The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-11

farm III liHoson township 70 > >
.soi, or $4,000.
Ed Bailey oi Charlotte purchased
- choice cattle Oh the Kansas City
market last week, -
VIZ. regret to record tie death OF
Henry Bradley, OF the Sprague
neighborhood He was a good man
and lived clean, honorable and UP
RICH, lie.
Edgar Hcrrcll has gone to Colo
RADIO, where nc expects to locate.
A pure bred bull sale will be held in
Butler Saturday afternoon on May
Goth, 1922,
T. S. McEicnry has the foundation
laid for his new store building on
West Pine street and will open his
store as soon as he completes the
building.
\ small house belonging to Elmer
L. Miller, on South Delaware street
caught fire Saturday night and was
completely destroyed.
Walter Barron has moved to the
Rosson residence on West Dakota
street, recently occupied by w. E.
King, who moved to Passaic.
Our congressman, Col. w. O. At
keson, is now enjoying his European
trip no doubt to its fullest extent.
We know that the Colonel will have
! fine time and can give very III
teresting narrative when he returns.
We do not know whether he expects
to attend he Genoa Conference or not
but il he does. he no doubt vii have
an interview with Lloyd George
and other notables and we have no
doub, but what the Colonel could en-
terrain them and give them Jew
pointers on the situation.
The corner stone laying OF the new
NJ. Z. church at Adrian will be held
May So if plans are not changed.
Cyrus W. Ward visited Rich Hill
Sunday and informed us that he went
down to visit his cousin, but he didn't
tell us that his cousin was widow.
Miss Kathryn Roderick, County
Home Demonstration Agent has
made a flower bed in front of the
windows Of her office in the south
east corner of the basement OF the
Court House Miss Roderick will
have vines growing in front OF the
windows and will present a nice APP
pearance this summer.
Joe 7. Smith commenced Monday
in building all addition to his brick
building on the south side Of the
square. The building will be built to
the alley and will be two stories high.
1t will make splendid Improvement
i'll his property.
" e had the pleasure Of making a
pleasant calf in company with Mrs.
Myrtle Ellis OH our good friend Judge
. ! =. - dNNotr. anu "IiN d. hiN'l NV
home Oh South High street. The
Judge has very fine pace and has
enough ground to keep him busy. tic
has some COWS and chickens and is
living very comfortably. The Judge
takes a great interest i'll public al
fairs and is we'll posted on all current
events, as well as politics.
The schools will close nest week
and the baccalaurca:c sermon will be
delivered next Sunday night at the
l'>fii.t church by Rev. +. {. Bran
mcr. The majority OF the teacher,
Mil be retained bit some tailed to
* IRE their places ior next year and
some accepted positions elsewhere
Richard ELLIS, while out on the
Miami last Sunday afternoon fishing
r7Car tic IT Idy7r OH and
Rich Hill road found bottle lodged
i'll a DRIFT and through curiosity picked
it up and found that it had a piece OF
paper in it and when he broke it he
found a note. The bottle was placed
i'll the Miami by Joseph Lee Clapr,
who resides near the town of Elkhart
Or March IS. 1922. 1t had driited
down the river and would probably
have gone a great deal farther down
had ii not lodged in the DRIFT Mr..