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The Butler weekly times., 1918-03-28
On the Wing.

| Uncle John Hedger has his new
house enclosed and roof on.
VIM. Craft says he gets up at four
oclock all times of the year and re-
tires at nine O'Clock unless sickness
is in his family, and when he goes
70 bed he goes to sleep. tell you
he's Il worker.
have some inquiry as to. who has
cane seed for sale. Please let me
hear from You.
Bert Dickcrson has bought him 4
new tractor engine for farming pur-
poses.
Emery Porter drives one team, Geo.
Rohbacle: drives one team TO one
disc one rides and one walks.
p Peterson has reej stored male
calf for sale OF the Holstein stock.
Price SIS.
The pig that Mr. Raumaker at his
sale that he gave to the Red Cross
brought t.........:..
Measles are interfering with our
schools.
Mack Rradcn bid Slo5o on pound
OF candy at the pie supper at Hot
Water School house. and then didn't
get tit was too sweet for him.
We have seed potatoes ior sale
Samuel Grimsley took the advant-
age OF the war prices on shoes and !
bought him two pair Of high topped
ones for next winter. Sam believes
in preparedness.
The way Harry Henderson fooled
the people around, Virginia, it was 4
shame--nobodv knew it ior two
weeks. tHe married.)
Geo. Meyers is doing four horse
work on his farm with three. he
says by walking. and the fourth
horses feed he believes it will pay
him. Corn is out of sight and hay
is beyond. ,
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North New Home.

New Hope will observe Mission
day Sunday April 7. They are pre-
pairing a good program. Everyone
is invited to attend.
Frank Miller has some good sorgh-
um molasses for SALE
DR.. Chastain was called to see Al.
bert I.inendoll who has an attack OF
mumps.
Dr. Crabtree was called to see Guy
Phelps Sunday, who was very sick
with neuralgia of the lungs.
There was large crowd at New
Hope Sunday morning and evening.
Miss Serena Morris returned home
Monday after spending the winter III
Oklahoma.
ELS l.ggleson and wife and daugl1-
ter. Miss Amy. left for their new
home in Washington. Miss Grace
accompanied them as far as Kansa,
City.
Charlie Simmons and Mr. Gish each
has purchased car.
Joe Raybourn of Elktart visited
in our vicinity Friday and Saturday.
Misses Thelma Richmond Lois
Clark, Nellie Skaggs and John. and
Willie Skaggs were guests at Frank
Millers' Sunday.
Jess Fleming, wife and son, spent
Sunday with Willie Simpson and
wife.
Astor Frits called to see Albert
Lincndoll Sunday.
Bud Berry and family spent Sundas
with Tom Chandler and wife.
Cliff Erhart wife and little daughter,
Edith, spent Sunday with Milt Reeves
md wife.
Brick McCaughey and family were
callers at Jack Skaggs' Sunday after
loon.
Saml Patterson visited over Sum
lay with home folks.
Tom Dunlap and son, Austin, are
III the sick list.
COR.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-03-28

Team of coming 2-year-old mules, ez
weight about 1900; bay mare years old,
mule. good one; good farm team, weight {
Good mich COW, fresh soon; Shorth
good one.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-03-28
Trial Seed Corn Test.

Through courtesy OF the three
banks in Butler we obtained on
March IS samples from 40 farms and
fields in Bates county corn selected
for seed. Placed them in damp saw
dust and kept in room of 70 degrees
temperature for 10 days with the iol-
lowing result.
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CERTIFICATE FOR MERCHANT
pURCH ASI\G FLOUR WITH
OUT SUBSTITUTES.

For the purpose OF purchasing 49,.
pounds Of wheat flour. hereby GER
tiiy that | have in stock 49,. pounds
OF wheat flour substitutes, as follows
...,: ....... .(naming them), not bal
anced by wheat flour in stock or I'm
der contract: and that in sales to con-
sumers | require such consumers to
buy an equal weight of wheat flour
substitutes or to certify by written
certificates that they have an equal
weight OF substitutes on hand and
are consuming them as human food
at the rate OF one pound OF subSti-
tue, for every pound of wheat flour
)1tp
The Butler weekly times., 1918-03-28
COR.
Notice to Millers, Wholesalers and
Jobbers.

Millcrs, wholesalers and jobbers
may sell wheat flour to retail merch-
ants without substitutes if such mer-
chants viii sign a certificate as fol-.
lows:
The Butler weekly times., 1918-03-28

Ihis corn very likely would show
a shade better test than the average
because of its being harvested earlier
and selected for special display.
L. w. keele,
Butler, Mo.
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IN WORLDS GREATEST CHOIR
Organization in Russian Monastery
Made Up Of Monks Who Are
Trained Like Opera Singers.

In many departments Russia has
proved herself the greatest of all
countries. Her dancers are the worlds
finest dancers, her novelists are the
worlds finest novelists, her Cossacks-
ask the Austrians-are the worlds
finest fighters.
She also possesses the worlds finest
choir, declares q writer in London Tit
Bits. This is in the cathedral Of Al
exander Nevski, in Petrograd, and is
attached to a convent erected in honor
Of the patron saint Of Russia. It con-
sists of about thirty members, all
monks, chosen from the best singers in
all the Russian monasteries. Their
voices are amazingly sweet and strong.
and every member of the choir can,
It is said, shatter an ordinary glass
into fragments merely by singing into
1t, so powerful are the vibrations of
each voice.
These monks are trained as rigorous
~ as any opera singer, and their whole
duty at the monastery is to assist with
the music at mass in the morning and
vespers in the afternoon. When too
old for service they are retired on pen
| sions.
Unlike most monks, they are e1-
tremely fastidious about their appear
ance, and every night put up their hair
and whiskers in papers.
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Thursday.

Several out-of-toWn visitors were
here last evening to attend the home
talent minstrel.
MIR. G. Il. Gilmer. of Shreveport, Sec
rotary for the Planters Association.
and a man who has perhaps, done as
much as any one in the state to aid its
farming interests. was Il visitor here
Yesterday.
The death of Mrs. f. :. Byram.
which occurred Saturday. the 9TH. caus-
Oh great sorrow to her friends and ac-
maintances. Mrs. Byram was a native
II Glenville. Ala. having been horn at
that place March 10. 1871. She had
been a devoted member of the Baptist
church for Il number of years, and her
influence for good with those brought
in contact with her will he long re-
membered The interment was in Oak
Hill Cemetery last Saturday. the buria
rites being said by Rev. James Evans
of Benton.
The minstrel given at the Electric
Theatre last evening by home talent
in aid of the Red Cross was of Il IA
ture to make ever one preSentforget
for the time. ut least. all his or her
troubles. The Interpretation of the
negro character was fine. as was every
number on the program. The jokes
were good many laushable ones being
] at the expense of those present. The
description, burleSque of Plain Deal
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Attention, ex-Navy Men.
Contril,utcd.I

Contributed
New and important inspection duties
will shortly lie undertaken by the Aid
for Information. Lieut.. r. s. Manley,
215 Godchaux Building, New Orleans,
representing the Naval Intelligence
Office which will require the services
of fifty petty officers to he enrolled in
the Naval Reserve Force Lieut.. Man
ley especially desires to secure men
who have i'll the past served in the L. s.
Navy i'll the capacity of petty officers
who have honorable discharges. 1t
does not make any difference in what
department these men served in the
Navy: that is, whether in the Engi-
neering Department or the Deck De
partment. -.
The pay, includin. allowance for sub
sistance. will range from $3.50 to Sill
per month, depending Oh the ability
and record of each man. The duties
will be i'll the Eighth Naval District
which extends from the Rio Grande
River, Texas. to Tampa. Fla.
Applicants should forward in theil
first communication their discharge
and complete history of themselves. sc
that correspondence will be eliminated
as far as possible. Applicants should
lose no time as the required number
| will probably be secured within ii yer,
short time. tr
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Useless Waste From Ticks.

While the work of tick eradication is
progressing more or less satisfactorily,
every effort should beanade to rush it
to completion at the earliest possible
moment SO as to conserve and increase
food for 10th man and beast. This is
il patriotic duty which every one should
realize ut the present time.
Feed which cattle consume. hut
which does not result i'll increased pro-
ductiOn in beef or milk occasions Il
waste in at least two ways. namely ::
% Through the animal not making
the most out of the feed itself; t2) by
preventing the maximum development
of the food-prCducing animal.
1t has been estimated by competent
authority that COW or steer which re
mains grossly infested with cattle ticks
during IL season will lose. to the ticks.
from 100 to 300 pounds Of blood The
average normal amount of blood in Il
COW represents approximately s per
| cent of the weight of the body In an
animal weighing 600 pounds this would
meun about forty-eight pounds of
blood; and if the ticks get 200 pounds
| in Il season. it means the blood Of four
animals weighing GOO pounds each. or
four times the amount of blood in such
an animal at any one time.
All the nutrient material contained
in the feed which goes to nourish the
animal. and enables it to produce beef
or milk. is carried by the blood-fOod
being the great blood-maker Conse
quently if ticks are permitted to use
up the blood which the food makes
and which properly belongs to the an
inial. it simply means that the owner
is wasting his feed Oh ticks, and there
/ by lesSenin. food production in beef Of
milk. which is so urgently needed under
existing conditions brought about b,
the war.
Or. to present the matter little
more clearly perhaps it has beel
shown from practical tests made. thai
the same COW under tick-free condi
tons. will produce an average Of =:
per cent more milk; and beef ami
NAL. under similar conditions, practi
cally the same percentage of incre;,s,
in weight of beef production
Viewing these facts in the light Of
present shortage. and the urgent neces
Sity fer increased production in thes,
essential food products. can we afford
at this time above all others. not t,
Use our very hest efforts to eradicate
these costly understanding parasites Il
quickly as it is possible to do so?
II food is to win the war. then w
must produce more of it, and this i
one of the very best, Surest and quick
est ways of accomplishing the desire,
result. so far as animal food product
are concerned. We can no lOnye
afford to waste valuable feed in grow
ing cattle ticks, instead Of utilizing |
to the very best advantage possible i
the increased production of huna
food i'll the form of beef and milk.
w. II. DALRYMPLE.
Department of Veterinary Science
Louisiana State University.
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"Army Calls

Is rercdled bH "BDSsicf Banner-ite."
and Tith due apologies to H,rin Cobb
and Gny EmpcU. here gocs-minus
ramofange
REvEILLE.-A nuisance. and not at all
necessary to the training Of the men,
1t goes, as far AS | can remember, at
six AIN. cit is very seldom | hear it,.
Any good soldier would rather miss it
and take Il few extra days as kitchen
police as punishment. Your terminates
are always ready to emit grOwl when
you awaken theni-one instance Of the
pleasant duties of a corporal.
MESS CALI ommonly termed by
the boys Come Gand ct It''-and. be-
lieve me- you do il, as it is never
brought to YOU One call that is
always heard and never missed. You
will always find Il company's full quota
at Chow" hut it is not as had as some
people imagine. | have tasted worse.
but | can't remember where. Every
| Hody ut the table makes IL kick about
| it, but. nevertheless. whenever they
meet any friends they never forget to
tell them how much weight they have
gained since entering the Army.
SICK CALL.-Better known as the call
| for Sick, Lame and Lazy per
cent the truth. All boys going on sick
report are excused from the first drill,
Observation-Disclosures lit as hard as its
title. The old home remedies seem to
rule in the army hospitals-SaltS. cas-
tor oil and other remedies that are
easy to take. They are administered
for everything from Il sprained ankle
several cases. caused by small argu-
ments. Mine is still intact.
FATIGUE CALL.-Its name needs no
letter introduction. In other Words it
means blue overallS. shoyelS, picks,
axes and mattockS on the offensive and
and bitches, trees and other obstruc-
tons on the defensive. 4 detail gener-
ally consists of about ten to thirty
picked men.
DRILL CALL-Enjoyed by every one.
Drilling is just like learning to dance
No doubt some of you readers have had
that experience The only thing that
interferes with grill is the rain. That
is why some of the boys are always
wishing for rain. The most pleasant
command during drill is = Dismissed :.
We still have few in ranks who in
Sist that they are the only ones in stel
and that everybody else is out. They
have private class Oh Wednesday af
Il 1.fr
be wants wood for the stove he chop
it then. Some rest. At drill is where
the corporal comes into the lime-light
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OcAL AND PERSONAL.

wednesday. Jan. Big tracts Of
~ land are rapidly being put in
.t;ration in the Phelps Lake coun-
- tributary to this place. and lumber.
.;ro and huilding material. as well AS
'nicultnral implements. are being pur-
s.sod for that section. The Improve
sept in drainage by the North Bossier
-oo District has resulted in the
,roster development Of that section,
"a what was once an immense lake Of
Tor is fast being put into great fields
Eft staple crops,
vour CORRESPONDENT has just made Il
b, RI the new saw mill. recently COM
,a,od near Red Land. and operated by
Ir G, ]. Richardson. The mill il on
I'D owned by Mr.. Jeff Hudson. located
.hout one mile south of Red Land, and,
lille A small mill, is complete and well
auimed. They have considerable
acreage of virgin pine. All Of the out
,ut of the mill is hauled to Plain Deal
10 for shipment. They are using Il
,ro.ton truck to help cut the cost OF
,a,I;ns which is one of their heaviest
.v,epses. It takes twenty-five min
,,tos to- make the run out to the mill
and forty minutes. loaded with 10GC
foot of green lumber. to make the re,
j turn "trip. 1t WAS not necessary on the
t,;n made Yesterday to make second
mil at any place. though there are sev
ara, steep hills to cross in making the
,rin A great scarcity of labor is noted
a the mill, IL, we'll as in almost al
lines of industry.
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If he conducts his squad properly, moth
ing is said; but if he doesn't. nothing
is left unSaid. He gets it from all
TANKS. and all future ambition and sue
cess seem to vanish in the atmo. BY
the way. let me add. Il corporal imay-
ines himself one degree higher than
general. On the other hand. the pri
Yates imagine him one degree lower
than himself The argument is finally
settled by the top sergeant. who acts as
an arbitrator. Even that doesn't eX-
tinguish the feeling between the two.
Take it from he that knows, that eX-
ira y6 spells trouble with Il capital L.
MAIL CALL--It need not be empha-
sized that every male in the camp is on
the job. Nothing pleases boy more
than letter from home. 1t is as close
as lie can get to the folks. and if you
could witness the eager look and alert
manner of every one as the mail is
called out YOU would understand better
than words can describe the pleasures
afforded by letter from the ones left
behind.
RETREAT.-ThiS is one call that ne
cesSitates polished shoes, clean-Slaven
faces. SpotleSS rifles and neat, tidy
clothes Before retrcdting, | might say
Il word about the clothes. You get ev
erything You want hut the tit. The
Houses are just like Ford automobiles
every one likes to have one but hates
to be seen in it. MANY true word is
spoken in IL joke. There is not much
to Retreat-a parade rest, Il present
arms, (salute to the otiicers) and then
Your time Is your own. All the boys
are real tired by this time. and the
least tiresome thing that they can do
is to 90 to town and meet the girls.
sounds easy. doesn't it: Well, there are
about 10000 soldiers here. Imagine
the competition.
TATTo.-It means lights out, but if
| you see one 20 out you can rest assured
that there is some recruit in the tent
with future ideas of commission.
Here's hoping he gets it.
| CALL TO QUARTERs.-From it's name
YOU would imagine it concerned money
-(25 cents. No: YOU are wrong. 1t
just means that if you are not in your
company. get there in fifteen minutes.
TAPs.-A beautiful call that will put
| you to sleep. ii you are not already
| there. Every one seems satisfied to
turn in with hearty Good Night
The boys have no complaint to make
They realize that Uncle Sam is doing
all he can-and you may rest assured
that the boys i'll the Army are doing
theirs. Let everybody help-at home
at work. and in the Army and Navy
and it will not be long ere Kaiser Bill
will find out that Uncle Sam didn't rol
up his sleeves for bluff.
-One of Boosters Volunteers.
WILLIAM Il. MANRY.
Corporal, Company ID. oSth Init.
/ Camp Greene. Charlotte. NJ c.
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Keep Your Liberty Bond.

bureau of Publicity. Treasury Department. !
. The man who subscribes for Gov
eminent bond. and is advertised as IL
patriot for doing so. is not Il patriot
If he Immediately sells that bond on
the market when he does hot imper;t-
lively need the money. 1t is not mere
subscription to bond that helps the
Government: it is by actually lending
money to the Government aud not by
merely promising 1t and shifting the
load to some one else that the citizen
really helps In this great time.
There is no desire. however, OH tile
part of the Government to prevent OF
to interfere with the freedom of legitl
mate trading In Government bonds
that is, trading in good faith.
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The Qmninresent Needs.

Weeds are natures makeshift. She
rejoices in the grass and the grain, but
when these fail to cover her nakedness
she resorts to weeds. It is her plan or
part Of her economy to keep the
ground constantly covered with vege-
tation Of some sort, and she has layer
upon layer of seeds in the soil for this
purpose, and the wonder is that each
kind lies dormant Until it is wanted,
If I uncover the earth in any Of my
fields ragweed and psgweed spring up
If these are destroyed harvest grass, OF
quack grass, or purslane appears. The
spade or the plow that turns these
under is sure to turn up some other
variety, as chickweed, sheep sorrel, OF
gOose-fOot. The soil is stOrehouse OF
seeds.-John Burroughs.
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Bulletin No. 80.

The Liberty Motor. the greatest
achievement of the war SO far" and
the wonderful progress being made by
the Aviation Corps are explained in
the latest communication sent to Gov
ernor Pleasant by the Council of Ma
tional Defense. for release through the
State Council Of Defense:
American aviation units have moved
up to stations Immediately behind
the front in France. The vanguard Of
the new army of the air. for which
Congress voted S64O.OOO.GGO last sum-
mer. is about to join the forces of land
and sea i'll action against the Germans.
The Navy has tripled i'll size since
the war began. and the Army has null
tiplied itself by thirteen. These are
rapid increases. But the first year
plans for the Air Service call for an
increase of more than hundredfold.
Last spring the Aviation Corps had
less than 200 airplanes Of all degrees
of serviceahility. Now feet of $1,000
planes is being built. When war began
there We're Seventy-five aviatOrs. \
force OF 10000 aviators is being train
ed. The total personnel of the old
flying corps. ground workers as well us
tiierS. was 1000. The total personnel
of the new flying corps is 100000.
Before any real fighting planes could
he turned out Il new American industry
had to be created. This is the great
task that has been quietly accomplish.
ed during the last five months. When
| the Aircraft Production Board started
| its work only two companies nlanufact
| uring airplanes We're in operation il
| America. and the machines they had
| been making for the Allies were Of !;
type serviceahle only for practice
| flights.
The first move Of the board was tt
stop negotiations for the use Of exist
ing patents, and to set men at work de
signing new airplane engine whicl
should c6iiiprtse as many of the goot
points Of the different patents as these
men cared to use. lii a week twent,
experts working together had evolvet
the Liberty Motor, which Secretar,
Baker has called "the greatest achieve
nlent of the war SO far
The Liberty Motor is a model o
standardization 1t is built with fou
cylinders, or with eight. or with twelve
and the same parts ale Interchange
able for all three Of the different sizes
The greatest automobile factories. il
the world have been provided with th
machinery necessary for turning GU
these nlOtOrs-the factories that hav
supplied the United Mates will it
4.OOo,0OO automobiles when all, the res
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Uniforms Of 1912 Elaborate.

During the war of 1912 several types
Of uniform were worn by the Ameri-
can forces. There was little left to
remind one Of the Revolutionary war.
Instead of the long cutaway, enlisted
men wore single-breasted, close-but-
toned coats, with the skirts fashioned
after the civilian dress coat Of today.
Facings disappeared and the collars
became enormously high, rising to the
tip of the ear. Hats were high, some
infantry wearing headpieces much like
those worn by the cabmen of the days
just preceding the taxicab. The Off
GERS of the line and the men wore coats
of the same form, but the trimming
was white tape or silver lace.