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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-18
Our INDIAN POPULATION.
There Has Been Decrease In the
Last Ten Years of 81 Per Cent.

In the present census the govern
ment has made special effort TO OBJ
tain, through twenty special agents,
full and authentic data regarding the
tribal relations of the Indians, in view
of the fact that when a decade hence.
the fourteenth census is taken, it will
probably be found that those Indians
who are at present the dependent
wards of the nation have become full
hedged citizens.
The Indian population of the United
States decreased 2.5 per cent in the
decade from 1890 to 1900, or from
273,6O7 to 266,76O In 1890 the In
dams comprised four-tenths of l per
cent of the entire population of this
country, and in 1900 the percentage
had diminished to three-tenths. In
1900 the care of the Indians cost the
national government $5,206,109 in
1909 the cost had risen to $15,724. 162,
more than three times as much.
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DIRT AND FLIES.
The House Fly Ii a Poison to tine
House-Spreads Disease.

Attention should be called y re
question Of dirt. dust and 60 j.
! their relation 10 foods and the public
health. Il Is d common thing 70 So
sidewalk displays Of fruits, berries
egetables, meats, fish. etc. entirely
unprotected from the clouds of dusf
flowing up and down the streets bur
the dust. however germ laden il mas
De, is innocence itself in comparison
TO the flies that come directly from thf
stable, the hog pen. or the opea clos
ct and swarm over the food thus ex-
posed for sic
The common house ay, now known
as the typhoid fly, breeds chiefly in
fresh horse manure and shows a de-
cided preference Tor that which is wet
and sloppy. 1t is $50 known to breed
n human eNcremeut barn yard re-
fuse and Other filth The eggs hatch
within Il hours after egg laying. the
mageots usually attaining full growth
within week. when they transform
to pupae remaining in this stage 3 to
I days. and then emerge S full
grown flies
The adult flies feed greedils upon
I'll kinds of filth and offensive 3ffal.
attack sores on all kinds of animals
swarm around the sputum and excre-
Ia OF persons afflicted with loathsome
and dangerous diseases. and then
whenever chance offers, crawl Gag
erly over food. oftentimes leaving be-
hind trail OF sickness and death.
These are facts demonstrated beyond
dispute
In order TO avoid such contamina-
ton the conditions surrounding all
places where food is prepared or dis
pensed should be kept as clean as it
is possible to make them.
Experiments have shown that flies
usually will not lay eggs in dark
places, neither will maggots develop
# the material in which they are
found becomes too dry, hence if the
manure be drawn out and spread at
frequent intervals in accordance with
best agricultural practice, or stored
in dark or fly proof celalrs the devel-
opment will be prevented. The rela-
lively cheap cement underpnning
makes it comparatively easy to CON
struct dark cellars. places where man
ure and other fy-breeding material
can be kept without producing swarms
of flies.
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AGED WATERVILLE COUPLE
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Maynard OBJ
served their 69th Wedding AnniYer-
Sary

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Maynard OBJ
marriage. Wednesday, August 10, at
their home in Waterylle. Mr.. Maynard
is Wateryille's oldest resident being
in his 92d year. His wife is 49, The an
niyersary observance was a quiet one
owing to the fact that neither Mr.. or
Mrs Maynard is in the best OF health.
Friends and neighbors called during
the day to extend congratulations to
the aged couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard were married
Aug. 10, 1911. in WinsloW and have
lived in that town and Waterville ever
since. Five children were born to
them. of whom only one is now alive
y. J. Maynard, who is employed by
the Maine Central railroad at Port
land. The aged couple have one
grandchld, Mrs. Leon c. Staples
Colby '03, resident of Danbury, Conn
Joseph A. Maynard was born al
Scion, Somerset county, Nov. 6, 1918.
He came of family whose health Was
not of the best and in early life Mr.
MAYNARD was troubled with an affec-
ton of the lungs. For II winters he
lived in the great woods of Maine. hop
ing to overcome his physical ailments.
His health having improved after this
time. he became a river driver on the
kennebec and it was on one of his
trips down river he met the girl who
was destined to become his wife. Miss
Mary l.. Dowse was born in Boston
in the old State House district, that
part of the Hub then being a resi-
dental section. She was brought to
WnsloW by her parents when she was
eight years of age. When she WAS IA
she met the strapping river driver
Maynard and before she was IL she
WIS his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard are both
Methodists and before the state OF
their health prevented were constant
attendants at the local Methodist
church. The aged couple until last
fall were yearly attendants at Central
Maine fair on Old Folks day, carrying
off the prize given to the couple mar
ried the greatest number OF Years. IN
speaking about Old Folks day last
fall Mr. Maynard said; I'VE have won
so many times we think it is but right
We should give some one else a
chance
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

WHEREAS Horace Chase and Nor
ris Chase, both of Cornville in the
County of Somerset and State of
Maine. by their mortgage deed dated
of our Lord one thousand nine hum
dred and five and recorded in the
Somerset County Registry of Deeds,
Book 2I7, Page 29S, conveyed to me,
tae undersigned, certain lot or
parcel of land situated in Hartland in
bounded and described as follows, viz:
Beginning on the East side, of the
County road leading from the prem
Uses hereby conveyed to the Hartland
and Athens Road at a cedar stake;
thence Easterly ten rods more or less
TO stone wall; thence South on the
line of said wall some twenty rods
line of said fence to land of
Maurice Littlefield and Isaiah
Crowell thence Southerly by land
of said Littlefeld and said Gro
we'll to land of Fred Thompson:
thence Westerly to the Northwest cor
Southerly on said Thompson's West
line to land of Oakman Moody;
thence Westerly on said Moody's
North line to Black Stream, so called {;
thence along said Black Stream to the
Old Mill Yard; thence East to the
thence along said road to the point
Of beginning, containing one hundred
forty acres more or less.
AND WHEREAS the condition of
said mortgage has been broken. NOW
THEREFORE by reason of the breach
OF the condition thereof, / claim a
BENJAMIN L. FLANDERS.
Skowhegan, Maine, August a. 1910.
3w-32
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

WHEREAS l. Leroy T. Carleton of
Winthrop in the County of kennebee
and State of Maine, am the owner OF
certain mortgage of personal prop
erty given to Webster Z. Savage OF
Skownegan in the County of Somerset
and State of Maine, By William X.
Clifford, then of said Skowhegan. but
whose residence is not now within the
State of Maine and is unknown, dat ed
June Z. 1910 and recorded in the town
records of said town of Skowhegan in
Book .. Page 1893, mortgaging to the
said Webster c. Savage certain per
sonal property described in said
mortgage as follows: "All of my
mounted specimens being the same
formerly had by me in my business
as taxidermist, said specimens being
now situated In said skowhegan;"
which said mortgage was afterwards
on the 9Th day of August A. D. 1910
assigned to me by the said Webster
c. Savage. which assignment Is re-
corded In the town records of the
said town of Skowhegan in Book 2,
Page 422; and whereas the condition
of said mortgage is broken; Now
Therefore notice Is hereby given of
my intention to foreclose the said
mortgage for breach of the condition
thereof -
LEROY T. CARLETON,
Dated August 10, A. D. 1910. 3w-32
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STATE OF MAINE.

County of Somerset, SIS.
Taken this twenty-tirst day of July
\. ID. 1910, on execution dated July
sixteenth A. ID. 1910, issued on juds-
ment rendered by the Superior Court
within and Tor the County OF kenne-
bee and State of Maine at term of
court thereof begun and held at Wa
on the second Tuesday of June, A. D..
isl0, in favor OF Conant, Patrick x
q, a corporation duly organized by
.aw and having its principal place OF
business at Portland in the County of
Cumberland and State of Maine,
against Della Tallouse and Zedor Tai
louise. both of Waterville in the Coun-
ty of Kennebec in said State, for
torty-two dollars and forty-three
cents debt or damage and fifteen dol
lars and thirty-three cents costs of
suit. and will be sold at public AUG
said Fairfield in said county of Som
erset to the highest bidder on the sew
enth day of September y. D. 1910 at
ten o'clock in the forenoon all the
ing described real estate which the
said Della Tallouse and the said Ze-
dor Tallouse have or had In and to
the same. on the. nineteenth day of
the forenoon, the time when the same
was attached on the original writ in
the same suit, to wit: A certain lot
or parcel of land situate in said Fair
fo lows: To wit: On the south by the
road leading from Fairfield Center to
Smithfeld; on the north and west by
the county road; on the east by land
formerly owned by Geo. Topper, con-
tanning three acres more or less. Also
one other piece or parcel of land Sit
uat ed in said Fairfield bounded and
described as follows: Beginning on
the west side OF the county road lead
ing from the Ten Lots" so called to
Norridgewock at the corner where the
fence joins the Geo Cool land and
running .nortl' westerly on the Great
Center line about ffty-four rods to
the south side of land formerly own
ed by Benz. Jones, but now owned by
one Lessau or Lessor; thence easterly
on the south line of said Lessau land
to the county road about sixty-eight
rods and to place of beginning; the
above property being the same prop
erty purchased of Fred F.. Tallouse by
Della Tallouse and Charles Tallouse in
1905.
c. F. BIGELOW.
Deputy Sheriff.
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Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
were recorded in the Somerset County
Registry of Deeds the past week:
Observation-Disclosures b. Smith to r. B
Mcfarland ct al; Lydia NJ Noble to
Arthur S. BARLEY.
Fairfield-John r. Hudson to
Louise NJ. Hudson.
Skowhegan-Emma E. Dore to Lii
liam NJ Colway; A. o. Lacroix to j
Pierre Lacroix.
observation-disclosures c. Whitney ct al
to Gardner l.. Bean.
Madison-Howard Corning to Madi-
son Wooden Co.
Starks-Geo. P. Greenleaf to Alice
NJ. Phinney.
Athens-Francis n. Joaquin to
Frank N. Joaquin ct al.
Cornville-C. B. Chase to Frank
Blaisdell.
New Northumberland Hutchins
to S. D. Jones.
Detroit-Wilson T. Shaw to James
Brann; Alfred w Morse to James
Brann.
Anson-Thomas H. Spear to Susie
NJ. Gunter.
Cenaan-D. NJ. Foster to Almon
Smith.
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NOTICE OLE FORECLOSURE.

WHEREAS. Daniel J. White of Liv-
ermore, County of Androscoggin and
State of Maine and Marie Richard of
Rumford in the County of oxford and
State of Maine, by their mortgage
deed dated the eighteenth day of May
\. d. 1909 and recorded in Somerset
Registry of Deeds Book 299, Page
certain parcel Of real estate situate
in Athens. in the County of Somerset
an 4 State of Maine and bounded as
follows: On the north by land of w.
e. Pinkham, on the east by land of
Gustavus Nelson, on the south by land
OF Manley Mason. and on the west
by the road leading over Stickney
Hill, so called, containing eighty-one
and two-thirds acres. more or less:
and whereas the condition of said
mortgage has been broken.
breach of the condition thereof
claim a foreclosure of said mortgage.
EMILE LHERNAULT.
BY Edward f. Merrill.
August A. d. 1910. 3w-32
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18TH MAINE TO MEET IN BANGOR.
Reglmental Reunion VIII BE Held In
Bangor and East COrinth on Sept.
I4-15-The Program.

The 18th Maine regiment will hold
it's annual reunion in Bangor on Sep
TENDER II with trip to East Corinth
over the Penobscot Central the next
G. A. r. hall Wednesday morning at
ter breakfast. Headquarters will be
at the Windsor hotel The morning
will be devoted to getting settled and
the business meeting will be held in
the afternoon. There will be a camp
fire Wednesday at which there will be
speeches and interesting war time
"reminiscences. The trip to East Cor
NTH will be made Thursday and din
ner will be served the veterans by the
Grange. The party will return to the
city in season to take the evening
train for home.
The Maine Central railroad will
sell round trip tickets for a fare and
third and the Bangor & Aroostook
for one fare. Plans are on foot for
the organization of some sort of an
auxiliary association at the coming
meeting Just what form it will take
hasn't been decided upon yet.
The executive committee is COM
posed of Jasper |. Fisher Bangor,
chairman; Melvin Tibbetts, Luther V.
Gilmore, W. H. Meggueir and F. b.
Trickey. H. A. Shorey is secretary of
the association
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THIRTY.FIyE YEARS AGO.
Items From the Reporter of August
20, 1875.

"All the attaches of the Reporter
extend thanks to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Tantish for generous slices of we'd
ding cake"
1T is estimated that there were
more than a thousand people on the
6lueberry Plains last week. Two and
one-half men to each berry"
Rev. c. E. Tucker, former pastor
of the Universalist Society of this
place will preach at Coburn hall next
Sunday afternoon and evening"
w. H. Heselton is rapidly finish
ing his new hotel at The Forks, and
will be ready for company the mid
die OF next month
Repairs are being made ON the
toll bridge"
Nahum Steward. our road commits
sioHer. is improving Madison street
between Water and Russell streets
by placing stones in the middle of the
ROAD ana then thickly covering this
foundation with gravel The repair
ing VS. needed and it is being most
eXcellently done.
~ he freight business over this
branch of the Maine Central has
been looking up for the past week.
Seven car loads of ship knees, sey-
eral OF slate and general merchan-
disc have been forwarded and large
number of loads. of coal and mer-
chandise have been received. Mr.. Ea-
ton says. A good weeks work
"A purchase of considerable i'm
portance has been made by a com
pany of our citizens, Messrs. Morri
son, Hill, Page, Fellows, Jones and
others. fifteen in all, have purchased
Mouse Island"
We call attention to the fine rec
ord of Waldo Chief, Hanson Tufts
fast horse which he made on the
Bangor track last week"
The kennebec and Somerset
lodges of Good Templars will hold a
convention with Fairvlle lodge at
Fairfield Tuesday and Wednesday,
September I and s." They were to
discuss the question, Resolved, that
Good Templars cannot consistently
support any but a Total Abstinence
church or give their votes to any politi-
cal party but a prohibition party
There was also unique advertise
ment of musical entertainment at
Bingham, and the names signed were
S. d. Arnold, Samuel Morrill,, Ezra
Staples, Horace Stevens, A. F. Par
lin, Sanford Chase, Isaac Dyer, War
rem Bacon, Obed Smith, H. F. Kimball
r. Stinchfield, L. L. Morrison, T, H.
Dinsmore, ]. L. Tenney, Albert
Smiley. S. Richardson, Jr., Peter Nal
bon and lothian Weston. Presumably
these were some of our music lovers
and music makers thirty-fve years
go.
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In the District Court OF the United States Tor
the District OF Maine In Bankruptcy.
In the matter OF
John Mayo In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt
To the creditors OF John Mayo of
Fairfield In the County OF Somerset and
District aforesaid, o bankrupt.
Notice Ia hereby given that on the 18th day
OF August A. ID. 1910, said John Mayo
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and
that the first meeting Of his creditors Will be
held at Daniel Lewis office, In Skowhegan,
Maine, on the Sd day OF September, AID. ialr
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which time
the said creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint o trustee, examine the I'm NIX
rupt, and transact such other business
may properly come before said meeting.
August Is, A ID. 1910.
DANIEL LEWIS,
Referee In Bankruptcy
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STATE OF MAINE.

Taken this twenty-second day of
July, A. d. 1910. on execution dated
July fifth, A ID. 1910, issued ON q
Court within and for the County of
tSennebec and State OF Maine at a
term of court thereof begun and held
IT WatervIlle In said County of Ken
aebee on the second Tuesday of jane
"a. d. 1910, to wit: On the twenty
third day of June a u. 1910 In favor
Of Manly Morrison of Waterville In
the County of kennebec and state of
Maine. against Leon IL. Gibson of
Fairfield In the County of Somerset in
forty-nine cents debt or damage and
twenty-three dollars and seventy-one
cents costs of suit and will be sold II
public auction at The office of Edward
c. Rice In said Fairfield to the high
est bidder on the seventh day of Sep
TENDER a. D.. 1910 at ten o'clock IN
the forenoon all the right. title and
interest in the following described
real estate which the said Leon II.
Gibson has and had in and to the
Der. a. D. 1909, at six O'clock and
forty-flve minutes In the afternoon.
The time when the same was attached
on the original writ in the same suit
to wit A certain lot or parcel of land
situate In said Fairfield bounded and
described as follows: Bounded north
erly by land now or formerly of
George H. Fairfield. easterly by the
kennebec river southerly by land
now or formerly of F. NJ. Cotton west
premises convened to the said Leon II
Gibson by George T. Page by deed
dated January tenth, A. d. 1908. re-
corded in Somerset Registry of Deeds.
Book 272, page 375.
penutv Sheriff.
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Bankrupfs Petition for Discharge.

In the matter OF John A. Hurley
Bankrupt in Bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale, Judge of the
District Court Of the United States for the
District OF Maine.
John A. Hurley OF Arson
In the County ofSomerset and State ofM aine,
In said District respectfully represents, that
on the 18th day ofJanuary, last past, he VAS
duly adJudged bankrupt under the Acts OF
Congress relating to bankruptcy: that he has
duly surrendered all her property and right
of property, and has fully compiled with all
the requirements OF said Acts and Of the
orders OF Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore she prays, that he ma be de-
creed by the Court TO have a full discharge
from all debts provable against his estate
under said bankruptcy Acts. except such
debts as are excepted by law from such dis
charge.
Dated this SOth day ofJuue, A. d. 1910.
John A. Hurley, Bankrupt
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE, SO.
On this 18th day OF August, A. ID. 1910, on
Ordered by the Court, That hearing be had
upon the same on the End day. of Septem Der
A. d. 1910, before said Court at Portland, In
said District, at ten O clock In the forenoon,
and that notice thereof be published In the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS newspaper printed
In said District, and that all known creditors
and other persons In interest may appear al
the said time and place, and show cause, II
any they have, why the prayer OF said pc
titioner should not be granted.
And 1t 10 further ordered by the Court, that
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known
creditors copies Of said petition and this
order, addressed to them ut their places oil
residence ~ stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale
Judge Of the said Court, and the seal thereof
At Portland, in said District, on the 18th day
OF August, A. ID. 1910.
LIS JAMES E. HEWEY, Clerk.
A true copy Of petition and order thereon
Attest: JAMES 4. HEWEY. Clerk.
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In boxes. all dry. ready for stove,
boxes hold " Of cord. price soc loose,
racKed 75c. Send postal to 1892
FAIRBROTHER & SOULE,
"iil formerly run by Ira W. Page, Jr.
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Carrabasset Stock Farms.

Carrabasset Stock Farms.
Notice is hereby given that on the
2eth day of July, 1910, on petition of
"; b. Hutchins, Receiver of the Car
rraabasset, Stock Farms, it was ordered
"First-That the holders of all
bonds and coupons issued by said Car
fabasset Stock Farms, and secured by
Its mortgage to said Portland Trust
Company, file said bonds and coupons
With E. NJ. Thompson of August a,
Maine, Special Master in Chancery for
mat purpose, accompanied by affidavit
showing their ownership of same and
whether owned by them outright or as
collateral, and, II the latter, stating
the facts with regard to same.
Second-In case the said Master is
hot satisfied as to the ownership of
any OF said bonds or coupons, he Is
authorized to submit the facts in the
ease to this Court for determine
II IIhirrd--The said Master is ordered
and directed to forthwith notify in
writing all holders of bonds and cou-
P pom. known by him, or appearing
from inspection of the records in this
case to be such. and to cause same
notice to be published once week for
three weeks In the Independent Re
gporter, newspaper published In
skowhegan, in the County of Somer-
set, and the Kennebec Journal. a
newspaper published at Augusta. In
therein the substance OF this decree.
=, Fourth-All such bonds and coupons
snail be so presented and filed with
N thirty days from the date of this
decree, and IL any such bonds or cou-
pons are not presented and filed with
me said Master within said thirty
Ways, the owners or holders thereof
snail be forever barred from present
ing or receiving any payment on ac-
count Thereof
fifth--The said Master Is ordered
ana directed at the expiration Of said
.hlrty days to report to this Court his
proceedings. together with state
ment OF amount OF such bonds and
coupons outst anding. with the owner
snlp thereof. and the manner In which
'hey are held.
(Signed) A. M. SPEAR.
Justice Sup. Jud. Court"
f. NJ THOMPSON,
Special Master in Chancery.
4 dated at Augusta, Maine, this LIST
uay OF August, 1910. 3w-31
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STATE OF MAINE.
STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset, SIS. Supreme Judicial Court.
In Equity.
The SkOwhegan Savings Bank VS.. r..
G. Wells, Walter s. Wells, LOttie
Wells and Ben s. Collins.

Wells and Ben s. Collins.
On the foregoing bin of complaint.
1t Is ordered. that notice of the PEN
dency thereof be given to the said de-
PENDANT Ben S. Collins, by publish
ing an attested copy of said bill, or
an abstract thereof, and of this or
der thereon, three weeks successive
ly IN The independently Reporter, a
public newspaper printed at Skowhe-
gan in said county of Somerset, the
last publication to be thirty days at
least before the third Tuesday of
September A. d. 1910, that he may
then appear at the Court House in
said Skowhegan at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, then and there
to answer to said bill. and abide the
Judgment of said court thereon.
And 1t Is Further Ordered, that the
said Ben S. Collins file with the clerk
of said court for said county Of Som
erset within thirty days after the day
above named for his appearance, his
demurrer plea or answer to said bill
II any he has.
VIM. p. WHITEHOUSE,
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
true abstract of bill with copy of
order of court thereon.
Attest: w. T. SEEKINS. Clerk.
3w-31
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To the Bond Holders and Coupon
Holders of Carrabasset Stock Farms;
In the Matter of
Portland Trust Company, Trustee,
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abstract of Bill In Equity)
STATE OF MAINE.

&C Supreme Judicial Court
Somerset In Equity.
NH. skowhegan Savings bank