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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

the vagaries of the American market
are due in part to the butter trust and
in part to the defeat of reciprocity
One deluded Maine man charges that
butter would have been higher today
but for the reciprocity agitation. Isn't
good butter high enough at SO cents
a pound to the consumer Regulate
the trusts Canada denounces reci-
procity because Taft's program would
have hurt unregulated monopolies on
the other side of the line as well as
on this side.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The drought of the season closing
ing forced many farmer into buying
a silo. but 1t has caused thousands Of
others to realize in serious way. for
the first time. the necessity OF saving
the tons upon tons of excellent rough
age in the cornields. IL the lesson en-
forced this season along this one line
is remembered the drought will seem
in a large degree to have been justi-
tied.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Work on the new postoffice at
Waterville began in earnest Thursday,
the site having been cleared and the
excavations made for the foundation
The work of laying the foundation
began under the direction of Henry O.
treble, who will have entire charge
of the work for the Horace Purinton
company until its completion. Mr..
Preble had charge of the work on the
Waterville Savings bank building,
Waterville public library building and
other work that has been done in this
vicinity by the Purinton company As
previously announced the contract
calls for the completion of the building
by Jan. l, 1913.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

large number of lumber mills
with membership in Canadian Coast &
Mountain Lumber Manufacturers As
ISOLATION have decided to suspend
operation until 1913 on account of I'M
satisfactory trade. Stringent efforts
will be made to compete against Am
erican lumber importations by under
cutting. The Canadian plan is to with
draw some 200 travelling representa-
tives and sell with comparative small
force through central offices at Cal
gary with possibly another office at
Vancouver The American Lumber
Trust, meantime, is getting special at
tention from Wickersham. Recipro-
3ity would have extracted all these
teeth. Some farmers fail to note that
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

As the rural resident welcomes the
mail carrier each morning il is hard
try Is of which the latter is a part
However, there are 10000 other men
who are making just such trips every
day. The aggregate distance that they
travel daily is 100000 miles, and in "a
3000O0,0O0 miles. The service over
these 10000 routes costs the govern
ment $37 100000 n year.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

a majority OF folks who plant pota-
toes select good looking seed from the
bin In the spring. This method of
selection insures type and size, per
haps, but 1t oyerlooks one of the most
important factors In connection with
potato raising yield, The
only way to get around this is to 60
into the field from which one wishes
to secure seed and dig enough hills
With "a fork to give the desired
amount of seed. BY this plan it is
possible to select potatoes that are OF
good size and proper type and also
those from hills In which the yield has
been best
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Two thousand increase for the
Patrons of Husbandry in the state of
Maine is claimed for that organization
by State Master c. S. Stetson. The p.
of II. has already $4,000 or $4,000 men,
bers in Maine, which entities it to be
heard as being one of the very largest
societies in the state. State Master
Stetson is confident that when this
years records are looked over by the
auditing committee, an increase to
over 10000 will be found. Maine is
now second in the United States in
point of range membership, New
York leading. But Maine has the
honor, besides having the largest
grange in the world, that of Houlton,
of having the largest proportion of
grange membership to the proportion
Of any state of the union.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The practice of indiscriminate "piec-
ing between meals is to be frowned
upon in the case Of both children and
adults, but the eating of light lunch
ut stated intervals in the middle of
the forenoon and afternoon has good
deal in It's favor when practiced by
those engaged in severe physical toll
Or by those who are In a depleted
physical condition or inyalids. 1t pre-
vents an exhaustion that can only be
harmful.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Mrs Fred Jackson, who with her
family, have been spending the sum
mer at Rumford Center, across the
ferry, in their new bungalow, has a
Shepard dog, which besides being big
and handsome pet for the son of the
family, Howard, aged Is, is a useful
animal to have around. One day re-
Gently when the boy was away, Mrs.
Davis needed some milk. She wrote a
note asking for the milk, put it in a
pail, and gave the pail to the dog and
said: Sandy go to Mr.. Jackson's and
get some milk" Mr.. Jackson was the
second neighbor up the road. Sandy
took the pail and started off. When
he got as far as Mr.. Thomas the first
neighbor, he stopped and looked back,
Mrs. Davis was watching and said, mo
go to Mr.. Jackson's and get some
milk" He went to the Jackson house,
up to the screen door and little Lee
Jackson saw him and said, Aunt Ella,
he has a pail" Sandy delivered the
pail and she read the note. Sandy
gravely watched her get the milk and
set the pail on the floor. He would not
touch it, however, until she put the
pail in his mouth Then he carried the
milk home to his mistress.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

A correspondent of the Old York
Transcript has discovered a man in
town who has never talked on the
bridge question mot the famous cover
ed bridge but the structure which
came near driving the town, legally, as
it did politically, has never claimed
that the town was in need of good
roads, never belonged to a secret So
ciety or church, does not vote, and
never employed doctor.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Some medical authorities still stout
ly maintain that bovine tuberculosis is
not transferable TO human beings, but
even more authorities contend that 1t
Is and point to numerous instances
where the milk from tubercular cows
has caused the disease In those drink
Ing It, The individual has the choice
Of holding whichever view he pleases,
but If he Is sensible be will err on the
safe side
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

II does not require great stretch Of
Imagination to foresee the time when
moving pictures will be used as a regu-
lar adjunct in the teaching of geogra
ply. natural history and some other
branches in which individual pictures
are already u great aid
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Cooperation is in essence n sort of
generous and unselfish endeayOr, and
quite naturally II follows that the IN
stances where 1t most frequently fails
is where a spirit Of greed and selfish
ness creeps In on the part of those
who are unwilling to pay fair price
for management or who do not think
they are realizing from the enterprise
as much as they should Often failure
is directly traceable to those who
prove false to a given enterprise and
withdraw patronage because OF little
more tempting bait held out Temporal
rily by the real foes of the cooperative
principle, but who for the time being
appear In the guise OF the specia
friend of the fellow who Is looking FOL
a large return.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The etiquette of the poultry yard
ordalns that newly hatched individuals
Of the hen species are chickens until
they are six months old. From this
time until year old they are pulets
or cockerels. depending upon their sex,
while upon reaching year old they
are ROSTERS and hens for all time.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The fellow who carried a package
along the street the other day about
the size OF two bars of soap had just
bought quarters worth of sugar. If
the trust keeps on boosting the price Of
the commodity inside of a couple of
Feeks a quarters worth of sugar will
look like one bar of soap.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

A point decidedly in favor of the silo
Is its capacity for holding large
amounts of fodder in limited area
silo having a size of IA by 80 feet
will receive into its capacious nav all
the way from fifteen to twenty acres
of corn. depending, of course, on the
size and stand. In this one point of
economy In storage space the silo Is
worthy of consideration.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

While the practice of getting manure
from most any place Is commendable.
1t Is good idea to see to it that fer
tIlizer is not spread on the land which
contains the seed of noxious. peren-
Mai weeds, such as quack grass.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Biliousness is due to a disorded
condition of the stomach Chamber
lain's Tablets are essentially a
stomach medicine, intended especial
ly to act on that organ; to cleanse it
strengthen it, tone and inyigorate It
to regulate the liver and to Danish
biliousness positively and effectually
For sale by G. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
State News
essessssessesseeese

Joe Bill still has hope that he may
be acquitted on the charge of murder.
An appeal has been taken to the law
court on the exceptions. In the mean
time Joe Bill will remain prisoner in
Oxford county Jail. Sentence was not
imposed. The law requiring that SEN
tence be given by the presiding Judge,
before whom the case is tried does not
apply to murder cases.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The country revival might well have
been, If 1t was not In fact. devised for
the spiritual regeneration Of the fel-
lows who have bought shoddy gasoline
engines and who try to save little
money by operating rickety and played
out machinery of one kind or another
An annual revival would be needed to
keep such fellows even In fair shape
morally.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The increase In the amount OF corn
which is being cut for fodder this fall
Is reflected in the sale Of corn binders
In different parts OF the corn belt. In
one instance which the writer noted
recently distributing firm in a town
of 10000. whose sales of corn binders
average 200. has this season sold 1,2OO
of these machines.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

A sensible mother we know is being
we'll paid for the care she is taking In
the matter OF the diet of her boy. not
yet two years old. From the start she
has aimed to feed him those foods
that are nutritious and wholesome,
particularly those strong in bone and
muscle forming elements. The result
is degree of health In the child that
Is superb The little fellow is free
from stomach trouble. has pink cheeks.
n clear skin and Is remarkably strong
and muscular. The mother has used
in his diet milk. oatmeal bread and
butter, eggs. a limited amount OF
fruit. has reduced sweets to mini
mum and gives the child no pastry.
She adheres to this bill of fare at
home and elsewhere and does not let
neighbors or relatives stuff him with
knickknacks or fill him with coffee
that would give an adult nervous pros
tration.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

In an egg laying contest beld in Aus
tralia last year the Black Langshans
made the best showing. In contests
held thus far this season the White
Leghorns seem to be In the lead How
ever. the rivalry Is keeE, and the hon
ors may go to any of three breeds.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS

Supply Just the ingredients needed to
build up streugt hen and restore the
natural action of the kidneys and
bladder Specially prepared for back
ache headache. nervousness rheuma-
tism and all kidney. bladder and uri-
nary / Irregularities. For sale by all
dru lists
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

A London physician recently drank
glass of Thames river water said to
have contained 250,000,000 typhoid fe
yer germs. but did not seem to suffer
any i'll effects from 1t. The layman
will be pardoned for the inference that
immunity from the disease may have
been due to an overdose.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The several railroads running
through the western counties of Kan
sas have offered to transport seed
wheat to the farmers there free of
charge In order to help them out of
the straits into which they have been
forced as a result of the protracted
drought. AS further aid bankers and
others are looming on easy terms mon
ey with which the seed wheat may be
nnrchaSed
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
SAFE Treatment i9T HesG3e5n

Gle rational t.eatms4t for he-aae. g
is To get at the cause, e psss.b.a. ~
.emcYe t. Headacss = eazy & -
ten Of trouble somewhere II tle -
tern an dosing with '30.c.s - pod.
containing aca.aEild g otssr c.
ie.-2at es WIZ s - She p J. To- -.
.a...y 1t weaken IT, L.e-5. - - o..,a
mare nd uI8.se IHe HsaEscHa - ~
:eme finn your eyes, then .e,d SSH
ist can help yod at oIce 8.#A pc 3
syeglas s, but II IL cones " 81 iaIssa
;ongue, less Of appetite, HaHsea, 81
constipation, It is usually tic rer z
If disordered digestion. or todd aqe-.
md one or tTo doses q !. 3 Atwood
Medicine will speedily he.p v11 ~
;arrying off impuHties and Ie.to -
he clogged digestive ORGANS o. *Ha.r
formal activity IL using ms Gid -.
liable remedy you take nc eaa.csa n
Feakening the heart : acton
I has a record O SIXTY years =
afe headache reme5v IL Il. r.
Medicine Co. Port. - Nine
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The best plaster. A piece OF
flannel dampened with Chamberlain 5
iiniment and bound on over the ar
eeted parts is superior to a plaster
nd costs only one tenth as much
or sale by G. II. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
One wineglass, one gill.

Lame back is one Of the most com
non forms Of muscular rheumatism.
\ few applications of Chamberlain $
iuiment will give relief For sale
by G. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Suffered day and night the tor
ment of itching piles. Nothing help
ed me until I used Doan's Ointment.
It cured me permanently. Hon John
r. Garrett. Mayor Girard, Ala.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The housewife can thank her lucky
stars that the sugar trust did not get
Its jackscrew under prices when she
was canning stra wberries In June.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

1t is now expected that the Monsoon
Slate Co. will reopen the Forest quar-
ry which lies between the Monsoon and
Oakland quarries This company is
now running it's Oakland, and Kineo
quarries with mills at the Kineo and
Monson Pond quarries, and some roof
Most of the stock from these quarries
is conveyed to the Monsoon Pond mill.
The Forest quarry has not been oper-
ated for several years.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The increase of $2,0000O0 in Port
lands valuation during the past year,
together with a consistent increase in
other parts of Cumberland county, has
made the countys growth in valuation
greater than that of most of the other
counties in the state, according to in
formation gained from w. j. Thomp-
son of the board of state assessors
The board held its first meeting in
Portland Thursday in the city council
room ON Market street and was in ses-
sion all day Thursday and Friday.
Only two members of the board, w. J.
Thompson of China and E. M. Johnson
of Brownyille, and their secretary,
James Plummer, of Augusta, are here.
Bertrand G. McIntire CT Waterford, re-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The law has much good sense to
rommend 1t which has recently been
enacted In some states. whereby the
tdition of country pupils attending
nearby town schools is met by the
school district In which they live and
not by the individual parent or guard
Ian. as heretofore. This arrangement
makes possible a fuller utilization Of
the advantages of good town schools
and relieves the country taxpayer Of
the double tax which he has heretofore
paid In the support OF the country
school and tuition In the town school
for those of his children who attended
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The Zealand flax shows its origin
by its name.
One quart of flour is one pound.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02
FREE BOOK
For Every Living Thing on The Farm
Humphreys Veterinary Specifies.

900 Page Box free, on to Treatment md
Care Of Hor,ss. Cdfe. sh#sp. De-
Hogs aud Poultry as5 stable CLaft e.
hang up mailed free.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The answer of the average agricul-
tural paper to the frequent query,
'What is the best dairy breed?'', Is
Just about rs evasiye and elastic as
the answer to that other famous poser
"How old Is Ann| However. most Of
the papers are correct In Mt least one
point. and that is that the individual
will do best to pick out the breed he
likes best. as after all success depends
more upon the man and the care than
upon having this or that breed of cows,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

In some localities 1t has been found
that Canada thistles multiply only by
the root system and not by seed. This
seems to be due in part at least to
the fact that there are two types Of
plants. one bearing male or staminate
blossoms and the other female or pis-
tilate. Neither type will produce seed
by itself. and the pistillate blossoms
will do so only when there are stami
nate blossoms near by to fertllize
them.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

While 1t is somehow contrary to the
Idea that most of us are used to-that
cows should he in pasture during the
growing seasonal good many tests
that have been made show that they
will do Just as we'll or better and will
keep healthy If kept housed during the
entire year, so far as their supply of
feed is concerned. or course this Is
not the case where the quarters In
which the COWS are kept are poorly
lighted and improperly ventilated.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

The radish is a native of China and
Japan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Were the facts known doubtless
many mysterious barn burning
might be traced to spontaneous COM
bustion of mows of clover hay slowed
away without proper curing. In such
cases the fire is the result of fermen-
tive chemical reaction similar to that
which takes place in manure pile.
A close watch should be kept on all
, mows OF clover hay where there Is
a possibility that such condition
might exist
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Gently appointed chairman to succeed
United States Senator Gardner, being
absent.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-02

Peas are supposed to be of Egyptian
origin.
New Ulm review., 1911-04-19
A VANISHING SPECTACLE.
Westcrners Visiting New York VIII
Miss the Curious Horse Cars.

It was inevitable that Boston in its
cold way should have little fun over
the announcement that the horse car
lines of New York's traction system
were finally to go out of business.
Therefore, we are not surprised to find
the Boston Post picturing the fearful
grief of "some of the very few senti.
mentalists that New York contains"
But what does it mean when it speaks
OF the passing of "one Of the sights OF
New York for the visitor from the
country?" Is it in jest or earnest?
We hope the latter; because 1t is moth
ing more than plain fact that many
Western "town-siters," who have shot
wolves from trolley cars. have never
seen horse drawn car outside OF Man
haitian. Seeing 1t in our first city they
have accepted It as metropolitan
wonder and Dragged about 1t to the
folks at home.-Chicag0 Post.
New Ulm review., 1911-04-19
TOWNS WITH LITERARY NAMES
There Are Many Of Them in Various
Parts Of the World.

II the commonwealth capital is
named Shakespeare it will not be the
only Shakespeare in the world. On.
tario contributes one already. Bacon.
on the other hand, figures twice In
United States town nomenclature,
though one cannot be sure without
local knowledge whether it was the
man who didn't write Hamlet" who
is meant. There is often that diff
Guilty in looking through town names
apparently reminiscent of literature ir
these new lands. n,....
America is full of Millions and By
rons, but do they all commemorate the
poets? One feels less doubt about the
dozen Burnses. the two Tennysons
and the Shelleys and Keats. Dickens
scores three, Thackeray one. Carlyle
six, Ruskin two, Racine eight, Hugo
three, Balzac two, Goethe one and
Schiller one, but we look in vain for
Spencer or Dante. On the other hand,
Homer. Virgil, Plato and Cicero
abound .-...
New Ulm review., 1911-04-19
Census Figures Of incorporated
Cities and Villages.
MANY SHOW LARGE GAINS
Statistics Reeiting Number Of Resi-.
dents in 1910 as Compared With
Ten Years Previous.

The following statistics. furnished
by the director of the census, f. Dana
Durand, show the population Of the
incorporated cities. villages and Dor.
oughs of Minnesota for 1910, as com
pared with 1900:
New Ulm review., 1911-04-19
This will Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for child
rem relieve Feverishness. Headache, Bad
Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and
regulate the Bowels and destroy worms;
They break up Colds in "a hours. Used
CSC. Sample Free. Address, A. S. Ohm.
sted. Leroy, N. Y.
New Ulm review., 1911-04-19
N0RiH!HfSf 1ii iH!dHiiS III
RAlLvNAX

dOlN6 GA6I.
Nc 6O4 Daily, new line..... 4:25 . N
/, Thro 10 Twin Cities aud the East.
No 4--Ex Sunday, old line. $500 q n
Connects 1t KssOta for Twin Cities and At
Mankato Junction for the East.
No 5l4-Daily, new line. ..... .3:30 p 10
Tho "a. Twin. Cities and the East
No 22-Dsily, old line. .3:41 p m
No l4-Ex Sunday, new line. 500 p m
Connects ut MankatO for points South
on Omaha.
GOING WEST.
No 5Ol-Daily, new line .....l:6 %
THO from Twin Cities and tho East:
No 13 LEX Sunday, old line. .0:l2 . %
Thro to Tracy.
No 503-Daily, new line. 49,. 1:39 p %
Thro from Twin Cities and the East.
No.23-Daily,o old line. .....l:35 p N
No 27-Ex Sunday, old line. $40 p N
Connects At Mankato Junction with trains
:. from East and at Kasota with Twin Cities.
New Ulm review., 1911-04-19
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot t.Ease. the antiseptic powder.
It relieves hot, tired, aching, swollen,
sweating feet, and makes walking easy,
Takes the sting out of corns and bunions.
Over 5000 testimonials. Sold everywhere.
&c. Don't accept any substitute. Sample
Free. Adgress, Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy,
MY.