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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF HEARING
APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS
TIE 81 VIE DE- TENAs


Notice IS hereby given. 10 whom
concerned. that the Rio Grande Valley
Farms Company a corporation uOml-
ciled at Fl PasOs Texas, acting BY and
through a.. NJ Newman. who sub
scribes himself as the president there
OF, did on the end day OF November,
A. -. 1917. Tile an application in the
office Of the BOARD OF WATER EN-
GINEERS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,
in which il applies for a permit 20
divert and appropriate 400 cubic feet
or water per second OF time, for the
purpose Of irrigating certain lands
hereinafter described. from the unap-
Dr0priated waters Of the state OF
Texas. 10 be diverted from the ordin-
AIRY flow Of the Rio Grande by means
Of a diversion dam constructed on the
northwest bank OF the RIO Grande
River at a point where the r =. No.
- international Boundary COmmis-
sion Monument brs y. IL degrees 45
minutes W.. 1888 feet, and about 50
miles in a soutneasrerly direction from
Texas.
You are hereby further notified that
said irrigation system shall consist OF
said diversion dam. headEate ana
canals as are delineatcd and
described on the map filed with said
You are hereby further notified that
the lands proposed 70 be irrigated are
agricultural lands out OF certain 5. A.
Maverick Surveys deiiueated and
shown by the map filed with said ap-
plicauon- agEregatIng 5000 acres. and
situated in Fl PasO and Hudspeth
Counties. Texas.
A HEARING on the said application
OF the said Rio Grande Valley Farms
Company VIII be held by the Board OF
Water Engineers Of the state OF
Texas. at the office OF said Board in
the City Of Austin County Of Travis,
said state. on Monday. December 31st,
1917, beginning al 10 o'clock A. n.
Al which time and place all parties
Interested may appear and be heard
such hearing Will be continued from
time TO time and from place TO place,
If necessary, until such determination
has been made relative to said appli-
cation as the said Board OF Water
Engineers may deem right, equitable
and proper
GIVEN UNDER. and by virtue OF.
an order OF the Board OF Water En- ]
Eineers Of the state Of Texas. at the I
office Of said Board. in Austin, Texas, /
this the -lth day OF November. A. ID Z
1917.
Rollen 7. Windrow.
W T. Patter,
Board.
Attest.
W. T. Patter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

Z or Edie-NiOtCrCycle&.
FOR SALE-One twin cylinder Yale mot
orcycle- Phone 355sJ.
1917 INDIAN motorcycle Tor sale; run 20,
miles; fully equipped S26J cash Siol
For Sale-FurnIture.
I EURNlTU RE for sale SIS Mundy ave
( FEW odd pieces Of furniture cheap. Pm.
Z 10
{ sIS lost quarter OK roll top desk. Phone
/ MAHOGANY dresser. dressing table. ciif-
/ fonier and some other furniture very
/ cheap 1oe Latta St
/ DRESSER. pedestal dining table and
: chairs and other furniture; cash or terms.
+ FOR SALE-Furniture Of ten bedrooms OF
( Colonial tea rooms 1913 Montana; prices
( reasonable for quick sale
TIE BORSCHOW store buys and sells
new and second hand furniture; highest
price paid. % S stanton Phone e71s-
/ FURNITJ RE q small apartment. TUNED
oak and birdseye maple all OF by piece
A,exandria apis. No 50.
For SaIe-Pianos.
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FOR SALE-Piano. bargain- Phone S595W-
sACRITICE-Harvard piano. excellent
CONDITION. Phone 5s1s after s o'clock.
Sell-LivestOck-Buy.
JERSEY cow. S65. 42O5 Montana.
PASTURE wanted Tor one horse. Pm. $50
MULE. 3S3e F. San Antonio Phone slol.
FOR >ALE-Young. gentle horse. cheap.
5iii Hamilton. Phone 3s53R-
bucks. y. o. Henley. Las Cruces. y II.
FOX sALE-Horse in good condition.
ehean- Santa re Fuel co.
DRAFT team Tor passenger Ford: must
be in good condition Phone 7i65M.
THREE small Jersey cows. fresh: also
two Young work horses Phone 6Ss6M-
FIVE or si2 heavy duty horses. very
cheap. Phone COS.
THREE wagons, four sets harness; VIII
trade cheap; horses or mules. Phone Si5i.
WANTED-Anywhere Up to thousand head
Of 1917 calves. VIII pay ten dollars per
head Address W W W. Animas. X. "
WANTED-Good teams TO work on ranch
this winter for their feed: best reference.
Phone clint CO
FOX SALE-One mare Shetland pony:
she IS six yearE old. gentle. and O perfect
beauty. Address box le4. Alpine. Texas
FOR SALE-Three young. live gray foxes:
one young tame mountain lion: will sell
TO- reasonable price account owner loav-
IN, town. Apply 205 Copia e..
FOR REST-Alfslfa and bosque pastur-
age IN lower valley. s125 head = month
TO March LIST. Ralph Loomis. Hotel Shell
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Poultry and Pei Stock.
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FRESH esEs. % cents. Phone 4s1s.
PLYMOUTH Rock homer pigeons. 35c par. (
Phone S975R.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
SALE FOR BENEFIT OF
CREnTTORG

SALE = OR BENEFIT OF
CREDITORS.
New 4 room modern brick bungalow.
built in features on paved street in
Grandview Addition; viii sell for
several hundred dollars below cost
price. Phone 1S6, James Corners.
Trustee.
HAWKINS BROS.
Close in \. Stanton room brick.
walking distances-S4 a bargain Tor
quick action; terms.
Must Sell new bungalow. 4 rooms
glazed porch, furnace, walks. grass
chicken yard. south front. cut from
$500 TO s2150-1-S cash
$50 Down, $50 Monthly room brick
home on Wyoming. $500
Apartment Site Wanted IN exchange
for new bungalow; what have you2
S2IOO for New Bungalow rooms.
$3.50 down. balance like rent Want it,
VIII Take Lots or Automobile as part
payment on new room Bungalow
never occupied
SEQ Down. balance S25 monthly. will
buy new . room bungalow in Alta
Vista
HAWKINS BROS.
6 * J Morgan Bids Phone cS00
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

Financial
CUFF LINKS. an appropriate SIT tha
Z will please. ler US show you
BABNETTs-2I9 san ANTONIO ST.
Rooming Houses-For Sale and Rem
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SMALL apartment OF 4 suites. real bars
ain. INQUIRE SIS y. Kansas
NINE room roOming house for sale cheap,
400 Texas. Phone SOS.
II JTEL Beaumont. one block EAST OF post
office; Nils ST
CHARTER OK stoves. IS a month.
FOUTZ MOORE CO.
IS rooming house az sacrifice, am drafted
must SELL make offer address II Us,
care Herald
ELEVES rooms and Sleeping porch close
IN, q bargain; owner leaving town Phone
4fgZ-
COMPLETE furnishings OF nine room
home; walking distance; consider trade.
Phone s9soJ-
EIGHT rooms. furnished complete for
h1Isekeepins; al rented fine plano. sew
ins machine; IS chickens, worth $1,000: all
f1r $500 cash; lease Owner leaving city
mus sol this week 1873 " oregon
FIREPROOF BUILDING
A splendid unfurulshed roomiuE house or
hotel proposition new building. never
occupied steam heating plant, private
and connecting baths reasonable rent
DOUGLAS C. CROWELL AGENCY.
go Mills bldg Phone SIS
EIGHT rooms furniture for sale. rent $50
so income in house now; viii sacrifice Cor
$3.50 Phone 1905 Mrs. Stanbery, IL n
santa Fe.
Money To Loan.
GET YOUR MONEY FROM Us.
We loan any amount on diamonds,
watches. JeWelry. automobiles. silverWare
ana other valuables a. liberal rate OF IN
terest. Our refereucea-City National bank
and Texas Bank and Trust Co. Protect
YOU valua5les b placing them IN our
SECURITY LOAN CO., PH. 27sa.
Corner II Paso and San Antonio Sta
WE LOAN money On livestock. furniture,
pianos. automobile or any valuable per-
sonel property at REASONABLE crates
EQUITABLE LOAN Assn,
SIS Trust BLDG.
Money TO LOAN AZ per cent on 6usi-
ness income property See Leo p Schuster.
slf Mills bldg
s. To $50 loaned honest employees. cheap
es- rates. confidential Quick. satisfactory
service ntake. eo1 Roberts-Banner-
MONEY TO LOAN On good inside Dusiness
property. per cent Interest. A P. Cole
& Bros. 2o2 n Oregon
MONEY loaned on furniture. pianos. autos.
diamonds. chattelE Newton e15 Trust bid
$1,000 20 loan Tor one year al 10 percent
good security. Phone 1881
DFessmaIing.
DREsSmakinE work guaranteed s47sw.
DKESsMAkiNG and renodeling- Phone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
a Five POINTS HOME

$3.50. room on two full lots.
50. front, close to paved street.
$50 cash and $500 per month,
including int
$500. New modern bungalow on
Boulevard; easy payments.
SG609.OO. 2 room house on 1I-s
lots near Cleveland Square. fur
4ished; cut from $500 FOR quick
sale
WHTTE-PADEN REALTY CO.
IL n stanton Phone 1860.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07


Business Chances
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FOK SALE--Arizona 5itney with license.
. zone sos
BEGARDLEs>s Of high cost Of living our
prices are the same Houston Transfer &
storage Co.
CLEANING end hat works FOR sale. 800
Nice business. town 70co; two living
rooms. Address box 81. Clovis. New Mex
NsW FURNITURE exchanged for old.
Phone HOG
FoUTZ MOORE co.
GENERAL merchandise business live
New Mexico town. eve oil boom. other in
o. est demands sale Write T 90. Herald
IS 10 Soc OFF on our entire stock o.
ranges. coal and oil heaters
RIO GRANDE FURNITURE co. PHI. 2s02
DIAMOND RIMS; we have them; beau
tiful assortment. SO and up.
BAkNETTS-2l9 SAN ANTONIO ST
GOOD PAYING RESTAURANT
Long lease; On the 100 block san An
tonic ST.; az a sacrifice.
W. y. CARL.
2l2 Caples- Phones eS and $50
COMPLETE potato chip Manufacturing
equipment. all ready for use. good sup
ply Of cartons and bags; a nice clean
business with good profits. VIII take about
$500 10 handle Phone 1889
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

CUFF LINKS. an appropriate SIT that
will please. le- us show you.
RAENETT-2I9 SAN ANTONIO ST.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
For SaIe-AutomobIes-Wante5.

or mO1iieS-Haufed.
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FOR SALE, Ford-Bargaln al $500. Amer
lcan GaraEe. South oregon st.
WELDING-rhe way ID should be done.
Brown we'd Co. 600 Texas
BUICK one ton trucl-. bargain for cash
SOC z. Overland
FOR SALE-One 1917 Ford AUTOMOBILE;
ca can be seen AT s15 n. Williams 81.
Ell PASO Automobile Iaundry-Have your
cars washed while you wait; cars called
for and Delivered 200 y. Kas. Phi s77-
1911 PAIGE sly PASSENGER
Bargain Tor cash or VIII take Ford or
elamends IN part payment Phone 1855.
FIVE passenger. 1917 Maxwell; only used
eight months; excellent condition:
bumper three new tires and new seat
covers. Phone 10fs-
MITCHELL three passenger roadster. first
class condition; driven 1900 miles in
town; bargain viii consider some trade.
Phone COOL
We NAVE customers FOR the following
makes OF used cars-D0dge passenger
Buick light six or any light car il good
c1ll ton See us al once.
HOAGLAND a. co.
$3.50 W san Antonio 81
Phone f095-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

HAIR dressing mauicuriuc. lhiropodsst
-Witchef made from combiuEs- Marcy
Furdy 10 Buckier bldg. Phone 5s1L
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
Detective Ag.ndes
Hair Cutting

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The Ben Williams Detective Arenc-
suits 6i6 First Nat Bank Bldg Pm e
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
Poultry and Pet Stock.

FhEsH ssgs. 20 cents. Phone l81s,
PLYMOUTH Rock homer pigeons. 55c pa r.
Prone S975R.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

For Sale or Excha1ge-Real Estate.
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100 ACRES Colorado farm FOR Fl Paso
property. Phone CI4z
HOUSE and two lots for sale or trade
cheap on account Of sickness. Call 1876
WANTED trade good section land.
shallow water and five room residence
for II Pasu property. Phone 5s39.
WILL TAKE AUTO
For equity in new bungalow. close iE on
paved street and car line; encumbrance
5000. Give description % car In first
letter Write p o. box 2es.
WILL TRADE
New five room bungalow having all mod
ern conveliences. including heating plant;
located on paved street, for vacant lots.
This is an opportunity TO secure one Of
the incest bungalows in the whole city.
What have you2
See W X. MARI or W P PIPER
JAMES l. MARI 4 COMPANY.
Phone 1850. 2g4 san Antonio 81.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
FOR sAI7E M OWVFR
BUSINESS PROPERTY AT


, rooms, glazed in sleeping room.
plastered and finished Just like a
room; hardwood floors in every room.
euilt-in buffet and bookcases; also
huilt-in cabinet with tile drain board,
large basement; built on south front
lots on the corner. Price $500; terms.
CHEEL & CANNON.
Phone 50T5- 2OI Mills Street
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

EIGHT rooms furniture for sale. rent SO.
so income in house now. VIII sacrifice COR
$3.50 Phone 1505. Mrs. stanbery. III n
santa Fe-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

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REINFORCED frames stay welded. Buch-
anan. -l2 san Francisco. Phone 55f7.
FL PASO Welding Company. 500 W
Franklin 81. Jos. NJ Fitzpatrick. Pioneer
welders OF the southwest
MELDiNG-The way 10 should be done.
promptly any size Phone 305l-
BROWN WELDING Co. zoe Texas It.
WESTERN WELDING MANUFACTURING
CO --Manufacturers OF welded sheet metal
products. welded pipe and special pipe fit
tings. auto and engine parts. heavy ma
shine parts. SO s. santa Fs e. Pho1e s5S.-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07

Special Notices.
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YOUR mattress renovated. s1-75 Up. car
pee c-eanec Ervir Mfg. Co.. ph. ITO.
WE pack, ship and store goods Houston
Transfer G Storage Co.
CdIROPRACTOR, graduate NSC Cora
VI Franson. DC 1902 Montana Phi 7S2lW
THE only steam carpet cleaners. sxIS. 81,
Acme Mat q Feather Co.. ph. 1871.
NOTICE-The Western Furniture GO. sells
furniture only: 90 clothing. and Is To-
Gated corner Stanton and Overland st.
PHONE YOUR orders for river soil or fer
tin CT; lawns graded. terraced and plant
cd Phone S12I.
STOVES. new and second hand on pay
mcuts-
FOUTZ MOORE co.
BEST CASH price paid Tor furniture.
sewing machines rented. s. 20 q month
SCHAFFER'S FURNITURE EXCHANGE.
517 T. S-n Antonio. Phone 1872.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
MusiicaI

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WALTER DAVIS. piano teacher. IS nonth
E1lce- s.. Phone 26s1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
Storage Warehouses


stone kEPAlkING-SeW parts made
AID carried f0r all makes OF stoves. L. =
Peeler. with D. & H Iron works. cor. East
Fifth and South Florence Phone 1895
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SMITHFIELD

Lewis Hardy has gone to Bangor
for the winter, where he has employ
ment.
Dora Lawrence is teaching in Mer-
GER.
Ralph Winegardner, former resi-
dent of this town. has enlisted in the
u. S. Navy from Waterville and will
leave the 22nd of this month for Port
land.
At a meeting held Of Fairview
Grange the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Mas
ter, William Ellis overseer, George
HARTFORD lecturer, Bessie A. Hardy;
steward, Mont HARTFORD assistant
steward, Leon Witham; lady assistant
steward, Grace Dow; chaplain, Lenora
Witham; secretary, Lizzie Stevens
Ceres, Annie Ellis; Pomona, Julie
Charles; Flora, Lula Hartford; treas
urer, George A. Groves; gatekeeper,
George Morrow; trustees, Walter
Hartford, Calvin Dow.
On account OF the storm the schools
in town could not hold the Friday 8
session.
There Is to be a Christmas tree and
entertainment In Grange Hall. under
the auspices OF the Grange, Christmas
eve, Dec. "a
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BASKETBALL SEASON TO OPEN
Glrls Of SHOW hogan High Hope 10 Re
peal Victories Of Last Year

The Girls basket bal tenn u the
Skowheg5n High school is already BE-
ginning ~ show mid easgH fora and
Under the direction Of the coach Ms
Margaret Chase, the girls are working
hard II viii be- remembered That
last season tho Sk0Whegan High team
were undlsputed champions 81 the
section Of Maine and some aver thu
they had the best team in the entire
State. This year the girls hope 70
make as good a showing
In order to get a line on what the
players can do the coach has arrang-
ed a game for "Wednesday e9eninR.
Dec 18th in Firemen'g Hall The
former championship team, alumni Of
the school, will be the coatenders and
there should develop some real play
-. Hhnoao u; the alumni 4.no iii
appear in the lineup are Forwards,
Helen White l6, Marion Adams, 16.
guards, Beatrice Smiley Il, Pauline
Emery Il; centers, Geneva Smith lG,
Margaret Chase 10
The tentative lineup for tn varsity
team will include Forwards, Fedora
/ Lessor 10, Martha Steward u. cen
/ ters, Mollie Blunt, 10. Lois Mantor l9
Lovina Murray 20, Doris Wentworth
Is. Miss Fedora Lessor is Captain
/ of the squad, manager Doris Went
| worth, assistant manager, Mollie
/ Blunt
The following is the schedule OF
games to be played by the Girls Bas-
ket Ball Team Of the SkoWhegan High
School, during the coming season
Dec 26-Alumni at Skowhegan
Jan 4 Coburn Classical Institute
t at Skowhegan.
Jan l1-Oak Grove Seminary al
Skowhegan
Jan Is Cony High at Augusta
Jan. 25-HalloWell High at Halo
well.
Feb WINSTON High at skowhe
gan.
Feb. -Waterville High at Water
vile
Feb. 15-Hallowell High at SHOW
hogan.
Feb 22-Cony High at Skowhegan
Mar 1-Waterville High at SHOW
hogan.
March 8-Coburn Classical Institute
at Wateryille.
Mar. 9-Winslow High at Winslow
Mar. 15-Oak Grove Seminary a
vassalboro.
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BIGELOW HILL

No mail from Thursday until Sun
day of last week. The roads arc in
awful condition.
Frank Mitchell was business call
er in NorridgeWock, Monday.
The Amazeen hay press moved to
l.. H, Packards Monday. All of the
farmers have two years hay to press
The severe snow storms for the last
two weeks have very nearly demolish-
ed the telephone lines.
Mrs Clifford Cowett and little son
Edwin from Good Will recently spent
few days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Milton Rowe
George Harvie is making a profess
sional call at Norridgewock today
Tuesday.
l.. G. Traitor lost a valuable calf
Monday Walter Harvie also has
lost nice calf
Philip Chandler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Chandler. has a goat that fur
nishes him amusement the live long
day.
Mrs. L. & Trafton took dinner at
the Chandler home Friday OF last
week
c. c. Luce has a nice pile of wood
yarded at the door
Three feet of snow in the woods
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OJTINNEBASSFTT

Miss Marion Rogers commenced the
winter term of school, Monday, in the
Frederic neighborhood, after two
weeks vacation.
The G. c. Club will meet with Mrs
Josephine Woodsum this week, We'd
nesday. Last Wednesday they met
with Mrs. Vesta Wills, and enjoyed d
fine baked bean dinner.
Wallace Mckinney sawed wood fol
Albert Jepson and Josiah Clark last
week.
Clyde Rogers has finished work
for the North Arson Manufacturing
Company and is at home.
A. j. Robinson was called to Vas
salboro early last week by the critical
illness of his father.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tuttle have a
baby daughter, born, Thursday, Dec
18th.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Elwell and
young son, who have been at w. B
Tryon's since last spring, are at Harry
Reynolds for a short time, before go
ing to Waldoboro, where they have
relatives.
Ned Farnham Of Manchester was In
town Sunday.
Miss Beulah Robinson, who has
been In Connecticut for several
months, came home. Monday morn
ing.
Owing to the storm the carrier on
Route l was not able to visit all his
patrons last Friday and Saturday. but
arrangements were made SO that near
ly all received their mail Saturday
afternoon.
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ToprY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Miss Vena Blaisdell is at Mr.. Var
ney's. Mercer, for few weeks.
Mrs Clara Applebee of Skowhegan
Is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Bigelow.
Walter Perkins is TO have charge OF
a hay press for M. Chase of Clinton.
Miss Vesta Bigelow, teacher in the
public schools OF Auburn, arrived Sat
urday night for her Christmas vaca-
ton with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Bigelow
A. b Everett and Horace Frost are
hauling logs from the Stevens lot at
Larone for Jack Percival of Norridge-
wock
W Lewis was on the sick list sew
eral days last week
W II Stewart has been appointed
surveyor in this district for the win
ter months.
The school taught by Mrs. Hazel
Perkins closed very successful term
last week Special mention should
he made 81 Asten Berry, who has. not
missed a day or been late for the term
altho the little fellow lives a good
three miles from the schoolhouse. II
is with much regret to both parents
and pupils that Mrs Perkins thinks
of resigning her position.
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NEW PORTLAND

Miss Mildred Luce was in Portland
Tuesday of last week.
Malcolm French who has been pack
ing apples in this neighborhood, was
called home to Hebron lately by the
Illness of his daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer bennett of
Portland were recent guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. Tenney Luce.
Sherman Gould went to Lewiston
Monday to enlist for naval service.
Mr.. Porter and James Williams of
New Sharon and Harold Luce have
been packing apples in this vicinity
lately for Hall & Lowell.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Moody return
ed to Portland recently after a visit
with the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tenney Luce.
An unusually cold spell of weather
has followed the recent storms. Not
all of the damage done by previous
storms had been repaired when the
last midweek one arrived. Several
In the village who were ready to have
their apples hauled for shipment have
been delayed by the bad weather and
state of the roads
Mrs. Bernard Libby of New Vine
yard was in town last Thursday.
Many in New Portland will be in
terested to know that Clarence Voter,
Bernard Libby and Arthur Smith, all
of New Vineyard. have been lately
called to report for military service
According to the latest announce
ment. the postponed Grange drama is
to be given on Friday evening, Dec
28th
Clyde Savage is working on the hay
press Mrs Clyde Savage and chill
dren are at North Arson for an indie
finite period.
Grace Hoyt and Charles Parker both
of New Portland. were united in mar
rage on Wednesday, December IL, the
ceremony being performed by Albert
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WEST MOSCOW

Misses Margaret Washburn and
Gladys Reynolds arrived home Fri
day "a spend the Christmas vacation.
Leo HiIl has finished work across
the river and is now cutting his win
ter's supply OF wood
James Stewart was in town last
week on his way To Bingham on a
6assaoss tip
Norman Collins went to Boston last
Thursday
Ed Reynolds and family were Wis
ting at his brothers Millions Sunday.
Another big snow storm, Thursday
night and Friday forenoon, with gales
of wind, made bad travelling for
awhile.
Austin Jones, who has been at Spen-
Ger for a long time, came home, and
is now driving team at Ed Higgins
camp
Albert Dunton and son are hauling
their box board timber to SINNERS
mill.
Two men from Gardiner on a hunt
ing trip at Edward Berry's were taken
i'll. but were able after a time to go
home. When a physician was called
he pronounced their illness small pox
Quite a little uneasiness is felt here
and two families are quarantined by
the board of health.
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WELLINGTON

Joseph St Clair of Gorham, ~ II
who has been numbering here for the
last few~ years, is going to Bethlehem
\. H. to lumber this winter He *
poets to sell his property here TO the
kingfeld Lumber co.
Henry Nadeau has sold his farm -
Adair Huff and has bought the oscar
Ward farm at Hun Corner
Miss Maud Huff, who has been
working in Scion. WAS called home
one day last week by the sickness 81
her father, Cornelius Huff
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fuller are going
TO Bethlehem, y. II. Mr.. Fuller is
going to work for Joseph st. Clair.
f. S Hunt who has numbered here
for number of years, has moved his
portable mill To Canaan. where he will
lumber this winter.