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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-02
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-02
AMERICAS LEAGUE

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
Hartland Grange

Hartland Grange met in regular ses-
sion Saturday evening. October %,
with w. NJ. F. l.. Haseltine in the
chair During the business meeting
the report of the hail committee was
accepted and 1t was voted to dis
charge same and let the matter drop.
A communication from Ripley Grange
was read inviting this Grange to meet
with them next Saturday evening and
furnish the program, but as Pomona
Grange meets here Wednesday, No
vember 5, it was considered impossible
to accept their invitation at present.
Cora Estes, lecturer pro TEN furnish
ed a program of music by the Grange
and readings and stories by several
members. Brother Estabrook was
reported as being on the gain. Worthy
Ceres reported writing a letter in be-
half of Hartland Grange to Sister
Estabrook expressing sympathy and
as soon as he was able would send
them a remembrance. A social was
enjoyed by young and old after the
Grange. with music by the pianola.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
Winter Rules for Animals

Protect your animals from the cold
This will make them more comfort
able and viii save you feed.
Stop the holes in your barn.
Blanket your horses on frosty
nights in the fall, when their coats
are short.
Give your horses and cattle good
bad. Bedding Is cheap.
Water your horses at least three
times a day. The stomach OF the
horse is very small.
Punctuallty in feeding and water
ing the stock is very important They
will worry and lose flesh waiting be-
yond the regular time.
A good grooming costs no money
and is equal to two quarts of oats.
A horse cannot thrive on hay alone
He needs oats or corn for strength
and grass. bran or potatoes to keer
his bowels right.
Keep your horses feet soft, and
have him shod often More feet arc
ruined in the stable than on the road
DO not degrade your family by u.s.
ing a lame horse.
Kill the worn-out or incurably lame
horse. If you sell him, the money
that you receive is blood money.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
Skowhegan Grange Observes Halo
We'en

At the last regular meeting of
Skowhegan Grange, a pleasant OBJ
servance of Halloween was conducted
by Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Miller. Mr., and
Mrs. Harry Stafford. VI. c. Viles and
Miss f. NJ. Hall. Program features
included the reading Of Aunt Dinah'
by Mrs. c. d. Miller in costume, a
paper on Halloween by Mrs. Fl. A.
Dinsmore Rotations by Mrs. Chaun-
cey Locke, story by Mrs. John Cool
and a reading by Mrs. F. B. Folsom,
an impersonation by Mrs. Ralph
French Of Cornville, with an introduce
ton by Mrs. II. A. Dinsmore was
much enjoyed and Fred C. Nye gave
two songs Among the visiting
speakers were Mrs. Ralph French,
Howard Rowell, Annie Haley, Helen
Hafey, Wallace Hafey. Ida Thompson
of Wesserunsett Grange in Cornville
and Mrs. Isabel Russell of Greene.
The idea of Halloween was further
carried out by decorations of pump
kin jack planters, leaves and corn
stalks.
At the next meeting on November
5, Rev. s. F. Emerson will be in
charge and the meeting will be of a
patriotic nature Supper will be
served by the members who are in
Section A and the committee in charge
are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.. Beck
with, Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Murray, +.
r. Goodrich and Mrs. Sarah Fortier.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
Somerset County Agricultural News

COUNTY FOOD PROJECT REPORT
(Mrs. +. Lee Fuller, Hartland. foods
project LEADER
The whole question OF food prod
Incts and the cost of living Is a matter
OF common sense and getting togeth.
or as modern science is changing the
practices of up-to-date agricnl are. il
ought to modify and influence the per
formances of the household The
home can become responsible for NAL
nutrition and unsanitary living. Let
us get behind that Extension Service
which today is giving us real service
and there will be no doubt of the re-
suit as will be shown of the county
report on foods for the year. There
have been served 30 balanced meals
q food preservation budgets have
been kept 10 date. % community
meals have been served with great
satisfaction Information has been
passed to at least fifty people regard
ing foods.
SIDE LIGHTS ON THE CONVENTION
Everett Salley of Madison is one OF
the few commercial apple growers OF
this section. He has sprayed his
orchard seven times during the past
season, and the result was that he
was able to place his products in To-
cal markets. at a much increased
value
A. A. Cheviot of Norridgewock. an
other interested Farm Bureau mem
Der. is one of the real potato growers
of this section This year he had
fifteen acres, with good results. He
always plants seed plot
Mr. Greig of the Greig & Lowell
Fruit Farm at Mercer, is another com
mercial apple grower of the county.
He was an Interested attendant at
Tuesdays meetings.
Mrs. Belle r. Morse, whose home
is about midway between the villages
of Hartland and Pittsfield, in Palmya,
is a real poultry enthusiast. Not
only does she attend we'll to her own
hocks. but she is extending her inter
est over the county. and this year has
sent in more poultry account cards
than any other woman in Somerset
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL MARKET
Corrected Every Tuesday

WHOLESALE
Dairy Products
Butter-40c to 45c ID.
Eggs-60c a dozen
Green Fruit
Apples-$3.00 a Dbl.
Green Vegetables
Beets-3c a ID.
Cabbage-2c a Id.
Carrots-3c lb.
Squash-3c a lb.
Turnips-2c a Id.
Provisions
Pork (salt)-13c a Id.
Beans-(Yellow Eyed $40 a bushel
Potatoes-60c a bushel
Fresh Meats
Beef--Sc to 15c Id.
Lamb-25c lb.
Veal-15c to 18c lib.
Round Hog pc Id.
RETAIL
Butter-45c to soc lb.
Cheese-35c to 45c a lb.
Eggs-50c to zoe a dozen
Green Fruit
Applicable to Acc peck.
Green Vegetables
Beets-6c a lb
Cabbage-new sc a Id.
Carrots-5c a lb.
Onions-5c pound
Peppers-20c a Id.
Squash--6e a lib.
Turnips--4c h.
Provisions
Smoked hams-25c to 34c Id.
Pork tsaltl-20c lb.
Domestic Lard-24c a lb.
Lard-20c a Id.
Beans-22e quart.
Potatoes--25c peck
Sugar--10c lb; 100 lbs, $500.
Dry Citron--60c lb.
Lemons--40c to 60c dozen.
Oranges-35c to zoe dozen.
Olives--bulk soc.
Prunes-10c to 1Sc ID.
Grapefruit-13c. for 25c.
Moolasses-60c to soc per gallon.
Cod-15c per ID.
Haddock-18c ID.
Mackerel-20c lb.
Halibut Steak-40c lb.
Salmon-42c Id.
! Oysters-95c per quart
Clams-50c quart
Finnan Haddie-20c lb.
Flour and Grain
Bread Flour-$1.15 bag.
Pastry Flour-S1 90 a bag.
Corn Meal-$225 bag.
Observation-Disclosures $500 year.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
WeSSerunSett Valley Fair Association
to Hold Annual Meeting

Next Tuesday, Nov. a. will occur
the annual meeting of the Wesserun-
sett Valley Fair Association, at which
time the date of 1925 fair will be set
the reports of the present officers
acted upon and the new officers elect
ed. Owing to the rainy weather and
other causes that were unfavorable
for the fair this year made the tinan-
cial end a little to the wrong balance
The management feel that they were
very successful Everybody that is
interested is always welcomed at the
meetings and all members are re-
quested to be present. Some parti-
cularly important business is expect
ed to come before the management
this year and will be taken up at this
meeting.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30

The farm survey made during the
past year shows that there are nearly
four hundred hocks of over fifty hens.
This shows that a large number of our
farm people are depending to some
extent upon their poultry for revenue.
Eight caponiging demonstrations were
conducted with thirty-seyen in at
tendance. This work is still in the
experimental stage to Maine people,
the purpose being to demonstrate the
economical value of capons in COM
parison with the returns secured
from broilers and roasters
Four cullng demonstrations and
three selecting breeders demonstra-
tions conclude the poultry work. A
large number have been given in
formation on care of their fiocks, di-
seases. etc, as well. Probably more
poultry information is asked for than
any other form. Eight meetings
were held in March with Frederick
Robbie to interest and acquaint Som
erset pouitrynien with the plans OF
the Maine Poultry Producers Associa-
ton. There were ninety-three men
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
Skowhegan Has An Approved MIX
Inspection Dept.

State Dairy Inspector Forrest A.
Barbour and Eldon Boyd, milk in
spector at Skowhegan, have just made
an inspection of milk in that town
and as the result Skowhegan is being
approved by the State dairy division
and will now have an approved milk
inspection department.
Mr.. Barbour reports that the town
of Sanford has also been approved,
according to the regulations adopted
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30

by the milk inspection depar'im,",
Mr.. Barbour took samples OIL nun
Wateryille last THURSDAY Dut h'o
yet made the report. IT,
Accompanied by Frank Lelle'i an
of Fairfield, Mr.. Barbour nlaoe I rI
spection of the milk dealers . wi"
In that town last THURSDAY az. oo n
and found them in very goou WV
ton.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30
Canaan Grange Taking In New Mem
bPFS

Canaan Grange met in regular ses-
sion, Thursday evening, October 16.
The charter was draped in mourning
for a late sister. Mary Ann Tozier and
several committees made reports.
There was balloting upon candidates,
f. E. Williams gave a humorous read
ing
Saturday evening, October 49, a
special meeting was held for the pur-
pose of comforting the first and sec
ond degrees on a class of candidates.
A social hour was enjoyed at the
close OF the meeting.
The next meeting will be a special
on Thursday evening. October Both.
The third and fourth degrees will be
conferred and a harvest supper serv-
ed
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-30

Charles Brewer of Pittsileld sU "r,
per cent control for kale with sp'
of II pounds per acre.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
MAR00ND SAVAGE COLONY EXPLORER HELD BY INDIANS FOR MEDICAL


! certain what to do. A few moments
| later they came out again. and once
| more I made signs OF being hungry,
whereupon one of their party. q little
| bolder than the rest, came forward
cautiously and held out a toasted
| banana.
r TOOK the proffered food and, hSv-
ing tattered khaki handkerchief
change. This established the fact that
was a perfect gentleman. and the
rest of the band gathered around
without fear. I asked for more food.
but they only waved their hands over
their heads, saying Cash." meaning
tomorrow, and then unceremoniously
slipped off quietly into the forest
1t was just rs we'll that I had not
received a more bountiful supply at
the outset. for the pain cacsed by the
solitary banana prying open the
shrunken crevises of my stomach was
very great indeed. 1t was also fortu-
nate that I had had handkerchief
handy. since 1t had helped to cement
friendly relations more quickly than
anything else.
About 10 o'clock the following day
my savage friends returned again.
only this time without any Of the
shouting that had characterized their
first appearance. They brought with
them small supply OF yuccas. for
which 1 gave them q film tin; then
when I had eaten, they beckoned me
to follow through the forest.
My arrival at their colony natu-
ment. and 1 was quick to notice how
frightened some Of them were of me
the women and children in particu-
lar keeping in the background. Later
on understood the reason for this.
An Indian from another household
came in, whom recognized as one OF
the men who had started out with me
Tehi, and he gave an exhibition Of
how l had shaken Munoz. Some
laughed, but the majority took it very
seriously and kept still further away
from me. presumably thinking that 1
might break out again at any mo-
ment and shake one of them. A lit
tie wholesome respect is always a de-
sirable spirit to instill in people OF
any kind. but when it amounted to
fear, as it did in this case. it was
bad, because it made it just so much
more difficult to establish friendly
relations with them.
It was strange to see human beings
again and hear them talk, even il
what they said was unintelligible.
but it was stranger still to stretch out
on a sleeping rack, and. with my feet
over the smouldering embers Of a
fire, rest snug and dry with some as
surance of security. Quarters in the
hut were inclined to be crowded; in
cluding babies there were forty-eight
of US in all, and when this aggrega-
ton of humanity had accommodated
itself on eight racks for the night
there was not very much room left
Evening star., 1924-02-24

heavens. streaked and SCARED like
rugged walls OF some impregnable
city of the gods. The evening sun
peered over tho jagged battlements,
ball Of crimson fury lending color
to the scene and casting long shad-
ows across ravines and guneys, which
In turn threw tho whole landscape
into a bold relief of unparalleled
magnifcence.
Down below were the valleys of
the Chinchipe, Maranon and Chamaya
rivers, carved and scrAped out OF the
eaFth's crust, colossal cutters. where
In those waters collected which fed
the rapacious NAV of tho mighty
Amazon. that living mass of swiriing
liquid green against which 1 had
been struggling ever since leaving
IQuitos.
To one who had just crept out OF
the forest world, where cropping
among the trees and living with
monstrous terrors of the unseen rep
resented the sum total OF existence.
this sudden return to light came with
overwhelming significance.
was literally dumfounded and
amazed to realize that the mind of
man could dwell on or perceive any
thing other than leaves and branches
off which water necessarily dripped.
AS 1 eazed at the stupendous spec
tAtle which unfolded before me,
thoughts Of proportionate magnitude
weiled up within me. Big ideas once
more expanded my shriveled mind.
I forgot my petty quarreIs with the
river and my trivial disagreements
with the forest My perspective re-
turned and I saw things in their true
proportion.
This, then, was the parting of the
ways. My future safety was assured.
With an indescribable feeling of
thankfulness and pity. watched the
now retreating forms OF my friends
move slowly up the slope. When
fitting about among the exuberant
vegetation OF the Amazon they cut
an important figure, but here on the
bare mountain side they appeared
peculiarly Insignificant, strangely out
OF place. Yet 1t was thanks to these
brown shadows Of the forest and
their very human wish TO help me 70
get back to my wives and children on
the banks Of the Chinonipe that was
here at all. without their timely
assistance my body might now have
been rotting under the trees in no
where and my spirit calling helplessly
to the moon, like many another 81
lent tragedy striving to make itseit
heard in the ocean OF eternity.
Copyright, 1so4.)
Evening star., 1924-02-24

playing about his lips, and whispered
darkly:
Gents, soon's we get to the border
I'm going to kill that cook. Maybe
before we get there I'll slip a knife
wait when he has a drunken cook
serving in the Kitchen"
Well, our meals en- route to the bor-
der were sketchy and of quaint va
riety. The cook dished up mush for
o'clock dinner and gave US our
choice Of "dulces"-sticky preserves,
wherein flies had found sepulcher-
for breakfast. The waters reaction
to this imperial department 'tother
side of the partition became increas-
ingly violent. Singly and in congress
of four, he asked our advice as to the
most painful death he could select for
the cook. Had we ever heard Of the
bizarre Yaqui notion for shoeing a
man with mule shoes-nails driven
through his bare soles-and turning
him out to range?
All Of us took a sporting interest
in the battle bound to be staged when
we reached Nogales and the line. We
never had seen the cook, but his voice
lifted in objurgation against the
waiter through the pigeonhole led US
to believe him q worthy battler.
The boundary was reached. While
the customs officers were paving
through our grips our ears were at
tuned to the clang Of an ambulance.
But, alas!
The waiter and the cook descended
from the dining car with arms fra
ternally intertwined about necks and
started for a nearby 0rog shop-a
"snowbird" and a fine Mexican tequila
hound exemplifying that Biblical text
about the lion and the lamb.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-02-24
Life Imprisonment
or ElectrOcutiOn?

following the van on horseback. he
suddenly spuTed close to the vehicle
and shot at Guiteau. The latter was
only slightly wounded but bad!@
frightened, and begged that heavier
guards be placed about him.
The first man to be hanged on the
gallows now standing in the District
Jail was James Grady, who paid the
penalty of his crime on March "a.
1871. Other notorious persons SEN
tenoed to like fate in the past fifty
years are Tom Wright, who killed
peddler named Rodinski: Stone. de-
fendant in a particularly atroctous
case; Frank Funk, executed in 1897,
and Jones, the letter carrier. saved
from the gallows by last-moment
reprieve from President Cleveland
who commuted his sentence TO life
Imprisonment.
Asked for his opinion on the aboli-
tion of capital punishment or substi-
tuting electrocution for hanging, Maj.
Peake, superintendent Of the District
Jail, said he would be much relieved
if the former we're decided upon. Il
the decision is for the electric chair
1t is his opinion that that method is
much more humane.
The superintendent has been closely
associated with prison conditions in
other parts OF the country, and when
serving with the Army had oppor
tunity for close observation of con-
ditions in military prisons. He de-
clares the District jail has the best
system Of ventilation OF any institu
ton he has been connected with. and
with the improvements which have
been installed in the past few years
the physical health and mental we'll
being Of the inmates is assured as far
as possible.
In speaking Of the general condition
of the present jail, Maj. Peake says
reports as to its being overcrowded
and In need OF repair have been ex-
aEEerated.
Evening star., 1924-02-24

natures.
That very evening, when the house
hold was assembled to partake Of the
remnants left ever from tho days
food supply, I said:
"Yurmi Chinchipe nua nua chano
chanu atzuhan."
At tho Same time I pointed west
ward to tho evening sun as 1t sank
maJesticaliy behind the hills, slapped
my chest and looked vry disconsolate,
which was my way Of saying that on
the Chinchipe river. in tho direction
of the setting sun, had wives and
children waiting for me, and they
Evening star., 1924-02-24

| like a lunatic to help convey my
IDEAS to the childlike intellects around
me! The strain of the past few
| months was also beginning to tell.
| Could I go on standing such abnor-
NAL surroundings and yet keep my
sanity?
THERE was still another difficulty
staring me IN the face-stocks
were getting low, and / was reduced
to manufacturing articles from all
sorts of odds and ends which re-
mained behind in order to buy food.
While such articles brought me in
| a bountiful supply of food SO long as
| they lasted, it was not through trad
ting that I gained the good will OF
the community, but through medi-
cines. l well remember my conster-
| nation. therefore, when the stock of
aspirin began to run low and I was
confronted with the very ernbarrass-
Ing position Of not being able to
effect any more cures.
So long as it was possible to work
miracles or trade for food in the way
I was doing ! could have gone on
living with these Indians indefinitely:
but the minute I should fail to keep
my end up I would have been obliged
| to dig yuccas and hunt with the rest
| Of them, or else starve to death just
| the way any Of the old people did
who could no longer do their share
| OF work. Altruism has no place in
~ Suh ip,
Jungle. Not only do the strong fail
to support the weak, but in many
cases they go so far as to hasten
! their departure into the next world
with the aid of a little poison such
as they use on their blow-gun darts.
or other connections which they are
, expert at preparing.
AS the days slipped by I became
more and more anxious concerning
the fate which awaited me IL re-
manned a virtual prisoner in the
| hands Of the Aguarunas. Think as
| might, it seemed well-nigh impossi-
BILE to hit upon any logical reason
for wanting to go away which could
be easily expressed in the language
Of my captors, and which. at the same
time, would imply the necessity for
, haste. AS in most difficult problems.
the solution was simple enough
when once the answer had been
found.
had noticed that the men did not
relish being separated from their
families for long at a time. Even on
short expeditions few women and
children always came along. This set
me thinking. If an Indian wanted to
hurry back to his family after an alb
sence Of a day or two, surely my de-
Evening star., 1924-02-24
By G. NJ. DYOT.r. r. r.. G. $.

NE October day, while seated
as usual on my log, staring
vacantly at the undulating
waters Of the river with my
Evening star., 1924-02-24
ACZ7ON
STUFF
y@ RQbaf NsIScR Rlc7Ne
MEXICAN VIOLETS.


~ ECENTLY was daIlying over
the menu in the dining car
~ of the most widely adver-
Il Y tised train de luxe in the
east, and there came to my mind the
picture Of another dining car and
what happened there.
This was on the Sud Pacifico de
Mexico, running along the west coast
of our sister republic across the Rio
Grande from the port of Mazatlan
north to Nogales, at the border-a
dreary, nerve-racking ride of two
days and nights through the vacancy
of the desert.
The appointments of that dining
car were Spartan. 1t had been an old
day coach, wherein seats had been
displaced by plain and very dirty pine
tables, with kitchen chairs ranged
about them. The kitchen was be-
yond a hole in a partition just large
enough to permit the passing of
plates through an unseen cave of
grease and garlic.
The cook was a Mexican; the single
waiter was an American-both de-
lightfully peculiar.
First noon out from Mazatlan three
other American travellers and I went
into the dining car. to find the waiter
standing like a statue and sobbing
openly.
Scents" he began brokenly, my
heart is broken. The damned greaser
cooks drunk, and won't serve nothin'
but sardines and chile. Who wants
to cat that garbage?"
We tried to soothe the poor fellow.
One of our number who spoke Span
ish went to the little pigeonhole and
poured soft labials through at the un-
seen cook. His diplomacy wrought
marvels.
We got enchiIadas and frijoles,
with warm beer.
Seeing these viands come at him
through the letter slot, our walters
manner suddenly changed. He bent
over our tables, fluttering fingers