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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18

The Grand Forks Herald intimates
that it is about all that stands between
the state of North Dakota and politi.
cal and business damnation. Should
anything happen to the Herald, we
fear the ship Of state would founder
on the first uncharted rock.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18
Amousets1emtS

At THE BIJOU.
October 2.-"The Volunteer Organ
ist."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18

And He Resigned.
who was 1t who said: You may dre
when you are ready?" "Somebody
who knew he was going to get dis.
charged. anyway.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18
ADVERTISING AGENTS.:

Correspondents wanted in every CITY, town
and precinct in the western part OK 'ne ''.'e s:
order TO discontinue is received, and until all
arrcarages are paid.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18
ANNOUNCEMENT,

To the Voters Of Burleigh County:
hereby announce myself ~ . candi.
date for the ONCE Of sheriff and re
spectfully solicit the favor Of your sup
port and votes at the ensuing gen.
ersl election. 49,.
WILLIAM z. BREEN.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Entered as second class matter.
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***:*:**********
NOTICE.

: The city water will be shut (
= of Monday at 9 =. NJ, south Of I
+ Main street, and turned on again I
q at 4 p. m.
= BISMARCK WATER SUP. co. {
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18

Publication Office:
800 FOURTH STREET. COR. BROADWAY
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-18

Established W Ha'tIi 1871 Oldest in State
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No attention paid to anonymous con'''u Nv,
.,o,s Writers name must be known to the
editor. but no, necessarily for publication.
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-25

had, but no final and definite decision
has ever been rendered settling for
all time the claims on The Island. and
the mainland. This litigation has cost
thousands OF dollars, interfered with
the development Of power frightened
OF possible manufacturing concerns,
and has been most serious impede
ment TO the growth and development
OF Skowhegan commercially
There are al present 81 wheels. one
OF which the Wharff) is silent, on the
whole Skowhegan privilege. Five are
on the upper Island privilege. and of
these the Skowhegan Electric Light
Co. owns three, Steward Bros one,
and Levi ". Weston. one The Show
hogan Pulp Co on the north side of
the river has nine wheels, the Mil
burn Co. on the eastern side of the
Island one wheel. and on the south
side of the river there are the follow
ing: Marston Construction Co. one;
American Wooden Co, two; Somerset
Traction Co, two; Savage Paper Co,
two; Nolin Mfg. Co. one; {. A. vii
liams & Co, one; and the Riverside
Mill five
All the wheris except those on the
upper Island privilege tdeeded by
Bridge to William Weston in 1860
are under the jurisdiction of the
Skowhegan Water Power Co. a cor
poration organized to build and keep
in repair the dams. head works, etc,
Of its incorporators. One of the most
famous lawsuits referred TO above
was that brought in 1893 by the Show
hogan Water Power Co against Levi
w Weston Il ais of the Island priv
ilege, 10 determine the quantity of
water which the latter are entitled 20
use etc and 10 adjust all oontro-
yersies or questions existing between
the parties concerning their respec-
tive rights in and to water flowing
into said southern channel of said
keunebec river. AS before mentioned
the courts have never fully decided
this issue.
The water power owners in the
Skowhegan Water Power Co. are en-
titled by deed from said company 10
their respective allowances of water
and in general il should be said that
they have not used more water than
their deeds allow them. Steward
Bros. and Levi W Weston are entitled
to certain amount OF water by
deed, and the Skowhegan Electric
Light Co. has all the rest of the Wa
ter naturally flowing through the
sluiceway.
The aggregate power developed to-
day by all of the privileges at Show
hogan is less than 5000 horse power.
The greatest head at any of the
wheels is 20 feet. and the lowest 124
feet. In general il may be said that
the 80 active wheels are modern. we'll
placed, and are producing as much
power as could be expected under the
prevailing conditions here
Believing that the possibilities of
the power situation at Skowhegan far
exceeded this above mentioned de-
,elopment. the town of Skowhegan at
Continued on Page Nine.
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Enroll Your Name Early.

Those of our citizens who, accord
ing to the terms specified last spring,
wish to enter the contest for the
prizes offered by the Town Improve
ment Society for the best kept and
most artistic grounds, or best vege-
table garden, will send their names
and the class in which they are en-
titled to be entered to the secretary
of the society, Mrs. Isabel A. Small,
Madison avenue, before August 81
that the judging committee may have
time to do their work before danger
of early frosts. AS the prizes are
large a reasonable number will be
expected to compete in each class in
order that the offer may accomplish
the desired result, otherwise it will
be withdrawn. The names of those
comprising the awarding committee
will be announced later.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-25
POST OFFICE SITE
IS DISCUSSED
Two Bids Already Sent
To Washington
Most Available Lot Seems to Be On
Court Street.

The post Office site committee made
Geo. w. Cover, A. G. Blunt and Bin
w. Page which was appointed by the
Board of Trade, met Saturday at the
Office of Mr.. Cover to discuss the pos
sible places where a new post Office
might be built. One of the lots
mentioned was the lot on the corner
of Madison avenue and Russell
streets. This was considered an ex-
cellent location but il is doubtful in
the minds of the committee as to
whether it could be bought 1t would
take in the block where are Nutting &
Lord and Steward & Blunt, the Doran
block and the Bragg G. Varney store
with other buildings in back. The lot
discussed that was thought to be the
best with everything considered is on
the corner of Court and Water streets
where the Cover block is. This
seems to be out of the question as it
would take in too much other proper
ty. The site taking in the Fairbroth-
err stable, the Amazeen property and
the Heselton property to Mr.. Hesel
TONS wooden block on Water street
was considered. The only objection
to this site was that it is not on the
corner of street. The lot that was
thought to be the most available is
the one taking in the Charles Ross
house and the house where Burns
lives on Court street and extending to
Cross street. This site is centrally
located and is near the depot and
public buildings.
1t is understood that two bids have
already been sent to Washington by
George Arnold and Fred Wood. This
site is on the corner of Madison av-
enue and Leavitt street. 1t is some
distance from the business section OF
the town. Still another site that
brought discussion was the Dodge lot,
so called, which takes in the Dow
store on the lower corner Of Water
street and Madison avenue.
The law requires that the site for
this public building shall be bounded
on at least two sides by streets, and
lot bounded by a street and an al
ley does not conform to the require
ments ots must he on the corner
of two public streets. A corner lot
110x115 feet bounded by streets not
less than 40 feet wide and having a
2O-foot alley on the side and rear
would be available for the purpose of
the government as lot 135Xl35 not
having any alleys on the side or rear.
The lot must be approximately 5000
square feet.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-25
s0th Maine Regiment Reunion.

The annual reunion of the survi-
yors of the Twentieth Maine Regi-
ment will be held at New Meadows
Inn near Bath. Me-, Tuesday. August
80. Albert w. Smith will attend. The
following list OF names shows who are
surviving members of the goth Maine
Regiment OF Somerset county:
Peter Austins, Parkman; o. Buzz
cell. Wellington; A. Buzzell, Yelling
ton; Washington Foss, Wellington;
s. p. Baker, Bingham; Geo. Croker,
Aaron Starbird, Hartland;
A. I. Woodbury., Hartland; A. Chad
bourne, Harmony; Steadman Hatch,
Harmony; Uriah Trip. Harmony; B.
Fields. st. Adams; d. A Goodwin. st.
8. Johnson, st. Adams; John
8. Parker, st. Adams; Chas. A. South
ard, st. Adams; A. w. Smith, Show
began; Benjamin F. Fairbrother,
Col. W. g. Morrill,, Pitts
field; H. M. Tozier, Pittsfeld; J. P.
Folsom, Palmyra; Samuel Foss, Corn
Vile; Webster d. Moore, Caratunk
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FOR PINE CAMP.
Company Z Left Saturday to Partici.
pate in Maneuvers.

Company E, n. G. s. NJ, left here
at 3.25 p. m. Saturday for Pine Camp
n. Y, to take part in the maneuvers
which will take place there for the
next ten days, beginning with Mon
day The members of this company
arrive at Pine Camp between and Z
a. m. Monday. They camped in Port
land Saturday night where they Joined
the other companies of the Second
Regiment. The company is in charge
Of Capt. BERTHE l. Rice, his two lieu
tenants being First Lieutenant
Charles E. Bagley, Second Lieutenant
Earl E. Thibeault. Inspector General
L o. Moriarty of Lewiston said a
few days ago that Company E was
one of the best drilled in the State.
Following is list of the other Off
GERS and privates who went on this
trip; First Sergeant, Earl Barnes;
Quarter Master Sergeant, Walter G..
Lessard; Sergeants, Clarence E.
Green, Harry Albee, Horace Stitham,
William H. Demo; Corporals, Carlton
L. Barnes, Charles F. Ashley, George
Lambert, Clifford E. Green; Cooks,
Michael Boulette, Andrew D. Cody;
Musician, Bert B. Russell; Privates,
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NE. BOARD OF TRADE
TO MEET HERE
Attractive Program To
be Announced Later
Excellent Facilities Here for Enter
tanning Everybody Who May Come.

The Maine State Board of Trade
will hold its annual meeting at Show
hogan on Thursday and Friday. Sep
TENDER % and % with the Skowhegan
Board of Trade. The people of Skow-
hogan and the members of the local
Board of Trade are glad OF the oppor-
tunity to welcome the Boards of
Trade from the different parts of the
State. 1t Is with great satisfa ction
that Skowhegan can welcome this or
place for such an event and 1t can
show the people what a magnificent
town it is.
Skowhegan Is centrally located, be-
ing situated at the most beautiful part
of the Kennebec river. 1t has ex-
cellent facilities for entertaining ev-
erybody who may come. 1t has four
hotels: Coburn, Skowhegan House,
Maine Central and the Oxford.
The place of meeting will be at the
new Municipal building which has
seating capacity of about 1000 and the
opening session will convene at II a.
m. Thursday. 1t is expected that
about rs delegates from out of town
will be present. The business meet
ing will be held at the opening ses-
sion at which time the State Presi
dent, D. J. Callahan, will give an ad
dress which will be followed by re-
ports of secretary, treasurer and of
standing committees, and following
this will be the election of officers.
The afternoon will be devoted to auto
rides about Skowhegan and vicinity
and in the evening there will be a
formal program in the Opera house
to which the public will be invited.
Special cars will take the delegates
and local members to Madison the
next morning and, after visiting the
points of interest there, all will re-
turn to Lakewood for dinner Special
invitations will be sent out by the
| local Board of Trade to the new
Boards of Trade in Norridgewock and
Canaan, asking them to participate
in all the good times. An attractive
entertainment program is being ar
ranged for the second day by the
Skowhegan Board of Trade. In a
short time full outline of the same
together with the topics for discus
sion arranged for by the State Boards
committee, will be published. There
will be reduced rates on the railroads
for the delegates to and from Show
! hogan.
At the Board of Trade meeting Fri
day evening a committee on entertain
ment was appointed consisting of R.
L. Marston, Bin w. Page, H. l..
SWEET E. c. Butler, c. A. Ross, D. H.
Perkins, w. T Seekins and ]. w.
Blunt. The officers of the Skowhe-
gan Board of Trade are: President,
Walter P. Ordway; first vice presi-
dent, r. L. Marston; second vice pres
ident, Bin W. Page; secretary and
treasurer, J. H. Lancaster Executive
Board, John c. Griffin, F. w. Buck
nam, S. w Philbrick, Lewis Anderson
and Ernest c. Butler.
The State Board of Trade met with
the Skowhegan Board of Trade in
1893 This WAS semi-annual meet
ing Lewis Anderson was president of
the local Board.
The committee made investigation
Monday and it was found that the
lot on the corner of High and Water
streets would be available for a post
office site, also the lot opposite the
Bethany church on the corner of Wa
| NJ OF
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THE WEEKS HEADLINES
THURSDAY, AUG. IS.

THURSDAY, AUG. IS.
American aviator. John B. Mois-
SAINT of Chicago, flies across British
channel.-Maine undertakers' 10th an
nual convention at Portland.-Fire in
Jersey City's foreign section.-At-
lantic fleet to have another cruise.
FRIDAY, AUG. 10.
Police helpless to handle strikers at
New Bedford, Mass.-Roosevelt de-
cides to stand one side and let the
odd Guard" fight the battle in New
York.-Virginia presents statue of
Washington to French Republic
Treasurer Ingersoll of York County
Savings bank admits discrepancy in
accounts. -Congressman Longworth
declares war against Cannon.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 90.
President Taft passes day going
cousining; he finds scores, most of
whom had never met him; the young
est boy OF two weeks he names Rob
ert to delight of childs mother.-Ne-
groes for Roosevelt for third term;
National Business Mems League
pledges colored vote.-Munsey tour
lists at Portland.-Census showing
wonderful grow up.
MONDAY, AUG, %.
Drayton launched at Bath; is sister
ship to torpedo boat destroyer Pauld-
ing.-Incendiary at work; confiagra-
ton grows steadily in Western for
ests; many lives lost in path of fire;
rain is needed.-Two schooners bring
loo, 900 pounds of fish into Portland.
TUESDAY, AUG. %.
Taft shows New York "Old Guard"
up as pack of liars; Roosevelt dee
lighted. in Nicaragua
succeeds after year of Nightingale
legged murderer caught in Bangor
New England wooden mills start up.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. "a.
Bangor fair opens with usual
troops in maneuvers
at Pine Camp.-Post Office Inspector
Robinson arrests one OF Lisbon Falls
burglars.-Beef inquiry
shifts to New England.-Vermont
farmer kills wife, self and horse
Forest fires beyond control in Idaho
and Montana; three hundred people
dead, eight hundred forest rangers
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kennebec Valley Grange.

Kenebec Valley Grange, Madison
held its regular meeting August 90
with a good attendance. Literary pro-
gram consisted of music by the
choir; paper entitled "A Girls Life
on the Farm" by Bessie Berry; read
ing, Smiths Automatic Butter Max
err" by Susan Head. The question,
do the hard times hit the farmers?"
was Interestingly discussed; phono-
graph selections by Fred Dinsmore.
Ladies' night has been postponed I'M
til September II, and at our next
regular meeting, September 8, the ini-
tiatory degrees will be conferred.
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Frank T Adams, Guy d. Booker. Lew.
is Booker Frank c. Bryant. Morrill,
NJ. Briggs. Charles A Blanchard,
Odas Buteau, Elmer G. Bushey,
George W. Booth. Morris Currier. Ed
ward A. Kerry, Freeman V. Currie,
Joseph E. Donahue, John A. Donahue,
George n Estes, Mailard D. Ellis,
Garfield Green. Albert Getchell, James
Gilbert. George Gilbert, Howard c.
Herrin. ]. H. Taylor, BAIL A Hodg-
don. Thomas Hodgdon, c. B. Hight,
Henry LeClair, Chester Perkins, Wal
ter Perkins. Charles F. Palmer Her
bert Pomlow Ivory Soule, Lewis
Trial and Frank ?. Turcotte
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Alexis Green Meets With Accident.

Alexis Green, while working in the
saw mill at Shawmut Tuesday, met
with an accident in which he lost his
right eye and his nose was broken.
He was working on a clapboard ma
chine when a piece of timber few,
hitting him in the head.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-25
Notice

DR.. F. S, Bigelow announces that
on Monday he opened an office in
Gould block on Water street in the
rear of the dental office of DR.. F. o.
Sawyer. He is now prepared to re-
ceive patients. In a short time Hotel
Oxford will be open TO the public.
Here those from out of town will find
excellent accommodations at reason
able rates. AS the hotel is located
in the same block as my Office out of
town patients will be able to secure
accommodations. Office
hours from 1890 a. m. until 3 D. m.
until further notice.
DIR. F. 8. BIGELOW.
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Plaisted may not make better Gov
ernor than Fernald, he could not pos
sibly make a worse one and the
chances are in his favor to do well
by the Office. This may seem like
rank injustice to the party and may
be very poor political judgment, but
it will take good many speeches to
convince the people of Maine to the
contrary.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-25
WATER POWER COMMITTEE APPOINTED
BY BOARD OF TRADE REPORT
Complete Utilization Of Water Power Privilege
the Only Plan Worth While

Members of the Board of Trade
turned out in force Friday night, to
listen to the long expected report OF
the Committee on Water Power This
report (printed in full below was
read by Chairman Marston. and re-
ceiyed the closest possible attention
During the subsequent discussion that
followed C. Griffin expressed a
wish that the development of the
Skowhegan water power might be
carried out by the town, the present
owners be allotted the same amount
of power that they now use, and the
surplus be managed and sold for the
sole benefit of the community. He
felt that only in this way could local
use of the power be assured. since
the largest profit would probably
come from transmission to tide water
points. Mr.. Marston conceded the
excellence of Mr.. Griffins ideas in the
abstract, but called attention to the
fact that the present laws of the
State were such as to make them i'm
possible. He felt that with the hold
ings consolidated, and the stock con-
troll lodged in the hands of residents
the future of Skowhegan would be
safe. The Board rewarded the Com
mttee with an unanimous vote OF
thanks.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-25

On the 29th day of October 1906
James Bridge of Augusta sold tc
William Weston, mills and water
power privileges on the sluiceway
that crosses the upper portion Of
Skowhegan Island. AT that time Mr.
Bridge owned all of Skowhegan Is
land and a greater portion OF the
shore on the main land north, south
and east of the Island. and he after
wards sold rights which he reserved
in his deed to William Weston to
erect dams and create water powers
on the north and south channels OF
the kennebec river at the Skowhegan
Island.
Therefore since 1906 the water
power privilege has been divided into
two parts, the Island privilege and
the main land privilege, including
the eastern end of the Island. The
former has been owned by members
of the Weston family until Levi W
Weston sold part for the presen
grist mill privilege. and part for
the Skowhegan Electric Light Co. re-
serving for himself the SO called
Pulling Mill privilege, about equiv
alent to the grist mill power. Th'
latter has passed through man.
hands and supplied power fer a vari-
ETY. of manufactures. II might almost
be said that at no time during the To-
years since the above deed WAS made
has the distribution and allowance
of the total water fiowage at SkoW-
hogan been legally settled. Numerou;
recourses to the courts have beer
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-25

Experienced travellers have found
great beneft by taking with them a
bottle of DIR. SETH ARNOLD'S BAL
SAM. 1t cures illness caused by i'm
pure water and sudden changes Of
climate. Warranted by Sampson &
Avore.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-25

The August term of the district
court at Fort Madison adjourned Sat
urday. Judge Henry Bank presided.
Eghty-four cases were disposed of,
including criminal, law, chancery
and probate matters.
w. " Martin is confined at his
home, No. 109 South Tenth street. by a
large swelling on the right side of his
face which was caused by an ulcerat-
ed tooth For few days he suffered
intense pain, but it was stated yes
terday that he was slowly recovering
from the effects
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-25
CAME AS A NIGHTMARE


night, two buggies coIIded on Upper
Main Street, throwing Mrs. Anthony
koss to the ground and severity in
jurlng her. She was brought to the
home Of her son in an automobile and
given prompt medical attention and is
expected to recover.
With a cash two inches long that
penetrated to the bone, the left ear
almost severed from the head and
numerous bruises about the body,
Mrs. Anthony Koss, aged fifty-two
years, residing at Sugar Creek, lay
in precarious condition at the home
of her son-in-law, Charles Frank, 1913
Blondeau street, for nearly an hour
last evening as the result of a head
on collision between two buggies out
on the Main street road about $50
o'clock
Picked UP from the roadside amid
the wreckage of partly demolished
buggy following the accident, the
injured woman was hurried to the
home of her son-in-law in the auto
mobile of B. B. Hobbs, who happen
ed along, and remained unconscious
there for some time. Blood spurted
| freely from the deep wound in the tenn
pie and besides the enormous loss of
blood she suffered much pain from
the badly lacerated ear and a Sc
we're bruise to her shoulder.
The accident occurred at about
Twenty-third and Main street Mr..
and Mrs Koss, who had been in
Keokuk during the day, were driving
to their home in single rig. The
night was dark and it was almost i'm
possible to see the road. Looking
ahead for a distance of twenty feet
was likewise as difficult. The crash
4 was between the vehicle occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs Koss and a buggy COM
ing toward town and both drivers
saw each other when the crash could
not be averted In the collision the
Koss buggy and occupants were the
ONLY ones to suffer. The front wheel
on one side was almost wrecked, the
4 shafts broken and the vehicle Titled
so that Mrs. Koss was thrown out.
The occupants of the other buggy,
who were unknown to Mr.. Koss, es-
caped unhurt and so did Mr.. Ross.
Hurriedly removed to the Frank
home. DR.. A. B. Hughes was called.
Early in the evening the woman's
condition was thought to be critical,
but the doctors examination revealed
that she was only injured externally
At II o'clock last night she was rest
ing comfortably and nothing of ser
ious nature is anticipated.
Mrs. Koss will remain with keokuk
relatives until sufficiently recovered
to be moved. Her husband returned
to Sugar Creek later in the evening
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-25

AGENTs To sell land in a successful
ANeri"an colony in Cuba. liberal
commission Exceptional opportunity
for live. active men For particulars,
address Cuban Land & Steamship Co,
No. 80 broadway, New York City.