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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-15
BANKRUPT'S PETITION W
CHARGE

In the matter of Rodney
Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy.
To the Hon. John A. Peters
the District Court of the UnitMy
for the District of Maine.
Rodney l.. Baker of pittsa,
the County of Somerset and N
Maine. In said District, respectfuIfJ
resents that on the 3Othl day Of n
last past, he was duly ID
bankrupt under the acts Of a.
relating to bankruptcy tina,
duly surrendered all his' propet]
rights of property, and lpas fuu5
piled with all the requir,Inente
acts and of the orders Of IN
touching his bankruptcy
WHEREFORE HE PRkYS N
may be decreed by the tourt b
a full discharge from all debts N
against his estate under said ~
acts, except such debts as are d
by law from such discharge
Dated this 28th day of JanuaJ.
1922.
=. RODNEY L. BAKER
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HINCKLEY

Arthur E. CoveH, U. of M. '23, has
accepted position with the Hyde
Windlass Co., of Bath. His work is
in the drawing room.
Miss Evelyn C. Joy Of the Wheelock
Training School 20, attended the we'd
ding of Pearl Harville in Skovhegan
and Earle Grundy, Wednesday. Miss
Joy was one Of the bridesmaids.
The electrical storm Tuesday eve
ming, June 6, affected several people
In the community. One woman faint
ed, another nearly fell from her chair,
while the right hand OF another was
numb for about an hour. So far as
has been learned ne buildings were
damaged.
The Hincklsy school held q picnic
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orchestra; prayer, Rev
son; salutatory and F..i .. l.
IN Life" Jennie Lander ' T..,
History, Roy Linwood Knops,l'
Radio During the Late a'v Wy
meth &c Gaylord Chapman. p saf'
OF Gifts, Scribner Gao,a resent
Class Will, Kenneth C.S, cayi
man; music. orchestra ', T''
phecy, Helen Dorothy 1o,v Tag
dictory and Essay. "H IaasOa;
Ruth Thelma Jones; p ar'sn KY
Diplomas, Waldo Sanders sssataia
chestra. Reception. music
The class in the n,o.
gifts gave the Academy . |.
tionary, which was much aiH
After the reception t ass's
served served Ice cream and 'r rs,.
which all had a social tina ssSe
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(SEAL) AVN


SOMERSET. IS. ,..,.,e,s
Court of County Comm'S'''"
G, A. u. 1922. - ~
Upon the foregoing pr,,s are
satisfied that the peti'lontt.r mol
sponsible and that an ih ,5 |1pngd
merits is expedient, IL ~
that the County fommiFSlo'',is II
Camp Modin in Canaan VI IN ~
on Thursday, july 2{th' -. ~
nine o'clock A. NJ and lh'u,
to view the route men, M
petitjon. and Immediately IA
view n hearing Of the p%IiI~'r, SI
had at some convenient pl', -
Vicinity. and such fur'h,, con4
taken In the premises a.
sioners shall judge rrop'1 that |
Ana n ~ further ordrIeal -
tice OF the time. place ana ss,,re{
the Commissioner me, IA oafel
be given to all person., a.
lions Interested, by puu,,,an aioFs
rested copy OF the p'in ths
with this order thereon Nc eess
pende mt Reporter, P"' ssld -
printed at Skowheg'h n ne
and also attested copis,,s Cssfs
to be served upon the Ssoss1
thA toUns of Canaan aha ia
aforesaid. and 10 be P ssA
nuhlic nlaces In each "' -virf
The Modification and ~ It
nnsting Of the game 10 .ppsS
thirty days before ths istsrrsttd
for said view, that Az n ihsy
then appear and be he'fu
proper. eFEKINa
Attest: W 7 s d.,i'lon ~
A true copy Of the
der of Court thereon errKINs
Attest: W 7
lw24.
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NORTH ANSON

Ivan Wood of the University OF Maine
is a guest at +. w. Bunker.
Oliver Baker of Bates College Is a
member of the college delegation. to
the Y. M. C. A. conference at Silver
Bay. Lake George. N. Y.
Mrs. George Copp who Is surgl~
cal patient at the hospital at Lewis
ton is reported to be recovering.
The Women's Association will hold
it's June meeting Wednesday,, June
2ist with Mrs. G.. Walter Shaw on
Union street The Association will
hold a food sale sometime next week,
watch for posters.
Last chapel exercises at the Acade-
my Friday morning were conducted
by members of the Senior class. Pre-
sident Golf M. French read the scrip
ture lesson which was followed by
the Lords Prayer and singing by the
school. A violin solo was rendered
by Edith Brown. A reading was
given by Donald Berry; an excellent
short talk on the Value of Coopera-
ton" was given by w. j. Dumphy.
The exercises were brought to close
with singing by the school.
Ruth Head Cragin Chapter D. A
r. held it's June meeting Friday at
the home of the regent, Mrs. Ethel
Norton Mrs. Erie G. Robinson gave
very interesting account of the
recent Continental Congress. A
chapter of Maine government was con-
sidered. The Chapter expect to hold
a Food Sale in the near future.
The Athletic Captains for Arson
Academy for the next year as basket
ball. boys, Merton Spencer, girls, Eth
Ell Williamson; baseball, Daniel Clark.
e. e. Sawyer Is equipping his build
ings with metal roofing.
John Hartwell Is patient at the
hospital.
Several from this place attended the
graduation exercises OF the Central
Thursday evening.
Vote for NJ. St. Ledger for High
Sheriff next Monday. He will give
you good clean administration
Advertisement.
Miss Lillian Rebecca Hayes from
Philadelphia, who has spent two sum-
mers with Miss Moore has come again
bringing Miss Katherine Simmons of
Swarthmore, Pa.
The Junior class. Arson Academy
gave a farewell reception to the grad
uating class, Monday evening at AGA
DENY Hall. The receiving line in
cluded members OF the Board OF Trus-
tees, the Faculty and class President;
music was furnished by three mem
bers of the Madison high school or
chestra. Refreshments were served,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Caswell and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Reed attended
Grange Pomona at Fairfield Tuesday
The end of the term at the Mark.
Emery school was observed in pleas
ing fashion Thursday afternoon. Both
exhibitions had In attendance large
numbers OF mothers and friends of
the children. The Primary grades
taught by Miss Bertha Paine and Mrs.
W. ]. Rand gave program OF songs,
recitations and dtilR. Later the
Intermediate grades taught by Mrs.
Laura Boswell and Mrs. Susie Young
gave its program which besides the
usual feature included a sash drill, a
hat drill, and short three act play.
Both entertainments passed off very
STEWART LIBRARY BULLETIN
A study of the Stewart Library cata-
log discloses quite long list Of au-
thors claimed for Maine by birth or
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEI
District of Maape, Northern

ORDER OF NOTICE THE
District of Maine, Northern
On this 10th day of Iun
1922. on reading the foregoingl
II is
Ordered by the Court, that q
be had upon the same on
day of July, A. ID. 1922, bdN
said court at Bangor in said
Northern Division at ten O'Clock
forenoon; and that notice tAal1
published In the independently
a newspaper printed in said
Northern Division, and that Oh
creditors and other persons IN
may appear at the said time and
and show cause, II any they have
the prayer OF the said petltlond
not be granted.
And 1t Is further ordered by The
that the clerk shall send by mail !
known creditors copies of said ID
and, this order, addressed to ths1
their places of residence as stated
Witness The Honorable JohiI
Peters, Judge of the said court ~
seal thereof, at Bangor, In the N
erni Division of said district, oal
10th day OF June, A, y, ls22.
ISABEL SHEEHAN,
Deputy cl4
Il. s.
A, true copy of petition ana
thereon.
Attest:
ISABEL SHEEHAN
Deputy CID
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sons; What We Are Fighting For
(Wilson) Roger H. Goddard. The
Judges were Mrs. Marion Nhlpple
Tuscan of Scion; Miss Esther Manson
of Boston University; Ivan Wood OF
the University. The prizes were
awarded. first, Mr.. French; second,
Miss Parsons: Bird, Mr.. Clark.
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Fast SKOWHEGAN

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred p. Austin. Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Raymond, Mrs. Sadie
A. Harmon and her son. Erland, spent
last Sunday with relatives in Sebec
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STATE OF MAINE
County Commissioners Court
erset County. ,as,
Received and filed June ,,.s I,
Attest: w T. SEkhI""
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o the County Commissioners 10

L q Ine county Ahillilo9 :
County of Somerset;
We, the undersigned. citlleM
taxpayers of the County Of son
respectfully represent that puoIs
venience and necessity no iohtn
quine that the County Road
from the hotel property former!
ed by George f. Washburn
shore of Lake George in the ~
Canaan southerly along the
shore of Lake George ana ny
outlet leading from Lake uson
Oak Pond, so called, and inte,,
the road leading from SKo""'s
Canaan, he maintained -.
WHEREFORE We respecuuip
that said way he discontlnussSn ,vs|
and nine "
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A SUBSIDIZED
BOOkSEIOP
Continued from page tsyo

SINCE the war success has been undoubt
co etAblsled, aid without infringing OF
tne work OF the commercial bookstores ard
lioraries. A--'
we do no one else's work. added Mrs
Robinson, who is now devoting virtually all
o1 her time to the bookshop. We work fo1
me community good only, and, as a result
taefe are naay occasions when we supply sna
ri@i pays a6 the request Of the commercial
pooAshops and the libraries We aso furnish
assistance to such organizations as the prov
lncetown Players, the Neighborhoed PIsv.
mouse and the Theater Guild, for when > man.
uscript play Tails them they often come in fo,
some new Continental work which we NAV
happen to have
As matter OF fact, the customers have
grown 10 expect comforts and their demands
are az varied az they are intricate Urchins
from the settlements, for inst ance always come
~ and demand 'snappy' plays They scor,
larry stories and vigorously insist on plct and
movement, Exponents Of the Little Theaters
4aeah"nle, make demands that are quite AS
al.icoiV TO Ill., But we have TO our credit the
placing OF many splendid plays we have
NFVeo also such prominent patrons as Jobr
barrymore, anche Yurka, Kenneth MAJ
goWan, Earl Carroll, Philip Moeiler and MANY.
others -Ns
Mr. Water Hartwig, who Is d member az
t1e nooksnop,s staff, spends great deal OF his
tiise' aiding amateurs in the selection of u'ays
sets.ngs, casts and directors. He has arranged
ALSO, as representative Of the New York DRAINS
League an amateur exchange system by which
amaeeufs are abe TO exchange rot only pIays
properties and settings, but entire produetions
players and ALL
Letters asking for advice come to him dailv,
frofn all parts of the United States and abroad
enough to furnish complete biography lessor
especially intereF ting from tie standpoint of
nat onal growth in the drama; letters from the
Dakotass Louisiana, Washington. New Mexieo
and obscure mountain dist~icts,p
Inese letters are often very humorous. as
Ihe relieving extr cts will show:
Gen1iemen--Can you recommend some ex-
ceedingly humorous readings for children. Also
some kind Of rnagaz' ne for readers and
spea' ars p. S. I am anxious for couple OF.
readings for lite girl So that che will have
70 burst ont laughing on crying. either.s
MY daughter is studying elocut;on Sre has
hi2h forehead Can yon suggest q part ss1it~
able tor her. SAe is also a decided bonin s
Nine Of US Rave formed spiritualisti,
club. Would Chests be q suitable pay for an
opening Of TIE csab? II so, please let know the
pr.ce per copy.s
Can you send Us p'av for boys, but one
which Is strict'g moral? We Go not want any-.
thing like the Ghost OF Jerry Bung'er., be-.
cause IL has dr'nking ana sIaootsag Besides
we prefer something suitable for church es.
1ertainmant,s
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plexioned l got coiored blood III me-
We assured Mr.. Beiamy that Rainaaia is
European country, VIII ch TO some extent mol
Lifted him. But still he complained.
well, anyway, the fellow says that I am
now rapidly climbing up in the movie scale,
and hope some day to gain the laures that
crown tie brows Of the top liners in the busi-
ness. He says | am earnestly studying my
profession, by night as well as day, chat ]
have thousands Of books in my library, and 8
wife who is my constant inspiration.
"Stuff like that does fellow awful lot
OF harm, especially when it's put out under
his own name, and the public thinks he's
writin' it.
"Ir the first place, making me just hope TO
equal the reps OF fellows who would give all
they've got If they had half my good looks
and technique and popularity Is Joke. He'd
ougita said was dom all could to help
them birds along, and tryin' TO lift them up 10
my level by kind words, and few pointers
now and then on actin.
''And the dope about the wife has got her
all swelled ups and she's goin' round telling
the neghbors that her mother took me off an
emigrant ship and hired me TO do garden
work, and she seen | was a genius ans, got
Interested in me and taught me to read and
write, and by an by her interest ripened
into love and we was married, an then sne
taught me all know about movie acting,
"She hardly speaks to me now, and claims
credit FOR everything do and has the nerve to
say chat the plays she acts in goes better than
mine does; u
II telf you it ain't right. We artists express
ourselves on the screen by our natural grace
and deep understanding OK human emotion,
and ii we was allowed 10 ten our own stories
in our own way we'd rave all these Mrs. AS
quiths and Lloyd Georges backed OH the boards.
Before sign another contract it's goin'
10 have in II that can write my own story Of
my own life In my own way, and it'll be q
Knockout when it's published.
Scsyyvsoas, tsss. b. saatss q. Montoapsy
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eyes and curly hair and wistful look as If l.
was sutferin' in silence because drab world
couldn't understand me-
II give him all the dope about how crazy
the girls was after me when was in gram-
mar school, and afterward when was takin'
my evolutionary course at the Enterprise Busi-
ness College, and how one day see pitchur
and seen that could do better than the feller
that was playin' the hero, and went to the
studio and took extra people part til got
to where ] am to-d,y
And what d'y' know? The Teller never
wrote nothin' a>out that but says was born
in Runania, and come over here with my
92rents because ] was second cousin of the
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29
Illustrations by MERLE JOHNSON

king, and the king wanted to get rid of me
fer fear I'd cop his throne on him some
time, and had q lotta central Office men out
lookin' for me to kill me, and tf,at anybody
who seen me on the screen could tell by my
~. of nervous elerarce I'll lat was Of royal
o!ocd and had had bad fright of some kind
When | was a boy.
II didn't mini hat royal stu9 50 much, be-
cause between you and me ! think way back
somewhere there s Due olool IN my veins
which makes me look down OH ordinary peo-
pie, BUT t at Ruman.a kinda looked like a
knock, Where in Rumana? In Africa. amt
1t? II he was tryin' to insnuate that maybe
just because I'm dark-eyed and brown com
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29

n
- orally does." said Marty Mcmahon,
the retired bartender, "when he re-
gned as Prime Minister. There amt much
aoney in the ministry from all hear, an he's
shape now to stack it away in piles by writ
ag q hook or giving lectures.
"From here it looks like what they call The
ssascrvatlves give Lloyd George a kinda raw
aa He Was conservative enough for 'em
Fhile TIE war was on an durin' what the doc
Ms call the after treatment, but he was too
lame radical as sooh as things begun to get
lack TO noruaicy.
"Bein' dshed that way by the Conservatives
/ goin' to make Lloyd George a kind Of q
martyr to lotta folks, an bein' martyr
never hurt no politician since they quit burnin'
en- at the stake, an In them days politicians
always handed the martyr job to some one
Else
Then, too, Lloyd George turned in his res.
gnation when everything was goin' fine. He
vas gettin' away wit the bluff he worked on
Turkey, an it looked like his other troubles
vas blowin' over and there wasn't nothin' just
ls tie minute that anybody could fling in his
ace an say that was what made his get-out-
A otta birds get away with big jobs fer
qaste while, but most Of 'em don't know when
y quit They manage to sidestep trouble so
9ag they think they can keep on doin' 1t, an
hsn the first thing they know they step right
% out in no blaze O. glory, most o. 'em.
Now, there amt nobody got away with
more stuff nor harder stuff than what Lloyd
'eorge has. One way or another he's handled
a0st every kind Of difficulty that minister
: ikey to run up against outsida New Jer~
sS II anybody ever was entitled TO think he
0ud stick it out regardless, it was hin
u looks like Lloyd George was airnin' to be
as Of the mighty few live heroes, but you
aat tell fer sure. He's one bird ssu can't
4gars or. You think you got the ldoJ| on him
{, Z hen you find you're all wrong You think
s : maxim sluggin' battle OF it an he's
.slasn'; you think he's feirtin' an he's side
ssssssppn'; ss you think hes sidesteppin' an next
N'as You know the referees cnnntsn' up TO
1asateen asaen or ei~hteen over the other feI'a..
= he's really aettin' out fer good, though
~ looks right now l.as ~ 49, ,....-
sssy hal oughta git him to come over here
). . naturalize himself, so he could be Mayor.
sls oe the livest Mayor Tamnany has had
,,sse .A Gaynor, an don's know but what he
ss,s ~ lay Il over Gaynor little,
am an Tsmmany Hall would have lot
lun togsther. too. don't sec low they
1'aaaged 70 keep apart SO long. except that
sssso George has been pretty busy an Tam
~ amt so enteyprisin' as 1t wag once. II
~. Lloyd George better I'd suggest thet he
sssas s..ss over an hcop up with Tanamany so he
's'a snloy himself In his declinin' yeara."
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29

lady gazes long into q mirror, strange as that
may seem. II she only persists--and if she is
an average young lady that is not di5 .u't for
her--she IS supposed to see the reflection Of
the young man who is to be her future hus-
band But in these modern times when so
much is not left to fate, the young lady may
gaze out Of the corner of her eye. If, in light
of the high cost of matrimony nowadays. she
glimpses poor young bachelor approaching
the mirror to look over her shoulder, she is
justified in quickly breaking the glass. Then
she will have bad luck for only seven years.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29
TEMPERAMENT IS JOLTED
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE

ga UDDINGTON BELLAMY has been in
here complaining. He says he wanted
A-% to write his "reminiscences for the pho-
toplay Palladium and his manager wouldn't
let him.
What d'y' know?" said Mike, which is what
Tama City long before he became Dstin-
. aished Artist.
What dy' know? This guy says I'm too
dumb to write anything. He says : I set pen
to paper I'll show myself up for not havin'
no education, anil toot my own horn till peo-
pie gets sick.
nobody amt ever heard of OUTSIDE the studio,
and sends him to me, and says: Mike, you and
Shorty here talk 1t over bit and Shortyal
speak your piece for you SO they'll eat 1t up
j can speak my own piece, Mr.. SchoeG-
feld,' says 4 can give vcrisimilitude to the
story, which Shorty can't, KNOWN nothing OF
my young yearnings, and how my public
takes me. I says. Besides, wouldn't be put
in the hypothetical position ss lettin' another
felier speak of me in my first person, II II
got found out on me it won go lad with the
great American pub ic.'"
"'Can the CUFF" says the manager T'm
payin' Shorty one hundred bucks a week to
make you guys write literature and to put q
little romance into your unntares.ing lives.
When you used to be sittin' around Duffy's
garage in Tama City and wasn't leading such
fascinating life that the fans would care to
read about. You trust to Shorty. and he'll
fix you up fine
We'll, there wasn't nothin' else 10 do. SO
gave the little press agent the saline facts Of
my Efs how when child Ionged Tor SELF.
eSp1ession, and spoke pieces at the Sunday
school, and how all the neighbors said had
great future ahead Of me. and Was the hand
somest child In Tsrna City. with my big br,~s
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29

with the bag full Of fresh air If the man
had room to move his arm and break the bag, a
treat for all would ensue for fresh air in the
subway is nothing to sr 4eze at.
The little ones may be permitted the pas
tine of bob ing for app es, while in another
room their elders may bob for apple, ,ack or
cider which has reached that iniouitous state
which precedes it's metamorphosis into per-
fectly proper vinegar
There also is that game in which a young
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29
By FAIRFAX DCWNEY

York could be carried away Halloween night
and never missed--some statues. other civic
ornaments, taxi drivers voices, insurance
agents, transit overloads, pedestrians who
won keep to the right and persons who pre-
empt all the tie ephone BOOTS.
Among tie other old Halloween sports that
eSuid De modernzed to advantage is the rrac-
uce OF giving blindfolded man a cane and
having him pass at bag full of -four or
candy. This might be staged in The subway
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29

ri L is many a Halloween since youthful
New Workers have had opportunities to
indulge in the customary prank of car
rying away gates They have become al
most obsolete, have gates. You found them
in office Railways somtimes - those barriers
marked information" behind which sit young
ladies which turns out 10 be the inform alton
that the boss is in conference. But now there
are lots of nice, light gates available, those
featherweight gates in the subway.
1t is extraordinary how many things in New
New-York tribune., 1922-10-29
LLOYD GEORGE,
AND MARTY
By ROBERT B. PECK

TIT LOOKS to me like Lloyd George
\ made pretty good play, like he gen.
n orally does." said Marty Mcmahon,
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that they cannot produce only cot
ton and hope to get along on the
farms. More and more they will
learn to make the farms self-sup-
porting.
We have experimental some our
selves with the weevil, and while we
believe with Mr.. Evahs that every
man gets the benefit of his own work
in the early stages of the fight a.
gainst the weevil, it is undoubtedly
true that when the period of migra-
ton comes, the weevil moves from
the badly infested field into the field
of the farmer who has been making
a fight against the weevil. In one of
the fields of which we have knowl-
edge and which we observed closely,
the weevil came in from the field of
farmer who did not use poison,
and destroyed the cotton in the
poisoned area for a hundred yards.
Another farmer who poisoned only
twice, but who had cotton adjoining
field which was poisoned told US
only Saturday that he made his best
cotton adjoining the field where the
cotton was poisoned. A difference OF
opinion in this matter may be due
and probably is due to the fact
that some of the late cotton may be
saved by poisoning while heretofore
the late crop has been abandoned to
the weevil. However, we are inclin-
ed to the belief that farmer who
allows the weevils to breed in his
field without taking means of des-
troying them is harboring menace
to his more industrious neighbor
and should not be allowed to plant
cotton. If necessity does not drive
every farmer in the county to pois-
oning for the weevil, the law finally
will, we believe. And it should.