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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
NORTH ELLSWORTH.

Two candidates received the final de-
grees at the meeting of Nicolin grange
October 16. The program follows: Pr
ano solo, Marjorie Richardson; read
ms, Annie Gambler; reading, Claudia
Richardson; story. Frank Moore; read
ing, George Davis; suggestions for the
good of the order George Davis.
The International bible students
will hold services in the North Ellis
worth chapel Sunday, Oct. "a, at
ESQ. Discourse by DR.. w. S.
Marshall of Bangor. All cordially
invited. No collection will be
taken.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
Captain Couldn't Answer.

Master Charles Wymond Potter ac-
companied his grandfather, Capt,
Charles A. Wymond, to the river at
Evansville the other day to see that
the elevator. boats, barges and coal
were all right.
Grandfather" remarked Charles,
"why do they call dirt mud when it's
wet, and dust when 1t is dryf"
No reply from grandfather. who Is
still thinking about the answer.-In-
dianapolis News.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
Grades of Witches

In the olden times there were three
classes of witches. The black witch
was a harmful affair, and the white
witch was a helpful spirit. Then there
was the gray witch who was some
times harmful and sometimes helpful.
Indictments against persons accused
Of witchcraft had to state the COM
plexion of the spirit that bewitched.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20

OohhSIlC SERVICE.
Old New
First faucet Zone family, $1,000 $500
Each additional faucet, 500 a. 90
First water closet 400 s10
Each additional water
closet. In an
First bath tub, ann M
Each additional bath tub, 1.5O 400
Laundry S'T tubs; per TUB. h i.SS s s.sS
Stores and Offices.
Each additional faucet, $50 "a
FIRST water closet 400 m
Each additional water
Wash bowl and closet used Lou ''oV
in common am IN m
Each additional wash bowl
gg5 5@% s,1 each i i.SS s s.SS
Ulcers and chemists
Drug Stores. Bakeries and Rest9ura lqe
First faucet sin az az ne ne
Each additional faucet. $50 500
Iunbter washer. m nm
Carbonator with water
pump. 1.5o 500
,,, fIsh Markets and Laundrfes
E Eacb faust nddifioro, eo. $1,000 $500
EaEn auultlonal faucet. 500 500
photographers and Barber Shops
First faucet, 81 40 40 m
Each additional faucet. 800 %
Livery Stables
Each horse, including use
of hose. 81 no s5 m
No charge less than $50. cow S''oV
Hand Hose
For any use not otherwise
SPECIFIED, $500 $500
Each horse. COW or auto
including use of hose $500 s5.00
Public Garage
For washing autos. 200 8 25o
Minimum charge per year, 1000 1900
Private Fire Protection.
Fac Each hydrant,, $4,000 100. 90
nection. each connec-
Automatic sprinkler. per '''V cow
head, .05 IN
MUNICIPAL USES
Migrants. each $4,000 SIS. 90
Plus any sum or sums that NAV he
assessed by the city of Ellsworth for
taxes on all property of the COMPANY
used in the operation or management
uses VIII be charged for according to
rates established for stores and offices.
METER RATES.
Meter rates as proposed are as fol-
., For four-inch meter. minimum
charge, per quarter, $25. This allows
1000 cubic feet to be used quarterly.
For two-inch meter. minimum
charge per quarter. $3.50. This al
lows 1000 cubic feet to be used quar-
For a one-inch meter, minimum
charge, per quarter. 1925. This allows
l.500 cubic feet to be used quarterly.
For three fourths- inch five
etghths-inch and one-half- inch meter.
minimum charge. per quarter, $3.50
This allows 1000 cubic feet to be used
quarterly.
All above the minimum allowance,
per quarter.
First 1000 cubic feet, or part. rate
of Sc per 1 900 cubic feet.
SECOND 1000 cubic feet. or part, rate
OF S0.OO per 1000 cubic feet
Third 1000 cubic feet or part, rate
of IS per 1 900 cubic feet.
Fourth 1000 cubic feet, or part, rate
of $3.50 per 1000 cubic feet
All over 1000 cubic feet, or part,
rate of 81 per 1000 cubic feet
All meters to be read quarterly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
Scmethinq Like ColdI

A commercial traveller gives a ter
rible account of the intense cold In
Sweden: I'm Haparanda the day be-
fore left, I attended a performance
at the theater. 1t was a tragedy.
Everybody wept; but it was so cold
that the tears of the spectators in
the gallery fell like hailstone among
the occupants of the stalls"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
BORN.

ALLEN-At Bluehill, Oct. IL, to Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest +. Allen, a SON.
BIlDG ES-At Swans Island Sept
20, to Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Bird
ges, a son.
DGER-At Franklin, Oct H. to Mr..
and Mrs. Norman NJ. Dyer, a daugh-
ter.
GRAY-At West Brooksville, Oct. II.
to Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Gray. a
son.
HlGGINS-At Ellsworth, Oct IS, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger L. Higgins, a
daughter tBarbara FuIlertonl.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
ThorouQhly Selfish,

'Do you know what I'd like?" said
the first road hog.
mo, what would you like?" said the
second pOrcine person.
"rd like to have motorcar so big
there wouldn't be room on the broad
est boulevard for anything to pass me
hut breeze. "-Birmingha Age-Her-
aid
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
HANCOCK s. j. COURT.
October Term, 1920
TILE COURT.

presiding Justice Scott Wilson.
PoIT,t1isEu-T F. Mahoney. Ellsworth.
Snaatv Attornsy--W. L, Whiting,
bisssbSsTiff-w. w. wescott, Ellsworth.
sShlssa.rs.-r,rnest L. Osgood, Bluehill.
St.n,,tfes-Fred A. Patten. Ellsworth; ;
-iosgs N. Perkins, Castine; Vernon q.
ggsslsm. Eastbrook.
Hs ss,.se,rograph er--C. o. Barrows, Port
land. 1ari u c,larl. t,rsn,o-,,,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
Hoods
SarsapariIIa
Makes Food
aSte Good

Creates an appetite, aids digestion,
purifes the blood, and thus relieves
scrofula, catarrh, the pains and
aches of rheumatism and gives
strength to the whole system.
Nearly so years phenomenal
sales tell the story Of the great
merit and success of Hoods Sar-
saparilla. 1t is just the medicine
you need now.
Hoods Pills help--fne laxative
or cathartic, according to dose.
Relieve headache, restore comfort.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
ELLSWORTH WATER RATES
Company Files Schedule for Material

Company Files Schedule for Material
Increases.
The Bar Harbor G. Union River
Power Co., last week filed with the
pubic utilities commission new
schedule of water rates for the city
OF Ellsworth. A hearing will be
later assigned on the matter. The
new schedule asks for increases in
the rates as follows:
DOMESTIC SERVICE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20
WCOLEMS

Save money by buying dress mater
ial and coatings direct from factory.
" rite for samples, and state garment
planned. F. A. PACKARD, Box 35,
Camden, Maine
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20

The October term is nearing its
close The juries were finally excused
for the term this afternoon. and
court will probably adjourn finally to-
morrow morning.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-10-20

sUPERNUMERARIES.
Dallas Ashe .............. Gouldsboro
Frank C. Morgrage ..... Castine
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

Bee Want-Ads Produ
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

Construction of a new nine-story
store building, to cost approximately
$1,S00,000, by the Burgess-Nash
company, where the Boyd .theater
now stands, will be started on Feb
ruary 3, it was announced yester-
day.
The Boyd theater. which was
erected % years ago, will be razed,
leaving a frontage on Seventeenth
street of Is feet, and on Harvey
street of l39 feet, for the new build
ing.
Plans for the structure, by George
B. Prinz, architect, have been COM
pleted, as we'll as interior decora-
tion and furnishing plans, drawn by
c, A. Wheeler of Chicago, and all
contracts have been let
Four floors of the new building
will connect with those of the pres
ent Burgess-Nash store. extending
III length an entire block and half
block in width. Decorations and
furnishings will be uniform through
out both buildings.
Mems Rest Room.
Every practical feature in use in
the, largest eastern department
stores will be embodied in the new
Burgess Nash structure. The entire
main floor, opening on Seventeenth
street, will be devoted to a gigantic
mems department. There will be
mems clothing, furnishings, bar
Der shop, tailors to give first aid
to loose buttons. This floor will
also contain a rest room. the first
Of its kind in the city. where tired
business men may loll and smoke
while wives shop.
The second floor will be devoted
to yardage goods and the daintier
things of women's wear. A feature
here will be small individual shops.
entirely enclosed, each containing
its own particular article of wear
ing apparel. There will be fine linen
on this hoor and as a daylight light
ing system will be used, shoppers
will experience little difficulty in
picking just the shade of goods they
desire.
The third floor will contain a large
infants wear department, individual
enclosed shops as on the second
floor, hair dressing and manicuring
departments, and luxurious wom-
ems rest room.
House furnishings will occupy
the fourth floor, according to plans,
and model rooms, furnished COM
pletely. will be a feature. There
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

II he is ordinarily bright ne mn
ishes his schooling within two
weeks. Then he goes out on two OF
three student trips with some tried
and true porter of long service, all
the while drawing his pay at the rate
OF $45 month. Then comes the
great day when he is listed as ready
for service. Maybe he catches a
regular run at once, but the chances
are he stays on the "extra board
and picks up random runs for a
while. He is assigned to certain
railroad district and there he proo-
ably stays indefinitely, drawing his
S45 mcnth, but now he is getting
tips and his income varies.
II he is good. and stays with the
company long enough, he may be
listed in the class of "porters in
charge" men of intelligence, who
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

finds company in the smoking room
or observation platform of some car
other than the one in which his
berth is---always some other. car.
Along toward night of the first day
out he has made one or two friends
among men of obvious affluence.
Usually just before bed time he gets
down to cases.
We'll sir" he says with shamed
little laugh, Il don't know what
made me so forgetful but | lef the
Office today in such rush to catch
this train that l got all fustered.
After we got out of New York |
discovered my wallet was flat
didn't bring enough money to pay
even my hotel bill in Chicago to-
morrow. Now isn't that the deuce
By jove, that's the first time |
ever ran off without cashing up"
and he enits that fetching little
embarrassed Taught
Confidence Mans Laugh.
"It's funny how many men fall
for that laugh" says certain gray
haired George, who has worked on
the Union Pacific for a quarter OF
lifetime. "I'll bet five out of six
men fall for it. They just up and
offer to help" Then Mr.. Crook
fakes the necessary hesitation and
finally consents to accept about $lO0
and writes a check for it, which,
you understand, is just as good as
cash. He's sorry he has troubled
his new friend so much and certain
ly appreciates cts. etc. They talk
awhile longer, yawn and part with
handshake The new friend never
| sees Mr.. Crook again. OF course
the check comes backed marked mo
funds" George gets familiar with
men like these if they travel often
enough, and with the aid of Pullman
conductors, spoils the game.
Then there are the professional
card sharks who patrol main rail
road lines periodically. working in
pairs and engaging in "a little game
friendly travellers who obviously
have funds. These, too. are some
times spotted BY George.
| Is Georges job full of others
crimes? Things don't happen every
trip, of course related porter Of
FIVE years experience, but they hap
pen often enough. Usually they are
opposed of SO quietly that hardly
anybody in the car ever hears Of
them. Oh, you may sleep through
a lot, Il you travel a good deal.
| "Only last winter two men in SOL
dlers' uniforms got on my car COM
ing out of Denver. One of them had
a scar across his face ! heard him
tell passenger in the smoking room
that German did it with a bayone.
and that he was so badly hurt he was
sent back home and had just been
discharged. That scar looked like a
razor mark to me--and an old one
The other soldier had one hand tied
up and said most OF it was shot away
and that he, too, had just been dis
charged. They were both telling
how hard up they were
We'll. one passenger hauls out a
thick roll and peeis off $40 for each
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
George in Detectives Role.
Omaha Woman Will Be
Presiding Officer at
Big Y. W. c. A. Meet

Cleveland, O., Jan. 5.-Financia,
support and the membership basis
for the association will be among
the important questions considered
by the national convention of the
Young Mems Christian association
of the United States of America here
the week of April Is to 20. The
convention was postponed from the
spring of 1918 to comply with gov
ernment request that expense and
travel be reduced to a minimum dur
ing the war.
The granting of charter member
ship privileges to the Chicago Y. NJ
c. A., a recommendation that the
interim between convention be re-
duced from three years to two, and
providing an increase in member
ship of the national board of the as
scciation also will be discussed.
Sectional meetings will occupy the
afternoons.
Rev. Charles w. Gilkey, pastor Of
Hyde Park Baptist church, Chicago,
will give a series of morning ad-
dresses during the convention week
DR.. Robert E. Speer, secretary to
the foreign missions board of the
Presbyterian church, north, will also
give an address. Mrs. Speer is pres
ident, Of the national board OF the
Y. w. c. A.
Mrs. w. P. Hartford of Omaha will
preside at the opening session, hav-
ing been elected as president at the
last convention held in Los Angeles
in 1915.
Mrs. John French of New York is
chairman of the committee on busi-
ness to come before the convention.
1t is estimated about 1000 dele
gates will attend.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

workmen to prepare instruments for
delivery without moving them to
another floor.
An auditorium, with a large seat
ing capacity will also be built on
this floor, for the benefit OF both
customers and employees of the
store.
Sporting goods, toys and chill
dren's play room will be located
on floor six. as we'll as the general
offices of the store. On the sew
enth floor a cafe and tea room
will be operated. The eighth floor
will be devoted entirely to the use
of store employees. An open air
roof garden. which in the winter
will be enclosed in glass and heate
will also be available to employees.
There will be cafeteria, club rooms
and a gymnasium for their use on
the roof. 49,.
A separate and distinct store will
be operated in the combined base
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
HOW WOULDYOU LIKE TO BE-

soldier. The way those two eyed
that roll when he put it away made
me suspicious. They all went to
bed pretty soon. The car was all
quiet and | went to shining shoes.
Twice as | walked back into the car
10 return shoes | saw one OF those
soldiers jerk his head back behind
his curtains. By the time / had
worked back to No. s and No. 81
always take out ah the shoes in two
berths at a time-I stumbled over
pair OF pants in the dark aisles.
While | stood there with my hands
full OF shoes staring at the pants. J
heard groan Well, it might have
been snore--some folks make
mighty funny noises in a sleeper.
Anyway l picked up the pants and
asked the man in lower . # they
were his. No answer. | asked agaiE::
Still no answer. / touched him and
he didn't move. Then another groan
and | knew where the sound had
been coming 'front.', ! dropped the
shoes and got the Pullman condue-
tor quick. We found the man--'he
was the one with the bank roll--had
dent in the back OF his head the
size of dollar and his pillow was
soaked with blood.
II suspected those soldiers and
told the conductor all about IT. vi
course they both denied any knowl-
edge of it. We got them into the
smoking room just as the tram was
slowing down into yard. The tram
conductor all of a sudden whipped
out revolver and threw it. down on
those two just in time. tor one OF
them was making pass TOR big
automatic inside his shirt front. The
butt of that automatic had little
knot of bloody hair on it, Well we
found the fat roll, wrapped around
those fellows legs inside their spiral
puttees. They were turned over to
detectives at | 80 a. NIT was about
II when they first left the smoking
room and went to bed-and the next
morning not another soul in that
whole carload of people knew a
thing had happened"
Why People Call Him George.
But George doesn't live a dime
novel life all the time. Really, it's
fine to meet all the people we do
declared one porter. "The only
trouble is we don't see the same
people often enough to learn just
how they want things done and SO
| s'pose we don't please them as
we'll as we might. If we could only
know folks better. | guess hardly
anybody would have to complain
about us.
It's fine to meet people, mainly be-
cause most everybody is pretty
good. There are only a few CRABS
after all. Why the very fact that
everybody calls me George proves
that. | don't know who started this
George business. but | guess every
body does it just to be friendly. 1t
sounds better to say, I say there,
Georgev than to say Hey, you! We
don't get rich-look at the shoes |
have to wear-but portering is
steady and comfortable work and
I'm pretty glad old Mr.. Pullman
provided in his will that colored
men should always be hired for his
cars"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
The LoUeliest Curly
Hair-SO Easy TO Haze!

Why make your hair dry. brittle and
dead-looking with the heated waving
tongs. when the simple silmerine method
will produce a curliness far more natural
in appearance. and at the same time pre-
serve the luster and beauty of your
tresses? Liquid simerine is SO agreeable
to USE being neither sticky nor greasy.
and the overnight transformation is SO
pleasing, the first trial will make it your
firm friend.
The approved way to apply it is to pour
little into saucer at bedtime. dip a
clean tooth brush into this and draw the
brush through the hair from crown to
tip, one strand at time. A few ounces
of this harmless liquid from your drug
gist will last a long time. You will like
it not only because of the charming curly
and wavy effect, but because you will also
find it an excellent dressing for the hair
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

can take over the operation of a
car without the supervision of a
Pullman conductor. There are many
jobs for such men, especially on
trains which carry only one Pull
man. When he attains this goal his
pay is raised to $50 a month-with
tips.
$50 in Tips-Sometimes.
The little matter of tips, of course,
is forward in every porter's mind,
especially if he has a family some
where to support, That is the rea-
son certain trains on every railroad
are most desired by porters. The
trains patronized by men of big
business are better for porters.
Such passengers know what they
want, ask nothing unreasonable Of
George and pay literally for atten-
tion. Porters working crack New
York Central trains between New
York and Chicago not infrequently
end a 20-hour run with $50 in tips.
but the average is far below this. If
an efficient porter rounds out a
month with $l7s, he is doing we'll.
He Lives a Spotted Life.
To earn his money. however, he
lives a spotted life He has to be
on occasion detective, a laboring
man, a shoeblaok, a waiter, a valet,
a trainman, and even a doctor and
nurse combined. He is constantly
in danger of stepping into trap
by some criminal seeking to escape
train leaving all evidence Of an
unlawful act pointing to the porter.
He is constantly in danger of being
accused, for if a ring or watch is
missing black George is inevitably
the first to fall under suspicion.
Some of the best trains in the
country are frequented by men
whose success in life depends upon
getting away with other travellers
valuables leaving George to face the
music. Too often George has no
more convincing defense than
simply II know nothing about it.
and must submit to a thorough in
vestigation and search by some rail-
road detective. But the very fact
that it is so easy to accuse George
is his strongest bulwark, for the
Pullman company considers its men
absolutely trustworthy and proof
against them must be absolute to
degrade them in the estimation of
their employers.
George in Detectives Role.
In the role of detective, the ex-
perienced porter, who has held GER
tain run for a long time often helps
land crooks OF thu. breed which preys
constantly upon travellers. The most
we'll konwn device used by such
workers is for one to board a train
with the bearing and appearance
OF a prosperous business man. He
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
Insects Are Five Times
Laruer Than Human Race

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 3.-Insect
life of the world in point of size is
five times greater than that of the
human race, according to Prof. f
D. Ball of Ames, la. Professor Ball
made his statement to the Iowa
Vegetable Growers association, and
said if all the insects were i'll one
pile and humans in another the in
sects would occupy FIVE times as
much space.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
Police Will Not Be Used as
Internal Revenue Agents

Cleveland, O., Jan. 3.-Detectives
or policemen will not be engaged as
internal revenue agents in the en-
forcement of the federal prohibition
laws, according to an announcement
by Collector Harry H. Weiss.
at is not the intention of federal
agents to relieve city, county or
state officials from any of their obi
cations in enforcing the liquor laws,
but rather to work as a supplement-
AIRY agency" Mr.. Weiss said
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

ments OF the old and y
offering new merchand
what lower prices. a
basement store will
house, completely fur
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
Negro Pneumonia \
Takes Stroll In

Rockford. ILL.,, Jat
Wilmington, negro, pu
tient in a local hospits
tendants and took q
nightshirt. Although
hammered the thermon
II degrees above zero,
Several blocks away hd|
the door of a residenc
prised occupants calle
who took Wellington !
hospital none the worse
enande.
Bee Want-Ads Prod
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
To Break Ground For New
$1,000, ,Burgess-Nash
Building in February

Structure Will Be NineStory Affair Present Site
Of Boyd Theater, Which Is to Be Razed-Plans
Drawn by George B. Prinz-Interior Decorations
And Furnishings Planned by c. A. Wheeler Of
Chicago-All Contracts Let.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
Fifth Floor Auditorium.

will also be an interior decorating
department on this floor.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

Filth Floor Auditorium.
The fifth floor will be devoted
to music. There will be 10 record
rooms. All types of pianos and
talking machines will be on sale.
A feature of the music department
will be large polishing and pack
ing department, which will enable