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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-01

H. Dor a Cayouette returned Tues
|0m New York.
cue was a guest of his pa
lsl ' ana Mrs. Fred Cote, over
l ~ emu having come here from
~, where he has bought and is
'ns the Gould property.
N~nu''loh of Mrs. Elizabeth B.
I,m VINO has been seriously i'll at
O., Vi MRS. Ella T. Holt on
~. IS considerably improved.
nsle French. r. n, of Lewis
,a nas been caring for her, is
n, W d lew days with her pa
~. and Mrs. Reuben French,
Yer return to Lewiston.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-01

Dark 3sinch NOies Nice ST, les, yard.
YOles In.
Still another lot Fine Imported Yole in Paisley
IS inch,
30 Striped Shirtnes yard
Fine - inch Striped Madras Beautiful Shifting
Imported Crepes, cOIors, yard
Rane 36ineh cOors, very imported yard
Rane, 36 Inch, Domestic make colors, yard.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-01

Do not make any arrangements for
Friday, March %, as the play
"Friendly Enemies" comes to the
opera house on that date.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-01

New Figured Georgette thine Canton the
wanted Paisley and Oriental designs 2 $500 and $40 yard
36 inch knitted SILK Crepe Beautiful Printed Paisley
1898 yard.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-01

New Cloths Plain COlOrs
the fabric Chldren Dresses Romper Boys Bouses ana
Wash Suits, 25c yard
New nchK Crepe, yard.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-01
Big Line of New Spring Ginghams

Very Imported Scotch and part SIX Tissue Gnghams ~ In
59c yard.
Soft, inch, I'M ported Scotch Gnghams, i9c yard
Imported Scotch Gngams all even checks 81 Inch WIDE Boo
- American Ginghams, 2Sc yard
% inch American Ginghams, 25c yard
God % inch American Glnghams, Zoe yard
Good % inch small check Cling hams 15c yard.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-01

fine musical entertainment has been
arranged. The sponsors hope to be
able to make the Style Show an an
nual event.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Perry
Ainsley, formerly of Skowhegan
were brought to Skowhegan Monday
and placed in the tomb for burial
later in the family lot at the South
side cemetery. The deceased who
was about 70 years of age, was Il
native of this town and lived in Au-
gusta prior to going to Hallowell
where her death occurred. She was
cousin of Henry and Miss Ella
Hight. The body was accompanied
here by Harry Perry, brother of the
deceased and Mrs. Perry.
surprise birthday party was given
to Harold f. Rogers last Monday
night, the occasion being his 10Th
birthday He received many beau
tiful gifts and a delicious birthday
cake was much enjoyed. Refresh
ments of ice cream, candy. nuts ana
popcorn were served Dancing and
games were participated in and vic
trola music was furnished by Mr. and
Mrs. Perley Tyler. The hostesses
were Misses Doris Rogers. Carrie
Croker, Gertrude Knights and Mrs.
Minnie knights. Others participant
ing were Bessie Croker, Mrs. Bessie
Corvette, Everett Rogers, Charles Ty-
Ter. WILDER Chase and Clayton Sar-
gent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
WOMEN FROM
 FORTY TO FIFTY
WiIlBeTntereste tedinMrs.H .HOoker's RecOveryby Use of Lydia E. Pink
 hams Vegetable Compound

St.Paul, ,Minn. .-"I was going through the Change of Life and suffered from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
PLAN ANOTHER POWER
 SYSTEM TO CHICAGO
Electric Appliances Will Be In-
 stalled In Lake City Terminal

CHICAGO, August 1s.-(By Asso- ciated Press.)--A direct current twice as powerful as that of any other American eleetrification sys- tenn is to be installed here by the Illinois Central railrtad when 1t electrifies it's terminal on the lake front, according to announcement of engineers representing the improve ment orga anization of the system The New York Central and the Penn, sylvania at New York use normal the Chicago system will carry 1,6os volts.
 Electrification will require a revo- lutiCn of the terminal, tho engineers say, as substations, power houses, track grading and new signal sys- tenn must be introduced before the Chicago lake front becomes smoke less. The total cost is estimated at $26,000,000.
 A saving of one-third the fuel is expected to result in suburban serv- ice alone, and the efficiency of nov 4ng passengers and freight through the yards greatly improved.
 Electrically operated trains are far more economical than coal burning locomotives, according to the chiei engineers. The coal can be consumed in power houses with big generators in much more efficient way than when each locomotive must create Its own power. To establish the system and to put it in operation, however is Infinitely more costly.
 The electrically operated trains will travel at the rate of 57 miles an hour, the engineers predict. not h. cluding the time for stops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
MILWAUKEE SENDS IDLE SOUTHERN
 NEGROES TO JAIL
Sentenced To 90 Days And Given 90 Minutes To
 Get Out

MILWAUKEE. Wis, August a. Twenty negroes Tuesday were sentenced to the house of correction for 90 days each and warned by Judge Michael Blenski in district court that they must get out of Mil waukee as soon as they have served their terms.
 The judge told the negroes to write to their friends in the south and say that Milwaukee is no place for ne- groes who have no means of support.
 None of the prisoners were repre- sented by an attorney. The judge called four of the men charged with vagrancy before him one at a time and questioned them. They could not give an account of themselves and admitted that they had no money and no jobs.
 Others of the group were lined up before the judge and asked If they had any defense. There were no an swers.
 I've do not want men of your kind in Milwaukee," the judge said. Il am not taking exception to your race but to your actions. You are vagrants who came north expecting to find soft living.
 q am going to give you a chance to work for the county for 90 days and at the end of this time you will
 
 have 90 minutes to get out of town. Write all your friends in the south and tell them about it.
 Tho sentences followed a general cleanup Monday night In the West side negro district staged by three souads Of detectives at the orders of Harry NcCrory. captain of detectives. Thirty-nine men were arrested put 12 were released.
 Police say more than 100. negroes a week have been coming from the south to Milwaukee,.
 George H. DeReef of the Mil waukee Urban league, a negro ad- vancement organization and presl- dent of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said Tuesday that the negro organl- 7s+jon aid not object to the arrest oT negro warrants or miscreants, but hoped that Milwaukee would not class all negroes with the Yagrants'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
BUILD BIG PLANT
Worlds Large Copper Wire Mill Be-
 ing Constructed.

CHICAGO, August 22.-(By, Asso-- ciated Press.)-One of the largest copper wire mills in the world, With an ultimate capacity of 7O,OOo'OO0 pounds of copper wire year, IS eX- pected to be complete late this year wren a group of buildings now under construction at the Western Electric company's plant at Hawthorne IS tln- ished.
 The buildings and machinery Will cost s2,50o.oO and will have a tloQr area of 96,ooO square feet. The out but of copper wire will be devoted exolusively to telephone apparatus.
 The rod mill plant will consist or three mills, one for roughing the cop per billets into bars, an interme date mill for "breaking down" the bars, and a finishing mill for rolling them into one-quarter-inch copper roos.
 The rods will be carried by mono rail to the pickling tanks and then to the wtre-drawing plant The wire drawing machines will start with a combined capacity in excess or 4I,- 000, GOO pounds of wire year, enougl II II to encircle the earth approxlmately 31O times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
APANESE BIRD IS USED ID FORECAST
 COMING OF QUAKES
Pheasant Crows Either Be- fore Or During Every
 Light Shock

WASHINGTON. August 25.- (By Associated Press.)-Have you a It. tie earthquake predictor in your home2 If not you should get pheasant, says Prof. Omort, Jap anese seismologist, writing In re- cent bulletin of the imperial earth quake investigation committee, Tor this bird is exceedingly sensitive to earth tremors even when so slight a5 tc be-unobservable by humans.
 Observation of a pheasant in Japan during a period of about three years, in which 2S earthquakes were re- corded on delicate instruments, showed that ft crowed either before, or during, every slight shock. In 34 per cent of the cases the bird crow ed before the scientists's machine recorded the quavers, beating the in- strument by as much as eight sec onds In 20 per cent of the occur r4uces the bird crCwed simuItan- eously with sensible earthquake mo- tion; and in another 20 per cent Of eases the bird crowed when the mo- tion was too slight to be sensible fo tho observer. In only five eases did the pheasant cEow after the mo- tion was recorded, and only once did he fail to crow at all.
 Keen Perception.
 The keen perception of earthquake
 
 due to it's acute sense, by which 1t is enabled mechanically to feel the small vibrations in the preliminary atage of the seismic motion, Profess sor Omori says. It Is known that earth shocks are preceded by prelim- anary tremors that are so slight as to be hardly recordable. That the pheasant should be very sensitive and take alarm at the slightest dis turbance, either natural or artificial is probably condition necessary 10 dts existence, the scientist declares, ss ths bird with its long pointed tail and comparatively small wings, has no high flying capacity and nestles on the ground among the thick un- derbrush.
 Perceive Qualxes.
 If Is observed, however, that the nbAasant did not take alarm and crow when the ground was shaken by the passing of cars, heavily loaded trucks or wagons, or other artificial means.
 Tn Japan. Professor Omori writes, hhers is a general belief that pheas- ants perceive earthquakes much earlier than humans, Certain other animals show symptoms of terror at the time of, or previous to, an earth quake, he adds, and cites several oc- casions when the musical croaking of frogs in a pond ceased just before or at the moment of 8 sensible trem- or. If the shock be strong there is caused a general noisiness' COCKS growing and dogs barking.
 A certain abbot was riding . horse near a town that was visited by strong quake, when suddenly the an final dropped flat on the ground. The rider. who had not perceived tho shock, attempted to urge the horse to his feet, but all his whipping was, in vain until the shaking was over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
T0PSY-TURVY SIGN
 BOOSTS GAS SALES
Dealer Draws Crowd At Six Cents, Then Turns Price Upside Down

LOS ANGELES, Cal, August a. Gasoline sells for s cents a gallon for a few hours a day in Los An geles and proves that competition is still the life of trade.
 Roy Gehr owns a filling station and also owns stock in a refinery at the Santa Fe Springs oil field, The refinery makes gasoline out of natural gas by new and very mex pensive process, Gehr says, which en- ables him to sell gasoline at 9 cents a gallon when other companies are charging from IA to IT cents.
 Chr has a competitor on an oppo- site corner who, backed by other re- fineries, has threatened to put him out of business by underselling, Gehr says. The competitor put out an Scent sign.
 Gehr turned his "9" upside down and passing motorists bought gas fer cents a gallon.
 When business gets too brisk, Gehr turns the sign back to "9" cents again. He sold gas at cents a gal lon for five hours the first day. Prices elsewhere run from 10 to IT cents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
RESERVE OFFICER KILLED
1S others Are Injured Tn Collapse or
 Rarn During Rain

CAMP MEADE, Md. August 22.- z,rst lieutenant Walter R. Hirsche- miller, a reserve officer in the army air service. was killed and IS other reserve officers in training here were injured today in the collapse of an old barn in which they had sought shelter from the rain. Lieutenant Hirschemiller's home was In Pltts- burg, Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23

cry day and can do my work with more ease than have for five or six years. 1 owe it all to your great medicine. " MARTHA HOOKER, IA College Ave-, St. Paul, Minn.
 When women who are between the ages of forty-fve and fifty-fve are beset with such annoying symptoms as nervousness, irritability, melan- cholia and heat flashes, which pro- duce headaches, dizziness, or sense of suffocation, they should take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It is especially adapted to help women through this crisis. It is prepared from roots and herbs and contains no harmful drugs or narcotics.
 Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medi- cine Co.,, Lynn, Massachusetts, for a free copy of Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Textbook for Women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
BL00DWORTH NAMED
Heads Georgia Bureau To Aid Vet
 erans Of Two Wars

ATLANTA, Ga., August 22.-J. c. G. Bloodworth of Atlanta today was ap- pointed head of the state bureau to assist veterans of the World war and SpanishAme erican war by Governor Clifford Walker. Mir. Bloodworth was recommended unanimously by the state executive committee of the American Legion. The bureau was created by recent legislation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
TO FILE ASSETS
Barret and Company To Submit
 Schedule Saturday

AUGUSTA. Ga, August 22-Sched- ule of assets will be filed next Sat urdaY by Barrett and Company, cot ton factors, in bankruptcy proceed ings he, 1t was announced today by Joseph Ganahl, referee. Liabilities of the company filed here yesterday totals S3,737, ,05S.45 instead of $2,730,- S87.3S, as stated in a dispatch from here yesterday. The error was made by local news gatherers in compiling totals under various classifications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
DR. T. M. BAILEY DIES

Secretary Emeritus Of Baptist Mis-
 sion Board Was 93 Years old
 GREENVILLE, s. C., August 22.L pr. Thomas M. Bailey, aged 93, for 23 years secretary of the foreign mis- sion board of the Baptist church in South Carolina and for the past IA years secretary emeritus, died at his home here early today. Death came while he was sleeping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23

For your convenience, upon re- quest, we will gladly store your purchase free until you are ready for delivery in October, or even later where new homes will not be in readiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
HAYNES IS ILL

Prohibition Commissioners Confined
 To Home In HillsbOrO, Ohio
 WASHINGTON August 22.-Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes Is quite ill at his home at Hillsboro, Ohio, according to information which reached his office here today. The commissioner recently suffered an attack of potmaine poisoning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
Our Convenient Club Plan

No matter what you buy. you will find the convenience of the L., ]. & L. Club Plan factor which, after the quality of the merchan- disc, deserves primary considera- ton. Your savings need not be disturbed-pay as you use the items in your home-and enjoy having them all at one time instead of the piecemeal way that was the only solution until we originated this better system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
KARPEN Mahogany-F inished Rockers and Chairs
 24.95

100 of these beautiful rock CTS and chairs regularly up to 45.00- purchased to sell in the August Sale, at 24.95. They have high backs, broad arms. The seats and backs are covered in high-grade velour or tapestry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
LIQUOR LOCKED UP
sOO Cases Seized In savannah Tnkeh
 To Atlanta

ATLANTA. Ga, August 2z-Ap55 5 nroximately 300 cases of assorted iioTora. mart of the big catch made io m savannah last week when federal officers f arrested a number of al ieged prohibition law violators, were hTourht here today by department of justice officials and sealed ano locked in a vault in the basement or the postoffice. The officers salo Sli II "safe" storage space in savannah hAu been exhausted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23
PRESIDENTS TO MEET

Coolidge and Obregon To Confer,
 Says Mexico City Newspaper
 MEXICO CITY, Mex, August 22. President Coolidge and President Obregon will meet in NCgales, Ariz. early in October, Fl Graphico says, it learned from a reliable source to- day. The newspaper, some times considered an Obregon organ, says the Mexican President will leave this capital shortly after September 16 for sonora and Nogales and will con fer with Coolidge in the latter city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-23

d TUIl-UOWn COuQlA
 tion and the trou-
 bles a woman has
 to go through at that time, hot flashes, nervous
 ness and head
 aches. At times I was not able to do my work, butsince taking Lydia E. |Pinkham's Vege- table Compound III am OaiDinU a;y-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
"ALWAYS SEE TO 1T THAT THE
SUCKER NEVER GETS AN
EVEN BREAK"
Chicago Tribune.


The title of this editorial is
rule of nature applied by men who
know what they want and get it,
Before departing this life they may
endow orphan asylums, homes for the
aged, art Institutes, orchestras, or a
college and generally they have the
money to do it. Always see to it
that the sucker never sets aI even
break" We shall not substitute this
for Decaturs motto at our masthead,
but several years of editorial writing
might be devoted to sustaining its
pertinent value to the human race.
The suckers are born to be hewers
Of wood and drawers of water They
support the brokers and the brokers
support the Follies and this art is
advanced. The glistening flanks of
Flo's show girls are in a New York
frame because humble dumbbells plod
along at their work and put their saw
ings up on margins Intelligence en-
joys the show girls and the man who
never got an even break supports
them without seeing them.
Nature rewards shrewdness and
strength and it may be for the good
of the human race that there are
forces eliminating weakness and stu
pidity. The humble patient dumb /
bells are very prolific and probably 1
something ought to be done TO make !
them learn by experience or expire by
ignoring it. A nation in which the
sucker never had an even break might
in the course of a few centuries be
a nation without a sucker in it and a
race of hard boiled eggs conceivably
is better than a race of scrambled
ones.
We cannot condemn the theory
This country has been
wet nurse to all its mis-
ITS and its theory is that the intel
igent, self controlled and strong
should be forced to live on
he plane of the weak. undisciplined
Ind f-destructive citizenship.
Many men hauled stones to the
pyramids a few dynastic names are
inown. They haul stones now and
he brokers pay s22 seat for a re- ,
,earsal of the Follies
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
HOW BONUS ADVOCATES EXPECT
TO WIN.

1t is altogether probable that the
soldiers bonus bill will be passed by
the coming session Of congress. but
we have very great faith that when
it reaches the White house it will re-
ceive The same fate at the hands of
President Coolidge that it received
from President Harding. In fact, if
the measure reaches that stage we
hope President Coolidge viii not base
his objection upon some legislative
defect alone, such as failure to pro-
vide means to raise the revenue to
pay the bonus. but will base it on the
ground that the bonus is wrong in
principle and that no soldier in good
health and physically fit is entitled to !
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08

ing in its effect, the people Of this
little city have been brought to a
realization that for years they have
/ been living and drinking in blissful
( ignorance An epidemic Of stomach
and bowel disorders caused the health
department of the city to seek the
cause, and in the course OF the in
vestigation samples of water from
Placer creek, from which a large part
Of the population is supplied, were
analysed and which were found TO
contain impurities which the chemists
said rendered it unfit for human USE"
Being promptly warned by the city
health officer and advised to boil all
water before drinking it. the people
who are dependent upon that source
Of water supply have been following
that advice, patiently and hopefully
waiting for official notice that the
cause of the pollution has been re-
moved and that the water was again
pure and undefled.
This experience naturally leads one
to inquire what assurance there is after
the cause of contamination has been
removed, that another will not make
its appearance any day thereafter?
Doubtless the water company has been
laboring under the same impression |
that the water was without impuri- /
ties. that could menace public health.
but now that we know better. now
that we know that the water is sub
ject to contamination in way that
cannot be prevented, there seems to
be only one course open TO the COM
oany and that is to provide artificial
means for purifying the water that
viii be a permanent safeguard to the
public
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
BIG GOLD DEPOSIT.

Chas. A. Wing, one of the real pio-
neers of the Occur d'Alene district,
now residing near Deborgia, has been
in the city during the past week.
He owns what is Familiarity known as
the ORC Monarch gold property on
Deer creek, near Deborgia, and is en-
deavoring to make financial arrange
ments to restore it to production The
property was operated many years
ago when an elaborate plant was in
stalled. This includes a SO-stamp
mill. water power, electric light plant,
boarding house, Office
building, cottages, etc. all of which
have been retained in a fairly good
state OF preservation. The mine is a
great proved body of low grade gold
ore that can be economically mined
and transported to the mill and which,
according to data taken from records
Of former operations, will yield a good
profit and with assurance Of many
Years Of steady. operation. The ex-
)ense of restoring the plant and mine |
o a condition for production Mr. |
Wing says would not be great, and /
ie is prepared to submit most at
ractive proposition to secure the
funds for the purpose.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
NOVEMBER scRlBNER's.

"The Franco German War-zone"
as it was when Lothrop Stoddard
passed through it a short time ago
is described by the author OF THE
Rising Tide of Color" in scribner's
for November. His comments on the
situation in the occupied areas throw
mucn light upon the negotiations for
the settlement of the question. One
of the sore spots which his article
Through Rhineland and Ruhr-via
Morocco" touches upon is the French
colonials stationed in the Rhineland.
Mr. Stoddard describes these troops
IN characteristic fashion.
An old-fashioned education. the
sort you began some forty-fve years
'go in the schoolhouse and ended
f you were fortunate-with graduate
work in Germany, is weighed in the
valance Of modern methods and found
lot entirely wanting by Mitchell
Bronx strong portrait of a typical
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08

headmaster of an old time American
academy stands in the foreground OF
"An Old Fashioned Education"
The tenor voice of an old Irish ad-
venturer in the Canadian wilds and
a solitary Indian lass who owned a
dilapidated photograph and secret
source of wealth are the principals
in a string story by Robert S. Lem
mon, Music Hath Charms" which is
one of a varied diet of fiction offer
ings this month. In "Jonah's Whale
McCready Huston has told the story
of what Hence Middlebaugh, noun
taineer and moonshiner, did when ms
daughters lover scoffed at the OLD
Biblical tale. "As 1t Was Ordained
by Fred c. Smale. relates the curious
story of the thwarted love of pirate
which is reborn in the heart of an
American writer.