The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12

just as it is heading out, and good
man~. blasted heads in the wheat
The chinch bugs are on their way g
Lon Williams says the farmers
| around Adrian had a shocker ma
chine which they attach to theif
binders and he is going up to see i
| work. #
met in Butler the other day Jas
l. Wolfe. | had not seen him tor Il
years. He and my brother, John
and myself, went to school togethei
at the Nestlerode school house in the
seventys. He rolled the first auto
ever, saw through Trading Post
Kansas, and now says he's rolling
| the 9th car. He is a lawyer in Kan
sas.
R. T. Hanley has fine jack and
has a good patronage.
| Vernon Johnson has layed off from
The Times office until after harvest
He expects to take in the wheat, hay
and oats harvest.
Glen Deweese brought out from
Genchs Thursday big hay frame
load of parlor furniture. 1t tell you
it was nice.
Will Burton and Ira Smith both
ride in new buggies nowadays and
they are no cheap affairs.
Jim WEIGH looks good between the
pillow handles and he is worker, too
Boys, remember marriage Isl like
getting an auto Experience of run"
ming one and divorce comes. next
The best way to do is to get the ex-
perience first.
Boss Porter is interested in the
hotel just north of the Missouri
State Bank. He is fine man.
Farmers, some men are hiring the
harvest hands now SO as to be sure
| of them. The wheat will do to cut
in eight days more, unless it keeps
| raining.
l saw Chauncey Fritts the other
day. He said his father had re-
formed and was not going to thresn
any more, but that he had six boys
who we're coming out with threshing
| outfits of their own this season.
! Jas. Keeble was out one day last
week looking for rattle snakes. He
wants the buttons to put in his fiddle
to make it sound clearer. He means
to make it sound American. He
fiddles in Dutch.
I'm going into the poultry bust
ness. | have one egg case and one
hen and l get one egg every day,
Sunday included.
Uncle Tom Pittman is using his
new potatoes. They are bigger
than hens eggs.
Ira Wiser has corn that nearly
shades the ground.
w. H. Plunkett has his thresher
out under shade tree looking to see
If anything is wanted to do first
class job of grain hulling.
| went to door and knocked at a
dwelling in Butler the other day to
see about selling wood. A parrot i'll
cage says walk right in |
opened the door and walked in. The
parrot says have seat" looked
all around and could not see any per-
son. so | started out. The bird says
''don't hurry. Sister will be in soon.
That bird sure sold me out. 1t was
sure educated. l did not see the par
rot until it told me to have a seat.
When l left it bid me farewell and
says, Come again. Sister, come in
Claud Green and wife visited his
folks over on the Miller ridge south
west, last Sunday.
Harvest wages are not set yet.
Talk is of them being higher than
last year.
Don't worry about wet harvest.
We will have it hot and dry.
At the ice cream social at the
Black school house $32 was taken in.
less expenses, on last Monday night.
The childrens' exercises at the
Black school were pulled off in grand
shape Sunday night. The children
were we'll trained and spoke clearly.
NELS.