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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-17
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

WHEREAS, Joe Conner of Bingham
In the County of Somerset and State of
Maine, by his mortgage deed dated
April 80, 1914 and recorded in Somer-
set County Registry of Deeds in Book
315, Page 525, conveyed to me, S.. F.
Greene, the undersigned. a certain lot
or parcel of land, with the buildings,
thereon, sit a in the Town of Bling.
ham. in the County of Somerset and
state of Maine, bounded and described
as follows. to wit: Beginning at the
Southeast corner of A. C. Dinsmore's
land on the West side of the County
noad leading through Bingham Village,
thence South by said road two rods and
twenty links to an iron post; thence
westerly nine rods to a stake: thence
North three and a half rods to said
Dinsmore's South line; thence Easterly
on said Dinsmore's line to the
place of beginning twenty eight square
rods. Also one other certain lot or
parcel of land situate In said Bing-
ham on the Westerly side of Main
Street and bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the Southeast
cupied by Juno F. Curtis; thence run
ming Southerly by the road Of said
Main Street to a stake and stone In
a line running parallel with and dis
of Chas. II. Given's house: thence run
ming Westerly In a straight line par
allel with said Given's house nine rods
to a stake: thence running Northerly
In a straight to the Southwest cor
ner of said Juno F. Curtis house;
thence running Easterly along the
South line of said land to the point OF
beginning and
WHEREAS, the condition of said
mortgage has been broken. NOW
THEREFORE, by reason of the breach
of the condition thereof claim a
foreclosure of said mortgage.
December !. 1914.
S. F. GREENE
BY Royden V. Brown.
3w49 His Attorney duly authorized.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Whereas Thomas G. Lancey of Pitts
field in the county of Somerset and
state of Maine, and Henry w. Lancey
of Monson In the county of Hampden
and State of Massachusetts. by their
mortgage deed dated the eleventh day
of March. 1908. recorded In Somerset
Registry of Deeds. Book PSI. page 584.
conveyed to me, the Undersigned a
certain piece or parcel of land situate
In said Pittsfeld on the northeast side
of the road leading from Pittsfeld to
Detroit known as MELVILLE and being
the same as shown on a plan of house
Pittsfeld. Maine, as surveyed by Turner
Boswell in 1902, said plan being record
ed in Somerset Registry of Deeds. Nov.
II. 1902, in Plan Book 3, page Is. to
which reference is made: the land
hereby conveyed being all of said
premises except the lots already sold
March II, 1909 by said T. G. and II.
two to the Catholic Church Associa-
ton. one to Charles Abbott. one to
Mary Moore, n to Birdell McFar-
land, one to William Smith, FIVE to
Perley Noble. one to William Thurs
ton. and possibly one or two others
that could be shown by the records;
also one undivided half of a certain
in said Pittsfeld bounded and described
as follows: on the southeast by the
road leading from Pittsield to Burn
ham,: on the south by land formerly
by William osborn; on the northwest
by Maine Central railroad; on the east
by land of Mrs. b. n. Bowden and land
Of S; M. Raymond; and whereas the
broken, Now Therefore. by reason of
the breach of the conditions thereof |
claim a foreclosure of said mortgage.
Dated at Pittsheld, Maine, this ninth
day of December, 1914.
3w51 JOHN w. MANSON.
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Winter Arrangement of Cars
Effective Monday, September 2Sth, 1914
FROM sKOWHEGAN

Leave Skowhegan-6.0O, 700. 500
200; 100. A. M, LOO, 200, $50, 500
Leave Lakewood-6.so, 100. $50, $50
l1.S0 A. M, 100. 2.30, 400. $50, 7.3o
Arrive in Madison-7.O0 {. 500, 900
900 300 A. NJ zoo, 800, 4.3O. SOC
FROM MADISON
Leave Madison-7.0 90, 500, 800, no. 80
a. M, 1910, 200, $50, 500, 800, 500
Leave Lakewood-7.3O $40 $50. 100
\. NJ. 1895, 2.3O, 400, $50. $50. $50
Arrive in skowhegan-s.OO, 900. 1000
llSO, a NJ. 90, 800. 30. 600, 200
Extra Local Cars leave for Cold
Brook at 1000 a. m, 1906. sos, 900
p. m.
VI. C. r. r. TRAIN CONNECTIONS EFF.
FECTTVE SEPTEMBER 28. 1914
Close connection with trains leaving
Skowhegan at sos, 11.55 a. m, and FPS
p. m
Also with Maine Central trains arriv.
Ing at Skowhegan at 1852, 1915 a.. m.
and 4.52 p. m.
Close connections with Maine Central
trains leaving Madison (going north) at
1921 a. m. for Kineo and 4.42 p. m. for
Bingham.
Close connections with Maine Central
trains leaving Madison (going south }
at las a. m. from Bingham and 1905
noon from Kineo.
SUNDAY CAR SCHEDULE
Cars leave Skowhegan for Madison a,
$50, $50, 11.3O a. m, LOO. zoo. $50, 500
100 p. m.
Cars leave Madison for Skowhegan al
$50, 1890 a. m, 1890, 200, $40, 500
! 90. 500 p. m.
SPECIAL Cars Furnished at any Time
Baggage car.
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DEVELOP MAINE
Some of the Opportunities Presented
In This State

The deepest hole in the ground in
Texas lacks only 791 feet of extend
ing down into the earth one mile. 1t
vas bored in the hope of finding water
for a little town, but water is farther
away than that in hat part of Texas.
People who live in Maine don't know
what it means to need water as badly
as that, and not find it.
The writer recently heard of a mar
who dug a we'll soon after the war,
that was never satisfactory because
it was shallow and often became dry.
rhe man who dug it was firm in his
declarations that he had dug down to
The solid ledge, however, and that If
more water was to be secured a new
we'll would be necessary. Finally this
man died and a new family bought
the place. The new proprietor wasn't
satisfied that the possibilities OF the
Did we'll had been exhausted, so he
irove an iron bar around the outer
dye of the bottom. The third or
'ourth time he thrust the bar down
ward it went into soft earth and water
seeped through. The ledge" was a
boulder and just below 1t was plenty
of water. The well has never been
dry since that time.
The difference between Maine OPP
%portunities and opportunities in other
/ states is about the same as the diff
ference between the two wells. In
most places you can bore a mile for
business success and finally yield the
battle to desert sands, drought or
flood. but in Maine the opportunity
lies Just beneath the surface and Is
waiting only for the man with gump-
ton enough to do a little more digging.
The develop Maine movement was
organized to get Maine men and wo-
men to dig and induce other man and
women in other states to come to
Maine and help dig. The movement
is doing it's best to advertise the State,
induce men and women to come here
and bring their money, brains and
skill to our aid. The movement
needs thousands of new members. 1t
costs but 81 to join. If you are not
a member and desire to identify your
self with this effort to develop Maine,
get in touch with the local %represen-
tatives of the movement. If that is
not convenient, send your name, ad-
dress and occupation to Horace e.
Eaton, 102 Exchange street, Portland
Maine, who has charge Of the move
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

WHEREAS, B. w. Harrington. Jr., of
he town of Smithfeld In the County of
somerset and State of Maine. by his
mortgage deed, dated the fourth day
II December. one thousand nine hun
lred and thirteen, and recorded In
somerset County Registry of Deeds,
Book 315, Page 387. conveyed to us,
he undersigned. a certain lot or par
ell of lane situated in the said town
# Smithfield in said County Of Som
'rset, known as the Durgin lot. being
bounded on the north side by the Bert
Narston lot, so called; west by the
and of one Cloutier; on the south by
he John Pierce land; on the east by
he line of the town of Fairfield, and
being the same land the said Harring-
on had of Abel Merrill, and
WHEREAS, the condition Of said
mortgage has been broken;
NOW THEREFORE. by reason of
he breach of the condition thereof
We claim a foreclosure of aid mort
gage.
Dated at Auburn, Maine, November
"a, A. D. 1914.
JONAS EDWARDS
DWIGHT II. EDWARDS.
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A LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA
We Publish Herewith Il Letter Recent
~ Received from Mrs. W. II. Clark
of Salinas City, Cal.

Salinas City, Cal. November 18th, 1914
Editor of Reporter:
Will you kindly afford me space
in your paper to express my thanks
to my many good friends in Skowhe-
gan and vicinity for the great shower
of loving Birthday Cards sent me on
the occasion of my 10Th birthday.
November End. l received fifty-fye
of them, and each one expressed such
loving remembrance that it did my
heart good to read them.
My thanks and gratitude go out to
each one. Some were good long let
ters telling me about persons and
things in and about lear old Skowhe-
gan, its hills covered with glorious
autumn foliage, the grand old Ken
nebec. the orchards, farm homes, etc,
and some wrote of frost and snow,
but | should not be scared of frost and
snow if l could have the privilege just
now of walking about the old farm.
/ am now here in this most delight
full part of delightful California, the
yard is bright with flowers of
many %colors, there are straw
berries and blackberries, string
beans and lettuce, etc. in the garden
and l am we'll and happy. but l would
gladly step cross into Maine, and in
to the frost and snow for a little caper.
Hoping that each one of these dear
friends may have many as happy
birthdays as mine was, and be as
happily remembered, is my earnest
wish.
MRS. W. II. CLARK.
Formerly Mrs. Altana B. Beal.
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The White Pine

The demands made upon the White
Pine which is one Of the most widely
used materials, and which mankind
cannot do without, are numberless.
1t is not the question of saving the
pine trees. for every tree must newt
ably die. but of saving the pine for
ests by conservative cutting of the
trees, and to preserve the forest, the
timber crop must be gathered in such
a way as to make sure of other crops
hereafter. Practical forestry is MAX
ing the forest render its best service
to maj in such a way as to increase
rather than diminish its usefulness in
the future.
The best way to strengthen the in
terest in forestry in every State is to
introduce the element of forestry in
every town school. Though this
an educative process, which
will come slowly, every boy and girl
should be made to realize that the
protection of the pines means a series
of harvesting for humanity.
Each town school should have wood
land tracts for the growing OF pines
as a crop, where scholars may seri-
cusly work, so that the pines may be
cultivated like any agricultural crop
This will give the boys and girls a
clearer idea of what the forest in1u-
ence means to mankind, and extending
a great service to the Government.
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STATE OF MAINE.
S0MERSET &C
October 26 1914

.
October 26, 1914.
Taken on execution wherein T. G.
Lancey of Pittsfeld In the County of
somerset and State of Maine, Henry w.
Lancey of Monson in the Common
wealth of Massachusetts and Thomas
G: Lancey of said Pittsfeld and Henry
w. Lancey of said Monson, co-partners
IN business under the firm name and
style of I. G. q II. w Lancey, are de-
PENDANTS and will be sold by public
auction on the 22d day of December A.
D.. 1914, at eleven o'clock in the fore
noon at the office of Butler & Butler
In Skowhegan in said county, all the
right In equity. which Thomas G. Lam
G. Lancey and said Henry W. Lancey
had on the Sd day of April A.. D. 1911
at three o'clock and ten minutes In
the afternoon, when the same was at
tached on the original writ to redeem
the following described mortgaged real
est situated In Pittsfeld in said
County. to-wit:
Item 1. The Lancey House, stables
and lot, so called, pounded on the West
by Main Street; South by land of the
Main Central Railroad Company; East
by a line which would be an extension
Of the Westerly line of North Lancey
Street to the land of said Railroad
'ompany; North by a way or street
Street Easterly to and across the Hun
Avenue.
Item 2. The postoHce building and
lot. so called, bounde on the West by
Main Street; South by land of Ann NJ.
Lancey: East by a straight line com
menclng at a point on the North line
of the said Ann M. Lancey land at a
point 101 6-10 feet Easterly OF Main
Street; thence running Northerly TO
Easy Street. so called. at a point 50
feet East of Main Street, and bounded
Northerly by the Street running South
OF the house Of 7. G. Laneey. called
Easy Street. This lot is numbered
five on a plan of lots made by Turner
Boswell May 4th, 1903, which is to be
recorded in Somerset Registry of
Deeds.
Item g.. Several lots of land, bound
ed and described as follows: Com
mencing at a junction of the East line
Of the last lot described and Easy
Street thence Easterly along the
North line of Easy Street to North
Lancey Street; thence Southerly along
the Easterly line of North Lancey
Street to the lane of James F.. Conner;
hence Westerly on the North line of
said Conner land to land of Ann NJ.
Easterly line of land of Ann NJ. Lam
cey to the Northeast corner thereof;
thence Westerly on the Northerly line
Of said Ann M. Lancey. land to the
scribed under Item 2 in this notice;
thence Northerly on said Easterly line
of the said lot last described to the
place Of beginning:. meaning. to de-
scribe In this Item lots No. 6, 7, s, is
and II on said plan made by Turner
Boswell, excepting and reserving how
ever, the 81 r house now situated on
said lot.
Item 1. A lot of LAND bounded
Southerly by a street or way already
described as Hunnewell Avenue; thence
Easterly by North Lancey Street; Nor
therly by land Of John Manson; West
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IA Grippe
THE DEADLY WEAKENER

La Grippe in itself is seldom fatal.
But the weakness, lassitude and loss
of appetite induced by 1t leaves the
system easy prey to the ravages of
other ills.
Il. F." Atwood's Medicine is an IN
falling remedy for these dangerous
a%fter-effects. 1t tones up the entire
system, builds up the appetite and re-
stores strength.
Mrs. Croxford's letter tells the
whole story:
Carmel. Maine:
u was very poorly after an attack
of La Grippe. A friend recommended
Il. F" Atwood's Medicine and l got
a bottle. 1t has done me lots of good.
| shall always keep it on hand"
(Signed) Mrs. M. L. Croxford.
Ward off La Grippe with al. F."
Big 35 Cent Bottle at Dealers
FREE Trial Sample by Mail.
Il. F." MEDICINE CO., Portland,
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DRUGGISTS CLAIM HAMILTON'S
OLD ENGLISH BLACK OIL is THE
BEST

The above is a strong statement,
but experience right here in Show
hogan proves it to be really true. The
evidence is positive, there is no guess
work about it. G.. r. Fogg has been
selling Hamilton's Old English Black
Oil for some time and many of his
customers have been in to tell of the
benefits received. One nan Is CRATE
full because it relieved his Rheuma-
tism, another used it on a fresh cut
and said he never saw anything to
equal it. Try it today and Mr.. Fogg
will hand you back your money cheer
fully if you are not satisfied.
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SHERIFF'S SALE
A OF MAINE,
SOMERSET, IS.

STATE OF MAINE.
October 26. 1914.
Taken this 26th day of October A.
day of october, A. d. 1914, Issued
on a Judgment rendered by the
supreme judicial Court for the
County OF Somerset at the term there
day of September. to-wit: on the 2Sth
day of September A. D. 1914, in favor
of The Cosmopolitan Trust Company.
a corporation duly organized under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts and having its place of busi-
ness at Boston In said Commonwealth
of Massachusetts against Thomas G.
Lancey, described in said execution as
T. G.. Lancey of Pittsield In the Coun-
ty of Somerset and State of Maine,
Henry w. Lancey of Monson in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and
Thomas C. Lancey of said Pittsfield and
Henry w. Lancey Of said Monsoon, CO.
partner in business under the firm
name and style of T. G.. & H. w. AN
cey for Two thousand eight hundred
thirty-three dollars and sixty-three
cents (s2S33.63) debt or damage and
Seventeen dollars and thirteen Cs17.13)
costs of suit and will be sold at public
auction at the office of Butler & But
Ter In Skowhegan. in said County, to
December A. D. 1914, at ten o'clock
In the forenoon, the following describ-
ed real estate and all the right, title
and interest which the said Thomas G
Lancey has and had In and to the
same on the Sd day of April A. D..
1914. at three o'clock and ten MINUTES
In the afternoon. the time when the
same was attached on the writ in the
same suit, to-wit: a certain piece or
parcel Of land containing Ave acres.
situated in the Town of Hartland In
said County of Somerset on the West
side of Moose Pond, so called, and
bounded on the East by said pond and
on the North, West and South by land
now or formerly owned by T. B. Rowell
and being the same lot conveyed by
said r. B. Rowell to said T. G.. Lancey
by deed. which deed has not yet been
recorded.
Dated at Hartland, his 26th day of
October A. d. 1914.
FRANK THOMPSON. Sheriff.
3w4Q
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Notice is hereby given that John S.
Page of Hartland in Somerset County,
by his mort deed dated December
18th. a. d. 1909, recorded In Somerset
Registry of Deeds, Vol. 900, Page 58S,
conveyed to me, the undersigned, Ger
tain Real Estate situated in the Town
of Hartland aforesaid consisting of one
parcel of forty (40) acres, and one par
Gel of ten (lO) acres, and being the
same premises (both lots) conveyed to
said Page by Fred II. Webb by War
rantee Deed dated February 18th. 1906
duly. recorded in Somerset Registry OF
Deeds on the 25th day of April A. d
particularly pounded and
described as follows, to witt
The following described Real Estate
with the buildings thereon located In
Hartland Village bounded and describ-
ed as follows, to wit: Bounded on
corner of Lot No. II and fol-
lowing the Range line West until II
strikes the roa leading from Hartland
to Ripley seventy-nine (79) rods.
thence on said road ~southerly eighty
one tS1) rods and sixteen DC links t.
the spot where a cedar once stood thai
was marked on four sides for a corner
Easterly s~eventy-nine G9) DDS
TO a corner; thence N~ortherly eighty
one (S1) o and sixteen Q8) links to
the first mentioned corner containing
about forty acres. Also a certain lot
or parcel of land situated in Hartland
mage county OF somerset and state
of Maine, bounded and described as
follows: beginning at the Northeast
corner of and occupied by the Linn
Wooden Co, thence Westerly on said
Wooden Cos. North line and for
merly A. j.. Moore North line to the
Sebasticook River; thence on said river
to the land of f. p. Dyer
ten rods; thence Easterly on said f. p.
Overs south line to the road running
N~ortheriy from Hartland village;
thence Southerly on said road TO the
point of beginning, containing ten acres
more or less.
And whereas the conditions of said
mortgage nave been broker and now
by reason of the breach of
the conditions thereof, l claim a fore
of Std mortgage.
Dated at aid Hartland this ninth
day of December. A. D. 1914.
CARL RANDLETT.
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How Modern Armies Maintain Their
Lines of Operations

Ii is not recorded that Hannibal.
when he marched from Africa around
through Spain, France and Switzer-
land. down against the hosts of Rome.
dragged supply trains and ammunition
at the heels of his army. He lived
on the country" almost entirely. And
other generals of later days were still
able TO do that till comparatively
modern times.
There is no better illustration of
how lack Of adequate supplies may
handicap an army that the various
campaigns of General Mcclellan, IN
the Civil War. His P|eninsular cam
paign vas ruined by the withdrawal
of troops, the failure of reinforce
mcnts. and the lack of supplies; and
later. after his brilliant victories at
South Mountain and Antietam. it was
his lack of supplies again-particular-
~ his lack of horses-that prevented
his striking Lees army a deadly bio y.
With every increase in the size of
armies, there has been a proportion
ate increase in the Importance of the
lines of supply. Likening an army
to an individual-the head is the
commanding general; the feet and
arms are the troops-and the stomach
and trunk are the lines of communi-
cation and supply. An army cut off
from its base would ordinarily COM
pletely exhaust its food in two days,
and if it had much fighting to do,
would use up its ammunition in only
a little longer.
LINE FRONT AND BASE
The army's lines of communication
link its fighting front with its base;
and they serve to transport stores,
food, reinforcements, ammunition,
guns. orders, sick and wounded. The
great weakness of the German army
in France-experts concede-is its
distance from any base of supplies.
And a study of that army's situation
gives an idea of the Importance of
the problem.
The army's fighting front ranges
east and northeast from Paris. Its
base of supplies is probably in the
neighborhood of the Aix-la-Chap-
pelle.
That means that all supplies for
the troops must cover the distance
from AK, via Liege and Namur, and
down through northern France to the
front. That is d matter of from 100
to 200 miles, according to what part
of the German front is the destina-
ton.
By railroad, motor truck and teams
an endless supply of food, stores and
war material is being transported
over his route. Most people have
seen a line of ants. carrying eggs or
provisions from one nest to another.
The loaded ants are racing in one
direction-those without a burden
hurrying backward to get a new load.
1t is much the same on the lines of
communication of a great army.
The trains and the motor trucks
for it is upon the latter that the Ger
man army largely relies-carry food
in enormous quantities-food for men
and horses. The German ration is
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NOTICE

The subscriber hereby gives notice
ministrator of the estate OF Frederick
c. McRae late of Seboomook In the
County of Somerset, deceased, and Civ
en- bonds as the law directs. All per-
sons having demands against the es-
tate of said deceased are desired to
present the same for settlement, and
all Indebted. thereto are requested to
make payment Immediately.
Bangor, Maine.
Eastern Trust Building.
December 10, 1914. 3wBO
MYER w. EPSTEIN,
Administr ator.