The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record., 1919-09-18


Ralph Lotspeich and sister, Mrs. Q.
B. Ray, will start on an automobile
trip to Sheridan, Wyoming, near
which city the youny men own
ranches.
Mrs. ]. A. Trimble and daughter,
| Miss Hortense, have returned from
| Denver, Colorado, where they have
been spending the past few weeks at
the home of Mrs. Trimbles sister,
Mrs. S. N. Woods.
Mrs. Harry Conrad, of Osceola.
arrived Sunday night for a visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. ]. w. Hol-
loway. She left Monday for Mound
City, Kansas. where she will visit
with other friends.
James and Walter Williams ar
rived the Fast of the week from
Columbia, where they are attending
the State University, and spent Sum
day in. this city with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Williams.
Some one is going to win the cash
premiums given for the best ten ears
of corn grown in Bates County.
Enter the contest. 1t might be you.
Missouri State Bank and
The Walton Trust Co.
Mrs. J. W. Holloway received
painful burns about the feet and
limbs one day last week when
bucket of boiling water which she
was carrying was knocked from her
| 1,o,,I o,,I %ho c,>lo e1,aJ
her by the closing of screen door.
Bates County Holsten Breeders
will do we'll to pool interests and buy
the fine young Holstein bull king
Pontiac Changeling Abbekerk" at the
live stock sale OF S. r. McCQun, I
IA miles north of Sprague. 5 miles
west of Rich Hill on Sept 2oth,
| Monday. 49-It
Squire B. f.. Jeter attended the
home coming celebration at Fayettc
Friday of last week. While Fayette
was never the home OF Frank, his
father and mother were natives OF
that place and as he has several rel
atives there it will be something like
a home coming for him.
anted--Gond reliable Agents to
sell farm seeds direct ia farmers.
EXCELLENT opportunity for Il hustler.
lave agents making from 10000 to
$4,000 per notch. Wri:c NJ Tor par
'ieulars. e
Standard Seed Co.,
SYST Clarnda, Iowa.
{. C.. Kinney went to Kansas City
the las of the week. and accompanied
his wife, who had been in the Chris
tian hospital convalescing from a
surgical operation, home. Mrs. Kin
ney's friends are glad to learn that
the operation was successful and she
will be restored to good health.
The Adrian Journal says that
Uncle Henry Wyse and Norman
Cruise left Monday Of. last week for
Excelsior Springs, where they took
part in the annual fox hunt. a fox
i1unt anywhere in the western part
of the state would not be complete
unless Uncle Henry was on hand
Richard Medley. of south of town,
was in the city Saturday and called |
at The Times Office and ordered thc
paper sent to his daughter, Mrs.
John Weddle, who left some time ago
for Phoenix, Arizona, for the benefit
of her health. which her many friends
will be glad to hear is improving in
the mild climate of Arizona.
DR.. X. T. Crabtrce, who has been
making a business trip through u
part OF Oklahoma, returned home
Thursday OF last week. He reports
the part of Oklahoma that he was in
OH the. boom aud in the oil townsoit-
was at times difficult to get a place
to stay overnight, and the staying
was rather expensive if one did To-
cate a spare bed.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Earsom and
Mrs. Earsom's mother. Mrs. I. l..
Harper. left Tuesday for Lost
Springs, Kansas, where Mr.. Earsom
is engaged i'll the banking business
and where they expect to make their
future home. The Harper property,
on East Dakota street, has been sold
to Judge J. Il. March, who will oc-
cupy it as home.
ID. ID. Peeler one OF Bates county's
best citizens and old time Democrats
was a pleasant caller at this office
while in the city Saturday. He in
forms rs that there is no opposition
to the League of Nations among the
Democrats Of Hudson township.
Mr.. Peeler is one of the kind of
Democrats who believes that the
President should be backed to the
limit in the present worlds crisis.
Saturday night the police OF Rich
Hill caused quite commotion
among the automobile owners of that
Town by taking the license numbers
of all found running without head {
or tail lights. as required by law,
says the Review The car owners +,
we're ordered to appear in police
court where "a were assessed one q
iollar and costs, amounting to So so. t
The mayor further warns all car {
,wners to have the mufflers in op-
.ration and lights on in the future. Il