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KEMMERER. Wyo.. April H.
President Baldwin, of the Three
States OIL company. holding acreage
in the Fossil oil field, spent part Of
tho week in the city. having arrived
the FIRST OF the week from his head
quarters at Oroville. Cal. He was
disappointed owing to weather con-
ditions preventing his visiting the
field. but spent his time looking up
the land records in the county clerks
office.
While here Mr.. Baldwin announced
that work would be started on his
holdings in Fossil oil field. either sec
ton IL or IA. Just as quickly as rig
and material can be moved thereon.
1t is arranged 70 mako a deep test
FIRST Of all. and II not satisfactory.
the shallow wells win be developed
in numbers sufficient to secure pro-
duction.
Wells in the Fossil field. which ad-
Joins the railroad. viii produce from
5 to 10 barrels daily II properly
, 1923-04-11
Foreign Exchange

. NEW YORK, April 11.-Foreign ex-
changes firm; quotations In cents:
Great Britain demand 4.66 5-i6; cables
4.66 9-16; 60-day bills on banks 4.64%.
France demand 6.6s; cables 6.6Sh.
Italy demand 4.o7; cables 4.o7h; Bel.
GUM demand SIS; cables 5.75h; Ger
man demand .o047h; cables .oo47%.
Holland demand 39.14: cables se.17.
Norway demand 1898; Sweden de-
mar 1850; Denmark demand 1897:
Switzerland demand 1925; Spain &C.
mar 1872; Greece demand lis: Po-
land demand .o094k; czeeho. siovakia
demand 2.es; Argentine demand 1916:
Brazil demand 1910: Montreal os 1872.
, 1923-04-11
Indicating and Drilling
Of Black Oil Fields Loom

The Tensleep sand was found water
bearing by the Ohio Oil company in
its test of the Mercer dome. 20 miles
east OF Basin. but drilling will con
tinue to the lower levels. Cross s
Company will drill a test two miles
north OF ~Thermopolis on the Big
Horn river; another test is projected
Creek test being drilled west Of
for the Red Rose dome near the
Warm Springs field and consider
able interest centers in the Enos
Grass Creek by the Producers & Re
finers corporation.
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with the recent completion at
Greybull of a battery of stills for the
production of asphalt paving mater
ial. interest in the Big Horn basin
region of Wyoming will this year be
revived in the exploration and de-
velopment OF black oil fields. opera
tons in which have dragged during
the last two or three years. Several
proved fields produce this grade of
crude. including Warm Springs,
Hamilton dome. the lower sands of
Grass Creek. Crystal dome and other
districts.
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West Salt Creek Test to
Be Continued to Lakota

on section 25-4o.7s is the only other
well deepened to the Lakota and
some oil was found. It is located
close to the center OF the Salt Creek
structure and the Lakota was found
at 2.613 feet.
Other deep tests OF the Salt Creek
region probably will be made this
year ind locations for two such wells
AVE been made by the Mammoth
OIL company on the Teapot structure.
adjoining Salt Creek.
, 1923-04-11

The next test to reach the Lakota
sand in the Salt Creek district prob
ably will be the well drilled by A. C.
Hardendorf and others on section
10.3s-7e on the west side OF the field
which found the second Wall Creek
dry. Arrangements have been com
pieted for continuing the hole from
the $500 foot level. where the second
Wall Creek was cut. to about $500
feet where the Lakota Is expected.
Midwest Refining company's well
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Market Gossip and Briefs
On Operations in Oil Fields

handled, and efforts are to be mad
to secure a string OF these wells
which will prove a paying proposi
ton. One well drilled 1 nthat field o
few years ago developed so barrels
Of oil in three days. before water
entered the sanda. This well was
less than 400 feet deep.
, 1923-04-11

Cash Grains
CHICAGO. April IL Wheat-No.
2 hard. s1.25; No. . hard, s1.24.
Corn-No. ? mixed. sou @so%c c; No.
2 yellow. s0M @S1hc
oats-No 2 white. 4e@47hc; No. 3
ASK @Hc.
Rye-No. ?. S5A @s6o.
Bariey--62464hc.
Timothy seed-$5.0o96.oo.
Glover eed-sl3.oo41s.5o.
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-$11.52.
Rlbs-s9.6 81 9io.50.
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Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. April 11.-Rutter lower;
creamery extras. 47c; standards. 47c;
extra firsts. Ash 44s%c; frsts. 45&9
acc; seconds. 45@45hc.
Eggs firm; receipts. q, $40 cases;
hrsts, 25925he; ordinary hrsts. 23H
924c; miscellaneous, 24h@25e; stor.
age packed extras, 27isc; storage
packed nrBts, 27hc.
, 1923-04-11
Potatoes

POTATOES
CHICAGO. April 11.-Potatoes
steady; receipts. 81 cars; total United
states shipments. 9i4; Wisconsin
sacked round whites. $1.oo91.15 owt.;
ditto. bulk. s1.1o@1.2o cwt-; Minne-
sofa sacked Red Rivers. $1.1b 9l.25
cwt.; Montana, Idaho sacked Russets.
Sl.9o92.0o cwt.; South Dakota sacked
whites. ordinary quality. soc cwt-
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NOTICE TO SHEEP MEN.

In view of the fact that the sheep
owners of Natrona County have com
Piled in full with Chapter 60 Session
Laws of 1921, The County of Ma
trona, State of Wyoming. is hereby
designated as a Non-Dipping District
for the year 1928.
But sheep who run thel
sheep across tho line into a dipping
district It will be necessary that they
comply with the dipping law and dip
before entering into such dipping dis
trict.
wyoming State Board Of Sheep Com.
m~issioners,
FRANK Z, LONG,
President.
by w. A. ROBERTSON. NJ. D. c.
Secretary-treasurer
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ton and will rush its drilling pro
gram with all possible speed.
In the same field the Major OIL
is preparing to start It's
first test well this year. and steady
development of the Bair OIL com
pany's holdings may be expected
throughout the eason
North Of Rawlins in tho Crooks
Gap district the Fremont Petrole-
UNI company intends to resume oper-
, 1923-04-11

NEWCASTLE. Wyo., April IT,
The Skull Creek syndicate well is
drilling ut 1000 feet and making
satisfactory progress. The six inch
casing has beer set and the Muddy
sand is expected to be reached within
the next 500 fcet.
, 1923-04-11

atoms on a well started last year.
Reports from that region state that
snow atiTl overs the ground and that
active work cannot be started until
May IN all probability. The Anna
Belle Wyoming Oil company OF Cas-
per with a test down 1900 feet on
the Pickett Lake structure of the
Red Desert country is ready to re.
sumo as soon as road and weather
conditions permit.
, 1923-04-11
Metals

NEW YORK. April Hooper
easy; e~lectrolytic spot and futures.
17h d17asc
Tin Arm; spot and nearby. $47.e2;
futures. $47.75.
Iron steady; prices unchanged.
Lead steady; spot. 1925.
Zinc steady; East st. Louis Epot
and nearby delivery, $7.45 @7.5o.
Anthony spot. ss.OO@s.75.
, 1923-04-11
Silver

NEW YORK. April 11.-Foreign
bar silver. 65%: Mexican dollars, 50h
LONDON. April 11.-Bar silver,
81 1850 per ounce. Money, az per
cent.
, 1923-04-11


CHICAGO. April Twin rain
falling ovr parts of Kansas and Ne
braska. wheat declined in price TODAY
IN the early dealings, after n show
OF strength at the start. Comparative
irmness OF Liverpool quotations was
more or less responsible for the
initial strength here. Reports that
seeding OF spring wheat would hardly
be general for ten days yet tended
also at first 10 put bears at n dis.
advantage. The opening. which
varied from unchanged figures to &c
higher. with May s1.21A to s1.22 and
July $1.19B to $40, was followed by
slight further gains and then by a
drop all around to below yesterdays
finish.
Subsequently IT developed that no
moisture had been supplied to the
dry sections of the winter wheat belt.
Then the market began to advance
influenced by bullish crop reports and
by cold weather northwest as well as
by talk of big export business.
! Corn and oats descended will
wheat. After opening unchanged t,
Ac to &c Off. May 77&o to Tsc, tn,
Nplh AAdlhtN uElFu IA ballHf am
then underwent a general sag.
Later. all deliveries of corn as wei
as July and September oats score,
new high price records for the sea
son. Predictions were current tina
corn would soon be rapidly shippet
out of Chicago. Country offerings @
corn remained light. The close wa
firm. 2bc to 2S@2%o net higher
May S0%c.
Oats started unchanged &c *
higher, May 45hc to 1850. and late
showed losses on all deliveries.
Provisions were easier, ~refectinl
the course of hog values.
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OIL SHARESA ARE
WEAK IN MART
Heavy Liquidation Of Many
Issues Reported on New
York Exchange.

NEW YORK. April 11.-Heavy
professional selling of the oil shares.
based on cuts in California and
Pennsylvania crude prices and rumors
of u I in other fields. impaired a
decidedly reactionary trend to prices
in today's active stock market. Elk
IRENE losses in the oil group ranged
from l to 6 points with more than
half a dozen Of the popular issues
falling to new low levels Of the year.
Other stocks yielded in sympathy,
but the declines were not as sharp.
Sales Appropriated 1.125 900 shares.
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NEW YORK April 11-Public in
terest again appeared TO be lacking
at the opening OF today's stock mar
ket. initial changes being narrow and
irregular. Resumption of selling
pressure in the domestic oil shares
vas founded on reports of a cut of
% cents a barrel in Pennsylvania
crude prices. Dupont advanced a
point and fractional improvement
was noted in most of the steel shares.
Heavy offerings Of the oil shares
continued during the first half hour.
Losses Of III to ~ points were re-
by California Petroleum, Pan
American Philips Petroleum. Mar
land. Houston, Producers and Re
hners and General Asphalt. Standard
OIL OF California dropped y to a new
low for the pear. American Wooden
and American Can also were conspic.
uously heavy. American Cotton oil
advanced IL and the preferred 2 on
reports Of ar early merger of that
company with two other large com
panies in the same industry. Sugars
held steady on a continuation of the
high prices for Cuban raws. Foreign
exchanges opened firm. Demand ster
ling was quoted around $A.65% and
French francs advanced s points to
SOS cents.
Some of the losses in the oil group
were extended to three points before
the selling pressure subsidized. When
It became evident that the selling
was not causing any extensive liquid,
aNs1, u, 4IA A,N,.,. - A. 1GaN -.
lators for the advance began to bid
up special stocks which induced
covering operations by the short In
t~erests. General Electric was pushed
up 2is points and Canadian Pacific,
Consolidated GaH, Mack Truck and
Martin Parry sold l to IL points
higher. Oil shares rallied X TO !
point but met fresh selling on the
rally. California Petroleum dropping
az points below last nights close.
Call money opened at 5 per cent.
Closing out OF weakly margiued &C
counts in the oil shares threw a con-
siderable amount OF additional stock
on the market and several more of
the group sagged to new prices for
the year. with losses running from
Sto 4 points. Weakness in the gen.
oral list became quite defined in
spots, some of the speculative IA
vorites. especially Baldwin. Stude-
baker. American Can, Republic Steel
and United Retail Stores yielding
sharply. Speculation became quiet
later and prices hardened slightly.
The closing was heavy. Short
covering operations resulted in rallies
in n few individual stocks in the late
dealings but the general list continued
under selling pressure. Dupont up
one, was one of the strong spots
, 1923-04-11
Money

NEW YORK, April 11.-Can money
easier; high 5; low Az; ruling a s;
closing bid S; offered at 5A; last loan
S; call loans against acceptances AZ;
time loans firm; mixed collateral 6o-so
days 5h; 40 months 81; prime com.
mercial paper 5@5A.
Chenille Rugs with bordered ends
very attractive and the prices are
lower at Graham-Shields Furniture
Co., 1873 East Second.
Jeweiry and watch repairing by cx-
pert Waterman; all work guaranteed.
Casper Jewellery Mfg. Co. O. SBldE.
, 1923-04-11
HILLS
PLANS BIC CAMPAIGN
Three Strings of Tools to Be Operated on Holdings IL
Lost Soldier Others Companies in Carbon
Prepare to Resume

Sand Hills Oil company will be found among the foremost
development concerns this year in the Lost Soldier field, Car
bon county, Wyoming, and will star off with three strings of
tools on holdings of about 1850 acres located near the tract
on which the big Hughes company gusher was brought in
last year. The Sand Hills expects to find the same produc-
, 1923-04-11

DENVER, Colo. April 11.-cattle
Receipts, 400; market steady; beef
steers. $7.0od9.25; COWS and heiferE,
s4.50@7.7b; calves, s4.50@12.00; stock.
ers and feeders. $6.50@s.0o.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market 1oc
10 15c lower; top, $500; bulk, S7.7o8
7.s5; pigs. s6.75@7.o0.
Sheep Receipts 1900; market
steady to strong lambs. $12.75@1s.s5;
feeder lambs, s12.75 91S.5oi ewes,
si.50@s.50.
, 1923-04-11

Heavyweight mattresses in single
or full size at $3.50 ut Graham
Shields Furniture Co, 1873 z. Second,
where prices are low. Why pay more.
, 1923-04-11
livestock


Chicago Prices.
CHICAGO, April 11.-(U. s. Depart
ment of Agricultural Hogs-Re
ceipts. $4,000; uneven, opening weak
to 1oc lower; later trading mostly loo
lower; spots off more; bulk 100 to
220 pound averages. ss.50@S.40; top.
$40; bulk 225 to 260 pound butchers,
ss.209s.3O; butchers 275 pounds and
up. $7.90@s.15; packing sows, mostly
S7.O047.30; 100 to 1870 pound pigs
s7.00@7.50; heavyweight hogs, $1,000
S.25; medium, SS.154S.40; light, IS 90
@s.40; light light. $1,000 $50; pack
ing sows, smooth. S7.10@7.40; pack
ing sows, rough, s7.oo97.15; killing
pigs, Se.50a7.65.
Cattle = Receipts. 10000; slow;
strictly good and choice beef steers
and ye~arlings, steady; bidding lower
on palmer kind; early top matured
steers and long yearlings. $1,000; 20
head fed Herefords on shipping nc
count at $1,000; some steers held
above $1,000; other classes, generally
steady; packers bidding $3.50 for de-
airnble vealers; medium light veals
tending lower; moderately active de
mand IN country account late yester-
day at s7.90@S.20; a few loads fieshy
feeders making ss.35@s.4o; few plain
stockers. S5.75; plain stockers and
feeders in narrow demand.
Sheep - Receipts. $4,000; opening
slow; few sales clipped lambs. steady
nve loads So pound medium to good
description. $lo,75, with heavies at
$1,000; one load choice Indiana fed SO
pound shorn lambs. $1,000; practically
nothing done on wooded lambs; ask
ing higher prices; bidding steady to
shade lower; sheep, scarce. around
steady; n load 100 pound aged
clipped wethers. $3.50.
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OMAHA. Neb., April 11.-U. s. De
partment OF Observation-Disclosures.
ceipts, 1900; mostly 6@10o lower;
bulk butcher hogs, s7.soQ7.s5; top.
$3.50: packing grades, steady; bulk
packing sows, 800; stays. 5000.
cattle-Receipts. 1900; beef steers,
slow. mostly steady; spots on medium
grades, easier; top fed steers. $3.50;
bulk. ss.0o8s.0o; other classes of
killers. unchanged; bulk COWS, 5000
$50; stockers and feeders. steady; top
feeding steers, $500.
Sheep - Receipts. 1900; lambs
slow. steady; bulk wooded lambs.
S13.s5@14.15; best held at s14.25: fed
clipped. S1o.75@11.o0; sheep and feed
ers. strong TO 2bc higher; eve top,
$500; early sales. shearins lambs.
31325@is.s5.
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WHEAT PRICES
BREAK RECORD
New High Quotations for the
Season Are Recorded on
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO. April 11.-New high
price records for the season were
reached in the wheat market today
by July and September deliveries,
Demand suddenly broadened. and
there was unconfirmed gossip that
export business had been done on a
large scale. The close was unsettled,
2%c to 2Hc net higher. with May
S1.24h to s1.24A and July Sl.22h to
s1.22S.
, 1923-04-11
Flax Seed.

Flax Seed.
DULUTH. MINI, April 11.-closing
max seed. May. ss.27% asked; July,
s3.16A asked.
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cost at least $50 for household sup

cost at least $50 for household sup
plies.
On cross examination he stated
that Abel Cole, her brother, had
signed the petition for allowance in
the first place because Mrs. Thurston
was unable to sign at that time. That
was a mistake on his part and had
been corrected as soon as Mrs.
ThurstOn was able to write. He de-
clared that the Thurstons had lived
frugally. living apparently on Mr..
Thurston's pension as a Civil War
veteran. He did not think that 1t
would be wise for Mrs. Thurston to
be moved from the house in which
she had lived SO many. years.
Would Care for Aunt
Elbrldge Thurston was the only
witness for the appellants, stating
that he was nephew of Mr.. Thurs
ton and had lived with him in his
youth. He had frequently visited the
Thurston home and he had been told
by Mr.. Thurston that he expected his
wife to die at any time during the
last two years. He recalled DIR. New
combs conversation informing him
of the death of his uncle and his re-
mark that it was a surprise to him
that he WOULD sooner expect to hear
that Mrs. Thurston had died sud-
denly.
He thought someone, would take
care of Mrs. Thurston for part of her
property and said that he would be
willing to go there to live If 1t could
be fixed with the, rest Of their heirs.
What about fixing Mrs. Thurs
ton?" asked the Judge.
"She would have to be talked to-"
stated Mr.. Smith.
There was no cross examination
| and after short arguments by the
attorneys, the judge announced that
he would make known his decision
later.
At the opening OF court the trav-
erse jury was empannelled as fol-
lows:
Charles w. Morey, Augusta; Frank
Choate. Waterville; F. G. Greed, Sid
ney; William H. Niles. Hallowell;
Leon Monk, Benton; Herbert Axtell,
Oakland; Harry Lord. Farmingdale;
Vede WALLER. Waterville; Roger o.
EllisI Augusta: H. w. Fairfield Au-
Susta: Fred Fairbrother, Chelsea !;
Andrew J. Leonard, Gardiner. Mr.
Choate was selected as foreman.
The supernumeries are Mrs. Mil
dred Grener. Augusta; r. A. Lancas-
ter. Winslow; Harry G. Coombs.
Gardiner and Harry Pomerleau, Wa
terville. John F. Buker of Mon
mouth and Walter Titus were unable
to report yesterday on account of the
storm.
Court adjourned until 10 o'clock
Monday morning when the cases Of
McPhee VS.. Lawrence will he heard.
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March Storm Makes
Greatest Trouble
of Year About CITY

The latest storm to descend upon our
fair city sure put crimp in things.
Everywhere the roads were described
as in the worst condition they had been
| in this winter. The North Belfast road
was absolutely impossible and a crew
Of men was sent out to dig through so
; that teams might get along.
The Androscoggin & Knnnebec Rail-
! road was in a bad way Thursday aft
ernoon, the line between this city and
Gardiner and between here and Gardi-
ner's Crossing only being open. The
! Lewiston line was opened at 2 o'clock
by the large rotary plow and large
eight-wheelod plow. but by the time
the car. which left here on time. got
to Dennis Hill the track was blocked
! and they could proceed No farther
The Waterville line was not open
and, in the opinion Of officials of the
road, the Winthrop and Togus lines
will not be open for two or three days.
The high wind OF Thursday filled in
! so fast that within 10 minutes after a
row had been through. the road was
again impossible.
Conductor Thomas Huntington and
Motorman Arthur Foster returned
Thursday afternoon from Waterville.
coming down on the train. They were
in Waterville Wednesday evening and
got as far as Shoddy Hollow when
they found that they would not make
Augusta. and so turned back to Water
vile. They came down on the early
morning train, which was about IL
hours late, SO that they arrived here
after noon.
By using plows all of the time the
Maine Central Railroad was kept rea-
sonably clear, the trains being about
half hour late during the afternoon.
The evening tfains were very nearly
on time
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Judge of Probate regarding the al
loWance allowed the widow of Mrs
James Thurston from the estate of
her husband. James Thurston died
in May 1922 and when Mrs. Thurston
petitioncd for allowance, she was
granted all personal property
amounting to over $4,000 Nephews
and neices of the deceased includ-
ing Elbridse Thurston. appealed
from this decision and the case was
heard in the Kennebec Supreme
court Yesterday. without the services
OF jury. l.. A. Smith of Fairfield
appeared for the appellants and Car.
roll n. Perkins appeared for the
widow.
Alr. Perkins in opening the case
outlined the facts that led up to the
request for the petition for allow
ance by the widow, Mrs. Emm,
lhurston. aud the appeal staken on
Inc grounds that the allowance was
excessive, unreasonable and unnec-
essary.
Doctor Testfies
Dr. {. II. Newcomb OF Clinton fes-
tifled that he had treated Mrs
Ihufston during the last L. years
ana that she was in poor health.
described by him IS nervous eXhaus-
tlon. She is " years old and will
never ne able to do any material
part of the housework. He could
see no reason why she should NOT
i've a considerable number of wears
ANY undue excitement could excite
her and cause her to take to her
bed. He thought She was better
now than she was at the time ~
the death of her husband and also
Detter than she was in 1918. His
PHI for the past ten months WIS
Slo4 and he thought that her doc
TORS bills would amount to at lea ST
tnat inquire each year. The difficuItv
OF optalnlnS some one to care for
Mrs. Thurston also was explained bv
me doctor to show that the allow
ance was not excessive.
oh cross examination he stated
that ne might have said that he was
surprised at the death of Mr.. Tbur'
ston and would expect to hear of
the death of Mrs. Thurston instead
put he did not think that he did sc
ne mad known Of Mr. Thursto n's
Sohditlon for over a week prior to
his death. ~
He thought she could be cared for
in private family for less than the
amount estimated under present
conditions but such care would not
be best for her and would in his
opinion. weaken her condition.
Arthur Holt of Clinton. stated that
he had been a close neighbor of the
Thurstons for 80 or "a years. Mrs
Thurston's health had not been good
for years and Mr.. Thurston always
had done most of the housework.
Since the death of Mr.. Thurston. a
woman had taken care of the house
but the condition of her health re-
CURED her to give up the work and
it would cost $40 to $15 a weekvfor
a housekeeper. He thought it would
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What Wednesdays Storm
Did To The P. o. Services

Rural sections are piled UP with
drifts in excess of any during the
winter. There are places in the
country where the snow drifts are
fifteen feet high. Three rural car
riers. who live in the country. we're
more than three hours In breaking
a path to get to the Augusta Post
Office. Partial service was main
tanned on all the routes, the carriers
making special effort to overcome the
differences of the weather. The cleo
trio service to Winthrop being cur
tailed, the mail for Winthrop was
sent down by way of Brunswick and
Lewiston.
Neither OF the stages to Coopers
Mills or Litchfield was able to make
any scheduled trips Thursday.
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would have developed along the line.
Power interruption for at least "a
hours would have resulted.
This is but one of the instances
where. on account of the severe win
ter, the necessity of just such an
equipment has been eXampllfied. The
machine is so constructed that it will
glide over q good sized drift and it
has covered good part of the terri
tory within q radius of 20 to 80 miles
of Augusta.
This scheme of maintaining ser
vice, even during the most severe
llandicaps of weather and travelling,
has proved so satisfactory that next
winter the Central Maine Power
Company will probably use this
method on a much larger scale. Big
ger and more powerful machines will
be used with the idea of patrolling
its lines throughout the entire sys-
tenn.