The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-07

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Friday, February /, 1913, twins, a
boy and girl.
War Savings and Thrift Stamps
are good investment They can
be had at the Peoples Bank. 17-1t
Miss Emma Fry of the Recorders
office, went to Rich Hill Saturday
and spent Sunday with relatives and
friends.
Help your government and help
yourself by investing in War Savings
Stamps. The Peoples Bank has
them. 17-It
B. H. Catterlin, who has a good
position with big oil company in
Oklahoma, enrolls this week as Il
reader Of The Times.
The Times good friend, Elder l.. L.
Wix, OF east of Summit, was in town
one day the first of the week and
made this office social visit.
The Talmage hotel. at Rich Hill,
which has been operated for some
time by Mrs. G. NJ. Cooper, was.
closed Friday. says the Review.
Mrs. R. a. Bachelor returned to
her home near. Appleton City Sunday
after a visit in this city at the home
Of her sisterinlaw. Mrs. V. l.. John
son.
Ed Heavilin, of Amsterdam. who
has been spending the last few
months in Sweet Springs. returned
Sunday and expects to remain in
Bates county the remainder OF the
winter.
A. G. Hoyt, in letter enclosing :,
remittance to set his dates ahead,
says they are having a spell of wealth
er out at Sheridan. Wyoming, the
thermometer registering "4S below
nothing.
The IS degrees below zero weather
that was predicted by the weather bu-
,rcau for this district last week. got
sidetracked somewhere. At that it
was plenty cold, zero being reached
several mornings.
Miss Cecel Nicolay, who is teach
er in the Appleton City High School,
spent last week in this city at the
home of her parents. MIR. and Mrs
Fred Nicolay. The Appleton school
was closed on account OF diphtheria.
The Exemption board has placed
Prof. Ray A.. Brown. Superintendent
OF the Rich Hill public schools. III
class one in the selectivc draft list
However his number is ISo, it is not
likely that he will be called, at least
not soon.
Parties OF capitalists from Greeley,
Colorado. have formed company
and are preparing to open up coal
mine on the Stanley Ferguson farm.
four miles west OF Rich Hill. says the
Review. The vein is IL inches thick
and will be worked with steam shov-
Els.
Walter Barron has purchased the
on East Dakota street, re-
,ently occupied by Otis Baker, who
las moved to the Osborne Leedy
on South Mechanic street.
Mr.. I.eedy has accepted position in
! shoe store in Bartlesville, Okla
IONA.
Ben H. Catterlin arrived the first
# the week from Tulsa. Oklahoma, ,
where he has a good position with the ,
gypsy Oil Company. He is in Glass 6
, Division A. OF the selective draft
nd came home to take his examina- ,
ion. He returned to Oklahoma ;
thursday. He says that business is f
N the boom in the oil country.
w. O. Shillinger, who left Bates
ounty some time ago. has located
ear Mt. Vernon, Washington, on 4 I
ig ranch, and writes and asks that G
is paper be sent to him there. He Il
ays that it is like getting great
ig letter from home every week" v
Ie says that work is plentiful out r
here with wages high and he is get 2
ng along fine. c
Several parts OF this city suffered
water famine the first of this week
nd it was not caused by failure on :
le part of the water works, either. :"
he continued cold weather had
ozen the pipes. The plumbers had =,
leir hands full and could not get y,
'ound to thaw out all the pipes, SO y
any of Our citizens made at virtue =
necessity and tried thawing out :, y
eir own pipes-with various de- -
'ees of success.
w. A. Baker returned home Friday II
ON St. Joseph. Mo-. where he at, p'
nded the Walter Head and Sol hi
eonard sales of big type Poland tr
hinas. Mr.. Baker while there pur- 81
ased two fine gifts, one of them al
aA - D,,exa- n,,or H.. W.