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PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE

an immense and lasting benefit to the
world.
Would 1t not be a good thing for
the business of life insurance, If the
public were to learn that the compan-
les, besides offering a protection to
the family after the death of the
bread winner, we're earnestly and seri-
ously engaged in a concerted effort
to protect the bread winner during his
life? | believe it would, and l be-
lieve that If the business of life in
surance AMI the profession of medi-
surance and the profession of medi-
form of preventive medicine, they
would both earn the gratitude OF hui
manity. The financial rewards to the
life insurance companies would also
be great; the people would share
largely in the financial benefits. since
the cost of their increase would be
lessened, and the medical profession
while not profiting nancially-indeed
preventive medicine is directly against
the financial interests of the medical
profession would take pride in its
share of the added benefits to man
kind. When preventive medicine be-
comes actually preventive, large
number of diseases, notably the com
municable diseases. will become prac-
tically extinct, just as the bubo plag-
Tie and cholera are now practically ex-
tinct in most highly civilized conf
munities.
THE possibilities of properly dir
ected scientific effort in the control
of disease in animals have been am
nlv demonstrated by the United
States government in the work that
has been done during the last % years
bv the department of agriculture in
protecting hogs, cattle and domestic
fowls from the many pests which for
merly were so fatal to these animals,
and the millions expended by the gov
eminent in this work have been re-
turned many times in the form OF IN
creased profits to the farmers and
stock raisers and have added i'm
mensely to our national prosperity.
The problems Of the control Of the DIS
eases of mankind are not very differ
Ont from the problems of the control
of the diseases of beasts. Are not its
citizens at least as great an asset 10
a nation as its hogs? The govern
ment undertook the matter of pro-
/ fpEt1nE the lives VI iAo hVSo NA'N ~
| tie because the people demanded Il.
| When the people demand 1t, 1t VIII
also undertake to protect the lives OF
it's citizens. II is as simple a PROB
lem TO drive typhoid fever out OF the
United States as it was to Danish yei'
! low fever from Havana and from Fan
anna. The medical profession has Tor
years been pleading for governmental
aid in their efforts to prevent proven
table disease. 1t has pleaded to dear
ears. Let the immense influence OF
| the life insurance companies DC
brought to bear upon the government
in this matter. and those ears VIII De
deaf no longer Whether, gentlemen
the directors of the companies repres
ented in this association see any mer
il in any definite suggestion nave
made to you today, or not, is SINAI
matter, compared with the immens
educational value to the people o.
witnessing an active effort on the par
of the great institutions which you
represent to prevent preventable ais
ease to add to human longevity
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first evidences of the disease has en-
abled the physician to so order the
life of his patient as. to prevent the
further progress of the disease, If it is
durable one, or to retard its pro
gress and so enable the patient to
live much longer than he would have
lived had the disease not been detect
ed until later.
Many persons die of kidney dis
ease, of tuberculosis, of cancer, OF
diabetes, of heart disease. and of other
diseases every year and many mil
lions of dollars are paid by the life
insurance companies which have is
sued policies on the lives of these
persons who were sound when the
policies were issued, and who might
have lived much longer ana paid more
annual premiums if the diseases which
caused their deaths had been recog
nized and properly treated in their
earliest stages. These are the very
diseases which figure most largely in
your mortality tables. My contention
is that it is perfectly possible TO rec
ognize, in many cases, the early signs
of these diseases before the individ-
ual suspects that any evidence of dis
ease is present, and that life insur-
ance companies would save large
amounts of money which they now
pay in death losses by inaugurating
plan Of systematic denomination
of all their policyholders at regular
intervals. say every five years. This
of course, could not be made com
pdlsory on all policyholders, but ! be-
lieye that the great majority, il the
reasons for he examination were eX-
planned to them, would be very glad
to report to the medical examiner at
a specified time and submit to the
necessary examination.
The expense to the companies
would be trivial. and in certain cases
where the policyholder was insured In
two or more companies The expense
might be easily divided The details
of the plan which ! suggest would OF
course. have TO be carefully worked
out by the companies, but ! feel GER
tain that by adopting some such plan
as I have in mind the statistics OF life
insurance companies would in few
years show greatly reduced mortal
ity with cOrresp0ndingly increased
profits TO the business, and lessen
ing of the cost of life insurance The
whole tendency of modern medicine
is toward the early recognition and
the prevention of disease, and the life
insurance company which first makes
a practical application of this princi-
pie TO it's business will not only bring
about a revolution in the business OF
life INSURANCE., but will also confer
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Dependable Proprietary Medicines

1t must be admitted by every fair
minded, intelligent person, that a med
icine could not live and grow in pop
ularity for thirty years, and today hold
a record for thousands upon thous-
ands of actual cures, as has Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with
out possessing great virtue and actual
worth Such medicines must be look
ed upon and termed both standard and
dependable by every thinking person,
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CHAPLAIN OF STATE PRISON

The Rev a. W. Foru ENpeNtS 10 SS'
Windsor Appointment.
West Enosburg, April 9.-The Kew.
w Ford whose conference year is
ended. has moved his family to Wind
sor. Mr.. Ford expects to be chaplain
of the state prison there
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The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14
|. O. @. F. Installation.

The officers of Carrabassett Lodge,
l. o. o. F., elected at the annual
meeting on December Both, were in
stalled last evening, Leroy R. Folsom
Esq, of Norridgewock being the in
stalling officer. Noble Grand, Albert
B. Lamb; vice grand, Walter Scott;
recording secretary, Risdon d. Baker;
financial secretary, Arthur g. Bussey ;
treasurer, 9. Milton Lambert; trustee,
Arthur r. Jewett. 1t will be noted
that many among these officers have
served the lodge in past years, in
various capacities, and in the case of
the recording secretary it may be said
that Mr.. Baker now enters upon his
twenty fourth year of service.
Subordinate officers were filled by
appointment as follows:
War, @. E. Patten; cor, F. K
Brown; R. s. N. g., +. A. Williams;
l.. s. N. g., Ed Spear; R. s. s., Carroll
Gates; L. s. s., II. l.. Gran; R. $. v,
G w. L. Macklin; l.. s. V. G., Jas
Council; |. g., A. A. Porter; o. G.
Chas. E. Chase; Chap, w. A. Bailey.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14
sKOWhE6Ak MARKET
PRICES PAID FEopucsRs


OATs--6'la cts.
Wpol-UnWashed, &C 10 ~ cts.
HipEs AID >klSs-HldeS, 10 cts, trmmeo ~;
lamb SKINS 40 IL IS cts; cali skins, Il to 10 cents
per pound.
bass Hand picked yellow eyes, ss.so to s. so.
pea beans S. 50.
BEEf--Ox beef. to Q cts.
PouLrKy-t Fowls. 10 to u cts. per b.; chicken, L,
to IS cts. Turkeys age TO age
RouHp Hoo 10 cts.
TAtIow-Rough. cts. per 10.
kTTER-Firsi quality. stamped, ~ 10 % cts per 10
EGGs--,4 cts. per dol fresh.
PoTAroEs, 90 per bushel
CAKRsE-Ioc to isc per ID.
RETAIL MARKET.
FLouR-spring ~hsa, Patent, $3.50 TO Ss.ss Win
ter wheat pat 100 to $3.50 Winter wheat choice
5000
CoRs-St.so per bag: meal and cracked corn. $I.4o
per bag; Oats 6s cts ou
[. S. MEAL sos per bag.
FzEp-MiddIingS, s.. 90 per evt; Gluten, $40 pos
cwt.
SPRING BRAs-SI.3s per cwt.
MIXED FESo-SI.S per e~i.
SALT PoRk-Ia cts III by the bbl., 200 lbs, $9o-OO.
CHBRsE-I8 to cts per 10.
BUTrBR- 80 to "a cts. per 10.
EGcs-,o cts. per doz fresh,
TEAs--1S TO 90 cts per ID
CoFFEg-lo to as cts. per 10.
tAsD-Domestc, Is cts. Pure, y cts Compound,
10 cts.
MolAssEs-Pure Ponce, 40 to 50 cts; Pure BaIba
docs 90 cts
S. 90, Brown, rs lbs. for 5 90,
PorAroEy-7s C,s. per bushels
Day sH-Cod to 10 cts per lbi Pollock, cts.
OSIoNs--s cts. per III.
Pou rRY-Fowl1, 70 cts, r 70; Chicken 40 oiss
per 10; Turkeys, ssc 10 3oe
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them annually, an amount shall be
added equal to all sums which may be
assessed against them for taxes. The
report comes from the Water Com
pany that they will renew their con-
tract on no other terms. A private
individual may name his price for his
prope rty or for services which he is
capable of performing, but a public
service corporation is granted certain
immunities and privileges by thei
charter and In return assumes certain
obligations toward the public which
does not give them the same liberty
in making IL contract which obtains
between individuals. 1t may well be
doubted, therefore, If they have a
legal right to demand that their taxes
must be rebated and, il they are per-
mitted to do SO, it certainly should be-
understood what this part of the
trade means.
Assuming that the property of the
Water company was to be assessed at
one half what it is reported they call
it worth, the amount of taxes thus
rebated would add something like
$4,000 to their annual bill against the
town and would bring their hydrant
rental about $50 per year for each on
the basis of so hydrants. This figure,
it may be seen by referring to the re :
port of the committee, issued, is
double that paid In some of the
towns reported by them and in most
instances at least third to one
quarter more.
To summarize the situation it may
be said:
First-That, if the service is to be
such as it has been for the past years,
the town cannot afford to contract
for 1t at any price.
Second Even if the service, for
fire purposes could be guaranteed to
be efficient, can the town afford to
enter into an arrangement unless the
additional provision that the water
will be pure and healthful is made
part of the contract?
No citizen should be too busy to
think over the whole matter most
carefully between now and Saturday
or to attend when the hour for the
M Getting arrives.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

equipment, study the qualifications Of
the men in the department. with a
view 10 making the best use Il each
mans capabilities, moreover, 20
aquaint himself with the location and
construction Of buildings, especially
in the thickly built up portion OF the
town, that, in event of fire, he would
know just how to proceed.
The committee did not advise the
connecting Of the present fire alarm
system with the church bells and
were doubtful OF the adyisability Of
providing drop harnesses and main
tanning horses at the fire station.
The confe renee proved to be very
long one and did not adjourn until
nearly eleven o'clock. It should be
productive Of good and should lead
to our citizens coming to the town
meeting Of Saturday next with a
clearer understanding Of the matters
10 be acted upon
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14
The State Legislature.

1t was a magnificent assemblage
that crowded the hall of the House of
Representatives when Hon. Bert M.
Fernald took the oath of office, and
became the Governor of Maine, the
proclamation having been made by
the Secretary of State. 1t wasn't
necessary for that officer to add as
Byron Boyd did on similar occasion
"As | am about to retire from Office,
God save the State of Maine!" The
hail was a scene of splendor, the
ladies being arrayed in their in
augural toilets and in the height of
fashion. 1t was cool, crispy morn
ing, and everything seemed aus
picuous for the beginning of the new
ad ADMINISTRATION. 1t took the Govern
or little more than three quarters of
an hour to read his address. He was
in fine voice, and every person in the
packed hall galleries, and corridors,
heard him. One man about 4 feet
and a half tall, stood in one of the
windows and seemed to be the in
carnation of the Spirit of Liberty.
He certainly attracted attention. At
the close of the address the people
gave the Governor warm and CON
tinuous applause.
Somerset county is represented on
the joint standing committee as
follows:
Senator Howes-Agriculture, State
School for Boys, State Lands and
State Roads, Library, Temperance,
Mines and Mining.
Senator Donigan - Ways an
Bridges, Pensions, Mines and Mining
Higgins of Standardization.
Thompson of Skowhegan-Rail-
roads and Expresses, Public Build
ings and Grounds.
CBurse of acknowledgements and
Telephones, Manufactures, Public
Buildings and Grounds.
Colby of EXPERIMENTATION, In
terror Waters.
Patterson of Solon-Labor.
Bemis of neutrality-suspicious.,
Counties.
So that both bodies are now in
working order, the appointment of
committees giving unusual satisfac
ton. We hear of few il any kicks.
The Legislature this winter will be
called to act upon some grave
questions-none more important than
that of the bill which will grow out of
the report of the committee on Taxa
ton. There seems to be in the air
genuine distrust in regard to levy
Ing taxes altogether on the land and
excepting the buildings standing
thereon.
Perfect satisfaction Is expressed at
the excellent hotel accommodations
provided for Legislators. A leading
gentleman from the Western part OF
the State, who was active in the re-
moval movement two years ago, re-
marked in conversation, "The people
OF Augusta have met the situation
splendidly; they have far exceeded
all the promises they made. Now 60
ahead, introduce your plans and ask
for the appropriation, and we will all
vote for the enlargement Of the State
House. The general sentiment ap
pears to be to make an addition to
the present structure, instead of
erecting an Office building.
Both branches adjourned to We'd
nesday morning, Jan. Is.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

The sudden death of Fred Atwood
of Winterport, will grieve the heart
Of every boy In the State School for
Boys, for in the many years in which
he has been Trustee of the institu-
ton he has made their cause his
cause. In later years his whole mild
and most Of his time and attention
were devoted to their interest and in
devising plans for their welfare. Col.
Atwood had held many other public
stations, but the twenty-five years he
had spent in the care of the boys at
the school were reckoned as the
happiest period Of his life. We had
much rather have his precious ex-
perience of those years than all the
wealth. of the richest man in Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14
F, L. Ames Again Chosen Manager

In our last issue we reported the
change in the management of the
farmers Co. operative Telephone Co.
whose home Office is in Norridgewock,
Mr.. Geo. Foster of Canaan being the
newly elected business manager.
Mr., Foster was in Norridge wock
last week to lookup the duties of his
Office and after going over the matter
carefully concluded that there would
be no one who could manage the bust
ness with 80 little expense and in so
thorough a manner as Mr.. F. l.. Ames,
who had been the manager since the
company was organized, up to the
present year when Mr.. Foster was
elected.
Evidently to be convinced is to act
with Mr.. Foster, for he Immediately
called a meeting of the board of di
rectors and rendered his resignation
as business manager and proposed the
name of dr. Ames to fill the vacancy
as soon as his resignation was accept
ed. The directors unanimously voted
that Mr.. Ames should serve them in
that capacity, and that Mr.. Foster
should retain his place as director
and chose him as chairman of their
board. Thus matters were most
peacefully and tremendously settled
and everybody was pleased and what
looked like a division of the COM
pany's interests has been glued to-
gether with fire proof, water proof
and moth proof glue that bids fair to
make the company a stronger unity
than ever.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

Several commissioners who have
investigated crime have decided that
SO per cent of habitually arrested
drinkers ought to be put on farms.
But how could you make them stay
there? And who would want them
there. Farming requires clear heads
and good common sense. Drunkards
would make poor farmers. We don't
know where in this world you could
put them. The Jail is the worst pos
sible place for them.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

Senator Staples of Knox is too old
a man to be dictated to by the
younger element of his party, and
intends to live up to the platform on
which he was elected. Accordingly
be has introduced as the first bill
presented to the Legislature, an act
to repeal the enforcement commission
created by the Sturgis law; also a
resolve resubmitting the fifth amend
ment of the constitution relating to
the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

By a singular coincidence, it was
just one year to day from the
recognition by Judge Cornish OF
Amos K. Butler, Esq, as special
attorney to supercede County At
torney Young in the control OF liquor
cases in the Supreme Judicial Court,
to the day when the decision Of the
law court was announced, declaring
Sec. 8 of the Sturgis law, under which
Mr.. Butler was appointed by the
Governor, unconstitutional. Judge
Augustine Simmons was counsel for
Young at the hearing before Judge
Cornish, and argued the case before
the law court at Portland in July.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

II they had all turned out men the
Lord would have kept on creating
more In the hope Of getting some-
thing better, but when there was a
woman it was safe to stop.
When there is a big dinner, the
women always eat last. But then,
women don't care as much for eating
as men. And as result they live
longer than men,.
The man who doesn't bring a story
of where he has been to his wife, and
something in his pockets for the
children, is unsatisfactory in two
relations.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

The electoral college met at the
State House, Saturday and Monday
and actually cast the vote of Maine
for William II. Taft for President.
There was an awful suspense over
Sunday. But then the electors prob
ably drew pay for three days.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

OF course our readers saw at once
that it was mistake in the Biograph-
ical summary, published last week, to
place Senator Knowlton in Somerset
county. That gentleman, who is the
author of the entertaining book, 1.-THE
Old Schoolmaster," ably represents
Piscataqpis county.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

In 1850 every veteran of the civil
war will have passed away, accord
ing to Past Commander G. F. Bassttt.
"There will be BAT veterans alive in
1880" he says "and ten years later
the number will be reduced to %.
The last survivor will die in 1850.
This is the conclusion of men who are
competent to estimate the length of
human life"
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

The prohibition wave has so swept
over the country, and so many States
have adopted the principle of prohibi
ton, that people are reckoning on this
as one of the great issu s of the hour.
The stronghold of the liquor interest
is settled in the cities, and there the
battle royal must be had. The enc
my is apt to fight hard when he is
driven to corner.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

The Grange Moving and Harvesting
Machine Company has been organized
at Lewiston, to deal in agricultural
implements. The amount of the
capital stock is placed at 100000 of
which $500, 900 is..paid in.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

Certainly the Supreme Court has
smashed one corner off the Sturgis
law. Perhaps the Legislature will do
the rest. But there must be no let
ting up on enforcement. Gov. Fer
maid won't stand it.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

The Republican Journal, Belfast,
has just entered upon its S1st year
and volume. 1t is a model family,
local, weekly newspaper, with an
editor who brings the richness of the
past in journalism into the throbbing,
palpitating life of the present.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

The Boss Blacksmith has struck the
last spark has been emitted. In
other words, the newspaper bearing
that name is dead after an existence
of three years. Few papers could
survive the Stiffness of that "Corner
Grocery" department.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14
An Excellent Report.

The report of the special water
committee, published in a supple
ment in the last issue of the RE-
PORTER, with statistical and histori-
cal matter relating to their investi-
CATION, is worthy of more than a
casual thought by the citizens of
Skowhegan and of more than pass
ing mention in these columns.
Some good citizen, previous to the
last annual town meeting, having
taken the trouble to post himself as
to the expiration of the most i'm
portant contract into which the town
has been called upon to enter in
recent years, and realizing that the
last opportunity to take any definite
action in the matter would pass with
town meeting day, had an article
placed in the warrant providing for
the appointment of a committee to
investigate all matters pertaining to
our public water supply. Had this
not been done, the matter would have
drifted along until the expiration of
the contract in August of the present
year, when, all opportunity for re-
course to the legislature having
passed, the town, to say the least,
would have been at a serious dis
advantage.
The committee charged with the
responsibility of this investigation,
Messrs. w. H. Wildes, r. F. Parker,
A. H. Wyman, G. w. Nash, s. H.
Bradbury, G. Davis Miller and Geo.
W. Cover, have performed the work
we'll and they should at least receive
the gratitude of thoir townsmen, the
only recompense, aside from certain
satisfaction in work well performed
that they can receive for their labors
Their report will be acted upon at 8
special town meeting called for the
purpose on Saturday afternoon next
at the hail in the fire department
building, and every citizen should, by
all means attend at that time.
The voters are offered the alterna-
tive of choosing between the renewal
of the contract with the Skowhegar
Water Company, for the twenty
years ending August 1929, on terms
somewhat more advantageous to that
corporation than the contract which
will expire next August, or of appeal
ing to the legislature for a charter
which will permit the town to con-
struct its own water system for
municipal and domestic purposes
Other business, itself of considerable
Importance, is named in the warrant
but the matter just mentioned rather
overshadows other things in interest
and Importance.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

The women are paying out a good
deal to improve their compilations.
What is the matter with the old
fashioned woman's method of getting
a steam bath over the wash tub?
The young widow begins 70 talk
about her late husband early III life.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-14

Before the fine of $29, $40, 900
against:the Standard Oil Co., is paid,
there must be another trial and then
will it be paid?