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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys
Are Marching" In the absence of
the Quartermaster Col Gould seb-
mitted the report of that officer. The
deaths of the following comrades
since the last meeting were announc-
ed J. l.. Paine, Dan1. Lane, Mayo
Bckford. Benz. Priest, 0. G. Hutchins.
Leonard Taylor Chas. Huff and Chas.
c. Grover; and Chas. Folsom-Jo Jones,
A. Z. Bosworth and J. +. Woodsum
were appointed to prepare the ac-
customed resolutions. 1t was voted
to hold the September meeting in
Pittsfeld. Adjourned to one O'Clock.
Timer the auspices of the Ladies of
Athens Grange a bountiful dinner was
served in the banquet hall after
which came the dress parade and
march under the direction of the Col
onel and Adjutant The Athens
Drum Corps led by H. S. Elliott
kindly gave us genuine marital music
and "the boys of siXty-one. seemed
young again as they marched along g
Continued on Page Ten)
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both mother and father being dead.
When eighteen he enlisted in Com
pany G 22nd Regiment of Maine In
fantry. Serving three years, being
honorably discharged May 10, 1868
On August II, 1867 he married
Charlotte J. Jones of Brighton, who
died proceeding him Aug. II, 1910.
Seven children were born to them ali
who survive except one son Harold,
who died in infancy. He was a man
highly esteemed throughout the com
munity in which he lived and by all
who knew him. Ever ready and
willing to do for others even though
he forgot himself. He leaves to
mourn his loss Wm. f., Sheldon S.
Erwin c.. Omar C. of Athens; Daniel
]. of Cornville and Mrs. Emma Crotto
of Oakland and eleven grandchildren.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
PROBATE COURT
SESSIONS
Woman Leaves Children
$1.OO Each


The June session of the Probate
Court was in session Tuesday and
yesterday al the Court House, Judge
c. 0. Small presiding Considera BILE
business was transacted and amons
the out o. town lawyers present were
Judge a. Simmons OF North Anson.
Judge Tlrner BusWel of Solon,
Judge John T. Holman of Athens. E.
W. Sawyer North Arson, Leroy X.
Folsom, Norrideewoek. Royden Y.
Brown. Bingham and W b. Brown.
Madison. During tie session there
was a hearing relative to the probat-
ing of the will of the late Mrs Abbie
y. Gardiner of Anson The will was
finally allowed and Simon L. Quint
was made executor BY the terms
of her will, Mrs. Gardiner left sever
al of her children one dollar each and
to George W. Gardiner and Bertha
Quint, two other children the bulk of
her property on account of their
kindness, care and attention The
estimated value of the property is
$3.50. Among the wills presented
for Probate was that of Augustine
Fowler who left the greater part OF
his estate to his son, W. H. Fowler
whom he also named as executor Mr.
and Mrs. Charles S. Brayton of
Athens were granted the right of
adopting John Albert Springer, the
name being changed to John Albert
Brayton. The child was however
the son of Mrs Brayton by a former
marriage. the father being noW de
ceased.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
SOMERSET VETERANS MET At ATHENS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1916
Boys of 81 Enjoy Program of Much Interest to
All. A Large Attendance

The Somerset Veterans Association
ana Ladies Auxiliary never have
l.Id larger and more enthusiastic
session during the ten years of active
life. than the one held at Athens,
June :. The day was an ideal one
In every respect. Thirty-nine of the
veteran soldiers were present with
large attendance of the ladies of the
Relief Corps and citizens of Athens,
who came in goodly numbers to vel
come the visiting guests.
A line was stretched across the
street with many flags attached 10
wave a glad Welcome, while Grange
Hall. where the exercises were held,
was splendidly decorated with flags
and flowers. At 1880 A. NJ. Col. E.
Z Gould called to order with Lieut..
Col. Chas. Folsom-Jones and Adjutant
5. + Emerson present to answer to
their names. After singing by the
choir the 23rd Psalm was repeated
and in the absence of the Chaplain,
the Adjutant was called upon to offer
prayer, followed by the familiar song
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
OUR NE|GHBORS ARE
OUR GUESTS
Somerset County People
Meet in Skowhegau
Another Successful and lIapp, Event
on Merchants Day in Spite OF Bad
Travelling

In spite of days oil rainy weather
and the wretched condition OF the
roads the people of neighboring towns
responded graciously to the invita-
ton of Skowhegan residents to visit
them on the occasion of their annual
Merchants Day. Teams and auto
mobiles brought a big throug of visi-
tors and the bargains offered by local
traders were well patronZed. Jus
how many visitors there We're Woull
be hard to determine but eight hun
dred an fifty lunches were distributed
during the luncheon hour in the Mu-
nicipal Building and il is thought that
many of the guests dined elsewhere
1t WAS a gala day under the auspices
of the Board of Trade and friend
greeted friend on tie streets of the
county's shire town The program
of entertainment did not dcviate
greatly from those of proceeding af-
fairs of the kind. During the fore
noon local automobile owners placed
their ears at the disposal of the visi-
tors who were driven about over the
community. During the noon hour
the program was presented as fol
lows. VIM Folsom Merrill, Esq. act
ing as presiding officer: Selection
by First Maine Regiment Band of the
Maccabees; selection by Skowhegan
High School Orchestral soprano solo,
Mrs. Marion Drake-Flanders; read
ing. Miss Emma Shumway of Los
Angeles, Calf; solo, Prof. r.. ".
Leighton; selection by High School
Orchestra; solo, Mrs. Flanders; Sc
lection by First Regiment Band. Mes
srs. Beyins and Huntor of the Lake
wood Company also appeared on the
program in an admirable little sketch.
During the afternoon the shops were
again visited. the picture houses were
patronizod and the pleasures of Il
holiday outing otherwise enjoyed
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
(For the Reporter)

The nomination of Justice Hughes
as the standard bearer of the Repub-
lican Party, and his superbly patri-
otic call to arms were not needed to
make the Primary Eelection of Mon
day next rally day for Maine Re-
publicans. The keen though friend
ly contests for the Republican nomi-
nation for l. S. Senator and for Gov
cmor, as we'll as for the County Of
fces had aroused an unusually inter
est throughout Maine
Net since the historic fight in 1912
between Burleigh, Heath and Powers
has The State been aroused as it has
in ihe Primary Contest of Parkhurst,
NIliken, Wheeler and Callahan. The
candidates and their friends have
flooded the voters with political lit
erature. with the result that everyone
is fairly familiar with the record and
the qualifications of the quartette
from which one will be chosen whose
name will be linked with Huges and
Fairbanks in the great campaign for
Americanism now beginning.
As the Republicans of the Nation
at Chicago last week choose the man
who could unite the party. and as
their leader, make the best fight
against the entrenched enemy in
power, so will the Republicans of
Maine select the man for their candi-
date for Governor on Monday around
whom will rally the two forces who
by their division of strength in 1872
enabled the Democrats to gain the
State. Other things being equal,
they are determined to choose the
man who has the courage and the
qualifications to make the best cam
paign. They realize that great things
Continued on Page Four)
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Charles HUFF

Funeral services for the late Chas.
Huff were held Sunday, May 28th, at
, p. m. from his residence in Athens.
Rev. James Taylor of Norrdgewock
as was his request. He
also requested that there be no flow
ers used. The body was inferred in
Mt Rest Cemetery, Athens.
Charles Huff was born in Yelling
ton in 1S43, spending his boyhood
days there. At the age of nine he
was left in the hands of strangers,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
Primary Election Next Monday

To the Readers of the independent
Reporter:
I wish to announce that I am a
candidate for County Commissioner
and that my name will be on the
Democratic ballot at the Primaries.
next Monday Having had long ex-
pcrienee as assessor aud familiarity
with public business. il the town of
Skowhegan, l feel confident that
could perform the duties of Commits
sioner satisfactorily
To such of my party and my
friends who will place a cross op-
posite my name on the Primary bal
lot, and thus favor me with their
support, l shall be sincerely grateful
r. FRANCIS PARKER.
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Good viii has made a great record
this year losing but two games Sev-
eral of her games have been error
less and the team has batted over
300
Good Will loses Clement and Mailing
by graduation. Both will enter col
lege this fail. Clement is probably
the best high school back stop in
Maine. In some games. not a man
has tried to steal He has batted
for .490. Mailing is a good third
baseman and his fielding has been a
factor in the games.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
Mass Meeting of Strikers

A mass meeting of the Madison
Woolen Mill strikers was held Mon
day evening and letters were read
from Supt. W F. Scott and Thos, P.
Curtis of Boston No action was
taken. 1t is expected that Mr.. Me
Cam. who is an organizer for the
textile branch OF the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor and who organized
a Labor Union here a few weeks ago,
will be in town this week in an en-
deavor to adjust matters.
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Had No knowledge of TheftS

Quite to my surprise, reports have
been current, since the hearing, last
week, that had knowledge that
stolen goods were being stored on my
premises This report is absolutely
without foundation. | had not the
slightest idea that my home was be-
ing used as a depository of this kind.
The rumor is greatly to my injury
and l take this means of asking my
friends to correct it.
JAMES II. GALWAY
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during the sessions of 1>97-l>9>. and
19o9-191o He has been supetinten-
dent of the Pittsfcld Water Works for
eighteen years. and is at present tho
superintendent and chairman OF the
Board of Water Commissioners lie
has been elected to the Board of the
Pittsfield Village Corporation Asses
sors for Il consecutive years and has
acted as chairman ten years
Mr.. Burse is well informed in coun-
ty affairs and is we'll qualified 10
render the office a fair and impartial
performance OF It's duties
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To the Voters in Somerset County

AS the Primary Campaign closes
wish to thank the many who have
worked earnestly in my behalf with
the result that my nomination looks
to be assured If this be true, and
election follows in September my
best efforts looking to the rights and
interests of every citizen shall be
proof of my appreciation of your vote
on Monday next.
Respectfully,
JOHN A. MOOERS.
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Wedding of North AnsOn Man

Miss Lou f. Cloudman, daughter
OF Mrs. o. Cloudman of Portland and
Austin A. Eames, son of Mr. and Mrs.
NJ a. Eames of North Anson were
married Friday evening in Portland.
They are now on a short wedding
trip TO Northern Maine. Mr.. Eames
was student at Anson Academy.
also of Kent's Hill; was with Davis
d Miller at Madison for two years,
nut at present he is with the Frank
NJ Low Co. at Portland. They will
De at home to their friends after
June Is at the Los Angeles Apart
ments. Portland.
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Will be Welded Next Tuesday

Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Landry of Va
teryille have announced that the mar
riage of their daughter. Miss Rose
Agnes Landry and Lester Bernard
Bragg is to be solemnized next Tues
day at o'clock in The Sacred Heart
Church at Wateryille. Mr. Bragg is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. y. Bragg
of this town and many friends will be
interested to learn the date of the
happy event The couple will be
at home after July II at "a Oak ST,
Wateryille.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
Preparations for Construction Work
at the RefOrmatOry

Elsewhere in this issue we publish
notices from the trustees of the Wo-
mans Reformatory calling for bids
for construction work. These re-
ferring to building water pipe line,
distance of about 1000 feet. install
ing a sewer system and the erection
of a brick building.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

To the Republican Voters of Somer-
sci County:
Believing is desirable that the Office
of County Treasurer be located in
Skowhegan, where the citizens and
taxpayers usually come to transact
business with the county officials, l
shall be a candidate for nomination
to that office in the Primaries on the
Republican ticket. Any support re-
ceived from the voters will be ap-
preciated.
JOHN H. LANCASTER.
Skowhegan, Me, June IS, 1916
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Candidate for Count, Commissioner

\. II. Burse of Piushcld candidate
for County Commissioner. Is WeI
known in Somerset County having
been a delegate to nearly al OF tie
Republican County Conventions for
twenty-five years, and member OF tn
town committee for the same space
of time; has also been chairman o.
the town committee and has served
on the county and district commit
tees.
Was a member Of the legislature
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
Card of Thanks

We appreciate. very sincerely the
sympathy shown us in our recent be-
reavement. We especially thank the
friends of our dear cne. his comrades.
in the mill and elsewhere for their
kindness.
Jos. Dagle and family.
Skowhegan, Maine. June Is, 1916.
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Announcement

To the Republican Voters of Fairfield
Smithfield and Mercer.
| am a candidate for representative
to the Legislature from this district
and ii being Smithfield's turn to send
a representative, l am asking your
support next Monday at the primary
and if nominated and elected next
September, pledge to my district my
best service.
HERBERT E. GROVES.
Dated Smithfield, Me, June 13, 1916.
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WHO PAID $2.4Ol

Some one has recently paid $40
on subscription account We think
it was a subscription which this
amount paid to July 1917. We have
not the name of the party by whom
the payment was made. Will some
one please tell US
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Good Will Captures the championship
OF the kcnnebec valley

Good viii High School has won the
championship of the kcnnebec Val
ley, Lawrence lost What chance she
may have had when Wateryille beat
her To- The teams have been well
balanced although Skowhegan has
been slow in hitting its place. The
standing:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15
BASE BALL SCHEDULE
Skowhegan Team Week OF June 10th

Monday -Rockland at Rockland.
Tuesday-Gardiner at Gardiner
Wednesday, at Skowhe-
gan.
Thursday-Rumford at Skowhegan
F'riday-Augusta at Augusta.
Saturday. Hallowell at Skowhegan
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Representative to the Legislature

Just to remind you that | am a
candidate to the Legislature and shall
your support.
WALTER P. ORDWAY.
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NEXT MONDAYS PR|MA.
RY MEETING

A. Viewed by Loyal Republican.
5000 Republican Votes Estimated
for Mondays Primary. Parkhurst
Expected TO Win by 5000. Hale
Likely to Get 10000 Votes
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15

Ben Houser arrived yesterday a, M.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-15

Was a member of the Legislature
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-13
Farmer Nets
$92 Per Acre on Wheat

filed 800 tract Hghwood
assets did have valuation
900 Today worth 5000 and he does not cent the
Financial him in the shape of fat legacy
the Montana
a fortune in the
wealthy during the few bumper
high prices of farm produce.
During the past two he has planted 400
charging item OF expenditure
will $9275
him $57 the
land the fall Of 1915 with the idea
of letting lie falow during 1915.
thinks the conclusion that the
could well after the The OF wheat
drilled wheat In
just 4s bushels to the
after paying all expenses netted him $4,000
his homestead about four
section For this land he paid $25 and this
during the past
additional 40 giving him loo acre
little empire
He has just completed building of his elevator.
Montana the garden spots OF the world
and he is right about it.
worked hard He how work to best
fertility and the prices and he is absolutely independent
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-13

IN THESE fat days when the sheep
L man is getting two prices for wool
and mutton and rides in an eight-cyl-
inder touring car, he can conjure up
only as a faint fancy the hardships
of the sheep grower when Montana
was not only wooly but wild. The pio-
neers of the industry in this state had
not only to guard their sheep from the
ravages of wolves and coyotes, but
many Of them also had to protect their
flocks from thieving Indians and even
to battle for their own lives against
the redmen. For the first sheep driv-
en- into the state no shelter was pre-
pared and many were lost when, after
a particularly heavy snowfall the
Chinook was tardy in his role of har-
vester Of the whitened prairies.
The pioneer sheepman had no
store Of alfalfa or hay to draw up
on when the weather was freakishly
severe, no artificial sources of water
to which he could lead his flocks when
the summer was long and hot and the
plains had become parched. He was
frequently unaware Of the danger in
poisonous weeds when the pasturage
was poor and the sheep were impelled
by pangs of hunger to munich vegeta-
ton that their instinct otherwise for
bade them to touch.
Today sheep raising has become
stable industry with prices quoted
from all parts of the world every day
by telegraph, but the range ranching
of the earlier days was so largely
speculative that it was often spoken
of as "game,' with as much uncer-
tainty to its credit as mining.
While sheep raising was vet an in
fant industry in Montana the sheep
men aroused the bitter hostility of the
cattlemen. who maintained that the
flocks fed so closely that they ruined
the range. For years the disputes and
contentious continued over the occu-
pancy of pasturage on mountain and
prairie, often taking the form of
open violence. usually to the disad-
vantage Of the sheepmen, who some
times lost whole flocks that their riv-
ais drove over cliffs or into canyons
The first sheep We're driven into
Montana from Washington and Ore
gon or from California through Ne
vada and Idaho.
Particularly thrilling were the ad-
ventures of William c. Orr and Philip
II. Poindexter, California pioneers,
who drove cattle and sheep into Mon
tana from the coast in 1865 and 1866
subsequent to the discovery of gold.
Poindexter had previously engaged in
an Indian fight in the lava beds in
Northern California when three
whites We're wounded and many red
skins killed. That was in 1852 and
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-13
BILLINGS BEET SUGAR
PLANT IN OPERATION
WILL DISTRIBUTE TO GROWERS
OVER $1,000,000 THIS
FALL.

The manufacture Of sugar at the
plant of the Billings sugar beet fac
tory has begun. Harvesting Of beets
commenced about October 1, and it
is estimated that more than 1,OOO,-
900 will be paid out to the beet grow
ers Of the Billings district for this
seasons crop. Last years harvest
resulted in the distribution of this
sum among the growers, and the crop
of this year will yield larger ton
mage.
The first payments to growers will
be made on November Is, when the
beet growers will receive the money
for from $4,000 to 10000 tons of
beets. The price is expected to run
from Sc to $3.50 per ton, depending
upon the saccharine tests.
Sugar beet acreage in this district
is expanding. Last year the Billings
factory handled the beets Of the
Lowell district in Northern Wyoming.
The Lowell factory is now in commits
sion and will take care of the Lowell
crop of this season. The fact that the
Billings factory will handle as large
tonnage this season as last indicates
the expansion.
Sugar produced at Billings this year
will be strictly a Montana product.
Until the great war broke out Amer
lea received her sugar beet seed from
Germany. The beets Of this season
were grown from Montana seed, and
the excellence of the product means
that this practice will continue.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-13
OHIO OIL COMPANY
ENLARCES ITS FIELD
CONCERN OPERATING IN ELK
BASIN PURCHASES MID
KANSAS LAND.

Red Lodge.-The Midsummer Oil
and Gas company has been taken over
by the Ohio Oil and Gas company,
according to word received here.
The Ohio company, whose holdings
are now said to have value in ex-
cess of $4,000, 900, operates in the Elk
Basin district near this place.
The deal, which adds extensively to
the properties of the company, is said
to have been closed in Pittsburg sew
eral weeks ago, but the news was not
made public at the time.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-13

many Of the cattle were mysteriously
poisoned. Orr, in dissecting a Dur
ham COW discovered the cause, was
himself poisoned and for several days
his companions, who carried him on
litter, despaired Of his life.
Equally spectacular was the pio-
neer career of John Martin Smith,
the elder of the famous Smith broth
ers, who, in the winter Of 1871 and
1872, helped to build the first cabin
on the Musselshell river. At Placer
Vile, Idaho, Smith saw gambler
known as Snap and Ante kill man
with a pick handle and witnessed the
auctioning Of the murdered man s
goods within an hour and half to
pay the funeral expenses. He had
previously fought in several Indian
wars. After engaging with indiffer-
ent success in several other occupa-
tions in Montana, he took up cattle
and sheep ranching and in 1875 he
and his brother, William A. Smith,
trailed 900 ewes across the country
from Boise, Idaho, into the Mussel-
shell valley.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-13
After War Euery Nation
viii Be After u. S. Gold

feller, who is one of the directors of
the Milwaukee road.
"About our only hope is conserva-
tion," he said. "We have simply got
to keep our heads. Every nation will
be scrambling for the gold we have
garnered from the war. They will all
be trying to get their hands on it and
it is going to take some pretty fast
thinking to keep their hands off.
ga lot of men thought this country
had reached the height of its financial
power year ago, but look at this
year. 1t has exceeded our widest
dreams and now am prepared to look
for lust as many undreamed things
for future years.
Rockefeller also believes the time
will come when all railroads will
electrify their lines to some extent.
"The Milwaukee already has AL
miles of it," he said.