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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10
Fire Mt American Wooden Mill

A fire broke out in the picker room
in the American Wooden Co. mill in
Fairfield Friday morning about 80.
An alarm was sounded from the tre
whistle located ON the mill and the
fire department was quickly on hand
and found quite a fire in the Wool
which is stored in the room. Win
one line of hose the fire was extin-
guished and was confined to the one
room. A great amount OF smoke
resulted from the fire which was seen
coming out windows in all parts OF
the mill The fire was thought 10
have been caused by hot box on
one of the machines and combustion
resulting. The damage was small as
only little material was lost. 1t
was good fortune that the fire was
discovered as soon as it was as any
more start would have resulted IN
serious damage to property The
all out whistle sounded at S.l5 a. M
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10
HEARING ON TIMBER
CUTTING PERMIT
Bill In Equity to Determine Whether
Same is Still Good. Property In
Somerset County

AUGUSTA, August "A reference
hearing was held Friday at the court
house before Chief Justice Savage and
Associate Justice Arno ". King of
Ellsworth upon an action at law and
a bill in equity brought by Lawrence
Bros Co. of South Gardiner against
the Coburn Heirs Incorporated to de
termine whether a permit to cut tim
Der on Thorndike town in Somerset
county is still in force or has eX-
pired. George W. Cover of Show
hogan represented the Coburn heirs
and Norman L. Bassett appeared for
Lawrence Bros. Co. The witnesses
examined included Henry B. Law
renee and Wallace TarboX of South
Gardiner, Frank +. Boston of Gardi-
ner, Henry p. McKenney of Jackman,
Joel Taylor of Skowhegan, John
Hutchinson of Bangor and Samuel W
Philbrick of Skowhegan. The hear
ing began at 10 O'Clock and lasted
during the greater part of the day
The referees reserved their decision.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10

Acquaintances in this section Will
be interested to learn that Merle Nc
iAllister of Burnham, for a short time
located in Madison, who is editor-in-
chief of the Vermont Advance, has
been appointed on the commission to
secure a farm land bank in New Eng
land. Mr. McAllister has been con-
spicuous in the discussion of the
rural credits law, under which this
bank will be secured and he attracted
the attention of Herbert Myrick, who
is chairman of the commission.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10

Troubled with dandruff? 1t may
be light and fluffy and not appear
dangerous at the present time but If
neglected 1t will become matted-that
will mean loss of hair-Nyals Hirsu-
tone will prevent it.-G. R. Fogg
Druggist.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10

Educate yourself out of it, this in
discriminate smoking. Settle down
to one brand Smoke regularly and
stick to Havana cigars for health and
comfort. Foggs Drug Store suggest
Cedulas.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10

Annie L. Decker is at her Office
every day except Tuesday and We'd
nesday of next week.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10

Be sure to claim date for any i'm
portant event by having 1t appear in
our Coming Events. No charge to
our patrons for this service.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10

We send the Reporter 3 months for
S5 cents. If you have never taken it
and will so state when renting, we
will send trial subscription, for 3
months for rs cents, not renewable at
that rate.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20

ing plans for handsome frame resi- dence for G. B. Edgar to be built on Charming street. It win have shingled sides and roof and will be arranged for eight rooms and two baths, will De provided with every convenience and will be heated by steam.
 Plans for extensive alterations to be made to the present two-fanily house belonging to Antonio Verrino on Bank street arc being drawn. The present buildins will be raised and a brick ad- dition is to be placed under 1t, which will be arranged for two stores.
 Work has been started on the ad- dition to the New London Auto Sta tion on Main street The plans, which were prepared by Architect James Sweeney, call for a one-story brick building, 22x105, with gravel roof and steam heat.
 Plans are now being figured for the proposed changes to the former Y. M c. A. property on State street for H D. Barrows. As previously reported the building is to be carried out to the sidewalk line, a new front built on and the entire structure arranged for business purposes.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
, QUAKER HILL.


 The new schoolhouse was not ready for the entering classes this week as expected. Several small jobs were not satisfactory to the school. committee and the: work had to be. changed. Ow- ing to other contracts the New Eng land Engineering and Contracting Co. of Norwich, who constructed. the build ing, left a few things uncompleted and the schoolhouse will not be accepted until everything is finished. While the upper floor has not been finished off. 1t will mean only a few years be- fore that work will have to be done. In the past five years the growth of the village has been remarkable and at the present time very few houses remain vacant.
 One of the greatest needs of this part of the town which has been felt for long time is a hall which could be. well heated and lighted for social purposes. It: was hoped with the new schoolhouse such place would be furnished. But the money voted by the town was not sufficient to finish the entire building
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
ORCHARD TILLAeE.

According to the 1914 report of the Montana Station, measurements of fruit trees on the cultivated test plats of the horticultural substation in the Bitter Root Valley show that those on the plat cropped with potatoes have made the best growth since planting in 190s Those on the clover plat, where the crop has been cut and left on the ground. rank next in growth. and those on the clean cultivated piats rank third The trees on the culti- vated plat are now beginning to show rosette, indicating that while the young trees may thrive for a time un- der clean cultivation, bearing trees can not be expected to continue in good condition under such a system of cul- ture.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
SALTS IN HOT WATER
 e =. CLEARS PiMPLY SKIN
Says we must make kidneys clean
 the blood and pirnpIes disappear.,

2 Pimples, sores and boils usually re- suit from toxins, poisons and impur- ities which are generated in the bow els and then absorbed into the blood through the very duets which should absorb only nourishnent to sustain the body. e.-:
 5 It is the function of the kidneys to filter impurities from the blood and cast them out in the form of urine but in many instances the bowels ere ate more toxins and impurities than the kidneys can eliminate, then the blood uses the skin pores as the next best means of getting rid of these inn purities whichsoften break out all over the skin in the form of pimp1es.
 The surest sway to clear the skin of these eruptfons, says a noted author ity, is to get from any pharmacy about four ounces of lad Salts and take a tablespoonful in a glass of hot water each morning before breakfast for one week. This will prevent the forma- ton of toxins. in the bowels. It also stimulates the kidneys to- normal ac- tivity, thus coaxing them to, filter the blood of impurities and clearing the skin, ,of pimples.
 lad Salts is inexpensive, harmless, and Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia. Here you have pleasant, efferves- cent drink which usually makes pin- p5es disappear: cleanses the blood and 6 excellent for the kidneys as well.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
CHESTER.

The firm of c. J. Bates & Son for the last two weeks has, been grading the basin at the old pond which used to supply the factory water wheels. The cement for the new buildings. which the firm is to erect, has ar rived and work on these will start as soon as possible, weather permitting, One building will be 40xS0, two stories high and of reinforced concrete to be used to relieve the congestion in the various departments of the old fac tory, parts of which will be torn down.
 A machine room 45x30, one story high, will be of brick This building with the addition of new and more modern machinery will bring this de- partment to the highest point of ef- fciency. The boiler room will also be of brick and one story high in which a 50 horsepower Bigelow boiler will be installed The entire plant will be heated by a vacuum heating system. This firm has also been making ex- tensive improvements about its plant. having this last month installed a new and larger water turbine which de- velops enough power. to run the en- tire plant and also to supply its own electric lights.
 The building which was gutted by fire on Thanksgiving day has been re- paired and work resumed there. The company also has installed a steel tank of 10000 gallons capacity to sup ply oil fuel for the furnaces of the forge room where the manicure and surgical instruments are tempered. With these new buildings completed this firm will have as finely equipped plant as any of it's size in lower Mid dlesex county. M
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20

just north of Hodges stable, opposite Hopkins & Allen Arms Co.,, placing two stores in the same. The stores have already been leased. The changes will make two stores, 22 feet by 85 feet. -1O-foot stories, plate glass fronts, brick extensions, maple floors, etc.
 New Boiler Room Completed.
 The work at the Joseph Hall woolen mills at Trading Cove is being hustled by the contractors, Doyle & Murphy, of Willimantic. The stone foundations are all placed. Tide water interfered considerable in building of the foun- dations, but they are now finished, and brick masons are laying the brickwork for the walls. The first floor timbers of Georgia pine for the dyehouse are now placed and the brick walls start ed. All the Fenestra windows are ready for use, and with proper weather will be hustled. The new boiler room is completed, and Robert Cochrane is installing the heavy piping for the new fS6 horse power Allen boiler which is being installed. Workmen from New York are building the new Custodis 100 feet in height. Architect c. H. Preston has charge of this work. F. Frames Now Up for Eight Houses. s,' The frames for eight Of the Hopkins & Allen houses being erected for the Norwich Housing company by Con- tractor c. M. Williams are now up and the interior work will soon be well along to- completion. Six. of these houses are. located at ThamesvilIe and two of them on Rockwell street. Con- tractor Williams has a force of men at work on the foundations for the four houses to be erected on Slater avenue and the framework will be started just asasoon as; possible.
 ss Waiting for Plate Glass.
 - At Taftville the work on the new blocks being erected for A. Pfon and Joseph c. Marsan is now nearing the completed stage. The window frames for the Marsan block have arrived and are being placed. Contractor Fenton is now waiting for plate glass for the windows. The freight congestion has caused delay in shipments of building naterial?and consequently construction work is held up.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
USE OF FERTILIZERS
 FOR DIFFERENT CROPS.
Suggestions Made by Officials of State
 Experimental Station.

In the report on fertilizers for 1915 issued by the Connecticut Experiment . tai Station at New Haven with sug- gestions regarding fertilizers for 1916 Director E. H. Jenkins and Chemist J F. Street make the following sugges- tions for the coming season with reference to their adaptability to diff ferent crops:
 Top Dressing for Grass-A commer- cial fertilizer with a high percentage pounds of nitrate of soda or of cyan amid, or of mixture of the two, or a like amount of ammonium sulphate Cbut .cyanamid must not be mixed with ammonium sulphate). It should be applied soon after growth begins in the spring. At present prices the use of acid phosphate for top dress ing Is hardly to be advised, but stable manure is of course valuable when 1t can be spared for this purpose.
 For Clover and Alfalfa-Wood ash- es are excellent if they can be got. best thing in the present scarcity or high price of acid phosphate and basic phosphate.
 For Corn-Here is where the large part of the farm manure usually and reasonably goes. Ten tons ..s of farm manure carry about 120 pounds of ni- trogen, of phosphorio acid and I20 pounds of potash, with more than tons of humus- forming matter. With this may be used 300-500 pounds of a "3-10 formula @ per cent of ammon- ia, or FAT per cent of nitrogen, and 10 per cent of phosphoric acid). Tn this state nitrate in. the formula is not necessary.
 For Potatoes-The fertilization of potato land offers peculiar difficulties. 1t is cash crop and in normal times should pay we'll. for a. heavy. dressing with, fertilizers. It Is also a crop which on most lands needs for maxi mum production an abundant supply of potash, so that it is likely potato land will feel most the dearth of wa ter-soluble potash fertilizers.
 The methods of growing the crop which conform to the best farm prac- nce have been given in Joint Circular No 1, to be had on ntrequest
 We cannot advise the use of ashes on potato land because of the danger of increasing scab. sAecommerciaI po- tato manure carrying 4 per cent or more of nitrogen, a third of which is in mineral form (nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia), and to 10 per cent of Dhosphoric acid may be reco7n-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
NEW LONDON.
Changes in Other Property Con- templated.

Plans are out for figures for a handsome residence to be erected on Faire Harbor place for J. K. Foran. The first story will be of brick and hollow tile and the second story of frame half timber and stucco, The house will be 40x30, with an ell, 17x15, and vii be arranged for eight rooms and two baths. The interior will be finished in hardwoods and the heat ing will be by steam. The cost will be about $9,000.
 H. R. Douglass, Inc, now has the handsome residence for L. Y. Spear at the Pequot roofed in. John H. New man has the contract for the plumb ing, and the Hopson- -Chapin Co, the heating. The house is hollow tile and stucco structure to cost about s25,0oo.
 All estimates, excepting those for the plumbing, heating and electrical work. are in for the $10,o00 residence for Hugo Monn to be built on Mon tauk avenue.
 Architects Payne & Adams are draw
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
POTASSIUM FROM THE SOIL.

Bulletin 1s2 of the Illinois Station reports the work of five years experi- ments the main purpose of which was to determine the extent to which de- caying organic matter is able to fiber ate soil potassium. The results indi- cate that after two years green man uring sufficient potassium was liber- ated from the insoluble residue to en- able clover to be benefited by lime and phosphate fertilizers so as to exceed the yield of crops on the norma soil to which no such fertilizers had been added. The clover hay produced on the normal soil contained about three times as much potassium per grain as was contained in crops from the insol- uble residue, which is taken to indi- cate that the actual requirement of clover for potassium may be very much less than has been estimated from the composition of hay grown on ordinary soils. It is also thought that the results support the theory that the benefit sometimes produced by potash fertilizers when applied to soils very deficient in decaying organic matter may be due in part to the power of the soluble potash salt to increase the avil- ability of phosphorous and other ele- mentS
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
SAGE AND SULPHUR
 - DARKENs GRAY HAIR
Brush this through faded, IifeIsss locks and they become dark.
 glossy, youthful.

Hair that loses it's color and lustre. or when it fades turns gray, duh and lifeless, is caused by 8 lack of sulphur in the hair. Our grandmother made up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep her locks dark and beautiful and thousands of women and men who value. that even color, that beau tiful dark shade of hair which is % attractive. use only this old-time re- cipe.
 Nowadays, we get this famous mix ture by asking at any drug store for a 50-cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" which .darkens the hair so naturally, so evenly, that nobody can possibly tell it has been applied. Besides. it takes of dandruff, stops scalp itching and falling hair You just dampen a sponge .sor soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand nt a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; but what delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is that. besides beautifully darkening the hair after a few applications, it also brings back the gloss and lustre and gives 1t an appearance of abund- ance. s5f.s-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
EARLY FLOWING.
Msans the Crushing and Destroying ei
 Many Insects.

If you want to kill the army worms, cutworms. Hessian flies, grasshoppers, and other highly injurious insects. blow your fields this fall, says Prof. T. J. Talbot of the Missouri College of Agriculture. Fall blowing, disking and narrowing will break up the nests cells and protecting cases of many in- sects and expose them to the rigors of winter weather. This will completely destroy many of our most injurious in- sects and greatly diminish the num- bers of others.
 Fall blowing does not affect all in- sects alike, because they pass the win ter in the soil in different stages The grasshoppers and the corn root lice pass the winter in the egg stage; worms, and white grubs hibernate fin the soil in the worm stage: the fall army worms, corn-ear worms and garden web worms pass the winter in pupa or resting stage; and the click beetles, May beetles and potato bee ties hibernate in the soil as adult bee ties.
 Many insects are crushed and de. stroyed in their wintering stages by blowing and disking. Others are brought up nearer the surface and not being able to go deeper into the soi or to construct new cases are exposed to the ravages of birds and other ami mals. They are also subjected to ex- cessive cold and moisture, to alternate freezing and thawing, and are killed.
 Old wheat stubble fields, full of volun. teer wheat, weeds and grass, are now harboring Hessian flies, army worms cutworms. grasshopper eggs and plant lice, all of which may be destroyed by fall blowing. If these old stubble fields are not plowed until next spring, seri. ous injury may occur to corn, wheat and other crops in the neighborhood The Hessian flies coming from the vol. unteer wheat next spring may com. pletelY destroy late .soWn wheat
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
NEW BUILDING FOR FRANKLIN ST.
Triple Link Corporation Build for New Building Will be Awarded Today-New Boiler Room Completed at Hall Woolen MIls-Contractors Waiting for Plate Glass for TaftviIle Building.

The contract for the Triple Link corporation building was awarded this week by Architect C. H. Preston to H. Blackledge & Co., they being lowest bidders. The building has been hustled to it's present condition to take care of tenants who are compelled to move because of purchase of the Fox prop erty by the Hopkins & Allen>Arms Co.,, MT. Treat having already leased the new north store in this building. The frontage of the present section will be 40 feet and will be built to 53 feet in depth. Two stores are shown, each being about 19 feet in width, with IA feet story heights, plate glass fronts, prismatic toppings and Thorne metal corners and sill work, thus guarantee ing freedom from window condensa- tion. The floors are to be. double, the top floors of best quality maple and machine scraped. The ceilings are to be of metal and will be erected by c. E. Whitaker. Cruthers 6 Lillibridge will do the mason work. As the build ing is intended as part of the final large building to be built for the Odd Fellow lodges, the walls and the tim berings are made of proper strengths bylaws governing such four story buildings. The front brick will be roman size, buff, with iron spottings, as furnished by Warner Miller Co. of New Haven. It is hoped to have the work completed in time for immediate use by tenants. 4'SF
 To Award Contract Today.
 The contract for. new bakery for Emil M. Fox will be awarded at 10 o'clock this (Thursday) morning at the office of Architect Preston. The building is to be of brick, conforming to city bylaws, and made strong for 200 pounds per square foot It will be two stories in height, and there will be two large bread ovens on the first floor, of same capacity as those now in use by MT Fox, with a capacity of 5000 loaves at a baking The pastry oven will be on the second floor. Ev- cry point has been studied to make it a model bakery from sanitary stand point. The building is to be 40 feet by 57 feet, and two stories in height.
 MT. Fox is also having Architect Preston change over property acquired
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-20
WINTER DOESN'T STOP HENS FROM LAYING
Production Shows Increase in Eleventh
 Week Over Previous One.

The eleventh week of the laying contest at Storrs developed gain of 1So eggs over the previous weeks pro- amounted to 1852 eggs as compared with 1888 for the corresponding week last year and lacked only one and a half dozen of being just double the number of eggs laid in the corre- spending week two years ago.
 The five top pens for the week were all within four eggs of each other. A. ". Rumery's pen of Rhode Island Reds from Danville, N. H. won first honors with yield of A eggs. Two pens of White Wyandottes owned by Obed G. Knight, Bridgeton, R. I. and P. w. Backus, Chatham, Ont. tied for second place with 42 eggs each. Abel from Brierheld, Eng. and F. D. Clark's pen of Reds from Berlin, Conn. have tied for third place with 40 eggs each. Each year at the beginning of the contest considerable percent of the eggs collected are under standard small size have to be marketed as sec onds. The eggs, however. come up in size rather rapidly after the bullets begin laying. During the eleventh week a White Leghorn bullet from Saratoga Springs, N. Y~ laid the only
 
 counted out as being unmarketable. On the other hand a Rhode Island Red from Attleboro, Mass, two Reds from Terryville, Conn.,, Leghorn from Jacksonville. Vt, and a Leghorn from Windham, N. Y. all laid abnorm- ally large eggs weighing from 3 to 3 1-2 ounces each. Such eggs are, of course, desireable enough where they are consumed at home or when they can be disposed of locally. They are not, however, suitable for commercial purposes since all egg cases and other containers are designed for a stand ard product weighing "A ounces. to a dozen. If a shipper includes in his case the abnormally large eggs that are occasionally produced they are a1- most sure to be broken in transit.
 The three best pens in each of the principal breeds are as follows:
 Pen Plymouth Rocks.
 Jules F. Francais (Barred) W.
 Hampton Beach, L.. I. ...... 40 6 Fairhelds Farms, QBarred)
 Short Falls, N. H. ......... BOP 8 Oregon Agr. College, (Barred)
 Corvallis, Ore. .............. 2S5
 Wyandottes. 27 Tom Barron, Cwhite) catforth,
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