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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25
TRAVELLING MEN BANQUET.


Saturday evening last the mem
bers Of FeEimore Council, u. G. T.,
held their annual banquet in the
Odd Fellows hall and which was in
the nature of a booster affair. The
early part Of the evening was devot-
Cd to matters Of q business nature,
and at 8 O'Clock the banquet was
served under the direction Of Caterer
Mccarthy and.his force. Plates were
laid for fifty guests, and gathered
around the table were a number Of
travelling men who were the guests
sof honor Of the evening. A fine
menu was served and It was enjoy
"a to the full. When the guests had
all been served. cigars we're passed
and beneath the blue curl Of smoke
the members listened to q number
sof good talks. all Of which we're in
the nature Of something for the good
OF the order. Col. Dick Woods. Of
6ioux8Falls. the deputy grand counc-
cil. gave an earnest talk on the idea
Isof the Increasing membership. and.
this Is what the banquet was planned
Tor. Others Of the Council spoke
along the same line. and a CAM
spaign will be made to increase the
membership of the council up to q
point whore It should be in a town
Of Mitchell.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25

ing business altogether too good to
remain out of the trade. He wired
the headquarters of the company at
st. Paul of the fire and the probable
amount of damage.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25

MI. and Mrs. Howard Seaman
have been visiting with friends and
relatives at Tyndall for several days
and came home Saturday evening via.
the arto route.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25

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tRopas OF hearts and Cnpids were
drawn from the chandelier to the
corners of the liable, and underneath
~ .s=se:arywas 4 bower OF Richmond
roses with a background of smilax
which further enhanced the color
scheme of red and green.
The manner of announcement was
unique and original. On the library
table was a bowl apparently filed
with smilax, from which hung tiny
red ribbons. AS the guests arrived
they were given a number which en-
titled them to draw one oil these rib
bons at the end of which they discov-
cred a small envelope containing a
puzzle which they were to solve. 1t
consisted of bits of cardboard cut in
various shapes with letters IN each.
After much difficulty they succeeded
in putting them together they dis
covered that it spelled the names of
the engaged couple.
After this a pretty booklet with
rose design cover entitled "Master-
pieces of Wisdom for the Bride"
was united and the leaflets distri-
buted among the guests, who wrote
their advice in poetry, many of
which W. re very original and clever.
These were then collected and read
by Miss Bessie, much to the interest
and merriment of herself as we'll as
1.-THE listeners.
An elegant two course buffet
luncheon was served by Mrs. Martin
i Wider and Mrs. Ed CLANCY. At the
conclusion of the luncheon the com-
pany was entertained by vocal So
los by Miss Anna Scott and Miss
Thecla Nicholin, which were much
enjoyed and applauded. The entire
party engaged in singing impromptu
songs suitable to the occasion. AT
ter extending hearty congratulations
and best wishes to Miss Mcguire the
young people reluctantly took their
departure declaring 1t vas one of the
most enjoyable affairs of this nature
they had ever attended.
ELECT THEIR NEW OFFICERS.
Last Monday afternoon the Twen-
tieth Century Club held their annual
business meeting at the home of Mrs
II. r. Kibbee at which time the work
of the year was completed, and the
officers elected for the ensuing year
as follows: President, Mrs. G. H
Kibbee; vice president, Mrs. ]. T,
Morrow; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. F
s. Turney; historian, Mrs. G. B. Wilt
The work of the club throughout the
fall and winter has been of a very
enjoyable and profitable nature. and
the members have shown a keen in.
terest in the IVORY and study. The
club Will enjoy a vacation period
from now until the early fall, when
the study will be resumed. The com
mittee in charge Of formulating the
program will meet during the sum.
mer season to arrange for the years
coming work.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25

All druggists sell DR.. cox's Barbed
Wire Liniment, Csc, soc and $1.O0
bottles. Guaranteed to heal without
leaving a blemish or money refund
od
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25
GAVE SURPRISE R

s&sJgTSAN1 0O1A1 aXI10G AN Is
The friends and neighbors of Mrs.
]. ]. Hoeksma arranged surprise
party In her honor Wednesday even
sing. meeting at a near residence and
going IN body to the home. It was
IN the nature OF a character surprise
and each guest wore a costume to
represent q different character. all
sof which proved highly amusing and
furnished no little amount Of enter
tainment. The guests brought we'll
nlled lunch baskets and at a season
able hour fine luncheon was serv-
ed. The evening was spent in a very
social manner. Mrs. Hoeksma was
presented with q token by her friends
~ remembrance of the occasion.
Among the guests present were Prof.
And Mrs. Hans Reierson and Dr.. q.
Ola, Of Copenhagen, Norway, who
guests IN the city.
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An ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.

ANSENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Mrs. Francis Mcguire was hustess
ztossthirty Young people last Saturday
seEysning at her home at 1917 Sew
nth Avenue East, at which event
lslsnsagement of her daughter,
1lflgesyneasie. TO Mr.. Claude v. Ridge
Qlkaary. Indiana vas announced.
sssS ] eaSNomls we're charmingly deco
aA Cupids. smilax ana
ing everywhere in evi-
4 Ring room was III per-
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Attorney for Mortgage.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-02-02

dations will provide for about one
hundred and fifty. and will be en-
larged as rapidly as may be found
necessary. Marked Improvement has
been uoted in the condition of every
patient since their entry to the in
stitution.
Another fighting ground where
the strong arm of Forestic Protection
defends from poverty and its effects,
little children OF deceased Foresters,
left destitute by the death of their
parents, is the Orphans Home at
Cakville, Ontario. In commodious
building surrounded by extensive
grounds. the children enjoy all the
comforts of home are educated, and
given a trade or profession fitting
them to earn a respectable living Ia
ter in life Fifty children are now
inmates of this home.
In addition to the protection of the
Home, the Order is providing for the
care and education of over three
hundred little ones at their OWN
homes under the guidance of their
cWn mothers. each of whom receives
4 monthly allowance from the Or
phan's fund, thus permitting her 10
aold her family together. This fund
acgregating about 100000 is main
tanned by taking one cent each
month from the regular dues pail
b, each member.
Interesting literature and addition
al information will be cheerfully fur
nished to interested parties by the
Secretary, c. A Burnor, Al Winter
street.
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Canadian Reciprocity

Just as eastern agriculture is get
ting in line to recover from unre
stricted competition with our own
great west, along comes this PROPOSE
ton for free trade with Canada. OF
course it will be good thing in the
end, but the reimbursement necessary
to meet the changed conditions will
be apt to squeeze some of our people
pretty hard.
Maine manufacturers will have the
benefit of the cheap Nova Scotia coal,
and an opening in the Canadian mar
kets, but where do our farmers get
off. Perhaps the volumes of imports
from across the border will not be
sufficient to depress prices seriously,
but If 1t is, whatever benefit has been
derived from the rising prices of the
past few years will be swept away.
1t seems too bad, but so long as our
farmers divide their strength when
they go to the polls. they must be
content with holding the tarred end of
the tariff stick.
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White Coal in Maine

Newspaper gossip emanating from
Augusta suggests that large financial
interests are seeking special privil-
eyes In connection with the proposed
development of certain power sites on
the upper Kennebec. This Is vital
matter for the people of Maine, for
our water powers are among the
greatest of our natural resources.
Our experience with the timber lands
once owned BY the State, should make
our representatives at Augusta ex-
ceedngly cautious In granting new
powers to any hydro-electric corpora
ton
For the greatest good to the great
est number, the power should be
generated and used In the locality
where 1t originates. We have no
doubt that our legislators will en-
deavor to safeguard their grants
within reasonable limits, but with
the powers in private hands, regula-
ton seems all but hopeless task.
People insist upon freedom in using
what they consider their own. and
that usually means the right to buy
or sell in the best market.
State ownership would solve 30
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many of the problems connected with
the conservation of our water pow
ers. that we are going to keep on
hoping that it may be brought to
pass. Switzerland could find no
alternative in spite of years of
careful elaboration. Now every
little hamlet there has its generating
station. and a contented and prosper
GUS people enjoy the bounties of ma
mre that modern invention has
taught them how to utilize Perhaps
that may account for the fact that ii
is hard to find a native of Switzer-
land among our immigrant tide. We
are inclined to believe that taking the
country as a whole you would find
natives of Maine more frequently.
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Good Work at 0rono

That DR.. Leon s. Merrill Of Scion
would ultimately be Dean of the Col
lege of Agriculture, was an open Sc
eret when he went to Orono last fall
but the promotion has come rather
sooner than was anticipated. 1t makes
us feel enthusiastic every time we
think about the work this Somerset
man has been and is doing for Maine.
because he uses such lot of com
non sense in planning it all or
course natural ability accounts for
a lot. but business experience is the
real foundation.
Every speaker or writer on agri-
cultural topics readily admits that
selling the products of the farm is
the process that determines real sue.
cess or failure. But in spite of that
practically all of their efforts are de
voted to stimulating production The
result is wide spread feeling Of
for book farming 50
called.
DR.. Merrill gets right down to the
heart of our agricu 1ral problems
and seeks to apply the solutions that
his own bushes experience has
taught him will work. lie knows
that where there are a hundre' good
farmers, there Is but ono good sales
man. True efficiency must combine
the hundred and one, and through the
OF ganization of local associations
this will gradually be brought about.
among specialists rath-
eg than Unfortunately has wrought
wonders in Denmark. 1t will do even
more for Maine, for our State has
greater natural endowment.
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Mrs. Lila Belle Smith Salley.

After long sickness of many years
Mrs. Saliey quietly passed to her rest
Monday morning, January %, at her
nome on Middle street She was the
laughter of Joseph NJ. and Sarah r
,mlth who during their lives lived at
Iorth Arson. She was born Septem-
Der %, 1862.
In her fathers family there were
six girls and four boys OF whom one
son. Horace c. lives on the nome
place. The daughters who are living
lre Mrs. A. E. Beale now OF Sanford
Fla.. and the Misses Grace l.. and
Gertrude l.. of North Arson.
Lila was married in Skowhegan
March "a, 1884, to DR.. |. l.. Salley
Besides her husband two children are
living, Margery l.. and Corine.
Mrs. Salley was a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
of Madison, of the Town Improvement
of which she was at one time the sec
retary: also of the Relief Corps and
the Golden Cross. In these organlza-
lions she took lively interest and an
active part till her serious sickness
compelled her to relinquish some OF
her duties.
In 1882 she graduated from the NO
Arson academy Since she was mar
ried she has lived nearly all the time
! in Skowhegan, where she has made
host of friends. With the departure
they have lost sincere friend.
The domestic ties of her life were
strong. Family gatherings were held
at least three times each year. Her
affection for her early home in North
Arson never waned and upon her own
home and her husband and children
she found the wealth of wife's and
mothers Nfe. On last Thanksgiving
day a score of her family friends gath
cred in her own home. Though very
i'll early in last December yet she
lcnged to go once more to the homo
+ OF her girlhood for Christmas. This
desire was realized and she made n
memorable visit of three days.
During her long sickness she sui
fered much. yet she bore the burden
of her sorrow in her own heart. She
possessed by nature a very cheerful
tone of voice and was blessed with a
courageous and hopeful spirit
Through all these months she has
maintained a patience which was the
constant surprise of all who met her
and made ii easier for her family
and sisters to care for her. These
months called forth from her family
many evidences of their loving
thougthfulness. She has appreciated
the constant devotion of her many
friends. With tender, yet breaking
he arts, her sisters have done so much
within recent months to relieve her
sufferings She responded with a true
sisters love. With calm fortitude and
with a faith in One who did help she
came to the close of her life. In all
her domestic relationships she was
woman nobly planned, to warm. to
comfort and command.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at her home at eleven o'clock. jan
nary &c, by Rev George Paine of No.
Arson, who was her classmate in the
academy and by Rev. George Merriam
of the Bethany Baptist church of this
town.
She has passed away like a gentle
breath,
And her eyes are closed with the sleep
of death,
The leaves of the trees will flutter and
fall
/ And the drifting SHOWS will cover all,
But she will peacefully, calmly rest,
Forever happy, by angels blest.'
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ELECTRIC ROADS.
Movement ON Foot Among Business
Men to Procure Trolley Lines.

Basing their belief on the expert
ence of steam railroads in other
sections of Maine and the history of
the growth of other municipalities,
movement is on foot among promi
nent Aroostook business men to pro-
cure the construction. as soon as
possible, of a system of interurban
trolley lines among the larger
Aroostook towns sirnilar to the lines
which now connect Turner Auburn,
Lewiston, Brunswick Bath, Gardiner,
Augusta and Waterfille in the south
central part of tne State. 1t is
claimed for these trolley lines that
they do not make serious inroads
upon the income of the steam lines
which operate in the same territory,
but, on the contrary, do stimulate
travel and act as feeders to the
Maine Central.
1t is proposed to join Fort Fair
field, Limestone, Caribou, New Swe-
den and Pressure Isle with Van Bur-
en- and other towns in that section
so that they too, may develop just
as Gardiner, Augusta, Lewiston and
Brunswick are now developing. 1t
is claimed for the proposition that it
will lead to more frequent cohmuni-
cation among the several towns
named, encourage the shipping by
freight and express instead of the
hauling of freight to the railroads
and by reasons of the shorter hauls
and more frequent trips, lead to the
raising of larger crops and a conse-
quent larger volume Of freight.
The men behind this proposition
say that the owners of the power at
Aroostook Falls have 5000 horsepow-
er of electricity to use and that II
they do not fnd an outlet for it in
Maine, they will find an outlet for
it on the New Brunswick side. While
1t is true that when the new line
connecting Washburn with Quebec
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sKOwHEGAN MARKET.
Prices Paid Producers.


Wool-Unwashed, zoe to 22c per ID
Hides and Skins-Hides. sc to 7c
per lb.;. calf skins, 12c to 15c per ID.
lamb skins Csc to S5c each.
Beans-Hand picked yellow eyes,
sac ee to tsSS Sss pea &C. beans "a g. 'sss.
chicken. 16c to 1Sc.
Round Hog-9c.
Tallow-Rough, &c. per ID.
Butter-First quality. stamped soc
per Id.
Eggs-25c per dozen, fresh.
Potatoes-35c per bushel.
Cheese-l6c to 1Sc per Id.
Retail Market
Flour-Spring Wheat Patent, Sc SO;
winter wheat pat, $5.75.
Oats-New Western. soc: Domestic,
AZ lac.
Meal and cracked corn-$1.2O per
bag.
Corn-s1.30 per bag.
Spring bran-$1.45.
Winter bran-$1.45.
Cotton Seed-$1.65.
Mixed Feed-$1.50 cwt
Salt Pork-15c by the bbl., 200 lbs,
Cheese-2Oc TO 22c per ID
Butter--32c per ID.
Eggs-2Sc per dozen, fresh.
Teas-25c. to soc. per ID.
Cofree-20c. to 35c per h.
Lard-Domestic tic; pure 15c; COM
pound 1Sc.
Molasses-Pure Ponce, 40c to SOC.
Sugar-Sranulated sugar, best quail
~. Is lbs. for 800; brown, IS lbs.
Potatoes-New. 4oc per bushel.
Onions-5c per ID.
Poultry-Fowls, lac to 1870 per h. ;
chicken. lee to 22c per lib.
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1911.
Grading for Market

Have our agricultural fairs any
educational value? If not why not?
These queries are suggested by the
following letter in the Maine Farmer
by Fred E. Keay Of Boston:
Some years ago, when | was en-
pIoyed by n Boston hay and grain
commission house, a man In Vermont
shipped a carload of hay. writing that
it was No. /. and he must obtain the
too price. which | believe was about
500 at that time. When the hay ar
rived. 1t proved to be very ordinary,
not to say poor, and the best offer we
could obtain was $l1, which we sub
mitted as the difference between that
and his demand was so great. He
replied in a letter that intimated that
the firm was attempting 10 rob him,
and he reiterated the statement that
the hay was No. /. and should bring
No. | price; whereupon, the firm ad-
yised him to come to Boston and sell
the hay himself, as that was the best
1t could do. He came. and took him
to the hay-sheds to see the hay.
showed him a large amount of hay
before showing him the hay he had
shipped. and when he saw the latter
he had learned great deal about
hay. He admitted frankly that he
never had seen any first class hay.
The hay that he shipped was about
as good as any in his section. and he
supposed 1t was the best there was.
He was glad to take the S11 per ton
for it. Possibly some of the shippers
of apples, If they should come to Bos-
ton and see the quality of fruit that
comes from other sections, where the
trees are sprayed and fertilized,
might realize that No | fruit Is some
thing that they never have seen.
Very sincerely,
Fred e. Keay.
We believe that If the exhibits
were arranged and judged with sole
reference to market standards, that 1t
would work an agricultural revolu-
ton In Maine sooner than anything
else. City people are complaining
that they cannot get what they want
in spite of exorbitant prices. Farm
ers are grooming that they cannot sell
their stuff for the cost of production.
Might not the application of common
sense to fair management help solve
the problem. When farmers can go
to the fairs and get knowledge that
is convertible into hard cash, it won't
be necessary to have vaudeville and
freaks to get out a crowd.
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BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH.
George Merriam, Pastor.
Residence. 80 Madison Avenue.
Telephone. 1898.

Morning service at 1915. Rev. Irv-
ing b. Mower d. d. of Waterville.
will speak. Sunday school at II. Y
r. S. c. E. at o'clock. Subject:
Why do you believe in C. E."
o'clock service in the auditorium
The chorus choir under the leader
ship of Mrs Philo Steward will sing
and the pastor will speak on Three
Decades of Christian Endeavor." The
musical program will consist of So
los and choruses.
Chorus rehearsal Saturday evening
at 30.
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ORDER OF FORESTERS
Installation of 0nicerS-Charles 7.
Adams Begins fifth Year as Chief
-FOresters as BenelaCtOrS.

Charles p. Adams began his fifth
term as Chief Ranger of Court Wes-
serrunsett. No. 1520, Independent Or
der of Foresters. Tuesday night.
when he and his associate officers
we're duly installed by High Chief
Ranger T. T. Corey of Portland with
the assistance of High Vice Ranger
Charles F. Mann of Lisbon Falls. F.
W. Clair of Wateryile was also
guest of honor. and the full list of
officers installed is as follows o. A.
Abbey. p. C. r.; c. P. Adams. c.
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The detailed census figures for
Somerset county which we were able
t. publish last week through the
courtesy of Congressman Gould, indi-
Gates that our gain in population was
pretty we'll distributed. Had the
forming towns all held their own, the
growth would have been something
o brag about, but unfortunately such
was not the case. We feel certain
however, that the next ten years will
tell a very different story. 1t may be
that the privilege which is driving
people cityward will not be material
ly curbed by that time, but recent
political history gives us courage to
believe that it will.