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INV CORPORATIONS.

tlccial Correspondence Every Evening.
Bower Dcr The following corpora.
tuns we're chartered yesterday.
lhh} dration. Inc. Wilmington: CAPT
taI - tan sp
Hush ?. DicKson Co. New YORK. $50. =
snn
Commonwealth Manufacturing Co. Inc.
lining ton. sfOn 90
-. Nmcrican beauty Pencil Corporation.
llmiuEtnn $500 On
Nncn Baking a.. Wilmington: 500 600.
Rite Candy stores. Inc. Philadelphia
kruahlc Furniture Co. Wilmington
slun WH
Midwest Contractors and Traders Cor
Inration Stpo OOO.
business Uuli'ies. Inc. Washington
r. fn as
~rnauwood Realty Co. Inc. Washing
tom ~ns nHO
H-powcr Gasoline Co Wilmington: s25.-
HW
.Chhds Realty Corporation. Floral PARK
NtN Notk. sluWn
bower DIV Charters were filed
hrur yesterday. a. followS
lhr Milwaukee Chair Company. vii
WInetu - utNtHn
oh.o rortlaut Cement Company. vii
mugi un. >tHh.tsn
Kaukpo. Inc Wilmington. s.. 600 600
lhr Roosevelt Corporation, Whining
ON q usl uOO
kalA-N i Y Atl i-iNutSN> company. f'ltt
hurE Ia <l.OoO.ooO.
hsrry A. Kite Inc. Wilmington: 81.
po Oon.
Ninsor Coal Company. Wilmington
3 So 600
Commonwealth Playing Card Company
Dover. Ssoo.ooo.
franse Envelope Company. Whining
ton. sSoN.oco.
National Highway Charts Association
Miami Florida. ssO0. 600.
Nestford. Inc. Wilmington: $500 600
Quality Service stores. INCORPORATED
Wilmington. s25O.ooO
Orcsg Discount savings System. Inc
Indianapolis. Ind >iOO.OoO.
Apnalsfhian Goal Corporation. Ncv
Nora city. So. en.
rhc Federal Fucl Brick 4 supply Com
pany Cleveland. ONO. >s5.oOO.
Ricle. Maritime 4 Co. Inc, Cleveland
ohio $50 um
Alliance oh Company. Wilmington
So fNhl
Arch Hotel Co. Philadelphia. Pa. 81 .ooO
ChaNaniac Development Company. WI
MINIS on no capital stock.
Increases % capital stock of:
AmrriCan BOLT Corporation. Whining
fun siui ON to $40 stO. pou.
Interstate PETROLEUM Company 10 Ncnu
e. Np nHn Co $40 ON 600.
The Primes Company. New York City
Sttf siin Co g uO0 co.
Jew q pu Company northumberland
"a S9fN ON 90 sSuOOOO
tl"ctrc speciality Company. Falrncld
conn s25 ppu TO $3.50 .OUO.
change in name from
Arridcrt Insurance Vending Company 2
Acldent Policy Vending Company. Ne
Nork City
Dallaka on Corporation 20 Amarant
ca Corporation. New YORK city.
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The Statistician was asked what
effect building material prices and
labor would be likely to have on the
building outlook.
That's where the danger lies" he
replied. "Unless prices q building
materials are kept down at least near
present levels. the people will sto?
building. jus. rs they did In 1920. In
fact. I do not think we will zee quite
so much building next year unless
there is some reduction In costs. Dur
ing the next few months material
prices should show some seasonal
weakness. But as sure as the material
dealers start In To boost prices next
summer. they will choke Oft their bust
ness. The same warning applies 10
labor. Wages are already az high
as they can be and still allow much
building. Both labor and materia,
men should realize that Il is better for
them TO have STEADY building al mod
crate profits than Il is To have a snort
squirt q building at high profits. fol-
lowed by a long period OF idlenees.
However. what interests me as
much Ne anything Is the necessity
of eliminating the waste In time. labor
and materials In the building business
| firmly believe that n saving Of 1870
TO 25sc In the cost of building could
he made by cutting ont the waste
The country is literally throwing away
81 200. 0OO. 900 annually which might bS
saved tor the industry and help to re-
luce the cost of construction. Over
a half billion dollars loss occurs from
lack of employment In the dun sea
sons. strikes. poor labor management.
etc. | am glad 10 see that wide awak,
men In the contracting business ar,
experimenting with methods TO facili
| tate building I'm the winter time. The
! Use OF canvas protection for brick
| laying. salamanders and steam Jet
| 10 prevent freezing of concrete. an'
| ether methods of combating In,
weather are being more general!
| al pied
| But isn't winter building more ex
| pcnsivc?" qucricd the interviewer.
Yes. but even if the cost Is 1870 q
1910 greater. the contractor (as In
been cetlmated) could afford to tax
smaller profit. and the workme
less wages. rather than do nothin
all winter" Mr.. Pabson replied. More
over the man who builds In the win
ter time has the pick cf the labor maj
ket. often the greater efficiency ,
winter labor completely objects III
other added costs.
other things that make bulldin
50 expensive are high labor turnove
poor and inadequate equipment, care
less hai. Hing 81 material. failure
plan IN detail. On the labor side. thei
are wasteful regulations and restri'
lions. requiring skilled men to do N
work ~ unsklled. prohibiting lab'
saving devices. limiting the numb'
~ apprentices. lnd 50 forth.
All these things combine the hiC
cost ~ building. when the men wi
b. are conducting the industry learn
! cut these westcs out. then Wa sha
, have mere building At lower cost
. the people. and more profit 10 the Il
p dustry"
r General business IL stll' improvin
The index Of the Ba'sonchart SHOW
: General activity but 2so below norm
u An i,nnrc<cfnenf Of lcr A ,ripc N
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fresh killed. choice 20 fancy. 2sG3l:
do. small sizes. 1904: chickens.
western. 22d32; do. nearby. 24235:
old BOOSTERS. western. 10; do. south
ern. 2492S. spring ducks. nearby. 2s
G30; ducks. western. 2sGSO; geese.
western. 2ld24
Potatoes-No. 1. nearby. per basket
500 5; in 150-pound sacks. l.i0@l.40.
Flour-Steady. soft winter straight.
western. 6OO&6.5o; do. nearby. $3.50
6.25; hard winter. straight. 6.i096.75.
DO. short. patent. 6.65@70O; spring
first Gear. 5.75@ 500; do. patent. 6.5OG
100; %. short patent. 7.00d7.25
fancy spring and city mills. paten,
family brand. 7.756S.50.
Hay-Timothy. No. >. 100000 90
do. No. 3. I6 OOGisOO: sample. I4.0OG
1900; no grade. 1O.OOGl40O: clover
light mixed. ls.0O6l9.OO: No. /. mixed
I 1900 1900: No. mixed. i400G15.OO.
Bran-Soft winter. in 100 poun;
sacks. S2.5OG33.5O; do. spring. 3i.5O0
| $3.50.
Tallow-Prime city. loose. SIS. dc
special loose. *; prime country. 5h
/ edible. in tierces. sl3.
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4 iicrty Noud Quotations.

A., Associated l'ross 90 Every Evening.
Ncw York, dee. 9-Liberty. bonds
,.oscd 3's's. i0o.3i; second As. 1886
fret ias. $40. second AIS. $3.50;
third as. 9Ss6x fourth AIS. 1854:
Victory as, uncallcd. lOO.3i; do.
called, 10000, L. :. Treasury a. s
gg.i
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-09

As another sign
OF the changing seasons
Ears is out
And legs is in.
Arkansas Prose Poet.
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General business Ia still improving.
The index Of the Ba,sonchart shows
general activity but 2s6 below normal
an improvement Of 1So during the
last week. This Is the highest p Int
reached in over two years
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AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles For Sale

ARMATURES-Ih stock. magnet wire
electric repairs, motor generators bought
sold. exchanged. ii. X. Cam. S07 VOL
lastop street. Phone 1909 X
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Christmas Greens.

CHRISTMAS GREENS-Holly and crow 5
foot wreaths and Christmas decorations.
beautiful natural berries; made 10 order.
Barnette. Dover. Del Phone 259.
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Personals

GALLSTON ES-Improved treatment for
catarrhal Inflammation of gallhladder and
duct. associated with gsllstones: booklet
free: write today DR. Paddock Box
y 1901. Kansas City. Mo.
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NtnICE-I will not be respon sible for
any bills unless contracted by myself
F. ID. Walker. East Fourteenth street
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Notices

NOTICE-Election. Central National Bank
OF Wilmington. Wilmington. Del. De-
cember Q. 1922. The annual meeting
Of stockholders for the election Of di-
rectOrS OF this bank will be held at the
banking house on Tuesday January Q
1923. between the hours OF u O'Clock
noon and , O'Clock p. m. George f.
Baird. cashier.
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RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.

West minister Kentucky Ave. mr.. Beach
NS9til'iloeei Elevator TO street PR.
vate baths. running water. A. V. Kopp
owner and prop. Open all year.
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Lost and Found

BELr-Lost. Hudson seal coat belt
Reward " returned 20 s04 King street
PlN-Cameo. lost from rhirtieth ans
Washington To Bancroft's or In shOppin,
district OF Wilmington. Reward NJ re
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OIL PAINTED PARCHMENT LAMP
SHADES-in new and novel designs.
and other hand-painted novelties. See
them. The Venetian Art shop. POS
West Eighth street
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poodle. answers to name Tiny" Re
ward Return TO J. Reynolds. ans
spruce street.
RING--Gontlcmans signet, Wednesday
evening. Reward N returned TO iluS
West street
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SCRAP IRON AND METALS
STIRLITH-PHONE 1901.
Pipe and I-Beams. Front and ratnall

UNION NATIONAL BANK. WHINING
TON. ADMINISTRATION. The
annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Union National Bank for the cleo
ton OF directors will be held Tuesday,
January q. 1928. between the hours OF
twelve noon and two o'clock y. m j.
Chester Gibson. cashier.
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Wanted-automobiIes
BUSINESS SERVICE


ALBERT BUCHER-signs OF all xind
Brass ana bronze tablets. ia SIMPLE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-16
Wiscasset Academy Alumni
BANQUET and Graduation

The WiScaSStt Academy Alumni
association held its annual meeting
and banquet at the Masonic hall
Monday evening. 1T was largely at
tended and very interesting. Cover
nor Baxter and Professor Mitchell OF
Bowdoin spoke TO very apprecia-
tive audience. Supper VS. served
by the Ladies of the Eastern STAR
The graduating exercises Of the
class OF 1922, Wiscasset Aca"orv,
were held at Red Mems hall, We'd
ncsday, June IA, with large attend
ance. The class motto was, "A Will
to DO and a Soul to Dare" Glass
colors were blue and gold. There
were nine graduates: President. DON
aid Macurda; vice president, Ballard
T.. E,bbct; secretary treasurer. EGbert
NJ Sewall; marshal, Ballard Ebbett:
Kenneth T.. McFadden. Harold S.
Perkins. Carroll J.. McaFdden, Ross
w. Nichols, Alva +. Hodedon, Albert
G. Seigars. The program was as
follows: Overture. march; prayer,
Rev. IT. w. webb: salutatory,
Thrift" Kenenth f.. McFadden:
essay. CIV . Rush--Bagot Treaty."
Ballard F.. Ebbett: class history,
Harold s. Perkins: music: essay.
character" Carroll l.. McFaddcn:
class prophecy. Ross w. Nichols:
essay. MAINE" Alva +. HodCdon:
music, class will, Albert G. Seigars:
presentation of gifts. Egbert NJ Sew
all; valedictory. "A Will to DO and a
Soul to Dare" Donald Macurda:
music: presentation common school
diplomas. Supt. l.. A. Bailey: presen-
tation Academic diplomas. Samuel ].
Sewall: march. Tho ushers were.
Ouinnam. '23. TTodgdon. '23. Merry
30. Gorham. '23 Levya. '23. Munsey
'o3.
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HINCKZEY

Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. Kicker with
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. +. Kicker and
daughter. Louise, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Merle Foster in Canaan,
Sunday.
Francis Parker, whose hands and
arms were so badly burned Friday
afternoon While drawing gasoline
from the automobile, will. it is
thought, lie all right in time One
arm is much worse than the other,
and is covered with blisters. The
garage was set on fire at the time
Of the accident and young Parker
at once gave the alarm. Rushing
across the road, lie thrust both arms
into a sand bank. which was prob
ably the best thing he could have
done, as it stopped the burning of
the flesh. His father. +. A. Parker.
being near, eXtinguished the fire in
the garage and not much damage
was done to the machine or building
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barnes and
party left Monday for Pleasant pond
for a weeks fishing.
Engineer Scott Stewart Of Augusta
came to Hinckley Monday to re-
main a few days in the interest of
the state road
The bridge on the Clinton side of
the river near the residence of Mrs.
Annie Holt is torn up and being re-
paired. Teams did not cross Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. l.. Macomber Of
Bancroft Foote house. and F.. A.
Freeman. librarian at Good Will, re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-16
RICHMOND

Miss Madeline Clouston of Boston
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Clous-
ton.
+. W. Carleton of Woolwich. can
didate for state senator, was a bust
ness visitor in town Wednesday.
II. T.. Patch and W. W. Gardiner
returned Wednesday from a business
trip to Boston.
The Richmond local baseball team
will play Gardiner at the play
ground Saturday. This being the
first game of the season good
crowd is looked for.
The Royal Arch degree will be
worked by Emeth Royal Arch chap
ter next Thursday evening. June l.,
at Masonic hall on class of candi-
dates.
Miss Bonnie Chick Of Hopewell. \.
J., is a guest at the home of her I'M
Gle. L. W. Thomas, where she will
pass the summer.
Mrs George w. Despeaux of SOM
erville, Mass. is passing a week with
her sister, Mrs. Ernest Hartford.
Franklin Sweat passed the day
Thursday with friends in Gardiner.
quite number of the young peo-
pie attended the opening dance at
the new dance hall on the State road
Wednesday evening.
Or. j.. T. Snipe, candidate for State
senator and Rupert Baxter of Bath.
We're business visitors in town Thurs
day.
Mrs P. II, Hurley Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Dechan attended the gradua-
ton of Miss Mary Deehan at Bath,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Leon Shepard and daughter.
Mrs. Harold Jack and daughter.
Marion, were visitors in Bath, We'd
nesday.
George p. Morse of Gardiner. was
a business visitor in town Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-16

! the American producers We're able
to put on the market was J4.GOn tons
in Il year against a normal CON
sumption of 80. 900 tons. If that
was the best that American pro-
ducers under the stimulus of war
prices could do, it seemed to me
that it was unfair to make the
American farmer pay a duty on pot
ash that must be imported from
Germany, which would have amount
"a to about $1,000, 900 "A Year. so
!, / began my fight for free potash,
which You know the committee has
already voted to place in tie senate
bin. and in my opinion it will be
adopted by the house. We're going
to have free potash"
Senator Hale explained that the
bounty that the Senate committee
voted to place on American produced
potash was nothing that he had any
thing to do with. He asked only for
free potash, but the Senate commit
tee voted in favor of the bounty upon
its responsibility. The bounty,
however, the Senator said. will take
from the treasury but two million
five hundred thousand dollars as
compared with the twelve million
five hundred thousand that the far
mers of American would have had
to have paid, had the proposed
schedule prevailed"
I'm speaking of the Maine cam
paign. Senator Hale said that he had
been assured by all his friends that
he would Ie rcnominatcd.
II have done my best for Maine
since / have been in Washington.
the senator declared. land while |
understand that the issue of locality
has been raised by one of my oppo-
nents. | have never considered that
was senator for one part of Maine
any more than for another part.
Really have never given the matter
of locality a thought, and have de
voted all my efforts to the interests
of the state as whole.
There are OTTER matters to como
up in Congress in which Maine is
vitality interested. and it is my pur-
pose to look after them in the future
as carefully as ! have tried to do in
the past In the tariff bin csie cially
there are a number of schedules
which affect Maine vitality, and these
propose to watch. The tariff bill as
A whole is very favorable to our
state. ana I think that our lcOple
Will like it,
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Officers of :hc class We're: Thomas
Francis Monaghan, president; Franc
Butler Jewell. secretary and treasurer
The class colors were blue and white
Tho following we're the members of the
class: Geneva Beatrice Addition, Mad
'ljn" Irene Ankctel, Richard Nicholas
AulcteI, Charles Edward Berry
Charles Fletcher Black. Paul John
blanchard. Charles Edward Burke,
Constance Elizabeth Carpenter, Edna
Carpenter, Pearl Irene christopher,
Beatrice Myrtle Clark, Anna Mabel
Din, Nina Cordclia Dodge, Mary Mad
cline Bowling, Marion Cecilia Dunno,
Ethel Geneva Goldberg, Helen Eloise
Goslinc, Lucille Marguerite Cove,
George Gray, Kenneth Edward Groder,
Katherine Margarct Hayes, Barbara
Hazard. Lucille Ruth Hcaton, Agnes
Margaret Hickey. Joseph Edward
Hickey, Mary Margaret Hickey, Viola
Vivian Hood, Harvey Grafton Hooper,
Franc Butler Jewell, Mildred Evange-
line JoSs"lyn. Helen Olive Libby, EEL
ma Georgia Littl"licld, Kenneth Scott
L~vplN, Margaret Elizabeth Mairs,
John Edward Marks. Phyllis Barbara
Martin. Vivian Wentworth Martin,
Warren Reginald Martin. Horny Sopcr
Mcrobb. Edward Raymond McDon-
ou%h, Joseph Basil Mcnamara, Thorn
as Francis Monaghan, Blanche Esther
Nichols. Lizzie Gertrude Norton. Maui
rice Edward Norton, James William
philbrick. Neil Grant Potter Alberta
Lena Pushard, Ruth Weber Richard-
son. Mildred Frances Ridley. Hcniamin
Arthur Ross, Helen Mary Robinson,
Ecniamin Arthur Sugar. Gordan L.
land SNllin, Grace Elizabeth Speed,
Flora Hcrnice Standish, Mylcs Holds
don Standish, Florence Mae Slower,
Stanley Irwin Stuhcr, Irene Elizabeth
Thornton, Ralph Mosher Trott Ger
aid Lambert True, Cyril Giddings
Ward, Gladys Helen Warren, Marion
Weed I1ldrcd Lillis Weymouth, Ell
dcna Corinnc Williams.
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aids for several weeks, is passing
few days at 3luchill.
Melvin Palmer and Carl Plummer
were business callers in Waterville
Wednesday.
Roger Chase of Madison is driving
the White team on the State road.
Plans are being made to hold the
kindergarten school here this summer
if the parents can make it possible to
carry the little folks to and from the
home of Mrs. Melvin Palmer, whore
the school will be held. Miss Evelyn
Joy, who has completed her two-years
course at the WhecloCk school in Bos-
ton. will be the instructor.
\ list of books received this week at
the 1iinckley branch library is: Anne
1Iincklcy branch library are: "Anne
of Green Cables l.. NJ. Montgomery;
"Annc's House of Dreams" Montgom-
cry; "Pollyanna." Eleanor II. Porter;
"Drapcrs Sclf-Culturc," Andrew Sloan
Draper, LII, D.; The Harvester" Gene
Stratton-Porter; Main Street" Sim
clair Lewis; "Pollyanna Grows Up"
Eleanor H. Porter; Mrs. Red Pepper"
Grace S. Eichmond; Red Peppers Pa
trnts" Richmond: Merry Animal
Tales" Madge 4. Bigham: "Kittyleen."
Sophie May: "FlaXie Frizzlc." sophie
May: "Thc Spanish Chest" Edna A.
Brown: Little Pitchers" Sophie May;
"I'IaXie Growing Up" Sophie May;
"Iightfoot the Deer" Thornton W.
burgess: I'm the DAYS of Massa soft"
lIcZekiah Buttcrworth; 'Amarilly in
Love" Belle X. Maniatcs; come Out
Of the Kitchen; THE Devils Paw" f..
Phillips Oppcnhcim: aunt Jane of
Kentucky" Eliza Calvert Hall; The
Religion Of the Future" Charles w.
Eliot; "Old Rose and Silver" McCul-
Tough; italics of Laughter; "Out OF
Nazareth" Minot J. Savage: 'Keziah
Coffin" Joseph G. Lincoln; My Mother
and l." i. 6. Stern; "A Man for the
Ages" Irving Bachelor; "Avenger,"
Oppenheim: Good Form for All Oc-
caSionS" Florence Howe Hall; The
Substitute" Will y. Harlem; Mary
'Gusta," Joseph c. Lincoln; pleasant
Day Diversions" Carolyn Wells:
Happy Jack" Thornton w. Burgess;
The Desert of Wheat" Zane Gray.
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Locomotive Men
Attack Problem in
Coal Difficulties

Cleveland. O., June 1.-the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers has tackled the coal prob
lem" according to a statement by
Albert f. Coyle, editor of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
necrs' Journal. 1.-THE Locomotive
Engineers are making a $1,000 600
investment in West Virginia and
Kentucky coal Mines" said Mr..
Coyle, (which means not only fair
deal for the miners but better and
cheaper coal for the consuming pub
lie.
The leading officers of the Broth
erhood have obtained control Of
more than 5000 acres OF the best
coal land in the United States. sit
uatcd on the Coal river in Boone
county, West Virginia. and in Floyd
county. the heart of the Big Sandy
Coal District, near Prestonburg,
Kentucky.
THE Coal River Galleries, as the
new company is called. is owned by
hundreds of locomotive engineers
throughout the country, who have
subscribed in small amounts to the
capital stock of $1,000, 900.
The engineers are not only go
ing into the business of mining coal;
they are also planning the establish
ment of retail yards to sell their
coal at reasonable prices to rail-
WaYmen and other workers in the
large cities. Locomotive engineers
and their friends have already or
ganized these auxiliary coal yards
in Ohio and Michigan. and have
placed contracts with their coal COM
mine pits to the consumers.
without much blare of trumpets
or band music. the experiment of
the engineers promises to revolu-
tionize the coal industry. First.
they have cut out Watered stock and
capitalization. organizing
company whose sole purpose is eff
cient production and not financial ex-
ploitation of its coal resources. In
the second place. they have laid
down the doctrine that the miners
ought to share in the prosperity of
the industry. Then they have en-
ployed the most competent mining
engineers obtainable and have given
them free hand in the technical
development Of their properties. HI
nally. they are going to reorganize
their own cooperative coal yards, cut
out middlemen's profits, and sell
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Observes 18th Birthday

c. X. Green on June 10, celebrated
his 18th birthday and though it is
not always pleasant to remember one
birthdays are always happy remind
crs Of the many friends he holds
dear. as so many of them greet him
with cards, gifts etc, on his natal
day. This year though in feeble
health, he greatly enjoyed the greet
ings and wishes he might lie able to
share with each one the happiness
branccs. His sister, Miss Emma
Green of Gardiner and his daughter
Mrs. Enza Cooper and two children
of Randolph. passed the day with
him and on Sunday his son. Harry
came from Waterville, to visit him.
To all his friends he expresses most
sincere thanks for their thoughtful
ness, kindness and friendship.
Arthur Grady of Gardiner was
guest at the home of his sister, Mrs
Perley Sweetland, for the Weekend
The friends of George +. Putnam
are very happy to greet him and to
see him SO well. after an absence of
nearly three years, which he has
passed in California with his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Henry a. Clark. Though
nearly IS years of age little "trip
across country is wholly pleasure
and his spryness and CHEEKY courage
would put many younger men to
shame. He is stopping for the pres
ent at the home of his son, Ralph, in
Randolph.
Hugh O. Patterson of Waterville
was a guest at c. X. Green's SUNDAY.