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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09

w. H. Lyons ct al to w. S. Brum
NETT lots 1 and 2 block 241 Foster
$I25.oo.
Anna c. Pyle ct al to Ruby A
Walker Fart block II Butler, $1.oo.
ST. Clair Investment Co. to F. A
Strickland ct al tracts sections T.;
ID, 70. Prairie and Usage and Yer
non counties $Io732o.oo.
Rub A. Walker to Anna c. Pyle
part block 7 Butler $I.oo.
K. R. Maurer to L. A. Lewis lots
10 and II block 50 Rich Hill 100000
F. F. Archer to ]. P. Riley lots 1
and block 10 Merwin $4,000.
G. D. Wood to G. w. Witter 40
acres section 20 West Boone
$4,000.
John Maurer to L. A. Lewis lot IL
block 50 Rich Hill $I.oo.
A. c. Page to H. B. Wilson las
acres section 8 Hudson 100000.
M. w. Page to H. B. Wilson 40
acres sectio Hudson $2ooo.oo.
T. L. w. Terry to ]. F. Salmons 80
acres section 3 Rockville $27oo.oo.
: Pearl Butler ct al to P. ]. Cowgirl
50 acres section 80 Mt. Pleasant
$4,000.
E. J. CLEANSING tt, F. P. Childs so
acre ssections 10 and II West Boone
$328ooo.
J. H. Hough to Robt. Thompson
tract section 50 Lone Oak $125.oo.
Henry Oldham to H. A. Clark II7
acres section 50 Mound $Io2oo.oo.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The boys taking military traininl
have organized into two companies
The two companies are going 4
work hard to see which can have tn
best trained boys. They will ais,
have company basket ball and in tn
spring base ball teams.
The officers are David Thompson
Captain; J. c. Garrett, first 1ieuten
ant; Claude McComb, second lieu
tenant, and Harry Biggerstaff, sar
geant, of one company and of thu
other, Emerson Campbell, captain
Sherman Moore, first lieutenant
Stuart Campbell, second lieutenant
and Wilbert Sunderwirth, sergeant
Basket ball is progressing rapidly
the hall is nearly completed and
practicing started Monday evening
with good turnout.
Several high schools have been
written for games here and it won't
be long until Friday evenings will be
as they Used to be.
We had our first Chapel ,Wednes-
day. Mr.. Denton made lis splen-
did talk in regard to the coming Ly-
ceum Course for this winter. All the
pupils were much interested in this
for some thought that there wasn't
going to be Lyccum Course this
season.
There will be four numbers, each
one splendid lecture on subjects of
great Importance now, and of prob
lens that confronted us in the last
four years.
The new service flag was present
ed to the school Wednesday by the
Girls Civics Club. 1t, has fifty-nine
stars arranged very artistically.
These stars represent the follow
ing, who voluntarily gave their SER
vices to the cause of Democracy:
Elliott Walker, deceased; John
Dykman, deceased; Harry Wyatt, de-
ceased; Sam Armstrong, Wendell At
keson, Harry Biggerstaff, Clyde
Borland, Emmett Bullock. Walter
Catterlin, Ivan Deffenbaugh, Everett
Deweese, Leslie Duvall, Roger Ely.
Merlin Fields. Harry Garard, ]. c.
Garrett, Francis Goodwin, Gaylord
Hancock, Leslie Harper. Dode Hol-
land, Floyd Holloway, Verne Hollo-
way George -Hupp,- Ofred Jackson,
Seba Jackson, Arthur Kellar, Elmer
Kinney, Frank Ludwick. Duncan
Martz, Homer Martz. Howard Nc
Cam, Volney McFadden. Wendell
McHenry. George Nafus, Donald
Pharis, Theodore Pharis, Ralph
Pipes, Benjamin Richards. Russell
Roster. John Seelinger, Robert Shell
ton, Roy Shesler, Guy Silvers, Gard
ner Smith, Alex Snyder, Elmer
Otto Sunderwirth, James
Tilsley, Jewel Thompson, Gaylord
Vantrees. Kirkby Walker, Ashby
Herbert WeMott, James
Walter Williams, Ralph
Walter WeMott. Carroll
Zwahlen, Doris Wyatt (not called.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
AGE CAMOUFLACE ON
TRAINS A LOST ART
Penalties Eliminate Practice of Try
ing to Do the Railroad
Companies.

indianapolis. Jan. A man
pleaded guilty in the federal court
here to the charge that he and 4
youth sat in different parts of the
train and passed ticket checks back
and forth in such manner that both
rode on one ticke.. For any offense
against the railroad control act the
punishment may be fine OF $4,000,
to which may be added two years in
prison.
Beating the railroad company is
game as old as the roads themselves.
1t has been a common practice to
take the children along without buy
ing tickets for them. parents being
hopeful the conductors will think the
little ones under age and thus es-
cape payment of even half fares.
Another common practice has
been to insist that the child was I'M
der age and not required TO pay
railroad fare. If this was done. those
successful in playing the trick usual
~ Dragged abou, it to the neighbors.
Lawyers now declare that all of
these rules are contrary to the fed
eral law, and the day. seems past
when little Willie, aged u, can
scrooge down to the corner of the
seat and pass as an 8-year-old. If
this is attempted, his mother may
face q federal Judge and explain why
she wilfully and with malice afore-
thought couspired to defraud the
United States.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
The Montrose Things.

No. >. Vol. l of the Montrose lid
ings, edited by James Bush & Son
reached our exchange desk last
week. 1t is a clean, newsy well
printed paper. well filled with local
news and seems to be fairly well
patronizcd by the Montrose MGR
chants. The Tidings succeeds the
Recorder. whose plant was destroyci
by fire some time ago, and looks as
though it had come to stay. Its ed
itors are experienced newspaper mer
having Tor many years conducted
papers in Henry county.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Mrs. Arrowsmith Dies.

Mrs. Wesley Arrowsmith. IS years
old, died al her home four miles
southwest at 5 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, January S, 1910. after week 5
illness of Influenza She was most
excellent woman. a member of the
Christian church. an active worker in
the Wood,ncn's Circle. and her sud
den death is mourned by family and
friends. Surviving are the husband,
three children. Laverne, Jesse. and
Buelah, also her mother. Mrs. Bebee.
and two sisters. Mrs. Whiimnre ri
Manhattan Kans and Mrs. Hays OF
the home address. Funeral services
from the Wheelbarger chapel at $50
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev.
Wimbcrly officiating Burial - III
Greenlawn cemetery.-Rich Hill Re-
view.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Telephone Meeting.

The Charlotte telephone company
held their regular annual stockhold.
ers meeting at Virginia Tuesday
Dec. 81, 1918, and elected the follow
ing gentlemen 10 directors for the
year 1919. 7. w. Huffman. T. S
Harper and Mentry Hughes. Lee
NJ. Hardinger was appointed secre-
tary and treasurer for another year
The telephone service in the coun-
ty was taken up and discussed at
length, and the following resolutions
were adopted
1t is the consensus OF opinion that
the conditions of the telephone ex.
change OF Bates county are intoler-
able.
. Be it resolved, that the stockhold-
ers of the Charlotte Telephone Com
pany hereby express their willingness
to join in mutual telephone organ
ization of Bates county, and hereby
give their directors power to attend
all meetings and transact all business
looking toward such organization.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Are Practical Farmers.

Samuel J Kleinschmidt, president
of the Missouri Farmers Association
and w. H, Baker, OF the Missouri
Agricultural College. who are work
ing in this county in the interests OF
the farmers, are not only theoretical
farmers, but they are practical, sue
cessful Missouri farmers. Mr.. Klein.
schmidt owning a fine farm in La
fayettc county and Mr. Baker one in
Howard county. Last year. which
was poor farm year. Mr., Baker
made ret profit of $4,000 on his
farm Of $50 acres. The larger part
of this profit was made from big
apple orchard and Mr.. Baker thinks
that-ANhcre the soil and climate are
at all adaptable ar"les are about the
most profitable cron that farmer
can raise.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Cables Seized to Send Casualties

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE rca
reason for President Wilson, action
in permitting the cables to be taken
over after the armisticc had been
signed was the refusal OF the cable
companies to give casualty lists a
preference. Senator James Hamilton
Lewis OF illinois charged today.
AN official document soon will be
sent to both houses giving the rea-
sons for taking over the cables and
this will be seen to be the principal
one. among them Senator Lewis
said.
"Private messages, paying high
rates, always were put ahead OF cas-
ualties and the government had no
authority to compel the adoption OF
a different system. 1t is this that
has caused large part of the delay
in reporting casualties, OF Which sem
ators have complained.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
From Over There.
Somewhere in France,

Somewhere in France,
Dec. 1, 1918
Dear Friend
Tonight, as my work is finished,
will write you a few hasty lines
This leaves me feeling fine (now
that the shells have quit coming
over And say you don't know how
different everything seems now, ev
erything is SO quiet here. We ar.
back to the old life of drilling ane
inspection. You wouldn't think Their,
had ever been a war to see every ono
over here now. | went over to wha,
was German territory when we quit
fighting and you couldn't imagine
what we had done to that country
| There wasn't spot of ground as
large as your garden that didn't have
a shell hole in it. | don't see how
anything could live there. When |
saw thar l wasn't surprised that the
Huns were ready to give UP; and il
wasn't only in front of us, but along
the other lines the same way. don {
believe there was tree in any OF the
woods near the front lines that
wasn't hit and trees eighteen inches
through were shot off just like YOU
would take stick and twist it in two.
The underbrush was shot off from
three to ten feet high. guess you
already know that our division (the
Soth) made a great record at the
front.
Our 342d regiment was under shell
fire 81 days; they sure made a good
drive. We are now billeted in a small
village and have dandy place.
There are seven of us in the house
where l am. 1t is stone house.
We have fire place, and, to make a
long story short, we are sitting keen.
We were on the Hindenburg line and
staring Metz right in the face and
if the war had lasted a week longer
we would have been in Metz. an,
hoping we will get to come home
soon, but it will be our luck to be
the last ones | came through with
out scratch. got scared pretty
bad time or two, but getting scared
doesn't kill, you know. How is the
weather over there? It's getting
pretty cool over here now, but
guess it's about time cold weather is
coming. suppose you are gong to
school this winter? Say, are they
the boys out over there
low? l heard they were. Well,
will quit, hoping to hear from you
soon.
Your friend, n
Corporal VIM. c. Keserreis, -
Battery c, 342 Field Artillery,
Amer. Exp. Forces,
France.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Hunters and Trappers Take Notice

All hunting and trapping license
expires December 81. 1913. New H.
'censes are required on the first day
of January. 1910. 1t is the intention
of the Game and Fish Commission to
exert every effort this year to see
that everv trapper and hunter pos
sesses license. Take this notice as
a warning and play safe for l pro-
pose to enforce this law to the letter.
will appreciate any information for
violations of the game laws and treat
same as confidential.
Earl R. Hout.
Deputy State Game and Fish Com
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Boost the Churches.

For ten weeks the churches and
schools were closed on account of
the influenza Many think better
policy would have been to have en-
forced strict quarantine of the sick
and allowed the we'll people to have
gone OH about their business, as
usual, just as was done in New York
City. where it is claimed that "thc
percentage OF cases was more than
so per cent below many other large
cities where all public gatherings
were forbidden However, the
writer has no disposition to criticise
those in authority. They did what
they thought was best, all things
considered. What the writer is now
concerned about is that since the
epidemic seems to have about spent
its course. and the schools and
churches are again open we should
all put forth our very best efforts to-
make up for lost time. A strong pull!
will accomplish wonders.
During recent months the presi-
dent. the food administrator, the Red
Cross leaders. and various other
prominent workers have looked to
the churches for their main support
i'll the big national drives, and be it
said to the credit oi the churches
they did not look in vain Now, let
the people rally to the churches and
make them stronger and better than
ever. Ii the churcl, of Christ goes
forward that insurcs success for all
worthy aims and enterprises. We
should give it our best in thought,
time and effort Christ asks. de-
serves, and expects this. lie, us not
be >lackcrs.
5. B. Moore
Pastor Christian Church.
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Z
acres section II West Boone $48oooo
E. L. Spinning to Hazel Goodson
acres section 20 Mt. Pleasant
$I8oo.oo.
L. B. Roberts to E. c. Paine lots ?
and block 10 Ist addition Rich Hill
100000.
r. N. Montgomery to J. v. Bradley
ct al 100 acres section "a Pleasant
Gap $I3ooo.oo.
w. T. Williams to Harvey Will
Jams ~ acres section rs East Boone
$16oooo.
Theo Green to Icy G.. Howard
tract section 7 West Boone $1oo.
Sarah A. Lee to ]. B. Small tract
section 22 Mt. Pleasant $1.oo.
E. Angela Scully to T. A. Scully
$4,000 acres of land in Bates county
(Scull-' Estate) $I.oo.
, C. O. Bailey to ]. R.. Mooney 81
IL acres section IS Mt. Pleasant
$4,000.
Memo Meinen to E. A. Yoder
tract section 3 Charlotte $1,000.
c. H. Clouse to T. S. McHenry 12o
acres section 3 Walnut $4,000.
c. w. Cox to King Johnson 70
acres section IS Walnut $225ooo.
H. T. Mullins to C.. w. Cox 30
acres section I6 Walnut $4,000.
VIM. Guide to Sig Cantrell Is
acres section 28 Deer Creek $6soo.oo.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
A Reminder.

Will those friends who recently re-
ccived a book notice with explana.
ton. please use the stamped envelope
10 return their answer at once, OF
very soon. Just sign the little order,
stick it in the envelope and mail it.
must have your response very soon
il I am to have it at all. So many
have told me they had just neglected
It that I am sending out this gentle
reminder. Look it up and do it now,
before you forget It again.
w. o. Atkeson.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Buick Prices for 1919 Fixed.

An interview with Mr. Will Smith,
local Buick distributor, makes GER
tain that the purchaser of Buick
car between now and the end of the
1919 season is not running any chance
that the price will be subject to
further change during that period.
Il have just received letter from
the Home Office" said Mr.. Smith,
containing the revised price sched-
ule effective January first, 1910 COW
ering the various Buick models DUR
ing the remainder of the season.
Four models have been reduced in
price and the other two remain I'M
touched.
There has been considerable spec
ulation as to what the Buick Motor
Company was going to do about the
prices of their cars, as the close OF
the war left things in such an uncer-
tain condition regarding the price
and quantities of raw material avail
able that a good many people felt it
would be impossible for the really big
manufacturers to find their bearings
for some time to come.
This prompt action on the part of
the Company shows that they have
heen able to clear the situation up
sooner than anybody expected, and |
ior one am delighted with the an
nouncement SO early in the season.
Their war orders which have been
demanding the major part of their
energies have been completed and
the announcement OF the present
prices is evidence that the Buick
Motor Company now has measure
OF the situation and sufficient mater
ial is in sight that will permit laying
ont a definite building schedule which
again proves the buyer of a Buick
automobile is at all times protected
against unwarrantcd price changes.
"Orders for Buick cars are piling
up on us very fast and feel rea-
Sonably sure that we shall be able to
take care of the greater part OF them
within reasonable time. We shall
continue to follow our old policy of
filling orders, and will make every
effort to see that no favoritsm is
shown our waiting list which plan
has worked out so admirably in the
past. -----------------=---
Buick enthusiasts appreciate the
OF this announcement, be-
cause all uncertainty has now been
removed, both as to the possibility
oi getting Buick cars this year. and
the possibility OF the prices being
raised or lowered"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Odd Fellows Installation,

Monday night Bates Lodge No
$50, |. o. O. f. installed the follow
ing offivers for the ensuing term:
p. &C.. A. Bolcn
\. G.--Delbert Morgan
CT. Smiser ----------------
Sec'y-J l.. Fisher
Treasurer--J. l.. Brown
r. S. n. G.-yJesse Sinks
l.. S. n. G.-Elmer Butler
Chaplan-Erank Blough
Conductor-W. +. Lenhart
Warden--F. S. Vance
O. &C. A. Murray
l.. CT. H. Vance
r S. S. Harve Clardy
l.. S. S.-Theodore Wolfe -
R. S. V. G.-Arley Drennon
l.. S. V. Gil. Steele
Like other lodges the Odd Fellows
have been unable to hold meeting:
for some time on account OF the
board OF health orders forbidding
public meetings, but they have d
hustling bunch of officers and expect
to make up the lost time during the
present term. They have several
candidates for initiation on the wait
ing list. They already have IL who
have been initiated and there will be
degree work every night, for some
time.
The installation ceremonies were
in charge of District Deputy Grand
Master |. L. Sutton. which is the
same as saying that they wen,
through without hitch.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Motorists Paid $1,3o4;76z.

Jefferson City. Jan. 4.--Motor car
owners OF the state paid SI.3p4.762 to
the good roads fund during the year
just closed. according to the returns
made by the seerci1ry of state to-
day. There are ISS.o4o motor car
owners in the state. 900 dealers, g.
$50 motor cycles and 2IoSo licensed
chauffeurs. St. Louis has the larg-
est number OF motor car owners, 34.-
I'll. and Kansas Git, next with 49,
$40.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Notice to Local Unions.

The Executive Committee of the
Bates County w. c. U. will meet
in Butler in the Sunday School room
of the Presbyterian church Jan. II.
at . o'clock.
Miss Roena Shaner, state vice
president, will be present to help
plan work for the coming year.
Mrs. F. O. SeelinHer, Pres.
Lydia Funk, Vice Pres.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
Senior Sidelines.

Miss Gench, our section room
teacher and also teacher of the
English department, having resigned
Mr.. Forrest Post has come to take
her place. We're very glad to have
him and will all cooperate with him
to make our last year the very best
of all.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

c. II. Utley to Laura Calvin II I2
acres section II West Boone $48oo.oo.
E. L. Spinning to Hazel Goodson
5 acres section 20 Mt. Pleasant
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-24
SUGGESTED BY BANDMASTER
School viii Be Conducted for Benefit
of Students of Both Sexes Who
Have Been Studying at Amer
lean Conservatives.

Paris.-An American conservatory
of music soon will be established at
F~ontainebleau as the result of the ac-
tion of the Fontalnebleau municipal
council, which voted a %subvention of
100000 francs for the creation of the
school. The suggestion was put for
ward by Mr.. Francis Casadesus, pres
ident and conductor of the Paris or
chestra, and the French minister of
public instruction has set aside for
the school the Louis XIV wing of the
national palace of Fontainebleau. 1t
will be a summer school and the first
session will begin July 1, 1920.
Mr.. Casadesus spent seven months
at Chaumont, the American headquar-
ters of the A. E. F., teaching instru-
mentation at the American army
bandmasters' and musicians school
created by DIR. Walter Damrosch at
the request of General Pershing.
Suggested by casadesus.
Mr.. Casadesus first conceived the
idea of the school after the American
school at Chaumont completed its
work. He planned to place the courses
Of the National Conservatory of
Music In Paris at the disposal Of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-24
SUCCESS BRINGS REMOUSE
Men Whose Minds Failed to Stand
Up Under Strain and Horrors
Of War His Only cem-
panions.

Berlin.-The inventor Of the big
Bertha" which first shelled Paris on
March %, 1918, from 8 distance of
nearly 80 miles, now is an inmate OF
the German state asylum in Ander-
mach. Men whose minds failed to
stand up under the strain and horrors
of war are his only companions.
The inventor does not associate
with the other inmates. At rare in
tervals he speaks with the doctors or
nurses In the hospital, but then only
a few words. But, once when an
American soldier entered, the Ger.
mans face lighted up like that Of a
child with a new toy. To the aston
ishment Of the hospital attendants he
at once approached the visitor and
began to converse with him in Eng
lish.
AS he talked his interest In the
| young American seemed almost pathet'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-24

Paris. and when the war came he.
together with the greatest scientist OF
Germany, began working upon the
cannon.
Success Brought Only Remorse.
In the spring Of 1918, the inventor
said, they believed their plan had
been accomplished. The great gun
was finished and moved TO a spot in
the lines from which It's shells could
reach Paris. Finally came the day
when It was fred on Paris for the
arst time. Apparently 1t was a sue
cess. For a few days all Germany
celebrated, the inventor said. Fol-
him, however, this Joy was short
lived. Hardly had the celebration end
ed when the allies seemed to take on
a new lease on life. Instead Of dis
c~ouraging them the great gun APP
peared to have driven them to great
er efforts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-24

work In this line attracted the atten-
ton Of his government. They gave
him every opportunity for study. He
was sem TO England, America and
France. In those places he studied
at close range the guns used by the
armies, the chemical composition Of
explosives and the methods Of manu-
featuring great shells. When he re-
turned to Germany he was given stock
in the Krupp works, at Essen. Profit
Ing by his studies and what he had
learned in other lands, this man set
about TO develop what would event.
ually be the mightiest cannon In the
world.
Then came August, 1914, and the
war. According to the inventor, his
efforts were r~edoubled. The big guns,
which destroyed the forts of Belgium,
were not sufficient. For years, the
inventor said. he had dreamed and
planned a weapon that would reach