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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
4 4 TEN TEN YEAR YEAR TERM TERM IN IN
REFORMAT0RY
Is Year Old Girl Begins
Sentence
Legislators Visit Institution New
Bnilding Being Wired

Sadie Strickland aged lG of Fair
field was sentenced in the superior
court at Augusta last Friday To serve
ten years in the State Reformatory at
Skowhegan for drowning her infant
child in Messalonskee stream sy
months ago She was indicted on
the charge of murder but this VAS
dropped and thru counsel She pleaded
guilty to manslaughter.
Monday some of the Legislators
came to Skowhegan on the noon train
and paid visit to the Reformatory
where dinner was served for them at
noon. The party was afterward
conducted over the farm and thru the
buildings by Clyde II. Smith. chair
man of the board of trustees. The
party included DR. and Mrs. A. ].
Fulton, Mr. and Mrs. ]. C. Harmon,
Dr Frank l. Brown, Leander +. Tut
tie, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred +. Leayitt. Mr..
and Mrs. Tudor G. Jennings. Rev.
Howard r. Sisson. Senator and Mrs.
William L. Walker and Senator and
Mrs. Z. n Merrill of Skowhegan.
James S. Bagley secretary of the
state Board Of Charities. spent Sat
urday of last week at the Reforma-
tory and was entertained at dinner.
There are now six inmates at the
Reformdtory Three of these are
from Portland, one from Bangor, one
from Lewiston and one from An
gusta.
York n BoothbY Of Portland. cleo
trical contractors. are wiring the new
brick dormatory. work having COM
menced last Friday The wiring will
require about one months time.
Ralph and Myron Libby of Scarboro
are doing the work for the Portland
firm
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
MADDEN IS APPOINTED
DISTRICT MANAGER
Several Changes Recently Made at
Local Office Maine Telephone Co.

George H. Robinson district man
ager of The Maine Tel & Tel Co. for
several years, left here Tuesday
morning for Rumford. where he will
become district manager of the Rum
ford district. His headquarters will
be in Rumford and he will later move
there with his family. During Mr..
Robinson's stay in Skowhegan the
Maine Tel & Tel Cos. list of sub
scribers has been increased by about
200 patrons. During the summer
Mr.. Robinson was with Company f at
the border, being first lieutenant. He
is member of various Masonic
bodies including the Blue Lodge,
Chapter and Council.
Since the reorganization of the
Skowhegan district the Readfeld eX-
change has been added so that now
the towns of Skowhegan. Madison.
Hinckley and Readfield are all in
cluded in the same exchange. With
the reorganization a new commercial
department has been created and
Frank r. Madden has received the ap-
pointment of district commercial
manager MIR Madden's headquarters
will still continue to he i'll Skowhe-
gan. He came here January /.
1915, from Portland TO have charge of
the plant which then included the
towns of Skowhegan. Madison and
Hinckley. During the absence of
George X Robinson at the border last
summer he was in full charge of
both the plant and commercial de-
partment performing these duties
most capably He will he in various
parts of the district from now on and
the plant department will in the
future be handled from Rumford.
Miss Marjorie Powers who has
been chief operator of the Skowhe-
gan exchange has been made chief
operator of the new Skowhegan dis
trict including the towns Of Skowhe-
gan. Madison. Hinckley and Read
field Miss Feralyn Briggs has been
appointed senior operator for Madi-
son and Mrs. Mark Emery has been
promoted senior operator for Skow-
hcgan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
LORD RECOMMENDED FOR
TRIAL JUSTICE
Lancaster'S Term Now Ended by
Virtue of Election as Treasurer

Thomas G. Lord has been recon-
mended by the selectmen of Skowhe-
gan for the position of Trial Justice,
his name having been sent to Govern
or Milliken and the members of his
Council
John II. Lancaster who was elected
County Treasurer during the state
election. entered upon his new duties
the first of this month and will,
therefore be unable to serve as trial
justice.
Mr.. Lord is the son of the. late
always resided here. He is gradu
ate of the University of Maine in the
class of 1888. For the past eight
years he has been senior partner in
the firm of Lord & Caswell. under
takers, previous to which time he was
engaged in farming. Except for
serving as a member of the school
board for twelve years. Mr. Lord has
never held public office He is one
of the most highly esteemed citizens
of Skowhegan and has wide circle
of friends who would be glad to see
him appointed Trial Justice.
1t is probable that Mr.. Lancaster
will be obliged to serve in this ca
pacity for another month until the
Governor and Council act upon Mr..
Lords appointment.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01

is grocer in Holyoke, Mass. A
second wife, who was Della White
more, was the mother of seven chill
dren. Those living are Laura F..
Davis of Hartland; Abbie M. Smith,
wife of Charles Smith of Skowhegan; !;
and Emma j. Moody of Cornville.
His second wife died in 1865. His
third wife was Miss Mary E. Clark of
Damariscotta. who was a widow with
several children.
Mr.. McCrillis comes of a family of
near-centenarians Nearly all of his
relatives have lived to a ripe old age.
His mother lived to be 81 years old
and his brother John F., was "a when
he died.
Mr. McCrilis was the oldest male
citizen in Cornville and possessed the
Posts goldheaded cane. He worked
hard in the same way that many
hav worked on the Maine farms, for
by occupation he was an agricultur-
alist, but he was temperate man
and never used tobacco, and this may
account in a measure for his living
to such ripe old age. Up until a
few years he has worked with the
same industry that characterized his
earlier manhood The latter part of
his life was passed in quietude on
the farm where for years he wrest-
led with the problems confronting a
tiller of the soil. Up to the very last
he could write a good hand and was
an entertaining conversationalist.
Mr.. McCrillis had but two grand
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01

soil all must receive their livelihood
this material and manufacture and
disperse to us in different forms the
necessities of life. Let us ever be
mindful of the high ideals of the
founders of this noble order to de-
velop better manhood and woman
hood among ourselves. And with the
exercise of these virtues, each year
will find us nearer to the acme Of our
desires for justice and equality to-
wards all; with better understand
ing and ability to grapple with the
problems that are ever confronting
the farmer.
1t is plainly shown that the great
underlying principle of this organiza-
tion is education. | would appre-
ciate it if the lecturer of the subordi
nate Oranges will cooperate with me
in seeing that the program arranged
for their particular Grange be car
ried out as far as possible. Music
not otherwise specified is supposed to
be contributed by the Host Grange
and | also hope that the subordinate
lecturers will realize that it will be
necessary for me to receive an early
reply to my letters whenever | write
them for their part of the program
that | may receive them in time to
have printed the preceding week be-
fore the Pomona meetings.
As the new year faces us with it's
work. let us ever be mindful of our
duty and with faith in God, hope in
the future. charity and good will to
all mankind and fidelity to every
trust, endeavor to make Somerset Po-
mona Oranges motto Onward, never
backwood'.
Fraternally,
MRS. LIZZIE WATSON,
Norridgewock Me.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
HISTORY Of BRIDGE
PROPOSALS
Subject is Again in the
Limelight
Project First Introduced in Town
Warrant at Meeting in 1908

III The seoy"nr warrant at tie Marcn
meeting for 1908, an article appear
ed substantially as follows:
ITO see if the town will vote to
build a bridge across the Ken
nebec River at or near Kennebec
street and raise a sum of money
for the same
The matter was sharply debated
and the project finally approved by
a vote of 297 to 243.
The committee appointed to con-
struct the bridge had made substan-
tial progress toward letting the con-
tract when the point was raised that
the street which should connect the
bridge on the south side of the river
with Mount Pleasant Avenue. had not
been provided for. A petition was
filed for a special town meeting tc
Continued on Page Four)
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When his summons came good
and faithful servant responded To the
call and entered into life for which
many years had been spent in prep
aration. Rosamus L. Mitchell MAS ii
man of his word respected citizen
and Jealous relieioniSt. liz was
born in Norridecwock. January 26.
1890. the son of Jonathan and Nancy
b (Walton) Mitchell with the blood Of
Revolutionary ancestors toWius in his
veins The common schools and old
Bloomfield Academy were the sources
from which he obtained his education
and his early employment in the activ-
tiles of life was in machine shop
after which he became the engineer
of tow boat on Moosehead Lake in
the days when a>igation ON that body
of water was of the more primitive
sort The wood working business
seemed howeyor to appeal more 10
the young man taste which he no
doubt inherited from his father who
was a wood worker and blacksmith
and he became engaged first in car
riage making house and later in a
casket factory in Cambridge Mass.
During the year 1872. Mr.. Mitchell
decided to make Skowhcgan his home
and entered into business for himself
beginning in the wood working bust
ness on a small scale He was at
first located on Mill Street in the
Continued on Page Four
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with benediction When they rest,
many heart feels its first great
loss. These solemn reflections have
been III evidence in the passing of the
beloved men Of medicine. who have
heretofore gone to their justly earn
ed reward from this community and
will be continually manifest. in after
years, ds the members of that esteem
ed profession. one by one. terminate
their earthly labors, but the circum-
stances attending the death of Dr..
Wadsworfh seem more than usually
regrettdble. startling and tragic. and
the place he occupied in so many
homes and in the community. for the
moment al least unusually import
ant
His illness. pneumonia. often
peedily fatal. seemed in this in
stance 10 move with almost yindic-
tive haste 10 lis fatal conclusion.
there being hun about nine days from
the attack until the end DR. Wads-
worth -kilIful and successful in ey-
cry branch of medicine and surgery.
had been especially fortunate in com
batting this dread disease in others
1t Is a sinister coincidence that it
should have been the malady 10 break
upon and cut short his career at the
moment of its greatest usefulness and
promise
DR.. WadSworth whose death oc-
CURED a Somerset Hospital Monday
afternoon came of distinguished an
cestry. He MAS 4 direct lineal de
scendant of the 9th generation of
Christopher Wadsworlh who came 10
this country in 1922, settling in Ply
mouth, Mass Among the prominent
members of the family in history. VAS
John Wadsworth. Who secreted the
Connecticut State charter in a hollow
Continued on Page Four)
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
OF BIG 100000 DAM At Sk0WHEGAN OR
BINGHAM CONTEMPLATED BY CENTRAL MAINE POWER co.
Electrical Plant Must Have More Power for Its Greatly Increased Bus
ness---Smveyors Now at Work

temptation. The river at Bingham
has already been surveyed and now
seven civil engineers are in Skowhe-
gan where they are surveying the
river and making estimates of the
height of the banks, the probable cost
of flowage damage. etc.
1t is highly probable that Skowhe
gan will be chosen for the site of
the new dam, which is to cost in the
neighborhood of $l.00OOO0. and work
ability, next Fall. The banks of the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
BINGHAM WILL OBSERVE
FOURTH OF JULY
Bali tame win BE Open To Teams
Turnout Somerset County

The town of Bingham Will eele-
brate July Fourth with horse racing
ball games and fireworks concluding
with grand ball in the evening.
The racing will consist of three
classes; 40 class, rs and the
free for all. for a purse OF 800 each.
The ball game will be open To teams
in Somerset County for a substantial
purse. Entries for the race viii be
received by T. n Reynold=
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
Mrs. Lila kinath

Funeral services were held Tues
day at one O'Clock for Mrs Lila
Cannon Kinath who died last week in
New York. The body was brought
to Skowhegan Monday noon and the
services were held at the home Of the
parents of the deceased, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. P. Cannon on Mcclellan st.
Rev. Frederick C. Rogers officiated
and the pail bearers were Frank
Thompson, r. F. Homsted. John
Phillips and George Lowe.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
DARIUS McCR|LL|S DIES
At C0RNv|LLE
Oldest Male Citizen of Town Was a
Former Skowhegan Resident
The funeral of Mr.. McCrillis, the
oldest resident of Cornville, who died
last Friday, occurred on Monday. j.
W Packard, officiating

Darius McCrillis was born in a log
cabin in East Skowhegan, January 1S,
1920 The town then was known as
Milburn, and he with his four broth
ers and three sisters spent large
part of his boyhood there. When Il
young man he bought fertile farm
II Cornville. Mr. McCrillis has been
who was Rebecca Flanders, died in
lS49, leaving one child. Alonzo, who
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
DEATH Of R0SAMUS |.
MITCHELL
Has Long Been Respected titizeG
in Town of SkOwhegan

Memorial services for Rosamus l..
Mitchell were held at the home of
The deceased on Fairyiew avenue. al
two O'Clock Sunday afternoon. Rev.
George Merriam officiating. The
beautiful Masonic service was con
Quoted under the leadership of f I
Merrill and there were many and
lovely floral tributes The pal hear
ers were Judge +. T Danforth. & r.
Fogg. l. F. Homsted and LleWollyA
Goodwin
Mr.. Mitchell died last Thursday
evening about eight o'clock.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01

Kennebec at Skowhegan are much
higher than they are at Bingham and
there would be much less expense for
fiowage damages. AT the present
time the water power at Skowhegan
is owned only by the American Wool
en- Company Milburn Company, Riy-
ersde Pulp Company, Savage Paper
er Company, the last mentioned own
ing controlling interest The dam.
provided it is built at Skowhegan.
will be constructed at the eddy, about
one mile below Skowhegan island
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01

Will Skowhegan or Bingham be Sc
lected as the place for constructing
the big dam which the Maine Central
Power Company is contemplating
building next Fall? This will be de-
cided only after the data, which the
company is now collecting, has been
completed.
The power company needs more
power, il being essential for the in
creased amount of business which is
coming to the firm almost daily. 1t
must get it from some place and
there are the two places under con-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
Gordon Arrested at Madison

Omar Gordon appeared before Trial
Justice J. Frank Withee of Madison,
Monday morning, charged with as
sault aud battery upon complaint of
John Goshorgon. Gordon was ar
rested by Deputy Frank l.. Harding,
Monday morning. Two dollars and
costs. amounting to $762 was fined.
Gordon pleading guilty. The fine
was paid
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01

Green Brothers will move into the
new location the last OF April or the
FIRST of May II is planned 10 put in
a twenty-five cent department besides
the five and ten cent goods They
now have four girls and two men on
their local force. but after moving
they Will increase this number prob
any To ten.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
Philander JeWett

Philander Jewett, formerly OF
Skowhegan. now of Waterville, faith
er Of Mrs Roy Lancaster. died last
night OF pneumonia He is survived
by his wife and two children. also
one brother Daniel Jewett of South
Solon
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
A MESSAGE TO THE
ORANGES
Letter Written by Po-
mona Lecturer
Mrs. Lizzie Watson Sends Greetings
TO Lecturers ThruOut S0merset
County

In starting the year 1917, as Lee
turer of Somerset Pomona Grange, |
hope to have the support of every Pa
tron of Husbandry in my work. Be
lieying that no truer words were ever
uttered than those of Washington
when he said THAT agriculture was
the nobliest calling of man. We
realize that from the products of the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01

promises better results as there are
now three t-grandchildren
In former years Mr.. McCrillis was
member of the High Street Chris
tian Church in Skowhegan. an or
ganization for several years extinct.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
HOSPITAL FOUNDER
PASSES AWAY
DR.. Wadsworth will Be
Greatly Missed
Distinguished Physician and Surgeon
>uccumbs after Nine Day Illness

Outside ne home circle. there IS no
affection 20 strong. no tie so endur-
ing a. iAat between the physician
and Tho family 10 which he ministers,
Of which. IN truth he virtually be
comes par. The skillful hands
whieh welcome the little stranger at
its advent to this world become later
endowed IA the mind Of the boy and
girl=ihe man and woman, almost
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01

Meeting of Community Chorus in
Assembly Hall of High School build
ing next Wednesday evening.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
Explanation from Mr.. Whipple

In the issue of the Independent
Reporter of January 18th, an edito-
rial was published, Coal al $13 a
cerebral tonic. 1t was signed by
II b. Whipple and contained the fol-
lowing statement: "A horse power
of electric energy for a year is equal
when converted into heat, to from 12
to Is tons of COAL
In last weeks issue appeared a
letter from W S. Wyman, treasurer
of the Central Maine Power Company
calling attention to an inaccuracy in
the preceding weeks editorial.
We herewith append a letter from
Mr.. Whipple:
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Editor, Reporter

Editor, Reporter:
| would like TO offer a sincere
apology to the independents Reporter
and your readers, if any, who were
misled by the article on electric
power. and to the Power Company
Officials who were not misled.
should have said work" instead of
heat, then | think my statement
would have been correct. Experts
figure that a horse power of electri-
cal energy yearly is equal to from 10
to Is tons of coal in the amount of
work they will do.
II. 3. WHTPPLE.
The St. Johns herald., 1917-08-02
Proceedings of the Board of Su-
 pervisors, Apache Co.,, Ariz.

St. Johns, Ariz., July2, 1917.
 The Board of Supervisors con- vened in regular monthly session, meeting at g a. m. on this date. There were present Chairman Heber Jarvis, Members John c. Hall and w. A. Saunders and Clerk Levi s. UdaIl.
 Minutes of the previous session of the board were read and ap- proved.
 Out Door relief for the month of July was ordered paid.
 The transcript of school district boundaries of the county as re- quired to be fixed each year by the county school superintendent was filed with the clerk and the same was approved by the board. The transcript follows:
 Office of the County School Su-
 perintendent, Apache County.
 St. Johns, Ariz., July 1, 1917. To the Hon. Board of Supervisors
 of Apache County.
 Gentlemen:-Pursuant to Law, Par. z731, of the School Law of Arizona I herewith submit a Transcript of the boundaries of the different school districts of Apache County, to-wit:
 St. Johns, District No. One:
 Beginning at at point in the middle of West Gonzales St. in the Townsite of St. Johns. south of the middle of Block 69, thence east to Logan St., thence north along Logan St. to Commercial St., thence east to Court St., thence north along Court s. to the middle of block 21, thence north through the middle of block 21 to North Avenue, thence east to the Little Colorado river, thence north along the Little Colorado river to the north boundary line of the Townsite of St. Johns, thence east to the N. E. corner of St Johns Townsite, thence north east to the N. E. corner of Sec. 22 T. Is N., R. 28 E., thence north q miles to the N. w. corner of Sec. 2 T. Is N. R. 28E., thence east 2 miles, thence north 6 miles to the N. w. corner of T. IT N, R. E9 E., thence east 12 miles to the NV. corner of T. IT N., R. 31 E., thence south 8 miles to the s. w. corner of Sec. 2 T. 15N., R. 3OE. thence east 2 miles, thence north 4 miles, thence east F miles to the Arizona-New Mexico bound ary line, thence south along said boundary line 23 miles, thence west about IA miles to the s. w, corner of Section IS T. 12 N., R. 29 E., thence west about 2 miles to the s. w. corner of Sec. 34 T. 13N., R. 28 E., thence north one mile to the south boundary line of the Townsite of St. Johns, thence east to West St., thence north to South Avenue, thence west to the street between Blocks 90 and 91, thence north along said street to West Gonzales St., thence east to the middle of block 69, the point of beginning.
 Springerville, District No. Two:
 Springerville School District shall include all of T. g N., Rigs. 27, 28. 29, 30 and 31 east; T. ION. Ranges 30 and G1 east; T. II N !, Ranges 30 and 31 east, and the north half of Sec. 1, 2, 8, T. 8N,, R. 29 E.; and N. } Secs. 1, 2, g, 4, 5 and 6, T. 8 N, R. 30 E.; and N ] Sec. 2. 8, 4. 5 and 6, T. 8N., R. 31 E.