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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Fourth Class Postmaster
Examination.

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex-
animation to be held at Butler, Mis-
souri,, on March 9, 1918, as result Of
which it is expected to make certifi-
cation to fill contemplated vacancy
in the position of fourth-class post
master at Foster, Mo-, and other va
cancies as they may occur at that Of
flee, unless it shall be decided in the
interests of the service to fill the
vacancy by reinstatement. The COM
pensation of the postmaster at this
office was $448 for the last fiscal
year.
Applicants must have reached their
twenty-first birthday on the date OF
the examination.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post Of
flee for which the examination is an
nounced.
Application blanks, Form 1853, and
full information concerning the re-
quirements of the examination can be
secured from the postmaster at the
place of vacancy or from the United
States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, d. c.
Applications should be properly ex-
ecuted and filed with the Commission
at Washington, D. c. at the earliest
practica Bile date. .o
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Sheriff's Sale.

BY virtue and authority of special
execution issued from the office Of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Bates County. Mo-, rcturrable at the
May term. 1913, OF said Court, and to
me directed, i'll favor of State of Mo.
ex rel J. H. Stone, Treasurer and
against George Clark. | have levied
upon and seized all the right, title, in
terest and claim of the said George
Clark ct al Of in and to the follow
ing described real estate. to-wit:
Lots G5), C6 and (I7), block (I3)
in the town of Merwin. Mo. All ly-
ing and being in the said Bates Coun-
ty and State of Missouri; and l will,
on Saturday, the 10th day of March,
A. D., 1918, between the hours of
nine o'clock in the forenoon and five
o'clock in the afternoon of that day,
at the East Court House Door, in
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Former Bates County Official Dies
g' I, in Texas.

Sheriff J. w. Baker received a tel
egram Sunday announcing the death
of his uncle, J. c. Hales which oc-
Cured at San AntonioC1 Texas. The
telegram was from his son, Sidney,
and did not give any particulars.
The remains were brought to Butt
Ter and funeral services, conducted by
Rev. S. B. Moore, held at the Chris
tan church Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock and interment made in Oak
Hill cemetery. Besides his wife he
is survived by two daughters, Mrs:
L. T. Walling, of Blackwell, Okla
homa, and Mrs. F. L. Buckley, San
Antonio, Texas, and one son, Sid
ney Hale, of San Antonio, Texas.
MIR. Hale was born in VanBuren
county, Iowa, u years ago. He
served one term as recorder OF deeds
of this county and soon after the ex-
piration of his term of office he went
to sfcxas, where i1e has Stree resided.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21

Lieut.. C. ]. Allen, of the Medical
Reserve Corps, at Camp Funston,
Kansas, who is visiting relatives in
Rich Hill, was up to Butler couple
of days the first of the week. Before
volunteering for service in the med
ical corps, DR. Allen was coroner of
Bates county and conducted the in
quest over the remains of Mrs. Vail,
who was burned to death in her home
at Amsterdam last fall. Her husband
was charged with her murder and DR..
Allen was granted leave of absence
to come home and testify at the trial,
which was held the first of the week.
An increase in the personal proper
ty tax Of john D. Rockefeller, who
now pays on an assessment of S mill
ion dollars is suggested by Mayor
Hylan in letter to the president of
the tax board, made public Friday.
The mayor stated that the real estate
was bearing an undue share of the
burden of taxation in the city, and he
also suggested that the city might
follow the government scheme Of
taxing excessive wealth that comes
from excessive incomes"
Declaring that ship loaded with
thousands of dollars worth of arms
and ammunition had sailed from San
Pedro for Mexico four months ago,
General Nicholas Zogg, one of the
three men accused of conspiring to
violate the neutrality law and fig
ure in the bitter controversy between
the military and federal authorities in
the alleged gun running plot, Friday,
said he was ready to confess details
Of other gun running plots to the
government.
Kind friends l am in need of work
as / have three children to support
and very near no money and want
that l can take at home for
have two small children. And l
want house that has plenty Of water.
rhisone has none. Please help me as
am stranger who came here for
work and am willing to work. Please
all and see me as l can tell you bet
er of my circumstances.
Mrs. Myrtle Carson,
2I6 Summer St.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
At Fort Worth, 81 Killed.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. 15.-The death OF
Capt. Vernon Castle while flying at
Fort Worth was the fifth in the avia-
ton camps in that city within week,
and the tlirty-first since the camp
opened.
The startling increase in fatalities
of late was attributed by aviation Of
iicers to the greatly increased flying
that came with the advent of warm
spring days and the fact that the
students are reaching a stage where
they fly alone.
The fatalities this week at Fort
Worth began Monday, with the death
OF Lieut., Peyton c. March, jr., son
of the chief of staff of the United
States army. On Tuesday Cadets J.
l.. Wray and F. r. Porter were killed
Yesterday Clifford N Murray,
cadet, fell to his death. There wa,
one fatality at the camp at Wichita
Falls this week and one at Houston,
when Donald Gleason was killed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
w. A. BAKER & SONS HOG
SALE
Fifty-Nine Bred Sows and Gifts
Beat $1oo Average.

Local breeders gobbled up the
choice offerings at w. a. Baker &
Sons annual bred sow sale held in
this city Friday, February 18th.
The top of the sale, Missouri
Queen, was purchased by E. D.
Frazier OF Drexel, Mo-. for 5000. The
range of prices were remarkably uni
form, although a few extras which
were sold, tended to bring down the
general average.
The Baker offering was one of the
best that has gone through sale
ring in the county and the concensus
of opinion of hog breeders and field
men was that the offering sold much
too low.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Roosevelt Sits Up in Bed.

New York, Feb. I6.-Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt has made such pro
gress toward recovery from the. OPP
erations he underwent two weeks
ago that attending physicians said
today they considered it unnecessary
to continue the issuing of bulletins
on his condition.
The former President spends much
of his time sitting UP in bed reading,
it was stated. Asked what kind of
literature the colonel was reading,
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, his sister, re-
piled, "Oh, everything-including de-
tective stories."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21

Rich Hill home talent will put on a
minstrel show Friday evening, Feb
ruary 22, for the benefit. of the Red
Cross unit at that place. 1t is report
ed that within a few minutes after the
seats. Mere placed on sale the house
more than sold out and the man.
ayers decided to repeat the show on
Saturday evening. Arrangements are
being made to have the company
come up to Butler and put the show
on Thursday evening, February 28.
With DR.. Delameter and Frank
koontz in the cast it will certainly
be worth going to.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Bodies of German Sailors Washed up
by Sea.

Stockholm, Feb. I6.-The washing
ashore of hundreds of bodies of Ger
man sailors near Gothenberg is taken
to indicate that big naval battle
has just been fought, according to
reports from Gothenberg today.
Gothenberg is near the Skagerrak,
on the western coast OF Sweden. The
Skagerrak connects the North Baltic
seas and has been the scene of sew
cral engagements between British
and German warships. The North
sea, near the Skagerrak, was the
scene of the battle of Jutland.
Neither British nor German reports
have alluded to naval battles of any
size recently
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Huns Strip Clothes From Italian
Women.

| Washington, Feb. 1d-Deprived OF
homes and food by the invading
Huns, women and children in the
Venetian provinces of Italy are be-
ing subjected to more outrages. They
are being stripped of all their cloth
ing, the Teutons gathering the cloth
together and sending it to their own
families.
Looting of captured territory,
which has been carried on so syste-
matically by the Teutons in all their
advances, has at last struck snag.
While pillaging Udine, after invading
that Italian town, German and Bos-
MAN soldiers began fighting among
themselves over the division of the
booty, during which ID German and
three Bosnian soldiers were killed,
according to an official dispatch from
Rome this afternoon.
Similar conflicts took place in Pola
and Cattaro between German and
Austrian sailors, the dispatch adds.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Floyd Gibson Insane.

Floyd Gibson, the we'll known
barber, was adjudged insane Tuesday
by the county court and taken to the
State Hospital at Nevada for treat
ment. Mr.. Gibson has worked in
several shops in this city, but the last
year has been working i'll the barber
shop iii the Inn For several days
last week he was observed to be act
ing queerly and it finally became nee
essary to take him to the hospital for
treatment.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Internal Revenue Collectors to Make
A Second Visit to Bates
County.

In order that those who are subject
to the Federal income tax and did not
take advantage of a former visit OF
the deputies from the office of the
internal revenue collector, may have
every assistance in making out their
returns, Collector +. M. Harder, has
ordere dtwo deputies to spend four
days in the county to furnish intor-
nation and assist in the making out
OF returns. They will be in Butler at
the court house March 6 and I. AT
Rich Hill, March s, at tie CONNER
cial State bank; March 9 at Rich Hill,
at the Farmers and Manufacturer
bank.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
More Belgians Deported by Germans

Washington, Feb. 15.-Deportation
of Belgians by the Germans continues
in "a most revolving way" despite
Berlins promises to neutral nations
and the pope, an official cablegram
to the Belgian legation from Havre
announced this afternoon. At Lok-
eren, town in East Flanders, the
message said, the Germans have, dur
ing the last few weeks carried away
400 men of all ranks of life to mill
itary work on the west front.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

]. B. Thompson to J. T. Brumfield
part block 1 Standish addition Hume
$2o5o.oo.
]. T. Webster to Forest Strader %
acres section FL Rockville 100000.
F. NJ Atkins to A. B. Mech ~
acres section II West Point $1224. 90.
A. T. Wade to w. F. McKibben
lots 9 and 10 part lot s block 3
Amsterdam 100000.
Robt. Kneale to c. L. Domer 40
acres section "a Rockville 100000.
T. G. l. aid to R. A. Jurd part lot
all lot 3 Sperry's addition Rich Hill
$1,000.
Geo. B. Seidelman to R. F. Arm
strong 10 acres section 81 Homer
$4,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Gregory-Garrett.

James A. Gregory and Addie May
Garrett, popular young people of the
Amsterdam neighborhood, were unit
ed in marriage at Butler on Wednes
day afternoon, Feb. 18th, 1913, by
Rev l.. W. Keele. They expect to
make their future home near Amster-
dam. where they have a host OF
friends who join in wishing them a
long, useful and happy life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Banks to Close Friday.

The banks and trust companies Of
this city will observe Washington's
birthday Friday, February 22, by re-
naming closed all day. The postof-
flee will be opened two hours in the
forenoon, from 8 until 10. There
will be no rural delivery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Grocery Store Changes Hands.

]. E. Williams, who has been en-
gagged in the grocery business in this
city for the last thirty years, has dis
posed OF his store to James A. Har-
rison, who will take charge as soon
as an invoice, which is now being
taken, is completed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21

the city of Butler, County of Bates
aforesaid, sell the same or so. much
thereof as may be required, at Pub
lie Vendue, to the highest bidder for
cash in hand, to satisfy said execution
and costs.
Io-4t J. w. BAKER,
Sheriff of Bates County, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Ohio Street N. z. Church.

Sunday School at gas: preaching
by the pastor at 400. Young Peo-
pies meeting 1t 6:3o. There win be
NO preaching in the evening q the:
pastor 10 ensased in meeting at the
Mt Olivet church.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Saturday, the 10th day of March, 1918

between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon, and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the East
front door of the Court House, in
the City OF Butler in Bates county,
Missouri, sell at public vendue, to
the highest bidder, the following
described real estate, viz.
All that part of the North one
half On. La of the Southwest
quarter (S-W. I'D of section
thirty-four CD, township forty
(4o), range thirty-one (31), lying
south and east of Mound Branch
creek, in Bates County, State OF,
Missouri. containing 2S acres
more or less.
Terms of sale as follows, viz: Cash
II hand.
]. w. BAKER, Sheriff.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-21
Sheriff's Sale in Partition,
Elmer F. Voris, Plaintiff,

EI1HVT Z. Volts, FIdInt1ff,
Nellie Mathany, Ida Voris and May
Meredith, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Bates Coun-
ty. Missouri.
- Write and authority of a decree
and order of sale in partition made
by the said Court, in the above en-
titled cause, and of a certified copy
thereof, dated Feb. 9th, 1918, l will
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
FADING LEAVES
By Rev. HI. X. Pasma

Whatever sins poets may have
committed in the name of poetic lie
ense, the Hebrew bard, when he ut
tered these words, we do all fade as
leaf, stated a fact which is too So
berly truthful than that it ever could
be successfully contradicted.
The leaf does fade. When sum-
merdays and summers ms have de-
veloped it to its full size, it soon with
ers, because no longer the sun is
able to draw up the life-giving sap.
The leaf fades, it shrivels, it falls to
the ground, and is swept away to-
gether with millions of other dere-
licts of passed glo-y into ignominy
and decay.
So we all do fade. Fade as the
leaf, succumb, and are swept away
by the winds of God into countless
graves. No matter how buoyant our
youth may have been, no matter how
robust we have grown during the
long summerday of life-the shadow
of the inexorable law stayed with us,
even in the heyday of life-until.
little by little. our day grows shorter,
and the light DINNER, and man fades
away.
However. albeit that the windows
of russell leaves impress the mind
with sadness. there remains a
thought which still may comfort. Is
it not that that which now lies shriv-
eled under the touch of the destroy
er, displayed it's beauty for delight
when the season was still young; has
spread it's shade for comfort when
the MONDAY heat was oppressive;
has lent its cover for the protection
of the tender blossom; and has la
bored together with sun and wind
to nurture the fruit and bring it to
ripeness, and, when itself passed in
to death, left in our hand a golden
harvest?
Death will continue to sweep away
man like a faded leaf. Let it be.
The Destroyer comes ever too late,
fer it is only the husk which he may
touch. Gods harvest ever grows to
a purpose; the Spirits life ever works
a miracle that is beyond the reach
of Natures law. When life's season
has drawn to a close, the life, which
is divine, passes a golden fruit in the
hand of the Harvester, even though
the breath of the Destroyer contin-
ues to lay man by like the faded leaf.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
RED CROSS no GIVE OUT
CHRISTMAS BONES SATURDAY

The Lynden Red Cross will give
out Christmas boxes Saturday for the
soldiers overseas to those who have
received labels from the soldiers.
The boxes will be given out at The
Tribune office. No boxes will be dis
tributed except to those who have
labels.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
LINDEN RED CROSS TO MAKE
SHIPMENT OF KNITTED GOODS

A shipment of knitted goods will
be sent out Monday by the Lynden
Red Cross. Mrs. j. c. Beach, head
of the knitting section. requests all
who have socks or sweaters complet-
ed, to turn them in at once.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
A. M'DANIEL PURCHASES WOOD
BUSINESS FROM CHARLES ROO

r.. A. Mcdaniel has purchased the
wood business of Charles Roo, and
has taken charge. The sale was car
ried out this week.
Orders may be left at the Palace
Confectionery, phone X612.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07

Word has been received from Ross
Davis by his mother, Mrs. c. w. Da
Wis, that his ship, the U. S. S. Great
Northern has made nine trips from
New York to France and back.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincerest
thanks to all our friends and neigh
bors for their kindness to us in our
bereavement.
MRS. JOHN HENDRICKS
And Family
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
LOSES EYE WHEN STRUCK BY
BUCKLE IN HARVESTING HORSE

Arthur Hickey had an eye put out
Sunday while Harvesting a horse.
A buckle swung up and struck him
on the eyeball, bursting it.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
NEWS OF LINDEN

Mrs. Lizzie Meurer held a sewing
\. bee at her home Wednesday. Aprons
were made for Miss Tillie Meurer
who expects to be called for overseas
service soon.
Mrs. John Hendricks, who has been
seriously i'll, is improving.
George Brink cut his hand badly
last week while butchering.
A Lynden Department Store truck
slid off into the ditch on the Gulde
late Tuesday night, when approach
ing headlights blinded the driver
Tom Young. No one was injured.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Riddle
Nov. 2. a daughter.
Mr.. McDougall, who has been ser
iously i'll at the home of J. w. Seat
is improving.
A sale of the Ladies Aid OF the
First Reformed Church scheduled
for the middle of November has been
postponed for a short time
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. ID. b. lure
man Monday a son.
Mrs. Gerrit Bode is quite III.
Mr. Van Mersbergen is i'll this
week.
/, E. w. Bayes is suffering from an
attack of appendicitis.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07

Irwin LIE Cocq is home from the
University Naval School on fur
Tough.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07

DR.. c. H. Mcleod is back in his
office after a weeks absence due to
the grippe.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07

DR.. B. V. Mountcr was able to
resume his practise Sunday, after
siege of the grippe.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07
BROTHER OF MRS. w. A. FISHER
DIES OF PNEUMONIA ABROAD

Mrs. William A. Fisher received
word Friday night that her only
brother had died of pneumonia in
France.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-11-07

DIR. F. l.. Wood fits glasses scieh-
tifically and accurately.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-29

Be a patriot. Buy War Savings
Stamps.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-29
yellow Fever.

DR.. Walter Reid Of the United
States army discovered in 1900 that
yellow fever was communicated to
man through the bite Of a mosquito.
During the nineteenth century deaths
from yellow fever at Havana were fire.
quently as high as 1900 per, annum,
or at the rate Of 42s per 100000 inhabi-
tants. A year after Doctor Reds dis
covery they had ceased altogether. Up
to that year the mortality from yellow
fever had been as follows: 1890, 3O8;
1891. 1856; 1892, 857; 1894, 494; 1895,
b5S; 1895, 1882: 1897, s5s; 1882 1ae;
1899, 1893; 1900, 30; 1901, Is,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-29
Wanted-Inaenuitx.

There Is factory where tiny screws
are used In assembling the machines.
Formerly these screws were picked up
with small pair Of pincers, but now
magnetized screw drivers are used.
In Kansas there is shop where
small screws are inserted by first
pressing them through bit of paper.
Then they can be easily handled and
put in position, and the paper torn
away.
These are only examples Of the sort
Of ingenuity SO badly needed to get
people out Of the rut Of inefficiency.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-29

the field, one ear to row, this viii
constitute a seed plot, where the best
seed for next year can be secured.
The average yield Of corn In Iowa
last year was less than IS bushels per
acre. Yields were secured In Idaho
above 125 bushels per acre.
Buy seed corn on the ear, then you
will know whether the rows were
straight or crooked. You can discard
the ears with large cobs and those that
are Immature or otherwise undesira-
BILE.
Test each ear for termination: then
you won't be cultivating puny stalks
this summer and cultivating and va
tsring hills where no corn grew at N
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-29
TRANSFERS
WARRANTY DEEDS
81, pn-, Weak.

WAnHANI6 DEEDS
Kate and Dan Dempsey to Anna
g. Koistinen, an undivided one
fifth interest in mex Of l3-134-74.
s64O.
Milwaukee Land Co. to M. Baum-
gar,ner, lots l. 2, 3 and 4 in block
35 in Milwaukee Land Company's
9TH addition to Strasburg. s472. so.
Milwaukee Land Co. to Thomas
Wagner. lots / and 2 in block "a
in Milwaukee Land Company's 9th
addition to Strasburg. 1857 so.
Christian Marthaller and wife to
Alexander Waltller, lots 10, IL and
II in block % in Hunters LIST add.
ton to Linton. 81, etc.
A. d. Nickel and wife to Arne
Holm, lot 10 in block IL in Hun
ter's LIST addition to Linton. $3.50.
NJ. Bnumgartnei and wife to
Peter Pfeiffer, lots and 2 in block
80 in Milwaukee Land Company's
9th addition to Strasburg. $500
Thomas Wagner and wife to j.
p. Helm. lot and 2 in block 81 in
Milwaukee Lard Company's 9th adj
dition TO Strasburg. ST., etc.
J. P. Hem and wife to Thomas
Wagner, lots II and IL in block "a
in Milwaukee Land Company's 9Th
addition to Strasburg. 81, etc.
l.. ID. Seeman and wife to Carrie
r. Drake, nwA of 26-l32-77. 81,
ETC., and mortgage of $500.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-29
The Stopping Place.

II don't mind leading you my hoe.
my AK. my lawn mower, the madam's
ice cream freezer, and lot Of other
things about the premises" said Mr..
Clipping. "but I'll give you fair warn
ing. Gadspur."
"Eh7 What's the trouble7"
'.If you ever come over here and try
to borrow our portable garage. I'm
going to say No."