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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-02-07
Charter Members Right at Rebekah
Lodge

Charter members night was OBJ
Tuesday evening with a large atten-
dance A delightful program was
arranged by Mrs. G. r. Fogg chair
man assisted by Mrs. Josephine Lam
bert, Mr.. and Mrs Reuben French,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Porter, Mr. and
Mrs F. B. Folsom, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Washburn, Mrs. Carrie Bragg. Miss
Celia Packard, Eff1e Nye and Sue
Whitney. The program consisted Of
Remarks. Tribute to the Charter
Members, Mrs. Violet Fogg Piano
Duet, Adelena Landry, Mabel Wash
burn; reading, John Rhodes, vocal
solo and encore, Joe Pooler, accom-
panied by Mrs Pauline Greene; piano
Trio Anne Caswell, Adelena Landry,
Airline Burnor.
At the close of the program the
members retired to the banquet hall,
the charter members under escort of
the officers where refreshments of
sandwiches, homemade cookies. coffee
and m'-+~ were served. Several
visitorr y p-cront from Twilight
Rebekah Lodge. Hartland and Ivy
Lodge, Portland.
The next meeting will be held Feb.
10Th with n patriotic program arranged
by Miss Alice Danforth, chairman
assisted by Mrs. Carl Lighbody, Miss
Myra French, Miss Florence Withee,
Mrs Frank Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Herrin, MIR. and Mrs. Kleba Harville.
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Young Peoples Social

Saturday evening the young people
of the Bethany Baptist church will
have social in the church chapel.
Games will be enjoyed and ice cream
on sale. Sunday morning the young
people of the various classes will at
tend church and sit by classes. The
pastor. Rev. George Merriam. will
preach sermon of special interest
to young people.
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X. OF {. Basket Ball Game

The local X. of c. basket ball team
played a game of basket ball last
evening in Heselton hall against a
team made up OF men from Colby
College. Following the game there
was dance with music by a local
orchestra
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NOTICE

All unpaid taxes must be in the
hands of the collector on or before
February 18th in order to save ex-
pense and not to appear on the delin-
quent list
I've W. c. HOBART. Collector
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Franklin County. The motion was
granted
STATE VS JOSEPH PUNTY


STATE vs. JOSEPH PUNTY
Joseph Punty of Arson pleaded not
guilty to the possessin OF wort and
mash fit for dfstiliation of distilled
spirits. County Attorney Thorhe
opened this case, stating that the Off
GERS had searched the Punty home in
Arson and had found some mash
steaming behind the stove and also
seized a quantity os home brewed al
cohol. Deputy Harry Merrih and
Deputy George Walker of Arson both
testified to having gone to the Punty
home, together with Deputy Sheriff
Crocker. Mr.. Merrill said that he
saw mash in the kitchen in a barrel.
He went into the cellar where he
found Punty, he said, and coming
upstairs lin the kitchen he found a
bottle setting on the table. He saw
a woman in the kitchen, he continued.
who started to clean out under the
sink and upon going downstairs he
found strong odor OF alcohol and
considerable liquid coming down thru
the floor, directly under the sink.
Deputy George Walker when he went
into the house said he saw the bar
rel of mash and the jug of alcohol
Under cross examination, he said that
he couldn't say whether there was al
cohol in the mash or not. Deputy
Merrill said that the mash was work
ing and said that he found several
wash boilers. probably six, which had
apparently contained strong liquid.
There seemed to be some difficulty in
determining where the bottle came
from as Deputy Croker, who appar-
emily seized the bottle, was not wit
ness in the case, being out ow town.
The respondent did not take the stand
and the thing for the jury to deter
mine in the case was whether there
was wort and mash that was fit for
distillation into distilled spirits in
Puntys possession, according to the
defense. 1t was admitted that there
was a barrel with grain and water in
it, setting behind the stove but the
defense claimed there was nothing to
prove that there was alcohol in the
barrel The jury returned a verdict
of guiltV
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TrESRAY IN COURT

Following the verdict in the case Of
State VS. Joseph Punty of Arson, an
argument was presented by the res
pondent's attorney, in which it was
claimed that from the wording of the
statute in the law relative to cases
OF that sort, there had not been suffi-
cient evidence to show that the wort
or mash were fit for distillation. 1t
was cited that the materiak might be
fit to produce but not then fit for
dfstillation. although it was not ques-
toned that the material was fit for
production if continued. Justice
Deasey took the matter under advise
ment
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Sk6WHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

The Girls basket ball team OF
Skowhegan high school will go to
Newport tomorrow friday to play
the girls team of the high school
there
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STATE or MAINE
ONCE Of Secretary Of stntr

Augusta, Feb. D, WI
Notice is hereby given that u petit
ton for the Pardon of Myrtle NJ. bore
convict in the Reformatory for Wo-
men under sentence for the crime Of
Manslaughter is now pending before
the Governor and Council. aud a hear
ing thereon will be granted in the
Council Chamber at Augusta, on Tues
day the 26th day OF February next at
10 o'clock 4. II.
EDGAR G. SMITH
3w6 Dep'y Secretary Of State
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Independent Reporter $500 year.
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TRIBUTE TO EX-PRESIDENT VII.
son

At the opening of court Monday
morning Justice Deasy called for a
silent tribute in the memory of the
late EX- President, Woodrow Wilson,
whose death occurred Sunday at
Washington Court officers and
spectators bowed their heads as they
remained standing
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in 1922, working on the river road,
saw Mrs Howes riddle by in the car
alone and afterwards saw Mr. and
Mrs. Howes come back he said. Under
cross examination, the witness said
that he could't state positively date.
He saw Mrs. Howes go by but this
matter was Strengthened out by W b.
Brown in his questioning of Mr.. Foss.
when the witness said that he heard
oil the fight the next morning after il
occurred and remembered that he
had seen Mrs. Howes the day before.
Court suspended yesterday at 3
o'clock in the afternoon and tributes
We're paid to the late Ex- President
Woodrow Wilson. Justice Deasy re-
ferfed to Mr.. Wilson as one of the
worlds greatest figures and referred
to his integrity and patriotism before
calling upon representatives from the
Somerset County and Kennehec
County Bar. Edward F. Merrill OF
Skowhegan said "at the present mo-
ment this Nation and the whole world
mourn a noble spirit that has passed
into the beyond" He referred 10
Mr.. Wilson as having been one OF the
outstanding figures in the whole
world and spoke of his place in his
tory. He said while probably no
man in this great history had more
bitter enemies or more firm friends,
that no one even his bitterest foes.
questioned his integrity or his pa
triotism. He mentioned his wide
vision of world wide peace and when
nartisanship and political differences
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Located So That All Parts
of Country Can Be SerUed.

Washington.-To meet popular de-
mands the information sent out by the
weather bureau Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture by radio
phone from several stations has been
amplified, and now includes river fore
casts and stages, conditions of high
ways as affected by. the weather, effect
Of weather on crops, weather reports
from the principal crop areas, and spe-
cial forecasts for the guidance Of
farmers In harvesting.
Cooperation with number of small
stations with limited range has been
discontinued and several large and
more powerful stations added. In many
cases forecasts for several states are
now broadcast from single station.
The gradual .discontinuance OF the
smaller and less powerful stations has
left the bureau with q chain Of wei.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Finds Delving Into Stones
Fascinating as Gambling.

Cincinnati.-The scientific achieve
ments recorded Mt the convention Oh
the American Association for the Al
vancement Oe Science are not limiteu
entirely to men. out of a group Oh
women who recently read papers, the
most conspicuous independent research
has been done by Mrs. Charles "
Walcott. wife of last years president
of the association. Her work has been
IL two fields, geology and botany.
From rock strata high up in the Cana
dian Rockies she has hammered out
trilobi;es 7O,0O0,0O0 years old. Some
Of these stony remnants of early lie
showed organs still intact.
Its the greatest sport in the world )
she said. "The luck of gambler Is
no more uncertain than the luck OF
geologist. You crack 20 rocks and
then perhaps in the twenty-first you
find marvellous specimen. l am a
good collector of trilobites, for / have
sharp eyes,"
Not a Trained Geologist.
Mrs Walcott is not a trained geolo-
gist, but having been up in the noun
tains % times with her husband, the
discoverer of fossil life in the Cam
brian range, she has taken an active
part in his research work. With
Jonah" and Little Jonah" their geo.
logical hammers, they have contributed
valuable specimens to the world OF
science.
''It's not exactly what you might call
womans life." Mrs. Walcott ex-
planned. But / have found ii of eX-
traordinary interest. We have set up
as many as 10 camps in four months.
/ know what ii is To rise for break
fast at six in tent pitched at an alti-
tude Of 1000 feet. break up camp,
then ride on horseback all day through
rain with a complete sketching kit
strapped to my saddle. We consider
Cricket. my husbands horse, very
clever geologist. When he decides to
stop at a rock we usually find that his
instinct has been sound. We carry five
cameras with US and have 10 horses in
ALL"
but the geologlcal research they car
~ on in the mountains is only one
phase Of Mrs. Walcott's work. She
has developed 70: II of botanical
study of her own. In addition TO pho
tographing and tinting wild flowers
and plants MS she finds them in their
native state, she does water color
sketches of them-not conventional
lied, but botan.cally correct. Her
work has caused so much interest
among botanists that the Smithsonian
institution expects to bring out a book
with 500 of these nature studies.
Finds Rare Orchids.
"My husbands field of exploration
has given me excellent opportunities
to find rare and unusual plants" she
said.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
BIG RADIO PLANTS NOW
BROADCAST WEATHER

distributed and reliable stations, from
winch hearty and continued co-opera.
tion may be expected. They are so To-
Gated that practically all sections NJ
the country are assured of an opnor.
tunity to obtain the forecasts directIv
IL is impossible to approxima ,eIy esf,.
mate the number Of peopl, beIn,
served In this way.
In addition n the hundreds % fbor.
sands Of receiNng-set owners wso ~
ceive the forecasts by radiophone. isrs.
numbers Of whom can obtain then -
no other way, many repeat them to
their neighbors by telephone. This
latter form Of service has become ~
potential that arrangements are ~
hand for a definite form Of orean,..-
ton which may replace the telegram.
Ing Of forecast messages now sent n
centers for distribution. II is expected
that more effective service will be sc-
complished thereby and that consider.
able economy win result
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Geologist
Calls Work Sport

81 have all the Alpine flora to work
on as well as the flowers that grow In
the valleys. II Is frequently difhcuit
to reach the specimens for close pho
tography. They may be growing on
the fringe of a strea,l or right In the
middle OF swamp. When II Is windy
| may have to walt hours to take my
picture-until the plants stop swaying.
I'm doing my water color sketches,
have to work at high speed. The
blooms are apt to be very perishable
unless you happen to catch them at
the moment of their full perfection
Her rarest find was the cypripedium,
little known orchid growing on the
Mexican border. Much of her work
has been done there Because of the
range of her husbands field of re-
search, her selection Is large and
varied. He has followed the Cambrian
formation from Mexico up to the Ca.
madam Rockies, and her botanical
studies stretch over the same area.
Mrs. Wolcott has made a delicate
water color Of spray taken from the
magnolia tree near the White House
door, which Mrs. Coolidge sent to hel
not long ago. Doctor Walcott Is sec
retary of the Smithsonian institution
in Washington and his wife work!
there with him every day.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Cities SpendMo
Than I axes Yield

highest per capita. S64.29, is shown for
cities with population of 100000 to
oVuOoO. The per capita cost of cities
from 100000 to 3OOOO0 amounted 10
S4S7l, of cities from 10000 10 100000
S44.94 and in the small cities, having
a population Of 10000 10 10000, $i437.
Comparable statistics Tor 100 of the
principal cities show the per capita
cost has increased from S346S In 1918
TO S5S.07 in 1922.
An analysis of the costs of the city
governments shows the per capita cost
Tor maintenance and operation OF gen.
eral departments was the principal
item and amounted to S33.l5. The per
capita cost Of permanent improvements
was $685..
New York, the country's largest city,
came through the year with a surplus
of revenues Of S3.2S per capita over
expenditures, but the pcI capita net
Indebtedness amounted 10 S1S2.72 Chi
cago's revenues lacked 1896 per capita
of meeting her expenditures, but her
net indebtedness amounts to only SI6.-
35 per capita. Philadelphia, third
largest city, ended the year with a
per capita deficit of S995 and per
capita net Indebtedness OF Sl03.3S.
Largest Per Capita Surplus.
Among cities with n population Of
100000 or more, Seattle had the high
est per capita revenue receipts
amounting TO s93,S5 Boston was sec
ond with SS055; Los Angeles third
with $79S1, and New York fourth with
S60.94. The four cities with lowest
per capita revenues were: Blrming-
ham, $25.3S; Reading, S26.13: San
Antonio, S26.20 and Nashville. S2s.O1.
The highest per capita cost OF gov
ernmept was at Detroit, where IL
amounted 10 $1,000. Seattle was sec.
ond with S110.71, and Los Angeles third
with $99.34. In all of these cities large
outlays for permanent improvements
were made in the year. The four
cities with lowest per capita costs
were: San Anton1. $25 65;. Birming.
ham, s2S.95; Scranton, S29.03, and
Reading, $32.79.
Detroit showed the largest Der
capita deficit, with $54.77, Norfolk
was next. with s49.62; Rochester third.
with 1910, and Youngstown fourth,
with S1S.05.
st. Louis had the largest per capita
surplus, with S4S6. Spokane showed
$4.61, Boston $i.21 and Cincinnati
$3.43.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Gotham's 'Legless Veteran of No Wars"

a camp, was ordered to take his but
ton Off and get out"
Edwards said Deason came East In
1910, being sent by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, Rockefeller cor
poration, to the War Demonstration
hospital, Sixty-fourth street and Ave
nue. A. lie was employed by the COM
pany as a clerk when mis- legs became
infected. At the hospital Deason's legs
were amputated, and when ~eonvales-
cling there he heard wounded veterans
tell Of the battle Of Chateau-Thierry.
When Deason left the hospital he
knew more about that battle than the
veterans who fought 1t. With his war
anecdotes he won universal sympathy.
In 1920, In Earl hall, Columbia uni
versity, at a meeting Of the Come Back
club, the abbreviated figure Of Deason
was brought on to the stage on wheel
chair. Every one in the hall stood up
and uncovered and. as result, Dea-
son was invited to banquets, given
money and jewelry, and lionized by
women
Deason claimed he served In France
with the Ninth infantry, Second divi-
sion.
Deason 1t was said, married girl
at Bayshore. l.. /.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Remarkable Demise

The ways In which applicauor d
for insurance are filled up are
more amusing than enlighteni9
the British Medical Journal shOu|
the following selection Of examps|
Mother died In infancy"
Father went to bed feeling vA
the next morning woke up dead
Grandfather died suddenly III
age Of lo3. Up to this time he
fair 10 reach a ripe old age
Applicant does not know anya,
about maternal posterity, eyceR
they died at an advanced age
Applicant does not know caus|
mothers death, but states that
fully recovered from her last IA
Applicant has never been q
sick"
Applicants brother, who was y
FAINT. died when he was 2 mere 4
Grandfather died from -
wound. caused by an arrow 50
an Indian"
Applicants fraternal parents
when he was child"
Mothers last illness was q
from chronic rheumatism but st'
cured before death."-The Chns
Advocate.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22

and most reports agree that number
of deserving Hessian soldiers also ac
companied them. There were also
about COO children. All were half
starved, and most diseased-not q
promising stock.
According to Lamphier's account of
the grim business, these people were
herded together during the British
occupancy out In the country, near
where Canal street now Is. in a stock
ade. Rations were issued them by a
quartermaster named Jackson. On the
books Jackson called these people free
blacks, but the wits and wags of the
army called them Jackson's blacks.
Howe ordered the designation changed
to whites or poor whites. but to the
wits Of the army they were all still
Jackson's.
The Ramapo mountain colony mem
bers are running out fast. Their
abandoned cabins may be found along
the line Of the old Cannonball trail
and In Green valley, west of Mahwan,
only few groups still persisting. The
HilIburn colony Is under the influence
of religious and social workers, who
have tried to improve the remnant,
Of this curious people, but another
generation or two will probably ses
! their extinction 40 ssparuts group.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Municipalities Increase In
'debtedness Per Capita.

Washington.-The cities of the coun-
try generally-there are exceptions
are not living within their incomes,
census bureau statistics announced IN
dicate.
4 compilation of revenues and ex-
penditures in the fiscal year 1922 for
the 261 cities, having population OF
10000 or more, shows total indebted
ness incurred that year amounting to
$3.50 for each resident. The cost OF
government per capita, including ex-
penditures for permanent improve
ments amounted to $57.3S for the year,
against revenues of S51.s1, the total
figures being $2,222 ,566,519 and 81
COZ .OOS, ,796, respectively.
The total net Indebtedness at the
close of the year was S3,61s,967. .272, or
1884, per capita.
$5e.o7 Per Capita Cost.
The total cost of government In
1922 was highest in the cities having
n population of 100000 or over. with a
per capita cost of S96.Ss. The next
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Can Any City Boast an Older Judge?

ford county. He was elected Common
Pleas judge in 1887, was appointed to
the Superior court bench by Governor
Pennypacker in 1893, and that fall was
elected for the full term of ten years,
was reelected in f9f3,- and again
in 1923.
The man who has spent genera
tion on the bench and is still able to
carry its burden steadily and ably is
remarkably well and strong for his
years and seldom has an illness. 1t
has been said of him that he knows
more men in Crawford county by their
first names than do any other five
men,
While his community is proud Of his
record as jurist, II Is perhaps as a
public speaker that he has their most
enthusiastic allegiance When II Is
announced that the judge Is going to
speak, the largest auditorium in the
country is always filed and his fellow
citizens applaud. with heartfelt de-
light his oratory, his logic and his
intense Americanism. He never uses
manuscript or notes In his speeches.
He has never married. He and his two
remaining brothers live together in the
judges large and comfortable home on
Chestnut HILL He is an expert at both
chess and checkers.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Better Horses Through Remomt Service

organization for a time. Those In
charge of the service, however, sought
the cooperation of breeders, and
horse enthusiasts in general keep the
work going Today the project has
reached a point where there would
be public protest If any further at.
tempt were made to check its growth.
Farmers and breeders hitherto ig-
norant of the benefits of using the
Thoroughbred as top cross have been
quick TO see the Improvement in the
quality of foals from cold-blooded
mares.
The work Of the remount service has
been patterned after the general line
of the breeding bureau of the jockey
club in New York. This department
Of New York's governing body of rae
ing was. created in 1906 and Its ex-
perimental farm In the Genesee valley
has been a model for the breeding
stations Of the remount service. The
breeding bureau had in this time dis
tributed 1853 stations, all of them thor
oughbreds. and bred 1902 mares.
Many Of the horses used by the New
York state constabulary are the prod
uct Of the breeding bureau farms and
that organization is now breeding Its
own horses along the most approved
lines.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22

~ ENESEO, n. Y.-Many new de-
r partments were added to the
~ army when this country went
into the war in 1917, but few
have gone along as steadily and quiet
ly toward success as the federal re-
mount service.
Organized in the spring. Of 1917,
with the assistance of the breeding
bureau Of the Jockey club. It now
has stations all over the country
where the light horse suitable for cav
@lFy mounts is being produced. In the
five years of It's existence more than
1900 mares have been bred at these
stations and It now has more than
!250 stations, 80 per cent Of which are
thoroughbreds.
AT its beginning 81 stations were
contributed by the breeding bureau of
the Jockey club and others were do
noted by individuals connected with
the turf or In sympathy with work.
The others have been purchased by
the remount service from the appropri-
ation Of $250,000, with which the plan
was launched.
The reduction of the appropriation
TO S15O,0OO which went into effect sew
eral years ago when a general policy
OF economy struck the various service
bureaus, checked the growth Of the re-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-22
Origin of New Jerseys jackson Whites

T TILLBURN, N. Y.-Trampers in
- the Ramapo mountains of
L i northern New Jersey and ad-
joining New York have come
upon the diminishing colonies Of that
curious people, the Jackson Whites,
and have heard various stories as to
their origin. Once scattered from
Pompton to what is now the Harri-
man state park, along the line Of the
Ramspo river, they are now limited
60 two valleys and the hilltop be-
tween, west Of Suffern and Hillburn.
"Pop" Lamphier OF Powell, VT, has
n fairly convincing story about Jack
son and the Jackson Whites. He says
that the females were camp followers
--recruited-of the British army quar-.
tered In New York during the revolu-
zion. Most native American women
patriot or Tory--had fed the city.
Lamphier's story is that st. Leger,
che British agent with the Indians,
brought In hundreds of squaws from
che country between Albany and Que
Dec. Mortality among them was high
and when the American troops tool
possession of New York there were
sanly about q thousand left. There
were also some negroes, whom the
British had used a. slaves, and they
with the squaws, were driven out b,
shs AmsricanA They went together