The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-29

II Cass county fell short about 50 pei
cent of its quota in the Fifth Libert.
Loan. Henry and St. Clair both went
over the top.
II James Buck, life time convict
who escaped from the Missouri PEN
itentiary last December, was cap
tured in Baltimore few days ago.
Il Following the recent voting of
$4,000 bond issue for good roads,
Ell Dorado Springs school district
has voted $4,000 bond issue for a
new school building.
/ A Kansas City glassware house
advertises all OF their wine, claret and
cordial glasses for sale at 50 cents
on the dollar. There will be nothing
to put in them after July 1st.
| J.. A. Gerard, who is the M. X. &
| T. station agent at Steedman, in CAL
laway county, is soon to retire after
continuous service of 48 years with
the Katy system.-Henry County
Democrat.
The Kansas City police have START
ed war on fortune tellers and last
week several were arrested and as
sessed heavy fines. Why not place
them on the police pay roll and per-
haps they might find some of the
cars stolen in that city.
Southeast Missouri Angus cattle OF
E. c. Matthews, Poplar Bluff, sold at
the National Stock Yards, established
record for sales iD that section.
Thirty head averaged 5000 each. The
star OF the sale was Black Ap Beatty,
an Swear old cow that brought S.
o25. Black Bird Baribas, a, bull, 2
years old, brought $I,I5o.
Preparation OF an ordinance which
will permit the city to call an cleo
ton tor the purpose of voting All is
sue of bonds with which to erect
municipal telephone system has been
ordered by the city council~.of Full
ton. The action is an outgroWth OF
the recent conflict with the local tel
ephone system because OF the rate
hike.
Fred Z. Wilkerson, Chillicothe
druggist, has brought suit for 100000
in the United States court against
several prominent citizens OF that
town who Wilkerson says composed
a mob that took him from his place
OF business one day last March and
subjected him to rough treatment be-
cause they thought he had been SELL
ing Intoxicating liquor.
After probably fatally wounding
his mother-in-law, shooting his wife
through the breast and firing two
shots at his father-in-law because OF
their alleged activity in having placed
him in the first class of the draft,
Robert Hopper, miner, committed
suicide near Stark City, Mo-, Friday.
He left letter stating the reasons
for his act. Hopper was indicted in
to military service, but later reject
ed because OF a weak heart.
You all know what hilly town
Lexington is. Well, Jack Witten-
burg was delivering groceries there
the other day when his Tin Lizzie
ran off a retaining wall and landed
in the top of tree which grew in
the lower ground alongside. Jack
Skinned down the tree, built plat
form around his car, backed her back
OH the street and all the damage
done was broken radius rod.
Henry County Democrat
Good road building will 60 ahead
in Missouri with more impetus as
result OF new move OF the state
highway department. 1t has requi-
sitioned the government for its share
Of road building machinery, provid-
ed by recently enacted federal law.
The department asks for 90 trucks,
q road rollers, 4o concrete mixers, q
PAYERS, 81 water and dump
3 sets OF industrial railway
equipment, rock .crushers and all as
'ortWent of small articles.
Generalization of Army Now Totals
2,215,I6I.
Washington, d. c., May 24.-De-