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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-12-11

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-12-11

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
$4,000 FIRE LOSS
At PAINTER FARM
Historic Homestead
is Burned
Large Apount of Valuable Equipment
and Most of Household Furnish
ingS Destroyed

Fire destroyed the buildings on the
farm owned by Arthur Painter on the
Norridgewock road about 2 a. m.
Monday causing a loss of $4,000. The
property was insured for 5000. The
c~onlagration was due to lightning,
which apparently struck in the furth-
er end of the barn. A Scotch collie
dog aroused the sleeping inmates, but
the flames had made such a Roadway,
that it was impossible to remove any
thing from the outbuildings, and only
a portion of one bedroom set and a
little bedding was saved from the
house. Mr.. Painter is undecided as
to rebuilding, but for the present will
live in the Sam Boiler house, the sec
ond set of farm buildings toward Nor
ridgewock. The fire burned f~iercely
and rapidly and illuminated the heav-
ems in an unusual manner The
Skowhegan fire department was final
ly called, and did good work after
their arrival. but owing to the tele-
phone system, there was delay in
reaching them as was also the case
of the Norridgewock. Fire Co.
The buildings included a brick
house, with a two story wooden and
brick ell, q wood shed, carriage house,
work shop, horse barn, hay barn, 100
feet long, n shed, silo and two
hen houses. The property was a
landmark and was formerly owned
by the late Judge Turner Boswell,
and at one time was practically an
agricultural experiment station. An
unusual amount of modern machinery
was used on the place. and this was
all burned except a few pieces. A
new milking machine outfit, installed
two months ago at the cost of 1915
vas destroyed. Fortunately Mr..
Painters herd of fifteen cows had
been turned out, so that only a bull
and one calf persisted in the flames,
aside from 100 hens and $50 chickens.
Sixty tons Of hay were burned.
Mr.. Painter is a native of Sher-
brook. P. @, but has lived in this
section about thirty years. He had
resided on the Boswell property for
ten years, purchasing the same five
years ago. The late Judge Boswell,
as already suggested, vas greatly in
terested in modern farming, and much
of the elaborate farm equipment was
purchased during his ownership and
sold to Mr.. Painter.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

Arthur Beaulier of Portland visited
with mis- family over the holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Pooler of Law
ton street are the parents of a young
son.
Gerald {. Dunn visited the latter
part of the week with friends in
Gardiner.
The Sunshine Society will meet this
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Joseph
Thibodeau.
Allan Morton returned to Augusta,
Monday, after visiting with the fam
lily of NJ. E. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford e. Aulis
started yesterday for their home in
Bariboo, Wisconsin.
Miss Alice r. Parker, the Red Cross
school nurse is back from her vaca-
ton spent in Belfast.
Irwin Lange of the ParIin Pond
Farms was a guest of Judge and Mrs.
f. F. Danforth, Saturday.
There will be a meeting of Russell
Relief Corps Friday, September 5th.
A good attendance desired.
Miss Doris Ullmann of Chicago, Ill,
is a house guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. p.
Merrill of Madison avenue.
Miss Eliza B. Atherton, Home Dem
onstration Agent, spent the week end
at her home in South Windham.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Judkins return
ed Monday from their farm Den
Rock" in Avon, where they have been
enjoying a months vacation.
Miss Marion L. Lord, who has been
at home during the summer left Tues
day to resume her duties as teacher
in the high school in Nashua, N. H.
Miss Beatrice Smiley went to Ellis
worth, Friday, and started on her re-
turn to Orange City, n. j., Monday,
where she will teach during the year.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
AS WELL
AS SCHOOL MASTER
P. S. Turner Has Seen
Army Service
New Principal OF SkoWhegan High
School is Graduate OF COny
High and BOWdOin

Perley S. Turner, who has been
elected to the p%rincipalship of Skow-
hogan high school, m not only as
a we'll educated man but a mar well
fitted in army training. He gradual
ed from Cony High School of Augusta
In the spring of 1915 and entered
Bowdoin College in the fall of that
year. In the spring of 1917, the Bow
dom r. o. T. {. was inaugurated at
Brunswick and Mr.. Turner became a
member of that organization, leaving
in the late summer for the Second
Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg
Barracks, New York. In November OF
1917, he was commissioned as First
Lieutenant in the Heavy Field Artil-
lery, being assigned to Battery ID,
351st II. F. A, stationed at Camp
Meade. Maryland. In pursuance of
his military career, he was at the
school of Artillery Fire, Fort Sill,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
PIT IT DOWN

by Roland T. Pattenl
I recall a very alert instructor AT
Eastman's Business College, in the
year of 1855, who used frequently To
say: Remember everything and
trust to your memory for nothing
Presume he did not originate this say
Ing, but he was the first man lever
heard make use of it. II has stayed
by me all these years.
For a long time after my business
college course I carried a note book !,
then came years when l abandoned
It's use. On entering newspaper
work, OF course, "A note book became
essential. There may be a prodigy
who can store up news items and
stories In the daily work of a news
paper and successfully write them ont
when he gets to his typewriter. but
| have never known one. In my own
case l have become nor and more
dependent on invariably entering some
sort OF a reminder in my note book.
1t need not be the whole story lust
a word or two does very we'll, mem
DRY can be depended upon for details.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

Oklahoma. returning to Maryland.
barely in time to accompany his out
fit overseas in June, 1918. He re
turned from overseas service in Feb
ruary, 1919, commanding the Battery
on his return TO the states, although
he still held the grade of First Lieu
tenant. His army experience ter
minated quite happily for him when
he secured his discharge in March
1919.
In the fall of 1919, Mr.. Turner at
tended the Colorado School of Mines
at Golden. Colorado. He spent one
year in the west. returning to Maine
the following fall to enter Bowdoin.
He secured his degree from that in
stitution the following spring.
For the past three years, Mr..
Turner has been athletic director and
instructor at Edward Little High
School in Auburn. In addition to his
other duties, he coached football and
track al Edward Little. During his
last year at Edward Little, Mr.. Turn
er acted in the capacity of sub-mas-
ter. The future instructor of SkOW-
hogan high school is married, his wife
having formerly been Miss Helen
Enemark of Portland, They were
welded in 1922.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
Something New in Printing

4 type or types. properly linked
pressed upon paper, was the method
of printing five hundred years ago
and the principle has not changed
essentially during all that period
There has been a vast improvement
as to details. The results today are
UNNECESSARILY superior to those oil
one hundred or even ten years ago
There are. however. methods of pro
ducing so-ealled printing which are
very interesting and ingenious and
you ought TO know about them. ThC
process We have especially in mind
is known in our office at DUPLEX. II
is limited chiefly to reproductions OF
typewriter work. although pen writ
len manuscript or hand drawings can
be thus reproduced.
# you wish five hundred or one
thousand copies, there is no good rea-
son for preferring the duplex to the
letterpress methods. which have pre-
vailed for so many years. Should
you desire ten. twenty-five. fifty or
even two hundred and fifty copies.
there is a substantial economy by the
duplex process.
Let lis assume that you are a Secre-
tary OF some committee or society and
wish 10 send out a notice to fifty
members. Assuming that this mes
message is TO be about three hundred
words. the capacity OF an ordinary
typewriter page. the comparison OF
methods would be somewhat as fol-
lows:
Fifty circular letters, printed let
terpress method, 5000
Fifty circular letters. reproduction
of typewriter work, duplex
process, lis
Balance in favor of duplex meth
cd. -
ass
Now the duplex product would look
like a typewriter letter. In some
instances this is to be preferred and.
in1he case of notices under consider
alton it is. to say the least, equally
desirable. The striking economy
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
w. T. ORDWAY.
-FOUR At THE
CH|LDREN'S CLINIC
SkOnhegan and Surrounding Towns
Represented by Crippled
Young People

Thirty-four children were examined
at the clinic held here Monday at the
Municipal Building and the Offices of
DR.. George +. Young, nearby. The
prevailing condition of the children
We're euryatures and d%eformities of
the spine, club feet and deformity of
ankles. 1t was found that many of
these children could be helped and
every ease is to be followed up with
some further treatment, doubtless
through the aid of the Skowhegan
Rotary Club and the Public Health
Association. These clinics for Grip
pied children were instituted by the
National Association for Crippled
Children and taken over by the Maine
Public Health Association, while To-
cally the situation was handled by
a committee from the Skowhegan
Rotary Club. the Somerset Medical
Association being represented by DR..
Young and DIR. Richardson. The eli
mic was in charge of DR.. Abbott of
Portland, assisted by DR.. WOodcoek
of Bangor and DR.. Young and Dr..
Richardson. A large number of X
ray pictures were taken and the aft
licted ranged in ages from eighteen
months TO twenty years. They were
brought in from many of the Somer-
set County towns. including Madi-
son, Arson, Norridgewock, st. Adams,
Pittsfeld, Athens, Harmony, Fairfield,
Bingham, Hartland and several from
S%kowhegan. 1t is hoped that this
is a beginning of a yearly clinic in
Skowhegan. Free transportation was
furnished by the local Rotary Club
members. a delegation from the
BPW Club assisted in clerical work
and escorted parents TO restaurants.
They also served crackers and milk
to the children.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

should certainly lead to its employ
ment.
There are innumerable instances
where it is desired ia reach a COM
paratiyely small number of people in
which the duplex process, by reason
of its economy, is much to be pre-
ferred.
Let us suppose that you have a
drawing. map or similar work, copies
of which you desire to mail TO ten
or more people. It's production by
the letter press would require the
making of cuts or plates OF themselves
quite expensive. A cut OF the quality
required for the best printing would
cost from $3.50 up. Ii the figure To
be shown is something which could
be drawn with pen or pencil with
comparative readiness, it is a simple
matter TO include it as a part OF du-
pick work. In that event from ten
to fifty copies showing the job de
sired, accompanied by the necessary
message. might perhaps cost 81. ~
a printed job. including the cuts, the
expense would be likely To be from
five to ten dollars. 1t should be
borne in mind. of course. that print
ing has limitless possibilities, While
the duplex process can only show the
thing in its simplest way. We
should be glad. by letter or by per
sonal interview. to explain these meth
DDS still further to anyone Interested.
Certain it is that a business man who
doesn't make use of the duplex idea
is missing many opportunities Tor
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

But do not have IN mind so much
the use OF a note book for the re-
porter as for general purposes. Into
the one 7 now carry goes a most re-
markable assortment OF personal and
business data. 1t is never cut Of
my reach either night or day. Not
every morning finds entries made dur
ing the night. but many times l note,
on looking it over at the beginning
OF a business day, that a page or
two has been covered since 7 start
ed in on my sleeping program the
night before. If I awake during the
night. think of something and go back
to sleep without putting it down. it
is lost forever. So I y3nk the chain,
switching on an electric light, grab
my note book and pencil, make The
entry or entries. put out the light. and
then address myself to sleep again
more restful because Of the feeling
that l have attended to something
useful during the few moments 1
have been awake.
There IS real mystery about the
working of The mind in these moments
OF w~akefulness. Even the dullesf OF
Us seem to have uulor such ciream-
stances thoughts Of unusual value. \
most striking example OF thi~ is the
well known battle Hymn Of The
Republic. written by Julia Ward
Howe. Mrs. Howe had leea attend
ing a patriotic meeting W doubt
the emotions reused by III speeches
anil singing she hal heard hadn't
H. -1-r "a -. 1.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

New line stamped goods; stamped
hooked rug patterns and gift novel
ties at the Rest Rooms. Dodge Block
Sawyer pictures-Sunset on the
Kennebec from Elm street. $1.25 to
SIS at Nat Johnson's, formerly Buck
mans.
New fall hats. Combination of
material. Only one model of a kind.
Exclusive. but not expensive. Mrs.
Fl. B. Perkins, q Spring street.
1w36%
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

Roy Mclollor, a graduate Of S. II.
S., class of 1924, leaves next Tuesday
for Gorham to attend the State Nor
NAL School.
Archie Corvette and children have
returned to their home in Augusta at
ter spending the week end and holt
day in Skowhegan and Madison.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

Repairing and Cleaning
AL Makes
|. Kay {. Raymond
W Water St. Tel. 1861
tns
Bethany Baptist Church

., sunday Sept. 7, 1890. union service
D.. ne Federated Church; sermon by
~r; George L. Thurlow.
Inc opening session of the Sunday
An IOol Will be held at the noon hour.
sna are urged to come and make a
tA@ opening. It is expected that
ia VIII be an evening service at
% Announcements will be made
!" The noon hour.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

BE sure to zee or several Extra Special $5 Coat Bargains, one OF
which
A Coat made OF All Wool, Plaid Back, Brown Mixed Cloth, Hall lined
with Selected Natural RaccOOn Shawl Collar, II Real 1850 value, $25
Many other Sport and Business Models at S1a, $50 and SO with Finer
and more Dressy Styles at 35, $425O$5O, goo and up to $50 each
You should see this $50 Coat, made OF II High Class Brown BOlVia,
All Silk Lining. Genuine Beaver Fur Collar and Cuns. A real $I25
coat ut $50.
New Flannel Dresses in the Stylish Cheeks and Stripes. New Sprge
and P0iret Twill Dresses In Plain C0hrS and the New Hair Line Stripes
New Sk Dresses In Plain and Fancy Crepes and SaHnS, SO and all prices
up to 700 eah
$50 Pairs Ne" Blankets. Remarkable values you should not miss.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
Fair Week Sept. 9-1O-11-12
Thousands of out of town people will be here and we invite everyone
Showing of New Fall and Winter Goa

Many Of these Coats are exclusive styles me of kind that will not be duplicated
later Others are Special Values made possible by quantity production and heavy
buying. Fur Trimmings Collar, Cuffs and Bands are great feature for this winter
Bolivia Cloths remain great favo1te and other eve cloths Downy-woo, Chnchua and
Zbehne in tut block pads as we'll as plain effects are much wanted. Very beautiful, rich
glossy crushed silk pushes in brown, tan and gray are admired by many.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

DR.. and Mrs. L. w. Symons and Mr..
and Mrs. Fenton Schoon enjoyed an
automobile trip Sunday to Orr's Is
land
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
Sknnhrgan Enfal Nrlta

Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Conant and son
Thornton visited Sunday and Monday
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Lowd in Cor
ham.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04

go Pairs are seconds" damaged in the making and sold by the mills
at less than half price. In this lot are firth Blankets. Single Bed Bhn.
ketS. Double Bed Blankets and Extra Large 72AsI Blankets at 39c and up
TO S19s pair
100 Pairs TNiIed Gray Wool Finish Gray Blankets. Full Double Bed
Size. All Perfect Goods, IA regular II quality at $3.50 pair
100 Pairs Very Heavy Wool Finish TBined Gray Blankets. Full
Double Bed Size. A regular - Blanket, 1853 pair.
80 Pairs Finer Blankets, Nashua Wool nap in white and Gray. All
Blue, Tan, Gray and Lavender AT $40 and up 10 sig pair
80 Single Blankets, Heavy Gray Camp Blankets. $3.50.
All Wool New Army Blankets, $50. Figured Indian Blankets. sL1.
Figured Esmand Comfortable Blankets - 10 $50
Bath Robe Blankets with Cord and Ta>sels - and $50 each
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
PRINCESS MARY.
IS VIRTUALLY
CAPTIVE
Vsountess LesceIles Can't
Even Go to Church But What
Crowds Follow Her
By #. A. WRAY
international News Service.

LONDON. Dec. rs. - Although
Princess Mary Viscountess Lescel.
Ies), only daughter of the English
rulers. loves her country home.
Goldborough Hall, in Yorkshire.
she may have to remove to London
on account Of the persistent atten.
lions Of picnickers and curiosity
mongers.
She chose GoIdsborough Al thu
birthplace of her second son on ac.
count Of fits quiet and restfulness.
But the slghtseers have changed all
that. The Princess cannot now
stir out in the village without being
surrounded by groups who have
driven in from all over the north
Of England and consequently she
does not stir now outside the gates.
Sunday at Goldsborough has re.
Gently become a pandemonium 10
the extent that the people OF the
village have had to make a protest.
They have posted notices at each
END OF the village asking drivers
not to proceed through the village
unless it is absolutely necessary.
and they are trying to obtain legal
powers to prevent the invasion OF
those known In Britain as
"trippers."
Walk About Church.
They point out that the Sunday
services in the village church have
been absolutely desecrated. Hun.
oreds of people walk into the build.
ing, look around to see If Princess
Mary is there and then stroll out
again. Those who do not go in
chatter noisily in the church ward
and peer through the windows.
Recently when the princess was
attending a communion service, the
clergyman had to stop the service
and request a number Of women
visitors who were walking about
the church to leave.
The villagers say. 1.-THE poor
princess is almost a prisoner in her
own home. People ought to have
more decency than to make the
place a peep show"
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
PERMIT BAN BY.
HAYNES IS
UPSET
Court Orders That Brewing
Company Be Allowed to
Operate !.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec. 25.--
Federal District Judge J. w.
Thompson in a decision here yestAr-
day held that Federal Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes is not vested
with absolute power to grant or
refuse at will permits for the
manufacture of cereal beverages
and that manufacturers of non.
alcoholic drinks are entitled to a
permit so long az they obey the
law.
In his decision, Judge Thompson
ordered Commissioner Haynes to
issue a permit to the Fred Fell
Brewing Company of this city to
manufacture beverages containing
less than one.half Of one per cent
alcohol until there is a final hear.
Ing in the case on the question
whether or not that corporation Is
entitled to a regular permit.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

>"I was running south on Con-
necticut avenue about IL o'clock
last night, your honor, and the
defendant shot out Of Calvert
street on my right-where the
road leads down into the Ward
man property-and cut the corner
on his way to Chevy Chase. /
swung left to dodge him and ne
seemed to think that was a
pretty good idea, or else he didn't
see me and kept right along
with my car.
"I ran up onto the east curb
OF Connecticut avenue SOS to
give him all the road, but he
tagged me and kept on down
Calvert street toward the bridge
as far as he could with a
smashed wheel"
Boob: II was only going eight
miles an hour, your honor"
Eight miles an hour doesn't
help you any when you cut the
corner. It doesn't make any Diff
ference If you were standing still.
Cutting the corner puts the bur.
den Of proof on you."
But I've been driving that way
around that corner three times a
week for the last two years"
"That only goes to show you
can't get away with that kind Of
stuff forever. $25."
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
With The
Abb Artists
IA Cross Section of the
Daily Grind in Judge
SchuIdt's Court.
Read EN- and Weep.

The Alibi Man Wishes You
1.-TWO Hundred and Fifty Nil.
lion Dollar Liquor Trust Plans to
Corner All the Whislxey In the
World" adline. We tried that
one wild Xmas Eve. ana, oh,
Lord! What q morning after!
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
A Merry Christmas-.

1.-THE way he came down the
hill on Connecticut avenue north
of the Zoo entrance, where l was
stationed at quarter of three this
morning, your honor. his head
lights looked like q pair Of shoot
ing stars. I hoped my motor
cycle pretty quick, but had to
run a little better than sixty
miles an hour for LEO yards or 30
before got within pacing dis
lance Of him. Then dropped
back to fifty,two miles an hour
and followed him to the Million
Dollar bridge at that figure. He
said he didn't realize how fast
he was going"
"Anyone with him?"
Eyes, sir. There was a young
lady on the front .seat-that one
there with the fur collar"
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

And a Glorious Fourth Of July.
'There wasn't much traffic,
your honor
IT know. And IL a car had run
out Of one OF those side streets
about the time you came along,
there'd have been less"
II was watching the side streets
carefully, your honor"
"If you'd had the slightest idea
what you were doing, you
wouldn't have let q motorcycle Of
ficer follow you from the Zoo en-
trance halfway across the bridge
without your knowing it. Fifty.two
miles and hour il unalibiable.
Forty dollars or thirty days"
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
A Happy New Year

The court examining the ex.
hibit critically): mo wonder he
didn't realize 1t. Were YOU look
ing at your speedometer, young
man?"
Boob: ''No, sir. I--er-I-"
"The court doesn't believe you
were. Forty speedometers wouldn't
have helped you any. You can
pay $40--one dollar for each
speedometer you didn't look at"
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

Rotary Ash Sitter will
mean a material saving:
on your coal bill. Regu.
larly $2.95. Special, $3.50
Tin Buckets, made Of
extra heavy block tin
Convenient 2 and 8 quart
sizes. Regularly 69c. Spe.
cial. Acc.
SIYTE