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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05

the Skowhegan Pulp Co., for nearly
twenty-five years, went out on the
bulk head at the rear of the COM
panys plant to break the ice which
had formed in the sluice way just
above the dam. this being a daily task
performed by some of the employees.
When the ice which he was attempt
ing to break gave away, Adams lost
his balance and plunged into the wa
ter George Roderick and others
were nearby as witnesses and Rode
rick passed Adams a pick pole which
ne grasped, but upon which he was
unable to retain a hold. He was
swept over the dam, but his body
again appeared and it was determined
that he was still alive. Haste was
made by those on shore to procure
rope to be thrown to the man, but in
the meantime piece of ice seemed to
pass over him and he disappeared.
There is a strong undercurrent where
the DO0y was last sees anu uOuDlltSS
the unfortunate man was swept has
tily away in the swirling waters, and
the remains have not yet been recoy-
cred. Mr.. Adams was employed as
foreman by the firm in their wood
working room. About twelve years
ago a similar accident occurred by
which a life was lost in the same man
ner.
The deceased was a member of the
First Baptist church and was also
member of the Independent Order OF
Foresters and the Golden Cross. Had
he lived until March IS, he would have
been Al years of age.
Besides a widow Mr. Adams is sur
Vived by one daughter, Miss Eva Ad-
ans, stepson. Chas. f. Palmer of
Texas. two own brothers, Fred u. OF
Foxcroft and Frank l.. of SkoWhegan,
and two half brothers, Stephen S. OF
Skowhegan and Willis of Wateryille.
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W. r. Tuscan of Solon. This horse is
by Budger Wilkes and was bought by
Mr.. Tuscan at the Old Glory horse
sale in New York City March, year
ago. Dexter Wilkes was foaled in
1910, is a handsome dark bay gelding.
stands 16 hands high and weighs al
most 100. He seemed to have the
best of the scrap races which tool
place on Water Street Tuesday after
noon The many admirers of Silk
Forbes, the property of b. +. Gaylord
think that handsome animal was close
enough at the finishes to claim gem
erous share in the honors.
Others outshowing the speed of
handsome animals were DR.. A. B.
Borden with his chestnut gelding, 2
W. Merry with C. p Whittemore's bay
mare; George w. Smith of Canaan
with d two year old bay gelding and
gray gelding; Hiram r. Bearce, with
Colonel b, bay stallion and the sire
of the two just mentioned as belong
ing to Mr. Smith; Bert Bowman OF
Cornville with his bay gelding
George b. and Frank Parker with his
roam gelding, Colonel.
Among the out-of-town men pres
ent were r. w, Burrill, well knoW1
horse man of Bangor, and his father,
A. y Burrill of Canaan. r. c. Reilly
of the Tappan Stock Farm of WIN
throp, was also in town with tic in
tention of making one or more pur-
chases while others here were j. T..
Sheffield, Solon, p {. Withec, East
Madison. ]. F. Withee. Madison, Bort
Brown Cornyille, Ed. Snow of Mer-
GER. DR. A. E. Sawyer Wateryilie, +.
X. Mcclure. Cornyille. and Crank
Wiggin of Lewiston.
Continued on Page Eight
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MAN IS KILLED At
FAIRFIELD
Somerset Co. Has Nu-
merous Fatalities
Within Week. Herbert Champagne
is the Victim in this Sad Affair

FAIRFIELD Me, March 8 Herbert
Champagne. brakeman on the cars op-
Grated by the United Board & Paper
Co, was killed at $50 Tuesday morn
ing while at work in the yard of the
company Champagne was on the rear
of string of cars being hauled by
the big electric engine when another
string running down grade crashed
into the cars ahead. Champagne eyi-
IDENTIFY did not hear the cars approach
ing from the rear and was caupht in
the collision. His head was crushed
and other parts of his body badly
bruised and lacerated The body was
taken to the undertaking rooms of
LaWry Brothers, and later removed 10
the home of his parents on Pleasant
Street
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05
CITIZENS Of SKOWHECAN ARE YOU READY
TO VOTE UPON MUNICIPAL MATTERS?
Annual Town Meeting to be held next Monday
Long List of Articles in Warrant

'cr Of purchasing ea.aaal fire eu-
gine and truct 10 #taa 10 same and
the matter OF r.58 a.ss Madison
Avenue from Lcayif' -.fssf ~. auaae
other matters the oufeom. o.. ~t.a
viii be anXiously awaited
The total amount Of feal estate H.
cluded in the valuation hgarcs iu n.
annual report issued yesterday is
$2.965.a35 and of this <2.6oo42o Is res.
ident and s3649l5 nonresident Ther
is a total personal astate Of <1.o2o5Ga
The rate Of taxation has been $22 per
$1,000 for he past year and there have
been 14s0 polls
On the list of expenditures for ID,
year has been the sum Of $1,000 on IL,
Engine House loan and $4,000 on th,
South Channel Bridge loan. The
bills of the town officers have amount
Cd to $4sl250 The State tax this yeal
is between four and five thousand do.
lars more than last year while th,
county tax is about $1,000 less The
report shows the amount of cash on
hand as being S9So225.
The candidates for the various Of
fees are all in the field as announced
last week Considerable interest is
still manifested in the election Of a
member 10 the school board and
friends of the various candidates seek
ing election to the office OF third Sc
lectmen are doing more or less cam
paigning.
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An AGED MAYF|ELD
MAN A SUICIDE
Chas. Hilton Shot Self
in Yard of Home
Vas the Father of Harry Hilton,
Whose Death Was Due to a Drown.
ing Accident some Months Ago at
Rock OOd.

MAYFIELD Maine March : Be
reft Of d son IN his old age and IN.
der circumstances which were unusu-
ally sad is believed TO have been the
cause Of Charles Hilton suicide IN
the ward of his home al Maydeld sun
DAY He was about seventy years old
and il is understood that he had been
despondent owing to the death by
drowning Of his son. Harry Hilton. al
Roekwood, several months ago. He
had been closely watched by his wife
for time owing to his condition. but
during her absence in the cellar Of
III, house on an erraud he stepped
into tho yard and fired a shot which
il is thought must have resulted II
Instantaneous death 1t is supposed
that the muzzle Of the gun Was placed
beneath the chm and the shot worked
upward. passing out through tbs nose.
Gpon returning Mrs Hilton found her
husband lying face downward. upon
his rifle The house was so located
that it was necessary for the unhappy
woman to WaIk quite distance IN
order to acquaiut neiehbors of the sad
faet The sheriff and coroner were
both notified, but an inquest was
deemed unnecessary.
The scene OF the suicide was Nj
Hntou's birth place and has always
been his home Besides the widow
there also survives one son, Fred. a
daughter. Mrs Ida Campbell and
sister. Eta Hilton
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WASHOUT ON THE som.
ERSET LINE
Between the HOllingswOrth and Whit
ney Mill, Madison, and the Foot OF
Old Point.

MADISON, March A washout
occurred on the track of the Somerset
line Monday morning below the Hol-
lingsworth & Whitney mill between
there and the foot of Old Point Hill.
Several feet of track over a trestle
collapsed letting two cars, it is re-
ported through 1t is said that the
coupling between the forward car and
the engine broke and the engine went
safely over 1t will be repaired in a
short time, but at present the passen-
gers and freight are transferred.
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MRS. AOEL|NE HILL DEAD
FUNERAL TODAY
One Of Skew hegan's Most Aged Resi-
dents Succumbs to Final Illness.
Would Have Been 81 In March.

The death of Mrs. Adeline Hill oc-
CURED at $50 Sunday forenoon at her
home on the Canaan road. She had
been i'll for three weeks. Mrs Hill
was one of the aged residents OF
Skowhegan and had she lived until
June she would have been 81 years
old. The funeral obsequies are to be
held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the family home. Rev. George Mer-
riam is to officiate. A memorial will
be published later.
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PROTRI DING FOOT
Leads 10 Further Investigation and
Would-Bc Robbcr is Found.

MADISON. Me-The store of \. B.
Willis on the Anson side was broken
into Thursday night but nothing was
taken. Reuel Norton who lives in the
rent over the store was awakened the
first part of the night by the crash of
broken glass and in a few moments
another crash He telephoned to one
of the clerks and they entered the
store and found a window broken into
the meat room and another one brok-
en- from this room into the main store.
A thorough search was made but no
one found and as they were about to
give up the hunt a foot was seen pro-
truding from behind some boxes under
a counter. Investigation was made and
young man who is a resident of the
town. William Delile, found and pulled
out into the light His trial was held
Friday afternoon and as he pleaded
guilty was bound over for the sum Of
$500 to appear before the April term
of court. Being unable 10 furnish
bonds he was committed to the county
Jail at Skowhegan This is not the
first time Delile has been mixed up in
scrapes of this kind, but heretofore on
account of his age and insufficient eyi-
dence he has gotten off each time.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05

Another year has rolled round and
it is almost time for the voters TO as
scmble for their yearly meeting. This
important event will occur next Mon
day and the warrant which has been
posted in the post Office for some days
and is printed elsewhere in this issue
contains sixty-siX articles. The com
mittec of twenty wise men held a
meeting Saturday evening and went
over some of the articles. but rem
dercd no permanent decisions They
are to meet again tonight and tomor-
row night and doubtless many other
citizens interested will attend these
sessions. George W. Cover has been
elected chairman of the committee and
Alonzo p Merrill secretary Other
members OF the board are c. p MGR
rill, W. II. Wildes. G. J. Abbey, W. f.
Porter. L. E. Jacobs f. F. Merrill, a.
X. Jewett, c. ". Day G. H. Gardner,
l., l.. Sanford, NJ. b. Heselton, Frank
p. Pennell. B. W. Page, NJ. ". Savage,
a. H. Patten. /. A. Dascomb, S w.
Philbrick. ". L. Walker and L. ".
Gerrish.
An article considering the making
of a contract with the Central Maine
Power Co. for lighting the streets of
the town will probably be taken up
with considerable interest. as we'll as
the matter of either renoyating or
erecting a new high school building
The street sprinkling matter, the mat
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05

New consignment arrived March ID
weighing from Hon to Zoo pounds
Matched pairs and single Among
this lot are some fine mares Farmers
take notice. The breeding season is
near. Come early and get your
choice Exchanges made Terms
cash or satisfactory paper. stable
corner of Winter and Court SITS
SkoW Whcgan Me l. K. x W Il
Brown.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05
AGED MAN FALLS FROM SECOND
STORY

ATHENS, MAINE, MARCH g
Stilson Young, one of our aged citizens
who has been in rather feeble health
for some time is lying i'll at his home
here the result of an accident. March
8, when he fell from the second story
striking on a wood pile Mel Green
who was unloading wood near. in at
tempting to catch Mr. Young, was
thrown and sustained several bruises
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05
EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
BY the Maine ti-Tubcrculosis tsso-
citation.

The Maine Anti-Tubcrculosis Asso-
citation have arranged an exhibit il
lustrating their work, to be given at
the Municipal Court room Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
next week. This is free This exhibit
is far more extensive than anything
heretofore given here and will be of
interest to everyone. No admission is
charged. All are urged to attend.
Free illustrated lecture, Manday even
ing by the State Secretary.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05
Ten Pages Next Week.

This issue and the two preceding
have been of eight pages only, the les
sened number being necessitated by
the unusual amount of job work dur
ing the town report season. Our reg
ular edition of ten pages will be re-
sumed next week.
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ard of Thanks.

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
for their kindness and sympathy dur
ing our double bereavement and es-
pecially to the Masons and friends for
the beautiful floral tributes.
MR.. AND MRS. HARVEY SAWYER
Mr.. Asa PATEE.
MRS. LUELLA EDW ARDS.
MR.. AND MRS. IVORY LOWE.
Smithfeld. Maine,
March 2nd, 1914.
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CALL FOR PROGRESSIVE
CONVENTION
0f the Third Congressional District
Which is To be Held in Bangor.
March u.


The Legislature of 1913 having ne
elected to enact a law whereby the
Progressive Party OF Maine can law
fully participate in the direct prima-
ries. the Progressiyes of the Third
Congressional District of Maine are
hereby invited to send delegates to d
District Convention TO be held in CITY
Hall in the City of Bangor on Tues
day, the twenty-fourth day of March
1914. al four O'Clock in the afternoon
for the purpose of nominating a can
didate for Representative in Congress
adopting a platform. and selecting
District Committee for the ensuing
campaign.
The basis of representation to tn
District Convention shall be as fol-
lows: Each city, town and plantation
shall be entitled to send one delegate
or one delegate for every fifty votes
cast or majority fraction thereof
based on the vote cast for Progressive
presidential electors in November
1872
All voters of the several cities.
towns and plantations in the Third
District, who believe in the principles
vi tllN iOHl NSSlNt L dl ~ DIS plOuuIEd-
ted by the Progressive National Con-
yention held at Chicago in August.
1912. and who intend to support the
Progressive platform and candidates
at the coming election are cordially
invited to participate in the caucuses
TO select delegates to this Convention.
The delegates from the several cit
les, towns and plantations shall have
power TO fill all vacancies in their
respective delegations.
The members of the District Com
mittee will act as a committee on ere
dcntals and this committee will be
I'm session al the Bangor House in the
CITY Of Bangor on Monday. the twenty
third day of March. 1914, at seven
thirty O'Clock in the evening to re
csiya and act upon all credentials.
BY authority of Third District Con
ference held at Portland on February
9TH 1911.
CHARLES l.. MORANG.
Chairman
Attest:
CECIL NJ. DAGGETT,
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No Restrictions on Potato Shipments

A letter just received from Agricul-
tural Commissioner, J. A Roberts
gives positive information that the re-
strictions as to loading potatoes from
vehicles for shipment by rail which
are announced as in force in eonnec-
ton with the potato inspection, do not
apply to Central Maine.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05
CHARLES ADAMS IS
DROWNED
Body Went Over Dam
Is Not Recovered
Horrible Accident Occurred Tuesday
Just Above Dam at Rear of SkOWhe-
gan Pulp Mill.

\ shocking accident occurred Tues
day about the middle of the forenoon
N the waters of the Kennebec River,
when Charles Adams was drowned.
Adams, who had been employed by
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05
LADIES SOCIAL CIRCLE ARE TO
SERVE SUPPER
Followed by an Entertainment by Ep-
worth League in Methodist YeStry

The Ladies' Circle is to serve a
Chicken Pie supper, with cranberry
sauce, hot biscuit and coffee and ice
cream. from $50 to 730 tomorrow
evening. This will be followed by an
entertainment given by the Epworth
League All for the popular price of
80 cents.
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John Wright, the efficient clerk at
Bucknam's drug store, has returned
from trip to Boston, where he and
Mrs Wright have been spending sew
eral days.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-05

There will be degree work at the
regular meeting of Sunset Chapter,
O. f. S. tomorrow evening.
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CHARLES l.. MORANG.
Chairman

CECIL NJ. DAGGETT,
Secretary.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Attest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-09-27

how many women have the courage and
the self-control to follow this plan?
would like to say a word to those
who are trying to study lip reading. No
matter how old you are, you can learn lip
reading from some member Of your fam
lily or from a friend. Choose some one
with a perfect mouth rather than with
lips that come together closely as each
word is spoken. A person with long
teeth and thick lips that roll back can
never teach lip reading 1t Is not neces-
sary for you to be young to acquire the
art. learned after l was 40 or 40. BE
patient and keep your eyes open. 1t is
not necessary to know the science. do
not know the why's or wherefores; just
know that have learned every letter and
every word by looking at the lips. Some
people try to turn and twist their mouths
to make me understand. and by so doing
make 1t so that cannot understand any
thing. / can read the lips better If tire
person speaking to me does not knt
that am deaf. l hope my deaf friencs
will never use a trumpet. for there is
little satisfaction in one when in few
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Place Is Out of Doors.

Is this an extreme case? would like to
learn. can parallel the account of my
correspondent of the cats who were al
lowed to Axalk about the table during
meals. and most of us know families
where dogs are accepted as necessary
accomplishments to all repasts. The
dogs who deface porch and hall floors
with muddy feet are accepted as a mat
ter of course in the majority of country
houses. but I would like to believe that
the homes in which the four footed
animal is accorded the privileges and at
tentaon of petted child are the excep-
lions rather than the rule. l could tell
tales of unmarried women who seemed to
expend upon dumb pets the devotion
which they would perhaps have bestowed
upon children If they had had them, and
my contempt for temperaments which
could content themselves with such OBJ
jects of tenderness when human beings
needeo IT has been mingled with a pity
for the loneliness of heart which had to
satisfy itself with so poor a substitute
for children.
Yet the pets have right to existence,
may be told. I am willing to concede this
if it will also be allowed that the place of
their existence should be somewhere that
will not mean discomfort to higher or
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-09-27
Tho Hour Bread.

II wonder II your Cornerites would
care for a recipe for two hour bread
1t Is light and nice. and requires much
less time than Is usually spent on bread
making. l read the Helping Hand every
week. and wish l were better able to help
others. but have been Ill several years
and am not able to do as I wish. Two
hour bread is mixed. kneaded. raised and
baked in two hours. To make yeast for
the two hour bread, boil six potatoes until
soft. Take out, mash them, and add
them to the water Qhere should be one
quart of this) with four tablespoons OF
sugar. two tablespoons of salt, two table,
spoons Of shortening. either lard or but
ter. and set all aside until lukewarm.
Add. then, half q cake of yeast which
has been dissolved in half a pint OF luke
warm water; stir in half q cup of flour
and let the yeast stand thirty-six hours.
Use one and a half cups OF this liquid
for each loaf and just enough -four TO
keep the dough from sticking to the
board. Stir In with spoon, then knead
on the bread board for twenty minutes
and shape into loaves. Let these rise
again until they are the size you wish the
loaves to be. put them into the pan, and
bake thirty or forty minutes.
M NJ. W."
suppose that the rule for rising IL the
same as with other bread-that the
loaves are ready to bake when they are
twice the size they were when put into
the pan. Once the yeast mixture is made
the work Of making the bread Is certainly
less than IL required for the regulation
loaf
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ening, the dripping mouths and yearning
gaze before the animals wishes are
granted. or the snap of the jaws, the loud
mastcation. crunching, and smacking
that follow the gift of tidbit. Some
times I have wondered If were more in
humane than the owners of the pets. or II
they were blessed with stronger stomachs
than mine.
One recollection which is as unblurred
now as the time when 1t occurred, is of a
family in which there was an old dog who
had been household pet for years. He
had long passed the age when he was any
use or comfort to himself or any one else,
for he WAS deaf and nearly blind, his teeth
were almost gone, he was crippled with
rheumatism, and the klndest course would
have been to put him out of his misery
gently. But the family chung to him, and
as his sense of smell seemed to be the
only one of his faculties in perfect work
ing order he was always on hand at the
family meals, roaming about the table,
thrusting his nose into the hands Of tina
guests, scratching their feet with his
paws. rearing himself up on his hind legs
by the side of their chairs, growing and
whining plea for morsels.
In many ways besides appearance he
was offensive, but the family never
seemed to be conscious of his drawbacks.
and he was petted and coaxed, fed with a
little soft food in a saucer or given taste
of something his poor old jaws could man
age, with no apparent perception that the
sight land may add odor) of his infrmi-
ties might be distressing and even nau-
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4 Dorm and Out Old Pet.

While l am perfectly willing to grant
81 the other sisters chance to express
themselves frankly on this matter
have no hesitation in stating my own
views clearly and plainly. ! abomnate
dogs and cats in the dining room at meals.
l am not fond of them as house pets at any
time, and I have observed as you have,
that the owners of such pets take 1t as
personal affront if one objects to their
presence at any place or season.
My own experience supplies me with
many memories in the same line as your
recital. My appetite has been impaired
by the sight of dogs sitting on their
launches near the table. their eyes fixed
on the hands and mouths of the eaters
and beseeching food by movement and
whine. l don't know which is more sick