southeast quarter of Section five,
Town three south, range fifteen west.
Van Buren, County, Michigan and the
Northeast fraction of the Northeast
quarter, being north of river, of sec
ton eight, town three South, range
fifteen west, said county and state.
Dated at Paw Paw, Michigan, the
10Th, day of July, A. D. 1918.
Oran w. Rowland
Circuit Court Commissioner
Van Buren, County, Michigan.
Thomas J. Cavanaugh
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Business Address, Paw Paw, Mich.
27t7
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THE GOLDEN SWORD

BY William p. Kirk.
Columbia The battle clouds are
flung across the sky
And forms NTH uniforms for
shroudS ia staring meadows he;
In staring, tortured meadows, where
once Gods daisies doomed
Where now the brave in one red
grave are epermore sntombed.
The Monster Mars has left the stars
to bring planet pain.
And in cloak of blood and smoke
Nan thrusts at Man againi
Yet far above the hellish horde-the
Hohenzollern binds
There CLEANS great, golden
swOrd-a sword that burns and
blinds
The shining sword of knighthood-
the Weapon of a band
That spreng from fearless fathers on
Plymouths cherries strand!
Well may the beads Of terror stand
upon the Prussian brow!
The Golden Sword of Yankeeldnd
has left the scabbard nowl
Its blade is truly tempered in frss
of Sacrifice
By patriots brave Who gladly gave
and proudly paid the price.
Its HIT is set NTH precious gems
street Womanhoods supply
The treasure-troue Of Mother Love
a sweetheart'S fond good-by.
Crouch. Monarch. in your hall Of
hingS-the last Of Mondrchs
HaHsi
The Golden Sword of Freedom
swingsi The last of mondrchs
faHSi
The Golden Sword of Freedom! 1t
points the ray to light!
In dazzling rings 1t leaps and sings
the doom Of Mailed Might!
Bring on your gold, 0 Freemen!
Shape weH the glittering blade!
The only Lord wiH bless this Sword
your sacrifice has made!
And down the ages get unborn the
story shall be told
How Freedoms sons destroyed the
Huns NTH Freedoms Sword Of
Gold!
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TOSS HATS INTO THE WATER
United States Marines Have Supersti-
ton That There Is Luck
in IL.

Port Royal, s. C.-Instead Of "toss-
Ing their hats i'm the ring" the U. 8.
marines now toss 'em in the water.
Tossing their hats in the ocean for
luck was adopted as one of the marine
customs when gust Of wind snatched
the chapeau Of recruit while he was
crossing the bay off Paris Island, s.
c., the marines training camp. The
lid sailed gracefully out into space
and was soon bobbing merrily on the
dancing waves.
Taking the accident as cue "just
for luck" the remainder Of the re-
cruits Immediately sailed their hats
out into the deep, and the bay was
soon dotted with hundreds Of straw
hats.
The boys 'passed the word" and
now no recruit can expect to have
good tuck unless he has cast his hat
upon the receding tide. =.
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FARM BUREAU NOTES

Save Next Springs Seed Corn Now.
Corn in this county is ripening
rapidly now and the present time is
the proper time to secure a good
supply for next Springs planting. 1t
also seems advisable, in view of what
happened last fall and winter to- the
seed corn in this state, to this fall,
secure seed enough for two years
planting.
What a great thing, for the state
of Michigan and Van Buren, county it
would have been. if we had saved old
seed corn for our entire acreage, in
stead of having to look to cribs hav-
old corn for seed, and to neighboring
states for supply. At the best, the
old crisp corn did not make the best
kind of seed, and the corn grown from
other states, really is fit for nothing
but ensilage.
This year it is extremely important
that every farmer who has a field
of Michigan variety, save every ear
fit for seed, and then after saving it.,
see that it is quickly dried and stored
where it will not freeze. Over the
State of Michigan for every farmer
who planted Michigan grown seed last
spring, it is likely that there were
five or six who planted seed from out
of the state, and even though some
of the corn may nature enough for
seed, it will not be safe to plant it
next year, as this summer has been
a hot one, and corn has matured,
which with normal year might not
mature at all. Who can tell what
kind of a summer we will have next
year. No one can, and it may be
cold, backward one. Because of the
fact, it behooves every man who
wishes to grow corn for grain, to
plant next spring seed grown this
year from Michigan varieties in the
state, therefore, there is going to be
a big demand for seed corn, and this
demand will be for seed corn which
will grow and grow strongly.
Price will not be so much of fact
or as terminating quality and variety
Has any corn grower forgotten how
easy it was to secure from $500 to
$1,000 per bushel for well bred seed,
which would terminate 90 per cent
strong last Spring? If so, | would
like to refresh his memory a little.
At the prices received for good seed
last spring, or at even one-half of the
price at that time, how can any far
mer make money any easier, than by
putting a sack over his shoulder, and
going into his ripening field of corn,
select at least four times as much
seed as he can possibly use next year
One fourth for his plantingt mex
Spring, one-fourth for his planting
in 1920 and the other one-half to be
sold to his unfortunate neighbor who
had to buy out of the state. Remem-
Der, fellow farmers, we do not have
any old crib corn to use for seed
next Spring if we fail to save and
care for seed from this years crop.
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spiritually iptolerant of weakness. of

spiritually intolerant of weakness. of
Hypocrisy, OF sloth.
So for all of us comes the searching
Of what we may do now-hOw to pre-
pare for that time when our boys
come back. bearing along with their
scars OF war. that triumph OF war
freedom for all men and future peace
for all peoples. Even yet. not all Of
us can take an active part In direct
war works. But there are two ways
In which all can share and In which
women must lead. As men have re-
adjusted the worlds Of business, Of
finance. of industry to war, SO we
women can readjust our little indi-
vidual domestic lives to war. Even
the homely tasks of cooking washing,
bedmaking, sending the children to
school, directing the family amuse-
ment-even these can be directly re-
lated to the war necessity Of keeping
the nations health, balance and spirit
adjusted, all In readiness for the day
when our country may call on us
just you and me-for the supreme sac
rifice.
Keep Thrift Wheel Spinning.
Then, we women must put our shout
der to the thrift wheel and keep 1t
spinning merrily. We can save-and
In this our babies can help-save pen
MES. save useless and some useful ex-
penditures, save service, save food,
save the other fellows tims-and al
ways with a cheerful heart. a smiling
front, the courage of devotion. II by
saving and Mt a sacrifice, q dollar for
q Liberty bond, 25 cents for q Thrift
stamp, an hour a day for serious
thought on how we, individually, can
adjust our every daily act to war-if.
By these little things, We can do q
patriots part In this war, II we can
have the right to put our names along
side the mothers Of the world" then.
In Gods name, not only do them, but
see that every other woman goes
and does likewise. Let every man,
every woman, every child In these
great United States have the chance
to share in the glory of Americas part
In this war-to own vital piece OF
that immortal liberty. the right Of
ones own soul that America has al
ways fought for and stands for i'm
mortally now and forever, world with
out end.
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Penalty OF Failure.

Failure to profit from our own mis-
takes, failure to appreciate that we
have made mistakes, failure TO heed
the warnings of people more expert
enced than we, always carries with 1t
heavy penalty that must be paid
Exchange.
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HOw's This /?

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REIMBURSEMENT of Home Life to
Meet War Conditions Will
Aid in Bringing Victory.
PUT SHOULDER To WHEEL
Save Pennies and Some Useless Ex-
pendtures and Teach Need of
Thrift to Children Wherever
and Whenever Possible.
BY MISS BLANCHE BATES,
Popular Actress.

With our boys over there driving In
the final wedge-fghting shoulder to
shoulder with the heroes Of Britain,
of France, of Italy, OF poor mutilated
Belgium-with our wonderful Ameri-
can mothers and OR valiant young
American wives, over here, sending
their loved boy-men, so Loyalty, so
cheerfully-it's up to us, just the COM
mon-or-garden stay-at-homes, to make
good, too! There is no discomfort too
great to bear, no service that can't be
asked of us, no sacrifice that we will
not make. 1t is our right to be allowed
our share In this world war.
Must Back Our Boys.
Our boys have gone over there, bear
ing I'm their eager youths faces and I'm
their stout American fighting hearts.
Americas promise to those poor war
wearied peoples. 1t Is a promise that
you and | and every man, woman and
child in America must stand back of
with all our hearts and souls, with all
our worldly goods. There Is not hui
man American today who Is not fired
with n passion of patriotism, with the
keenest desire to serve-for. the chance
to prove his right to look those boys
In the face when they get back. Just
the contempt we have for the Stacker,
the profiteer Of today-just that con-
tempt will we have for ourselves, Of
tomorrow, If, In our souls we can find
one chance to serve overlooked or one
sacrifice not made. For, remember
that our boys In that one moment OF
supreme selflessness-that "gOing over
the top"-that second of conscious
immolation on the altar of freedom.
victory and peace-that willing sur
render of their blood and body and
brain-for just you and me-for our
peace and safety-in that one moment
has come a spiritual rebirth. rejuve-
nation of soul. that will search our
souls for kindred strength, and -