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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30
CHAPTER vlll.-contlnued.

you're not the only pebble on the
beach, Bullerton," said, looking him
squareiy In the eye, what you can
do with this mine, another mining en-
gineer can do quite as well: and the
other man will probably be willing to
do 1t without asking the fenced-in
earth for his reward"
"Humphp' he grunted; $50 that's
your play, is itf' Then, after a scowl-
Ing pause: you're licked before you
begin. You're fighting without ammu-
milton, Broughton. You haven't any
money, and you'll look a long time be-
fore you'll find an engineer able to
finance his own experiment on your
drowned proposition"
"That may be-" retorted. "But If
you told me the story straight that
night in the Pullman, you can't turn
wheel until tell you to go ahead.
SO your contract, II you've got one,
doesn't amount to hill Of BEANS"
''That point may make nice little
question for the courts to decide" he
snapped. "But / don't want to 90 to
law about this thing, and neither do
you. AS matter of fact, you haven't
any money to throw away in legal
scrap. You make me deed to fifty
one per cent of the Cinnabar property.
Just as It stands, and then you may 60
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30
TTs A HoLDupI"

Synopsis. - Under his GRANDPA
theirs will, Stanford Broughfon,
society idler, finds his share OF the
estate, valued at something like
$4,000, lies in a safe repository
latitude and longitude described,
and that Is all. 1t may be identi-
fed by the presence nearby OF
brown-haired, blue-eyed girl, pie
bald horse, and dog with split
face, halt black and half white.
Stanford at first regards the be-
quest as O joke, bat after consider
alton sets out to find his legacy.
On his way to Denver Stanford
hears from o fellow traveller
Charles Fullerton, q mining engi-
neer, a story having 10 do with a
flooded mine. He has a "hunchm
this mine ~ the ''safe repository"
of the will. Fullerton refuses him
information. On the station plat
form at Atropia, just as the train
pulls cat, Stanford sees what APP
pear to be the identical horse and
dog described In his grandfather's
will. Impressed, he leaves the train
at the next stop, Angels. Unable
to secure q conveyance. Broughton
SEXES tracie-inspection car and
escapes, leaving the impression on
the town marshal, Beasley. that he
IL demented. Pursued, he aban-
dons the car. which Is wrecked.
and escapes on foot. In the dark
ness he 10 overtaken by the girl,
the horse and the dog. After he
aNpialuQ hfa nraaanra abA trx,Itoa
him to her home, at the Old Cinna-
bar mine. Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, qaretaker OF the
mine, and his daughter Jeanne.
Stanford does not reveal his iden-
tity. Hiram and Stanford go put
tering about the mine. Stanford
gets interested in the work and
falls In love with Jeanne, who saves
his life. Fullerton shows up at the
mine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30

dodge-away that didn't mean on,,.,,
at all. a'islnlns
Il got a claim over yondor !, !,
right-hand gulch-the one ,at y 'ne
workin' when your gran,naw "S
along he said. Though r saaR
you'd like to mog over with No @sus
take look at her." - anu
Of course. / said I'd be dellpbt.d.
so we made a detour around tbe n.
nabar, keeping out of sight from t i.
cabin and shaft-house, and msbIDn !
around the western slope for mevSa
half a mile until we came to the gnlos
in which the abandoned claim lay
Working entirely alone, DADDY IA
driven tunnel possibly hundred f.,
deep straight into the solid rock n NJ
mountain side, following the thin ve,n an
and hoping that 1t would widen int
a "pay-streak." After he had led M
q few yards into the tunnel, he waved
me to seat on pile of broken roct
and took one himself with his bact
against the opposite wall.
I'm gettin' just naturally 50 hate
gosh-dummed crowd" he remarked
switching suddenly from his talk Of tbs
abandoned claim. Feel sometimes a.
If I'd like to swap skins with a con.
dummed gopher and duck plumb into
hole.p
WELL said l, grinning at him
you've ducked, for once in way. and
SO have /. What about itY"
Charley Bullerton," he spat out
without further preface. "That slick
tongued word artist sure does get onto
my nerves. Whatall's he tryin to do
to you, anyway, Stannie?"
/ didn't see any reason why he
shouldn't know, so l told him all Of
it, from start to finish, Offers bully.
ings, and threats, but, of course, moth.
ing about the ,Jeanie factor.
"Great Moses !" he calculated, at the
end of the sorry tale. "Why, goshto-
Methusaleh Its hOld-up! Do you
reckon he kin unwater the Cinnabarr
"Surest thing In the world. So
could you or /, If we had the money
to drive long drainage tunnel from
the lower slope"
The old man smoked along in
thoughtful silence for a few minutes
Then he said:
"Bout that there tunnel job; some
thin like two hundred thousand, We
fiugerd that'd cost, with no bad luck,
didn't we, Stannie?"
'That was the figure"
"And, first off, Charley Bullerton
was willin' to give you fifty thousand
for your rights-though now you say
he's shaved 1t down to forty. Thatd
mean an investment of at least two
hundred and fifty thousand; all a-goln
out and nothin' a-comin' In. Let's see
where that's fetchin' US to. / don't
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30

know what your gran'paw paid ro ,,,, ~
mine, but 1t was less'n half ihil'iOl !,
and reckon he paid ever uo'iai
was worth, don't your"
.'Doubtless he did," admitteu'
ESQ there's where we land ne wen,
on speculatiyely 1.-TWO hundred III ,,
fifty thousand tackled onto han ~
lion gives her u capital of three-qu' "a
tiers OF a million sunk in her. mrs, az
Inst. Question is: Is she worm
was beginning to get his 'uea 10 ~
last. He was wondering If h' ~
that had once sold at top'nVsd
price of half million could s'app
The investment of quarter OF ! ~ i
lion additional and still hope "
paying proposition. s,,.
"You mean that Fullerton Is mn IN.
ing upon spending quarter OF d ~
lion more on it7- | queried. 80
"None; I reckon can't. There go. -
nigger in the wootlpile, soinewne'Ne
Stannie. as sure s you're bora
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30
eff You Want to Go to Law--saiI Ia"

: back East and enjoy yourself playing
marbles, or pitch and toss, or red dog
whatever your pet diversion may
happen to be. Fifty-one per cent and
you give me clear field--not stick
around, mean. That goes as 1t lies"
Huh !" I scoffed. "a while back
Sou were talking about pulling the law
on me. You can't make anything like
that stand in the courts and you know
It mighty well"
MAYBE not but can make 1t stand
with Sou-which is much more to the
purI ose. You said a minute ago that
couldn't turn a wheel without your
consent. You can't turn a wheel at
ail-without money"
ais rubbing the poverty gibe into me
ruade me madden than ever and
Thought 1t was about time to tell him
where he got en-.
aThen, by love. the wheels needI't
furni- eountered. "And that lets
you out. Ii you wait to so to law
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30

ii thousand voices all speaking at once
said:
Mr.. Broughton- stannie, are you
hereY
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30
''Bullerton has stolen my
deed 10 the cinnabsrP

GRO he CONTINUED
The bank wrecker may be pa''ss
out. but the bank usually SINKS
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Church Board and Sunday School,
Teachers Entertained.

Thursday evening the members OF
the official board and the officers and
teachers Of the Ohio street Nj. +.
church held business meeting at the
church. Each one had been told 10
bring their husband or wife as at the
conclusion OF the business the me,n-
bcrs Of the Epworth League would
Pservc lunch" At the conclusion
OF the business OF the evening Zen
young men members OF the Leas',.
appeared and to the tune OF livcl,'
march played OH the piano marched
them TO the new dining room in TIL
basement where most bounteous
supper had been prepared by the
young ladies of the League. The
long tables, set in the form of a cross,
were decorated in the League colors,
red and white. AS soon as the as
,tonished guests were seated the
young men acting as walters served
the supper which consisted of chick
en-, mashed potatoes, and all OF the
trinlmin's and was finished off with
generous slices of brick ice cream
and cake, the ice cream being in the
colors Of the League. -
Chester Slccth, president of the
Carthage district Epworth League
acted as toast master and talks were
made by various members Of the
League on what the organization Is
doing and what it intends to do II
was a very interesting and eij ,yable
occasion.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
The "Hi-Y" Club.

This was the first year for the Hi
Y" club in Butler High School.
From the first meeting to the last it
was pronounced success.
The Club consists OF twenty-five
members with an honorary advisory
board of five.
The object OF the "Hi-Y" Club is
to look after the complete develop
ment OF life and enable any one to be
fair square man.
We held our meetings every Mon
day night. The period from 6:3o to
7:3o was the gymnasium hour. This
was overseen by Mr.. Taylor and
every one present took part. After
the gymnasium hour we had the De-
votional hour This was usually
started with a discussion on some
topic in which all present took part,
and this was followed by talk from
some one in town.
The Club held for its last meeting.
a picnic, which was Monday evening,
April IL. In all there were about
thirty present. This was held at the
Lakeside Farm. This Club is great
iy indebted to the manager OF the
Lakeside farm for his many generous
Inequalities and many favors.
The Club also wishes to extend
their many thanks to the members oi
the Baptist church for the use of the
basement
The Slogan Tor next year, Every
Boy in High School Member of th2
lilly Club"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Bates County Shorthorn Sale.

The Bates County Shorthorn sale
held April 10Th proved very success
full considering financial conditions
Of the country at the present time:
The twenty-eight head of registered
Shorthorns sold all went out to farm
crs in Bates County. The average
price was not high, but was satisfac
tory to all. Many farmers took adj
vantage of the low prices and have
started the foundation for a pure
bred herd of Shorthorns. c. L. Rob
bins, Butler, Mo-; r. A. Thompson,
Hume; and Miss Sarah Johns, Apple
ton City, Mo-, took advantage of the
sale. to establish themselves in the
pure bred business. These are some
of the most prominent farmers OF
Bates County and their start in this
line means better livestock for their
communities.
This is the purpose of the pure
bred sales as promoted by the coun-
ty Farm Bureau namely, to place
better livestock on every farm il
the county by making few of the
leading farmers of every community.
breeders, thus placing pure bred
stock within reach of all.
Fellow farmers, help your local pa
pers boost these projects by adyer-
Using what you have to sell in their
issues. Practically every inquiry
came as a result of the ad carried i'll
our local papers. Boosting means
progress. Let's boost.
R. A. Langenbacher.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Cattle and Hog Prices Go Lowest il
Years.

Chicago, April 25.-Hog and cattle
prices dropped sharply OH the lead
ing markets of the country Monday.
Livestock quotations in some cases
hit the lowest mark OF the decade.
The drop was due largely to re
ceipts of AN exceptionally large nurn-
Der OF heavy cattle and hogs at the
leading markets.
Farmers apparently led cheap cora
and other feed to their hogs and cat
tie, hoping they might be able to
take advantage of any advance in the
Price of livestock
Flooding the market with the lat
tened animals simply forced the boz
tom TO TALL out.
Heavy steers sold at $S.I5 on the
chicago market, - he-loMest-i n-!o
years. Hogs were from IS to 30
cents lower-selling at new low
price for the last five years.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Butler High School Alumni.

The Alumni will hold their yearly
meeting and banquet Friday night,
May Goth.
Through the courtesy OF the Butler
Elks Lodge, the banquet will be held
il the Elks hall and parlors.
Plans are now being worked out
to make this year thc best ever. The
alumni has a total membership of 62S
names and the graduating class of
1921 with 40 members will be duly
welcomed and initiated into the
alumni, giving a membership of 674.
An every member canvass is being
made to invite and insist upon each
members attendance this year.
The program, initiation and refresh
mcnt committees are at work and
planning Oh giving each member
present a real enjoyable evening.
The yearly dues still are soc.
Those alumni members who fail to
attend will sure be the losers.
The Officers of the B. II. S. Alumni
for this year are:
President, Herbert WcMott.
Vice President, Lester Maddox.
Secretary, Alice Secse.
Corresponding Secretary. Ruth
Rockhold.
Treasurer, Thelma Dcbow.
Attorney, Guy Silvers.
Scrgt. at Arms, Geo. Alsbach.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Mary L. Mckinley Dead.

Mary l.. Mckinley, the daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. J. l.. Mckinley OF Hud-
son township, died Monday, April IS,
1921, at ST Marys hospital in Kansas
City after several weeks illness of
throat trouble.
Mary L. Mckinley was born in this
county November 26, 1896, and here
grew to young womanhood. She was
educated in the public schools Of the
county and the Appleton City schools
sion in which bright future seemei
assured her, and at the time she was
stricken with her last illness was al
tending the Warrensburg State Nor
NAL, where she was taking course
in line with her work
She was first taken i'll some weeks
ago and was taken to the home of
her parents in Hudson township,
where in spite of all the care and at
tention lavished upon her, her con-
dition gradually grew worse. Final
ly it was decided that an operation
would be necessary and she was
taken to Kansas City for that pur-
pose Friday, but passed away before
an operation could be performed.
She is survived by her parents and
one brother, Raymond.
Mary Mckinley was a charming
young lady, modest, quiet and cap
able, OF amiable disposition and she
numbered her friends by those who
knew her. Her untimely death has
cast shadow OF gloom about tic
entire community, The Times cx-
tends to the bercavcd family its slit
cerest synpathcs in the loss OF a
loving and devoted daughter and sis
ter.
Her body was brought homo Tues
day and funeral services held Thurs
day afternoon at the Round Prair:e
Baptist church. where intcrment was
made.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Resolution by Bates County Demo-
cratic Committee.

The Democratic Committee OF
Bates County duly assembled, for the
purpose OF considering the invoking
OF the referendum on certain unwhol-
some legislation enacted by the most
inefficient, extravagant and selfishly
I partisan Legislature ever assembled
Fin Missouri, declare the following to
express the sense of this Committee.
L That while we condemn as out
fTageous and unjustifiabte the extrava-
gance of the Republican Legislature
and state officials, and the consc-
quent enormous increase Of the vol
June of taxes wruNg from the people
|of Missouri to satiate Republican
greed for fat salaries and more Of
fices; and while we dcplore the petty
partisanship that has prompted much
fof the legislation enacted by the sIst
General Assembly and approved by
a Republican Governor, yet we rec
ognize the basic principle of Dcmoc-
racy that provides for majority rule.
A large and misguided majority of
the Missouri electorate on day of
last November said they wanted Re
publican rule in Missouri.
i; Wherefore Be 1t Resolved, That
the Democratic Committee OF Bates
County. realizing that the Republican
party has carefully prevented ref
crendum on the robbery of the tax
payers of this state by using the State
Board OF Equalization for securing
the enormous increases, and THAT the
action of the Board of Equal.zatior
cannot, under our law, be referred,
disapprovcs of the submission by
referendum, or any of the legislation
state wide in its effects, or in an.
manner interfering with the opera
ton thereof.
Nothing, however, in this resolu-
ton is to be construed as disapprov-
ing the action taken by local organi-
cations or individuals as to legisla-
ton purely local in its character and
effect.
Unanimously adopted.
April %, 1921
w. G. Dillon,
Chairman Bates County Demo-
cratic Committee.
Mrs. l. M. Kretzinger,
Chairman Women's Bates County
Democratic Committee.
\. B. Edrington.
Mrs. Walter Taylor.
.& Secretaries.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
" "A RE T Y
Taxes Take Ia Million Estate.

Chicago, April 18.-War and taxes
have combined in what internal rev.
,enue officials said today they be-
lieved to be the practical annihilation
of a Ia million dollar estate.
The estate is that of Mrs. Mary E.
Hoy: who. fell victim to exposure
following the torpedoing Of the La.
'coaia by German submarine Feb
ruary -, 1872. Austin Young Hoy,
her son and present beneficiary under
the will, tax experts said, may have
to borrow mouey in order to pay the
government what he owes in taxes.
Austin Young Hoy entered the
British army to ayenge his mothers
death, as well as that of his sister,
Elizabeth, also q victim Of the t.
boats. Because Of his becoming
British citizen through enlistment,
Hoy had to pay several British taxes
! ~ well Is the wartime inheritance
tax in the United States. Internal
revenue clerks said that various taxes
would total approximately la million
dollars, the vaue Of the entire estate.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Admits Wilson to Practice.

Albany, N. Y, April I6.-Ex-Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson was given the
right to practice law in the state of
New York by a measure enacted in
the closing hours of the legislature
today.
! The act was passed under an emer-
gency message from Governor Miller,
who wrote that this distinguished cit
izen has just title to a privilege the
comforting Of which, ! believe, would
be an eminently graceful act and one
universally ApproYed."
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Tommie Ellis Coonrod Dies.

Tommie Ellis. the five months old
son of MIR. and Mrs. Erwin Coonrud.
OF Urich, died at the home of his
uncle. w. L. Coonrod, on High
street, this city, Saturday night, April
20,
The baby was brought to this city
Friday SO that it could be closer 10
efficient medical aid, but Saturday il.
went into commissions and death re
suited i'll few hours in spite of All
that loving hands and the best med
cal skill coud do.
The little body was taken to Mont
rose Sunday morning and funeral
services held, after which intermert
in the HopeweIl cemetery.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Disputes Hyde Tax Figures.

Jefferson City, April 18-W. X.
HOLSTER, director of the Democratic
movement to call a referendum on the
Republican state legislative program,
issued statement here today citing
figures which he declared proved that
state taxes will be increased a little
more than so per cent under the in
creased assessment fixed by the state
board of equalization.
Mr.. HOLSTER denied assertions
made by Governor Hyde in an ad-
dress in St. Louis last Wednesday
that the tax increase would amount
to only IS per cent. He declared that
total receipts in 1921 from state taxes
would approximate $6,522,47o sc or M
increase of $2,I7o3I3.22 over the year.
ly average under the Gardner admin
istration.
"ln the four years of Governor
Gardeners administration the state
ment said, collections for all sta.
purposes amounted to $I7,372,6S4. or
an average of $A34aI7I."
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
Armed Guard for Chicago?

Chicago, April 25.-Regular army
troops may be ordered to duty in
guarding the federal building, the
larger branches of the postoffice,
railroad terminals, foading platforms
and branches of the federal reserve
banks, it was announced today by
Postmaster William B. Garlic. The
information was received in a letter
from Postmaster General Hays, he
said.
The special guard system is expect
ed to be inaugurated at once, Post
master Garlic announced.
Recently, postal employees were
ordered armed as result of mail
robberies of The last few months.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
April ae, 1891

4 D = .
Judge Francisco returned Mondly
from Hot Springs, where he has been
for his health.
The water mains for the new
water works are being laid around
the square.
Harry McCants has received til.
appointment as express messenger ON
the Interstate.
Thirty years ago there were but
nine women employed in the different
departments at Jefferson City.
Mrs. ]. Z. Arnold went to work
| in earnest the first of the week soil
citing funds for the ex-Confederate
home.
A proposition to reduce the saloon
| license from $1,000 to $500 was
promptly voted down by the council
at its last meeting.
Chas. Radford the other day sc'd
the residence that he recently pur-
chased from MIR. Butler, to Mr.. J. H..
Mathis.
Uncle Aft Miller, of southeast of
town, was i'll the city Friday for the
fir st time since last February, owing
to badly mashed foot keeping lin
confined to his home.
The subject Of matchmaking Ohio
street from the corner of the square
to the depot was under consideration
at the council meeting Thursday
night.
Married by the Elder L. c. Brown
ing at the home of the brides uncle,
Mr. Meredith, on the Goth of April
Cd R. Pcndergrass. of Kansas City,
and Miss Ella Rose, of Bates count
Mrs. George Alspaugh and daugll
ter, living seven or eight miles north
OF the city, while coming to town
Friday, their horse, hitched to a road
cart, took fright and both were
thrown out. Mrs. Alspaugh received
severe bruises about the head and
shoulders, which have confined her to
her bed since the accident. .
Married-On the evening OF April
22, 1891, Mr.. |. w. Walls and Mss
Della Chambers, DR.. w. P. Hall, of
the M. T. church, officiating. The
bride is the daughter of MIR and Mrs.
J.. M. Chambers, of East Boone town
ship and the groom is one of Elkhart
townships most influential and pros
porous farmers.-Adrian Journal.
The Odd Fellows celebration in
this city Monday was grand success
in every particular and reflected great
credit on the management. The city
was decorated with bunting and mot
tos of the order. Special trains were
run over the interstate from Leroy,
also trains from Kansas City and
Joplin. The parade was formed i'm
mediately after the. arrival of this |
train. Grand Master Rixey, in full
uniform and mounted, led the parade.
Next came the Lees Summit band and
the Kansas City Canton, the Joplin
Canton with band, the Lamar Cantor
with band, Mt. Pleasant Canton with
Pleasant Hill band, Butler Rifles fol-
lowing with visiting lodges with thru {
bands, followed by Grand Secretary
E. M. Sloan and Grand Warden
Maring in carriages; the city officials
in carriages and bringing up the
rear was c. B. Lewis, driving a burro
to a gaily decorated cart in which
was the historic goat Major Gen.
Sloan reviewed the parade on the
square. The march continued to the
picnic grounds just this side of the
lake where. bounteous dinner OF
barbecued meat, bread, pickles, coffee
cake, oranges and Bananas was par
taken Of. The barbeeuing was IN
charge of: D. G. Newsome, who
served 1000 pounds Of about the
finest meat ever eaten BY hungry
crowd. ~
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-28

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