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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
STATE of MAINE.

To all persons interested in either OF
the estates hereinafter named:
AT probate court held at Ellis
worth in and for the County Of Han
cock on the twentieth day OF
December in the year of our Lord one
one and by adjournment from the
1921 term of said court The follow
ing matters having been presented
for the action thereupon hereinafter
indicated. it is hereby
ORDERED: That notice thereof be
given to all persons interested. by
causing copy of this order to be
published three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
in the Ellsworth American. news
paper published at Ellsworth in said
county, that they may appear at q
probate probate court VT to he held at Ellis,
a. d. 1922, at ten of the clock
in the forenoon. and be heard there's
on If they see cause.
Award b. Nichols. late of Brooks1
vile, in said county. deceased. Pc
tition that Benjamin T. Nichols or
some other suitable person be ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
said deceased, presented. by Oscar L.
Tapley, guardian Of one of the minor
children of said deceased
Witness. Bertrand e. Clark. Judge
twentieth day of December i in the
hundred and twenty-one.
ROBERT p. KING.
Register.
Attest: ROBERT P. KING.
Register.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
Waltllana.

The school league has a COM
munity set of books from the State
library and wishes the people to
make use Of them. During the win
ter months, the books will be at the
home Of Mrs. Alice Jordan.
The Longfellow school will have a
Christmas entertainment and tree at
the schoolhouse Friday afternoon,
Dec. 20. Invitation is extended to
all.
Mrs. Mabelle Davis is i'll.
Austin Williams of Franklin is
spending a few days with Oscar
Jordan.
Mrs. leila Colby will entertain the
Help-Some-How club Thursday,
Dec. 20.
The school league has purchased a
pretty sign board containing the
name of the school. y
All are pleased to learn that
Beatrice Giles, who has been ill, is
improving.
Dec. 10. B.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
PENS LONG USED
Writing Instruments Are Of Great
Antiquity.
Records Prove They Are as Old as
the sSword-Constructed of
Many Materials.

The pen is one Of the oldest instru-
ments men use. Whether or not it is
mightier than the sword, as Bulwer
Lytt6n makes the great French cardi-
nal exclaim in the play of "Richelieu,"
1t is perhaps of as great antiquity as
the sword. It is not as old as stone
headed war clubs or stone axes, but
1t seems to date back to the begin
ming Of mems knowledge of metals
and their alloys. As soon as men got
the idea of inscribing symbols on
stones as representing things or
words, they used an iron instrument
which was the parent, or the ancestor,
Of the pen. There were pens Of iron
and bronze and reeds, and later the
quilts of feathers.
The Assyrian kings and scribes and
the Phoenecians 1900 years before
Christ proclaimed their dynasties with
DEGREES written with pens made from
reeds and feathers. The early Greeks
inscribed their letters with a stylus,
but the later Greeks wrote with the
quilts Of geese, crows, hawks and
eagles. Pens Of brass and silver were
in use In Rome at the beginning of
the Christian era.
The stylus with which many Of the
Greeks and Romans wrote was some
thing like an iron bodkin and It came
to be used so often in brawls that 1t
was prohibited-that Is. men were
prohibited to use stylus. The bod
kin in old English times was no doubt
big darning or knitting needle and
Hamlet had that instrument in fmind
when he said: "When he his quietus
might make with bare bodkin."
There are various references in the
Bible to pens. In the Book of Judges,
the fifth chapter and the fourteenth
verse, is this: "Out of Machir came
down governors, and out Of Zebulum
they that handle the pen Of the
writer" In l Kings, the twenty-first
chapter. in the matter of Ahab, Jeze
bel and Naboth it Is written: $50 she
wrote letters in Ahab's name, anu
sealed them with his seal and sent the
letters unto the elders and to the
mobiles that We're in his city, dwelling
with Naboth." In the nineteenth chap
ter of Job, the twenty-third and twen-
ty-fourth verses, is this: ooh that
my words were now written! Oh that
they were printed in a book! That
they were craven with an iron pen
and lead in rock forever!" The eighth
chapter of Isaiah begins, Take thee
great roll, and write in it with mans
pen concerning Mahershalal-hash-
baz.' In the Third Epistle Of John
occurs this: II had many things to
write, but I will not with ink and pen
write to thee"
Pens of steel, gold and silver APP
peared in Great Britain, France and
America about 1900 but they were
very slow in gaining favor They
were expensive, clumsy and not as
satisfactory as the quill. But the
quill had reached the limit in the
nicely with which 1t could be pointed
and the gold and steel pens continued
to be improved in their smoothness
and flexibility. The first fountain
pen was patented about 1880 and the
number of patents granted on foun
tain pens now reaches into the thou
sands.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
fremont.

John Dorr is visiting his brother
on Duck island.
Nathan Richardson came Wednes-
day to spend the winter at the home
of E. B. Clark.
There will be Christmas tree and
concert at the church Saturday eve
ming.
The winter sale of the ladies' aid
society was held last Wednesday at
the church, with good success. The
musical entertainment in the eve
Ming was much enjoyed
Dec, 49, X
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

whereas Melville A. Hutchins of
Bucksport, Hancock county. Maine, by
his mortgage deed dated June 18th,
A. D. 1920, and recorded in Hancock
County Registry of Deeds, in book
$50, page 523, conveyed to Daniel
Courcy of said Bucksport a certain
lot or parcel of land situated in Or
land, said county of Hancock, bound
ed and described as follows Begin
ming at the northeast corner of Jere-
miah Mink homestead lot on the south
side Of the county road leading from
Orland village to Bucksport; thence
south 20 degrees west about IL rods
by said Mink's east line to the south
east corner of said homestead lot;
thence north 50 degrees west by the
south line of said homestead lot four
rods to stake; thence north 20 de-
grees east on a line parallel to the
first described line about ~ rods to a
telegraph post on, the south side of
the county road; thence southeasterly
by said road to place of beginning.
And whereas the conditions of said
mortgage have been and now remain
broken, now therefore, by reason of
the breach of conditions thereof, I
claim foreclosure of said mortgage.
Bucksport, Maine, December End,
1921.
DANIEL COURCY,
By Wiley c. Conary. his Attorney
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
Paper Movies.

Paper instead of cellulOid for movies
is being tried abroad, it is said, at a
tremendous saving of expense, and
little decrease in excellence. Opaque
paper may be used many times with
out wearing away. Such revolution
in cost is desirable. of course. but if
clear photographs can be made
through paper we shall be surprised.
The materials of which paper is made
may be made translucent to ordinary
vision, but hardly transparent; al
though the light rays now in control
Of men achieve wonders through OBJ
stacles the natural sight of man can
not pierce.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
NORTH ELLSWORTH.

Twentyfour members were in at
tendance at the meeting OF Nicolin
grange, December IT, The first
ahu second degrees were conferredon
tA:e4 candidates. The lecturer
Presented the following program ::
F.ano solo, Marjorie Richardson;
reading, Claudia Richardson; story,
Charles Moore: story, William
Richardson; remarks, Rudolph
Ryder. Reports of the State grange
at Portland were made by Worthy
h4s,1t9r Gambler and his wife. The
net meeting will be January z.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Erma F.. Graves of Han
cock, county of Hancock, State of
Maine. by her mortgage deed dated
April ~, 1912. and recorded in the
registry of deeds for Hancock coun-
ty, in book 4s7. page 451, conveyed
to Henry A. Butler a certain parcel
of real estate situated in Hancock
aforesaid and bounded and described
as follows, to wit:
ION the north and west by the
Hosea Heath lot; on the south by the
John Black lot; on the east by the
County Road; and containing thirty
seven one-half acres, more or less,
and known as the Robert Higgins
homestead" which mortgage was as
signed to me, the undersigned, by
Mary f. Butler. executrix of the will
of Henry A. Butler, deceased, said as
signment being dated November 80,
1921; and
Whereas the condition of said mort
gage has been broken,
Now therefore, by reason of the
breach of the condition thereof. \
claim a foreclosure of said mortgage
and give this notice for that purpose.
Ellsworth. Maine, December 13. 1921
CHARLES E. SCRIBNER,
By Peters & Crabtree, his Attorneys
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
STATE OF MAINE.
CnunAnf nrss NntSnA ~ snun

Unpaid taxes on land situated in
the town of Gouldsboro, in the County
of Hancock, for the year 1921.
The following list of taxes on real
estate of nonresident owners in the
town of Gouldsboro for the year 1921,
committed to me for collection for
said town. on the sixth day of June,
1921 remains unpaid, and notice is
hereby given that if said taxes, in
terest and charges are not previously
paid, so much of the real estate taxed
as is sufficient to pay the amount due
therefor, including interest and
charges, will be sold at public auction
at Town house at West Gouldsboro,
Me-, in said town, (the same being TIL
place where the last preceding annual
town meeting of said town was held
on the first Monday of February, 1922,
at nine o'clock a. m.
Tax on
Names of Owners. Descrip- Real
ton of Real Estate. Estate.
Fred Handy, part of Bingham
lot. 100 acres. Value. $15o. $50
Mrs. Catherine Noonan est,
pond, SO acres. Value. 5000. 1913
Edw. T. Russell & Co. Inc,
land and buildings at Pros
pect Harbor. Value. $500, 1882
Foster Tracy, home lot and
building at Corea. 20 acres. 1853
w. L. TRACY,
Collector of Taxes for the Town of
Gouldsboro for the year 1921.
December II, 1921.
In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Maine.
Northern Division.
In the matter of
DANIEL j. MCKENZIE, Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy, No. 1884, N. D.
To the creditors of Daniel J. McKen-
zie of Bar Harbor in the County of
Hancock, and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of December, A. D. 1921, the
said Daniel J. Mckenzie was duly
adjudicated bankrupt; and that the
first meeting Of his creditors will be
held at my chambers. 100 Main St.
Ellsworth, Me-, on the 4th day of
January A. D. 1922, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, at which time the said
creditors may attend. prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine the
bankrupt, and transact such other
business as may properly come before
sail meeting.
December II, 1921.
RALPH e. MASON,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
Rubber for Tires.

Nearly 600,OO0,OOO pounds of crude
rubber We're used last year in the
manufacture of automobile tires in
America. OF this immense total
Brazil contributed more than $780,
600 pounds, the Dutch East Indies an
equal or slightly larger amount, and
the British Straits Settlements nearly
five times as much as either Of the
other places named. In addition sup
plies were drawn from the Belgian
Congo, French Africa. Venezuela,
Mexico, Peru and Punama.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
The Mornons.

The Mormons were the earliest
American pioneers, who made the
desert blossom as the rose" and that
In the face of great privati,ns and
difficulties. They had been preceded,
thousands of years before, by ancient
and forgotten southwestern peoples,
whose canals, In some cases, they
utilized. Mormons landed in San
Francisco, on the Brooklyn, in July,
1S46, and In 1851 founded San Ber-
nardino, In southern California. pur-
chasing twenty-seven square miles of
the Lugo ranch; for ST., 500, In deferred
payments.-Los Angeles Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
North Castine.

Castine grange has elected the
following officers: Master, Elijah
Heath; overseer, Raymond Bowden;
lecturer, Addie Bowden; chaplain,
J. w. Bowden; steward Wesley
Dority; assistant steward, Austin
Heath; secretary, Annie Dunbar;
Ceres, Mrs. Elijah Heath; Pomona,
Laura Devereux; Flora, Ariana
Wardwell; lady assistant steward,
Mrs. Austin Heath; gatekeeper, Ray
Leach.
Dec r. d.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
SeaWan.

Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Metcalf left
Thursday for Medfield, Mass, for
the winter.
School closed Friday with a
Christmas tree for the children.
Miss Woodwork will spend the va
cation at her home in Franklin.
Addie Brown and Agnes Ward are
home for the Christmas vacation.
Benjamin Newman and Ina Hill
have moved to Mckinley.
Miss Annie Newman is boarding
with Mrs. Mckenzie at the parson-
age, in Manset.
Dec, 49, T. E. D.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
Woman Started First Daily Paper.

Woman Started First Daily Paper.
The first daily paper In the world
Is said to have~been established by q
woman, Miss Elizabeth Mallet, in Lon.
don. March, 1902. She polished and
edited the Daily Courant. which she
founded for the purpose Of doing
greater Justice to women in general
through the elimination of imperti-
nences which the fdinary papers con-
TAIN"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

~ Bids for school Wood.
The school board Of Ellsworth In
vites bids for green hardwood for the
schools of Ellsworth. Bids should b
enclosed in a sealed envelope. marked
on the outside bid for Wood" and de-
livered to the superintendent OF
schools OF Ellsworth on or before
noon of Tuesday. Dec IT,
BY order School Board OF Ellsworth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
BuckSpOrt.

Adeline B., widow of Eben B.
Gardner, died at her home here
Thursday, at the age of eighty-nine
years. She leaves one daughter,
Miss Alice 3. Gardner, and one son,
Walter H. Gardner, both of Bucks
port.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
PAUPER NOTICE

HAVING CONTRACTED WITH THE
city of Ellsworth t. support and care
during Ave years beginning Jan. l.
1920. and are legal residents of Ellis
worth, I forbid all persons trusting
tn on my account, as there are
plenty Of room and accommodations to
care for them at the City Farm house
M. r. CARLISLE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21

Can't look well. eat well,or feel we'll
with impure blood. Keep the blood
pure with Burdock Bitters. Eat SIM
ply, take exercise, keep clean and good
health is pretty sure to follow. $1.25
a bottle.-Advt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
STATE OF MAINE.
COlIectOrsal Notice nf Sa1a

Unpaid taxes on land situated in
the town Of Franklin, in the County
The following list of taxes on real
estate of nonresident owners in the
town of Franklin, for the year 1921,
committed to me for collection, for
1921, remains unpaid; and notice is
hereby given that if said taxes, inter
est and charges are not previously
paid, so much of the real estate taxed
therefor. including. interest and
charges, will be sold at public auction
at Town house in said town, (the same
being the place where the last pre-
ceding annual town meeting of said
town was heidi on the first Monday o.
February, 1922, at nine o'clock a. M
Tax on
Names of Owners. Descrip-
ton of Real Estate. Estate
Burnham, E. G., or unknown,
Mill Lot-Bounded on the
north, east, and west by
land of Hannah Scammons:
on the south by county road,
one acre, valued, SIS.
Landing-Bounded on the
north by county road, on the
east by land of S. S. Scam
mon, on the south and west
by land of Geo. Butler,
acre, valued $25.
Shore Lot-Bounded on the
north by county road, on
the east and south by land
of o. w. Bragdon, on the
west by land of T. p.
Austins heirs, one-third
acre, valued, SIS, tax $6.S2
Tracey, Curtis E., homestead
Bounded on the north by
land of Jasper Wyman and
son, on the east by land of
Hannah Hartman, on the
south by Cherryfield road,
on the west by land of
Jaspar Wyman and son,
one and one-fourth acres,
valued. 1926. Tax $12,67
Patten, Mrs. Lettie, home
stead-Bounded on north by
mill stream, on the east
by land of Geo. Welch and
Seth JOY, on the south by
tide water, on the west by
land of Geo. WEIGH and
Seth JOY, thirty acres, val
ued, $1,000. Tax 5000
E. w. HASTINGS.
Collector of Taxes for the Town of
Franklin, for the year 1921.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
STATE OF MAINE.
ColIector,a Notice of Sail,

Unpaid taxes on land situated in
the town of Swans Island, in the
County of Hancock. for the year 1921.
The following list of taxes on real
estate of nonresident owners in the
town of Swans Island for the year
1921, committed to me for collection
for said town, on the ninth day Of
May, 1921, remains unpaid; and notice
is hereby given that if said taxes, in
terest and charges are not previously
paid, so much of the real estate taxed
as is sufficient to pay the amount due
therefor, including interest and
at Odd Fellows hall in said town, (th0
same being the place where the last
preceding annual town meeting or
said town was heidi on the first Mon
day of February, 1922, at nine o'clock
a. m.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-21
COPYRIGHT. Western Nswspepsr Union
WARS EAT UP THE TAXES

When I set out to discover for you
where the money you pay as federal
taxes goes I did not have far to look.
1t goes for wars, past, present and
prospective. Last year a little over 90
per cent Of the national income went
that way. In the report of the secre-
tary Of the treasury submitted to con-
gress in December, 1920. he remarks {:
An analysis Of government expenditures
for the fiscal year 1870, on the basis Of
daily treasury statements, develops the
striking fact that of the net ordinary dis
bursements Of >e.+os,o 10000 about 20 per
cent consisted Of expenditures under the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-12
BRILLIANT BAR
LEADER DIES IN
HUMBLEPOST

Vancouver. B. c.. Jan. IA. Il
Reeves. K c. scion Of one OF the
oldest and proudest Of united empire
loyalist families and former leader Of
the Ontario bar, has quit his post as
operator OF the freight elevator IN
the Tower building. OF this city, for
they have laid him to rest. The aged,
poverty stricken bearer Of English
letters Of title was buried ia Noun
tain View cemetery. A sharp. snappy
young man runs the elevator now o.
"Old Reeves, as he was known,
lost his fortune in a New Zealand
venture becoming penniless at an
age VIXEN Il was impossible for him
status or 10 reestablish himself In
the profession OF which he had been
q listlug uished ornament
The elevator job provided for his
simple wants, and none dared offer
him pecuniary assistance. His staunch
all the levels Of existence aud stuck
TO him closer than ever on his last
and lowest plane.
Great jurists often visited the ele-
vator operator and former light OF
the Ontario bar. Judges OF the su-
preme court Of the province Of Brit
isl Columbia and barristers who oc-
casionally Travelled 10 London 10 plead
before the privy council. used TO find
their way 20 the Tower building ele-
vator. some say they even sought
Reeves's advice at times.
"Old ReeVess" lifelong friends
had been the late chief justice Fal-
coubridge and sir William Muloch, OF
the Ontario bench In his elevator
quarters Reeves would chat with dis
llnEuished visitors and consider him
self their equal, but he disdained 70
receive help from any man and he
thought himself too old 10 retrieve
rs former place by dint OF personal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-12

CATHEDRAL At Monterey. capital OF
\ the state OF Nuevo Leon. Mexico.
This massive structure was begun
in 1880. but was not completed until
1900 and was not dedicated until
July 4. 1888 1t stands on the east
side Of Plaza de Zaragoza
IN 1916 it was taken by the Ameri-
can troops invading Mexico and was
used by them as a powder magazine
during that and the next year As it
was subject 10 bombardment by the
American forces before its capture
and by the Mexicans afterwards, it
suffered greatly from the fire ard Il
was several years after the American
occupation before II was restored
II is one OF the Few massive church
structures in Mexico with but one
tower and the absence Of tiles on TIE
roof Of the tower or anywhere IN the
construction OF the church Is notable
This is accounted for by historians
by the fact that Monterey is a great
distance from the tile centers OF the
country. Puebla. the center OF tile
production OF the crown colony. IS
q distance 70 transport the tiles
which make many Of the Mexican
cathedrals so attractive.
The austerity Of the cathedral. us
lack Of art treasures, is accounted Tor
by the fact that Monterey. IN its early
days had no rich mines TO support IL
as many or most other Mexican cities
had. hence the church at Monterey
was never SIS rich as in other places In
Mexico and had not the funds to pur-
chase art treasures or silver and gold
Furnishings
The crude1y carved facade repre-
SCENTS p Terry tells us. local work
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-12
COLDRESERVE
SHOWS GAIN OF
$1O6.6OO.OOO

Washington. d C.. Jan. IA net
gain in the country's stock OF gold
OF S106,600.o00 during 1890 as against
a net loss for 1913 OF S291,70o,00O was
announced by the federal reserve
board. Gold imports for 1920 totalled
S42S,700.000 against S16,5OO,0Oo for
1919. while gold exports aggregated
SSZ2I00.0O0 as against S35S.20O,OO0 eZ-
ported In 1913.
.fiver imports totalled sSS.1OO, 900
as against SS9.40O,O00 in 1919. while
exports amounted TO Sll3,6U0.O0O as
compared with S239.000,000 in 1918
making the net silver loss through eX-
ports for 1920. SIS, 100000. against
s149.6O0.O00 for 1913.
OF the total gold imports, S214,000,-
600, or over 81 percent came from
Great Britain, which the board said
included SI09.500.00o Of gold former
Is held b. the Bank Of England for
the account Of the federal reserve
banks and returned late in the year.
Nearly 60 percent Of the total gold
exports for the year. the board said.
were consigned to Asiatic countries
70 Japan. while other important Ash
attic destinations were China and the
Dutch East Indies
Argentina took s90.O00.0 GOO. or about
27 percent OF the total gold shipped
out OF the country during the year.
Other large shipments were S18,200,-
600 TO Mexico; S12,900,000 to Uruguay,
and $500 900 TO Canada
over 60 percent Of the total amount
Of silver brought 10 the United States
came from Mexico Peru, with s12.-
100000, sent the next largest ship
ment OF the totai silver exports
over 81 percent was consigned TO the
Far East.
Kodak Finishing. See Gandara-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-12
INSECTS RENDER HAWAIIAN
WOODEN HOUSES WORTHLESS

Honolulu, T Il. Jan. 12.-Construc-
ton OF frame buildings IN Hawaii
Is impracticable owing to ravages Of
insects. according TO D. T. Fullaway.
entomoloEist Of the hoard Of com
missioners Of agriculture and forest
~ FOR che territory.
Quoting japanese experts IN For
Rnosa, where similar conditions pre-
vail. Fullaway said that iron and
stone were the only positively safe
materials to use
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-12
HAWAH'S AIRPLANE BASE TO
BE STRONGEST in WORI Z

H0nolulu. \. q, Jan 12.-Plans for
a million dollar naval air station al
Pearl Harbor. the navy's big base IN
Hawaiian waters. have been passed
on here md forwarded 10 Washington
for final approval
The outstanding feature Of the
plans IS a proposal to maintain an air
base with machines powerful enough
70 link Hawaii by air with continental
United States and the far east
There IS record OF an iron passen-
ger boat launched IN Yorkshire IN
1871.