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out in long line across the path
of their journey, connected by stout
rope. each traveller being separated
from his neighbor by about 10 feet.
They walked as rapidly as possible
and, when one would break thru, he
would cling to the rope and his fell
low Adventures would pull him out.
Several of the party, including the
doctor himself, were thus treated to
bath in the icy waters Of the lake.
The plan proved successful however,
and all arrived in Kineo, after con-
siderable hardships, and in thoroly
exhausted condition. The patient to
be treated was the son of wealthy
lumberman and rewarded the extra
ordinary effort thus made in his be-
half by prompt recovery. All had
horror of venturing upon the ice
again so the entire expedition re-
manned at Kneo until it broke up a
few days later, permitting them to go
to Greenville by steamer. There was
neither telephone nor telegraph in
those days, and DR.. Patterns family,
together with the relatives OF his
companions, were in desperate ankle
ty until the steamer arrived at the
foot of the lake.
DR.. Patterns practice included many
other adventures, including being up
set in a canoe at Pine Stream Falls
In the Chesuncook region. During
the Civil War, DR.. Patten was COM
missioned as assistant surgeon Of the
First Maine Cavalry, serving until
February, 1868. He was with the
regiment at the battle of Cedar Noun
tain and also in the second Bull Run
fight. For several months he had
charge of the sick and wounded Of
his regiment at Frederick City, Mary
land. After his discharge, he was
surgeon of the Board of Enrolment
stationed at Bangor. He was for
one or more terms a member of the
Maine State Senate.
DR.. Patten was an Industrious stu
dent and pleasing public speaker
His career as a medical practitioner
was very active and unusually long
so years, closing with his death, De.
cember IS, 1898.
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DR.. John S Cushing lived in a
house where the home OF Mrs. Tom
Howard is now located, at the cor
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= TO THOSE WHO SEEK
Persons interested in the coming of
the NEW TEACHER and in Esoteric
studies are invited to communicate
with Box rs, Independent Reporter Of
flee. 4w21t
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DR.. Patten was born In Skowhegan
Dec. 6, 1920 and practiced his profess
sion chiefly in Waldo and Piscataquis
counties but returned TO finish his
medical career in the town of his
birth He was the son of Joseph
and Joanna QHarlow) Patten. A
brother, Joseph was at one time edi-
tor and proprietor of the Somerset
Farmer, one of the predecessors of
the Independent Reporter. DR.. Pat
ten was educated in Bloomfield Aca-
deny, then taught by Stephen Co.
burn, and at Maine Wesleyan Semi
nary at Kent's HILL At 90 years of
age he entered Bowdoin Medical Col
lege and later was graduated from
the Harvard Medical School, receiv-
ing his diploma in March 1848. This
diploma is still preserved by his de-
scendants and among the names afiix-
ed thereto is that of oliver Wendell
Holmes, the distinguished physician
and beloved poet. After very
brief practice at Searsport, DR.. Pat
ten located in Piscataquis county,
first at Shirley and then at Monson.
In the latter town he was destined
to remain until May 1879, when he re-
turned to Skowhegan.
Piscataquis county, in the middle
of the last century, was a sparsely
settled region. Dr.. Patten was the
nearest physician to Moosehead Lake
and the Chesuncook Valley. He was
often called to Kineo, at that time
just commencing its development
and for long distances into the Maine
forests to attend accident cases and
severe illness. One of these calls to
Kineo came in the spring months,
when the deep drifts were thawing
and the roads were impossible for a
team. Together with the man who
brought the message, he walked to
Greenville, IA miles, and there waited
till the following morning. 1t was
necessary to go across the lake, 20
miles from Greenville to Kineo. The
ice seemed already to break up but
the night had been cool enough to
strengthen it somewhat. The party,
Is in all, started very early, strung
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Schedule, Pas.
Senger Trains
I[yI1[I3
Corrected to May ii, 1917

Corrected to May ID, 1917
Trains Leave Skowhegan Week Days
500 a. m. for Waterville, Belfast
Harmony, Dover and Foxeroft' Bs Iaaa
White Mountain points and Boston,
sos a. m. for. Waterville. Belfast,
Bangor Oakland, Kineo. Farmington,
to 'non xugu n.Rs Bath Psr
land. White Mountain points and Bos-
ton.
l1.55 a: m. for waterville, Bangor,
john hAf Halifax ae Except an sa5urdays,
Oakland. Pennington. Rangeley. Lew
iston, Augusta, Brunswick, Bath. Rock
land, Portland and Boston,;
Harmony. Dover and Fo1croft, Ban
gusta. Brunswick, Bath. Rockland,
Portland and Boston. Connects at
train to New York.
Trains Leave skOwhegan Sundays
s.45 a: m. for Waterville. Burnham,
Pfttsheld, Bangor, Augusta, Bruins
wick, Lewiston, Bath. Portland and
a.i0 p. m. for waterville, Burnham,
Pittsneld, Bangor. Augusta. Bruins
wick, Portland and Boston. Connects
at Portland with through sleeping car
train for New York.
Trains Arrive SkOwhegan Weeks DRys
7.S0 a. m. from Waterville, Augusta,
Gardiner and South Gardiner.
1915 a. m. from Waterville, Belfast,
croft. Bangor, Bucksport Mondays
only, Oakland, Bingham, Pennington,
Strong. Phillips, Lewiston, Augusta,
Brunswick, Bath, Lewiston, Portland,
New York.
$50 p. m. from waterville. Belfast,
'Dover and Foxcroft, Bangor. Bucks
port, Bar Harbor, Vanceboro, Calais.
St. John. Halifax. Oakland. Augusta,
Lewiston. Brunswick, Portland. Bos-
ton.
1926 p. m. from Waterville, 'Dover
and Foxcroft, Oakland, Lewiston, Au-
gusta. Brunswick, Bath, Rockland,
Portland, Boston.
Trains Arrive SkowheEan Sundays
1888 a. m. from Waterville. Pitts
held, Newport, Bangor, Augusta,
Bath, Brunswick, Lewiston. Portland.
and New York
Ais p. m. from waterville, Pitts
field, Newport Bangor. Augusta.
Brunswick. Bath. Portland. Boston
'sUntil May 18th.
Commencing May 18th.
ID. c. DOUGLASS. General Manager.
NJ. L. HARRIS. Gen1. Pass. Agent.
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BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner of Madison Avenue and Pleas.
ant Street

Rev. George Merriam. minister
Parsonage, 80 Madison Ave.
Tel. 1888
Preaching Sunday morning at l0.45
Sunday School at IL m. Sunday even
ing service at o'clock. Mid-week
service at 7.30 D. m. Thursday.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Municipal Court Room, City Building
Sunday services at 1915. Subject
Ancient and Modern Necromancy,
alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, De-
nounced'.
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CENTENARY METHODIST EPIsCO.
PAL CHURCH
Island Avenue

Rev. Henry Clay Turner, Pastor
Residence next to Church
Tel. 54-2
Preaching service at 10.45 with
sermon by Pastor Rev. Henry Clay
Turner. Sunday School at IL, Lyle
s. Moore, Supt; Epworth League at 8
p. m.; Sunday evening service at
o'clock. Prayer meeting Thursday
evening at 7.30.
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Church Directory
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Baptist Hill. Main Street

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Baptist Hill, Main Street
Pastor-Rev. o. H. Tracy, D. D.
Assistant Pastor-Rev. Eta Goodwin
Tracy, A. B.
Residence-Next door to Church
Preaching at 1Q45; Sunday School
at IL; Christian Endeavor at
O'Clock. Preaching service at D m
Thursday evening service at 100
ISLAND AVENUE CONGREGATION.
AL CHURCH
Island Avenue
Rev. C. H. Mckinney. minister
Residence, North Avenue
Telephone 114-4
Preaching service at 1045 SUNDAY
School at Il, T. G.. Lord, superintend.
ent; Christian Endeayor at g. Preach.
ing service at T.
Mid-week service Thursday even
ing at 7.30.
ADVENT CHURCH
Corner Of Madison Avenue and Rms.
sell Street
s. D. A. Church will meet Saturda,
at 100 for Sabbath School and social
service following. All are cordially
invited.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

Somerset, IS.
May 10, A. d. 1917
We, the undersigned, having been
duly appointed by the Honorable
within and for said County, Commits
sioners to receive and decide upon the
claims of the creditors of Perry 5.
Longley, late of Scion In said County,
deceased, whose estate has been rep
resented insolvent, hereby give public
notice agreeably to the order of the
said Judge of Probate, that six months
from and after May 8, 1917 have been
allowed to said creditors to present
and prove their claims. and that we
will attend to the duty assigned us az
the Court House in Skowhegan in said
county, on Wednesday. August 8. l9l!
and Wednesday. November Z, 1917, az
ten of the clock in the forenoon OF
each of said days.
EDWARD F. DANFORTH
WILLIAM T. SEEKINS,
3w20 Commissioners
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Academy. He later studied medicine
with DR.. Sumner Gould of Madison
and was graduated from the Maine
Medical School in 1859, having also
the advantage of the course OF lee
lures at the University of New York.
He served as surgeon in the War of
the Rebellion until June 1862 when he
was Obliged 10 resign on account OF
i'll health.
From Show hegan he went to San
Francisco in 1869, and after resi-
dence in Port Gamble and Golden
dale. Wash. finally settled in Seattle,
in 1889. The remainder of his life
was passed in that city where he
died in July 1891.
DR.. John S. Cushing lived in a
t,,,eo u-bora tho home of Mrs Tom
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NOTICE

The subscriber hereby gives notice
ministrator Of the estate OF Andrew ].
Bodwell late of Pittsheld in the County
Of Somerset, deceased, and given bonds
Ing demands against the estate of said
deceased are desired to present the
same for settlement, and all indebted
thereto are requested to make pay
JAMES HALLIDAY.
May 3, 1917. Pittsfeld, Maine.
Dw2O
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ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Parish of Our Lady of LOurdes,
Water Street

FIR. ]. L. A. Renaud, Pastor
Rectory adjacent to Church
Tel. 55-2
First Mass Sunday at $50 O'Clock
sermon in French. Second Mass sung
at 1890, sermon in English. Bene-
diction at $50.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
Cost Of Oregon Public
Schools Is Computed

The public schools Of Oregon cost
the state for the year ending June IL,
1917, the grand total of $7S74,763'l !,
according to the statement prepared by
Superintendent Churchill These figT
ures are for all the counties with the
exception Of Lake. The largest item
was for teachers salaries which to-
tailed $4,1s7 9s4.l9, the sum of Sill
s18.ss was spent for schoolhouses, sites
and interest on bonds, and repairs
improving rooms and ianitor WORK
came third in the list with a total OF
$6o8, ,643.53. Fuel and school supplies
cost $447 ,437.41, At the same date the
districts had cash on hand in the sum
of $1,762, ,105.S5
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
Llunbermen's Committee
Lead Northwest

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 15.-Plans to
bring about peace in the lumber indust-
ry in the northwest were suddenly
thrown up in the air today when lumber
men refused to accept the terms offered
by President Wilson s war mediation
commission, on the eve of its departure
for st. Paul tonight.
Instead of carrying east a definite
agreement on the eight hour day, the
commission is believed to have counter
proposals which will be discussed with
President Wilson before final announ-
cement is made on the strike difficult
les.
The commission issued statement at
the New Washington hotel this morning
stating that conclusions reached in the
labor trouble would be reported person
ally to the president and recommenda'
tions for action made to him.
Members Of the commission were sll'
ent as to the actual results of the many
hearings held on the matter, but those
who have followed the course of the In
vestigation believe that the commission
and iumbermen failed to agree on the
eight hour law.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

Canada is raising a Victory Loan
of $500, 900, GOO. A determined effort
is being made between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts north Of the inter-
national boundary, to place the grand
total far above that figure.
Every one remembers the sensa-
ton produced on the battlefront in
Flanders bv the appearance Of the
land-battleships familiarly known as
ssTanks." Through the efforts OF
Lord Shaughnessy, President Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, which un-
dertook to cover the heavy expense
Of transport, the British Government
has agreed to send one OF me
sTankss to Montreal to take part N
q great parade for the Victory Loan
This tank is the same n construction
as those uzed on the battlefront In
Flanders
Owing to the urgent need for this
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IT ISN'T YOUR TOWN IT'S YOU.
If you want to live in the kind Of I

If you want to live in the kind OF a
town
Like the kind Of a town you like,
You needn' It slip your clothes in grip
And start on long, long hike.
You'Il only find what you left behind,
Tt,a 4 knock at yourself when you knock
your town
It ism Il the town-it' s you.
Real towns are not made by men atraia
Lest somebody else gets ahead.
When everyone works. and nobody
shirks,
You can raise town from the deadi
And if while you make your personal
stake,
Your neighbors can make one too,
Your town win be what you want 70
It isn't the town-it's yo1.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15

"Tank" elsewhere, It's stay in Canada
cannot be long, so that Montreal will
Be the only city in the Dominion to
have the privilege Of seeing this won
derful weapon OF war. 1t carries six
machine guns, and will be manned Dy
3 crew Of gunners. all Of whom have
been wounded in actual Tank" SER
Vice st the front. The Tank viii be
manned and guarded night and day
bv its own crew, who VIII be assisted
by large squad Of Canadian Pacific
police.
In addition to this the Canadian
Pacific Railway has taken Se,0O0,OO0
Of the Victory Loan. with the proviso
That. should the country raise
$500 .OoO. 900, the Company viii in
crease its subscription TO the loan to
$40, 10000
The Victory Loan. IF subscribed IN
fun, viii represent approximately
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
RECEIVED
AT RED CROSS HERE
In Marion and
Polk Counties Are Active
Iy at Work

Woolen socks, few sweaters, band
ages, etc, continue to come steadily in
to the headquarters of the Willamette
Chapter of the Red Cross. Three hund-
red and twenty pairs Of woolen socks
were shipped this week and number OF
sweaters. One of the largest shipments
to be received at local headquarters this
week came yesterday from the Dallas
auxiliary.
The following material has been re-
ceived this week from the various aux
iliaries of the valley:
Dallas auxiliary-l8 napkins, IL wash
rags, 154 handkerchiefs, I3 pair operat-
ing leggins, / pair bed socks, IS T-band-
ages, "a scultetus, s18 triangular band
ages, 80 pair socks, IA 4-tail bandages,
241 abdominal bandages.
Shaw auxiliary fracture pillows,
IS knit wash rags, 10 abdominal band
ages double, 80 abdominal bandages sim
gle. 90 n
Alpha auxiliary, .Woodburn.--20 i.
bandages, 6S head bandages.
Willamette girls-55 towels.
Spring Valley auxiliary-54 triangu-
lar bandages.
Garden Road auxiliary.-29 triangular
bandages.
Pringal auxiliary-19 pairs bed socks.
Victor Point auxiliary pairs paJarnas
II wash clothes
Aumsville auxiliary-9 suits outing
/ paiamas, scraps.
North Howell auxiliary Donated y
ambulance pillows.
! Clara Barton auxiliary pair paja'
mas.
bandages, SO hospital socks, . dozen nap
kins, dozen wash rags, 3 handkerchief
and roll old linen.
I Eastern Star auxiliary undershlrt
40l handkerehiefs.
First Methodist churchill pair be'
socks, 10 pair pajamas, 40 many talie'
bandages, 1876 handkerchiefs, old hnei
donated.
Presbyterian auxiliary-44 T-band
ages, 8 knitted squares.
Nj. Angel auxiIiary-l1 pair WOO
socks, 3 - pair operating leggins, IL
bandkerehiefs, hot water bottle GOV
ers, % pair bed socks.
Independence auxiliary-S2 abdomlna
lbandages, 1873 triangular bandages.
Monmouth auxiliary.-37 triangula
bapdages. 80 triangular bandages, IL
haudkerehiefs, IS pair knitted socks,
Belgian blocks, wash clothes, dee
cloths, donated tray cloths, napkin
bundle linen and cotton cloth.
st. Joseph auxiliary-9l abdomini
bandages.
North Salem auxiliary--5 pair operai
ing leggins, patterns and samples r.
turned.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
[Roseburg Daily Newsl

In some quarters the furnishing of
tobacco for our boys at the front
seems to be question that must be
approached with more or less delicacy.
In this connection some helpful sug-,
gestions may be found in letter just
received by the division manager from
national headquarters. The letter fol-
lows:
Ny Dear Mr. Stimson:
In your division there may be people
who object to the Red Cross sending
tobacco, especially cigarettes, to our
soldiers.
It is not the desire of the Red Cross
that any individuals opposed to the use
! of tobacco or cigarettes should take
part in the furnishing Of these articles
to the soldiers, against their wishes.
The Red Cross in approving the list
of things to be sent to the soldiers had
to consider the very abnormal ,condi-
tions in the trenches, and the exper-
ience of the allies which seems to show
that tobacco has been a great help in
maintaining the morale of the troops.
| 1t had also to consider the wishes or
the majority of the people, who, ap-
parently, have no objections to tho
furnishing of tobacco to the soldiers
particularly under the trying conditions
of war.
Tt is a fact beyond question, as il
Illustrated in any motion picture taken
of the trenches, that tobacco is
great comfort and joy to the men, and
e H. ,-arxy f;rSt tbinUe q soldier
Graves and asks for after being
4 wounded.
If under the abnormal and entirely
new conditions of warfare, tobacco ap
parently has no sreious i'll effects OF
the men, and gives them their chic
comfort and pleasure and relief t.
their shattered nerves, it would hardly
seem right to deprive them of it.
We would not wish any differences
of opinion on this point to turn people
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
BLOOD TRANSMISSION
SAVED LEAGUES LIFE
Baseball But Yesterday a Tot
tering Arch Full Of
Vim Today
By H. D. Jacobs

Omitted Press Staff Corr" ondent)
Chicago, Dec. 15.-Old MeEi Baseball
who went into the operating rcam only
a few hours ago-an anaemie thing
whose best prospect was chrollis inva-
idism-was staggering about the ace
today with ten-foot chest expanI NJ
and heart action like steam turbl.- Z
And the noted specialists of the Ma
tional and American leagues nevel
touched a knife to him. All they did
was to give him a shot in the arm with
a couple Of doses of player deal serum;
execute a little TRANSMISSION of blood and
the patient exhibited the most remark
able recovery ON record.
Before the consultation of experts of
the two schools here late ystrday, 1t
was feared that baseball was Gufterlng
from an overgrown schedule, enlarge
ment of the player limit, financlel de-
preston and loss of blood.
After the patient went under the
ether, it was determined that most OF
his ailments were imaginary, so the en-
inent docs permitted his schedule to
remain at 154 games and his player lin
it at 25 for the American and ~ Tor
the National.
The Docs Frazee of Boston and Nc
Gillicuddy of Philadelphia performed
the first blood TRANSMISSION. Gregg, Kopp
and Thomas were exchanged for Bush,
/ Schang and Strunk. Frazee exploded the
financial depression myth by including
100000 with the first three named.
| The patient rallied quickly, but for
fear of a relapse Doc Quinn Of st. Louis
understudy of Doc Ball, transtused
Shotten and Lavan for Gallia and $l5,-
600, Doc Griffith of Washington assist
ing.
The whole staff got the fever and
there was talk of other transfusions-
$75, 900 by Doc Weeghman for Roger
Hornsby; Wambsganss for Pratt; 81 by
Weeghman for Herzog, and the borough'
of Manhattan and The Bronx for Pratt
and Sisler-but the surgeons couldn
agree on details and nothing came OF
it,
Docs johnson and Hermann were ap
pointed to work out plan for every
club to share in the world s series, on
lsliding scale Of bonuses. This IS expected
to be a great elixir.
The American league war tax plan O
assessing three cents on each bleaehe
seat, five cents on a pavllion sea'
eight cents on grandstand seat and tel
cents on a box seat, was adopted D.
the National. "Deadheads' will hav
to cough up a dime, too.
The noted aggregation of specialist
were en- route to their respective BAN
lwieks today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-15
BOXING SETS PACE
AT SOLDIER CAMPS
Athletic Sports Are Claiming
Much Attention In Train
ing Of Recruits
By Il. @. HAMILTON.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.)
New York, Dec. 15.-Regular sche-
dulles of competitive games, ,interspersed
with regular play periods for the soldier
each days the way sports is being
doomed at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe,
Ohio.
To state it as did Ed. s. Conner, ath-
letic director of the camp, boxing is set
ting merry pace for other sports, but
that probably is due TO the fact that
Johnny Kilbane is boxing instructor at
that point and that a squad of men
from each company has been detailed
to take lessons from the featherweight
champion each day.
Regular schedules are maintained in
baseball, football, soccer, basketball,vo
ley ball indoor baseball, dodgeball,
quoits, wall scaling, track, and other
branches of sport. he men are having
fun out of it. Camp life and hard army
work are winning for them more sports
activity than majority of them ever
before pretended to engage in.
The regular schedules of games are
supplemented by group games conducted
for an hour each day by company lead
ers. Thirty of the most popular games
are used in this hour. For instance, there
ID swat tag, chariot race, burden race,
three deep, Indian baby, and all the
games the boys played when they were
school-going kids.
Two hours every day are given over
to play-the group games from 1890 to
11:30 and competitive stunts between
$3.50 and 4:30. Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons and all day Sundays are set
aside for recreative athletics.
Regimental teams made up from am
ong best players are formed at the end
of each sports season for competitive
stunts with representatives OF other
camps.
Group games in the morning are com,
pulsory. In the afternoon period some OF
them are allowed to sit and watch and
root.
'fTo date" said Conner, "we have
used 1000 footballs, 400 indoor base
balls, and 200 sets Of boxing gloves
That is some Of the idea of the tremen-
dous interest this camp has in athletic
training along with military lessons.
6,
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$40 per capita, Canada's population
not being quite 100000.
King George, while recently N
Flanders, rode with the Prince Of
Wales In a Tank" almost identical
with the one TO be exhibited in Mon
treal. The strain Of riding in a
Tank" under action is so terrific
that after one day each man gets a
weeks leave to recuperate his
nerves Such, however, is the COM
petition annong volunteers to ride in
the tank" that there is a large
waiting list of men who have put
down their pames for the privilege
of fighting the Hun 4n this way.
It viii Be noted from the closeup
fIlustration. that the shield of the
machine gun is shaped just like a
human eyeball, but no human eye
was ever more watchful than that Of
the man behind the gun