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Real Estate Transfers

Inc following were among the deeds
recorded during the past week:
Hartland-Etta A. Barnes to Flor
ence E. Ireland, land with buildings
on the south side of Academy street
and belonging to the late James Full
Ter.
Madison-Mary Vantrosco to Joseph
Anderson, land swith buildings; Mar
lila Hartshorn to Willie Z. Hartshorn,
and on the easterly side of Madison
street; Augustus H. Greene to William
F. Greene, land with buildings on
Main street; Alice M. Linn OF Whit
hitter, Cal, to william F. Greene, land
with buildings; Emma Folsom Clark
to William F. Greene, land; Walter
c. Hobbs to Paul Lagessey, land
Norridgewock-Edi l.. Jones to
Eta M. Crosby, land formerly owned
by George A. Tobey; Elizabeth w.
Butler to Hugh w. Hight, land; Beat
rice L. Thissell to Florence C. Gerry,
land with buildings.
st. Albans-Myra L. Mckinney to
Loantha B. Southland, land.
Mercer-George Gray to belmont
M. Bunker, land with buildings known
as the Carr Blacksmith shop and
lot.
Observation-Disclosures F. Monk to Ber-
tina l.. Prescott, land; William E. Web
erdorfer, to Charles F. Monk, land
Concord-Delia M. Webster of Bing-
ham to Henry Sands land
Athens-Fred Parkman OF Skowhe-
gan to Walter c. Hobbs, land with
buildings; William M Avery to Nit
tie c. Avery land
Lexington Plantation Tavie E.
Chapman to George B. Wood, land.
New Portland-Omar w. Chase to
Thomas B. Tague, land and formerly
owned by Hattie S. Norton; Frederick
Walton to Ernest A. Luce, land.
SkowSegan-JuEa Thhbodeau to
Evander j. Mitchell, land with build
ings; Herbert F. Green to Thomas J.
Guilfoyle, land.
Smithfield-Ethel v. Kinney OF
Burnham to Frank Rowe, land and
formerly owned by J. R. Bean.
Bingham-Howard Russell to For
rest H. Colby, land
Seboomook-Nellie M. Goliath to
Ralph l.. Heating, land with build
ings.
Standardization L. Chase to Will
liam J. Marcia, land; Florence C.
Gerry to Addie F. Spencer, land with
buildings.
Palmyra-Ralph l.. Dyer to Arthur
w. Marson, land with buildings.
Madison-Guy G. Savage to Fele1ena
Pomerleau, land with buildings on
Madison street.
Cambridge-Warren F. Corey to Eff
fie J. Corey, land.
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Whereas. Joseph LACROSSE Of Jackman
Plantation. In the County Of Somerset
and State of Maine. by his mortgage
deed dated the twenty-hrst day OF
March, A. d. 1918, and RECORDED IN
Somerset Co. Registry of Deeds In BOOK
BAT, page 402, conveyed to Eddie Bart
lett of said Jackman Plantation. q GER
tain lot or parcel of land situate In
said Jackman Plantation. together with
Number Five (No. 81 according to plan
of house lots in said Jackman Planta-
ton, said Plan being recorded in the
Somerset Registry of Deeds In Plan
Book No. 8 at Page 16. Said prem
ises being the same purchased by the
said Lacosse from the said BARLEY on
the same day; and
Whereas, the said Eddie BARLEY at
forwards. on the sixth day of Decem-
assigned. transferred, and conveyed
said mortgage, the notes. debt. and
claim thereby secured, and all his
right, title and interest by virtue of
said mortgage in and to tho real estate
therein described to Thomas w. BARLEY
or said Jackman Plantation. as more
fully appears by said Assignment,
which is recorded in the aforesaid Reg
istry of Deeds in Book $50, page 100;
and
Whereas the conditions of said mort
gage has been broken:
Now, therefore, by reason of the
breach of the condition thereof l claim
foreclosure of said mortgage.
March thirtieth A. D. 1921
THOMAS w. BARTLEY,
George W. Cover,
Sw16 His attorney duly authorized
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Potatoes Go To Berlin, N. II.

w. F. Hinton, whose farm is located
in the western part of Hartland, made
a small shipment OF potatoes Friday
of last week to his sister, Mrs. Lulu
Bragg, in Berlin, N. H. This came
about from the fact that in New Hamp-
shire towns the consumer Ia paying
$1.00 per bushel. Mr.. Hinton expects
to make small shipments from time to
time as long as the Berlin price re-
mains anything near as high as at
present.
This Ia one of the odd incidents of
the commercial situation. Potatoes
in Skowhegan are retailing for about
SOC and the only price offered for
shipment has been zoe bushel. Even
at that figure there seems to be no
sustained demand. 1t is hard to I'M
derstand how the retailers In Berlin
can induce anybody to pay $1.00.
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Century Old Man Native OF Mercer

Uncle George" Viewer OF Augusta
is hale and hearty at 100 years of
age He was born in Mercer, Somer-
set county, July 10. 1920. Uncle
George" went down town to the bar
ber's recently for a shave and when
reporter called in the afternoon
was as alert and interested in greet
ing his caller as one could wish.
81 am holding on except for my eye
sight which is such that l cannot
read and l am a little deaf" and he
added, you know Locke, the Eng
lish philosopher, said that time was
measured by the succession OF ideas
through mems minds, rather than by
years"
Mr.. Viewer said that he was I'M
able to attribute his length of life
to any one thing, that he had not
always taken good care of his health.
Although until within the last eight
or 10 years he had never used to-
bacco in any form, he now enjoys
good cigar occasionally. He is also
quite a hearty eater
Until impaired eye-sght prevented,
Uncle George" was a continual read
err, being especially fond of philosophy
and political themes. Today he can
give recitation from Counsellor
Phillips speech in Parliament with
out break. This he learned while
student at the Maine Wesleyan
Seminary at Kent's Hill away back in
1910. 1t delights him to recall that
speech as well as many recolections
from Daniel Webster. He is staunch
Republican.
Mr.. Viewer is the son OF Nicholas
Viewer and Catherine Sidelinger
Viewer and is the only survivor of si1
boys and three girls. One OF his sis
ters, Mrs. Angelina Viewer Chase
who resides in Wisconsin died sever
years ago at the age OF "a years. His
brother, James, whose home was a.
Windsor. lived to be 81 years of age
James was the father of Lyman B
Viewer, who for many years was the
proprietor of the restaurant in Angus
Ia now conducted by Henry ]. Tet
reault.
Mr.. Viewers memory is very cleal
and he takes delight in recalling
events of historical interest. He ia 6
man of great ideals and to his mint
the greatest men in history were
Wash ngton and Lincoln. He Is also
a great admirer OF Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt. Mr.. Viewer used to b'
very fond OF reading speeches OF James
G. Blaine. He says that the creates
piece of composition that he ever reat
was Gray's Eulogy in q Country
Churchyard."
Mr., Viewer believes thoroughly II
the maxim that hard work never kills
a man.
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Let's Have q Little Friendly Chat
(By Roland T. Patient

Any worth while occupation calls
for a considerable amount of real ef-
fort. The business Of publication Ia
no except.o but the work involved Is
Interesting, even exciting and for the
most part thoroughly enjoyable. This
may say with the utmost sincerity
and enthusiasm, after about fifteen
years in the business, notwithstand-
Ing the fact that during that time
have worn out one set OF eyes and
am now looking for a new pair. The
interest and enjoyment of any bust
ness comes through its relation to
the public A publication enterprise
is rather more closely associated with
its patrons than most commercial pur-
suits and interest and enjoyment is
therefore multiplied. There is one
really odd thing in the experience Of
the Observation-Disclosures. The disap-
pointments which come our way do
not arise in the revenue producing de
partments Of the business. Somerset
County people are good advertisers,
They find a whole lot of job work for
us to do and about every family takes
the paper. We couldn't with very
good grace ask for more. The only
crouch we cherish is because the pub
lie fails to make a more liberal use
of the free services We offer. l have
said a whole lot on this subject before,
but at the risk OF becoming tresome
am going to take 1t up again just this
one time. Why on earth when you
want to buy anything don't you let us
tell the public about it? Why waste
your time in hunting for horse or a
house, a stove, a dog, a COW or dump
cart or anything else when you can
tell ten thousand people of your
wants through our columns without
costing q cent? II you want yeast
cake, a barrel Of -four, a suit Of
clothes. this offer wouldn't do you
any good. You know right where to
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go to buy those things. But when
you want something and don't know
where to find 1t, we can be OF ines
Unable service to you and we wonder
why you don't oftener give US a
chance. Then there is our employ
ment department. A regular employ
ment bureau the services of which
are entirely free. II you want job
or want to hire anybody, tell US about
it,
Another service we offer entirely
free is that of endeavoring to sell To-
cations which are adaptable for sum
mer camps or schools. There are
hundreds OF these summer camps In
Maine and more are likely to be es-
tablished here. A good many have
sent us descriptions Of camp sites and
we have passed the word along
through the Industrial Department OF
the Maine Central Railroad to par
ties who are looking for locations by
our ponds and rivers.
More recently we offered to ad-
vertise in the city papers for any farm
home where arrangements would be
made to take summer boarders the
coming season and for this service
also no charge Is made
There has been q fair amount of
responses to most OF the above and
yet we have been a little disappointed
because more people have not taken
advantage of our various offers While
speaking of our disappointments we
want to mention one thing, the re-
suits of which in every way more
than met our expectations. We are
always anxious for our readers to
tell us the news promptly-in ad-
vance of the event spoken of where
ever possible. A little while ago we
asked that they not only do this but
that they refrain from giving the
news to papers published outside of
the County that might publish 1t be-
fore We could. The generous inter-
est and loyalty which the public has
shown In this suggestion is very graf
flying indeed. Many have said to US,
why, we always plan to do this. OF
course we want to give the home
paper the first show" Others have
owned that they never thought of the
matter but that they would be entire
ly willing to tell us the news and not
to tell anybody else. 1t is not to be
expected perhaps that papers pub
llshed in other parts Of Maine would
wholly approve of our suggestion that
our home people give the home paper
the preference in the matter of home
news. There have been, we under
stand some notices in the daily papers
expressing disapproval in a mild way
For our own part We never doubted
the justice and common sense OF our
request. 1t seems just as reasonable
for us to expect loyalty OF this kind
as 1t does for us to be loyal to the
people of Skowhegan and Somerset
County. We are very glad to find
that our readers accept the same view
of the situation.
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NOTICE To CONTRACTORS


Sealed proposals addressed to the
State Highway Commission, Augusta,
Maine. for building six sections OF State
highway. in the towns of Windham
SS4 miles. Skowhegan. 6.44 miles and
Calais 6. 90 miles with bituminous ma
cement concrete surface and Littleton
eS1 miles and Monticello 2.19 miles
with gravel surface.
Each endorsed with the name OF the
Town, will be received by the Commits
sion at its office in the State House
Augusta Maine. until IL o'clock a m
(Standard time) May 18th, 1921 and at
that time and place publicly opened
and read The work will consist of
grading, drainage. foundation and sur
facing.
Each proposal must be made upon a
blank form provided by the Commits
sion. for copy OF which one dollar viii
be required. and must be accompanied
by a certified check for 10 per cent
OF the amount bid. payable to the
certified check will be returned 10 the
unsuccessful bidder unless forfeited
under the conditions stipulated.
surety company bond satisfactory
to tho Commission. OF not less than
one fourth nor more than one-half OF
quired. Plans may be examined and
copy OF specifications and contract may
be obtained AZ the ONCE OF the Com
mission, Augusta. Maine.
The right 10 reserved to reject any
or all proposals
WILLIAM NJ. AVER, Chairman
PHILIP J. DEERING
FRANK A PEABODY
State Highway Commission
PAUL D. SARGENT.
Chief Engineer.
Dated at Augusta, Ne, April 23 1921:
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New Prices fer Butter Paper
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURES

Whereas Clarence w. Murray of SHOW
hogan, in the County of Somerset and
state of Maine, by his Mortgage Deed,
dated September Z, A. D. 1915, and re.
corded In the Somerset Registry of
Deeds, Book 322, Page 267. conveyed
to me, the undersigned, a certain par.
eel Of Real Estate, situated in Skow.
hogan in the County OF Somerset and
State of Maine, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Situated on the
side OF Hanover Street and being lot
numbered seventeen Q7) on plan of
Somerset Park, made by E. E Green
wood. July 5, 1907 and recorded In
Plan Book 8. Page SO. Said lot being
nifty feet wide on said Hanover Street
and extending back from said street
one hundred and eighty feet, and
whereas the condition OF said mort
gage has been broken. now therefore
by reason of the breach of the condi-
tion thereof I claim q foreclosure of
said mortgage,
Skowhegan. April 1s. 1921,
3w1S S. w. GOULD
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Whereas Douglas L. Blanchard OF
Norridgewock in the county of Som
erset and State of Maine by his mort
gage deed dated the 18th day of April,
1919, recorded in the Somerset Regis
try Of Deeds, Book 345, Page 1871, con-
Veyed TO me, the Undersigned, one third
undivided of a certain lot or parcel
OF land situated in said Norridgeweck
and bounded and described as follows,
70 wit-On the North by the Kennebec
River; on the East by land occupied
by Charles Stone, formerly of Jacob
Groves; on the South by land of Everett
M. Williamson and by the road lead
ing from Norridgewock to Starks; and
on the West by Bombazee Brook. by
iahd OF Eugene Watson and by land
formerly of ]. NJ. Barnes;
ana whereas the conditions of said
mortgage have been broken. now
therefore, by reason of the breach OF
me conditions thereof / claim fore
closure OF said mortgage.
dated at Norridgewock this 18th day
Of April. 1921.
JOHN A. CULLEN.
BY l.. r. Folsom,
S"l6 His Atty. duly authorized
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Madison Mill TO Be Rebuilt

Harry Hagopian. OF Madison, il
hauling lumber and cleaning up the
ruins of his mill burned three weeks
ago preparatory to erecting q new
mill. The new mill which will be
only ono story high will not take up
as much ground space as the old
mill. Another one story building Is
to be erected for the purpose Of drying
and storing lumber.
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CAUTION NOTICE

whereas my wife. Caroline F. Phelps
has left my bed and board without just
cause This Is to warn and notify
all persons against harboring or trust
no bills of her contracting aftIr this
date.
WALTER PHELPS
Bingham, Maine. April rs. 1921. Sw17'
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STATE OF MAINE
Somerset, SIS.
Supreme Judicial Court
In Equity
WILLARD H. CUMMINGS

WILLARD H. CUMMINGS
SOMERSET OIL AND GAS COMPANY
Willard H. Cummings of SkowheEan
in the County of Somerset and State of
Maine complains against Somerset OIL
and Gas Company, a corporation duly
existing by law and located at said
Skowhegan. and says:
1. The plaintiff is a stakeholder and
officer, viz, Vice President Of Somerset
oil and Gas Company aforesaid.
2. At a meeting of the stockholders
of said corporation legally called there
for and held at said Skowhegan on the
twelfth day of April, 1920, the said
stockholders voted to dissolve said cor
poration.
3. There are no existing liabilities
against said corporation and no exist
Ing assets thereof requiring distribu-
ton among the stockholders.
WHEREFORE, the plaintiff prays:
l. That said defendant corporation
may be dissolved and terminated.
2. That the plaintiff may have such
other and further relief as the nature
of the case may require.
3. That such notice of this bill may
be given to the defendant corporation
as the Court may see fit to order.
April 20, 1921.
WILLARD Fl. CUMMINGS
Vice President of Somerset Oil and
Gas Company
GEORGE w. COVER
Solicitor
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DON'T
DESPAIR

If you are troubled with pains or
aches; feel tired; have headache,
indigestion, insomnia; painful
passage of urine, you will find
relief by regularly taking
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE

skowhsEan, Maine. Aprr IL. 1921
The o-partnsrship heretofore exist
ing between Harold L. Brophy and Roy
c. Kssns. both of Skowhegan, Maine,
10 hereby dissolved. Said keene has
purchased all the property and ae-
counts OF the said firm and Is TO pay
all the liabilities thereof.
II. l. BROPHY
r. c. KEENE 3wl6
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ORDER OF NOTICE
Upon the foregoing bill 1t is Ordered
that hearing be had thereon at the
Court House in Augusta in the County
of Kennebec, on May 28, 1921, at 10
o'clock A. M, and that notice thereof
be given by serving the clerk of said
corporation, In hand. a true and attest
ed copy of his bill and the order of
notice thereon thirty days at least be-
fore the date of said hearing. and by
publishing a like notice In The Inde-
pendent-Reporter, newspaper pub
lished at Skowhegan in the County OF
Somerset, three weeks SUCCESSFULLY, the
last publication to be seven days at
least before said date of hearing, that
all persons interested may then and
there appear and show cause, IL any
they have, why the prayer Of said bill
should not be granted.
Dated this 22nd day of April A. D.
1921.
LESLIE C. CORNISH,
Chief Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
A true copy of bill and order OF court
thereon.
swift
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STATE OF MAINE
Somerset, SIS. April goth A. d. 1921
Then personally appeared Willard H.
Cummings and made oath that he has
read the above bill and knows the con-
tents thereof. and that the same 10 true
of his own knowledge except the mat
ters stated to be on information and
belief and that as to those matters he
believes them to be true.
Before me,
GEORGE w. COVER
Justice of the Peace.
Somerset, IS. Clerks Office, Sup. Jud.
Court
Received and filed goth day OF April.
A. ID. 1921.
Attest: w. T. sEEKINs, Clerk
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IOldI IIHDIIIlIeS ana buT-
plus .................. 1854, 1875
Automobile Liability, Burglary, Steam
Boiler, Engine, Flywheel, Use and Oc-
cupancy, Plate Glass, Fidelity, Acci-
dent, Health and WOrknens' Compen-
satiOn Insurance.
Campbell, Payssn & Neyes. State Agts.
Portland, Maine
c. II. TiltOn, skowkegan, Maine
Avis Local Representative
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GOLD MEDAL
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The world standard remedy for kidney.
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles and
National Remedy Of Holland since 1896.
Three sizes, all druggists. Guaranteed.
look for the name Gold Medal on every
box and accept no imitation
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lust
sick

Not quite ready to give II
up but very near it. The
cheapest and best PLAN
when you feel this way
IS TO "give up" for q
day or two, stay in the
house, keep quiet, eat !
lightly of simple food Z
and take a mild laxative 4
that will REACH THE u
LIVER. You may have a
a favorite pill or tablet,
hut don t overlook the -
fact that NOW you need
a prescription to give u
YOU RESISTANCE - -
tonic for the vital or. II
gans to assure good d. ~
gestion, pure blood and n
natural action Of the y
bowels and kidneys. We ~
recommend "L. f." -
Medicine because IL has
helped SO many. 60 Il
doses for so cents,
"L F." Medicine Co.,
Portland, Me.
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LYMAN L WALTON
Nofary PuhlL

(SEAL)
Somerset, So. Clerks Office, Sup.
Jud. Court.
Received and filed 5th day of April
A. d. 1921.
Attest: w T. sEEKINs. Clerk.
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licitor for Plaintiff.
STATE OF MAINE

HIAIE Ob MAINE
Somerset SIS. April 4, 1921
Then personally appeared Harold L
Brophy and made oath that he has read
the above bin and knows the contents
thereof. and that the same is true OF
his own knowledge. except the mat
ters stated to be on information and
belief, and that as to those matters,
he believes them to be true.
Before me-
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Black Panne in plain or embossed
effect-that is the leading feature.
Still we must cater to all preferences
and have added hundreds of colored
Duvetyns and Lyons Velvet, in
shapes, styles and trimming effects
enough to startle Paris itself.
Among the newest ideas is the
petal trimmed Duvetyn-the petals
and foliage of stifened velvet with
varying shapes and serrated edge
really we must not try to tell all
about the hosts of Hats, time and
space forbid. =.
Second Floor-L.
Evening star., 1921-10-07
So Glad They Came in Time to Enter
the Weekend Of the Anniversary Sale
Women's Handkerchiefs

Plain white, white with colored borders, with plain
hems embroidered designs in the corner, embroidered
edges, sport styles-in fact every kind of dainty
handkerchief you'll like for your own use or to buy
now for Christmas giving.
Evening star., 1921-10-07
Panama Lawn
Linen-Finish
Writing Paper

The box contains "a sheets
of this fine paper and "a
envelopes to match. Your
choice of pure white or deli
cate tints. When Christmas
shopping is due, you'll prob
ably pay more-why not a
bit of advance holiday shop
ping and money saving?
First Fl00r-Lansburgh
4 Brother
Evening star., 1921-10-07

First thought that in connection with these
lovely trinkets is CHRISTMAS. For this reason we
call attention to men as we'll as to women for if you
want to offer any miss an acceptable
Christmas gift, make it 1NDESTRUCTIBLE
PEARL NECKLACE.
To the women we say, buy for yourself and save
in the purchase They weghty in quality, beautiful
creamy tint with luser that remains permanently, the
rdescent glow is copy of genuine pearls for which
many persons pay enough for kings ransom" The
beads are graduated and the three lengths make
satisfactory choice while the price
is an economy in itself.
FirstF FIoor-Lansburgh 4 Brother
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Black-as we said before, navy,
gobelin, brown, in every conceivable
shade, hemlock. cedar green, light
shades, dark and such profusion of
red-dull and bright. Whatever
your type and facial contour, there
are many Hats which will suit you
exactly.
The Trimmings show so many
new touches with individuality
written all over them-large metal
cabochons, krimmer boucle, lace,
quilts, plumes, cire in bow or semi
streamer effects, shirred edges of
contrasting colored velvet.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Second Floor-Lansburgh q Brother