The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-13

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motored over from Clinton. Bert Nc
Connel left that night for the West.
where he may conclude to locate.
L. B. Baskerville, of Deepwater
township was in the city Tuesday.
This is his first visit to town for
long time as he, as we'll as all farm
ers in his neighborhood, are very busy
and it is almost an impossibility to
get help for farm work. He reports
crops as looking fine but getting pref
ty dry
P L. Shelton, of Foster, was in the
city Saturday. He has been operating
coal strip pit for some time, but is
shut down to let the hands work in
the harvest fields, where they are SO
badly needed. He informs us that it
is practically impossible to get
enough men to ruin the mine to full,
capacity.
Thos. P. Crawford, of Liberty.
Mo-, spent the week end with his Sis
ter, Mrs. J. B. Rice, in Mound town.
ship. MIR. Crawford informs us that
he has sold his place at Liberty and
expects to locate somewhere in the
South. Until Mr. Crawford is locat-
ed, Mrs. Crawford will visit her SIS
ter, Mrs. w. S. Chandler.
Mrs. S. H. Fisher and daughter.
Miss Maude, returned Friday from
Rich Hill, where they had been called
by, the serious illness of the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hadley
Fisher. At last accounts the little
one, who is suffering from all aggra-
waited case of whooping cough, was
considerably improved.
Miss Mary Braden, teacher in the
Kansas City public schools. spent
Saturday and Sunday in this city with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. l.. Brad
en-. She returned to Kansas City
Sunday. During the summer she is
employed by the Kansas City school
board to teach gardening in the gar
dens maintained by the board.
On next Sunday night, June 10, tn
der the auspices OF the Bates County
Council OF Defense. RI. O. Maxey will
deliver his address why the War.
Mr. Nancy has devoted a great deal
OF time to his subject and is well
posted on the war and the causes tina.
led up to it. especially the part the
United States is playing i'll it, 1t Is
an address that is we'll worth hearing
Clarence Howe, who for the last i:
years has been employed by the Hall
Mercantile Company, OF Amsterdam
has accepted position with the
American Clothing House OF this city
and commenced work Monday morn
ing 1t is becoming harder every da!
for business houses to get competen
help and the American is TO be con
graduated on securing the services .
Mr.. Howe.
Frank and Eugene JeWett, .lohn
Golladay and J. p. Conner, promineni
farmers of Summit, have purchased !
new Advance Rumley, thre sl1ing ma
chine. The big crops and the scarcity
If farm hands created problem tina,
they thought could be best handled
by buying their own machine and
trading work so they could be sure
to have machine when they were
ready for it.
d. @. Deacon has stocked q full line
fishing tackle, Kirby, Limerick. Car
Isle, Cincinnati Bass and Sneck al
Sq,an hooks. All sizes, high grade
staging and trot line, cotton. linen
and silk line. Furnished lines, spring
hooks, artificial minnows. spoon
hooks, steel and bamboo jointed rods
reels, wood and cork floats, sinkers
etc. Stevens and Winchester rifles
cartridges, etc Safety razors.
D. o. Deacon, South Side.
H. P. Robinson of the Commercial
Club road committee reports work
progressing on the west river bottom
road (Rich Hill-Butler), men and
teams being engaged in work OF put
ting this piece OF road in proper
shape for travel. County Engineer
llammang and men from Butler have
Joined the Rich Hill force in making
this necessary Improvement. New
Home township contributed $50 and
the Drainage board SIS toward the
Improvement of the road.-Rich Hill
Review.
George Vannoy was over from APP
pletonCity Sunday visiting with home
folks He says that Appleton is en-
joying a big boom. Houses are
scarce, notwithstanding they are
building them as fast as carpenters
can be secured. One auction of town
lots has been held and another is ad-
vertised to take place this week. The
town is surrounded by one of the best
farming communities in western Mis-
souri, which together with its recently
opened coal mines and new NJ. X. &
T. terminal makes its future look very