The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01

! Get Sudan, Cane Seed, Kaffi,
Seed, Seed Corn, and Millet al
F. F. Dalton, The Times good
friend on route 3, made this office
a pleasant business call Saturday.
Bugs and worms and slugs and
beetles work while you sleep. Dust
the vines with Slug Shot and save
your vegetables. Sold by
Homer Martz, of Shawnee town.
ship, returned home last week, after
being discharged from the navy,
where he has seen some rather ex-
citing service during the past year.
We are indebted to l.. @. Troxell,
of route H. for. a pleasant call one
day last week. Mr.. Troxell says that
crops are looking fine in his section
and with no bad luck, thei wheat
crop will be record breaker.
The parents of Virgil Hammon-
tree, of Adrian, last week received
official notice from the war depart
nent Ahis death which occurred in
France at date not given, says the
Adrian Journal. He was with the
35th division.
According to the Review a hotel
is badly needed at Rockville. One
olay last week IL men working for
the Bell Telephone Company, were
informed there was no place in the
town for them to stay, while doing
their work.
The Times good friend, H. D.
Chambers, was in town Saturday
helping to swell the crowd on hand
to greet the tank. Bud thought
that the machine would make good
as tractor and was half in the no.
ton to buy it to pull his cultivators
this summer.
This vicinity was visited by a
needed rain Sunday night and Mon
dan morning and the farmers are
wearing the smile that won't come
off. While the country was not
suffering for rain, it was very well
come and should make a big addi-
ton to the seasons crops
G. H. Black, one of Summit s. best |
men and progressive farmers, made
this office call while in the city one.4t
day recently. Mr.. Black is consid-
ering treating himself to vacation
this fall and taking an automobile
trip to the far west, where he will
visit a son and other relatives,
Captain Robert E. Crabtree, of
this city, and Lieutenant Gerald c.
Bates, of Adrian, of the field hospi-
al company No. 1877, and Lieut..
Ralph. Wendell Atkeson, of the Izoth
machine gun battalion of the 35th
arrived at Newport News
sunday on the transport Antigone.
w. p. Sewer has purchased the
Francisco property on West Pine
street and will take possession as
o0n as A. c. Stgckey, /ssho now oc-
:upies the premises, can locate an
'ther house. Dwelling houses are
70 scarce in Butler that when one
amily moves it, invariably causes
everal others Is go house hunting.
Ed Blangy. while driving home
rom Hume Tuesday evening, turned
he. car over ON himself at the Coop
r railroad crossing half mile west
+ the state line, He was found two
ours. later. the auto lifted from his I
ody, and carried to his home. He ,
'as badly bruised and scratched, but ,
he doctor says he will recover.-l {
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Dudley, Of !
he east. part of the county, are re.
,icing over the safe arrival home OF
,eir son. Sergt. Walter. z Dddley,lt
no arrived last week. sitter spend !
g rome time p France Yith the !
aeineef cops. His brother, Tol,
10 Uhd1sys with the SIS smpuni- :
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