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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Mrs. Walter Oakea and Mrs. Al.
fred Woolsey VIII come IN from the
Country club next Thursday and will
be the guests of Mr and Mrs. Archl'
bald Clark until Saturday. when they
VIII leave by way OF Vancouver. -.
c.. for their home In New York.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Mr. and Mrs. ~. l. Spencer re.
turned Wednesday from ten days
stay NJ lake chelan. They are en-.
tertalninw as their guest Miss Eliza.
beth MeNauEhton. Of Appleton. Wis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

SIR. and Mrs. Carl Huiskamp and
children removed Thursday from
their home at The Highlands 60 the
home OF Mr. ana Mrs. Thomas a.
fransioii. 1891 Federal ave. which
they have taken for the winter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

SIR. ana Mrs. Archibald nm Fer.
EuHon uieicn McEwanj afe receiving
eonEratulations on the birth 81 a
daughter. september ~. at the swed'
ith hospital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Mr. and Mrs. David Edward KEEL
loss. who spent the past year In
Ohio, have returned and are occupy
ina their home Ia East Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Brighton PIT. a. viii meet NJ the
school Tuesday. Sept. 10. at 2 y. m.
After a short business session re-.
ccption for the teachers viii be held.
Meeting 81 the executive board AT
i:3o. Members urged TO be present.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Mr.. and Airs. Francis Browneil.
Of New York. who have been spend.
ing tho summer al tho Country
club will leave Thursday for their
home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Ravenna w. G. r. u. will meet
with Mrs. Peterson. 1895 ssd ave. N.
e.. wednesday. September 20. ut g
p. m. Members urged to be present.
Friends invited.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Roy are re.
eeivsng congratulations upon the
birth Of a daughter. Sept ?. At
froeidenco hospital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Mr. Thomas TUX. os Vancouver
y. G.. IL a guest In tho city for a
few days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Brooks. Of
Vancouver. u. G. are spending a few
days Ia town.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14

The Christmas Seal sale, by helping
reduce the number of deaths from
preyentable diseases. is going Ia
bring more happiness and less misery
10 your fellow citizens. Good health
is the greatest asset any community
can have Industry cannot prosper
without it, States cannot grow with
out IL. No home is complete without
it. Are you behind one of the great
est movements ever launched in the
country? How far behind? Are
you right there pushing and ever
ready to do your bit to put this gigan-
tic task across or are YOU tagging
back bit? It will take the efforts
of every last one OF us to accomplish
what We should. Don't forget that
"a seal on a letter helps many get
better" We don't know who to
credit for that bit of poetry and it
doesn't matter so long as we are all
working for / common good.
Health should be talked up all this
month. all OF every month for that
matter. so when YOU buy your Christ
mas seals sell some to your friends.
Seal your letters with the little blue
seals and let your friends see that
you are Il booster for the great cause
ut hand
Failure is word that never be-
longs in the Christmas Seal vocabu-
larry
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
INDICTED FOR LARCENY
NOW IN JAIL
Louis ID. Mitchell Brough Here From
Pennington Where lie Was Ap.
pretended by Shcrll Small

Louis d. Mitchell commonly known
around Norridge"ock Is Bud Nit
chell WAS arrested III Pennington last
Saturday afternoon by Sheriff w. B.
Small acting on d request from
Sheriff Mooers, he having received in
formation that Mitchell was in or
near Pennington. Mitchell was i'm
mediately locked up and Sunday fore
noon Deputy Sherift {. X. Miller OF
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
Business Women's Club Meets

a regular meeting OF the Business
and Professional Women's Club was
held Tuesday evening in the retiring
rooms Of the Maine Tel. q Tel Ex-
change. There was an attendance OF
forty members and Miss Margaret NJ
Chase the president, presided. There
was a roll call responded to by APP
propriate articles; Miss Dorothy NJ
elliot read i very able paper on cit
izonship. Victrola music was fur
ui-hed and after the meeting the
members were invited to the operat-
ing room where the exchange was in
spocted and explained by the chci
operator. Mrs. Pauline b. Greene
who is a member of the club. a
chllng dish lunch was served by the
president assisted by Miss Anne Cas-
we'll, Miss Airline f. Burnor and Miss
ldclena Landry. The club adjourn
cd To Dee. 26 when it is hoped that
the new headquarters will be ready
for occupancy.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
LISTEN To
PLAIN FACTS
Mrs, tnne II. FeSier, the District
Nurse Speaks on Community
Health and Housing

4 we'll attended meeting OF the
.5&oWhegan Rotary Club was held Fri
day uoGn in Grand Army Hall with
the customary luncheon served by
Mrs. Kate S. Simpson. The speaker
Of the day was Mrs a. II. Foster,
District nurse of Skowhegan. and she
was accompanied by Miss Leila L.
Farbrother, prominent member of
SOroSis the organization which first
established a district nurse in this
community. Other guests present
were Mallen A. Whitney of Spring
field, Mass. the first superintendent
OF schools in Skowhcgln, L. L. War
rem, g H. Durrell, Norris Glcdhill.
Albert 3. Lamb, Erwin II. Ladd, and
John J. Rhoades. The usual songs
were sung and Mrs. Foster was in
trodueed by President Merrill. In
opening she very pleasantly spoke Of
an adventure which she had in at
tempting to become a member of Il
Rotary Club elsewhere and then be-
gan her address which Was upon
Community Health" She divided
this into three subjects, the physical.
the mental and the moral. She touch
cd upon the development of the food
habit and believed that the American
nation was going to destruction from
candy eating. She prOphecied that
prohibition of sweets would at some
time become q necessity. She spoke
Of the relation CT food to nutrition and
3dYocated vitamines and whole wheat.
She also spoke of the importance of
suitable clothing and the necessity of
wearing wool Mrs. Foster dWelt
particularly upon the question of
touseing and said that some houses
which she had visited in her Official
capacity in SkoWhegan We're not fit
for human beings 10 live in. She be-
licvcd that the housing conditions were
responsible for the spread OF tubcr-
culOsis and Contagious diseases. She
believed that the housing conditions
in Showhegan are oil wrong and
while the women might handle child
Welflre and religion for the men, she
believed that housing conditions were
a mans job. She believed it was
the duly of the Rotary Club for the
benefit, of the coming race to sec that
the conditions Of the homes in SHOW
gan were what they should be.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Foster S
very able address. President Merrill
expressed to her the Clubs apprecia-
ton. Announcement was made that
the last meeting Of the month would
be an evening meeting and the com
miltee in charge would be DR.. r. A.
nerbyshire, George II. Plummer and
c. NJ. Holt. "America' was sung
at adjournment time
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
MRS. HANSON HILTON
DIES IN WISCONSIN
Native OF SkONhrcan Has Resided in
West About Forty Years. Sur
WV Ing Relatives

Mrs. ". H. Hill received a tele-
gram. Tuesday. from her brother-in-
law. Hanson Hilton of Chippewa
Fails, Wis, telling her of the death
of his vile. a hal sister to Mrs. Hill
The deceased Who Was formerly Miss
Josephine Currler had resided in the
West about forty years. She was a
native of t1ls place. her old home
having Bcu on the East Ridge rold.
She would have been siXty-fye years
old February %. She was the moth
err Of tour children, Miss Ora, who
died al the age of twenty-seven ;
Earle Hilton of lone. Washington;
Miss Florence who lives at home and
Leland who died when he was seven
years old Besides her immedilte
family Mrs. Hilton is survived by a
brother, Abner Currier, the half-sis-
ter already mentioned and half
brother, John f. Currior all of Skow-
hcgau
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
FINES FOR MONTH OF
NOVEMBER sl244.64
Regular Meeting OF the County Com
miSSioners Held Tuesday at the
Court House

\ regular session of the County
commissioners Court was held on
Tuesday at the Court House. II. L.
Goodrich, a member of the board from
Palmyra, was unable to attend on
account Of illness. County Commits
sioncr-elect s. J. Whitney OF Bing-
hHm was in attendance at the court
during the day Earle Taylor, road
agent at The Forks, West Forks and
MoXie Gore. and Andrew Holden, road
agent for DennistoWn. Bald Mountain
and Sandy BAY were both before the
court settling up road agents ac-
counts. Other out Of town people
having business before the court were
J. +. Wthee Of Madison. Al Wing OF
Flagstaff and 3. J. Libby of Oakland
According 10 the monthly report
OF County Treasurer. J. II. Iancas-
Ter, the report for November showed a
cash on hand of $lG,O12.51 with cash
Of $14964.49. Since the end Of Nov
embcr however about $4,000 has been
paid in on temporary loans Among
the credits ON the treasurer's reports
WIS the paying Of bill of costs OF
the September teri" OF Supreme Judi
cal Court which amounted to S2.7S7,-
IA, Among TIE several other items
WAS the payment of $500 for the Som
ersct Farm Bureau; $40310 for the
investigating Of crimes and $1251.3>
for the salaries of County officers ant
clerk hire. Fines received for tho
month Of November aggregated S1244.
Ga.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
THE METHODIST FAIR
YESTERDAY
Reminders of Christmas
Season
Many People Enjoy Dinner Serve ed
by the LadicS' Social Circle in
the Methodist Nestry

I'M NoIholIs1 vcsfrIos was f1o con-
Ten. of attraction Yesterday when the
aaie.' Social Circle he'd their an
onal fair and served n chicken mic
dinner Between lilo and l o'clock
- iayge number of neopla were sorry
ea to q delicious dinner of chicken
ME m4sbe1 potatoes. squash celery
cranberry sanra. lemon nie annie nie
and cnrroa The dinner was served
rndor tbe direction of Mrs Alma
pisbon and Il large number of ladies,
IN inferior arraneements were very
..t,.,Cti,-a TO rfnAa1 I,ootb vas
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
REV. c. ". H|NCKLEY
WANTED IN AUSTRIA
crS Among Boys 10 Be Held
in 1923

Rev. G. w HinckleN, founder of
Good viii has received the third let
ter from the World cmnmittbe on
boys work, Geneva, Switzerland, urg-
ing him to accept a place on the pro-
gram of the Second Worlds Confer
enee of workers among boys, to be
held in Portsfhach, Austria, from May
80 TO June 10. 1928. Mr.. Hinckley
preached the sermon Mt the first In,
ternational Conference Of Workers
with boys, held at Culver Indiana. in
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
SkONHEGAN Lot AIS

Mr. and Mrs. L. f. Parsons went TO
Portland yesterday morning for Il
short VISIT
Mrs. Srah Rodcriek has been in
Fairfield this week called there by
the Illness Of her brother.
regular meeting of Sunset Chap
ter so -. o. l.. 5. will be held to-
morrow CFfiday) evening at 745.
Miss Lucille Even Of New York tx
pending / Jew days at the home Of
tee sister Mrs. George E. Young.
Pauline Esteic, little daughter OF
DR.. and AIr5 N. f. Lord remains very
i'll with the whoopng cough. Master
Edwin NJ. Lord is much better.
Nh and Mrs o. {. Hun of Athens
will return home Saturday after
visiting with Mr. ana Mrs. S. S. Huff.
lie has been seriously i'll and this
was his first trip to Skowhegan since
his sickness.
Rev. II, A. Marklcy, formerly pastor
of the First Unversalist church in
this village, was in town last week
in the interest OF the Civic League. He
was entertained at the home of Henry
Yarney and Miss Clara B. Varney
Rhyno, young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Stinchfeld. was badly cut and
bruised from an accident Monday al
ternoon while sliding on Dyer Hill.
He ran into one of the big poles OF
the Central Maine Power Company,
cutting his upper lip and vrtEching
his back.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
Appreciation
Dear Friends Of the Maine Spinning

Dear Friends Of the Maine Spinning
Co.
You heard that had gone hunting
and Friday evening, Dee. lst, you
were very much surprised We hope
very agrccably surprised-to see Us
were YOU not? But on the following
Monday evening W. were even more
pleasantly surprised when wc we're
presented With tie handsome gifts
which expresses little OF YOUR
thoughtfulness and affection for us.
We appreciate very much The kind
feelings which prompted Your action
and we wish to take this opportunity
to express our gratitude for the gifts
and for the evidence Of Your love and
esteem for us, and we hope tsat this
mutual good feeling may lat as long
as life itself.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett b. Goodridge
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
|UNN| BALL ON DE-
| CE:MbER 18TH
|Mir Will he Held in Grange Hall
Present High School Students
Invited

|Tbe date Of December 26th has been
|fcted for the Alumni Ball which
|ars annually during the holiday
|l,on and allows many of the form
Students home from various schools
\ College to participate. The
|smiitce is composed of Miss Viz
Fla B. Stinchdeld. Charles Corri-
In. Mrs. Marion Oddly, Il. 7. Pat
h Allan Wentworth and Miss Ruth
Hes. Tto plan is to notify the
|retaries Of former classes asking
lam to notify their classmates. In
|1on 10 the Alumni the students
|g enrolled in the high school and
|rfcd friends may attend. The or
|asra has not yet been selected. The
[hr will Ire held in Grange Hall and
| ball room will be decorated for
|. OCCASION
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
ILL., APPEAL TO THE
SUPREME COURT
mmi>NioncrS 0i Two Counties Fail
10 igrec on DiscOntinuance
Oi Road

9mte Commissioners Z. 7. God
b.. 7 my CroWell and II. L. Good
Of Somerset County and Com
|ss.mers Judkins, Scales and Chase
/ Pitaiaqu.s County held a Joint
|etiag At the Lancey House in PITTS
|tll last Friday relative to the clos
b ot a highway leading firm Athens
|W.llneton. The Somerset County
|hcas voted for closing the same
|nd The pistaquis officials did not
|yor its being closed An appeal
|li he taken to the Supreme Court
appoint commission.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
Vail Christmas Packages Early

Christmas 1922 will be the largest
in The history Of the postoflice depart
ment. To insure delivery of pack
ages by Christmas all packages for
delivery in the New England states
should be mailed not later than Dec.
Is. Parcels going a longer distance
should be mailed at once
WILLIAM r. ELLIOTT, L. NJ
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
PAiIathca Class Sale Saturday

1t the show rooms of the Blaisdell
r. Co. on Water street, next Sat
lay teare viii be Christmas sale
|inefed bV the members Of the
|St Phnathea Class OF the Federated
|rcb The public is urged tc come
do their Christmas shopping. The
'nmtlee Of arrangements will be
p Mary r. Marston, Mrs. Jessie
RhniSon, Mrs. Lottie Griffin, Mrs.
ade Hitham. Fancy work, Mrs.
aH He Thomson. Mrs. Jessie Ste
'r1 Mrs Florence Dugas; preserves.
F Carrie Steward Mrs. Addie Rick
Z Mrs agnes Parsons; aprons, Mrs.
. Il. ". itney. Mrs. Nellie Durrell,
@ Hlnnal II. Page; mystery, Miss
ejie Pan, Marion Randall, Mrs. lia-
. Stfague, food Mrs. Jennie Horne.
Us, Naaae Woodbury., Mrs. Eliza Pet
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
NOTICE

owing to low water in the reser-
,oir we are Obliged to begin pump
ing from the river. All water pump
ed will be chlorinated, but as an
added precaution all water for do
nestle purposes should be boiled.
SKOWHEGAN WATER COMPANY
Please notify your tenants.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14

About November II David Brown of
Grecnvlle and Myrtlcy Johnson OF
Bangor both game wardcns. di-ap-
pcarcd in the woods OF Northern
Somerse, about % miles from the
Canadisn border and 100 mile, north
of Moosehead Lake They had gone
into thal region by direction OF the
Fish ami Game Commission to inv. So
tigate Illegal trapping and bunting
by men aiong the border. chiefly re J.
dents of Canada. They were last
seen at Albert DerocherS HALFWAY
Camp. This takes its name from the
fact that il is supposed to be half
way from Looms Stream Depot to the
Border As a matter of fact il is -
miles from Looms Stream Depot to
the Canadian Border and this half
way camp. so-called, is II miles from
the above first mentioned place. This
camp is owned by Derochers & Gar
diner. They maintain il as stop
ping place Tor people who go back
and forth over the old logging road
When We speak of road il must not
be taken in the ordinary sense. It
is little more than a trail in the
woods, impaosable except on foot in
tho summer time. 1t j. expected that
it VII be used for logging teams this
winter for the first time supplies
will he haul from st Zaehrie over
this road to the Hllf-Way Camp and
to Loon stream Depot
Loon stream Depot. already rcrcrr-
Ell to. is maintained 10y the Great
Northern Paper Company. There are
"a collection of eight log building.
Ono Is maintained as an office There
is store house, several novels for
horses. hlacksmiths shop aud log
camps for thr men. Also a cook
house There is fixed population
at this camp of seven or eight and OF
course others are coming and going
constantly The Great Northern Pa
per Co. do most OF their business by
contract 4 man will agree with
them to cut so many cords and this
is one of the depots to which they
come for supplies. to make reports
and receive their pay. OF course
Loon Stream Depot is only one of
EAAy scattered thru the northern part
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14

Mrs. Flora A. McPhcters leaves Sat
urday for a two weeks visit in Port
land with her daughter and other rel
atiyes.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14
10 Knows About the M1,c Weld
llaHd 1adc Wedge Az!

We have received from the postmas-
et the following communication. No
Ie The place to w&ich ii was address
I
-Four r Ranch, Dec. 3rd, 1922
Hamill S. y.
Post Master,
Anoskegan, Maipe.
Dear Sir
viii You please inform me if
me Nose Weld hand made wedge
axe IS still manufactured; if 50
"here | could purchase one? !
USED to use those axes in an early
t4ay in the Pinery's in Wisconsin,
oul lately have not been able to
Ind one.
Yours respectfully,
GEO. W. RUSSELL.
Hamill. S. d.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-14

) W. Philbrick left on the morning
an yesterday for Portland.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-11-11

of the patriarchs, the stories Of
their wives and their daughters
and of all the women with whose
influence and destinies their own
were bound up. Sarah and Re
becca and Leah and Rachel, Ha-
gar and Potiphar's wife, the
mother of Moses, who saved his
life, the princess of Egypt, who
reared him, the daughters of the
priest of indian, who took him
to their home, and Miriam, the
sister who sang for him the song
or IseraPs deliverance.
Comes Rahab, letting the spies
of Joshun down from her houst
on the wall, seeing Islaels God
as Lord of lords, scarlet woman
as she was, becoming a mother
of David's royal line.
Comes Achrah, Calebs daughter,
winning her fathers blessing in
his gift of "the south land" with
the upper and neither springs.
Comes Deborah, Judging Isreal
under her palm tree, speeding
Barek into battle, and singing
with him her inspired hymn of
triumph. Comes Jae' smit cg
Sisera to his death with her
treaeherous malt, and Sistshss
mother watching vainly for his re-
turn, crying from her lattice,
why is his chariot SO long in
coming?"
Comes Bathsheba, weeping with
David for his little lad, rejoicing
with him in the wisdom of young
Solomon, her son. Comes Ruth,
= whose loyalty has passed into
proverb and whose words live in
countless hearts; comes Esther,
who risked her life to save her
people; comes the beautiful Shu-
lamite, for love of-whom a great
king wrote a deathless song of
songs.
All of these-yet but a begin
ming of the names of good wo-
men and of bad, whose inspiration
and whose leads, with full respon
sibility in the matter of right and
wrong are unquestioned parts of
the long story of Gods word as
we know it be taken as the basis
for our discussion, man has no
claim to immortality which wo-
man may not share!
Ambassador Harvey is not dull
ard. He is, in fact, a scholar. |
cannot be suspected that he does no
know all about what it said in tn
Bible about women. If he had no
been a scholarly man he would no
have dared to make the assertio,
that he did. But as q scholar h
did not expect anyone to take his re
marks seriously, it is to be assumed