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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22
New Pncifc Golf Cboropiop.

To Walter Fairbanks of Denver has
been awarded the golf championship
of the Pacific coast The tournament
was held recently at the Los Angeles
links. in California, tAe final round
being decided recently.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
PROBATE NOTICE.
ATE OF MAINE.

STATE OF MAINE.
To the Honorable, the Judge of the Pro.
bate Court in and for the County Of Somerset
Respectfully represents Luther H. Soper of
Watervlle In the County of Kennebec, grantee
Of real estate in said County of Somerset from
deyisees mentioned, in said VIII, that the last
Will and Testament Of Louisa NJ. Huntington
OF Norwich, in the County of New London, in
the State of Connecticut, deceased has been
duly approved and allowed by the Probate
Court Of the District of Norwich, in said
State of Connecticut, Court having jurisdc-
ton of the Probate of Wills, according to the
laws of said State of Connecticut, copy of
which Will and the Probate thereof, duly au-
thenticated, are herewith produced; that the
said VIII was executed in the manner pre-
sclbed by the laws of said State of Connecti-
cut, and that the testatrix at the time of her
decease left estate in said County of Somerset
on which said Will may operate.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
copy of said VIII may be allowed, filed and
recorded in the Probate Court of said County
of Somerset, and certihes that the foregoing
statements are true to the best Of his knowl-
edge and belief.
LUTHER II. SoPER.
By TABER d. BAILEY, his attorney.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
Last of HIS Race.

Twelve years ago relates the New York
Sun, horse was cheerfully Flooding along
a three mile stretch of track at Fryeburg.
Me 1t was his business to pull car from
one end of the line to the other and then
pull it back again The whole burden OF
operating the system rested upon him. If
he had baked the entire line would have
gone out of commission. The company
owned three cars, but 1t had no other
horse. But his responsibility did not
make him proud or presumptuous. Neither
was he lonesome, for. while he had no
comrades in the service of the Fryeburg
Horse Railway company, he was one OF a
noble amy of horses employed by more
than 700 street railroads in the United
States. There were 7 35I OF his asso-
ciates working in New England alone, and
at least ten times as many In the country
at large. That horse, or his successor is
still pulling his car along the Fryeburg
track, but in all New England he has not
single surviving mate. The last of his
?. 34I companions has disappeared. Think
of the lonely grandeur OF his position-the
pathos and the solemnity OF III In all the
90. 900 square miles of territory from Long
Island sound to the highlands of the ST,
Croix, with its five and half million peo-
pie, with its millions of driving horses,
cows, dogs, pigs and chickens, and its
thousands of whizzing trolley cars and au-
tomobiles, one single car horse patrols his
solitary beat, the sole remnant OF vanish
ed race.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
Clearing up Fever.

The man who takes a rake, goes into
the back yard, and gathers up the rubbish
and refuse which he finds there, and dis
poses of it, makes himself, by what he
does an active member in the society TOR
general improvement, writes Eben Rexford
in Home and Flowers. These are the
members we need-workers, who believe
that neatness, like charity, begins at home.
If do something today toward improving
the app arance OF my home, tomorrow my
neghbor will be quite likely to do some
thing along the same line toward the i'm
provement Of his home. There is con-
tagion in the work of this kind. Soon
the entire community will have caught
the fever of cleaning up" and each one
will try to Guido the other. Such healthy
rivalry is TO be encouraged. There is
little danger OF our having "too much OF
good thing" Therefore, let each home
organize itself. at once. into working
aggressive society for improvement OF the
home Premises. Clean up the yard.
Trim the trees and shrubs. Make or mend
the lawn See to it that there are no
broken fences or sagging gates If the
house or barn need repairs, make them.
A coat of paint will improve things so
much, in many instances, that the man
who applies I, will have great deal more
respect for himself, after tine work is done.
than he had before. To certain extent
it will be "a means Of grace to him and
his family.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OLE MAINE

STATE OF MAINE.
To the Honorable, the Judge of the Probate
Court in and for the County Of Somerset.
Respectfully represents LUTHER II. SoPER
Of Waterville, in the County of Kennebec,
grantee of land situated in said Somerset
County, from the devisee mentioned in said
Will, to-wit: Harriet n. Mason, formerly
Harriet \. Churchill, that the last Will and
Testament Of Peleg Churchill of Newton, in
the County Of Middlesex, in the State of
Massachusetts, deceased, has been duly proved
and allowed by the Probate Court of Pym-
outh County in said State of Massachusetts, a
Court having jurisdiction of the Probate of
Wills, according to the laws of said State of
Massachusetts,, copy of which VIII and of the
Probate thereof, duly authenticated, are here
with produced; that the said Will was exc
cuted in the manner prescribed by the laws of
said State of Massachusetts,, and that the tes-
tator at the time of his decease left estate in
said County Of Somerset, in said State OF
Maine, on which said Will may operate
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
copy Of said Will may be allowed, filed and
recorded in the Probate Court of said County
Of Somerset. and certifes that the foregoing
statements are true to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief
LUTHER II. SoPER.
By TABER ID. BAILEY, his attorney.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
PROBATE NOTICE,

STATE OF MAINE.
To the Honorable, the Judge of the Pro.
bate Court in and for the County Of Somer-
set.
Respectfully represents Luther II. Soper Of
Waterville in the County of Kennebec, gran
tee of real estate in said County of Somerset
from the devisee mentioned therein that the
last Will and Testament Of Nancy l.. Hun
tington Of Norwich in the County of New
London in the State of Connecticut, deceased,
has been duly proved and allowed by the
Probate Court for the District of Norwich in
said State of Connecticut, d Court having jur-
isdicton Of the Probate Of Wills, according
to the laws of said State of Connecticut
copy Of which Will and of the Probate there
of, duly authenticated, are herewith produc
ed; that the said Will was executed in the
manner prescribed by the laws of said State
of Connecticut and that the testatrix at the
time of her decease left estate in said County
of Somerset on which said viii may operate
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
copy of said Will may be allowed, filed and
recorded in the Probate Court of said County
Of Somerset and certihes that the foregoing
statements are true to the best Of his knowl-
edge and belief.
LUTHER II. SorER.
BY TABER u, BAILEY, his attorney
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
Large and Small lows.

Sometimes the question seems peril
nent 10 the dairyman whether a small COW
will not eat less than large COW, and
give a corresponding greater amount OF
milk and cream for the food actually con-
sumed 1t naturally appears as If the
small COWS were better adapted to milk
and' cream producing, while the heavy
animals were better fitted for beet pur-
poses. In a way ovr breeds are thus
divided into the small dairy cows and the
large beef animals. There have been
number of experiments conducted IN re-
cent years at the different State expert
meni stations, which will help one to ar
rive at some sort al conclusion to guide
him in the selection of animals. Out OF
several hundred cows tested, with the
light ones averaging $50 pounds each, and
the large ones twelve hundred POUNDS
each. it was found that the milk OF the
small COW was uniformly richer in fat than
the large ones, and that the large COWS
ate greater amount of food than the
smaller ones, although according to their
weight they were actually smaller eaters.
This latter, however, was beside the
point, and had nothing to do with the
question under consideration.
But another point which was brought
out in these tests showed that the small
COW did not have everything its own way.
The small animals showed an actual loss
in milk production. Both relatively and
absolutely they produced less milk than
the large cows. This partly evened up
matters in the question OF richness OF milk
and smaller amount of food eaten. The
large cows were found to be more persls-
tent mixers than the smaller ones, but
the small cows while giving out in milk
showed quicker tendency to tatten up
on the same food. Consequently, when
the milk decreased they could be prepared
for the market 10 much less time for the
same amount offood
In way these experiments did not prove
any thing which coull be used as infsllible
rules. The small COW had its advantages,
and likewise the large COW. 1t is lmposs-
Bile o say which is the better The two
will always have their friends, and good
individuals OF any fine breed are, after all,
the thing we mus, aim for.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31

Reporter-Journal The war depart
ment Is selling off some of its transports,
or 1t might be said that it is giving them
away, for steamers that have cost hun
dreds of thousands are sold for f1ftv
Thousand or such sum. Perhaps
though IL there Is big shrinkage be-
tween the cost and selling prices, the
troops have been transported as cheaply
everything considered, as II the govern
ment had paid private companies for
doing 1t. There has been no loss Of men
by accident to the ships, and they have
been comfortably cared for. Probably
an army was never transported so COM
fortsbly before, particularly when the
distance is taken into account; but II
has been expensive, of course, and the
loss when the ships are sold is quite an
item of the cost.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
Over Five Million Farms.

The census bureau have issued bulle-
tin giving the condition of agriculture 10
the country for the year 1900. 1t shows
that there were at the time $3.50 657
farms. valued at $40 674,o64 247. The
value of farm implements. machinery and
live stock, added to the value of the farms,
gives total value OF farm property OF $40,
5I4 COL 1873
The total farm products for the year
1899 is given al s473o IIo 652. of which
amount 81 7I8,ooo, 22I was for animal
products, including live stock poultry and
bee products. The bulletin places the
average size OF farms in the United States
at I46 acres, and it is stated that forty
nine per cent. of the farm land is improved
The total acreage for the entire country
was 84I,2oI. $40.
The most important States are. begin
ming at the West, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York. Together they contribute forty
four per cent. of the total value OF farm
property and thirty-eight per cent. OF the
total value of farm products.
Texas leads with the greatest number Of
farms, 3s2, 100 and also with the highest
acreage, las 8o7,oI7. But only little
over fifteen per cent. OF the farm land 10
Texas was improved, and the value OF the
farm land in Texas was less than in Penn
sylvania. Ohio. New York, Missouri, Iowa
or Illinois, being 5000 476 273. Missouri
ranks second In the number of farms,
having ga 1856.
Iowa leads the list in the percentage Of
improved lands. illinois occupies the first
position in the matter of the total value OF
farm lands, the figures for thst State being
s. oo4 3I6 8o7.
The live stock farm lands OF the country
are valued at 81. sos 2S4 773 or more than
thirty-six per cent. of the whole The hay
and grain lands at SO 3I9 54S,543, or
thirty-one per cent. dairy produce, over
eight per cent cotton, over five per cent.
There are sr2 coffee farms in the country,
valued at 81 o3z 9Is
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
PROBATE NOTICE.
ATE OF MAINE.

STATE OF MAINE.
To the Honorable, the Judge OF the Pro.
bate Court in and for the County OF Somer-
set.
Respectfully represents Luther II. Soper Of
Waterville in the County of Kennebec, gran.
tee OF real estate in said County of Somerset
from the devisees mentioned in said will that
the last Will and Testament Of Sarah l. Hun
tington Of Norwich in County of New Lon
don in The State Connecticut, deceased, has
been duly proved and allowed by the Probate
Court Of the District Of Norwich in said State
Of Connecticut, Court having jurisdiction Of
the Probate Of Wills, according to the laws of
said State of Connecticut, a copy of which
Will and of the Probate thereof, duly anthem
ticated. are herewith produced; that the said
viii was executed in the manner prescribed
by the laws of said State of Connecticut and
that the testatrix at the time Of her decease
left estate in said County Of Somerset on
which said Will may operate.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
copy of said Will may be allowed, filed and
recorded in the Probate Court Of said County
Of Somerset and certihes that the foregoing
statements are true TO the best Of his knowl-
edge and belief
LUTHER II. SorER.
BY TABER b. BAILEY, his attorney.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
1t Dazzies the World.

No Discovery in medicine has ever
created one quarter of the excitement
that has been caused by DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. It's sever
est tests have been on hopeless victims
of consumption, pneumonia, hemor-
rhage, pleurisy and bronchitis, thous-
ands of whom it has restored to perfect
health For coughs, colds, asthma, hay
fever, Group Loarseness, and whooping
cough it is the quickest, surest cure in
the world. 1t is sold by F. Fl. Wing
who guarantees satisfaction or refund
money. Large bottles SOC and 800.
Trial bottles free.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
Green Food for Hens.

The regular farmer generally has enough
by products from his fields to feed the
hens without considering special crops for
them; but the person who raises chickens
for living alone must raise crops for
them in summer. One cannot expect to
make money with chickens if all the food
is TO be bought This is the mistake
made by many beginners. 1t should be
understood at the outset that farming OF
a certain order must be conducted along
with the business of chicken raising
There should be enough raised to last the
hens through the winter, and an acre Of
good clover should be sufficient to feed
the hens with dry hay a winter. n
addition to this, one should clip the lawn
every week for the sake OF the short green
grass which the hens will eat all summer
add fall.
Green crops should be planted in the
garden or field to supply the hens with
green food through the spring. summer
and fall One of the bes, spring crops is
lettuce. Plant the large variety, and a
great deal can be raised on few square
yards OF soil. Then follow up with ra-
dishes, the tops OF which the hens will eat.
Cabbages, turnips and beats are all good
foods for the hens. They can be fed in
summer and winter. By storing up
enough cabbages for winter use we pre-
vide most excellent winter food for the
laying hens. Potatoes beets or turnips
cooked in winter make excellent food .
I he green tops of all these Vegetables will
do for summer and fall. 1t may not pay
one in the East to raise corn and wheat
for the hens. but certainly all the other
food crops should be raised on the poultry
farm
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OLE MAINE


To the Honorable, the Judge of the Pro-
bate Court in and for the County Of Somer-
set.
Respectfully represents LUTHER II. SorER
of Waterylle in the County of Kennebec
grantee of real estate in said County of som
erset from the heirs Of the devisee mentioned
therein that the last VIII and Testament Of
George W. Huntington of New Orleans in
the State of Louisiana, deceased, has been
duly proved and allowed by the Civil District
Court for the Parish of New Orleans in said
State of Louisiana, Court having Jurisdiction
of the Probate of Wills, according to the laws
OF said State of Louisiana, copy of which
Will and of the Probate thereof, duly authen-
ticated, are herewith produced; that the said
Will was executed in the manner prescribed
by the laws of said State of Louisiana and
that the testator at the time of his decease
left estate in said County of Somerset on
which said Will may operate.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
copy of said VIII may be allowed, filed and
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
STATE or MAINE.

STATE or MAINE.
PENoBScoT, ss.--Subscribed and sworn to
this sixteenth day of July A. D., 1902.
Before me, CIIA5. A. BAILEY,
Justice of the Peace.
SOMERSET CouNTY.--In Court of Probate,
held at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday of
July \. D., 1902.
On the foregoing petition, ordered, that
notice thereof be given, three weeks succes
siyely in the SOMERSET REPORTER printed in
Skowhegan in said county, that all persons
interested may attend Probate Court to be
held at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday of
August next, and show cause, if any they
have, why the prayer Of said petition should
not be granted.
EDWARD +. DANroRTH, Judge
A true copy. 3w3o
Attest NATHAN FOWLER, Register,
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
Lib e.,

To the Hon Justice OF the Supreme Judicial
Cor TT next to be held at 5kowhegan, in the
County OF Somerset and State OF Maine.
Mary Weston OF Skowhegan in the County of
Somerset and State of Maine, respectfully REP
resents that on the first day OF November
1898, at Skowhegan in the County OF Somerset
and State OF Maine, she as lawfully married
to Herbert Weston OF said Skowhegan at East
Madison, in said County OF Somerset, by the
Rev. Mr.. HAITI, a Minister OF the Gospel duly
authorized to solepnize marriages, that the
said llbelant and libelee cohabited in this
State after their said marriage that the said
libelant resided in this state when the cause
OF divorce accrued as hereinafter set forth,
and had resided here in good faith one year
prior to the date hereof; that the libelant has
ever been faithful to her marriage obligations,
but that the said libelee has been unmindful
OF the same; that being OF sufficient ability he
has grossly, wantonly and cruelty neglected
and refused to provide suitable maintenance
for your libelant; that since their iptermar-
gross and confirmed habits OF intoxication;
that he has been guilty Of cruel and abusive
treatment.and extreme cruelty towards her;
Wherefore she prays that divorce from the
bonds OF matrimony between herself and the
said libelee, may be decreed.
And the libela further alleges that reason
able diligence has been used to asct rtain the
present r. sidence OF said libelee but she has
been unable to do So and does not know where
II is
M.,RYx WESTON, Libelant.
mark
Witness, Forrest Goodwin.
SOMERSET, IS. July sth, 1902. The said libel
ant made oath that the above allegation as to
the residence of the libelee is true.
Before me, FORREST GOODWIN
Justice OF the Peace
SOMERSET, IS. Clerks Office Sup. Jud. Court,
Skowhegan, Maine. Received and fled tenth
day OF July, A. d. 1902.
Attest W. t. sEEKINs, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31

STATE OF MAINE,
PENoBsCor, ss.-Subseribed and sworn to,
this sixteenth day of July A. d. 1902.
Before me, CHAs. A. BAILEY,
Justice of the Peace.
SOMERSET CouNTY.-In Court of Probate,
held at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday OF
July A. d. 1902.
On the foregoing petition, ordered, that no.
tice thereof be given, three weeks successive
ly in the Somerset Reporter, printed in Show
hogan in said County, that all persons inter-
ested may attend Probate Court to be held
at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday of Aug
ust next, and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said petition should not be
granted.
EDWARD F. DANFoRTH, Judge.
A true copy. 3w3o
Attest NATHAN FOWLER, Register.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
Don't Follow Advice After Paying For L

Don't Follow Advice After Paying For 1t.
In recent article prominent physi-
clan says, SIT is next to impossible for
the physician to get his patients to carry
out any prescribed course of hygiene or
diet to the smallest extent; he has but
one resort left, namely, the drug treat
ment." When medicines are used for
chronic constipation, the most mild and
gentle obtainable. such as Chamberlain 8
Stomach & Liver Tablets, should be en-
ployed. Their use is not followed by
constipation as they leave the bowels in
a natural and healthy condition. For
sale by G.. R. Fogg, Skowhegan; l.
G. Williams, Athens; Sullivan Newton,
j ackman.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MAINE.

To the Honorable, the Judge Of the Pro-
bate Court in and for the County ct Somer
set.
Respectfully represents Luther IL. Soper Of
Waterville in the County Of kennebec, grantee
Of real estate in said County Of Somerset from
devisees mentioned in said will that the last
will and testament Of Emily L. Huntington
Of Norwich, County of New London and
State of Connecticut, deceased, has been duly
proved and allowed by the Probate Court Of
the District of Norwich in said State of Con-
necticut, Court having jurisdiction of the
Probate of Wills, according to the laws Of
said State Of Connecticut, copy Of which
VIII and of the Probate thereof, duly authen
ticated are herewith produced; that the said
Will was executed in the manner prescribed
by the laws of said State of Connecticut and
that the testatrix at the time Of her decease
left estate in said County Of Somerset on
which said Will may operate.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
copy Of said VIII may be allowed, filed and
recorded in the Probate Court, Of said County
of Somerset and certifes that the foregoing
statements are true to the best Of his knowl-
edge and belief.
LUTHER II. SoPER.
By TABER d. BAILEY, his attorney.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
STATE OF MAINE.

STATE OF MAINE.
PENoBscoT. S. Subscribed and sworn to,
this sixteenth day of July a. D.. 1902.
Before me, CHAs. A. BAILEY,
Justice of the Peace.
SOMERSET CouSTY-In Court of Probate,
held at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday OF
July A. D., 1902.
On the foregoing petition, ordered, that
notice thereof be given, three weeks success.
sively, in the SOMERSET REPORTER printed in
Skowhegan in said county, that all persons
interested may attend Probate Court to be
held at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday of
August next, and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer Of said petition should not be
granted.
EDWARD F. DANFoRTH, Judge.
\ true copy. 3w3o
NATHAN FOWLER, Register.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
NOTICE or FORECLOSURE.

Whereas, Lawrence p. Hill 81 Marian 8. Hill
of The Forks Plantation, County of Somerset and
State of Maine, on the l4th day of June, 1888. by
deed of mortgage OF that date recorded In SOM
erset Registry of Deeds, Vol. 200, Page 272. con-
veyed 20 the subscriber, certain tract or parcel
of land situated In The Forks Plantation, County
and State aforesaid, and bounded as follows
Commencing at the southwest corner of lot
formerly decided TO Joseph Spaulding, End, and
now occupied by James Martin, thence easterly
on the south side of said lot two hundred rods to
stake, thence westerly two hundred rods to
corner tree, thence north eighty rods to first
mentioned bound, meaning to convey the lot
decided by Joseph Clark to Marian S. Hill, Il
said deed recorded, book l7s, page 22i. and where
the said Marian $, and Lawrence now live; and
whereas the udition of said mortgage has
been broken, now therefore by reason of the
breach of the condition thereof claim fore
closure of said mortgage.
3w2s EDMUND COOLIDGE.
Dated at Scion, July 8, 1902.