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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03

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great body Of fertile public land In this country
there was ltttls unrest Fifty PEARS ago the
Immigrant came to this coantIy because q
the opportunity II offered him TO become land
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Now thsfe are no good public lands left
lands. but nearly MI q this area 10 either graz
ing Land Of downright desert. Expansive 70
clamatto0 70 necessary before any considerable
proportion Of It can b used for agriculture In
. word. there IL NO longer any opportunity for
the man with little capital or NO capital to en-
gage IN agriculture. The SAFETY valve which
kept the andustriai engine from blowing mp
Tor 10 many yearS has been practically closed.
TO reopen this safeey valve would be way
OUT OF our present dlmcuitles
This, In BRIEF Il the argument OF the labor
department, and of all those who think that
the land problem 10 ct tho bottom Of our trou-
bles. TO reo1en the safety valve of easy &C.
cess to the soil was the real motive back Of
all the "land-for-soldiers" measures which
were introduced into this congress. and were
for while so widely discussed These meas
ureS had curious history. They were gen.
erously endorsed in theory, but nothing ade-
quate has been done. Some OF the western
states have passed progressive land laws. but
that IL al.
Hands from the first In the beginning the ma
tional government did mot own any lands. but
these were coded to II BY the various states,
! It began BY selling these lands in large par
! eels to various indiyidunis and companies in
order to raise money to nav on the Reyolu-
tionary war debt. Lands now worth hundreds
| oe dollars an acre were sold for less than 4
dollar an acre, Later the government began
Yelling land 10 settlers on credit-a system
which resulted in nothing but confusion. It
| also tried selling lands for cash to settlers.
Then about 1s4l II began making the xreat
/. grants q land to railroads which have caused
80 much trouble and Utilization since
Alone about 1s10 = situstion beam to arise
lmuch ike the present one. in that there was a
treat deal Of unrest IN the country. Then. "A
tnow. mani students believed that the land Of
fered the solution Of the dificulty. and the Ar
tation began which Anillv led To the nassa h
OF our present homestead Law. George HONEY
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
BURLESON TARGET FOR BIT.
TER ATTACK ON FLOOR
OR HOUSE
Castigation Administered by Rep.
Gallivan, Democrat, of
Massachusetts.

Washington, June 2o-Postmaster
General Burleson was the target yes
terday of one of the bitterest at
tacks ever made on a public official
on the floor of the house. by Repre-
sentative >Gallivan,4' Democrat, Of
Massachusetts,. The postmaster gem
eraf was declared to be "the greatest
misfit in public office that this coun-
try has ever known" .
The Massachusetts, congressman
also asserted that his (Burleson's)
continuance in public service is a
standing menace to the future sue
cess of the Democratic party"
Mr.. Gallivan said he was prompted
in his denunciation of Mr.. Burleson
BY the "seething undercurrent of un-
rest prevailing among the toilers
throughout the country which is fast
developing into expressions and DEM
onstrations of the most radical FORM"
He charged that the postmaster gen.
eral was largely responsible for this
condition through his attitude to-
wards labor.
Other members of the cabinet
though unnamed. also came in for Sc
we're condemnation.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26

Examination Of hundreds of stom-
achs Of birds, taken in different To-
calittes and at all seasons. painstakins
scientific observations Of the birds
habits BY trained experts, have now
for many years been establishing, be-
yond question, the fact that they are
one Of natures most effective checks
on the undue increase Of insect and
rodent pests.
In the early days. the days before
We had scientific study of the habits
Of birds, the connection in the popu-
lar mind between birds and the SOW
ing Of seed principally took the form
Of speculation As to what proportion
Of the sown seed Or its product the
birds would get Crows and black.
birds were observed to pub corn. The
fact that some kernels were left In
the hill uneaten did not suggest to
the farmer that 1t was the cutworm
that the crows were really after, not
the corn.-R. g. Bowdish, In Chris.
tian Herald.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Americanism In the MAKING.


Almost anything you can think of, II
Is said, can he seen somewhere In that
long, erratic histosic street that strays
upward from the point of Manhattan
island, cutting across the streets and
avenues of the worlds largest city
at Its own sweet will. Something once
seen there by Mr.. j. B. Kerfoot, the
author Of Broadway, indicates that
the enterprise. the daring and adapt
ability to new conditions that were
characteristic Of the early settlers in
America are still characteristic of the
people who are crossing the Atlantic
to our shores In the twentieth GEN.
fury.
One day. says Mr.. Kerfoot. saw an
Italian peasant woman, fresh land
ed from the steerage and dressed In
all the fete-day regalia Of her native
province. chase Broadway car for
half block in front of the post of.
fee. She caught up with it from be-
hind when 1t stopped at Park place,
and falling to notice the entrnnceway,
grasped the brake handle IF the rear
platform. threw "a sturdy. red.st0ck-
inged leg over the rail. and swung her.
self aboard with the satisfied air of
having successfully surmounted one Of
the early difficulties of the new coun-
try. -----------------
Broadway smiled, collected her fare,
and went on about its business
Youths Companion.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
June 26, 1859.

A committee composed of Messrs
Shelton, of Deepwater; Bowden, o.
Spruce and Judge Fix of Prairie
were appointed at the recent county
meeting of the Bates County Wheel
to notify the publishers of this paper
that it had been endorsed as the Of
fetal organ of that order in Bates
county.
George Smith has added new. cal
to-: his livery outfit.
Ed T. Steele, w. w. Mize, Mrs
Walton, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Allen
went to Foster Saturday night to
assist in musical concert given in
that village.
A gay party of Butler young folks
are camping at the iron bridge over
the Marias des Cygnes river above
Papinsville. The party is composed
of Misses Mabel McKibben, Rogue
FrizelL Daisy Shannon. Maggie
Summers, Laura Blatchert, Zoe Blat-
ebert, Hattie DeArmond, Susie
Steele, Minnie Lynger, Maude Smith,
with Mrs. John Steele and Misses
Hattie McKibben and Maggie Abel
las chaperones, Messfs. Sam Can
terbury, Harvey Clark, Minnie
Cowles and Claude Clark. I.
Mrs. J. w. Reisner and Miss Jessie
Holloway took the train Monday for
Colorado, where they will remain for
several weeks.
A meeting largely attended by
farmers and others interested in a
lair for Bates county was held at the
city hall Saturday. Reports from
various committees showed that the
work of raising the necessary money
to hold a county fair, was making
fair progress and it is thought that a
county fair may be held this fall.
Another meeting will be held in this
city July 4th.
Judge DeArmond, of the Bates
county circuit court in decision ren-
dered at the last term of the court
declared the local option law inoper-
alive as far as Bates county was
on account of some ir-
regularity in the election and Thurs
day of last week Heath & Hurt APP
peared before the town board with
an application for . dram shop which
they propose to open on North
Main. street. After hearing the APP
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
MARY HAD NOT FORGOTTEN
Movie Actress Tells Why She Long
Has Had Grudse Against
Robert billiard.

Robert billiard. actor, and hest
dressed man in New York theatrical
circles, was introduced to Mary Pick.
ford recently. AS they shook hands he
smiled and said:
my dear Miss Pickford. have
wanted to meet you for a long time.
This is a pleasur l assure you."
THANK you. Mr.. Hilliard," replied
the movie actress. but I must say
your memory for faces isn't very
good"
"Why7" he asked.
"Some twenty years ago, when you
were playing in The Littlest Girl In
Toronto, you needed child to be the
girl. My mother offered my services.
I was little Gladys Smith then. You
looked me over and told me to 60 home
and wash. my hands,"
mo. moi" replied the Mortified Hill
lizard. II couldn't have said that"
"But you did," persisted Miss Pick.
ford; "but l told you my hands weren't
dirty-they were chapped. You finally
gave me the job, but took a dislike
to you just the same"
"You did! Why?"
because" concluded Miss Pickford,
"you made me go home and wash my
hands, anyway, and I detested soap
and water in those days."
"Well. I declare" said Mr.. billiard,
as he arranged his boutonnaire-Re-
hoboth Herald.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Making of Beer to be Continued.

St. Louis, June 1o.-Announcement
has been made here by c. Norman
Jones, secretary of the St. Louis
Brewing association. that virtually all
of the St. Louis breweries will con-
tinue to make beer after July I.
The brewers take the stand that
beer, with only two and three
fourths per cent alcohol in it, is not
intoxicating under the federal statute
and therefore can be made without
violating the new "dry" law.
The continued manufacture of beer
probably will result in test cases, as
prohibition leaders have declared
they will make every effort to stamp
out the making of beer.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Red Cross Glasses Closed.

Examinations were held at Adrian
Monday and at Butler Tuesday for
the classes in "Home Hygiene and
care of the Sick" which have been
conducted by Miss Frances Shouse,
under the direction of the Nursing
Service of the Southwestern Division
of the Red Cross. The course con-
sisted of fifteen lessons, and the fifty
five women who attended twelve or
more lessons were the only ones eli
Rible to examination, others having
dropped out or were absent as many
as four times.
Everyone who finished the course
feels repaid for regular attendance,
and the knowledge gained from the
study, with thorough explanation
of many parts of it from so interest
ing and able an instructor as Miss
Shouse.
There have been some women who
did not have the privilege of the
course, and it is the expectation of
the Nursing Committee to begin an
other class July Ii. continuing five
weeks, with three lessons a week,
provided ten or more women wish to
form such class. Persons desiring
to enroll must decide by July if
possible. Glasses will be taught by
Miss Shouse in the Red Cross rooms
in the basement of the court house as
heretofore.
AS there are classes waiting at sew
'eral other places iii the county, Miss
Shouse will take up these about Sep
tember 1 and continue for several
weeks, SO that there may be no more
classes taught in Butler for some
time.
The arr-oaching warm weather
ought not to make any difference to
those who are interested and who
realize what such privilege means
TO them. The Red Cross rooms are
exceptionally comfortable, and no
'one should allow the weather to in
terfere. This is another opportunity
which Bates county is offering her
women, and many should grasp it
and avail themselves of such a priv
ilege. ~
Mrs. Sam w. Davis,
Chairman Nursing Com.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Explained.

She was weeping bitter tears into
her afternoon tea. "Oh, my DEAR"
she said to her only friend, II don't
know what shall do. Ted and I have
only been married six months, yet he
spends every evening at his club"
"Well. don't worry, darling" said
the other. "Percy's just the same.
But I shall never scold him again for
"Why notT'
swell, last night a burglar got into
the house and my husband knocked
him senseless with a poker. I've
heard several men speak Of him a.
poker expert. He has evidently been
pract1cing at the club for just such an
rgency."-Exchange.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
THE WHEAT, HARVEST
Bates County Farmers are Reaping I
Bountiful Crop. A Shortage of
Workers.

Bates county's record breaking
wheat crop is being harvested this
week. On nearly every farm in the
county the binders are taking ad.
vantage of the fine harvest weather
and are working overtime. There
had been some fear that~the storms
and wet weather of the past few
weeks might have damaged the crop
bot there is little down and with
very few exceptions the ground IS
firm enough to support the binder.
There is a scarcity of farm hands
and many of the farmers near town
are depending on the clerks and bust
ness men. who go to the fields after
business hours each evening and
shock the wheat that has been cut
during the day. This is rather hard
on some of the boys who are &C
customed to indoor work, but the
wheat must be saved and the 50 and
70 cents per hour and good country
supper is MORE than they can with
stand. Every evening about $50
those who want to go to the fields
gather in the court house yard and
are taken out in automobiles. the
owners of which are doing their bit
in that way.
In years past many have gone
from Bates county to the Kansas
wheat fields, but this year Bates
county can furnish employment for
all who want to work and can stand
the hot sun.
Reports from Kansas state that
new form of speculation has sprung
up in the wheat belt as a result of
the shortage of hands. A man with
a little extra money will hire force
of harvesters in Kansas City or
some other city. buy the necessary
harvesting machinery and go to the
farmer and offer price for his grain
standing in the field. The prevailing
prices being from $40 to SIS per
acre. The purchasers taking all Of
the risks of the storms. I. w. WIS
and breakdowns to machinery. The
farmers in many instances taking the
price they receive for the crop and
taking their family to summer resorts
where they enjoy themselves while
the other fellow is sizzling under the
midsummer sun. e.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
FIRST CALL WAS FOR soAR.
Nothing Germans At coblenx Would
Not Do for That Article
Pepper Came Next.

German supplies were getting rather
short when the American army OF Oc-
cupation moved across the Rhine n
Coblenz. The population was eating
a tough black bread which was nothing
more than bran mash. wearing paper
clothes, and going virtually unwashed.
as they had no soap.
There Is almost nothing the Ger
mans won't do for piece of Ameri-
can soap. The washwomen will darn
impossible holes In the doughboy's
socks. mend his trousers. scrub bis
leggins, and would stand guard In his
place II assured they will be rewarded
with a portion Of this delicacy. Soap
takes the preference over cigarettes.
chocolates or chewing gum.
The Germans have an imitation soap
they provide for the populace. 1t looks
like soap and makes rich-appearing
lather. but 1t isn't soap. 1t doesn't do
the work. You might as we'll try to
shave with the foam from their bad
tasting beer as that soap. Having no
oils or fats In 1t. 1t Is plain camou.
flage.
Another thing the Germans are shy
on Is pepper. A person who has al
ways had pepper might give It little
thought and It probably would be the
last thing included in an "iron ration"
but go without pepper three years and
you'll begin to think that it Is the STAFF
of life.
Soap and pepper are to the Germans
what pie and Ice cream and going
home are to the American doughb0ys.
The Spiker of April, published in
France by the United States Army
Engineers.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Virginia.

There seems to be not much news
to report this week. All of the farm
ers are busy day and night with their
wheat harvesting. Some of them are
using tractors to pull their binders.
Mrs. Alice Jenkins and grand
daughters, Alice and Frances, of Ra-
cine, Wisconsin, arrived last week for
a visit of few weeks with Miss
Rachel Park and other friends at
Virginia.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Fleni-
ing. on Sunday, June ~, baby boy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Hard
niger Saturday OF last week, a baby
boy.
Miss Ola Ayres was a guest of
friends in Butler Saturday and Sun
day.
The topic for League for next Sum
day night will be what Does 10y
atty to Our Church and Country
Call For?" Matt. 22:1s-22. Mrs. ].
H. Hamilton will be leader.
DR.. Foster, presiding elder of the
Carthage district M. E. church, held
services at Virginia last Sunday
morning.
. Reverend Warren will preach at
the Virginia Christian church next
Sunday. Everyone invited to at
tend the services.
Misses Ola Ayres and Amy Eggle-
son visited with Miss Imogene Here
ford. at Rich Hill Sunday.
= Born, on Tuesday, June II, to Mr..
and Mrs. Ray McCann, twins, boy
and girl. -. ----=--s - '-- - - I.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Belmont and Graudview.
Wheat harvest is the order of I

Wheat harvest is the order of the
day now.
Miss Ola Ayres spent the week end
with Amv Eggleson.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Elem.
ing June ~, a fine boy to which the
name of Gerald Benlo has been
given.
P. H. Englehardt lost fine horse
in the harvest field one day last
week.
:. Mrs, Dick Warren spent Sunday
with Mrs. p. H. Englehardt.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Hardingef, June II, boy.
League services at the Virginia M.
E. church every Sunday evening at
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
coWB0Y NOT YET EXTINCT
May Do Fewer Than Some Yearo Ago.
but This Traveller Tells Of Mset
Ing One.

"You mean to say" began, that
there are still real cow But as
smiles were beginning to pass shout
the platform I desisted. realization
beginning to dawn why the barber
said that the men we had seen drtv-
ing cattle back In Kansas would be
pleased to have been called cow
punchers. M
The trip at once began to assume a
new interest, and when the mine bar
Der came back on the platform eyed
him with something Of that reserve
with which one contemplates de-
ceitful man. But nothing could pene'
trate his drawing sang-froid.
At a tank station farther along
there was opportunity to stretch our
legs; opportunity. also, to observe at
close range a bronzed. dark-haired
cow-puncher who had paused on his
mustang to observe the train. The
barber approached him confidently.
"Neighbor," he said, II bought
gun In K. c.. Mizoo. What do You
think of it7"
The puncher took the wicked "A,
balanced It ir the palm Of his hand,
twirled 1t around on his forefnger,
and then brought 1t to bear upon a
tin can lying In the road about 20
feet away. Bang! The can leaped into
the air. Bang! 1t rolled Eve feet
farther along. Bang! Again It new
into the air and rolled. Bangl It
rolled again. Bang! The can disap-
peared in the dust.
TITS good gum" said the puncher, !
handing 1t back. "only It shoots little
high"
A little high! Rather a nice criti-
cism. l thought. The barber snapped
out the cylinder, reloaded the weapon
and passed silently into the back
ground. My impression was that he
was avoiding some questions on my
part relative to Kansas City bad men;
but may have been wrong.
We began to fly through the level
ground. perspectives on all sides dot.
ted with peaks upon which clouds
rested. Suddenly along the trail ap-
peared an altogether amazing, I'M
lOoked-fOr, almost unbelievable spec
tacle-two Indians jogging along on
horseback wearing moccasins. wide
black trousers. red or pink shirts, |
their black hair secured by scarlet |
bands about their foreheads.-Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Rescue Cage.

Less thrilling than being rescued
ana carried down on q swaying ladder.
but much more practical. IL q new res.
cue cage. When the IRE ladder IL
thrown against burning building It
carries with 1t 4 wire cable attached
to steel cage. Like IN elevator with
out q shaft the cage hangs from its
pulley ut the top Of the ladder, within
easy reach Of the windows. Il 10 how
cred BY turning the cable drum on the
Dire truck below, and will carry tour
passengers safely.-Popular Mechan-
lcs Magazine.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
villa Knew Shell Was Uncle Sans
Calling Card.

Ell Paso, Tex, June 2o.-Vilta 10
without q cook. Pasqual Casaretti,
an Italian. who has been with the
bandit since he started on his cam
paign, crossed the border Monday
and today was arraigned before a
United States commissioner charged
with violating the passport law.
Casaretti said he was with Villa
when the American artillery first
fired into Mexico last Sunday night.
we were under q tree. about q
mile from the race track" he said:
The single cannon in Fort Hildalgo
had just fired 4 solid shot which hit
in the field near by. We all laughed
at this. That cannon only said
boom aud hurt nobody.
Then we heard something down
near the American border 20 boom
and there was q long (which, end
ing With . bang right close BY.
Los Americanos.' Villa shouted,
and g.iloped away toward the noun
tainas
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26

heart Warming fashion it tells of the
stranger who comes to the little
community from q more pretentious
life and how from q simple tender az
sheep, he becomes 4 shepherd Of
men. With such 4 splendid subject
matter q this, the scenes follow each
other IN Kaleidoscope variety, form
ing picture drama which Is being
viewed by thousands Of theatre-goers
with wonder and intense interest.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26

it's effect. So simple in outline. yet
50 true to the rugged but sincere hui
man nature it portrays il THE Shep!
herd Of the Hills" that it, popularity
ID readily explained. It deals init
mately with the homely lives of the
Ozark dwellers when luxury was UNI
known and when the rough, hard
work of pioneer existence was met
with fortitude and industry. In its
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
ssT'he Shepherd of the EIi11s''

As wholesome and refreshing a. a
mountain breeze on q spring day il
the story unfolded in the picturixa-
ton of Harold Bell Wright's cele-
brated novel of "The Shepherd Of
the Hills" which comes to the Fisk
Opera House Tuesday, July /.
Through it all runs 4 sentiment
of buoyant optimism and sturdy
faith in the finer qualities Of human
nature that is splendidly inspiring in
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26

7:3o. Everyone invited to attend.
Archie Bins and Will Stocklaufer
spent Sunday evening with E. A.
nighttime.
Ola Ayres spent Thursday with
Rosa nighttime.
ROSE BUD.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-26
Fsks Houses

plication and the directors the board
laid the matter over until the next
meeting two weeks later.