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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Some Cold Hard Facts

The eX-President OF Harvard. Dr.
Charles ". Eliot. sizes up Mr.. Roose-
welt in clear-eut fashion. He writes !:
The National Executive, therefore,
at this particular juncture, ought not
TO be an impulsiye, self-confident,
headstrong man, impatient OF re
straints and opposition, and given TO
the use of extrayagant language. Such
a man is eX-President Roosevelt, as
both his friends and his foes we'll
know. He also exhibits from time to
time fondness for taking risks and
a willingness to use force which would
not be bad signs in an energetic youth
but are alarming in IA mature states
man.
1T is enough to say that eX-Presi-
dent Roosevelt is a parsonage peeu-
liarly unfit to be placed for third
time in the Presidential office, be
cause he loves power, ardently desires
to exercise the Presidents power
again. and has procured his own
nomination by direct personal effort
at a cost of splitting the party to
which he owed his previous opportuni-
ties for a high political career To
these facts frank saying of MIR. Roose-
Welt himself abundantly testify
Moreover, ex-President Roosevelt
he's lately contributed by untimeiy
criticisms. couched in Incorporate
language, to the defeat OF the invaln-
able arbitration treaties of the United
States with Great Britain and France,
drawn by the Taft Administration,
which would have made war between
these countries well-nigh impossible
These are cold hard facts, and would
seem to be worthy the consideration Of
sound thinking men who value honesty
and integrity above party success.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

WHEREAS Edward y. Merriman Of
Madison. by his mortgage deed dated
the sixth day of January \. u 1919
and recorded In the Somerset Registry
of Deeds, Book 299. Page II. conveyed
to the Undersigned. a certain par Il OF
real estate situate in Madison in the
County of Somerset and bounded a
follows: Being lots numbered one. TWO.
three. four and five tNos. l. ,, 3, /. and
- on the north side of Clifton Street
So called lots numbered twenty-seTen
twenty eight. tWentY-nine and thirty
tNos p rs. % and 800 on the mort h
side of Merriman Street. lot mum bered
forty Go. 400 on the south sid g.
Merriman Street and lots numbered
fort five and fort Y-siX (Nos - and
461 on the north side of Main Street
on a plan of house lots as laid out
by SNOW 4 Humphreys, Engineers i'm
December zoos. On land then owned
by Z y. Merrimau and known as
nNside Park. which said plan is re-
corded Ia Somerset County Registry of
Deeds, Plan Book ;, page ~.
Also. lots numbered one hundred and
live ard one hundred and fifteen tNos.
100 and fl5) on the south side Of John
Street, lots numbered one hundred
thirty seven. one hundred forty-seVen
and nne-hundred hfty-seyen tNos. 1874,
IA and l5l ON the south side Of
Thomas street. on a plan Of lGts as
laid out by Turner Boswell October
6th.. 1885. on land then owned by John
~ Weston which said plan Is recorded
in said Registry Book 1SS. page 54S.
The last named five (5) lots being a
part of the same lots conveyed to said
Nerriman by the Messalonskee National
Bank. by its deed recorded in said
Registry Book e63 Page 53S; and
WHEREAS the condition of said mort
gage has been broken. now therefore,
tn reason of the breach OF the condi-
tlon thereof. the Skowhegan Savings
Banks. claims a foreclosure of said
mort gage.
Skowhegan. September -, 1912
SKOWHEGAN SAVINGS BANK.
BY. S. !. Walton
3w40 It's President.
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That Famous Pledge

son March 4, next, | shall have SER
we'd three and One.half years, conStltr-
ing my first term. The wise custom
which limits the President to two
terms regards the substance and not
the form, and under no circumstances
will he candidate for or accept an
other nomination" -November 1904,
PRESIDENT Roosevelt.
This was solemn pledge made to
the American people. Mr.. Roosevelt,
in accepting a third term nomination,
has splendidly estimated the value of
his own word.
Mr.. Roosevelt is now seeking that
which Washington, Jefferson, Madi.
son, Monroe, and Jackson declined
even to consider, that which was de-
MED to Grant, and the suggestion of
which was repudiated by Mckinley
Let the contrast speak for itself.
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Are We Getting What We
Pay For

The Observation-Disclosures seldom
feels called upon to critioise the msn
or methods used in administering the
affairs OF this municipality; but n re-
cent case before the Municipal court
seems to demand il
Here was case where the attention
Of the police had been called to the
fact that a man under the influence
OF liquor was running an automobile
over our streets in a dangerous and
reckless manner and they refused TO
act in the matter without some
individual to swear out warrant.
This was brought to their notice,
not once, but several times, yet moth
ing was done
Is it possible that the citizens OF
this town when their lives and prop
erty are in danger and appeal to the
proper authorities must go before a
justice and swear out a warrant? II
this is so. it would seem that the law
or tie method of administering j.
ought to be changed
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

Some weeks ago Mr. Roosevelt had
much to say against President Taft's
efforts to establish reciprocal trade re-
iaj0ns with Canada. BY his criticism
thereby to discount his ability and wis
aam in the eyes of the American peo-
Pile He stated that he was opposed
To- The Taft brand of Canadian reci-
procity.
In order. to show the utter Gisre-
gard for truth which Mr.. Roosevelt
entertains. it became necessary only
to publish little correspondence
which passed between the President
md Mr. Roosevelt. We give herewith
al copy of Mr.. Roosevelt's letter We
submit 10 any fair minded man
whether, in view of this letter and in
view OF tile late attitude of Mr.. Roose
Welt on the subject of reciprocity, he
ID a four-square man-whether his
word is of any value and his cham
sionship of any cause worth the pa
per on which it may be written.
But the letter:
Office of Theodore Roosevelt
The Outlook. 2S7 Fourth Avenue
Yew York, January II, 1911.
Dear Mr. President | at once took
in your letter and went over it with
She Outlook editors.
II seems to me that what you pro-
sose to do with Canada is admirable
trom every standpoint. | firmly be-
iieye in free trade with Canada for
both economic and political reasons.
As you say, labor cost is substantially
the same in the two countries so that
you are amply justified by the plat
form. Whether Canada will accept
xucb reciprocity | do not know, but it
IS grssEtIy to your credit to make the
effort It may damage the Republican
party for while, but it will surely
benefit the party in the end, especially
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
THURSDAY, OCTOBER ,, 1912.
Honor Where Honor is Due

Col. Roosevelt has freely exercised
himself in the use of epithets and even
worse abuse in strenuous endeayor
TO line up President Taft with all the
crooks, and thugs, and money kings,
and monopoly bugs in the country He
fisps Guggenheim, Lorimer Taft, and
a few others with such glibness that 1t
is worth while to find out whether or
not the President stands for rottenness
N public life.
IN letter TO Mr. Roosevelt, written
January &. 1911, Pres. Taft writes
frankly Of the Lorimer case. He says
Il hare read as much of the evidence
MS could get at and am convinced that
tbere was a mess and a mass of cor
mption upon which his election was
sounded that ought to be stamped with
me diSapproval of the Senate. But |
want THE movement to GUST him to sue
coed. K believe we are going to line
sp a good many of the regular Repub-
iicans on the side of what | consider
decency and honesty in politics.
IA will be remembered that Mr.. Lori
ner was ousted from the Senate large
iy through the vigorous prodding Of
that body by President William How
ard Taft
Will the Bull Moose patriot, who
yaIks of love of country" "decency
IN politics" the square deal and a
few other Republican principles, give
President Taft the credit that is due
sfm7
Can it be that, after all, there is
aothing more to the L. S. except a
very loud, epithet-loving-indivi
who claims that the powers of dark
ness hate him more than any other
living man?
Can IL be-
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ing news to the people of this town
and vicinity. II is not often that
lecturer of DR.. Washingtons reputa-
ton is heard in Skowhegan for the
reason principally, that the expenses
involved in engaging talent of highest
quality is too large for more or less
limited constituency to meet
No word of commentator of DR..
Washington need be given in these
columns. but We do want to point out
that DR.. Washington is one of the very
few greatest Negro orators and edu-
Gators in America He has been a
great leader for his people, because
a wise counselor and an aggressive
fighter for the rights which belong 10
them.
Dr.. Washington may be assured of
a splendid audience on October 26.
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Automobile Artillery.

Efforts are being made by the pow.
ers toward the adaptation OF the auto
mobile to the transportation OF field
ARTILLERY. 1t has been pointed out that
the idea of self-moving gun carriage
for field guns was suggested as early
as the year 1869 by the engineer, Chg.
not. At present efforts are principally
directed to the perfection of a form
of automobile suitable to take the
place OF horses in drawing the artil-
lery wagons. Many different forms OF
ironclad automobiles. carrying light
guns, have already been invented and
tested, with more or less success. but
it is said, the main problem is to
adapt the automobile to the transpor'
tation of guns mounted, as at pres.
ent, on their own carriages.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
N5fiJre's Sun Dial,

There is no need for clocks on the
Aegean sea any day when the sun is
shining. There nature does not vary
though the centuries pass. The nat
ural time-marker is the largest sur
dial in the world Projecting into the
blue waters of the sea is a large pro
montory which lifts its head 5000 feet
above the waves. AS the sun swings
round the poinred shadow OF the
mountain Just touches one after the
other of a number of small islands
which are at exact distances apart and
act as hour marks on the great dial.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

I you tackle wool, cotton. etc. as you
propose
Ever yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
he Hon. VIM. II. Taft,
President OF the United States.
The White House. Washington
u. &
We need no better authority that
Mr.. Roosevelt believes in reciprocity
or that he did much to encourage
President Taft in bringing about reel
proeal trade relations, than the letter
printed above. His attempts now &c
discredit the President because he ad-
yocated reciprocity with Canada is OF
a piece with his other attempts to dis
rupt the party and prevent the Presi-
dents reelection,
We have no doubt that supporters OF
the ex-president will maintain that Mr.
Roosevelt here made mlstake-ona
of those little mistakes that anybody
and everybody makes. Let us remem-
Der. however, that a man is just as
good as his word and no better.
This is one reason. at least, why W
take no stock in the inconsistent Mr.
Roosevelt
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03
Memorial,

On Sunday September -, 1912, Mrs.
Sarah b. Coburn passed away at the
advanced age of %. Mrs. Coburn was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi
Bigelow (Sallie Emery Bigelow), of
Bloomfield. She was married TO Sam
uel Coburn at the age of 81 and from
that time to her death, was a resident
of Skowhegan. Since the death Of
her husband in 1873, she has lived
with her daughter, Mrs. NJ T. Pooler
Her death marks the passing away Of
one of the oldest and most beloved
residents of the town of Skowhegan.
Mrs. Cobnrn was women of rare
qualities She possessed a mind OF
high intellectual order, with a keen
appreciation of the higher and nobler
things in life. She loved the beauti-
full and good wherever found.
AT an early age, she was baptized
by the. Rev. Mr.. Drinkwater, pastor
of the First Baptist church, and i'm
mediately united with that body, and
ever afterwards held her membership
there She loved the church of Cod
The people of God were her people
and the things of God were the near
est things to her heart. She was
openmnded in fact few women of
her age could be found who took so
broad and intelligent a view of Christ
ian things. 1t. is also worthy of note
that she displayed an unusual aIe"t-
ness and keenness of mind While Old
in years she was young both in body
and mind, and this activity she retain
ed until her death.
4 Put it is as a Christian that she will
/ be most kindly remembered. There
are some lives who need no eulogizing
Their good works do follow them. The
nobility of their character and their
observation-disclosures speak for them
selves. Such a one was Mrs. Coburn.
Hers was a big heart ever flowing
in tender sympathy for her fellowmen,
Nothing gave her greater JOY than to
help make some other life happier and
brighter; and it is this perhaps more
than anything else that has SO en-
deared her to her many friends. There
are some lives which are TRULY great,
not great in the sense in which the
world calls great. Their names are
not heralded through the newspa-
pers; the archives of history are 81
lent about them; no monuments OF
marble perpetuate the memory of
their noble deeds; and yet they are
great. 1t Is kind of quiet greatness.
Like the Marys of Holy Writ their
offerings to the world are not made in
talents OF gold and silver, but in the
weightier values of love and conse-
rated service for their fellow men.
In the obscurity of their native hills,
they live and die, angels rather than
men. II the master were to pass by
he would say of their good work;
Let it be told unto all generations.
1t is among this class of human lives,
these who wear the laurels of true
greatness, We assign a place for this
good Mother in Israel And as she
goes from among us the memory of
her kind-heartedness, her consecrat-
ed services to man, her noble Christ
ian character will be ours, Gus to
perpetuate amidst the forget-me-nots
ian character will be ours, ours to
keep fresh and green while the years
roll by '"@%
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Daniel Harding.

Daniel Harding, living near Black
we'll station in Madison, died, Friday
night. He was so years old, and was
living at the time of his death with
his son, E. |. Harding. He was born
in Madison, where he has lived the
most of his life. Two brothers, Sam
uel and Leander Harding, survive
Funeral services were held at $50 A.
NJ. Sunday.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

Albert B. Stewart, foreman of an ice
house on the Kennebec River SAYS:
Il have used Foleys Honey and Tar
Compound personally for number of
years, once for a severe cold l con-
"a cted while working on the ice
Two bottles complet ely cured me"
For sale by all druggists.
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Great Orator for Skowhegan

The announcement that DR.. Booker
T. Washington, head of the Tuskegee
Institute, of Tuskegee, Alabama, is to
lecture in Skowhegan on the evening
of Saturday, October 26, will be pleas
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

Chickens are creatures of habit
Whether they are lazy or active de-
ponds largely on the way they are
raised.
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as much as he will want to sell it af-
terward
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NEW .ADNERTIsEMENTs

Notice-Daniel Lewis.
Waists--W. =. Ordway.
2epairins-S. Russakof.
For SALE. r. Holman.
Fish-Skow Fish Market
Reason--Smith y BusseY
Notices--James T. Hewey.
New Styles-C. I. Ward 90.
Change of Time-M. c r. K
Fall Garments--lra y. Norton.
Notice-Central Me. Power CO.
Quality-Jewett 5 Cash Market.
Leading-Atherto Furniture CO.
Foreclosure Notfce-Skow. Saw. Bank.
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Most diseases have to run Their
course. and the world will probably
never get better till it gets whole lot
worse.
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

Which rlrifiesrand enriches the blood
and builds up the whole system.
Get 1t today in usual liquid form or
shocoiated tablets called SArsatabS.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-03

If you would strike man favorably
don't aim at his pocketbook.
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Loss Of Appetite

M aBSs of vitality. vigor or tone, and is
aceeSl forerunner of prostrating dis
4aspa-
Il Is serious and especially so to
pnnr2e that must keep up and doing or
<yst Aehfndhand.
The hest medicine to take for 1t Is
me great constitutional remedy
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FOR SALE Jersey ITolsteIn hei
fers , and years old with of withou
calves. giving 30 and - lbs. milk ~
day respectively; three Jersey Holstetl
heifers one year old; aud Erlun colt
and years old, dam by Hngo Wilk"'
81 81 broken and safe for lad
10 drive. Eugene Danforth West Maj
son NJ > q. North Anson. 2Wll
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FoR RENT-Two houses. one of
rar ms and one of 4 rooms. located oil
Summer street Enquire of Mix
Corey II ~
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WANTED or rooms or smal
house or tenement Rent must be low
Apply at Fish Market II Madison Ave
1W 49,
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Advertising rates made known upon
application Short or longtime con-
fvNs.ta. rsiade,
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FoR SALE on RENT

mousse On Madison AVe- near Pa
own your home Make small pa
ment aud let the rent pay the balan'
Also aice building l6ts. $1,000 do
and S1o0 a week until paid for.
H. HeseltOu. 4W
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ron SNLF--One chestnut marc
weighs about 1900: good worker; must
be sold at once. f.. T Goodrich, O.
burn Ave. tf4O
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FOR SALE White Chester Pigs
nice ones at $500 a piece; also wagons
-t,f ghs double harness. etc. etc. for
sale or exchange c. II. N.Y.. No. A.
son Me Route , 4w40'
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lin street. off from North ST. tv
house, 5 rooms and shed; w
house; good cement cellar; tW
land; good location; new house
years, | mile from postotiiCe.
sold at sonable price. Ina
the premises of Mrs Darius
Skowhegan. Me Would trails
farm
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+ you tackle wool, cotton. etc. as you
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-12
MORE HOSPITALS ARE NEEDED
Situation Improved, but Further Work
10 Needed to Stamp Out
Tuberculosis.


Only four states. Mississippi. Ne
yada, Utah and Wyoming. have no
beds whatever In special hospitals OF
wards for consumptves. Eight years
ago when the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis was organized there were 26
states in which no hospital or sanito-
rum provision for consumptiyes e1
listed. and the entire number OF beds
in the United States was only 10000.
while these figures would Indicate
remarkable growth In anti-tubercu-
losis activity" says DR.. Livingston
Farrand. executive secretary of the
National association. In commenting
ON the subject, there are still prac-
tcaIly ten INDECENT consumptives for
every one Of the 10000 beds, including
those for pay patients. In other words,
we have from 250.000 to 100000 con-
sumptives in this country too poor to
provide hospital care for themselves.
II tuberculosis is ever going to be
stamped out in the United States,
more hospital provision for these foci
OF infection must be provided"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-12

chemists description OF all the symptoms and
post-mortem appearances exactly coincided with
the careful observations made by Mr.. Archdaie
The latter still further convinced by the
following statement: THE whole course of the
sickness sometimes covers only few hours and
in few cases death has been observed to follow
within five minutes after taking the salt" Thanks
to the skillful diagnosis OF the Bozeman chemist
the cause of the fatalities has been decisively
ascertained but the question still remains to
how these losses to be prevented in future
The cattle In question (Which chiefly Here
ford, with the remainder cross between Here
ford and Shorthorn) either roam over free prairie
or confined in 5000-acre pasture, the country
consisting Of wide parks bisected with creeks
and enclosed by steep ranges of pne-cad scoria-
topped hills These scoria crags of several
different colors; many red. others yellow
green, some even mauve--in fact almost any hue
may be The deadly fragments of white.
encrusted red rock lie scattered upon the sides
of the hills around their bases. In parts of the
ad-ands. where laterite has disntegrated n
maroon powder is formed which may be collected
with spoon and formerly used by the In
dians as war-paint 1t is heartrendng to ride
among these hills off death and suddenly
upon trembling eighty-doar steer which, after
reeling to and fro. succumbs in apoplectic fit:
or to favorite hefer vainly struggling for
life. as described to me lin lit.) by Archdale.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-07-12

those times, and said that / ought toS
have an operation. would not listen to
that, and when friend of my husbands
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing to take it
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. can do all my own house,
work, work in the garden and entertain,
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, Indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try it?