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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06
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STATE OF MAINE.


(SEAL)
STATE OF MAINE.
SOMERSET, SIS.
March adjourned Term,
Court of County Commissioners,
June 4, A. u. 1918.
Upon the foregoing petition, being
satisfied that the petitioners are re-
sponsible and that an inquiry into the
merits is expedient, 1t is Ordered, that
the County Commissioners meet at the
dwelling house of Bert Gilman In said
Athens on Tuesday, July 8, A. D. 1918,
at $40 o'clock A. NJ. and thence pro-
coed to view the route mentioned in
said petition, and Immediately after
such view a hearing of the parties will
be had at some convenient place in the
vicinity, and such further measures
taken in the premises as the Commits
sioners shall judge proper.
And II is further Ordered, that notice
of the time. place and purposes of the
commissioners meeting aforesaid, be
given to all persons and corporations
interested by publishing an attested
copy of the petition aforesaid with this
order thereon, in the Independent-Re
porter, a public newspaper printed at
Skowhegan in said county, and also
attested copies of the same to be serV-
ed upon the Town Clerk of the town
of Athens and to be posted in three
public places in said town, the publ-
same to be at least thirty days before
the time appointed for said view. that
all Interested may then appear and be
heard if they think proper.
Attest: W. T. SEEkINS, Clerk
A true copy of the Petition and Order
of Court thereon.
Attest: w T. SEEK1Ns. Clerk.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06
RIO AID MOTTO r.

To the Hon. BOnrd of County Com
missiOners for the County of Somer-
set
We, the undersigned inhabitants of
the Town of Athens and vicinity, re-
spectful1y represent that county road
is wanted beginning at the terminus of
the county road at or near the dwelling
along the line of an old road to the
county road at or near the dwelling
house of Willie Nelson in said town of
Athens
We therefore request you to locate
said road or such part thereof as pub
lie convenience and necessity may re-
quire, and as in duty bound Will ever
pray.
Dated this first day of May, A. d.
1918.
BERT GILMAN
and twentY-nine others.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06

For the development of Maine re-
sources for Maine people vote for
foLSOM for State Senator.
Have you seen the hay leaders that
steward & Smiley are selling? Call
at the Island mills and look them
ever. Saves man labor and time.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06
Sudden Death Yesterday

Josiah Blanchard, Nan aged resident
of Gem street, passed away at his
home. yesterday, about noon. He
was taken i'll the day before while
working in his garden. His death
was probably due to a paralytic shock.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06

Somebody has invented just
the cutest thing for an automo-
bile tool, called the Improved
Angle Wrench and Lancaster
has the sole agency for them
The jaws open and close, just
like any good tool of that kind
but the great scheme is the
handle which swings on a ratch-
ct You can turn the nut and
then swing the handle and turn
1t some more without taking the
wrench on Darius bought one
for his moving machine and he
thinks so much OF 1t that he
carries it round with him, all
over the place. l have helped
him so much about the farm ma
chimes that | can appreciate
what a wonderful help this
wrench is. Darius says Tell
everybody to go and see them
Very truly yours,
MRS. DARIUS FERGUSON.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06

For a square deal for everybody vote
for FOLSOM for State Senator.
Earl Grundy and Edward Merrill,
two of our High school boys, will be
employed In Bath during the summer
months. Francis Croteau returned
to Bath Monday and Edwin Sampson
accompanied him the same day.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06
Gard of Thanks

Russell Post wishes publicly to ex-
tend thanks to Rev. George Merriam,
for his services Memorial Day.
Our ads get results.
Sell your horse, thru our want ads.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06
STATE OF MAINE

1ouHtS commissioners court.
Somerset County.
Received and filed June 4, 1918.
Attest: w. T. SEEkINS, Clerk
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Pershing Had No Promotion
For Seven Years After His
Graduation From West Point

For seven years after his gradua-
ton from West Point Pershing re-
ceived no promotion.
Nevertheless, with customary grit.
he applied himself to master his pro-
fesSiOn. He became an authority on
military tactics, and was sent to West
Point as an instructor. He was there
when the Spanish-American war broke
out and Immediately applied for a
command. The war department sent
him to the Tenth cavalry, negro
troop, as a first lieutenant, and then
his rise began. His troop went to
Cuba. He led 1t at the battle of Ell
Caney, and came out of that engage
ment a captain "for gallantry in ac-
ton" Then he went to the Philip
pines.
In 1906, in recognition of his abiI-
ity, President Roosevelt made him a
brigadier general and jumped him
over the heads of S62 men. The boy
who had won his way to West Point
by one point, the young man who had
been given no promotion for seven
yearS-think Of that, you fellows who
grumble that nobody takes notice of
how hard you wOrk-had at last come
into his own.-Boys' Life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Alaska College win Train
Its Graduates to Develop
Agriculture and Minins

The new Alaska Agricultural college,
and School of Mines under construc-
ton at Fairbanks, Alaska, about 100
miles from the arctla circle, will train
it's graduates to help develop Alaska
along its two main lines-agriculture
and mining. Authorities assert this
northern soil holds big things in both
food and metals.
Both United States government and
Alaska territorial funds are being used
by the college. Congress, in 1915, des-
ignated site for the school and set
aside agricultural and mining lands in
the Tanama valley for the support of
the institution. Legislature voted $780,,
900 for the construction and purchase
of equipment. An annual congression-
al appropriation of $4,000 is expected
to help maintain the school.
The Fairbanks United States gov
eminent agricultural station, now To-
Gated on the college site, will become
part of the new institution and will
continue to draw its revenue or sup
port from the federal government.
The site is high on a hill overlook
ing the city of Fairbanks, the Tanana
river and the railroad the United
States government is building between
Seward and Fairbanks.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Peat Is Used in Place of
Cotton Surgical Dressing

Peat is so antiseptic and absorbent
that it is used as a dressing for
wounds, and is an excellent substitute
for medicated cotton. This fact was
recognized many years ago in Europe,
where sphagnum peat is now extern
sively used in preparing surgical
dressings. According to a scientist
who has made a detailed study of peat
deposits in the northern United States,
there are many square miles Of sphag-
mum bog in the northern counties of
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
that would supply material suitable
for antiseptic applications. 1t will not
be necessary to incur the expense of
deep excavation, for immense quanti-
ties of sphagnum can be taken from
the upper parts of the deposits. Sphag-
mum peat is also abundant in Maine,
and some is found in New York and
Pennsylvania.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Sodium FIuorid Found to Be
Most Effective Substance to
Kill the BOtherSome Reaches

Government entomologists, by study
of the habits of reaches, have found
that these insects frequently cleanse
their legs and antennae when any dirt
or powder comes in contact with these
appendages. These are at once drawn
through the mouth parts of the insects
and in this way cleaned. AS result,
certain amount of any powdered
substance applied directly to a roach
or through which it may crawl is taken
into the mouth and presently, wheth-
err distasteful or not, finds its way
into the stomach. Therefore it is not
necessary to mix a stomach poison in
powdered form with an attractive bait,
since the chances are much greater
that the poison will reach the stomach
through it's habit of cleansing itself
than through the eating of poison
bait.
Sodium fiuorid, according to the
United States department of agricul-
ture, was found to be the most rapid
killer of reaches of all the substances
tested. Pyrethrum powder, pure,
killed practically all reaches within
4S hours, but its effectiveness was
greatly reduced when slightly diluted.
Borax was found to be very slow and
was only partially effective in kitch-
en- tests. Thirty-eight miscellaneous
materials were found to be ineffective.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Idealisrn

We cannot get away from idealism
any more than we can from charac-
ter, nor from an idealism based on
knowledge The problem will be as
it always has been, one of making it
helpful and fruitful, and enlisting it in
the service of man. 1t cannot serve
man except through other men, and as
applied by them. The greatest ideal
ever revealed to the world was the
ideal of service. There could have
been none greater. Christian people
certainly will not deny this, for it is
one of the basic truths of their re-
ligion Idealism, service and obedi-
ence therefore, all go together, and
are all necessary elements of SYM
metrical character. They will not lose
their Importance or value. We cannot
think of men living together in a civil
lied society without them. For, lack
ing them, men would not be men, and
society would not be civiliZed.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Plan on Foot to Reclaim
Dismal Swamp, Picturesque
Haunt of the NaturaIistS

Dismal swamp, which lies just south
of Norfolk, Va, partly in that state
and partly in North Carolina, is one OF
the most picturesque wildernesses in
the eastern United States. Although
it may be reached from the busy port
of Norfolk within a few hours by a
boat which plies daily up and down q
small canal, the Dismal swamp re-
mains an unspoiled wilderness where
black bears and panthers still roam,
while the smaller creatures of the wild
exist in abundance.
The thick jungles and bottomless
boys at once offer perfect hiding
places for the wild things and OBJ
stacles to the hunter which are often
impossible. Then, too, the swamp is
alive with snakes-the deadly copper
head and moccasin being especially
abundant-and this fact alone detracts
considerably from the popularity of
the place as pleasure resort.
1t is nevertheless regularly visited
by some hardy hunters, and is the de-
light of naturalists and scientists of all
kinds, who here find what they most
love-unspoiled primitive nature.
The Dismal swamp has great posi-
bilities of future usefulness. In the
first place, it contains some Of the
deepest and richest deposits of peat
in the United States, and this fuel is
undoubtedly to be used in this coun-
try in the near future. Furthermore,
engineers say that the swamp can be
drained, and that it will then become
one of the richest bits of farm land in
America. Indeed one man has al
ready demonstrated this by draining
a few hundred acres of the swamp and
raising phenomenal crops on it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
WORLDS LARGEST
GIFT
Enormous Sum Raised in United
War Work Campaign

Total subscriptions to the United
War Work campaign were $203,179,-
O3S, or 32,679,O3S in excess of the
amount originally asked by the seven
war relief organizations, for their
work during rehabilitation of the ar
my and navy, according to an official
announcement by the national cam
paign committee. This is the largest
sum ever raised as an outright gift in
the history of the world.
Fourteen states pledged 10 per cent
in excess of their quotas, Arizona
heading the list with 248 per cent.
A feature of the campaign was the
manner in which men of the army and
navy themselves, and the inhabitants
of foreign countries contributed to the
fund. The army and navy gave $685.
1876. China gave 100000; Russia,
$11 900; Cuba, $275,O00; Japan, $780,
600; Mexico, $4,000, and Porto Rico,
$4,000.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27

modern dairying and orcharding. He
will not be satisfied to use his new
arm or leg as he used the old. 1t has
been the great awakening for him ana
his kind, and uncoAsciOusly or pur-
posely he will spread the contagiOn or
the new order of things in the midst
of the old.
Industry throughout the world must
not close its eyes to the inevitable fact
that following the war re-equipped
men who have sacrificed sight and
limbs for their country will come back
to take their places alongside the
whole. They will come back efficient
men, asking no sympathy, asking no
special concessions from employers
or those with whom they work Shout
der to shoulder. The world is not GO
ing to be flooded with idle, saddened
objects of pity and charity. That, too.
belongs to the old order of things.
In the reimbursement of every ma
TONS economic and industrial life fol-
lowing the rehabilitation of the arm
les the men reclaimed from mutilatiOn
will demand and receive their full
share of the task.
This is one of the wars most sub
lime achievements, second only to the
everlasting defeat of military au,
tOcracy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Beluium's Independence,

More than IS years ago Belgium de-
clared her independence of Holland,
to which she had been united by the
settlement of 1915. Long-standing dis
satisfaction first broke into open re-
bellion on the night of August %, when
the performance Of the opera La
Muette de Portici," with its passionate
appeal for emancipation, infiamed the
audience to such degree that the peo-
pie left the opera house and flew to
arms. Europe regarded the outbreak
as merely a local riot until month
later. when the Dutch army sent to re-
establish order in Brussels was led in
to Il trap from which it extricated it
self only after four days heavy fight
ing and the loss of 1000 men, I'm
mediately on the withdrawal of the de-
feated troops provisional govern
ment was assembled and on October 4
Belgium was proclaimed an indepen-
dent state.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Democracy


Great mother of a newborn race
All earth shall be our dwelling place;
Democracy, thy holy name
Shall set the continents af1ame.
Shall thrill the islands of the sea,
And keep thy children ever free.
From Gods eternal universe
Shalt thou remove the primal curse
Which man upon his fellow-man
Imposed since first the world began:
Away with slaves, deprived of rights,
And Ely-fingered parasites!
For thus the new-world purpose we
Can, step by step, unfolded see;
Columbus sailed, at Gods behest,
From lands by wicked kings oppressed
His messenger, to search the earth
And find the place for Freedoms birth.
Then rose up peerless Washington,
With many another a dauntless son,
Whose spirit caught beyond the blue,
Encompassed France, and Europe, too.
Until the purpose of the Lord
Was plainly written with the sword.
Out of it all-Democracyi
The final word of Gods decree,
To carry out his cherished plan
OF peace on earth good will to man.
Therefore. arise. We people, sing
This heaven-bo:n and glorious thing!
William Mill Butler
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
First Flyer

Aviation was born in ancient Greece,
observes Camp Kelly Field Eagle. Dig
1ing down into the depths of bookery
shey have found that 1carus was the
original boy aviator, and though he
fell TO his death in his first solo flight,
there was no flying field named after
him simply because in the golden days
of Greek mythology the nations had
not gene in seriously for aviation.
He.-aver since there were no fields 90
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
More Than 100000 Red
Cross Workers During War

American Red Cross workers dur
ing the war knitted 14,0S9,000 gar
ments for the army and navy, accord
ing to a report made public by the
headquarters of the organization. In
addition the workers turned out 25,-
$4,000 surgical dressings; 22,255,-
900 hospital garments, 1,444,000 refu-
gee garments. The work was done I'M
der the direction of $3.50 chapters of
the Red Cross with more than $1,000
branches and auxiliaries, embracing
more than 100000 workers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
More Storms in MidWinter.

According to the records of the
weather bureau storms are not especi-
ally prevalent at the time Of either
the vernal or the autumnal equinox.
The greatest number of storms occur
in midwinter and the fewest in mid
summer and the number at the time
of the equinoxes is about midway be-
tween these extremes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27

III ana tnen goes west -
- missed by his trenchmates,
kGkGi the one who gets nice,
clean wound is envied, put
the man who is struck by lying steer
and leaves the lines to emerge from
the hospital legless. armless or sight
less by-prOduct of war is pitied from
the depths of his comrades hearts.
Artillerymen pray that when they
are hit they will not be mutilated for
life; so do infantrymen. For they
sicken at the thought Of passing the
remainder of their days burden to
themselves and others, objects of pity
and charity. Death is the least toll
of war.
But now comes the miracle, just an
other which has been born of the most
colossal war: The reclamation of the
mutilated man, the refitting of him
TO return to civil life the worker of
his own destiny, without aid of charity
or pity or pension. The armless will
return to their trades and professions,
the blind will work alongside the
sighted by grace of d superdevelOped
seventh sense, the leglesS may take
up their work where they left it to
join the colors, or else equip them
selves for a new object in life and ask
no special concessions from their
whole-limbed competitors nor from
any man.
More Than Makeshift.
Mechanical ingenuity has devised
the artificial arm and leg which Is
something more than makeshift for
partially concealing the loss of limb.
With sufficient training in its use a
man equipped with such an arm can
shave himself with an open razor, a
feat which many a man with both
arms intact will not attempt.
He can grasp a milestone and
sharpen a scythe or hold a delicate
tool at a lathe for work demanding
the finest precision. From his new
training the blinded man energies
capable of efficient work at the same
lathe or making furniture in open
competition with employees with I'M
impaired sight. 1t all rests with the
Observation-Disclosures he applies him
self with new hope and enthusiasm to
the task of refitting himself for pro-
ductive, useful career
France furnishes well nigh in
Vulnerable examples of the new sur
gerry and the new training of men who
handicapped for life. Throughout the
republic re-educational schools for
mutileS have been established and are
graduating men and returning them
to the channels of peace time occupa-
tons at a marvellous rate.
A mutile who has lost his right arm
is set 10 work performing simple ex-
ereises with his left, such as cutting
out squares and ovals from sheets of
thin copper. After five or six weeks
of this elementary training in any
American Red Cross or French reed
ucational school, his left hand begins
to develop some of the skill looked
for from mans right arm. Soon he
is able to write with his left, and
eventually he forgets the loss of the
other member.
Time and Patience Needed.
Then comes the attachment of the
ingenious mechanical arm TO the stub
If his right. 1t takes time and pa
thence to learn TO operate its springs
and levers and clamps, for every opera
ton must be managed from the shoul-
Ger and remaining section of the arm.
20 the wrist" of this artificial mem
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
CIeanest Town in the World.

It is stated that the cleanest town
in the world is Brock, in Holland. 1t
from time immemorial. The yards and
streets are paved with polished stones
intermingled with bricks of various
colorS.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
POPULAR SCIENCE

Electrically operated, a COM
bined brush and vacuum ma
chine has been invented for
cleaning blackboard erasers.
Tubes made of glass have been
invented n Europe for handling
petroleum, gasoline and some
gases in place of rubber tubing.
The heating value of one cord
of seasoned hickory, oak, beech,
birch, hard maple, ash, elm, To-
Gust or cherry wood about equals
that of one ton of coal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27

ing by the female spider of her bride
groom. Whether they have wings or
stlngs or both or none, theirs is the
life of the preyer or the preyed upon
and they can defend themselves feebly
only by protective coloring, or perhaps
an unpleasant taste which makes them
inedible TO birds that would otherwise
eat them. Whether they creep on the
ground or appear to futter joyously
among the flowers, their struggle for
existence is fierce and incessant. Thus
does stark science brush away the fuz-
zy fancies of a sentimental older era.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Alaskan Red Cross.

In the last membership campaign
conducted by the Red Cross, Alaska
obtained as members "a per cent of
the entire population, this being fully
twice the percentage secured by any
other territory or state.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
The Cause.

"There is some
thing very queer
about this oyster
stew. Can you
tell what is?"
I'm not sure,
but I think / no.
ticed some oysters
in it."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
A Word of Warning.

"Have you a esop's Fables"
eyes"
81 hear the book is good. Pretty
snappy, eh?'
"It's a good book Of its kind" re-
piled the salesman. However, must
warn you that 1t is not written In
slang"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Insects Have Short life.

AS Hearn truly said the incidents
of the insect world are mostly of
nightmare character-witnesS the nup-
tial fight of the bee and the devour-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
The Cheerful Cptimist.

snail we ever
communicate with
the distant plan
ets?"
Sure. I expect
to see people COM
muting as far as
Saturn"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Time to Cease.

"What are you going to say about
Flubdubs new novelY'
Nothing" replied the critic.
There's been enough white paper
wasted as it isl
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
1T is TO SMILE
The Difference.

The Difference.
Young Knowitall says he earns 5000
a week at that job"
what good salary!'
"Oh, his salary is only $50 a month"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27

be named, they christened the sea into
which he fell the Icarian sea. A
board of investigation appointed to
investigate the cause of the accident
made findings that Ike's wings had
come off probably due TO the intense
heat of the sun melting the wax which
held them firmly to his body"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-12-27
Reclamation of
Mutilated Soldier
One Of Miracles
Born of War

HE fighting man who gets
1t" and then "goes west Is
missed by his trenchmates'
the one who gets a nice,
ofono ,,,o.,nH 10 nnuiod DIC