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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21
SP|RITUAL|ST SERVICES
At LAKEWOOD
Rev. Frederick Nicholson to Preach
Under Auspices of the
Ladies' Aid

The annual early summer meeting
at Lakewood conducted under the aus
pices of the Spiritualist Ladies Aid
Society VIII be held SUNDAY. July l
with Rev. Frederick Nicholson of Bos-
ton as speaker and message bearer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21

wood cemetery as she wished to be.
since she was extremely fond of
California. The funeral services
were conducted by a Methodist min
lister at a funeral chapel in Los An
geles. The pail bearers were w. B..
Steward and J. Harvey White, form
erly of Skowhegan and Rodney Jones
formerly of Fairfield Center. She
had worked in all three of these
families in Maine The obsequies
were attended by quite a number of
was 6S years, II months and three
weeks old, The deceased was well
known to many Skowhegan people.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21
Announcement

You can buy the urban" shoe at
kincaids. Also a new line of mems.
boys and youths tennis shoes. Kin
caid's Shoe Hospital, 157 Water St,
Skowhegan. 1w25
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21
Announcement

We are now prepared to deliver to
our customers. All orderes given
hest possible service. Spaulding &
Watson, grain dealers. both phones.
2w24%
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21

Mrs. Minnie Green left TUESDAY on
the eight o'clock train to visit until
Saturday IN Portland,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21

Mrs. George Merriam has been at
tending Colby College Commencement
this week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14
Republican legislative programme.

Republican legislative programme.
SO much of the Democratic pro
gramme as has been formulated, it is
learned, has been with an eye single
to the public welfare and to meet and
remedy conditions Of which the people
are generally complaining, and which
have grown steadily worse under Re
publican rule.
That the Democrats will not deal
with the great economic measures of
internal revenue taxation in any spirit
or partisanship or to gain any political
advantage is evidenced by the admir-
able statement of the Democratic
House leader. Finis j. Garrett of Ten
nessee, which was issued after a con
ference with Cordell Hull, Chairman
of the Democratic National Committee.
That the Democratic floor leader struck
popular responsive chord in every
section of the country is evidenced by
IHe ia sloH-Nht puoii'ilg SiNNh hiH
statement by the press and the favor
able editorial comment by the leading
papers of the country without regard
to political afiilia,ion.
2 The Democrats at the same time rec
oenize that to give adequate relief to
taxpayers and more especially 10 re-
store a beneficial parity between the
things the farmer must buy and the
things he sells. il is necessary that
there should be a revision downward
of some of the ruinous rates Of the ex-
tortionate Fordney-McCumber tariff
act. which taxes the American people
S4.000,00O,000 a year, and puts S3,50O,-
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14
Washington Letter

Washington, Dec. 10.-The 6Sth Con-
gress. with nominal Republican ma
jOrity of Is i'm the House and in the
Senate, that is to say, paper majority
in both Houses-assembles with the
Republican membership split into two
factions, administration-reacti and
progressive-radical. There is no real
colidarity in the s-smmstration-reac-
tionary faction, the membership of
which differs widely ON many matters
of legislation.
To what extent this Republican Con.
gress can function is a matter Of con
GESTURE, assuming that il can function
at all, or organize without the dom.
inant faction losing control of com
mittees. To carry out administration
measures and policies it must plaeate
the progressive-radical faction or IL
must draw enough Democratic vo.es tC
constitutea majority, and in this lat
ter event it must share, full credit with
the Democrats for any measures OF
popular legislation it may pass with
their aid.
ON the Democratic side there is some
diversity of opinion on non-political
and non-partisan matters, but in mat
ters Of party principles and policies
Democrats are well united, and II is
understood win have definite pro
gressiye, constructive programme tC
Sdbstitute for the purely l,..::.1.-i.san and
feactionary measures contained in the
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

100000 of that amount in the pockets
Of the profteers and the private inter
ests protected by the Fordney tariff.
II is certain that the administration
reactionary Republicans will resist any
attempt to reduce the tariff, and they
may obtain enough votes Of the pro-
gressive-radical Republican element to
prevent the reduction. If So the pro
gressive-radicals will have as much eX-
planning to do TO their western CON
stituen's as viii the reactionaries in
the next campaign.
The interesting question at tue pre-
sent time is whether or not the nom
inal Republican majority can function
effectively. 1t is responsible to the
people for formulating and enacting a
legislative programme and the people
will hold it TO strict accountability.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Several prisoners in the Sharp coun-
ty jail AT Hardy came near making a
getaway one night last week. Evident
~ someone on the outside had assisted
them as they had a crowbar with which
they were making rapid progress to-
wards escape when the noise they were
making was heard by passerby, who
gave the alarm to the sheriff.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Thieves broke into the store Of The
Wilson Mercantile Co. at lmboden last
Friday night and stole quite a lot Of
shoes and clothing. How the thieves
gained entrance 10 the store is unknown
as the doors and windows were just
as they were left the evening before
the burglary. No clue to the guilty
parties has been obtained.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Thurman Daugherty and Noble
Groves. two youths living at Hardy,
were fined fifty dollars each ON a
charge Of malicious mischief 1t is
alleged that the boys stole out a horse
belonging to a nelghbor and rode the
animal to dance and left 1t several
miles from the owners home, where II
was not found for several days.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Taxpayers along the Ba esville-Mam-
moth Springs road have been given an
extension of sixty days in which to pay
taxes without penalty. A decree OF
foreclosure for the delinquent taxes
had been ordered. but Judge Reeder
came to the rescue just in time TO save
the ezra expense to the land owners.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Mrs. Vernie Evans Of Batesyille. re-
Gently discharged from the State Hos
pital for Nervous Disease, murdered
her IL mon-hs old babe one day last
week by slashing its throat with a
razor. Mrs. Evans is the mother of
two children. She gave as reason for
the murder that she did not wish the
child to have to suffer as she did.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Ray Murphy, who resides near
Hardy. was made happy Saturday when
he received in the mails draft from
the state of Kansas amounting to S695.
Mr.. Murphy soldiered IN Europe dur
ing the world war enlisting in the
service in. the state Of Kansas where
he then resided. That state is giving
"a bonus Of dollar for each day that
her soldiers were in the service.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

A coon supper was served at a lead
ing hotel In Paragould one evening last
week. The dining room was decorated
to represent a hunting lodge The
guests We're all members of the Para
gould hunting club
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

The largest cotton report shows that
the crop in the counties of northeast
Arkansas is less than fifty per cent Of
what il was last year at this time,
however there is more cotton unpicked
now than there was at the same date
last year.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

A small cyclone struck the town Of
Harrison last Sunday night and did
considerable damage to property but no
one was killed A negro was blown
from a horse he was riding and sus-
tained broken arm.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Robert E.sFuhr. well known attorney
of Paragould, has announced his in
tention of locating at Jonesboro just
after the first of the new year lie
has leen L. s. District Attorney for
some time past
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

During the four years that Izard
county has had county SUPPLEMENTARY
the enrolment in the schools has in
creased 6S5 aud the average daily at
tendance 1,O42.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

The Charles Coffin Chapter of the
L. d. C. of Walnut Ridge is preparing
to send large Christmas box to the
Confederate home at Little Rock dur
ing the holidays.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

A big booster meeting of the citizens
of Jonesboro was held one evening last
week in the interest of the new pro-
posed cotton min for that city. The
Chamber of Commerce of Jonesboro is
lending much assistance in the move
ment.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

The Imboden Amusement Company
last week gave d picture show, the pro
ceeds thereof to go for charitable pur-
poses. The sum of $2365 cents was
realized from the show.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Over four inches of snow fell at
Fayetteville Thanksgiving day. This
is the frs, time in the memory Of the
oldest inhabitant that the earth was
covered with snow in that section on
Thanksgiving day.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

The body of the 20 months old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. s. Douglass, which
fell from a house boat into White river
and drowned October IA, at Newport,
was recovered Thursday of last week
lodged in driftwood about mile and
a half below the city.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

The next term Of Federal court al
Batesville has been postponed from
December 10 to January rs, II has been
announced by the presiding official
Judge Jacob Trieber
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Miss Neva Peck of Imboden and Mr..
II. G. Davis of Oklahoma were mar
ried at the home of the bride one day
last week. The newlyweds will reside
in Oklahoma.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Rev L. +. Evans, who has been pas
Tor of the Second Baptist church at
Paragould for several years past, has
resigned. His successor has not been
called as yet.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Uncle Jack Gray, a pioneer resident
of Lunenburg. expired very suddenly
one day las. week from heart disease
lie was i'm his usual good health until
few minutes before his death.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

From the distribution Of the Scent
gasoline tax TO the various counties of
the state for the month of October for
use ON the public roads Stone county
draws the smallest amount of any
county in the state, receiving only
S590.5S.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

John Lan;z is putting out a CONNER
cial orchard, consisting Of forty acres,
near Mountain Home. II is said that
many smaller orchards are being put
out in different parts Of Baxter county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Mont Wyatt, aged 30 yea
nut Ridge died in n Jonesb
last week. The funeral y
the Methodist chmrh ia W.
and interment was in the
terry.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Tom Collier, aged Gs years, dropped
dead in his home near Batesville one
day last week. He was embarrassing
his team when he was s;riken.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14
North Arkansas News

A late announcement is 10 the effect
that Fulton county has been released
from the cattle tick quarantine.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

A large barn belonging TO
Linebarger of Batesville W.
ed by fire a few nights
quantity Of corn and othei
was destroyed There was
ance and the origin of the
known.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-12-14

Riley Pierce, n farmer, was arrested
las. week at Mammoth Spring when
found in an intoxicated condition and
placed In jail. In some way he set
fire 10 the bedding in his cell. aud was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20

anu ability to perform worthy acrs
and to order u lives Alright. This Is
what the poet meant when he urged
that Men rise on stepping stones of
their dead selves to higher things" We
use our mistakes as the rounds Of the
ladder whereby we mount upward. It
Is quite possible, however, for our mis-
takes to keep us down. We may have
hundreds of rounds Of a ladder. but,
If they are not in their places, they
avail us nothing in climbing. Only
those rounds that are fixed firmly in
their proper places enable us to reach
higher attitudes.
Here is a choice thought from J. g.
Holland bearing upon this very mat
ter:
bound;
But we build the ladder by which we
rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted
skies,
And we mount to it's summit round by
rOund.
Turn over a new leaf?- BY all
meansl But use what has gone before
in order that what comes afterward
may be an improvement over the old
order of things. Wherever you have
erred in the past, resolve to avoid such
errors in the future. Make your reso-
l%utioHs; make many of them-that you
fail to keep them all should not deter
you in your ambition to make improve
ment. The discipline will be most
helpful. The habit of trying to cor
rect errors in our life's conduct will
result finally in the fixed purpose
toward an ~errorless life.
Aim hight Then aim higherl
20, 1928, Western Newspaper Union.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20

would have burst. When they had
talked very hard for about an hour, a
small, slender shaft of light twinkled
into their midst.
"Who are your" came a chorus of
shining voices.
81 am the Star of Bethlehem" was
the answer.
The other stars had never heard of
her. They were inclined to hush her
ND. But there was something so
sweet. so penetrating, so beautiful in
her light hat they were constrained to
give heed.
what is your history" then de
manded the largest and oldest star.
The Star of Bethlehem quivered
with a clear radiance which seemed to
have all the colors of the rainbow.
"An angel with a torch came and
lighted me the very first Christmas
Eve. I shone with a special luster n
guided many people to the manager in
BeLaIeneln, 1llere the Christ Child lay
with his Mother Mary. Shepherds saw
me while they were watching their
sheep on the hillside. And other angels
Of binding beauty sang near me. They
played on golden harps. The sky shone
with a heavenly glory. There has new
or been a night 50 wonderful"
The other stars listened with awe.
before this sweet, compelling light they
felt silent and humble.
Then, for an instant, there came an
incompatible b%rilliance. The Star of
bethlehem blazed in indescribable
beanty And faint and far came the
music of harps and singing
aFor Christ the Lord is born J"
re. 1923. western Bewsnaper rnionA
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20
6 COUNTY TEAMS TO
VOCATIONAL MEET

Six high schools of Roosevelt
county are planning on sending live
stock judging teams to the Annual
Vocational Conference and Stock
Judging Contest at Bozeman, which
will be held the middle of January.
Reports from these high schools are
to the effect that the boys will be
selected from a comparative basis,
and they are doing a great deal of
preliminary work in order to make
the best showing possible.
This trip is under the direction of
M. J. Abbey, supervisor of high
schools in the state, and is made pos
sible by the Great Northern Railway,
which provides transportation for
the boys from all high schools along
their line. Not only do the boys who
attend the conference get a vast
amount of experience from stock
judging, but they have an opportuh-
ity to hear some of the most noted
speakers in the country. The Mon
tana Vocational Conference is the
largest in the United States and is
attracting nationwide attention and
nation wide speakers, and it is surely
a privilege for any boy in this part
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20
Thr ThrtHtnnaH 6tnru
BY KATHERINE EDELMAN

%. 1898, Western Newspaper Union.)
r WOULD like to write a story sweet
OF that night long, long ago
When the Lord of heaven and earth and ses
Came down to the world below;
Came down to earth as a little babe
To a lowly manger bed
In a stable bare where the oxen stood
While the angels sang o'erhead.
| would like to tell in words that would live
OF the wonder of that night
When the hosts of heaven looked down on earth
Bathed in holy light;
While the angels sang their songs of praise
And the star shone bright and clear
| would like to write in words that would thrill
But my pen seems dull from fear. 81
For | know that none could write or tell
OF he beauty and wonder deep
That lay Ger the earth and sky that night
While the world was hushed in sleep;
For man could never fathOm the love
That would bring the Lord of All
Down from the highest court of heaves
To lie in a manager stall.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20
The New Year
By HoRATIo NELSON POWERS
in st. Louis GIObe-Democrat.


"a FLOWER unknown; a book un-
~ read;
A tree with fruit unharvested;
4 path untrod; a house whose rooms
Lack yet the hearts divine perfumes;
A landscape whose wide border lies
In silent shade, meath silent skies;
A wondrous fountain yet unsealed;
A casket with it's gifts concealed
This is the year that for you waits
Beyond Tomorrow's mystic gates.
oh, may this flower unfold to you
Visions of beauty sweet and new;
This book On golden pages trace
Your sacred joys and deeds of grace.
May all the fruits of this strange tree
Luscious and rosy-tinted be;
This path through fields of knowledge
go;
This house with loves consent o'erfiow;
This landscape glitter with the dew
Of blessed hopes and friendships true;
This fountains living crystal cheer,
As fail the springs that once were dear;
casket with such gems be stored
AS shine in lives that love the Lord.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20

He felt better already! FOR, even
though there must at times be separa-
lions, he had so wonderful a home and
mother that ever though they were
apart actually their thoughts n
spirits were as close together as
though they were not separated.
1t was an excellent photograph OF
his mother, too. What a perfect
Christmas morning gift!
20. te2s. Western Newspaper Union+5
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20
"For Christ the
Lord is Born

1AAS 10 5O0t RSC -
did the most talk
ing; they had a
good deal to say
about the way they
shone when the
moon was away.
eve are not only
beautiful to look
at" they declared,
''but we help folks
to get about on
dark nights. The
earth folks like to
look at us, and
wonder about US.
We are very i'm
portant !" If stars
could swell with
pride, these stars
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20
Over
the New Leaf

DY NE " ELCAl IINEOOLLl AOOlN
ItIsYour Time AA $ THE old
to Take Stock rs gviat,y SIN ibto ,
as the Old II oblivion and
Year Comes the new one
RI fhe Close silently takes its
place we have got
ten into the habit of looking backward
over the past and forward into the fu-
ture: we seek to learn where we have
made mistakes in the months that have
gone and try to correct them in those
that are to come. We call this custom
by many names, such as making new
resolutions" turning over a new
leaf" ETC., but by whatever name we
call it the principle is the same, viz.
what the business man knows as tax
ing account of stock"
In every business house the latter
part of the month of December in each
year is utilized in making an inventory
of the goods that remain on hand in
order that an annual trial balance may
be struck that the owner or proprietor
of the enterprise may know just where
he stands in a financial way. He wants
to learn what and how much he has
made in the year that has gone: what
goods have been salable and what
have been IN the shelves so long they
have become shopworn. The latter,
he knows, comprise the kind he should
avoid in the year ahead Of him be-
cause he recognizes that his customers
do not call for them.
In like manner we strike a trial bal
ance of our life's possessions and ac-
QUESTIONS; we seek out those habits
we have formed in order that we may
know whether they have been profit
able to US through this year of our
Journey of life or whether they have
hindered our greatest progress therein.
st am going to turn over a new
leaf" each one says to himself. This
is exactly what the merchant does in
his ledger. He balances each account
on the old page and carries it over TO
a new one. In reading, when we have
mastered the contents Of one page we
turn over and begin a new one. This
one is clean and unmarked by finger
prints or the much more undesirable
habit some have Of cleaning the finger
nails on the corners or the making of
dogears thereon.
In the fall and early winter the
s~ees that have been green with TO
cage begin to show the turning Ieaz.
Red, brown and yellow with tints OF
bronze appear and. for a time, are
very beautiful to behold. Then they
fall and still present a beautiful an
pearance on the ground. Then the leaf
withers and turns into what we know
as leaf-mOld. Later this serves as a
fertilizer and the same substance an
pears in the form Of new leaves when
gentle spring induces ths trees to mt
On a new dress. Thus the tree Dro-
vldes a part Of the sustenance ii re-
quires for its growth by what If Dis
cards.
New and fresh green leaves aDring
from old and unsightly ones. 81 orr
good deeds may be stimulated ana bro
NOTED through u experiences. The
mistakes Of the past may be buried
and from them may COME the coura0a :
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20
Just d Picture
of His Mother
Bp MARI GRAHAM BONNER

Likeness of the KIT WAS the
Dearest Uomdn N nrs1 yea no
in the Uorld, d MAYA from
Christmas Gift to home and
Tzna,ona Con he was a full
grown man. Other
years he had been near enough to go
back home for Christmas, but now his
work had sent him across the CONT
nent and he couldn't possibly manage
the trip.
He had some excellent new friends
and he was going to have Christmas
dinner with them. And the family
from home had sent a beautiful Christ
mas box-every member of the family
had sent a present.
It had been tied with holly and red
ribbon and he had opened it Christmas
Eve.
But now it was Christmas morning
and he was just a little bit homesick.
Yes, just a little bit-perhaps it was
more than a little bit!
And then came the %postman's ring.
He had received all his presents,
cards, too, from his friends at home
who would not send presents, but who
had remembered him.
Yes, he had been very fortunate.
The Inconsistencies he felt was only
natural. And1then he opened the small
package which the postman's ring had
brought to him.
1t was a photograph of his mother,
and it arrived on Christmas day.
And under it was a little note, just
a few words of love and devotion and
a Christmas greeting.
Evening star., 1923-12-06
WIFE UNCoNvINcED.
Declares Arrest Part Of Propaganda
Against Her.

SUPERIOR. Wis, December ED
ward J. Sailstad, arrested late yes
terday at Napa. Calf, disappeared
the night of August 26. 1920, after
fire had destroyed his and four near
by summer cottages at Lake Neba-
CANNON. near here, and bones iden-
tilted as those Of Sailstad were found
In the debris OF his cottage.
Since then his disappearance has
been a mystery to many persons,
while others, including Mrs. Sailstad.
have held to their original belief that
Sailstad perished in his summer
house, and that the skeleton formal
Iy inferred WIS his.
Mrs. Sailstad. in an effort to collect
approximately $4,000 in insurance on
tSroush her dasP the Courts. Supported BY ex-
perts, who identified the skeleton as
that OF Sailstad. She recently was
married to Ross Richardson Of Eau
Claire. where Sailstad formerly was
president Of q phonograph manufac-
Last night Mrs. sailstad refused to
beIfeye that her first husband had
been found, and termed reports of his
arrest at Napa propaganda against
her suit against the insurance COM
panies, which was heard on appeal
only last month by the federal court
of appeals at Chicago. where decision
Today the local authorities eontem-
plaae opening the grave OF Allen NC
Fee. whose bedy Saiistad Is aneged
summer cottage to be found as his
Oficers will be sent. from here to
bring Sailstad back.