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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-08-06
ATHENS


The Baptist Auxiliary met July %
at the Brayton home with good at
tendance. Mrs d. f. Judkins aud
the pastor Mr.. Rockwell being visl-
tors. The program subject was Mis-
sions in Cuba and Porto Rico. Sew
er; gave readings bearing on the SUI
iect which could not fail to awaken
interest in this work. The next meet
| ing will be August with Mrs. Mai tina
Judkins
The NJ. E. B. Society gave lawn
social on Grange lot Thursday even
ing. July 30, instead of July 81 rs ad-
vertised The change in time being
made on account of travelling com
pany to be in town Friday evening,
The change in time made little dlt-
ference in attendance but pleasant
evening is reported. The program
consisted of tableauX or living pic
lures. which looked very pretty on the
back ground of green on the river Dank.
Ice cream was on sale and the usual
hour for games was passed In the nail
Hiorts orchestra furnishing music
At the last Baptist church confer
ence August |. Mrs. Eta Chapman
and Abbie Fox were chosen delegates
to attend the annual meeting OF Pls-
catauuis Baptist Association at DeX-
ter, Sept. l and ,.
Mrs. Bertha Ball of Bingham is
passing several days here with her
parents. Mr.. Ball made brief visit
bat has returned to Bingham.
b. A. Hight and Charles Braley with
their families have returned from
their outing at kingsbury.
d. f. Judkins and family have left
here for Cliftondale after passing a
few weeks with friends.
Rev. b. II. Johnson having com
peted haying on his farm here lett
for Wayne. August 30. accompanied by
Mrs. johnson and daughters Florence
and Helen. Miss Mabel who Joined
them here the week previous will re-
main for a time
Several typewriters for sale or rent.
Very reasonable terms. independents
Reporter Company.
H. p Bush with his family returned
August 3 from Mountain View farm
Scion. Mr. Bush has been quite busy
there building a barn and putting IN
his hay. Mrs. Bush brings lots OF
canned berries which shows how she
has improved her time.
Elmer Reed and wife of Madison
passed Sunday night at Dan Reed s.
They were returning from blue
berrying trip and called to escape the
| shower.
The Athens Union Sunday School
will hold its annual Sunday School
picnic, Wednesday, August L at Bart
| let's landing, Barker Pond. Mrs. l..
| C. Williams class and Mrs. Rena Fox
class will serve ice cream during the
day. All the local Sunday Schools
are being invited to join with us and
very pleasant day for young and old
is being anticipated.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Benevolent
Society are preparing for their annual
fair, they expect to hold it early in
the month of September. The next
regular meeting o. the society is to
be held with Mrs. Minnie V. Hight.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Allen are
making a visit with their sister Mrs.
Charles Dore. They plan to make
their future home in Athens and have
purchased the home where John Cur
tbs now lives.
| Anyone knowing the present where
abouts of Prince Stafford or his wife,
Mrs. Maude Cleveland Stafford, would
confer favor by sending the infor-
nation to this office.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-08-06
EMRDEN LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Skillings
were callers at l.. l.. Spencer's Sun
day.
Most of the farmers have finished
haying around here.
Master Gerald and the Misses Elvie
and Josephine Spencer visited their
aunt Mrs. Norman Chase Tuesday.
l.. l.. Spencer has been at work for
the Franklin Power Co., building a
chimney.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-08-06
NORRIDGEWOCk

LOST-A Maltese coon cat If re-
turned to Mrs. Mary Spauldlhg' lhe
finder will be rewarded
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-08-06

You may not get rich if you 'td or
tise. but you certainly won't II 59a
don't. Cut loose Spend dollal
and get back ten. This paper goes "
5000 families and 10000 readers. Ihey
are all of them buying things every
day. Tell them what you have u
offer
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-08-06
PHYSICAL Value of Railroads.

An outline of the tremendous task
entrusted by Congress to the Inter
state Commerce COMMISSIONER val
uation of the property of all common
carriers subject to the Commissions
urisdiction-has been given at Wash
ington by Commissioner c. A. Prouty
before the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States in annual conven-
ton. The Commissioner cleared up a
popular misconception as to the ma
ture of the undertaking, resulting
from the use of the term physical
valuation while the matter was pend
ing before Congress and since. He
explained that the Commission is to
determine Just what each carrier is
worth. taking into consideration what
it cost to produce the property and to
build up the service what it would
cost to reproduce it today, and what
the line or company would sell for
with its enhanced or deprecated val
uation. its acquired privileges and its
patronage.
That part of the work relating to
railroads alone was dealt with at
length by Mr.. Prouty. He said that the
task had not sufficiently progressed
so that its details could be either in
diligently or profitaby discussed.
Preliminary surveys are being made,
the country being divided for the pur-
pose into five districts, by States, each
containing approximately fifty thou
sand miles of railroad
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-08-06

Several typewriters for sale or rent
Very reasonable terms. Independent
Reporter Company.
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ed to their various homes. well salts
fed with the evenings entertainment
Kendall Cross. Carroll Jones, David
Rowell and John Hodgdon attended
the matinee races and ball game at
Skowhegan Saturday afternoon.
Miss Lila Ward of Waterville has
been the guest OF Miss Marian Star
bird recently.
The Independently Reporter is sold
at W. II. Sopers
Rev and Mrs. J. l. Pinkerton and
family left Tuesday morning for
Brunswick for a few days stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Z McIntire, Mrs.
Pearl Swain and son Robert are
spending a few weeks at their cot
tage in Southport
Alton Cooley and Emil Andrews
spent a few days last week at Lake
wood and Skowhegan.
CANAAN
Mr. and Mrs. {. B Gardner and son
Willis, Mrs. Braes and Mrs. T. j.
Moody were in Belfast for the day
Saturday.
After stay of several weeks in this
and other towns Mrs Walter Farm
ham has returned 10 her home in
Orono.
Quantities of raspberries and blue
berries are being brought to this viii
lage from different sections.
Several from here are frequent at
tendants at Lakewood. enjoying the
theatre in that place
DR.. Bibber and clifford Barrett at
tended the races and ball game in
Skowhegan Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Nelson went to
Fairfield Sunday, returning Monday.
Somerset Pomona is expected to
meet with Patrons Of Husbandry No.
239 in this place August II.
A party passed the day Tuesday at
Lake Sibley, the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs o. A. Moody aud daughter Ger
trude at their cottage.
DR.. Bibber had the misfortune Tues
day of catching his heel and falling
down several steps at his home. Luck
lily no seriousness resulted aside from
quite a shaking up and few bruises.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N Foster are enter
tanning company from Augusta.
The entertainment given in Town
Hail. Tuesday night by Malone Co.,
was appreciated by large audience.
The feats of Baby Malone alone, We're
well worth the admission and certain
ly wonderful. the child's age being
three years and four months.
There will be social dance in the
Canaan Town Hall, Friday evening
August 7. There will be music by
Nutting's orchestra and the floor
managers will be clyde Mason and
Sewell Salisbury.
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SURVEYS IN PROGRESS.

Each of these districts" said Mr..
Prouty, will have an organization of
its own which will conduct the sur
veys within those particular limits.
subsequently these surveys will be
worked out partly in the district and
partly at the head office in Washing
ton. Surveys began in all the dis
tricts except one about February |,
and will begin in that district about
February Is.
1T has seemed to the Commission
the part of wisdom to proceed with
caution until sure of its ground. In
this view a railroad has been selected
in each district upon which these sur
veys will proceed with deliberation
and in such manner as to afford
kind of instruction school to all en-
poyees. This preliminary work will
occupy three or four months, which
means that We shall not be in posi-
ton to rapidly develop our organiza-
ton until about July l. Beginning
then. or slightly before, our force can
be rapidly increased.
"While it is somewhat hazardous to
make an estimate of the time re-
quired without more experience than
we have had. it $ my opinion that the
! field surveys ought to be concluded
in from four 10 six years from July
LIST next. It is hoped that the account
ing and other work will keep pace
with our field surveys. The putting
together OF these facts. that is, the
actual valuation viii necessarily lag
somewhat behind The obtaining of the
facts themselves. The Commission
will in the near mure have all the
data with respect 10 some railroads
! but whether a valuation will be at
once announced in such cases must
depend upon the method which the
! Commission selects for determining
the various questions which will arise
| anu u uiOll itl'iiHtt has DttH maui.
ANY estimate of the expense must
be even more unreliable than that of
the time Railroads have been valued
both by public authority and by them
selves, and the cost of these valua-
tons has run all the way from two
dollars to seyenty-fve dollars per
mile Knowing what must be done,
the methods which must be followed
the rate of accomplishment which has
been attainable in other places,
should say, basing my estimate upon
the experience of State commissions
that fifteen dollars per mile would be
sufficient to cover the engineering
part of the work and ten dollars per
mile the accounting and other feat
ures. This would aggregate for the
entire 100000 miles between six and
seven million dollars.
Evidently before it can be deter
mined what it would cost to build a
particular railroad as it today exists,
we must know exactly where and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02

This Language Again.
How did that blackhander come .
be taken redhanded?
Because he was a green hand
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02
ELECTRICITY IN. RAIN DROPS
Charse-Describes Results of His
investigation.


Rain drops are almost always
charged with electricity. The charge
is often positive, rarely negative.
Many observers have measured the
charge approximately aad made it
from $1,000. 100000, OO0,OeaO1 to O.O0O,-
O00,000,000.O01 amperes per square
centimetre. Prof F. H.rath of Kiel
describes in the Revue lGlectrique the
experiments by which ne has meas
ured them.
He received the rain on a fine me-
tallic cloth 25 metres square insulat-
ed and attached to a gaiyanometer in
a cellar. The galvanometer registered
photogra phically. Among the facts he
proves are these:
Rains with a constantly positive
charge are much more frequent than
those that change to negative The
passage from a positive to a negative
charge corresponds to a momentary
cessation of the shower. The quaint
ty Of positive electricity brought by
the rain is fifteen times greater than
that OF the negative. The positive
currents in a steady rainfall are about
100000. GOO, 000,000,1 amperes per
square centimetre; the negative cur
rents never exceed 0.000, 900 GOO, 00O,-
DOL amperes per square centimetre.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02

that he thought he would try rising a
little higher. The SUBMITS of the range
shot under him, unfolding variegated
rug of landscape. He dipped the planes
slightly, intending to follow the ranges
descent and again they answered to
his desire. The tower doomed before
hin. as suddenly as if it had been shot
up out of the earth. He must turn,
and quickly, to avoid disaster; he must
tura, or he would be across the white
po.ts in the enemy's country.
"'Oh!" groaned Marta and Mrs Gal
land together.
In an agony CT suspense they saw
the fragile creation of cloth and bam-
boo and metal, which had seemed as
secure as an albatross riding on the
lap of a steady wind, dip far over,
tcafeen back in the other direction, and
then the whirring noise that had grown
With its flight ceased. 1t was no longer
q thing of winged life, defying the law
o. gravity, but thing dead. falling I'M
Ger the burden of living weight
1.-THE engine has stopped" exclaimed
Westerling, any trace of emotion in
his observant imperturbability that of
, satisfaction that the machine was the
enemys. He was thinking of the ex-
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ton his Jew assignment; he was going
to the general staff at the capital. Mrs.
Galland murmured her congratulations
in conventional fashion.
Marta's chair was drawn back from
the table. She leaned forward in a
favorite position Of hers when she was
intensely interested. with hands
clasped over her knee, which her
mother always found aggravatingly
tomboyish. She had mass of lustrous
black hair and a mouth rather large
in repose, but capable of changing
curves of emotion. Her large, dark
eyes, LUMINOSITY deep under long
lashes, if not the rest of her face, had
beauty. Her head was bent, the
lashes forming line with her brow
now, and her eyes had the still flame
of wonder that they had when she
was looking all around thing and
through it to find what it meant.
Some day you will be chief of staff,
the head of Gray army!" she suddenly
exclaimed.
Westerling started as If he had been
surprised in a secret. Then he flushed
slightly.
"Why?" he asked with forced care
lessness. "Your reasons? They're more
interesting than your prophecy"
Because you have the will to be, !"
she said without emphasis, in the i'm
personal revelations of thought. You
want power. You have ambition"
He looked the picture of it, with his
square jaw, his well-moulded head set
close to the shoulders on sturdy
neck, his even teeth showing as his
lips parted in an unconscious SMILE
Marta, Marta! She isis so ex-
plosive," Mrs. Galland remarked apollo
getically to the colonel.
81 asked for her reasons. / brought
it on myself-and 1t is not bad COM
pliment," he replied Indeed, he had
never received one so thrilling.
His smile, smile well pleased with
itself, remained as Mrs. Galland began
to talk of other things, and its linger-
ing satisfaction disappeared only with
Marta's cry at sight of the speck in
the sky over the Brown range. She
was out on the lawn before the others
had risen from their seats.
"An aeroplane! Hurry" she called.
How fast the speck grew!
Naturally, the business of war,
watching for every invention that
might serve its ends. was the first
patron of flight. Captain Arthur Ian
stron, pupil Of a pioneer aviator, had
been warned by him and by the chief
of staff of the Browns, who was look
ing on, to keep in a circle close to the
ground. But he was doing so well
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02
do, what fun!" she cried, as the

DO! What fun!" she cried, as the
car started
"The field-marshal was Partow, their
chief of staff?" Westerling asked.
yes" said Mrs. Galland. Il remem-
Der when he was young infantry ON
Ger before the last war, before ne had
won the iron cross and become SO
great. He was not Of an army family
Ia doctors son, but very clever and
skilful."
Getting a little old for his work! !"
remarked Westerling. But apparent
ly he is keen enough to take per-
sonal interest in anything new.
Wasn't it thrilling and-and ter
rible!" Marta exclaimed.
"Yes, like war at our own door
again." replied Mira Galland, who knew
war. She had seen war raging on the
pass road. "Lanstron, the young man
said his name was" she resumed after
pause. mo doubt the Lanstrons OF
Thorbourg. An old family and many
Of them in the army"
1.-THE way he refused to give in-tnat
was fnei" said Marta.
Westerling, who had been engrossed
in his own thoughts, looked up.
Courage IS the cheapest thing an
army has! You can get hundreds OF
young officers who are glad to take
risk of that kind The thing is, and
his fingers pressed in on the palm OF
his hand in a pounding gesture OF the
forearm, ito direct and command
head work-organiza
IF war should come again" Marta
began. Mrs. Galland nudged her. A
Brown never mentioned war to an OIL
Ger Of the Grays; it was not at all in
the accepted proprieties. But Marta
rushed on: $50 many would be en-
gagged that it would be more horrible
than ever"
you cannot make omelets without
breaking EGGS" Westerling answered
with suave finality.
1.-THE aeroplane will take its place as
an auxiliary" he went on. his mind
still running on the theme of her
prophecy, which the meeting with Lam
stron had quickened. But war will,
as ever, be won by the bayonet that
takes and holds position. We shall
have no miracle victories, no"
There he broke off. He did not ac-
company Mrs. Galland and Marta back
to the house, but made his adieus at
the garden-gate.
I'm sure that shall never marry a
soldier!" Marta burst out as she and
her mother were ascending the steps.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02

In this story MIR. Palmer, the
noted war correspondent, has paint
ed war as he has seen it on many
battIefields, and between many ma
tions. His intimate knowledge OF
armies and ornaments has enabled
him to produce graphic picture OF
the greatest Of all wars, and his
knowledge of conditions has led
him to prophesy an end of armed
conflicts. No man Is better quail
fled to write the story Of the final
world war than Mr.. Palmer, and
he has handled his subject with a
master hand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02
Where Some Reformers Err.

A reformer usually has big ideas.
frequently he insists on proceeding
on wholesale basis instead of run.
ming small but active business reg.
Lating his own faults.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02
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The obedient "HeIp.n

Hubby-What do we have for dss
sert?
Wifey-Cottage pudding, l think
told her to have blanc mango.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02

Few men smoke for the sole purpOS
of burning their money.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-15


should say, "As Emerson says" that
would be her finish as far as he is
concerned, but have quoted Emer-
son to him lots of times, but have
made the quotation marks silent and
he has enjoyed it.
The alert business man of today
seems shy at the word "highbrOw,"
not realizing. that he has to have
brains or he could not succeed in
his business. Sometimes l think bust
ness men have a horror of the phil
osophicaI writing man who only
thinks. They like Jack London, Rex
Beach and Kpling Tin his earlier
stories) because they have done
things as well as written about them.
Perhaps. when Dick is older; when
the world does not seem his oyster"
to take it from Shakespeare, to be
opened and its juicy meat either
swallowed or thrown away, he will
enjoy the philosophy of life as writ
ten by our great thinkers. Today he
only enjoys the activity of life and it's
description.
Wnen DICK suggested that we go
to the theater to get away from all
our family and friends worries I
knew he had in mind some light sort
of a show, but, as l had geen going
to nothing but musical comedies be-
cause he wanted to go, suggested
that we should see a real play.
However, l did not think was go
ing to introduce him to such a prob
lem as we found in Mid Channel"
Poor Zoe Blunden!" + said with a
sigh as we came out of the door after
the poor women had ended her mis-
taken life and sorrows by throwing
herself out of the window.
"She only got what was coming
to her." said Dick gTimly.
But you don't think she was really
to blame, do you, Dick?" Iasked.
"Of course, I do. She was an idle,
Self-centered huSsy who had to be
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-15
PICKLE RELISH

Put three small or two medium
sized pickles, one slice of raw onion,
three olives and one piece of horse
radish an inch long through the
grinder quite fine. Drain and add to
one tablespoon of salad dressing. Mix
thoroughly. When ready to serve
beat in one tablespoon of lemon juice
and one tablespoon of heavy cream.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-15

reply, "but no man is, and if a woman
only would study us a bit she would
find that she could put anything
over she wanted to with us"
Dick, dear, did it ever occur to
you that woman gets rather tired
of studying you and planning how she
shall put it oVer?' When you talk of
being easily fiattered, my dear, do
not think a wife is in it with hUs-
band. He wants to be fiattered all the
time. I'll bet at this very moment if
down in your heart l did not believe
that you were the only great man in
the universe you would be so hurt
that you would sulk all the evening"
But the Blundells were such rot
tiers, MaTgie, to use one OF their
phrases. l suppose PmerO is our
greatest living dramatist, but his
chief concern seems to be with I'M
worthy people and unworthy mo-
tives.
For a man who doesn't think, my
dear, that seems to me to be a fine,
clean, strong, most UnCOmpTomising
opinion of the play we have seen, and
l wish we could see them oftener if
only to make you speak out in meet
in such queer bits of humanity and
life"
81 don't" answered Dick. 81 don't
want my mind narrowed up with
such rot"
ITO Be Continued TomoFrow.)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-15
QUICK FLANNEL CAKES

Beat two eggs very light. Stir them
into one pint of sour milk. Add slow
ly one teaspoon of soda, a little salt
and flour enough to make a thin bat
ter. Bake on hot griddle and serve
with honey.