The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-23


| the last campaign and he is now prac
ticing law at Clinton and enjoying ;
Lucrative business. He is looking fine
and enjoying the best of health Mr.
Dickinson has been urged by his many
friends over the district to make tht
race this year and he has consented &c
ENTER the race for the nomination as
the matter OF redis,ricting is now set
tied and we will have the same dis
trict. He expects to file in shor,
time and enter actively into the cam
paign
I DR.. E. l.. Powers of Rockville will
move to Butler to engage in the prac'
tee OF medicine. He has rented the
rooms in the Farmers Bank building
formerly occupied by the late w. B
Dawson.
Circuit court is still in session and
will close up their business this week.
The session has been very busy ose.
J.. l.. Shepherd of Howard township
was in Butler Monday attending. Git
cult Court. Mr.. Shepherd owns fine
farm just north of Hume and is one
OF Bates county's leading farmers.
4. A. piggott has returned from a
six weeks visit to Texas. New Mexico
and Arizona. He reports delightful
trip, but glad to get back home.
Gentry Walton OF Chill;cothc, Mo-,
spent few days here this week. Cen
try represents The Walton Trust
Company in that city.
Decatur Smith, one of our Oldest
citizens received letter from Cos
gresham w. o. Atkeson few days
ago notifying him that his pension
had been increased from $4,000 to
$1,000 per month Mr.. Smith is de-
serving of the increase on account OF
his iniirmities. Congressman Alike
son is doing all he can to assist the
old soldiers in getting increases and
gives each and every case his careful
Il
The year 1921 showed that there
were Io,s24,3os automobiles ~ the
United States. In Missouri there were
s46,4s7,
Mr. Wesley w, Thomas and Miss
Margaret X Thompson, both OF
Mingo township, were united i'll mar
rage at the recorders office last Fri
day by Judge r. i. Jeter. These
young people will reside on a farm i'll
NJ ingo township.
We are sorry to record the death o!
one Of oar best citizens, John B. Lots
Dcich, who died last Saturday morn
ing. Mr., Lotspeich was SO years OF
age and had resided i'll Bates county
Tor over forty years. He was en-
gagged in farming most of his time un
I'll lew years ago when he retired
and moved to Butler He owned con-
siderable land around Passaic and was
4. good busiscss man. He lived,a clean
noral and upright life and leaves a
splendid record behind him as we'll as
host OF friend,
The drainage ditch will be cleaned
md fixed up in first class shape. The
atcrals will gtso be cleaned after the
work OH the big ditch is completed.
[ic work will commence at Nyhart
md continue until finished
This being the February term OF
he Circuit, was called in former years
he political, term. II was then while
curt was in session that politics be-
,an 10 assume some definite shape
md the names of various candidates
we're discussed and friends OF the am
,itious aspirants were telling about
heir good qualities. But it looks like
ines have changed as court has about
in;s,led its labors and very little talk
as been heard about politics. Not a
andidatc has had an active worker
anvassing the visitors or jurors in
is behalf. We have heard practically
cry little about politics. They talk
bout other things. 1t looks to- like
ne campaign will not commence until
lay and that some candidates will
OF make up their minds to run until
few days before filing time.
Miss Flea B. Scott of the teacher q
aiming class of the Butler high
chool visited Black school in Sum-
lit Tuesday afternoon to inspect the
'ork of one of her former pupils, Miss
;dith Ellis. who is teaching there this
,rm
DIR. c. c. Rhodes. wife and son,
,uhlan. motored over to Lincoln,
TO-, Saturday afternoon to visit DR..
.hodes' father atd returned Monday
iternoon by the way of Ionia, where
icy spent a short time with Mrs. h
nodes parents.
a card from A. 7. Waddell, who e