The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-27

i albert. M the morning service Oh
the Jefferson City Christian church
Mrs. Nix sang solo.
The Goddess of Liberty on the
dome of the court house was given
a new summer dress one day last
week, the first one for several years,
and she was beginning to look some
what shabby Ladders were put up
and fastened with ropes to the base
Of the statue and on these the paint
ers stood and with long handled
brushes gave her coat of gray paint
The residence of Will Lowell, on
South Delaware street, was entirely
destroyed by fire about 800 o'clock
Sunday morning. At the time of the
fire none of the family was at home.
Mr.. Lowell being in Rich Hill and his
children being at the home OF his
mother. Both house and contents
were entirely destroyed, but the loss
is said to be entirely covered by in
surance.
The extreme hot weather last week
was very hard on the horses in the
harvest fields and the drivers had to
watch close to see that they did not
drive too hard. A horse dropped
dead on the binder on the farm of
Tom Chandler. few miles south
west Of town. Those who had trac-
tors found that they were just the
thing to pull the binder through the
heavy wheat on a hot day.
Cy Ward has received word from
the war department that his son, La
Verne Ward, is again in the service
Of his country and is stationed at a
training camp in Wisconsin. Mr..
Ward had not heard from his son
for long time and as he had been in
the army before he concluded that he
might have enlisted again SO he ap-
piled to the war department for in
formation and was informed that his
son was again in the service.
costma ter J. T. Williams. assistant
postmaster Elmer j. Campbell and
Post office Inspector Brown drove
over to Rockville one day last week
and tried their hand at fishing. and
the Rockville News does not give
them credit for being very good fish
ernlen. However, it says that they
had some to eat, but fails to say
whether they caught them themselves
or had to depend on better fishermen.
Letters from France indicate that
Co. B which is composed principally
oi Bates and Vernon county boys,
nave finished their training and had
been sent to the front. While the
censorship rules are SO strict that no
exac. information can be obtained it
would not be at all surprising at any
time 10 hear that the boys from Bates
county had taken their turn i'll the
trenches where there is no sort of
doubt but that they will give a good
account OF themselves.
"a +. Reed, farm help specialist OF
the department of agriculture, was
in the city Thursday, looking after
the harvest situation in Bates coun-
~. Mr.. Reeds work has called him
10 all parts OF the state and he in
forms us that the crops look first
class in every locality, He was here
some time ago and in connection with
the commercial club organized the
Farm Help Volunteers, that have
done so much to help the Bates coun-
~ farmer to save his wheat crop.
last As the chronic pessimist was
beginning to say that the crops were
all ruined for. the lack OF rains. Ii
raiaed--as it usually does. 1t COM
nenced raining Sunday afternoon
about 100 o'clock and kept it up pref
ty much all the afternoon. 1t was
gentle, penetrating rain and every
drop seemed to soak into the dry
ground. Pastures and grass in some
parts OF the county were beginning
to suffer considerable from the dry,
hot weather, but it was just what the
wheat needed. the largest part of
which was cut and in the shock be-
fore the rain came.
4. c. Coberly, local manager of the
Logan Moore lumber yard, while
making trip in the interest of his
company last week passed through
Iaborvillc. small town in St. Clair
county, and says that one of the
stores Of that town had been decorat-
ed with stripes of yellow paint for his
failure to help out the Red Cross.
Mr.. Coberly said he talked with a
number of people while he was there
and they all said that the man got
lust what was coming to him. 1t was
evident that trade was not good III
hat particular store as the owner had
,losed it UP and was at home at work.
If the printers of Bates county con-
inue going to war it will not be
much longer until getting out news |
PAPER will be an almost impossible
Clark Nicolay, of this |
office was the first to go. He was
member of Co. B and saw service on
he border with that organization and