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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-04-19
SOUTH BINGHAM AND VICINITY

Ernest kiger has moved his family
into Fred Browns house in Scion.
Winthrop Goodrich. from flock of
eleven sheep has seventeen lambs,
thirteen of which are ewes.
Charles Gilman celebrated his 80th
birthday on Wednesday Of this week.
Mr.. Gilman is in good health and
still cares for his large flock of sheep
numbering about hundred. Win
throp Goodrich is shearing them this
week
Miss Loantha Pike of Cornville is
teaching in the Baker district in
Scion. This Is the first time for
several years that there has been a
school here. Miss Pike boards at
Fred Drury's
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STATE OF MAINE
IIIIVTStl, SS.
Supreme judicial Court
In Equity
WILFRED e. HACKETT
THE MILBURN COMPANY

MILD VI tOMIf
Wilfred E. Hackett of Skowhegan
In the County of Somerset and State
of Maine complains against The Mil
burn Company. a corporation duly eY-
listing by law and located at SAID
Skowhegan, and says:
l. The plaintiff is stockholder
and officer, VIZ, President of The Mil
burn Company aforesaid.
2 At a meeting of the stockholders
of said corporation legally called
therefor and held at said Skowhegan
on the seventeenth day of March 1917.
the said stockholders voted Ia dis
solve said corporation.
g. There are no existing liabilities
against said corporation and no eI-
listing assets thereof requiring dis
tribution among the stockholders.
WHEREFORE. the plaintif prays:
/. That said defendant corporation
may be dissolved and terminated
.. That the plaintin may have such
other and further relief as the nature
of the case may require.
8 That such notice OF this bill may
be given to the defendant corporation
as the Court may see fit to order.
March 10. 1917.
WILFRED f. HACKETT
President of The Milburn Company.
G. w. Cover,
Solicitor.
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BRIGHTON

Mrs. Elba Walker who has been at
the Skowhegan Hospital for the past
six weeks, remains about the same.
Frank Bryant has bought the place
known as the Ezra Cook place and
has moved there.
Will Sherburn from Aroostook
county, is visiting his mother Mrs
Eta Kinney
Mrs. Sadie Brasier and little grand
daughter Mona are home from Abbott
where they have been the past win
ter.
Ivan Foss of Abbott was in town
Thursday of last week
Mrs Isola Decker and son Murray
returned home from Skowhegan Sat
urday night where they have been
visiting Mrs. e. A. Decker for the past
few weeks.
Tom Farrin is in Waterville visit
ing friends and relatives.
School begins next Monday with
Miss Lottie Reed of Athens as teach
err.
Grace Jones is working for Mrs. T
j. Jones
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EAST SkOWHEGAN
(DEFERRED)

IDET EtftFIJI
Mrs. Ella F. Raymond is helping
her daughter Mrs. Algie Davis.
Mrs. Christopher Church and Mrs
Edison Church were callers in town
Monday.
Reuel Austin is saving wood
around Canaan.
G. w. Church has contracted to
saw about ninety cords of wood for
Fred Ames of Foster HILL.
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ORDER OF NOTICE

ORDER OF NOTICE
Upon the foregoing bill 1T Is
ORDERED that hearing be had
thereon at the Court House iR Au-
gusta In the county of Kennebec. on
May 9Th 1917, at ten o'clock. a Al.
and that notice thereof be given by
serving the clerk OF said corporation.
in hand, true and attested copy OF
this bill and the order of notice there
on thirty days at least before the
date of said hearing, and by publish
ing like copy in The Independent
Reporter newspaper published At
Skowhegan in the county OF Somer-
set, three weeks successfully, the last
publication to be fourteen days n
east before said date OF hearing, that
all persons interested may then and
there appear and show cause. IL any
they have, why the prayer of said bill
should not be granted.
Dated this twenty-third day Of
March A. d. 1917
WARREN c. PHILBROOK
Justice Supreme judicial Court.
a true copy of bill and order ~
court thereon
Attest: w. r. SEEKINS Clerk
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Another Operation Avoided.

female troubles that going up stairs had go very slowly
my steps, sit down at the to rest The
thought should have operation and friends
thought would not live into house My daughter
E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound she had
taken with good results did weakness disappeared
gained in strength moved into home do all kinds garden
hundreds chickens and ducks cannot
enough in praise of Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound Mrs
M. O. JOHNSTON, Route d, Box 1870, Richmond, Ind
OF course there are many serious that only
surgical operation will relieve We freely acknowledge
this but the above letters and many others like them,
amply prove that many operations are recommended when
medicine in many cases is all that is needed.
If YOU want special write to Lydia E. Pnkham Medi
Lynn. Mass Your letter will be opened,
read and answered q
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ter, before going to her work in
Rome.
The trained nurse who has been
caring for Mrs. Clyde Dunton, re-
turned to Lewiston Monday.
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GooManu
Operations
The Right Medicine IN Many Cases
Does Better than the Surgeons
Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.


Des Moines, Iowa.-"My husband says would
have been in my grave today had It not been for
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound suf-
fered from serious female trouble and the doctors
said could not live one year without an operation.
My husband objected to the operation and had me
try Lydia Z. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound. i
soon commenced to get better and am now well
and able to do my own homework / can recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
any woman as wonderful health restorer."-Mrs.
BLANCHE JEFFERSON, 703 Lyon St., Des Moines, Iowa
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STATE OF MAINE

Somerset, ss.
March 10Th A. d. 1917.
Then personally appeared Wifred
F.. Hackett and made oath that he
has read the above bill and knows the
contents thereof. and that the same is
true of his own knowledge except the
matter stated to be on information
and belief and that as to those mat
ters he believes them to be true.
Before me,
GEO. w. COVER
Justice of the Peace
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MERCER

Mrs. H. NJ Ellis is spending few
days in Norridgewock with her daugh-
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NOTICE

Skowhegan. April IL. 1914
My wife and family having left my
bed and board without just cause
After this date 1 shall pay no debts
contracted by any of them.
3w15' ALEXANDER GOULETT
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TItpXIE

Harold and Bonnie Holmes went to
work on the railroad Monday.
Mrs Edward Berry was the guest
of her daughter Mrs. Roy Badger one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Campbell and
family are guests at his home in Fair
field
Mrs. Helen York returned home
Saturday after spending the week in
Wateryille
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Iorl hopinson, July oIils l5los
eve have used Fruit-a-tives in
our house for over three years and have
always found them a good medicine.
Our lille girl, Hattie, soas troubled witA
Kidney Disease. The Doctor said she
was threatened with Dropsy. Herlimbs
and body were all swollen and we began
to think she could not live. Finally, we
decided to try "Fruit-a-tives" She
began TO show improvement after ne had
given her a /ew tablets. In short time,
the swelling had all gone down and her
flesh began to look more natural. Now
she is the healtAieat one in the family
and has no signs of the old ailment.
We can not say too much for "Fruit-a-
tivcs" and would never be without
themo
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EAST POND ROAD-OAKLAND

Frank Rowe of Smithfield has re-
Gently purchased a COW of Fred
Wiley of Mercer.
Linwood Frederic Of Norridgewock
was a week end guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Erwin Palmer.
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,IACkM AN

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Henderson who
have had charge of the boarding
house for the Jackman Lumber Co.
have finished their work there and
will open up their sporting camps at
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BROWNS CORNER-CANAAN

Fred Nichols is working for Onel
Salisbury baling hay.
Sylvester Whitehouse, whose illness
has been previously reported, has not
been as well during the past few
days.
Fred Barnes who has been confined
to the house for several weeks is
much improved.
Wilder Fernald who has been pass
ing a week in the home of Mrs. Eva
Sewell, returned to his home in
Lowell, Mass, Monday.
Nathan Jackson of Skowhegan is
in the vicinity saving wood with his
gasoline outfit
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Purington
were in South Canaan Sunday visiting
her mother. Mrs. Carolyn Goodridge.
Mrs, Blanche Ogden has gone to
Corson's Corner in Cornville where
she is teaching. Mrs. Ogden is an
experienced teacher having taught in
this district eighteen terms.
Mrs. Ellen Barnes received the sad
intelligence last week that her faith
er Nathaniel Hall, had passed away
at his home in San Predo, Cal, aged
81 years. His remains were taken
to Los Angeles for burial.
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SOMERSET SS

Clerks Office. Sup. Jud Court.
Received and filed 18th day of March
A. ID. 1917
Attest: w. T. SEEKINS. Clerk
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WILLIAM WARREN.

boc. box, 6 for $3.50, trial size, 25c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid On
receipt fprice by Fruit-a-tives Limited,
Ogdensburg, New York.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29
Accepted Rules Used

The mnnner ln which tho demon
s'rattou was conducted ,onfotmrl cs-
scntally to the accepted rules Tor
economy runs Hy setting 3sde a
certain 1ry on which 10 make me
test. II was possible TO get weather
conditions which struck AN average
for the entire country As IL hap
pcned during the day many points a
the middle west and Atlantic coast
had rain and wet roads 20 contend
with while on the Rocky molutlIus.
in the greater part OF the Mississippi
valley and iu some Of the sputh"rH
Atlantic states high winds we're
prevalent most of the time iu order
TO offset any advantage OF wind or
grade. II was required that cats dlu-
Die back over the same sottrse tray
cl,d iu the outward trip and iu so
doing u was planned TO nave the run
terminate as nearly as possible at
the same points as that from which
the start was made
All preparations. such ds mcJsur-
ing the one gallon supply OK CONNER
cial gasoline. inspection OF tEt scpar-
ate gasoline containers and cpuu,c-
tlous taking readings OF the speed
omctcr and checking the car To- see
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29
DO We Need n Bull Run?

The SNUG ComplaCCnCy with which,
even now. many Americans seem to
regard our position in the present
world conflict is suggestive Of that
which existed In many parts OF the
north during the earlier stages OF our
own ClNil war. II was not until the re-
verse ~ Bull Run that northerners be-
came thorolv aroused to the fact that
we were fighting "foemeu worthy of
our steel and that the union army,
ms hitherto constituted, was far from
iuViucihlc, Then the north woke up
I'm earnest. when President Lincoln,
In October OF 1868, having two and n
half years previously called for and
obtained 100000 men. issued a call
tor 100000 volunteers to take the
places of those whose enlistmcnts had
expired, the seriousness of the stu
alton had been sufficiently impressed
upon this northern section OF the
country. We know not in detail what
difficulties were encountered in rails
ing the union armies to the requisite
strength, nos does that matter much
now. We do know that they were
raised, and that they performed tho
gigantic task which had been set for
them Manchester Union.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29
USE FOREIGN TRADEMARKS
Many German Goods are Labeled
"Niadc In Switzerland"

To show something of the inten-
tions of Germans in commercial life
and the deep hold that they are get
ting in Switzerland. the following ex-
amples are Illuminating; Messrs.
Haussen II Studt OF Hamburg, who
have "A branch at Often. in Switzer-
land. have registered a trademark in
Berne. 1t is called "Tell-Marke" ana
reproduCes the monument of william
Tell at Altorf Another German firm,
Messrs. Andreas Schilli x Co, manu-
facturers of scythes. has recently reg
sitered it's trade mark, representing
n classic Swiss scene, taking the
oath at Grutli.
The French-Swiss press is up IN
arms about II. AS one deputy re-
marked, the Germans have plenty to
choose from for emarks-tne
sinking of the Lusitania, the murder
OF Miss Edith Cavell or even the he
roic profile of the kaiser. For scythes
1t would be highly appropriate and
suggestive to choo\e from their own
history-the devastation of northern
France and Belgium.
They send their raw material 20
Switzerland, turn out their products
and label Il for trade MADE in Switz-
erland." clever way, according TO
their way of reasoning, of getting
their goods taken by the allies.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29
EFFICIENCY TEST OF FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR
RESULTS IN WORLD RECORD FOR MILEAGE

One hundred and seventy ninc tele-
gtams. directed 10 the Franklin fac
tory at Syracuse. all stating how far
n Franklin car Travelled on one gallon
Of gasoline on Friday. July ~. make
up In the aggregate, a complete story
OF present-day motor car thrift. that
is national In It's significance.
These kilograms gave the report OF
the national efficiency d"nuustra-
ton conducted by Franklin dealers m
practically every section of the couu-
try. and recorded grand average of
403 miles on single gallon Of Ea7p-
line. Most notable among tn" runs
was the one at New Haven. Conn,
where Cowles Tolman established a
new worlds record for a stock ear
hy running S2s miles On one gallon
OF gasoline. Detroit registered t'o-
oud with record Of 7l.G mites. Ak
ron third. with i9.i miles. and Me
ridcu. Conn, fourth. with G9.3 miles
Fighty-sN Of the l79 entrants hud
individual averages Of better than
forty miles There were 10 Franklin
cars which did between fifty and s,N y
miles on a gallon. and even such an
unusual mileage as sixty was -N-
cecdcd by hiN dealers
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29
TIME is AGAINST GERMANY
To Defeat II Has Been kaiscr's Aim
Prom the start.

,......,. .t,,iysr
I'h'' runs ''''''' 90 '''
Germany II Wa 20 dricat uin' 'h''
Germany chose m, -ummer uf 1914
g.. ..,,i,. ., c.r,lusi,.s with
i'' '''' ,....
RUSSIA. IN ah"'hfi "''''' ''"''''
mIght be too strong 20 Doe readily ais
,o..t ~ Tn. supreme importance 10
.,.',.... ,t,.., .,...,.,,,,,,
''' '''"' VI
,ur the ul'lWdtdm tp FRANCE "hu Tue
Invasion OF Belgium. Icatng time
.,..... ,,,, ,,,.ctt,. .f tho unr.sirirfed
., -.
,u uih'Iln. ""i ''4 '''', n' n'''~'' ''''
Ih!ltH Sea't' Ii." ,Ht wa, ,............
'iaNt ,h' ht4'1 li'l' an" .''' NAM
done Tor I'"t. "iii "'I'A. "I "u'-
WI 'hr -n"I''i ''''.' WI" .".
ih' 10 NUNS 7'I '.-lh OF i''"7''' ''
"id hilng inc amer %" '''. I"."
the u'ip, ii VII. ."""u'' H'9.' ''','
among Germany ''h''a ."l .'I'''.''
y I,'d 20 ap"7''s '7. N"' ~
coming I'"'l"-N .'', 'h"l ''''
tii's VII. h''t '.r ...' 'H'' '''.''
i.ute.I h.tH' nave ''. 'i"u "' '"
terms iu mo lt'' H1'H "' I"' 10. .'.' '''l
or iN' early gay "' 'h' I,|"'"'' .l'
hardly now. \ ''l'ii'H uiN, "' lh'
n'1lt "i RUSSIA 100" W""I' Only
harden ihc fussi"h splIl'
u was p"sslh.', HHIlhS 'n' HpiihF
months. ih1i the Submarine 'Iu! Eh
would 'hht. thc i'."I"''n OF 'h' ''-
Hes. Hui 1lro'Iy lhr s"'l' lle mas
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29

hat (, contormed 20 the standard
fyrc. we're conducted by two official
Observers. Before the start Of the
test. the engine was run until an the
gasoline ln the carhurctor was cN-
hausied. after which tho single gallon
Supply fOr the tcst was added. This
hitter operation was one that In many
occasions called for a word OF eau
ton Tor the participants 10 avoid
rl'urE even O. few drops for as tho
driver might remark. "lt only takes a
drnp or 80 20 mean several lundred
feet for u.s. Each car was accom-
lrWcd ou the trip hy both observers,
no 90 the conclusion made aff-
dIylts 20 the correctness of tho result
$50 professional contest driver took
Iut iu me demonstration.
Basis for Comparison.
Realizing the wide public interest
ir the efficient operation of motor
ctl' ot this time Franklin dealers
settled on this gasoline mileage test
standard by which the efficiency or
tAuu Of the Franklin car can Ice
gagged. The cuIcf aim OF tho Frank.
Nu 1cmOnstrttiDu Is 10 furnish d siui-
pie and equitable basis of comparison
between ono ctr aud another, Iua5-
much as the procedure OF the test
can readily be- followed in an cases,
whatever the type Of ear. Scientific
men very generally accept gasoline
economy as q measure OF motor car
on the principle that any
thing that affects the proper runuug
of e cas- eventually shows Up iu sasu-
line consumption. II has long been
the belief OF Franklin engineers that
Z an|Ins fIuE only a.llH
fuel economy. Tut II can be taken as
"a measure Of operating cost in gem
eral As We'll ~ the lasting qualities
OF the car.
When the time Of the Franklin
demonstration. Friday. july 10. was
many people pointed 70
tho 300 oWens which this combination
of day and date bore out; yet. judging
froil the results. the evidence rs all
against any "hoOdOO" powers being
IS -rtcd against the Franklin records
on he contrary. the figure "l3' has
always been mark of good fortune
20 the Franklin IN the many demon
stratlOns iu which II has participated,
even back as far as the first G'iuden
tours and the early economy runs,
when "l3" was always the chosen
number OF the winning Franklin en-
traut
similar dem lustrations Ot Franklin
efficiency and thrift We.c conuucted
In 1914 and 1915. in which the re-
~uectlyc national averages were %
miles per gallon for - cars, aad - !
miles per gallon for 1871 cars. rms
wear. az practically all poluts ptttcI-
uatins 100 previous tests. former aver
ages were eNcce led by series Frank
lin cars hy 20 10 % per cent.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29
AUTOMOBILE AND TIRE INDUSTRIES
MANUFACTURE GOVERNMENT STANDARDS

Many automobile and tire industries
are volunteering their services to the
government ana are arranging TO
manufacture motor trucks and acces-
sories, according TO government stand
ards, James Newton Gum, president
OF tho United States Tire company,
announces that one Of the many go,-
ernment services being performed by
the company is the manufacture OF
the demountable solid truck tire with
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29

cordance with the recommendations
of the truck standards division OF the
society OF automobile engineers.
Advantages of Standardization In
connection with the motor transport
department were quickly recognized
by the United States Tire company.
Altho extensive alterations in factory
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29

equipment were necessary to meet the
requirements, the United States Tire
company promptly arranged to man
ufacture this tire in its factories.
'1n its report, the society of auto
motive engineers states that the stand
ardlzation of the demountable solid
truck tire equipment for military
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29

standardized steel fastenings.
standard specifications for one and
a half ton and and 3 ton gasoline mo-
tor trucks have been issued by the
quartermaster's department, says Mr..
Gum. designating among other
items the standardization of the steel
fastenings for dcmountable motor
truck tires. These standards We're
prepared by tho motor transport
board Of the war department. In ac-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29

trucks is probably another milestone
in the work OF that society, and while
this standard Is limited for the pres
ent to purely military vehicles, the
system is so rational that II is prob
able that the same practice will
spread into commercial applications
as we'll"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-10
NUTMEG STATE LEADS
Connecticut Still Holds Record
for Inventive Genius.
Uncle Sans Figures Show That One
Out of Every 1902 Inhabitants
Secured Patent In 1916.

Uncle Sans official figures show that
Connecticut continues to lead the union
in the number of its inventors. That
keen Yankee inventive talent, which
gave to Connecticut the nickname of
1.-The wooden nutmeg state" secures to
the little New England state primacy
in every annual report of the commits
sioner of patents as the state where
there are more inventors than in any
other state of the Union.
This record is borne out in the an
nual report for the year 1916, just filed
with congress by Thomas Ewing, com
missioner of patents. During the year
1,112 patents were granted to Connecti-
cut inventors, or one to every LOOP in.
habitants.
The other extreme is represented by
the state of Mississippi. During the
year only Ill patents were granted to
Mississippians, or one to every 16,19O
inhabitants. For the territory OF
Alaska four patents were issued, one
for every 16,0S9 inhabitants. The Phil.
ippines made the lowest record for in.
ventive genius among the outlying pos.
sessions. Only six patents were issued
during the year to persons in the Phil.
Ippines, or one for every 1,272,571 il.
habitants.
There is a wide disparity of inven-
tive talent in the different states, it ap.
pears from the report. For example,
the proportion of inventions to popula-
ton in some of the states during the
year follows:
Indiana-One for every 2,723 inhab.
itants.
Ohio-One for every 1888 inhabi.
tants.
Kentucky-One for every 1,76O in.
habitants.
Colorado-One for every 1,76O inhab-
itants.
Florida-One for every 4,OS2 inhab-
itants.
Montana-One for every 1869 inhab-
itants.
Nebraska-One for every 3,129 in
habitants.
Washington state-One for every l.
464 inhabitants.
Idaho-One for every 3,134 inhab-
itants.
Pennsylvania-0ne for every 1885
inhabitants.
Michigan-One for every 1889 in
habitants.