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, 1923-01-18

WIPE OUT THE UGLY SPOTS
No Real Reason Why Any Part of a
Community Should Be Other
Than Attractive.

No careful -housekeeper would be
satisfied to have one of the front door
steps bright and clean and the Others
left grimy with dirt and SCOT to have
one part of the yard set with attrac-
tive flowers and shrubs and the other
part filed with rubbish, or to have
half the sitting-room floor swept and
the other half Uttered with papers.
A house INT yard kept after this fash
ion would Indicate slovenllness, lack
of pride and self-respect on the part
of the owner or dweller.
Keeping a city clean and attractive
is merely a job of good housekeeping.
How well is the work being per
formed? An observing army officer
who has been stationed first at one
city and then another states that one
'is strikingly impressed" with the
scant accomplishment of the cities
along the lines of attractiveness.
Our cities have their show
Streets he writes. few having as
pretty boulevards as Kansas City; but
compared to the total mileage such
streets are almost insignificant. Ar
irving at a city by rail. one may de-
train at n beautiful station. but even
that cannot make one forget the
messy and junk-strewn yards and
streets travelled through for miles
from the outskirts. Drive in by mo-
tor, and however wonderful the con-
crete beneath, the roadside usually is
without trees, and sign boards with
out end greet the arrival. In place
of trees there are several pole lines
carrying hundreds of wires-in short,
no beauty but only %ugliness."
How long are the cities going to be
satisfied with their bad housekeeping
MISUNDERSTANDING.
, 1923-01-18
TAKE TIME TO INVESTIGATE
No Reason Why Buyer of a House
Should Judge Value Only by
Its Appearance.

Most people buy houses in the a
ner of the man who ordered a blue
automobile. They purchase almost
wholly on outward appearances, SO
far as the physical condition of the
property is concerned. Paint, yarnish
and newness sell many houses. Very
few purchasers concern themselves
with the invisible construction of a
house or with external evidence of the
nature of the internal work. Yet
what is not seen largely determines
the future value of the property. the
cost of upkeep and the satisfaction of
the The passing years in
evitably reveal the true nature of the
construction.
Yet it is not difficult. for a home
buyer to find out whether the house
is of proper and suitable materials
and correct methods of construction.
says an experienced builder. The best
way, of course, is to have the house
Inspected by some competent person,
but there are certain fundamentals
which anyone may apply for himself
with the probability of being guided
to a correct determination of the in
trinsic value of a house. Nobody
wants to buy a house that Will soon
develop cracked plaster, sagging
doors, jamming windows. floors that
spring and crack. unslghtly open
joints in woodwork and spaces be
tween castings, Dashboard and floors /:
leaky roofs. unsightly. sagging
porches. and leaky or splitting cutters,
swayback gables. etc.
, 1923-01-18
eIq TIm Murphy ordered to prI.on.

Chicago.-Big Tim Murphy. plctur-
esque labor leader. one time state leg
islntor and formerly private secretary
Ia Congressman McDermott. is in the
shadow Of Lenvenworth penltentlary
with his years of immunity from Inn
%prisonment apparently at an end. The
Circuit Court Of Appeals has issued
commitment papers for Murphy, who
Is under sentence OF four years and a
$4,000 fine for his part in the $780,
600 Dearborn station mail robbery.
The United States marshnl's office no.
titled Murphy's attorney to tell him
TO surrender.
, 1923-01-18

HsEAM wANTED-The largest buyers
of direct from farm to factory" in
the Rocky Mountain region. Write us
for ans and prices. THE MIDWEST
CREA merry CO.. Denver. Colo. Men
ton this paper when writingO
, 1923-01-18
Rural Community cent,rs

Country schools should be commu-
nifty centers. according to George f..
Comings of Wisconsin. The school
should provide not only classrooms
but an auditorium, n home for the
teachers. and n garage where auto
mobiles and farm machinery could be
repaired by the rural schoolboys un.
der competent teachers. The currIc.
ulum should include u thorough bust.
ness training In the business end Of
the farm.
, 1923-01-18
DIAMONDS,
172 Indians Sentenced to Death.

London.-Advices from Lucknow
stated that the death sentence has
been imposed on 172 Indians accused
OF murder and arson as u result Of the
nonco-operationist riotlng ut ChaurI-
chnura last February. Seven of the
Us persons who were originally held
on the charges died while awaiting
trial. Two others received two-year
prison terms, f~orty-seven were ac-
quilted.
, 1923-01-18
Washington American soldiers who

Observation-Disclosures soldiers who
have married German girls and who
have been ordered to return home
from the Rhlnelnnd will he able to
bring their wives with them. although
the women are not, under the new
law, citizens of the United States NJ
u they have taken out naturalization
papers. The more or less secret mar
-iages 10 German girls of about 200
American soldiers of the 1.OSO remnln.
ing there are giving the army nuthorl.
les concern In connection with the or
Ter for the troo s to return home.
, 1923-01-18
AADNNzE1eS or GRAW MKER C0L0RAD0

EVEN sovereign states of the Union
Arizona, California. Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming-have
met in the historic Palace of the Gov
errors in Santa Fe, have come to an
amicable conclusion regarding the
much-vexed question of the control, dis
position and use of the waters of the
Colorado river and have signed a com
, 1923-01-18
Ohio Coal Yard

Columbus, Ohio, has by n recent
re-established its municipal
coal yard. 1t Is under the supervision
OF the street cleaning department. Coal
Is sold and delivered to the consumer
at u price not exceeding the cost OF
purchase and handling by the city.
, 1923-01-18
How Detroit 1slls 1h.m.

Detrolt's police department has
erected an Information booth at the
center of the city. Directories. maps
and other reference books are kept
available for answering questions. II
mas been found n great convenience
to the public and simplIhes the work
of the police.
, 1923-01-18

Two mighty hunters Of Southamp.
ton, Ont, went to Arrow lake TO
shoot ducks. When they arrived they
discovered they had forgotten to take
guns. II Is not stated what else con
stltuted their equipment. - Toronto
Globe.
, 1923-01-18
Family Row.

The Parrot-whnt's the trouble be.
tween Adam and Ever
The Serpent-She gave him n new
shirt for a birthday present and made
u out OF poison Ivy leaves Judge.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
North LamOine.

Mrs. Almena l.. Holt, whose death
was briefly referred to in last weeks
American, was a woman of rare and
pleasing personality. In her young
womanhood she was a school teacher,
and endeared herself to all her
pupils, many of whom are still liv-
ing and have carried the memory of
those pleasant school days all
through life Later she was married to
Capt. A. c. Holt, and settled in Ellis
worth, Capt. Hollis native home.
where their six children were born.
Later they purchased Mrs. Hollis
fathers home at North Lamoine,
where she was welcomed back by
many old friends, together with her
interesting family. She was indeed
homemaker in every sense, and it
can be truly said of her as the woman
of old, "she looked we'll to the ways
of her household" But her interest
was not confined alone to the home,
and it was pleasing sight to see the
entire family gather on Sunday
morning in her old home church.
where she had been a consistent in
! terested member for sixty years. In
her last illness she was tenderly
cared for by her son Arthur and his
wife, who anticipated her every
want, doing all they could for her
comfort. The children, four OF
whom survive, were all present at the
+ funeral on Wednesday afternoon
Jan. "a, at the home. Rev. Clarence
| Emery of Ellsworth Officiated.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31

For a long time liquid fuel was, EN-
ployed .nnly for steam production, but
an indi, alton of the wide application
that it may have in many forms Of
industry is afforded by the expert
ence of the owners of a large glass
manufactory nj South Hackney. in
England. The experiments there were
begun more than ten years ago and
after overcoming many difficulties, a
special form of burner was evolved
which appears to he entirely salts
factory. -Four to five thousand gal
Ions of oil are burned every week
with perfect combustion and total
absence Of smoke and the tempera-
ture obtained ranges from that of a
bakers nven Ia that required for melt
ing crucible steel Elsewhere in Eng
land liquid fuel has been applied to
such industries as The distillaton Of
petroleum, steel smelling, heating the
kilns for the production of art tile
glazing, carhonizing electric light Al
amerts and heating furnaces Of vari-
Gus kinds-Washingto Star.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Arthur H. Young of Ellis
worth, Hancock county. Maine by his
mortgage deed, dated the goth day Of
April. 1917, and recorded in the regis
try of deeds for Hancock county in
book 532, page $50, conveyed to Ellis
worth Loan Building Association,
a corporation doing business in Ellis
worth. aforesaid, a certain parcel OF
real estate with the buildings thereon,
situated in said Ellsworth and bounded
as follows, to wit: Beginning at a.
road, so called, at the southeast corner
of land owned by Harry c. Smith;
thence running westerly on said
Smiths south line. one hundred and
sixty rods, more or less, to the center
of the Murch Meadow road, So called
thence still westerly on the same
course twenty-five rods, more or less,
from the center of said Murch Meadow
road, to fir tree spotted for a corner.
thence at right angles southerly to
Roland Bonsey's north line; thence
easterly following said Bonsey's north
line to the said Surry road; thence
northerly by said Surry road to the
place of beginning and containing
about forty acres. more or less; and
whereas the condition of said mortgage
reason of the breach of the condition,
thereof said Ellsworth Loan &
Building Association claims a fore
closure of said mortgage and gives
this notice for that purpose
ELLSWORTH LOAN &
BUILDING ASSOCIATION
BY Edmond J. Walsh,
Treasurer.
Ellsworth, Me-, Jan. Is, 1923.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
jACKASS FAMED AS FIGHTER
animals Bulldog Tactics Enable Him
to Defeat in Combat the More
Active Horse.

Fights between the males Of the
larger domestic animals are apt to
be marked by their ferocity. This is
especially the case with fights between
stations. Residents of horse-breeding
communities III Kentucky and Virginia
have tales to recite of these encoun-
tiers. which often result in the death
of one or both of the four-footed war
rolS. The same indomitable spirit
which makes the thoroughbred strug-
gle in race finds play in battles in
which teeth and hoofs are employed
relentlessly.
But formidable as the thoroughbred
stallion is when his fighting powers
are aroused. he has one adversary
which is his superior in such encoun-
tegs. There are numerous instances
Of jackass defeating stallion in
stages Of such contest the horse
through his superior agility is the
master, but unless he succeeds In Grip
ping his antagonist through the break
ing of leg the outcome is usually
Il dead horse.
Broken ribs will not stop jackass,
which fights with one end in view, the
gripping Of the windpipe Of his foe.
Despite teeth and heels he bores Ia
increasingly until his hold is obtained
and then like a bulldog he clings with
tenacity to his enemy.
Residents of the vicinity of the old
Brighton Beach racetrack at Coney Is
and some years ago recall fight be-
tween one of William Lakeland's thor
oughbred stations and jackass which
had the run of the infield of the prop
prty. Lakeland was noted turfnan
in his day, having been clever Jockey
before graduating as trainer and
owner He was warned against turn
ing the stallion into the same pad
dock with the jackass, but laughingly
remarked that his horse could defend
himself
The horse was the aggressor and for
the first five minutes he had the ad-
vantage. In maneuvering for throat
hold the jackass seized the stallion
by the jowl He brought the horse
to his knees and would have speedily
Killed him but for the arrival of sew
eral staI demands arfied with clubs and
pitchfOrks.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
Knew What She Wanted.

An Indianapolis bookseller repeats
this conversation between herself and
woman customer:
Say, l want to get a book for my
husband"
"What kind of hooN?"
"Well, hardly know"
"A hook of travels?'
"Nr"
"a love story?"
"Nuthing like that"
"A book of science?"
"No. nothing on science"
az hook on udventureT
40"
'Nnu don't want fiction, then?"
"Yes, yes, that's 1t. l want book
on fiction"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
A,aekan Cults Defended.

The Alaskan guils eat great many
fish eggs hut usually these are eggs,
mostly dead, that font ashore, to be
Wicked NJ on the beaches by the birds.
They woul1 not hatch anyway. There
is no warrant for the statement that
sea gulls are wholesale destroyers of
floating fish eggs and young fishes In
the Atlantic or anywhere else. Near
ly, if not quite all, Of the Atlantic
coast states have laws protecting sea
Culls. But these laws were not made
for Sentiments sake" The gulls are
not allowed to be killed for the COM
luon reason that they are indispensa-
bile at sea scavel .ers.-EXchange.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
STATE OF MAINE

TO all pnrsors interested in either or
the estates hereinafter named:
worth in and for the County of Van
o"k, on the twenty-third day of Janu-
airy in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and tw"nty-
three and by adjournment from the
1923 term Of said court. The follow
ng matters having been prescn;tu
for the action thereupon hereina fter
'ndi pner ,- !. is nh hereby hy,,,o ,s.o
given to all persons Interested. by
causing n copy of this order to be
published three weeks successfully
in the Ellsworth American, a news
paper published at Ellsworth in saic.
probate court to be held AZ ',tls-
worth on the thirteenth day of Fehru-
any y. ID. 1928. at ten of the clock
in the forenoon, and be heard there
on il they see cause.
Lula NJ Perry, Emerson C. Perry and
Hollis l.. Perry, minors of Gou ldsboro,
in said county. Petition filed by Verna
L. Tracy, guardian, for license TO sell
ated in Mount Desert, in said county
and more fully described in said pc
tition.
Asa Garland Hall, late of Bar Har-
Dor, in said county, deceased. Petit on
that Charles w. Turner or some other
suitable person be appointed admins
traitor of the estate of said deceased
presented by Silas Curtis Hall, brother
and heir t-law of said deceased.
=, witness Der Bertrand E; Clark Judge
twenty-third day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty three.
ROBERT P, KIc'C, Register,
Attest: ROBERT p KING. !
ReRfater
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Veranus d. Colt, then of
fremont County of Hancock and State
of Maine by his mortgage deed dated
March l., 1887. and recorded in Han
cox registry of deeds, book PA, page
144. conveyed to Loren D. Rich Of said
fremont, certain tract of land stu
ated in said fremont and bounded and
described as follows, to wit Begin
ming at Westtrs Creek of Goose Cove
Harbor in said fremont at the South
west corner of the lot formerly owned
and occupied by the late John Brown;
thence following said Browns
southeasterly line northeasterly
Israel Murphy thence run
ming by said Murphy's lot southeasterly
to land Of the heirs Of the late Joseph
Colt; thence by the land of the said
heirs southwesterly to the homestead
lot of Veranus D. Colt and passing said
homestead lot and continuing the same
southwesterly course to the creek;
thence following the creek northerly to
the place of beginning. containing
twelve G2) acres, more or less
Whereas said Loren D. Rich, by his
deed of assignment dated March 2,
1901 and recorded in Hancock registry
of deeds. book $685. page 81, duly as
signed said mortgage to me, Aurilla A.
Colt, of fremont. in said County OF
Hancock. And whereas the condition
of said mortgage has been broken and
still remains so, now, therefore. by
reason of the breach of the condition
thereof, the undersigned hereby claims
a foreclosure of said mortgage and
AURILLA A. GOTT.
BY L. w. Rumill.
Power of Attorney.
fremont, Me-, Jan. II, A. D. 1923.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
ManSet,

Mrs. Derby Stanley and children
Rave returned from Harrington,
here they have been visiting since
Christmas.
Lyle D. Newman is in Boston for a
fsw days.
Everett G. Stanley and George
Whitmore returned Tuesday from a
ee is;t III Bangor, Portland and
Boston.
T.. latte Saith has gone to
RoclvD, N. Y, to visit her son Henry.
Mrs. LaCount has visited Mrs.
Eli a Kin the past two weeks.
Tho BUSY Bees met with Mrs.
RAN. Rich last week. A pleasant
even NJ was enjoyed.
lrice Beal and family from Mt
esert Rock light are in town for a
Few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Ward will
: housekeeping this week on the
shore road.
Nh Pumphery and children of
{ rim feld, Mass, are in town for
the rest IF the season.
Mss Dora Parker and Mrs.
Pauline Higgins spent Sunday with
Hrs. Susie King.
The c. K. society held a social at
tie home of Henry Dolliver Satur-
cay. A pleasant evening was ~en-
joyed.
Miss Flossie Hancock has been
home on visit from Bangor, where
she has been working.
Jan. 20. N.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
STATE OF MAINE.

At the Court of County Commissioners
begun and holden at Ellsworth with
in and for the County of Hancock
on the second Tuesday of October.
A. D. 1922, and by adjournment on
the 18th day of December, A. d. 1922.
And now the County Commissioners
in accordance with section so, chapter
10, Revised Statutes of Maine, having
first made an annual inspection in the
month of September A. d. 1922, of all
the county roads in the unincorporated
townships and tracts of land in said
county and having thereupon made an
estimate of the amount needed to put
them in repair so as to be
safe and convenient for public
travel, do hereby assess upon
the following described unincorpor-
ated townships and tracts of land in
water and land reserved for public use,
for the above named purpose of put
ting and keeping said roads in repair
for the year A. D. 1928; and also for
permanent improvements on State
roads in accordance with chapter rs of
the Revised Statutes of Maine, as fol-
lows, to wit:
Upon Township Number Seven, South
Division, we assess the sum of $132.07
for the repair of roads in said town
ship as provided in chapter 10. section
60 of the Revised Statutes of Maine;
said assessments amount in all to the
Rate of taxation four mills on dol
lar. And we hereby assess upon each
of the several owners named in the
following list. his respective proper
ton therein set down of said sum of
$132.07, as follows:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
StOningtOn,

The senior class S. H. S. gave an
entertainment at the Opera house
Tuesday.
A radio set has been installed at
the electric light Office over the drug
store.
Reliance lodge, F. and A. NJ, held
an installation of officers Friday
evening, jan 26. Members invited
friends
A. M. Hatch arrived home Tuesday
from Augusta, on a business trip.
Y. F. Cerrish has nut the Moves
printing shop in working order, and
has model plant.
The recent weather has been a
record breaker for this locality.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
West Sullivan.


Mrs. B. K. Joy left Friday for New
York to spend a month with her son
Armand.
Mrs. George Smith of WATERFORD
arrived Thursday, called here by the
illness of her mother, Mrs. James
Mattocks.
Friends of Mrs. Almena Holt of
Lamoine were sorry to learn of her
death.
Mrs. J. S. Doyle, Mrs. Helen
Havey, Mrs. Charles Newman, Mrs.
Henry Bunker and Mrs. Harvard
Havey were in Ellsworth Saturday
O. j. Hysom, who has been i'll of
grip, is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. John Perry of Pros
pect Harbor were recent guests at
John Springer's.
At regular melting of Puritan
temple, January IS, the following Of
fcers were installed: M. e. c., Mrs.
Nellie Bunker; E. S., Mrs. Lena JOY;
E. j.: Mrs. Lottie Clarke; manager,
Mrs. Edith Abel; M. of R. and c.,
Mrs. Martha Havey; M. of F., Mrs.
Carrie Trip; protector, Mrs. Annie
Hooper; guard Mrs. Ada Williams;
organist, Mrs. Martha Havey. The
officers were installed by P. c. Gussie
Robertson.
There was a social dance at K. of
p. hall Saturday evening. Music by
Bunker's orchestra.
The ladies aid society met with
Mrs. Catherine Robertson January
"a. The next meeting will be on
January 81, with Mrs. Fred Goodwin,
at Sorrento.
Mrs. William Seavey, jr., of
Prospect Harbor who has been at H.
H. Havey's for week, has returned
home.
Miss Sadie Mullan of North Han
cock was weekend visitor at
bradbury Smiths.
Charles Brinton, who is employed
at Ellsworth Falls, spent the week
end with his family here.
Mrs. Harriet Smith, who has been
ut Bradbury Smiths several weeks,
las gone to Bar Harbor to visit her
daughter.
Jan. 20. 'Une Annie"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
STATE OE MAINE.

HANCOCK SIS.
At probate court held at Ellis
worth in and for said County of Han
cock, on the second day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three.
A certain instrument purporting to
be a copy of the last will and testa-
ment of Caroline B. Dana, late of New
Haven. in the county of New Haven,
and state of Connecticut, deceased, and
of the probate thereof in said state of
Connecticut, duly authenticated, hav-
ing been presented to the judge of pro-
bate for our said County of Hancock
for the purpose of being allowed, filed
and recorded in the probate court of
our said County of Hancock, and for
letters testamentary to issue to Ed
ward S. Dana. No bond being acquired
by the terms of said will.
Ordered, That notice thereof be
given TO all persons interested therein,
by publishing copy of this order
three weeks successfully in the Ellis
worth American, newspaper printed
at Ellsworth, in said County of Han
cock, prior to the sixth day Of
February, A. D. 1923. that they may
appear at probate court then to
| be held at Ellsworth. in and for said
County of Hancock, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon. and show cause, if any
| they have, against the same.
| BERTRAND E. CLARK,
! Judge of Probate.
Attest: ROBERT P. KING.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-31
1887 $3S594 $3S5.94

We hereby appoint Ira B. Hagan,
of Ellsworth Falls. Maine, as agent to
superintend the expenditure of the sum
of $28594, under our direction upon the
roads in said Township No. 90; the sum
of 500 of said assessment together
with the amounts received from the
State. is to be expended upon the State
road in said township as directed by
the State Highway Commission.
Upon Township No. 28, Middle Di-
vision. we assess the sum of $252.64 for
the repair of roads in said township
as provided in chapter 10, section SO
of the Revised Statutes of Maine; and
being DESTROYS of State aid for perma-
nent improvements of the State road
in said township, we hereby raise and
appropriate in addition to said amount
regularly raised and appropriated for
the care of highways and bridges in
said township, the sum of $4,000, as
provided in chapter 25 of the Revised
Statutes. Said assessments amount in
all to $352.64 Valuation, $4,000
Rate of taxation, eight mills on a dol
lar.
No. Valua-
Name of Owner Acres. ton. Tax
Curtis L. Lynch, 100 800 .2.56
Eastern Mfg. Co., 9117 1924 145S7
Whitcomb, Haynes &
whitney, 127sa 2552s 2o421