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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11
Bad Fire A,erted at Madison

The Madison ire alarm was sound
ed at 105o O'Clock Friday forenoon
for blaze al the top OF the big log
3ile in the ward of the Great Nor
,hern Paler mill yard at Madison. The
ire caught at the end of the conveyor
and was gaining rapid headway. In
a very short time after being seen a
powerful stream from the Madison
Woolen Mill and two from the Great
Northern hydrants were playing on
the blaze which was under control in
half an hour. The pile contains sew
eraI thousands cords of short wood at
that time dry as tinder and only very
prompt action saved bad fire.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11
MURDERED WOMAN IS
BURIED At ATHENS
Body OF Mary Lowell TOwle Inferred
with Brief Services at Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery

The body Of Mrs. Mary Lowell
rowle who died from the effects of
l murderous assault Sunday morning
we're inferred in Mt Pleasant Gene
cry at Athens Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. B. H. Johnson. pastor OF the
Methodist Church officiated with few
remarks and a prayer at the yard.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11
law Regarding Domestic Animals
Amended

Damage to hens geese. ducks. tur-
keys and other poultry by dogs or
Wild animals will not hereafter be re-
mbursed by the State. This comes
tbout from an amendment passed by
the last Legislature effective July 9Th.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11
Bail Game Saturday

The ball camc Saturday in which
the SkoNhegan team partc pates ar
Fa'ryiew Park will be with the Far
field team.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11
Chautaugua Guarantors

Please hear in mind the meeting on
Tuesday evening, August 16 and be
present
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11

For shipping apples the Maine De
pariment of Agriculture requires that
they he marked standard barrel. Grade
Number Variety, etc
We have prepared cards OF conven-
lent size which exactly meet the legal
requirements, price, 10. 25e; 10, 45c;
-. 500, So soc 100, 81 30 postpaid.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11

Madison sas defeated ~ Skov he
gan YESTERDAY At Fairview Park by d
score OF IN IN :.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-08-11

Tie NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sl.5o year
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-04
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

be doomed, if we expect people to
make the sacrifices. There is no use
in hiding our disappointment over
the British mandate and the frontiers
allotted to Palestine. While we are
glad that the mandate recognizes
Hebrew and the historic rights of the
Jews to Palestine, the provisions in
the mandate relating to the practical
carrying out Of the plan are INSULT
cient. immigration and the question
of land purchase depend too much on
the good will of the High Commits
sioner, the mandate itself holds no
guarantee of judicious decisions in
the matter"
Zhabotinsky's advice is not to shout
hurrah when the mandate is officially
published, but applaud only the good
portions thereof. eff we keep on do
ing creative work in PALESTINE" he
shaped to our own liking. Any des-
pair would be ridiculous and wholly
behind the mark. Keren Ha-Yosod
is our greatest political weapon.
Frontiers will, after all, be ultimate
ly extended. There is a feeling in
England just now against large
British army in Palestine, the danger
is, therefore, that local army will
have to be created for home defense
purposes and that this army will of
necessity contain a large number of
Arabs. 1t is up to the Jews, there
fore, to supply the funds necessary
for the maintenance of the small Brit
ish army intact and maintain the
Legion as organized at present"
Zhabotinsky further criticized the
American plan Of separation of in
vestment from donation funds.
Mendel Beiliss, who was on the
platform, received an ovation when he
brought greetings from Palestine.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-04
UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION
IN PALESTINIAN DEVELOP
MENT.

Away back in 1900 there was said
to exist a "vicious Zionist circle"
In those days DR.. Herzl told the Jew
ish people that if they provided him
with money he would obtain the char
ter to Palestine. The answer that he
almost invariably received was: give
us the charter and we will raise the
money. This was the vicious circle.
Today we are not so much better off
as we imagine. Everyone knows Pal
estine must be developed. Every
one recognizes that this development
depends upon money raising and yet
a great many people expect the de-
velopment will produce the money, or
induce it's raising.
The Zionist Organization of Ameri-
ca is endeavoring to overcome the
difficulty by encouraging the forma-
ton of local Palestine investment cor
porations. Unlike, however, all other
plans hitherto presented by the or
ganization, these corporations will
not come under the authority either
of the American or any other section
Of the Zionist Organization. Very
clearly, through these corporations,
the Zionist Organization of America
is inviting the Jewish people to as
sumo their full responsibility towards
Palestine, and it believes that the only
way in which such responsibility will
be actual and direct is in the organi-
cation of local corporations with spe-
cifc and limited purposes.
Instead of fixing quotas the Pales-
tine department is asking Zionist
workers to discover, first, what is. the
largest aggregation of capital which
could be raised in two years; second,
whether local sentiment favors city or
state wide corporations, and third,
whether there is a local interest in
the development of any particular
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-04
Page Fifteen

5000 francs to Mr.. Charles
Nordmann, the eminent astron-
omer of the Paris Observatory,
for his stellar Photographic stu
dies. The same academy has
awarded the Estrade-Delcros
prize of 5000 francs to Mr..
Xavier Leon, director of the Re-
vue de Metaphysique ct de Mo-
rale.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-04

merce, etc., in Palestine. SO Tar all
the interest, except in Alabama, is
in city corporations. In the second
place it may be noted that generally
speaking there is no hard and fast
interest in any industry, etc. So on
that side projects are being consid-
cred and allotted with great deal Of
good will. Correspondence, however,
brings out that the idea Of personal
responsibility for Palestinian devel-
opment is being understood and ap-
preciated, and that therefore not only
will men of affairs undertake to de-
velop Palestine, but men will invest
sufficiently in specific corporations to
warrant, other things being equal,
their being given the direction Of af-
fairs by stockholders.
In taking the initiative in the for
nation of such corporations, the or
ganization has, however, decided at
once to separate the sheep from the
goats, that is, it has decided upon a
course by which the public will at once
recognize those corporations which
have been started by it, or which have
accepted it's principles, as against
those which are not under it's influence
and authorization. For this purpose
a compound name has been devised
which will be registered as a trade
name by the Zionist Organization of
America, and the use Of which will
be permitted to only those corpora
tions which agree to abide by the
Zionist Organization of Americas
principles. The name will be an
nounced as soon as registration has
been effected.
The principles to be accepted by
every corporation desiring to act I'M
der the Zionist Organization of
Americas authorization will be as fol-
lows:
1. The stock of a local corporation
shall be sold within a specified terri
tory and not scattered all over the
country Zone important reason for
this rule is to keep down the cost of
selling stock).
2. The stock Of the company shall
be divided into preferred and COM
mon. The preferred only shall be
sold; only nominal amount of COM
mon stock shall be issued and that
held by trustees.
3. These trustees shall serve for
the express purpose Oh SeCCIlng queS-
lions that relate to surplus profits
which are to be used in the interest
of Palestine and for the sale of stock
of any American corporation to a
Palestinian cooperative group at
fair valuation when such proposition
becomes feasible.
4. About 80 per cent of the capital
be reserved for investment in Govern
ment loans and in public utilities and
Palestinian financial institutions.
5. About Is per cent of the capital
be paid down upon organization and
the whole stock paid for within two
years.
The advantage of the fourth clause
is obvious. The holding of such
bonds and stocks will be Of practical
and material advantage to every cor
poration doing business in Palestine;
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-04

The, French Academy of Sci
ences has awarded a prize of
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

az q year ago; good plow land 975
compared to sos a year. ago, and
average Of all grades Of pillow land
$53, compared to $40 March /, 1920.
As there have been comparatively
few sales during the last several
months, these estimated values are
based partly on last falls sales and
prices at which farmers are now
holding, as well as on recent sales,
these estimates being, therefore,
largely visionary.
The average cash rent paid for
Kentucky farms, where an entire
farm was rented in 1920, was re-
ported as $916, and the average size
Of such rented farms as 112 acres.
Where pillow lands alone were rented
for cash the average cash rent was
1910 per acre.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24
Garden Will Help
Solve Problems of Farm

Land owners can do much toward
assisting in the REIMBURSEMENT in farm
wages which promises to come this
year, by encouraging hired men on
their farms to plant and cultivate a
garden this spring, according to W.
d. Nichols, head Of the farm man
agement department Of the Ken
lucky State College Of Agriculture.
Such a garden should be planned to
supply an abundance Of vegetables
and potatoes not only for summer
but also for winter use.
According to Prof. Nichols, farm
wages have not yet declined as much
as the price of farm products, but
when the drop does come it will be
greatly offset if the hired man has a
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24
Repair Your Tractor
Now For Work Later

Farmers can save themselves much
time and trouble later in the sea-
son by getting their tractors ready
for use before the rush Of spring
work starts, according to J. B. KEEL
ly, head of the farm engineering Sec
ton of the Kentucky State College
of Agriculture.
All old dirt, grease and oil should
be removed from the motor, out of
the grease cups, bearings and crank
and transmission cases and the lat
ter washed out with kerosene Care
should be taken to see that all kerr
osene is drained out after the wash
ing. After the crank case has been
cleaned it should be refilled with
oil, again care being taken to see
that all bearing surfaces are we'll
covered with it. While crank case
is open the connecting rod bearings
should be examined and if necessary
adjusted.
Care should be taken to see that
all oiling devices on the tractor are
properly filled after they have been
cleaned since fabrication is one of
the most essential factors in tractor
operation and when done Improperly
may cause the bearings to burn out
and lead to a heavy repair bill.
Examination of the valves is an
important detail in getting the trac-
tor ready for use. In many cases
these will need grinding, especially if
left unseated since they will have
rusted through the winter. The ex-
haust valve is usually the chief
source Of trouble. The different
valves may be tested to see if they
are leaking by turning the motor over
by hand and noting the compress
sion in the various cylinders. A
valve is closel and properly seated
if it is impossible to twist the stem.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

In examining the ignition system,
be sure that all spark plugs ars
clean and that the points of the
plug are the proper distance apart.
In the magnetic ignition this dis
tance should be one sixty-fourth of
an inch to the thickness of a worn
dime. All wires in the ignition sys-
tenn should be tight and the contact
points clean. Excessive oil and dirt
in the magnetic will cause a short
circuit. 1t is best to use from 2 to
4 drops of light typewriter oil every
20 hours Of operation.
Mr.. Kelley has suggested that the
tractor owners study the instruction
book in order to get more particular
details concerning their own make Of
machine. If the farmer does not
have one Of these books the COM
pany from which the machine was
bought will be glad to furnish one,
as well as any information in regard
to repairs on any particular part
Of his tractor.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

garden from which he can obtain
many Of the necessary vegetables.
1t is equally important that the
farmer make plans to insure a gar
den for himself and his family dur
ing the present temporary period Of
depression. In spite Of the fact that
he may have less money the farmer
will still have many comforts that
need not be purchased if he has a
good garden.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24
Madison Co. Profits
By Standardization

The poultry standardization cam
paign being conducted by the Ken
lucky State College of Agriculture
in cooperation with the various
counties is meeting with unusual
success in Madison county, accord
ing to the reports coming from the
Berea Rhode Island Red Associa-
ton. Farmers in that county who
are raising the standard breed,
which is the Rhode Island Red, have
already sold 200 hens to Camp
Knox, have sold more than 1000
Matching eggs to different Kentucky
hatcheries and are now filling orders
for Matching eggs to go to South
Carolina and Texas. 1t has been
estimated that approximately 10000
Matching eggs will be sold out of the
county during the coming season.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

THE March crop report issued by,
7be U. s. Bureau Of Crop Estimates
Il cooperation with State Commits
soner Of Agriculture W. G. Hanna,
shows that Kentucky farmers have
= on hand an unusually large percent
\ age Of last years crops of corn and
oats, and. that land values in Ken
lucky have fallen sharply within the
last year. The reduction Of live
stock feeding, the mild winter and
the decline Of prices, with the slow
movement, are the chief causes for
this unusually large percentage of
grain crops held over by the farmers
Of this state.
= Of last years Kentucky corn crop
so per cent was still held by farmers
I March l, 1921, compared to SO per
cent Of the 1919 crop on farms on
March 1, 1920. About Is per cent
of Kentucky's 1920 wheat crop was
held on farms March /, 1921, COM
pared to IL per cent Of the 1919
crop on farms March 1, 1920. OF
the 1920 Kentucky oat crop farmers
held 36 per cent March 1, 1921, as
compared to 25 per cent of the 1919
crop held on farms March 1, 1920.
About 10 per cent Of Kentucky's
1920 barley crop was still on farms
March /, 1921, compared to 20 per
cent of the 1919 crop still on farms
| March 1, 1920.
a Average land values, according to
rhorts from farmers and others
throughout Kentucky have fallen off
since March /, 1920, from $s5 aver
age for improved farm lands a year
ago, to $65 average March 1, 1921,
and from $62 average for unimprov-
ed farm lands a year ago to $40
average March /, 1921. The aver
age value reported this spring for
poor pillow land is $33, compared to
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

All kinds Of seed timothy, clover,
blue grass, red top, orchard grass.
Mt. Sterling Commission G. Storage
Co., s. P. Greenwade, Prop. 45-47
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

Tobacco plant food-a proven fer
tilizer for tobacco plant beds. Mt.
Sterling Commission & Storage Co.,
S. P. Greenwade, Prop. 45-47
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

Life is not long road. It only
looks that way to souls that were
born tired.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

You can climb pretty high in this
world, but you never get so high that
you are above suspicion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

Woman Graves to have her will
bent and broken, man Graves to bend
and break and then toss aside.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

1t is better to wear out than to
rust out.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24
The Cutest Clothes for
Children

are ready-made. If you
don't believe it spend a few
moments any day in our
Children's Section and we
will leave it to your judy
ment. The dearest ideas in
dresses. both French and
Philippine handmade, are
shown in a wonderful as
sortment of styles and at
prices most reasonable.
Then there are the rompers
for little tots worked out in
sturdy and dainty fabrics.
Wash suits for the boy in
materials that will stand the
wear and tear Of youth.
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24
New Suits Meet Spring Half Way----

of them
andi motifs tu
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

box FLASHED and l Navy
in
the generally for
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

Handsome soft-surfaced fabrics form the very dis
tinctive wraps of Spring which are characterized by
their loose and cape-like effect. Many handsomely
embroidered. Sport models in Polo, Yaama and
Bolivia
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-24

new DRESSES
Priced at $4,000 to $500
Taetas canton tally no, whpperw and crepe
with long aunc and graceful overskts featured the little
all day dresses Many of bodices snugy and the skirts are
wonderfully embroidered in eye uffled panners
panel dropping front and back Ncks shaped
Quasy puffed sleeves bbs English en-
brodery, tiny gays furnish surprising touches.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-04-01
VILLAGE CHAR1lFR
BILL IS KILLED
Steps for Extension May be
Taken at Village Meeting
Statutes Provide Way ii PERSONS 20 y,
cerned Vote FavOrably-Survey Made
BY the Commissioners.

After Judge Button of Middebury had
explained in the house of representatives.
Wednesday afternoon that any Vl!iaSV
could get extension of territory by petiti9u
to an assistant judge of the county lhG
house killed the senate bill which prOvlhet
for the extension of the BrnttlcborO vi
lagc limits by taking in the territory, pc
tween the village and West Brattlcboro
fire district provided the voters i'll that
territory voted favorably on the proposal
This brings to naught the efforts made
thus far looking to the extension OF tne
village boundaries, but the other way ~
open. although it is a more expensive
process Whether any further effort VIII
be made cannot be stated at present but II
is not unlikely that at the coming annual
village meeting steps will be taken under
the statutory provision. go,
The senate voted favoraby on the bill,
and it was not anticipated that there
would be any trouble getting it through the
house as there was a referendum clause
attached making it imperative until Il
majority of voters in the territory sought
to be annexed had voted favorably. Rep,
recsntativc Button was the principal
! speaker in opposition TO the bill. his rca-
son being as above stated.
| The BrattleborO village commissioners
| had full knowledge of the statutes cover
! ing the extension of the village lines. but
felt that an amendment to the village char
| ter with referendum attached would be
the simplest and least expensive method.
Sections 412S to ABB of the public
statutes provide for the annexation of adj
iaccnt territory to villages They provide
that the commissioners or trustees of an
incorporated village may petition the
judge of the county court to have commits
sioncrs appointed to determine the advSa
bility of charging the limits of the village
and thcrcupon the judge shall appoint
iii ii N pI frpnlOlIpI'S
hear the parties interested and decide
whether such enlargement is advisable
If they decide in favor of an enlargement
they shall fix the bounds and appoint ;
E time and place when persons in the ter
: ritOry to be annexed shall vote on the qucS
. ton. If the vote is favorable the village
commissioners will then call villag
, meeting to vote on the question of whethc
E the territory shall be annexed, and if the.
: vote favorably the vote shall be RECORDED
! in the town clerks office and from tina
l date the outside territory involved become
; n part of the village
1t is evident from these statutes that i
, any of the above named bodies votes TN
: favorably there can be no annexation.
Pursuant to the expressed wish of tn
:. voters at the recent informal meeting, tn
n Brattlcboro village commissioners cause
$ a careful survey to be made of the tow
J. now lying west of the village limits an
g east of the West Brattlcboro fire district
d and the result of that survey was incol
poratcd into n bill to amend the vllag
Y charter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-04-01
WEST CHESTERFIELD.
Mrs. Larkin ID. Farr Dead.

Mrs. Alice (Kathan) (RandalD Farr,
G2, died at her home in this village March
30 after long illness. BY her death
the community suffers an irrcparablc loss.
as she was woman who won many
friends in all the walks of life and en-
dcarcd herself to them by her sunny dis
position and her kind words and deeds,
especially to the needy ones, whom she
helped I'M many ways. She was devoted
n lcmber and loyal worker in both the
/. aides Benevolent society and Spafford
On angc and had held Office many years in
in ne IS with patience and chccrfulncss,
wh'cl'i was her chief characteristic
Alice &. Katlan was morn in Walpole
Feb. a. 1850. daughter of John \. and
Fannie f.. 0Barrows) Kathan. She at
tended Y chool in Wcstmorcland, Putncy
and the academy at Chesterfield Center
and after yards taught school. She mar
rjcd Frcdc. tick Il. Randall of West Chess
tnrficld and of this union five children
,Ncrc born, NVinifrrd p. Harold T., Nav
crcttcv A.. Marion and Hayden. Only
two survive. | laroSd f.. Randall. first So
lcctman of Oh eStci 'iIcld. and Maverctte'
wife of r. ID. IL, 9rrit *. of this town. She
also leaves four gE grandchildren, Clayton
r. and Hayden ~ tandall, sons of the
late Winifred Z. Ran DALI and Alice and
Avis Urrrick. one brother, John ID.
Kathan of Wcstmotrcl and. and her huS-
band. Larkin ID. FAIR, ,whom She married
July .. 1908.
Prayer was held at hi'r late home Fri
day afternoon at 1 O'Clock and the
funeral took place at thc Inivcrsalist
church in this village at > o'clock. Rev
c. f. Mcintyre of Hin scale officiating
The service was attended by large num-
Der of friends and relatives. The mem
hers of the Grange sat I'M n body at the
church and marched togct her 10 the West
cemetery, carrying the floral tributes