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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
Happenings In the Big Woods ol
Maine

A party of fishermen consisting of
Fred Lanslois and Fred Bison Of
Newmarket y. H.. Charles II Yigue
of Waterville and j W. Lessard of
Portland have been enjoying a several
days fishing tour at Chase and Robin
son Ponds near Bingham
a few days ago Charles Marden
made trip to Emblem Pond and
spent the day fishing. He came home
with a six pound salmon.
Ralph Soule of Portland got some
very fine speckled beauties at Baker S
Sunday.
w. W. Dorr OF Wateryille arrived
at Bakers Monday. He intends to
carry home his number of trout and
salmon
A brown trout weighing Sill
pounds. two feet. four inches long
was caught last Thursday afternoon
in Broad brook by Grant Craig, aged
Is years When the boy hooked
the monster. he tied his line to "a tree
and jumped into the water and grab
bed the prize with both hands The
trout - the largest seen in this vic
nifty
Attorney Herbert E. Locke and
Leigh d. Flint of Augusta left Sat
urday on few days fishing trip
to Seboomook Dam, Moosehead Lake
They returned Tuesday night.
Il. 7 Whipple of Starks caught a
five pound trout at Bakers Saturday
1t was a beauty and one to be proud
of.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
swallows IN Jackman

iBS NG4aud / It0ttGHI
\ swallow 4 common enough bird
in Maine from May until September
| don't just know when they come
or just when they 20 bit do recall
that al any given point theY arrive
within DAY or two Of Tho same date
each succeeding year. presume
there are good many kinds OF swal-
lows but. in ny ignorance Of such
things, they all look very YGeh al.ks
to me
\ hundred thousand IS & good many.
| am just making this statement to
get your mind into shape for the
story ! propose 10 tel was in
Jackman enc fall a good many yc4=s
ago. | saw. one morning. more than
hundred thousand swallows ryirg
about in great flock. and lat=r
perched on the telcghena or tel
graph wires Did I count the, aH2
Certainly ho,. bat ] made What
think was reasonable estimate.
They sat in rows on The vIres fer
nearly q mile \ nile is $50 feet:
lets call II 58oo for easy figuring.
there we're about - wires on this
line of poles. which wr,1ld make l25.-
900 feet of wire in the m lie under o.
servaton. Noy. ( think they would
average four birds to the foot. But
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
through dark woods, suggesting

through dark woods, suggesting
the Swallowed experiences of our fore
fathers when they first arrived in the
land of their dreams and hopes; it is
built of uncut weathered stones, a re-
mindeR of their sturdy character; it
stands on a ledge-symbolic OF the
solid foundations upon which they
We're building; it is in an open space
where one has view of the kennehec
Valley and the green hills far away,
signifying that they were men Of
vision The monument carries four
tablets of native slate, cut at the Mar
BILE Works in Skowhegan. The tab
let facing the east says
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01

Mrs. a H. Merritt, Boston, one
pound salmon, two one and one-half
pound square tail, two two pound
sqaare-tails and one two pound togue.
A II. Merritt Of Boston. five square
tails and two togue II j. Y. Fay.
Boston, two four pound salmon. four
togues Dr.. George-P. Sanborn Of
Boston. three salmon four square
tails and ten togue
Fishermen are having excellent lgek
in this territory, numerous catches
being made each day.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
FISHING GOOD At ROWE
POND
Quality, frlendIIne>S and Service
without Formally ut High
Twelve Camps

Many have been the great catches
of trout at the old Rowe Pond Camps.
now known as the High Twelve Camps
at Rowe Pond near Bingham, but
surely none have surpassed that of
the past two weeks since the camp
was opened and has been receiving
guests.
Among those who have been ston-
ping are Norris II. Moore of 100 Will
hams sll Get, New York City, John
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
To Armistice Spring

1t was at this spring that, on an an
niyersary OF the signing of the arms
tice that closed the World war, an
assemblage of young folks, with a
few matrons and teachers sang Am
erica" and then, after brief address.
drank from the spring and before
they left 1t, raised their right hands
and exclaimed In unison.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
The End of the Trail

A unique ceremony is carried cut
each year at the Murray tablets. on
the evening of the last day of May.
The last evening in May is the eve
of the three great outdoor months
in the north. June. July and Au-
gust-the Camping out season At
sunset on May 3lst. all who are in
crested assemble. america is
sung; because, long time ago. the
Man of Galilee" led his disciples up
I mountain side to the end of trail
md gathering them about himself,
taught them PRAYER. the assomhlage
at the END of the Trail at Good
viii stands with bowed head and re-
peats the words that have come down
to u.s. through the centuries:
Our father who art in Heaven !;
then an address is delivered or a
poem is read, and after that sym
bolic campfire Is kindled, On the pyre
at the top of the monument fagot
of birch bark has been laid; ut the
appointed time it is lighted--a fire
symbolic of all the camp fires that
will be lit on seashore. and lake
side. by mountain brook and deep
flowing river. throughout the summer
months. Thus does Good Will open
the season. without authority or
precedent other than itself-for all
lovers of the camp and the campfire
The Bowdoin Trail was formerly
opened when. one afternoon years ago
the Cool Will community walked
single file over it, under the leader
shin Of Mr.. w. p. Fincklev. a grad
uate of the Good VIII High School
and Bowdoin College, and who after
appropriate exercises closed his ad-
dress with the words:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
Good Fishing Mt M00sehead

Fishing is at its best at MOosehead
Lake. Miss Florence Written of
lockwood succeeded in landing an
eight pound salmon and IA five pound
togue early one morning last week d.
Carl BRUINS of Portland has the ere
dit of netting four togue totally %
pounds. Eddie Wescott. who is also
keen angler. has to his credit thus
far, two square-tail. three salmon and
two togue
The Bangor d Aroostook railroads
passenger department reports the fol-
lowing catches of fish at Northwest
Inn, Moosehead Lake. recently:
four pound salmon. one and onc-half
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
NFRSET COUNTY |SA BEAUTIFUL Sec
1|DN Of THE PINE TREE STATE
Wonderful Trails at Good Will Where Law
[b;ds Killing of Birds Plant Roots Protected

den by shrubs and trees Four or
five hundred people can be accommo-
dated here. At one side of the circle
is a piece of stonework including a
seat for the great mogul' whoever
he may chance to be on any occasion
here the monument six or seven feet
high. carries a slate tablet which
SAYS:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
To the memory of

SAMUEL HINCKLEY. ESQ.
of Tenderden, England, who
sailed from Sandwich Har-
Dor, with his wife and fam
lily, in the good ship Her.
cules' in 1884, and is buried
in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
This is erected by one of his
descendants, Geo. w. Hinck
ley, with a growing sense of
gratitude and appreciation.
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or announcement made; but it is there
and becoming more and more attrac-
tive. There are pillars OF concrete
at its entrance; it is reached by FOL
lowing a driveway directly west from
the Good VIII barns. Not far from
the entrance-possibly ten minutes
walks a sign that says
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
ADIRONDACK MURRAY

ADIRONDACK MURRAY
Rev. w. II. H. Murray is bur
led on the Murray Home
stead in Gulford, Conn,
where he was born April &c.
1870. lie died March 3, 1904.
a splendid type OF physical
manhood, magnetic personal
ity, preacher. writer unique
character; he was the father
Of the modern outdoor move
ment. and by his writing in
spirod multitudes with love
OF mountains and lakes,
camps md biyouac, brooks
and trails. This is erected by
G. w. Hinckley. in recogni-
Jhtion of great service to hui
mainly
f1QD1
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
CI.OVER .SLOPE. TRIAI.

II the saunterer. out for day with
nature is confronted by the words at
the Murray tablets. ''rhe End of the
Trail" he need not retrace his steps.
II he prefers to go further, he will
notice, at the Murray driveway.
continuing westward, bordered on one
side by a wild hedge hiding the re-
mains of an old stone wall-a hedge
that is tolerated for the sake Of the
birds, lured thereby for nesting facil-
tiles and on the other by a row of
elm trees. carefully set in the spring
of 1921 this driveway. followed, will
take him between the houses at An
plehurst and Glover Slope, both built
for farm homes-one in 1902 and now
used for summer residences; and
crossing the Fairfield Center road, he
may continue between another hedge,
hidden wall and a clover field slop-
ing to the northward; he will come,
eventually to a rather obtrusive sign.
eleven feet long. painted white and
bearing, in black letter ten inches
high, this compound word
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01

and, henceforth this Is to be known
as the Bowdoin Trail"
Oh, woodland green woodland,
Fair trails are thine;
I'll stroll meath the shadow of thy
loaf-ladened arms,
And the joys of the woods shall be
thine
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01

THE SETON FIRE PLACE
Selected and first used by
Ernest Thompson Seton
1912
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-01
THE MAINE TRAIL

The Maine Trail in the Good will
woods has not yet been formally
opened: no official procession has
been conducted over it; no poems cad
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-04
TIL: THEATRES
COURT THEATRE
EUGENE O'BRIEN

\ theatrical treat of generous pro-
portions is in store for local play
goorS and picture fans when steve.
4 new play of In romantic and pictur,
c$Que type in three acts by Robert l..
DemDst"r. will be presented at the
Court "Wednesday and Thursday with
Thursday matinee. with Eugen"
OBricn. the famous stage and pic
ture star in the title role The pre-.
sentation will BE- made under the Ill
rcction of George NJ. Cats. who Is
rapidly gaining place all its own in
the annals OF the legitimate theatre.
Not only will the personal appear
ancc of such a celebrity as Eugene
OBricn be most unusual occasion
in this city. but the play will be o.
particular appeal to theatre patrons
who lament the absence of novelties
on the stage. Those faded by the OF
lcrinCS of commonplace season will
lind steve" the charming romance
and delight of their theatregoing ca.
rccrs That may sound like an eN'
travagaut statement but it is said III
all sincerity and honesty by one priv
ilcgcd to have watched the develop
mcnt Ct the play from the conception
OF It's unusual idea TO its final realiza'
ton in dress rehearsal form, under
the remarkable direction OF Laura
Hope Crews.
Some SUGGESTIONS as 10 the substan
tial character Of the entertainment Is
provided by glance over the list 81
noted players selected for its presen
tatiun. In addition To Eugene O'Brien,
Mrs. Thomas Whiiiin heads the array
Of talent which includes Vivian Oc'
den. Helen Weir, Ann Winston. Peg
gle Whittier. Homer Barton. Phillip
Lord. Frank Herbert. +. G.. Patton
and others.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-04
REX THEATRE

This weeks bill u; tn" Rex theatre s
topped by Bert Earl ana ten pretty girls
direct from broadway in "A Musical.
Mirrhful Garden Party" They appear
Gr<t as n h;=h-ClasS jazz orchestra
wiki tho rradjti"na! assorted ins'rG-
,r"nts. they switch over easily and Al
play haujos Aui. lastly. the entire COM
pany produce. SaXaphCne music that
compares vel with that Of six Rrowns
BROTHERS" Bert Ear has = voT hunaHa
stop on his banjo with which ne carries
an SURPRISINGLY liic-liko conversations
between tho musical numbers. Ais"
Specia. Feature I'hn;"play. featuring
Clara k!mhail Young. with Elliott pcX-
ia:. in Enter Na!;.mo."
Never haze star and story been moro
aduirabIy ma'ch'd than in Tho prcSen-
:a,.u- - clara N:mnsli Young Ia "En-
icr Madame" Ii,rs".t = g.am"rous PEI.
ynualtly. founded oA IA" stag SHrr":''
~ ,;tlda NaIrsi AID Dolly l;yrn". "a"
,nar@rtcr oC Lisa pcld Eohbia with
,lat",tn"ss AMI whimsical "Arrn that
lnalr prrccr' ~. N'3s."n Of imperSoaL-
tom ~ an odds. ENTER Madame" IL
ih,. hes, ihu!E he AR has done.
T., u,nib,r no advance IN admission
Prise for this oNtra"rd mar" double bin.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-04
"GIMME A THRILL"

\ treat i in store for those thea
TRIGGERS who like the best in vaude.
vile ana musical comedy. for 10 and
behold Joseph VI. Gates will present
at the Court on Friday and Saturda;
7 startling musical comedy revue. en-
titled "Gimme IA Thrill" The title IL
itself is expressive and leads the
reader 10 Immediately SurmiSe thai
Sou%thiug ont of the ordinary can be
expected. Besides eight top notch
acts of vaudeville. Mr.. Gates for
good measure will present an upto'
date revue Drumming over with mlrth,
mcrrimeni. clever comedies, singers,
dancers and pretty girls in startling
raiment. Among the we'll Known art.
lists who will appear are the Gardiner
Trio who have danced their way into
the hearts OF all America: Gene
barnes. that funny Hebrew comedian,
Sobel and GIurk. who We're the sensa.
tion OF The Pin Wheel Revue" last
season in New York, Herbert and
HaCgctt comedians de luxe. the Tip
TOP -Four. who all last season appear.
I'd with Mit2i in Lady BLY, Byron
and L.anCdon in THE Dude Detec-
tive" Naninc and DeFaye and Chas.
Chase
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TenorS
List OF Absent,

ler. Chas. p. porr
4 Thos. +. Corcoran
SO Charles Kraft
9Th Morgan OFT Hart
us A. E!rschman
r. T. Alexander
.pson Conrad Hirseh
er w. S. Melton
y II. C. yranzhe!m
Luke w. Lally
xn G.. I'd. Mendel
NJ. ]. Ward
, J. =. Ratcliffe
Gorge Hook
VIM. Schwertf eyer
ght Lewis S. Jordan
mum W. h. WilkoY
clad II. varnen
.s,er VIM. j. Murray
r Walter H. Cha prnan
Slchol J. n. Dowler
city Theodore Roller
sfield James A. Blltt
.schel r. 3. Merchant
Charles -. Pratt
N. y. Roberts
ass Nathan Mcuptford
er Thomas Furev
ain Iamor Haden, Sr.
r jacob W. Grubh
ellis VIM. T. Ross
ann 'nerrw T Sweeney
q c. w. Kr'eter
n Fred w. Schultz
.enterp Henry Zilliken
Carl Northwood
q Chas. NJ. Frisscu
him Max Never
lfrene Prank c. Eo!fraGn
T. II. q. Haase
,rs C. r. RrcuiaeGer
" ". ]. NC Gui"en
Rim Tdwa' A. Eerb
land HGrry Bcarley
Chas. II. ucnntnE
lter Chas. Z. Bielenhacl
tfeg er Leech K. Cracraft
WIN. GOehrhrg
c. =. Patclirc
II L. c. HeYmaR
miller wilbur W. watkins
,oley John G.. Berry
v VIM. \. walters
ann Chr les HorStman
ouse Charler B Crayton
, pman II. W. Schrehe
Ghty u. q. Na2le
GODS B. -. Horkho'mer
., Jr. y. ADM EesF
aney ch7S. Gossett
A. A. Douglass
midi Leo wolf
.cGtnty Henry Trohms
GeorEe wise
ghsy Geo. II. Relfer. ST..
oil Walter ~. BoswicE
Nathan G.. Eel
.Kse Leroy L. Garrett
peane hopkins
len W. n. Fec
q, s. Emsheimer
l David Krsus
,r Morris Jacobs
= Albert @. Giffin
II X. c. BraBhear
,uscho Cecil H. Crockard
Cd JoCenh II. qollner
ris ". X. Frederick
shall
past exalted rulers.
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Elks Pay Solemn Tribute to Absent Brothers

genius % Mr.. Trimbe in getting ami
mails 10 do exactly what is required To
rive H. story genuine entertainment
value
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-04
DAfendR q. 6. { ontrol.

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Walsh failed to see where government
uprrati0u Of Tin, railroads had been 4
dismal failure" during the war but
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IN his .Incrim,n,
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RUSSO-TURKISH
Continued from Page one)

TIA" Su}tan's representatives. was
void.
Th" allied powers and the United
States have 50 far in the conference
pr" .rmrcd a united front In their de-
termination not to allow Turkey 10
escape the consequences Oi the ala
>hr rendered to Germany by the
mere Shu:iinG OI its capital from Eu'
zone 10 Asia and the substitution or
Kcmal and AngOra for the sultan ana
III, parliament, and there IS no r"a-
ION To believe that they will grant
Turkeys demands for absolute DON'T
nation nI the straits and adjacent ter
ri,ury.
Control Of Straits.
". Trhitchern has decided 10 at
tend tu.morrow's SESSION himself III
spite ur he failure Of partiCipatinc
powers to invite Russia to the Ses.
~i5Us where all the questions invoIv.
iuu the proposed treaty with Turkey
are considered He will formally pro.
test AGAINST the limitation Of Rus
siu's participation in the straits PROB
leans. and is expected to discuss prac-
tculy all problems which tn" con
irrrur" i racing. in an effort 10
prove that control OF the straits can
not Be detached from the disposition
OF western ThraCc and scores Of
economic questions. as well as linan.
cial questions arising from the CAPT
tulaliun which old Russia enjoyed
along with the other great powers.
Greek Position Injured.
Before TChitChcrin arrived at Lau'
p Same the Turks were inclined to
favor admitting foreign warships 10
the straits. if they entered one at q
time. but tn" Soviet dele cation has
stirlrncd the Turkish position, and
lam"l Is now standing for exclusion
uf all warships from the straits Al all
, times. except Turkish vessels. and
demands absolute control for the IN
gOra government.
Greco" has ceased 10 be- an import
ant factor in the conference since the
execution of GOuvuariS and his asso.
ciateS at Athens. and il does not seem
likely hat the decision Of the Athens
government To Danish Prince Andrew
rather rhan hSOOt him. will improve
the position Of Greece at Lausanne.
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AID FOR RAILROADS
Continued from Page One)

crSh'p uf railroads among men VIII" cam
not he considered radicals or theorists,
SENATOR Walsh said: Yves. | am iuCln-
cd t. agree wiki YOU. and if conditions
III West Virginia and Southern ONO ar
- YOU represent them 10 be l am not
slrnri-rd"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-08

oI11r Is ksep Ell from belng
drained from unAder fAe1r own prep
sety, alioinin9 hol4ers haye drilled
wells and brought = gn1Nersl
Z Notwithstanding The excess o.
production. the little fellows have
found ready market. The falling
on IN Mexican output has resulted
In 1omAnd TOR California fuel oil
On the Atlantic coast
Tankers are rushing California
oil To. the east by the Panama
canal.
California prices have suffered
two sleshes Of Csc d barrel each
since July but . third reduction
has not materfalized, due to this
demand on the Atlantic seaboard
and to the call for fuel oil from the
Orient. Meanwhile scores Of new
wells are going down, new gushers
are being brought in in new fields.
"offset wells" are countering. and
the war goes merrily on. undis-
turbed By the plants from the Mid
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-08

q Erators to-day. 1Ae Isasee 70
Iklit dat They mnsf na1e hny'
1hi1o ~ laasee skine. Tbox dt5ll-
"a Tells and uAcovered 8elds &C J
'ond n richness 70 aoes = the
stAte. y
The output from those wells
alone would NOT have changed the
situation materially but the older
established companies with large
holdings In those same fields could
not remain Idle in the face Of this
activity. 70 do 80 was To sse the
oil drained from their land into the
borings Of the leasers and indie
pendents. For oil, like water,
seeks both its level and it, Outlot.
As. consequence the established
companies drilled ..off1at Welle. 10
direct the drainage into their own
castings. And 50 California 10 pro-
ducing over Is percent Of the crude
oil Of the United states sad fifty
bercent of that amount ID coming
from the Santa Re Springs. Long
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-10

When did you hear from your
father Iast?' Harry Underwood asked
abruptly.
I was on guard in an instant I had
been so occupied in trying to fathom
the inner workings OF his mind, es-
pecially since the incident of the play
ing of the national anthem and his
ensuing comments, that had almost
lost sight of my conviction concerning
his knowledge of my fathers where
abouts. He had talked of everything
and nothing with the charm he so well
kneV how to throw around his CONVEX
sation, and in listening to him 1 had
felt the Old half-repeallant, half at
tracted fascination with which this
mans presence always affects me-
But his question was like the sud-
den blazing up of pile of kindlings,
the flame clearing away the mists OF
thought through which l had been
cropping. One of the objects toward
which my presence opposite him in the
Fleur de Lis tea room constituted the
first step was the unlocking of the
sealed book. which recorded my faith
er's fate, and Of which I believed Har-
ry Underwood to have the key. 1t be-.
hooved me to answer his question most
warily
waited a long minute before an
swering. Finally I decided that the
truth was my best card
Not for number of weeks I said
quietly, and then countered with an
other question: and an assertion.
You must have seen him frequent
ly when you We're in South America"
I said Was he all right when you
saw him last?t
Did his brilliant black eyes waver
ever so slightly as they met mine? Did
he finch almost perceptibly at my
question? / wasn't sure, for when he
answered me he was his usual self
whats the Real Trouble?"
''He seemed to be well, but rather
nervous and worried-as if something
were troubling him." he replied
I pondered the answer. 1t might mean
just what it indicated on the surface
on the other hand, unknown depths of
treachery might lie beneath.
whats the real trouble, little girl ?"
Harry Underwood's voice, soft, danger
ously tender, sounded across the table.
You're uneasy about your father, ]
can see that And who knows, perhaps
/ can help you. Won't you tell your
Uncle Dudley all about it?"
looked up into his eyes to find them
swept clear of all mockery. Kindness,
sincerity looked out from them, and 1