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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-27
Anyway, ltc a Pretty LEGEND.

There is an ancient Chinese super.
stition that If YOU eat enough peaches
you WIN live forever Many years
ago, It Is said, Il Chinese girl, believ-
ing In this superstition, gave her
saIlo: sweetheart peach seed to
carry for luck On a trip to America.
While IN this country he lost the seed,
and from 1t grew the first peach tree
In the United States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-27
land Of Stone Treea.

IaHu o. ~toTI TTSs5'
Rock Impressions OF palm leaves
have been uncovered near Florissant,
Colorado, the stem Of an exogenous
tree mined in a chunk Of coal at Ley
den, and petriied stumps Of trees
found in the streets of Denver.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
$4,000 CORDS Of WOOD To Be GUT IN
CHASE STREAM TOWNSHIP
Spruce Bug Moth Pest Has Disappeared After
One Year of Damaging Work

Wallace e. York of Bingham was in
town Thursday, November . TO attend
the Inspection of Canton Somerset
that evening He is member of
the Odd Fellow Lodge at Bingham and
Joined the Canton Somerset at meet
ing held in that town eight years ago
Mr.. York has for six years been in
charge of two camps for Preble d
Robinson near Indian Pond. having un-
der him Il crew of from forty to fifty
men cutting pulp wood. This opera
ton goes on the cntire year OF course
the wood cut in the summer and fall
is piled and hauled 10 the landing or
the cars during the winter These
operations are in Chase Stream Town
ship which lays on the western side
of the kennehcc river
There are two other camps beside
the ones in charge Of Mr. York. Help
is fairly plenty this yesr. They are
paying SD a cord in which ease
the men board themselves or 81 30 to
$f75 Il day and board. These four
camps expect to cut 900 cords dur
ing the year ending April 1. 1923. The
landings arc ON Chase Stream and on
the kennebee River anti when the stuff
is hauled 10 the ears il goes to In
dian Pond station. one of Mr.. York S
camps is six miles and the other four
miles from Indian Pond Of the 9TH
er two camps ono is located at the sta /
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
GEN. EDWARDS HUNTS
IN SOMERSET CO.
Noted War Hero Delivers Address nt
The Forks al GonclusiGn oi Uo-
lion Pictures Performance

Gen. Clarence X. Edwards. who hIs
been in Maine during the past week dc.
livering addresses in different sections
while on a hunting trip in the vicinity
Of The Forks. delivered an address
there Saturday night. The General
with his aide 1t. Harris +. SheTer
Col. R. H. Marston of Skowhegan and
Game Warden Ed. King of Skowhegan
with Henry Farley of The Forks en-
ioyed some hunting in The Forks sec
tion during the latter part of the week.
being guests at The Forks hotel. Or
derby Sergeant Saome who has been
with Gen. Edwards twelve years and
Sergent OConaor, the generals
chauffeur. we're also in the party. The
General carried away with him one
hundred and forty pound buck and ten
partridges as trophies of The trip.
On Saturday evening the General
wished TO attend the motion picture
performance at The Forks, and word
having been nnised about that he was
in that section, he was invited to speak
al the conclusion OF the performance.
He most courle0usly responded and
gave Il splendid military talk, com
menting especially upon the War re-
cord of Sturgis Durgin, one Of The
Forks young men who served in The
World War.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09

ton and one four and one-half miles
therefrom. These latter are in charge
of Martin Donohue. All are connect
by telephone. The hauling is done
with horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennie Miller Of Plea
SAINT Pond are cooking at one of the
camps. Solon Bunker and his wife
are performing the same service at an
other camp. Mrs. Donohuc Of The
Forks is cooking at camp ten and Mrs.
Arilla Baker Of The Forks at Cam9
i've Walter Smith OF Bingham is
time keeper and clerk for all four
camps and Thomas ]. Riley is the
acaler. The toting is done by TED
Twiugley and Johnrle Kennedy Of
The Forks and by Ben Parlin and
Tbales Spaulding OF Bingham
This region was visited by the spruce
hug moth about five years ago. this
post disappearing after ono year Dur
ing the time they were tharc they
did a great deal of damage, killing
about every fir and spruce tree they
came to.
There are two men trapping in this
vicinity. Gideon Pooler and Billy
Budger There is a sporting ranch
at Dead Stream, seven miles from In
dian Pond station, Partridge and
deer have been plentiful M moose
have been seen in that vicinity for 4
long time Mr. York saw .cycral
bears during the summer
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
Beechnuis Once In Seven Years

w. G. lIuntoon Of Portland. Indus
trial Agent of The Maine Central Rail
road Company was in town last Satur-
urday to confer with the Peoples
Garage relative to a siding for unload
ing gasoline While here he made
the Independent Reporter a call. Re
lative to the fact thai beechnuts are
very plentiful this year Mr. Huntoon
remarks that il is a seven year crop,
and that in all probability there will
not be another bountiful year for
these nuts until 1929. Mr. Huntoon
recalls that when he VAS a boy. an
uncle who was captain oil a steamer
plying between Bath and Boston told
him he could give him a dollar for
peck of heeehnuts. The nuts were
taken to Boston and their sale dey-
eloped an unlimited demand. Mr.
Huntoon and his brothers and sis
tcrs all used their spare time in pick
ing that fall. Their method was to
sew pieces of canvass or cotton cloth
together, making a square somthing
like ten by fifteen fit. This the"
would spread under beechn t t.
and then climb up in the branch
and shake or beat off the nuts Blank
cts and cloth with a nap will not do
! for this purpose AS the burrs will
cause trouble by sticking to the cloth
OF course this plan is only practicable
for few weeks after the first frost
BY the first of November usually all
the nuts are on the ground.
/ After the nuts have fallen it is a
case of picking them out from among
/ the leaves. Levi Bean, one of the
J BARRIERS in Simpsons shop, has re-
] Gently heard a man tell of taking a
! winnoWinG machine to the edge of
the woods and forking in the leaves
and heechnnts together Tho story
runs that the machine will handle
them very nicely, separating the leaves
i and leaving the clear nuts. in the same
manner that grain or grass seed are
winnOwed from the chat
Among the INQUIRIES for nuts rcceiv-
ed from the advertising the Reporter
has done in city papers there are
many which come from former rcsid-
cnta of northern New England, who
in their boyhood gathered nuts in the
woods nearby their respective homes
These parties seem to be glad to get
The nuts at present as Il means %
bringing back boyhoOd memories. One
inquiry comes from man in Ohio
this particular party asking quotations
cn the nuts 'by the quart or by the
gallon
One order comes from " T. Ro-
c"r#, advertising manager for lead
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09

ea her straight for the current and
let her 80. OF course she capsized
and illled with water, very fortunate
~ indeed, however, when / fell out
1t was away from the main rush of
the current in little eddy, and
was able TO grab my canoe and drag
it into the. eddy with me. finally
got The water out of her and after a
little rest | started down stream again
this time. however. walking ON the
bank and letting the canoe float down.
holding ii fast by 4 line had hitehed
onto the PROV. BY and by the river
got 50 bad that even this would not
do and ! took ii out and carried it
down To a place where | could navig
ate again. Was, not long before
got into another rush of quickwater
The river went through Il gorge with
higa rocky banks. There was moth
ing to do but ride along aud make
The best of H. Somewhere in here
there WAS a sportsman upon the point
OF ledge who had hooked big fish
His guido WAS down by the water try
IL 10 gel il in a dip net. The sports
nan saw ne coming and yelled to
ne 10 keep ont Of the way. | would
have been willing enough to do this
but had to pass clGse to the shore
as II was very rough just outside The
,.euffent took me by quicker than Il
lash right under his rod, which WAS
bent away down by the weight Of thc
fish. The guide took his dip net out
of the way so | guess did not damage
anything. | never knew whether he
caught tho fish or not | landed the
first place ! could and gave UP for
this time my trip to Merrymeeting
Bay. But the next summer tried
it again. ProIiting by my previous
experiences | got along Il little bet
ter this time, but came to grief in the
end, nevertheless, In some rapids a
little lower down When my canoe
Swamped ! did the best | could, but
nobody knows how hard it is to swim
+ in water which is so light and foamy.
There isn't enough air in it to breathe,
but there is so much that when you
kick and strike you don't find anything
to hold you up. The water threw me
up onto ledge at one point, but it
was so slippery | could not hold on.
did get one good breath however,
and | guess It saved my life Some
where further down ! was able to
crawl out. 1t took me about half an
hour to cough The water out of my
lungs. After that ! started down
, stream toward The Forks Down
here somewhere | saw the remains OF
my canoe where they were caught up
on the rock II was not much more
than Il few fragments of The rail and
some Struggling pieces Of canvas. The
rocks and the rapids had churned it
all 10 pieces. Night was coming on
| and | was wet, cold and tired. 1t was
in September and | really though that
| should freeze To death. However,
il was so rough could not travel in
he dark and | just had to lie down
aud make the best of it. My teeth
chattercd all night and | do not sup
pose ! slept any. Just as soon as
il WAS light the next morning | start
ed on and finally got some dry cloth
ing and rested until / was able to
continue my journey. Did not have
much appetite for more canoeing of
some more woods adventures that
| that kind for IL while but later on had
perhaps | can tell you about some
time.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
Back Early Next Spring

elmer Nodn, proprietor of the High
Twelve Camps at Rowe Pond has re-
turned to his home at Pleasantville,
y. Y. He left earlier than he had
planned because of business which
called him home. Mr.. Nodine assures
the Reporter that he will be. back
early next spring to start things going
for what he believes to be a big
summer IL love every rock and tree
of this wilderness and look forward
to the time when | can make this my
permanent home added Mr.. Nodine.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
Reporter Force Goe> to Maine Wood,

Members ut the independents -Repor-
ter force and their guests enjoyed
motor trip through well know hunt
ing section Of Somerset County last
sunday. dining a the Ledge House.
where a very delicious dinner of chick
en- and venison was served. A trip
around Bigelow was enioyed bv the
majority Of the party and the journey
Sf We'll as the hospitfity of hhe
lie e House management will be an
event long to be remembered. The
party numbered eighteen.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09

T.
t1a7 frh =. lsf5- tn youhgek,
daughter of Deacon Benjamin R. and
Love Berry Moulton and great great
granddaug of Col jeremiah Mou}-
ton of Norridgewock Indian Massacre
and Louisburg fame. Her early lite
was passed in teaching school and In
literary pursuits
In 1866 she became the wife OF
Ephraim c. Tripp of Embden. in which
town they lived until they removed
to North New Portland, where they
had the great pleasure of celebrating
their golden wedding, to be followed
in few short years by the great sor-
row caused by the death of her hus-
band. Mrs. Tripp was devotedly at
tached to her home and family, an af.
fectionate companion. a kind and de-
voted mother and faithful friend.
This great sorrow will fall most
heavily upon the invalid daughter who
vii lsorely miss the kind ministra-
tions of her dear. loving mother.
Mrs. Trip Was not affiliated with
any church but her preference was
the Free Baptist of which her parents
- < iiAN iOhS QUE " dE
member of the D. A R.. the |. s. S.
and the Grange. She has gone to join
the 'innumerable caravan" and is
now standing at the beautiful gate"
waiting to welcome her loved ones
horne.
Mrs. Trip is survived by four chill
dren, Mrs. Mile. wife OF Mellen
Berry of North Anson and Miss Flor
ence E. Tripp of North Anson; Perci-
AL \. Trip of North New Portland;
Mrs Stella b. wife OF Herbert Bick-
ford ef Auburn and one brother Frank
y. Moulton of North Anson. also
grandchildren and great grandchild-
ren beside nephews and nieces.
Funeral services which were largely
attended. were held at her home in
North Anson. Thursday forenoon, up-
der the direction of ]. P Murray, Rev.
T. V Robinson officiating Bearers
we're four nephews. Buzwell and Ed
mond Atwood. Frank and Edwin
Tripp Thanks are extended for the
beautiful floral tributes. Interment
in The family lot at East New Port
land
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
Obituary

Mrs. Love P Tripp. widow of Eph-
RAIN Tripp, a Civil War veteran. pass
ed away Monday evening, October 90
at the home of her son Perciyal A.
Trip, North New Portland. Maine.
She with her invalid doughter. Miss
Florence Z. Trip has for the past
year lived in the upstairs tenement OF
her daughter and son-in-law. MeHen
H. Berry at North Anson. Going to
North New Portland. Oct. IA to visit
her son, she was taken i'll the follow
ing Tuesday. Pneumonia develoned
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09

Tho Observation-Disclosures. Som
erset County's leading newspaper, is
for sale ON all newsstands.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09

- hInG I''t nd Amc-nsry. t9-.-.
.ntorms the Reporter thai Up o ..e
time of his leaving for Amesbury
October %. he had shot one spike
horn eighteen point and that only
three others all of which were fawns
had been killed at that time. He had
been suffering with rheumatism and
did ne guiding this season. Among
he fishermen which he speaks of were
Dr. J. +. Beake W. A. Burbank. John
Burbank Of Amesbury, Mass. Warren
Hopkins of Brookline, Mass. and Geo.
Flanders Of South Hampton, n. II.
The fishing was poor Mr.. Getchell
and partner of Waterville and Mr.
Church and partner of Augusta were
among the hunters. Mr.. Whitaker
reported the hunting conditions poor
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Henderson of
Jackman have Just returned from a
trip to Portland and Boston. NJ. .
Henderson is building summer ho-
ted at his camp on the shore of Big
Wood lake. This building will he
15X40 and aiIl have about 20 rooms
with bath This will greatly aid
him in taking care Of summer board
ers as he has hccn obliged 10 turn
a great many away in the past sea
son.
The Jackuau Lumber 20. have
started their mil again They will
employ from eighty to a hundred man
n the mill and = many more in the
woods There are at this writing
about seventY=fFe At the boarding
house which IN charge of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. A Henderson.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
Happenings in the Big Woods

On November , at Chesuncook the
motor owned by L. NJ Barnes, a re-
giftered guide. towed ten people and
twelve deer from Chamberlain Lake
region. They were certainly happy
bunch as expressed by one of the
party. A longer stay is planned by
the entire crowd next season. Miss
BoyingtOn. waitress at the Grindle
Is receiving congratulations. In less
than one hour from the house she
shot four partridges with a 3S-4l
rifle, only missing one shot. Sh.
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09

f'. ltore ~ l0t alG srs sae
p. nhr g. htaH = iUgre The earf.
.rHaa#f hu3-
The farmer who contracts for next
spring seed corn in the fall. probably
won't have to take up with an inferior
variety of poor quality,
The independent-reporter., 1922-11-09
Card 0i Thanks

wish to thank Sunset Chapter q.
+. 5. FOR the beautiful flowers which
! received during my illness: also
Somerset Pomona Grange for the
lovely box Of fruit which they sent
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22

Miss Gladys Shannon returned
Tuesday from Stevens College at
Columbia, No., to spend the hoh
days with homefolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar MAY were in
town Tuesday and bad us change
their address from Pocahontas to
Blodgett, Mo-, their new home.
See Riggs & Jones for second
hand Fords. All IN good shape
and selling cheap. First class cars
from Sl25 up. II 1t.
Tho Christian ladies are holding
a Xmas exchange IN Pratps window
Saturday of this week They will
have dressed hens, cakes and pies
tor sale
Hemstitching done neatly. work
returned promptly, prices loc per
yard for cotton goods, l5c per yard
for silk materials Miss Wilma
Adrian, Walnut Ridge, Ark Is At
Harry Greve and family, who
have been residing near town tor the
past two years, left Mondly TOR
their former home at Chicago, where
they will reside His mother, Mrs.
Oscar Blevins, left Tuesday for
Uklahoml to make her future home
Mines. A. u, Zin and Herbert
Schuabaum were IN Memphis the
latter part of last week where they
met Mlssie Schnabaum, who was
returning home for the holidays
from Nashville, where she attended
Ward Belmont College. They re-
urned Saturday morning.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
Answer TO J. J. Lewis

In answer to the questions pfg.
uounded to me in last weeks issue
of the Star Herald by J. LewIs
for the benefit of himself aud HlS,
FOLKS.
In order to issue bonds at aF
we were compelled to issue sufS
clenL amount to settle all outstand-
irg claims as we'll az two lns,alnent,
of interest which would be due be
fore the taxes could be assessed and
collected for that purpose, we saved
the S72 500 by compromising on
claims due by the district.
. IL 8. The unsold bonds arc an
my possession.
Unless it becomes necessary "a
sell more Of the bonds to pay inter
est on the bonds already sold before
taxes can be collected for that pur
pose thev will be Cancelled.
5 We commissioners do not m
tend to do soy more work or TO In-
cur any more Indebtedness against
the district
6 / have not.
7 By taxes ON the real estate IN
the district
8. Already answered in 4
.. We settled with the contract
ors for S75, ,O76.67 This was Tor
all work done as we'll as a large
quantity of structural steel and dyua
mite, which we are dIsposing Of ana
placing the proceeds to the credit Of
the distinct. We also have on hand
about a car of metal culvert which
has been paid Tor. We settled with
the bridge contractors for $50, 900
and have on hand three so #. steel
bridges worth at the contract price
about a., 500 which made us lose on
that deal $l2, 900 but owing TO the
drop IN prices we thought best TO
do this rather than go ahead with
the construction Of lot Of bridges
some { which would not lie needed
unless the roads could have been
completed.
10 have.
IL can't help what You ami
YOUR FOLKS think
o2. Any interested taxpayer IN
the district that doubts my statement
CAN see these bonds.
X Dalton.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
Tax Collectors Not,

Notice is hereby given at the un.
dersigned, as sheriff and tonicio tax
collector in and for RanCph county
Arkansas, will on the iit Monday
in January, 1923, be at e sheriT's
and ex.oificio collectors Gee I'm the
court house in the town Pocahon-
tas, Randolph county, Aansas. for
the purpose Of receiving taxes due
upon the real and person property
in Randolph county, Arasas, and
also such special taxes TIL am by
iaw required to collect. lat thetax
books will remain In thebresaid Of.
lice up to and including lpriI 10th
for the purpose of receivt all coun.
ty, state, school and skial taxes
without penalty. Aftere 10th day
Of April there will be ada In All nm
paid taxes the penalty m provided
for 10y law.
This notice is in compAce of Act
NO 4ol oI Cle Acos oi 0uieneral As
sembly Of the State Of AaasaS 1921
which requires the collecrs Of tbs
several counties of the S,eof ArLar
sas TO remain at their Of for tho
purpose OIL receiVing az collecting
taxes for their respectivbuptias
0lVeh ulluer my Iiahu : 18th day
'ot Dec, W. H. huIlett,
sheril ahu EN'ouicio = Collector
lS'it' ol hahah county
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
Maynard, Ark.

Dear Santa Claus-I know your sled
will be loaded when you leave the
North Pole but won't there be room
enough for another dolly A sure
enough doll, one that will walk and
talk and cry. 1 would like a set Of
dishes too. My little brother, Vernon,
is not old enough to tell what he
wants but am sure he would be
nleased with a dog, II IL would play
with him and also a ball. A little
girl. liei' r~iiis"'
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
aud directors Of the Farmers Co
operative Association will be held
IN Pocaboutas on January 2, 1928,
for the purpose of electlng neS
officers and the transaction OF sny
other business that may come before
saId meeting
H. N. Crockett, President,
J. w. Frsngenourg, Manager
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
O'Kean. Ark,

Dear Santa Claus-I am a girl six
years old and in the first grade. l
want doll,story book, candy, oranges,
nuts and fire works. l have little
set of dishes, so bring me little table
TO set them on.
We are going 20 have Christmas
tree and program here Saturday
night. BE sure and come. l sm in
two dialogues and have recitation
Be sure and come and see my little
friends and playmates, also sister and
brother Marguerite Sanders.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
Pooaholas. Ark

Dear Santa-Pm boYged :, |
go to school every day ad am IN
the ard grade. I want sgun and
some caps and a good b,k, leather
gloves, fre"Orks, clndyspples, or
anges aud nuts Don't orget my
sisters, mother and ID. Your
friend, Thurmanlolland.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
The New Leader Cash Store

put my doll clothes in, nice hair
ribbon, a good story botk, a neck
lace, a bottle of perfume some fire.
crackers, sparklers, Romn candles,
fruit, mixed nuts. Dom forget my
mother. She likes something nice
too Don't forget my friends at
Reyno, Effie and Billie lambert.
Your little girl,
FlOrene Harbison
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22

Lost-Whlle driving near Blev-
enpoint, oDe black SOW with few
white spots, under half crop in left
ear. Reasonable reward for inform
alton to II. M. Mcliroy, Pocabon
tas, Ark. l9 ZIP
If yUu want 10 buy or sell real 20
taie, write s G. DoNell, Wsir ut
Ridge, Ark. Also agent for Iron
Mountain X X lands. 6-62
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
w arm Sprugs, Ark

Desr Santa-l want ya to bring
me some toys, pistol, sme caps,
nuts, candy and some olhr things
| have a brother, JuuH Bring
HIM a rubber doll and sme other
nice toys. Galmand 1ooldridge
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-12-22
Warm Springs. Ark.

Dear Santa--I will hang my stock
ings by the chimney and | want some
candy, peanuts, apples, oranges, a
sheep, top, air gun, fire crackers and
chewing gum. Bring my grandmas
nice. Woodrow Grissom.