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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
Reports rendered ut Annual Farm
Bureaa Meeting
HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT


Our campaign for fireless cookers
came to a close quite a little later
than we hoped, but l am unable to
have used them to a great advantage,
but I am sure that II they have tried
they have succeeded.
There have been six account books
kept to date. but If they all look like
mine our home demonstrator would
surely blush, but hope for better re-
suits from the other five and they tell
us there is always chance for i'm
provement.
CLOTHING REPORT
tMrs. George Parker, Skowhegan,
Project LEADER
Number of communities holding
clothing meetings, Is, attendance 1850 !;
number of meetings with home dem
onstration agent, AZ; number of meet
ings without home demonstration
agent. IS; number of training classes
held, 3, attendance 25; number OF
clothing schools held, 3.
Dress forms made, Z, cost 1927.
value. $40; money saved s61.73 Gar
ments fitted on forms. 0. Foundation
waist patterns made. 81, value. 1919.
Blouses adapted, %; cost. $37.95; val
ne, $685. saved, $55.05. Foundation
dress patterns made, 9; value, 50.
Garments cut from these patterns, As;
cost $77.34; value, $1S5.50; money saw
ed. S107.S6. Peticoats cut from drafts,
q; casts STA; value, "a; saved, $2.26.
Persons reporting fitting of corset,
g. hiieetings with an attendance of 1e1.
New hats made. 80; cost. $172.57. Yal
us. $5S7.5O, saved, $414.93. . Sewing
kits. equipped, one. Sewing ma
chine attachments taught by home
demonstration agent II to ID present.
passed on to "a persons. Care of
machines.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
Good Reads from Gasoline
(By Roland r. Patten)


In a Gilbert & Sullivan opera of
long years ago there's a song bring
ing In the line:
Let the punishment fit the crime
This old sentiment would furnish
text for sermon on good roads
Motor vehicles constitute ninety per
cent of the traffic and do about one
hundred and ten per cent OF the dam
age to our improved highway@ 9Thds
is no crime. IN the ordinary sense of
the word, but the reasoning fs1fhh
same. II the automobile is the
principal offender it should pay the
major part of the bills.
The above comes up in the consider
alton of the state gasoline tax. Show
hegan has just received about three
thousand dollars $4,000 as its share
of the revenue derived from that
source. The gasoline tax was i'm
posed by the last legislature The
rate is one cent for each gallon of
gasoline made use of in the state. The
total revenue is about four hundred
Thousand dollars ($400,000) and is dis
tributed among the towns according
10 road mileage. 1t is stipulated
that one-half the money shall be ex-
pended on third class or, as some
times spoken of, Farm to Market
roads. The selectmen are required
to recommend the road to the High
way Commission and. II approved, the
thoroughfare thus designated receives
the gasoline tax money until 1t has
been built through to the town line
Skowhegan's gasoline money Is be-
ing expended this year on the outer
end of Main street. Perhaps the
locality will be better recognized as
the Tobey Hill Road and is the com
mencement of the so-called back road
to Waterville. Something like three
fourths OF mile of stone. base, gravel
surface highway will be built running
out past the Drickyard toward Tobey
Hill. AS above stipulated this gaso-
line tax money in future years must
be used in a continuance Of this con-
struction so that IL we get the same
sum in the future as in the past we
can expect that by about 1880, we
shall have a good gravel road as far
az the old Coffin farm, more often
spoken of as the james Lord place,
at the Fairfield line.
This tax at present Is assessed on
all gasoline whether used for cleans
Ing clothes, in the farm tractor, TO
kindle fires, for automobiles or other
.purposes. Senator Clyde H. Smith,
lin the last legislature, favored two
cent per gallon tax, instead of one,
with exemption for gasoline used on
the farm Assuming that, as in the
previous law. one-half the revenue
thus raised will be expended on farm
to-market roads, Mr. Smith will I'M
!; doubleday seek to have this change
made in the coming legislature. If
he Is successful, motor vehicle gaso-
line will carry tax of two cents and
the farm tractor gasoline will not be
taxed at all. To my mind this
would be very desirable.
, If the principle be correct that the
vehicles, which have occasioned the
heretofore unthought of amounts we
have been spending for highways in
recent years, should bear the princi-
pie burden, there is no logic in taxing
farm tractor gasoline. Tractors
rarely go upon the highways at all
and may reasonably be excluded from
any special, tax. participation in road
improvement. i
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
Canaan Grange Has Degree ~

Canaan Grange held a special meet
ing on Thursday evening, Oct. 30, for
the purpose of comforting the third
and fourth degrees of the order. A
harvest supper was served and pro
gram of readings, and music present
ed by the lecturer. Games were then
enjoyed until a late hour.
On Thursday evening, Nov. 6. af-
ter the regular meeting. there will be
pie social Each lady is request
ed to bring a pie and the public is
invited to come in to the social COT
fee will be served. A Halloween
program will be presented and gen
eral good time enjoyed
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06

A few cattle changed hands at West
Norridgewock last week. Byron
Lambert sold to Henry whiting a
number of cows and calves. B. F.
Baker bought bull of Mr.. Whiting.
Four siios have been built this year
in Somerset County at saving of
over $500. This is more than the
total amount paid in to the Farm Blu
reau through membership fees yet
some people say 1t isn't worth while.
1920 cows have been tested in IL
communities. 1t Is safe to figure
this at least as a saving Of $4,000.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
Census of Agriculture

The United States Census of Agri-
culture, the first undertaking of the
kind by the government. will start
soon after November /, according to
John W. Hart of Holden, supervisor
of census in the district comprising
Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscut. Pts
cataquis, Somerset and Washington
counties. The information obtained
in that manner will be the basis of
all estimates of crops and livestock
products by the Department of Agri-
culture.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
+. e. DunIap's Sheep Go TO Long
81, Branch Farm

Capt F. c. Dunlap, we'll known
sheep breeder of Canaan, has just sold
thirty grade Cheviot and Hampshire
sheep from his flock to Long Branch
Farm at Bowdoinham. George w.
Weeks. head herdsman came to Ca
naan to superintend the removal OF
the sheep. Capt. Dunlap, who has
been quite extensively engaged in
sheep, .hi,sbandry for the last several
years, has sixty head left at his Ca
naan farm. The indications are that
he must have animals of high quality
or they would not be desired at the
Long Brunch Farm.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
About Sixty Attend Party

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Getchell above Madison Center was
the scene of a pleasant party of men
and women connected with the Som
erset County Farm Bureau and En-
tension service last Friday night.
The house was gaily decorated for
the occasion in Halloween dress and
about sixty were present. The
guests were masked and played a
program of games before revealing
their real identity. At refreshment
time pumpkin pie and freak dough
nuts were served. A radio lecture
was much enjoyed during the festivi-
ties. Mr. Getchell is herdsman at
the Lakewood Farms.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06

Manley Beane of Moscow bought a
Thoroughbred Guernsey COW of Frank
Savage of South Bingham recently.
The freeze 'of last week injured
many apples at Larone that were un-
gathered and "a few potatoes that
were too near the top of the ground
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06

Butter fat tests run for the second
time in Hartland, Madison, Ripley,
Mercer and Larone. Men are learn
ing what their cows are doing during
the year.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
Fairview Grange mt Smlthfield

Fairview Grange held it's regular
meeting Saturday evening, November
LIST. The third and fourth degrees
were conferred on four candidates.
The harvest supper was served to
about sixty. There were visitors
from Somerset and Victor Oranges.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06

When the baked potato is doae,
prick 1T with a fork or otherwise
break the skin to let the steam escape
No one likes it soggy.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06

independence Reporter So a year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
CANNOT FIND THOMPSON.
Senate Officers Unable to Serve Sub.
poena on Republican.

Washington. ID. c., March 81
Failure of subpoena servers to locate
William Boyce Thompson, former
chairman of the Republican national
committees finance committee, was
reported TO the Senate oil committee
today by the Senate sergeant-at-arms.
Thompson was among the witnesses
listed to appear this week in regard
to che stories Of campaign eontribu-
tons by oil interests. His home is in
New York.
George White Of Ohio, former
chairman of the Democratic national
committee who also is under sub
poena. was granted a weeks delay on
his plea of important business. The
subpoena for Fred Upham of Chi
cago. treasurer of the Republican ma
tionai committee, may be cancelled.
Committee members are disposed to
accept his public statement that he
has no information on the subject I'M
der investigation.
The committee will resume its hear
ing tomorrow with Il. III. Wilson. once
candidate for the Democratic nominal
ton for governor of Oklahoma, on the
stand. With W. l.. Kistler, an oil
promoter of Tulsa, Mr.. Wilson is to
be questioned regarding the connee-
ton prominent oil men had with state
and national politics.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
THEY GET ACTION
Federals File in Liquor Case When
Evidence Is Delivered.

An arraignment in the first liquor
case to be turned over 10 the federal
officers by the state rangers since the
federal government put into effect the
policy of not accepting any case from
the state. officers until all the evi-
dence was turned in, was held before
United States Commissioner X. ID.
Edwards, Sunday. Jesus Reyna
waived preliminary examination on
complaint charging him with manu-
facture and possession and was re-
leased under $3.50 bond.
State rangers raided Il place on
Oelkers street. Saturday afternoon.
Literally obeying the ultimatum that
they must turn in all the evidence,
a truck was procured and the liquor,
a copper still and six barrels partly
filled with mash were loaded into
the truck. Without previously notify
ing the prohibition agents the truck
was driven to the federal building.
then Il belated search for the prohibl-
ton agents was started while a
curious throng gathered about the
truck.
The rangers were finally informed
that the prohibition agents would ac-
cept the liquor and the still but they
were informed that the government
did not care TO accept the mash.
After all the evidence had been
turned over to the federal agents and
n written report of the seizure sub
mitted by the rangers had been made,
a complaint was filed by Prohibition
Agent Roy Adams. Saturday evening.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
Kelly Field Cooks
AWOL When Rumor
Out They Must Fly

Wives of officers at Kelly Field
are earnestly porting over long for
gotten and unfamiliar cook books.
Officers in charge of the mess at
the officers club at the field are
frantically seeking persons of mora
or less acquaintance with the pro-
cess of mixing flour and water.
And CONSERVATION is . spreading
throughout certain part of San
Antonio.
A serious shortage Of negro cooks
is threatened at Kelly Field fol
lowing reports that all cooks had
to take airplane flights.
Negro husbands whose wives
have been charged with bringing
bacl, from Kelly Field a living for
the whole family and negro wives
whose husband have been charged
with the same task, have been
keeping the wires hot between the
negro section of San Antonio and
the flying field since the repor;
first began spreading.
None of the interested parties
seem wiIlin that their useful
halves should undergo the risk OF
navigating the az, according 10
reports current at Kelly Field.
However. those who call arc being
assured that the rumors are false.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31

Paris, March 3t.-The Dawes COM
mittee of reparation experts buckled
down this afternoon to the work of
! ironing out the last remaining dl-
vergencies among its members over
| their report to the reparation COM
| mission on their examination into
Germany's financial and economic po-
/ sti0n.
The desire of all concerned is to
decide upon n text to which all can
subscribe and the wording of which
will not ruffle either France or Bel
GUM on the one hand, or Germany
on the other.
The most extreme care is being
! taken that there shall be no phrase
in the report susceptible of being con-
strued as interpreting the occupation
of the Ruhr as either legal or illegal.
The British. for their part, are willing
to consider the Ruhr situation an ac-
complished fact and are DESTROYS that
the report shall not consider the past,
but only the present and the future.
Must BE Careful.
1t appears that considerable verbal
camouflage must be elaborated to this
end, as well informed quarters are
agreed that in the last analysis the
recommendation of the experts are
likely to approximate closely the Brit
ish repara ton plan the late Premier
Bonar Law offered Premier Poincarc
in January, 1928.
If the French premier is going to
accept the experts findings it is con
coded he must not be put in position
where his opponents would be able TO
retOrt:
"Iou now are accepting what you
rejected fifteen months ago after GO
ing to the expense and trouble of the
Ruhr occupation"
1t is considered possible that Pre-
micr Poincare will insist that the rep
aration commission deliberate on the
experts report before submitting It
to the several government in order TO
allow French opinion to crystalline
and if necessary TO mollify it before
the French government is obliged to-
make a decision. 1t is considered like
ly. however. that President Barthou
of the commission will lend himself to
such program. although most of the
other commission members think de-
Lucrative period by that body would
be wiser were il not for the close
proximity of the German and French
elections.
Poincare May Accept.
1t is generally conceded in repara-
ton circles that even the cleverest
wording of the report cannot proven!
the German stump speakers telling
their constituents during the cam
paign in Germany that the provisions
of control contained in the report are
merely stuffed dogs" or French spell
binders OF the Poincare persuasion
from assuring the voters that the
same provisions have real teeth. Ihel
experts, however, have determined toI
wash their hands of all political COLI
Despite the persistent rcticencc of
the members of the drafting commit
tee. the impression in all diplomatic
and technical circles is that the report
will be bound to indicate, although asl
definitely as possible-the disbelief OF
the experts in two of the CARDINAL
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
BORDER OFFICER
is MYSTERIOUSLY
KILLED AT DANCE
Slayer of Constable Daniel
Longoria Escapes in
Big CROWD.

Brownsville. Tex. March 81
Daniel Longoria, deputy constable at
Los Indios, well known border peace
Ioffice, was shot and killei about S
O'Clock Sunday night while watching
a Mexican dance near Lafcria.
Though hundreds of people were
around the dance hall grounds, Lon.
gOria's assailaDt made his escape with
out being identified.
Longoria was sitting in car watch.
ing the dance. and his assailant evil
IDENTIFY crept up in the shadows and
shot the deputy. He then made mis-
escape in the darkness. The revolver
was fired so close TO I.ongoria's head
that the hard was badly powder
burned.
Longoria made many enemies
among the lawless classes on bath
side sof the river, having been espe-
cially active during the bandit trou
bles several years ago.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
BRUUGHI UP
Senate Resolution Says He
Is More to Blame Than 4
DENLY.
DILL IS THE AUTHOR
Asks That President Cool
idge Request the Res
ignation.
CITE MARINE ACTION
Charges Assistant Nay Sec
rotary Was Oil
Official.
CITE MARINE ACTION

Washington. ID. C., March SIDE.
mand for removal from office of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, assistant secretary cf
the navy. was renewed in the Senate
today by Senator Dill, Democrat.
Washington.
Declaring the assistant secretary is
far more eulpable than was his su-
perior, Secretary DENLY. in the leasing
of the naval oil reserves, the Wash
ington senator introduced a resolution
saying 1t TO be the sense of the Sen
ste that President MOolidge should>a't'
fot. his resignation.
The. resolution charges Mr.. Roose-
welt with having been a director of the
Sinclair Oil Company previous to en-
tering the government service and
stresses that he ordered marines TO
remove oil claimants from the Teapot
Dome reserve.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
lily Officials Will Not Allow Ku Kux Khan in Fiesta Parade
DEPUTY SUSPENDED
FOLLOWING ESCAPE
OF MAN FROM TRAIN
Barloco Blamed by
Sheriff for Escape of
{. G. {. Mcdaniel

Deputy Sheriff Angel Barloco was
suspended for ten days Monday fol-
lowing the escape from him of Clay
ton q. c. Mcdaniel. acquitted in San
Antonio in the famous scissors
murder ard wanted here on four
charges of burglary. Mcdaniel leapcd
from a train near the town of Hunter
Saturday night while Deputy Barloco
was bringing him back from Palestine
where he had been arrested. The pris-
oner has not yet been found.
According to the story told by Bar
loco when he arrived in San Antonio
he was ministering to sick man in
the smoking compartment OF the ear
when Mcdaniel made his leap for lib
erty. The train was travelling at about
20 miles an hour, be said. and he be-
lievcs the man was crippled by the
fall. y posse was organized when the
deputy reached New Braunfcls and
officers were sent out from San An
tonic but SO far no trace of the pris-
oncr has been found.
Suspension Of Barloco for ten days
was announced by Chief Deputy Sher-
iff Alphonse Newton Jr. Monday
morning. Chief Newton declared that
under no circumstances should the
deputy sheriff have given the prisoner
an opportunity TO escape and he felt
that disciplinary measures were
necessary.
Mcdaniel was tried anu acquitted
more than year ago for the killing
of his wife Lottie Mcdaniel. He has
been in police court several times since
and recently was indicted on charges
of burglary. Deputy Barloco was sent
to Palestine for Mcdaniel when Sher-
iff Stevens was informed that he was
under arrest there.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
GOLD WAVE IS
HEADED TOWARD
SAN AN 7 OHIO
Minimum Temperatures
Will Be From 81 to
IS Degrees.
FROST is PREDICTED
Belated Ncrther Will Nip
Tender Vege-
tation.
FROST is PREDICTED

\ cold wave with minimum temper
atGrc from 81 to Sc degrees is pre-.
dicted for San Antonio and vicinity
Monday night. IT will be fair and
frost is predicted. Tuesday will he
fair with rising temperatures. Fresh
TO strong northcrly winds are pre-
dicted which will subside Tuesday.
Although the thermometer is not
expected to go TO the freezing point.
if the wind falls. the frost is expected
to cause damage 10 growing vegeta-
ton. Freezing temperatures are pre-
dicted for the north and central paris
of the state. Temperatures from SO to
II are predicted for the coast.
Will Not Last Long.
A widespread cold area is al
through the West. Huron. S. d.. re-
ported the lowest temperature on rec
ord for this time of year. > degrees
above zero. Modena. Utah. reported
II degrees; Denver. Il degrees; Sher-
idan. Wyo.. : degrees: Amarillo. 22
degrees. and Santa Fe. i degrees at
I o'clock Monday morning.
The cold wind from the north
struck San Antonio carly Monday
morning with a steady 3G-mile an
hour wind. Although the sun is ek-
i,ceied 70 run, the temperatures un
during the day. the thermometer viii
begin falling after shutdown. The cold
wave is not expected to last long.
The Storm Is Gone.
Practically no rain fell in the
Southwest over Sunday. 'the deep
low pressure area in the East which
brought the big storm had almost dis.
appeared in the Atlantic by Monday
morning.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
DAWES COMMITTEE REPORT
WILL BE WORDED CAREFULLY
TO PREVENT CONTROVERSIES
Carefully Prepare Text to Avoid Ruffling Either
France or Belgium on the One Hand, OF Germany
On the Other-To Be Phrased in Such Manner
AS Not to Commit Experts on Legality or
Illegally of Occupation of Ruhr.

points of the French program, namely
the feasibility of maintaining the
schedule of reparation payments
adopted May ), 1921, and the posi-.
bility of the profitable exploitation OF
any portion of German territory I'M
der allied control. r..h.
Committee at Work. =,
Nevertheless. it is considered that
Premier Poincare, in view of the new
orientation of his cabinet will be in
a better position to accept this view
point than hitherto, provided he IS
allowed to maintain the. military grip
upon the Ruhr and permitted to make
a tacit reservation that France and
Belgiumt may take separate action II
Germany again becomes recalcitrant.
The Dawes committee met in plen-
airy session at p. m.
The Subcommittee on banking still
has much work ahead in straighten-
ing out the tangles in the German
railroad question, and it met this aft
ernoon for. session which it is ex-
pected will last far into the night.