The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-03

good potato ground north of Sunset
Cemetery that he offers to anyone
who wishes to plant potatoes provid-
ed that one ton per acre of good fer
tilizer is used on 1t and the crop is
taken care OF.
Miss Helen Badger who has been
sick with the, measles, is now slow
ly improving.
/ Roscoe and; Luther Marshall have
enlisted, passed the final examina-
lions and have gone to Augusta They
are sons of Mrs. Marshall who is at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Walk
err.
Ambrose Sprague returned home
from Waterviile Saturday, where he
had spent week with his son Aus
tin.
Charles Moore who has been in
California during the past winter and
spring has returned to his farm be-
low the village.
Much credit should be given our
Boy Scouts who last week did some
thing toward cleaning up our village
when they swept the iron bridge that
crosses the Carrabassett This should
be appreciated by drivers of automo-
biles and horses as there were nails
and glass and debris of all kinds
strewn the length. The Bo yScout
movement is steadily growing and
growing more valuable each year and
North Arson has reason to be very
proud of her organization for they are
on hand when needed.
Thursday afternoon of last week
there was strike in the box mill of
the North Arson Manufacturing
Company, WHEN 81 men demanded
or, aF ha
pany could not yield to their demand
so the men received their pay and
left the mill The men were allow
ed to return If they desired and after
day or two d large per cent of them
went back to, work.
Mrs. Bradbury. superintendent Of
schools, has completed the school cen
sus in the towns comprising the I'M
| ion This work necessitates the taxi
ing of all who draw school money,
the children between the ages of five
md twenty-one years.
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Walker had
twenty-three callers last Sunday at
their home on the south side of the
Carrabassett.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Trenton were
| visiting In EGl5den Sunday.
The Mark Emery school entertain
ment is Friday evening, May 4.
The rural delivery mail carriers
are now making their trips after the
forenoon mail comes in
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Savage had for
visitors Monday, Dwight Boynton of
Madison and Henry Savage and Bert
Savage of New Portland.
David Bailey and family are NOV
ing into the, Bailey house on Elm
street, the rent formerly occupied by
Allen Cleveland
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Emery have
returned from their trip to Virginia.
Prof. T. Ii Patterson of Kingston
University, Ontario, and Mrs Patter-
son, are visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. r. b. Patterson
Mrs NJ A. Games and Mrs Austin
Eames were visiting in Skowhegan
Monday and Tuesday
Fred Magoon. representing the
Scion creamery, was in town Tues
day on business
Earl Mitchell arrived home Monday
night, after spending the winter in
Worcester Mass. On his way home
he stopped off in Portland and visited
his uncle Eugene Mitchell and friends
In the city. He will be chauffeur for
his uncle, H. b. Merry during the
summer.
D. NJ Marshall and family of Oak
land were visiting relatives here over
Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Kennison and family NOV
ed into the Methodist parsonage Tues
day. Mr.. Kennison occupied the pull
pit Sunday morning for the first time
and took for his text 81 Am Here
Mrs. Nellie Paul of Scion and her
little daughter and niece were visit
ing at Stephen Morin's Sunday.
Selectman Pullen who has charge of
the roads in this section of the town,
has been scraping and otherwise i'm
proving them during the past week.
Mr.. Henry A. Atkinson of Boston
who was to speak at Carrabassett
Hall next Wednesday evening. will
be unable to- come to Maine at this
time, having been called to Washing
ton, d. c., on important business.
One of the most noteworthy meet
ings of the year was held Sunday
evening in the Congregational Church
when w. c. Robinson gave a lantern
slide lecture on Alaska. The fine
collection of slides used was prepared
by Dr. s. Hall Young. the veteran
missionary to Alaska of the Presby-
terrain Church, an old friend of Mr.
Robinsons. The slides could scarce
lly have answered the purpose better
II they had been prepared at Mr. Rob-
inson's order, so familiar did he show
himself with the scenes and so many
glimpses did they give of work with
which he had been connected. Both
churches united in this service and
the church was filed. Mr.. Robin
son was at his best and the large au-
dience OF friends and neighbors lis
tened fascinated to the witty COM
ments and the kindly bits of philoso-
ply so characteristic of the man. OF
especial interest were the pictures of
White Horse and Cordova, both of
them towns Tor which Mr.. Robinson
had stood sponsor, and the picture of
the great bridge of the Copper River
Railroad with the buildings of which
Mr.. Robinson, had had SO much to do,
as readers of Rex Beach's Iron Trail"
may remember. The only thing re-
GREETED was that Mr. Robinson's mod
esty prevented him from telling more
about his own experience in Alaska.
soLoN
About thirty-five members of Scion
Lodge |. o. o. F. and twenty-five men,
bers of Northern Light Rebekah