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Food Conservation Department

The following extract from Benja-
min Franklin's autobiography shows
that even in those days the value of
food thrift and a meatless diet was
realized.
When about sixteen years of age.
| happened TO meet with a book rec
ommending vegetable diet | de
termined to 60 into it Ny brother.
being yet unmarried. did not keep
house, but boarded himself and his
apprentices in another family Ny
refusing to eat flesh occasioned an
Inconvenience and was frequently
chided for my singularity. made
myself acquainted with Tyroris (the
author the book mentioned man
ner Of 'eparing some of his dishes.
such DoiI.#g potatoes and rice.
maki.g ..adding and few 9th
ers and then proposed to my brother
if he would give me, weekly, half the
money he paid for my board l would
board myself. He instantly agreed to
it and l presently found that l could
save half what he paid me. This
was an additional fund for buying
books
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REP0nTER =. VALUED FRIEND
425 so Subscriber Tells Oh ne We 'her Con-
diiI0ns In WashiB ton

The following letter from sub
serlber will be Of interest telling as
it does concerning weather conditions
in WASH" .on, y. {.
vt Vernon, Wash, Jan. 3tb. 1915
Dear Sirs:
Enclosed find one dollar for
which please send me the Reporter
for one year II is a valued friend
and we look for it every Tuesday and
= for any reason it falls to reach us
- - disappointed We have been
having a food here The old Skagit
went on a rampage, Dee. 18th and did
a lot Of damage We lost three head
of cattle and a number Of tons Of hay.
The ndter was foo. feet deep in our
house. Most Of the houses in this
country are built high. In our yard
it was seven feet deep. There are d
lot of washouts on the railroads and
bridges gone out Traffic is nearly
at standstil. II is the worst food
in years One thing in our favor is
the warm weather. At present 1t is
so degrees above zero II this is
worth printing will write more later
Yours respectfully,
MRS ROSE NJ. DAVIS,
2 O.-Box 424, Mt. Vernon, Wash
The independent-reporter., 1918-01-24
Realty Transfers

The following real estate transfer
have lately been recorded at the Of
d.. of the Somerset Register Of
deeds
'ercer Sa ael Worcester IL
Frank y chapa. H. land on road
le-'5..- z...e.~ image - Eeeeh
Hill conslderatIo Bill. Prescott J.
pAiaaey - Ghas v ueli II al, land
On Sandy river, Helen . VIE to J
Baile7 Smith. P-essey prola On
Elm ST, consideration $500.
s. A}bans- Charles ) Hilfor
Greeuley B.Pele.~ .4nu with building4
in village next to Elwyn Mathews
home censide alton 211hJ, Guy VOL
man - Hattie NJ. Nowcomh. f3yaer
hone II jos. II ard Carohu K. M
land
Pittsfeld Annie Il. jenkins hy .
ecutor T. tghes y Boz. te1eegtors
deed
Sko"hegen# Harry j. Wn.ttemore
to Bin v Page. lanI Oh Halbon's
Mills road. Bertha =. Steward TO Jere-
miab W Perkins.
Fairfield-Carrie / Perkins 10 J
M9hlon Luce. two lots Of land, one of
about so acres and the other Of about
S. acres on Martin Stream, Fred
Robertson to John T Robertson, land
on Ohio Hill road Harold T. March,
to Geo F. Murrell about so acres
land George F. Murrell 10 Leora c.
Bisson ct al land formerly owned ky
Harold Murrell.
Lexington-Concord-I l.. Stilee <
Son Brick Co. to Frank L. Stiles ct al;
Frank L. Stiles ct al 70 National Lum
ber Co.
Moscow-Ray G Brown of Bingham
TO Eugene Webster, land on Cham
berlain Hill road: Frank 3. Rowe of
Bingham to F. II. Colby, about 40
acres land east of west branch Of
Chase stream.
Smithfield-Wallace A. Tracy 70
Morten A. Harlow, land on road lead
ing from Smithfield to East Mercer
Solon-Jennie L. Heselton OF Show
hegan to Dudley S. Healey, half OF
cemetery lot
Canaan-John W Boston to Elmer
E Salisbury, Canaan, land near Horace
Bragg property.
Norridgewock-Harry P. Smith To
George A Tilton: Albin A Cheviot to
Lyndon VI Emerson, land on west
bank OF kennebec river near P. II.
Butler land; Pat Perreault to Samuel
Boiler. land with buildings on SkoW-
hegan- -Norridgewock road.
Cornylle-Arthur c. York to Leon
K Towle, land with buildings on
Mill road.
Palmyra-Fred NJ. Peaseley To
Frank B Randall. land with build-
ings on Sanborn Corner road, former
ly the keene place.
Long Pond-Hugh Redmond to Noel
Redmond.
Pleasant Ridge-Rose l. Williams
ct al OF Pleasant Ridge ct al TO Rob
inson Land Co, land on Kennebec
river.
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Somerset Child Dead

1t was a source OF much sorrow 70
Mr.. and Mrs. John Abbott OF Somer-
set to have their two year old Roxie
removed from the little family circle
a few days ago. Death. however,
does not consult the wishes Of anyone,
but makes the breach, and commits
the persons concerned to Time. Roxie
was born the tenth day of January
1916 and passed away the twelfth of
this month, making an age of two
years and two days. The illness
lasted over four weeks and rather
long for a child, but In spite of the
many measures taken for recovery,
the child could not be saved, comph-
cations set in at the last.
There are three other children in
the family, The passing of a child
reminds one Of the Biblical words
Suffer the little children to come
unto me and forbit them not for of
such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
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Our Attitude Toward Enemy Peoples

"W do not wish in any way to i'm
pair or TO rarrange the Austrian
Hungarian Empire 1t is no affair of
ours what they do with their own life,
either industrially or politically We
do not purpose or desire to dictate to
them ain any way We only desire TO
see that their affairs are left in their
own hands, in all matters, great or
small.
I'VE shall hope to secure for the
people of the Balkan Peninsula and
the Turkish Empire the power and
right to make their own lives safe,
their own fortunes secure against op-
preston or injustice and from the die
tation of foreign courts or parties
And our attitude with regard to
Germany herself is of a like kind We
intend no wrong against the German
Empire. no interference with her in
ternal affairs We are in fact
fighting for her peoples emancipation
from fear along with our own-from
the fear as we'll as from the fact Of un-
just attack by neighbors. or rivals, or
one is t',eatening the existence or in
dependence of the peaceful enterprise
of the German Emmpire,' (From
the Presidents Message Of Dec. 1A.
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WHEREAS Millard f. Damren OF
Belgrade in the County of Keunehec
and State OF Maine, by his mortgage
deed dated December 10, 1914, and re
corded in Somerset County Registry OF
Deeds. book 1926, page 2l6, conveyed to
me, the undersigned: certain lot
or parcel of land with the hui ldings
thereon. situated in Fairfield in the
County of Somerset and state OF
Maine, on the road leading from La
rome to North Fairfield Village, and
known as the Erastus b. Delano farm.
excepting therefrom certain lot con-
tanning twenty t20) acres more or less.
decided by Erastus 3. Delano to Aaron
Hoxie. Also another parcel of land IN
said Fairfield bounded by beginning at
the Northeast corner of the above
named lot: thence running Easterly on
Charles Heald's South line to a stone
by said wall TO land of
James Badger; thence Westerly by
said Badgers North line to the rrst
named lot: thence Eortherly by said
lot to the bound begun at. Contain
ing ten u0) acres more or less. All
of said above named lots are bounded
on the North by land of Charles Heald .
on the East by land OF Ed Green; on
the South by land of Amasa Mason;
and on the West by Martin Stream. so
called. Also a certain lot or parcel
of land situated In said Fairfield and
bounded and described as follows
To wit. that part of lot number six
on the fifteen mile lot f. which is
bounded East by the East line OF said
lot: North by land formerly owned by
+. b Delano; West by Martin Stream
and South by said stream, containing
eighty-three $50 acres more or less;
and whereas the condition of said
mortgage has been broken;
NOW THEREFORE. by reason of
the breach of the condition thereof l
claim foreclosure OF said mortgage.
Dated January I. 1918.
EUGENE A. COVELL,
BY Butler & Butler, his at
torneys hereunto duly authorized.
3w2
The independent-reporter., 1918-01-24

When sugar Is scarce maybe You
have maple syrup. which answers
very well. l cup maple syrup Tor
you can Use common molasses) one
third cup shortening. salt and one
heaping teaspoon soda, all kinds of
spice Boil syrup or molasses and
pour over shortening When cool
add soda. sal and spice, and -four to
mix and roll thin Put a seeded raie-
in in the center OF each cookie.
A F. VI
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DROPPED COOKIES

I cup molasses, heaping teaspoon
soda, little salt, teaspoon ginger and
little nutmeg. Stir all together Put
. tablespoons shortening in a cup and
fill half full of hot water. Stir with
the other ingredients and add two
and one half cups -four When cool
drop from the spoon quite a distance
apart
The independent-reporter., 1918-01-24

The past issues of the lndepend-
Reporter contain the nearest to a
complete history of Somerset County
of any printed or written record. Let
us show you how to consult them for
any thing you wish to know.
The independent-reporter., 1918-01-24
STATE OF NAIVE
SOMRRSET, SIS.

SOAHRSEI, %.
AT Court of County Commissioners
keRun and held at Skowhegan, within
lad for the County of Somerset, on
he second Tuesday of December A. d.
1917.
The County Commissioners, in ac-
eordance with Section so of Chapter 10
OF the Revised Statutes of Maine, hav-
ing first made an annual inspection, in
the month of September, A D. 1917, of
all the county roads and roads origin
ally located as town roads. in the un-
incorporated townships and tracts of
land in said county, excepting in those
townships in which authority has been
given to the townships to maintain
their own ways, and having there
upon made an estimate of the amount
needed to put the same in repair SO to
be safe and convenient for public
travel. have assessed upon the follow
Tag described townships and tracts of
land in said county, the sums herein
after named. for the purpose of put
ung and keeping said roads in repair
during the year 1918.
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Important Notice to Our Subscribers

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effective at once, for subscription TO
The Independent Reporter:
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and for three months, is slightly ad
yanced over the previous schedule
Eyerybody's Ads are winners.
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$IIb,bfU xy2b.I2
The foregoing tax to be expended
on the County roads in said townships
and Henry p. McKenney is hereby ap-
pointed agent to expend and lay out
the same.
And we hereby order that notice of
the foregoing assessment be published
as required by law.
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Total tax $1006.44
The foregoing tax to be expended
On the highways in said plantation and
Perley L. Bryant is hereby appointed
agent to expend and lay out the same.
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WM. y. OSBORNE
GRANVILLE d. PERKINS
EVERETT r. GOODRICH
County commissioners of
Somerset County.

A true copy.
Attest
3w3 W T. SEEkINS, Clerk.
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SfI,VUV HfSE.VU
Total tax $661.0S
The foregoing tax to be expended
oA the highways In said plantation and
r. r. Kicker is hereby appointed
agent 60 expend and lay out the same.
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10000

Total tax $128900 $773.f0
The foregoing tax to be expended
on the county roads In said township
and Edwin Y. Morris is hereby ap
pointed agent to expend and lay out
the same.
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Eyerybody's Ads are winners.
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$57,445 $574.45
$884,l0

WITT
The foregoing tax to be expended
on the highways in said plantation and
II. L. Colby la hereby appointed agent
to expend and lay out the same.
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WAR COOKIES

F. NJ
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The following rates are announced,
effective at once, for subscription TO
The Indanandent Rennrter.
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Nonresident $76233 S762.33
Total tax $1,008.58
The foregoing tax to be expended
on the highways in said plantation and
Edwin y. Morris Is hereby appointed
agent to expcnd and lay out the same.
WEST FORKS PLANTATION
Rate 12 mills
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-14
|MP0RTAT|ONS Of FLOUR IS TABOO
sA's FOOD ADMINISTRATOR PAGE CALI Upon nEA
~ HerHAN FROM ORDERING FURTHER FLOUR FROM OUTSIDE
hLLs-NoRTH CAROLINA HAS HER sHAsEp

importaons North Carolina until the
IN erect forbidden
pce OF nour conservation in North
o sreal mat number
~o Only TO supply
quantities flour
INC purpose OF Mi
Which nave heretofore
For 8hiOst without exception
~ Ts supply the demands of the Allies
administration will in together those
nave hour for sale and the who
Il follows AN~0eu'@'ins INe ne" =
on the total supply States for home consumption
consumption
>ortn Carolina share being
Oh Inc wholesale of
- orders for -four North Carolina
nave
of'n Carohna all
pack hour for
Carohna cheaper
n rom north Carolina mills
= ~ 'aAe the nome flour a higher price
W no pretend to
IKE the normal demand.
nn,oh our Allies with
soin carolina
VI any oher State
20 hour dealers
disregard
e"s oAsiaror ~ the Administration 80 "
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-14

Eric Coward of East LaPorte was
here yesterday.
County Farm Agent McClung will
deliver a lecture on beef cattle at
the school house in Chenille, next
Thursday night, June Goth
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-14
THE UNIVERS Al CAR

Owners of Ford Cars
made by the Ford Motor
en take it the authorized locality
where will reliable
al equipment quality F
service ObtainablefOr the price
All the Ford used by Ford aud sun
pied by the Ford Motor
parts need of
time and money trying to edo YOURSELF.
1t is thing to understand thing to make
reable When thing
bee line telephone the are ready
give promptattenon So take
and economy
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-14
war SAVINGS DRIVE
june e TO Is,

Winston-Salem, May Sion orl
before June 28th. every taxpayer
and householder in North Carolina
will have made his subscription to
the War Savings Campaign or given
his reasons for not doing so. Pres
ident Wilson has proclaimed Friday,
June 18th. as National War Saw
ings Day, and has requested every
man, woman and child to pledge
himself on or before the 28th, to
save and buy War Savings Stamps
to the utmost of his ability. Gov
ernor Beckett has designated the
week of June 23rd to 28th as War
Savings Week and urges every tax
payer to pledge himself to buy all
the War Savings Stamps that in his
honest opinion he will be able to
pay for during the remainder of the
year.
The purpose of TIE Presidents
Proclamation, likewise that Of the
Governor, is that the War Saving:
Campaign shall be made 10 - over
the top through the efforts OF ali IN
teusive Campaign to be conducted
from State Headquarters beginning
the week of June % and culminat-
ing June %. Instead of taking a
year and month to subscribe this
loan to the Government, National
and State Directors Of the War
Savings Campaign decided that it
shall be put over within week,
and that with the same big success
that met the recent drive of the
Liberty Loan and Red Cross.
The plan by which Nebraska sue
ceeded in notwithstanding her quota
by four million dollars and raising
over fifty per cent of her sales by
April l, is the plan that will be
adopted not only in North Carolina
but in every State in the Union.
What Nebraska has done it is be-
lieved at State Headquarters and
all War Savings workers that North
Carolina can do. Consequently the
plans for all intensive Statewide
drive have been carefully worked
out and are now being executed by
State, County and Township Chair
men.
The chief principle of the plan
adopted is a house toulouse canvass
and the taking of subscriptions from
every taxpayer in the township. or
his excuse for not subscribing. A
record of every mans pledge and
support of this cause will be kept.
On Friday, June q, every tax
payer will be summoned to appear
in the schoolhouse in his school dis
trict for the purpose of either cele-
brating the occasion of the town.
ships raising its quota, or if that be
not the case, to finish raising the
township quota. The township will
be the unit of organization in the
campaign. and Every township
over the top by June %, in War
Savings pledges" will be the motto.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-01-24
The Lack OF Food Is
Appalling 10 Germany.

New York, Jan. %. "A London
cable to the World gives a report
on terrible conditions of the
underfed and suffering people of
Berlin. The report is from an
observer who left Germany in
he middle of December and for
whose trustworthiness the Morn
ing Post vouches. The situation
in Berlin, he said, is absolutely
awful. For the great mass of
the population there is hardly
any light, warmth. clothing or
shoes, and an appalling lack of
food. The work of the city is
carried en- by decrepit men and
women. reduced to nearly the
same condition as the men.
The linen worn by both sexes
is abominably dirty, for there is
no soap. There is intens, ly
bitter feeling among the people
against the government. and
there would be a revolt, only, as
the people are always saying,
women can't make revolution.
The government knows this and
forbids the return to Berlin of
able-hodied men and officers are
allowed to return only in excep.
tionaI circumstances. Won Hind
enburg is loathed by the people
OF Berlin. Placards with his
picture appealing for subscrip-
tons to the loans were torn
down. All over Berlin notices
are posted offering 5000 marks
normally $3.50 to anyone inform.
ing against persons criticising
the government, the emperor or
the war officers.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-01-24
BRITISH POTATO YIELD

According to a British Board
of Agriculture return. the total
production of potatoes in Eng
land and wales is estimated at
3. 339, 995 tons or SS5, 900 tons
(33 per cent? more than in 1916.
and is the largest crop, recorded
since returns we g first collected
in 1885. TIE yield per acre. 6.
81 tons, is three fourths of a
ton HEAVIER than in 1916. two
tifihS of ton above the average
of the last ten years, and has
only been exceed, d four tunes in
the last tn,r Y years. Tne yield
per acre If tIrn.ps and swedeS is
estimated a y, % tons are birds
os a ton below average, and one
a. two Il tbs ton, less than in
1916. The total proiu'tiDn, y
1863, 62i, t1n', - tons smaller
than IL 1916, but $4,000 tons
heavier tan in 1915. Mangolis
are very satisfactory crop, the
total pro iuc'lon, S.4Sl SIS tons
be ne |, liO,0OO tons greater than
in 1916, and the yield per acre,
p. - tons. is about 2;l-2 tons
heavier than in that year and
than the ten year !erage.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-01-24
GET OFF The TRACK

Paducah, Jan. 20. With his
eye ever on the watch, for the
going was rough, Engineer John
Nulvin, bringing the Paducah.
Cairo passenger train of the lii.
nois Central that reached union
station at 9; As o'clock Wednes-
day night, just this side of Fut.,
rell spied a man walking along
the tracks. He jammed on the
air and reversed his engine with
the same move. Passengers
in the coaches behind were cata
pul:ed from their seats. The
train halted just as the pilot tim
Der bumped the man, sending
yards away in to a
snowdrift.
He was picked up and brought
to the union station and hur-
ried to Riverside hospital, where
he said he was L. A. Dungley.
a planter living near Futrell. DR..
Frank Boyd of the |. C. hospital
sta was of the opinion that
that Dungley was only suffering
from shock; no bones were found
broken his bottle was and the
only evidence of hur S was a
badly scratched nose.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-01-24
Red Cross News

More than l,0OO.O0O articles
made by the won n Of Ohio
and Kentucky have ben shipped
from the division warehouse at
Cl-ve and O.iD during the rec
months period ending Jan. lat.
Next week We will publish the
list. Watch for it! 1t will
open your eyes. you have
heard the lie that the women in
the booths, taking memberships.
got commission.
All these stories are lies - lies
orig nate b. traitors.
But thew are carried some
times by fools"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-01-24
Letter From Colorado.
Denver. Colo Ian 10 To-

Denver, Colo. Jan. 10, 1918.
Dear Editor
! wonder if you would allow me a
small space IN your paper; thanks.
Here goes to the readers of the dear
cd Crittenden Record-Press, from me.
who was born and raised in Crittenden
county, KY, and am proud of it, for
1t Is the land that gave me birth and
think 1t is the sweetest land on God s
green earth. remained in that land un
til | reached the age of nineteen years
and then | was getting old enough to
see | had so many wild oats to SOW, il
was then | decided that | wanted to
be soldier and wear the uniform of
blue. so ! Joined Uncle Sam and was
sent to Fort Adams, X. L.. and | spent
six years of my life patroling the At.
lantic; 10 1873 | returned to my home
in Kentucky. remained there for
while, still not satisfied | thought
would go west for rest, so | started
west and got handful; Neb. Okla I;
Texas. and New Mexico, then stopped
over on the old Colorado soil and be
Iieve from New York City to Denver,
Colo, Denver is the beauty of them
all. 1t is equipped with every necesi.
ty required; 1t has its fine hotels.
banks and office buildings, and abov.
all. it is almost surrounded by a mag
ni6cent range Of mountains. The Rock,
mountains are wonderful scene.
When you reach the summit of the
Rockies, you are above the clouds
over 5000 feet above sea level. Den
yer is over 5000 feet above sea level
Denver is one of the most brilliant y
lighted cities in the world. 1t has one
building that Is equipped with 10000
lights. How would that building look
in Marion, Ky? Cheer up. Mar on.
you are small but strong il you only
knew IL.
Now word or two on the war ques-
ton say war is h-ll. who says it
isn't Yes, the Kaiser says he wants
peace-yes pi,ce OF France and a
piece OF Belgium and piece Of Eng
land, and :, try ny hard to get piece
q. the dear old vi I'd States, but he
will salute the American flag when It's
all over-ovrr there.
With prosperous year, 1918, to all.
remain your, truly,
" a. WILLIAMS.
1888 Champa St, Denver, Colo.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-01-24
Made to Measure.

A man who was much bandy.lcggcd
entered n tailor's the other day and
asked to be measured for new suit.
The assistant informed him the boss
wasn't in.
"Ncvcr mind; tho'l do as waell," an.
swercd the man, and the assistant be.
gan to- measure him. When he had
taken the measurements for the coat
and vest he stood up. scratched his
head and looked down ut the mans
legs.
"Wod arta looking att" asked the
man.
why, AVN lookin' at tina legs.
Aw'ye never measured ony body like
thee afoar."
"Oh, never mind my legs" said the
man. "Thcc measure um straight,
owd lad. AVN bend um misel'."-Ex.
change.