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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-23
me-. FEDERATION OF
W0MEN'S CLUBS
Interesting Talks on Va
rious Vital Topics
Show hogan Ladies on the Standing
Committees.

The Maine Federation of Women s
convention at Waterville Sept. Il Il.
A reception was held Tuesday even
ing in Foss hall. and Wedn esday
morning the convention opened with
a delegation of several hundred. An
address of welcome was delivered by
Mayor Frank Redlington. and Miss
Georgia Bacon OF Worcester, Mass,
president of the Massachusetts Fed
Grafton, and guest of the Maine Fed
Grafton, made a short address.
At the afternoon session also Miss
Georgia Bacon gave one of the bright
est talks on Civil Service Rerform
ever delivered by man or woman.
In the evening the following pro-
gram was carried out: Organ solo
Cecil NJ. Daggett; lecture, The Eel
lowship of the Common Life" Pro-
fessor Charles Zueblin of Boston; yo-
cal solo, Henry p Page; Salon waltz
and Scotch poem, Don Morrison.
Thursday morning officers for the
ensuing year were elected: President
Mrs. c. F. Flagg, Portland; vice
president, Mrs. Stanley Plummer,
Dexter; recording secretary, Miss
Elizabeth X. Hobbs, No. Berwick;
treasurer, Mrs. S. C. C. Ward, Au-
gusta Miss Hannah r. Page Of
Skowhegan, Is chairman of the com
mittee on educationa, and member of
the committee on legislation; Mrs.
Elizabeth Merrill of Skowhegan, is on
the Civcs committee, and Mrs. L. w.
Heath of Waterville, chairman of the
committee on Reciprocity.
A stirring paper on Forestry" was
given by the chairman of the forestry
committee, Mrs. J. A. Thompson. Mrs,
Ella Jordan Mason made a report Of
the work of the legislative committee
Following Mrs. Masons paper, the
chairman of the education committee,
who is Miss Hannah R. Page of
Skowhegan, gave an enthusiastic re-
port of the Federation work along
educational lines and introduced Miss
Marguerite L. Clifford.
The address by Mrs. Edward l..
Marsh was omitted as she Is Ill in the
Somerset County hospital
Miss Mary s. Croswell M. D., gave
very helpful address along the lines
of medical and dental inspection.
A nominating committee was ap-
pointed, of which Mrs. Elizabeth Mer-
rill of this place Is a member. The
papers of Miss Ames and Mrs. d.
p. Moulton, on Good Roads" and the
Merit System" were read by Mrs.
French. The village Improvement
work was set forth by Mrs. Elizabeth
Merrill of Skowhegan In manner
likely to be productive of much good.
Miss Edith McAlpine of Portland,
had talk on Public Health" Mrs.
Charles F. Flagg, the new presiding
officer. adjourned the session.
We give the names of the ladies
from Skowhegan who were present:
Mrs. Levi w. Weston, Mrs. ]. P. Mer-
rill, Mrs. s. w. Philbrick. Mrs. b. r.
Steward. Mrs. F. W. Bucknam. Miss
Louise II. Coburn, Mrs. E. e. Green
wood, Mrs. E. F. Danforth, Miss Han
nah r. Page, and Miss Gertrude S.
Weston.
o gentlemen, the time OF life is short;
To spend that shortness basely were
too acknowledgements.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-23
Facts Versus Fancies

Between three and four thousand
people made up the total attendance
on the second day of the Somerse
Central Agricultural Society's fair
and not a single arrest for drunken.
ness was made during the day. We
have had reports from reliable
sources that not over a half dozen
people under the influence OF liquor
could be found on the grounds.
Not only is the Somerset Fair tc
be remarked upon in this connec-
ton. but the other fairs of the State
come in for like comment. Even at
the larger fairs. attended by ten to
fifteen thousand people in one day
reports come to us that the same ex-
cellent conditions prevailed through
out.
We want to say 1t here as force
fully as print can set thoughts forth
that 1t is now high time for the resub-
mission press of Maine to pull in their
horns and quit making fools of them
selves and the people of Maine by
harping away on resubmission and
high license, and quoting editorials
from charlottesville papers which
are slanderous to every Maine citi
zen. When thousands of people can
be gathered together to witness mid
way attractions and horse races, and
still keep themselves under perfect
moral control and establish for
the fairs regulations for cleanli-
ness of life then a good word Is due
the prohibitory law of the State of
Maine Such a condition Is the most
eloquent argument to be advanced
against resubmission arguments,
and high license propaganda.
Imagine, If you can, the conditions
that would have prevailed at the Som
erset Fair II rum were being sold
openly ON the principal streets OF the
town. Imagine, II you can, what the
condition would have been II the
whole miserable, uncomfortable, dis
reputable, immoral system OF license
were in operation throughout this
county during the Somerset fair
What q contrast to the condition that
could we'll be imagined and the con-
dition that we have stated In the
above paragraph! And one need not
imagine anything at all about license
conditions; just drop around to any
of the fairs held in license towns and
cities and see how many DRINKS are
there, and how many arrests for
drunkenness are made.
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NO. 298-
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF
THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK

OF SKOWHEGAN
At Skowhegan, in the State OF Maine, AZ the
close OF business, September L. 1909
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts, 1896, 0S9 ny
Oyerdrafts secured and unsecured, 640.I0
u s. Bonds to secure circulation, 12OO0.0O
Bonds, Securities ETC., 2So,5Sl 70
fxtures' '' 100000
Other Real Estate owned, 265.4
Due from National Banks
mot reserve agents) 1851, -
Due from approved Reserve Agents, 4S-S3I.97
Checks and other Cash Items, Dalai
Fractional Paper Currency, Nickels
and Cents, lS6V4
Specie, 8,636.55
Legal-tender notes, 16,560.00 40, 1865
urer rs Der cent O, circulation) 6,25oOo
Total, $685., i50.l7
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in 100000
Surplus fund 50. 10000
Undiqived profits, less expenses and
Taxes paid B,6Ol.O
National Bank Notes outstanding 123, 10000
Due to approved Reserve Agents 1,I8S6l
Dividends unpaid 2620O
Individual deposits subject to check 642046. 70
Cashiers Checks outstanding 464BS
Total 1892, l5O.17
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Is Cows and heifers, pigs. cream
separator, Babcock tester, wagons,
machinery, harness, fre wood includ-
ed only / Ia miles to r. R., near
large city; cuts so tons hay. 275 stan
dard apple trees, abundance small
fruits; nice cottage house, running
water, large new barn: must be sold
at once and the low price Is $4,000;
err Maine farm bargains page 80,
'Strout's Farm Buyers Guide No 81"
copy free. Dept 212, Z. A. Strout,
Kent's Hill, Maine
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MAYFIELD.

Wednesday last X. L. Campbell of
Mayfield, took some people to Bing-
ham to take the train and while Mr..
Campbell was taking their trunk from
the wagon his horses were frighten-
ed by the cars and ran. In attempt
ing to stop them Mr.. Campbell was
run over and seriously injured. DR..
Brown of Brighton Is attending him.
School is in session here, taught by
Miss Zephie Brown Of Bingham.
Maud Perry Is in town
Arthur Flanders and Miss French
of Bingham, were In town Sunday.
Marie Brown is attending school at
Skowhegan.
A. L. and G. E. Flanders are haul
ing lumber from Kingsbury to Bing-
ham for Frank L. Smith.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-09-23
But For That Plank

The Maine Democrat has the fol
A few weeks ago we called at
tention to the steady gain in DEM
ocratic votes in Maine. The fig
ures looked good to us. We
realized that 10000 votes would
: win in 1910 and we felt that the
steady gains of the past indicated
a reasonable hope that those fig
ures might be reached next year.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS takes
US to task for printing these fg-
ures.
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STATE OF MAINE

County of Somerset, ssh
1, James Fellows, Cashier Of the above
named hank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Ii true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief
JAMES FELLOWS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14tf
day OF September, 1903.
ERNEsT G. BUTLER, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest;
JOHN r. MCCLELLAN,
JOHN WESTON, directors
EDWARD F. DANFoRTH,
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O gentlemen. the time OF life is short
To spend that shortness basely were
too long.-Shakespeare.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
Hazel Nut Of the Northwest.

The crop of hazel nuts in Clark
County for this year has been enor~
nous. Every bush is laden with nuts
and all the boys and girls are storing
large quantities for winter use. one
family has the banner pick of four
bushels of shelled nuts in one day.
That the cultivated hazel nut, or
filbert, is admirably adapted to this
climate has been demonstrated by
number Of growers, among them Jno.
e. Norelius,l Of Kaufman avenue ex-
tension, who has seven acres of trees
in excellent condition. There are 800
trees to the acre, planted ten feet
apart. The culture is profitable to
the grower, as the nuts bring fourteen
and fifteen cents a pound.
The trees bear few nuts the first
year, the crop increasing yearly until
the ten-year-old trees are bearing
about ten pounds OF nuts. At mar
ket price Of fifteen cents, 800 trees
to an acre and ten pounds to the tree,
the net sum Of $3.50 an acre can Be
realized. Vancouver Correspondence
Of the Portland Oregonian.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
NUMBER OF U. S. EMPLOYEES.
s7o,o65 Persons Are Now on the Fed
eraI Payroll.

Washington, D., c.-The personnel
Of Uncle SANS establishment is in
creasing by leaps and bounds, the
grand total of all federal employees
at present being approximately $40,
O65, as against 306,141 in 1907, aA
increase in the two years Of about
$4,000 persons, or about 20 per cent
These and other interesting facts
are brought out in the oficial regis.
ter, or governments "blue book" for
1909, which shortly will be issued
The new publications will show that
there were 28,947 persons in the fede-
raj employ In washington on July i,
last, the annual pay roll for them be
ing $31,541,2 25, an average of near
ly s1,1O each This total will be tenn
porarily swollen next year by the ad.
dition of about 5000 persons to the
clerical force Of the census bureau,
adding nearly $4,000 in salaries dur
ing the year, or more Of their en-
ployment.
The treasury department, with g.,
996 persons, takes the lead of all
the government departments in
washington in the number of en-
ployees, while the executive offices
end the list with only forty-three en-
ployees.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
Newsy Paragraphs.

Broughton Brandenburg, the writer
who was fined $50 for abducting
James Shepherd Cadanne III, was de-
MED new trial by Judge Grimm in
st. Louis. He received permission to
appeal to the supreme court, and was
released on $1,000 bond.
The Manchester, England, fedora
ton has recommended that the time
curtallment now in force in the cot
ton mills be continued until the end
Of February.
An indication of the departments
attitude toward Nicaragua and her
representatives, is shown by the fact
that Senior Rodriguez, the charge, OF
the Nicaraguan regation, called at
the state department, but Mr.. Knox
was "too busy to see him. He looked
up Assistant Secretary of State Adee
and got the same story. AS a last
resort he asked to be received by
Assistant Secretary Wilson, and was
accorded few minutes interview.
He left the department exceedingly
crestfallen.
Mrs. Augusta e. Stetson, who has
been living in seclusion since her ex-
communication recently by the moth
er church of the Christian Scientists
in Boston, announced that she has
resigned from the membership Of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
New York, of which she was formerly
first reader.
A letter from Chief Forester Gif-
ford H Pinchot was read at the Ma
tional Farm congress in Chicago. Nj
Pinchot said that upon the develop.
ment Of the country's farm lands de.
ponds the vitality important increase
In the food supply, and also the In
crease in the proportion of the popu.
lttion which lives on the farms.
A bill was introduced in the Cu5aa
senate for the establishment of ma
tiOnal currency on the gold basis, and
similar to-that of the United states.
T. he gold coins are to be Of five. ten
and twenty-dollar pieces and the sub.
sidiary coins of silver, nickel AMI COP.
per. The amount of coin issued is to
be determined by currency con.mis.
sion to be appointed by the govern
meIt
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
lie Remembered.


Poets are more apt to be modest
than self-assertive. In his biography
Of T. B. Aldrich, Mr.. Ferris Greenslet
tells story of the youth of the poet.
showing that he, for one, believed IN
himself. Aldrich had dropped into
publishers office with copy of verses
in his pocket. The publisher, who
was also the editor OF magazine.
was absent.
The young poet sat down and
waited. Presently his eye fell upon
"a memorandum book lying there,
spread out like morning newspaper,
and almost In spite of himself he
read:
Don't forget to see the binder.'s
Don't forget to mail B. his con-
tract"
Don't forget H. Is proofs"
An inspiration seized upon the
youth. He took a pencil, and at the
tail of this long list Of don't for
gets" he wrote:
Don't forget to accept AS poem"
He left his manuscript on the table
and departed, That afternoon, when
the publisher glanced over his mem
oranda, he was not a little astonished
at the last item, but his sense of hui
NOR was so strong that he did accept
the poem, although it required
strong sense of humor to do that,
and sent the lad a check for it. But
the verses remain to this day un-
printed.-Youth's Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
THE SUNDAY PAPER.

/ spent FIVE cents for the Sunday Dart,
And hauled it home in a twowheeled cart
] piled the sections upon the floor.
Till they reached as high as the kitchen
door.
hung the chromos upon the wall,
Though there wasn't room to hang them
all;
And the yard was Uttered some ten feet
deep,
With comic sections that made me weep;
And there were sections of pink and green,
A woman's section and magazine;
And sheets OF music. the which, il played,
Would make an audience quickly fade;
Aad there were patterns for women's
gowns,
And more for gentlemen's hand.me4downs;
And false mustache and rubber doll,
And deck OF cards and Il parasol
Now men are busy with dray aud cart,
A-hauling away the Sunday Dart.
Emporia (Kan.l Gazette.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
AMERICAN CONSUL THREATENED.
President zeIaya Of Nicaragua Looking
For Trouble

Washington, b. c. - The United
States consul at Managua has been
threatened by President zelaya, and
he has been granted permission to
occupy the legation premises as be-
ing more secure
1t is rumored that President Za-
laya will retire, and possibly attempt
to escape from the country at night
by the Pacific coast. Anarchy, it
il said, may ensue. Persistent ru-
mors from various quarters indicate
that Irias may succeed Zelaya as
president of Nicaragua.
This information is embodied in
kilograms more or less delayed in
transmission which have been receiv-
ed at the state department from the
consular representative Of the Unit.
ed States in Nicaragua, and which
came in the order in which they are
given.
The first telegram, dated Managua.
states that Leroy Cannon was cap
tured on October 81, and Leonard
Groce on November 2. They we're ex.
ocuted November IL, and no news
reached the department of the execu-
ton until tn 18th.
Members of the Red Cross arriv.
ing from Castillo state that Cannon
and Groce were captured after hat.
tie while they were lost on the banks
of the San Juan, river. and that tho
captain of a ship called them, prom
Using not to harm them. These ale
cations were, in part, confirmed By
the Nicaraguan press, which stated
that the execution was for an at
tempt to blow UP steamers. The ex-
ecution caused general indignation,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

cleared the bend he must be off. He
rubbed his face against his tiny bur-
den, and whispered words Of comfort.
Don't git skeered when jump
OFF. he cautioned. There amt no
danger I've played this game before.
an / allus won out. Jist rest in my
arms, safe as"
W. There came al roar scream,
crash. When No. 90 opened his eyes
he had confused view of the lights
of little town ahead. People were
all about the wrecked train, some Of
them shocked, some trying to speak
unconcernedly, as If the little place
were big one where wrecked trains
were not unusual and the life of
brakeman or SO Of no particular inn
portance.
'Head-on collision" one explained
to newcomer. Lucky they weren't
going fast, and that 1t wasn't pas
ssenger. Just brakeman killed.
Picking about the ruins he un-
earthed No. SO, dizzy, shocked, but
not much hurt. He opened his mouth
to speak, but the other spoke first.
''How now, my buck! Got you sure
IL know you by heart-eyes large,
dark--dark skin--scar over forehead
hum! You tally to a hair. A good
mornings work." he laughed to his
companion, putting the handouts on.
No. 80 turned to the other, silent,
absorbed, paying no heed toFthe sher-
ifs jocularity.
will you-will you--see," he said
with lump in his throat, ''if he's
hurt--that little dog?'
The man nodded and turned away.
In a moment he was back, his fine
face grave and plying.
my man." he said, the little dog
was instantly killed. He did not suf-
fer"
No. SO wrung his manacled hands.
.Oh, take mo back! Take me
back!" he said. San Francisco Argo-
maui.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
COTTON GRADES READY
Standards Are to Be Distributed
By the Government.
REFORM A GREAT BENEFIT
The Adoption Of the Established Stand
ards Of the Different Grades viii
Help Cotton Interests.

Washington, .. C.--Ready for dis
tribution in about three weeks are
the sets of cotton standards which
have been prepared by the bureau Of
plant industry, department Of agricul-
ture, under an act Of congress max
ing appropriations for the secretary
of agriculture to establish stand.
ard for the different grades of cot
ton, etc. Each set prepared repre-
sents fine grades, and the price per
set has been fixed by the department.
at $S5. The bureau Of plant indus
try has about It's sets for distribu-
ton through purchase, in accordance
with the act, and it was officially
stated that the entire output had
been. engaged.
The grades, as prepared under the
Standardization act, are based entire.
~ on color and dirt, and have moth.
ing to do with the length and the
strength Of the cotton fiber The de-
partment hopes and expects that the
next appropriation for Standardization
work will provide for the inclusion
of these important factors In the
fixing Of the grades.
1t was stated at the department OF
agriculture that the established
grades would have been made public
ere this but for the recommendation
Of the committee Of cotton experts
that they be held back, as the con.
tracts for current deliveries had been
based upon present practices. Some
cotton exchanges, however, have had
copies of sets, although they have
not been formally and finally passed
upon Within the next three or four
weeks committee of experts will
pass on the standards, and this last
fOrmality will make the sets distrib.
utable by sale.
The experts who will place the off,
cial o. k on the sets. probably will
include, besides the department. ex-
perts, representatives Of the different
interests of the trade, who have al
ready given assistance in the work OF
Standardization. Four or FIVE experts
probably will be selected from the
old committee, which Includes James
Akers Of Atlanta; Lewis M Parker,
president of the Olympic Manufacture
ing Company of Greenville, s. c.:
Jules Mazerat, chairman classification
committee New Orleans cotton ex-
change, and seven representatives Of
eastern and southeastern cotton man
ufacturing companies.
OfRcials of the department Of )agri.
culture said that they entertained no
1nisgivings for the adoption of the
work of the Standardization commit
tee by the cotton interests. They
feel that an ideal standard has been
prepared, and its acceptance will be
universal. The Farmers Union is UNI
derstood to have endorsed the grades
as now oficialized The adoption of
the grades, however, is not compul
sorry, as in standards of weights and
measures, but there is no doubt that
the established standard for the diff
ferent grades Of cotton, doing away
as It does with hurtful inequalities
because Of the absence of uniform
standard, will be generally accepted
by the cotton interests as reform
Of great benefit.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
PLACE FOR GEN. LUKE WRIGHT.
Taft Will Name Memphis Man Judge
Of the Circuit Court.

Washington, D. General Luke e..
Wright of Tennessee, former govern
or Of the Philippines, and President
Roosevelt's secretary of war, has been
selected. by President Taft to be Uni
ted States Judge of the circuit court
for the sixth district to succeed Judge
Horace e. Lurton, chosen to fill the
United States supreme bench vacan.
cy, caused by the death Of Justice
Peckham.
These nominations will not be an
nounced until after congress meets,
but it can be stated upon the highest
authority that the president has fixed
upon these two jurists.