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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-22

Mr. and Mrs Fred Hughes and two
children Elwood and Merton were the
guests of relatives in Scion Sunday.
Ruel Mcguire wass the guest the
past week of his brother in Scion.
The huge piles of short pulp wood
on the bank of the river just north
of the railroad bridge are attracting
a good deal of attention. The Great
Northern Paper Company have had
crew of men at work for number of
weeks piling both night and day. A
total of $4,000 cords is to be piled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Quint of Book
ersvlle were in town shopping Mon
day.
Miss Ida Smell is confined to her
home on Park street by illness.
| Mr.. Toppan, managed of the new
bag mill, passed the week end with
| relatives in Bowdoinham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Day of Bruins
wick were, calling on DIR. and Mrs.
II. G. Stanwood Monday. They were
| en- route on an auto trip to Quebec and
Montreal.
Madison High School has the lapg-
est registration in the history of the
school, 222 pupils being reg stored, 81
| being Freshmen.
Doris Duby is confined to her home
with severe cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Alhanard Mcguire
who have been spending the summer
with relatives in this vicinity left
Monday for their return trip to their
home in Spokane. Washington.
! E. o. Danforth who has been crit o.
cally i'll at his home on Bean street,
is reported to be out of danger His
many friends hope for speedy re
covery. His daughter Miss Pearl,
who was called here by his illness left
the first of the week for her work as
! superintendent of the oxford springs
Sanitorium.
Charles Pierpont returned the last
OF the week from a weeks business
trip to Boston.
Among those from this place to at
tend the Lewiston State Fair last
week were: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard G bis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Adams and son
DR.. Lester Adams.
c. r. Miller was the guest of friends
in Waterville Sunday.
| Wallace Weston Jr was confined to
his home the first of the week by ILL
ness.
Delbert Sawyer, local manager of
he A. & p. Store who has been con
fined to his home with bronchitis, is
able to be out,
An alarm of fire was rung from the
Arson side Friday noon for chin
ney fire in the Lysander Berry house
on Spear Hill. The firemen quickly
responded and it was extinguished
with very little damage.
Alden Getchell is the guest this
week OF his son Frank in Auburn.
| Mrs. Daniel Randell left Saturday
for an extended visit with relatives in
Pennington, N. H.
E. M. Fletcher, superintendent of
The Madison Water works has a crew
Of men putting in 1000 feet of six
inch pipe at the lower end of Old
Font avenue, so that two hydrauts
may be installed in accordance with
he vote taken at the annual meeting
Of the village corporation.
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CANAAN

Many from this place are planning
N attend the fair at Skowhegan, Sept
q, rs, 20.
Misses Nellie and Encie Tibbetts left
Friday for visit with relatives in
Augusta and Bowdoinham.
Mrs. Belle Holt of Fairfield was the
mest of her sister Mrs. Addie Holt
several days last week.
Dance at Lake George, Saturday,
Sent "a. Tozier's Orchestra.
About thirty-fve attended the Sun
day School picnic at Lake George sat
urday A picnic dinner was served
on the lawn near the shore of the
lake. All report good time.
Mrs. Virginia Nye and daughter
Mrs. Eva Tibbetts of Waterv.lle were
At their home in Canaan over Sunday.
Miss Nettie Lewis who is employed
at Skowhegan were the week end
guests of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs White of Fairfield have
moved to this town and rented the DR..
Bbber residence. Mr.. White will do
blacksmithing.
Mrs. Ellen Cover of Skowhegan
passed Friday and Saturday with Mrs.
Emma Cool.
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PAGE ELEVEN

panied by Mrs. Able Hubbard who
has been living with relatives in town.
They were accompanied by Miss Alb
bic Hubbard, who has been living with
her sister, Mrs. Swanson. also Mrs.
oren May. who resides in Portland
came to visit near relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Ogden and
mother, of Hartland, were at their
farm home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chorman of
New York are spending two weeks OK
their honeymoon with Mr.. and Ms.
Ivan Padham. No place like Maine
for the newly wed.
Fred Hanson of Pitts6eld and gen.
tleman from Boston. were at c. B.
Chases Monday.
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EAST ST. ALBANS

Albert Bradford has sold his farm
~ Hamilton and Weber of SherN
IMAM Mills. Mr.. Bradford and fam
/ lily will move this week to Newport.
P. w. Libby has sold his farm to
Mr.. Sousi, real estate, agent at Pits
field, Mr.. and Mrs.aLibby have moved
to Waterville. as4 VS. y :
The Gem eterys association met. With
Mr.. and Mrs, w. H. Carson, Thnfsday
night, Sept. Is; with a good attend
ance. = - ~ ii ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lewis and little
daughter of Boothbay have been WIS.,
itors for the past week at H. b.
Fisher. Mrs. Lewis formerly lived
In town with Mrs. Ann Ramsdill and
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e. 7Ijn o. Caratunk Is with he
Mr.. 16o6io Moulton who has been
employed 1t John Bray's for about two
wears has finished her duties there
and Is visiting her son Wallace at
Floyd Hunnewells.
Silas Hunnewell was in North An
son one day recently to see Dr. Mar
ston.
Miss Peggy d. Phymister of Mon
treal, arrived at Rowe Pond camps
Sunday and will spend ten days there
before returning to New York. Miss
Helen Esslinger returned TO New York
Friday.
Quite crowd from here attended
Embden Cattle Show Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Healy is visiting rela-
lives and friends in Bingham
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BIGELOW HILL

Mss Bernice Head has gone to
Pennington where she will resume
her studies for the coming year at the
Pennington Normal School.
John Neader is working for o. L.
Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. p. l.. Hoyt of East
Corinth were recent guests of Nr.
and Mrs. Clinton Luce.
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RROMN,s cORNER-CANAAN

Everybody in this vicinity is going
10 the Big Fair" in Skowhegan, Sept.
II, %, 20.
Mrs. Ethel Cover returned home
Tuesday from Kennebec Hospital
where she has been for the past three
weeks for a surgical operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Swanson of
Haverhill, Mass, are visiting with rel
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-22

:. Mr.. and Mrs. Packard. the former
manager at Carry Pond Camps re-
turned to their home In Massachu-
sets last week.
Harry Greenlaw and Clyde Andrews
are saving puipwood In Bingham.
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PLEASANT RIDGE

Mrs. Mark Beane returned Thurs
lay from kennebec Valley Hospital
where she recently underwent a sur
gtcal operation. Her mother, Mrs
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COLES coRSER-ATHENs
1DEFERRED)

II. and Mrs. Dell Pennell and Mr.
~ Mrs Parkman were callers a
sno s wards Sunday, also Mr. ant
ne nc omar Sawyer and children o
O M,s F. NJ. Jones Of Madison has
~ visiting at George Hayden's the
p' w,es Charlotte Kimball of Passa
,.mteag is visiting Adelaide Trim.
'' Mr. and Mrs. George Mckinney, Mr.
"a Mrs Earle Ward visited relatives
!. NorrIdge a&.
aaaSMrs. Sh~-h s.ressSisr ar,
camping with Mrs. 'WnI,,.efs Brother
T 1 Whitehouse in Wellington.
, corn roast was held Saturday
.,rht in the old cellar at Coles Cor.
with Mrs. Earl Ward as toast
m.s,er and Chef Davis handling the
ao,n in a big open fire a good time
was assured
Emil Nelson is visiting in Portland
Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin of Har-
mony spent Sunday at Gustav Mel
sons.
Arthur Trim went to the fair at Pitts
field Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cahill visited
IN Bingham the last of the week.
Mfr. and Mrs. Bert Gilman visited
,her daughter, Mrs. Rowe, in Bingham
saturday.
The Scribner family visited in Con-
eord and Bingham Sunday.
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A pipe won't burn your
tongue if you smoke PA!

Prince Albert 10
sold in foppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and halt pound tin
hunidors and intke
pound crystal glass
h u m idor with
sponge moisfensr
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
WORLDS MOST LONELY SPOT
Of a Crowded City, but the Un-
friendly Heart.

Asked to name the lonesomest place
In the world, II traveller once answered,
The island of Tristan d'Acunha, far
of the coast of South America. Its
population Is 20, and 1t is visited by
n vessel only once In two years"
But the traveller was all wrong. Iso-
lated, remote, limited in society, the
island may be. But why lonesomel
The last thing we heard from II was
that all the inhabitants were working
together to fight a dangerous plague
Of rats. When people can get togeth.
er for a common purpose they aren't
lonesome.
A man told us the other day that
the lonesomest place he ever found
was New York city, where he didn't
know a soul and his being there didn't
matter TO anyone. And he was right,
but he set about changing that condi-
ton, and he didn't find even New York
lonesome very long. For the lOnesom.
or population or economics. The lone
soonest place Is always the human
heart which hasn't learned how to
reach cut TO other human hearts In
the sure knowledge that there will
be something In common. that II 1t has
affection TO spend. aud loyalty and
truth and friendliness. there are these
things in return waiting TO welcome It
Milwaukee Journal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
WHAT THEY DO WITH BONUS
Seventy Per Cent Of Minneapolis Men
Increase or Open New Saw
inps Accounts.

What do ex-service men do with
their bonus money received from the
various statesi
Some persons opposed to handing
out cash TO the men either by the
states or nation, give us their greatest
argument that the be%neficiarles will
squander the money foolishly as soon
as they get II.
But the experience Of the Wells
Dlckey Trust company Of Minneapolis
which firm has been instrumental In
advancing S2,2G5,000 to ex-service men
through special arrangement with the
bonus board, completely o%yerturns this
conjecture. Figures just compiled by
the cashier Of the trust company show
that of the 1924 claims handled by
the bank for Minneapolis men, 20 per
cent OF the men increased their W
accounts and 20 per e n opened saw
ings accounts at one
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11

that crossed in front. As she caught
her stride. Dan heard a squeal and II
rattle of quills that identified the crea-
ture as n %porcupine.
Nv now he had passed the first Of
the worst grades. coming out upon a
long. easy slope of open forest. Again
he urged his horse. leaving to her
keen senses alone the choosing Of the
path between the great tree trunks.
Then he heard Snowblrd fire for the
fourth time: and he knew that he had
almost overtaken her. The report
seemed to smash the air. And he
dashed his horse into the fastest run
She knew-a wild. sobblng figure In
the darkness.
"She's only got one shot more" he
said. He knew how many bullets her
pistol carried: and the danger-what-
ever Il was-must be just at hand. Un-
derbrush cracked beneath him. And
then the horse drew up with a Jerk
Ina, almost hurled him from the sad
die.
He dashed at her in vain. She was
not afraid In the darkness and the
rocks of the trail, but some Terror in
the woods in front had in an instant
broken his control over her. She
reared, snortlng; then danced in an
jmpotent circle. Meanwhile. precious
seconds were fleeing.
Ue understood now. The horse
stood still. ~shivering beneath him. but
would not advance a step. The silence
deepened. Somewhere In the dark
ness before him a great cougar was
waiting by the trail, and Snowbird,
hoping for the moment that 1t had
riye up the chase, was fastening
through the shadows squarely into its
ambush.
whisperfoot crouched lower: and
again his long serpent of a tail began
the little vertical motion that always
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
PLAN TO FIGHT PROPAGANDA
viii Urge Congress to Make English
Language and American History
Compulsory in Schools.

Henry j. Ryan, who succeeded Ar
thur Woods us national director of the
Americanism commission of the Amer
lean Legion, has announced Il definite
program of Americanlsm activities
which Legion leaders believe will eff
fectiyely combat anti-American propa-
ganda mt Its sources.
The plan includes II sympathetic re-
ceptiOn to the immigrant ana II method
Of providing him with opportunities to
school himself in American ideas; i'm
proyement of immigration and natural
izatlon laws; measures to stop the cir
culation of B~olshevist and /. w. w.
propaganda, and providing "A greater
chance for education In citizenship
amon the adult native born.
The Leglon's campaign will start
with the school, which is characterized
by Mr.. Ryan AS the foundation of char
acter building. "No greater problem
challenges the American people than
the school" said Mr.. Ryan. sweeping
changes must be made in u schools
or revolution n the destruction or
America will be but II matter of time.
The school system Of America, as con
stituted at present, is incapable of de-
veloplng the type Of intelligent citizen
ship which is the foundation Of a tie
mocracy, and without which human lib
erty has no champion. The changes
which the American Legion advocates
are, first, that English shall be the con-
trolling language In all schools, and,
second, that the study Of American his
tory and civics shall be made compul-
sorry to all school pupils. TO accom-
plish these proposals the Legion will
petition congress to formulate a reso-
luton recommending to state legisla-
lures the passage Of statutes embody-
ing these changes
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11

And Ossian. Homer of the race.
With magic harp. was in the train.
And many a sage, with warrior bold.
Whose deeds inspired the harpist's
strain.
There. too. was Brian. none more brave.
Who proved on Clontarf's bloody field
That Sc~andinavia's bravest men,
COMPOUNDED by the Cells. must yield.
Then draped In gray the poets passed.
With heads bent low, a g~rieving throng,
Whose Celtic muse could only prompt
To pensive moods in sad. sweet song.
The great procession passed away.
A mystic glamor left behind:
The harp long mute in Tara's hall
Again with rapture swayed the mind.
The days of 1reland's grief gone by,
The splendor of her past restored,
Joy reigns throughout the sacred isle.
With nothing left to be deplored.
20. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.p
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
ARE OF MILESIAN DESCENT
Old Irish Families Founded by Con-
quering Race About 100 3. C.,
According to Tradition.

Old Irish families trace their de-
scent to the Milesians, who conquered
the country, according to Bardic ira
dition, about 100 b. c. The Milesians
originated in Scythia, but migrated to
Egypt, and thence to Spain. where they
became rulers of the land. They are
named after Miled, the head of the
clan that went to Ireland.
The Milesians had been preceded by
three other races, the Parthalonians.
who, according to tradition, came from
Greece about three centuries after the
deluge. They were all wiped out by
the plague. Following them came the
FirbOlgs. who had scarcely taken pos
session of the land before the Tuatha
DE Danaan (tribes of the God DAMN
arrived. also from Greece, and brought
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
Copyright. 1870. by Little. Brown q Co.

precedes his leap. He had not forgot
ten the wild rapture of that moment
he had inadvertently sprung on I.andy
Hildreth-or how, after his terror had
uled. he had come creeping back. He
hunted his own way, waiting on the
trail; and his madness was at Its
height. He WAS not just Whisperfoot
the coward, that runs at the shadow
of a tall form In the thickets. The
consummation was complete, and that
single experience of a month before
had made of him "A hunter Of men.
His muscles set for the leap.
So Intent was he that his keen
senses didn't detect the fact that
there was a curious echo to the girls
footsteps. Dan Failing had slipped
down from his terrified horse and was
running up the trail behind her, pray
Ing that he could be In time.
Snowbird heard the pat, pat Of his
feet but nj first she did not dare to
hore that aid had come TO her. She
had thought of Dan as on the far
"'os hiu oi's anu Htl lullti' iiN
only other living occupant of this part
of the Divide, might even now be ly-
Ing dead In his house. In her terror,
h had lost all power of interpreta-
tion of events. The sound might be
the cougars mate, or ever the wolf
pack, Jealous of his game. Sobbing,
She hurried on into Whlsperfoot's am
bush.
Then she heard n voice, and 1t seem
ed TO be calling to her. "Snowbird-
I'm coming, Snowbird," a mans strong
voice was shouting. She whlrled with
Il sob of thankfulness.
At that instant the cougar sprang.
Terrified though she was, Snow
birds reflexes had kept sure and true.
Even as the great eat leaped, a long,
1.-THE shadow out of the shadow, her
finger pressed back against the trigger
of her pistol. She had been carry
Ing her gun In front of her, and she
fired II, this last time, with no con.
scious effort. 1t was just n last In
stlnctive effort to defend herself.
One other element affected the Is
sue. She had whirled to answer Dams
cry just as the cougar left the ground.
But she had still been In range. The
only effect was to lessen. In some de-
gree, the accuracy of the spring. The
bullet caught the beast in mld-air ;
hut even If ii had reached its heart,
the momentum Of the attack was too
great 10 be completely overcome.
Snowbird only knew that some vast,
resistless power had struck her, and
that the darkness seemed to roar and
explode about her.
Hurled TO her face In the trail. she
did not see the cougar sprawl on the
earth beside her. The flame In the
lantern almost flicked out as II fell
from her hand, then flashed up and
down. from the deepest gloom to a
vivid glare with something of the ef-
feet Of lightning pickering In the sky.
Nor did she hear the first frenzled
~thrashing of the wounded animal.
Kindly Inconsistencies had fallen, OBJ
securing this and also the sight OF the
great cat, In the agony OF its wound.
creeping with broken shoulder and
Jared claws across the pine needles
toward her defenseless body.
CTo BE CONTINUED)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
| The Voice of the Pack
By EDISON MARSHALL
BY s MARSHALL

in the silence. But he felt no pain.
He crouched a moment. shiyerlng.
Then he bounded on again.
The third shot was a miss too: IN
fact, there had been no chance Tor a
hit. A sound In the darkness is as
unreliable a target as can possibly De
imagined. And 1t didn't brighten him
as much as the others. He waited,
~crouchlng. and the girl started on.
She was making other sounds now
queer, whimperiDg sounds not greati!
different from the bleat that the lawn
utters when 1t dies. II was a rear
sound, and If there is one emotion
with which the Wild beasts are ac-
quainted, In all its phases, II Is lear'
She was afraid Of him, then, II that
meant he need no longer be In the
least afraid of her. His skin began to
twltch all over with that terrible mad
ness and passion of the ~hesh-hunters.
This game was like the deer, ana
the thing to do was lie In walt. There
was only one trail. lie wasn't airhld
of losing her in the darkness. she
was neither fleet like the deer nor
courageous like Wool the bear. lie
had only To walt and leap from the
darkness when she passed.
when Dan Failing. riding like mad
over the mountain trail, heard the
third shot from Snowbird's pistol, ne
felt that one of the debts he owed had
come due at last. lie seemed to know
rs the darkness pressed around him.
that he was to be tried in the fire. And
the horse staggered beneath him as
he tried to hasten.
He showed no mercy to his mount.
Horse-frsh isn't made for carrying a
heavy man over such a trail rs this,
and she was red-nostriled and lath-
cred before half n mile had been COW
cred. He made her leap up the rocks,
and on fairly level stretches he loosed
the relns and dashed her into a gallop.
Only n mountain horse could have
stood that test. He gave no thought
to his own safety. His courage was
mt the test, and no risk of his own
life must Interfere with his attempt
10 saw SnOwbird from the danger
that threatened her. lie didn't know
when the horse would fall with him
and prccipitate him down n precipice,
aud he was perfectly aware that to
crash into n low-hanglng limb of one
of the great trees beside the trail
would probably crush his skull. But
he took the chance. And before the
ride was done he found himself plead
lng with the horse, even as he dashed
her sides with his whip.
The lesser forest creatures sprang
from his trail; and once the mare
leaped high to miss a dark shadow
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
St. Patrick's Wanderinqs.

Readers who are interested In the
names Of places will find 1t a fasci-
mating study to trace the wanderings
of the saint In Great Britain and Ire
land.
1t is supposed that he landed on
the latter island at Innispatrick and
Travelled on errands of goodness and
mercy to Dublin, where the cathedral
bears his name, to East Meath. where
he founded the abbey Of Domnach
Padraig; to Mayo, where the noun
tain Of Croagh Patrick was called af-
ter him, and to many other widely
scattered places.
The names of Patterdale in the
Lake district, kirkpatrick In the
county of Durham. Llanbadrig In the
Isle OF Anglesea. Craig Phadrig near
Inverness, and Fitzpatrick. supposed to
be his birthplace in Scotland, survive
after all these centuries as proof of
the influence of the man who first
proclaimed the Gospel to the ancient
people Of Ireland.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
Seeks Dead Sons Watch

Comrades Of Harry A. Millener, who
lost his life near Malancourt. France.
when he was acting as a n for
the One Hundred and F~orty-seventh
Field artillery. T~hirty-second division,
are requested to provide Information
I'm regard to a hunting case gold watch
which Millener carried at the time of
his death. Fred J. Millener, SIS Child
street. Rochester. n. Y, the mans ia
Their, Is eager to obtain the watch as
a remembrance Of his hero son, and
has written to F. W. Galbralth, Jr- ma
tional commander Of the American lie
giOn, to obtain assistance.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-03-11
HAILED AS GIFT TO HUMANITY
High Personality as Well as the Deeds
of st. Patrick Have Endeared
Him to All.

A character great In fiction is often
more vivid and survives longer than
the name and fame of a real person
.undeniably great
He must be a mighty man who in a
crowded perspective Is visible at the
end Of a thousand years. Yet such a
man was Succoth, apostle to Ireland.
WOrthily hailed as st. Patrick, be-
cause of his holiness. he d~eservedly
wears the golden circlet because of his
patrician qualities in that Roman cit
izenship which he, like st. Paul,
was proud to share. Such a charac-
ter yer inspires his fellows to join
the choir invisible in urging man to
yaster issues.
The Legends, which. like fower-bear-
ing vines, Irvine themselves around
the fame of this august personality,
are but natural ~outgrOwths Of affec-
ton. The coolest critic who looks
askance at alleged marvels, bows low
before Patrick's authentic writings,
They see therein n scholar, a gentle
man, and n self-effacing missionary,
pastor and bishop.
In fact. critical researches have
rather acted like a blast of a blow
pipe on the silver ore when laid on
the cupel. Absorbed and forgotten Is
the dross, while the pure metal Orbs
into brilllancy. Out of the fires OF
searching inquiry the character of st
Patrick rises to a height that con
pels. nay, wins honest men of every
creed and cult to gratitude to the In
finite for this His gift to humanity.