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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
Skowhegan Wins Another Game

The C6burn Classical Girls basket
ball team was defeated Saturday
night, the Skowhegan girls turning the
trick by a score of 1914. Each team
scored the same number OF baskets
from the floor but Skowhegan annex
ed the verdict by clever work on the
foul line.
Miss Bisson was the star OF the ex-
Inhibition scoring twelve OF the eighteen
points credited to her team.
The Coburn sextet played fast. hard
baske ball but found its match in the
fast local aggregation which has cap
tured seven out of nine decisions. thus
far this season, defeating some OF the
fastest outfits in the state. The sum
mary:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
I,I(.ELOW HILL

Floyd AMI Julia, the two si" NJ
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. of'e ,, =,
are very i'll with the pFe''''''
and cough. !
Two of the largest loa' hou
was hauled by the Fioleue "a NJ,
week, a distance OF tnfee q
the crusher. The two Ioaos
10000 or 712 tons each.
Arthur Larry from ona.,
brother of Mrs. Carlton
Charlie Rowen, a brotl NC
the same lady, are Fis''''
Purrier home. ~
Miss Christian Ruzze1 lss|
Amy Meader, returned nom, no.h1
after making a visit WIN ,'a,,otd
ter Mrs. Ethel Taylor Oh No.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
THE World VIII Miss Bert Williams

Bert Williams, world-famous com
cdian. has taken his final cuttain
call TO everyone here and abroad
the news that Bert Williams Is gone
will be received with the shock OF a
man who has lost friend.
Bert Williams. universally popu-
lar tar, had the unusual ability to
put into his songs and stories the
humorous quality and philosophy OF
the negro race.
A short time ago Williams summed
up his secret of making people laugh
in these words: You know there Is
il nothing so funny as seeing other
people in trouble OF coarse the EN-
phasis must be placed on the fact that
the trouble belongs to somebody else
A real sense of humor Is to put your
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
Chapman Concert Rest Ever.

The Annual Chapman Concert di-
rected by William r. Chapman de-
lighted an audience of music lovers
at the Opera House last Monday even
ing The concert was one of the fin
est which Mr.. Chapman has even
brought to Skowhegan, the three art
lists proving wonderful combination
of musical genius and talent. The
program was opened by Gabriel Engel
violnst and he received a wonderful
ovation at the conclusion of his Won
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
CONCORD

Nathaniel Gerald lost one OF his
work horses last week while returning
from bingham.
Irwin Steward is moving his family
to Bangor
The familer of P. ID. Robinson. Kos
coe Berry, Walter Higgins and hoy
Atwood are all sick with the grippe.
Friends of George Berry VIII De
sorry to learn of his death which oe-
CURED at his home Tuesday morning
about s O'clock. Mr.. Berry has been
in failing health for a number OF
years.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
Town Meetings
LEXINGTON

At the annual town meeting the fol
lowing officers were elected +. s.
Boynton. moderator: f. NJ. Churchill
plantation clerk; ID. d. Pinkham, first
assessor: 4. J. Allbee. second assess-
,r: w. l.. Boynton. third assessor; r.
G. Dexter. treasurer; c. W. Pinkham
ak collector: Mrs. c. S. Allbee. mem
Der of school board: Harry Lane, road
gent; Benz Pinkham. road agent
Money rased-Support Of common
schools s500.00; to defray plantation
'hargest $500; highway and bridges,
$1,000; snow roads $500; State aid
highway. $500; maintenance State aid
road. $4,000: free high school tuition,
10000: transportation of scholars,
sAo0' for new school building account,
S10( %
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
NEW PORTLAND

Officers elected. selectmen or asses
sors, A. Il. Millay. belmont Norton. A.
". Dudley: clerk. H. G. Walker;
treaTurer. A. l.. Henderson; school
committee, C. d. Walker. DR.. e. f.
Pratt Maud NJ. Morton; road com
mIssioDers, NJ. c. Walker Frank
Vickery Moncy appropriated or
raised; Schools. including repairs
on school buildings. books. etc, $6650;
cor highways. including bridges and
cu1verts. s39S3; support of poor, 5000;
TO defray town expense. $4,000; for
lighting the three village, $3.50 for
abatement of taxes and interest on
hired money. $4,000. Totll $1S,3S3.
SMITHFIELD
Officers elected: SclcUtmcn or as
SCISSORS. U. T. Dudley. F. l.. Rowe. f..
c. Tracy; clerk. W. NJ. Ellis; treas
urer. w. NJ. Ellis: school committee,
W. +. Marston. Mrs. Della Witham,
n. -. Richardson; road commission
er. w. w. Taylor
Money appropriated or raised !:
Schools. including repair on school
buildings. books, etc, $3.50; fpr high
ways, including bridges anil culverts.
$500: support of poor $50; officers
salaries. 500: State road $500; snow
road, $500: patrol road st0o; Gene
terry and hagr. sos; fire warden 800.
THE FORKS
Officers elected; SeleC'meu or as
SCISSORS, F. +. Williams, A. F. Durgin
]. II. Bean: clerk, +. +, Williams
treasurer, Jessie A. williams; school
committee. F. E Williams. Nera l.
Merrill, Fred l.. Marshall; road COM
missioner. r.. r. Taylor.
Money appropriated or raised
Schools. including repairs on school
buildings. books, etc, $3.50; school SUI
perintendent's salary. $3.50; plantation
charges, $500.
MOSCOW
Selectsnenss- Asse ssors. and
overseers OF the poor. J. b. Whitney
4. ]. Con. Leo Hill. Clerk, j. B. Whit
ney; Treasurer, E. A. Baker; Collec-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
SI[OWUEGAN
Goals Fouls Total

Referee, Cobb of Colby. Time $40
Umpire. Chase; Scorerh, Dostie'
jacobs.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-03-16
STATE OF MAINE
SPECIAL ELECTION
For the Third Congressional Detriet

CANDIDATES he be
q. 1877, in the Third Congressional District
Penalty wfuly defacng down destroying
ddates specimen ballot, FlVET ONE HUNDRED DoLLl
FINE
FRANK w. BALL. Secretary of Stab
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
THE PRESS AGENT
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1921. by Frank Crane)

Professor Brown of the Columbia School Of Jour-
naism contributes to the North American Review an
article on the growth of a new Journalism, which he
calls menace to journalism proper.
By this he means that propaganda which is the
work of the press agent
The press agent is "a modern and rapid growth
Not so many years ago he merely good fellow
who tried to cultivate reporters and stand in with
editors.
Now, as Professor Brown says
"The press agent belongs to a numerous we'll re-
cognized, and well paid profession His handsomely
furnished office next door to that of the president of
the great corporation he the consutant Of the organ
izers of great phanthropes the mouthpece of political
leaders, the window dresser of government depart
ments.
"He lays upon the desks of the leading newspapers
every day enough copy to fill their pages-news, ed
torial and advertising-twce over And he succeeds
in getting enough printed to earn his salary to the sat-
isfaction of his employer to establishes his import
ance in the eyes of publicity seekers and to color eff
fectualy the picture of American life and its supposed
y spontaneous movements presented to the American
people"
There is a reason for this and very simple and
natural one.
And the reason is that publicity, it has been dis
covered, is worth money. Publicity is what the news
paper has to SELL And is very natural that the peo
pie who want to make of that try to buy it from
the newspaper.
The straight and ethical way to buy it is to adj
vertise.
When man purchases a certain space in news
paper in which to tell the public about the beauties of
his safety razor his typewriter it is perfectly
square DEAL
When, however, the enterprising merchant goes
beyond this and seeks to mould the news or editorial
opinion in the paper for his advantage such action is
not ethical Once let the public become convinced that
the news is not truth and that editorial opinion is not
sincere but that these things are bought, and such
newspaper loses its influence.
The press agent is not necessarily an evil. He has
his place and the information he supplies is often valu
able.
He is an evil only when either he or the man who
employs him is a crook
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25

ually breaking down the physical and moral tissue
The poison of our present hastily concocted liquors
is more prompt active, devoting itself mainly to
the collapse Of physical tissues, imagine upon
the theory that moral tissue of the who pat
ronizes the bootlegger needs destructive atten-
tion.
The new kind Of liquor is helping in the
forcement of prohibition. There have been many
deaths and so many cases blindness resulting from
the consumption of this liquor that the of or
binary prudence even though he have raging thirst
is afraid OF it.
He can no longer be guided by the label on the
bottle. That tells him nothing for though it
tells him that the bottle contains high grade liquor
with which he used to be familiar. lie finds the
difference when his eye sight begins to flicker and
when the poison begins to course through his veins
He misses the exhlaration he used to feel. In
place of it there depression in which he
that he would have felt better If he had not taken
the drink Even if the drink lethal one it is
still unsatsfying rather dissatsfying one. for the
poison is there.
He may have made it himself and he knows that
he put poison into it, He used only the grain, the
malt. the hopes. the sugar. the grapes or other
fruit juices of which he these liquids made.
He has followed the advertised recipe of retired
master brewer or that of expert distiller.
The ingredients pure and the process was
orthodox. But nature put the poison in that made
his head ache and that depressed him. The master
brewer and the expert dstier had not given him the
full modus operandi. They did not tell him how to
take part of the poison out that mischievous
Mother Nature had put in. That part of the
skill that qualified them experts.
That is really the most intricate and finest work
in distillng and brewing. The rest is simple and
easy.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
Source. q Soldier. Ronu. Money

Two sources OF revenue that have been suggested
for the soldiers bonus two-cent tax on bank
checks and three-cent tax on gasoline. Neither,
we think, would be burdensome tax and both would
fall upon very considerable part Of the population
AS general proposition one who maintains check
ing account could very easily pay the two-cent tax
which would amount to anything from say IS year
UP. The man who drives automobile for pleasure
ought be able to pay three cents more for gaso-
line whether he wants to or not.
AS to the gasoline tax the government though
should take pains to that it is passed along to
the consumer the ultimate destination of all indirect
taxes it shall not be increased many in fact,
most indirect taxes are Such tax we would
be levied at the sources of supplies. The government
could not afford to collect it from the distributors to
consumers.
These two sources of course, would not yield
nearly enough money to the requirements of the
soldiers bonus perhaps half enough but not doubt
other easily accessible sources could be found once
the government has committed itself
The main thing, though is the bonus. Once that
has been agreed upon, the OF this country
Will be found sufficient. And if they to be
drawn upon rather severly, should not complain
when we know that the money is to be used to pay
a debt of patriotism which we were lately thinking
we were paying with high sounding ords
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
The WANING Canal

A rumor which is reported in Panama but which
so far we know has not been given much publicity
in the United States is that the government is con-
active mechanical management Of the canal 1t is
further stated consequence Of the lack Of shipping
thef has been severe drop in tolls There has also
La heavy withdrawal Of the canal staff
4ur government has the ships, more ships than
Il bws what to do with. It is losing money the
sh it has leased to private owners aand it has
sh II cannot lease for lack OF tonnage Traffic in
lhN anal was never so light.
kow at the same time there is movement be-
foHN lone Of the branches of the government
MiNer reduce this traffic by lowering west bound
fh2Nagh rates to the Pacific coast to meet water
eol Ietition" A final hearing is taking place
IL Few York before interstate commerce COM
Hi Ion examiner If this application should be
Red the governments receipts for canal tolls would
ke Mfil further reduced, and the governments long
nsE 81 useless ships which have already added
a0kn to government indebtedness, would be length
snea
President Harding in his latest message to con-
srs and again In his opening address to the agricul
tur conference on Monday urged the encoura cement
~ water borne traffic. 1t improbable that the
Interstate commerce commission would allow an ap-
plication which would not only discourage the
OF the Panama canal but would render useless the
expenditures which have been made to encourage
traffic the Mississippi via the canal, at the
time establishing discriminatory rail rate
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
Made. to- ordsr Language

we have received some literature rela-
tive to the "Ro" language, from,
suppose its inventor, Rev. T. P. Foster.
have spent some hours in vain trying to acquire
head or tail of it. Generally, have grasped
it. Ro is both phonetic Geographic and alphabetc
language employing the present English alphabet
with some slight changes in the sounds OF TX" and
a." The present grouping of words into verbs.
nouns, pronouns, etc, is retained The new words
take their places in these groups each word
differing from another by some slight but regular
change follows: To be, eba; not to be, neba; ],
alb; my, abe; we, abz, etc.
We do not think much of it. We believe too
much in evolution to believe in made -to-order Ian
guage or made order code OF morals. For do
not know how long foolish have been trying to
invent easy universal language, the latest at
temps being volapuk, Esperanto. Idiom Neutral and
Couturat. Two and a half centuries ago Bishop
wilkins first secretary of the London Royal society
thought an easy universal language possible and
later, Descartes and Leibnitz favored it.
Mr. Foster thinks he makes point in the state
ment that it takes at least forty times long to
learn any chaotic national languages as it
would to learn an ideally constructive language
We are sure from our own experience, and we
believe the general experience has been
the same. that is mistake. We learned
as we needed and since then have learned
and more of it to meet our requirements. We doubt
very much whether we could learn Mr.. Fosters Ro
language in forty years. Certainly could not for
get even the little English have learned in that
time If we should live long.
There is not any real demand for an easy Ian
guage. All existing languages easy for those who
are born to them. They learn them they learn to
walk and run and to discharge all the other func-
tions of life.
II the Divine Orderer Of Things had intended
the human kind to speak the language he would
have given single language Instead of letting
climb our way of the slime, to the solid land
and find refuge in caves whence made
into towns and cities he would have placed where
we
Still the men who trying to bring all into
one language family no wilder than the other
idealsts who trying to bring into one-nation
family We being brought toward ultimate
end now apparently rapidly and then oh slowly
But if we had way
oh Love Could you and with Him conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme OF things entire
Would we not shatter it to bits-and then
Remould it nearer to the Hearts Desire.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
Cloudy Complaints

The average press account OF speech leaves
much misunderstood. Therefore do not quite
understand what Mr.. Thomas E Wilson of the pack
s neant when he said in the agricultural conference
"a bhday that the agricultural depression had been.
ia factor in tremendously reducing the value Of
tia ackers output by forcing live stock and packing
hANS8 products below the general level of commo-
a| ealues and turning a small rate Of profit into
o Equally opaque to us are the remarks of Mr..
n Minnesota miller, to the effect that re-
Aa SO falling wheat markets, the milling business had
3H injured And utterly meaningless is his further
se ent "that there is too much competition in the
hediary steps between the producer and con-
snmh"
re price OF livestock is low, lower than it was
81 any periods before the war; low that live
s8A growers have become discouraged and for
4n time there has been lessenng of the supply.
l 3nis readjustment of the relation between sup
"a hd demand has had effect on the price of live
S z And certainly there is not such a rea-
ton between the prices of meats and the prices of
live stock as there be. If the value Of pack
ers products have been reduced in degree COM
mensurate with the reduction in the price Of live
stock the consumer is painfully ignorant OF such
reduction.
The price Of wheat is now low that It can be
raised only at loss it is lower than 1t before
the war; but the prices Of wheat products higher
than they were before the war and but little lower
TO consumers than they were in the high peak during
the war.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
DUNN AND DUMMER ON THE
ROOT RULES FOR SUBMARINE

ELI Root always call him Eli
for short-has a great head on hlm
and is usually a clear thinker. but !
don't get him in his latest proposal
for the conduct of submarines con-
fessed Senator DUNN. as he lighted a
fresh stogie.
"What puzzles you?" asked Repre-
sentative Dummer.
"He wants submarines to fight on
the level" said Senator DUNN.
That's like asking Carl Mays not
to do anything underhanded Whlle
pitching" returned Dummer. what $
the idea?"
"Root proposes a new set of play
ing rules for submarine shippers es-
planned DUNN LAS / understand it,
in the next war no skipper of an un-
derseas vessel may have anything TO
do with a. merchant ship without first
being polite"
"How?" asked Dummer.
"Well, he must first signal the mer-
chant ship and then stop his subma-
rine and wait for the answer" re-
turned DUNN. Il suppose the sub
marine skipper will wigwag Greet
ings and Fluctuations! It's nice day,
isn't il? | am thinking of appro9 CHI
ing YOU Then, if the captain of the
merchant snip - dL silA NOOA AtOhS AC
will signal back the usual Who goes
these% -
And then what?" asked Dummer.
"Well, the submarine will wigwag,
I'm an enemy submarine and wait
for the merchantmen to signal the
customary. Advance. enemy subma-
rine and be recognized Then, after
they have met and been properly in
troduced the submarine skipper will
say, Sorry. cap, but 1 gotta blow
you up
Suppose the merchant ship captain
says he dowanter be blown up?"
asked Dummer.
THE submarine skipper can do no
more than say, I know you dowan-
ter be blown UP, but you've gotta be.
why have ! gotta be blown up" the
merchantmen may demand. Because
I've gotta lotta torpedoes aboard and
I can't think of anything else that
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
OUR MEDIEVAL JAILS

cording to DR.. budding, however. the
poor men in a Jail are glad to see a
wealthy man come to join them, be-
cause his coming means that they
viii benefit.
Generosity blossoms out in such in
stitutions, where there is much time
for thought, and little things become
unusually important. Newspapers,
tobacco, fruit and books bought by
the affluent prisoner are passed
around. One millionaire who was in
a local Jail for three months await
ing trial for a large financial theft
is said to have spent about $1,000
day on himself and his neighbors
during that time This amount Of
spending is unusual, it is true. But
the wealthy man in Jail can dispose
of more money than most people
would imagine.
Money Helps
If he has wealth and position a
prisoner does not undergo the hard
ships OF ordinary jail life. Even II
he did not spend much money, he
would be made comfortable, since
otherwise he would undoubtedly make
trouble afterwards. The wealthy
man who has served his Jail term
somehow generally manages to keep
his social status. He is still a power
to be recognized, though he is jail
bird.
Then, too, such a man is most apt
to be held in city Jail, where as a
rule there is better management than
in rural districts. City institutions
are visited by many people, whereas
a rural Jail often is not.
Dr. budding finds that people who
go to inspect conditions do not, un-
less they are experienced, see the
bad side of Jail management. If they
write ahead to make an appointment.
the officials are warned, and the
place is cleaned UP when they arrive.
Officials pilot them over the build
ings and point out the excellent or
der and the cheerful prisoners.
The visitors may be asked IL they
wish TO talk with the inmates; but
with guard present, such CONVEX
sation is not revealing. For a pris-
oner to complain of the food or to re-
mark that the table dishes had been
washed that day for the first time
in a week, could obviously result only
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
FOUNTAIN TO BOIL wEEvIL

The first monument to the boil weevil - the
greatest enemy Of cotton-has just been erected in
Enterprise, Ala
Coffee county planters, expressing profound
appreciation" for the ravages of the cotton enemy
have erected bronze fountain in the heart OF the
business district 1t is monument to the foe that
conquered the foe that conquered the county, it is
explained, and then pointed the way to prosperity
and hopes.
Growers of cotton who fathered the erection of
the monument to the weevl declared that the cotton
enemy had been a blessing in disguise in that it
had brought about diversificaton crops and there
by established a in the South.
The inscription on the fountain reads:
'In Profound Appreciation of the Boil Weevil
and What 1t Has Done S the Herald of Prosperity
This Monument Is Erected by the Citizens of Enter
Prise, Coffee County Alabama"
The one-crop South has become, as a result Of
the terrible ravages of the weevil, agricultural
country which in the future will become self
supportng.--Journal of Commerce
Arizona republican., 1922-01-25
Rv Erederio ]. Haskin

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-"Out Of
200 county jails recently visited, only
10 were fit for human occupation"
This is the report just sent to Mrs.
II. 5. McIntire, secretary of the Pris-
oners' Relief society, after a trip from
this city to Seattle, in which she vis
tied some 200 jails in order to observe
conditions.
Mrs. McIntire found the majority
of the institutions dirty and un-
healthy, and graft rampant. The
prisoner who sends out for a quart Of
milk is apt to have to pay 25 cents,
and the change goes TO the jailer or
whoever does the errand. Vermin of
all sorts are the rule rather than the
exception in county jails, we are
told. Disinfectants, sanitary precau-
tions in case of illness, clean kitch-
ems, are luxuries which seem to have
no place in the average Jail.
In fact, the county Jail, as it is now
conducted, is one of the worst evils
in the country, according to Earl
budding, head of the Prisoners Re-
lief society.
every little is heard about bad Jail
conditions DIR. budding says, 'be-
cause few attacks are made against
the system or against individual in
6titutionS. Inmates do not dare 10
protest against unfair treatment.
know of case in which a man who
fell i'll asked for a doctor. The re-
quest was refused. When he insisted
he was knocked unconscious and al
lowed to lie on the floor all night
with a wound in his head. So there
are few protests from prisoners"
You might think that the ex-pris-
oner would expose bad conditions, DIR.
budding explains that the x-prisoner
is a "jailbird." His record is against
him. He would have hard time es-
tablishing case against county Of
ficials.
The few well-to-do men who in
frequently get put into jail do not
make complaints because they do not
as a rule see conditions at their worst.
Money will do more in Jail than in
penitentiary. The inmate can gener--
ally get luxuries If he can pay, and
the man of means does pay.
This privilege of spending money
has been attacked as unfair to pris-
oners who cannot buy luxuries. Ac-