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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
TEACHERS TO GET
BOOST IN SALARY
Higher Levy Voted SO Increase
Could Be Made; Fellows
and Lockwood Win.

Tulsa, in her liberal and patriotic
way. went to the polls yesterday and
assured the school teachers Of this city
an increase in salary for the next year,
and assured the board Of education
that there would be no need of rob
bing Peter to pay Paul' by transfer
ing money from one fund to another
to meet the necessities
The results of yesterdays election
upon the question OF increasing the
school levy resulted in a nine to one
victory for the increase.
Fellows Wins Seat.
Ray S. Fellows and Il. r. Lockwood
were elected as members of the school
directory. Fellows defeated his OPP
ponent, C. l.. Holland as director No
7 by n majority of 307 as indicated
by the returns from all precincts. with
the exception OF numbers 1, . and 20
Unable to Live. Claim.
School teachers OF the city last fall
presented a petition to the board oi
education demanding an increase of a,
least 10 per cent in salaries. They as
serted that as the result of the soaring
food prices and the generally advanc-
ing cost OF living they were unable tt
live comfortably on the wages paid by
the city. The board announced itselt
i'm sympathy with an advance from
the start, but declined to raise the
salaries until action at the polls by the
voters.
The election yesterday created bu
little interest and in no precinct was
there any great opposition toward the
increase of the school levy indicated
CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
SUBMARINE LOSSES
SHRINK; AIRPLANES
HIT AT SEA MENACE

LONDON, May i5-Thc report
of the weeks LOSSES thru sub
marines io be issued tomorrow
will be the most favorable IN
several weeks. The number of
ships torpcdocd Is well below The
average. while the number of
ships escaping attack is very
large.
Those in touch with the anti
submarine campaign also are
very cheerful over the results of
actual attacks on submarines.
which have been pushed with the
utmost ,igOr during the fine
weather Of the las; fortnight.
This has been particularly favor
able to airplanc activity. Accord
ing To one report, more subna-
rincs have been sunk in the last
week than in the month previous.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16

The first annual Shorthorn sale and
horse show of the Mid-Contineut Live
Stock exposition will be ushcred In to-
day when President W. l.. Lewis, Of
the exposition introduces Frank Gault,
president of the State Board Of Agri-
culture. and the Judges legin their
work Of selecting the ribbon winners
among the Shorthorns of some seven
herds.
Every animal to be shown In the
horse show Is in its stall at the fair
grounds and every Shorthorn, Jersey,
Aberdeen Angus or other breed of cat
tie has been brought to the finest fet-
tie
Miss Loula Long, the country's most
noted hOrSewoman, Will arrive In
Tulsa this morning. and will at once
/; 10 personal charge of her stable of
5, we 22 ANNALS which have been en-
tered In Almost every class or the SIX
sessions of the show.
The exposition will open early this
morning with the Judging Of those
Shorthorns and other individuals OF
the same breed, which are to go on
the block this afternoon at I o'clock.
Oklahoma Interested.
For the Judging this morning the
interest OF the breeders and visitors
ors between Oklahoma's contingent
and representatives from the Espedeza
stock farm OF Hickory Valley, Tenn.
The exposition will he formally
opened to the public this morning
with the start of the judging H. the
shorthorn classes at $50 o'clock by
Professor Blizzard of the Oklahoma
Agricultural & Mechanical college.
Handicappers of live stock events
were busy last night doping out the
proba BILE order in which the ribbons
will be placed, but the conclusions
reached were problematical and all
the dopesters appreciated the fact
that one OF two animals sometimes
wins first at one show and the posi-
tions In the awards is reversed at an
other.
The big battle will be between +.
a. Gillespie's bull and COW and tho
Espedeza stock FARMS animals that
will be shown in the same classes. Al
the international live stock exposition
! Chicago, an Espedeza COW won over
the Gillespie COW, Lone Lady. but II
frequently happens that by superior
CONTINUED or PAGE EIGHT
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
u. S. VIII Continue
to Prosper During
War, Says Armour

CHICAGO. May l5 - The
prosperity of the country, III
spite Of the war, Will continue
without even temporary depres-
sion. If "A "business as usual
program is adopted. in the opin-
ion of j. Ogden Armour, meat
packer and member of the llli-
noise state council of defense ana
of the advisory committee OF the
council for national defense.
THE prompt adoption by the
American people OF the business
a. usual idea is going to enable
this nation to prosecute the war
without experiencing tempo
rary depression such as England
and France have recently recov-
cred from" said Mr.. Armour to-
day.
Modern war" he said, "re-
quires the expenditure OF huge
sums of money and means maxi
mum employment and high
wages for all workers. Other
conditions peculiar to this war
make it certain that this nation
will enjoy period of business
and industrial activity the like OF
which has never been seen and
, which is assured whether the
war lasts several months or sew
eral years"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
Not to Quit Teaching
German in Oklahoma

Special to The World.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 15.-In a
divided vote the state board of educa-
ton this afternoon refused to elimi-
nate German and French from the
course of study for the university and
state normal schools. The movement
for the elimination of these subjects
from the course of study has been un-
der discussion for some time. 1t was
contended by some members Of the
board that these studies were unnec-
essary as part of the education OF
stud ents attending the schools.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
BATTLE FUR|0USLY
ALONG WEST LINE
Germans Hurl Counterattacks
at British in Profusion;
Lose Many in Killed.
By Associated Press

What had been everywhere thot TO
fensivc by the Germans against the
british along the Lens-St. Quentin
line and the French from the region
northwest of scissors into Champagne
apparently was only one of the spo-
radio counterattacks which the Ger
mans have been throwing against the
front since the spring offensive began.
Germans Attack -Four Times.
Around Bullecourt the intensive
fighting which has been going on for
more than 4 week continues unabated,
the Germans throwing assault after
assault against the British Tuesday
four of these were launched The Ger
mans losing in all of them except the
last, when their troops drove back the
British in the western portion OF the
village for a distance of about one
hundred yards. In all the attacks the
German. casualties were extremely
heavy In one of them about two hun
dred fifty dead and wounded having
been left inside the British lines.
Along the front held by the French
artillery actions prevailed thruout
Tuesday the Germans failing to fol-
low up tHeir lnIhnuy htth'hS VI Mo"-
day, in which the French war office
says they suffered heavy losses.
Italians Active.
The Italians have assumed the Of
fensive against the Austrians In the
lsonzo region along front o: nearly
twenty-five miles. Following extreme
" heavy bombardments the Italians
loosed their infantry In frontal attacks
and made considerable progress at va
rous points, according to the Italian
official communications. The battle Is
still in progress.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
Women Organized to
Sell Liberty Bonds

WASHINGTON, May IA wo-
mans Liberty Loan committee has
been formed, Secretary McAdoo an
nounced tonight, to cooperate with
the government in placing the $1,000
100000 Liberty Loan by enlisting the
activities of women and women's or
ganizations thruout. the country. Ten
women in various sections OF the
country. active in women's organlza-
tions. are on the committee. They
are: Mrs. Antoinette Funk and Mrs
George Bass, Chicago: Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, New York; Mrs. kel-
logg Fairbank, Chicago; Mrs. j, o.
Miller Pittsburgh, Mrs. Guilford Dud-
Guernsey. Independence, Kan; Mrs
Frank A. Vanderlip, New York: Mrs
Frank S. Higginson, Boston, and Mrs
McAdoo, wife of the secretary.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
Huge War Budget to
BE Taken Up Today

WASHlNGTON, May Is. - The
largest war budget in the nations his
tory, aggregating s3.39O,9i6.OO0 will
be taken up tomorrow by the senate
and given the right of way until
passed
The bill. already passed by the
house, provides for war expenditures
of the army and navy and also. as
increased by the senate appropria-
tons committee today. would appro-
pirate $750.000, 000, of which s400,-
0OO, 600 would be Immediately avail
able for the shipping boards mer-
chant fleet program.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
Fire Burns Building
at ". Y. Navy Yard

NEW YORK, May t5.-Fire of un-
known origin which started shortly
before II O'Clock tonight IN the five
story brick receiving building at the
New York navy yard destroyed That
structure and caused II loss which
probably will run into hundreds or
thousands of dollars. on both sides
of the ordnance pier leading to the
building are moored interned German
steamships These, however were not
damaged.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
TlcO Aged Women Held
for Sisters Murder

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May ID
In an effort to solve what appears
a mysterious poisoning, police are
holding Mrs Margaret II. Allen of
Brooklyn, n. Y, and Mss Alice Herd
man of San Antonio, following dis
covery today of the body of Dr. Sarah
Francis Herdman. an osteopathic
physician, at her home in tbs CITY,
The two women held are sisters OF
Doctor Herdman. The three, all or
whom are over so Yeas of age, &C
cupied the same house, but the two
sisters were away when detectives
summoned by neighbors broke into
the house. A messenger boy With a
telegram from Wheeler iierdna1,
Wrkes- Barre, Pa, was unsuocess siul
I'm getting into the house shortly be-
fore the body was found.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
TEXAS WANTS TEDDY TO LEAD
State Legislature Goes on Record for
Colonel As Division Commander.

AUSTIN, Texas, May IA resolu-
ton was introduced IN the Texas house
today indorsng the sending OF a di-
vision to Europe under the command
of Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
The resolution, which declares that
there are thousands of men in the
United States over the selective draft
age who will gladly volunteer for the
Roosevelt division, was referred to the
house committee on federal relations.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
SEMBRICH'S HUSBAND DIES
Mate OF Famous Opera Singer Sue
cumbs in seventy First Year.

NEW YORK, May 15.-Doctor
Guillaume Stengel-Sembrich husband
of the opera singer Marcella Sem
brich, died here today in his seventy
first year. Doctor Stengel-Sembrich
was known to musicians the world
over and he and his wife were often
called the Darby and Joan" of the
musical world. They recently cele-
brated their forty-first wedding ami
NerSary
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
GERMANY'S SUB FLEET FAILS
Word Reaches America That British
Have Captured Undcrs..a Boats.

PORTSMOUTH. n. H., May 15.-In
shipping circles today report was
current that the British had captured
u flotilla OF submarines bound on n
hostile mission to American shores
The report was said to have come
from an officer of transatlantic
ship, who was said to have heard of 1t
from sources in touch with the Brit
ish admiralty.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
Begin Judging Shorthorns
Early This Morning; Auc-
ton at | 80 p. m.
CONVENTION HALL TONIGHT
Thaviu's Band and Grand
Opera Singers Give Per-
formance This Evening.
TODAl'S PROGRAM.

$50 o'clock -- Judging of
Shorthorn classes 10y Professor
, Blizzard OF oklahoma A. 4 NJ.
college.
| o'clock-Salc of Shorthorn
, cattle from herds OF T.. \. Giles
I pie. J T.. Crosbie, g. T.. Suppes,
John I. Kramer and w. 5. Fears.
Sis O'Clock k-Patriotic concert
by ThaViu's band and presenta-
\ tlon of opera "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" at Convention hall.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
THE WEATHER

TULSA, May 15.-Maximum 7S,
minimum 46: south winds; clear.
OKLAHOMA FoRECAS'r-wednes.
day fair with not much change in
temperature,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

th4ctlu. pee 2u. Excited lu4up- iu
the value Of corn roAultrd ,uuas irur1
the li.ting of an embargo com 'a'.
bound shipments and because uf r'l-
mors that the maximum price would
10, raised with approval ut thD food
administrations. The advance, "hl,h
was accompanied by a notable nrl1o-
cuiuu uut OF trade amounted 40 uur
time Ju GAt cents higher with jan
uarv at S1.2sia To Sl.25A and M''
az S1.2uia tn Sl.-6 we've followed n'
moderate further gains before ID re-
action sci lu Both December uue
January ru-, tu within cent ui the
Existing maN.muIu.
subsequently. dc9iul- that .h, max
imum price limit uu rufurr deliveries
would hc disturbed led Geo -omrtilrS
ct q setback. Report were current
meanwhile that 30 maximum ana mint
mum price IHl uu cash corn would To-"
established. The ciusc was nervous ,
Ia 80 GEM uc. higher with January
at Sl.2iN Co Fl-a ana MAY o'sI ESQ
Go Sl.-Sf..
oats duplicated the action "i corn.
Tho greatest upturn wa ga t'it'-'
Provisions sympathiz'd with 'h'
strength OF cereals.
p-ruut-ttkIug hN hnld'.s HI"usI'
about .lul. dow. turu- .u 200, Itlti
DEALINGS. despite assertion. lna' l"'ch-
,tt N,r, hUt'l-.
t"...
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

New YORK. Doc. co. Mercantile pa
per, sag n y per ccnt, sterling 90 daN
bills. itllt por cent. commercial 'iNiN
day bills ON banks, l5' per rtTI.
commercial sixty day eil.s. t,V1 p".
cent demand. i15i, per cent cables
so 1-l6 per cent
Btr silver -AG $50
McNlClu dollars Use.
Government bonds ticaNy
Railroad bonds Irregular
Time loans strong. sixty das- H
days and siN months. (. per cent
Call mou,> strong Ugh, q Dor.
cent low q per cent ruling rate II
per Gem closing hId bA per ,out.
offered lt o per cent .tHt loan q pc.
cent.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

OF delicious flavor and quality.
Pies of rich and substantial good
ness. Pastry of d%clivatc and lus
ciouS taste. Everything of the
bakers art that is demanded by
the cXactmg lover of good things
are ready for you at our bakery.
If yoa wolld grace your Christ
mu, table and satisfy your palate
give your orders early
PIONEER BAKERY
POI S. LIST st. S. n. Balling, Prop
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

New York pcc 20 cotton futures
closed steady December. t3n.di Jan-
wary S2aGu March .Sg1 o.. MnA
s-N 600 JrI, f-N
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

scssmcniS mean hlEh tAN's ihi 81"
they. suppose e county has tu levy
To raise N5h.pNO What has IA as
scssmcnt got 60 do with making tn
\ higher That sum has To- o.
realized and i, Be- the usual method L"
tax "wners of property IN proportion
o. what they have 90 rais" or r"ur@c
~ you lncreas" indlNldual Nhinill'h
ana lct others down. You do make taN-
- hsh Tor IN" ndtNldutI ana
for the other But n" ioWn "i ''''
gains onNihtug Hy milking tu uhit"
iul assessment nor loses anNlhlnE 'a
putting values too low
Discussing ih' id'Hl machinery '''
assessment 10" speaker -'lo mat 'n
nus "plh'"n % is selecting "a ''Nl 'l
men. swing thcm permanent '''l'.">
lneht nave theW chosen uN "a ''l'''
authority with son1' srn~" "i %
'n" l''''ht ''Nu service rune. ''-"'
ihrlr qualifications
Npcah'nE "l in' '''-'i-
slh uah. MI Lyons l"lu 'l th' H''.
'Aii''0 iN t'i'luN pH'I'l'n I"'h
ih'N were poorly p'l". .n'H ''.I''
''l'''iNi 0"f''' '''N '
'''nh'l -t''h l'''Iln''''' '.N'
N'nIl.''.'' I' "'' me i''"| ''' ''
NtrN
Nl 'N" r''i''" '". -''' '' .'
l"'l'''''''.i'" '' D. 600" e."
-'lu one '7 'H' ''N'' To "' ~"
'"' ''N'
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20
TYPEWRITER FOR SALE

n you want 10 buy a T.. c. Smith
typewriter at a big bargain, phone
l92i-W.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20
WISCONSIN EXPERT
URGES PER
TAX BOARD IN n. N.
Thomas Il, Lyons Gives New Mex.
leans Some Valuable Advice in
Santa Fe Speech Taxation Is a
Mark of Civilization.

90 lhNallon ~ % mark OF NN4NuilyN
when the Spauiard came 80 what
now New Mexico he found no taxes
FOR the indian inhabitants followed
the trails and were not hdrnsscd 20
make out tax returns Despite IN, of
repeated phrase. "O9y taxes aud
death are certain" there are places.
today where death visits but where
there D. NO tax collector. such places
bcing Patagonia and Central Africa.
But taxes are found In other parts Of
the Worlb aId are always unpopular
despite q basic Justification for co.,
lecting taxes aud despite the fact TIN,
the work of the assessor and collector
is most honmuhlc and necessary.
This Is what Hon. Thomas e. Lyons.
n OF Wisconsin, tax commissioners,
told the New Mexico tax uCCrssurs
n county commissioner in an inter-
csitug address delivered ate TUESDAY
afternoon at the second day uf the
tax conference which Is being held at
The state capitoL
Nj Lyons explained In detail the
process of taxation IA This country
~ particularly IN his state OF Wis
c"uslu, he discussed problems which
cN"rS tax assessor faces aud gave .up-
ev-tlous for solving thcm.
Tho speaker was introduced hy
Tax Commissioner Pollard. Of New
Mexico. who said that Mir Lyons hail-
from Wisconsin a pioneer state boo
taxation 90 state that ha- proh,h',
the best SYSTEM 90 taNatlou 900 thv
country, @ state thot hns seen the
wisdom Of having permanent boat D
oi tax Commissioners appointed los th,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20
Ron sN.r-sTrrn nNNCH.
TYPEWRITERs

ALL KINDS, both new n second
hand. bought, sold. rented and re.
paired. Albuquerque Typewriter Ex.
change. Phone 9ii. 122 SO. tth 50.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

Place orders now for Christmas
flowers. which viii be ON sale Satur-
day aud Monday ut the Royal rhar-
macy.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20
wANTED-Miscellaneous

WhNTED-Carefui Kodak finishing
by master photographers; twice
daily service. Remember, satisfaction
guaranteed. Send your finishing 10 a
Fcliahie established firm. Hanna &
renna, Master photographer.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20
Male Help

Have fine business proposition Tor.
young man In city. must have $500
cash. Address &. Co, care Herald.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

rot; EENT-Twp 90 cottage vith
glasscd-Iu sleeping porch electric
lights, furnished $1,000 s01 Lewis
avenue. phouc 1904.
i2.UOU Market steady. Beef steers,
$1,000 HOO; COWS ami hoifcrs So % a
$50. stuohors and fDcdrrs. Sc 80 "a
1870. calves, $1,000 1925.
Hogs Receipts Zoo. 10 cents h.gh.
,r. Top. StG.g5. bulk. Slj.t1u 1913.
sheep Hcceipt-. 1900. steady.
Lambs, Sli.1." 1850. owes. slO.OpW
"a so.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

where and by who.
Number of ships now under ,ou-
Stru,tion, where and hy whom, and
the proportion of work done,
COPIES OF all ship building con.
tracts.
what ships are being bull, iu prl-
waite yards FOR other than government
account and by whom
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20
Female Help

sAINsLADIEs wANTED-Apply at
Rcscrwald Bros
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-20

Denver o., cam. g...li
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-12
CROSS, FEvERISH
Child IS BILIOUS
OR C0NST|PATED
Look, Mother! If tongue is coat
ed give California Syrup
Of Figs"

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross. irritable, feverish or
breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother. If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless 'frun
laxative" and in q few hours all the
foul. constipated waste. sour bile ami
undigested food passes out of the
bowels and you have a we'll, playful
child again. When its little system is
full of cold, throat sore, has stomach
ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-re-
member, a good inside cleansing"
should always be the first treatment
given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a
60-cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown ups
printed on the bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here, so don't be
fooled. Get the genuine. made by
california Fig Syrup Company"
Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-12

, commissioners on the settlement Of the
report of the commission Mr.. Thomas
presented the first definite, practical plan
for Swedish immigration to his native
State. The Legislature of 1870 passed
an Act authorizing this plan to be tried
Two days afterwards Mr.. Thomas was
appointed commissioner of immigration
and the fate lof his plan was placed in
his own hands.
Mr.. Thomas .hastened to Sweden. re-
cruited a colony of 81 Swedes,-picked
men. women and children-sailed with
them over the ocean. led them up the
st. John river In fatboats drawn by
horses on the bank, and on July %, 1870
just four months after the passage OF
the Act authorizing the enterprise
founded the prosperous colony of New
Sweden in the primeval forests of Maine
Here he lived in log cabin among his
Swedish pioneers for the better part Of
four years, directing all the affairs Of the
colony till its success was assured.
The Swedish immigrants who followed
the first settlers soon filed the township
of New Sweden and settled in the towns
of Woodland, Caribou and Perham. to
the south. and pressing into the woods
to the west and north, founded the
daughter settlements of Westmanland,
Stockholm and Upsala. The little col
ony of II souls has now Q916) grown to
over 1900, and by its influence has at
tracted many thousand Swedes to other
portions of Maine and New England.
Names Swedish settlement is today one
of the most prosperous and happy farm
ing communities in the United States
and is the only successful agricultural
colony founded In New England with
foreigners from over the ocean since the
Declaration of Independence. New Swe-
den enthusiastically celebrated the 10th,
25th, 30th and 10th anniversaries of its
founding. At each of these festivities
Father Thomas" as his Swedish
children in the woods" affectionately
call the founder of the colony, was the
orator of the day.
Mr.. Thomas was representative in the
Maine Legislature Of 1873, 1874 and 1875.
In the first session he made his mark as
an able and courageous debater. and in
the two later sessions he presided over
the House as Speaker. He was State
senator In 1879, but declined a renonina-
ton. He was president of the Republi-
can State convention in 1875, and in 1880
a delegate to the memora Bile Republican
national convention at Chicago, which
nominated General Garfield for the pres
idency.
On the fourth Of July. 1883. he de-
livered the grafton at the quarter
millenial celebration of the founding
OF portland by his own ancestor.