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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-25
Girls Purse Seized

A oolored man seized the purse of
Louisa Llewellyn, 43S Douglas St., as
she was walking on Allegheny ST.,
near Douglas st.. late yesterday. The
purse contains - 3out 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-25

eral Accept only "Bayer" package
which contains proper directions.
Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost
few cents. Druggists also sell bottles
OF "a and 100. Aspirin is the trade
mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mono
aceticacidester of Salicylicacid.-Ad-
vertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-25
MRS. EARLS
TELLS WOMEN
How Backache and Periodic
Pains Yield to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
iIIIIIIILIIIIIIIIIIIII

Clean, N. Y" Every month my
blood would 90 to nv head and l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-25
BETTER THAN
WHISKEY FOR
BAD COLDS

New Elixir, Called Aspiron-
al, Medicated With Latest
Scientific Remedies, Used
and Endorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short a
Cold or Cough Due to Cold
and Prevent Complica-
tiOnS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-25
After Exposure
Take Hills

w HEN colds are going the
rounds and Ia grippe and
pneumonia are prevalent, you
must exercise precaution.
You can't escape exposure.
But you can strengthen your re-
sistance by taking Hill's Cascara
Quinine Tablets regularly.
Colds spread in the sneezing
crowds that pack cars, streets,
shops and theaters.
Play safe and keep fit. Take
Hills before and after exposure.
At All Druggists-50 cents
. g9!!z''Ss.ESRl!!l llIll
", n f1iu o. %SSrfNH Detroit, Mich
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-25

Every Druggist in U. S. In
structed to refund Price
While You Wait at Count
er if You Cannot Feel Re-
lief Coming Within Two
Minutes.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Gov. Baxter Issues Proclamation on
Forest Fire Danger

Governor Baxter issued the follow
ing proclamation Wednesday warn
ing hunters of the danger of forest
fires:
1.-THE forests of Maine are unusual
iy dry and there is imminent danger
of fire. On Tuesday, October 18th
the Maine Big Game Hunting Sea-
son opens and hundreds of men then
will be going into our woods.
Most forest fires are preventable
and many are started by careless
hunters, who have no regard for the
property of others and do not ap-
preciate the hunting privileges given
them by this state.
"If dry weather continues and If
forest fires start after the hunting
season opens, ! Immediately shall is
sue a proclamation suspending the
open season until after heavy rain.
l realize that this will cause hard
ship, both in law-abiding hunters and
to owners OF sporting camps. The
innocent many will suffer for the
transgressions of the few.
This warning is issued in advance
so that each hunter will feel a per-
sonal responsibility to do everything
in his power to prevent forest fires
within our State"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Timber Culture

For quite number of years the
population of Maine has been flowing
from farms to village and cities.
Townships without villages have de-
creased in population. In townships
containing villages the population has
moved from farms to the village leav-
ing buildings to decay and fields to
return to forests.
The "Old Settler" looking ahead to
a happy and prosperous future built
his first house, perhaps of logs on
some smiling hilltop and set about
making permanent Improvements.
His visions were of fields well titled,
of barns we'll filled and of neighbors
prospecting with him. He is gone
with his neighbors and in many places
the only tokens of his work you will
find in travelling through the second
growth chat covers what has been
his farm, are the old cellar wall and
tumble down stone fences which he
had meant to be permanent"
OF course he could not make head
way against western agricultural COM
petition aided by the railroads, and
awakening from his dream he has fol-
lowed his children to the village or
city with it's varied and sometimes
questionable attractions. Now notice
the strange thing in this connection,
his farm which has been covered with
the second growth timber is worth
more than it was when he was cul-
tivatng II. In some cases several
times as much including the improve
ments which were intended to be per
manent."
The younger generation will most
certainly profit by the experience of
their fathers in one respect at least.
They will not for time clear up
back land farms and farm lands that
are already cleared. Nature, how
ever, has given a hint, a very broad
one. which IL young man or woman
elects to follow leads to independence.
The acreage of farm land is large
which has been returned to forest
but not large enough. | have some
pine trees from seed sown thirteen
years ago Yesterday | measured
some of the taller ones which are
twenty-five or twenty-six feet high and
four to five inches in diameter. For
the last few years they have made
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
SkOWHEGAN MADISON
TEACHERS MEET
Prof. Herbert {. Libby of Colby Col.
lege Gives Helpful Address to
the Instructors

A very pleasant and profitable
meeting occurred in the chapel of
the Bethany Baptist Church last Fri
day evening when the teachers OF the
public schools of Skowhegan enter
tanned the teachers of the Madison
schools. The gathering was held
with the general desire for unity of
progress in the educational work of
the two towns. A very delicious
chicken pie supper was served by the
members of the Ella F. Mitchell
Philathea Glass, each Skowhegan
teacher entertaining the teacher in a
corresponding grade or school at
Madison. At the conclusion of the
repast there was short musical
program during which the high school
orchestra played. directed by Miss
Marguerite Craig. Miss Craig also
sang. w. B. Woodbury.. superintend-
ent of the Madison schools
introduced Prof. Herbert c. Libby of
Colby College who gave very inspir-
ing address. His principal message
to the teachers may have been termed
"Cultivating an independent spirit.
but not a militant one" He spoke
particularly of need of teachers or
ganizing themselves and recognized
their own work so by advancing their
own efficiency they may advance their
standards. He pointed out the ad-
vances of the state in educational
matters but of course this needs to
go still further. Prof. Libby spoke
of needing teachers who are thorough
ly AmericaniZed people and emphasiz-
ad 40 If ipo OF r,tnF pIa
a great deal of emphasis On home
conditions and particularly a chival-
rous regard for virtue in girl students.
The teachers in order to further their
work should recognize their own va
lue and be ready to pass on questions
which come before them and Prof.
Libby believes they should feel that
they need not respond to any school
officials whether competent or incom-
petent He spoke OF the need of teach
er organizations to advance their own
efficiency and make themselves worthy
of an adequate wage so they may be
an aid to school officials in advance
ment OF general school purposes; also
a general professional aid to various
groups of teachers with their more in
innate problems.
The meeting was terminated at
about nine O'Clock, the Madison teach
ers returning home by special car.
There were about twenty-five in at
tendance from Madison, but the I'M
favorable weather doubtless detained
many of the rural teachers from at
tending.
The committee in charge of the ar
engagements was composed of Mrs. Lot
tie Gates. Mrs. Della Sanford and Mrs.
Mildred c. Lewis.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25

orally kill or seriously main the gray
opponent"
1.-The reds sometimes go to the homes
of the grays, attack and drive off the
old grays and then drag their help
less little ones out of the nest, tear
them to bits and eat, with great gusto,
the quiverlng and bloody remains"
Red squirrels destroy many green
apples and pears by cutting the fruit
to eat the seeds.
Late In July 1919. DR.. B. H. Warren
found under an isolated apple tree
near West Chester nearly five bushels
of apples ranging from the size of a
small marble to a peeled black walnut
scattered on the ground under the
trees.
An English walnut tree in the yard
of Robert p. Sharpless of that place
one summer had all the green nuts
cut of by red squirrels before they
were ripe, and another year the reds
came to the tree and In a brief time
stole practically all the ripe nuts and
there was a very fine crop.
The late Mahlon Hutchinson of De-
Won, Pa. styled red squirrels Rats OF
the Tree Tops" which climb about
with agility stealing the. eggs and
nestlings of birds and then about the
time nuts were ready to gather from
some unusually fine English walnut
trees. on his premises, these four foot
ed marauders would take most of the
crop.
In some states the red squirrel has
been protected by law but the mass OF
evidence proves him to be destroyer
of the worst kind, of game and useful
birds and also injurious to the other
interests of farmers.
Most sportsmen add him to the list
of their enemies and he has been put
on the black list of the New York
Conservation Commission.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Maine Hunters In Canada Need Quebec
Licenses

In view of the fact that automobile
travel into Maine via ST. Zacharie and
other points along the Canadian boun-
Diary is now possible, the Department
of Inland Fisheries and Game has
within the past week received num-
erous inquiries from Maine hunters
as to what regulations must be OBJ
served with reference to taking fire.
arms from a point in Maine to another
point in Maine through a small por-
ton of Quebec. These inquiries are
being made by persons residing in
different parts Of the State who wish
to go by automobile to the territory
northwest of Moosehead Lake in this
State, which can be reached by going
via Jackman, Somerset county, thence
over into Quebec. thence back into
Maine to the head of Moosehead lake
and other territory reached by the
Great Northern Paper Company's road
there. These parties naturally wish
to take their firearms along with
them, and at their request the matter
was submitted to the Fish and Game
officials of Quebec for ruling.
The Department of Inland Fish
aries and Game was Monday morning
in receipt of letter from Hon ]. A,
Bellisle, superintendent of Department
of Colonization of Mines and Fisheries
of the Province of Quebec which reads
as follows:
II have your letter of the 18th in
slant asking if the Maine hunting Ii
censes could be accepted in Quebec
while your hunters are "enroute" by
automobile from point in Maine to
another point in Maine via Quebec. In
reply | regret to say that our game
laws do not allow any nonresident
to come into our province with fire.
arms without previously aking the reg
ular nonresident hunting license
which costs $25, and that 1t is not even
in the power of the Minister to make
any exceptions.
I'm order to accommodate your
bona fide hunters | would gladly send
you hunting licenses, that you could
sell them when they want TO come
through Quebec. 1t goes without say
ing that when they buy those licenses
they are at liberty to hunt in our
province and the license gives them
the right to kill one moose, two deer
and two caribou
II am proposing this because we
have no officers in the immediate vi
entity OF that part of boundary au-
thorized to sell those licenses"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Ask for Protection Fish In Ellis Pond

The Department of Inland Fisher
les and Game is in receipt of petition
headed by w. M. Adams and Fred L..
Marshall of The Forks and vicinity,
asking for special regulations on Ellis
Pond and nearby waters, Somerset
county.
The petition reads as follows
The Forks, Me-, Sept. 20, 1928.
To the Honorable Fish and Game
Commission of the State of Maine:
We, the undersigned, being at least
twenty-five interested citizens Of the
State and voters of the State Of Maine,
being greatly interested in the pro-
lection of fish in this section of our
State, do hereby petition your honor
able body to adopt the following rules
and regulations.
To close Ellis Pond on Ten Thou
sand Acre Tract to all fishing from
September 18th until the ice goes out
the following Spring. for term of
three years.
To close Ellis, Long and Flatiron
Ponds on Ten Thousand Acre Tract
to all bait fishing for term of three
years.
TO close all the tributaries to Ellis
Pond to all fishing for term of three
years.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Sees Great Want In Future rs Pulp
Mills Deprive Maine Of Resources

Sir:-Maine has been my playground
for twenty-one years. 1t is the only
great natural playground in the east
The war brought thousands of new
Visitors to Maine, and many have
located summer cottages on the coast
and on the lakes.
1t is difficult to remove her coast
or tear out. her lakes, but one great
natural resource, one great and beau
tiful feature, is being slowly, surely
and everlastingly obliterated-her for
ests.
The pine is gone and king spruce is
almost down and out. The state
of Maine is being wood-pulped to
death.
Down to the coast line comes the
giant grip of the pulp mills. Late
ly on Cape Newagen, which is the
southerly tip of the beautiful Island
OF Southport, man got control of
a piece of woodland and cut out 200
cords of spruce and white birch for
the pulp mill. He left a beauty spot
a scene of desolation.
OtHcT pOlutS are BOIuB Inc same
way.
A little money is being made by the
present generation, but great want
stares the future. The forests are
going; the freshets are coming.
Where hundreds Of dollars are now
made, thousands will be lost in the
food-swept towns. There is q pun
ishment for every crime, and what is
more criminal than the destruction
of natural beauties?
The state should take some cogni-
zance of this matter. Possibly law
passed stating the size of trees that
may be cut for pulpwood might, at
the present, help.
Anyway, the average citizen can see
that the home-builder of the future
is being robbed of timber that will
be needed for construction purposes.
Perhaps the delegation of Maine
men who are abroad boosting the
worthiness of the state may be able
to present to coming Legislation
some solution to great pro5lam.
c. ]. TAYLOR,
Boothbay Harbor, Me-, in the Fourth
Estate.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
En- REPORTED BEING ON THE INCREASE
m MOST OF THE STATE Of MAINE
.nty of Birds This Year-Ducks in Some Places
Have More Than Doubled in a Few Years

other party who went down this sea-
son counted 1896 deer in few days,
or before it reached the mouth of the
Allagash.
"The same conditions exist on the
upper waters of the st. John, and
these rivers and the lakes and streams
connected with them form the great
breeding grounds for the state, and
being protected here the deer must
drift down nearer civilization where
they will be more accessible and cas-
Ter to get out when taken.
1.-THE report of Roy Dudley of Stacy
ville. a deputy warden, on duty in
the Mt. Katahdin region and East
Branch country easterly of Mt. Katah-
din, under date of September 2Sth,
states that on trip from Little
Spring Brook, on the East Branch,
to the dam on Grand Lake, along the
old tote road in one day he actually
counted 70 cartridges. seven deer, one
bear, two moose and two rabbits. This
is mentioned as showing how numer-
GUS the game is in this section.
MOOSE HOLDING OWN
Ht ulOOSc rs Stlll pIOIcCIeu anu
possibly holding his own, although it
will probably be many years, if ever,
before there Is another open season
on moose in Maine. There are, how
ever, few moose in nearly every
county, with the greater number in
Washington and Hancock counties.
at is thought that the Katahdin
Park Game Preserve, with 10000
acres, and the Rangeley Game Pre-
serve, with $4,000 acres, will have a
beneficial effect in preserving the
game. Some claim they can already
see an improvement in Katahdin Park
which has only been established two
years. The Rangeley Park was es-
tablished this past season and the
lines have not as yet been completed
No hunting or trapping is allowed and
good results are expected in this terri
tory within a very few years.
Deer like other wild animals soon
learn in what sections they are
wholly unmolested. 8wo tracts of
large extent where wild life is undis-
turbed In this state are going to be of
material advantage to the natural
of birds as we'll as ami
mails In our northern wilderness"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
BAKERS SIDING

DR.. Fernald with couple of
friends from Massachusetts are spend
ing few days hunting at As-You-
Like-1t cottage.
Wayne Senate of Wollaston, Mass,
is spending his annual months va
cation at the Stevens cottage.
Mrs. Ivan Hodgdon is expected home
today from Boston, where she went
to accompany her daughter, Clarice.
home.
Cecil and Merton Quimby with a
couple of friends from Madison, re-
turned home Saturday with a couple
of nice deer.
Rex oliver spent Sunday at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd from South Free
port are spending few days hunting
at the Ward cottage.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
MAINSTREAM

Mrs. Hattie Bachelor and brother
Henry Stevens were week end guests
of relatives in Pittsfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". H. Seekins of
Pittsfield' were visiting Earl Chase
and wife last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown of
Pittsfield were visiting his aunt Hattie
Bachelor last Tuesday
Mrs. Blanche Stafford was visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Stafford in Pittsheld
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Jennie Homestead of Oldtown
is visiting her niece Mrs. Jennie Huff
for a few days.
Ambrose Fogg who moved his fam
lily here from Pittsfeld last week is
soon to move to Ripley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Campbell of
Lewiston are visiting l. A Campbell
for a few days.
The Improvement Club met Friday
night with a good attendance and a
good time reported
The Ladies Aid held their annual
sale and supper Saturday afternoon
and evening and was success in
every way and a good sum was added
to the treasury.
There was a number from the viii
lage attended the sale and supper
here Saturday afternoon and evening
Arthur Hurd has moved to the
Wormlight farm on the South road.
Harmony.
Roy Burdick is soon to move to
Pittsfeld where he has bought home
and has position in the postoftce.
We all hate to have them leave as
his wife was very successful teach
er and she will be missed very much
hv the scholars
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Warden Reports Game Prosecutions

John e. Jackson, game warden on
duty at Jackman, has reported to the
Department of Inland Fisheries and
Game the case of State against Cal
win Poulin of Waterville, for having
loaded rife in possession in an au-
tomobile at Parln Pond, Somerset
county, October IA, 1923. This case
was taken before Trial Justice Her
man Holden of Moose river. The
defendant was adjudged guilty and
sentenced to pay a fine of $40 and
costs taxed at $17.85.
Alonzo w. Colson, deputy game
warden at Grand Lake Stream, re-
ports payment of fine of $40 and costs
taxed at $3.50 by Joseph c. Given, for
hunting on Sunday, October z, on the
Grand Lake Stream road, Washington
county.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25

growth Of over two feet each year.
A block OF one hundred acres like
that would have a good selling value.
Now let young man or woman get
piece OF poor neglected farm land,
no matter II 1t Is fiat, grayelly, sandy
or hilly, rockey or clay and set 1t TO
timber. II will grow on any OF this
land and will be source In a few
years of pleasure and independence.
Even a lazy boy or girl can make
success OF this project because once
they are started the trees need scarce
ly any attention. What is essential
is the starting They must be plant
ed in early spring when the ground
is wet. Transplanted seedlings with
a good bunch of roots are best. Take
a bog-hoe and open hole big enough
to put In the roots, tread the earth
around with the feet and you are ready
for the next one. Set six feet apart
each way and keep the stock out.
From now on this poor neglected land
which had no present nor prospective
worth will increase in value while
not the smallest inducement for ven
turing in this scheme is the exemp-
ton from taxation phase
The state has seen the Importance
of timber culture and provides by
law that after your nursery has been
kept alive for three years, upon ap-
-plIcation to the assessors It will be
exempt from taxation for twenty
years.
Set out piece OF timber. The
growing it on waste land, knowing
that the combination of increasing
growth and increasing market value
Is sure to bring success.
H. B. WHIPPLE.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Billie HERON TROUT
DESTROYER IN MOSCOW
Had Just G0bbled up Eight Fish When
Shot by Weymouth Collins

Weymouth Collins of West Moscow
shot blue heron who was catching
the fish from the brook near his home
that stood four feet, eight inches high
and the spread of his wings from tip
to tip measured six feet and one inch.
This bird would alight in the shallow
pools and catch the small trout as
fast as he could swallow them, hav-
ing caught eight from one pool just
before he was shot, which goes to
prove how very destructive blue he
rons are to small trout.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Hunting Good at Rowe Pond

Among the many successful hunters
at High Twelve Camps at Rowe Pond.
Daniel Doherity of Boston, Mass. was
the first to fill his quota. bringing
down two deer within a mile of the
camps, last week. Other hunters
have had similar good luck, even
though it is yet early in the season
Guy Andrews of Pleasant Ridge is
guiding the parties at Rowe Pond this
fall.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25

This month the orchards are bend
ing their boughs beneath the ripened
fruit. The leaves on the trees are
falling earlier than usual. II you
watch the squirrels you will find them
busy among the Golden Seal and
Gensin, the little humming birds are
later than usual. You can
see them at the rising and setting of
the sun, absorbing the moisture from
the apple leaf.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25

Saturday night about ten o'clock,
around which the students gave their
school cheers and sang songs. An
enliyening snake dance on Water st.
followed. During the early evening
the students enjoyed dancing party
in Forester's Hall, an orchestra COM
posed of high school pupils furnish
ing the music
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25
Charged with Having Moose Meat In
His Possession

A. S. Yates, proprietor of Twin Is
land Camps at Skinner was brought
before Judge Heman Holden at Moose
River, last week. charged with having
moose meat in his possession. He
pleaded not guilty but was adjudged
otherwise by Judge Holden and given
fine of 5000 and costs. from which
he appealed.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25

The Rest Rooms in the Dodge Block
for women and children are greatly
appreciated by out-of-town shopper.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-25

Touchdowns made by Cole and
Dionne. Substitute. Watersille. Mi
chaud for Trainor. Shaw for Donovan,
Sprague for Picher. Chamberlain for
Clsprood; Skowhegan. Ames for Pre-
vost, Perkins for Mullin. Referee,
Vale of Colby. Umpire, Mclaughlin
of Bowdoin. Headlinesman. Overlook
of the Navy Time. 15-12-15-12.
In celebration of the victory bon
fire was lighted in Railroad Square