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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-26
CAUTION NOTICE

My wife, Ruth r. Lane, having left
my bed and board without just cause.
| hereby warn all persons not to trust
her on my account as | shall pay no
bills contracted by her after this date.
July 10. 1929.
(Signed) WARREN Fl. LANE.
3w29 Attleboro, Mass.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-26
Memorial Services for the Late
J. c. Viles

Memorial services for the late
Joseph C. Viles whose death occurred
on the 18th were held Thursday
afternoon from his late residence on
Middle Street. There was a large
concourse of relatives and friends in
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-26

Banks loaned $2,OO0,OOO to boy and
girl club members in the United
States last year. And both banks and
youngsters gained thereby.
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Independent Reporter $3.50 a year,
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
HUGHES QUOTES JEFFERSON

1t is amusing to see Secretary of
State Charles E. Hughes quote Thomas
Jefferson, the father of American
Democracy, and the first Secretary of
State on our foreign policy. In an
swer to Samuel GOmpers in regards
to recognition of the Russian Govern
ment, Mr.. Hughes says:
''To the Department of State,
charged with the conduct of our for
eign relations, in accordance with the
accepted principles of international
intercourse. the problem presents it
self necessarily in somewhat less
general terms. We are not concerned
with the question of the legitimacy Of
a Government as Judged by former
European standards. We recognize
the right of revolution, and we do
not attempt to determine the internal
concerns of the other State. The fol
lowing words of Thomas Jefferson, in
1893. express a fundamental prlnci-
pie:
owe surely cannot deny to any ma
ton that right whereon our own
Government is founded-that every
one may govern itself according to
whatever form it ~pleases, and change
these forms at its own will; and that
It may transact its business with for
eigu nations through whatever organ
it thinks proper, whether King, con
vention. assembly, committee, Presi-
dent, or anything else it may choose.
The will Of the nation is the only
thing essential to be regarded
Next Mr.. Hughes attempts to de-
molish the national policy established
by Jefferson by stating the Soviet
government has not promised to pay
the debts made by the old Gar re-
gime and some others made by ques-
tionabIe means.
He forgets that the Continental
notes were never paid and others ii
America have been r~epudiated When
made by corporations,
Undoubtedly the revolutionists wen-
to excesses to establish Democracy ir
Russia. By reading history durine
the past four hundred years we will
learn the same thing has happened.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
THE COST OF FOOD

The surest index of the actual
value of foodstuffs in the United
States is that represented by the
army ration. This ration means ex-
actly what the food for a days ration
year after year, by scientific test of
food YaIues-nutrition considered.
Regardless of all other indications
Of the markets, and regardless of the
fluctuations of wages, etc, the army
ration tells the story of food markets,
and is a guide for the citizen, even
though no individual, not buying in
such enormous qualities could equal
the low cost, but that difference ap-
plies equally one year as another. The
cost of a ration (fulI days food has
been as follows, as reported by the
subsistence Branch, Q. NJ. c.:
The cost Of a ration was, in 1917,
1902 cents; 1918, 1920 cents; 1919,
1915 cents; 1920, 1888 cents; 1921,
47.03 cents; 1922, 32.74 cents; 1923,
29.18 cents.
The matter of special interest is to
note the percentage of decrease in
cost from war figures, and the two
with present costs. The average for
the three years, 1918 to 1920 inclu-
sive, was 50 cents, and now it is 29.1S
cents That is a fall of 40 per cent
to the army. Has there been any 40
per cent reduction to civilians, in the
same period? No, there has been an
incrcISe-no reduction. Somebody is
getting hat 40 per cent-not the
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
FAMOUS TREATMENT Of DR.. TEACHER
BROUGHT HERE BY LEADING DRUGGISTS
MEDICINE THAT
DRUGGISTS
GUARANTEE

Druggists throughout this
section first became interested
in DR.. TEACHERS treatment
when they learned of the re-
markable results it had pro-
duced in surrounding cities
and towns. Their interest was
further stimulated by calls
from numbers of summer Wis
itors who told of almost mirac-
ulous cases of complete relief
among their friends and in
their own families after other
medicines had failed.
Local druggists realized the need
for such a treatment here. They
investigated and were more than
gratifed by what they learned.
REMARKABLE FACTS
Of unusual interest is the fact
that of nor than 10000 bottles
sold in two months in Pennsylvania
and Ohio, only nine have been re-
turned. Yet, every single bottle is
sold under the guarantee that the
purchase price will be cheerfully
returned if DR.. Thacher's Liver and
Blood Syrup fails to give complete
satisfaction and relief.
OFFER MADE PERMANENT
This liberal guarantee will hold
good on every bottle in this state.
1t means that DR.. Thachers's Liver
and Blood Syrup will not cost you
a cent if it fails to improve your
appetite strengthen your digestion,
help Nature purify your blood and
relieve those sick, nervous head
aches, biliousness, gas on stomach,
shortness of breath, coated tongue
and other symptoms of a torpid
liver and weakened stomach.
DR.. TEACHERS Liver and Blood
Syrup is sold in Penns Grove by
The Shur Chemical Company.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
Russian Constitution Approved

The new Federal Constitution for
Russia modelled somewhat after the
American Constitution with some prin-
cipIes borrowed from British Parlia-
mentary practice, has been approved
unanimously by the All-Russian Cen
trial Executive Committee, meeting in
Moscow. 1t provides for eight Fed
Grated States-Russia proper, includ-
ing Siberia and the Far Eastern Re
public; the Ukraine, White Russia,
the Georgian Federation, Armenia, the
Tartar Republic, and the autonomous
republics of Khiva and Bokhara. The
Federal Legislature is to consist of
two houses, and committees from them
will form the nominal supreme power
of the country, the real power re
naming in the hands of the Commu-
mist party.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
HOW A CLERKS IDEA GREW
Agricultural Department Developed
From One Mans Interest

The development of the Federal De-
partment of Agriculture from a small
bureau with an appropriation of
81 900 a year to one of the greatest
Government departments with an an
nual appropriation of S75, 900, 900,
was reviewed briefly by C. w. Pugs-
ley. Acting Secretary, at the Univef-
Sity of Vermont Summer School re-
Gently.
Mr.. Pugsley said that the depart
ment now employed about 10000 per-
sons. 5000 of whom live in Washing
ton. 1t occupies forty buildings ir
Washington, many of which are rent
ed at a total annual outlay of
S25O.000
Continued efforts of a Patent Office
employe. who first imported seeds
from Europe, brought the department
into being. George Washington, when
President. had recommended a society
to promote agriculture, to be connect
ed with the Government, but this had
not been acted upon favorably. 1t
was not until the employee demon
Strated what could be done with i'm
perted seed, which he planted in a
place called "The MILL" that Benja-
min Franklin became much interested
in the idea of a Government depart
ment to promote agriculture. Soon
after that the department was born.
When a United States Commissioner
of Agriculture was created the an
nual appropriated was raised from
81, 900 to $4,000.
MI. Pugslev described the various
kinds of work the department is do
ing. He spoke especially of meat IN
spection and inspection of seeds,
bulbs. &c. The story of how the de-
partment imported the "lady-bug'
from the Orient to combat scale on
California orange trees, and thereby
saved the orange industry there, was
related.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
How 1--WE" Reduced The Public Debt

know you will be interested to be
told that from August 81, 1919, to
June 30. 1928, we have reduced it (the
public debit to 500, 400 ,000-a reduc-
ton of considerably more than a bill
lion dollars a year-President Hard
ing in his speech at Salt Lake City,
June 26, 1923.
Yes, the public will be interested,
for one thing, in knowing who are
meant by eve" Mr.. Harding permits
the inference that this pronoun has
for its antecedent the Republican adj
ministration. This is not quite inge-
nuous of course.
In order to understand the grammar
of that 1--WE" and to ascertain the
truth about the reduction of the pub
lie debt. it will be sufficient to quote
from official reports of the Secretary
Of the Treasury.
On August 81, 1919, the public debt
aggregated $26, 1914 900, 900 = h e
"peak." On February %, 1921, four
DAYS before, Mr.. Harding became
Mr.. Harding became President, the
total of this debt stood at $24 ,051,-
000.0 600. In eighteen months under a
Democratic administration, the re-
duction of the debt was accomplished
at the rate of 81, zoo, 900, 900 a year.
In the tw~enty-eight months between
March 1, 1921, and June 80, 1923, the
Harding administration diminished
the debt at the rate of only $707,572,-
900 a year.
This is the identity of tive" dis
closed. 1t refers to President Wilson,
who reduced the debt by a total of
$2,543, 100000 in a year and a half,
and President Harding, who has de
creased it only 1851, 100000 in two
years and four months!
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
THOUSANDS NEARBY
BENEFITED
Results Accomplished By
Wonderful Tonic in Re-
storing Health, Strength
and Energy Discussed
All Over State.

Why have thousands Of men.
Domcn and children come 10 DR..
Thacher for relicf2 Why did the
Offices and laboratory of this great
Physician become a peritable Mecca
for those pho suffered from nervous
exhaustion. indigestion. constipation.
impoverished and impure blood.
rheumatism and the many tired out.
"hcadachy." "pcplcss'' symptoms of
a torpid liver and opertaxcd stomach.
Why have thousands idolizcd
him-and phy have other physicians
used and highly recommended this
trcatment2 Because it has produced
results in countless numbers of cases
after other medicines failed.
Now, for the first time, you can
enjoy this remarkable treatment
in your own home. Leading drug
gists of the state have brought DR..
TEACHERS treatment to you-and
you can prove for yourself how
quickly it will nourish you back to
health and strength. And you will
feel like a different person when
it has done for you what it has
done for countless numbers of
those in need of it's revitalizing
nOuriShment.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
TRY THIS TONIGHT

Just take a pleasant table spoon
full after supper tonight. Keep
this treatment up after meals, ac-
cording to directions, and in two
days you will notice a difference in
the way you feel. The cost is only
a dollar for a full size bottle, and
you would not trade your restored
health and energy for many times
this price.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

DeValera, the Irish rebel, is run
ming short of money and wants
500, 900 from the United States. As
the rebels against the Free State
Government destroyed a hundred mil
lion dollars worth of property the
past two years why should the de-
luded Irish freemen in the United
States send any more money for the
deluded rebels to spend. In the past
100 years enough money has been
sent to Ireland to buy the island. Ten
thousand of the deluded young reb-
els are now in jail. The greatest mis-
take the British government made
was in not putting DeNalera under
ground when they had him in prison.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

I. is rather noticeable that the OBJ
ponerts of Sabbath legislation nun
Der the mer who need base ball on
Sunday to rest them from the ardu-
Gus cares of business. The poor
workingman. especially. We would
like to ask quietly, where Is the poor
workingman's wife On Sunday? Is
she generally sitting by the side OF
her hard-working husband at the Sun
day base ball ramose We don't 90
to the SUNDAY base ball games, so We
are asking for information.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

When wheat dropped from SO a
bushal, the high wal price, to SITS
three years ago, the economic loss to
farmers was laid to the Wilson ad-
ministration. Now that it has drop
ped from $1.3O to less than 81, de
spite the new tariff on wheat, the
Harding administration is to blame.
The farmers in the West are hard hit.
When the Farm-Labor Congress fails
to remedy the economic changes,
where will they go to.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

ilate the vital nourishment from
food. Know what it means to en-
joy your meals without suffering
afterwards. Freedom from consti-
patton, pure, healthful blood, steady
nerves and sound digestion will
give you a clear mind, a better
complexion and a more attractive
personality. 1t will enable you to
win back and retain that delightful
feeling of strength, ambition and
"pep."
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

the speaker mentioned the right of
direct access to God on the part of
every individual, the right to search
for truth in religion. the right of free
u%tterance and propagation of the
truth, the right of equal privilege in
the Church for all believers, the right
of free association and organization
for religious purposes, and the right
of men to demand of Governments
under which they live protection to
the free exercise of their religion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

Much ado is made over the election
of Macus Johnson, a dirt farmer
with a big voice to be I. S. Senator
from Minnesota. It reminded old edl-
tors of the time when pitch fork Ben
TiHman. Of South Carolina, made his
advent to Washington. Ben had some
good ideas and turned out to be a
rood legislator. In a few years he was
polished up and saw some Of his
rood ideas made into laws. It will be
thus with Johnson.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
Mark The Millionaire

The German has reached a new low
value at .00O2A cents or a million
marks for 1925. Those who have
German marks may estimate how
much a millionaire they are, minus.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27
BUILD YOURSELF UP!

Start on the road to health to-
day! Let DR.. Thatcher's Liver and
Blood Syrup improve your appetite.
stimulate your digestion and put
your stomach in condition to assim-
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

Mr.. Borah says that the Interna-
tional Court of Justice IS an excuse
for the United States becoming a part
of the League of Nations. And those
citizens Who have always believed IN
the League Of Nations rise to ask.
"What if it is?'
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-27

Henry Ford has the biggest straw
vote for president, according to a
MAGAZINE canvas. One has asked
what he viii do with it. Why the Re
publican elephant and Democratic
mule will use it TO litter their
stables.
Arizona state miner., 1923-12-29
Star Mine Claims Showing Up
Splendid Pay Ore.

w. E. Rowland, writing to
James Deck of Wickenburg con-
cerning the Star Group Of claims,
says:
Wickenburg Ariz, Dec. IA
This group of four claims is To-
Gated IL miles east of Wicken-
burg, one-half mile from good
truck road; one tunnel is in 80
feet; winze inside of tunnel is so
feet deep: gets about 100 feet
from surface. The last 20 feet
of sinking was all in good ore;
assays showed from $25 to $40
gold values. The ore is an iron
sulphide. Above the tunnel the
ore was pretty free; had ten tons
milled in anearby mill. 1t plated
one ounce per ton.
Have so feet of work done
on same vein 200 feet north of
winze. The work is tunnelled
and crosscut; shows a 9 foot vein
of gold ore at the bottom of the
winze: have drifted 10 feet which
is all in good ore.
Arizona state miner., 1923-12-29
Pioneers on Our List.

There are still many of the old
settlers. pioneers of Wickenburg
and vicinity who reside here; and
actively interested in the town
and It's future. Among the old
est of these are Harry Cowell.
Jimmy Dunn, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs.
B. j. Witherlay, PHILIPPE Garcia,
his father and mother, brothers,
and many descendants. Ramon
Valencia and several veterans of
the early days whom we expect
to interview for frontier remin-
iscences from time to time on
historical matters relative to this
part Of Arizona.
Arizona state miner., 1923-12-29
Early History of the Town of Wickenburg
and Its Indian Fighting Founders.

For some time previous to shoot
himself he had turned over all
his property to a lady named
Helen Holland under an agree
ment that she was to take care
of him during his declining
years-a contract which por-
traits of the man and eye
witnesses know that she relig-
iously kept. Since leaving Wick
enburg town, Mrs. Holland has
remarked and is living hale and
hearty in her home at Phoenix.
Arizona state miner., 1923-12-29
Enthusiastic Readers Forget
their Home Paper

This is especially true of So
cieties, churches. schools, etc.
They get lot of free space in
the way of notices, news and so
on which advertises their doings
and brings out the crowds to
their affairs yet when there is
any printing to be done they
shop around in several cities for
bids on the work. Winslow Mail.
Arizona state miner., 1923-12-29

II t IOliOWlnR SCOIy dpCHC
Henry Wickenburg was written
during his lifetime and was
given publicity in the first issue
of the Herald, the first paper
ever published in Wickenburg,
in 1901. A copy was loaned the
State Miner editor by Mrs. B. j .
WitherIay, now city clerk, who
has preserved 1T all these years:
To write Of the town of Wick
enburg without writing of its
founder and parent, Henry Wick
enburg. would be like writing of
the American Revolution and
omitting the name of George
Washington. Every event. every
country, state and city, has it's
old-timer, it's founder--the man
who first saw something to at
tract him and bind him to the
place. So it is with Wickenburg.
Henry Wickenburg, the father OF
the town of Wickenburg, was as
sociated with every step Of the
old town near the aHassayampa
from the time of it's birth until
today.
Uncle Henry." as his friends
called him, arrived on what is
now the town Of Wickenburg in
October, 1868 sixty years ago.
Accompanying Mr.. Wickenburg
were Major Van Bibber. a vet
eran of the Mexican war, and
Theodore Greene Rush, who used
to live at Tucson. The three men
were attracted to this locality be-
cause of some marvelously rich
gold rock which Colonel Woolsey
had found somewhere in this
neighborhood and had shown to
Henry Wickenburg. WooIsey re-
fused to tell just where the ore
was found, but admitted it was
in this neighborhood. The rock
was the richest he had ever seen
in all his long life, fully one-third
of the rock, weighing several
pounds, being of pure gold.
Henry and his two venturesome
companions set out TO find where
the gold came from, but he never
found the ledge, which he thought
was somewhere in the Harqua
Hala mountains.
Three Men Located Vulture
The three men in search of the
WooIsey treasure vaults, how
ever, uncovered and located the
Vulture mine. which produced
oyer $4,000, 900 before it closeo
down. When the Vulture was
discovered, ''UncIe Henry" tolo
his two companions that it was
good enough for him, and said he
would locate on the spot, anC
from that date December 8,
1863 the Vulture mine has been
known throughout the mining
world. Van Bibber left for Cal
Arizona state miner., 1923-12-29
for the first time became a great
bullion producer.
This Region a Gold Country.

The fame of this region as a
gold country attracted thousands
of prOSpectors and mining men
and with the influx of the white
man came the stealthy Apache,
and the first fifteen years of
Wlckenburg's existence as a
mining town shows that upwards
of 400 white men had been killed
by these Ishmaelites of the plains
and hills. Of this number not
one had an opportunity to defend
himself. The plan of attack of
the Apaches was always to lay
in ambush and shoot in the back.
Mr.. Wickenburg, although he
lived in this section so many
years. escaped the bullets Of
these fends, and when asked
how he managed to escape while
others were being ambushed, the
old man once said: Il never
travelled in the roads or on their
paths. | always took the un-
beaten paths, hence was never
waylaid. | never gave the rep
tiles a chance to shoot me in the
back"
Henry Wickenburg was born
in Germany in 1919 and came to
Arizona in 1862, and in a few
months drifted to the town that
bears his name. He never mar
ried and had no relatives in
America. The gentleman lost a
fortune by the breaking of the
Walnut Grove dam in 1890. The
mad waters covered his fine farm
with a deposit of sand and rocks
several feet in depth, thus for
ever destroying it for crops. Be-
fore this flood the old man sold
large quantities of potatoes and
other farm products in Prescott.
Wickenburg Found, a Suicide
From Harry CoweIl, a we'll
! known pioneer who has lived in
Wickenburg and vicinity for over
43 years. and Jimmy Dunn,
Wickenhurg's pioneer barber, it
is learned that Henry Wicken-
burg committed suicide on May
IA, 1905. His body was found
just below the home of John
Boetto under the railroad. From
other Wickenburg residents who
were present at the inquest, a
record of which is still in pos
session of Judge Riggs, it is
learned that for some time pre-
yious to his death, Wickenburg
had repeatedly told he was ''88
years old and tired of living ,"
Arizona state miner., 1923-12-29
Wickenburg Was Located Over Sixty Years Ago by
Theodore Greene Rush, Major Van Bbber, Mex
ican War Veteran, and Henry Wickenburg.

ifornia two days after the dis
covery of the Vulture to get ma
terial and help to operate the
mine. and that was the last seen
of him for two years. The other
partner, Greene Rush, also left
for his home, and this left Mr..
Wickenburg alone at the mine
and in a country that vas liter
ally alive with Mohave- Apache
Indians, the most cruel end blood
thirsty savages that ever cursed
Arizona, or any other country
under the sun. The lonely pros
pector stayed at his post for six
months, scarcely ever seeing a
human beng with white face.
Apache Indians Were Bad
He made numerous efforts to Sc
cure men, but owing to the fact
that Apaches held sway in that
section, no men could be found
who cared to take chances with
their lives for a daily stipend.
But in June, 1864, James A.
Moorey, schoolmate of Richard
G.. Mccormack, then secretary Of
Arizona, appeared. Mr.. Moorey
was a large cattle owner in PeO-
piles Valley at that time, and he
formed a co-partnership with
Henry Wickenburg and began to
work the mine for the first time
with any degree of satisfaction.
There being no water at the
Vulture, the ore was hauled to
Wickenburg's ranch for treat
ment, now the townsite, and the
gold was extracted by the arastra
process. Some $4,000 was taken
from the mine by this system.
A few months later another
partner was taken in and Moorey
retired. Colonel Tyson of Cali
fornia put up a five-stamp mill.
Tyson succeeded in extracting a
large sum of money from the
mine, but to Wickenburg'S dis
gust, all went into the pockets OF
Tyson.
During this period provisions
were very costly. Bacon SOLD
for 75c per pound, flour from $1l
to 500 per hundred pounds, anC
everything else in proportion.
The grain used was purchased
from the Pima Indians at So {
hundred. The Vulture at this
period had territorial reputa.
ton as a great mine, and Henry
Wlckenburg sold 300 feet of the
900 feet owned by him TO j. A.
Phelps of New York for $85, 600,
and the new purchaser increased
the capacity of the mill from
to 40 stamps, and the Vulture