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If. after payment of the foregoing

If. after payment of the foregoing
legacies to said Institutions by sales
of said real estate as herein authoriZ-
ed, there should be surplus, or
resi1uum of said real estate. it is to be
sold in the same manner as above
provided, and the proceeds divided
equally between the legatees, or their
survivors. named in Item No. of this
Will, unless a majority of said lega-
tees. then of age. shall prefer TO re-
tain the same unsold.
%. | also hereby authorize and
empower my said executor and his
successor, jointly with said Charles
Morse, to convey by suitable deeds of
conveyance, all the real estate in Min
neapolis, or in the State of Mime
sofa, standing in my name, at such
times and prices as they may deem
advisable, and divide the proceeds
equally among the legatees named in
Sect. 3 of this Will, or their survivors
when payments are made. Said lega-
tees consist of my sister, Mrs. Eliza
beth NJ. Winchester and her descend
ants, or their survivors, as described
in Sect of this Will.
Unless said legatees, or a majority,
prefer to retain the same unsold
"a Ny real estate in Maine, not
herein before mentioned, l hereby au
thorize and empower my said ex-
ecutor. and his successors, to sell and
convey by suitable deeds of convey
ance, and divide the proceeds equally
between the same legatees named in
No oil m ha
made when requested by legatees
then of age.
%. | give and bequeath to Closson
c. Hanson of St Adams, three thou
sand dollars, 100000 to be paid by
my said Executor. or his successor
ont of anv moneys belonging to my
estate. within two years after this
Will Is admitted to probate, deducting
his note of five hundred dollars which
| hold
26. Such of the foregoing legacies
as NAV be paid by me during my life
in whole, or>in part are thereby re-
voked and become void; and all legal
inheritance taxes, If any. are to be
paid out of my estate, and not by the
legatees.
In witness of which I have hereun-
ton set my hand and seal this twenty
second day Of May A. d. 1911.
DAVID D. STEWART, L. s.
Declared by the said David D. Stew
art in our presence to be his las:
Will and Testament; and at his re-
quest, and in his presence. and in
presence of each other, we have sub
scribed our names as witnesses here
to this 22nd day of May A. D. 1911.
DANIEL L. FROST
FRED LUCAS
w. o. HILTON
F. N VINING
Witnesses
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u. u. STEWART WILL
Continued from Page One,

the Trustees, Directors, or Govern
ment of such Institutions, as 1.-THE
Levi NJ. Stewart Fund; the yearly in
terest only TO be expended in such
manner, and for such purposes, as the
Trustees, or Government of such In
stitution (whatever may be its form
may deem most beneficial for said
institution and its students.
My dear brother was in Watervile
College, now Colby College, one year;
and finished his education, and gradu-
ated at Dartmouth.
| give and bequeath to Colby Col
lege, Waterville. Maine. the sum OF
Seventy five thousand dollars, SIS, 900
To Dartmouth College, Hanover, N
H.. Seventy-five thousand dollars
$751; 100000
To Brunswick College, Brunswick
Me, Fifty thousand dollars, $50.00000
To Bates College, Lewiston, Me
Fifty Thousand dollars, s50,000.00
To Maine Central Institute, Pitts
field. Me. Ten thousand dollars, $10.-
10000.
To Higgins Classical institute,
Charlestown, Me, formerly Charles
town Academy. Ten thousand dollars
$10,00000
To Good Will Home Association
Fairfield, Me, Ten thousand dollars
100000,
To North Yarmouth Academy, Var
mouth, Me, Ten thousand dollars
100000
To Bangor Theological Seminary
. Bangor, Me, Ten thousand dollars
$1O,O0000
To University of Maine, College Of
Law, Twenty thousand dollars, $40.
10000.
To Childrens Hospital, Portland
Me. Ten thousand dollars, 100000
To Home for Friendless Boys, Port
land, Me. Ten thousand dollars, So.
10000.
To Auburn Home for Aged Women
Auburn, Me-. Five thousand dollars
100000.
To Children's Aid Society, The
Girls Home, Belfast, Me, Five
thousand dollars, 100000.
To Lewiston & Auburn Anti-Tuber-
culosis Association, Five Thousand
dollars, 100000.
To Maine State Sanatorium, He
bron, Me-, Seventy-five thousand dol
lars, $75.00O.00.
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NEW HARDY STRAWBERRY

Strawberries in almost continuous
supply from early summer until
frosts occur are now a possibility for
truckers and home gardeners in the
Northern States. "Everbearing" va
rieties developed by growers in recent
years from long-fruiting plants of
short-season types and from hybrids
have passed a successful trial period
and are now recommended by spec
ialists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture for planting. The
best varieties and cultural practices
somewhat different from the culture
of common trawberries-are de-
scribed in publication which
has just appeared from the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Farmers Bulle-
tin 9O1, "Everbearing Strawberries "
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Red Cross Notes

The management of the Somerset
County Red Cross Chapter wish TO
extend thanks to all whose workers
who so nobly assisted in the recent
drive. The towns of Scion and
Bingham made excellent records and
since they have no local organization
the result of their work goes in with
the Skowhegan membership list. La
rome and East Madison were among
the other towns who surely did their
bit
A letter has been received by the
local chapter from over there" stat
ing that the Red Cross Society has
recently given to every mem Der of the
lo3rd regiment two pairs of socks.
1t is apparent that the women of
Skowhegan have not yet become In
f1icted with that new disease known
as Knitting nerves. The reporter
dropped into headquarters in the
Dodge block. Wednesday afternoon
and the large room was so filled with
working women that he could scarce
ly gain entrance. Some of those at
work looked just the least bit tired
but no symptoms of knitting nerves
were noted
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Continued from First Page

sessions as follows: January, Show
hogan; February, Madison; March
Norridgewock; May, Mercer; regular;
June. Athens; special in June, Starks;
regular in August, Scion; special in
August, Bingham; September, Fair
field; regular in October, New Port
land; special in October, Smithfeld;
November, North Arson. The regu
lar December meeting open to call of
any subordinate Grange; regular
meetings the second Tuesday In the
month; special the fourth Tuesday.
State Master Thompson was called
upon and spoke at some length on
organization which the Grange repre-
sents. We are organizing now as a
nation to carry forward a great world
contest, and other affairs must be
of winning We should be careful
and not offer any discouraging re-
that may give encouragement to our
enemies Other subjects connected
with existing events were considered
and essential advice given Laura II
Dinsmore read a selection in poetry
and Sheriff Goodrich answered to his
name with remarks and l.. l.. Sand
ford gave select reading and remarks
were in order by Mrs. s. f. Marble,
W c. Emery and Eugene Danforth
which closed the morning session.
Afternoon. session opened with a
large attendance and the program
continued with piano solo by H. A.
Dinsmore and humorous addresses
from the stage by Mary Steward,
recitation by Nellie l.. Hill Then
came the first topic for discussion
How can the subordinate Grange
best do its part in the present WARP"
Speakers J. w. Fogler, Mrs. Fred Ma
COON; select reading by Angie Stew
ard vocal solos by w. c. Hobart;
second topic what methods can be
adopted to increase the resources of
the farm so much needed the present
year," c. Davis Miller, l.. l.. Sand
ford S. II. Beal monologue by Carrie
l.. French.
The highest degree of credit should
be given to Emma II. Dunton and
Stella A. Kimball for adding to the
interest of this annual Pomona festi-
val by so faithfully playing the piano
at intervals during the entire session
and also to Skowhegan Grange choir
for the much appreciated part taken
in making this annual meeting one of
the Pomonas best
Next meeting with Kennebec VAL
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918
Countrywide Responsibility

Zero weather only transfers the
peoples forum from street corners to
barber-shop, bank, or grocery store,
and 30 the discussion continues on
coal-shortage and car-shortage As
citizens up here in Maine we exercise
our privilege of asking why mine-op
orators in Pennsylvania and railroad
officials between here and there do
not rush that coal along. The con-
sumer with his money in hand natur-
ally demands the consideration that
he thinks Ia his due.
A glance at the present situation.
however, may help to distribute the
responsibllry somewhat. The coal
shortage Is in fact largely matter OF
the coal being in the wrong place, at
the mine rather than in the bin. So
It is that transportation Is the point
OF attack, not only now BY Director
General McAdoo and Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield, but earlier In 1917 by
railroad officials and the committee
on coal production. During the hot
test days of last summer, the effort
was being made not so much to get
more miners at work as to get more
cars at the mines Coal cars were
found far from home. being used not
for ~ ND
vel, but also for it's storage for weeks
at a time. And the reports receiv-
ed each week from the coal mines
by the L. s Geological Survey show
that in most districts 1t is still the
lack OF cars on the mine sidings that
has kept the output of coal below the
mines capacity with the working
force available The amount of coal
ready to be mined and the mine equip
ment to mine and raise that coal have
been more than sufficient to meet any
increased demand, but the cars were
not at hand into which to load the
coal as 1t came to the surface.
Last summer, | heard Howard FL
liott, OF the New York, New Haven &
Hartford, put it that the trouble was
not SC much car-shortage as a
shortage in car service. He showed
conclusively that the cars did not do
the work they should do. Not only
did the cars in transit tarry by the
wayside, but they stayed too long at
the terminals; too much time was
taken in unloading or too often the
railroads rolling stock was used for
storage-warehouse purposes and the
u s. Government itself has INDUCED
in this evil practice. The enforce
ment OF the demurrage rule and the
recent increase in demurrage rates
has of course bettered these con-
ditions and so increased the amount
of service rendered by each freight
car. Yet, more needs to be done.
Up to this point, the placing of re-
sponsibilty is so general as not to
involve ourselves here But, there is
a Skowhegan side of this transporta-
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To Oak Grove Seminary, Vassal-
boro, Me, Ten thousand dollars
$40, 100000.
To Corinna Union Academy. ten
thousand dollars. to be called The
David Stewart Fund" in honor of our
dear father, who was one of the prin-
cipal founders of the Corinna Union
Academy.
| give and bequeath to the Associat-
ed Charities, Minneapolis. Minnesota
Forty thousand dollars. s40,00000.
To the United Church Hospital AS
ISOLATION, Minneapolis. Thirty thous-
and dollars. 100000.
To the Maternity Hospital, Minnea-
polls, Thirty thousand dollars, $780,
, 10000.
To the Woman's Christian Assoca-
ton. Minneapolis. Ten thousand dol
lars, $10.O00.00.
To the Lutheran IIospice and Home
| for Young Women. Minneapolis, Five
thousand dollars, 100000
To the Asbury Methodist Deaconese
! Hospital, Minneapolis Ten thousand
dollars, 100000.
To Carlton College, Northield Min
nesota Thirty thousand dollars. $50
/ 10000.
To Shattuck, School, Faribault
Twenty five thousand dollars, s25 900
To Window Institute Montevideo
Minnesota, twenty-five thousand dol
lars, $25 100000
To Grinnell College, Iowa. Thirty
thousand dollars, $50, 100000.
To Storer College for Colored Peo-
pie Harpers Ferry, Thirty Thousand
dollars, $3O,0OOOO.
To Mrs. Mabel Plaisted Bangor. fol
her Colored School, No. 6, Five thou
sand dollars, 100000.
The foregoing legacies to these va
rious Institutions are to be paid out o.
residuary clause in my brothers VIII
and not otherwise. And | do hereb,
authorize and empower my said ex
ecutor, and his successor, jointly witt
Charles Morse Esq. of Minneapolis
co-executor with me In my said broth
ers Will, to convey by suitable deeds
of conveyance all OF the real estate
in Minnesota left to me under sale
Will, and standing of record in his
| name, at such times and prices al
/ they may deem advisable. but as soor
as convenient and prudent, for thu
payment of said legacies to said In
stitutions. And in case said real es
/ tate proves insufficient to pay Thu
whole of said legacies to said Insti
buttons, then they are to paid pre-
rata from the sales of said real es
tate in such manner and time as sale
! executor and said Charles Morse ma.
deem convenient and advisable. II
case of the inability, or decease, o
said Charles Morse before the neces
sarv sales are completed as hereir
authorized, then my said executor, OF
his successor in office, shall have thu
same power and authority to make
said sales, and conveyances as /:
herein vested in said executor ant
said Morse jointly.
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Skowhegan High School, class of '13
and following postgraduate work he
entered Bowdoin College. Following
the completion of three years study
there he heard the call and responded
Today he is in England, full-fedged
bird man and before many weeks will
undoubtedly be part Of the many
squadrons who are now chasing the
Huns. The letter follows
Tadcaster, We'd Nov 2S
Dear Folks =
have just about time to
scribble a.little before | shave for din
ner Today has been just like all
the others except very few The
wind blows steadily and the sky Is
cloudy. OF course there isn't any
flying.
Last Monday was an exception or
rather Monday forenoon. was
posted Sunday night for early flying
at 8 o'clock | got up at 7.30 and
had a little breakfast and then went
down to the aerOdrome. | had
dressed all up in sweater, muller
leather coat, etc. so as to be ready if
| had to go up. | got down there
and my instructor came up soon after
and said "Oh you haven't been up at
all have you?" | said mo" so he
jerked his head and told me to come
along. | got a stiff crash helmet
and put it ON and tagged after him
We went over to the bus. climbed in
and then the mechanic spun the
prop" After the engine was warm
ed up he told me to hold the controls
lightly so as to see what he did and
said that he would take his hands off
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PUREBRED HEREFORD BULLS
for sale. Old enough for service.
Eben Dean, Madison. til
A THREE YEAR OLD MULE FOR
sale. About soc lbs. Would exchange
for cow or young stock. 3. l.. Night
engale. r. f. d. No. 2, Norridgewock
y. f.. Phone, 27-93. 4w51'
WANT TO BUY FEW CORDS
of dry wood, fitted for stove, or some
portion junks. r. r. Patten. til
GRAFONOLA, VICTROLA, or 9TH
Err similar instrument wanted. Must
be machine that cost, new, not less
than $75 and in good condition. Ad-
dress Fred Brayton, care of Independ-
emit Reporter Co. til
ROOM TO RENT BY THE DAY OR
week. Also horse to let by the hour
or day. Address PSI Madison Avenue,
Corner of Prospect St, Skowhegan.
2w1s
A FIVE YEAR OLD BLACK HORSE
for sale, 1900 pounds. Also two Hol-
stein cows, seven and five years. and
a Holstein heifer. The cows and the
heifer are to freshen in April George
Polls, r. F. d. l. Madison. 2wl'
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Meeting of Dairy League, Next Sat-
urday

The annual meeting of the Somer-
set Dairymens Progressive League is
to occur at the Creamery, next Sat
urday forenoon, at 1890. C, N. White
of Bowdonham, treasurer Of the
Maine Seed Improvement Association
will speak on Seed improvement
and THE Individual Cow,
The annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the Skowhegan Jersey
Creamery will occur at the same
place at l o'clock p. m.
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a while and let me run 1t. Then
he throttled her up and we began to
move After little run we left the
ground and began to go up slowly. l
didn't have any sensation at all. You
know l get dizzy when look down
from a building, but didn't feel 1t
at all when | looked down at the
ground.
We went up somewhere about 1900
feet and then sailed around. When
we had made about one-half a turn
around the field, he held his arms
out and left me with the darned
thing. just had TO go thru with
1t so | kept her straight and let
her go. Once in a while we would
strike a bump and go up 20 or 30
feet and next drop about the same
Sometimes one wing would go down,
then the other but you wouldn't no.
tice 1t, | mean in any way to be scar
ed A little move will tip her up or
down or roll her on either side. Well
we went around couple times and
then he motioned me to put her nose
down a bit When | had he cut the
engine down and we glided. 1t is
great sport OF course when We
came pretty near the ground he took
her and we landed. Then we took off
again and | ran her around. This
time | did a couple of turns with
bank. We landed again and did the
same again. He showed me a side
slip this time, also a couple vertical
banks. We came down this time and
then shut down and got out. | got
in 35 minutes in all and it counted as
dual Mind you, the first time | had
ever been up.
The whole thing was great. The
ground looks like patchwork from the
air You can see miles and miles and
all covered with patches Of green,
ploughed fields, woods, che. Houses
look like little boxes and villages like
a little collection OF varied shaped
boxes.
/ wish We could get some more
weather so as to try 1t again. You
don't have nausea, nor anything.
| have passed off all my exams now
except one and take that in a couple
Of days That means that | only
have to put in one-half hour daily on
them now.
haven't had any mail for quite
while; don't see what Is the matter.
You know Thanksgiving isn't a hol-
iday over here, so six Of us 1--WE five
and a Canadian) are going over to
Leeds, Thursday night, for dinner. We
are going to have Turkey, cranberry
sauce, etc, etc It's better than moth
ing yet I wish were back in a regu
lar place for it. | expect to have
quite a time Christmas for they make
quite a lot of it here OF course it
won't be the same, but better than
nothing.
I'm sick and tired of studying, TAX
ing notes and exams and going to lee
lures. If | ever get thru with it
think | will go wild. suppose
there'll be, always. things to learn, so
there is no hope.
Well, | must shave now am
feeling fine and taking on weight if
anything think SO don't worry at
all
How are things moving | sup
pose there will be snow when You
get this. if you do get it
Here goes for the best cheer on
Thanksgiving Give my regards to
all the good people | know Also
best wishes for Happy Christmas
Love j
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ton problem and it is our duty to
realize our own part in making the
country more efficient Railroad
equipment cannot be much increased
While We are sending locomotives and
ears to France. but each car that is in
service must be made to do more
work. just as every LOYAL citizen must
work harder in 1915 for the countrys
good than ever before. In a crisis
like the present, it is eyerybodys
business to take part in helping
out transportation for the railroads
are the arteries of industrial Ameri-
ca
Here in Skowhegan. the freight
yard is where all can see and every
citizen can figure out for himself the
..onnection between prompt unload
ing and better car-service. Take
the big steel coal cars that come from
Southern Pennsylvania loaded with
soft coal-it can be truthfully stated
that each of them is needed back
home, where the amount Of coal that
Is raised out of the ground Is absolute
ly fixed by the number of cars ready
at the tipple each day. The handling
of these coal cars at the Skowhegan
terminal appears to be fairly good.
Some of the local coal dealers may
say with satisfaction that they haven't
had to pay any demurrage charges,
but Is that enough? Should not the
effort be to do better than the rail
roads rule requires, whether we are
unloading coal or loading hay or lum-
Der? II. for example, the Hunting
don and Broad Top Mountain car
1910 remained in Skowhegan three
days. wouldn't two days have been a
too long for the sister car 3548 to
tarry here? If as we see one of these
big coal cars being unloaded here in
Skowhegan sometimes by one man on
to a one-horse sled, we only can VS.
ualize the mine down in Pennsylvania
where several men are idle because
that so ton car or one like it isn't on
the siding, don't we see the connec-
ton?
The country needs coal-we appre
coal mines need cars-that Is a fact
we'll established; the coal-car that Is
in The Skowhegan freight yard isn't
at the mine, and every day that it is
here being gnieaded means one day
longer before It reaches the mine for
its next load,-all this is self evident.
So in the national problem Of speed
Ing up coal production and transport
alton, the Skowhegan freight yard is
one place where the effort must be
made to help Nor is 1t enough for
the Maine Centrals local agent to
rush every empty away by the first
train, others must share his apprecia-
ton of the countrys need of every
kind of cars. The local merchant
who pays demurrage is in reality
blocking the game to an extent that
is not measured by the So or $40 he
pays to the railroad; unintentionally
though no less truly, he is interior
ing with the Nations business. SO
it is that the responsibility for NOV
ing coal and food is countrywide and
attaches itself to individuals here in
Skowhegan as we'll as to corporations
in Pennsylvania.
GEO. OTIS SMITH
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Hearing In Patterson Bridge Case

Elsewhere in this issue appears an
important legal notice regarding the
old Patterson Toll Bridge. 1t seems
that the last Legislature appropriated
the sum of $4,000 to repair the struc-
ture, available on condition that the
owners should surrender all their in
terests in the bridge The hearing
is to take plane at the Court House,
in Skowhegan, on Friday of next
week.
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JOSEPH R. SANFORD WRITES OF SENSA-
TONS FELT DURING HIS FIRST FLIGHT
Former Skowhegan Boy, Now in Active Service
With Flying Squadrons, Sure Doing His Bit

Mr. and Mrs. Almon Sanford Of the
river road are in receipt of a letter
from their son, Joseph Sandford. This
letter is very interesting, telling as
it does the experiences of the writer
the first time that he left the ground.
Joseph or 10 Sanford as he was uni
versally known by everyone, is max
ing good over there and this letter
will be read with deep interest by all
who ever knew this young man. Mr.
Sanford was graduated from the