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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-12-12

lions will be read by each member.
Some more yarn is expected soon for
the War Relief
Ephraim Miller was saving wood
with a gasoline engine on the river
road last week.
Miss Margaret Washburn returned
Monday to her school at Caratunk.
where she was teaching until called
home by her mothers illness.
The meeting Friday tomorrow
evening, will be at Mrs Eliza Temples
Thales Spaulding Jr. who is serving
in the Navy on the battleship Della
ware, came home Saturday night for
a short furlough
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Reynolds have
closed their home and gone to Eugene
Webster's. where they will stay this
winter
Private Norman Collins arrived
home Saturday evening
Walter Dunton's family have all
been sick with influenza, but at last
reports We're improving His sister
Mrs William Littlefield of Skowhegan
is with them at present.
Miss Gladys Reynolds is boarding
with Mrs Bernard Gallant during the
remainder of her school
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Collins are the
happy parents of little daughter
born Sunday, December Sth.
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IARONE

In the case of blood poisoning of
Mrs. Martha Allen, it was thought ad-
visable to remove the finger and it was
amputated, Sunday the Sth, by DR.
Smith of Norridgewock Mrs Allen
is getting along as well as could be
expected.
A big deer of twelve points and
weighing two hundred and thirtyfour
pounds, was shot near the home of
j. G. Morrow by Bert Larry Of Smith
field, who started the buck near North
Lake and trailed him over across
Dodlin and Bear Hill to this section.
Forrest Farley has been i'll from
the influenza but is now better and
the other members Of the family are
now i'll with the same distemper. DR..
Smith is in attendance, with a sister
of Mrs. Farleys as nurse.
Mrs. l.. v Winslow with Master
Paul were week end visitors al her
parents in NorridgewoCk.
Mrs Joseph Durham has returned
to her employment at Mrs. Walter
lights in Skowhegan
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spending the week end with his
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. At
wood.
Blaine Atwood and L Riggs were
lucky hunters securing a good buck
with points Friday morning.
Congratulations are extended Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Lovejoy on the
birth of an heir
School in the lower neighbOrhood Is
closed for good 1t is reported that
the teacher Miss Emery was married
Thanksgiving and will not finish the
term.
1t has been cold and windy all the
week with a very little snow. People
are wishing for a little more snow
to make better roads. they now being
dry and rough.
Alfred Williamson killed good
hog Friday, it is said.
Philip Dolbier was in Kingield
Sunday afternoon.
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BARRON'S CORNER MADISON

Mr.. and Mrs Xavier Thibodeau are
receiving congratulations over the
birth of son born Dec. /, 1918.
Mrs Rosanna Duby, former resi-
dent of this neighborhood, is moving
her household goods to Madison.
John Thompson of Starks is work
ing for b + Burns this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. b. Niles entertain
ed their two daughters. Mrs. II c.
Sheridan and Miss Velma Viles of
Skowhegan. for the week end
James Bourne has work in the Great
Northern Pulp Mill this winter.
Cyrus Norton of North Arson spent
Sunday with his son Blynn, in this
vicinity
Mrs. Fred Pierpont of Madison was
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
James Brown. Sunday.
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School closed last Friday after a
term of fifteen weeks. The teacher
Jean Rogers returned to her home in
Troy, Saturday.
Lewiston, Thursday. after spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. f. II.
Reynolds
Herbert Getchell went to Lewiston
to spend the winter with his daughter
last Wednesday, after staying few
days with his son. William Getchell
and wife.
Cleve Williams went to Bangor Sat
urday
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
NULAY HILI-NEW PORTLAND
I From Our Correspondents I
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hamilton OF
Kilgfield were visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Williamson, Friday.
Herbert Lovejoy from the county
road was on the Hill, Thursday.
Leonard Riggs cut his foot quite
badly Friday while working in the
woods. DR.. Pratt was called and
dressed the foot
News received from John William
son lover there) tells of his being all
right. Considerable anxiety has
been felt by his relatives by not get
ting any word from him for over two
months
Clark Childs is on the Hill buying
apples. The price offered is $500.
Sherry Lovejoy is helping Tom
Hogan press hay. Mr.. Hogan will
finish in one day more. He has press
ed about 48 tons for himself on his
lower farm.
Beulah Ellis was very sick the past
few days with appendicitis.
Master Kenneth Atwood has been
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From A Former Resident

Ralph L. Nye has not been a resi-
dent of Skowhegan for many years
but time seems to have strengthened
his affection for his former home COM
munity Friendly letters like the fol-
lowing are the most pleasant incidents
that come into the life of the pub
Usher
1647 West llth St
Los Angeles. Calf
The lndependentRe Reporter.
Skowhegan, Maine
Dear Friends
Enclosed you will find check for
my next years subscription for the
Reporter If the increase We're five
dollars instead of only fifty cents. |
should send it just the same for the
Reporter has been a gladly Welcom-
ed weekly visitor in my home for
many years and | would not care TO
be without it, was glad 10 read Of
the celebration that you had Nov llth
and during the wonderful celebration
that we had here in this city | thought
of the people back home and how this
demonstration of gratitude for the
coming Of peace reached from Allan
tic to the Pacific There is surely no
place in the United States that
should enjoy being in to welcome
"our boys" when they come marching
home as in dear old Skowhegan.
Maine. If you have a copy of the
extra" that you issued on Nov. 11th
I would be pleased to have you send
me one
Yours sincerely
RALPH LESLIE NYE.
Nov 25th, 1918
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Mrs. Czarlna kincald

Mrs. Czarina Kincaid widow Of the
late Albert kincaid, passed away at
the home of Orlinda Weston on the
Middle road. last Saturday Noyem-
Der 5. last. she fell and broke her hip
while at work about her kitchen and
owing to her advance in years, physt-
clans were unable to set the broken
limb Mrs Kincaid was born in 1887
at Bloomfield. the daughter Of James
and Hannah (JeWetU Steward. both
natives of that place. In March.
1859. she was married to Albert Kin
caid of Cornyille He passed away
October 1915 The deceased has been
a resident of Skowhegan for the past
sixteen years, making her home with
Miss Weston. above referred 10. Her
pr yious residence was in Massaehu-
Setts The funeral services we're
conducted last Tuesday Al o'clock
from the Weston homestead by Rev.
Charles II Mckinney Of the Congre-
gational church Burial was in the
family lot in the Southside cemetery.
Mrs Kinead is survived by one son,
Bert W. Kincaid Of Plattshurg, Pa,
and one brother Henry X Steward.
who has been making his home with
Miss Weston also since the death of
Mr. Kincaid. He will leave here in
about week to remain at Marlboro,
Mass with his son The son Bert
W. arrived here last Monday noon and
was present at the funeral services.
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ing AT the Twelve Corners school
which was formerly taught by Miss
Marion Johnson of Arson Miss
johnson has accepted a position in
the High School at Scion
Mrs Joseph Gallant returned Tues
day of last week after spending few
days with her daughter Mrs. Mary
Robichau of Phillips Mrs Gallant
brought Mrs Robichau's Two children
home with her for a visit
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TWELVE CORNERS

Roy Ryder Was called home last
Saturday owing to the critical illness
of his mother. Mrs. Helen Ryder. Al
this writing she is more comfortable
Mrs Emma Dean who has been al
Baldwin for few weeks. returned
home Friday of last week
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Jacob have eX-
changed their farm with Mr.. and Mrs
George Copp of Scion Mr.. Jacob
and family will move to Scion 1t is
understood that the Jacob house is &c
he closed for time.
Mrs. Archie Danforth is substitute
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Gard OF Thanks

We wish to extend our SINGER
thanks to our neighbOrs and frienC
for their kindly sympathy and assis
ance in our time of sorrow
Eugene Webster
and family
Mrs. Margaret Reynolds
and family
Bingham, Me. December y, 1918.
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ed here for the winter.
Evelyn Reed who is attending High
School in Skowhegan, was home for
the Thanksgiving recess
Mrs. Ann Morrison was visiting her
daughter Mrs. A. T Hobart in Skowhe-
gan last week.
Valdus Squire who had slight
shock two weeks ago remains about
the same.
Mrs. Lloyd l.. Adams has returned
to the home of Mr. and Mrs, Amos
Adams in Madison after spending two
weeks as the house guest of her
friend Miss Grace Griffin of Portland.
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FAST MADISON

J. l.. Wilson who has been quite
sick the past week is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Nelson were in
Athens for the week end visiting his
parents.
Mrs. Ada Green and daughter have
moved to Skowhegan where they will
reside.
Ralph Collins of Cornville has NOV
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HARDSCRABBLE- BINGHAM

Joseph Hunnewell Robert Davis
and Arthur Flanders had the tele-
phone installed in their homes last
week
Mrs. Emma McClintick has been
very sick but is gaining at this writ
ing.
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WEST MOSCOW

More than the usual number OF
members were present at the Deem
Der S meeting of Good Will Club and
one guest was also present. Two
papers on Mothers Day" were read.
Mrs Amelia Gates will entertain the
club, December 10 Christmas selec-
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BAKERS SIDING

Bert Clark has new monograph
Sophia Gilman went to Augusta last
Monday
The H. & w. are building a new
cook-room on the JOS Hoyle camp.
Lena Reynolds has a new phono-
graph
Frank Foss returned to his home In
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over seeming impossibilites, to contribute
herquota to all the stupendouswar measures
that our National Government has found
necessary to enact.
You will be gratifed, always, that your
hands and your money have aided in com
pelling the most powerful enemy of
humanity to yield to an Unconditional
Surrender, thereby assuring peace and
prosperity to all peoples of all nations.
And when our boys come back your well
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come viii be sincere, for you can truthfulty
feel that by your own generous giving In
relief work and your own buying to your
full limit, of War Savings Stamps and
Liberty Bonds, you have helped them to
6ghtand to return in safety and good health.
But if for some reason you have delayed
doing all you could, remember that now
is your opbo,1uu1y 10 make good. BUY
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS TODAY,
all you possibly can afford to buy, and
you Il never regret It.
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NATURE WARNING

Read those lit,le ads page four
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Hats Off to Miss Morsman

In the Third Liberty Loan
drive Dawson county, including
the Redwater Valley, made an ex-
cellent showing by oversubscrib-
ing in the buying of bonds. But
to Miss Everette Morsman, of
Brockway, goes the honor of be-
ing the largest individual sub
scriber in this section. She SUBJ
scibed for $500 worth of bonds.
This is, indeed, worthy of special
mention and we all take our hats
off to Miss Morsman. Here is
what the Brockway Bulletin had
to say:
"The largest individual SUBJ
scription to the Third Liberty
Loan in the Brockway district
was that of Miss Everette j. Mors-
man, who subscribed for $4,000
worth. Miss Morsman's patriot
ism is of the highest type and
worthy of emulation by others
who are abundantly able to come
across" handsomely but have
done little"
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Circle Park Being Beautified

Fred B. Pardis, the local nursry
salesman, has been a very busy
man the past week planting trees
in Circle park. The trees are Box
Elders, Elm and Ash and all four
year old stock, and about six or
seven feet high.
The Royal Neighbors are the
ones having the work done and
footing bills, with the exception
of $50 that was donated by the
Commercial Club towards paying
for the trees. The trees includ-
ing work cost $4,000.
This is, indeed, a step in the
right direction towards making
a real park out of it some day and
those in charge are to be compli-
mented for their efforts.
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The Clark Meetings

The Clark evangelistic meetings
which are being held in the An.
derson hall, are being we'll attend
ed. Most of the seats being taken
at every service. A collection is
being taken at each service to
meet incidental expenses of the
meeting, which are simply actual
expenditures of money for hall
rent, printing, entertainment of
the evangelist and wife and stage
fare from Glendive. The meet
ings will continue over Sunday,
May 10Th. The services begin at
$50. The stereopticon will be
used in illustrated songs for few
minutes each evening.
Evangelist Clark will speak on
the following subjects:
Friday night-"War and Wor-
ships"
Saturday-"Cost of a Christian
Life"
Sunday morning-"Service."
Sunday 300 p. m. lecture on
Bible Knots"
Sunday night-"What I About
the Judgment"
Monday, kids night again.
Tuesday evenings e e in e
Double"
Wednesday-"Cut it Out"
Thursday-'Life or De t h,
Which?"
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Dawson Co., War Council
Organized at Glendive

been put into effect. He called at
tention to the necessity of unity o.
action and the amalgamation o.
all the working forces under ont
head.
Attorney D. J.~O'Neil spoke
briefly along the same line, aftel
which a set of bylaws were
read, discussed and, after slight
amendment, adopted.
According to the adopted
bylaws, each and every citizen in
Dawson county is a member OF
this important body, whose work
will be mapped out and generally
directed by an executive commit
tee, the personel of which is men
and women who are determined
to do everything within their
power, as loyal Americans, for this
nation and its allies in the exist
ing crisis.
Briefly, the plan of organization
creates an Executive Committee
composed of the County Chair
man and other leaders of war
work in the county. This Com
mittee will then divide the county
into not less than thirty and not
more than one hundred districts
and appoint a chairman for each
district. These chairmen and the
Executive Committee are formed
into General Committee, which
shall have county wide jurisdiction
on the major problems of the
work. The District Chairman of
each one of these districts then
must recommend to the Executive
Committee, the subdivision of his
district into not less than two nor
more than ten sub-districts, and
recommend for appointment as
sistants or directors for each dis
trict. The District Chairman and
the directors constitute an Execu-
tive for their respective districts.
The workers in the sub-districts,
or subdivisions, together with all
the other officers, chairman and
directors from the War Council
which is the most numerous body
of the organization.
By this scheme it is hoped that
the war work of the county can
be carried out with the greatest
speed and in the most through
1t is hoped that by this
division of labor no one engaged
in war work need spend more
than one-half day for one purpose,
and probably will not be obliged
to call upon more than ten people
in the progress of any campaign.
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Local Pastor Receives Call

Rev. A. j. Gravdal, pastor OF
the local Lutheran church, receiv-
ed a call from Lansford, N. D.,
this week offering him a position
as pastor there.
Rev. Gravdal and family has
now resided here about two years
and is most ardent worker and
a good man. He has done good
work while here and members OF
the church will greatly regret to
see him leave should he decide to
make the change.
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To coordinate and amalgamate
the various bodies engaged in war
activities into one central and pow
erful organization for more eff
cient and effective work for the
cause of democracy, is the purpose
of the Dawson County War Coun-
Gil. 1t was brought into existence
at a mass meeting held Tuesday
evening, April 23rd, at the County
Court House in Glendive. Over
three hundred men and women of
the county attended this meeting,
which was opened by singing the
"Star Spangled Banner" Mr.. H.
N. Dion, president of the Glendive
Chamber of Commerce, acted as
temporary chairman and ]. j.
Ermatinger as temporary secre-
tary.
In outlining the purpose of the
meeting Mr.. Dion emphasized the
need for such an organization as
the War Council and reminded the
citizens present that up to the
present time each patriotic society
had been working single handedly,
and also that there was some
overlapping of effort and purpose.
He pointed out that in the past
whenever a campaign for the sale
of Liberty Bonds or Thrift Stamps
was undertaken it was necessary
to construct a new organization,
or set of workers; that the Red
Cross, Y. M. A. and others, when
ever they put on a campaign for
funds, were obliged to do likewise,
and that this resulted in a consid-
cradle waste of effort and time in
order to get started in the real
work of the campaign. He also
pointed out that this plan of OPP
Grafton frequently resulted in
placing a heavy burden on a COM
paratively small number of citizens
and also occasionally prevented the
complete and thorough systematis-
ing of the work.
Attorney F. P. Leiper elaborated
upon the points covered by Mr..
Dion, calling attention to the ur-
gent need of perfecting an organ
zation which will have its workers
in each and every locality in Daw-
son county, and which, when fu-
ture campaigns are launched, will
put Dawson county. "Over the
Top," in an effective and thor
oughly satisfactory manner with
he smallest time and effort.
Rev. Frank Durant endorsed
he idea and said the only wonder
S that it had never previously
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Red Gross Notes

Work turned in the past week
Mrs. Fred Johnson, 2 shirts
Mrs. Frank Flick, sweater.
Sam Hansen, sweater
C. r. Miller, | sweater.
3" Ingeborg Tuff, l sweater.
Louis HilStad, 2 shirts.
!" G.. A. Daily, | shirt.
Oscar Lee, shirt.
D. L. Eastburn, l shirt.
M. o. Seglen, shirt.
C. A. Anderson, l shilt.
Seven bandages made at meeting.
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Mitchell Will
Be Candidate
Ex-C0ngressman Stout Eliminates
Himself as Congressional
Candidate


Louistown, April 27.-On leav-
ing for the east to visit his mother
who has met with a sever accident,
ex-congressman Tom Stout takes
occasion to say he will not be
candidate for the nomination for
congressman at the forthcoming
primaries, making the announce
ment in order that all his friends
throughout the state may be ad-
vised as to his position. In the
same connection Mr.. Stout an
nounces the candidacy of H. B.
Mitchell, of Great Falls, for the
democratic nomination for con-
gress, and says that this will be
received with a great deal of salts
faction by MIR. Mitchell's thous-
ands of friends throughout Mon
tana. He says of Mr.. Mitchell:
There is no man in the state
who has more intelligent grasp
upon the great political questions
Of the day, and few, if any, who
are better informed concerning
the needs and interests of his
state. He is square, honest, sin
cere, studious and clean"
Harry B. Mitchell, of this city,
one of the best known democrats
of Eastern Montana, will be can
didate for the democratic nomina-
ton for congress from the second
Montana district at the coming
primary. That announcement was
made last night first from Lewis
town and later confirmed by Mr..
Mitchell in Great Falls. Mr..
Mitchell has been an active worker
in the party for many years.
Mr. Mitchell, corroborating the
announcement made by Mr.. Stout
at Lewistown, said that he had
writtent to Mr.. Stout on the sub
ject and authorized him to make
the announcement. He explained
further that publicity was given
at this time at the suggestion of
many of the democrats of the dis
trict, including Mr.. Stout. In
to the latter on the sub
iect Mr.. Mitchell said:
'1n the matter of making this
race | have beenreluctant to inject
myself into the campaign, and
considerably undecided as to the
light course for me to follow. As
think | told you | shrank from a
campaign; and would
nave to be convinced that there
vas real need of my candidacy be-
ore | would have deliberately un-
lertaken that.
81 have also believed that the
ess politics we had this fall the
he better it would be for the
country, and have been hoping
against hope that some way might
,e found whereby Montana might
,e able to elect a dependably pa
riotic congressional delegation
without factional or party differ
,nces. | realized that such an
outcome seemed impossible under
he primary law; but ! realized
Ilso that such an arrangement
would only be possible by conced-
ng to the republicans the MEM
,ership from this district, and
lid not want to put my candidacy
n the way of such a patriotic
greement, faint though that pos
ibility was. The action of the
epublican state central committee
\ Helena the other day in decid-
ng upon complete party tickets
verywhere effectually killed even
he faint hopes that existed along
he line mentioned, and removed
nv grounds for indcisions on that
core. However, in the face of
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E. |. Mcknight
Ingvald Hadland
Sadie Loudon
Albert Coffin
Mason Knapp
Alex Vondette
A. L. Moore
Carl Olson
H. Z. Coburn
Jens Frandsen
Joe Melinda
c. A. Daily
Louis Hilstad
A. Storgaard
Christ Rosseland
Edw. Moline
Albert Klaus
Vern Karl
Seward Holsapple
Marvin Frandsen
Marion Hutchins