The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-02-05

Inc mes phone nulllDci - 81
Get the habit of calling up.
W. +. Lcnhart, who is employed in
a printing office in Kansas City was
down and spent the week end in this
city with home folks.
Frank WEIGH and daughter, MIS-.
|. {. Foster, OF Spcarville, Kansas,
returned to their home the last OF
the week after visit with relatives
and friends in and near Butler.
larlcs Johannes, 80 years OF age,
died 1T his home at Lamar Monday
of last week. lie was born At Prairie
City. this county, aud had lived III
Lamar Tor the past 70 ye"raa
w. B. and O. H. Griffin will ho:d
public sale at their place. southeast
OF town. February 10. They are
planning to go to Idaho, where they
expect to make their home.
G. S. Jenkins has sold his residence
property, corner North Main and
Mill str ct to w. S. Linard. Mr..
Linard expects to move from the farm
to Butler in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. l.. White, OF the
northeast part-pf- county Were
county seat visitors Monday, and in
company with her mother, Mrs. B..
+. Richards. made us Il pleasant
call
Friends in this city have received
the news of the death OF Mrs. a. L.
Spencer which occurred at l.arusse,,
Missouri, where intermcnt was made
BESIDES her husband she is survived
by three children. She was :; Tor
mer rcs.ucnt of this city.
II. A. Campbell, for many years Il
conductor on the Missouri 4'aciiic,
was stricken with paralysis at his
home in Nevada last wccn. Mr..
Campbell has many friends in :his
city wlc hope that he VIII sora be
himself again.
Get ready for six weeks of hard
winter. Monday was ground hog
day and the pesky varmint had every
opportunity to see his shadow, as
the sun shone brightly a good part
OF the day. and. OF course. he went
back in his hole and is now enjoying
his beauty nap ui six weeks.
Memo Meinen was III town Satur-
day and informed The Times man
that last Sunday the stork LETT a tine
girl baby at the home III his daugh-
Ter. Mrs. Claus Dykcnan. MI are
doing. well cx>ept grandpa, who is >
a., 1,a
whether or not he has the influenza.
Relatives in this city have received
the announcement OF the death u
DR.. ]. w. Lowrey. which occurred
i'll arrensburg, Thursday. February
/. DR.. Lowrey had many friends III
this city. where he bad spent consld-
cradle time the past few years at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. L. w.
Arnold.
Owing to the death OF the primer
pal of the Central High school OF
Kansas City, the basketball game be-
the Butler High school team, sched-
uled for Saturday right. was called
off. The Adrian High school team
was substituted and the home boys
had little difficulty in winning by a
big score.
| 4. a. Dewitt, OF northwest Of
town, was in Tuesday and made this
office a pleasant call. Mr.. Dewitt
came to this county three years ago
from south Missouri. where lie locat-
cd several years ago when he let
Iowa, and the more he sees Of Bates
county and Bates county people the
better lie likes it and them. Not
wi,hstanding he is from Iowa he is a
good Democrat.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Arnold ar
rived in the city the last OF the week
and are visiting at the home Of his
father, VIM. Arnold. MIR. Arnold is
employed ON the Akron (Ohio) Bca-
con, ono OF the largest papers in
that state. lie says things are boom
ing in that part OF the country. Es-
pecially in the automobile tire indus
TRY. Several OF the larges; factories
of the country are being located
there.
| W. NJ. Rice, OF southeast OF town,
was in Monday and made this office
a pleasant call Mr.. Rice has sold his
fine farm to MIR. Randall, OF the
west part OF the county and will give
possession some time within the next
30 days. Like many other Bates
county folks he has the northwest
fever and may conclude to follow the
[crowd Idaho-TAat- country is
soon going to be filled UP with
mighty good people ii the exodus
from Western Missouri rontinu, S
much longer
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