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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-08-01
Send For a Premium List

If you have not already received the
Premium Schedule of the Somerset
Central Agricultural Society for their
next September Fair, you should send
for one at once. A postal card or
telephone request to President Leslie
E. Jacobs or to the office of the indie
pendent Reporter will bring you one
by return mail.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-08-01
A THREE OR FoUR ROOM UNFUR.

NISHED tenement wanted bv two
ladies' no children. Mrs, Minnie E,1o
Z. o. Box 314, Skowhegan. 2w3Os
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-08-01

GOOD TRADE IN SHELL TANK
for gasoline engine, with connections
and fittings complete. Was made to
go with eight horsepower Gray gaso-
line engine. Absolutely new. Has
never been uncrated. Would cost s32,
will sell for SIS. r. T. Patten. ter
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Benson Man.
WedS in Phoenix

The marriage of Mr.. r. L.
Brownell and Miss Frances Evans
took place in Phoenix Monday
evening, and the newly married
couple arrived in this city Tuesday
afternoon where they will make
their home. Mr.. Brownel1 is the
new druggist for the Moss Phar-
macy, coming here from Superior,
few weeks ago. He has already
earned the good opinion of the
Benson folk, and his newly-formed
friends, including the Signal, wish
him and his bride much happiness
and prosperity.
The inevitable shivaree" was
rendered the couple Wednesday
night, after they had been located
with some little trouble. The bride
groom and bride suspected that
something of the kind was in store
for them, and took refuge in va
cant dwelling house while the,
crowd searched for them for a time
in vain. Finally they were located
but good naturedly refused to come
forth until some one in the crowd
threatened to turn the hose in the
building, when they surrendered
and came forth, when the shivaree
party suspended operations and ac-
cepted the hospitality offered.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Death of Noted Character

Uncle Billy" Plaster is dead.
Uncle Billy" was credited with
being the original of Alfred Henry
LeWiss famous character of The
Old Cattleman who tells the sto-
ries of the Wolfville days and
nights in Mr.. Lewis's books of
Southwestern frontier days. He
died at FL Paso.
While Arizona cattlemen deny
hat Uncle Billy" used the lam
guage that was credited to him in
these Wolfville stories, they admit
that many of the incidents told in
the books were true and they re-
cognize the character of Doc
Peets, Dave Tut, Texas Thomp-
son and Tucson Jennie as neigh
bors OH the range. Tombstone is
generally supposed to have been
Wolfville, while the little town of
Charleston (now non -existent) was
Red Dog, the much hated rival
community. Uncle Billy" Plas-
ter owned much of the range in
southern Arizona and made fire.
frent trips to FL Paso, where he
was always the center of crowd
of interested listeners at the clubs
and the hotel lobbies while he told
Of frontier days in the territory.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
FAMINE IN SUGAR
MAY Be AvERTED
STRICT ECONOMY ON PART or
5 ARIZONA HOUSEWIVES
MOST NECESSARY.
CANNING C-SUCAR IS Low
ISSUED ONLY ON PERMITS or
FOOD ADMiNiSTRATORs =,
AND DEPUTIES

Despite the fact that effective Au-
gust the sugar ration was cut from
three to two pounds per person per
month. there are barely sufficient sup
plies of sugar in Arizona to meet the
ordinary household uses, 1t is an
nounced by the federal food admins
traitor for Arizona.
= Nothing short of the most rigid
economy will prevent an exhaustion Of
the supply before September /. and
to meet the situation householders OBJ
tanning supplies Of sugar for homo
canning purposes are urged to limit
their supplies for this purpose, re-
membering that most fruits can be
canned without the use of sugar.
Housewives are warned that It Is
unpatriotic, as we'll as q violation Of
the law punishable by fine and Inn
prisonment to have on hand supply
of sugar in excess of two pounds for
each member of the household.
This two-pound allowance does not
include sugar for home canning pur-
poses, but no sugar may be sold TOR
this purpose except on presentation
to the dealer Of a permit issued by the
county food administrator or his duly
authorized deputy.
ALI sugar for canning will be care
fully checked and If 1t Is found that
any individual has purchased what ap.
pears to be an excessive supply he
will be called upon to show the goods
canned.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10

Sixteen orphan s homes, hospi-
tails and farm schools operated by
French organization are receiv-
ing financial assistance from the
American Red Cross. These in
stitutions include seaside hospital
with ordinary and contagious
wards and special facilities for
those injured or made mentally de-
fective by the war, a nursery hos
pitaf for eighty babies, home for
orphans for orphans from Verdun
and Serbia, and children's S farm
schools or colonies near Cannes,
i'll Touraine, Marseilles and Lyons.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
One Girls " Bit"

Her name is Lilly Frill. She
sells laces in a small city depart
ment store less than three hundred
miles from Chicago. She had
never been to Chicago. 1t took
took too much money. Her beau,
one of the boys in the store,
marched away to war. Elly wept
for a day or two, of course. She
missed her beau. Any girl would
weep.
But Lilly didn't weep long. She
laid aside tears and began to fight.
She fought right there in her little
home town. She began to sell War
Savings Stamps along with laces
and neckwear and things. She had
read that one depth bomb would
shatter the biggest Uboat ahoat,
and she knew that U-boats were
lurking for the ransport that car
ried her beau over seas. She asked
some one how much it took to
manufacture a depth bomb, and
when she found out she took the
amount as her share of the fight
ing and started out to sell War
Savings Stamps up to that amount
at least.
'Money'll stop those pirates, y
Lilly said to herself, and I'm 60
ing to stop one. l am going to sell
a Thrift Stamp or a War Savings
Stamp to every customer who
comes my way.'
Lilly F-ill did it. She's doing it
yet. a little girl, blonde and slen-
der and not so very pretty. Think
it over a moment, Mr. Merchant !
How many Lilly Frills have you
got in your store who would like
to fight. Yonve got a good many.
Help them to sell stamps to get
money to crush the German army
and the German Uboats. Well
win if you do.
Remember that Lilly said / m
going to stop one U-boat." " She
did-with Thrift Stamps.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
A Bilious Attack

When You have bilious attack
your liver fails to perform its func->
tions. You become constipated. The
food you eat ferinents in your sto-.
mach instead of digesting. This in
flames the stomach, causes nausea,
vomiting and a terrible headache.
Take three of Chamberlain Tab
lets. They will tone up your liver,
clean up your stomach and you
will soon be as we'll as ever. They
only cost a quarter.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
HOW TO CAN FRUIT
WITHOUT ANY SUGAR
NEW PROCESS DESCRIBED FOR
NEFIT THIS PAPERS
WOMEN READERS.

The federal food administration for
Arizona gives the following as a salts
factory method for canning fruit with
out sugar. For this process the food
administration is indebted to the d.
vision of viticulture of the University
of California.
The sugar used in canning or bot
tling fruit is for the purpose Of inn
proving the flavor and Is not necessary
for preservation.
Fruit of any kind suitable for can
ming may be preserved without any
sugar. When the fruit is consumed,
the sugar can be added exactly as is
done with fresh fruit. If the fruit when
canned is thoroughly ripe it may be
consumed without this addition of
sugar and is sweet enough for many
tastes.
The ordinary methods of home can
ming are used. These are the cold
pack" and "hot pack methods
For the former the fruit is washed,
peeled, pitted or cored as needed and
packed tight in clean, scalded cans or
jars. Water is then added, boiling in
the case Of cans, and as hot as pos
sibie without cracking the glass in the
case Of jars. Scalded caps or covers
and rubbers are then put in place
loosely and the filled cans heated in
vessel Of boiling water for twenty to
forty minutes. An ordinary wash
boiler furnished with wire screen or
a wooden grating on which to place
the jars is suitable for this purpose
The boiler should contain enough wa
ter to rise about halfway up the sides
of the jars.
While still at the boiling tempera-
ture the jars or cans are removed.
sealed and placed to cool, lying hori-
zontally or upside down.
For the "hot pack method the pre-
pared fruit is placed in large pot
on the stove with little water to pre-
vent burning. After heating to the
boiling point and cooking until the
fruit Is tender and some of the juice
has exuded, it is poured into the cans
or heated jars by means of perfor-
ated or wire ladle and wide funnel.
Sufficient Juice from the pot Is then
added just to cover the fruit and the
cans or jars sealed. These are then
heated in the boiler for about twenty
minutes. For second batch of the
same fruit the juice remaining in the
pot should be used instead Of water
for the preliminary cooking.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Johnson Camp
Steady Producer

Johnson camp, about twenty-five
miles northeast of Benson, is quite
active in spite of the depression
caused by the.draft, which has
caused considerable shortage of
men over the country. The Ari-
zona United Mining Company has
taken over again the properties
owned by it, which have of late
been leased by the Cobriza Leasing
Company. The principal work
done at present by the Arizona
United is on the old Republic
They are working through an in
cline shaft. and the length of the
incline is about 100 feet. They
are producing 100 tons daily, which
is being shipped to the FL Paso
smelters This company employs
about eighty men at present. J. M.
Libbey has successfully superin
tended this property for the past
six years, and it has been a steady
producer, A. G. Harmon, of Phila
delphia, one of the principal own
ers, is now at the property and ex
pressed himself as we'll satisfied
with the conditions of the property
and it's output.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10

Word has been received of the
completion of the Florence bridge
across the ella river after about a
year of work in practically doub-
ling the length -of the structure.
A large portion of the east and west
travel through Southern Arizona
crosses this bridge.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Against the Study of German

The Phoenix Chamber Of Com
merce has sent out to the press of
the state the following resolutions,
passed by that body, requesting
their publication:
Whereas, state of war now ex-
lists between the United States Of
America and the Imperial German
Government, and
Whereas. reports of terrible cru-
elites inflicted by the German ar
mics on prisoners of war are con
tinually received from American
and other sources in every way
authentic, and
Whereas. such crimes are but
part of series of so-called acts of
war which have been officially au-
thorized by the German govern
ment, and
Whereas, such crimes and atroc-
tiles are violations of all rules of
civilized warefare and are incom-
patible with national dignity and
integrity and only comparable to
the acts of barbarians, and
Whereas the flower of American
youth is now sacrificing every
thing, including life itself, in or
der that the pernicious ideas and
methods of the German govern
ment may not spread over the
world, and
Whereas, it is absolutely incon-
sistent with Our war activities that
we encourage or even permit in
struction in German language or
German subjects, and
Whereas, there is throughout the
United States a general and uni
form desire that the teaching of
German in schools and colleges be
discontinued,
Now therefore, Be it Resolved.
by the Board of Directors Of the
Chamber of Commerce, Phoenix,
Arizona, that the time heretofore
given to the study of the German
language in Our schools and col
1eges can hereafter be more profit
ably devoted to other studies, and
Be it further Resolved, that we
earnestly recommend to the Boards
of Trustees or other officials hay
ing charge of schools and colleges,
the elimination of the study of the
German language and the study OF
German in any form whatever.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
By c. A. Stauffer,
H. R. Tritle,
Special Committee.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
For SALE-Five room house,
big lot on 5th St., good location,
price $14OO. Signal Office.

THE most expensive piece
L. of lumber that a man
can purchase is the lumber
for which he pays the small
est price. The most reason
able kind of wood that he
can buy is the properly priced
lumber that islands up"
under adverse atmospheric
conditions
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
The Lumber

we sell is kept safe from all adverse
atmospheric conditions because all
the while it is in Our yards it is un
der tight, sheltering roofs. When
you buy your lumber here you buy
absolute, lasting satisfaction. 1t is
backed by Our word that it is good
lumber.
Don't forget that concrete of
permanency is the concrete made
of FL Toro Brand Portland cement,
BENSON LUMBER AND
COMMERCIAL. COMPANY
Benson Arizona
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10

DR.. William P. Lucas, who has
just returned to France to resume
charge of the infant welfare work
of the American Red Cross, has
i'll France a staff of seventy doc
tors, two hundred trained nurses,
and many aids and social workers,
about seven hundred in all.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Why SUGAR Is SCARCE.

!. we nave ooen Senoln0 eoi-
diers across at a rapid rate.
This has meant that less ship
ping was available 70 bring the
sugar from Java and the West
indies.
2. Crops are less than were
anticipated.
3. France and Italy will have
to import more. Many o. their
beet sugar factories have been
destroyed by the Germans.
4. Submarines on the Allan
tic coast have sunk large sup
piles Of sugar.
3. Our consumption In the
form OF sweet drinks and candy
has greatly Increased.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10

Subdue the submarine by sub
stituting-
Service for Sneers..
Economy for Waste.
Cooperation for Criticism.
Production for Pessimism.
Marketing for Telephoning.
Performance for Argument.
Conservation for Conversation.
Vegetable Oils for Animal Fats.
Perishable for Preservable Foods
Common Sense for Common
Gossip. .......>
Cornmeal and Oatmeal for Flour
Greater Production for German
Peace.
The Flonr You do Not Eat fol
the Rife You Cannot Garry.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10

For information regarding the
$40 acre homestead law write to
HAMPTON & ARNOLD,
Land Attorneys,
Phoenix, Arizona.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10

The American Red Cross rolling
canteens in Italy recently distribu-
ted to 1000 Italian soldiers packets
containing socks, soap, cigarets,
chocolates. handkerchfefs, writing
material and small mirrors and
combs. Such packets will proba-
bly, be distributed to some 10000
more They help to keep pthe
spirits of the fighters, and are
taken by the individual as evidence
of Americas direct participation
in the war.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10

First-class boot and shoe repair
ing promptly done at Benson Sad
die and Harness Shop, Moderate
prices.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-18
CHINESE IN SINGAPORE
GIVE FREELY TO
ALLIES

WASHINGTON. October LIN the
city of Singapore. down at the end of
the Malay peninsula. there is a large
colony of Chinese people. who have
been giving to the Entente Allies with
the greatest liberality. DR.. ]. Stuart
Magic, Methodist missionary and
president of the Anglo-Chinese col
lege at Singapore, has just returned
TO the United States to attend con-
ference OF his church. and tells of the
work they have done.
Many OF the wealthy Chinese, he
says, give more than a tenth Of their
incomes TO aid the Allies. They con-
tributed largely TO the building of the
battleship "Malaya" given TO the Brit
ish Government by the Federated
Malay States. BY a single effort they
raised $4,000 for the Red Cross, and
the boys OF the AngloChinese Col
lege last year gave over $4,000 TO war
charities The Singapore Chinese
have also raised over S1,000,0o0 for
the centenary of the Methodist church
the purpose OF which as stated by
its organizers, is ITO conserve the re-
suits of the war"
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-18
IN
THE FOOD ARMY

i = good for us 10 have day OF
reckoning oace in while 20 see just
rrss-z re stand on the war question.
Ltcw much are We trying to do? What
c7a Re accomplishing. and how mnch
sacrifice IS it costing US? It is good
. determine whether or not we are
going FULL speed ahead with our war
Winning ship.
What has our saving accomplished?
gTe can realize i little what it has
done when we know that We have
clipped 10 the Allied countries S44,-
500, 900 pounds more meat and fats in
..e fiscal year 1s17-1S than in 1851,
nd thar there has been an increase of
800 500 bushels in the cereals and
cereal products sent 10 these coun-
les There are jus. rw OF the
ery ,ang:ble results OF our saving
n increased production. Il is al
most impossible 10 realize that the cup
:. -four OF pound OF meat saved here
: IA -'zC-C %t44u G>-LCA44N ~ 81 many
million bushels and pounds in so short
time
And the cost. Have there been
ard ships in the performance Of our
@uties2 When w start TO relate our
s2crihces let Us think OF the true story
bout he Tommy SO terribly hurt ne
lad 20 be completely swathed in ban.
ages. only one eye peered out from
-le w-eppings. When sympathizing
oman said Hard luck, my boy" ne
answered Hard luck? No. saved
cne eye"
What did it matter il we ate bread
hat was not quite 10 our taste while
re learned TO Use wheat substitutes
Il that we drank unsweetened coffee
here was no harm done We cams
III Of the first year OF the fray whole
Z nd sound.
The inspection record OF the food
rmy and checks up as follows: Du
les? Numerous. Accomplishments
Worth while. Sacrifices? None; just
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-18

ngs superstructures, machinery,
tramway lines, and all other personal
property on said Mining and Mill Site
Claims.
And that | will, accordingly, offer
said real estate for sale, at public
vendue to the highest and best bidder
for cash, on the 18th day of Novem-
Der, A. D., 1918, at 10 O'Clock a, NJ.
at Sulzer, Alaska.
Dated, Sulzer, Alaska, Oct 5, A. .
1918.
J. NJ. TANNER.
u. S. Marshal, LIST Division, District
of Alaska, BY G. D. CALHOUN,
Deputy.
S. A. PLUMLEY, Plaintiffs Attorney.
LIST publication Oct. II.
Last publication November l.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-18
OUR SHARE
AND NO MORE

\ little girl sat watching her play
mate at long stick of candy. There
must lave been rigid sugar rules in
the little girls family, judging from
the env:ous glances she cas-, at the dis
appearing stick. At last she walked
away with an expression OF disgust
on her face as she said. 81 don't like
a little girl that never divides up her
good stuff with ne
The period of the war has come
when we are all asked TO divide the
good stuff with our neighbors here
ana on the other shore. Sugar shar-
ing has become rigid rule, OF our
lives during the last few weeks. When
The appeal for saving wheat TO supply
our soldiers and the starving. war-tired
nations overseas was made last spring
by the United States Food Admins
tration. il was easily understood.
SeopIe could readily see how the staff
Of life must go TO the fighters and
sufferers. But when the need for
sugar saving became most urgent the
careless remark was often heard:
Sugar is a luxury. Why must it be
sent abroad?"
Yes. sugar is q luxury, but it is
also 4 concentrated food which sup
,.:es energy 1t requires little ship
ping SPACE. and the energy it produces
can be supplied to US here at home
b. more bulky foods. But suppose
i were only luxury. Would We be
he kind OF nation 20 sit on the door
step and eat our good stuff while
England. France and Italy stood look
| ing al Us wistfully?
Every person in the United States
wants 20 play the game squarely, TO
divide up his sweets with his friends.
We are using not more than two
pounds a month per person in order
-hat England may have two pounds
per person. France l IL pounds and
Italy pound. We are not. asked TO
give I'D our sugar in order that war
weary France may celebrate by eat
ing more than necessary. Not bit
q il. We are jus- sharing with the
cher nations. They are playing the
sane. and so will we-Bulletin 146.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-18
CALIFORNIA WOMEN AID
FARMERS.

Every morning ct six O'Clock, all
summer. Placer County, Cal, women
and girls have been piling into auto
mobiles at their city homes to spin out
INTO ne country. where they have rem
dered splendid service to the farmers
n all kinds Of agricultural work.
The little city OF Auburn was prac
tIcally depopulated during the day for
: large part OF the summer. Women
found employment. in packing fruit
and boys and girls were much in de
mand for gathering fruit.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-18
end joins the Summit" claims.

The "Sunset" Mining Claims. The
Certificate of location of which is re-
corded in Volume Z, of Mines, on Page
154 in the Recorders Office at Ketchi.
kan, Alaska, and is particularly de-
scribed therein as: Commencing at
this discovery post being the center
OF the vein on claim, and upon which
this notice is posted; thence $50 feet
Northerly to post marked North
Center End; thence 300 feet Easterly
TO a post marked n E. Corner, thence
1900 feet Southerly to post marked
S. E. Corner; thence 300 feet Wester.
~ to post marked South Center
End; thence 800 feet Westerly to a
post marked S. w. Corner; thence
! 1900 feet Northerly to a post marked
" w. Corner; thence 800 feet East
erly to North Center End: On its
Southerly end joins the Summit
Claim.
The Morning" Mill Site. The Ger
tificate Of location of which is record
ed in Volume 9, of Mines, on page 262
IN the Recorders Office of the Ketchi
kan Mining District, at Ketchikan
Alaska, and is described therein as:
Commencing at point of high water
line where this notice is posted on a
! tree; thence North Westerly with the
meander OF high tide line 200 feet tc
a post for corner; thence $50 feet
South Westerly to post for Corner;
/ thence $50 feet South Easterly to a
/ post for Corner; thence 100 feet
North Easterly to post for Corner
thence with the meander of high tide
! line Northerly about $50 feet TO pos
Of beginning. Containing 5 acres
more or less, situated on beach abou
az miles South Westerly from Sui
yer, Post Office.
! The Evening III Site. The Ger
tificatc of location Of which is record
ed in volume 8, of Mines, on Page &c:
OF the records of the ketchikan Re
corders Office of the Ketchikan Min
ing District and described therein as
| Commencing at a post OF high watel
ne w'tere this notice Is posted on ;
rse; thence Sou. Easterly with thu
neander OF high tide line 200 feet Il
a post for . Center; thence $50 fee
South Westerly to post for Cor
ner; Thence $50 feet North Westerl.
10 a post for a Corner: thence 10'
feet North Eastcrly to post for |
T~rner' thence with the ni-anders o