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Evening star., 1924-10-18
Four Real PROPOSITIONS.

Four Real Propositions.
Many good paying Investments VIII ex-
change for Pa. ave., 14th ST.. other business or
residential property. A good chance to get
properties mentioned below.
No. 1-12-apartment building; price, $75. 900;
renting for 5000 per year. New building
downtown, having one trust:
No 2+16 apartment building; rent, Sc, 100;
n,iced at $50 900. Rent less than sic per
room per month. very small trust on the
No 3-Price, $25, 900; i've apartments of
two rooms and bath each, renting for s. 900
ner vear Clear of all membranes.
No. A13th st. near Mass ave. NV. bust
ness property valued At $4,000; Improvements
heing made in this section
See Mr.. BOWERS. Care STONE 1 FAIRFAX.
1912 New York Ave. NV. Main 2424.
Evening star., 1924-10-18
A BARGAIN

A BARGAIN.
Nine-room and bath house with 76 acres OF
ground 4-room tenant house. barn, paint
shop, stable: suitable for chicken or truck
farm or subdivision just half mile of
Washington and Baltimore boulevard; ABOUT
- miles from center Of Washing ton: close TO
car line and Baltimore & Ohio. Price, s15ooo:
terms to suit.
O. B. ZANTZINGER,
Ybone uvat,s 20 IA Nd Ave Hvatts Nd
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NORRIDGEWOCK

Neil Mills of Portland was in town
one day last week visiting his grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. &. c. Cooley.
The many friends of Mr.. Mills moth
err, Mrs. Annie Mills, will be pleased
to know that she is a little more com-
Portable.
Miss Cora Baker has returned from
q visit with relatives in Skowhegan.
Mrs. c. Herbert Crosby was in Wat
erYille last week calling on her broth
er Stephen Delano. who is a patient
at Gray's Hospital. Mr.. Delano had
cancer removed from his face last
week, Wednesday.
Mrs. Burton Walton and two chill
dren of Mercer were guests of Mrs.
Walton's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hartford few days last week. They
returned home sooner than they had
planned on account of the illness OF
Mr.. Walton's mother.
Miss Doris Green was the over Sun
day guest Of relatives in Madison.
Miss Janice Tyler of Mercer has
been visiting Mrs. Milford Tibbetts.
Mrs. Tyler went to Boston last week
for treatment
Mrs. Mary Longley Is visiting Mrs
f. II. Greenwood in Skowhegan.
The o. E. c. enjoyed an Easter
luncheon at the home Of Mrs. Wal
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age of 46 years, months, IA days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luce had five children
of whom only two are now living,
Orion Luce of Lakewood and Mahlon
Luce. with whom he made his home,
remain to mourn his loss. He Is also
survived by several grandchildren
and numerous other relatives. Mr..
Luce was 81 years, 8 months, % days
old, and had passed his entire life in
Somerset county where he had gain
ed many friends. The flowers were
many and beautiful and were very
much appreciated. Much praise Is
extended to Mrs. Edward Kierstead,
Mrs. Joel York and Mrs. Bertha Ger
mon. who sung the selection. Nearer
Nv God to Thee" Rev. Mr.. Tibbetts
of Norridgewock oflciated and the
remains were placed in the tomb at
Norridgewock to await burial in the
family lot at West New Portland. The
bearers were Joseph and Alfonso Otis,
Joel York and Edward Kierstead. The
entire community extend their SYM
pathy TO the bereaved family in their
time of sorrow.
Henry Dillingham; of Skowhegan
was visiting friends in Norridgewock
and Fairfield recently.
Charles Barney and Ralph York
were working on the road Thursday.
Mrs. Mahlon Luce is on the sick list
but is a little better at this writing.
Del Savoy is painting his house.
DODL1N DISTRICT
Mrs. Helen McIntire was caller
on Mrs. Leah Haskell on Monday OF
last week.
Mrs. Walter Bean had a severe at
tack of Indigestion last Tuesday night
Dr. Ames was called
The school children in this district
were unable to attend school last
Wednesday as the carrier had the
misfortune to break his car that
morning. William Smith is carrying
them until another driver can be
found.
Mrs. Wallace Morrow has been
quite sick for a few days last week.
Mrs. Wallace Morrow was a caller
on Mrs. Georgia McIntire and Mrs.
Alice Beane last Friday afternoon.
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News Of Somerset's Busy Towns

ter Taylor last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. David Rnshton is able TO be
out again after being confined TO her
home by severe lameness.
Miss Florice Nickerson was home
from Oakland over the Easter Vaea-
ton.
Several of our local fishermen have
been having good luck catching good
sized trout from the Mill Stream near
the Jewett Cannery.
Hon. l.. r. Folsom was in Augusta
last week to attend n meeting of the
Governors Council, and also visited
in Brockton. Mass. over Easter.
James Mcdonald was home from
skowhegan, Thursday.
Everyone will be glad to know that
through the efforts of Mrs. II. ".
Smith the public library has been
presented with sixty-eight juvenile
books from Connecticut Library.
The books are in very good condition
and will be enjoyed by the Juvenile
readers. The library has also been
presented with twenty-eight modern
fiction books by the South Sea Is
lander's Climb. The gifts are much
appreciated.
A meeting was held at the Ames
office Saturday afternoon by the Sc
lectmen and interested citizens to see
what might be done in regard to hav-
ing our local Central Maine Power
Co. man retained. Reports with
good foundation have stated that the
{. VI. r. Co. were 10 remove our To-
cal pepair man and this would seem
to he most unWise and unfair thing
for them to do. Norridgewock uses
more power motors for running bust
ness plants than most towns of its
size and what an unfortunate thing it
would be to have to send FIVE or six
miles every time there is trouble with
the electricity The town has stood
having the power turned off at the
most inOpportune times but when it
comes to depending on a man five
miles away to keep the business
wheels turning it is going little too
far. Mr., Trip, the local represen-
tative of the c. VI. p. Co. has been
most efficient and obliging in his
work in this section and when trouble
comes on the wires he at once search
es until he finds the cause and gets
things going again. During the hard
winter storms and at times in the
summer If we did not have a local
man it would certainly be an unfor-
tunate thing for the electrically run
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industries as well as users Of cleo
tricity in the homes.
Mrs. Ernest L. Gilman badly
sprained her ankle Saturday and Mrs.
Martha Russell also had the misfor-
tune to sprain hers Thursday.
Miss Nina Hussey arrived home
Saturday for a weeks vacation from
her school duties in Brockton, Mass
Mrs. Julia Fields and son Clifford
and daughter Della have returned
from Nashburn where. they were call
ed by the illness of Mrs. Hannaford
Fields
Ansel Nickerson is in town. Mr.
NickersOn has been in the hospital
seventeen weeks suffering from in
iuries received while employed in the
numbering camps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leavitt Newman of
Berlin. y. II. are visiting Mrs. New
mans parents. Mr.. and Mrs. F. W.
Spaulding.
Mrs. G. s. Jewett, F. f. Jewett and
Mrs. Walter Taylor We're business
callers in Waterville last week.
Mrs. n. {. IIussey and daughter
Miss Virginia were in Waterylle last
Tuesday.
The Boy Scouts and the Chamber Of
Commerce are to have a banquet in
the near future and have been for
tunate in securing jefferson Smith to
address them. The date has been set
for May fifth.
The section men on the railroad
were called twice last week to fight
grass fires set by the locomotives.
The fire at Hoxie's was soon put out
but on Friday night the fire near the
Frank Moore farm on the Madison
road was not as easily extinguished
and the local hremen were called
with the chemicals.
Perley Butler is suffering with
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NORTH CORNYILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Eng
Connecticut have moved onI
Hopkins place which they I
purchased of c. c. Kinsman.
Wallace Tufts, a junior at 81
Academy, Athens, has been obi
leave school on account of i'll
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Bates VII
10 California last October bu
returned to Florida where the
the winter, have returned 10
home here and Mr. Bates h
opened the store to the public
new line of groceries and dry
Mr.. and Mrs. c. {. Kinsmi
have been away for three
past are now at their home
Mrs. Vira Chase went TO
Monday where she will be en-
nursing for a while.
Misses Blanch James and
Harvilles spent the week end
Miss James parents, Mr. an
Harmon James.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Huff pass
town Friday on their way to !
gan. This is the first car Il
the trip from West Athen
spring.
Born Sunday, April 10Th, to
and Jennie NJ. Libby, a son.
Geo. e. Foster has purcha'
Geo. Davis team of Dan Collin
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lameness caused by his stepping on
rusty nail.
Mrs. Chester Jones and Mrs. Chas.
Moore were business callers in Wat
erville, Friday.
a picnic supper was enjoyed before
the regular business meeting Of Cedar
Chapter o. L. S Friday evening,
Saturday morning five carloads of
tin cans arrived on the same train
for the two canning factories in town.
There were three hundred and fifty
thousand cans in the lot. Probably
there will be more than one and one
half million cans shipped here to be
filled with corn and string beans
which shows that the farmers in this
section are doing a good business
raising these vegetables.
The farm house Of Chester Kinney
situated about two miles ont Of the
village toward the Wilder Hill road
was totally destroyed by fire about a
week ago. Il is thought the fire
started from chimney and spread so
rapidly that little was saved from the
house. There WAS a small Insurance
it is understood. The farm many
years ago belonged to Isaiah Walton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Reeves enjoy
ed visit from NaterYille friends
last week
Mrs. William Lewis was recent
guest of her daughter Mrs. Harry
Harris in Arson
Mrs. Anna Perkins was called to
North Arson last week to care for her
daughter who had injured her hand
The little daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Grant born April eleventh has
been given The name Of Elizabeth
Ruth.
Edwin Moor arrived home from
Lynn, Mass. the last OF the week.
Phillip Carr was home from Unity
over Sunday.
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SMITHFIELD

Eugene Charles, Luther Hartford
NJ NJ. Hartford, Cecil Mcdonald, }. k.
Winegardner, S. II. Witham, Frank
Gage, Ernest Warren, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
F. Groves and son Robert were in
Skowhegan Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Groves and lit
tie daughter were business callers in
Waterville Friday.
Mrs. Charles Small who has been
caring for Mrs. J. r. Winegardner
and infant son, has returned to her
home in Mercer
Mr.. and Mrs. e. y. Charles, Cecil
Mcdonald. Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Stevens
and daughter Doris, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
f. Clark attended the dance at Rome
Corner, Friday evening. They made
the trip by auto and on the return
trip dropped into mud hole and
stayed there and enjoyed the storm
from 2 until $50 d. m.
The ice left the pond Sunday, April
goth.
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PROBATE NOTICE

At q nrobate court held at ~
gan in and for the county oil 'V|
on the twenty second DAY "a I'D
the year of our Lord one lno Nc
hundred and twenty-tout' oighl
sive adjournments from t"o 'i
of said April. min , ual
l.. Musette Hale. jennie As.idsi
II. Kate Hilton, all OF No nat m
Maine, having presented LINE
ting forth that they ana M ni.a
of Concord. New Hampsnlli'ss' an|
Witham of said Norridee%,,ogrHo ,on|
Linda Ward of Barre - Ss,sj
devisees, living in dlHefeu,,s,i
the estate of Sophia W ~" ,ba
said Norridgewock, deceaSeut ,,j,hl
deceased left real estate ssIj
county of Somerset, 10 VIII ~ md
ridpewOck. that the aupN I'll
visees and owners OF silu IN "A
under the terms OF Salu ind
dispose of their SepaI" p 4
Without loss and ask tndt cd
administrator with VIII M
estate of said sophia " Ia al
thorized TO sell at private SSa,i,iot
estate described in sara ~ aa
distribute the net proceeds sunsrtij
to the devisees as tue ~, eaid pel
terests may appear III, notid
1t Is Ordered that pun ,o9i m
given returnable June ~, fhrt1
publication to be at ah,esreof
prior to the return day Mi Jud
witness Charles .. alnS o5nd q
said Probate Court TINS
April, A. p. 1874 Coward. Il
PHlL' > Regislj
A true copy.
Attest -.rrU .RD.I
PFilL' : Reg1
3W17
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even II we do have two mr. ,b,l
are always in mischief
Our burlap is up bnt not nd
pers on it yet.
Our favorite play has been
Land but a ball came to school
fore no more Kings Land ma
ball is worn out.
Mr.. Simoneau visited rs TbI
Our other visitors have beon|
Brann and thu Tyler girls.
itors welcome.
Mr.. Gray split the rest of j
wood which was much needed
Not any tardy marks this wl
only one absent one half day
two others one half day for a 4
We shall be glad when mud
around our schoolhouse. Vel
keep it out OF schoolhouse for
says that it isn't welcome i
floors.
Pruning demonstrations wei
in two orchards in town last
In the morning at the home n
Tracy and in the afternoon
home of H. l.. Wingate.
1t is reported that Mr.. AM
Newton Blaisdell and Mr.. an
Willard Blaisdell are soon ID
town to live in Norridgewock.I
many friends will be sorry !
them leave town.
School in the Hampshire N
trict commenced April DIST vii
Wallace Follett of New Shan
teacher.
Frank Caswell and son
have recently purchased a WOO
ing outfit.
A Farm Bureau meeting v
held at Mercer April 81
nutrition.
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MERCER

II. A. Farrand was in Pennington
Wednesday, calling on his wife at the
hospital.
Henry Leeman of New Sharon was
a business caller in town one day re-
Gently.
Mrs. Dora Witham was called to
Skowhegan by the serious illness OF
her grandchild, Muriel Witham.
Miss Hazel Gray who has been car
ing for Mrs. Harris Farrand, infant
daughter will finish work Thurs
day and Sunday will go to work for
Mrs Herbert Stevens in Smithfield.
Very Favorable reports come from
Mrs. Bert Farrand who was operated
on for appendicitis in the Franklin
Hospital at Pennington.
The many friends of w. II. Doran
who still remains quite i'll at the
Maine General Hospital in Portland,
remembered him with Easter lilies.
Alton Smith and daughter Florence
are to be in New Sharon this sum
mer.
Mrs Lizzie Fuller who has been
spending several weeks with her Sis
ter, Mrs. Mildred Tyler, returned to
her home in Somerville, Mass, Thurs
day. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Tyler who hopes to have her health
benefited by the change.
Miss Fern Tyler has been working
at Bert Hutchins at East Mercer.
Mrs. w. II. Doran expects to go to
Portland this week to enter the hos
pital for treatment.
Miss Fern Tyler is to assist Mrs.
Harris Farrand with her housework
this summer She will begin her
duties Friday.
Miss Clara Smith is enjoying a
week at conference in Cambridge,
Mass.
Leon Farrand of Starks was a cal
Ter Wednesday on her brother, Har-
ris Farrand and family.
Miss Janese Tyler is working for
Milford Tibbetts in Norridgewock.
Miss Mamie Lewless of Maiden
Mass. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs
w. H. Doran.
All come to Grange next Saturday
night and have good time.
Mrs. Roy Billings of Madison was a
recent guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen Ladd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Caswell and
little son Leland spent the day Friday
with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Blaisdell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Blaisdell are
to move to Norridgewock this week
NANCY GRAY
Funeral services were held Thurs
day for Mrs. Nancy Gray. who passed
away Tuesday night after lingering
illness OF several weeks at the home
of her son Charlie Gray, who with
his wife tenderly cared for her In her
last day. Mrs. Gray was Sc years
old and one of the towns respected
citizens. Rev. Davis Shaw officiated
and interment was in the churchyard
cemetery beside her late husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Caswell and
little son Leland spent the day Fri
day with his parents at the pond
Newton Blaisdell and wife. also Mr..
and Mrs Willard Blaisdell are to
move to Norridgewock this week.
SCHOOL NOTES
Here we are again and two weeks
of our term gone. There are TWEEN
| ty-two of us and more to come later.
We are doing good work and teacher
says that we make very nice school
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EAST NEW PORTLAND

Mrs. e. w. Emery returned
home Wednesday of last weep
Central Maine General Hospllal'
iston. where she submitted 10
gical operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorm Peterson
the week end in Lexington
liam Emery is sick with the m'
Mrs. Lewis Morton substllu.
Central high school THURSDAY .,
Friday of last week as Prlh' y
attended the Principals Conner
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HIGHLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wing Q
staff passed thru town on the
to Hallowell to attend the fun.
Mrs. Wings brother-in-law'
Alexandra. :
Roland Foss of North New z
was q business caller in town
Harry Savage of North Anso'
as far as j. w. Howards "
auto Friday.
The little daughter Of Mr.. an
A. ]. Dunphy has been given ID
of Eliza Ellenor.
The Ely miner., 1924-07-11

cult shown in the cut is similar to the
Greene receiver, but it is not neces-
sary to employ this circuit with choke
coil amplification. 1t will work well
with almost any type of receiving cir
cult. A jack Is shown connected to
the detector and amplifer circuit.
Two steps of this system may be used
If necessary and may be wired up just
the same as the first step.
A L mid. telephone condenser Is
shown In series with the grid Of the
amplifier tube. This condenser is nee
essary as it will keep the high voltage
from being applied to the grid. The
choke coil is shunted with .001 mica
condenser. This capacity will vary
depending upon the impedance of the
coil. A grid leak connected between
the grid of the amplifer tube and the
negative of the "A" battery is also re-
Quired.
Experimenters who build this circuit
may find that it does not produce quite
the volume of the high-ratio amplify-
ing transformer. but will agree that it
gives much better quality of tone
on the musical numbers and the vocal
selections.
The Ely miner., 1924-07-11
Make Good Silage From
Different Legume Crops

Some farmers have reported excel
lent results in making silage from al
falfa, clover, and other legumes, while
others report that their legume silage
was so poor the cows would not eat 1t.
The great extremes in the results
reported as to the palatabilty of le-
gume silage led Professor Eckles to
investigate this question. He found
that the difference in quality was ap-
parently due to the amount of water
in these legumes when ensiled. For
two years they had made good alfalfa
silage at the Missouri station, but the
next two years the silage was practi-
cally worthless. In going over this ex-
perience, 1t was noted that the first
two years were dry years and the
analysis of the alfalfa when ensiled
showed high percentage of dry mat
years and the analysis those years
showed that the dry matter content
was considerably less at the time the
green alfalfa was ensiled. Further in
vestigations showed that If alfalfa
were made into silage when green and
succulent, as it is at the usual time
of making hay, 1t contains about 20
pounds of dry matter to the hun
dred and, under these conditions,
would not make good silage- If it
were drier and more mature and con-
tained approximately 40 pounds of
dry matter to the hundred, then ii
makes good silage.
The Ely miner., 1924-07-11
How Your Radio Set Is
Wonderfully Improved

Though the set now In use may be-
doing good work, both on local sta
tions and distant stations, there Is al
ways room for Improvement. Begin
ming at the first part that one uses
for the reception of signals, we Will
go on down through the line, suggest
ing various places where the set may
be improved to such an extent that
1t will be possible TO receive better
music and speech.
The aerial heads the list. As porce-
lain is the best insulator available
today, that is the type one should use.
Insulators of this material should be
about four or five inches long. Look
over the lead-in WIRE Be sure that
1t Is soldered and that there Is no
chance for it to break from a strain.
For efficiency, the lead-in wire
should be at least five inches away
from the wall of the house. The
ground connection should be made to
water pipe. The most efficient way
to do this is to first clean the pipe,
wrap tinfoil tightly around the
cleaned area and then put the ground
clamp on. Solder the lead from the
set to the ground clamp.
In the primary of the tuning coil
eliminate as much wire as possible. IL
the coupler is one that responds to
5000 meters take off all the wire that
Is not used when receiving some high
wave station such as WEAF. The
secondary of the tuner should be one
having as much wire as possible, that
is, of course, If the tuner is vario-
coupler. The reason for this Is that
the more inductance the higher the
grid voltage that may be obtained. In
crystal sets the same holds true
All the condensers in the circuit
may be improved materially by TAX
ing them off the panel and pig-tailing
them. Solder a flexible wire to the
shaft of the rotary plates and use the
end of this wire as the rotary con-
nection.
The fixed condensers In the circuit.
such as the grid and phone con-
densers, should be of rugged con-
struction and have a mica dielectric.
Variable grid leaks are seldom aid
enough to warrant taking a chance
on getting an inferior one and have
it make disturbing noises.
In the audio-frequency amplifier, as
has been said many times before,
use @ battery of about four volts or
higher. This will clear up the signals
to surprising degree. Also the drain
on the B batteries is lowered to al
most one-fifth Of the former drain,
without the G battery. 1t is seldom
that the ratio of the transformers
makes enough difference to warrant
spending extra money on a change.
As final word, look over the set
carefully and see whether lead may
be made shorter. If by moving some
bit of apparatus, grid or plate lead
can be made shorter without length
ening another lead, change it, as the
increase In efficiency is worth the
time.
The Ely miner., 1924-07-11

Audio amplif1cation may be obtained
IN number of different ways, one Of
which is shown In the accompanying
diagram. 1t is q radical departure
from the usual transformer-type of
audio amplification and Is said to be
extremely clear in its ability to repro
duce music and voice. The builder
does not have to go TO the expense of
buying an audio transformer, and
transformer ratios are the least of his
worries.
This type Of application is known
as choke coil amplification, as 1t en-
pioys simple iron core choke coil in
place of the amplifying transformer.
This choke coil may consist of the pri-
mary of bell-ringing transformer.
Most any transformer will do as they
are designed with the same number of
turns to work on the 110-volt A. G. cir
cult. The ingenious experimenter will
ind that good results may be obtained
from the secondary of an automobile
spark coil which is slipped over an
iron core.
The market also affords an assort-
ment of choke coils If the experiment.
er wishes to purchase them. The cir