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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
DAYS LUXURY"

Everyone has heard of Day S
Luxury" the name by which a SUI
perior quality of molasses. flour. tea
coffee. ETC. sold under Hotel Coburn
is known. Long has been the speeu-
lation as to the origin OF this name
and now we are able to tell our read
ers all about it, 1t seems ii has
come down from a remark made by
the father of Skowhegan's leading
groeeryman. at the time of his birth
Read about it in our advertising col
umns on page six of this issue
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
HIGH SCHOOL JOINT
CONCERT FRIDAY
Participants Named for
S. H. S.
PreIiminaries Held Local High School
Preparatory to Contest.

Miss Dorothy Potts and Joel Taylor
will represent the local High school
in prize speaking at the joint concert
of the high schools of Skowhegan
Madison Fairfield and Good viii
which is to take place tomorrow
evening at the Opera House.
The preliminary contest was held
AT the High school building Friday
afternoon when there were six par
tcipants. The judges were Mrs. j.
p Oak. Judge Fred +. Lawrence and
William Folsom Merrill.
The first speaker. Alexander ThOm-
son, spoke on abraham Lincoln" The
second, Miss Potts, gave a long selec-
ton entitled "Ardelia in Already" in
which is humorously described the ad-
ventures of little New York East
Side girl who is sent by the Fresh Air
ton Miss Potts well deserved the
prize for her enunciation, facial eX-
pressions and gestures were especially
good. Laurston Jacobs, whose selec-
ton was American Newspaper Con
spiracy." the speech recently made by
Mr. Gardiner before Congress, also de-
serves special mention, for he deliv-
cred the piece in a most convincing
and inspiring manner.
of the Violin and was followed by
Joel Taylor. Mr. Taylor's selection "A
Vision of War and Vision of the Flu
ture." was another worthy prize win
ner and was delivered in a highly
creditable manner. In this piece the
terrible pictures of war are depicted
in most realistic manner. followed by
wonderfully thrilling and inspiring
picture OF Americas future. The
last speaker was Miss Emerald
Young who gave a reading from Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" Her
clear enunciation and natural ges-
lures We're particularly good. Miss
Marian Steward was coach. introduc-
ing the speakers informally.
Other local participants in the af-
fair to be given tomorrow evening
will be the Misses Beatrice Weston
and Lois Hubbard, pianists; Hector
Chabot, Charles Cariveau and Leon
jenkins, violinists; Kenneth Copp,
cornetist.
The rest who will take part come
from the other three schools. There
are also to be representatives from
Somerset Academy, Athens. Besides
the prize speaking, there will be
music by the twenty piece orchestra
and the chorus of several hundred
voices.
The musical numbers for tomor-
row evenings concert are as follows:
Mar Frat" Von-blon; Chorus, Come
Where the Lilies Bloom" Thompson, g.,
Southern Lullaby" Heltman. by
Miss Hazel Wills. chorus and orches-
ira: operate selection, Martha, "
Flotow. by the orchestra; chorus,
"Moonlit Meadows" Czibulka; Pop
ular Song, by Mr. Fred Raynor,
chorus and orchestra; orchestral Sc
lection, First Heart Throbs," Ellen
berg; song. The Kerry Dance" by
Miss Levina Murray; chorus "EN-
cerpts from Faust" Gounod; solos by
Misses Dorothy Potts, Margaret
Craig and Mr.. William Corcoran; fl
nalle. "Paprika", by the orchestra.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
CORNNILLE

Officers elected Selectmen or AS
SCISSORS, J. w. Amazeen, B. L. Bow
man. G. p Badger; clerk. f. C.
howell; treasurer, l.. l.. Smith
school committee, F.. l.. Hight. A. f.
Smith, l.. l.. Smith. Money appro-
priated or raised. Schools. includ-
ing repairs on school buildings.
books, etc, $2O25; for highways, in
cluding bridges and culverts. $3.50;
support of poor, $500; other purposes.
Sl903.50; total $92S650
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
CANAAN

Officers elected: Selectmen or AS
SCISSORS. r. II. Harris. c. f. Horne
v. c. Holt; clerk, H. B. Harris
treasurer, Alpheus Mason; school
committee, r. |. Davis. Money ap-
propriated or raised: Schools, in
Guiding repairs on school buildings
books, etc, $21s700; highways, in
Guiding bridges and culverts, $34OS
support of poor. 5000; Library, 1925:
cemeteries. Sl00; Memorial Day, $25;
other purposes. $40; total S71S5 90
Tax collector, Fred Getchell.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
SOLON

Officers elected: Selectmen or AS
SCISSORS, |. L. Brown, NJ c. Jewett
E. C. Tuscan; clerk, w. II. Soper
treasurer f. L. Paul; school COM
mittee, NJ. L. French, Mrs. F. A Cool
idge, G. H. Randlett; road commits
sioner, Asher Davis. Money appro-
priated or raised. Schools, includ-
ing repairs on school buildings, books
etc, $4,000; highway, including
bridges and culyerts. $34S3; support
Of poor, $500; snow roads, $500; elec-
trio lights, $456; town charges, $4,000;
Public Library, $50; other purposes
$3.50. Total $13,969.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08

The Office of state Insurance Com
missioner was established in 1870. OF
the twelve gentlemen who have serv-
ed in that office. five have come from
Somerset county, Joshua Nye Of
Fairfield, 1873; William Philbrick of
Skowhegan, 1879; Frank E. Nye of
Fairfield, 1884,. Joseph o. Smith OF
Skowhegan, 1885; and ]. Wallace
Blunt of Skowhegan, 1913. Joseph
o. Smith was for many years editor
and principal owner of the Somerset
Reporter, the predecessor of this pa
per.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
TOWN MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR MON
DAY, MARCH THE TWELFTH
Articles of Interest to the Voters Assessors To
Be in Session In Several Plantations

town OF Concord VIII be held Hext
Monday morning al }cu O'Clock IN the
town hall One of the articles 10 be
acted upon is 10 -ae If the town viii
vote To authorize 1he experimenting
school committee to continue the
Garfield school which has failed 10
maintain the legal average Of attend
ance during the year Another arti-
Gle included in the warrant is the
following: TO see if the town will
vote to discontinue the Dunton road
SO called. leading from the Country
road 10 the mine; also the road
known as the Daniels road leading
from the Bluff road to the F. S. Burns
corner; also the road known as the
John Chase road on Bluff leading
from Bluff road to the John Chase
farm so called also the road run
ming from the B.u0 road near the
Wilson Burns house 10 the W c.
Carl field; also The road leading from
the County road to the ". W. Moul-
ton farm. so called. and pass all votes
necessary respecting the same.
The annual town meeting in Cara
tunk Plantation will not be held till
Monday March nineteenth. al one
O'Clock in the afternoon. The asses
sors will be in session at Albert B.
Clark's han, at twelve O'Clock of the
same day for the purpose of revising
and correcting the list OF voters
cluded in the warrant is one TO see
if the Plantation Will vote to raise a
sum of money for the support OF a
free high school for the ensuing
year" while another reads: TO see if
the town will vote to build new
fence or repair the old one around
the school house Fairgrounds
The annual town meeting of the
Plantation of Brighton will be held
next Monday at ten o'clock in the
forenoon. The assessors will be in
session at Farrins Hall at nine
O'Clock of the same day TO revise and
correct 'he iiS' oi No'efS. A'i'o"s 'ie
ar'leies III 'he warrant Il one 'eia1-
ing To the purhcase ol SAFE III aleh
10 Keep lhe Pidhidlioi ieeoiuS' dr.
othef' regarding me raising oi niouea
TO put shutters Oh the ehufcH peiiiA.
y vote VIII be taken regarding lhe
abatlns OF HehlH McOiillich TAX
for l9l6. The matter o1 having sehoel
in the York sehoo house VIII d'$e o.
considered
The annual meeting oil the town ei
81. Aibans viii be held next Mohaa!
morning at mne O'Clock. Inc select
men Will be III session al the town
nan at elght oeio'h oi the same Gay
to revise and correct the INST oil
voters. Among lhe iof'y-hlne ara-
cles III the warrant Is one 10 aSeei-
tam II the Town "I'I ADOPT d ueli''e
p'ah OF Schooi ou''''us '''ipi Wv e'ilen'
ana raise mone! ioI 'ne pun po9e' ne
hl"t'er oi 'a'si'iE @-'' 70 VI "," nv
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
ANNUAL MEETINGS HELD IN SOMERSET
TOWNS AND PLANTATIONS
Municipal Officers Elected--- Many and Various
Articles Are Voted Upon

Monday of this week was the date
of the annual town meetings in Som
erset County. The majority of towns
held their meetings this week, altho
several. including Skowhegan and
Athens. will not have theirs until the
Monday of the coming week.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
Extension School at North AnSon

The three-day school in Dairy
Feeding at North Anson which was
not completed the 10Th of December
on account OF the terrible snow
storm. will be completed at an al
day session in North Arson Grange
Hal. Thursday. March Is. apeni0- AZ
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
MERCER

Officers elected: Selectmen or AS
SCISSORS, J. B. Smith, w. G. Wade, E.
c. Chamberlain; clerk, A. B. Dun
ton; school committee, d. L. Tracy
G. S. Morse, C. NJ. Farrand. Money
appropriated or raised Schools, in
cluding repairs on school buildings
books, etc, S1200.50; highways, in
Guiding bridges and culverts, $1,000;
support of poor, $3.50; State roads
$500; repair state roads. $50 stu
dents out of town, $12O; other pur-
poses, $775.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
"Gard- Warren Dies This Morning

A. c. Warren. better known by his
townsmen as Gard" died this morn
ing, at the home Of Mrs. Beulah Holt
where he had been stopping since
taken i'll. He was veteran of the
Civil War. His age was about u
years.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08

Bowdoin College defeated the
Skowhegan Rifle Club 934 to SS1 in
matches shot on their respective
ranges Saturday.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08

shall he a candidate for the Office
Of School Committee at the election
next Monday
THOS. G. LORD
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08

NEW PORTLAND
Officers elected Selectmen and
Continued on Page Eight
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
EXPORT WHEAT ALL SHIPPED

The United States has shipped ev-
cry grain of it's surplus wheat to Eu-
rope and no more can beshipped un-
til the next crop is harvested about
July, 1918, except what is saved out
of ordinary consumption. is the word
Harry A. Wheeler, state food admin
istrator of Illinois, brings back from
Washington after conference with
Herbert c. Hoover, and administrat-
ors of numerous other states.
The situation shows that there il
tho greatest need of careful saving. >
said Mr.. Wheeler, "and 1t will mean
an increasingly regid supervision OF
the wheat products. We have saved
great deal by mems of wheatless
days and similar devices.
~ plan TO permit the milling of on
ly standard -four containing a pro
portion of corn flour Is under consid
Grafton. Every possible saving must
be enforced or we will be forced To
use cornbread entirely
The government will have to find
125, 900 bushels of wheat to send
to France before our next harvest
comes in. The mills are now runnins
we'll above normal and check of
some sort must come"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23

the woman who has already assumed
all the service she can give, is per
fectly protected by the manner ir
which she Is entered on the registra.
tion card. She will not be called or
for any service whatsoever, it is an.
nounced.
The woman who must receive pay
for her service, in business or indus
try, is as important to register as the
woman offering unpaid service, it is
said. The point which Mrs. Hays is
anxious to impress and drive home, is
that the registration of the women OF
Idaho should include every woman ir
the state--it will not be census un.
less 1t does.
A dicussion of this census work
and the rate on which 1t Is to be ta-
ken, will be had at the meeting that
is to be held Monday afternoon al
Carnegie Hall at 3 o'clock, when the
chairmen of council committees from
all over the southeast have been invi
ted to be present. Mrs. Hays expects
at least one representative from each
organization in Boise to be present al
the Monday meeting without further
notification.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
Government Offers Free
Some Valuable Bulletins

The Agricultural Department,
Washington. d. c.. will send on appli-
cation any one of the following bulle-
tins. They will be useful:
34-Meats; Composition and Cooking
121-Beans, Peas, etc, as Food.
139-Enlmer: Grain for Semi-Arid
Regions.
142-Principles of Nutrition and Nu-
tritive Values of Food.
203-Canned Fruits, Preserves and
Jellies.
232--Okra; It's Culture and Uses.
56-Preparation of Vegetables for
the Table.
270--Conveniences for the Farm
Home.
293 Use of Fruit as Food.
295 Potatoes and Other Root Crops
as Food.
29S-Food' Value of Corn and Corn
Products.
375-Care of Food in the Home.
391-Economical Use of Meats in the
413-Care of Milk and It's Use in the
Home.
414-Corn Cultivation.
487-Cheese: Economical Uses in the
526-Mutton and It's Value in the
Diet.
535-Sugar and its Value as Food.
559-Use of Corn, Kafir and Cow
peas in the Home.
565-Corn Meal as a Food. Ways of
Using 1t.
607-The Farm Kitchen as Work
shop.
653- Honey mad Its Use in the Home
712-School Lunches.
717-Food for Young Children.
Fireless Cookers
and Their Use.
S07-Bread and Bread Making.
808-How to Select Foods. I. What
the Body Needs.
817-How to Select Foods. II. Cereal
Foods.
S37-How to Select Foods. III. Pro-
tein. Tin press
S41-Drying Fruits and Vegetables
in the Home.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
A Man With a Mission
To Visit OrOfinO Nov. %

DIR. John A. Gray. who Is to lecture
in Orofino November 20, Is a really
remarkable character The first not
able thing this man did was to work
his way thru college. and when he
had completed the course he entered
another and seminary. Then he
was calledtto the pulpit of the Work
ingman's Church, New York City,
where for six years he preached to
crowds that continually taxed the ca
pacity of the church.
The Workingman's Church was an
institutional work. and something
was going on all the time. They
were busy days for the minister, who
hourly found work to do and joy in
the achievement. Here the Avanue
A Boys Club was born, with men,
bership of 800. and which today oc-
cupies fine building of its own on
Avenue A with membership of
thousands. He found gang Of 65
young men on the streets and formed
them into a club. Some of them had
been In Jail and most of them were
loafers A teacher was found for
them and in less than year more
than half Of them passed civil SER
vice examination and today are po-
licemen, tiremen. postmen or inspec-
tors in the city.
He found a club of fifty girls in his
church girls who worked in paper
box factory for $3.50 week. He
litted up room with typewriters,
hired teacher from one Of the bus
mess schools. and in less than year.
the girls working at night only, every
one of them had gone to Offices TO
work, cutting their working hours in
half. and doubling their salaries from
the start.
He set apart room every Sunday
morning where little children could
be left in charge of trained nurse
during the hour of service, while
the mother worshipped with the con-
gregation. and the idea was taken up
a's,t adopted all over the civilized
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
When Folks Are Classified
Where Will You Stand?

New York. Nov. 14.-Vigilance
will be extended throughout the u
nited States for the purpose of aid
ing the government to end German
propaganda ard eremy &C witty VIII, i
has been responsible for fires, NUM-
tion plant explosions. sabotage. food
scares and other attempts to damage
the morale of the American people" :"
according to a statement made public
tonight by the trustees of the society
Under the plan of organization
one Of the duties Of the vigilance
corps in every city and town would
be the classification of all residents
under the following classes:
LOYAL,
DISI.OYAI.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Sunday School at 10 a. M.
Preaching IL a. m. and 1880 D. m.
Elder Muse of Moscow will preach
and all are welcome.
Last Sunday morning Elder Muse
took the Lords prayer for his sub
ject and delivered a most interesting
discourse from this gem Of Christian
literature. His Interpretation of tn"
model prayer by Christ was splendid
II yon enjoy good preaching you
should attend tho Christian church.
The Sunday school needs you, and
you need the Sunday school. WIN
are you not attending and by your
presence encouraging IT. Many Oro-
fno children are attending no Sunday
school. and are loosing the moral in
fuence OF Christian teaching. Are
your boys and girls regular atten-
dants In some Sunday school. why
not start them Sunday?
Some people never darken church
door till there is funeral In the fam
iiN and then the" expect the preach
er to read their title clear to mansions
IN the sky. and land them safely in
side the pearly gates. Give God a
little of your time NOW.
Are you Christian Stacker?
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
GOVERNMENT WOULD WARN
THE ALFALFA GROWERS

The Department of Agriculture is
sues the following warning relative
to alfalfa weevel determination
methods:
An advertisement of a patented
process for destroying alfalfa weev-
lis Is published in a recent number Of
western agricultural monthly un-
der the title THE Alfalfa Weevil. It's
Spread and Methods of Extermina-
tion. p" This advertisement misinter-
prets portions of Farmers Bulletin
No. TAI SO as to make 1t appear that
the bulletin supports the claims of the
proprietors of the advertised process
that all other methods are expensive.
impracticable or ineffective as COM
pared with theirs
The facts In the possession of the
United States Bureau of Entomology
do not agree with the assertions of
this advertisement, that the alfalfa
weevii will eventually ruin all alf
alf fields" and throw idle large sec
tions of our country" that the dust
mulch treatment lis found ineffe ctive
after two or three successive years
OF its Use" that the best results OBJ
tanned by any test now adopted by tn
government was a growth of six in
ches In eight days following the dust
mulch method" that spraying re-
1uires more expensive machinery
than the steaming method which is
advertised and that the governments
experiments and Investigations have
cost In the neighborhood OF half a
million dollars"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23

and not an indefinite something less.
II he bales his hay, and deliv 5rs it on
board the cars. he sells a full ton by
weight, and if he sells in the stack
his measurement should equal the
weight required to make a ton. The
Farm Markets Department set out to
obtain for the farmer an equitable
price for his hay. and we know the
price we asked the farmers to hold
for is an equitable one, and that they
will get that price if they will but
hold and uphold the policy of the
Farm Markets Department, which we
feel has been clearly defined in our
every act, as one o. justice to all con-
cerned
At present we have market for
thousands of tons at $500 and $40.
on board the cars-the higher price
price being offered for shipments
from the southwestern part of the
state. l just returned from north
Idaho and find that much of our hay
will be required in that section, and
that hay is now being shipped In and
sold there all the way from $24.00 to
$500 per ton. depending upon ship
ping facilities and distance from
points.
II the farmers will continue to give
us estimates of the unmber of tons of
hay they have for sale. and wish To
ship, the time it could be baled ready
for shipping, and the name of their
loading station from present indica-
tions, we will be able to move the
hay just as soon as cars are available,
and as fast as it can be loaded, at
these prices.
Should the market conditions un-
dergo a change, causing a rise or de-
cline in price offered. we will at once
inform them through bulletins from
this office.
Sincerely yours,
HARVEY ALFRED,
State Director of Farm Markets De-
pa RI mani
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
Hay Situation Discussed
By State Farm Markets

The Idaho State Farm Markets De-
partment, in Bulletin No. 10, dated
at Boise November Is. 1917, has the
following to say about the hay sit
uation:
In June of the present year. l is
sued from this department the frs,
bulletin on hay, requesting the farm
ers to hold their hay for $500 pei
ton, If they were convenient to ship
ping points, and later advised them
against accepting less than S12.50
per ton If they were distant from rail
road and were under the necessity OF
depending wholly on local markets.
Since that time, there has been
constant effort on the part of buyers
ITO beat the price down, and vs iou
means have been resorted to in eff
fort to convince the grower that hu
could not realize these figures. On
the other hand, some farmers grow
ing hay in territory distant from rail-
road, have been SO extreme that they
have demaffded from $1,000 to $500
In the stack for their hay, in spite of
the fact that l cautioned them a
gainst doing this. Such action on the
part of hay, growers has made the
buyers justly resentful, because they
felt that they were being taken ad-
vantage of.
Buyers from nearly every section
of the state have repeatedly informed
me that they were willing to pay
these prices for an honest ton of hay,
but that many farmers insist upon
measurement that will fall short of
ton by from to IS per cent
/ know from long experience of
practical sort in buying and selling
hay, that the ordinary method of
measuring and allowing 412 or 422
cubic feet to the ton, will not hold
out. even though the hay has been
ninety days. "a.
When a grower asks $500 a ton
for MIS- hay he should mean a tua
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23

kfter January 1, 1918, Clearwater
Republican will be $1.50 q year.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
DOUBTFUL,
UNKNOWN.

After the completion OF this clas.
sification IA further designation is to
be urged as follows: Alien enemy.
pro-German, anti-government
This list, the organizers declare,
should be placed in the hands of po-
lice departments. representatives OF
the department of justice, and the in.
telligence bureau of any army or ma
val force in the community. If the
government should decide to take a
census of enemy aliens. the work OF
the officials would be greatly facilita-
ted by the list obtained by the local
vigilance committee. it was explained.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER IA

10 a. m.-Sunday School.
IL a. IN. and 1880 p. m.-Preaching
sermon Tcpics-"Walking With
God Where to Put the Empha.
sis
6 45-Epworth League.
You are invited to all the services
Don't forget the special services
Preaching every evening next week
except Thursday. Thanksgiving ser.
vice 2:30 y. m. on. Thanksgiving Day
Come! II Is our Presidents request
Let us show our patriotism and at
tend.
Remember the. Ladies' Aid program
on Wednesday. Nov. %.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23

Clearwater County has done we'll
In the Y. NJ. c. A. drive for the $685.
100000 for the boys in the service
DR.. Givens. county chairman. reports
sS41. and says that Elk River came
over with 5000 of this. Clearwater
county was to raise $3.50.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-11-23
CATHOLIC SERVICES.

There will be no services the third
Sunday of December Instead there
will be services on Christmas day at
a. m. and 10 a. m. at the Catholic
church. All are cordially invited.
A. COI1FERANT