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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27
Farm Bureau Drive a Big Success.

The big Farm Bureau drive closed
Saturday night, May 22nd, with 1901
members and $253o.oo Federation
Fund. This makes Bates County the
banner county in the state OF MIS-
souri,, although the Farm Bureau has
been organized less than one year.
The results show the calibre OF tar
mers living i'll Bates County. 1t
shows that they are progressive, TAR
seeing men who realize the adyant-
ages to be had through such all in
stitutiou as the county, state, and ma
tional Farm Bureau. 1t was only
through close cooperation, and 4
spirit OF determination on the part OF
every good, wide awake farmer that
these results were btained which
make H.. the banner county OF the
state. Bates County has attained a
place in the lime light of all the Tar
mers ul the state. Our efforts VIII
be watched from all sides as people
will reaizc that we do not leave any
thing halt complete.
The Farm Bureau Board hopes
that this new list OF farmers who
have come in as members OF the
Bates County Farm Bureau will
study the advantages to be obtained
through the institution, and will make
every effort to build an organization
that will advance the welfare of ev-
cry citizen in the county.
Today we are the leading Farm
Bureau numerically speaking in the
state. We can be the leader in our
program of work if every member
will cooperate to that end.
Keep on boosting, it is the life OF
the farm Bureau.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Cultivating corn is the order OF the
day.
Miss Lucia Blocher, of Adrian
spent the week end with Miss
blanche Wilson.
Miss Ethel Haynes will teach
Redmond school again this winter. :,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andie Black and
children, of near Adrian visited Sum
dav with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Valid
ron.
There will be Children's Day ex-
ercises at Elizabeth Chapel the
fourth Sunday in June i'll the even
ing.
Mrs. Margaret Liggett, Of Butler,
spent Saturday night and. Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. J. F. Thomp-
son.
Harry Wilson and family visited
Sunday with his brother, Jesse VIII
son and family.
Quite a number from Chapel at
tended the party given at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Turner Satur-
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pry and family
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Roby Freeland.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hermann and
children, and Mr.. Gus Hermann, Wis
tied Sunday afternoon with Grand
mother Hermann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hill and baby
visited Monday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. b. Keeble.
Several from Chapel Sunday school
attended the convention at Pleasant
Ridge Sunday.
Messrs. A. P. Thurman and Roy
Stayton called OH R. B. keeble Sun
day afternoon. -,
Mrs. Frank Stevens, father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Allison, and
her brother, Jesse Allison and family
called OH them Saturday evening.
RhTTLEBOX.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27
WHEAT GROWERS SET $3.13
BUSHEL AS FAIR 1920
PRICE.
Radical Element Nearly Breaks Up
Convention as Committee
Reports.

Reports.
Hutchinson, Kas., May Io.-Aftcr
a not fight in which the radical ele-
ment demanded upward to So bush,
el for 1920 wheat, the National
Wheat Growers association meeting
here fixed 1913, basis Kansas City,
as its idea OF fair price for the
1920 wheat crop. Following reading
of the report of the committee on
cost OF production and fair marketing
price, pandemonium broke loose
among the 200 delegates and Pres
ident William McMichael yielded the
gavel to Mai. Iron law" Brown. vet
teran paciiier of Democratic conven..
tons, who restored semblance OF
| order.
Conservative delegates pleaded
with the convention not to run atoui
of the antitrust statute, which had
been evaded by the report. Many
were for throwing discretion to the
winds and striking for minimum OF
$3.50 bushel. Others went even
stronger, The committee reported
the cost OF producing wheat had
been found to be $2.75 bushel,
biased on figures furnished from rs
communities In the original report
$3o3, basis Kansas City, was fixed as
a fair minimum. The report was
sent back to the committee with in
struc(ions to add something for
transportation.
In resolutions the farmers went
on record as favoring establishing
the terminals on the farms instead OF
the large centers and the shipping
of the wheat to the nearest mill il
order to reduce the price of flour te
the consumer. The resolutions alst
demand temporary relief from con
grcss to the, farm loan bank fund 81
that farmers may get loans while tn
litigation involving the farm loan &C
is pending.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27
Death of H. w. Lyon.

II. w. Lyon, aged - years, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rob-
crt F. Allen a few miles southwest OF
this city Saturday afternoon, May 81,
as the result OF an attack Of heart
trouble.
He was born in Knox county this
state and his entire life up to the
time he came to Bates county last
August, was spent in the north part
of the state. He is survived by six
children, one brother and one sister.
Short funeral services were held at
the Allen home Monday morning
and the body taken to Maryvillc,
where it was inferred beside his wife
who died a few years ago.
Headlight overalls will outwear
two ordinary pair. Black & Sons. 23-i
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

One person dead and more than
ten injured was the toll of two tor
nadoes that late Saturday swept
Castle Rock, Mimi, fifty miles
south, and a strip of countryside near
Red Wing. Mimi Five persons were
injured at Castle Rock when num-
Der of buildings III that town of less
than zoo population was struck while
the second twister wrecked the farm
home of Godfrey Swanson, near Red
Wing, killing his IImonths-old son
and injuring Swanson, his wife ami
her sister. Farm buildings in NORTH
ern Steele County and Southwestern.
Rice County were wrecked.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

The house bill authorizing the sec
rctarv OF the treasury to purchase 20
million dollars additional i'll farm and
land bank bonds was passed last
week hy- the senate. The senate sub
,t,utcd the house mrasurer Tor the
Grunna bill. which would authorize
purchase OF vi million dollars III,
bonds, The legislation is designed
to aid farmers in borrowing from the
land banks pending decision by the
supreme court on the constitutions
;.litv Of the farm loan act.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Ambassador Bonillas, former en-
WOW to the United States and candi-
date for the Mexican presidency, has
been murdered by Carranzistas at
Malpias, in Puebla, according to an
unconlirmed report. Bonillas, the re-
port said, had fled to the mountains
in that state, where he was overtaken
and slain by the former first chiefs
followers. The murder is reported
as having taken place "Wednesday
night.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

o. L. Briggs, who has for some
time been publishing the Amsterdam
Enterprise, has disposed of his in
terest in the paper to Wheeler II.
Harrison, a former employee. Mr..
Briggs will engage IN the real estate
and insurance business.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27
Prison Term Bars Debs From Pres''
dent Election.

Washington, May 23.-Eugene V.
Dcbs could not be elected President
Of the United States while serving
his term in a federal prison because
he is not citizen of the United
States under the limitations of the
con. titution, constitutional experts
here declared today.
The only way Debs could become
eligible to the high office for which
he has been dominated by the Social
list party would be through a res
toration of his rights of citizenship
by a full pardon from the President,
it was stated.
Although the voting for President
is in reality vote for presidential
electors, Debs could not hold the or
flee if he got the required number OF
electoral votes so long as his status
remains as it is now, constitutional
lawyers here said.
<~0Ie oro hare Come
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

part block Is Butler $3.50.
l.. j. Wilson ct al to \. +. Sperfy
I,o acres section Is Summit $500.
H.. c. Brown ct al to {. L. Robbins
SO acres section IS Homer $55oo.oo.
Nice A. Ewiu to A. l.. Gilmore 50
acres section 22 Deepwater 100000.
J. J. Wolfe to +. +. Burk 10 acres
section 70 Charlotte 100000.
Roy Standish to c. H. Meier block
2, Standsh addition Hume; tract sec
ton Howard 100000.
]. T. Golfer to F. p. Pickell lot Fl
block u Rockville $2l2.5o.
Ona A. Wolfe to Z. F. Burk 40
acres section 2o Charlotte 100000.
Gus Kienberger ct al to J. X. Mar
tin lot 1 block 3 Williams addition
Rich Hill $4,000.
Mary Shull to c. 7. Heyle tract
section IA Rockville $4,000.
J. N. McDavitt to G. A. Bell lots
and 6 block 10 Rockville $4,000.
A. M. Campbell to c. +. Hupp lot
block 4; part lot 3 block ~ Butler
100000.
L. A. Catterlin to S. B. Hart part
| DlOCk l1uIlS duuIllOAI, pa -DASNN -"
Atkison's addition Butler $I5oo.oo.
N. w. Ballfinch to r. Wooderso'l
lot block III Rich Hill 100000.
T. f. Britt to Wright Bailey 5
acres section 26 Hudson $4,000.
+. S. Wilson to J. N. Sellers tract
section II Howard $4,000.
R. M. Gregory to Aug kuplen part
block i Worland 100000.
Sig Cantrell to F. c. Bale 70 acres
section 28 Deer Creek 100000.
i. t. 66rutsinger to W. +. Cote tot
3, block IL Williams Ex Butler $I.oo
Aug Fischer to ]. G. Bauer o.
acres section 7 Rockville $I.Oo.
Amanda Speaks to Clyde Speaks &c
acres section 81 Walnut $2o6o.o0.
!. N. Busenborn to G. Hubert
blocks 81, 50 and 40 Sperry's addition;
e Refs Addition Rich Hill $4,000.
anna E. Miller ct al to H. Charlie
ton IS acres section one Oak $4oc
r. Il. Realty Co. to Isaac Bellinger
flock E Refs addition Rich Hill
$4,000.
L. J. Daniels to T. Kratzer 81
acres section II Walnut 100000.
c. R. Brad" to w. H. Hart %
acres section Mt. Pleasant $1,000.
Ed Doke to r. H. Jones lots Ie
and 20 block If Foster $4,000.
o. w. Stanfill to J. w. Wise 200
acres section 81 Elkhart $I48So.oo:
B. A. Maxey to Farmers Lumber
Co. lot Ibs part lot IA Adrian 5000
S. L. Doke to Ed Doke lot 20
block I6 Foster $I.Oo.
S. L. Doke to Ed Doke block 81
part block 90 Foster $4,000.
G. d. Crews ct al to J. 0. New
man 10 acres section 22 Mt. Pleasant
$4,000. o.
tranct section I6 Deepwater SI25o.Oo
L. B. Weaver to Wm.- Peoples 'uI
l block 81 Rich Hill $4,000.
w. H. Claggett to c. H. Ahlfeld
lots 3 and 4 block I4I Rich Hill
$4,000. -,
Clinton Parker ct al to w. +.
Meyer tract section IS Rockville
$4,000.
H. H. Heck to A. M. Young lots
1 and block g Rich Hill $4,000.
w. T. Cole to Al Ray part lot :,
block S Montgomery's Ist addition
Eutler $475.oO.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

From 500 to $12o a gallon is the
ruling price for whisky i'll illicit
trade, Secretary Houston wrote con-
gress in requesting I l-2 million dol
lars for one thousand watchmen to
guard bonded warehouses next year.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

George Miller, British subject
superintendent OF the Alvarado Min
ing company at Parral, Chihuahua is
being held for $4,000 ransom by
General Villa, according to a dis
patch to the state department late
Friday afternoon.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Everyone is invited to attend and
bring some one with you.
Mrs. May l.. Woods gave very
interesting talk at Virginia Monday
night. A large crowd being present.
Mrs. Blankenbaker, our county pres
ident, and Miss Frye, county treas.
urer, both OF Butler, accompanied
Mrs. Woods to Virginia.
Press Reporter.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

John Johnson, farmer awakened
two of his ncighbors near Sweetwat-
cr, Tenn. shortly after midnight Fri
day and confessed, it is alleged, that
earlier in the night he kille d his
mother and two sisters and severely
wounded Mrs. BERTHE Ca,hart, a tor
mer sweetheart. Johnson then
rlaced the muzzle of gun under his
chin and fired killing himself.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Fiity-one freight cars loaded will,
100000 pounds OF sugar are beng
sought in railroad yards at Chicago
by federal agents. 1t is said the
sugar has been shifted around on
side tracks two weeks and, accord.
ing to information in the hands OF
District Attorney Charles L. Clyne.
no attempt has been made to unload
the cars.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

The pay bill, carrying increases OF
from 20 to IS per cent Tor Officers
and men OF the army, navy marine
corps. coast guard and geodct1c sur
yev. has been signed by President
Wilson, The new law which Is
retroactive to january |, 1920, carries
increases aggrcgatlng approximately
ShO, 900 900 ANNUALLY.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

The entire family Of Louis Her.
man, consisting OF father, mother and
son and a nephew, Harry Roscn,,
baum. OF Toledo, O.. were sentenced
to federal prisons by Judge John II,
X illits. in the United States district
court. ior violating the national pro
llbitiOn act.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27
GENERAL NOTES

Daylight saving will remain i'll Ell
feet in New York state. Governor
Smith vetoed the Fowlers bill, de-
signed to repeal the daylight saving
law.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Kansas is progressing. 1t is nc,
longer good form to take a gun and
stick up bank. Nowadays the
president or cashier invests the
funds OF the institution in some Oh
his pet schemes or puts them III a
suitcase and disappears. The new
method is more thorough and is at
tended with less personal danger.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Carrying approximately $4,000,
600, the sundry civil appropriation
bill was reported to the senate late
Friday by the senate appropriation
committee. This amount is "earl
S,I. 900, COO more than the amount
carried in the house bill. The sen
ate committee inserted an appropr'a-
, on OF 81. 100000 TO- officers.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Our spring goods are here. Come
in and see them. Black & Sons. 23-ti
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27

Headlight overalls will outwear
two ordinary pair: Black & Sons. 23-'i
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-05-27
Redmond Ratings.

Cultivating corn is the order OF the
day.
Miss Lucia Blocher, of Adrian,
spent the week end with Miss
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-06-24
QUEEN GAVE NAME TO CITY
Marinette, Wis, Took Appellation
From Granddaughter of Noted
Menominee Indian Chief.

Marinette, Wis, known as the
Queen City," is named after Queen
Marinette. who was the daughter Of
Bartholome Chevalier. whose wife was
an Indian woman, daughter of Wa
beshish, a noted Menominee chief
Msrinette, who came to the Menom-
inee river as Nine. Farnsworth, was
a wOnaL of great shrewdness and in
telligence kind-hearted, generous and
much respected by the Indians.
The queens house was the first
frame house on the MenOminee river.
The building was within the blockade
erected by Louis Chappee, surrounded
by fine garden and an orchard. APP
pie trees planted by Queen Marinette
are growing In the yard. Marinette's
son, John B. Jacobs, had trading
post on the river just across the road,
and little west Of Marinettes house.
He was interested in boats and owned
and ran the steamer Queen City, be-
tween Menominee and Green Bay, for
many years.
Queen Marinette died in 1868, when
seventy-three years old. Her descend
ants are still living, being residents Of
Marinette. Green Bay and South Da-
kOta.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-06-24
IIlin0iS Executive Shows That
Business Methods More Than
Counterfeit High Prices.
A RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENTS
Executive Departments Consolidated
Business Men Put in Office
Sound Financial Policy APP
piled to State
Affairs.

Gov. Frank o. Lowden's great rec
ord as war executive Of Illinois has
made him one Of the leading candi-
dates for the Republican nomination
for president. 1t is q story Of admin
istrative achievements. Every pledge
to the people has been redeemed.
Despite high prices and unsettled
conditions due to the war, Gov. Low
den, by the practical application Of
business methods to the management
of the states affairs, reduced the tax
rate In Illinois 33 per cent in two
years. His friends are certain that he
can do for the nation what he has
done for Illinois In the matter of good
government and lower taxes IL he is
given the opportunity.
When Governor Lowden assumed Of
ice as executive Of Illinois In Janu-
airy, 1917, the state treasury was prac-
tically bankrupt. sThere was only $3.50
to the credit of the general fund,
when outstanding bills had been paid.
nas Of tbs first official acts was to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-06-24
EAST CHARLESTON

The band gave an open air
concert Wednesday evening,
the people enjoyed it very
much and hope to hear more of
them during the summer.
Carl Batchelder has bought
a new moving picture machine
which he expects to have install
led for next Saturday night.
Geo F Baldwin, State Depu-
ty of the M w A, is spending
a few days here in the interest
of the order, several new mem
bers were taken into the camp,
delegates from each camp in
the county met here and voted
to hold their log rolling in Der
by in July.
Kit D Hudson of Rutland is
visiting relatives in town.
! Beatrice Buck is entertaining
a friend from Maine.
Mr. and Mrs Skinner and
daughter of Orleans were re-
cent guests at Homer Locke's.
Mr. and Mrs VIM Findley are
the parents of a son, born June
16.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Wilder of
Albany are visiting relatives in
town.
VIM Pearsons has moved into
the rear tenement of the Old
Parsonage.
Children's Day will be OBJ
served Sunday, June 27. Every
body cordially invited.
The play, "Plum Valley
will be repeated Wednesday,
June 30, for the benefit of the
Band. Everybody come and
help the boys.
Ralph and Albion Trip of
Newport are camping at A C
Gallup's cottage at Echo Lake
Several friends OF Mr. and
Mrs Frank Wilder met at their
home Saturday evening to help
them celebrate their 10th we'd
ding anniversary, a fine time is
reported by all
Mrs Joseph Canning and
children are visiting in Derby.
Mr. and Mrs G S Emery OF
Newport entertained a party OF
friends at Echo Inn the past
week.
Mrs Pinard is visiting rela.
tives in Norton.
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Gray OF
Norwich, Conn.,, are guests OF
his mother, Mrs Rosetta Gray.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-06-24
Il .---.. 4...-...-.l-. ..4....-.
EX-CZAR REAL Joy KILLER
Little Wonder Princess Didn't Enjoy
Wearing Ring After Hearing That
Gruesome Anecdote.

Ex-Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria al
ways had a great fondness for rings.
and his delicate, tapering fingers usu-
ally were loaded with rare jewels. A
Russian princess who was q guest Of
Ferdinand at dinner in Sophia once
admired especially ring that he wore
"a pearl surrounded by rubies.
THAT ring pleases your" asked Fer
dinand, who had noticed her interest in
1t. And then, in the naughty tone
which was his wont, he added: "A
tear encircled by drops of blood. Per-
NIT me to put 1t on your finger"
Leaning toward her. he continued,
nonchalantly:
ut is gift that has just been sent
to me by one Of the most notorious
bandits on the Bulgarian frontier,
truly remarkable man. He it is who
holds the record for the number Of
hands he has cut off his victims I
have no doubt that he got this ring
from a finger just as charming as
yours"
The princess turned pale and Ferdi-
nand continued:
But don't be disturbed, madame.
This ring which I have the honor Of
offering you was given to me without
the finger"
The princess mover knew whether
the car was serious or whether he
was trvinu to ooufuca bor Che pay.
er wore the ring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-06-24

abolish many poHilcm JOBS Dy com
bining the work of 1875 different de-
partments and bureaus into nine COM
pact central departments. Gov. Low
den also had the state adopt budget
system which he thought would be a
model for other commonwealth. He
placed business men and trained ex-
perts in charge of each of these de-
partments with gratifying results to
the taxpayers.
The cost of conducting the state
government was reduced hundreds of
thousands of dollars year while the
quality of service to the public showed
marked Improvement. The effects
of a business administration in the
state were manifest in a short time.
The state gradually built up a cash
balance and was able to discount its
bills.
As a practical illustration of what
good government means It is officially
estimated that Illinois will have
cash balance of $9,S77,225 on hand
July l, 1920. In spite of reduction OF
SO per cent in the tax rate. This 10
what Gov. Lowden's business admins
tration has done for Illinois.
In addition to these things Gov.
Lowden succeeded In accomplishing
these concrete results:
Began work on the states $50, 00O,-
600 good roads system. Two hundred
miles Of good road were built last year.
One thousand miles will be completed
in 1920.
Authorized the beginning Of work on
the last link of the states system Of
waterways, which will connect tho
Great Lakes with the Mississippi river.
Obtained needed tax reforms for the
people.
Recognized the states penal and
charitable institutions on a humane
basis.
Brought about constitutional con-
vention for Illinois, which is now In
session forming a new basic law for
tho state
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-06-24

he Is on the rim of the world. Some Of
the turns are so sharp 1t Is impossible
to see 20 feet ahead, and We seem to
be periously near the jumping off
place. We wonder II 1t Is safe to lean
out and peer into the canyon far below,
and when we do we are perfectly sat-
isfled we are flirting with death. Yet
the trip is safe one, providing our
driver has better nerves than our own.
All too soon we reach the outskirts
Of Baguio, a city among the clouds,
end are rather surprised at the modern
city we find 1t to be- In ten years Ba-
guio has grown from village OF huts
to the now Justly famed mountain re-
sort Of the Philippines, sometimes call
ed the Philippine Simla. 1t is un-
doubtedly destined some day to become
large city.
Baguio ranges In elevation from
$500 to $500 feet and Is surrounded
practically on all sides by high noun
tain ridges and "hogsbacks" towering
int1 the skies at height of almost
5000 feet.
Aside from the scenery, which Is
noteworthy, the great blessing of Ba-
guio is its temperate climate, which is
indeed a godsend to those impoverish-
ed by the tropical temperatures of the
lowands. Not only is the mountain
air rich in ozone, but it has been DEM
Onstrated to be extraordinarily free
from germs Of all kinds.
Each year during the hot season the
school teachers Of the entire archipela-
go are enabled by the government to
spend a month at the teachers camp
in Baguio for recreation and confer
ence on school work American army
officers and their families also 60 to
Baguio for the hot months.
And now that your traveloguer has
you in Baguio, he believes he will leave
you there, for there are many interest
ing side trips to take, and, besides,
BaEuio is the most delightful place for
vacation in the entire Orient.
G. II. T.