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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26

BUTTE. Mont. Aug. 2S.--Alone
and unmourned. far from her home
in the Arctic wastes OF Northern
Alaska. Marie Smith ketchtee, a
hnlfbrc Eskimo young woman,
died In the county hospital here. and
thus was brought to an end the ro-
nance OF the untutorod aboriginal
girl who sought warmth and happi'
ness In the States.
Marie related her story TO the fed.
cral authorities here before she died
As the result of her story. Peter
Kost was arrested on n statutory
charge. sent to Jail and later de.
ported. Kost is Greek
According to Marie's story, she
was born within the Arctic circle,
OF an Eskimo mother and white
father. While still "A young girl
she was only "a when she died--she
was welded TO one of the best hunt.
ers and fishermen in her tribe. AS
luxuries go among Eskimos, her hus'
band was a good provider," she
said. and she was contented with
the long winters spent In her igloo.
Then along came Kost. with his
stories of warmth. bright lights and
happiness In the States--in contrast
to the cold. darkness and hardships
OF the North, She listened. She
was tempted
And then, upon Kosts agreement
TO help her secure divorce and
then marry her, she said, she desert.
cd her Eskimo husband, went to
Seattle and then came to Butte,
Here. she said kost refused to
wed her. forcing her into a life of
shame, instead.
Beaten and ill.treated by kost
when her earnings were insufficient
to satisfy him. Marie still loved him,
she told the officials Her death
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
TEACHERS FIND
ROOMS TOO HIGH
Back casters" in Vain
Search for Low Cost

Rates of from s. To 81 a week for
rooms in the residential district
seem high when compared TO what
they paid back East" school teach
ers coming 20 seattle for tho first
Tim. remarked Tuesday. as they en-.
dcavored 10 obtain housing facilities
In the vicinity OF their future duties.
The housing bureau Of the school
board has problem on It's hands
placing teachers In rooms near the
schools In which they are TO teach.
Teachers cannot afford 10 pay all
their wages for room and board
member OF the school board said. so
hope Seattle people viii have a
heart when school teachers approach
them"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
bitt 1El9 : KS55tso;,ftiiSHys
II ...Hs .:]|F'' /: :
An Undeserued Bad Name
IliIlIlllIIluil lInlllllu Nllul
ny THORNTON W. BURGESS
Copyright, 1919. by 4, " BurgosHl

ERoM somewhere In the old or.
L ohard sounded n clear "Kow.
kow kowlSow kow kow IL was quite
unlike any verse Peter had heard
mat spring. and he had exclaimed
Who's that"
That's Cuckoo" said Kitty the
Cathlrd. do you mean to say you
don't know Cuokoo9"
OF course I know him. retorted
Peter. II had forgotten the sound
OF his voice. that's all, Tell me. IL Il
true that Mrs. Cuckoo IL no better
than Sally Sly the Cowbird. and lays
her eggs In thc nests Of other birds7
I've heard that said OF her"
There isn't a word OF truth In II. q"
declared Kitty. emphatiealy. 'she
builds her nest. such az it II. and
she looks after her own children
The cuckoos have been given bad
name. because OF some good for
nothing cousins OF theirs who live
across tho ocean. whore Bully the
English sparrow belongs. and who.
II all reports are true. really are no
better than sally Sly It's funny
how bad name sticks The Cuckoos
have been accused Of stealing the
eggs Of other birds. but I've never
known them to do H. and I've lived
nelshbor % them for long time. As
a matter OF fact. they are mighty
useful birds Farmer Brown ought
20 be- tlokled 10 death that MIR ana
Mrs. Cuckoo have come back 10 the
old Orchard this year DO you see
that cobwchby nest, with al those
hairy cntefpillars on Il and around
u. up in that trce7'
Peter replied that he did and that
he had seen a great many nests just
like H. and had noticed how the
caterpillara ate all tho leaves near
them.
I'm venture 20 say-ihat you won't
see many leaves eaten around that
nest" replied Kitty Those are
called tent eaterplliars. and they do
an awful lot OF damage. cant bear
them myself. because they are 20
hairy. Very few birds Win touch
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
As West"

as West
Dear Joan-sire
What fiendish luck IL Is that
perfectly good and eligible man
wants 20 marry me and | can't bring
myself to H. IL Jimmie Ross had
appeared a year ago In Mrs. Hurdis
boarding house and asked me. Id
have loved him out OF sheer graft
t,,ae. hut now. either am be
witched with the adventure have
undertaken. and long TO 80 on, or |
am different from what | was a year
ago.
am enough the same rsrl. how
ever. 20 enjoy the Bentsville Herald
Won sent me. dear. NV. but Il was
good 10 read about bikes store all
doiled up with electric lights and
plate glass windows and trading
stamps. And the Walker girls mil
lnery shop. la Belle Paris"-how
delightfully."- naughty fer the old
home town, CTcll them New YORK. Is
wearing its hat jammed down over
its eyes; not sitting up on top OF its
head. as | fear la Belle Paris" on
Main st. is showing theml And
Randy Lewis. all set up in a wink.
ing new automobile business fine
Hen make good. Does he stilf smile
with one side OF his mouths And
spend all his spare cash on his
mother
We'll. speaking OF the home town.
whom do you suppose I ran into
Yesterday Remember Tom Bene.
dict and that awful wife who made
him so mlserabief Remember when
people used to say he ought to leave
her he'd always answer: NO. A
contracts a contract, You may hate
II. but II you break II YOU hate
yourself
She wasn't with MIN. for won
der. I didn't ask about her FOR fear
OF spelling his day. We had tea
at the new hotel. the Commodore.
and II sure was swell ia like 10
marry a hotel. Joan. and be waited
on by beilhops and maids. and rub
up against satins and velvets and
samasks the rest OF my life.
Y TON has quit his post In Chicago
and come 10 New York for good.
He looked silkily prosperous--with
one Of those pongee-colored silk
suits. silk shirt. silk socks and
forty dollar panama. IL I'm any
Judge
$50 you haven't been home 10
Bentsviile since was there---well.
well Like your works--you look
like a million dollars
Far be it," answered vaguely.
But I haven't had a real vacation
in years. and I'm doing II on
vastly spienssd scale this time, Had
half Of II at the seashorc. Now for
the other half somewhere else
why don't you come to silver.
sand Lake. Peach OF a spot Bath.
ing. fishing. boating. flirting
everything you could want.
sounds good l grinned. Il sup
pose you only go up for weckendsy"
q have small relish for Nina Bene.
diets company the rest OF the sum.
mer. and hoped Tom would say she
was spending II eIsewherel
Haven't been up at all. yet he
said but one Of the chaps at the
office yoieis its praises 40 persist
entity that the only way OF stop.
ping him Is 10 go. Better come
I'm think IL over"
We're motoring UP Saturday.
whole party Of Us. Come along.
You'll like II there. and it's lots nicer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
INSURANCE HEAD
10 BE GUEST HERE

Jonathan X. Voshell. Of Balti-
more. Md. president Of the Nation.
al Association OF Life Underwriters.
who Is scheduled to arrive IN Seat.
tie Tuesday night. will be the guest
Of honor at dinner to be given
at q. m. "Wednesday nj the Ma
sonic club. In the Arcade building.
by the Puget Sound Underwriters
association. All insurance men are
invited to attend tho dinner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
Woman Aids Thief;
Police Begin Hunt

Seattl. police were looking Tues.
day for a thief. who aided By a
woman and wearing n soldiers uni
form. entered a grocery store owned
by Mrs. ". Ota. $40 18th ave. and
helped himself TO large quantity OF
tobacco.
The woman gagged Mrs. Ota and
while the proprietfess was busy fiiI.
ing an order. the soldier helped him.
self. The woman left without her
groceries
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
Belgians Honor
Martyrs Memory

DINANT. Belgium. Aug Is
Omitted Prcss.l--Profound religious
and civil ceremonies were held here
today In commemoration OF coo in.
habiants 81 this town who were
shot by the Germans five years ago
today in their march across Bel.
GUM.
Paul Desohanel. president OF the
French 81 imber OF deputies. deliver.
ed a speech laudInR the part played
by Belgium In saving the world
Large crowds gathered to hear the
conservation OF the walls against
which the martyrs gave thcir lives
Cardinal MERCER said brief prayers
and thanked God for the blessings
OF peace. The Inhabitants will per
form this ceremony every year as a
dedication 20 their dead comrades.
There are many people who would
he proud to be arrested for speeding
an automobile
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26

heirs TO estates. present where.
abouts unknown"
A touch % tbs absent treatment
is best. dear realize IT, I'm a
fool to keep hoping. but II he ever
wants to see me again. he win have
10 find me. that's all.
Yours for s.lversand Lake.
DOROTHY.
+. S.-Tom Is better looking than
ever. Why DO all the nice men
have 10 be married 10 viragos,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26

them But Cuckoo likes them. There
he comes now, Just watch him.
A long. slim, dove'like appearing
bird alighted close To the cnterpillars'
nest Above he was brownish gray
with Just little grcenish tinge BE.
meath he was white, His wings were
reddish brown. Ills tail was a little
longer than that ~ Mourner the
Dove. The outer feathers were black.
tipped with white. while the middle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
HEN FOUND SETTING
ON MOONSHINE EGG

SPOKANE. Aug. ,s--when cops
raided Steve Dahiin's chicken house
here yesterday. they found a hen
setting over a stiii containing four
gallons OF moonshine. Dahlen's Little
ruse set him back $3.50 In court
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
ROAD BONDS SOLD

The county commissioners Monday
sold to John r. Price 4 Co. $4,000
worth OF bonds. The bonds provide
for the completion of the MacDou-
gall and Donahue road project. They
are for five years, and bear interest
at 5h per cent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26

feathers were the color OF his back
The upper half Of his bill was black,
but the under hair WAS yellow. and
from this he was called the yellow.
billed Cuckoo. lie has cousin with
an allblack bill. who IL called the
Black billed Cuckoo
Cuckoo made no sound. hut began
10 pick of the hairy caterplllars and
swallow them. when he had eaten
al those outside. be tore open tho
nest and picked out those inside
then he flew of as silently az he had
come.
The next story: Peter Discovers
Something Startling.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26

A1zWzmuMo :.
%z,:as,.e::8,,3;es.o,.Mll/ I'm

going with us than all by yourself
in the train"
I've made up my mind to 80. Joan.
| must Vet away from poor Jimmie.
and I'm nervous about Captain
Wallis. too. | had to answer his let.
ter. SO I merely said was leaving
Lively Beach aud was like the lost
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
Sorrowing Eskimo Girl Passes
AWAY After Romance" in States

is partly attributed to her grief, due
10 the fact that Kost was deported.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26
Woman of 20 Has Five College
Degrees and Wants Another One

hopes to corsplcte her doctors degree
in another year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26

When you think Of advcrtis-
| Ing, think Of The Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-26

ny AUNT GRACE
had Franceg
the
OF this
Make a i64nch fold.
Follow diagrams carefully.
IN
The sun., 1919-10-23
SINCLAIR TO EXPAND.
OIL Company 10 spend s23,OoO,ooo
in Increasing Capacity.

I
Directors of the Sinclair Consolidated
OIL Corporation announced yesterday ap-
preparation of s2s, 900 for doubling
the capacity Of its refneries at Chicago,
Kansas City and Coffeyville. Kan. to
meet increasing demand for petroleum
products In the middle West. Cracking
processes for manufacturing gasoline
from residues similar to those in opera
ton at the Chicago plant are TO be
placed in its other two plants
The extensions will include an in
crease In lubricating works and COM
pounding plants in operation and facili-
ties will be supplied for refining crude
oil into all varieties of by-products, In
cluding all grades OF lubricating and
medicinal oils, wakes, candles, greases
and petrolatum.
Land for the new extensions Is owned
by the Sinclair as the management.
when its present refneries were laid out.
contemplated eventual extensions and
made provisions for them and thus the
money appropriated will be spent for
actual refining equipment and facilities.
The new extensions will not necessitate
building additional trunk pipe lines as
the present Sinclair pipe line system is
adequate to deliver full supply of crude
oil to the enlarged refneries.
The sun., 1919-10-23

terial. low prices that recently could be
done on export material no longer are
available. For instance, the lowest price
now to be had on plates for export is
2.65 cents. Pittsburg. which is the same
as the domestic minimum. A feature of
export business of the past week has
bean the large number of orders from
islands In the Pacific. This included
nails. pipe, wire, &C. japan bought ad-
ditional large tonnages Of shipbuilding
material. Some good orders such as one
for 1000 base boxes Of tin plate are
coming from India. Less business Is
coming from Europe, however. During
the past week American mills lost one
order for 10000 to $4,000 tons Of billets
for Belgium because Of the adverse ex-
change rate"
The sun., 1919-10-23
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES.
Continued from


sd f.f R % Il Sale. oPsn, sn h a lS e eS Ss Change Ss
The sun., 1919-10-23
Paris Bourse Trading,

PARIS, Oct 3a.-Prices were firm on
the Bourse to-day. Three per cent.
rentes, 60 francs 65 centimes for cash
exchange on London. 36 francs rs CEN
times 8 per cent loan, 30 francs 50
centimes. rhe dollar was quoted at
francs 81 centimes.
The sun., 1919-10-23

Receipts for duties at the Custom
House yesterday were s7ss.s77.2o, OF
which s20s. .3S4.59 was for merchandise
withdrawn from tonded warehouses and
S57b,59261 for recent irnportations.
The independent-reporter., 1919-08-28
The Whereabouts OF the Class OF 1918

Friends of the members of the class
of 1918, who graduated from the
Skowhegan High School, will. no
doubt, wonder where each one is and
what they are doing. There were 20
who graduated in this class and only
one has followed the path of matr-
mony. This graduate was Miss
Doreth Whitehouse
In this paragraph you will find that
Miss Velma M. Fogg is to resume her
studies at the Boston New School of
Design; Miss Christine y. Pooler will
enter the New England Conservatory
of Music at Boston; Miss Ruby F.
Dyer will enter Colby for her second
year; Miss Nellie Hamilton will re-
sumo her studies at Burdetts Col
lege in Boston; Miss Lyle G. Stnch-
field will become a student at Sim
mons College in Boston: Miss Gala
l.. Gordon is stenographer at the J..
C. Griffin Insurance Office Miss Lu-
ellie NJ Bolduc contemplates entering
Bliss College in lewiston Miss Eva
NJ Blair will continue her duties at
the lndependent-Repor office; Miss
Doris Wentworth will take up her
studies for the second year at Mason
Institute. Springvale; Miss Helen
Whiteside is employed as stenograph-
er for the Haskell Implement q Seed
Company at Lewiston; Miss Florence
Beale is an assistant in the office of
Dr NJ. NJ. Fowler; Miss Lois Comber
is training for a nurse at the Maine
General Hospital in Portland. Miss
Lillian Horne is attending the Wor-
cester Domestic Science School ;
Montford Meader J. Elwin Hobart and
John +. Wadsworth will resume their
studies at the L. of NJ. at Orono;
Philip Lessor is salesman at Buck
mans Pharmacy; Edward Roy is con
nected with the Skowhegan Postoffice
as local mail carrier; Merlon Dyer is
employed at Sawyer's Ice Cream par
lors.
The independent-reporter., 1919-08-28
A DISASTROUS FIRE At.
NORTH ANSON
Famous Farm Buildings Known as
Records Place Destroyed

a disastrous fire occurred, Thurs
day night of last week, at about 1870
O'Clock, when the farm buildings of
Daniel Therrieault, situated about
three-quarters of mile above the
village on the New Portland road
were consumed. with the exception of
fhe large tower near the road The
fire was discovered by some one pass
ing who awakened Mr. Therrieault.
There was about twenty tons of hay
in the barn and it is thought that the
fire originated from combustion
caused by damp hay. A few hens
were burned and wagon belonging
to a man in Madison. Selectman Con
ner had stored in the barn the town S
chemical engines, intending to paint
them and had them insured for $500
before storing them No stock was
burned The house set quite dis
tance from the barn but the intense
heat soon set that afire, but the tower
was saved This fine set of farm
buildings Vas known as the Records
place having been built by the late
Daniel Record. who sold to the Car
rabassett Stock Farms Company the
company rebuilding and remodelling
them at an expense understood to be
$4,000 DR. +. c. Andrews, the next
owner. sold about three years ago to
Mr.. Therrieault of Aroostook county
The buildings We're insured for $4,000
Mrs. Therrieanlt and daughter have
been receiving treatment in a sani-
tarium at Fairfield for few weeks.
The independent-reporter., 1919-08-28
CHARLES H. GARDNER
RETURNS
Has Purchased Half Interest In Rod
erick Farm Agency

A. E Roderick. who has been con-
Quoting Farm Agency for the past
two years has sold half interest in
this business to c. H. Gardner The
title will hereafter be The Roderick
Farm Agency. The first sale since
the change was the David Creighton
farm in Norrdgewock TO Frank
Parquette of Fall River Mass.
Messrs. Roderick & Gardner pur-
pose to open several branch agencies
in Maine. Mr.. Gardner has had an
experience and public career which
fit him in an unusual degree for suc-
cess in this enterprise. He has been
chiefly engaged in farming but was
al one time, a retail merchant More
recently he has been the president of
the Farmers Union of Maine His
many friends will be greatly pleased
to have him again numbered among
Skowhegan's population.
The independent-reporter., 1919-08-28
Twelfth Walker Reunion

The twelfth annual reunion of the
descendants OF Captain Solomon
Walker was held at John I. Walkers,
Madison, August 81, 1919 Tables
were laid in the house, and at noon
the large family did justice to the
bountiful. we'll served dinner.
The business meeting was held out
of doors; short musical program
was given all Joined in singing the
Walker Song Miss Florence Walker
sang "If | Were a Rose an encore
"Homing." Remarks were made by
Cephas Walker, Olin Gordon, chas.
b. Walker and Merrill Walker. 1t
was voted that the same officers serve
for the following year; voted that we
hold the next annual meeting the
third Thursday in August, 1920 at &.
|. ingalls, pines. Anson. Committee
on resolutions. Mrs Elmore Walker,
Mrs. Ella Beal Charles b. Walker A
standing vote of thanks was extend
ed to Mr.. and Mrs John |. Walker
for their hospitality. A most pleas
ant day with about rs Walker des-
cendants was spent There was a
feeIng of sadness with many as they
longed for the touch of the vanished
hand and the sound of the voice that
is still
The independent-reporter., 1919-08-28
Eugene Moody of STARK, Dead

The sudden death Of Eugene
Moody occurred at Somerset Ho-pital
last Friday after an illness Of three
days The cause Of his death was
probably due to heart trouble His
age was Al years. He was born in
Dover, X II. Mr.. Moody vas the sor
of Mr. and Mrs Walter Moody. His
father was native Of Tamworth. y.
II. and his mother Of Bingham Mr..
Moody came to reside in Starks quite
d few years ago. He was a widower
and leaves four children, one sister
and two brothers. The funeral ser
vices were held last Sunday at Madi-
son where the remains were buried
in the Forest Hill cemetery
The independent-reporter., 1919-08-28
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF
SOMERSET COUNTY
Remembers Hospitals Valuable Aid
OF Forty-three Years Ago

rorty-three years ago, Franklin
county boy received severe gun
.bot wound in his left hand His
aoonle were of moderate means, but
n course secured the best of medical
sttanfion that was available. altho at
considerable sacrifice. The young
nan was taken to the Maine General
bo.pital in Portland. For a time it
aid not seem that the hand could be
saved Among the surgeons were
Drs Weeks and Gordon, afterwards
widely known for their skill and de
yotion to their profession. They put
nm brave fight, and saved the hand,
altbo a perfect recovery was impos-
sible.
Following his discharge, this young
man. with somewhat limited means
as to manual labor. started out cour-
ageously to make his way in the
world. 1t was an uphill job, but he
Rad the stuff in him to cope with just
the situation in which he found him
self Success, slow for the first few
years. came abundantly, and at the
nresent day, this humble Franklin
county youth is a prominent citizen
of Somerset county, and reputed to
he of abundant means. 1t seems he
has at least good memory, and he
doubtless never forgot his somewhat
forlorn situation upon his entrance to
the Maine General hospital, and the
value of the services rendered him
during his stay there. Mindful of
these things, he has recently sent to
that institution. his check for $500,
and its acknowledgement was recent
" published in some of the daily pa
pers substantially as follows:
Superintendent Charles d.
Smith of the Maine General hos
pital has recently received check
from Charles Green of Skowhegan
lumber operator, in recognition
of services rendered him by the
hospital when a patient there in
1873. Mr.. Green in his letter to
the treasurer said that at the
time it was not within his power
to fully discharge his obligations,
but the time having come when he
felt able to do so, he took pleas
ure in contributing to the extent
of $500 to the funds of so useful
an institution, $50 that some un-
fortunate, finding himself in the
same situation, might receive the
benefit he did"
The independent-reporter., 1919-08-28
SUNSET RIDGE FARM TO
EXHIBIT SHEEP
Interesting Story of Noted Sheep
Breeders

In the issue of August q of the
independence Reporter We published
the fact that Donald W Ellis of Fair
field, a sheep breeder of considerable
note will exhibit 40 head of his well
known flock at Somerset Central Fair.
We also requested him to give us a
story about his sheep, some pictures
and data concerning his farm. Mr..
Ellis has gladly responded to our re
quest and we are pleased to publish
his story. We are very anxious to
receive stories and pictures from any
Somerset County farmer who is a
breeder of stock or who has been
successful in any kind of agricultural
pursuit.