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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
NORTHEAST CORNyILLE

Guy Bartlett came from Harmony
with his goods the first OF last week
and arranged them in his home here
preparatory to leaving for Boston
the first of this week. After the
road was opened and goods placed
Mrs. Bartlett and little Lewis, who
had been stopping at Dana Cooley's,
Joined him for the remainder Of the
week in their old home. Sunday
they returned to Harmony to attend
to some business matters and took
the Tuesday morning train. Mr..
Bartlett's mother. Mrs Ada Kent,
came with them and Tuesday went to
Albert Whittier's at North Cornville
where she has employment. Mr.
Bartlett sold his hay on hand and
leased his farm while here.
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ATH

Mrs. Martha Menges has been
summoned to Portland by the illness
of her son W. II. Menges.
Hayden and Tibbetts, undertakers.
will carry a full line of undertaking
goods in the B. c. Taylor store.
Look next week for the notice OF
town meeting. 1t may not be till
March IL instead of March 5.
notwithstanding extreme cold and
blocked roads of February Il, few
came out to the morning church ser
vice and Sunday School and more In
the evening when an interesting pro-
gram on Lincoln was carried out.
February Is was more favorable and
Mr. Rawlins, a student of Colby and
president of Y. NJ. c. A.. who oceu-
pied the Methodist pulpit, February 4
was again persent and held close at
tention while he spoke in the morn
ing on Character Building and in
the evening on "The Challenge OF the
Present"
The Baptist Auxiliary was very
pleasantly entertained February IA
at the home of Mrs. Flora Judkins.
There was large attendance and an
interesting Lincoln program was
carried out. Under business, came
the appointment of a committee TO
serve the dinner town meeting day.
ARRANGEMENTS will be completed at
the next meeting which is to be held
February % with Mrs. Robert Hay
den and Mrs. Richard Clark.
Mrs. c. S Brayton and three child
rem have returned from their visit
with Mr.. Brayton and other relatives
in PENNSYLVANIA Mrs. Julia Bray
ton. who has been much missed in
church and Sunday School as we'll
as in the Brayton home during an
absence of nearly two years in Penn
sylyania. returned with them.
Miss Lillian Hurd who submitted
to an operation for appendicitis Jan.
%. is now able to sit up part OF the
time. Miss Alice Leighton is rapid
ly recovering from similar opera
ton at the Lewiston Eastern Maine
General Hospital.
Athens relatives are informed that
Ben S. Collins Jr. went to the Sisters
Hospital, Lewiston, Saturday Ior
surgical treatment.
Harold Corson and Harold Dunton
have employment at Sterlings mill
bingham Charles Dunton with his
team has employment there also.
Mrs. Lizzie Robinson is recovering
from her recent illness.
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'. =. NEWS OF :. >.
SOMERSET'S BUSY TOWNS
EAST ST.,ALRANS.

Mrs. Mabel Hilton of ST. Adams ell
tertained party of friends at her
home Wednesday afternoon of last
week The time was passed in a so
cial manner and refreshments OF
cake. coffee, sandwiches and eonfec-
tionery were served.
Mrs n K. Mower is working at
Nell Randall's in Ripley, helping take
care of Allie Randall who is sick with
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Nichols of Dexter
were visitors at J. L. Nichols Sun
day.
Mrs. Freeman Mills who has been
visiting in Sonora. Nova Scotia. Is
now at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Raymond of
Ripley were visitors in town over
Sunday.
Edgar Crocker was in Abbott Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Nutter were
visitors at Edgar Crocker's Sunday.
Grace Croker who is attending
the NJ. G. l., arrived home Monday
night
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EMBDEN LAKE

This week the selectmen have been
in session at Wilbert Walkers.
Miss Edna Berry spent the day
Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Bert
Barron.
The Misses Villa and Pearl Mulln
and Josephine Spencer made short
call at Fred Young's Thursday.
George Childs from Salem has been
visiting his nephew, Leslie Spencer
and family.
Miss Villa Mullen has gone to Mr..
Leonard Emery's for few days to
sew.
Frank Oxford caught a fox Satur-
day.
Mrs. Marion Copp who has been
sick is now improving
Miss Ina Rolfe spent Saturday
with her mother. Mrs. Belle Copp.
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Elyyn B. Richardson arrived home
last Saturday from a two weeks trip
to Massachusetts. While there, he
visited with Charles Cannon and
family in Everett and with his sister,
Mrs. Frank Bray, in North Brookfeld.
He also passed few days with Mrs.
Nina Mcclure and with relatives in
Dover and Rochester, n. II.
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SOUTH BIGHAM AND VICINITY

c. B. Gilman and Randall McQuil-
kin were at Bingham Friday
Susie McQuilkin is working for her
sister, Mrs. Harry French.
Alceans Cooley is at home from
Portland for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs E. T. Kelley are at
home from the woods.
Chester Berry is working at Blan-
chard
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NEW PORTLAND

The many friends of William
Farnum will be glad to learn he is
convalescent after a recent illness.
Harlow Haines, one of the Oldest
residents. is very Ill at this writing
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Bangs with
their two children, Marguerite and
Shirley were Sunday guests OF
friends on the New Portland Hill
road.
Fernwood Grange met in regular
session Saturday night with a good
attendance. A program consisting
of readings was presented by the
members. The topic discussed was
is 1t beneficial to this town to allow
3 per cent discount on all taxes paid
on or before July 1st." Question
was opened by John Dunlap and
lively discussion followed. At the
next meeting the question will be
What can New Portland do with her
roads. Leroy Luce will open this
discussion.
Will Saffords family has had con-
siderable sickness of late. Mrs. SAT-
ford has been Ill with the prevailing
cold while the two little girls, Vera
and Doris have had the chicken pox
in addition to the colds. All are
better now, however.
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Independent Reporter Co.
PROBATE NOTICES
To All Persons Interested In Either a
The Estates Hereinafter Named;

At Probate Court held at Skow he =
gan. in and for the County of Somer-
set, on the twentieth day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen and by
adjournment from day to day from
the second Tuesday of said February.
The following matters having been
presented for the action thereupon
hereinafter indicated, it is hereby
Ordered:
That notice thereof be given to all
persons interested by causing a copy
of this order to be published three
weeks successfully in the Independ-
emit Reporter a newspaper published
at Skowhegan in said County, that
they may appear at a Probate Court
To be held at Skowhegan on the
second Tuesday of March A. ID. 1917,
at nine of the clock in the forenoon,
and be heard thereon If they see
cause.
Lovipa McI<euDey, late of Jackman.
deceased. First and final account of
executors presented for allowance.
james O'HarO, late of Bingham de-
ceased. Petition for the appointment
of Maria NJ. Carney of Bingham, adj
ministIatrix presented by Wilbur
keene.
PHILO STEWARD.
Register.
a true copy.
Attest:
PHlLO STEWARD.
3wS Register.
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H4RTLAND

Dr. F. L. Wade from New Rich
mond, Wisconsin, formerly of Athens
was in town a few days last week
visiting his mother and sister Mrs.
+. H.. Haley of Hartland. He left
here to spend some time in the hos
pitfalls of New York City, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore.
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BROWNS CORNER-CANAAN

Fred Nichols and Ollie Lewis went
TO Cumberland Mill Monday. where
they will be employed. We regret
having our young men leave town.
Mrs. George Hubbard went to De-
troit Tuesday to meet her daughter
Miss Gladys Porter, who lives In the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Porter of Dixmont Miss
Porter will pass her vacation with
near relatives in town.
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MAINSTREAM

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Merrill visited
their daughter, Mrs. j. 5. Laughton, al
Ripley, Sunday.
Mrs. Allen Wing returned Saturday
night from the f. NJ, G. Hospital
where she has been for surgical
operation.
Several of the children in the local
ity are suffering with the whooping
cough.
w C. Burke expects to go to work
at Castle Harmony this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Austin OF
Cambridge spent the weekend with
Mrs. Austin's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
l. 2 Emery.
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CORNyIILE

The ladies of Wesserunsett Grange
will serve dinner in the banquet hall
on Town meeting day, Monday, Mar
fifth
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EAST SkOWHEGAN

cess. The family will remain here
for several months.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18

eggshell and we know it and Dick
erson knows it, Dickerson also said
the Western league made money. Oh,
my, yes.
If the Western league wants any
territory next year, it has all of Ok
lahoma. President Bell of the West
ern association has admitted that that
league has taken the big brode and
that its territory is open. The West
ern now can gobble up Oklahoma
City and Tulsa and kiss Hutchinson
and Denver farewell.
Joplin fans are all heated up be-
cause their franchise is threatened.
They say they will buy out John
Savage in order to retain the club.
Such advance talk is an old story
in base ball, but when it comes to
putting up the change, the large chat
ter is always subdued and the move
ment toward the pants pocket where
the bank roll is buried is always few
days late.
The Western league may not have
had a good season, but apparently
President Emerson w. Dickerson
did. Dickerson is now sporting an
automobile.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Wilbur Cooper Makes Neat
Record With Pirate Crew

Just how good a pitcher Wilbur
Cooper of the Pirates is is illustrated
by the fact that the star of the Smoky
City teams staff turned in seventeen
victories this year.
As he is charged with eleven de-
feats, he has an average Of .608, COM
piling this mark while pitching for a
team that finished in last place with
an average of .33l. Cooper alone won
nearly a third of the Pirates VIC
tories for them and would have made
an even more impressive record had
his support been better.
Only five pitchers in the National
league won more games this year
than Cooper did. They are Schupp,
Sallee, Alexander, Toney and Vaughn,
and with the exception of Vauhan
all were on first division clubs. Cooper
ably fills Al Mamaux's shoes as the
best of Pirate pitching corps.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
OMAHA GRAPPLER
DISTURBS QUIET
OF CHI MAT MEN
Marin Plestina Violates ALI
Rules d f Windy City Wrest-
ling by Offering to Meet
Anybody.

Marin Plestina, Omaha heavy
weight wrestler, is disturbing the
peace and calm of Chicago wrestling
circles.
Plestina hustled into Chicago the
other day, informed that city that he
was ready and willing to wrestle any
bonecrusher in the world and posted
$1,000 regular money to prove that
he meant business.
He also said something about
throwing Joe Stecher q times a
night, standing on a thin dime or in
a 24-foot ring, and for money, mar
bles or chalk.
Plestina is likely to get in bad in
Chicago. Windy City wrestlers usually
object to total strangers interfering
in their select circles and any wrestler
who really wants to wrestle is strict
ly taboo. They'll probably be so all
wrought up that they won't speak to
Marin on the street.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Cross-Country Run
And Volley Tourney
Planned by Y.M.C.A,

A cross-country run and business
mems volley call tournament con-
stitute the Thanksgiving program at
the Omaha Young Mems Christian
association.
The cross-country run is an annual
event. This will be the fifth turkey
day race. Any amateur runner in
Omaha is eligible to take part. A
number of the local endurance men
have entered the event and are prac-
ticing every day.
The distance of the run probably
will be in the neighborhood of three
miles and it will be run over the
streets of the city.
The business mems volley ball
event is a new stunt. Volley ball has
been growing in popularity at the
"Y" and number of teams play at
noon each day. Teams led by E. L.
Potter and George Long are leading
the field right now and are ranking
favorites to capture the turkey day
tourney
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
News Notes of Interest
to Western League Foms

The latest Western league gossip
is that Frank Isbell, disappointed at his
Wichita venture, will become Jack
Hollands partner at St. Joseph. Izzy
would manage the team and Holland
take care of the finances. Hollands
return to St. Joseph is practically
cinch as Jack has announced he will
stick to the Mizzou village despite
his seeming unpopularity there.
Tex Jones, veteran first sacker, is
a prospective purchaser of the Wich-.
lta franchise, report says. Jones re-
Gently became little short of mil
lionaire owing to fortunate ventures
in oil. Wichita is his home town so
the chances are there is an element
of truth to the report Jones recently
bought $4,000 worth of Liberty
bonds, which is going some for a
ball player.
The Central association has a crouch
against the Western. Be it remem-
bered, the Central awaited in the mid
die of the summer. Western league
clubs signed few of the Central
stars. Des Moines, for instance, got
Payne, Higgins, Stanley and Murphy.
Now Des Moines has reserved these
players. SO has the Central associa-
ton. President Ford of the latter
league believes the Western should
pay for these athletes if it intends
to keep them. The Western, having
obtained them for nothing, is disin-
clined to see the justice of this view.
President Dickerson, i'll Indiana,
submitted to an interview in which
he insisted til: Western league is
solid as rock. This, you will note,
was given out in Indiana. 1t couldn't
have beensdone out here; the West
ern league is about as solid as an
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
CROWD OF 10000
aim FOR FUNSTON.
DODGE GRID GAME
Omaha Committee Hopes to
Add $4,000 to Army Ath-
Ietic Fund; to Improve
Creighton Field.

A crowd of 10000 and total receipts
of $4,000 is the aim of the Omaha
committee making preparation for
the foot ball clash between teams
representing Camp Funston and
Camp Dodge at Creighton field De-
cember /.
The committee, headed by Vincent
c. Hascall, is making extensive plans
for this game. Creighton field will
be almost completely remodeled. 1t
is expected improvements to the field
for this game alone will total more
than $1,000.
Seats are to be erected on all sides
of the field. A huge grandstand seat
ing 5000 will be erected on the east
side of the field and bleachers seat.
ing 1000 each will be built on the
north and south sides. Additional
grandstand will be added to the
stands on the west side of the field.
The total seating capacity will be
5000.
Prices will be reasonable. Even
though the game will no doubt be the
greatest ever seen in the Missouri
valley and all the receipts will go
into the army athletic fund, prices
of admission will be no more than
at valley university games. They
will be much lower than charged at
big foot ball games in the east.
The game will be the first big foot
ball conflict in Omaha since Ne
braska and Minnesota met at Rourke
park a decade ago and the Omaha
committee has high hopes that
Omaha foot ball fans will do them
selves proud in attending the event.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
East Goes Crazy Over Omaha Lad
Playing on Newport Naval Eleven

Jimmy Gardiner former Omaha high school and Nebraska university
foot ball player being called one of the best line pungers the
knew the where Jimmy of
playing fulback Cupid Blacks Newport training school
This the which cleaned Percy Haughtons from
Camp Devens and
such players Cupid Cornell
Callahan of Yale Edward of Notre
bled.
Gardiner is the regular fulback games
New York and other critics him
GARDENERS quite
has turned dozens of gidiron superior
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Big ELEVENS TO
REST THIS WEEK
No Games for Nebraska and
Creighton This Week; High
School Conflicts Only Are
Scheduled.

Nebraska and Omaha loot ball fans
must content themselves with high
school foot ball this week. No uni
versity or college games are carded,
The Cornhuskers spend this week in
rest before tackling the powerful
Syracuse eleven Thanksgiving. Creigh-
ton also takes rest before clashing
with Wyoming university on turkey
day.
There is no rest ahead for Central
High, however. Mulligan's men face
one OF the toughest teams on their
schedule. They battle the heavy Nor
folk team which held Lincoln to a
low score. Central High is expected
to emerge victorious from this con-
fict, but Mulligan's men will have tc
show their best to turn the trick.
South High also is scheduled to play
this week. The Packertown lads
have a date with University Place
Thursday. The game will be played
at University Place,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18

81 talked to some of the Michigan
men after the game" said Young,
They told me Nebraska had one OF
the greatest teams of individual stars
that had ever played at Ann Arbor,
But they said that after 10 minutes
of play they knew every move Ne
braska intended to make. Nebraska S
0ystem of signals was so simple, they
said, that they solved the play as soon
as the quarterback called the signal
and the result is they got the man
with the ball before he could get
started"
No Mudcleets.
The other explanation comes from
Lincoln and Lincoln sources say this
comes direct from the players. 1t is
that the Cornhuskers went into that
game without any mudcleets. Ferry
field was a sea of mud. 1t had been
raining all week and was raining at
game time, but the Huskers were
sent into the game without mudcleets.
Michigan, of course, was equipped.
Froemke, the Michigan man who
recovered Schellenberg's tumble and
Gprinted the length of the field for
!; touchdown, is not fast man, say
the Nebraska players and they say
Schellenberg or Mcmahon or Cook
could have run him down if they had
not slipped hopelessly about in the
mud because of the lack Of mud
elects.
1t might also be mentioned that
Michigan has one of the best elevens
in the country, which may have had
something to do with it, and Hurryup
Yost doesn't have to give ground to
any coach in the country and in these
modern days the coach is about half
the battle.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Iowa Supplies Ambulance
Unit With Gridir0n Suits

The University of Iowa has sup
piled its ambulance unit in the train
ing camp at Allentown, Pa, with foot
ball uniforms and other athletic equip
ment. The university authorities re-
port that the big American game"
has come into great popularity among
the college men in the camp and Iowa
feels that it has to maintain its pig
skin prestige no matter where it may
be represented. The Iowans recently
defeated Purdue in one of the camp
games
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18

Marhsi entered into negotiation.
with Jack Curley, Zbyszko man
ager, as soon as Waldeck was ex-
empted from army service. Curley at
first demanded a $4,000 guarantee with
the privilege of percentage of the
gate, but Marfsi greeted this demand
with large gutfaw and offered Curley
a fiat guarantee of $4,000, or a per-
centage without guarantee. Curley
accepted the terms.
Caddock also has accepted terms.
Marhsi originally hoped to stage
the match Thanksgiving day, but Cad
dock was suddenly taken i'll again
and rushed to Rochester, Mimi, for
an operation. This, of course, neces-
STATED cancellation of any matches
for the immediate future.
Hope for Early Bout.
Earl however, has promised Mar.
fist lie will tackle Zbyszko as soon as
his physicians permit. 1t is believed
the operation at Rochester will make
this possible within few weeks and
that the bout will be staged before
the first of the year.
Caddock has taken part in a num-
ber of matches since he won the title
from Joe Stecher, but this will be his
first real big one. Zbyszko is one of
the first four or five wrestlers in the
country and a real championship con-
tender. He has been cleaning UP in
the east and Curiey, his manager. is
confident he will be the next champ.
Zbyszko was drafted by Uncle Sam
and served a few days at Camp
Devens, but finally obtained his dis
charge.
The match will be the first Marfsi
will have promoted in Omaha. Here
tofore Carl has been Gene Melady's
assistant and financial man, but this
time Carl will go it alone on the
promoting end.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Benny Leonard to Fight
Kirk Before Denver Club

Denver, Colo, Nov. IA permit
for the boxing match between Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion, and
Sailor Kirk of Denver for Thanksgiv-
ing eve here was granted by Dewey
c. Bailey, city manager of safety, de-
spite several protests filed against the
exhibition.
Mr.. Bailey said among the protests
only one was from clergyman and
he considered Leonard's trip through
the west a patriotic affair, inasmuch
as Leonard is lieutenant in the
United States army, has been granted
permission for the trip by army au-
thorities and part of the proceeds are
to be devoted to patriotic causes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Johnny TiI|man to Give
Share of Purse to Red Cross

Johnny Tillman, the Philadelphia
boxer, is the originator of scheme
to help out Uncle Sam that other box
ers might copy with credit. Tillman
is the sole support of a widowed
mother and sisters. For this reason
he cannot get into the big fight him
self. Visiting the Philadelphia office
of the American Red Cross the other
day, he pledged himself to contribute
to the organization 5 per cent of
every purse he receives during the
continuation Of the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Tigers and Giants May
PLAY in Sprinq, After All

Though it was announced from De-
troit that there would be no exhibi-
ton series next spring between the
Tigers and Giants, such as was played
last spring, it seems that John Nc
Graw, now that Comiskey has decid-
ed not to play, wants to tackle the
Tigers again, and series may yet be
arranged. The series last spring went
big and had it not been for the un-
fortunate row between Ty Cobb and
Charley Herzog would have been vot-
ed a success.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Gun Club to Hold Big
Turkey Shoot SUNDAY

The Omaha Gun club will hold its
regular shoot on the grounds at the
east end of the Douglas street bridge
Sunday afternoon, the change being
that this will be turkey shoot for
turkeys, geese and ducks. A scheme
has been devised whereby new shoot
ers will have chance at the poultry.
A committee has been selected to do
the handicapping. The Adams trophy,
in which considerable interest has
been manifested by the members, will
be shot for all Sunday afternoon.
Tuesday evening the members of
the club will meet at the Nebraska
Awning company offices, Twelfth and
Farnam streets, when directors will be
selected.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Joe Finds Managing
Wrestler is No Cinck

Joe Stecher has discovered that
successful wrestler does not al
ways make a successful manager
and has tired of trying to conduct
his own business affairs, It's said in
reports from Dodge.
Joe Coffey, veteran wrestling
impressario of Chicago, who has
been mixed up with mat affairs in
the Windy City for many years. is
said to be the man Stecher has
chosen to become his manager.
After the er-Plestina match
in Omaha Labor day. Stecher and
Joe Hetmanek, who had served as
Stecher's business agent ever since
Joe won the championship, parted.
and Stecher announced he would
handle his own business.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18
Omaha Gun Club Seeks
New Quarters: Nav BuV

The Omaha Gun club must seek
new quarters.
The grounds just across the muddy
Missouri which have been used by the
gunners are to be plated for sale
and the gun club must move.
1t is hoped to find FIVE or 10 acres
near Omaha suitable for gun club
purposes. The club may have to pur-
chase a site and in case it does
will erect new club house, install
new traps and perhaps even put in
a putting green for golf enthusiasts.