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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-30

performing more marriage cere,
monies than any other person in
Bates county and all Of his core
monies have been performed in
the county.
Mrs. Newton Hesket and
\ daughters, Miss Evelyn and Mrs
G.. +. Ford and son, Jay Hesket,
are in the city visiting old friends.
Mrs, Hesket and Miss Evelyn and
Jay reside at Wichita Falls, Tex,
and Mrs. Ford resides at Mexico
City, Mexico.
The Kansas City Star had an
article one day last week in which
it stated that Butler had a min
eral we'll and the water had fine
medicinal qualities. The well is
on the Isaac Kelley place on West
Vine street and a good many peo-
pie who have used the water say
lit is fine for kidney trouble. We
publish the article in our column
which may be Of interest to The
Times readers: "Butler is noted
as a beautiful little city III the
center of the great county of
Bates lying about sevc.nty-five
miles south of Kansas City. 1t
has many fine business houses
and a great number OF beautiful
homes. There is one asset that
has been overlooked for many
wears and that is it has medic
inal well, the water OF which Is
of an iron and sulphur mixture
that has wonderful healing quail
tiles. Old residents have in years
gone by used this water and pro-
nounced it fine for stomach and
bladder troubles. But in the last
few months the water has been
analysed and found to s,npass
the far famed waters OF FL Do
dora Springs or Monegaw Springs
in the Ozarks. This well is On
the property of Isaac Kelley, Il
pioneer of Bates county and an
old soldier. Mr.. Kelley owns his
home place, containing three
acres in the southwest part OF the
city and the well is visited by
many daily. They come and take
the water away in barrels, jars
and jugs and all kinds Of vessels.
He charges them moth lg FOR the
water and invites the public to
rtake all they want. Citizens OF
this city are becoming interested
i'll this place and eXpec- to make
it resort for persons seeking TO
restore their health. .
JOHNNIE.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-30

They are advancing rapidly on
Clark Hart S new store building.
Wade Ruddell is building
Webb Shelby new coal and
wood house.
w. II. Dyson delivered corn to
Butler Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. P. Green called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Shelby
Sunday evening.
"Aunt Jennie" Thompson
called on Mrs. w. c. Coberly one
day last week.
Betty Bysom called on Leta
Ruddell Sunday.
Delbert Poison is shucking corn
for John F. O'Dea.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Fl. Barclay
called on Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Monroe and family Sunday.
Betty Bysom, Floyd Whitfield,
John Shelby and Helen Noble
called on Leta and Clyde Ruddell
Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Stults bought the
Chas. Heckadon lease Monday.
COL. JOHN AND PEGGY.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-30
Passaic Pick Ups.

The grade and High school had
a wenie roast at the Fritz Mier
grove Thursday night. Those
present were Betty Bysom, Mary,
Ralph and Paul Barclay, Mrs.
Whitfield and son, Floyd, Mr..
and Mrs. c. B. Henly and sons,
Harold and Herman Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Rush and daughter,
Edith, Mrs. Roy Newell and
daughter, Christie, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fritz Mier, Jerome Dick" Bran
don, Miss Audrey Robertson,
Miss Gladys Brown, Harold and
Goldie Russell, Fat Brown, Mrs.
Geo. L. Mccarthy and children,
Dennis and Cecilia, Mabel, Jessie
and Carmenetta Heckadon, Alma
and Lavera Barclay, Mrs. Anna
Rice and children Dorothy, Lor-
eta and Jr., David Roster, Rob-
ert Snyder, Eugene Rose, Harvey
and Eugene Nestlerode, Jas.
Chambers, John and Helen Noble,
John F. Shelby. All reported a
fine time. They roasted wienies
about 8 AS or 8 100 o'clock and
served pickles and bread with
them. They departed about 9 As
or 10 100. o clock.
Mrs. Webb Shelby, Mrs. NJ. E.
Rice and Strother Crawford were
Butler visitors Friday and Sat
urday.
We see Mr.. Maxey has an
nounced himself as candidate
| for speaker Of the next general
assembly. We all wish him the
best of luck.
Mrs. }. II. O'Dea called on Mrs.
G. c. Ratcliff one day last week.
The Emerson society of the
Passaic High school met Friday
and carried out a very interest
ing program and agreed to meet
Friday, Dee. 9Th.
Ralph wilson called on Leu
Poison Sunday.
Jack Frost has been visiting us
recently.
Let's hope it gets colder, SO we
can 60 skating.
Jas. Chambers helped Webb
Shelby shuck corn on the Quack-
enbush farm Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Ruddell
were Passaic visitors Friday.
Mrs. Webb Shelby and Mrs.
NJ. E. Rice were Passaic visitors
Thursday.
Mrs. Albert Thompson visited
with Mrs. w. H. Ruddell Thurs
day.
Jno. Shelby called on Clyde
Ruddell Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.'H. O'Dea and
daughter, Alleen, were Butler
visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. McLaugh-
lin and son, Clare, were ButlR
visitors Saturday. A> -
sDieks' Rosier was . Pas11ts
visitor Saturday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
The Legacy of Bryce.

The world will remember Viscount James
Bryce, who has just died in England, rather as
the supremely impartial scholar and observer
than as a statesman and diplomat. His was
that rare ability that made it possible for him
to serve his country advocate, yet study
all the world and set down his findings with
unbiased accuracy. Eloquent of his character
is the fact that the British government, seeking
for the whose known ability and impair
TALLY would give his word most weight around
the world, chose Lord Bryce to make the inves-
tigation of German atrocities in Belgium. The
fruits of life time of study are for the greater
part bound within the covers of two great
books by Lord Bryce. In the first one, given
to the world more than 80 years ago. he pre-
scented what Immediately accepted, and
has continued to the present time to be, the
standard exposition of government in the Unit
ed States. An alien, Lord Bryce possessed
those extraordinary powers that enabled him
to know our institutions as we ourselves did not
A friend of this nation, his unvarying imparti-
atty no more permitted him to be blind to its
faults than to those of his homeland.
Modern Democracies," published only
year ago, and completed after the author had
reached the age of SO, is monumental work
in two senses. The work is remarkable enough
for its own merits, but when it is considered
that the 1000 pages brilliantly lucid, pithy and
vigorous, were the work of man past four
score no reader fail to be amazed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25

Of cabinet salaries. The average man would
say off hand that il there are any real $780,
900 men in this country few of them should
be connected with the management Of the big
gest business in the country-the federal gov
eminent To attract men the government Of
fers less-than-1iying salary-considering of
course, how cabinet officers are expected to
live-and fair degree OF prominence in the
public eye. Private business offers. the $780,
900, and perhaps substantial raise on develop
ment and good behavior. Prolonged reflection
is not required to determine the impressive
ness Of this difference in the minds of poor"
100000 men who join or are invited to join
the presidents official family The problem
is partially solved by the circumstances that
men of 100000 calibre in many cases arrive at
the cabinet stage prepared for the drain. Mr..
Hays is not one of that class.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25

In a circular letter addressed to the news
papers the Defamation league protests on
behalf of the Jews of this country against
Henry Ford in his propaganda besmirching the
Jews as a race. The circular says that the
Ford publicity bureau is sending out much mat
ter concerning the Muscles Shoals project, the
Newberry case and other things in which Mr..
Ford is interested, and that in each of these
articles are interspersed several paragraphs
devoted to what Mr.. Ford has called "the Jew
ish menace" The letter gives it as the opinion
of the league that Mr. Ford hopes by this means
to gain circulation for his campaign against
the Jews, long conducted in the columns of his
weekly publication and thoroughly dis
credited. The evident intent of the letter is to
put the newspapers on their guard against the
beguiling Mr.. Ford. 1t is not necessary to
warn them.
When the average American newspaper re-
ceives an article such is described it will
print much of it it considers news. The
newspapers of this country are thoroughly ia
milar with Mr.. Ford's campaign against the
Jews. They have no desire on their own part
to attack their fellow citizens on racial or re-
ligious grounds. Therefore when newspapers
receive one of Mr.. Ford's articles they will
simply blue pencil any propaganda they find
in it and the news. The Anti-Defamation
league need not fear that the newspapers will
be deceived They will not be the tools Of any
person or interest in spreading hatred or dis
content among our people.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
Another Hard Blow.

We are unable to understand why the pro-
fessor couldn't have kept It to himself for about
fifty years longer. Here we are trying to be
happy and helpful and he comes along and
tells us-well just listen to what this Yale
professor tells US. He says that either the
earths rate of rotation is slowing down or the
moon is moving faster. The result is that each
year we gain one thousandth of second of day
light and that when the world is $50, 900 years
older than it is now each of our precious nights
will be one second shorter.
, The year 1921 was filled with disappointing
and discouraging things, but it is tough TO have
blow like this fall at the beginning of new
year. But be OF good cheer-maybe after all
the professor is wrong. Maybe it will be $685.
900 years before we begin to lose that precious
second Of time every might
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
Private and Public Salaries.

More than one man has surrendered a place
In the cabinet Of the president of the United
States with the simple explanation that he had
to consider the material needs of his family
Mr.. McAdoo and the late Franklin K. Lane are
noteworthy instances Both served in the
cabinet at a sacrifice which was all the more
severe because neither was free from anxiety
over financial resources; neither had fortified
himself for a long seige OF annual deficits in
household accounts. So they finally gave up
the struggle, yielding to the lure of remuner-
alive work for private industry
Postmaster General Hays has just been con-
fronted by the necessity of making a decision
on the same issue. The government has been
paying him $4,000 year to handle one of its
biggest jobs. The motion picture industry
hardly comparable to the nations mail service
in importance, wished to engage Mr.. Hays
services and outbid the government by mar
gin Of something like hundred thousand dol
lars. Mr.. Hays effort to humanize the post
office department suggests that he is himself
human, so it is not surprising that he should
accept the offer from movieland He hasn't
laid up any considerable store for old age or
rainy days That store would be depleted, not
increased, as long as he continued running the
mail service for Uncle Sam; and that might
have been anywhere from three to seven years
had Mr. Hays elected TO share his party,s for
tunes on the present basis
Mr.. Hays case brings up the old question
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
Frederick Haskin's Letter
q
Long Skirts and Why.

/ terials-especially French mat
ials-and thereafter to bear 60
fully in mind the interests of &C.
Patrie" in providing fashions fo-
the world. '0'
The couturieres lost no time &,
carrying out these orders. Tn.
turned back to the middle ages -.
their inspiration and started r,e ~
ting models with skirts of ma
moth proportions which trailed ~
ground. The rich brOcades ~
vets and satins of the French MIL
which had been neglected. wsra
now strenuously in demand. On
famous Partisan modiste has ~
signed her latest gowns upon sncb
peculiar lines that they can be- cr+
only from tWo-yard wide matsrisI
which is only made by French cor
Germs. To reproduce the sama mo
terial in this country, it is said TIA
mills would have to install non.
looms. Everything about the nsr-
styles is typically French-fhe 3ov,
er and bead trimmings and the sin
fringe, and especially the WOOL as
trakhan trimming which. as franc
is not a fur country, is used As .
substitute for fur.
Great Designers Prove Wenk.
Apparently, it never occurred IN
any of the great designers to resent
governmental interference with
their art. One, who was question.
ed on the subject by an American
woman in Paris, declared that he
was only too CHAD to use his skill for
the rehabilitation of French indus
tries. Personally, also, he Thought
that there should be a limit to sim
plicity. women" he said. "vera
getting altogether too fond of
dressing in knee-length sacks with
a string around the waist. Last
year, having cast off nearly every
thing else, they even eliminated
sleeves. Fashions were growing
monotonous. 1t was time for rad
icaI change"
Nevertheless, in spite of this pro
fessional complaisance in carrying
out the orders of the French min
istry of the interior, there was. at
the beginning, a slight hitch. This
was occasioned by the French wom-
en-, who exhibited no patriotic aIac-
rity in adopting the new modes.
The step from the straight, knee
length frock to the medieval skirt
tras too radical to take effect at
once. Only the American women
in Paris seemed to have the neces-
sary agility. Thus, the designers
for a brief interval were compelled
to compromise. The long skirt,
they say, would have to be intro
duced gently and gradually, first
by the addition of floating side
panels and draperies and then with
a slightly lowered hem until the
eye and ankle became accustomed
to the new line. So. by ingenious
means. the long. full skirt has at
last been adopted by the Parisienne
and in due time is certain to bios
som forth over here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
For a United Ireland.

About the most surprising development of
long series of surprises incident to the Irish
situation is the agreement reached by Michael
Collins, head of the Irish provisional govern
ment, and Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster.
Only few weeks ago Sir James and other
Ulstermen were berating the British govern
ment for negotiating the Anglo-lrish treaty,
and agreement of any kind between the
Irish Free State and Ulster appeared, if not i'm
possible at least far-flung future event. Now
President Collins and Premier Craig have met
talked things over and arrived at a mutual
agreement which gives promise of a satisfac-
tory and peaceable settlement between the
north and south of Ireland and perhaps means
Ireland united in the not distant future.
Certainly at the present time there is abso-
lutely no reason for any one to become pessi-
mistic the future of Ireland. Arthur
Griffith and Michael Collins have entered upon
their great task under the most favorable aus
pices, considering what had gone before and
the Collins-Craig agreement is another SPLEEN
did omen. Griffith, Collins and Craig have a
wonderful opportunity for the exrcise of con-
structive craftsmanship of the highest order
and signs are not wanting that all three will
grasp it
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
Chicago and the Legislature.

The chief question before the Illinois con-
stitutional convention at this time is that of
representation in the state legislature. Dele
gates from Chicago and Cook county are seek
ing to have the representation in the legisla-
ture from that division Of the state based on
population. Confirmation of such a program,
assuming that Cook county would continue to
increase in population at the rate it has in the
past decade would result eventually in that
country having majority vote in both branches
of the Illinois assembly In other words, Cook
county would have enough representatives in
the house and senate to out-vote those
representing in both legislative branches the
1o1 remaining counties of the state Certainly
not a very promising prospect for the 101 coun-
ties outside of Cook
The proposed Illinois constitution as pre-
pared by the convention, must be submitted for
approval or reelection by the voters of the
state. The constitutional convention has been
holding sessions for three years, and has prac-
tically agreed all important matters except
that Of legislative representation. The delegates
have been sounding the sentiment of the voters
before reaching decision in the convention
on the legislative representation plank. The
Aconvention is to reconvene next Tuesday. The
lnew constitution will be submitted to the voters
OF the state next fall.
The Argus does not believe that the fair
minded residents of Cook county would want
to see control of their state legislature pass
into the hands of the representatives of that
one county, and therefore it is reasonable to
assume that the majority of the voters of Cook
county would record themselves as against any
such proposal were it submitted as part of
the new constitution. However, there are per-
sons in Cook county-with eyes on the politi-
cal future-who would like to see such an
alignment of the legislature which would make
it that much easier for them to foster and en-
force their pet measuNes.
Voters of Illinois, outside the politicians are
interested only in legislation that is fair to all
OF the people of the state. Rock Island county
is not seeking an advantage over a neighbor-
ing county. Neither is there any reason to sus-
pect that people of Cook county desire power
in the legislature that would carry the privi-
lege of gaining advantages over sections of
the state outside of Cook.
Those who have given any thought to the
subject are inclined towards the proposal to
limit Cook county representation in both
branches of the legislature, as is done in New
York Pennsylvania and other states having
large cities
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
Sweets for Tots.


DR.. John L. Morse of Boston, for
Harvard medical school, pans sugar
and sweets for the little tots. Once
! more this well known specialist
places candy and ice cream and
cake and cookies beyond the pale
or outside of the pantry so far as
the wee ones are concerned.
Take a child that eats lots OF
candy" a newspaper quotes DR.,
Morse. He will never have good
teeth again. Also a child that takes
quantities of sweets will suffer
from digestion for a life time and
will likely be confirmed dyspeptic
when arriving at adult age
For instance, as Dr. Morse
doesn't add, take a parcel of little
pickannies toward the end of the
sugar cane season. Poorly nour
ished? Poor teeth? Dyspepsia?
Finest teeth in the world Nobody
knows they've got digestion.
Let me tabulate the counts the
Boston doctor makes in his in
dictment:
/. Sugar is not a necessary COM
position of a child's dietary though
the carbohydrates are. The carbo-
hydrates (starches and sugars) are
converted into sugar in the pro-
cess of digestion. The starches can
take the place of sugar in the diet
airy.
2. Sugar and sweets distract ap-
petite from more essential foods.
g. Causes decay of the teeth.
4. Impairs digestion.
These structures apply to the
feeding of such forbidden things as
candy, cookies, cake, ice cream,
sherbets, sugar on cereals, sugar on
bread and butter or in fact sugar in
or on anything a child under six
years of age may eat
Riddles. this is a hard life and
I'm afraid DR.. Morse is nearer the
truth than 1 like to admit I have
tabulated his premises or surmises
Now here are some of his conclu-
sions:
Many children tease for things
they should not have, because they
have been badly brought up, poor
ly trained, by parents or other
guardians who have ignored good
meOACdi COullS6I dAu SOOu sense ny
allowing the young child to have
tastes of this and that because 9TH
ers at the table were eating the
forbidden thing or gratuitously
suggested just bite wouldn't hurt
any child.
Sugar and sweets destroy the
child's natural appetite for the
wholesome cereals, vegetables and
meats-give the child a fnical taste
hard to please.
Children tend to bolt sugar, can
dy and sweets. whereas if they are
not allowed such things they can
be taught to remain long enough at
table to properly chew their food.
(Twenty minutes is the minimum
no child should be permitted to
leave the table within that time).
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-25
The Daily Short Story
You get, quick. or"

You get, quick, Or
Many times I seen this lady in that
fur coat She looks fne-like a
queen, with such lovely blue eyes
and golden hair, to MATCHBOX I'M
derstand? Swell! Even on a hot
day she wears the coat like a regu-
lar Al duchess. 1t makes a hit
with me. Her manners and her
looks.
Il am furrier, manuufactur-
ing furrier, you understand? /
need such a girl and I was ready
to pay good, too. Yes, sir, I needed
such a girl-a girl what can make
Hudson seal, and Kolinsky, and
such look like the genuine article.
A steady Job!
"All right, that's all. NY card
here, | guess that proves it. A Job
l was going to give her, but now
l hope you're satisfied"
With something close to a sob.
the dark skinned little man threw a
card at their feet and flung himself
into the passing crowd.
/ Strong picked it up and handed
it mutely to Alice. 1t bore the
name: Savoy, Dunn & Co.. Furs.
Kolinsky, Hudson seal, Electric
seal, etc; our prices defy competi-
ton"
Now look what you have done. :"
exclaimed Alice, tearfully, her an
ger rising at the thought of losing
such wonderful offer. 1--WE lust
lost a perfectly good job, you
But Strong had her by the arm.
Listen he said sternly, stop be-
ing a little fool. You don't want
that job-haven't you one, now"
81 was getting tired of grinding
away at that old cashier job. /"
81 say you don't want that job
posing in fur coats! You have a
job and you're going to stick to it.
Peterson brothers need you. And
l need you. l need you most. You
hear, Alice? You're going to mar
ry me, because l love you. You
hear? Got to-" He shook her
roughly, whispering his message
through clenched teeth.
Suddenly meek, Alice glanced up
at him.
'All right" she nodded. "AlI
right. Only, for the love of heaven,
take me somewhere, where 1 can
get out of this coat. It's smother
ing me-"