The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-30

w. II. Patchin, of Merwin, was a
county seat visitor Tuesday.
Automobile tops repaired at We
Mott & Majors. Work guaranteed
Harold Barker arrived from Kan
sas City Saturday and made visit
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ;. L..
Barker.
Paul B. Levy left the las, OF the
week for New York to buy goods and
look over the markets for the Sam
Levy Mercantile Company.
Editor Ellis of the Amoret Leader,
spent a couple of days the last OF
the week in this city with his par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. |. H. Ellis.
Representative and Mrs. H. O.
Maxey and daughter, Maurita, came
over from Jefferson City Saturday
morninr and spent Saturday and
Sunday i'll this city.
Having rented their farm and
planned to retire from farming
George. +. Rubel and his son. W.. W.
Rubel, will hold sale at their place
at Virginia, on Monday, February 3.
They will offer cattle, horses, sheep,
hogs, hay and farming implements.
John Powell, OF Chicago, Visited
relatives near Butler the las, OF the
week. Mr.. Powell is manager OF tn"
Chicago branch OF the Starrett
manufacturing company. the largest
n.anufacturin" company OF tine tool,
and scientific instruments IN the
United States.
Many of the patrons OF the rural
Tree delivery routes out OF the But
Ter postofiice can now syinpathizc
with the old folks who, when they
wanted their mail, put one OF the
youngsters on the old nag and sent
him to the postoffice. First the big
snow about month ago put several
routes in such condition that the
carriers could not make the trip
lust about the time that the roads
we're passable again the influenza m
vaded the postoffice and a majority
Of the carriers fell victims. 1t was
impossible to secure substitutes tor
all that were on the sick list. SO ii
the patrons wanted their mail abou,
ALI there was to do was TO call at
The postoffice for it. 1t was yer!
much like the old days.
Frank Lotspeich, who was in Den
yer, Colorado, when the United
States entered the war and who
promptly enlisted in the navy, re-
ceived his discharge Monday in Kan
sas City and arrived in Butler that
night for visit with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. ]. B. Lotspeich. From here
he will go to Omaha, Nebraska
where he will join his wife. Mr.
Lotspeich had recently received let
Ter from another son. Ralph. who IS
with the American expeditionary
forces in France. in which he said
that he had been in a hospital fol-
the last four months, recovering
from machine gun wounds he re-
ceived in action. According to his
letter he is getting along nicely and
will entirely recover in short time
w. NJ. Steffen. of southeast o.
town, one of Bates county's best cit.
i,ens, was in town Saturday and
made a. business and social call al
The Times office. Mr.. Steffen moved
from southern Indiana to this coun'
ty ~ years ago and located on the
pleasant farm where he now lives
While some times they raise more
corn to the acre back in Indiana. hs
and his family are pretty well salts
fled with Missouri. especially Mrs
Steffen. Some time ago. he. in orde'
TO see what she. thought about 1t
told her that he could buy certai:
farm in the old neighborhood IN In
diana for = certain amount and tina
he thought that It would make then
GOOD home and was politely in
formed that il he wanted to now
back he could 60 alone as she wa
going to stay where she was.