The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01

French returned Sunday and the
young ladies will remain for a two
weeks visit with Mr.. French's moth
CT.
Quite good many from this
town attended the circus at Bingham
Monday and party of six left here
Tuesday evening to attend the circus
at Madison.
Scion Lodge No. 12s |. o. o. F. went
to New Portland Wednesday evening.
where the Scion degree staff worked
the third degree.
The many friends of ]. o. Piper, NJ
D. are very glad to see him back in
Scion again and that he has decided
to locate here. For the present he
and Mrs. Piper have taken rooms
with Mrs. F. T. Curtis on North
Main street.
Mrs. ]. j. Rowland should be
awarded the blue ribbon this year for
having the first green peas from her
garden for the season Monday noon,
the 28th. While j. j. is in Boston
eating them from a can his wife is
getting them direct from the vines.
The annual picnic of the M. E.
Sunday School will be held Tuesday,
July 9th in the grove of Jacob Good
win about one and one-half miles be-
low the village. All members and
friends of the parish are cordially in
vited to attend.
Chas E. Fentiman moved his con-
crete mixer back to Bingham Tues
day night. The foundation and Gel
lar as we'll as the blocks for the
walls of the Soper building are COM
pleted and he has just completed
number of piers for a storehouse
that will be built for Baker &c Priest.
Mrs. Gala Jones Chayer and daugh-
ter Doris Of Enfield, N. H. are visit
ing her father Elmer Jones.
Since January, 1915, the Junior Au-
dubon Society Of Scion High School
have seen and identified the follow
ing birds, listed In the order in which
they were seen. Chicadee, hairy
woodpecker, English sparrow. gold
finch, white breasted nuthatch, crow
pine grosbeak, blue jay, winter wren,
brown creeper, pileated woodpecker,
golden crowned kinglet, pine siskin,
snowflake, downy woodpecker, horned
lark, bluebird, meadow lark robin,
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purple finch, song sparrow, junco,
phoebe, tree sparrow, vesper sparrow,
Savannah sparrow, rusty blackbird.
red winged blackbird, bronzed
grackle, purple grackle, tree swallow,
hermit thrush, flicker. yellow bellied
sapsucker, ruby crowned kinglet, red
breasted nuthatch, white throated
sparrow. chipping sparrow, fox spar
row, yellow palm warbler, belted
| kingfisher. myrtle warbler, purple
martin. blue headed vireo, cowbird,
chimney swift, Nashville warbler,
black and white warbler, blackburn
ian warbler, loggerhead shrike, nor
thern shrike, northern parula warb-
Ter, mourning warbler, water thrush,
cave swallow, barn swallow, bobo-
| link, least fycatcher, white crowned
sparrow, king bird, warbling vireo,
yellow warbler, sparrow, king bird,
yellow warbler, Baltimore oriole,
rose breasted grosbeak, northern
Maryland yellow throat, mag
nola warbler, Cape May warbler,
bay-breasted warbler, pine warbler,
! American red start. Tennessee warb-
Ter, Wilson's warbler. prairie warbler,
red-eyed vireo, ruby throated hum
ming bird cedar waxwing. yeery,
olive back thrush, Canadian warbler,
catbrd, wood pewee, wood thrush.
oven bird scarlet tanager, crested
hycatcher, bank swallow, yellow
breasted chat, black poll warbler,
black throated blue warbler, field
sparrow, indigo bunting. yellow
throated vireo, black duck, osprey
snowy owl, ruffed grouse, marsh
hawk. Canada goose, spotted sand
piper. red-shouldered hawk, loon,
Coopers hawk This makes a total
of one hundred and eight different
birds seen in Scion.