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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-02-03

nothing better than DIT. P1erces Fa-
vorite Prescription. At that time
OF my life l was sadly in need OF
something to strengthen and build
me UP and I found just the tonic l
needed in 'Favorite Prescription. i
would advise its use by all young
xirls at this critical period of life."
MRS. u. LONG.
- Favorite Prescription contains no
alcohol or narcotic. Send 10c to Dr..
Fierce's Invalids' Hotel In Buffalo,
N. T., for a trial pkg. Of tablets. --
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-02-03
TWO OF A KIND
By GEORGE E. sTREETER
tCopyright.I

He sat in front Of tile post Office
every working day throughout the
year. No one seemed to know his real
name, but the townspeople called him
Armless John, and being otherwise
remarkable for peculiar Kind of
stammer, he was for some years the
object of pity. Around his neck he
wore a sign hearing the following ratll-
err ambiguous appeal:
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-02-03
Will Punish Jap Slayer of American

Toxic, Jam Establishment OF the
Japanese sentry who killed Lieut..
Warren H. Langdon. United States
navy, will be announced by the d'e'
as soon as a court-martial investigat.-
ing the case submits its report, 1t
was announced Thursday. :.
Defending the Japanese soldiers IN
Vladivostok, Minister of War lanaka
declared japanese were policing the
city at the request of the consular
BODY there and that the sentry sho,
.angdon while performing this legal
duty. ,
General Oh, commanding the troops
there. was said to have ordered bet
ter street lighting system to prevcn
more incidents of this sort.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

spairlng sob caught nj her thoat She
heard the steps again. and they were
in the thicketS just beside her.
Two hours before Suowbird had left
the house. on her long tramp to the
ranger station, Dan had started home.
He hadn't shot until sunset as he had
planned.
He rode one Of LennoX's cattle
ponies. the only piece of horSe-fleSh
that Bill had not taken to the valleys
when he had driven down the live
stock She was a pretty bay. spir-
ited. Iigh-bred mare that could whip
about ON her hind legs AT the touch of
the rein on her neck. She made good
time along the trail. And an hour be
fore sunset he passed the only human
habitation between the marsh and
Lennox's house-the cabin that had
been recently occupied by Landy Hill
dreth.
He glanced AT the place as he
passed and saw that it was deserted.
No-smell Of wood smoke remained In
the air Evidently Landy had gone
down To the settlements with his
precious testimony i'm regard to the
arson ring. Yet il was curious that
no word had been heard Of him. AS
far as Dan knew, neither the courts
nor the forest service had taken ac-
ton
He hurried on, four miles farther.
The trail entered the heavy thickets,
and he had To ride slowly. II was as
Wild section rs could be found on
the whole Divide And just as he
came 10 little cleared space, three
strange. dark birds flung up on wide
spreading wings.
He knew them az once. All noun
taineers come to know them before
their days are done. They were the
buzznrds. the followers OF The dead
And what they were doing In the
thlcket Just beside the trail. Dnn did
not dare 10 think.
OF course they might he feeding on
the body OF a deer. mortally wounded
by some hunter. lie resolved TO ride
by without investigating. He glanced
up. The buzzards were lowering In
the sky evidently waiting for him to
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
kEENE

Mr.. and Mrs. N. K. Higgins went
to Grand I.adge, Saturday tc spend
Sunday with Mrs. Higgins brother,
Thomas Taylor.
Mrs. NJ ID. Hull called on Mrs. N.
f. Higgins, Friday afternoon.
Ed'Ie Scott called on his uncle,
Robert Sparks, Saturday morning.
Floyd Sparks and Robert Sparks
we're in Saranac, Saturday.
Alden Sparks spent Saturday with
II. N. Lee.
Mrs. Dan Carr and daughter, at
tended the Aid in Saranac Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins spent
Thursday evening at Norman Hig-
gins.
Albeit Hopkins was in Belding on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ID. Hull wishes to
thank all those who came to help cut
wood for them last Tuesday. There
were 81 men and women who at
tended They had a picnic dinner
and all around good time.
Visitors at Edd Frost's, Sunday,
were, Dell Lee and wife and children
John Myers and two daughters.
Mr.. Peck, of Bruce Crossing and
James Hopkins visited with Edd
Frost Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Sparks spent
Sunday afternoon at Mr.. Cutters.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

pass. Then. mostly TO relieve curl
Gus sense OF discomfort In his own
mind. he stopped his horse and dis
mounted.
The twilight had started to fall, and
alrendy It's first grayness had begun
10 soften the harder lines Of forest
and hill. And after his first glance M
'he curious white heap beside the
trail, he was extremely glad that II
had. But there was no chance tO mis-
take the thing. The elements and
much more terrible agents had each
wrought their change. yet there was
grisly evidence IN plenty to show what
had occurred Dan didn't doubt for
an instant but that II was the skele-
ton OF Landy Hildreth.
TO pr CONI'fN'r-rn,
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

being, the other that Il was cougar.
Ordinarily human being is much
more potentially dangerous to WON
an In tine hills NJ night than cougar.
A cougar Ia an abject coward and
some men are not. But Snowbird felt
herself entirely capable or handling
any human foes. They would have no
advantage over her; they would have
no purpose in killing from ambush;
and she trusted Ia her own marks
manship implicitly. While II Is an ex-
tremely difficult thing To shoot at n
cougar leaping from the thicket, tall
man standing on a trail presents an
easy target. Resides, she had n vague
sense OF discomfort that II this animal
were Il cougar, he wasn't acting true
70 form. He was altogether too bold.
The animal on the trail behind her
was taking no care III all To 20 silent
ly. He was simply pit-patting along.
wholly al his ease. He acted ms If the
fear that men have inStilled in his
breed was somehow missing. And
that Is why she in~tinctively tried To
hurry on the trail.
The step kept pace Far long
mile, up barren ridge, she heard
every step IL made. Then. as the
brush closed deeper around her, she
couldn't hear II at all.
She hurried on. Straining 10 the
silence No. the sound was stopped.
Could il be that The animal fearful at
last. had turned from her#trailf And
then for the first time n gasp that
Was not greatly different from II de.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Common WitchaZel
Fine for Sore Ewes

II is surprising how quickly eye
inflammation is helped by common
witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis. etc,
as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. One
elderly lady, who had been troubled
with chronic eye inflammation for
many years. was greatly helped in
two days. We guarantee small
bottle of Lavoptik to help ANY
CASE weak, strained or infamed
eyes. Aluminium eye cup FREE.
Wortley q French.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Obituary-Mrs. Jane Griffiths

Mrs. Jane Griffiths was born in
North Wales. England, in 1847 and
died March 16, 1921 at the home of
her son. John Griffiths, 752 Morton
Ave, where she has made her home
for the past u pears. In 1882 she
came to the United States with her
husband and family consisting Of
four children. Elizabeth John, Tho
mas and Marie. and Miss Anna be-
ing born in this country Her hus-
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

Mrs. James Rogers, Minneapolis,
Mimi; and Mrs. Walter Snyder, of
Grand Rapids, Mich, and host of
friends. Funeral was held last Sat
urday, March 10 from the home, II.
f. Curch officiating. Burial in the
old cemetery on State road.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

band, Elias Griffiths. died in 1897.
Mrs. Griffiths kept boarding house
here for a number of years. She
is widely known as mother Griffiths"
She leaves to mourn her death, five
children: Mrs. James Shay, Portland
Mich; John Griffiths, of this city;
Thomas Griffiths, of Louisville, KY;
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

of Pe-ru-na, the we'll
known catarrh remedy,
but rather a mature,
sober opinion formed
after a full lyear's trial.
This is the way Mr..
Michael Fako OF 900
East Palmer Avenue,
in the Michigan Metro
polls, writes: after
using PE-RU-NA for
about one year will say
/ have found it a very
good r'edicine for ca
tarrh. ut has helped
me a great deal and /
-
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

PE-RU-NA as long as
/ live and recommend
to my friends who are
troubled with catarrh.'
Nothing can be more
convincing than an en-
dorsement of this ma
ture from an actual
user. There are many
people in every COM
munity whose expert
ence in using Pe-ru-na,
has been identical with
Mr.. Fako's. 1t is the
standby for coughs,
colds, catarrh, stomach
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
After Thorough Trial q Detroit,
Mich, Man Endorses Pe-ru-1a

The following letter written
from Detroit, Michigan is no snap
Judgment expressed on the merits
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

am very well satisfied. l nave
gained in weight, eat and sleep
well, my bowels are regular and
better color in my face.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

and bowel disorders and all ca
tarrhal conditions.
Put up in both tablet and liquid
form. SOLD EVERYWHERE.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

"PE-RU-NA has done wonders
and to me is worth its weight in
gold. / shall continue to use
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
EDI TORIALS

institutions, the University of Cali
fornia, Stanford University, the Uni
versity of Oregon, Oregon AgricuI-
tural College, the University of Wash
ington and Washington State College.
Although the practice period opens
tomorrow it will be more than month
before any Of the conference teams
meet. In the meantime they Will play
nonconference schools and clubs.
The conference schedule follows;
October University of Oregon
at University of California; University
of Washington at Oregon Agricultural
October 29.-Washington State Col
Iege VS.. California at Portland. Ore
gon Aggies at STAFFORD University.
November 5.-Stanford at Univer..
sity Of Washington. University of
Oregon at Washir>tcn State.
November 12.-University Of Wash
ington at California. Washington
State at Oregon Agricultural College.
November 19.-California at Stan
ford. University of Oregon at Oregon
Agricultural College.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15
FOOTBALL GRID
SEASON BEGINS
fBy Associated Pre>S)

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-Foot-
ball will spiral into the air tomorrow
N six far western college gridirons,
shen the teams of the Pacific Coast
difference officially open their 1921
practice season.
Under the conference rules, no prac-
tice may be held by varsity teams or
be directed by varsity coaches unit!
September Is of each year. In the
several conference schools not yet
open. the football men are reporting
early.
AS all the conference schools OBJ
serve the practice date rule, tomorrow
will find the varsity squads assembling
for the first time at the organization
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

FOR RENT ROOM HOUSE CN-
furnished. Call 427 Wensley.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

FOR SALE-20 DAIRY COWS AND
lease on 40 acres including equip
ment. 3 horses, chickens and imple-
ments. See owner miles northeast
of Imperial Glenn Cardiff,
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

FOR SALE-SS00 EQUITY IN FINE
home, room modern; double garage
lots of fruit and shade trees. Might
consider part trade. 1882 Woodward
Ave.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15
MUMM|ES PROVE
B | E F Ak {

CHICAGO, Sept. 15-Mummies may
not be what they seem. For instance
the supposed mummies right hand of
the Pharaoh's daughter who rescued
Moses from the bulrushes has recent
ly been willed to an Illinois college.
Now comes word from the Oriental
Institute at the University of Chicago
that the name of this particular daugh
ter of the Pharaohs is unknown to
history.
The Egyptians did not consider
her act of enough Importance to re-
eold," says DR., T. George Allen, secc-
retary of the institute, land the He
brew records are not sufficient to
IDENTIFY her There is no unanimity
even as to which Pharaohs was the
Pharaoh of the oppression"
The donor of the mummy hand was
a woman 80 years old, who gave her
prize to Bradley Polytechnic lnsti-
tute at Peoria, H., in the firm con-
viction it was indeed one that had
fondled the great Hebrew lawgiver.
This incident recalls here "Cleo
patra's mummy" which was extens-
sively shown in Europe and the
United States a few years ago.
"When the exhibitors got to Chi
cago they went broke" related Dr.,
F. C. Cole. assistant curator of tbs
department of anthropology at the
Field Museum of Natural History,
"The mummy consequently went into
stPrage. 81 KS.
with am associate | went ,toe,tAe
warehouse and unraftealit. G{sa-
patria's mummy turned odt to 3be%the
wrapped skeleton. mot tthe, lsu,a3ys, 3ys,. ot i
a man. :. . ~
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A folding wooden towel rack may
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-20 DAIRY COWS AND
lease on 40 acres including equip
ment. 3 horses, chickens and nipple
mentS. See owner miles northeast
of Imperial. Glenn Cardiff
FOR SALE-AT YOUR OWN PRICE
"a ine P II. Howard piano. and
bench. Friday. 106t Brighton Ave.
FOR SALE-Ss0O EQUITY IN FIN-
home, room modern; double garage
lots of fruit and shade trees. Might
consider part trade. 1882 Woodward
Ave.
FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOF IN
private home, with kitchen privlleg
es. For one or two ladies. TAI W State
street. ------
FOR SALE - DINING TABLE,
strong chairs, rockers. heater, Per
fection cook stove, good piano, etC
Must sell FRIDAY Sept. l6. 1904 Brlgh-
----------------------------
FOR RENT-OR LEASE-S0, 100 OR
32O acre tracts near Ell Centre; some
partly in alfalfa. All with good houses
and barns and good fences. Land Is
we'll drained and will grow anything.
II interested write VIM. F. Lutz at
Casa Rey hotel, Ell Centric.
GRAPES! GRAPES
Wanted party to plant vineyard for
part of land. Address 7. 0. box 3Il,
Imperial. Cal.
FOR RENT ROOM HOUSE On
furnished. Call 427 Wensley.
FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOM;
meals if desired outside entrance.
703 Broadway.
LOST-HALF GROWN GREY CAT,
with collar. Return to Woolwog IN
store and receive reward.
FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOM
for lady, with board. $50 Olive 81,
!. TO TRADE-HAVE GOOD Ell CEN
tro income to trade for a good 50
acre ranch. Ray Shepard, Box 645.
El Centre.
FOR RENT ROOM HOUSthEEI-
ing apartment; clean and comfort
able. 753 State St.
FOR RENT ROOM FURNISH
ed house. 1922 Commercial St.
/
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

FOR SALE - DINING TABLE,
strong chairs, rockers. heater. Per
fection cook stove, good piano, etc
Must sell Friday Sept. l6. 1864 Brigh-
ton Ave.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

A folding wooden towel rack may
be used for extra hangers in the
clothes closet. Fasten to inside, OF
closet door. So. I.5.f.5..>,
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOF IN
private home, with kitchen privlleg-
es. For one or two ladies, TAI w State
street.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

For RENT-2 ROOM HOUSENEEP-
ing apartment; clean and comfort
able. 753 State St.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

GRAPES! GRAPES
Wanted party to plant vineyard for
part of land. Address 2. 0. box 371,
Imperial, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

TO TRADE-HAVE GOOD Ell CEN
tro income to trade for good so
acre ranch. Ray Shepard, Box 645,
El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

FOR SALE-AT YOUR OWN PRICE
"a ine P. II. Howard piano. and
bench. Friday. 1865 Brighton Ave.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

LOST-HALF GROWN GREY CAT,
with collar. Return to Woolwog tn
store and receive reward.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-15

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOM
for lady, with board. $50 Olive St.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-07
The Strength of the Little Folk
BY OR. FRANK CRANE fCopyright 1921. by Frank Cransl

have just witnessed tremendous feat of labor It was not the digging of Panama Canal the building or Roosevelt Dam erection of WoolWorth Build ing But in some respects, it was more amazing
 It was two Sexton Beetles burying dead mouse. @ Ana lt could only be compared to two men digging grave for an elephant and buryng him in it. in half an hour and with their bare hands.
 The strongest creatures in the world, in proportion to tnelr slze and weight not government mules, ous hlppopotaml Dempsey nor Carpentier. They are insects.
 horse weighing fifteen hundred pounds, says writer Tn the Manchester Guardian can pull on level a weight of two and half tons That is a load equal 10 about i've times his own weight, allowing for the weight of the cart
 But a bee can draw more than twenty times it's own weight caterpillar has been known to be capable of pulling twenty-five times his own weight while bloW-fly has been harnessed and found able to drag more than one hundred and fifty times its own tiny weight. =. s.'''
 This writer goes on to say that in an exneriment With small horn-beetle weighing two gramnnes this insect was found to be able to raise and lower piece of stick weighing two hundred times as much as itself In order to rival such feat man would have to lift railway truck laden with about eight tons of coal
 He calls attention also to the feats of agility which insects perform These outdo anything men are able
 For instance, several of the smaller species of grasshopper can jump as much as two hundred times their own length The best do is about four times his own length. To be up. to the grasshopper's mark, he would have to jump little under half mile which IS not being done
 You have admired the swift flight of birds. such CD oe owdoW anu tHe SWlIC put dragOn-fiy dartlnQ around over summer pool gives much more astound ing performance.
 Probably the 'hover fly excells in speed any other living thing And the muscle power he puts forth must be simply prodigious And the exploits of quick leapng and rapid avia- tlon of the common house-fly are wonderful enough when we stop to think of them
 As architects and engineers the insects as far excel men as they are beyond us in muscular stren4th
 The cell building of the honey-bee has been the sub Ject of many volume and the extraordinary craft and social organization of ants has often been described
 A termite or white ant raises it's hills to a heioht of fifteen feet and constructs them so solidv that even heavy beast like the buffalo stand on it without breaking through The pyramid of Cheops is but ninety times the height of man, but these anthis are more than SIX hundred times the height of their tiny builders
Arizona republican., 1921-08-07
By Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5-One of the big steps in the movement for governmental economy was taken when the executive order was issued recently shutting down on sales of surplus supplies by all government departments and putting the dispo- sition and exchange of these supplies under the direction of General Dawes. new chief of the bureau of the budget.
 This step put stop to an old sys- tenn through which the government has lost money foe many decades, the amounts running tremendously high since the expansion of the gov ernment machine made necessary during the World War.
 It is impossible to get together all of the figures to show how great the loss has been to the government, and therefore to the American people. because each government department has handled it's own sales in getting rid Of property acquired during the war and at other times for which it now has no use.
 Officials who studied the old system before the new one was put in to supplant 1t say that no one man or group of men is to blame for the old wastes. It was simply the fault of the system they insist
 Transfers of property from one de- partment to another were not un- heard of during the days of the old system, but usually it was accom- panied by haggling and difficulties which would make it appear that two departments of the government, in- stead of being important cogs in the same tremendous machine, were rival and competing private organizations
 Very many times, when one de- partment was selling or auctioning supplies in the open market at low prices. and another department had need of just those supplies, the selling department would refuse to make the buying department as good a price IS it gave private purchasers. The de- partment seeking the goods would point out that private individuals and firms were allowed to have the sup plies at low figure. The selling de- partment would counter by pointing out that it was impossible to se- cure the needed supplies in the open market at any such price.
 Hundreds and hundreds of in stances of this and other kinds were uncovered in the investigation which led to the issuance of the executive order putting sales and transfers un- der one head. The system installed by the executive order worked out by General Dawes and his assistants,
Arizona republican., 1921-08-07
Opinion Divided

OPtHion 9fvtoeo
 PRESCOTT-The division of loca 1 sentiment in regard to the calling O an extra session of the Legislature seems due more to a belief that nothing would be accomplished in tho way of tax reduction than to a lack of any opinion that the state govern ment expenditures should be cut down. A A. Johns, former speaker of the senate and who has been the target of bitter attack in Yavapai county newspapers and by republi- can politicians, says that, while there is crying need for retrenchment he does not believe the governor would agree to any reduction in de- partments under his direction and that it is doubtful if the complexion of the house would enable it to make any headway.-Courier.
 Pick Cotton In Yuma
 YUMA sample of the first bale of cotton to be picked on the Yuma project was brought to Yuma We'd nesday by S. J. Rice, manager of the Globe Oil Mills interests here, and placed on exhibition at the Yuma County Commercial club rooms in the Shields building.
 The cotton was grown by F. S.
  haven It is of the Mebane variety and of volunteer growth.-Sun.
 Rain and Hail in Cochise
 BISBEE-One of the heaviest rain and hail storms that has visited the county this summer swept over [ wide patch between Bisbee and Tombstone yesterday. The Govern ment Draw and Divide sections re- n-r -f IA fol with Upper Tombstone Canyon com ing in for much of the rain and some hail.-Review.
 Held To Answer
 TUCSON-Dave Diamos was bound over to the superior court on a charge of assault with a deadly wea- pon by Justice of Peace Oscar L. Peace, Thursday morning, bond of s2500 being furnished. Following the preliminary hearing. Wednesday af- ternoon. Pease announced that this would be done formally Thursday morning ng.-Citizen.
 Held for Phoenix Officers
 PRESCOTT-C. M. Roberts. want ed by Maricopa county officers on a bogus check charge. was taken into custody and brought to Prescott yes terday morning He will be held for Maricopa county and is expected to be taken to Phoenix today.-Journal- Miner.
 Indiana Men Visit Globe
 GLOBE-That Globe has become widely known as the commercial cen ter of the most important asbestos district in the United States, the fiber being noted for it's high quality and distributed over a wide area, re- ceived further confirma tion last night when a large party of promi- nent men from Indiana arrived here over the Arizona Eastern for the purpose of visiting extensive asbes- tos properties in which they are in erested--Arizona Record.
 Held on Murder Charge TUCSON-Thomas R. Fields, for mer justice of the peace at Ajo, who was given hearing before Justice of the Peace Pease. was late Friday afternoon bound over to the superior court for trial. He was held without 
 Modifies Passport Rules BISBEE-Following the recent ac-