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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-05-18
NOTICE TO CoNTR ACTORS
state Highway CONSTRUCTION

Sealed proposals addressed to the
State Highway Commission, Augusta a.
Maine for building a section of state
highway. in the town of Palmyra 2.4S
miles and a section In the town of De
troit 2.92 miles each endorsed with the
name of the Town. will be received
by the Commission at its office in the
State House Augusta. Maine, until
Wednesday, May 31st at II y. NJ and
at that time and place publicly opened
and read. The work viii consist of
grading. drainage and gravel surface.
Each proposal must be made upon a
blank form provided by the Commits
sion for copy of which one dollar Will
be required, and must be accompanied
by a certified check for 10 per cent of
the amount bid. payable to the Treas
urer of state of Maine. The certified
check will be returned to the unsuc-
cessful bidder unless forfeited under
the conditions stipulated
A surety company bond satisfactory
to the Commission. of not less than
ne-fourth nor more than one-half of
the amount of the contract will be re-
suired. Plans may be examined and
may be obtained at the office OF the
Commission. Augusta, Maine.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all proposals.
PHILIP j. DEERING, Chairman
WILLIAM NJ. AVER.
FRANK A. PEABODY,
State Highway Commission
PAUL d. SARGENT.
Chief Engineer.
Dated at Augusta, Me. May 18th. 1916
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Mrs. Abiah Ames of Fairfield came
Monday for visit with her mother
Mrs. Kicker. who resides with her
daughter. Mrs. Laforest Moore.
Mrs. Max Foster passed Sunday at
Winslow, the guest of her husband.
who is employed there.
Mrs. Hattie Whitman who has
been in Canaan since the death of
her sister Mrs. Susie Rand, returned
to her home at West Medford, Mass,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Virginia Nye left Tueeday for
visit with her daughter Mrs. Hol-
man at Fairfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brock arrived
Thursday from Someryille, Mass, for
several weeks stay with relatives.
Roscoe Nelson of Windsor, Conn
and Charles of Barnstable. Mass.
were in town last week to attend the
funeral of their mother Mrs. Esther
Nelson and sister Mrs Esther Good
rich, whose deaths occurred the same
day, May 8.
Mrs William Barney, Mr.. and Mrs.
Colby Laurence Mrs. Abbott Nelson
and little daughter of Fairfield at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Esther
Goodrich on Friday of last week.
Veterans of Grand Army, Foster
Libby Camp Sons of Veterans and
the Ladies Auxiliary request all
school children to assist in the deco
rations Memorial Day. A. e. Tar
bell will preach the Memorial sermon
Sunday. May %, and will also deliver
the address Memorial day
The Senior Glass of Canaan High
School will give ball at Town Hall,
Friday evening, May &c. SHELLS or
chestra of four pieces will fursish
music. Ice cream and punch will be
on sale.
Mrs. Susan Allen, widow of the late
Harrison B. Allen, died on Saturday
morning from heart failure at the
home of her nephew. Perley Emery
in Canaan, where she has been visit
ing for several weeks. While she
has been in poor health for some
time, her death was unexpected. She
leaves two sons, Charles, with whom
she has made her home, and Irving
H. Allen, also one brother, John K.
Emery. Funeral was held on Mon
day afternoon from the Gale school
house in Palmyra.
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The News of Somerset's Busy Towns

was eleven To nine. Binghams favor.
The Bingham team was as follows:
Sam Mccall catcher: Leon Roberts
pitcher; Jack Mckenna. LIST base
Harry LaPoinle End base: Kenneth
Round 3rd base. Leon Padham. short
stop Justin Russell. right field: VIM
Foss. center field. Earl Newton. left
field. The game was played at Bing-
ham.
The new Methodist pastor. Rev.
Charles II. Berry and family are
now well settled at the parsonage on
Meadow street and like their new
home very much Their friends and
Pensioners are cordially invited to
give them a call. Mr. Berry went
Monday morning to Hartford, and is
expected to return Wednesday. across
country. with his automobile. The
class meeting this week will be held
at the parsonage. A good number
was present Sunday at 80 at Fire
mems Hall. where Mothers Day was
observed Pastor Berrys subject
was Mothers" taking his text from
Rom 1913. His mother and mine
Appropriate solos were rendered by
Frank D. Taylor which were highly
appreciated by the congregation
Sunday evening prayer and praise
service in Firemen's Hall was wei
attended, Immediately following
which the pastor favored the congre
cation with a sermon on the creation
| Many beautiful pictures were thrown
! on the screen with the stereopticon
and an appreciative audience listened
to the sermon and took part in the
appropriate hymn selections. This
is the first to be given of series
of seven sermons covering the Bible
from Genesis TO Revelation. which
will be given after the praise and
prayer service every two weeks until
| the completion of the series. The
! subject of the sermons is starlight
and Sunlight of Revelation; the pur-
pose of the sermons being to trace
through the ages the gradual increase
of the knowledge of God among men
The subject of the next sermon vii
be given Sunday evening, May 2Sth
will be "Pathfnders, The Man o.
Faith" The preaching service mex
! Sunday at go o'clock A Methods
Sunday School is soon to be organized
The attendance and co-opera
ton of all the unchurched of Bling
ham is solicited and glad welcome
extended to all
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EMBDEN STATION

The burlington School near Embden
Station was the scene of quite d
gathering when Miss Helen Palmer
the teacher, observed last Friday
afternoon as Parents Day. Miss
Palmer although still very young, is
an excellent teacher and her method
of teaching one of the best. The
afternoon was passed with the usual
work. a few Rotations by some, and
it was very interesting indeed to see
even the little tots busy every minute
At the close Miss Palmer served ice
cream and cake to nearly fifty moth
ers. children and near friends. All
decided it was an afternoon long to
be remembered.
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SOLnN

! Maurice Gray of Southport was in
! town Sunday calling on friends. Mr.
Gray met with serious accident last
J summer on his motorcycle and was in
Pierce Hospital several weeks.
s Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fentiman OF
| Bingham were in town Monday call
ing on friends.
| Mrs j. H. Rowell spent a few days
last week in Wateryille where she
visited her granddaughter Miss Berle
Cram of Colby College and also in
! Winthrop where she was the guest
of her son Clarence Rowell.
Mrs Nellie Chick. who has beer
/ the guest of Mrs. Harold Randlet
the past few days. returned to hen
home in RoXbury. Mass. last Friday
There will be a meeting of the
Board of Trade at the Scout Hall Fri
day night at 40. All members and
non-members who are interested in
this movement are kindly requested
to attend.
Mrs. Cora Cram has been spending
the past week in Wateryile with her
daughter Miss Berle. who is a Senior
at Colby College.
Mothers Day was observed at the
M. L. OHuItll ldSl 1uHudg
A very interesting sermon was
preached by Rev. H. c. Glidden and
there was special music by the choir,
At the EpWorth League meeting in
the evening under the leadership of
Mrs. Leon Cooley. a special Mothers
Day program was given which con-
sisted of Rotations. singing by the
choir, responsive reading and a short
address by the pastor. Mr.. Nc
Curdy of Watervlle gave several
sacred selections on the phonograph
The Woman's Club will meet with
Mrs. Marcellus Irvine Wednesday af-
ternoon. May oath. Topic of the
meeting, History of Maine; roll call,
current events.
News was received here Tuesday
by Miss Helen Williams of the death
of her grandfather O. l.. Williams,
which occurred at his late home in
Madison Sunday evening.
Mrs. Henry Nottage has been in
town the first of this week looking
after her property on No. Main St,
which was damaged by fire last Sat
urday night.
The friends of Miss Alice johnson
of Concord, Mass. were shocked and
grieved to hear of her death which
occurred little over week ago.
Miss Johnson gave up her work the
first of March and went South in the
hope that her health would be bene-
fitted by the change. She. with her
mother, has been regular summer
bOarder at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Magoon for eight years
Miss Clare McIntire who has been
attending a school of Physical Gull
ture in Boston. is spending a few
weeks vacation with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W. McIntire.
A Poverty Social was held at Cara.
funk Hall Friday evening under the
auspices of the Freshman class o
Scion High School. A good time
was enjoyed by all and the reading
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of the town warrant" as well as
music by the "Bingyille" band was
very amusing to the audience. a
good many local hits in the town
warrant were We, placed The
Freshmen have the axe ground for
two dudish Sophomores. who they
claim were strutting around town as
though they owned it, and who re
fused to pay their fines because they
could not spoil their good looks by
putting on their old clothes. a good
many of the costumes worn by the
Freshmen were we'll gotten up and
were all worth going to see.
There will be a social meeting OF
the A. c. w Chapter of the ID. a. r.
with Mrs. Mile Paul Friday after
noon at 8 O'clock A good attend
ance is desired.
j. H. Gray. proprietor of the New
Caratunk House, has just placed in
commission the combined auto truck
and depot wagon which was received
from Lewiston last week. This car
is the regular Ford chassis. which
has been heightened about four feet,
and has been supplied with two extra
seats and baggage rack. The seats
are upholstered in genuine leather,
colored gray. The upper part of this
car. including the body and seats, is
painted motor gray and there is
ton and side curtains which makes an
ideal conveyance in stormy weather.
Turner Davis beaming face is seen
behind the wheel, but he has dropped
the old familiar "Ga-Lang' and sub
stituted whoa Lizzy'.
Probably there are few people VINO
are aware of the amount of wheat
that has been raised and ground into
flour at the grist mill of Baker q
Priest during the last year. These
gentlemen put in a first class ma
chine to handle this product and they
have ground about 1000 bushels. TINS
represents approximately the best
product of about 80 acres. 1t Is ex-
pected that $50 acres will be sown
to wheat by farmers in this vicinity
this year and that with a fair yield
there will be better than 5000 bushels
this fall. The seed wheat is at the
mill and is being raised right around
here, but there has been quite guam
tity hauled from Skowhegan and
ground into flour.
The many friends of L. L. Patter-
son. who is on a ten days trip tc
Washington d. c.. were remembered
bv him Tuesday when they received
some very interesting view post cards
of the principal places of interest.
The regular meeting of Solor
Lodge No. 128 I. o. o. F. was helc
Tuesday evening with a good attend
ance. when the first degree was eX
emplfied on one candidate. AT The
next regular meeting the second de
gree will be worked.
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BLACkW ELL
IN MEMORIAM

1t cannot be denied that the su-
preme event in life, is death. 1t is
the passing of a soul from this life
to the unknown life beyond Death
is sacred but not sad. From this
earth life this community has lost
one of the dear and aged ladies. Mrs.
Hannah Richards whose age was ~
years and ten months. In the still
ness and hush of the early morning,
she entered into that higher life. her
death occurring Thursday of last
week. Mrs. Richards had been a
resident of this town for ten years,
having moved here with her sons
from New Brunswick. Since that
time she has lived, alternately with
her sons. Wesley and Coles, being
tenderly cared for by the daughters
in-law. who too have treated her with
the uttermost respect. For some
months she has been in failing health
and although totally blind, she has
been very keen in other senses and
was one loved by all who knew her.
She was an honorary member OF
Golden Glow Branch |. S. S. also a
member of the Baptist Church hav-
ing joined at the young age of Ii
years. She was the mother of N
children. five of whom are still liY-
ing. Four sons, Alec. Coles and
Wesley. who reside in this town
George who lives in Gardiner, also
one daughter whose home is in New
Brunswick Besides these large
number of grandchildren. also several
great grandchildren. together witt
other relatives and 4 host of friends
will mourn her loss. Funeral ser
Vices were held Saturday afternoon
at the home on Thurston Hill, con
Quoted by Rev. Harding, pastor o.
Madisons First Baptist Church. In
terment was in Forest Hill Cemetery
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SOUTH BINGHAM AND VICINITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Kelley are
working at Madison.
Arthur Clark has moved his family
here from Garrison, n. Y. onto the
farm which he purchased from his
father, A. N. Clark
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SHARKS

Mrs. Ina Creation is spending a
week at the home of her parents Mr..
and Mrs. George Will in Strong. Mrs.
Martha Woodkirk is assisting in the
homework during her absence.
Drs. Sawyer and Milliken were IN
Friday called here by the illness OF
Bessie Dostin.
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SnITH SnLON CTD

Albert Adams and wife went to
Bingham Sunday to attend the flu
neral OF his brother oliver Adams
Ira Adams who has been very
sick the last four or five days threat
ened with appendicitis, is some bet
terra at this writing.
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skowhegan May 9, 1916
To the o.
of the
last annual report to the close of business
Aprl2 A. B. LAMB Auditor
Unex
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SICK ANIMALS

A BIG BOOK on diseases of Horses,
Cattle, Sheep. Dogs and Poultry, mailed
free. Humphreys Veterinary Medicines.
1856 William Street, New York.
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CANAAN

Miss Arlene Holt of Waterville
visited her aunt Mrs. Arthur Burrill
last week returning Monday.
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Desiring that the better understand the financial sndh
April
with the end
administration
CLYDE H. SMITH
H.
w. PACKARD.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
Prince Con. Shipments

The ore shipments from the Prince
ed to at total of 70 cars.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15

the Quarterly conference will be held
the Stake NJ l. A. annual convention
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
THICK
wins PRAISE
FROM M. DEkcH
Famous Tohacco Endorsed
By Kennets Billiard Hall
Proprietor

You men who like the luscious
relishly taste of ripe, mellow to-
bacco-try Penn's Thick
PENIS is chewed by men who
know what good tobacco is. For
instance, NJ. Bench, well-known
billiard parlor proprietor OF Ken
nett, Cal, is a PENIS chewer and
heartily endorses it in the follow
ing statement:
Il have used many different
brands of chewing tobacco, but
never found one that complete
Iy satisfied my tobacco taste until
[ began to chew PENIS
THICK. The flavor is wonder
fully rich and | have always
found every plug to be all tobac-
co. | endorse PENIS THICK
Chewing Tobacco in every re-
spect."
You take absolutely no risk in
rying PENIS Thick, It's guaran-
teed to be the best tobacco made,
and if you're not perfectly salts
he'd your dealer will refund your
money. Get a Ioc cut to-day.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15

rived here from Provo Saturday to
remain indefinitely with her mother,
Mrs. Hansen.
Jos. Delmue Jr was down from
the ranch the latter part of the week
to thresh some grain for the White
Wash farmers.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Hamblin and
family came over from Acoma Fri
day to remain while their children
attend the high school here.
Sheriff Dan j. Ronnow is erecting
a new dwelling house on the block
south of the Court Rock.
The Misses Eola and Fay Walker
are here from Phoebe attending high
school
A new heating plant has been in
stalled in the district school build
ing.
Mrs. Nj. Heaps went to Eagle Val
ley Saturday to visit few days with
her daughter, Mrs. Henry Hammond.
Mrs. John Richards and Mrs. Lois
Stewart are here from Alamo to put
their children in school.
The l.. ID. s. Quarterly conference
of the Moapa Stake will convene at
Panaca on Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 16 and IT. In connection with
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
LINCOLN COUNTY MINES
PRODUCE OVER MILLION

Lincoln county's production of ore
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
Alamo

ALAMO. New, Sept 10,-John
Foremaster returned from Sharp last
Tuesday He was accompanies by
Mrs. Warren Cutler and two small
children, Stanley and Norma, and
Mis-. Leila Garrett.
Vivian Stewart, Marion Stewart,
Thresa Stewart. Lois Stewar- ard
Leila Garrett left last week to at
tend high school at Panaca.
John w. Richard and family will
motor to Panaca Monday where Miss
Emma will attend high school this
winter.
School starts in Alamo Monday,
Sept. IL, with Mrs Eta Mar,ser as
principal and Mrs. Susie ,Wadswcrth
as primary teacher.
Paul Stewart took load Of Grain
to Calinte last week. He returned
Friday with honey for the Ste yart
Mercantile company.
w. L. Stewart Sr. and son David
returned from the state convention
at Reno Friday, having enjoyed the
trip very much
Mrs. ID. l.. Stewart and children
were visitors at Meadow View farm
Tuesday
Mrs. John +. Foremaster was TAX
en- suddenly i'll Thursday morning.
! stanley, the five-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Cutler, has
been seriously i'll the past week
Sumner Stewart, iily Stewart,
] Y lem Lamb, Jr, ani William Zig
bee have ! cen employed on the
thresher at the Gardiner ranch the
past week.
Mr.. Emerson of Quin Canyon was
an Alamo visitor last week.
Mrs. Sumner Stewart and Mrs.
Ray Stewart were callers at Meadow
View farm Thursday.
Miss Bessie Gregory entertained a
few of her little friends at dinner
Wednesday, it being her fifth birth
day.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
SILVER SERVICE TO BE
SHIPPED THIS WEEK

The silver service Of the bat eshjp
Nevada will be shipped this week to
the Gorham company of Providence,
T.. l. This company is making The
cabinet in which the service will be
Fept on board the snip and upon re-
ceipt OF the service arrangements
will be made for the placing of both
aboard the ship.-Carson Appeal.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Patent. United States Land Of

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Patent. United States Land Of
fee, Carson City. Nevada, Aug, 4,
1915. Serial No 09689.
Notice is hereby given that Arch
Mcneil and Milton Damron of Fay,
Lincoln County, Nevada, have made
application to the United States for
a patent for the Winner No. 2 lode
mining claim consisting of 130S.S I
linear feet in length of the lode, and |
surface ground in width as shown by |
42S1, situated in the Eagle Valley |
Mining District, Lincoln County, Ne |
vada, and described in the plat and |
field notes of survey on file in this |
office, with magnetic variation 16
deg. Is min. east as follows, to-wit:
Commencing at corner No. l Win
ner No. lode. Identical with Cor
ner No. Survey No. 1000 Snow
flake lode. Identical with Corner No.
| ouiNty 4NO. AVN oHOW ldhe NO. ~
lode, Thence N 81 deg 20 min. w.
130SS it. to Corner No. 2. On line
As Survey No. 1000 Snowflake No
10 lode. Thence S. 70 deg. AZ min.
w. 5531 it. to Corner No 8. Thence
S. 81 deg. 20 min. e. 130S.S TT. to
Corner No. 4. On line 2-3 Survey
No. 1000 Snowflake lode. Thence N.
70 deg. AZ min. E. 553.1 it. to Cor
ner No. l the place of beginning
of the exterior boundaries of the
claim, and containing a total and net
area of 1892 acres, all of which is
applied for, there being no exclu-
sions. Said claim is located on un
surveyed land, M. d. B and M. Wit
ness post to Mile Post No. 23S on
Utah and Nevada state line bears s.
33 deg l min. E. 34S39 it. from
corner No. /. Corner No. Survey
No. 1858 Aladdin No 8 lode bears S.
/ 81 deg. g min. 2 sec. e. 1882 it.
from Corner No. 3. Corner No. 4
Survey No. 1000 Snowflake No. 10
lode bears N. 81 deg, 20 min. w.
1877 it. from Corner No. 2. The
presumed lode line of this claim is
as shown by the official plat. Said
claim is of record in the office of the
County Recorder of Lincoln County
at Phoebe town, Nevada, as follows:
Winner No. lode recorded in Book
"E-F' of Mining Notices, page 279
Lincoln County, Nevada, Records.
Adjoining locations are Survey No
I 1000 Snowflake lode and Snowflake
No. 10 lode, and Survey No. 1858
Aladdin No. lode.
| direct that this notice be pub
lished for a period of nine weeks in
the Phoebe Record, published al
Phoebe, Nevada, the newspaper pub
: lished nearest said claim.
SHOBER ]. ROGERS, Register
Gray & jennings, Attorneys fol
Z Claimants, 1926 Felt Building, Sal
lake City, Utah.
ftp S-11 lp 10-6-16
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Constipation the Father of Many Ills

OF the numerous ills that affect
humanity a large share start with
constipation. Keep your bowels reg
ular and they may be avoided. When
a laxative is needed take Chamber
lains Tablets. They not only move
the bowels but improve the appetite
and strengthen the digestion. OBJ
tainable everywhere. Adv
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15

according to a report issued by the
U. S. Geological survey for the year
1915, is given as follows:
Number of producers, 10; ore pro-
duced, 130,152 short tons, from
which was produced 1,95S.07 ounces
in gold, 457,S25 ounces in silver,
297,1S pounds of copper, 7,695,15
pounds of lead, 2,579,745 pounds OF
zinc; the value of which was placed
at $1,0O6,161.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
GROOM EXTENSION To
START DEVEioPMEN,r

Work is to be started ON Tie prop
erty of the Groome Extension Mining
Co.. at Groome next week At least
that is the announcement made by
officials of the company. fhis prop
erty is located adjacent to the
Groome mine and is said to contain
some excellent showings of ore.
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erything points towards a very pros
porous year for the high school.
Miss Edna Wadsworth left for ST.
George last Wednesday where she
will be engaged as a teacher in the
primary grade school.
Mrs. Effie Dorrel and children ar
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
Panaca

PANACA, New, Sept. 1.-THE
Lincoln county high school opened
Monday morning with an enrolment
of more than forty students. Ev-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15
Look Pa, How
'eets.It' Works."
Lifts Your Corn Right Of.
Never Fails.

ever in your life see a corn come
out like that? Look at the true skin
underneath-smoot as the palm of
ynur tandt
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-09-15

The earth Is blessed with the one,
simple, painless, never-failing rem
edy that makes millions of corn-pes-
tered people happy, and that's GETS
Some People jab and dig at their
corns with knives and razors-wrap
their toes in packages with ban-
dages or sticky tape. make them red
and raw with salves. Nothing like
this with "GETS-IT." Your corn
loosens-you lift it off. There's
nothing to press on the corn or hurt.
Angels couldn't ask for more. Try 1t
tonight on any corn, callus or wart.
"GETS-IT' is sold and recon-
mended by druggists everywhere. csc
a bottle, or sent on receipt of price
by E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, III.