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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-09

According to the irrigation Age, the
waters of the Great Salt lake in Utah
have rcceded a mile within the past
year, and some persons think that
within the coming century this Won
derful body of water may be COM
pletely dried up. The cause of the
lowering of the water is ascribed to
the rapid extension of irrigation
bitches. which draw their supply from
the streams emptylng into the lake.
There Is now salt desert" not far
from the lake, which was once COW
cred with water. The salt deposit
on the floor of the lake itself is be-
lieyed to be of great thickness.
A new satellite of Saturn was dis
covered in April, 1899, by observers
at Flagstaff, Ariz. 1t is Saturn's
ninth moon and appears to be of the
fifteenth magnitude. Its distance
from the planet is seven and one-half
millions of miles. and its period of
revolution seventeen months. The
lateness of it's discovery is ascribed
to its great distance from it's primary
and its slow motion. The earth has
one moon, Mars two, Jupiter five,
Saturn nine. Mars with two small
moons. Is less than twice as far from
the sun as the earth is with one,
while Jupiter and Saturn, with five
and nine times as distant from the
sun as the earth is.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-09
GUIDES ASSOCIATION FORMED

A large number OF the Somerset
County guides met at Bingham re-
Gently and formed what Is to be
known as the Somerset County
Guides Association. Notices were
sent to the guides of the county and
there was large and enthusiastic
meeting. The association is formed
for the protection of the game of the
State, the furthering of the guides
interests, and last but not least. is
the social feature. A constitution
and bylaws were adopted, and an
nual dues set at the sum of soc.
There are now some over three
hundred registered guides in Somer-
set County, and every man is earn
estly solicited to send his name in to
the officers of the association, and
become a member. The annual meet
ing Is to be held Sept. II, when it is
expected that most of the Somerset
County guides will register. No man
can get admitted to membership with
out being a registered guide. Hon.
A. F. Donigan of Bingham, Is the
president; George c. Jones, of the
Moxie Camps, is vice president;
Daniel Steward is secretary, and
Chandler Moore of Bingham, is treas
urer. All communication should be
addressed to Daniel Steward, secre-
tary, Bingham, Me. Send in your ap-
plication, with soc, before Sept. H.,
and make 1t point to be present at
Bingham that day.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-09
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
Prof. Pickering Says 1t Is the Planet
Mars.

In reply to numerous inquiries oil
those interested in astronomical sub.
iects, and particularly in reply to
those who have thought that they
have discovered the famous Star oil
Bethlehem" Prof. Pickering of Har-
ward, has the following to say:
From the description l know what
body Is referred to. 1t is first dimly
discernible in the early evening, and
has the seeming color described
Many people have the idea that 1t is
new, but 1t is no more the Star oil
Bethlehem than the moon. but if
merely the planet Mars, little dis
guised at this time of the year. We
have received no information from
other observatorles of the discovery
of any new stars, which information
we would have received, and, In the
absence OF this, l should Judge that
the body Is Mars"
AS far back as 975 A. D., people
thought they had seen the Star OF
Bethlehem, and again in 1864, &C.
cording to the chronicles of the b.
hemian astrologer Cyprian Lowitz.
Again, in 1872, star of great bril-
liancy suddenly burst into the con-
stellation the Chair, coming into view
so abruptly and conspicuously as to
fill with amazement the Danish as
trologer Tycho Brahe, who had ex-
amined the heavens an hour before
without seeing 1t.
1t remained in the sky for is
months finally shining with greater
brilliancy than the brightest of the
planets and then vanished as quick
ly as 1t had come, never to be seen
again.
The astronomer Comma claimed
that he had seen such a star in the
constellation Cassiopeia two years
previous.
AS late as 1866 new star blazed
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-09
StevensOn's Farewell.

| We had not spoken for a moment;
and alone, we two. upon the beach. the
world seemed very large, the sea
boundless and the sky without limit;
when Louis broke the silence, speak
ing at first as though to himself.
England Is over there. with a
vague gesture seward, well, bear
her no grudge though she has cast me
out. l cannot live there and" turn
ing to me almost fiercely-"Low,
wish to live! Life Is better than art
| to do things Is better than to imagine
them. And God knows have not liv-
ed all these last years. No one
knows, no one can know the tedium
of it. I've supported 1t as l could
don't think l am apt to whimper-but
to be, even as | am now, Is not to live.
Yes, that's what art is good for, for
without my work | suppose that !
would have given up long ago, with
out my work and my friends and all
those about mel am not forgetting
| them; for, with all the courage | could
summon, l would not be here today,
| if all their loving care had not been
added to my courage and made 1t my
duty to them to fight it out. AS long
as my father was there l would never
think of leaving; all our old troubles
were long ago forgotten, and these
last years we were much to each 9TH
er; but, when he was laid to rest,
determined to make a new effort to
bleau, for youth was on my side then
remember how you never realized
that | was less strong than the other
men who were there with us-but to
be the rest Of my days a decent inva
lid gentleman. That's not very wild
ambition, Is it? But it's a far cry from
being bed-ridden. I'm willing to take
care of myself, but to keep on my feet,
to move about, to mix with other men,
to ride little, to swim a little. to be
wary of my enemy but to get the bet
ter of him; that's what 1 call being
a decent invalid gentleman and that,
God willing, mean to be.
There's England over there and
I've left it-perhaps l may never go
back-and there on the other side of
this big continent there's another sea
rolling in."-From "A Chronicle of
Friendships" by VIII H. Low, in
Scribner's Magazine.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-09
COLLEGE MEN IN AFTER YEARS

As against the accounts by s)ciolog-
ical investigators of thirty nine col
lese men in the BoWery bread line
at one time" and 400 college gradu
ates found in the Bowery in a single
nights search" it is profitable to con-
template the more pleasing picture
presented by the Harvard class OF
1908, every member of which, b, the
Secretary's report. either has Ill
crative position or is pursuing ad-
vance study in college"
The statistics in each case aru tou
inadequate to permit OF genera liza
tons. But in the matter y Dowery
derelicts it Is to be borne in mi I'd that
the college educated element of the
population is now large, a single uri
versity sending OUT as many as 1000
graduates OF sll departments yearly
and it is only to be expected that some
will Fail. On the other hand, the spec
tacle o. an en'ir, class engaged /,
serious occupations a year after grad
uation IS testimony tc stadent char
acter and capacity which should dis
pei certain prevailing misconceptions
One such misapprehension ID with
regard to the supposed frivo.i'v OF
student life. That of the sos men,
bers of this Harvard class 1877 took
employment during the summer yaea-
ton, while 1873 engaged in philan-
thropic and social-improvement work
during their entire course, hints at a
more serious student view of a col
lege education. the fact that three
fifths of the class went through col
lege on from $500 to $1,000 a year
helps to controvert the popular theory
of student extravaganza.
The severer courses of study at
American colleges make less and less
appeal TO the shirkers and the gentle
man idlers. A youth who has attend,
ed four years classroom instruction,
passed the requisite examinations and
conformed to the generally high stu
dent standards of personal honor has
demonstrated the possession of excep-
tional mental fitness and of a moral
responsibility which may at least In
vite comparison with that of other
youth.-New York World
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RAPID DEPLETION OF
OUR FORESTS
We Are Cutting Them
Away Very Fast
Years of Effort Needed to Restore
Equilibrium.

1.-THE total yearly drain upon our
forests, not counting losses from
fires, storms, and insects, Is some
twenty billion cubic feet" says R. S.
kellogg, assistant forester in charge
of the office of forest statistics, in a
publication just issued by the Forest
Service on THE Timber Supply of
the United States"
Our present forest area of $50
million acres may be roughly esti-
mated to consist of 200 million acres
of mature forests, in which the an
nual growth is balanced by death and
decay, of $50 million acres partially
cut or burned over, on which, with
reasonable care, there is sufficient
young growth to produce in the
course of time a merchantable, but
not full crop of timber, and 100
million acres of more severely cut
and burned over forests, on which
there is not sufficient young growth
value.
Taken as whole, the annual
growth of our forests under these
conditions does not exceed twelve
cubic feet per acre, a total of less
than seven billion cubic feet That
Is. We are cutting our forests three
times as fast as they are growing.
There is menace in the continuance
of such conditions. While we might
never reach absolute timber ex-
haustion, the unrestricted exploitation
of our forests in the past has already
had serious effects, and 1t will have
mach worse If it is allowed to con
tinue unchecked.
White pine TOR instance, which
was once considered inexha JstiSle,
has fallen off seventy per cent in cut
since 1890, and more than forty-five
per cent since 1900. The cut of oak
our most val liable hardwo oG lnmter
has decreased sixteen per cent since
1900, a1d that OF yellow ;poplar
twenty-five per cent. The same story
will be told of other woods If they
are not conserved.
THE fact that timber has been
cheap and ABUNDANT mas made us
careless of it's production and reck-
less in its use. We take $50 cubic
feet Of wood per capita annually
from our forests, while Germany uses
only thirty-seven cubic feet. and
France but twenty five. On the 9TH
er hand, Germany, who has learned
her lesson, makes her state forests
produce an average of forty-eight
cubic feet Of wood per acre. We
have as fast-growing species as Ger
many. or faster, ard as good or bet
ter forest soil If we protect it.
1.-THE necessity for more farm land
may eventually reduce our total Tor
est area to 100 million acres less
than 1t is at present. 1t is entirely
possible, however, to produce on 45O
million acres as much wood as a
population much greater than we
have now will really need II all the
forest land Is brought to its highest
producing capacity and If the pro-
duct is economically and completely
utilized. But to reach the necessary
condition of equilibrium between
timber production and consumption
will take many years of vigorous eff
fort by individual forest owners, by
the states, and by the National Gov
the problem alone; all must work
together"
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out in the Northern Crown where no
star had before been seen and grew to
one of a second magnitude and then
suddenly vanished
In 1899 a professor in 0ttawr said
the star of Comma would soon reap
pear and that it was the star of
Bethlehem.
AS late as 1909 Baron F. Won
Aefele, a German astronomer of note
pointed out that the star" has re-
Gently appeared in Egypt, but the
idea was secuted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13
FOUNTAIN CITY. IND.

Fountain City. Ind, July 13--Mas-
ter Donald Gardner. Gainesville, Fla.
is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Sol
Moody.
Mr.. Wade Williams and family have
moved to Richmond.
Mr.. Pete Cutler, who travels for the
Jones Hardware company of Richmond
was home visiting his family Sunday.
Mr. Lawrence Thompson and family
have moved into the property belong
ing to his mother, Mrs. George Thomp-
son.
Mr. Sam Alexander and wife and
Mr.. VIII Bennett and wife. went to In
dianapolis Sunday to visit their daugh-
ters who are attending school at But
ler university.
Mr.. Frank Gardner and family and
Mr.. Norman Lacey and family Of
Richmond, Mrs. Borden and son of
westfield, Ill.,, and Mrs. Nora Edger-
ton and daughter. Naomi. spent Sun
day with Mr.. B. H. Gardner and wife.
Mr.. Frank Edgerton has gone to
Indianapolis to visit his son. Mr.. Mer-
rill Edgerton and wife.
Mr. Asher Shepley Preston of the
Entertainers league at Indianapolis,
will lecture at the Nj. E. church Fri
day evening. July Is.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13
CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND.

Cambridge City, Ind, July 13.-Mr.
and Mrs. Olin Boyd and son. of St.
Louis, spent Sunday with DR.. H. B.
Boyd and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Harper spent
Sunday with friends in Richmond.
Mrs. B. A. Carpenter and daughter,
Mildred, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Geisler and daughter, of Hagerstown,
over the Sabbath. f..
Mrs. George Cary and children of
Muncie, came Monday for visit with
relatives and friends in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith and Mr..
and Mrs. Lyman Dill spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Dill.
Mrs. Jennie Lauk who has been here
for visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Pitman, has returned to her
home in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Hiram Jones and daughter, of
New Castle. were the guests of Mrs.
Catherine Wheelan and family, Sun.
day.
]. NJ. Thorpe of Metamora, spent
Sunday in this place. ..-
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Starr, Miss AL.
mira Starr, of Richmond and Messrs.
Ole Baker and Harry H. Pashke OF
Chicago. autoed to this place and took
dinner at the Vinton. Saturday even.
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omer Huddleson, OF
Muncie. were the guests of the latter IS
parents. MIR. and Mrs. Charles Mar.
son. over SUNDAY,
MIR. and Mrs. T. E. Wheelan of Rich
mond. spent Sunday with relatives in
this place.
Arthur Reece has gone to Detroit
and will play with the Maxwell-Brisco
band of New Castle. which will start
the Glidden tour
Mrs. Frank Williams. of Milton. was
a Cambridge City visitor Monday.
Prof. Lee Ault who has spent the
past two weeks in Greenville. O., with
his mother. Mrs. Rachel Ault. who is
critically i'll. spent Sunday with his
family in this place. returning Sunday
evening. He reports but little i'm
provement in his mothers condition
Earl Murbarger of Indianapolis, Wis
tied this place Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13
GREENSBORO, IND.

Greensboro, Ind, July 13.-Rev.
Bundy, living east of town harvested
sixty-five acres of wheat in three and
one-half days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Oler of Will
liamsburg spent Sunday with Howard
Cook and family.
Mr. and Mrs. William league of Ha-
gerstown have been spending few
days with relatives.
Richard Faucet and son William of
Williamsburg were transacting busi-
ness here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elvin Oler Of Economy
were guests of Will Roller and family
Sunday.
Rev. Miller pastor of the U. b.
church left for his home near Evans
vile, Ind, Monday. He has resigned
the work on this circuit.
Some of the farmers are reporting
some by mould.
William Fox of New Castle was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith
recently.
Alpheus Baldwin of Richmond was
in town Monday in the interest of C.
G. Carpenter & Co.
Dr. Crump was in Hagerstown on
professional business Saturday.
The Wayne County Lumber Co. de-
Richmond Monday. -
Mrs. Sue Gaylor of Richmond spent
Sunday at home.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13
PROTECTION FOR PLANTS.
Ways Of Shielding Them From the
Midday Sun.

Ways Of Shielding Them From the
Midday Sun.
II plants are not protected from high
winds and too much sun they will not
flourish. especially In the early stages
Of their growth. This is particularly
true Of the plants in the vegetable
garden. and fortunately there are
many easy and simple methods OF pro-
viding them with shade. Empty soap
boxes raised on blocks. empty fruit
baskets, rolls OF carpet and mating
spread out on supports to look like
awnings may all be used Old mat
tings or carpets that have seen their
best days may enjoy a new lease Of
life as plant coverings The great
thing Is to cover the plants 80 that
they win be shady. but not without
air. Even casto6 hats may be used
to prop over a delicate new plant. and
as straw allows thesair to circulate ii
will not be entirely deprived Of oxy-
gen. Stones laid on the hat beims win
keep them from blowing away on 4
windy day.
CASTOR fruit baskets are excellent
to cover transplanted plants. They
provide sumcient shade and do not
smother the plants. because the open
ings let In air. They are very light to
handle and easy to store because they
eet into each other. besides being suf-
Aeienfiy durable % last IN entire sea
son o. lna8ef. Th4y cn0t 10ohlaE can
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13

be collected and saved for the purpose.
and weather does not destroy them
quickly or winds blow them easily
about. Csc peach baskets for the
larger plSnts. plum and grape baskets
for smaller plants or for TIVE or three
Of the very smallest and strawberry
baskets for the smallest Of ALL Even
these win span two seedlings set near
together.
Choose q cool. shaded corner for let.
tuce. II you have none such make q
retreat for the succulent delicacy.
Have a movable screen Of reeds or
woven twiEs with which to protect
the lettuce bed from the MONDAY sun
Take it down at night and do not put
1t up on cloudy days. BY little care
salad AS the first supply Of plants
shows a tendency to run to seed. have
a second and a third ins,al,ment ready
to take its place. Lettuce that grows
in the sun gets bitter. and when the
head elorSates into a stem IL Is past
use.
Radishes also thrive into juicy mild
ness in the shade. although they will
bear more sunshine than lettuce II
set so near brick wall as to feel the
radiatsd heat As well as the direct rays
Of the sun they will develop too fast
and become pithy and pungent.
Green peas should be planted early
in the season. Give them rich earth
plenty OF light and heat and water
often should the season be dry. Train
upon sticks against the wall. II you
have room for two crops plant q Sec
ond three weeks after you put the first
into the ground
Cucumbers flourish under direct and
radiating sunshine. being OF tropical
origin They. too. should be eaten
soon after they are gathered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13
Terre Haute, Indianapolis &
Eastern Traction Co.
Ea40eFn OlV111O0

(Time Table Effective Oct. "a. 1909
Trains leave Richmond f,R lndaaAr
apolis ane intermediate stations q
600 4 m. s7:1s. S:~o. sS:3S. 1o:oA
:.1:o0. 1900. 1:00. s1:1I soc. 4:oo.
's:z5. 600. 1850. $50 S:ee. 10:oe
11:1ol
sAGited trains.
Last car to Indianapolis. $40 .. n.
Last car TO New Castle. 1000 .. N.
Trains connect At Indianapolis for
lafayette. T1ankfort CrawSordsvi1lo.
Terre Haah4 Cllntna. 8allivaA. R0as
UllAl Tickets soad thT0uGA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13
WILLIAMSBURG, o.

Hollansburg, o., July 13.-Emmet
Mikesell.tand family spent Sunday at
Glen Miller.
volney Williams Of Waycross. Ga.
is making an extended visit with his
mother, Mrs. Emma Williams and 9TH
er relatives OF this place.
Otto Albright. and family Of Dam
vile, Ind, are visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. TIL. Albright.
DR.. w. B. Roads has purchased a
Ford runabout oftthe Wolf Hardware
company.
A large number of people from this
place attended Ringing Bros. circus
at Greenville Saturday.
Don williams OF F1ndlay. O., and
his wife. formerly,Miss Beatrice Niles
of Greenville. o., are visiting their
numerous relatives here and are the
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Irelan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corde White were Wis
itors to New Madison Monday.
Misses Hazel White and Norma
Simpson were the guests Of Miss Pearl
Newton Sunday.
Our baseball team went to Lynn
Sunday to play. but the game had to
be called off after the first inning on
account of the rain.
The summer grip is the common
complaint of our citizens just now, as
almost every person you meet Is suf-
fering with a bad cold.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fickle and
daughter, Miss ldris of Lynn, Ind.
were the week end guests Of c. A.
Thomas and family Mr.. Tickle and
family will depart in a few days for
their future home in the west. near
Seattle, Wash.
Andrew Moore who suffered
stroke of paralysis the latter part of
last week. is improving very slowly
although his condition is still regard
ed as quite serious. He was at the
old home farm south of town, now
occupied by his son Arthur, when
stricken and 1t will be some time be-
fore he will be able to be removed to
his home. Uncle Andrew" as he was
highly respected citizens and his
friends hope for his ultimate recov-
cry.
Editor 1relan of the Hollansburg
News and his wife spent few days
last week at the country home of Mr..
and Mrs. Grover White. Wheat harv-
est was In full blast and Orie's ac-
count of what he did to the wheat Is
really quite shocking"
C. e. Fulkerson and family, Clifton
Smelker and family and Fred Elliott
and family were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Irelan near Bethel, Ind,
Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-07-13
was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. John

was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. John
Cook Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse EaIbank and FAM
lily OF New Madison and Miss Roxie
Mckee were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
SiIas Horner and family Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Thompson of Eaton is
here visiting with Mrs. Mary Brawley
this week.
Mrs. Nancy Middaught of Dayton is
here visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Daugherty and
daughter, Oval. Mrs. Garrett Hill and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. David Mckee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Daugherty and
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Daugt-
erty were Sunday guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Dausherty-
Mr. and Mrs. Yost OF Eaton were
guests of Emma and Amanda Brewer
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Reinheimer
and Mrs. Brown of St. Paul, Mimi.
were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Reinheimer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Fudge were Wis
itors at West Manchester. Sunday.
Mrs. w. H. Roach of Indianapolis
returned to her home after several
weeks visit with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs J. H. Barnet
Miss Eleanor Smith of Richmond is
here visiting.
Mr.. Chas. Roach of Xenia was here
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mungavin, Mr..
and Mrs. John Mungavin of Richmond,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Nun
gavin Sunday.
Mrs. Will Crubaugh spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Foster.
Miss Blanche Mitchell was enter
tained by friends at New Hope on
Sunday.