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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-23
Silver Valley.

We had IA nice rain in this
community last Friday. We
hope it doesn rain all winter be.
cause The Georgia. Peach wants
to go skating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Girls Cox visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Eermillion Sunda.'
evening.
Mr.. Adams"is building new
barn.
Ernest Keller went to Kansas
Monday. One girl is sure look
ing sad.
A merry crowd of young folks
called on Gladys and Girls Cox
one night last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith called Oh
Mr.. Garner and family one night
last week.
The teachers meeting at Kan
sas City was well attended.
Miss Dena Hamilton, who was
bad sick with the scarlet fever is
improving at this writing.
Harley Cox and son, Russell
visited in the Spruce ncighbor-
hood one day last week.
Miss Vera Vermillion visited
her grandmother Mr. +. Boiling
Sunday.
Jim Vickcrs says he can find
the way to Mr.. Arfman's the
darkest night that ever was.
John Vermillion visited Char
ley Hcckadon Friday.
Chas. Heckadon has put his
sale off until the 9th of Novem-
Der on account of bad weather.
Henry Smith ca llcd on Chas.
Vcrmillion Friday morning.
We will soon be cooking a good
dinner for Thanksgiving. II you
want good pumpkin pie call on
our ncighbor, Chas. Vermillion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Parks AMI
family visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Il. Parks Sunday evening.
II. Henry and T. ID. Eckert
shipped in il ear load Of fine cat
tie.
Frank Gronewaller and daugh-
ters, Margaret and Gertrude,
made a business trip to Butler
Saturday.
II. ii. Simpson made a business
trip to Butler Saturday.
Joe Gronewaller came home
from the bottoms Saturday. He
went back with load of hogs.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. Sims visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Smith
spent Sunday with Mrs. Bob Nc
Call.
Miss Dorothy Leonard has been
sick. She is OH her way to re-
covery.
Jack Frost has been painting
in Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Ruddcl were
pleasant callers in Butler Satur-
day.
THE GEORGIA PEACH. i
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Change in Ownership of Garage.

c. +. Eads has purchased the
ownership of his partner, Frank
Eggleson, in the Eggleson & Eads
Garage, OH North Main street,
and is now in full charge of the
business, which will be conducted
on the same lines as in the past
Mr.. Eads employs corps of high
grade mechanics and asks the
continued patronage of the
friends Of tkesold company.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-23

o -- 80 O 49, O 80 O 80 o --- O 49, q
The first snow of the winter
fell Friday and the day was cold
land blustery.
Miss Eta Denney has accept
ed a position in the dry goods de-
partment Of Mckibbcn s..
Ed Wade and Mrs. Hattie
Vaughn We're united in marriage
by Rev. PeNrce Saturday evening.
j. NJ. Courtney is making ar
rangements to leave in few
days for the Panhandle country
to buy cattle.
Monday the bar fixtures Of the
Sam Walls saloon were shipped to
Hume, where Henry Christman
will open a saloon.
Il. j. Starke, j. l.. Pace, John
Trimblc and j. ID. Allen went to
Nevada to attend the Demo
cratic ratification Friday.
Cards are out announcing the
approaching nuptials. of Ed I.
Steele and Miss Walls of Vernon
county, The ceremony will take
place Friday at the home of the
BRIDE parents.
Virginia Items: The new
school house at Miami Ceenter is
about completed except some in
side work. Ben Briggs says that
Warren AyreS has shucked Is
bushels of corn in one day, which )
breaks Il record for these parts.
Henry b. Arnold and Miss Lola
Edwards were united in marriage
at the residence of the bride
parents in the northwest part OF
this city yesterday evening. Miss
Lola is the oldest daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. j, Z EdwartS. The
groom is popular and industrious
young gentleman.
Mrs. X. j. Hurley Mr.. and
Mrs. bon Kinney, Misses Nellie
and Allie Hurley. Minnie Hook
cr, Mcssrs. Top and Claude Kin
ney. Oscar Hcinlein, Ed S. Aus
tin and W. s.. Doty had the
pleasure of eating an ele-
giant, Thanksgiving turkey din
ner Sunday last, paid for by one
Of the parties present, on a wager
ON tn. result Of the election.
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Bates County Duroc-Jersey
Breeders Association

At "a recent meeting of the
Bates County DurOc-Jersev
Breeders Association it was de-
cided TO hold a bred SOW sale
about the 9th of February. Late
reports show that there will be
plenty of bred sOws for this sale,
and advertisements for same will
he found in this paper at later
date.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-23
North New Home.

Miss Thelma Richmond came
home Wednesday from California
for a. visit with home folks.
Will Chandler uf Ithaca, New
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-23

Monday the bar fixtures OF the
Sam Walls saloon were shipped to
Hume, where Henry Christman
will open a saloon.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-23

j. NJ. Courtney is making ar
rangements to leave in a few
days for the Panhandle country
to buy cattle.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-23

Il. j. Starke, j. l.. Pace John
Trimblc and j. ID. Allen went to
Nevada to attend the Demo-
cratic ratification Friday.
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NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phiudephians Subjects They
Kn0av Best r.,..

engineers estimates were cut to about one
third, and the wisest executive cannot make
such miggardly allowances 90 around. f-
~. An Al. along the line conditions are about
shipping interests Of the Fast. Congress. in
Ini1, passed bill authorizing the acqui-
sitl0n and Improvement of the Chesapeake
ana Delaware Canal in order to give the
proach from the south. After the neces-
sary condemnation proceedings had termi-
nnted the canal was taken over BY the Gov.
ernment In 1910, A mere pittancc over and
I ABOVE the purchase price remained with
which to begin improvements. and no further
allowance has been made The same anti
luated waterway has now been in operation
ior more than two years and without an
initial IN n appropriation of from So. 900 900 to
TSS,"o,oOO sS 1t Will not be feasible to begin
tht. the extensive work Of reconstruction. In
TINS case then. aside from the delay in fur.
nishing an important facility, the Govern.
ment stands to lose the interest on an in.
vestment Of $4,000, 900 for tive two " years, n q or
perhaps three, again because of the arbi-
trary slashing Of estimates. -
In the port of New York program for
the improvement of the Fast River. much
needed by shippers. was adopted four xsars
ago. Little has yet been spent upon II be.
cause the money could not be spared from
tine meager lump sum appropriations.
From Maine to Florida. to consider only
the Eastern questions, conditions are much
The Delaware Channel
THE thirty five. foot channel for pbila.
economically sound and desirable az a nnhiic
Investment. Had business principles been fol.
lowed 1t should have been completed I'm 1{,18
and In full operation since that time. ~
Is completed before 1929 Philadelphia will
ee & fortunate: ,a,, but with t. passage Of the
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THAT'S THE INTENTION"

u1E CONGRATULATE the Bureau Of
W Municipal Research on the admirable
temper which it has shown In discussing the
proposal that the Charter be amended so
as to make the City Solicitor an elected
ofRcer.
Before the new Charter was adopted this
ol1cial was elected He is the chief legal
adviser Of the Mayor, and in theory he
should be In sympathy with the purposes Of
the Mayor. Under the old plan the Mayor
sometimes belonged to one political faction
and the City Solicitor to another.
1t is now objected that as the City SO.
lieitor is appointed by the Mryor, "he must
necessarily 60 with his chief" The bureau
iu Its latest bulletin remarks that this OBJ
jsction recalls the priests reply to the tour.
ist who, moved by the magnifcence of the
cathedral. exclaimed. ut beats the devil :"
The priest calmly replied, That's the in.
tsntion.'
The Charter may be amended In many re.
spects next winter II the powers that were
opposed to 1t In the first place are In con.
troll In Harrisburg. The reasons assigned
Will be mere prctcxts with no more validity
than those raised against the excellent pro.
vision that gives the Mayor power to select
his own legal adviser.
The way to protect the Charter and to
prevent restoration of the old abuses
which 1t cured is to fight the nomination and
election Of legislators who will take orders
fBon Its enemies.
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THE BAN ON POISON GAS

Under the terms of naval armament
- treaties just ratified in the Senate. all
such Powers as might conceivably engage or
become involved in another war pledge them
selves to refrain from the use Of poison gas
Similarly, they agree not to use submarine
vessels against merchant ships.
Senator Wadsworth, of New York. ex-
pressed a fear that these restrictions might
not be respected in a great emergency. The
chemical manufacturing interests agitated
for time to obtain recognition for gas as a
weapon of war, and argued that 1t Is not
more terrible In its effects than artillery and
high explosives.
The fact remains that there Is a limit to
the scope of artillery and to areas in which
high explosives may be successfully used.
Poison gas is the medium by which. in any
great conflict of the future. war may easily
be carried behind the lines to cities filed
with defenseless non .combatants.
Gas is an inhuman weapon. pledge is
more than n pledge. 1t is n precedent.
Gas Is banned for a term of years at least,
and it is doubtful! whether the civilized
opinion of the world will ever permit its
return
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BACKING DOWN

THE House of Representatives at last de-
j cided that 1t would not attempt to usurp
the functions Of the comman nder In chief of
the army. When the Army Appropriation
Bill came up for final passage the provision
recalling all the troops from China and
fixing the sizd5bf the garrisons in Hawaii,
the Canal Zone and on the Rhine was re.
moved
IT ought not to have been inserted in the
bin In the first place. for it was an unwar.
ranted usurpatiOn Of power. The disposal
Of the various units Of the army properly
belongs to the President. acting through the
Secretary Of War. The responsibility Is his
and the power also must be his.
But the House did not back down far
enough, for the bill which was passed limits
the sise Of the army to 115,0OO men ex-
elusive Of 1000 Philippine scouts. This is
too small, according to General Pershing.
who has had considerable experience with
unpreparedness and what 1t entails.
No one expects another war In the imme-
dlate future, but to reduce the army below
the limits OF reason would be Ike reducing
~ oys department In a large city after II
~ extinguished disastrous conhagration.
Y 1koletea army must be maintained large
rnee1A ~ garrison tho various forts and
y rspskle ~ nucleus for szpansion In cass
L.
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THE HAPLESS HAPsBURG

CHARLES HAPSBl'RG has been n rather
~ pitiable anachronism. His inability to
adjust himself to the trend of modern civ
ilizatiOn has been shown in his persistent
attempts to regain Il discredited throne.
But for these actions his conduct has been
chiefly marked by weakness. through which
a substratum Of good intentions could be
discerned. Charles was not one of the
originators Of the World War, from which
In deplorably circuitous fashion he sought to
extract his nation. notably through the tor.
tuOus channel of the Dear Sixtus'' letter
which he sponsored.
At present., though the verdict may seem
heartless, he Is superfuity. Should his
serious illness result fatally, rallying point
for medieval Hungarian royalists would be
Obliterated.
The romance has departed from the old
picture of an exiled King lover the water"
Especially ironical Is the charm and beauty
and comfort OF Charles place of banishmcnt
and the fact that Madeira. where he is facing
death. Is a recognized health station.
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nantly or hopefully as various moods die.

nantly or hopefully a. various moods die
The Modern Girl IL no dis.r.nt In any
essential quality Of her being from any
other girl that ever lived. Human nature Is
about the only thing upon this planet that
is not subject to permanent, change. It IL
the conditions amid which the girl Of today
ands herself that ought TO be debated and
worried over. The girl, being human. seeks
happiness In all the old familiar things like
color and activity. dancing and music. and
small Affairs Of the heart. These always
have been the chief preoccupations Of all
eirls IN all generations. II, In these times,
dancing and social relationships and all the
rest OF 1t have been shrouded around with
mufky sort OF atmosphere, II they are at
tended with q morbid suggestiveness, the
youth Of the land are not to, blame. They
neither write the Jazz nor piny it. The
clothes they wear originate in no aberra.
tions OF their own. but in the alterations
OF Paris or Of the stage. Moreover, no mat.
ter what any one may say. It should be
apparent to any unprejudiced mind that
women and girls dress more tastefully now
and more sensibly than they ever did before.
nreary books are written and dreary dis.
cussions are long drawn out upon the sub.
Ject Of the modern dances. The average
girl who enjoys dancing responds to a
natural desire. Dancing is older than some
OF the hills. But murky dance halls and
sprightly and infinitely tolerant chaperones
are not. The Modern Girl makes the best
Of q situation created for her by her elders.
1t is said that she often stays out too late
at night. But 1t is only reasonable to sup.
pose that no girls stay out for the mere
pleasure Of staying out. especially II they
have labored hard all day at some particu.
Ia III Al
They stay out for the most part to grope
rather pathetically among all the spurious
and detestabe limitations which the civih-
sation Of the hour has provided as substi.
tutes for the brightness and beauty which
should be the assured heritage Of all youth.
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What Do You Kno,v?

QUIZ
!. What is a bascule bridge?
2. Who was Phil May?
8. What European nations have possessiors
In Africa? ''"'essiohs
4. What Ia a quagga? .t
5. What Is a rapparee?
9. What State does Senator Franco rsnr.
sent? ~o repre-
7. When did Moliere live?
8. What IL the mizzenmast of a Shin
Q. What Is martlet?
10. Who invented the story of Wash,n.,o,
and the cherry tree? 's'oh
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
!. The Golden Horn is an inlet of the H..
porus, forming the harbor OF Cnn'
its Turkish and European qua rtsyrs mo
2. Topazes may be yellow. white, green ~.
blue, "'"s" "
3. Aristotle, the famous Greek pbi,oso,,.
lived In the fourth century b. C'"e'
l. A torquated bird IL one with a rim,
peculiar color or texture OF haIss W
pllmaRe about the neck ' VI
8. Vanilla is Obta ined from the nod NJ, ,,
OF u kind of orchid. ~"
9. The leek is-n national emblem or Wal,
T. Massachusetts is the Bay Slate. ""s
8. A tidal bore Ii great wave with n ms.
c!plteus front moving up some estus.
.. a brigentine has two masts,
10. Hagiarchy is the rule or order saints.
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THE POLITICAL RECKONING

A 8 Is entirely logical, the bitter -enders
"A appear, to be approaching n bitter end.
The collapse Of senatorial opposition to the
treaties framed in the Washington Confer
ence is correctly interpreted as a reflection
Of emphatic public opinion.
Statesmen whose convictions are genuine
do not surrender them, even in the shadow
OF defeat. But the isolationists who fumed
against the Four Power Treaty have sub.
sided into a lamb-like meekness. Save for
Mr.. France, who was partially revived in
time to cast the sole negative vote upon the
naval reduction compact. there is no fight
left In the ranks of the peace wreckers.
No special clairvoyance is needed to ex-
plain this submission. Congressional elec.
tions are in the offng and the unpOpularity
OF wapton obstructionists is no longer de-
batable.
1t is no secret that Hiram johnson Is
rapidly losing political caste in California.
1t is improbable that Reed, the outcast
Democrat. will even be renominated In his
own State. Jones, Of New Mexico, was
shrewd enough to alter his views on the
only treaty which provoked n contest before
the final count was taken. Whether this
eleventh hour shift is sufficient to better
his election chances remains to be seen.
It is highly likely that France, of Mary
land, will be defeated at the primaries.
The business of attempting the destruc.
ton of constructive policies originating. in
the executive branch Of the Government Is
revealed as improbable.
Although the Senate is perhaps the most
impervious to the force of public opinion Of
all the agencies Of government, its reactions
in congressional election years is usually
accelerated. The demolition brigade would
probably defend it's present attitude by allu-
sion to the uselessness Of the struggle. But
this access of vision has been belated.
The delightful doubt exists that this re.
pentance has been too long deferred to be
convincing. The isolation crew staked all
on I. political miscalculation for which the
members seem destined to pay heavily. No
cost could be commensurate with the extent
of their stupidity and blind self -conceit.
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Member Of the Associated Press
A WARNING TO Be HEEoEo

IF THE 1925 fair is to be successful there
1 must be the most intimate and hearty
cooperation of the city with the state ana
the national Governments.
1t would be a mistake for a small group
Of Philadephians to assume that they are
% decide what sort Of fair is to be held,
how the arrangements for 1t are to be made
and how 1t is to be managed. There are
indications that few citizens are In grave
danger Of making this mistake. They would
like to have the fair used to provide Jobs
for themselves and their fsiends; that is, to
make the fair tail to their kite.
There are rumors cSout that these men
have been using political influence to pre-
vent men capable of being Of great service
- the enterprise from being selected, be-
cause II those men were engaged the local
men who wish to be taken care Of on the
salary roll might have to look elsewhere for
their meal ticket.
There are encouraging indications that
self seekers are not to have everything their
own way. The remarks made by Thomas
Robins Mt the meeting to organize the State
Independence Celebration Commission yes
terday show that there is n wholesome diff.
ference of opinion. The commission
= rightly assuming that it must be con-
suited before final plans are made.
Mr.. Robins insists that director general
should be chosen at the earliest possible
noment, and he also declares that any at
tempt to limit the management to Philadel-
phla would be a blunder, as It would at once
stamp rs local enterprise fair which
should be national and international.
There Is no doubt that Mr.. Robins is
right. II the local committee is unable to
take the broad view Of the matter and per-
slsts In blocking every effort to lay the
foundations on a national scale, the State
commission itself may step in and assume
some degree Of control. 1t has the treasury
OF the State behind 1t. And 1t is conceivable
that the City Council itself may find 1t ex-
pedient to assert itself and demand rs the
price of appropriations that director gen.
sral Of national reputation be appointed
without delay, and that the men seeking to
mortgage profitable jobs for their own profit
shall be separated from further active par
tieipation in the preliminary arrangements.
The Governor himself. who has intervened
with suggestions. thinks that there should
~. an executive head instead of a
'difee>g general While it would take
an expert philologist to find difference
between these two terms-Mr. Sproul doubt
less knows this--if the deadlock can be
broken by the use of new form of words
which will save somebody's face no one
nsed complain.
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THE NEW ALASKAN TOUR

MIR. HARDING'S projected visit to
1V1 Alaska this summer, the details Of
which have just been announced BY Gov.
ernor Scott Bone, will be a presidential nov.
city, but that IL not its sole claim to dis.
tinction. AS unprecedented NJ the presence
Of the Chief Executive In the great North.
western empire is the scheduled annihila.
ton Of vast distances.
Mr.. Harding will be back in Seott,o
within three weeks after his departure from
that port. In the meantime he will vIsit
not only juneau. Skagway and Sitka but
remote inland Fairbanks. situate on rho
Tsnana River nearly 800 miles from the
nearest seacOast.
e The completion Of the Government rail.
way. an achievement the magnitude Of which
is perhaps hardly realized, win. of course
render Snch remarkable journey possible
Mr.. Harding WI take the through train at
Seward tor tht chief city of the Alaskan in.
terror. The trip is contingent upon tho a.
journment Of fSonsress In July
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WlLFREo II. scHoFF

@H kA
THE nassove bv tho House Of Represen.
L tatives in Washington Of the Army Bill
may hove m offect unon securing the
+b,r,r.s,. g.. s....o, Gov .ho De,aware
~, "'' sn"'''' A'' VI. -, -ort
n''er' ~hich VIII mean muen 10 '"s p
Of Philadelphia, says 'Wilfred II. Schof.
secretSrv ~ rho Commercial Museum and
.s..:...s ...,-,.. A,,or,o,, woter
u" ""'''.'e" "u'"or''S ''
ways and on foreign commerce.
"The passage of the Army Bill,' said
Mr.. Schof, Including the amount recon-
me- mended by ths chief OF engineers; a 80 SSS H.
ciuded In the budget ana reported py tne
Sub Committee on Appropriations, nus
brought forth some rather hasty comment
and makes 1t timely to recall Just now the
river and h"roor item Is constituted
i"According to much of the current COM
ment. many people seem to think that Con-
gress sits down each year and considers the
allowances 10 De made tor river & a'u @ n"toor ha.n
done in the past or what must be done in
Congress, from year to year. adopts projects
which usually cover work that~requires sev:
eral years for completion, and the river and
harbOr appropriation is simply the total OF
the amounts estimated by che chief Of en-
gineers ns desirable to expend toward the
Maintaining the waterways
1T is a Federal function to maintain the
waterways of the country In fit condition
70 meet the requirements of traffic. I'm.
fortunately, az in many other directions,
Congress- has had a tendency to adopt the
projects and then restrict the allowances
necessary to complete them, no that the work
is spreud over a much longer time than
originally contemplated, and the money
spent in this leisurely manner remains un-
productive until the work can be completed.
..To cut down the engineers estimate for
o,,owances on approved. projects is not
economy. but waste. 1t ties up the people's
money for n much longer time than CON
temniated by the law. deprives them of the
an ;oyment Of the use for which the money
wos voted and increases the cost 70 the
Cavernment i'm Drolonging Immensely the
neriod during which the work remains un.
fnished. TO say nothing OF the loss of in.
terest on the money thus tied up
Delaware River Channel
.o. o., =.
Inc tntr.y ' oUt en1nns, na.n ~ ,r the
delaware pu,h Nrei " i HP.u. iis,u"ce. me
port OF nnnauepnith th s""IM ""it., mae em1Gyea
,Jr ,.h,oI tbis deeper channel would have nf'
sonHnd mntImd I,ut the imnroyement, IL not Hot
n"Mn,ated and no one knows exactly wEen
it" IL viii be. The delay is due to insufficient