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The Adair County news., 1919-04-09

ing out the sacred trust. Inves-
tigation so far has disclosed that
the bodies of many who were
buried under battle conditions
were not embalmed, and to re-
move them would jeopardize the
health of soldiers who would
have the duty to perform. With
the consent of many parents and
relatives, a plan is being out
lined to create a Field of Honor
for the soldier dead who will re-
main in France-a sacred spot
fashioned along the lines of the
famous Arlington National Gene
terry. located just across the Pc.
tomac River from the Nations
Capital. The late Colonel Roose-
welt was commended by the War
Department for the good exam
pie he set when he insisted that
the body of his son be permitted
to remain where he fell and was
buried.
SUFFRAGE BILL WILL HAVE LEAD
Err.
Advocates of Wowan Suffrage
will be cheered by the announce
ment that Representative Mann
of Illinois has agreed to accept
the Craftsmanship of the House
Committee on Women Suffrage.
This means that the cause will
receive attention at the very be-
ginning when the extra session
of Congress convenes. Leaders
of the Suffrage Party are hard at
The Adair County news., 1919-04-09

work lining up their forces and
are already encamped in Wash
ington preparing for the cam
paign among members of both
houses, confident that the Stuff
rage bill, when reintroduced,
will not fail of passage.
WANT GREATEST AIR FORCE.
To have the United States su-
preme in command of the air is
the talk in Washington now. The
mistakes of the War Department
at the beginning of aircraft
building are being forgotten to
some extent, and, with the ex-
element of war out of the way,
work in the construction Of all
types of flying machines is to
proceed along safe and solid
lines, with the view of slowly
but surely outstripping all the
other powers of the world in this
respect. Numerous types OF
battle planes, with new devices
and appliances, are under con-
sideration by the War Depart
ment, but many of them await
endorsement until the results are
seen from the use of the ma
chimes which are scheduled to
participate in the proposed fight
across the ocean.
WILL PROJECT RADIO PHONE.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
is highly enthused over the new
record he established with the
radio phone when he recently
The Adair County news., 1919-04-09
moi ESA0N ADAlR
COUNTY.
BY JOHN AvRoE STEELE.

The writing of these notes was
Suggested by the writings of
Ixdge ii. c, Baker, lately pub
Eshed an the Adair County
News, and are Intended as
"a supplement to his writings,
and ssiil be continued in future
a1mIbers of The News, If found
10 be of interest.
The Adair County news., 1919-04-09


LER AND OTHERS IN
ADAIR COUNTY BEFORE
IT'S SETTLEMENT. I
0Be sf those, who assisted the
elder Nathan Montgomery as a
: sEI, sUas Capt. John Butler, who
cvzG il that capacity for one
az zsc years. He was born in |
& Syand in the year, 1859, and
wRin Lincoln county, at a very
~@z&rfy age. He was reputed
.ss2moEE the earlier settlers, of
this 6agnty, to have been of In
sdizn ttood, to the extent of one
=, IUartes. He was of ordinary
statue and weight, but he had
iran gEuscles, and was of great
activity. He could endure the
greatest degree of fatigue, and
was { rift upon foot beyond all
- Of he associates. He was
trained woodman and possessed
extraordinary GOODNESS and cour-
Ige 9on occasions of personal
= danger. He, was, also, one of
those Who came to Adair county
with Col. VIM. Casey, in 1889,
and thereafter, resided in the
county The traditions of him,
are ts the effect, that he was
honest 10 the core, charitable to
4 fault, hUspitable, a faithful
friezd. d Kind neighbor, silent
ID his manner, and never engag-
ed liz anything calculated to ex.
cite { tighter. and had no enjoy.
meEt OF Joke. He served as g
captain of cavalry in the war OF
-@16l: and, also, had a captain:
zson lission in the Black Hawl
ga AID died in the year, 1889
In t~ssIwar Of 1872, his company
eoD used a part of the regimen
af h sntuckians, of which Col
YOU g Ewing was the colonel
zud Solomon P. Sharp was
Major Capt. John Butler left
surviving him, a son, who's
nan :, was Champness Butler
2 anG GAO lived, until his death
IN Adair county. Champnes
,Butssrl left a large family sur
sTiviEg him. at his death, Of
IuneI0 1867. His sons, wer
Matkan Gather Butler, Col. Ed
warts Butler, Judge John W
Butter. VIM. Butler. Joshua But
54er. isaac BG''er, James Butler
AND, Dayidih. butler. His daugh
Ers were. yrs Wye Smith
Mrs W.. Moore, ana mrs. Jas
&aret, ConYver. Nalnan G
BG1er ! Ecu et;.iit of infan
aySEs 1End4.S Civil Mar, ana Joshu
) Batier.and Nm. Butler serve
as soldiers in the company O
which Nathan G. Butler was
I lieutenant. Col. Edward Butle
was sdawyer, and Judge job
". Batler served as clerk an
judge of the county court. for
term, IN each Office.
Faaior Nathan Montgomer
znd; Capt. John Butler were bot
famous as excelling in the arl
ef self defense. or rather the oil
zine FIST and skull" fighting
Eud neither of them was eve
.Auewn to have come off the SCI
-a.zd best in afsticrff. It is r
The Adair County news., 1919-04-09
No. 10.

OF NATHAN MONTGoM-
cry, SOHN BUTLER, WIN. BUT
LER AND OTHERS IN
.ADAIR COUNTY BEFORE
IT'S SETTLEMENT.
The Adair County news., 1919-04-09

was wont to say, that ne mao
seen Montgomery and Butler
oftentimes to fight, not with
each other, but with other men,
and he had never known either
of them to be bested, and that
he was willing to walk in his
bare feet upon the snow for ten
miles, to see fight between
them, because it would be an ex-
hibition of courage. endurance,
skill. strength and activity,
that would be worth while TO
witness. Casey, however, never
had his wish. as Butler and
Montgomery remained, at all
times, the best of friends, and
never desired to test their fight
ing qualities in a combat with
each other.
Nathan Butler, a brother of
Capt. John Butler, did duty as a
spy p q lost his life in a fight
with Indians, in which he and
Major Nathan Montgomery were
engaged, but Montgomery sue
ceeded in escaping.
After Adair county was per-
manently occupied by the whites,
in 1889, Capt. VIM. Butler and
Isaac Butler assisted Nathan
Montgomery in spying upon the
Indians. but what relationship
these men were to Capt. John
Butler, is not known, except
that they were of the same fam
lily. Capt. VIM. Butler built a
block house and surrounded it
with a stockade, which was
known as Capt. VIM. Buffers
Station. Strange however to
say, the exact location of this
station" is not now known.
but references are made to it az
having once, existed, in the ear
ly records OF the county.
Major Nathan Montgomer,
and those who assisted him il
! spying upon the southern In
. dians, necessarily went upol
foot, and it was, further, neces
sary, that they should live upol
the game found in the forests
. as the routes, travelled by them
6 when upon an extended circuit
9 led them a great distance fror
|, any human habitation. A rout
, over which they frequently tray
eled, led from the forts and "sts
= tions" in Lincoln county
! through Casey, Adair, Metcalfe
, and Barren, and into Tennessee
. through Tennessee, to the neigh
; borhood of the Nickajack Towns
70 in North Georgia; thence up til
> Tennessee or Clinch river va
legs, and over the CHAMBERLAIN
% mountains back to Lincoln coul
ty.
n Upon one of Montgomery
re spying excursions, which he hs
J. made, alone, and when near tt
7. line of Tennessee and Alabam'
t. he discovered from the signs {
Z, preparation, which he saw, thi
q a tribe of Indians was preparir
D, to make a foray against the pc
s. pie of Lincoln county. He, In
J. mediately, proceeded to civ
l. warning of it, and made SUI
Ia expedition, that upon the last tv
ID days of his journey, he wake
Of one hundred and twenty mil,
a or sixty miles upon each of ii
The Adair County news., 1919-04-09

1913 Sheep Claim money now
ready. Call and get it.
sc. Neat, Clerk.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-26

The street. are il of mon 100 khaki
\ui ul iNr blue uniform Of the uaNN
After % man b. DISCHARGED from fine lru, or u4,E uT IA. United
state, %" N allowed tu wear biz uuioru Iur certain period
MANY oi thee" .uIirr, HWd sailors ar iutIug .r -%uuurhIu. GOO d.
DO you realize the important. of ever. pur uI %. Jurp what w.,
can 90 supply that employment
When these boy, Nucd away they were our hope anil glur, The,
were il that stood between us aud Mr destruction or ur national Ir
and institutions
They lot p,od hou,s aud good ub. and went away smiling and
singing io Thrust lHrlr ,'r"ur .umr builo. hr'u"uu "u home, and
the ,uugluorIuo Hun
rsu,E whom $50 have ro thank ra' America r mot u pc con
'itlun col Belgium
n,to 'u.m. more 'hm to a. statesmen that n dur tr fact that
America yrlp and respected h, taken 20, place as loudrr 900 the
council Of miiou,
The, acur ava! yothoi. fed aud cared tor by to government.
Shall lhc' come back 90 beg FROM door Io door for % rhaur, To-
work and lNrt
A suggestion Il ,oo have d place open which O. returned soldier
can hl why no. say &c., 'nd sd. .p 100 the MOST public and conspicuous
way pu-,'lr'
Why NOT u. tr ADVERTISING columns oft t, newspaper
Won rm! uoI only srt tine very man YOU want. h' Nor example
will induce other, Goo du IT'S Nou have duur i Will demonstrate ln
those hoy thur, r % real dcmaud for then.
THE offer cd 90 gu"I Iuh is the h.I welcome huu. 90 .rucr rau
have n beats ,a., bands uIumpual archie, aud nw, Ioughuw,
lIluu have % r,.' desire uu 10, both patriotic and humane. and II
Won would expires, ibis desire hl duuua something practical where
,u cu rHI. ur of help and mot merely bf ,Iruur umI waving
publicity co. >ur d.1rc iu hrp %, men -ll 900 'hr uniform of their
country who are seeking go earn lhwr dIy broad
INr problem ui uulmg employ WH1 Tor ihr great rHuHru cot r.
uu.tHr -uIiue# I~ 100 simple ur
Nmg OF thrm. OFF rpurer. have % place ready fur tum. and family
and friends tu irp thrm, hul there ar other, who stand lIpur
There Hd. az least r"mrl'r,uu food 'ui clothes Will. They were
Iuuu the battlefield.
Ind YOU ever think how in ,,nc cu>c~ the solitude and friend.
lcssncss may be more bitter nvw than the danger thcng
-sg
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-26
LefUs' Hook On to a Drainage Dredge' and Start On the
(. Road to Real and Enduring Progress and Prosperity

n HONDAf the Herald carried an interview with
iVI the representative Of the owners OF q tract N
5000 acres ~ irrigable land IN the Central
NO 1ropde valley. Their interests are real. Their
Investment Is large. Their future prosperity dr.
ponds 20 a large extent upon the successful de.
sciopment Of this land. Snch men viii not willingly
draw dark pictures Of the future without abundant
rsuse. They make The prediction that without I'M.
Inedinte, valley wide plans for drainage the Central
Rio Grande valley win have become a dismal swamp
within fifteen years.
Something Of the samr forecast Is contained ia
an article in the Herald to-day By Capt. Clark NJ.
Carr. also a land owner Ia this valley. Capt. Caa
has hecn making a close and very practical study Of
The drainage problem. tie has been one of the moSi
active advocates Of drainage and since his recent
inspection Of the lower valley and the drainage
work being done there by the government. his IN.
tcresi aud activity IN behalf Of immediate drainage
have increased.
Every man who gives careful study to our siiu.
Htion in this valley reaches the same conclusion
That " w win undertake aud carry out a valley
wide drainage system W. will open the way 10 an
immediate. substantial and pcrmauen. prosperity
and a magnificent, growth and thsi II we neglect
this situation for any greHt length of time we are
confronted with ruined land and q situation that
viii become all but past rcmedying.
We are going 90 drain this valley in the next
two years on W. are going to drown. Capt. Carr has
said Il very graphically in the concluding paragraph
Of his article;
LEI vs. hnna nn 70 a tfaNnaff tffNkf huh
secure Immediate beneficial results and the rapid
development Of the valley or tie our flat boat Ia
a Wild goose and grow web feet. for Il = either
dig or drown. -
Our problem here IL really one Cor the whole
state. The reclamation 81 this valley means the
addition 81 many millions of dollars 20 the taxable
property Of the state, through reclamation itself
and through subsequent development and prOduc-
tion. The state can well afford 10 get behind the
project, alone IL necessary bat certainly in co
operation with whatever reclamation program the
federal government may Offer.
Ours Is not The only valley in the state which
requires reclamation, either by irrigation or drain
age or both. Thrre are several larger projects all
of wbch are ready 10 entcr the CONSTRUCTION stage.
II seems to us that the most practical develop
mcnt suggestion made thus far to the present lcgis-
lative session. IL that the state provide means aud
machinery for an Immediate. vigorous cooperation
with fhr federal government, by means Of a com
mission which will have power TO act and the money
required for action.
The time has come, also. when Albuquerque and
every interest IN II must be ready 90 cooperate
vigorously aud enthusiastically IN the general
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-26
The Free Text Book Bill
\ REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL PADlLLA Of
( Albuquerque is 10 be- congratulated upon his

~ REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL PADlLLA Of
X Albuquerque Is ~ b. congratulated upon his
succeSs IN securing passage through the low
er house Of the Legislature of his free text book bill
When Mr. Padilla introduced the bhl IN the earl,
days Of this session II appeared 10 have very little
chance Of passage. or even 1T emerging from "a
house committee. The bill passed the house yes
terduy by n vote of ~ 10 , and il camc to the house
with favorable reports from both the committees on
Education and the Finance committee, both Of
which were opposed 10 IL a. the start
Mr.. Padilla won his hght.in The house largely
on the single argument that II the state II prepared
to aud does spend hundreds Of thousands Ut dnllars
annually 10 maintain higher educational institutions
for a limited number Of students, Il should not aud
must not stand back upon the expenditure of one
10 two hundred thousand dollars annually In order
10 give 90 oil the children Of the state equal cduca-
tional advantages; equal success 90 necessary text
books for rich aud poor. IL j. a mighty good argi-
ment.
The principal argument that has been brought
forward against free text books here has been the
sparse revenues OF the state. Yet Il h a big qu,s-
ti0n whether We would not get better returns from
our educational expenditures II We put aside all
the frills aud fnrbelows all the advanced theoric.
and unprovcn methods and concentrated our cf-
forts and expenditures on securing high grade
teachers and ample common school equipment, iu.
GLIDING free text books.
Fourteen or fifteen states now supply free text
books and the system seems 10 work well. Several
~ these states hold high rank In educational Of
dciency. Should New Mexico adopt The plan IL will
he getting into mighty good company Incidentally
New Mexico annual text book expenditures would
~ should be far less under the free text book plnu,
than n the case under The present plan OF mditld
um purchase whereby ai least two dealers profits
are attached before the books reach the student.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-26

and listen aud sniff Hcdd, approach
81 that hollow stump
quite certain boz bic uiiud TINT
there wus nH danger Nr1dN lightly
lcapcd up con tho old stump ans
preped INTO tho hollow In th, top
Then De hinkei bio eyes Ncft fast
indeed ~ over There was 20 surprised
fox boz 900 the Great World that ono
was Ecddy Thoru wus mo- lf hon
bon that hollow Hsdul cuuldut he-
irye n Hr wouldn't believe That
mt hen iust had o. hr there Sc
hltukud ni- ewes auuIr more tud
ouErt aEuin Al De- saw boo thlf
hollow stump was feather tho
Fat hen had vanished AN EeddY 70
dreams &C o. good dinner vanished
too a Ereit rage took their place
somohndi bad stolen hls fat hon
krdIf looked about hin UurTIIIlN
qua -HuAinuaiN There wasn't H Hru
of Infnoty about CO.. ihut ans
had been There Redo, anger us.
ran Co give place Go wonder Hut
Then surrethiur very like fear How
could anybody have taken that fsf
htu and loft mo- trace And how
could 20 Cat hen with r. broken usek
disappear ~ lts own accord 40 gave
Heddy a creepy feeling
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-26
THE EXCELSIOR HABIT
BY n. ADDInoToN BRUCE
Anthor Of ''Ths Riddls Of Personality "Pgeholou sa
Puenthood.' Etc
Copyright. 1919. ~ the Associated Ncwspa perH)

Inevitably Those for whom they
worked had 90 Judge them. not hy
what thsy dreamed but hy what thei
did-or rather. failed 20 DO And Iu.
eyitubiy the Judgment passed upon
them was lazy ur Incompetent
or unreliable
Mcn who could not dream half FOO
brilliantly aa thei stulid mon even
dull Wcu-hut who had u-nruua,iouHIr
formed the Excelsior hallt forged
ahead while thei either made uu
progress o. were summarily dlHmisr-
cd from employment
sun they dreamed bat never really
aid lnil az last behold them their
dreams mnckcd hy o. reality ~ poy.
crts, wretchrducss aud "a hittorurs.
heN DAD the power ~ articulstc ca
PRECISION.
Not nat the dreams themselves
we're harmful quite thf contrary
ono must huild castles bod Spain 81 one
IL eNrr o. have q mansion Iu America.
hut duinr must 20 hn.ld-in hand
with thr dreaming and doing with
au oner might and main whstessi
The present calls upon one To- do.
huwsoeyrf tedious ur trivial be- may
seem. To quote u sare who iuoW 81.
tho secrets uf Hacrors
Mind the moments work what.
ever your calling master an iu ben
iuFf and deialis 40 Iu principles Iu.
sirumtnts ana applications Let moth.
iuF about 10 escape your uutloo Sound
DO from D. uwrrt note tu he top Of
itr compass
The dreamer who thu BOZ very truth
acquires tho ENrelHlor habit mlg rest
assured that sumo day hiH dreams AIl
come most glorlously true tn,
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n rs casy enough 70 take az e
motto. Excelsior u b. easy
= enough % dream dreams OF fu-
ture achievement But b D. quite an
cher matter. a. multltudcs have
found. 10 make the urcams come tru
aud 10 realize the Excelsior deal
There is, M fact. only one way 90
% thla-nnmsly. ~ forming what
may d, called the Excelsior habit in
regard 81 the duties and opportuqitlca
% the inmfdiatc present
Instead o. merely saying. Tomor.
row ! shall be- doing hiE thing add
az once. ~ : nov do little thinFf
Just a. well a. 1 possibly can Aud
then pitch ln. and proceed To- DO the
lttis things lpst az well AZ sou pos
rlbly can
II h because dreamer n~umarguAly
ignore the possibilities In what lies az
hama that The world abouuas in hu-
man dsrflcts, Who started life with
reals uncommon promise.
They ssre perhapf too impatient
too eager a. progress % leaps %
bounds. or perhaps they looked upon
the WORK allotted 10 Them as unwor-
thy Of their great talents
In "a event they DID not put
their bsst efforts into the asks %
their day-bs day life They attacked
them haif- heartedly They performed
them ~Berfunctoriy.
They continued 10 dream beautiful
dreams. Ardontiy a. ever thry clung
20 the Excelsior" motto. Hut never
did they take The trouble. hV euer.
Fetc doing. % acquire the Excelsior
habit Their gaze was H0 fixed nu 90.
morrow hat they were blind to the
dsmands 81 today
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tat hen. aud ID had been many hours
since he had had a bite n anything
There u nothing like a good appetite
60 make things taste rood. ttcddy
certainly had the appctte 10 make
that Eat hen the flncst dinner . foX
ever ate.
SO With pleasant thoughts ~ the
feast 10 come Hcddy tr0ited along
swiftly Presently be reached the
little swamp en- which was thc hollow
stump A. DO drew near u he moved
very carefully You see he was not
quite sure that 40 was safe He
knew that the farmer from whom
he had stolen thaf fHt hen had seen
him run a~uy with h. and he feared
that that farmer might be- hiding
somev here about with a terrible Kun
r. keddy used bic ewes and his ears
ana bis nose a. only he can use
them All scented safe II WIS o.
ftll in That little swamp as u NO
living creatures hnd ever visited a.
sioppinr every FEW steps to look
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NJEI1 pleasant VET, tho thoughts
" 81 UrIdr IuA lr trutf,l .frL
tu fh. .Hfmp NnriU Nts fhr
hollow stump boo which ht had N.Ii"U
the fuf hen hs NUI .fIIou You T"
member that us had utu fu N.I be-
when EoNssr the Hound mad started
o. chuHe him Nes slr tttl pleasant
were thr Thought. uf iir'il F.N De-
feIt sur, fnnt uu dlrur ht ever bod
eaten bad tasted anything lEe as good
Ht would tus dinner bee WHs about fu
enjoy
ln tho 'Ir.i plI,, hH stomach hII
been Is Ir OIIrI fur DO .uur .Iur
fuui Dad boon SCARCE While N"
had always obtained enough fH E.rp
from starving. III wac BE- Ions UH'
since hc bad lII To- frf'If good meal
iic had. u- tou remember travelled
e. very Ions distance Co. catch chat
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dreamer who only dreams H just HH
certain tu have Misfortune hla Af'
companion
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
TODAY SMARKETS
Pittsburqh Livestock

Pittsburgh Livestock
Hogs = Receipts: 5000; market
steady; heavies 13.9O@14; heavy
workers. 1425@14.4O; light yorkers
and pigs 142A@14.5O.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts 800;
market steady; top sheep IL; top
lambs 1S.
Calves = Receipts: 100; market
steady; top 49,
Chicago Livestock
Hogs = Receipts: $1,000; market
higher; bulk of sales 13.5O013.65;
heavy weight 13.5O@13.65; medium
weight 13.55@13.7O; lights 1850
1896; sows 12@13.25; pigs 1880
1926.
Cattle-Receipts: 10000; market
slow; heavy, beef steers 1S.85@2O;
light beef steers 1440@14.5O;. butch
er stock cows and heifers 6.40@14.75;
Gamers and cutters 5.25@640; stock
ers and feeders 6@12.25; veal calves
15.5O@1G75.
Sheep-Receipts: $4,000; market
firm; lambs, good to choice 16@
1850; culls and common Sa1O.50.
Cleveland Livestock
Cattle-Receipts 500; market slow.
Calves Receipts: 200; market
strong; good to choice veal calves 10
OIL.
Sheep-Reccipts: 1900; market soc
higher; wool lambs 1S.5O@19; clip
ped lambs sos.
Hogs = Receipts: 5000; market
25c higher; workers., mixed and
heavies 14.10; pigs and lights 1926;
roughs IL; stays 10.
Chicago Grain
Corn-Dec. 1894; Jan. 1914
May 1909.
Oats-May .S21a; July .75A.
Pork-Jan. $500; May $3.50.
Lard-Jan. 1871; May 2460.
Ribs-Jan. 1870; May 1897.
Toledo Grain
Cloverseed-lTime cash and Dec
3O77h; Jan. 30.SS; Feb. 3O.95.
Alsike-Prime cash, Dec. and Mar
5000.
Timothy Prime cash 5.73; Dec
5S7G; Mar. and Apr 600; May Coz