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RINGII VI

Hosea Baker brought his wife home
from Scion on the train last Monday
night. Mrs Ed Miller accompanied
her sister, Mrs Baker. who stood the
Journey quite well.
Tuesday Frank Moore lost a finger
while working on a splitter at the
Last block factory.
have just received full line of
lver johnson Bicycles, Bicycle sun
dries. and Reaches base ball goods.
Come in and look them over. S. J.
Whitney
Iva Briggs of SkoWhegan was IN
town last week
/. {. Pierce has returned from a
trip down river
The Century Club has postponed its
regular meeting two weeks. which
brings 1t May 3rd.
The annual church meeting and roll
call Of the Congregational church
have been postponed.
The Don Morrison concert, which
was to have taken place the 10th has
been Indefinitely postponed.
All of the above postponements have
been made on account of the preHa-
lence OF measles there being thirty
or forty cases already and some very
sick
You can save money by purchasing
your garden hose at s. J. Whitney's,
ID and 81. in , and ply of the very
best quality carried in stock.
Mr.. and Mrs Leon w. Goodrich
we're in Madison last Monday.
Georgia Works spent Sunday at her
home in Brooks, Me.
Beatrice Smith, assistant teacher of
the High School, was at Watervil,t,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Angus Davis were in
town the first of the week.
can save you a lot of money If
you buy your Staple Dry goods from
our bargain counter. New goods every
day. A. S. Burke 2w-15
VIII Baker was brought home
from Lewiston hospital and is at the
home of his sister. Mrs. Abel Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Williams have
moved into the house at the end
of Baker street, formerly occupied
by Taylor.
A new fire escape has been put in
place on the south side of Frater-
nifty building.
Big line of children's dresses and
coats just received. A. S. Burke.
Leon w. Goodrich has been APP
pointed by the Governor Justice of
the Peace, and has received his COM
mission.
Mrs. Abbie Matthews and daughter
of Rhode Island are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Abel Moore.
Fred Temple and George Pray in
tend to open their new meat market
under the post office, Thursday of
this week. Hereafter when the peo-
pie of Bingham wish for meat they
can go to the Temple and Pray.
The ice will probably leave the
river this week.
Plenty of choice pressed hay for
sale at my storehouse. A. s. Burke.
The subject for the morning SER
vice at the Methodist church will be
Fight the good fight of Faith; lay
hold on eternal life" At this SER
vice the General Rules Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Discipline will be
read. All members and probationers
are expected to be present as requir-
ed of the discipline. For the even
ing service the subject will be the
query of PLATE What shall | do
then with Jesus?" At the evening
service there will be a duet by Mrs.
Edith Dorr and Miss Mary Eddy
Dorr.
Line of Percales dark and light, re-
gular II 1-2c goods selling at &c a I'd.
A. S. Burke.
The Epworth League next Tuesday
evening at 7.30. The subject "A Dearth
of Men, leader Ephraim Miller.
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ATHENS.

Walton & Fall have started their
lumber near the falls on the east
branch of the Wesserunsett. They
have Is men at work this week. Last
week a smaller crew were working
putting in the logs yarded at A. c.
Emery's. They expect to have this
lumber in few days at Walton's mill
in Cornvile.
Wallace Jones is attending to the
work at the grist mill while Mr.. True
worthy Is looking after business at
his saw mill.
Leander Ireland Is home from
Cornvlle, where he passed the Win
ter at o. H. Cases.
Arthur futile is home from Boston
and was a visitor at the academy,
Tuesday.
The seniors are working on their
class parts which were assigned at
the beginning of the term. The class
officers are: Donald Hight, president;
Thurza Drake, vice president; Rena
Stickney, secretary; Caro- Cooley,
treasurer. The graduating exercises
will occur about May %. The class
parts assigned are as follows: Vale
dictory and essay, Donald c. Hight;
Salutatory and essay, Caro- c. Cooley
Glass History and prophecy, Rena
Stiekney; Presentation of Gifts,
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Every man seems to have genius
for making rules that people can't fol-
low, and that he does not follow him
self.
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NORTH CANAAN.

There will be a Union Gospel Meet
ing at the Slab City school house,
Sunday, April 2S, at 100 p. m. A
Special meeting of the North Canaan
Christian Band will be held at the
close of said meeting
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Horses for Sale

New consignment just received, all the
good kind big matched teams, farm
mares, and business chunks, one ex ira
good mare in foal. Come early and get
your choice Exchanges made.
Terms Cash or Satisfactory Paper
|. r. & w. r. Brown
Stable corner Winter and Court StS.,
SKOWHEGAN 2wl6
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sKowHEGAN SAVINGS DAM
ANNUAL MEETING

SHOW HEGAN SAVINGS BANK
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Corpora
tors of the Skowhegan Savings Bank
will be held at the banking rooms -
said bank on
Monday, May @, 1912
at ten o'clock in the forenoon for tn
purpose of electing a Board of TRUSTEE
of said Bank. and transacting any other
business that may legally come befofe
said meeting
CARLETON P MERRILL,
Clerk of the Corporation
Skowhegan, Maine, April IS. 1912.
3w16
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]. HILL TALKS ABOUT FUTURE
PROSPERITY Of TIE GREAT NORTHWEST

re~rintntlng for n generation with this
law. Almost every business in the
| niteri States today uses the method
Of hHS"ciatnd cnt.rprisa n h3ndli:r,
interests having = common focus. Our
l'@EeSt court has recently laid dowi1
the equitable rUie ny which the CO.
ordination of business interest with
hurtful mon"moply may be direct
ed and limited in the future. We are
witnessing a rapid evolution of the
commercial side of human partnership.
United for Progress.
AS citizens and pioneers and up
builders of the country. VIC should fol-
low the lead and adopt the best dis
coveries of commercial experience. 1t
is only natural that a number of states
closely related by location, by natural
advantages. by similarity of interests
should combine to promtc h growth
of all these interests. This is the fact
and this the idea behind the organiZa-
ton of the Northwest Development
league. IT furnishes the machinery by
which these states of the northern tier
may better ard more quickly achieve
their rightful destiny, as part of a bet
ter and more homogeneous develop
mont of the whole nation than could
take place otherwise.
Perhaps W. can find no term more
APPLY characteristic of the territory
represented in the Northwest Develop
mont leaguc-Minnesota, North Dal<o-
ia. South Dakota. Montana. Idaho,
Washington. Oregon and the territory
as A}uska--tllan the zone of plenty
If we take this line of states, standing
at friendly attention along 1000 miles
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stark county. ohio. for llt" first
tim" sine" the 1ato President Mckinney
Was nnmirHtcd for congress from III"
fnNuu& i;ichic"mth district. now r"p-
resented hv /" democrat. Thomas i.
Whitarrc. who lives in Canton. Will
have n republican candidate fHr can
"rcse. Tn" IGichtconfh has l,s.en noted
Cor distinguished men in congress.
Jacob NJ. Amber. one of tn. inost
noted MOI nf Ohio 10 serve in the
house. was a mnmbcr from Canton.
ohio. when william Mckinley was
prosecuting attorney of stark county.
ard it Was ia Mr.. Amber tina Mai.
Mckinley wired 10 reserve rooms toT
him ia Washington when Mr.. Mckin-
lc% started on his wedding trip from
Ohio. 80 one in congress lfad an%
INJUNCTION that the hon failure prcsi-
don't contemplated marriage until Am
bier received the laconic message:
Pleas" r"scrv" rooms for mo in
Washington. ! shall not be alone
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch is tho
have selected to follow Mckinley. In
the early reports OF the ohio pri-
maries it was said that George G.
Thompson had received thc nomina-
lion for the Eighteenth district. Mr..
McCuIlorh won by more than 100
votes. The democrats rcnominatcd
Representative Whitacrc. hut the lat
ter has intiinatcd that inasmuch as
Gov. Harmon won tho presidential
preference vote in the Buckeye state,
ne will resign from congress and as
dc1e..ate to tho national convention.
Mr.. McCulloci1 "ar1e tn Washington
yesterday on legal business. He would
not discuss the situation in ohio.
Il think Ohio will 90 republican,
said Mr.. McCulloch. 1T has no failed
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Ninety pei cont of the old soldier
vote of TN" United States Will be cast
Tor he republican nominee for preSi-
dent said Capt. DC. Richardson of
lIlaWatha. Klaus, vino is here to at
tend the G%cttyshure memorial COM
mission meeting. The Veterans of the
CIVIL wan arc good republicans, and
"'1il" ] personally favor the rcnom-
ini'i"n of President Taft. | shall vote
fof IN" nominee" nj the party. who
"N"r he may he. In Kansas there are
many soldiers VIII" prefer Taft, hut
lh"r" are some who favor Roosevclt.
Vt is idle. | think, to talk about Kan
$;:s. 1o"a and other republican states
going democratic in November. We
arc republicans out that way and ara
regular. y" democrat can carry Kan
S1fi in n n|Ati"nal campaign. and the
SIM" can lo said about iowa.
"Th"r" has ho"n = GOOD Bit of dom
~""rl;ir sentiment in that section. !, is
n opinion that while II great many
j"j"ias NcmoCrat% iii Kansas sup
~i'"rt"! Champ Clark. and the speaker
carried th" state i'm tho primary, Coy.
Wilson would he tho candf-
date. This is moro conjecture, ot
course. II certainly looks ~. If Clarl,
viii j." nominated al Ealtimnrc. lie
has shown surprising strength in
many western states. and particularly
"h"r" presidential preference pri-
%lnarl"s hay" been held. | refuse to
believe that the republican party is
doomed t" dct"Ht this year"
Capt. richardson was badly wound
ed at f"ttNShIlre. II" WIS a member
OF tho First Minnesota volunteers. a
regiment thai lost "~i@hty-tWo per cont
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of it's members killed and wounded al
the battle Of Gettysburg.
BRYAN Talk An Nonscns


This talk about the supporters Of
William Jennings Bryan stampeding
the convention at Baltimore is all
nonsense" said judge r. II. l7ricl of
birmingham, Ma. ut arises, of
course. from the amazing showing
that Roosevelt has made in the fight
for HI republican nomination, hut l
cannot he brought to believe that the
sober democrats will ever be carried
away by a Bryan movement again.
Three times are sufficient to try any
man out. Every vote that is cast for
IirNan at Baltimore. if there he any,
will he n vote for Roosevelt. While
| have favored the nomination of
President Taft. because | regard him
as the safest republican who is rum
ming for tho nomination.. and because
If we are to have d republican presi-
dent. I want a safe one, | am not un-
mindful of the tremendous gains
Roosevelt has made. and ! am tear-
full thai he may the chosen. If Roose-
Volt should be nominated. then. in my
opinion. tho democrats in Baltimore
viii pursue tho only consistent and
wise course: that is. 10 nominate the
strongest conservatives in the party.
ana he is Oscar Underwood. think
it inevitahle that if RnoseVolt is named
~ ' b''hSo. tDuerWohH VIII ne CHOSEN
nj fH'timnre. l LOOT for an exceed
inglN hot time in the Chicago onven
tion. Tho Baltimore convention. i'm
my opinion, will he less turbulent. for
$" soon as Gov. Wilson is eliminated,
which. | think will he ON the first bal
lot, tho delegates will turn to either
Underwood or Clark. Certainly. the
supporters of Gov. Harmon, Under
wood and Clark will never go to
Bryan. Clark doubtless is the second
choice of the Wilson. Underwood and
Harmon people. Eut Underwood is
going to be the candidate"
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POSSIBLE SAVINGS.

Senator Aldricll's remark of two
years that by business methods Ia
conducting the governments depart
ments $500. 000. 900 could lac saved is
ovcrpassed ny tho assertion of Sena-
tor McCumher that the conduct of thc
government business. as efficient cor
po~rations conduct ~tlloirs. could be
done at half the cost.
These statements ny senators Of
prominent %stapding present a Qu2s-
ton of controlling Importance. Soma
tor .Nldrich fixed the sum 20 he saved
az $500, 000, o00. Senator McCumber's
statement, if translated to dollars.
would make the waste $500. 000. 900 10
$500. 0o0. 600. Tho waste of either
mou constitutes an issue of tho
most ~stupendnus magnitude. Tho
stoppag" If that waste would pay foi
the building of tho Panama canal il,
n year. In a few wears il would pro
vide the Mississippi basin with ado
dua'e waterways and the plains with
irrigation. y very small fraction OF
it would pay the cost of forest CON
sorvation. develop water powers nm
der national ownership and bring rail
f'HN tiNl!Si'pi lttAoh w tIlitl''N ft'llp't'l
coal mines in localities whore coa'
Is AT present scarce at nearly prohi-
hitivc prices.
We do not guarantee either amount
liut there is no doubt thai if political
Claims We're discarded and govern.
mont offices run for business. if gov-
eminent employees We're appointed
md rated solely for efficiency. indus
Try and integrity; if lavish naval; am
pension LEGISLATION were shut out ana
ing pork barrel bills abolished. there
would he n change in The relations ni
government income and out&o that
Nat'lG make the financial question
NO. hoW the government shall r&ise
.,iti@ for It's cXpensos. bat upon what
offsets it shall c%nend its surplus fol
greatest benefit of the people.
at it IS thu p"cu!i2r phenomenon
as Nis n9attcr tilat while leading sen
j. > aNow this waste the senate pro
' q =" N;r(sltr"s 20 stop il. Nol
' il d" so until some political
t.t4 'al;" rra,uc"S p tyIr of y"na-
and ,proscn'atiNss t,nt thini,
II thc;r official rerquiaitcs and
nt'r" f III" wulfHre Of the people.
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Curious CONVERSATIONS
(T'aken from Exchanges.)


Kansas boasts of having Noro COL
logo students per capital sham any
other state. Her n"Nt door noigllhor.
NI!sSOUri. has the frwCsi only one in
PSI irilHhitants, and mex, i" The foot
comes Pennsylvania with orc fnr or-
cry sos. The states at the head aro
an western. the FIRST seven and the
number of ucnpi" tor each college
stWdcrt being: Kansas. H.; Utah.
12l: Nebraska. 49,: Illinois. 1879; the
eighth is Massachusetts. with ono stu
dent for every 2o9 people.
Members Of the rassamauuoddv
Indian tribe at Passport, Me, are nc
%c'nuinG to market the results of their
winters basket maxine labor. ono
variety OF basket which they make
receives 4 ready sale II tho sardinc
factories. 1t is very heavy and c;-
p~ciallN adapted TO the handling Of
H%crrin- in those plants. attempts
HAY" been made Ia produce this h's-
nct Ny machinery. but without sue
cess. h machine made article has
not the lasting quality of that made
by the Indians. The supply of ash
for basket making is secured in
Aroostook county.
An extraordinary waltzjng match
in which eight couples completed took
part Al .Allrssandria. Piedmont. Italy.
Tho dancers commenced AT 10 O'Clock
in the evening of the .3tl instant and
did not cease until they were COM
pollod 10 do SO from exhaustion. AT
midday ON the Goth. WHOM there re-
manned only Two couples iii the con
t"st. the Jury ordered tho termination
of III" match. which h"d lasted four
teen hours. and Hcgaldi. VINO was
! adjudGcd champion. tainted in}modi-
Atcly "ftorward.
The statement is again heing pub
liSho! that SandrinGham is the ahso-
lutte property Of Queen Alexandra. As
Il matter of fact in the will of the late
King Edward the Who'll" estate was
loft solely to King George, his late
majesty merely. s%tin"IatiMg that the
queen mother should have the cNtir"
use nj it during her lifetime and ad-
ding a wish that in III" culture the
place might hccnn)" the dover house
a til" queen C"nsUrt. King George
is, however, in no way bound ny this.
and is nj liberty when the proper time
arrives to dispose of ii IN II mar
nor That Gems hest la him. In the
meantime he has entire charge OF
he" estate. pays I'll In" o~ut-uinSs and
receives tho income.
of III" HYMN. coward. Christian Sol
die's." Recently celebrated his sew
"nty-ci@l1Ih birthday ut mis- home in
North Devon. ENGLAND. For fifty
years liz has hvoM u prolific writer.
handing with case sociological stud
les. historical researches. rnln@nces.
novels and @a"u"ns HI all that tim"
lis clerical work has not suffered.
Tn" origin If his famous hymns is
thus told: som" Sunday school chill
dren Were % march from one Village
,u annthrr. and as MY. Enring-(ioHld
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tjlral college for six years and out
Their" "" had made experiments which
taught us III" great value nj the sugar
h"ot. not only for its sugar. but AS an
lii To the other crops ana. in its by
pr"IuCtS. a f"od for tho stock.
W" tried experiments with all sorts
of root CrnpS-potatoeS, sugar hcets,
turHirS and 50 onto asct rtaiu which
W"u)l h. the most prniitn bic for the
Iowa farmers and d~;irymen. We had
a }"rgo herd Of dairy rnNs and ""
e" ted these different vegetables on The
10 learn their effect in the pro-
"ll,ti"n OF milk and butter. We found
TINT WC could not get good results
from tNrnins, POTATOES and cihlra ges
f""Icd tho butter. but from SlI-ar
}.e"tS "" get a fine quality of butter.
The imp"itanc" Of this il in the fact
that The farmer needs 20 Use n root
crop in his rotation to cloar the
GROUND. The cultivation required by
SUCH a crop improves tn" yield Of all
Succeeding crops. And. as tn" raising
nj sllgar in"cts takes nothing away
from tn" soil. providing the residue
Of tho plants. after tho sugar lpa;: ieen
extracted. is fed on the land. it makes
an ideal crop for use in connection
with dairying.
| sent mon over to Europe to get
what information they could non
the boot %oNv" If Europe. They
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Children'S Shoes and Oxford
Extra Special at Per Pair 70c

self. Let us see by what means these
may most easily be utilized, preserved,
multiplied. Let us set those forces in
motion. And let us, to this end. press
forward the work begun by the North
west Development league. of establish
ing harmony and understanding and
community of plan and operation be-
tween the seven states that have so
much in common and may profit so
richly by united action.
Look at the territory from Mime
sofa to Oregon as it was fifty or sixty
years ago and it With today.
The change we sec in retrospect would
in prospect have been almost unbeliev-
allie. Yet the transformation of the
Years to come will be even more strik-
ing nd significant. In this zone Of
plenty industry may find its highest
reward and wealth it's greatest in
crease. But to win this YOU must
work for it. Keep your attention upon
this main fact and refuses to run after
the ghost dancers II medicine men
with whom the country has of late
been over supplied. When they tell
you that prosperity may be created
and maintained by tariffs or articles.
by anything other than intelligent in
dustry under free conditions. laugh at
them. When they insist that they are
going to save our industrial souls by
some sort Of legislation. Taught at
them. Whenever this country has fall
tered or stood still 1t has been through
reliance upon politicians and lawmak-
ing and the foolish notions which fill
the air With murk and our capitals
with confusion and impotence.
High Standards Demanded.
We need more individual self-reli-
ance. We need a high standard of
public and private integrity. We need
a new realization of the necessity as
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tt;y James j. Hill. Chairman. board of
directors. Great Northern
Jpoilur.,- (~'or1,nanJ


Tho association Of eve state; and
Que great territory in the Northwest
Development league. which holds its
10 S. cnmo about in an Interesting Wa".
Tic Northwest D@veloumcnt l"ague is
not Il creation Of the promoters art.
II il; not n product of either ambition
nr jealousy. 1t is q grouping of bust
ness entities having work in common
which they can accomplish better unit
ed than divided.
The conduct of business in the long
run is not n mere scramble for the
rrht place 1t the trough. AS science
disclos"s tho broad general principles
by which the world of nature works,
so the study of human associations for
of commerce. reveal similar broad
general principles underlying and
governing the lives of men and ON
m~onwcalths in that intimate inter-
course which is the distinguishing
mark Of modern times.
The phase of growth which more
particularly ensapcs the lp"st mirds of
today is combination within proper,
just and reasonable limits. We found
out long ago thai individuals, COM
inunities. corporations aIi every in
s~trumentality having to do with the
common .ifc Of man ctn accomplish
NOR. results both as to quality and
|yuHntity. when working together free
frc:l hostile suspicion. Gu" n"n and
nan other countries have cecn ex
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iili. iiI1n ;'i.sG.

-
=" wonder the army veterans u
F."aSt'e, Ia. marching to- decortt"
.; GRAVES Of tho gallant la"n VIE
ID for The stars and stripes. became
le""nsed when theE So" displayed
ir"rH several houses and tr" official
i'~e-jiNuartcrs of The socialists III"
Il ming red fa@ @d"ntch by SOM" If
,;3n violent ~fuclDhcTS Of Stat nart|.
hon tho N"tr"lns SAW To" ilag,
"u,. old soldier, who had f"H:ht am:
/" ] for his country. van I" IN" a"I'S'.
ri'tnlo"d on th" r""f, and tearin@ the
. , from its place. threw il +" TIE
Ground. I'rrhaos thr Veterans. in their
anger. oxac2oratnd the significance of
~" rcd flag, iui recent incidents
hiVo largely justified the feeling "i
resentment.
So on" should cunfnunI tho vicious
ac's of certain socialists with the priA-
rjrles NJ Me party its~ll. Thor" ar'-
:caiaw1Gs in al parties. Thor" aEt
republicans and democrats "ho COM
Iuit unpatriotic acts. hut that is n"
roason for indictina the republican
~ tho democratic party. Nor arc Tho
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we'll as the dignity of labor. We need
honesty enough to live within our
means. We need to realize that pub
lie credit is a to be. used only
in emergencies and that we must a
as we go or go to ruin. We need more
liberal relations with the rest of the
world. We need to understand once
and for all that the future of men and
commemorative is created out of char
acter and intelligent effort directed to-
ward definite practical results and not
by anything that any political agency
can accomplish. Based on these prin-
ciples. avoiding these errors. serving
these ends. holding the complete and
balanced development of industries
and superior to mere in
crease in numbers or growth by arti-
fetal stimulation. the Northwest De-
velopment league may become a SOW
ereign factor in the nations progress,
as we'll as a clearing house for the ac-
tivity nd expansion of the chain Of
states that link the Father of Waters
with the western sea.