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as it is estimated that each alarm
costs SIS to the citizen, to say nothing
of the amount of material. such as
fuel, etc, used during the period of
a fire.
There is one man in the District of
Columbia who has a most interesting
line Of work. His name is Leonard
" Seib, fire marshal of the District.
He is the official investigator and is
active in fire prevention work, oc-
cupying a prominent position during
the fire prevention week in October
of every year. He has charge of all
theatrical precautionary measures
and it is said by friends that one of
the hardest parts of his job is to
control the actions. as far as fire
prevention is concerned. of the young
ladies who grace the chorus of travel
ing theatrical companies. Despite the
recent protestation of certain press
agents. who have emphatically denied
that Miss Tottie Twinkle Toes. who
carries a spear and rolls her own. is
not devotee Of Lady Nicotine. the
fire marshal and his brave aides
for it takes brave man to call down
chorus person-have not as yet is
sued any official bulletin stating that
it has not been necessary to call
down the aforesaid thespian flapper
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dulged too freely in the modern-day
brand of hooch. These latter offenders
when caught, receive, as a rule. a
very stiff sentence from the Police
Court judges.
X y
THAT Chief Watson is proud of the
men under him is evidenced in
the tribute that he paid them when
discussing fire department matters
with the writer the other day. The
chief said:
I'VE have the highest class men in
the District of Columbia fire depart
ment that it is possible to obtain.
The men are earnest, brave and
efficient. They are always on their
toes and willing to take chances, no
matter how long those chances may
be. No chief could want finer body
of men. and despite the fact that they
have for years been working under
severe hhndicaps they have kept
their high morale. Why, in one of
the houses ! have in mind at the
present moment the men are situated
in quarters that are absolutely in
sanitary. Their sleeping rooms are
cold and they work continuously
under artificial light. There are
cockroaches in the building that are
nearly as big as cats-at least. they
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"Oratory By Correspondence"-By Ring w. Lardner|

(which you can buy for $500 spot and
this collection is what appeals to me
the most as the letter practically
promises that if you get a hold of
these 100 speeches you will be a
leader in your community and when
a person is a leader in their COM
munity, why If the people in the drug
store and butcher shop say they amt
never heard of you they make a mon
key out Of themselfs not you.
A few Of the subjects included
amongst the 100 which it looks like
they would be useful before a audi
ence Of Great Neckers is as follows:
Address Presenting a Gold Watch
or Travelling Bag.
Grit, and What it Will Do.
Teachers Farewell Address at the
Closing Of School.
Character Building.
The Door to Success is Labelled
Push.
Our Pastor as a Leader.
Life is What We Make It.
Address Presenting Watch to the
Teacher "a gift from the pupils).
Why I Am Republican.
Address at Reception to Our Pastor.
From that little list alone q person
should ought to be able to select a
subject that would knock them out Of
their seats. but without seeming like
was Dragging it looks to me like !
have hit, on improvement on the
Harrisburg peoples plan which will
make me leader in the community .
whole lot quicker than II I was to 60
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ahead and use the speechs like they
was intended to be used.
MY idear is instead of makeing a
Ai speech which is suppose to be
appropriate to the occasion. why l
would take the book along with me to
whatever function was comeing OFF
and when they called on me for a
speech why l would open the book at
random and the first speech I opened
to would be the one 1 would read ir-
regardless of what the subject was
or what kind of audience 1 was
talking to. -
This would make the speechs extra
comical and after I had tore off q
couple of them at different functions.
why when the druggist and butcher
was asked where 1 live they would
half to say "Oh you mean that funny
speech maker"
Like for inst. they's a speech In the
collection called Knight Templars
Past and Present. Well suppose was
asked to address the Knights of CO.
lumbus and happened to turn to that
speech, why before I had said more
than few 100 wds. the house would
be In a uproar. .-,
Or suppose they was reception to
our pastor and they called on me for
a talk and should get up and read
them Address Presenting Gold
watch or travelling Bag" Our pastor
wbuld think he was going to get one
or the other and the laugh would be
at his expenses.
II might happen. that would open
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look that size-and yet these men
stay with the department because it
is their earnest desire to give our
citizens honest and efficient service
and to eventually help in making this
the grehtest fire department in the
world.
THE spirit of the men is simply
wonderful. For twenty years no fire
has gotten away from US, gotten out
Of the building in which it started.
This is record for the United States.
When you take into consideration
that they have been working with
inadequate equipment and under ad-
verse conditions. you will realize that
| they are genuine fire fighters, not
simply men who wehr a uniform and
draw pay
Touching upon the subject of equip
| ment, the chief said: The Knicker-
booker Theater disaster of last year
brought most forcefully to mind the
need of rescue company provided
with truck. Fortunately, We have
been able to secure such a piece of
! apparatus. and when completed it
will be equipped with IA thirty-six-
| inch searchlight, twenty flood lights,
together with acetelyne cutters, jacks,
picks. crowbars and other things
necessary for our work, and we are
planning drills for the rescue squad"
, One of the don'ts suggested by
| Chief Watson is: Don't open safes
upon the improvement in masks used
| in fighting fires, Chief Watson said:
I'VE are not as well equipped with
| masks as we should be; in fact, we
only have six gas masks for the
entire department. Army masks
| won't do, for fire uses up oxygen, it
forms carbon monoxide that is poi
| son. A majority of our masks are
only good for about 10 per cent Of
i the work. We have but two helmets,
each weighing thirty-nine pounds.
that carry their own supply of oxy-
gen, and these only contain a few
| hours supply"
In answer to the question that has
been in the minds of many, why 1t is
tnaC some means OIL HSHIlH8 AZ CO.
other than by water. have not been
developed, the chief said:
Chemicals work very well when a
! fire is small, and they would work
most advantageously If sufficient
supply could always be on hand, but
the mains are filled with water. not
! with chemicals. There is one point
that I would like to emphasize, and
that is the necessity for speed. We
don't dash through the streets for the
| mere sake of seeing how fast we can
go. Every man in the department
realizes that a crash may mean his
death or the deaths Of others. We
| speed because 1t Is absolutely neces-
sary for the saving of human life.
X i
lHDIcTURE to yourself hotel.
= dwelling house. office building OF
any other kind Of structure that houses
human beings. with smoke pouring
! out of its windows, hystericai people
|. terrified by the fire behind then.
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men have mounted to their places
and are a block or more away. Herr
mann, Kellar, Malini, Thurston or
any of the other great magicians
never staged such a wonderful disap-
pearing act as did the men with whom
you were talking a minute before.
Fortunately, 1t was false alarm and
the engines chugged back to their
houses, apparatus put in ship shape
order Immediately upon return, for
the machines must be ready for an
other run at the very instant another
alarm comes in. No matter how tired
the men are, no matter how cold,
wet and hungry they may be. they
must take care Of their machines be-
fore they give any heed to bodily
comfort.
At the present time there is one
water tower company and an auxil-
iary in the local department. There
are twelve hook and ladder compa-
nies. nine of which are regulation
truck companies, while three are city
service trucks. These latter have not
yet been equipped with full-length
ladders. There are no strictly chem
ical companies in the department. but
all hose wagons are equipped with
chemical tanks for use in extinguish-
ing incipient fires and blazes that
cannot be handled successfully by the
use of water alone. Some engine
companies are still provided with
horses, and two truck companies are
likewise equipped. Used in different
capacities, there are seventy horses
still used in the department. Many
of these are attached to reserve ap-
paratus and other vehicles. Each one
shod and cared for. Some of the
horses that were formerly attached
to the engines have been turned over
to other departments of the city, and
| it is not an unusual sight to notice
a former fire horse, when he hears
the engines coming. prick up his ears
and eagerly await the urge of his
| driver, and 1t requires no great
stretch Of imagination to picture that
one can discern in the eye of the
! steed q longing to join the dash to
| the fire.
In practically every city of reason
able size in the United States the fire
department is equipped with build
ing known as a drill tower, where
men daily practice ladder and hose
work as well as the extremely impor-
| tant rehearsal of life-saying from
windows and lodges. This Is another
matter that has been asked for, but
not yet granted to the District by
Congress.
Up. to June 20 Of this year 1,94s
! alarms have been surned in since June
80 Of last year-a number that ex.
ceeds the figures Of the fiscal year
previous. Just what has been the
| cause Of this increase in Washington
| is not known. There have been very
few fires of a suspicious origin during
that period.
AAx
THE majority Of fires are caused by
: carelessness. az will be seen by
] the report Of the IRE department. The
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to why 1 Am a Republican, at a
banquet In Tammany Hall. Or sup
pose the occasion was commence
ment exercises. Instead of giveing
them the speech called Graduation,
Beginning. Not an Ending" 1 might
open to the one called Address to a
Departing Foreman"
OR if I was called on at a gathering
of glee clubs. instead of giveing
them the welcome Address at a
Singing Convention" might happen
to surprise them with Resolved,
that Dependent Mothers Should Be
Supported at the Expense of the Pub
lie"
About the most comical one Of all
however would be II was asked to
talk before a convention Of farmers
and the speech I opened to would
happen to be "A College Education
is a Greater Asset Than a SO Acre
Farm"
The Harrisburg people advertises In
IHeiI ickteE 'Hde dHS "a ShS cpSSSAS
can be delivered anywheres without
giyeing offense. to nobody. but Roose-
welt. Wilson. Chauncey Depew or no
one else ever made name for them
sells as speech maker by not Of
Tending nobody and the way would
work it. Iswould offend as many diff
ferent people as possible.
Only 1 wouldn't go too far as I
would rather remain obscure like at
present than be leader in the COM
munity and nobody hut my widow to
braK about it.
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20 the editor:-It Is kind OF
embarrassing for man to OF
lived over 2 yrs. in a town
.. that amt no bigger than

u that amt no bigger than
Great Neck and when one OF
your friends comes out from New
York or somewheres to visit and In
quires from the butcher or the prop.
of the drug store where your house
is, to have them reply that they amt
never heard of you.
This is the situation l been up
against in this fair city and couldn't
see no relief in sight UP to couple
days ago when the mail man who has
finely located our homo brought let
ter from Harrisburg that sheds a
beam of hope and makes 1t look like
maybe l am through with the era Of
oblivion.
This letter is from a firm which has
got up great idear namely they
have hired a bunch of speech writer's
to write speeches on every subject
which people is liable to make q
speech about and you send them q
$500 note and they send you book
Of 100 different kind Of speeches. or
II you have got to make a speech on
some subject which amt included
amongst the 100 speeches. why II they
have got a speech in stock on that
subject you can buy it of them for
$1.25 or they will write you ? special
speech on any subject at the rate Of
$500 per 1000 wds.
4 .-t+ 4 ~ re @7'
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ENCLOSED along WITH the letter they
1 was list Of the 100. speeches
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}eing Member of the Fire Department for Single

Joins 1aa. Find Out VIII" They Dc Keep Themselves Busy and He Finds oe
eIndM SmeMd d ApIa ddn yhd Sh to
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THE majority Of fires are caused by
carelessness. az will be seen by
the report Of the IRE department. The
Evening star., 1922-07-09

nDICTURE to yourself a hotel,
dwelling house. Office building or
any other kind Of structure that houses
human beings, with smoke pouring
out of its windows. hystericai people
terrified by the fire behind them
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-10
POULTRY CULL|NG WEEK
SEPT. IFS
Many Chilling Demonstrations VIII Re
Held In Somerset County
Localities

The week of September Lie has
been designated as poultry culling
week, time for every poultryman to
ex mine his hens and eliminate the
non-layers. This drive against the
culls is a part of the program Of Elk
tension work planned by Somerset
County Farm Bureau and is under
taken as a result of previous demon
STATIONS which show that about one
third of the hens stop laying early
in the summer and no longer profit
able.
During August and the early part
of September culling demonstrations
will be held in practically every
community in the county at which the
method of determining the culls will
be taught If you do not already know
how to Gull be sure TO attend one of
the demonstrations. Further infor-
nation and schedule of dates will be
published later.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-10
CENTRAL MAINE FAIR
PLANS
Special Attention TO Swine in the
Premium Department. Aug. 2s, 20,
30, 81 and Sept. Are Dates

To stimulate the breeding of pure
breed swine. premiums totaling $557
are to be awarded TO winners by the
Central Maine fair, August %. 20, 80
81 and Sept. LIST.
The leading breeds of swine will be
shown ut the fair. Breeds for which
premiums have been set aside for in
elude; Berkshires, Chesters, Jersey
Reds, Poland Chinas, Mulefoots, Du-
rocs and Yorkshires. More than 100
animals are expected to he exhibited,
according to Superintendent e. X.
Atwood
Breeders who are planning on ex-
hibiting, assert that there is no other
farm animal which can produce meat
more economically or quickly than
the hog. They say that hog-raising
requires less capital less labor, and
less equipment, than the raising of
any other kind of stock, with the pos
sibe exception of sheep and poultry.
Hogs multiply five or six times as
rapidly as other meat animals. A SOW
will produce Two litters of pigs a
year, or three filters in two years,
each litter averaging from five to
six pigs. The hog has no rival as a
consumer of garbage, damaged grains,
and other unmarketable foods that
generally go to waste. They thrive on
forage crops and pasturage.
The hog has bigger percentage of
marketable meat than any other ami
NAL from eighty to eighty-fiye per-
cent of the animal being eatable. A
A,I, Id
duces an edible carcass which weighs
from sixty to sixty-five per cent of
the original weight. A sheep dresses
out from fifty-fve, to sixty per cent.
Breeders who are intending to ex-
hibit at the fair are being urged to
send in their entries at once, so fair
officials can arrange for extra accom-
modations, should it be necessary to
do so. Entries will close on August
2Sth.
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STATE BEE ASSN. TO
MEET At MADISON

The State Bee KEEPERS Associa-
ton have been arranging for field
meetings on August ID and Is in var
ious sections. One of these meet
ings will be held at the Apiaries of
f. Il. Davis near the Blackwell school
house in Madison on August 10. The
meeting is called at 10 a. m. While
the program has not been definitely
arranged, Il. w. Atkins of the q. b.
Lewis Company of Watertown, Wis.
will be present and speak on the fall
management of bees, f. l.. Mason
of Mechanic Falls, secretary of the
State Association, will also be pres
ent to address the gathering, while
State Horticulturahst Yeaton will at
tend and speak on some phase of bee
husbandry. All local bee keepers
in this section are invited and urged
to attend. A picnic dinner will be
served at midday for which Mrs. Da-
Wis will furnish beans and hot cof-
fee. 1t is suggested that the visit
ors bring pastry. 1t is hoped that
everyone interested in bee culture
will make special effort to accept
the hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
and listen to the addresses which will
doubtless be greatly to their benefit.
Lester w. Longfellow, the president
of the State Association is expected
to be In attendance,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-10
YOUNG PEOPLE At
SKOWHEGAN GRANGE
Class oi Candidates Receive the Bird
and 18th Degrees. State Lecturer
Harrington Present

At the last regular meeting oil
SkoNhegan Grange there was good
attendance. n large number of candl-
dates receiving the third and fourth
degrees Appropriate music was
furnished by Mrs. Fred Tuscan, pia-
MIST and Royce Tuscan, yiolnist. The
service Of song was by Mrs. c. d. Mil
Ter. Mrs + Parkman and Mrs. II Stat
ford. Resolutions Of respect were
presented by W. b. Whittier in me
mory OF the late Mrs, Sarah Good
win. After the degree work Royce
Tuscan played a violin solo and the
Worthy Lecturer Mrs. Belle Elmer
son. introduced Merle J. Harrington
of Readfeld, State Grange Lecturer,
who delivered an address upon
Grange Problems from Lecturer s
Standpoint" touching upon the boost
ing Maine movements and urged that
patrons visit places Of interest In
Maine Mr.. Harrington also des-
cribed the summer New England Lee
tnrers' conference at Burlington Vt,
August %, "a and 25. During the
evening it was voted To make cxpen-
ditnre similar to that of other oranges
toward sending the local lecturer to
this conferences Remarks were al
so offered by Mrs. Elizabeth Watson,
lecturer of Somerset Pomona and Wis
iting members. At the conclusion
of the session lunch of salads, sand
witches, cake and coffee were served
in the banquet room. At the next
meeting ON August II, the young peo-
pie will fill the chairs. The fol-
lowing ass gnments have been made;
Master Royce Tuscan; oyerseer, Geo.
WEIGH; lecturer, Gladys Rowell;. ste
ward, Earl Kilgore; assistant ste
ward, Fred Parkman; chaplain, Do
rice Chase; treasurer, Roland +.
Russell; secretary, John l.. Fish;
gate keeper, Harry Hoyey; Ceres,
Miss Gladys Parkman Pomona, Mrs.
Oberlyn WEIGH; Flora, Maud Gould;
l.. A. s., Mrs Iva Parkman; plan
list, Effie NJ Nye.
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n. T.. Lecturers Conference

The most noteworthy Grange event
of the year for New England and
for at least part of New York state
will be the 18th annual conference
of lecturers to be held at Burlington,
Vermont, August 90, "a and 25 and
just previous to those days all the
roads leading into Burlington Will
be alive with happy tourists wear
ing the Grange smile that won't come
off Vermont extends cordial vel
come to all these enthusiastic Patrons
and will make the event one long to
be remembered The New England
state lecturers met in Boston, June
Goth, and planned the following de
tails of the. trip;---
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MILEAGE

Each Grange is requested to vote
its LECTURER tHgoe cents per mile al
lowance to cover transportation by
apfn
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Somerset County Agricultural News
Thirteenth Annual Pomona Election
i'm 1872

Master, VI. l. Merrill. st. Adams
Grange; overseer. L. II Tobey, Som
frset Grange; Lecturer, |. o. Wins
low, st. Adams Grange; steward. r..
IL Boothby. Athens Grange; assis-
tant steward. Eugene Danforth, No.
Somerset Grange; chaplain, Mrs. Ru-
by J. Patten, Pittsiield Grange; treas
lrer. Augustus Strickland, Skowhe-
gan Grange; secretary, s. +. Elmer
son, SkowheGan Grange; gate keep
err. G. e, Savage, New Portland
Grange; Pomona. Mrs f.. II. Tobey,
Somerset Grange; Ceres, Mrs. NJ. l..
Merrill, ST. Adams Grange; Flora.
Mrs. s. f. Emerson. Skowhegan
Grange; lady assistant steward, Mrs.
Eugene Danforth North Somerset
Grange.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL POMONA
ELECTION ~ 1898
Master. Ansel Holway. Skowhegan
Grange; overseer, + n. TObey Som
erset Grange; lecturer, Eugene Dan
forth, North Somerset Grange; Ste
ward. G. f.. Savage. New Portland
Grange: assistant steward G.. A.
Frost, Pittslleld Grange; chaplain, l..
e. Jewett. East Madison Grange;
treasurer, N. H. Nining, st. Adams
Grange; secretary, 5. f. Emerson,
Skcwhegan Grange; gate keeper. c.
H. Morton, Somerset Grange; Pomo-
ma, Mrs. r. IL Tobey, Somerset
Grange; Ceres. Mrs. Eugene Dan
forth, North Somerset Grange; Flora,
Mrs. G. e Savage, New Portland
Grange; lady assistant steward, Mrs.
G. A. Frost, Pittsfcld Grange.
FIFTEENTH ANNt'AGI POMONA
ELECTION N 1894
Master, Ansel TIolway, Skowhegan
Grange; overseer, T.. II Tobey. Som
erset Grange; lecturer. Eugene Dan
forth, North Somerset Grange; ste
ward, G. T. Savage, New Portland
Grange; assistant steward, "A. II.
Bosworth, East Madison Grange;
chaplain, l.. {. Jewctt. East Madison
Grange; treasurer, y. II Vining, St
Adams; secretary, S. f. Emerson,
Skowhegan Grange; gate keeper, W.
w Russell. North Somerset Grange;
Pomona, Mrs Lester lIolway, Victor
Grange; Ceres Mrs. +. II. Tobey,
Somerset Grange; Flora, Mrs. S. F.
Emerson, Skowhegan Grange; lady
assistant steward, Mrs. A. r.. Bos
worth, East Madison Grange.
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With mileage provided by the
Grange the lecturer will cover meals.
lodging. etc. These Items have been
worked out as far as possible by the
state lecturers and very low rates ac-
cured Each lecturer should carefully
estimate cost and carry some sur
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DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS

(All prices are subject to change.
RETAIL
Butter Farmers) -45c.
INTERCHANGEABLE.
Cheese-35c.
Eggs-40c.
FoWls-40c.
Broiers-50c.
WHOLESALE
Butter Farmers) -5oc.
Eggs-35c. u
Fowls--30c.
Broilers-40c.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
RETAIL PRICES
Beets-Sc n lb.
Blueberries-25c.
Gabbage-6c.
Cantalonpes-15c of 2 for Csc.
Garrots-13c per bunch.
Garrots-10 cents.
Lettuce punches, CSC.
String Beans-10c lb. or lbs, Csc.
Potatoes (New)-50c.
Tomatoes (Ripe) 25c. lb.
Cucumbers--10c each. fl