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The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
A Comparison in Taxation.

The 5000, 900 acres of wild lands living
10 unincOrporated places in Maine aud
valued at trifle lrss than $50, 900 900 BY
he state assessors, paid total tax last
year 10 round numbers Of $125,0 A
strong and influential lobby, headed by
he Honorable Joseph 2. Bass OF Bangor,
has engaged the Blaine mansion at Au
gusta, for headquarters this winter,
from which point of vantage to work to
prevent the passage of any legislation
aimed to increase this tax.
Compare the wild land tax with some
other taxes and see whether it ought TO
be increased or not. The tax levied on
he property of the city OF Waterville in
1905, was S126,S 37 Waterville's valua-
ion is less than $4,000, 900. The wild
land owner has The best of il, so far MS
Watervile is concerned by about $780,
COO year. | property In this city were
axed at the same rate as the wild lands,
he total tax of the city would be approx
mately 1875, 000
The wild lands are located in Aroos-
ook, Penobscot, Washington, Somerset,
Hancock, Piseatsquis, Franklin and Ok
ford counties. The poll tax payers of
these eight counties paid in taxes last
year, 1854 063, or double what the wild
land owners paid The logs, lumber,
wood and bark on hand In Maine en-
April first, 1905 representing a certain
part of one years product of these lands
we're taxed S73 000 or practically 81 per
cent OF the tax OF the lands themselves.
The cotton mills of the four COUNT g
Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec
and York, were taxed S20S 900, or $751;
000 mara fha fhp lid laDAa
II brief, compared with any property
in Maine excepting that owned by raj :
roads, telephone, telegraph and express
companies, the wild lands are taxed go
that they pay about one-ff.h what they
ought.
The wild land tax should be regulated
and the incoming legislature is the body
TO do 1T dteruiHe Sentinel
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

People generally are not aware what
it costs to produce modern newspaper,
For instance, the weekly composition
bill on the Boston Globe is $4,000. o
the st. Louis G!obe-Democrat 1t Is about
$4,000. Ga the Cincinnati Euquirer 1t is
$4,000 For special kilograms the Chic 1.
go Tribune pays over $4,000 month, the
Cincinnati Enquirer over $500 the New
York World about $4,000, the 81. Louis
Globe-D tmocrat $12, 900, and the Boston
Herald $4,000. This in addition to the
Associated Press, which costs so much
per week according to the siz. of the
town aud number OF papers therein re-
ceiving T.. The cost of white paper is
one of the large items. The New York
World pays about 500, 900 a year for
white paper, the Chicago News about
$3.50, 900, the Boston Globe and Herald
about $3.50, 900 each, the Cincinnati En-
quirer about $500, 900, while a number OF
papers pay from 100000 to S250,0O0
Several acres of Maine torests-xood
honest lumber--bave to be laid low to
supply the paper on which is printed the
trash 10 a single edition of metropolis
tan Sunday paper.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

AS general thing the country ceme-
teries, "where the forefathers Of the
hamlet Sleep" are much better cared for
than in former years, although some re-
main to answer the description of Mark
Twain in story published several years
ago. Il was of a weird moonlight pro-
cession of ghostly skeletons, dragging
their cofh IS behind them, and carrying
their headstones under their arms, who
had come from nearby graveyard,
overgrown with weeds and unknown
grass, and surrounded by II rotten rail
fence. One of the migratory spooks
stopped long enough to explain to Mark
Twain that the ghosts were seeking b
burial place where respectable skele-
ton would care to lie.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
President PrOclaims Thanks
giving


The proclamation issued by the Presi-
dent, naming Thursday, Nov. 20, as a
day of thanksgiving, reads as follows:
"The time of year has come when, 10
accordance with the wise customs OF our
forefathers, it becomes my duty to set
aside special day OF Thanksgiving and
praise to the Almighty because of the
blessings we have received, and OF prayer
that these blessings may be continued
Yet another year OF widespread we'll
being has passed.
Never before III our history, nor In the
history of any other nation, has people
enjoyed more Astounding material pros
perity than Is ours; prosperity 80 gen.
eral that it should arouse 10 US no spirit
of reckless pride, and least Of all spirit
of needless disregard of our responsible
ties; but rather sober sense OF our
many blessings, and resolute purpose,
under Providence, not to forfeit them by
any action OF our own.
Material well-being. indispensable
though 1t is, can never be anything but
the foundation OF true national greatness
and happiness. Ii we built nothing upon
the foundation, then our national life
will be as meaningless and empty as ii
house where only the foundation has
been laid. Upon our material well-being
must be built superstructure Of lndivid-
ual and national life lived 10 accordance
with the laws Of the highest morality, or
else our prosperity itself will in the long
run turn out curse instead Of bless
ing. We should be both revereDtly
thar kful for what we have received, and
earnestly bent upon turning 1t into ,
means Of grace and not of destruction"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Mrs. Eddy is keen OF intellect and strong
surprising illustration Of ongevi bright eyes, emphatic express
SION and aertness rarely be encountered
PERSONAL---VERY. Charles K. Corning.
Mrs Eddy mind not only unimpared but she exhibits the
ceanes strength aertness and vgor which long
distinguished her.-Genera Frank S. Streeter.
Mrs Eddy has any chronic organic
al disease.-Cayin A Frye
Mrs Eddy herself has driven in her carriage daily with
exception of the early spring. when the
bad that she did not go out.-Lews c. Strang
have Mrs Eddy carriage State daily
The occupant has always been Mrs Eddy S.
Herring
most emphatcay that Mrs Eddy way capable
conducting afas-Fred add Treasurer Loan
and Trust Savings Bank.
can state from personal knowledge that is Mrs Eddy and
person. whom riding in carrag-Josa E. Fer
nald, President National State Capital Bank
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Within t~o weeks the vault room
connected with the Office Ot tie Clerk Of
Courts at tie court house has been re-
fitted with FIRE proof furniture through.
out. Al the time the court hoase was
remode.ed steel shelving and lie proof
furniture vas provided for a depart
ments Of the county business except
that Of the Clerk Of Courts and County
Commissioners and the changes now
made complete the equipment Of the
building SO that al records are stored
ia manner TO preserve them against
any confi4gration 30 far as il is possible
BY modern construction 10 afford them
this protection
One section of the wal cases is devot-
ed to the records Of the County Com
missiouers anG here are filed the books
and papers Of this department which
have been accommodating since Somerset
county was set of from Kennebec
county in 1900 The other wall sections
are designed for the records, books and
court papers which are in the custody
of the Clerk of Courts Prominent
among these are the records of the
Court of Common Pleas. from 1927 to
1889 the District Court, Middle Dis
trict" from 1899 to 1852. and the Su.
preme judicial curt from 1921 to the
present date. These have been flied in
the beat manner that past conditions
have permitted and the process of refill
ing them in the new cases, now going
on under the supervision of ". T. See.
kins, the present Clerk Of Courts. re-
qurea a large amount of very careful
labor
The total cost of new fittings. includ.
ing new tile q Jor is about 1920 The
result is very gratifying Improvement
IN the line of neatness order and ability
to find the book or paper wanted in the
shortest possible time The advantage
of fireproof storage for the records is of
course entirely beyond estimate.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
DANGER IN DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Skowhegan People 10 Neglect.

The great danger OF kidney
trouble is that they get a firm
hold before the sufferer re-
cognizes than. Health is
gradually undermined. Back
ache, headache. nervousness,
lameness, soreness, lumbago,
urinary troubles, dropsy, dia-
betes and Bright's disease toll
low in merciless succession.
Don't neglect your kidneys.
Cure the Kidneys with the
certain and safe remedy,
Doan's Kidney Pills, which
has cured people right here
in Skowhegan.
4 Il. eaton, butcher, living at 3l2
Water 81 Sko~hegan, Me, says: My
kidneys were in a disorded condition
for years, and | had a great deal of
trouble with headache 1t came on In
spells and was SO acute at times that it
hurt me to stoop to bend or to get up
from chair could hardly drag my
self ont of bed in the morning and it
was some time before | could gather
enough strength to get about. When
suffering from such an attack year
ago my wife advised me to try Doan's
Kidney Pills, and as I felt so bad that
something had TO be done got box at
SIMPSONS drug store. Before i had
finished it the backache had entirely
disappeared, and when another attack
came on year later, few days treat
ment with Deans Kidney Pills was all
that was required to rid me of the
trouble | certainly have great deal
of faith in Doan's Kidney Pills,
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the uame-Doan's and take
no other.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Farming pays. One Belgrade farmer
bought his farm four years ago, and
since that time has sold enough apples
to equal the entire price paid for his
farm. His crop this year is 800 barrels,
which is below the average. Another
Belgrade farmer has 500 barrels which
he intends to export direct. Several
other orchards In the town have crops
but little less than those mentioned.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
News from Peary.

Commander Robert Z. Peary of the [.
5. Navy, has given his native country
the record of having penetrated far
hest north'-S7 degrees and 6 minutes.
News OF the feat came Nov 2 The IT,
trepid Arctic explorer failed to reach
the North Pole as he had confidently ex.
pected to do with his pecially con-
structed vessel, the Roosevelt, but he
penetrated nearer TO the pole than the
Duke of Abruzz's expedition which had
held the Arctic record OF Sc degrees and
"a minutes.
What Commander Peary did and his
experiences during the past wears 10 the
frozen north are rather bril- f., but GER
tainly wildly marked In a comnunica-
lion received Nov. 2 by Herbert L.
6rdgeman, secretary Of the Peary
Arctic club.
This communication follows:
Hopedale, Labr., via, Twillingate, y. F.
Nov. End, 1906
Herbert L. Bridgeman;
Roosevelt wntered north coast Grant land
and somewhat north Alert winter quarters.
Went north with sledges February via
Heckia and Columbia. DELAYED by open
winter between 81 and S. degrees. Be-
You'd S. six days. Gale disrupted ice, des-
troyed caches, cut off communication with
supporting bodies and drifted due east.
Reached 81 degrees, minutes north lati-
tude over ice, drifting steadily eastward.
Returning ate eight dogs. Drilted eastward,
delayed by open water, reached north coast
Greenland in straitenei circumstances. Kill
ed musk OK and returned along eastern coast
to ship. Two supporting parties driven on
north coast Greenland. One rescued by me
in starving condition. After one weeks
recuperation on Roosevelt, sledged west.
completing north coas, Grant land and
reached other land near Tooth meridian.
lIomeward voyage incessant battle with ice
storms and head winds. Roosevelt magnf-
cent ice fighter and sea boat. No deaths nor
sickness on board.
(Signed) PEARNn
Commander Prary's polar steamship
che Roosevelt left New York on her
long .urnev in search of the north pole
July Is, 1905 The posevtlt WAS built
in Maine and came to New York, where
4he WAS refltted before starting. the
vessel, for which funds were furnished
by the Peary Arctic club of New York
WAS designed by Naval Architect vii.
liam +. Winant, particularly for Arctic
exploration. She cost 100000. The
vessel had crew Of 20 men, under Cap
tain Bartlett. Commander Pearv did
not go with the ship from New York,
but joined her later at Sydney, G. :,
where she took on coal and additional
supplies.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
For the Reporter
The Road TO the Better Way.

TIE read IS 1ea=ai4.. ITS vil= and .-a-,
lowers bloom res e>sry Cay
They are blooming Tor me a 8 everyone
On the road to The ae.te' way.
lie, g, raise eur voices ard sir -vsrno1e.
Of the beauty, an love. a15 TIE 5ay
bat CLEANS BY tic aayside q Liza. -eslt.is. resi
The road L. the better way.
Let Us hep enc an5tae5, i5 = Zones: ana re
let Us pause en- lie Journey "a Say
Hes those that have fallen, ~ saat -aasz ne con
know
Its the road, to ,hs sesef~s
Speak pleasant to a. aud -ast ae'er A tr5ea
Spesk Cheerful. xor5s eact lay
And rishten eacs pathway ia Xxi: --Gl5.s aoaes,
It's ne road 10 me ae;:et a..
Daa., be selfish. ar -ree5y. 5.yiG- ai,- a.
Relieve SOMEONE'S miu5 every 5ay
Share all yoa -sn ts make .rem warm
Is the road TO the better ~ay.
Winter is coming. and many sanes
VIII x oomforiess, and -l3 every -ay.
Share with the orphan and a.ass 1ir- ga
Is the road ,1 lie better say
Open your hearts and no, * all sei
As t6a4sa you Wal3l live a.3ay,
Money is not all here ,yoa. an-
oa tie road 20 ne ee;te, say.
To make th.s road pleasan, and aaye flowers DON
Noa mus; * not.e each day;
Have a clear &C scienct, aa1 7.says be t1aef
Is The road 10 Tx heiler way.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
MADE HAPPY FOR LIFE.

Great happiness came into the home of S.
C. Blair, school superintendent, at St. Adams,
w. Va, when his little daughter was restored
from the dreadful complaint he names. lie
says; any little daughter had St. Vitus'
Dance, which yielde to no treatment but
grew steadily worse until as last resort we
tried Electric Bitters; and rejoice to say,
three bottles effected a complete cure. !"
Quick, sure cure for nervous complaints. gen.
eral debility, female weaknesses, impover-
ished blood and malaria. Guaranteed by
Sampson & Azores and G. R. Fogg's drug
stores. Price so cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

No direct tax will have to be levied
by the present session of the state legis.
lature in Vermont for the ensuing bien-
NAL term unless extraordinary appro
priations shall be made. according to
the biennial report of Judson E. Cush.
man of Burlington, state commissioner
of taxes, which has just been made pub
lie. The amount of corporation and
Inheritance taxes collected during the
biennial term ending June 80, 1905,
shows a total increase over the term
ending June 80, 1900, of S4S2, 120 The
amount collected from corporation taxes
during the last biennial term was 81,
363 1872, and the revenue from this and
other sources exceeded the current ex-
penses of the state government during
the last biennial term by upwards of
$40, 900.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
Pneumonia follows a Cold

but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar. II stops the cough,
heals and strengthens the lungs and
affords perfect security from az attack
of pneumonia. Refuse substitutes. G
r Fogg.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
President National State Capital Bank.
"Concord, N. H., Oct. %, 1905.


"This is to certify that Mrs. Eddy
stopped at my residence, 81 North
State st.eet, this city, shortly after
O'Clock today and l had several minu-
tes' conversation with her. The car
riage door was open and she shook
hands with me cordially. | have
known Mrs. Eddy for a number of
years and know that she is the same
person with whom / spoke to-
day. She was very evidently in
excellent health ana strength.
! have also known Mrs. PAMELA j.
Leonard of Brooklyn for number of
years and although | have seen Mrs.
Eddy's carriage on State street al
most daily have never seen Mrs.
Leonard occupy it, The occupant
has always been Mrs Eddy herself.
Hermann S. Herring
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Mark Bond, foreman of the yard of
the Northern Maine packing company.
at Newport Ne, claims to have three
of the oldest corn huskers in the state of
Name in John Young. a6 years; Ben.
jamin Burril, o years and Levi Weeks,
81 years. They have husked corn dur
ing packing season at this factory since
it started in 1888.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
HAVE YOU CATARRHp
Breathe Hyomei and Get Relief and
Cure. sold Under Guarantee,

cure. sold Under Guarantee.
II you have Catafrh with IL many
unpleasant symptoms, you should be-
gin 10 use the healiug Hyomei a. once.
Hyomei il made from natures sooth-
InP oiis and balsams, and contains the
Pefm kuing properties If the piue for.
ests Ia medica ion Is taken In with
the air you breathe. 20 hat II reaches
TIE most remote cells Of the respiratory
organs, killing all eataira germs aud
soothing any irritation there nay be IN
the mucous membrane
A complete Hyomei outfits costs but
81, e1ua bottles, # needed 80 cents,
and Sampson d Ayore give Their per
SOMA guarantee with every package that
money viii be refunded 1uless the treat.
ment cures
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
Terms of Courts.

Supreme Judicial:-The third Tuesday in Marel
and September, and fourth Tuesday in December
Civil and Criminal.
Probate:-The second Tuesday Of each month
County Commissioners;-Th first Tuesday il
March and August and the second Tuesday in Decem
Der.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
Cruel Fa|sehoods
Promptly Retuted.
Concord Citizens Come Forward with Aac-
rity to Speak for Mrs. Eddy.

Mayor Corning Tells of Interview With Christian Science
Leader Sunday Aforementioned Streeer Was Present
Also-BOth Say That Mrs. Eddy Was in Good Health and
Fine Sprits-New York Newspapers Sensaonalsm Fer
yeny Condemned by Concord People Who Know the
Facts.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Your stomach churns and digests the
food you eat and if foul, or torpid, or
out of order, your whole system suffers
from blood poison. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea keeps you we'll. IS cents,
Tea or Tablets. G X. Fogg.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Those who are about frightened TO
death by the automobile may console
themselves with The fact that their COM
ing was predicted by the Bible, in these
words:
1.-THE chariots shall rage in the streets,
they shall jostle one against another in
the broad ways, they shall seem like
torches, they shall run like the light
ming.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Treasurer Loan & Trust Savings Bank

81 am informed there is a report in
circulation, coming from persons out
side of Concord, that the person
whom | meet every few days driving
and to whom | am always pleased to
bow is not the Rev. Mary Baker Ed
dy, but some other person.
"Now, have known Mrs. Eddy for
a number of years, and have had
business relations with her since
she came to Concord and made her
home at Pleasant View, which rela-
tions extend up to the present time.
| have also visited her in her home,
so that / can state from personal
knowledge that it is Mrs. Eddy, and
no other person, whom | see riding in
her carriage. l will also state that
she stands. high in this community.
do not find those who speak evil of
her in this, her home city, and be-
lieve those who come here with evil
reports come with malicious inten-
tions.
81 am not a follower of the Chris
tian Science faith, but make this
statement as a citizen of Concord
who wishes to see things that are
true, the things that are honest and
the things that are just, prevail"
J. E. Fernald.
President National State Capital Bank.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
Dc Comfortable

The practical uses of ELECTRIC
lTY constantly increase unless you
have already tried them you have no
idea how much few simple electrical
appliances will add to the comfort of
your home.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

strength beyond what her years war
rant, Concord has prompt and i'm
pregnable answer:
We all know better!
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
r1rs. EDDY.

From the Concord EUening Monitor Of Mon
day, October %.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Clerk Of Courts:
WILLIAM T. SEEKiNs, ...............,.. Skowhegan
County Attorney:
THOMAS J. YOUNG. ............. Scion
Judge OF Probate:
AUGUSTINE SIMMONS. North Arson
Register OF Probate;
NATHAN FOWLER. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS whegan
Regis,er.of Deeds;
LLEwEL1YH GoopwiN,.... .Skowhegan
Treasurer:
X h. RED. ,............ ......,.,...,..H Harmony
Sheriff and Jailer:
CLYDE ii. SMITH, ................. see. .Skowhegan
DEPUTIES: J. D. Ring, Cambridge, George
Rhoades, Harmony; Leland l. Smith, ConvilIe'
Ernest A. Cook, Athens; j. A. Goodrich, Palmyra;
W. W. Nye, Fairfield; Willis c. Emery. North An
son; f. L. Perkins. Madison; Abel W. Rowel,
Soon; d. G. Wood, NorridgewocL c. S. Adams.
yackman; w. A. Bigelow, St Adams; A. +. Buker,
Hartland f. f. Frederick, Starks; {. Pierce,
Bingham; w. f. Vies, Flagstaff: Fred II Kimball,
Mercer; E. f. Atwood, New Portland; F. J. Durgn,
The Forks; George E. Foster, Canaan.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

County Commissioners:
Mlroa L. MERRILL, ST. Adams
l.. {. WILLIAMS Athens
GEoRGE 7. TlBBErTs, Fairfield
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
A Good Record.

Out Of all the external remedies on the
market we doubt if there is one that has the
record Of that worId-renowned porus plaster
-Allcoek's. 1t has now been in use for
sixty years, and still continues to be as popu-
lar as ever in doing its great work Of rcliey-
ing our pains and aches. It IS the remedy
we all need when suffering from any form Of
ache or pain resulting from taking cold OF
over-strain.
Allcock's Pasters are sold ny Druggists in
every part Of the civilized world.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
Electric Stoves.

Small or large. Heat bsby's milk night
day. For lunches. For the noon or
evening meal. For every use, when you
want heat under dish, kettle or pan and not
in your room.
All the above appliances and many more
for Sale or Rent of the
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

After pastorate of 43 years Rev. Asa
Dalton, d. D., has rendered his resigna
ton as rector of St. stephens Episcopal
church Of Portland. His advanced age
Was the reason for Withdrawal The re-
signation IVES accepted.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
SKOWHECAN
Electric Light Co.

C. j. ABBEY, Supt.
from fire. No exploding lamps. The
cheapest luxury Of the age. Let us tell
you about them. tf3l
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

Heat constant and always under perfect
CONTROL. No guessing at what the result
will be. No injury to napery and turni-
ture from burning alcohol.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
Electric EIatlYOn,

Current for Its use costs less than the
fuel to heat the old fashioned irons. You
do your ironing in anv room In the house.
No heated rooms. Iron always immacu
lately clean, always hot.