The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-21
Elkhart.

is going on. 1t still is dry and tn
corn is needing rain badly.
Guss Bruner and wife, Glenn Custe
and wife all took big joy ride on
day last week. They all went *
Butler and Adrian and Archie. They
report a fine time.
Will Kershner left last Saturda,
for Western Kansas, where he has /;
job of work for $40 per day. W.
don't blame him for going.
G. w. Armertrout and wife LEFT
one day last week for the fair at Sc
dalia. Then they are going to Sweet
| Springs for a visit with friends.
Fred Bruner and family were cali.
ing at the home of his brother one
day last week.
Glenn Custer threshed last week
His wheat made twenty bushels pei
acre.
Cora Custer spent one day last
week with her sister, Mrs. Bruner.
Mr. Hawkins, wife and son of the
north part of the county were over
in Elkhart one day last week looking
for mules to buy.
Glen Custer, Guss Bruner and Mr..
Solver all made flying trip to Am
sterdam and Amoret last Saturday.
see very nice letter in The But
Ter Times from an old friends, w. A.
Badgley, whom ! haven't heard any
thing from for number of years. |
was glad to hear that he was still
on the list among the living and that
he was in a fine country. Now, will
you know that there isn't room for
all of us out there in that good place
that you tell about. He spoke Of
Sunny Jim. We think Sunny Jim is
all O. K. You asked me where An
drew Fl. was. He is in Phillipsburg,
Montana. Let us hear from you
again. We had a good rain last night
which was badly needed.
The Elkhart merchant and his two
boys were out joy riding last Friday
evening and got caught in big rain
and their car went dead on them.
He had to leave his two little boys
with the neighbors and go home by
himself
Our mail carrier on route had 70
get a driver to take him on his round
this morning. The roads were very
muddy. Oh, but. we had fine rain.
John Barton and his Oldest son
were over in Elkhart last Friday call
ing on some of his old friends.
Oh, yes, will that bean crop that
YOU spoke about out there in Cali
tornia was some beans. don't think
that we can get that out IN old MIS-
souri,.
Some of the corn out i'll the west
part of the county is badly damaged
by the dry weather.
w. T. Fritts. who lives over III
Kansas was III Butler last Saturday
in his big car and he and the writer
took ride up to Amsterdam. MIR.
Fritts is a fine driver. He don't
drive fast.
If | was to tell you that l had gone
to work | don't reckon that anyone
would believe it. l have a job OF
milking. That is the first thing that
ever did, milking. and | am still at
it.
Dick Mcclure and wife were trad
ing at the county seat last Saturday.
1t is reported that A. Westover has
the typhoid fever. We hope to hear
that he is all o. X. i'll few days.
Boyd Kershner and his mother
and Guss ,Bruner and wife and the
writer all spent last Sunday at the
home of Glenn Custer and wife. We
all had fine visit.
Boyd Kershner took in the ice
cream supper at Virginia last Satur-
day night. He reports good time
and big crowd out.
Tom Bruner and family were out
joy riding last Sunday.
Jack Mangold and wife took in the,
State Fair at Sedalia. Jack said II |
was all right, but. he didn't get to stay
long enough. JOHNNY. n