The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-03-31
Rankings.
By n. NJ. Nestlerode.

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for r. R. Shoup few days ago AMI
has gone to work for J. u
Green as he got hurt some way viii
some stock. ss n
R. R. Shoup took his cattle hoans
from Joe Beckham's stock pasture
Tuesday of last week.
C. R. Dickerson visited his broth
err, L. L., near Spruce, one or two
days of last week. &
/ want to buy eight or ten tons Of
timothy hay, baled. If No. will pay
$1,000 a ton delivered in Butler.
Uncle Jno. Hyatt bought fine
span of young mules at Everett
Morilla's sale few days ago.
Chas. Lafollett has just returned
from the South, in Arkansas, where
he bought a rice farm. He has sen:
to have 1000 pounds shipped up 10
Butler from his rice farm. He says
he is going down the last of April,
sow it to rice and get back by thresh-
ing time. Charley is good thresher
and will get his share of it.
\ l have just been reading about a
successful blind photographer in
Kansas City. l am somewhat ac-
quainted with the business and fiEd
IT hard matter to get good, photos
at all times and l have two eyes.
Lyman Hensley has got to be a
leading stock buyer in Butler. He
ships nearly every Monday.
/ The Farmers Produce house iii
Butler is ready to do business. Now
if you farmers will stay together yor
will accomplish your aim, but mot un-
less you stick together.
Jas. Kceble says he has to listen to
his wife when it comes to buying q
COW, as she does the milking.
The Star Bakery man in Butter
says he wants to take rest and II
he can find man that wants it worse
than he does, he will let him have it.
Chas. Fisk's picture show the other
night put new ideas in my head. 1t
was sure grand.
Chas. Argenbright has sown the
Max Weiner farm back to oats again.
He says the oats don't hardly pay ex-
penses, but that he wants the straw.
The ring master says to the clown:
IF a young lady was to kiss you.
what would you dor" "Why, I'd kiss
her back" NO" said the Master.
l'd kiss her face"
The Black school is good one ard
always hires the best talent as there
is large attendance. They have
Sunday school every Sunday and good
preaching. There is no way to get
there with vehicle from the north.
They have to go foot or horse bacl:
for I mile north, so. there is very little
attendance from the north.
]. p. Ellington has rented his farm
to MIR. ]. l. Venable and moved on
the Bill Boag farm Id mile west for
1921.
Ben Plunkett and wife motored oat
from Butler Tuesday and spent the
day with his father, w. H. and fam
lily.
William Kecble has moved over
south in one of James Marstellar's
houses and will farm part of his
farm this year. Bills worker.
Ray Mccain had his little whitc
and black spotted rat dog go astray
in Butler few days ago. Mr. Nc
Cam will pay liberal for its where
abouts. 1t is good ratter and is
kind to his children.
Bill .Arbogast, of knobnoster, Mo.
was on the streets of Butler the other
day shaking hands with his old
friends. Mr. Arbogast did at one
time own the 50 acre farm that Fir
GINA is built OH and lived there IL
the early SO
Claud Green has surely changed ms
politics. He wears a fine, new straw
hat now days. Such luxuries the
Democrats don't buy, since the land
slide in November. Such is the case.
Some get over a defeat sooner than
others.
Uncle Tom Pittman has moved eli
the old Geo. Pahlman farm west OF
the Black school house.
l.. r. Green and Clarence Meow.
ern dragged the roads from their
farms to the city limits of Butler on
the old Appleton road Friday Of last
week.
The public road mile north of to
Black school house has got impass-
bic. The county has put $2,s.O
into this road in bridges and some.
thing ought to be done. l am ready
to help OH this road by donation.
Frank Hedger and Miss Eunice
Starks were married few days ago
She was the girl that Charley {.
Jackson took to raise. He was son
OF Uncle Jno. Hedger. He has made
his plans to build on his farm on the
Miami this fall.
OF Boiling and Mrs. Fred Mccall
of Foster were married few days
ago. She was the daughter of c. J.
Browning. He was the son of the
Mrs E. NJ. Boiling, on route 5.
The equinoctial and Easter storm
came together and / hope for clear
weather, so farmers can get their corn
in SO as to get it plowed the last time
before the wheat and oats harvest
comes on.
l think it is about time to hear from
our blind man in Illinois, who usually
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