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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
The Samson Tractor.

In 4 recent issue Automobile
Topics had the following to say re-
garding The Samson Tractor and
its future:
W. (. Durant again has shouldered
his way into the spotlight by an. u,,-
eSpectedly prompt disclosure of his
tractor program which is rendered
remarkable in the offering Of a
three-plow machine at the highly
cumulative price OF $3.50. Low
priced tractors. OF course. have bcc1,
III the wind tor some time. and it
had been expected that it would not
be long tciOrp rhrre wrrr uf1rrtd IN
large quantities machines selling as
low as $500.
The new model Samson. which is
an entire departure from previous
Sahson practice. is built after what
may be termed the standard light
tractor icrm. That is to say. the en-
CINE, crankcase and gear housing arc
a unit which serves as the frame of
the machine. The power plant is a
four cylinder vertical engine with
sliding gear-set. the general arrange
ii>t'' anu 'FSld tloii IliullI llkS
that OF a conventional automobile,
-Four wheels are used. the drivers be-
ing i'll the rear, while parts are dis
posed i'll compact. though thorough
" accessible manner. This is the
general layout OF the Fordson, the
new Fiat tractor, recently outlined
i'll these columns, and possibly
others, as well.
Enthusiastically described as the
most tractor Tor the money in the
world the new Model NJ" Samson
is sold complete with automatic con-
troll and power take-off. 1t is said
TO be capable OF pulling two l4-inch
plows all the time and three under
favorable conditions. Furthermore,
II is introduced as being a thorough
y worthy companion in the General
Motors line with the Cadillac, Buick
and Other we'll known cars.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
ARE MooNsH1N1NG IN MAINE
Illegal Private Stills Have Been
Found in Many Parts of State.

Bangor. Me-Maine people are
rising in rebellion against the high
price of booze and have begun to
make their own. Thus far the pro-
duct is neither. great i'll quantity nor
admirable in quality, but with the
passage OF time and the growth of
thirst it is confidently expected that
mellowness will come to soften the
wire edge" OF the made-in NJ aine
stuff and that local demand will give
great impetus to the newest of in
FAINT industries.
1t is not SO long ago that a private
still was, raided in the suburbs of
Bangor and eight gallons of corn
whisky seized, and it is we'll known
that for many years whisky has been
distilled in the wilds of Piscataquis
County and sold right at home at
high profit. A woods operator in
Bangor the other day told of log
gers making alcohol everywhere
with all kinds of crude apparatus.
In the town of Livermore a few
days ago the sheriff of Androscogg;n
discovered whisky still in full op-
er9tion and arrested the proprietor,
who was just about to market a jug
of the home product.
Whisky of the Bolshevist brand is
quoted on the curb in Bangor at Sc a
halt pint. $3.50 = pint and S. quart:
fair to medium, s.. and drinkablc.
without shell shock, $ to $Io.-New
York World.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
P1EZ WARNS SHIP WORKERS
u. S. BALKS ON WAGE BOOST
Director General of Emergency
Fleet Corporation Cautions
Workers Against Strikes.

Washington, d. C., Jan. 3o.-lt
will be the policy of the Government
in shipyard strikes to 'let the Job
stand, Charles Piez. Director Cen
,eral of the Emergency Fleet Corpor-
alton, said today.
Piez declared most OF the yards
needed breathing spell, that he did
not think the Government would
continue to furnish work at extreme
iy high wages unless increased skill
and output justified it, and that, in
his view, it was highly unwise for
shinvard workers in their own inter
ests to call strikes at existing scales.
Most OF the yards need breath.
ing SPELL said Piez, and an oppor-
tunity t" go over their organization
with view to eliminating produc-
ton factors which have tended to
increase costs. How greatly the
costs have been increased is shown
by the TACT that in one Pacific Coast
yard, typical to some extent of the
general situation, wages now give
each worker SL7o for putting in the
same time that he would have been
given, ST for year ago, while, in the
same period, the average output of
work per individual is only 70 per
cent OF what it was year ago.
In an Atlantic Coast yard. that |
have in mind, workmen today re-
ceived s. for putting in time that
brought them ST. a year ago, and the
average output per individual has
dropped in the same period to 90 2-}
per cent OF what it was a Year ago.
THE result has been to make ship
costs entirely unreason
able. In my view the present term
OF Congress and its attitude toward
ship construction makes it highly un-
wise Tor shipyard workers in their
own interests to call strikes against
existing wage scales.
II do not think that the Govern
ment will continue TO furnish work
at eXlremel'' high wages unless it is
justified by the increased skill of
workers"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
Administrators Notice,

Notice is hereby given. that letters
OF administration upon the estate of
James q. Walker deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned by
the Probate Court of Bates County,
Missouri, bearing date the .,Ist day
of January, 1910.
Al persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to the undersigned for allow
ance within six months after the
date OF said letters. or they may be
rrecluded from any benefit of such
estate; and if such claims be not ex-
hibited within one year from the date
of granting said letters, they shall be
forever barred.
Witness my signature this 3Ist
day of January. 1919.
" w. Walker,
Attest Administrator
tSeaD H. L. Sheppard,
HAT Judge of Probate
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
Early Oats Seeding is Important.


Be sure to plant the right variety
of oats, and to treat the seed for
smut before planting. These are the
two most important items in plant
ing for a good yield, says w. C..
Etheridge Of the University of Mis-
souri, College of Agriculture. The
right variety for central or south
Missouri will be an earl maturing
one. For north Missouri sow an
early or medium early variety.
The CROWN season for oats in Mis-
souri, is limited SO the early varieties
prove best. Sometimes i'll unusually
favorable seasons, late oats will out
yield early oats, but the early varie-
ties are to be depended on for regu'
lar yields.
Perhaps the most popular early
maturing variety of oats is the kher-
son. Others are the Sixty-Day and
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
Inquiry Shows No Unpaid Soldier
From Overseas.

Washington. January 3I.-Secre-
tary Baker said today that. investiga-
ton at Camp Mills, Upton, Merritt
and Dix had failed to reveal any
cases. of overseas units arriving in
this country with their pay several
months in arrears. THE results III
the Investigation" Baker said, show
that all such organizations were pail
in full IN to the time of their leaving
Europe. In some instances troops
arriving in January had been paid
France before the pay day in De-
cember. but all such organizations
were promptly equipped with thei.
records and were paid in full on ar
rival here. The units investigated
reOorted prompt payments while on
duty with the American expedition
ary forces
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
Bought a Fine Hog.

W. A. Baker & Son one day the
last "f the week received Il Poland
China sow weighing over 900 pounds
by express from Grandview. Mis-
souri,. The Bakers have one OF the
finest herds Of Poland Chinas in the
state and are constantly on the look
out for new blood to keep it up to
the top notch. The SOW is a typical
Poland China and one of the finest
looking animals ever brought to this
county and it is thought by breeders
to be the largest brood SOW in this
section OF the state
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of f. w. Eldridge, deceased,
that ], w. c. Eldridge, Administrat-
or of said estate, intend to make
final settlement thereof. at the next
term Of the Bates County Probate
Court. in Bates County, State of Mis-
souri,, to be held at Butler. Missouri,
commencing on the 24th day of Feb
ruary, 1919.
w. c. Eldridge.
I5-4t Administrator.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of Nathan Groves, deceased,
that /, Otis II. Groves, Administrat-
or of said estate, intend to make final
settlement thereof, at the next term
of the Bates County Probate Court,
in Bates County, State of Missouri,
to be held at Butler, Missouri. COM
mencing on the z4th day of February
1919.
I4-4t Otis HI. Groves,
Administrator.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

Judge ]. S. Evans, Dallas, No,
voluntarily surrendered to the Unit
eu States Marshal at Kansas Git
Friday in preparation to begin SER.
ing a sentence of six months in ;'ai'
for contempt of court, imposed la,t
March. With the two other men
bers of the Dallas County Cour-
Evans was charged with refusal :,
call a special election to vote bc:lns
to paw $4,000 bond issue Offered
as bonus to proposed railway
shortly after the Civil War. The
road never was built. All succeeding
county courts have refused to call
the election. and several members
have served jail sentences for cor
tempt. Judge Evans said it woi;l
require is cents Of every dollar If
Dallas County's valuation to pay
principal and interest on a judgment
obtained by the bondholders.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

The Kansas City Chamber OF Con-
merce estimates the recent influei1la
endemic, which caused the death %
1893 persons. cost the people 81
Kansas City nearly 8 million dollars.
The figure is arrived at by comp'l!
iro that each life lost represented
$4,000, and estimating the doctor
pills and funeral expenses. Included
in the total is the loss Of busine>s
suffered b.. the merchants and places
of amusement.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

The 3ooth anniversary of the land
ing in Virginia of the first negroes to
come to America was celebrated by
1880 negroes in a monster pageant
in Convention Hall in Kansas City
last week.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

David c. Biggs, director and treas.
urer of the international Shoe Co.
of St. Louis, has been selected as
governor of the Eighth Federal Re-
serve District, to succeed Rolla
Wells, resigned.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

, The Chambers OF Commerce OF
Nevada and Appleton City are work
ing on Mans looking to the estab-
1ishment Of milk condenserys in
their respective towns.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

The county court Of Polk County.
Missouri, has been petitioned for y
special election to bond the county
in the sum OF $500 900 to build rock
roads The court will likely act or
it next Saturday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

Several important state cases set
for trial at the January term OF the
Ceoar county Circuit Court had to
be postponed because the principal
Witnesses had the influenza.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

The worlds record, price for Po-
land China hogs was broken at the
Kansas City stockyards Thursday
when 81 sows sold for $3o,266 or ar
average OF $SIS. One of the hogs
brought $195o and another $1,000.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

At nine days auction sale of raw
furs which ended in St. Louis last
week the total sales amounted to
So, $4,000. The last day of the sale
100000 muskrats pelts were sold at
a trifle over dollar apiece. a silver
fox skin brought $3.50.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

Chas L. Durham, a member OF
Kansas City's first council and con-
ductor of the first passenger train,
entering that city, died at the home
of his daughter at 1907 Walnut street
one day last week.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

The Missouri State Senate has
adopted resolution inviting Rev.
Burris Jenkins. editor of the Kansas
City Rost to address the Missouri
assembl' upon subjects pertaining
to the American troops in the late
war. Rev Jenkins has made TWO
trips to France and his information
is first handed
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

The Ell Dorado News says that
Several indictments found by the last
grand jury were lost" before the
January term OF the Cedar county
circuit court and threatens to get
"nlllmh inQuisi1iNe- unless some one
finds them.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
the Early Champion. The best
medium early varieties are the Red

the Early Champion. The best
medium early varieties are the Red
Rust Proof and the Burt.
In treating oats for smut, apply
the same formalin treatment as that
used with seed wheat last fall, and
apply it in the same way. Smut is
pretty we'll established in the state
and this precaution is nearly as inn
portant as that of getting good seed
OF the right variety.
t is also important to ge the oats
i'll early, at least by March L. Good
soil preparation will increase the
yield. Flowing in the fall and disk
ing in the spring is good practice. If
the ground was not fall plowed, give
it shallow disking this spring.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

= Some time ago when :o>.;.l,;.
man was asked by his local bank Z,
pay note that he owed he wrote :.
letter to the cashier in which he ac
cused the president OF the bank %:
being pro-German. The president 81
the bank sued him Tor libel and when
the case was tried last week he came
so near proving his charge that .he
Jury decided that no one was
libelled.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

The grunt and the growl belong to
the brutes either two-legged or four
jumpered.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06

According to the Nevada Herald
Guv .Lindley Gist of Vernon county.
is the roud possessor of ten living
grandparents. Resides the young
man can lay claim to belonging to
our very first families. On one side
of his family tree he traces his an
cestry back to Israel Putnam, and on
the other to the Campbells, 9,,lo
came over in the Mayflower.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
finds them.

A score or more persons were
hurt, six OF them severely, Friday,
when a combination freight and pas
senger train on the Chicago and Al
ton Railroad was wrecked near Full
ton. The smoker in which the most
severely injured were hemmed i'll,
caught fire, but it was put out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
FUEL SHORTAGE
Is STILL SERIOUS
Most Rigid Conservation Must be
Practiced Says the Fuel
Administrator

The local fuel situation is far from
bright even tho the coal strike has
been called off and the weather has
warmed up. This morning there was
not pound of coal nor cord Of wood
for sale in the city and there were
scores of families who were down to
their last days fuel supply. During
the forenoon, however, a car of Cana
dian steam coal consigned to the Tum-
Alum Lumber company arrived and
afforded temporary relief. There is
no certainty when the next car will
arrive.
Since taking charge week ago
Monday, E. o. Keene, fuel administra-
tor, has issued 403 fuel permits and
has distributed three cars Of coal, one
car of coke and one of wood, and has
been able to prevent actual suffering
in the community. The coal has been
distributed in lots of 500 pounds ex-
cept to farmers who live at distance
and to restaurants and other essential
places of business.
In compliance with an order from
the regional fuel administrator the
business of the town has been again
put on six-hour day. In the main
the stores will be open from 10 a. m.
until a p. m, the barber shops from
IL a. m. until p. M, the pool rooms
will alternate on six-hour shifts, and
the eating houses will not open until
2 a. m. and will close at 7:30 p. m.
As a precautionary measure the
schools were closed Monday, that the
districts coal supply might be dis
tributed in cases of extreme emer-
gency. As yet only one load of coal
has been distributed from the school
bins and it is hoped that it will not be
necessary to make further demands
upon them. 1t is planned to open the
schools the Monday following Christ.
mas.
"Two cars of coke are due to ar.
rive any day now, 400 cords of WOOD
have been promised the Tum-A-Lun
company from Lyle, but Sother thar
this we have nothing in sight," said
Mr.. Keene this morning. at is diff
ficult to get any definite line on what
coal is rolling our way. There is only
one thing to do-continue to save fuel
to the limit"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18

walked the railroad bridge to Hedges
where he was met by an automobile
arriving here about 10 o'clock Wednes.
day morning.
Besides' her husband, Mrs. Blakely
leaves little son, Billie, ten years OF
age, and a step daughter; Velma, and
one sister, who lives in Arizona. Mr.
Blakely's sister and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Cloughs and Mr.. Blakely' 5
mother arrived Wednesday from Port
land.
Mr.. and Mrs: Blakely. had been mar.
ried only about year and until this
fall they made their home in Horse
Heaven this side Of Plymouth, where
Mr.. Blakely operates q large stock
ranch, A fewsmonths ago they moved
into town that the children might at
tend school.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
WILLIAM GREEN AND MISS
PEARL CORFMAN MARRIED
Young People will Soon be Numbered
Among the Residents of the
Highlands

Miss Pearl Corfman and Wr. Will
liam S. Green, both of this city, were
married in Spokane Sunday, December
z. The wedding ceremony was per-
formed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. E. Reedy by Rev. ]. E. Smith of
the First Baptist church.
The young people are both well
known here. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. v. Corfman, of
the Garden Tracts and the bridegroom
is the local manager for the Wenatchee
Valley Fruit Exchange. They return
ed the first of the week from we'd
ding trip to Wenatchee and Seattle
from Spokane. They are making their
home temporarily in the city, but will
later move to the Lane X. Larson
place on the Highlands, which Mr..
Green recently purchased.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
ALLEGED |. W. W. ARE
ON TRIAL THIS WEEK
Men Arrested Here Several Weeks
Ago Brought Before Superior
Court

The six alleged 1. w. WIS who were
arrested here several weeks ago, will
be brought to trial in the superior
court in Prosser today. The men have
been held under bonds on charges OF
having violated the criminal syndical-
ism act.
Chief of Police George Sheppard
and Deputy Sheriff C. E. Copeland
who took the men into custody here
were subpoenaed as witnesses. Before
leaving for Prosser yesterday Mr.
Copeland served notice on the follow
ing who have been summoned for jury
duty: Ben Bergen, Fred ]. Kadow, E
A. Mouda, Geo. Schnell, Mr.. and Mrs
H. W. FELTON,, Glenn and Hattie Smith
of Finley, C. C. Cantwell Of Hover and
G. E. Rhinehart of Richland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18

Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Ely returned on
Thursday morning from five weeks
visit to Lincoln, Nebraska They re-
port very pleasant trip. Altho the
weather conditions were unfavorable
with the temperature not as low as
in Kennewick, they suffered more with
the cold. They also found the coal sit
uation much worse than here. Schools
had been closed for some time and
churches were holding united services
in order to conserve fuel. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ely are more than ever convinced
that Kennewick is pretty good place
to live in.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
AGED WAR VETERAN DIES
AT HOME OF HIS son
]. M. Keene Dies Following Weeks Ill
ness of PneumOnia-Was Vet
eran Mason

j. M. Keene, of Yakima, died Satur-
day at the home of his son, E. O.
Keene of the Highlands. Mr.. Keen.
came down from Yakima week ago
Saturday and the following day was
stricken with pneumonia. Owing to
his advanced age little hope for his re-
covery was entertained from the be-
ginning of his illness.
Mr.. Keene was veteran of the Civ
il War and one of the oldest Masons
in the state. He was taken prisoner
in the battle of Gettysburg and con-
fined in Libby prison. Later ne was
exchanged and it was while doing hos
pitaf duty at Annapolis after his re.
lease that he joined the Masonic or
der in 1864. The full ritualistic fun
eral rites of the Masonc order were
conducted by the Kennewick lodge
at the Mueller parlors Wednesday at
ternoon. The body, accompanied by
L. M. Keene, was sent east Wednesday
evening. The body will be laid to rest
beside Mr.. Keene's first wife and a
son, in the family plot at Saltwater
Minnesota.
Mr.. Keene was native OF Maine
Thirteen years ago he came to the
Yakima Valley and purchased large
farm in the Naches Valley. While
he never made his home here he was
one of the first purchasers of irrigated
lands on the Kennewick Highlands
Mr.. Keene celebrated his eightieth
birthday Thanksgiving Day with q
family reunion at his home in Yakima
with all of his children and grandchild-
rem in attendance.
Mr.. Keene leaves a widow, two sons
e. O. and L. M.SKeene, of the High
lands, two daughters, Mrs. M. NC
Laughlin of Yakima and seven-year.
old daughter, Ruth.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
MRS. W. l. BLAKELY Is
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Husband Hastens Home from Oregon
But Grim Reaper Preceedes
Him

Mrs. w. L. Blakely died at her home
in this city about six o'clock Wednes-
daxmorning, following brief illness
ct peritonitis. TIL, body has been
shipped to her former home in Port
land where funeral and burial ser
vices wilt be held.
Mrs. Blakely had been liz only a few
days. Mr.. Blakely was in Oregon
when he received word that her Ill
ness was of a serious nature and nc
was unable to reach home until sew
eral hours after his wife's death. he
came to Alfalfa by a night O-W. train