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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-08

Same as Working Oxen.
Class 1s-FAT OXEN
years old and over 500 LIST, $500 End
years old and over .....,,.... eoo Wv
years old and ........... ADO 300
year old and over .........A... SVo zoV
Glass 17-DRAFT OXEN
feet and under .$12 1s 500 I'd, 400 Sd
Free for ALL last year IL 500 80
Not less than pair to enter In each class Entry
fee for each yoke s1Oo Competitors must assist In
setting drag. Judges may require owner to drive his
cattle IL they see At.
Competent help will be furnished by the Associa-
ton to assist in caring for all stock
Class 1s--DRAFT HORSES
Glass IS Is subdivded follows:
Glass 1sA for horses weighing $500 or over to the
pair to drag dry ground weight OF load 5000 pounds
$1,000 1st. $1,000 End, $500 Bird
Glass 1873 for horses weighing under $500 lbs To
the pair weight load 5oOo bs $2OoO list, $2o0 2nd
$500 3rd
Entry fee for drawing horses 800 per pair.
= judges are authorized to reduce loads if deemed
Certificate OF weight from weigber must be pre-
scented the committee, whore weights considered,
viii be allowed but trial not to exceed minutes.
No profanity cruelty will be tolerated during these
tests Competitors will assist in setting drag.
Competent help will be furnished by the Associa-
ton to assist in caring for all stock.
SHEEP AND SWINE
All sheep and swine must be upon the grounds and
in Their proper places Tuesday morning the first day
of the Fair at 10 o'clock and remain during the three
days of the Fair.
All stock entered for premium must be labeled
with the name OF the owner, from what town driven,
the breed and age.
All competitors attendants must be present with
their stock and exhibit same to the committee it will
not be noticed
Competent help will be furnished by the Associa-
ton to assist In caring for all stock.
The committees instructed to withhold pre-
miums II in their opinion the animals are not worthy
of them. :;
No animal will be allowed to enter in more than
class for more than premium in the same
class.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-08
>SkowhegaR LEGAL Ma
Every Taei

>SkowhegaR Local Ma
Every Taei
The following list d
tail Market shows VII
may, expect generally
dealers for farm prod4
WHOLESALE n
Eggs-45c.
puyer-50c
Beans-$5 W
Round Hog-19c
RETAIL M
Buiter-55c
Eggs-55c
Beans-15c Of.
Onions-TeXas. &c al
New Potatoes-50c
Lard-Pure 15c.
Salt pork-1Sc. Id. or
SQuash-5c
Cabbage-5C
Beets. carrots-5c a bV
Turnips sc Ito.
Tomatoes for 25c
Cheese-30c
Corn-25c dozen
Apples S5c a peck
FRESH Fl
Salmon-35c.
Mackerel-30c In
Halibut sc.
Lobster-45C
White Fish-15c
Sword Fish--35c ID.
Haddock -1Sc.
Cod-l5c
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-08

consistins Of male and
four females Of Dairy type $500 1sti00o End 500 Sd
Same premium as for best herd of beef type.
Glass 14-woRKING OXEN AND STEERS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 , AND ELSEWHERE
MANY NEW VOTERS EXPECTED

"We are expecting to add several thousand new voters to the polling lists of Jefferson coun- ty as a result of the registration which will be- gin January and continue until March 31, ,' said M. E. Morris, chairpaan of the board of registrars, yesterday.
 "This will be the regular registration for the purpose of qualifying those who have come of age or been residents of the state long enough to vote since the date of the last registration. All persons who have previously registered will be allowed to vote if they have fulfilled the other requirements without registering as under the law person is only required to register once as long as he or she remains resident of the county
 "An elaborate schedule has been arranged for the board of registrars, and before the time for registration has passed they will have wis ited every precinct in the county in addition to sitting at the county courthouse for several days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
UNIQUE ROAD TEST

From the Popular Mechanics Magazine
 test highway has been built at Pittsburg, Cal, upon which series of tests will be made to determine the good and bad features of 13 different types of concrete pavement The types selected represent results obtained from a questionnaire which was sent to many high way engineers, asking for their views on road building, and also what features should be in- cuded in the tests.
 The road is IS feet wide, approximately one quarter of a mile long, and is built in an oval form, much resembling race track. Four tun- nels have been dug under the roadbed, and spe- cial instruments will be used to make graphic records of the effects of the various kinds of traffic passing overhead. For these instruments, rods are imbedded in the concrete, and extend down into the tunnels. At the end of the rods, recording pens placed, so that the vibrations of the concrete road are marked upon sheet of paper which is unroled by an electric motor. special grade of reinforcing steel is being tried and the road will be used for heavy traffic until it is completely destroyed, to prove which section is the best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29

the loss in net revenue thereby occasioned the carriers is reflected in smaller dividend checks and in an impaired service. Traffic bureaus for the protection of shippers have become a necessity for every community.
 The remedy lies largely with the shippers The American habit of carelessness is nowhere more noticeable than in the manner in which packages are prepared for railroad and ex- press shipment. Not a day passes but the post office department refuses packages that are too flimsily bound.
 Careful packing is to be preferred to loss and damage in transit with its attendant delays and expense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
FAITH IN WORKERS JUSTIFIED

From Forbes Magazine.
 "The normal human being is naturally hon. est"
 That is the verdict of William B. Joyce, presi- dent of the National Surety company, an organ izaton which does one-sixth of the bonding for All the bond thefts and all the absconding cash iers have failed to shake his supreme faith in human nature, which he has studied from every angle on his way from newsboy to president of the largest surety company in the world
 "The great trouble with the public today" declares Mr. Joyce, ''is that they cannot be per- suaded to believe that inborn in every normal person is a desire to do some good in the world If we were to analyze our thoughts carefully we would find that our strongest in- clinations are toward better things. Most people really want to do right, to look well, and to be highly regarded in their community. They have desire to advance, to improve their sur roundings, and to succeed. They wish to be popular, to>cultivate better traits, and to in1- prove themselves mentally"
 "Why is it, then, that so many people go wrong?"
 "For the simplest reason in the world. And many of them could be avoided. Employers and parents do not realize the vital importance of environment during the misunderstanding pe riod of life, which might be said to run from the age of or to the middle 20's-sometimes even into the sos. We give careful attention to training animals and nursing plants, but we let children run wild among surroundings that would often be detrimental to the characters of fully developed adults.
 Another great trouble is that employers place carelessly chosen employees, in their early 2Os, in positions where they are exposed to too much financial temptation. Boys of that age are really in the character building period of their lives when their inclnations strong; they are impressionable and easily led their restlessness is great and are their desires; their imagnations are easily stimulated.
 Employers who place weak characters in po- sitions of great financial responsibility are se- riously at fault. Not only is it the duty of the employer to see that the character of his people is properly studied, and that only those capable of withstanding temptation are placed in control of funds or marketable securities, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
 OLD AND NEW

Nus many years ago Birmingham was called Nnad.'' It was the fashion of editors throughout Alabama to refer to this city as Bad Brming- ham" If that reputation was ever justified, it hns been successfully lived down.
 Birmingham passed through the Christmas rocent statement of Sheriff Hartsield, compli- nsant;ng the citizens of Jefferson county for ob- smving the quietest Christmas he can reniem- her as an officer, shows the change that has tslten place since the old days when every Christmas was marred by a series of tragedies. The sheriff received calls for his depart ment during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Even the bootlegger and the careless imbiber of "moonshne' were chiefly conspicuous by them absence from the official records. Similar conditions prevailed in the police department, where the police had little to do. Birmingham has become peaceful and law-abiding town.
 Christmas, 1910, was not so quiet. As was the case this year, Christmas Day came on Sun day. The Age-Herad of Monday morning re- fers to the famous Coleman-S Strickland case, in which two we'll known men lost their lives by drinking poisoned whisky in house back of tho present Age-Herald building, where they wero boarders. The mystery never solved. One man was killed in knife-and-pistol battle OH the stage of local theatre Saturday after noon. Deputy Sheriff A. O. Battle was fatally wounded in a fight with negro near Oak Grove. Numerous holdups, cutting affrays and minor disorders were reported in The Age-Herald of Sunday, which announced that the celebration was "much noiser than usual"
 Christmas this year in Birmingham, and in many other parts of the country, was great improvement over the time when tragedies, erines and widespread drunkenness were taken m a matter of course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
AUTOMOBILE A BIG ASSET

q find that an automobile is great help to a merchant doing business in the Birmingham district" says J. B. Davie of West Blocton, "as it enables him to run into Birmingham each week and pick up the filters which he needs to replenish his stock. I am also glad to be able to state that Birmingham each year is getting to be better jobbing center. A merchant in any of the nearby towns pay for his car and its upkeep by weekly visits to Birmingham in search of bargains for his customers. Another thing, it enables him to carry less stock on his counters and shelves. I pleased to say that in spite of the shutdown of some of the mines and the fact that some which are open are run- ming on half time, that my Christmas trade was quite satisfactory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
M EN, WOM M EN
 \ / A ND T HIN G s

If 'worry killed a cat" and the said feline had nine lives, then how foolish thing is it for with only one life to take chance by worrying.
 This is not to be "new thought" sermon for while the devotees of the cult are doing much to banish "Dame Care,p somehow the old lady seems to be long lived and not easily banished
 It is just to be a little sermonette on the foolishness of taking life too seriously and spoil ing ones own and others by getting into the habit of always looking on the dark side of things
 Worry is but nightmare in the daytime, and frequently the waking visions are as unreal as the ones which haunt our dreams and just as inconsequential, and therefore should not be allowed to warp dispositions.
 Make up your mind not to be worrier, for worrying is largely matter of habit and can be changed by the will; and yet many people allow themselves to live in constant state of worry and find excuse by saying it is constitu- tional matter of heredity. .
 How often do you hear folks saying q just can't help worrying" and having made the con- fession, indulge themselves to the full in veritable spree of fretting, in spite of its bad effects upon themselves and the depressing eff feet it has on those who have to associate or live with them.
 Henry Ward Beecher, in spite of his trials and the immense amount of sermonic and literary labors, was able to say "It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy: you can hardly put more upon man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade" Work, instead of being worry producer, is one of the best panaceas for it.
 It is an attitude of mind. The answer of the chronic old worrier as to the state of his health, q am poly, thank God,' was not at all ndca- tive of submission to his Heavenly Father, but false show of resignation that failed to ring true.
 The man who faces life bravely and gladly may not be able to escape it's hardships, but the mere fact that he takes joyous outlook will go long ways towards making it livabe for himself and pleasure for those with whom he is thrown in business, Social or family way The happy-hearted keeps worry on the jump.
 No word has been set down about the physiol- ogy or psychology of worry. Much has been said and written about both; but this little honl- fly is set down along conventional and com monplace lines in order that it may make it's ap- peal to the average worrying woman in the hope that the mere calling attention to the subject may cause them to make effort to try and find the joyousness of life by working and serving, and in this way lose track of worfy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
MONUMENT TO BLESSING
 IN DISGUISE

EAection of monument to the boil weevil by the citizens of Enterprise, in Coffee county, is unique in that it acknowledges blessing tbat has resulted from an evil The weevil pointed the way to crop diversfcation and the inde- pendence which has followed in its wake.
 This monument may be construed as all ac- knowledgment by the citizens of Coffee county that "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.r E Wise are they who recognize the chastening aad endeavor to discover the lesson it teaches. The boil weevil broke up the one-crop system. The advantages of diversifcation prove it to have been blessing in disguise.
 If the recacitrant owners of tick-infested cattle will stop blowing up and tolerating the blowing up of dipping vats, they also will learn how to profit by pest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
sKYscRAPING LONDON
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The Bank of England, 'the Old Lady of Threadneedie Street." is finding it's famous one-story building on it's four-acre corner too small for the demands of today. The professor of architecture at the University of London, in spired by truly British desire to preserve the historic structure and an appreciation of the utility and beauty of American skyscrapers has written to the Times, suggesting what he apolo- getically offers as fantasy" the design for a 23-story building to occupy the center of the plot now devoted to courts and garden spaces. The sketch makes the old and new structures merge perfectly, the tower being series of notifications of the most famous church towers of the metropolis "A perfect foil" he sug- gests, for the spire of St. Pauls in the other ton of the city.
 Not every site in marshy London is available geologically for skyscraper, but this one is. The professor calls it fantasy, but what he seeks is to produce discussion and there is more than evident hope that his dream may be real ized. Indeed, The Thunderer half approves it.. The suggestion of vertical expansion,' as Lon doners term it, no longer makes Cockneys 'go up in the air." If they can ever be got to call their lifts" elevators the skyscraper must fol- low.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
HEAVY DAMAGE CAUSED BY FAULTY PACKING

The Right Way Magazine, published by the Central of Georgia Railroad company, states that owing to better packing and other efforts made to prevent damage to goods in transit, figures for the past nine months indicate re- duction of approximately 35 per cent in the amount that must be paid out claims of this nature during the current year.
 The drain on the revenues of railroad com- panies for loss and damage in transit has been tremendous. According to the Right Way Mag azine the amounts paid out by Class A rail car riers yearly grew from $2S, ,O00, ,0OO in 1916 to the formidable total of $104, 4,000,000 in 1913 s.and 1920. In the last-named year the Central of Georgia alone paid out $597,O00, compared with $6,00O in 1916.
 In the end the public pays for this, because
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
e3oulElMMIAaustin
SALES DROPPED

FronFForbes Magazine.
 James B. McMahon, then general manager of the company making Gold Dust, demanded to know from John Lee Mahin, the noted expert who was then handling the eompanys advertis- ing, "Whats the matter with our advertising in Ohio?'' MT. Mahin replied that nothing was the matter with it. "There must be-" snapped MT. McMahon. "The proof is that our sales in that state have fallen off badly.' MT. Mahin said he would try to locate the reason, but that he knew the handling of the advertising was not to blame. And he forthwith proceeded to make exhaustive investigation of competitive conditions and so forth in Ohio. After gath ering, compiling and >analyzng mountain of data, MT. Mahin notified the general manager that he was ready to take up the matter with him.
 On a day anmed by MT. McMahon, MT. Mahin arrived with his data. Without examining it Mr. McMahon said, "Sit there while call in our Ohio salesmen." Eight men dropped n He asked them what the trouble was, and there was re- markable unanimity among them as to the cause. Then MT. McMahon began to address them. Before he got through he had them all assentng that the cause was something totally different from what they had decared-al except one salesman WHO VeHJuTeu GO ulSdSTee Wltn tHS boss and insisted that in his opinion the trouble was that he had originally outlined. That's all!' snapped MT. McHahon, as he dismissed the salesmen.
 Turning to MT. Mahin, he said: '.We don't need to go any farther to find the trouble. Eight so-called salesmen and only one man in the whole lot"
 Are you executives quite sure that lot of your people don't think it wisest to "yes' you? And are you quite sure that you don't encour- age them to agree with you rather than speak straight up to you when they think you are wrong?
 There is suggestion here too, for those who weakly and meekly 'Yes'' the boss.
 ''Yes-ing'' pays nobody in the end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
THE RUSSIAN THRoNGs
From the New Republic.

From the New Republic.
 Turn for moment, Americans, from your play or your work. Imagine that through your street, prosperous, cheerfully lit with it's 5ak- cries and butcher shops filled with every kind of thing to eat, you heard the sound of people coming, passing by, and coming again, an in- creasing stream, two three thousand of them every hour. Imagine them pouring past you day after day, week after week. for all the hours of the day, with monotony broken only by the varying footballs, vigorous or feeble, or the short light steps of children. If all the Russians who are dying from hunger or disease that fol- lows hunger, this day and tomorrow and every day until spring, could file past your window your street would be filled with a like procession and your soul haunted by it. How many hours could you listen to those uncountable, muffled, shuffling footballs, limiting at feet padded with miserable rags or bare altogether, before you gave good many of your least necessary dol lars toward helping to make them less ire ouent?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
wATTERsoN AND THE BLOODY SHIRT

From the New York World.
 In the full record for the great assize, per haps no service of Henry Watterson will shine more brightly than his efforts, in the reconstruc- tion period, to lay the foundation for better understanding between the sections of the union
 In 'Marse Henry the situation is piquantly described that confronted Watterson when, at 2S, he was placed in charge of the Courier Journal. "The south was imprisoned, awaiting the executioner." "A party of reaction in Ken lucky" played into the hands of ''the party of repression at the north" refusing to admit that ''the head of the south was in the lions mouth' and that 'the first essential was to get it out" Watterson proposed ''to stroke the mane, not twist the tail of the lion."
 For that diplomatic role no one could be bet ter fitted than the young editor, in spite of his vitrioc speech. Geographically he was bor- der-state man, and one who from his cradle had detested slavery. The north will never know how many people at the south did so." To have carried his section with him in the campaign for moderation so successfully that four years later he could join in the liberal republican movement that nominated Horace Greedy for the presidency was surely proof of his brilliant audacity.
 Colonel Watterson was "an all-round old-line democrat of the regulation sort" He had been fighting Confederate. But the element of lb- eralism and the instinct of accommodation that distinguished him among the journalists of his section gave him following in the north and a personal influence with men who had worn the blue, like Grant. He could see on both sides good Americans honestly desirous of achieving a reunited country and he was able to offer them material help in getting together.
 Colonel Watterson's fight for the negro 5 rights, his opposition to greenbackism, his re- sistance to the silver folly, were instances of 9 bold challenge to the tendencies of h;s party and section. But his work for an endurable reconstruction outweighs them all. To have so nightly helped to wash out the bloody shirt was no small contribution to his country's cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
MARsE HENRY

Maurice Morris, in the New York Herald. Gone is the Rupert of the pen.
 That dashing, trenchant, brilliant blade
 Is sheathed forever-colors fade, And duller seem the ways of men. The printed web that we unfold
 Each day has lost tang, touch
 Of wit, pucksy wisdom such As may enrich beyond mere gold. The knowledge books cannot retain
 The things that make us what we are;
 Our salients in peace and war Was compact in him, of his grain. He walked the higher ways with those
 Who love this land for what it is-
 Sprawled greatness; inconsistencies That it was never his to gloze.
 Life owes him nothing where he lies,
 For he had fully drained the cup, -~> The torch of friendship lifted up, And known the love that never dies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
IS OPTIMISTIC

"A general improvement in business condi- tions is expected after the first of the year, . said B. s. Wheeock, city freight agent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. We all ways glad to note any developments and willing to assist in any way we can in furthering such developments. New industries or business firms of course, while benefting the immediate im- provements, most are beneficial generally Like everyone else we are looking towards Muscle Shoals, now as the biggest pending develop ment'S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
"BoOTLEGGER,S NosEn

From the Howell County Gazette.
 There is a big demand now in the towns of south Missouri for corks that will fit soda pop bottles, by bpotleggers, to house their supply of white mule that they retail in the country. In one of the largest towns of south Missouri one of the bottling plants recently was com pelled to Nrder carload of bottles because so many they had were stolen. Fruit jars not so popular with bootleggers. It hurts persons to drink from fruit jar and sore nose is sure sign of a bootleggers customer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
HOLD FAST

Some day, we know, warfare will cease And all the nations dwell in peace
 But do not ask me when. In sooth, the pesky submarine Will finger long upon the scene
 And troops of fighting men Will pass their leaders in review, And therell be poison gases, too,
 And airplanes in the sky. Although I cannot set the date Of the millennium-iust wait,
 It's coming by and by.