The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-12-18

Thirst XII the week and dropped INTO
fTlis Times office and Mad his name
ttAdded to onr mailing list. Mr.. Pike
| iis one III Bates county's pioneer citi-
tzens coming here from Iowa 10
years ago and except for short time
lspents in the west has resided contin-
t'ously in this county since that time.
L According to the Review, the coal
! miners IN the Rich Hill district were
promptly on hand Friday morning to
commence work. All of the deep
mines were very soon in operation
as were all of the steam shovel mines
except the Perry-McNhan,- which is
one of the largest in the district. The
Badger-Welch steam shovel plant
continued operations throughout the
strike period. 1t is one of the big
gest producers III the district.
S. p. Newman, who lives a few
miles west, was i'll town Monday and
made this office a pleasant call lie
informs us that Sam Johnson, one 'of
his neighbors. who has been quite
sick, is somewhat better. Mr.. New
man came to Bates county about a
year ago from Clinton county, in the
north part OF the state, and while he
thinks that Bates is a pretty good
place to live he is of the opinion that
Clinton is little ahead OF it in some
particulars.
About year ago the Green Light
and Power Company made PROPOSE
ito nto furnish the City Of butler with
electricity and offered to enter into
a contract to furnish it at stated
price. The same propositluh was at- !
cepted by Adrian and l're%e'. The
company installed their lights and
now claim they are unable to supply |
the electricity at the contracted rrice
and are asking state publ. s,vice
commission to allow them to charge
a higher rate,
On account OF the fuel shortage +
the University OF Missouri COM
mcnced its Christmas vacation one
week earlier than had been intended.
The students from Butler and vicin-
ity arrived home Sunday and Mon
day Those who are home arc: '
Misses Anna Belle Thompson. Dor ,
othy Armstrong and Doris Denton
and James and Walter Williams,
Nirkby Walker Leslie Duvall, Nor {
ton Seelinger, David Thompson, I
Donald Pharis and Claude McCombs. /
Misses Juanita Holloway and Vivian I
Wolfe and Vernon Johnson, Jr., will re
come Friday from Fayette, where a
they are attending Central college. t
Train service, SO lar as Butler is y
was back to normal Mon {
lay Several trains had been taken \
off on account o1 the coal miners \
strike and the consequent shortage OF
uel, and as is usually the case, it =
he exact ones that would make
hings most Inconvenience During :,
he short time that the train service
vas clrtailcd the only passenger :.
rains through Butlcr were the two, >
me each way about noon. Ii one q
wanted to- go to Kansas City ,or bus +
ness. "a d plcasuret sruiosta"rf an7f r..
lost OF the hotels insulfilicrtly Il :,
ARMED, it was not a pleasing pros Il
eCt. ~
Capt. and Mrs. j. +. Thompson o
pent Monday in Nevada with Lieut.. 81
,ol. a. V. Adams, who was so badly l., H.
1jured last week while on duty with Nv
he troops guarding the volunteer a.
oal miners in Barton county. Tie !, y
,olonel is at the Hotel Mitchell and "
j getting along as we'll as could be
xpected, but is unable to be up as
ct. Fle and Col. Murphy were rid
lg on a gasoline railroad car which
1mped the track. throwing them 81
bout thirty feet, Col Adams light
lg on his head. He suffered a con- 81
ussion of the brain and there now TT
GEMS to be blood clot pressing on
he nerves affecting the leg, SO tina, l.
e is unable to walk. While his con-
ition is serious the doctors lo;G out a
ope for his ultimate recovery. 10
Recent issue OF the Dobbs Ferry le
New York; Register contains illus
-ations OF new shoe mandatory da
, be erected in that city by the w. 81
}. Hannah Shoe Company Mr..
lannah, is a son of the late Capt. J.. nj
Y. Hannah; one Of the early citizens m
+ this city, and his early life was tW
oent here. Several years ago he Fl
ent to New York, where he en-
arked in the shoe manufacturing
usiness and has been very success
ii, having two large factories in
ew. York City. one at Ncwbury- wi
ort, Massachusetts. besides the ono tn
cling located at Dobbs Ferry. The no
ompany, which is said to be the Fl
rgest manufacturers of ladies' shoes in;
the country, was organized in Feb II
Iary I, 1908, and now employs more
ian 1900 persons and does an annual to
lsiness of between six and seven ca
illion dollars.