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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
CUT TAX ON MOTOR CARS
Senate Committee Believes S PEI
Cent Enough-Other
Reductions,

Washington, Oct. Io.-The 10 per
cent taxes-fixed by the House on pas
sengcr motor cars and motor cycles
were cut in half today by the Senate
finance committee. This is the same
impest en- such vehicles as on trucks
and tractors. The 10 per cent tax
placed by the House on tires and ac-
cessories also was. reduced to S per
cent.
House taxes. of 10 per cent on
sporting goods, cameras and photo
graphic supplies were accepted. The
tax on chewing gum, which was made
6 per cent by the House. was reduced
to 4 per cent, but the House levy OF
10 per cent on candy was approved.
The House provisions 1evying taxes
on firearms and ammunition when
sold other than to the government
were adopted. as was the provision
levying 10 per cent tax on yachts
more than SIS.
All of the House provisions rela-
tive to men and women's wearing APP
parel were accepted unchanged. I'm
der this schedule. men. women and
boys will be permitted to pay $50 for
suits or overcoats without being sub
ject to tax while women's dresses
costing less than $40 will be exempt
ed
The house proposal to tax women S
hats costing more than SIS was &C
cepted, but the provision placing the
limitation of S. for mems and boys
hats and S. for caps was revised SO as
to make Sc for the former and ST for
the latter.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
Evidence of Incendiarism in Forest
Fires Obtained

St. Paul, Mimi. Oct. Io-Statc and
Government officials are investigat-
ing suspicious incidents connected
with the recent forest fires which
swept Minnesota. it was learned upon
good authority at the State capitol
today. 1t is understood that the in
vestigations arctic determine wheth-
er inccndiaries actually started the
fires or took advantage OF natural
conditions 10 spread the flames.
1t has been reported that many evil
dences OF inccndiarism have been OBJ
tanned by forest wardens, home
guardsmen and volunteer workers.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
STATE OF MISSOURI,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

I. JOHN L. SULLIVAN. Secretary q stats
Of the state Of Missouri. hereby certify that
of the six joint and eoa0uRf&nt rsssl1t3sas q
the Forty.nintA General Assembly - IL 0ta1s
Of Missouri; also of the three aneaansatp .
the Constitution proposed By Initiative led.
ton to be submitted to the qualified voteso q
the state Of Missouri at the seaefal elsettsa
to be held on Tuesday. the 9Th day Of Nsvsn-
Der, 1915
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. hereby Get
nv hand and affix the Great Seal Of IL Stats
Of Missouri Done at office In tAa City -
Jefferson this 18th day Of August. A. d. INA
JOHN 1. SULLIVAN,
Secretary Of State.
(GAan
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24

/, Some time ago the Sculiy tenants in
this county received notice that their
rent would be raised for the coming
year. Many of them were dissatisfied
and claimed that they could not make
enough to pay the increase. A mass
meeting of the tenants was called to
meet in this city and make an or
gained protest but nothing came of
t.
The tenants in this county are CON-
PEELED to own all OF the improvements
on the farms that they occupy and
when they might desire to give up
their lease they must find buyer for
these improvements or else abandon
them and lose all that they have in
vested, as it would be losing prop
osition to try and move the improve
mcnts from one farm to another.
This is rather an un-American ar
rangement but up to the present it
has caused but little dissatisfaction.
The Scullys own somewhere i'll the
neighborhood of 10000 acres of Bates
county land, large part of which was
bought about 20 years ago when land
was much cheaper than at present,
and as they have no capital invested
in improvements they are able to rent
their land at figure lower than the
average landlord. who must own and
keep up lot, of expensive improve
meutS
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF MISSOURI:


The Constitution Of Missouri shall be and
the same 10 hereby amended BY adding The
Following Section to Article X thereof:
-. All public revenues Tor stale, county. n'''-
uicipal, school and oil other public purposes
shall be derived from taxes on tine value OF
land exclusive Of improvements and from such
taxes as may be imposed by isw % the mann
facture and sale of intoxtca ting itq0ofS and
tobacco, and on incomes and inheritAnees; hut
this shall rot prevent the imposition OF such
license taxes as may be necessary % proper
exercise Of the police power. Rights Of way
for public utilities shall be deemed property
in land and the value thereof shall BE- taxed
accordingly II not owned by the public This
amendment shall govern all taxes for which
assessments shall be made on ana after June
lat 1910, but not those assessed before that
date. All constitutional limitations OF rates
Of assessment and taxation are hereby ahc'-
isbed and the legislature Is hereby empowered
to fix such rate, Of taxation as shall produce
the rey,n,e REQUIRED for state and school p''r
poses and in counties the County Court OF ""ci'
county and In municipalities the corpora tie
authorities Of each municipality shall have
yp0wer to determine the rate necessary 70 PRO
duce the revenue needed from time to time for
municipal purposes. provided that any school
district IN the state may increase tina rate for
school purposes fixed BY the Legislature bs
submitting such increase to 4 vote Of the pe"-
ple Of such district. All provisions OF the
Constitution conflicting herewith arc repealed
70 far. o. they co conflict.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
Grain Inspector Has Surplus.

Jefferson City, Oct. Io.-James
Bradshaw, state warehouse and grain
inspector, with headquarters at Kan
sas City, has notified state officials
he will have a surplus OF 5000 in
the treasury of his office at the enc!
of the present year. This has been
the busiest year in the history OF his
office. he reports.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

Jeiat and concurrent resolution submitting to
the qualified voters Of Missouri an amend
mont to the Constitution the rsof concerning
tion ia q article 10, Of the oe9stitatton,
certain words.
BE IT RnsoIyHD BIZ THS H s%NarS Or a a1T
CURING THEREIN:
That ct the general election to be held IN
this state on the Tuesday following the first
Monday In November, 1918, the following
amendment to the Constitution Of the state of
Missouri shall be submitted to the qualified
voters Of the state. to-wit:
Section la Of article 10. Of the Const!-
tuition OF the state Of Missouri shall be amend.
ed by inserting between the word came" and
the word provided % the same appears on
line ten thereof, the following words: "or for
~ - sat Of paving. matchmaking. grading or
otherwise improving the roadway Of any street
avenue or alley within the corporate limits Of
such city" 10 that said section shall read ~
: sectisn la. Certain cities allowed to In
cur additional indebtedness for water works
and Hight plants.-Any city IN this stats con-
tsinine not more than thirty thousand (30. 000)
nor msy .4tS the assent q twosSras Of the
voters thereof, voting at an election to Be
held for that purpose, be allowed to become
Indebted in q larger amount than specified In
section twelve, Of article ten u0) Of the
Constitution Of this state. not exceeding an
sdditional five (6) per centum Of the value Of
the taxable property therein, for the purpose
Of purchasing or constructing water-works.
electric or other light plants, to be owned
structinx the same or for the purpose Of de-
frayine all or any part of the cost Of paving,
macadamitIng. grading or otherwise improving
the roadway Of any street. avenue or alley
within the corporate limits Of such city: PRO
YIDED. that any such city incurring such
indebtedness requiring the assent Of the voters
e afoessaid shah have the power to provide
fer. ard before q at tie time Of tncurrtne such
n annual TAI In aodltion to the other taxes
proYtded for by tAts Constitution. sufficient TO
pay the interest on such indebtedness a. 1t
falls due, ana also to constitute a. sinking
fund for the payment Of the principal thereof,
within twenty years from the time Of contract
ing the same. any provision In this Constitu'
ton to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
State Senator Hayman Dies 1t
HoustQnia.

Sedalia. No.. Oct. 1o-Frank c.
Hayman, State Senator in the forty
Skird and forty-fourth session4 Of the
Eeaesal Assembly, died last nlght at
6je farm home, near Houstonias fol-
5o1fnr 8 stroke of paralysis.
8 SENIOR Hayman, con Of Gen. +. b.
tn IN. WAS born at the military
1iff5npw Of Fort Lawsoa, Indian Ter
S.6Sey. January 8, 1884 He w1e tof.
~ : member Of the St1te Hoere
7fGR3ralfhrS and formerly W.
fSf - q &he Missoad Sa1ee ~
- and. Two .danghters sesvtve
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
New York BARRIERS Must Wear
Masks.

New York, Oct. Io.-Mayor Frank
Hague has ordered that for the dura-
ton OF the influenza epidemic BARRIERS
wear masks while cutting hair and
shaving. Two hundred masks manu-
featured by the Women's club of the
city will be distributed to the BARRIERS
today.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
The Scullys Having Trouble With
Their Illinois Tenants.

Morris, ILL.,, Oct o-Farmer ten
ants in this vicinity OF the William
Scully estate OF England. which re-
Gently raised rent from S. to $Io an
acre. resolved in mass meeting last
night not to pay the increase.
They hired lawyer to appeal to
the courts and the Food Administra-
ton. They say if the advance is in
sisted on they will not plant fall
crops.
The Scully estate is said to own
10000 acres in Illinois and big tracts
in the South
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24

-. y GnevA ~ $1,000 Ax-ex AgNe1es ~ - ~
IA I'll 5..ss
~ LIZ 1ESOLxAg u "a. 49, 49, ~. LIE rssn
90Q9g ~ REPRESENTATIVE CON-
C0RRlN0 4S
ssss'-s s &
Aat q ~ SsaesAl Aisctica u H. held n
X ~ pfnte "a NJ first Tnesday after the taaet
M14y u NCve1Aer N the ye1r aeIs: thefe
ehsse snhnitted g sc qsaiiilsd soten 2,
- GtAte for Adoption. NE following proposed
Ansa4mene - The Constitntlon % repea! 20.
- n of article 10 of the stats Constitution
- - enact q NV seotiea Ia lieu thereof -
-; :...,.. !, -. .,ct,o. /, 81 .rttc,. 10
49, Coastituee0 Of Missouri y hereby ~
3oaled. 81
eec. 2. That ln lieu q section II OF artt-
- - ~ the Censttution Of Missouri hereby
sSs1salad. there b enacted the following new
Aece3sa 20 b known ~ section II. article IL,
vees
-. II. 1axes tor county, city, town ana
NJ ie1ects ~ TAXATION: but the valuation q
QEqpoEly thare1ct Shaal mot exceed tho vaIaA-
- - ~ sAme property IN sach IOWA CIV
- scAecl district for state and county PVT
Oeoas.- ter county purposes the annual fate
- vsspeftys n counties having six million dci.
~ = .Iess, shall not. In the aggresate exceed
my cents On the hundred dolIafs yainaton:
9 essaes nev,ns six mlon 1C ssr sna .rcss1
49U cents On the hundred doliaf1 valuaflea:
- colntses having tea million dolIats an s,
N1H taisty millien dollars, .aid rate snaal
~ sxresd nifty cents on TIE hundred doslsIs
Valuation: ard In counties having thirty MI.
Mso 9salArs " more. said rate sha1i not exceed
e1keytflve cents on the hundred doaiaN valua,
90. For city and town purposes the annual
salo - property IN cities snd towns having
thity thedkaAA inhahitants o. more. eAali NOT.
u ~ aggregate, excsed ene hundred ceAu on
~ eae hundred dollars Valuation, 10 citiee ane
teUns having lsss than thirty thousand ana
Sv9 ten thousand Inhabitants, eaid rates shall
~ s1ceed sixty ceAts on the hundred doi!afe
yaluatioa:t n catlse and tsMns having -
Vhnn tn ,taolaDano and more than one thon-
sanA ipAahitaAtp. said rates sAall mot exceed
MY ceAts q the hundred dollars vai.atloa;
90 N towns having one thousand inhabetants'
q -, saM rats shall not exceed twenty-five
sanfs sn ths EaAdred dollars valuation. For
seAsA purposes IN districts composed q eitis =
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24

For Sale-Registered Holstein bull
calf, six months old.
Addres or call
P. Peterson,
48-tf Amsterdam, Mo.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24

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: - 49, - ID 3 = 49, 9.
h 60 q - 49, = Qd ~ -
IS - G pu1sea.ng -
q: $50 1ee = 49,.
81 - = - nlese4 81 80
8 ] { 1 = s. s : -
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24


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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
xraHrH ooKsTITUryoNALa
AMENDkENE h

previdi.x that all public revenues fshall b
derived from taxation upon thsSuaimproved
yalus Of land based upon asaeessaeAts made
n and after Jane LIST, 1918, ~ from
.tazss upon the manufacturs - sals OF
incomes and inheritanoes; abehsAtns al
censtitutioual Limitations On the rates Of
TAXATION, end empowering ths LEGISLATURE.
county courts and municipal Asth.rities 70
4 Tx the rate fer atats and schee1, county
IA nnuicipsi purposes, respectively. elias!
sifyins rights Of way Of pubto ntilit!e:
Tor purposes Of taxation. and rspsanns all
coastitutisnal provisions n esafHct here
with.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
SECOND CONVENTIONAL
AlrHND1gEyT.

5Sant and cencurrsnt resolution submittiag TO
the qualified voters VI the STATE Of HIS.
seuri an amendment to the Constitutions q
saia stats, eoaeeE1ing the public school
fund"
m TT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE. THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CON-
CURING THEREIN: -
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
NINTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

Authorisine cities having q population Of more
than one hundred thousand Inhabitants 70
provide BY ordinance for the election Of
charter commission to frame new char
ter, and for the adoption thereof, and pro-
viInz The method by which amendments
may be made thereto.
IT IS PROPOSED BY TIFF LEGAL NUMBER
OF QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE STATE
OF MISSOURI: ....,$ e.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17
VE'SI'E;R

| From the Vesper State Center
Some one has figured out that if all
the 100000 dairy cows in Wisconsin
would do as we'll as the SO cows in sow
testing associations have done the past
year, the production of butter alone in
! the state would run over 100000, 000
! This would be an increase of nearly
$300,000,000 more than we now have.
Monday morning fire broke out in
the roof of Bert Worden's kitchen,
caused by an overheated stove. The
alarm soon brought enough neighbors
TO the scene who formed bucket bri-
gade and subdued the flames. The
furniture was all removed from the
house. Vesper has been fortunate in
regard to fires for some time past, but
the unexpected may happen most any
time.
About thirty of the friends of the
Henry Hackbarth family planned a
successful surprise party on them Sat
urday evening. The evening was spent
| IN games and music Refreshments
were served
There have been several small thefts
| around here lately but the thief or
thieves have not yet been caught altho
they are suspected. A good share Of
dressed hog was taken from Garrett
Scholten's cellar, a ham out of VIM
Lipke's. A blanket was also stolen out
of Greenaway's rig.
The State of Wisconsin smashed all
its previous automobile records with
164, $50 registrations of new and old
cars in 1917. This is an increase of
over $4,000 above the 1916 registra-
tions and gain of more than Al per
cent in the state.
H. H Wabers, who formerly started
to manufacture potato diggers in the
Vesper foundry was here Thursday
on business. He is now at Wautoma
and is acting as village marshal at
present, but has got his potato digger
patented and will soon try to build
them again.
Down at the depot the first of the
week young man was carefully ex-
planning to his best girl the operation
of a railroad locomotive He thought
he had done a pretty good job of ex-
planning, until she wanted to know if
the boiler had anything to do with
making the engine tender.
Mrs. Henry Treutel and family en-
ioyed few days visit from her sister
Barbara Garlich of Milwaukee. Miss
Garlich is a nurse who is greatly in
terested in her work, and on her way
home stopped at Fond du Lac to wit
ness several operations and get some
new ideas if possible
Start the year 1918 right by sub
scribing for the Wood County Repor-
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17

applicable not only to employees, but
it will reach the farmers as well.
1t is the purpose of the Internal Re
venue Collector to call upon every
creamery, cheese factory, and conden-
sery in this federal district, as well
as on all produce men, grain buyers,
etc, to make a report of every farmer
to whom they have paid $500 or more
during the year 1917.
Under the new federal law, every I'm
married man having an income of
$1,000 and over, and every married
man having an income of $4,000 and
over, must make a report, and all per-
sons who think they are obligated to
pay should get in touch with the Unit
ed States Tax Collector when he comes
here, for failure to make return when
liable automatically makes a person
an offender against the laws of the
United States, punishable by fine or
Imprisonment. Not only is this the
case, but the man who at this time
pays the United States his full and
honest tax, shows real patriotism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17
TRANSFERS

Solomon Merritt etux to Peter Grei-
singer, part nwA of nell 27-23-3 east
Consideration S1100.
Eta Mitchell to Lovica Dawes, lots
6 and 7, subdivision of swA of seA
27-23-3 east. Consideration $500.
Lille L. Robbins to Louis Dondero
west half of northwest quarter of 10
1913 east. Consideration 5000.
Fred Gross et,Ix, Marshfeld, to S.
j. Hugg etux, same place, lots 3 and
4, block Is, Omaha Land Co. Add.
Paul Eberius etux to NeIs Myers
etuX southeast quarter of southea8:
quarter 1915 east.
John o. Johnson etux to Leo Sing
stock southwest quarter of southeast
quorter, 80 and southwest quarter Ct
northeast quarter 1888 east. Cor
sideration $500.
Nelson r. Carr etux Babcock. to
Paul Seebruck, lots /, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, Z
and 8, block SO and lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Z, s, 9, 10, II, and y, block "a, and
lots /, 4, 5, 8, 9 and y, block 35, Bah
cock.
Mike Roller etux to George Heitz-
niger west half of southwest quarter
12-24-5 east. Consideration$2200.
Mike Stangl etux Marshfeld t.
Friedrich Baumbach lot Is of block 1C
Marshfeld, Wis. Consideration $12O
Sarah H. Lyons to John B. Lyons
Brodhead, Wis, southeast half Of 35.
23-12 east.
Harvey c. Strohm etux to Louise
Zook southwest fractional quarter Of
Sec. 1922 east Consideration $1,000
Thomas C. Monroe Chicago to Bes!
NJ. Gibson, Chicago east half of nortE
east quarter 35-21-6 east.
Mabel S. Ball etal State of Iowa K
Perry Town, Lot and Improvement
Co. half of Sec 10 southeast quarter
of Sec. 8, and northeast quarter O.
Sec. 9e21-2 east.
Lloyd F. Wier etal to James ]. MIS-
ma, lot 7, block 50, Nekoosa. Consid
Grafton $3.50
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17

receive the new potato crop next fall
But if we fail to empty it this winter
that is, if we Go not, at once. commence
to eat more potatoes than we have
been eating, and commence 70 mark
the potatoes that We have been hoard
ing-the market may be glutted when
the new crop comes next summer. L
this happens, there will be more pota-
toes than the bin can hold and some o.
the supply will go to waste. In turn,
! this would discourage producers and
! possibly prevent the planting of li5-
eral acreage. resulting in a shortened
potato supply year from now, at =
time when food needs will be even
more urgent than they are now.
What can you do about it?
You can help empty the bin. You
can eat more spuds and less bread. I'm
less you do eat more potatoes than YOU
have been eating the bin will not be
empted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17
YIN A.BUYS
15OTONS
Of CANDY

Fifty tons Of lemon drops, fifty tons
Of chocolate, fifty tons Of gumdrops!
That IS a big order Of sweets with
sugar IS scarce as it is, but it repre-
sents single purchase of the Y. III.
C. A. for candy stock for its canteens
and huts with the American army at
home aad abroad, according to infor-
nation just received here. The boys
in khaki love sweet things-and the
Y. NJ. c. A. is almost the sole agency
to supply them.
Even before Gen. Pershing recon-
mende6 that the Red Triangle take G.
yer the management Of the whole can
teen syz tenn in France, orders had been
placed for the entire output Of a lem
on drop factory and for the period Of
the war. This means about IS tons
mont for use in this country and a
broad.
An o5icial report Of articles shipped
to France for Uncle Sans nephaws
during December alone includes the
following: $4,000 tins Of canned fruit
100000 dozen packages Of crackers;
100 tors of cocoa; 100 tons of sugar;
three carloads of -four, 1900 dozen
I tubes of tooth paste; 100000 pack
ages Of chewing gum; 400 tons Of milk
nut and sweet chocolate; $4,000 boxes
of cough drops. The budget for the
month approximated 100000.
The Y. NJ. c. A, it is stated in the
report, is shipping each month to
France 100000 sheets Of letter paper
and 100000 envelopes. Supplies are
sold to the men at practically their
cost to the Y, M. c. A. Stationery
however, is for free distribution. Wher
the troops move forward into the tren,
ches, 7. NJ. C. A. supplies Of chocolate
and coffee, sandwiches and cocoa arc
passed cut at no cost to the men.
Man, of the supplies needed abroad
are now being shipped overseas il
trunks belonging to secretaries, whl
are allowed 800 pounds Of baggage
but donate a share Of their allotment
to Red Triangle supplies for the sol
diers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17
THE POTATO
SITUATION

The American potato bin is filled
and overlooking. Our spud supply has
never been so large. But the cook isn't
using the potatoes. A full potato bin
is a mighty fine thing-if the pota-
toes are put to their proper use; that
is, eaten. But there is occasion for
some anxiety over the slowness of the
cook. The full bin will be of no bene-
fit if the potatoes remain in the bin.
They must get to the kitchen and to
the table and be eaten. Otherwise the
bin might as we'll be empty.
The big potato crop has not been
moving into consumption this winter
The bulk of the supply is in storage
and is being marketed very slowly.
This is an abnormal condition, and a
very serious one-because it has a
direct bearing upon the most serious
question in the world-the question of
winning the war.
If the potato bin is emptied during
this winter and next spring it will
mean that by eating more potatoes we
eat less bread and therefore have more
wheat to send to the soldiers who are
fighting for our freedom. It will also
mean that the bin will have room to