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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

among the most interesting given by
the Indians Though some Of these
redmen may ordinarily dress in the
store clothes of the white man they
are all interested enough in their
tribal dances to assume their ances-
trail garb when the dance and song
festivals occur. They look upon
many OF these ceremonies as having
religious character expressive of
their beliefs. The sun dance as given
by them always has its beginning in
woman's prayer for the recovery Of
the sick and the whole tribe come to-
gether to fulfil VOWS, to fast and to
pray. as we'll as to seek what diver
sion dancing affords.
The chief dancer of these Indians is
Chief Fish Wolf Robe. He has many
handsome costumes. Some of them
are of buckskin with necklace OF
many strands of beads and leggins
and moccasins ornamented with porcu-
pine quilts. Another chief may wear
a war bonnet OF feathers tipped with
stained horsehair Otter and mink
skins are woven in and out and the
animals tails hang down behind.
Bracelets and leggins of tanned deer
skin ornamented with porcupine quilts
are common.
The Blackfeet Indians have from
time immemorial known OF a wonder
full trail which runs north and south
along the Rocky mountains. Accord
ing to authorities who have gained
the confidence of the chiefs, no one
knows how old this trail is. II is
called the "Old North Trail and is
worn deep by the feet of travellers.
Though IL is not used much now
since railroads have come, the deep
ruts still show amid weeds and
distance from the Rockies. passes
near where the city OF Helena now
stands and extends south as far as
Mexico.
The road has been frequented by
Canadian Indians as we'll as Ameri-
can redmen and 1t forks where Cal
gary stands in Canada This Old
North trail has many traditions con.
nected with It and stories are told OF
expeditions of Canadian Indians who
went south 10 the dark skinned PEG
pie (Mexicans). 10 took 10 moons
of steady travelling
There are many legends in Glacier
National Park connected with the
early life OF the Blackfeet tribe. One
OF these Is associated with the beau
tiful Two Medicine lakes. Here is
the story as told by Blackfeet chief:
Many years ago there was IA
mine in the land OF the Blackfeet,
which is set down by my father from
1885 20 1897. At that time the Black
feet Indians owned everything from
Hudson bay TO the Rocky mountains,
and In all that land there was no
green spot except in the valley that
Is called Two Medicine. Even the
buffalo left the country because there
was no food for them and the In
dams that sought refuge in the noun
tains found no game or anything TO
eat except berries.
Then the old men OF the tribe with.
drew TO the valley that is now called
+ Two Medicine and built there two
medicine lodges. so great was their
need They worshiped the Great
Spirit and prayed 10 be told what
they should do TO be saved from the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

Pills cured me of that and the Kidney
Trouble. l take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache. I
am " years old and farmer You are
at liberty to publish this testimonial.
and you may use my picture in con-
nection with It." Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodd'e Medicine Co.
Buffalo, n. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and reel
pes for dainty dishes. All sent freq
Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

branches. This is for the ceremonies
OF the medicine lodge. There IS
motley crowd of Indians on
foot and on horseback. Mingling
with them are white men and women
from the adjoining country All are
massed around a circular rope fence,
inside of which the Blackfeet Indians
are holding their annual festival with
stories and sacred dances.
IL YOU were I'm Montana last June
this is what you would have witnessed
when 1000 Piegan Indians from Can
ada and this country held at Brown
ing. the Indian reservation just out
side OF the Glacier National Park,
their remarkably festival The vari-
colored tepees held members of many
tribes OF Indians The dances which
were Witnessed are old, old. so an
cient that the Indian cannot tell when
they started. The beaded Jackets,
strange feathered headdress, medicine
bags and deerskin suits which Indian
chiefs wear cannot be purchased for
money and the strange chants are
handed down from father to son.
II you press closer to the rope
fence and mlngle more freely with
the onlookers you will see among the
crowd white men In khaki suits high
boots. sombreros. and white women
watching the dances. which last for
four or five days and which afford
the Indian an opportunity TO renew
acquaintances and 60 through religi-
Gus ceremonies
Perhaps by your side is n young
.Indian girl on a pony with trappings
OF beadwork: next to her is n New
York society woman. and jogging ell
bows with her is an old Indian
squaw with blanket or beaded cape
and black hair braided down her
back In her arms she holds n blink
Ing Indian baby strapped 90 the back
board and swathed I'm embroidered
and beaded blankets which lace to-
gether On the outskirts OF the
crowd are Indians sitting on horses
90 which are attached the travois for
carrying burdens for they may have
come long distance Over all tho
onlookers. the dancing chiefs. the
singing and swaylne Indians. the hot
sun beats down.
Then suddenly the chiefs cease 20
chant Several other leaders or the
tribe push into the circle and begin n
rhythmic song Tomtoms are beaten
n indian braves shout and leap
coming down always on the gorund
on n certain beat OF the music The
Indian women. leaping 10 tle'r feet
Join in a circle that reyolves and r..
wolves and produces a hypnotic innu
ence which in some cases soizes the
white onlookers.
These Blackfeet Indians with their
love songs. their wolf songs SiouS
celebration songs. chi.dren's game
songs and tribal - faseinate you
Their dances. Il dance, the
grain dance. the dance. arc
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

could
taking a Jericho
a
manc picked
He he
everybody
fnding is
The brushed the hat with his sleeve that almost
and-udging
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
PHOTOGRf pHING THE BULLETS

which is more than 1000 miles an
hour. makes a great disturbance in
the atmosphere and creates air waves
which. OF course, are invisible 10 the
naked eye.
Ii you draw a stick through the
water il causes little eddies and waves
to trail behind 1t. The faster you
draw the stick the more waves and
the wider the angle will It leave. The
slower the stick is drawn the fewer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

II photograph Of a speeding bullet
could DC taken the print would prob
ably show a space like a body OF
wate- marked by what looked like
speeding water bugs. each having a
ripple in its wake. Photographs OF
projectiles have been snapped in time
OF peace, but I. is doubtful II the
camera ever caught one as 1t sped on
IT'S mission OF death. A bullet speed
Ing al the rate of 5000 feet a second.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
Raw Meat Juice Cure

Prof. Charles Richet. TO whom the
Nobel prize for medicine was awarded
last year, declares that If a person
suffering With tuberculosis will go to
slaughter house daily and drink the
fresh juice extracted from eight OF
ten pounds of raw beef. he will be
cured within three years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

the waves Just so the bullet. re-
marks the New York Sun II il is
travelling slowly no waves can be
photographed. as apparently there are
none.
Photographs OF a bullet going at a
rate of speed less than 1000 feet a
second show no air waves at all. Thi.
is an interesting scientific discovery
But anything cutting through the all
at a greater rate than this disturbs
the atmosphere TO such great extent
that air waves are formed and can bx
photographed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

pretty good fellow, so IF he has done
wrong don't. discharge him, but cuss
him out a bit"
Well. in a few days along came
letter from Chance TO Representative
Adamson, saying that The cussing-out
process must have been little to
caustic for the clerk had resigned,
leaving a letter informing Mr. Chance
that minister of the gospel had flown
from their midst. This is the letter:
Hon. Mr.. Chance, Chief Clerk OF the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

man who had been sprinting after ii
gave up the chase.
And az he gasped and wheezed-red
and wind blown-this is what batch
of fellow men heard him yell-every
last man OF them chuching at the
poor chap-which is the way OF man.
except when he's chasing a hat OF his
own:
You can keep il up to Jericho. il
you want TO. I'm done-you unholy
roller, YOU" He shook himself with
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

not think / would be
alive today IL IL
were not for Dodd's
Kid Inc y Pills. I
strained my back
about forty yearc
ago, which left It
very weak. / was
troubled with infam-
nation OF the blad-
der Dodd'a Kidney
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

do
/ a
minister called preach by the God
services and will the blessing of God the Post
cabinet Office
$ a
district Hon NJ Bell
they record from Newman but preach
lie
oher' Chance
a
a
he ministry he
are n a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
Chance Must Have Been a Little Too Caustic

REPRESENTATIVE ADAsON NJ
~ little while
eoIored from GEORGIA. He said
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
A GRATEFUL OLD MAN.

Mr.. w. D. Smith, Ethel, KY, writes:
7 have been using Dodd's Kidney Pills
for ten or twelve years and they have
done me a great deal OF good. I do
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
Helping Him Out.

Jones-I have a quarter. I think
I'll go and get haircut.
Brown-Here's a dollar. Get them
all cut.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
The Miser.

81 asked him how 10 get rich. and
he told me, but shant follow his ID
vice"
why not?"
Il don't like his method"
Dishonest"
Not at all. He said he simply
saved his money instead of spending
it for everything be thought he
wanted"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

would
en recall the
Of a
The
In 1862 Sioux
pcked7p the
belonged white
brave could resist smashing the He proceeded
nest while another
show a
brought
This bloody
Thus from bit of mischief broken
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

the the
"A with hesitation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
ICTURE to yourself a vast

IC1URE 10 yourSelf q vast
treeless plain with high
snow capped mountains
in the distance On this
level stretch OK ground In
dian tepees gre arranged
in a semi-circle. Some
are white, others are
yellow or red or brown.
At one side two tall trees
are stripped OF their
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06

discussion of tariff and currency, one
important element OF cost and loss
had been overlooked. He referred to
the report from the secretary of agri-
culture declared that in one year over
1,500, 900 eggs were destroyed in trans
portation 10 New York city. This loss
represented 9 per cent. of the total
supply. With a twinkle in his eye.
Senator Page suggested that some one
might acquire fame and fortune by in
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
Recalling the Bloody War of the Broken Egg

AsHlNGToNThe subject of luncheon the
The
sion when Senator Carroll
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
|:EETRTI55IE&7ii:

FOR sALE-Moving Picture Machines aud fllns.
Clean. profitable business. kxrert advice IN ~,
slave: Try IL Davis Film Service. Watertosn.Nis-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
Saddest Plant One Ever Hears in Washington

II ORKING for Uncle Sam. which first is a vocation
W a disease. and incurabe The saddest plant
than the wall of the rejected Office
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
A Young Old Lady

Miss Mary Ames, lady old In
years but young otherwise, observed
her birthday Thursday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Chester Furber, Fair
field, where she is also making her
home Miss Ames claims her age as
80 years and others say she is "a years
of age. Miss Ames said that the Fur
Der home was the first home to -
built on High Street, Fairfield and that
it was erected by carpenter, Mr.,
Pratt. The house has been remodel
ed and presents very different APP
pearance than it did many years ago
The aged lady sat in large arm chair
beside a pleasant bay window and as
she looked out the window and across
the park she remarked that she could
remember when the land all about
there was once an untitled field. Dur
ing the day Miss Ames received callers
and chatted with them pleasantly, in
quiring after the health of friends and
neighbors.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Com.
M|TS SUICIDE
Excuses Himself From the Presence OF
Father-in-law and Friend aud Shoots
Himself

Begging his father-in-law and a
friend with whom he was sitting in
his office at Houlton Saturday after
noon TO excuse him a moment, County
Attorney Perley {. Brown of ARGOS
took county stepped into the next
room and committed suicide by shoot
ing himself with his hunting rifle.
He had hardly closed the door be-
hind him when the shot was heard.
Mayor William Il. Pattangall of Wa
tervlle. whose daughter Brown mar
ried and Judge George E. Smith who
had been chatting and joking with
him. rushed into the room.
They found Brown stretched on the
door with the top of his head literally
blown off by the soft nosed big game
bullet.
The rife was still clutched in his
hand. Just how he managed to use
the weapon on himself is a mystery
but both the witnesses of the tragedy
say there can be no doubt that Brown
had deliberately planned the deed.
They can assign no motive whatever
for Browns act. He was in the best
of health and had no financial or other
troubles so far as his family know.
Browns home is in Pressure Isle and
he had come to Houlton as prosecut-
ing officer for the January term of
court
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
The Travelling Suffrage School

The National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation is planning a new department
of work for the coming year To
meet the demand for trained workers
in every State. faculty composed of
four experts will travel from place to
place, upon the invitation of local SUI
fragists, to teach methods of organiZa-
ton. press work, public speaking and
votes for women propaganda. The
pupils will be suffrage enthusiasts who
want TO learn to work inteligently and
do not wish 10 waste any time in Sc
curing their training. The travelling
school is the direct result of the
highly successful suffrage school con-
Quoted by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
in New York City short time ago.
This school was organized primarily
for the purpose of training workers
for the New York campaign, but it was
attended by about two hundred women
from all over the United States
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15

UPSET 3?
Mi-o-na Will Prevent Further Trouble
1t Quickly and Surely Ends Indi.
gestiOn and Stomach Distress

Distress after eating, belching of gas
and undigested food, that lump of lead
feeling in the stomach, headache, bill
BUSINESS and lack of energy, are warn
ing signals of out-of-order stomach
Now-at once-is the time to stop this
distress.
Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets is the
remedy. They are absolutely harm
less Get fifty cent box today. Their
use surely and quickly stops stomach
distress and improves and strengthens
the digestive system so that what you
eat is converted into nutrition and the
entire system is properly nourished.
Money back if not benefited by G. R.
FOgg. 2w3
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Serious Catarrfl
Yields to Hyonnei

l. DO not let this serious disease eN-
Itend along the delicate mucous mem
brane. gradually going from the nose
to the throat, thence into the bronchial
tubes and downward into the lungs
There is no other treatment for ca
tarrh that is like Hyomei or just as
good None can take its place, none
give such quick, effective and sure re-
lief and at so little cost-furthermore
G. II. Fogg viii refund your money
if you are not satisfied.
Begin using Hyomei now-today-
and see how quickly the droppngs into
the throat. the discharge from the nose
smiling and all other symptoms OF
catarrh are overcome; and remember
no stomach drugging-you breathe
it, The complete outfit containing in
haler and bottle of liquid costs but
$100 Extra bottles of liquid, II
needed 30 cents. 2w3
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
New Lobster Hatchery for Maine

Governor Haines, Henry d. S. Wood
bury, commissioner of sea and shore
fisheries. and a number of Maine lobs-
ter dealers will appear at hearing al
Washington before Hugh NJ. Smith
United States commissioner of fisher.
les on Jan. 30, to urge the government
to provide a new lobster hatchery a
Boothbay and an appropriation to con
duet the work in the propagation Of
Holsters on the Maine coast.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
MATTERS AT THE GRANGE
Secretary =. f. Emerson rendered Re
port at Annual Meeting

AT the annual meeting of Skowhc-
gan Grange Secretary S F. Emerson
rendered a report which showed much
interest concerning the years work.
At the close of last year there were in
the Grange a total of 421 members.
During the year there have been
gained by initiation II members and
4 by demit The order however has
lost by withdrawal, % members, | | by
suspension, 6 by death, and 3 by de-
nit, making in all a total loss of 81
persons. There are at present ZIG
women members and 113 men, which
makes a total of 389.
According to Secretary Emerson
report there has been received in dues
and membership fees, $4,000, while
the amount still due the Grange is
S36240. During the year the Patrons
have held twenty-five regular and
three special meetings. None of the
officers attended every meeting. All
of the officers attended the meetings
of Jan. % and April 80. Of these 2S
meetings held, the secretary attended
26, Master "a, gate keeper %, lady
assistant steward, %, Chaplain 20, lee
turer 10, assistant steward 1S, Pomona
II. Steward 10, Ceres 16, Oyerseer Is
Treasurer IA. Flora |.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Accident to Fairfield Child

Amos. the little five year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Pooler of Main
street. Fairfield. met with painful ac-
cident the other afternoon at the Lou
bier mill where Mr.. Pooler is employed
Mr.. Pooler was at work at the buzz
planer. leaving the machine for a few
moments to talk with Mr. Loubier
about his work. The little fellow evi-
IDENTIFY got too near and was caught
by the arm, tearing overcoat, under
coat and undervest from his arm. The
arm was badly lacerated in three
places, from elbow to wrist. The
boy screamed and the machine was
stopped as quickly as possible 1t
took six men to get him from the ma
chine. They were obliged to take
the machine all apart before they
could get the boys arm from the ma
chine. The planer was going about
1000 revolutions a minute. The little
fellows coat was what saved his arm
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Water System Completed

Pittsfelds new water system which
is practically completed at a cost of
SIS. 900. is said to be one of the best in
the State, not only for domestic pur-
poses but for fire protection A we'll
25 feet deep has been dug about one
half mile from the village and about
20 rods from the pumping station and
this will furnish sufficient water for
the whole town. This will do away
with the use of the river water. The
water will be pumped to the power
station by water power from a near
by stream. A singular incident in the
digging of the we'll was the finding of
large piece of hemlock tree Is feet
below the surface of the ground that
must have been there hundreds of
years. 1t was perfectly sound and a
piece of it has been sawed off and
placed in the water power office as a
curiosity.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
An Industrious Ripley Pullet

y. b. Goodrich of Ripley made the
following statement in last weeks is
sue of the Eastern Gazette: | have
brown leghorn pullet six months
old which while | was milking by Ian
tern light. left her roost and went on
her nest and laid an egg. Then she
went on the roost again. She has
done this two mornings and perhaps
if she had electric lights she would
lay day and night.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Paid $l3s,5lO Into State Treasury

Owners of automobiles. motor cycles
motor trucks and log haulers have paid
into the State treasury during the past
year the sum of $138,510, according to
the annual report of Secretary of State
Joseph f. Alexander, filed recently
with the Governor and Council. The
biggest amount of business in the au-
tomobie line was done during the
month of December. During the year
1880 automobiles were registered, 297
dealers were granted permits to do
business and operators licenses were
issued to Is 200 persons.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15

suit was brought against Hon. J. H.
Montgomery, owner of the automobile,
and Mr.. Pease was awarded damages
by the jury. The law court granted
a new trial and this time Mr.. Pease
sues Senator Gardner and the other
passengers. who it is claimed. testi-
fed at the Montgomery trial that the
car had been loaned to them by Mr..
Montgomery and they were in charge
of it, The case will probably be tried
at the April term of supreme court.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Pure Swill Law

a pure swill law" is being sought
in Portland with Indifferent success
The city's pggery objects to having
broken glass, tin cans and corset
springs on its menu and the contribu-
tors are being educated by the collec-
tors as to the needed parts of pig
diet and the articles which can be
most easily dispensed with. Ashes,
claim these collectors, are not fat
tening nor palatable nor are fragments
of bottles easy to masticate and swal-
low.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Five Maine PostmaSters Must Pay H.
come Tax

Five postmasters in Maine are af-
law, according to a ruling by Seere-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo. He
holds that in all cases where the sal
$4,000 per year the disbursing officers
must deduct therefrom the amount of
the income tax. In Maine there are
ing. They are Augusta, Auburn, Ban
gor. Camden. Lewiston and Portland.
Each of these is a first class office.
The postmasters at all first class Of
fees receive a salary of $4,000 or more
per year.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-15
Maine Central Virtually Divorced from

BY the retirement of the 100000
shares of Maine Central Railroad stock
which that corporation has purchased
by the Boston & Maine, in exchange
for $10,000.000 bond issue, control
of the Main road passes from the Bos-
ton & Maine to the individual stock
holders, majority of whom are Maine
people. 1t is the understanding among
railroad men in Portland that the Bos-
ton & Maine directors of the Maine
Central will resign within a short time
and that they will be replaced by
Maine stockholders and that hereafter
the roads will be managed as separate
corporations. Although President Nc
Donald has denied that he has any in
tention of leaving the Boston q Maine
there is authority for stating that an
effort will be made to have him return
to the Maine Central.