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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Green enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney and baby
OF the Dionne farm and Mr.. and Mrs.
Buzzell Of the LOOMS place, Sunday
afternoon.
Luther Elliott, of Boston, has. ar
rived and taken possession of the Pat
ten farm, which he purchased some
tine ago.
The Richardson school opened Mon
day morning with Miss Avis Perkins
as teacher. and a very good attend
ance.
George Ames, who has been quite
i'll with bronchial pneumonia, is con-
valescing slowly.
Earl Ames is unable to resume his
studies at s. HIS. on account of the
illness of his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Richardson were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Drost Sunday
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
Property Transfer of Unusual Magni'
tude

A transfer of property of unusual
magnitude has lately been recorded at
the Somerset Registry as follows:
Scion Lumber Co. of Scion to Will
liam Shepherd Linnell of Portland,
land in Scion, Bingham and Brighton
consisting of forty different parcels;
First. Grist Mill Property with water
privilege and all rights Of fiowage
and all dams pertaining thereto. for
merly owned by Sidney T. Baker and
Perlev E. Priest: Second, 40 acres
north half of Scion. Third. 60 acres
south half of Scion. Fourth. $50
acres on road from Scion to Athens:
Fifth, 10 acres part of lots No. 70 and
No. 100. Sixth, 90 acres in north half
of Scion formerly owned by Jane H.
Green. Seventh. in Scion on McCar-
thy road 100 acres formerly owned
by 0ren o. Vittum. Eighth. lots So.
81 and So of 220 acres formerly owned
by Ivan L. Brown. Ninth, 25 acres
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
Former COrnville Man Believed to be
Oldest Masonic Secretary.

Edward II. Cass, a former Bangor
business mar and a native of Corn
vile where he was born February %,
1881. was given a reception by his fell
low lodge members in Chicago in
honor of his Goth birthday. The cele-
bration occurred in conjunction with
Washington's birthday. Mr.. Cass is
said to be the Oldest active secretary
of any Masonic Lodge in the )rld.
He and his wife celebrated their 6lst
marriage anniversary last fall. Mr..
Cass was made a Master Mason in st.
Andrews Lodge in Bangor in 1853.
When the call to arms was sounded
in 1861 and Abraham Lincoln called
for the young manhood to help keep
thee nation from being rent asunder,
Mr.. Cass was found to be at the fore
front and he still carries in his body
a leaden memento of his service in
that conflict. He wen west in lo44
and was admitted to S loan Lodge in
Chicago. He was elected secretary IN
1899 and like the "embattled farmers
of his native New England, he has
since stood e%ntrenched behind his
desk. The members of Sloan Lodge
on the occasion of the celebration pre-
scented him with a beautifully en-
graved silver loving cup filled to the
brim with ninety new silver dollars.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
Canaan Grange

Canaan Grange net Thursday night
April 7th, with a good attendance.
One candidate was balloted on and two
applications for membership were re-
ceived. The following program was
presented by the lecturer: Recita-
ton, Doris Cover; reading, Winifred
Moody; song. Enice Tibbetts and Clara
Drawn; topic for discussion opened by
Clara Moody: reading. Lucie Burrill;
song, Alice Salisbury; report OF lectur-
er's conference. Maude Nelson. Games
were enjoyed until a late hour The
program at the next meeting, April
21st, will be devoted to boys and girls
clubs work. County agent, Clayton
A. Storer and other speakers VIII be
present. Refreshments will be serv-
ed by the lady officers. All boys and
girls who are interested in club work
are cordially invited to attend this
meeting.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14

part of No. lis lot formerly owned by
Abner E. Whipple. Tenth, Property
in North Scion. Eleventh. In Bing-
ham SIS acres, formerly owned by Will
lam McDonough. Twelfth, 100 acres
in Bingham. west y of lot No. 4
n range ?. Thirteenth, 140 acres
being east L of lot No, 2 in third
anee. all of lot No. l in third range,
formerly owned by Joseph c. Viles.
Fourteenth. S acres. part OF west n
of top No. 3 in fifth range, formerly
owned by Fred Russell. Fifteenth,
so acres in Bingham. part of lot No.
3 in fifth range. formerly owned by
Chas. W. Cooley. Sixteenth, 90 acres,
part of west u of lot No. 3 in fifth
range, formerly owned by Chas. W.
Cooley. Seventeenth, one-half of lot
No. . in 4th range 100 acres. formerly
owned by Chas. W, Cooley. Eigh-
teenth, west u of lot No. ! in 4th
range. formerly owned by Ann Hamp-
ton. Nineteenth: TO acres, part or
southeast 4 of lot No. 2, in fourth
range. formerly owned by Chas. W.
Cooley. Twentieth, Bingham so acres
of the west half of lot No. 2 in fifth
range. Twenty-frst. South quarter
of lot No. >. in fifth Pange, 80 acres,
formerly owned by Thomas Nickel.
Twenty-second. rs acres, part of east
half of lot No. 8 in fourth range, for
merly owned by Henry B. Merry.
Twenty-third, 80 acres. formerly own
ed by Melinda S. Goodrich. Twenty
fourth. east half Of lot No. 2 in fifth
range, and part OF lot No. l in fifth
range. 107 acres, formerly owned by
/ Walter Cross. T~wenty-fifth, southeast
quarter of lot No. 2 in 6 range, 30
/ acres. T~wenty-sixth, one acre.
Twenty-seventh, west half Of lot No. 3
in seventh range 100 acres. Twenty
eighth, part of lot No. 3 in seventh
range, 35 acres. Twenty-ninth, 30
acres southwest II of lot No. 4 in
seventh range. Thirtieth, 80 acres
formerly owned by James O. Robin
son. Thirty-first, 35 acres south
east corner OF lot No 2 in sixth range,
formerly owned by Chas. W. Cooley.
Thirty-second, 200 acres, lot No. 5, in
sixth range. Thir~ty-fourth, Brighton
$50 acres. being west side OF farm OF
Albert H. Gehrke, ct al. Thirty
fifth. 100 acres south hof lot No. 5 in
eighth range. Thirty-sixth, fifty
acres. northeast quarter of lot No. .
in eighth range. Thirty-seventh, 200
acres. all of lot No. 6 in eighth range
in the town of bingham. Thirty
eighth. 150 acres. east part OF lot No.
I in eighth range and all OF lot No.
S in eighth range. T~hirty-ninth,
part of lot No. 6 in first range and
part of lot No. 6 in second range in
Brighton plantation, $50 acres.
Fortieth. Brighton, west y Of lot No.
s in third rangs and west so acres OF
lot No. 7 in fourth range, 100 acres.
Six parcels above were formerly own
ed by Herbert l.. Wyman.
William c. Shields and John ],
Shields of Bombay, N. Y, and John :.
Buchanan and George Holenbeck OF
Lisbon. \. H. to S. d. Warren Co. or
Boston. land. being II parcels of land
consisting of 1855 acres, formerly
owned by Charles 1. ~Burlingane, stu
ated in Bingham, Mayfield and Brigh-
ton.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
The Late Mrs. Mary Beaufsrd

Memorial services for the late Mrs
Mary Beauford. widow of the late
Samuel Beauford. were conducted
from Our Lady of Lourdes Roman
Catholic Church. yesterday morning
with Father ]. L. A. Renaud oficiat-
ing. The remains were inferred in
Calvary cemetery on North avenue.
Mrs. Beauford died early Monday
morning at the home OF her daughter
Mrs. Daisy B. Leo of Prospect street.
She was a resident of Skowhegan for
the past fifty years having come here
from Canada. Her age was 68 years.
Her parents were Joseph and SOPHIA
Libbey Pomelow, nativesNof Canada.
and William Beaufort of Dyer street,
daughter Mrs. Flossie B. Leo, and two
sons Joseph Beauford of North avenue
and William Beauford Of Dper street,
in this town.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
SOUTH EAST SKOWHEGAN

Mrs. Frank Pooler was the guest OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Davis
Wednesday and Thursday and attend
ed the meeting of the Philathea Club,
which met with Mrs. Davis Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mrs. e. B. Richardson was in Clin-
ton and Hinckley on business Tues
day for the day. Joseph Ireland was
the guest OF his daughter, Mrs. Bue-
lab Richardson at Hicnkley, Wednes-
day night.
Earl vitality, Of the Steward farm
was in Fairfield and Waterville Tues
day and Wednesday on business.
Elvin Richardson has had his three
horses clipped.
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4
WEST MOSCOW

A surprise party was given Mrs.
Eliza Temple at her home on the af-
ternoon of April 7th by the Good VIII
Club, Of which Mrs. Temple is mem
Der, the occasion being her Saith birth
day. An unusually large number were
present and did justice to the delicious
refreshments of chocolates and cake
and coffee which were served. Music
on the organ and the general social
hour followed, after which the guests
returned to their homes promising to
meet with Mrs. Temple at this time
next year. The next club meeting will
be with Mrs. Gates April 81 and each
member Is requested to be prepared
with a quotation on Spring"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
The Interesting News Of
Somerset's Busy Towns
MARYLAND

Sunday, April 2, there was a very
happy gathering of the friends and
relatives of Mrs. Lucetta J.. Barrett in
honor of her S7th birthday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. 1. B. Nutting.
with whom she makes her home. There
were many post cards and remem-
FRANCES from absent friends as Well
as ,the beautiful birthday cake and
Gifts from those who were able to be
nresent and a telegram from her
grandson, Harold w. Nutting .from
davenport, Iowa, to make glad the
heart of one of our dear old ladies.
Mrs. Barrett is the widow of the late
Levi Barrett. formerly of Canaan.
B. F. Curtis, Vulcanizing, next to
skowhegean Garage, Skowhegan.
Miss Jennie Hardy for many years
a resident of Hartland, died last Fri
day at the home of her niece, Mrs
Mrs. Bertha Friend in Etna. For q
number of years Miss Hardy has
lived either with the niece just men
toned or with a niece, Mrs. Still
man Dyer at East Newport. The fun
erar was held Monday AFTERNOON. Miss
Hardy was much liked by Hartlant
neoplo and was widely known in this
section. For a long time she and her
sister, the late Miss Della Hardy con
Quoted a confectionery store and res
taurant on Commercial street here. TIC
The children of 35 and 40 years age
Miss Hardy was especially beloved
h was a believer In Universalist doc
trIre. Her age was somewhat oyeI
eighty years.
James H. Sturtevant died at his
home on Elm street, Waterville, Satur'
dav afternoon at Els o'clock of an af'
fiction Of the lungs, after a n illness O.
nearly a year. Mr.. Sturtevant woul'
have been 70 years Of age had he livet
until today. Mr.. S~turtevant was borl
In the White Mountains, N. H., the Sol
Of Ichabod and Loisana Sturtevant. HI
was a farmer by occupation n wa
q resident Of Hartland for many years
He had Lived in Watefille about 81
wears and lost his wife by death abou
six months ago. He Is survived b,
three daughters, Mrs. A. B Surman o
Newport, Mrs. E. e. Hescock OF Bentol
and Mrs. B. s. Pierce of Waterville wit
whom he lived. Funeral services wer
held at the home, Rev. c. A. Knicker
booker officiating and the remain
we're taken to Hartland for burial /
the fam ly lot.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
A Good Guernsey Comes to Somerset

Charles II. Fuller. proprietor of the
Fernside Dairy at Norridgewock has
just received a promising Guernsey
bull calf from the Tappan Stock farm
at Winthrop. He is nicely marked
and of a splendid breeding. His
dam is spoken of by the Tappan Stock
Farm people as one of the best i'm
orted cows and the sire is an imported
bull of the Governor Chene family. Mr..
Fuller regards this animal as a worthy
addition to his herd OF 20 high grade
Guernseys.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
ID. II. Perkins BUYS Park Hotel and
Stables

DeForrest II. Perkins formerly prin-
cipal of the high school here and later
superintendent of schools. has bought
the Park Hotel and stables connected
on Forrest avenue in Portland and
Will convert the house into apartments
and erect a garage on the stable site.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-14
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness and for the tender
words of sympathy expressed during
our recent bereavements.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Frank Barron
and family
North Arson, Me. April IA, 1921.
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O~UINNEBASSET

]. F. Woodsum went to Rockland
Thursday of last week where he Will
be the guest of his daughter, Mrs. A.
B. Allen for several days.
R, ]. Shaw was in V~assalboro sew
eral days last week.
William Knowlton visited his moth
er and other relatives in Belfast last
week.
A. j.. Robinson purchased a pair or
horses of Colman Clark recently.
b Walter Head has finished work at
the Farmers Union Store.
Miss Alice Longley of Tablerock,
Alberta, c. w. was a recent guest at
H. G. Walkers.
c. B. Colby was a business caller in
Starks recently.
H. S. Withee is having his house
on the Wirrmann place painted.
Howard Noble has purchased Of H.
S. Withee, the farm which was for
merly owned by the late Charles H.
Longley.
BURNS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mrs. Pearle Pomerleau and son
Omer are visiting Mrs. Pomerleau's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Omer Beaulier
on the farm.
Mrs. Mae Wood returned to her
school in Bangor last week.
Omer Beaulier has recently purchas-
ed a new seven-passenger WHY'S car,
Miss Rosalie Parsons is spending
her spring vacation at home.
Adolphe Beaulier of the A. E. F. re-
Gently received his victory badge.
Mr.. and Mrs. David McKinnon OF
Aroostook county are visiting friends
in Somerset county.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
MENTALLY HURRIED"

Every soul that gathers in Wash
ington will have something Of that
disposition to get away to the imme-
diately pleasant, will be disposed to
take a personal advantage. will have
a bias for race and country, will
have imperfectly suppressed racial
and national animosities, will. be
mentally hurried and crowded. That
mental hurrying and crowding has
to be insisted upon.
This will be a great time for
Washington, no doubt. to have a
very gay and exciting time. 1t be-
comes the focus of the worlds af-
fairs. All sorts of interesting people
are heading for Washington, bright
eyed and expectant.
There will be lunches, dinners.
receptions and such like social oc-
casions in great abundance, dra-
matte. and encounters. flirtations,
scandals, iealousies and quarrels.
Quiet thought, reconsideration will
Washington afford any hole or
cover for such things? 4 most
distracting time II will be and It
will be extraordinarily difficult to
keep its real significance in mind. :
So let us repeat here its real
significance.
The great war has struck blow
at the very foundation Of our civ.
ilization; II has shattered the none
tary system which is the medium of
all our economic life. A rotting
down of civilization is spreading
now very rapidly and nothing is
being done to arrest il. Production
stagnates and dwindles. This can
only be restored by the frank col
lective action of the chief powers
OF the world.
At present the chief powers of
the world show no signs of the
collective action demanded. They
are still obsessed by old.fashioned
ideas of national sovereignty and
national competition. and, though
all verge on bankruptcy. they main
tain and develop fresh armies and
fleets. That is TO say. they are
in the preparatory stage of another
war. So long as this divided and
threatening state of affairs con.
tinues there can be no stability,
no real general recovery; shortages
will increase, famine will spread:
towns, cities, communications will
decay; increasing masses of starv-
ing unemployed will resort to more
utSptIalt anu NlOlCut pro-
tests, until they assume "A quasi
revolutionary character. Education
will ebb, and social security dwin-
die and fade into anarchy. Civ
ilization as we know 1t will go
under and n new Dark Age begin.
And this fate Is not threatening
civilization; II is happening to CIV
ilization before our eyes. The ship
OF civilization Is not going to sink in
five years time or in fifty years
time. 1t is sinking now. Russia
is under the water line; she has
ceased to produce. she starves:
large areas Of eastern Europe and
Asia sink toward the same level.
the industrial areas of Germany
face parallel grim decline; the
winter will be the worst on record
for British labor. The pulse of
American business weakens.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
MERELY HUMAN BEINGS

To face which situation in .he
worlds affairs, this crowd Of hastl-
ly compiled representatives, and
their associates, dependents and
satellites. now gathers at Wash.
ington. They are all, from Presi.
dent Harding down to the rawest
stenographer girl, human beings.
That Is to say they are all mat.
tentive, moody. trivial, selfish,
evasive, patriotic. preiudiced crea.
lures, unable to be intelligently
selfish even. for more than n year
or so ahead, after the nature OF
our Exhibit No. ].
Every one has some sort Of
binding personal interest TO dis.
tort the realities that he has tn
face. Politicians have to think Of
their personal prestige ami their
party associations: naval and mill.
tary experts have TO think ~ their
careers.
One may argue II IL ms good a
gathering as our present circum.
stances permit. Probably shere is
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
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Continued from First PageO
conference from his knowledge of
history and human nature.
l remember an occasion at the
beginning of the war when l OBJ
tanned in private conversation at
my own table a piece of information
which / could have made public
very helpfully. For days l tried
to learn it over again in some man.
ner that could not be regarded as
confidential, but l failed, and seven
years elapsed before l could honor
ably treat it as public history.
This incident, is typical. English
public men do not affect strength
and silence. The strongest of them
are the least silent. In fact, their
indiscretion would astonish anyone
who did not know that it is perfect
ly safe, for their world consists OF
people of importance who will not
betray them, knowing that society
would be impossible If private conver'
sations were given away to the
press, and of people whose credit is
not sufficient to support them
1cainst indignant official contradic-
tio1 nor consequently justify re-
aponsible editors in publishing any
thing startling on their authority.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
Police Chiefs Family
Again Robbery Victim;
Brother Reports Loss

The inner sanctum of Washing
ton police circles has again been In
vaded by one Of the Capitals clever
thieves, who selected as his latest VIC
tim r. Ross Gessford, 5240 Belt road,
brother of Maj. Harry l.. Gessford,
Chief OF Police.
The Majors brother last night re.
ported the loss of $3.50 worth of Lib.
erty bonds, tewelry and cash, stolen
from his home on October 2S.
The first victim of the Gessford
family was Rodger d. Gessford. son of
Major Gessford, whose automobile was
stolen two months ago, as young Cess
ford was making a social call.
Paraphrasing Champ Clark's famous
slogan: "They got to quit kicking my
dorg around" the police last night de-
clared. that they got to quit kidding
the chief"
The property taken from Ross Cess
ford's home is described as one 500
Liberty bond. number 164,373; one $50
Victory bond, number l.,29,2SS; one
gold watch, a gold pin 20 worth or
War Saving Stamps snd some cash.
The police protect the people, but
who's going to protect the police|'
is the all-behooying question that con-
fronts the police as they appeal to
Washington's hodcsf had nan, to
have a heart arr Let the Chiefs family
alone.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

telescope and the infinitely little
inuminates the infinitely great.
Let me put myself under lens:
Exhibit one-If any one has reason
to focus the whole OF his mental
being upon the Washington cenfer-
ence II Is !. II is my job TO
attend to 1t and to think of II and
OF nothing else. Whatever
write about II. wise or foolish, will
be conspfcuously published in a
great number Of newspapers and
will do much to make or mar my
reputation. intellectually, am
convinced of the supreme possibili-
ties Of the occasion. 1t may make
or mar mankind. The smallest and
the greatest of motives march
my care for mankind. And the
occasion touches all my future
happiness.
If this downward drift toward dis
order and war is not arrested, in a
few years time II will certainly
catch my sons and probably multi
late or kill them; and my wife and
I, instead Of spending our declining
years in comfort, will be involved
in the general wretchedness and
possibly perish in some quite miser-
able fashion, as thousands OF just
our sort Of family have already
perished In Austria and Russia.
This is indeed the outlook for most
of us II these efforts to secure
permanent peace which are now
being concentrated at Washington
fail.
Here surely are reasons enough.
from the most generous TO the most
selfish, for putting my whole being,
with the utmost concentration, into
this business. You might imagine
l think nothing but conference,
do nothing but work upon the con-
ference.
Well. find I don't.
Before such evils as now advance
upon humanity, mans imagination
seems scarcely more adequate than
that of the park deer / have seen
feeding contentedly beside the body
Of a shot companion.
l am, when / recall my behavior
In the last few weeks. astonished
at my own levity. ! have been i'm
mensely interested by the voyage
across the Atlantic: have been
tremendously amused by the dis
sertations OF a number of fellow
travellers upon the little affair OF
prohibition: l have been looking up
old friends and comparing the New
York city OF today with the New
York City of fifteen years ago. I
spent an afternoon lettering along
Fifth avenue, childishly pleased by
the shops and the crowd. / find my
self tempted to evade luncheon
where l shall hear a serious discus
sion of the Pacific question, because
l want to explore the mysteries Of a
chop suey without outside assistance.