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The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
SKOwHEGAN POST OFFICE.
Many Citizens Asking Where the Site
VIII Be.

Now that Skowhegan has had al
appropriation of $4,000 by Congress
for a post office building site. man,
citizens are asking where will the sit,
be. The following was sent to the of
! flee here.
Upon the enactment of a law au
thorizing the acquisition of a site foI
Federal building the treasury de
partment invites. through a loca
newspaper. proposals for the sale ol
donation of a suitable corner.
The offers are opened in Washing
ton at the time stated in the adver-
tisement, and as soon thereafter as
practicable an agent of the depart
ment is sent to make a personal ex-
animation of the proposed locations
and such others as he deems desir-
able. Based on the agents report
together with representations in writ.
ing from other sources, the depart.
ment selects the site and, If the prop.
erty is to be acquired by purchase, ac-
cepts the offer of the successful bid.
der, subject to the conditions herein
after stated and the attorney gener-
ais approval of the title. No inter
mediary between the landowner and
the government is necessary or desir-
able at any stage of this business.
Whenever the department is unable
to purchase an acceptable site at a
reasonable price, or where acceptable
title can not be secured by voluntary
conveyance, a selection is made and
the title acquired by condemn alton
proceedings, in which the price to be
paid is judicially determined.
The buildings if any on the site
should be reserved by the vendor, to
be removed upon notice after payment
for the land has been made. Generally
notice to clear the site is not given
until the construction of the Federal
building is about to begin, if the ven
dor is willing, pending such removal
to pay a reasonable ground rent.
There is usually a large volume of
site business before the department,
and while such work receives unre-
mitting attention until finished, it is
not always practicable to dispose Of a
particular case as speedily as desired
by the parties interested Bidders are
at liberty lin case of failure of the
department to make a selection with
in a reasonable time) to withdraw
their proposals, but will be expected
by the department to give notice of
such intention.
Plans for public buildings are taken
up in the order in which the titles to
the sites therefor are vested in the
United States, and the contracts for
their construction are let at as early
date as practicable.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
Prohibition County Convention.

The Prohibitionists. of Somerset
County are requested to meet at G
A. R. hall, Skowhegan, Saturday, July
g. at 2 p M, in mass convention, for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for County officers to be supported at
the September election. A cordial in
vitation is given for all who believe
in the overthrow of the drink traffic
enforcement of law and moral re-
take part in it's deliberations. Ladies
cordially invited.
Per Order,
PROHIBITION COMMITTEE
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Lewia 's-the place to buy Shoes.
Don't suffer with corns, but get q
Blue Jay" plaster at Sampson &
Avore's.
Don't buy fruit until you get prices
at the new fruit store in J. P. Mer-
rill's block.
80 or 35 tons of standing hay at a
bargain, or will let the job to put 1t
in my barn at Madison Center. First
come, first served. G. B. Fairgrieve.
Take Kodak with you on youI
vacation. Sampson & Azores is the
Kodak Store of Somerset County and
they carry, full line of supplies.
Farmers! and all others in neet
will find at G. r. Fogg's Drug Store
hellebore, Blue Vitriol, Paris Greer
and White Arsenic in packages anG
in bulk, guaranteed thfs years stoci
and full strength, and the prices will
govern the quantity wanted.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of the Secretary.
Washington. D. c., June %. l

Washington, D. c., June %, 1910
Proposals are hereby solicited, to be
opened in the Office of the Supervis-
ing Architect, Treasury Department
Washington, D. c., at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, on July 25, 1910, for
the sale or donation to the United
States of corner lot approxi-
mately 130x135 feet, centrally and con-
veniently located and suitable for a
Federal building site at Skowhegan
Maine.
Upon application the Postmaster
will supply prospective bidders with
a circular giving particulars as to
requirements and instruction for prep
aration of bids and data to accom-
pany same.
FRANKLIN MacVEAGH,
3w-27 ~ Secretary.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
CARD or THANKS.

We wish to thank the many friends
for their sympathy and kindness to ua
In the recent loss Of our beloved hus-
band and father, alao Ito express
thanks for the many beautiful how-
Mrs. Dmsry 8. AdellS
Mise Viola l. Ade11, 4.
Il Nr.san6 lfyG. r. =. Uotabrook. &
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
A NEW HOME FOR THE GEOLOGI.
CAL SURVEY.
DIR. George Otis Smith Head of De
partment.

The passage of a big public bill by
Congress means much to the granite
industry in Maine. The government
does not use Maine granite as gener-
ally now in public buildings as 1T did
ten or fifteen years ago, because OF
the increasing competition in the
granite business but the Maine quar-
ries get a good share of the govern
ment contracts and the enactment OF
the public building bill means that
there will be an abundance of these
contracts to bid on for the next two
t. three years. For the Treasury De-
partment still has all the public build
ing work 1t can do with its present
facilities and the new law means that
the Treasury Department has all the
construction work 1t can possibly at
tend to for two or three years.
The public building bill, as it will be
enacted into law, assures fine new
home in Washington for the Geological
Survey, of which George Otis Smith of
Skowhegan Is the head. The Survey
heretofore has been housed in rented
building, but the plan, which Gov. Bur-
leigh as we'll as other members of the
House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds favored, contemplates a
fine new building just west of the
State War and Navy building, where
several bureaus under the Jurisdiction
of the Interior Department shall be
grouped. These include the Geologi-
cal Survey, the Indian Bureau, the
Reclamation Service, and the Bureau
of Mines and Mining. The Reclama-
tion Service and the Bureau of Mines
and Mining are offshoots of the Geo
logical Survey The Reclamation Ser
vice has also been housed in a rented
building for several years.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Miss Ruth Dempsey went to Me
chanicsyille, CT, Saturday to max,
her home.
Miss Berdena Trafton left Saturday
for Ocean Park, where she will spenC
the summer
Miss Ethel Healey has a position
for the summer as pianist at Lake
wood theatre.
Mrs. Edgar L. Ford. who has beer
visiting for several weeks in Farming.
ton, has returned home.
c. Z. Patten has resigned as first
lieutenant in Co E, n. G, S. NJ. Elec-
ton will be held July % to elect &
successor.
Miss Florence Sleeper of Milford
Me-. was a guest at the farm home
of Harley Wyman over Sunday and
the Fourth
William Toleman and Mrs. Grace
McGregor were married Wednesday
by Rev. George Merriam of the Beth
any Baptist church.
Miss Gertrude Whittemore has re-
turned home from Boston, where she
has been attending the New England
Conservatory of Music.
Mrs James Dysart was in Water
vile Friday to visit friends from
Aroostook county who are attending
the Advent Campmeeting at Cascade
Park.
Mrs. Whitaker, clerk in the store of
w. P. Ordway, is taking her annual
vacation. She will spend about a
week in Boston and other Massachu-
setts cities.
Miss Lephe Henderson has gone
to Boston where she will spend a
week with friends. She will also at
tend the Teachers Association meet
ing which is to convene there this
week.
Professor Charles Dickinson of
Mount Hermon arrived Friday night
and with his family will spend a
month in the Frank Nolin cottage
Mr.. Dickinson is professor in the
Moody school.
William Estes and family are here
from Waltham, Mass, visiting for sew
eral days with Mr. Estes parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank |. Estes. Mr..
Estes is employed in the factories of
the Waltham Watch Co.
A, P. Wyman, who is the engineer
employed by the NJ. C. r. R., to lay
out the enlargments and improve
ments in the Waterville yard of the
company, spent the Fourth with his
father Harley Wyman at his farm on
the Middle Road.
There were ten marriages record
ed in the Town Clerks Office during
the month of June. There were eight
last year in the same month. There
were 13 births in June and II in
May. The number of deaths in May
were II; the number in June, 6.
Herbert c. Robinson, assistant city
engineer of Portland, came to Show
hegan Saturday night and together
with Mrs. Robinson who has been WIS.,
iting in town for several weeks, was
the guest of friends over the Fourth
Mr.. Robinson returned to Portland
Monday morning but Mrs. Robinson
will remain some time longer.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07

1t is easy enough to tell where love
is. You love those, and only those,
whom 1t makes you to serve.
Christianity excludes malignity,
subdues selfishness, regulates the af-
fections. 1t would unite men in one
great brotherhood.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
7O-Acre Farm Sacrificed.

Cow, heifer, farming tools and crops
all included If taken at once; it's a
big fertile farm, 20 acres dark loan
fields variety fruit; pretty cottage.
good stable and outbuildings; the low
ce TO make quick sale Ior one who
has met with accident is only $1,000;
to see this and other Massachusetts
farms. page As, "Strout's Big Farm
Catalogue No. 30," copy free. Station
212I e. A. Strout, 2g4 Washington ST.
Boston, Mass.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07
GIRLS WANTED

Paying positions In new clothespin factory
for girls from IA to 81 y ears Of age. Good wages.
Good, private boarding places. Good town.
only workers wanted. ont wait but ask
for more particulars II interested in steady,
all.year position. Pay weekly.
BRAYMAN WOODEN WARE co.
2wN, Phillips Me.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07

All hats, trimmed and untrimmed
at half price at Miss L. D. Mathieu's
Milliner. A
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07

. Failures are with hsroic ntnds the
stepping stones tc apcrepe. VI
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07

for bree sG%n is dry. Use Rolled Pvo
''' 0reaafast' Ask your grocer, rye
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07

The ordinance passed last year pro-
yiding a penalty for the leaving OF
teams unhitched in this city, needs tc
be revived and put into effect. The
teamsters for the most part never did
and are not at present, paying any at
tention to the ordinance. Heavy dray
teams are left unhitched on the bus
lest streets, where automobiles are
continually passing, taking all the
chances for disastrous runaway with
perfect freedom. Nobody cares if the
horses run away and break their necks,
but when each runaway endangers the
lives of the women and children it is
time to make a few arrests and give
the offenders the limit in the way of a
fine, and if that does no good, give
them Jail sentences.
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one-third, saved $10OO,OOO, and be.
came, In every way, "a better city tc
i've H.. Houston, in its first year I'm.
der the new plan, paid off $500. 600 debt
and reduced the tax-rate, while maxi
ing the greatest public improvements
IN the history of the city. The Calves
ton plan destroyed the old ward lines,
and placed the government in the
hands OF five men with practically au-
tocratc power. About all the people
could do was to defeat q commissioner
Tor reelection when his term expired
An Improvement on this plan was de-
Flsed by former United States Senator
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, and pass-
ed by the legislature of that state
"hlle all power was vested in five
commissioners, each in charge of de-
partment of the city's affairs. and
elected by the city at large, there were
ADDED certain features, making them
SUBJECT at all times and in all wavs to
Ine Will and direction of the people
Ihese features-the referendum initi-
a'iVe' and recall-"obliterated the one
iault IN the Galveston plan and put all
responsibility definitely upon the neo-
pie This plan is now in apparently
operation in Sioux Falls g
d. and, in a slight modified form ~
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, Ia.
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cd with than under an attempt at en-
tire suppression of the sale, and the
inferential attempt to suppress The
consumption of liquor.
These men, however, want the sa.
looms, saloonkeepers, liquor manu-.
facturers and dealers, and liouo,
drinkers to be under control of the
law and of the officers. They will moi
tolerate any effort on their part to
control, politically or otherwise, in
stead of being controlled.
He would be blind who could NOT
see an effort on the part of the LIQUOR
interests of this state to control its
politics and to elect its officers. and
the Capital News would fail of its dutv
&c the people, and belle the position it
has assumed and the pretensions it
has made, were it to refrain from
warning the people of this fact.
The liquor interests of the state
have seen fit to take a position in fa-
vor of the retention of the present To-
cap option law, and it is not necessary.
at this time, to question their good
faith, however much it may be open
to question.
But back of all that lies determin-
alton to control and manipulate the
politics of the state and to dictate the
nominees for Office.
In carrying out that object thew
Know no politics and are bound by no
partisan allegiance, either present or
past. Democrats are as ardent SUD-
porters OF the movement as are Re-
and Republicans take. no
second place to Democrats.
There is not saloon man, a retail
or Wholesale dealer of liquors, nor a |
brewer in the state of Idaho who does
not understand today for whom he is
expected to vote. They are lined I'D as
one man, laying plans, shouting,
working and preparing and will be
ready to execute all commands for the
purpose of retaining and controlling
he party machinery and influencing
officials elected.
Such policy will doubtless have
little. effect upon the out and out pro-
He probably has his mind
equally as fully made up and knows
equally we'll what he is going to do.
SUIT 1t does make a difference to the
arge class which holds the balance
# power, that class which prefers to
zee saloons controlled, but which will
lot tolerate control on the part of the
aloon interests. ...
In most of the counties a part OF
hese men have deliberately chosen to
ote the saloons out of business be-
ause they have already become tired
I their interference in politics and
heir disregard for all laws of res
RANT. In other counties they have
onsented to give another trial, and in
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07

The base ball proposition made by
John B. White, which appears on the
front page, should be given hearty sup
port by the business men who desire a
base ball team this season. AS Mr.
White states, it is out of the question
for good winning team to pay all ex-
penses, but with little help from the
citizens, such a team can be secured
and the season finished without the
association carrying over a heavy
debt. John Whites guaranty to
the scheme is enough to convince all
the business mon that the whole thing
will be conducted on the square and
that no extravagances will be permit
ted
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07
HOW COMMISSIONS RUN TIKI
CITIES

When 60 American cities, represent
ing over 100000 people, decide that
the management of their affairs is
henceforth to be a business proposi-
ton and not a political game, and
when they actually adopt, in it's essen
tai features, the plan of government
ny commission" in order to achieve
thls desired result, one splendid vic
tory has, according to the editor of
EVerybody's, been won for the Ameri-
can people. In the current number of
this magazine Mr.. Charles Edward
Russell shows the results in five mun-
icipalities which are governed by COM
missions, and points out what he he
lleves to be the advantages of this
method Of common sense and demo-
cracy" over the ordinary thumb
hand management of civic affairs. We
are reminded that, as a rule. the AM
erican city is "unsightly to look ar
plundered by corporations and politi-
cal ruffians, misruled where it is NOT
corruptly ruled, and bungled, boggled
and manhandled in all it's most i'm
portant affairs" Moreover, "in things
visible and invisible" the city govern
ment "certifies to it's own abominabla
failure; for most American cities are
badly paved, badly lighted, badly built
badly severed, have an expensive wa
ter-supply and police force that
thriVes often upon an alliance with
vice, sometimes upon an alliance with
both vice and crime"
This, then, is a flair summary of
the situation in most of the American
cities" But there are some 60 odd con-
spicuous exceptions, 80 of which have
tested the new idea sufficiently r.
furnish a basis for estimating what
modern and sane methods are worth
when applied to a modern municina1-
ity'" or these, five typical cities are
selected for examination: Galveston
Houston, Des Moines, Sioux Falls. and
Cedar Rapids. Under the plan adont
ed by the two Texan cities, Galveston
reduced its annual expenses nearly
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07

still others they are simply waiting tc
see what will result.
The plan SO clearly outlined by the
liquor interests will determine them
to choose to cast their lot with the
prohibition element until the remnant
OF the insolent saloon element is put en-
tlrely down and out. Then they can
determine after that what course is
best to pursue.
NO man selected as representa-
tive OF the liquor element need hope
for political success in Idaho this
year. Thousands of those who have
stood against prohibition, will not
stand for that-Capital News.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07

President Taft's press agent has
given out the statement that an ag-
gressiye campaign would be started in
defense OF the administration and its
policies. That may be Mr. Taft's way
OF getting public favor, but he will no
doubt find that people will listen with
greater attention to few items of
fulfillment than to whole Grafton on
reasons for not doing what has been
promised. The time for aggression
should be deferred to a more favorable
time, when the public is not so keenly
sensitive to the short comings of the
administration
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07
MISTAKE OF THE LIQUOR INTER
ESTS


ESTS.
The Capital News is firmly con-
vinced that the liquor interests of
idaho are making a mistake, even
from their own point of view. BY the
LIQUOR interests this paper means
those directly engaged in the business
and those who are actively and indi-
rectly interested in the continuance of
the business, but 1t does not mean that
large number of citizens of the state
who have voted against the adoption
of prohibition in the various counties.
This latter element constitutes the
greater majority of the voting strength
of the so-called "wets" in all of the
elections that have been held. They
voted that way, not because they have
any use for saloons, for saloonkeep-
ers, or for saloon FOUNDERS and SYM
pathizers, but because they believed
that conditions growing out of the
many years during which the sale and
consumption of intoxicating liquors
have existed, could be better contend
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07

The money of the Republican con-
gressional committee is being used
right at present in Nebraska to ac-
complish the defeat of Representative
Norris, one of the insurgents, simply
because he has the courage to stand
for his own ideas of right and wrong
and the defy Cannon. The scheme of
the administration is to get Norris to
run for senator and by so doing take
his election out of the hands of his
constituency and place his future in
the hands of the whole state. Such
action may be right according to party
machine code of ethics, but it makes
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07
In the Probate Court of Twin Falls
county, State of Idaho.

In the matter of the estate of Theo-
PM Ihoni, Deceased. Notice to Gre
ditors. -
Notlce is Hereby Given, BY the I'M
aersigned, Gottfried Sommer. admin
lstrator of the estate of TheophiI
lhonl. deceased, to the creditors of
ana all persons having claims against
the deceased, to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers, within ten months
altef the first publication of this no
Ilce, to the said administrator at his
residence at Filler, said county of Twin
Falls, State of Idaho. u l VIZ
1919 Dated this the first day of April.
,an,,u,. GOTTFRIED SOMMER
administrator of the Estate of Theo-
- phil Thoni, Deceased u neo-
L. L. ASHTON, Attorney Anr 90
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Subscription Rates.
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W. VIII rails, Idaho, April I 1a1o
r., whereas, The Allwise Being has +,
MS lnnnite wisdom, taken the fatber the, ~ -,
our esteemed Brother, Walter Rnhan VI
son' we, as members of the same Gfnio :,
sympathlze with our bereaved Rr n,In
er; therefore be it 'u Droth'
1rI resolved, By the members of Iooa,
onion No. 1116, Carpenters and I Gots
e ers OF America, that we extand JUL n,l,
tes condolance to the Brotb u oG ~
further 'i'"'elueht; be II
ros SGi%Qived, That copy of the above
p IeSolutlon be forwarded to Rrotp poe
nna also spread upon t hume, ua
oroS q OF our Union, and publisb e rec e.
one OF our city papers. ''neo IN
J. D. ROGERS.
OLAF PEARSON.
J. W. EATON,
Committee on Resolutions
fon ne town is dry. Use Ro,,od H.
LUZ broadcast. Ask your grocan rye
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Idaho Department Store, Ltd.

the average voter heartily ashamed
of the party. Norris ability and in
tegrity are not being called into ques-
ton but merely his stand on the anti
Cannon side of the recent controversy.
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TEL. So.

The subscription books OF the TIMES
are open to the inspection of adver-
Users.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-07

Entered as second class matter May
5, 1905. at the postoffice at Twin Falls,
Idaho, under the act of Congress Of
March 3, 1879.
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INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN.
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Uwtn falls Utmes
Published every Thursday in the Gaut-
Holohan Building, Main Street.
WILBUR s. HILL
Editor and Publisher.

6ber of Eastern Idaho Press Club.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-04

Observation-Disclosures woman for
housekeeper for bachelor on farm.
few miles from Grinnell. Iowa. Will
lam Sparks, r. F. d. No. l, Grinneu,
Iowa