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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-09-07

Ranch: DR.. and Mrs. Bailey of
Lincoln, Nebraska Miss Sarah Davi-
son. Mrs. Della S Owen. Miss Annie
l.. Wild, Miss Grace Colwell, Masters
Rossitcf md Howard stark of Provi-
dence, r. l.; Miss Edith b. Brainerd,
Brooklyn, y. y; Mrs. Bessie Steele.
Miss Frances Steele, Holyoke, Mass;
Nh and Mrs. y. L. Balloon, Miss
Dorothy Balcom, Boston; s. W.
Quinn. Cambridge, Mass.
MIR. Healy has been road commits
sioner for twenty-nine years in sue
cession and has won an enyiable
record in road building He says
this is the worst season to keep roads
in passable condition that he has
ever known. He thinks the split log
drag, if used just after a rain storm,
is great help in road making as it
not only keeps the road smooth and
hard but also gives it the proper
slope from the center or crown. He
has been clerk of Pleasant Ridge
Plantation since 1888; chairman of
the board Of assessors twenty years:
superintendent of schools twenty
years and justice of the peace twenty
six years.
Mr.. Healy is prince of good fell
lows ard immensely popular with his
guests as well as his fellow towns
men He is very fond of children
and gives them the freedom of his
large farm, never failing to do every
thing in his power to add to their en-
joyment. Mr.. Healy claims to be
the champion euchre player of the
county.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-09-07

mend your Compound to other ladies'.
Mrs. MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts, Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. My troubles
were from my age, and 1 felt awfully
sick for three years. had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. l took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WELL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
arities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
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Coming Events
ee ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Covering a period of three months.
Dates selected beyond that period are
on file at this office, and may be con-
suited at any time
Sept. 7, 8, 9-Somerset Central
Fair.
Sept. 8-Senator Borah of Idaho
speaks at Skowhegan.
September S-9-Dance in Firemen' S
Hall.
Sept. Democratic Rally.
September l1-Election day.
Sept. High and Village Schools
open
Sept. 12-Probate Court
Sept. 12-Pomona at Bingham.
Sept. 12-W. C. T. U. meeting.
Sept. 13-15-Maine Federation Wo-
mems Clubs, Kineo.
Sept. 15-Woman' Relief Corps.
Sept. 16-Grand Army meets.
Sept. 15-Somerset Co. Veterans
and Ladies' Auxiliary at Pittsfeld.
Sept. 19-Supreme Court Conyenes.
Sept. 21-22-State W. c. T. [. Con-
vention. Lewiston.
Oct. S-Go-to-Sunday School Day.
Nov presidential election.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-09-07

judges and one Democrat Judge:
that in 1881 a Republican council de-
elned to confirm the appointments of
both Hon. William L. Putnam and
Hon. Nathan Cleaves to the supreme
court purely and solely for the rea-
son that they were Democrats; thai
BY the appointment of Judge Madigan
the bench became for the first time in
the history of Maine equally divid-
ed between the two parties DO you
not think, all things considered, that
such division is a fair and reason
able one?
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-09-07

Lydia +. Plnkham 8
Vege a BILE Com
pound. When | was
DO and h a d h e
Oh ang e of Life,
a frie n d recon-
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that took
several bottles. l
am now we'll and
healthy and recon-
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Card of Thanks

I take this way to thank my many
neighbors and friends for their kind
ness during the sickness and death of
our baby, especially MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Wilson and Mrs. Young
Leonard Giguere and family.
Lake Moxie, Maine. Aug. 80, 1857
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George Gotta accompanied by Miss
Cassie Buzzell returned to Camden,
Thursday, after a two days visit
with Mr.. Cottas parents Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Gotta.
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Nyals Hirsutone-for the hair and
scalp-cleanses the scalp OF dandruff.
stimulates the growth OF the hair and
preserves its natural beauty. Dan
druff is unhealthy-get rid Of it.-G.
R. Fogg Druggist
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HUMPHREYS

Free Medical Book-in cele-
bration OF sixty years we have
published a revised edition Of
DR.. Humphreys Manual OF all
diseases, GiVingi in minute detail
the care and treatment Of
the sick with Humphreys
Remedies.
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ADVENT CHURCH
Corner of Madison Avenue and Rus
seII Street

8. D. A. Church will meet Saturday
at 100 for Sabbath School and social
service following All are cordially
invited.
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Church Directory
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Baptist Hill, Main Street

Pastor Rev O. H. Tracy. D. D.
Assistant Pastor-Rev. Eta Goodwin
Tracy, A B.
Rcsidence-Next door TO Church
Preaching al 1915 Sunday School
at 70. Preaching service at p. IN.
Thursday evening service at 7.59.
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CENTENARY METHODIST KPIsCO.
PAL CHURCH
Island Avenue

Rev. Frederick C. Rogers, Pastor
Residence next to Church
Preaching service at 1915 by Pas
tor Rev. F. c. Rogers; Sunday
School at L. Lyle $ Moore, super
intendent; Epworth League Al s p.
M; Sunday evening service at :
O'Clock Prayer meeting Thursday
evening at 30.
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political ADVERTISEMENT
TIME FOR M|LukEN TO EXPLAIN HOW he WOULD
GOVERN STATE

Some Pertinent Questions Asked Open LeterNan to How
Will Enforce Prohibition Handle Court Appointments. Manipulate
State Finances ding ReparsDemocras
acted Progressive Legislation
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ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.

Durand, Wis. am the mother Of
fourteen children and l owe my life to
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ISLAND AVENUE CONGREGATION,
AL CHURCH
Island Avenue
Rev. C. II. Mckinney. minister
Residence, North Ave.
U-.I.rIop, II

ItItpIIUUt III
Preaching service at 1o.45; Sun
School al Z. T 6. Lord. supcrintea-
dent; Christian Endeayor at 6
Preaching service at :.
Mid-Week service Thursday even
ing at 7.3o.
The Working League viii meet ia
The parlors next Monday afternoon al
= o'clock
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BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner of Madison Avenue and Pleas.
ant Street

Rev George Merriam. minister
Parsonage. 80 Madison Ave.
Tel. 1888
Preaching at lob. Sunday
School at - m Sunday evening ser
vice at 100 o'clock.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Madison Ave. Opposite Hotel COburn

Sunday services at 1915. Subject
Substance Sunday School at L.
Wednesday evening services at 7.S0.
Reading room open Wednesday
from 2.30 to o'clock. The public
10 cordially invited to attend services
and visit reading room.
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ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Parish of Our Lady of LOHraes, Water
Street

FIR. J. L. A. Renaud, Pastor
Rectory, adjacent to Church. Tel b5-2
First Mass Sunday at o'clock
Second Mass sung at II O'Clock.
Evening service at : o'clock.
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The lightning Rod Cases at Athens

Democratic State Committee
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
Flooded.

Our many friends have requested
that we extend our FREE LIGHT
SERVICE and COST WIRING offer
up to and including April 18th, on
account of the large number ap-
plying for this service, who have
been unable to receive the same on
a"count of the demand. Therefore,
avail yourself of this exceptional
opportunity by having your house
wired. ELECTRIC SERVICE means
no matches, no dirt. 1t is always
available for flat iron, percolator,
or vacuum cleaner. 1t is economi-
cal, too, for while living expenses
have continuously gone upward, the
cost of electricity today is less than
ever before.
This is WIRE YOUR HOME
MONTH and means something
special for you.
Phone or write us today for
particulars. (39-tf)
KENTUCKY UTILITIES co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04

But, then, three good meals a day
are better than bareback and bullets.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
At Home

DIR. w. B. Tripiett, os.sopath, Of
fee in Jordan Building. Residence
phone 230. Office phone 2S7. loft
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
LET'S GET CLOSER TOGETHER

OF course we have all heard o
'fkilling the goose that lays tn
golden egg" We think too much
of our splendid farmer friends t.
liken them to the awkward feath
cry tribe, but they they surely ar
the people with the golden eggs.
And isn't it just possible that w
of the town are the "geese," il
that we fail to take measures t.
connect up with the eggs of gold /?
Isn't it possible that we are ne
glecting the interests of the farmer
to the extent that he in time be-
comes Indifferent to us and sends
his baskets of precious metals to
other points in payment for his ne
cessities7 Again we suggest a
broader spirit of reciprocity. We
suggest that measures be taken to
see that our farmer friends are
afforded every facility for the
prompt and profitable marketing of
their every product right in this
town. 1t does not require any
great amount of intelligence for a
person to see the financial signif-
canoe of such a course. And don't
neglect the wife and daughter of
the farmer when they, too, come
to town. It should not be neces-
sary for them to spend hours on
their feet waiting for the farmer to
transact his business before return
ing. A comfortable waiting room
should be provided in the heart of
town, where they can while away
the tedious hours of waiting by
reading, writing or visiting with
one another. Let it be a general
meeting place for all who come to
town. When we do this we will
find more of the farmers golden
eggs rolling into this town. Let's
compine business sagacity and
to our common good.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04

When you see front yard down
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
LOCATES IN LEXINGTON

Asa Samuels, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Samuels, left last week
for Lexington, where he has secured
a position as stenographer in the
law Office of Hon. George C. Webb
Young Samuels is a splendid Ste
nographer and viii also read law
under Mr.. Webb. He was a former
student at State University and re-
garded as an exceptionally bright
young man.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
THE LOOK BAD

When you walk along the street
and see the cutters strewn with
refuse, it looks bad.
When you see empty bottles dec
Grating the dark corners, that looks
bad-and suspicious.
When you see papers blowing
around over town it indicates that
people are thoughtless and care
less. 1t is bad.
When you see broken glass around
under foot it is pure negligence,
and is both bad and dangerous.
When you see kitchen garbage
dumped into the back yard or toss
ed over the fence, it looks bad and
smells worse.
When You see vacant property
Uttered with debris of every nature,
it, too, looks bad-is offensive to
the mind as well as to the eye.
When you see back yard litter
ed with the Accommodations of months
and of years, it looks worse than
bad.
When Won see q front ward down
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
CARE OF sow AND PIGS


HoAmoAo WIN hheoihbChtiJ iocV
and care for their pregnant sows,
so as not to overload them with fat
but instead give them feeds for the
development of bone and muscle,
are on the right road toward the
production Of strong, healthy lit
tiers. Their preparedness program,
however, does not end here.
Two weeks before narrowing the
sow should be put into a narrowing
pen so that she will become ac-
quainted and contented in her new
quarters. The narrowing pen should
be dry and free from drafts. Pro-
vide the pen with guardrail made
of 2 by 8 inch planks set inches
from the wall and 8 inches from
the floor to prevent the sow from
crushing the pigs against the wall.
Use only a small quantity of he'd
ding; leaves or straw are preferable.
See that the SOW has plenty OF fresh
water.
1t pays to keep the sow quiet.
Assistance at the time of narrowing
should be at hand if needed, but
the sow need not be helped if she is
getting along well. In cold weather
put the newly born pigs in we'll
warmed basket, and after farrow-
ing is over the pigs should be placed
with the sow, care being taken that
each one gets to teat. When the
afterbirth is passed, it should be
removed from the pen at once and
burned or buried.
After narrowing, the SOW should
have nothing but water and little
thin slop for the first day. The feed
ing for the first three or four days
should be light, and the time con-
sumed in getting the SOW on full feed
should be from a week to 10 days,
on the condition Of the
sow and the size and thrift of the
litter. 1t takes plenty of sow's
milk to make healthy, growing pigs.
If the pigs begin to scour, feed the
sow less and give her plenty of
strong limewater.
1t is very necessary that the little
pigs have plenty of exercise and
all the sunlight that can be given
them. Do not allow the pigs to run
out during cold rain. If possible
provide green feed or roots. These
keep the SOW healthy and cheaper
the ration. Encourage the pigs to
eat grain after they are three or
four weeks old. Build a creep for
them so they can feed alone. AT
this age feed for bone and muscle.
Give them all the skim milk you can.
If skim milk is not available give
hem some meal and plenty of pas
lure. In about 8 or 10 weeks the
pigs will have practically weaned
themselves. After they have been
weaned the most per-
picking job is over.
BY putting into practice the es-
sential points above mentioned the
number of pigs raised to weaving
should be increased. Hogs never
fail to respond to good care. Kind
treatment always means content
nent, With its corresponding profits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04

Why not a Farmers Club in thi.
town7 Or call It an Agricultura
Club IL the name pleases yor
any better.
About every class Of people OF
earth have their clubs--except the
farmer. He is the backbone Of the
nation--he feeds the whole world
he is the one man Of this earth
without whom we could not exist
and yet he is a man without
club.
True, there are few organizat-
ions to which limited number Of
farmers belong, but their numbers
are Of rare occurrence and are usu-
ally devoted to long winded speeches
and papers that are more tiresome
than instructive to the average man.
We offer our farmer friends a
suggestion, for what they consider
it worth.
A few of you should get together
and form the nucleus Of such a
club. Then issue an invitation to
all farmers of the community to
come into its membership. Send
this invitation out over your own
signatures. Our columns are open
to you for this purpose.
You might fix dues of so cents
or dollar year, purely for the
purpose of defraying incidental ex-
penses and hall rent.
Just make it club, pure and sim
pie, where you all drop in on stated
evenings or Saturday afternoons
for visiting and informal discussion
of anything that may be of interest.
Each member might make it a
point to relate anything that comes
to his knowledge that would be of
practical benefit to his brothers of
the farm. In this way a vast fund
of information would be accumu-
lated by each individual, and collec-
lively it would be of tremendous
material advantage to the COM
A Farmers Club--or an Agricul-
tural Club, if you please-should
be formed in this community. It's
possibilities are unlimited.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
COUNTY HIGH iHiooEHeca a Re..

Freshman Class-Laura Braziett,
Mayme Cockerham, Neale Cox, Ed
ward Kelley, Leland HASTE, Henry
Lewis, Florence Stamper, Fannie
Mae Turley, George West, Sallie
Webster. y - !. f=.s ----
Sophomore Class--William Gar
rett, Nellie Hollearn, Stella McClain,
Ethel West.
Junior Class--Mattie Baker, Hen
ry Barnes, Bernice Holey, Mary
Lockridge.
Senior Class-Breck Horton.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZES

The Mt. Sterling High School
baseball team for the season Of
1916 has been selected and is en-
gaging in daily practice to get
ready for the opening game at the
Fair Grounds Park with the Win
chester team Friday, April 14th.
Carroll Chenault was elected cap
tain of the team for this season,
with Prof. w. C. Jetton as manager
and Prof. j. p. Gaines as coach.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04

at the heels and going to seed
you wonder-but, then, Wen let vol
finish the sentence.
Just how bad are we, anyway?
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04

Just keep in touch with your
neighbor, of course. The absorp-
ton of his ideas will serve to
broaden your own.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
House and Lot for Sale

Seven room cottage on Harrison
avenue, fine stable, good garden,
outbuildings, etc. Come and see the
place. C. S. HUMPHREYS.
Phone GAG. (37-tf)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04
For Sale

Pony, trap and harness. Pony
years old this spring. Trap in good
condition. Phone GAG.
(37-tf) c. S. HUMPHREYS.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04

Three things to cultivate-good
books, good friends and good humor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-04

San Francisco river. The envoy sent
on his track by the Judges orders
had reached Piranhas to find the little
town in apathetic wonder over the dis
covery of Gerry's canoe stranded three
miles down the river. The paddle was
still in the canoe and a suit of pyja-
mas. No further trace Of Gerry had
been found. His body had not been re-
covered. The people said 1t was not
unusual. He had undoubtedly been at
tackled by tiger fish. In that case his
bones would have been stripped of
flesh. 1t was impossible to drag the
great river.
The judge hid in his heart the har-
rowing details. To Mrs. Lansing he
told the central fact. She was struck
dumb with grief and then she thought
of Alix. Almost hastily they decided
that it was not time TO tell Alix and
during long months they put her of
with false news of the search. They
carried it farther and farther into the
wilds of the subcontinent. The coun-
try was so vast, there was no telling
when the messenger would finally
come up with Gerry.
Alix bore the strain with wonder
full patience. The truth was that her
thoughts were not on Gerry. Some
thing greater than Gerry was claiming
all her faith-all her strength of body
and soul. She did not talk. She was
holding that final communion with her
innermost self with which a woman
dedicates her body to pain and sacri-
flee. Alix was not afraid. In those
days the spirit of the race-her race
of pioneers-shone from her steady
eyes and even put courage in those
about her.
Only when the ordeal was over and
an heir to the house of Lansing had
raised his lusty voice in apparent rage
Mt having been born to so small n
kingdom, did the frail Alix of other
days come back. As she lay, pale and
thin, but with the glorious light of
supreme achievement in her eyes. Mrs.
Lansing went on her knees beside the
bed and sobbed, "Oh. Alix, love you
SO, l love you SIP
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-04
Freight Rates Ordered Reduced.

The State Public Utilities Commits
sion reduced rates from Is cents to
IS cents per ton on freight from
Cameo and Palisade to twenty-five
points on the Denver G. Rio Grande
railroad The order was made as the
outcome of a protest filed with the
commission by the Grand Junction
Mining and Fuel Company and the
Palisade Coal and Supply Company.
The action was filed in October OF
1915. Rates to seventeen other points
were named In the briefs filed, but
the commission made no changes. Re
ductions ordered are on both lump
and nut coal to the following towns:
Minturn, Wolcott, Eagle, Gypsum,
Dotsero. Grand Valley, De Beque,
Durham, Ute, Fruita, Iona, Mack,
Whitewater, Delta, Olathe, Montrose,
Sapinero, Cimmarron, Gate View,
Lake City, Uncompahgre, Dallas,
Ridgeway and Ouray.
The commission found, it said, that
the rates from Cameo and Palisade
to Leadville and Salida and interme-
date points were reasonable.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-04

Gerry's cablegram to his mother was
forwarded to Red Hill on the very day
that the judge had gone to tell them
that no trace could be found of the
missing man. The judge was more
down-hearted than ever over Gerry's
disappearance and when he found the
two women radiating happiness and
excitement his heart sank lower still.
II haven't any good news" he said
ruefully before he alighted.
"Tease him." said Alix in a low
tone to Mrs. Lansing.
But Mrs. Lansing had found new
lines in the judges tired face and she
whispered back, II can't" She put the
cablegram in the judges hand.
whats this2" he said and read it.
Then he gave a war-whoop, caught
Alix around the waist and kissed her.
The Firs were gay that night-gay
with the joy Of happy people happily
planning. In month, say at the most,
two months, Gerry could be here.
Spring would have come. The Hill
would be decked out in full regalia of
leaf and blossom. 1t would be in full
commission to meet him. They looked
at Alix and Alix seemed to look at
herself. He would come into his own
as never before.
The Judge undertook the cabling.
He cabled Gerry and the message was
reported undelivered. Then he cabled
the American consul. There followed
a long series OF messages; first quick
and hopeful, then tagging but not
doubtful, then a wearylng silence of
weeks, ending with the inevitable
blow. Gerry had been traced to the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-04
H&r]9Mz92.Zs H&r]9z92.Zs

Gerry Lansing was sitting alone in
the shade\of a bush, his knees gath
cred in his arms and his head bowed
down. Great quivering sighs that
We're almost sobs were shaking his
strong body. In one terrific swirl
life had wrenched him from the moor
ings of genera tions, tossed him high
and dropped him, broken. Between
the moment when he had plunged
from the sandspit and the moment
when he and the girl had stood on the
river bank and laughed together to see
the canoe, worked adrift by the eddy,
swirl out into the river and away,
cons had passed. In that laughing
moment he had stood primeval man in
a primeval world. With the drops of
water from the river he had flicked
off the bonds it had taken centuries
to forge. And now his truant con-
science returned to stand dismayed.
The girl, dressed in homespun
cotton robe belted at the waist, came
back down n half-hidden path, shyly
at first and then with awe to see
him weeping. She tossed him cot
ton jumper and trousers and then drew
back and waited for him in the path.
He rose slowly to his feet, dressed and
followed the girl.
She led him along the path through
the brush and out into a little valley
made up of abandoned cane and rice
bottoms. In the center was a slight
elevation, too low to be called hill,
and on it was an old plantation house,
white Stllcco once now sadly Uaa+har
streaked. its tiles green-black with the
moss of years.
CTo he CoNTINUEDl