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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-11
OBITUARY.
EDWARD E. SPRINGER.

w AMI illANo Aie'
Edward E. Springer died at his
home on State street last evening.
He had been failing IN health for
several months past, but few realized
the end was so near, and his death
was a shock to his many friends.
Mr.. Springer was born in Frank
lin June 80, 1861, son Of the late
Alfred and Susan (Graves) Springer
The family moved to Ellsworth while
Mr.. Springer was still a boy, the
father carrying on a shoe-making
business here for several years. Ed
ward learned the trade of him, and
later worked in Bar Harbor, return
ing to Ellsworth after his fathers
death to continue the business estab-
lished by him. He retired from this
business some years ago, and for
most of the time since had been jani-
tor of the county buildings, and also,
for several years, janitor of the city
library.
Mr.. Springer was man OF quiet
reserve, lover of outdoors, and was
never happier than when following
some trout stream or at his pleasant
camp at Patten pond. He was a
member of Lejok lodge, l. o. o. F.
He married Miss Annie Ralph of
Bluehill, who survives him, with one
daughter, Edna, wife of Prof. George
Porter Paine of Newark, Delaware.
The daughter was privileged to be
with him at the end, arriving here
Monday. He leaves also two brothers,
Charles A, formerly of Detroit, Me-,
but who recently purchased place
at the Mouth of the River with the in
tention of making Ellsworth his
home, and Thomas B. of Newport,
who is expected here to-day. The
family has the sympathy OF many
friends.
The funeral will be held at the
home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-11
MRS. MAY THOMPSON

Mrs. May Thompson died at the
Hurley hospital in Ellsworth last
night, following an operation.
Mrs Thompson was born in Els
worth thirty years ago, daughter OF
James and Zulma Wilson, and this
city had always been her home. she
was for several years employed as a
compositor in The American office.
She was married to Kendall K.
Thompson nine years ago. Besides
her husband, she leaves two sisters,
Mrs. Pearl Lord of Ellsworth and
Mrs. Basil Stinson of Rockland; also
two aunts, Mrs Alice ]. Murch OF
Ellsworth and Mrs. John F. Hodg-
kins of Bar HarbOr.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2, at the home of Mrs.
Murch.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-11

Monday was Inauguration day in
Ellsworth, but as it merely marked
the entrance of last years adj
ministration upon a new year, it
lacked the usual interest. The adj
ministration starts the new year with
the backing of the citizens of Ellis
worth 1t has had hard year, but
the unanimous endorsement given at
the recent election proved that the
voters are satisfied with the record.
There are difficult problems to be
faced the coming year but with the
support of the people that it un-
doubtedly has, and the past years
experience, the administration may
enter upon it with new confidence.
A new spirit of community CO.
operation is abroad in Ellsworth. 1t
furnished the text for Mayor Hodg-
kins' inaugural address, published
elsewhere
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-11

The Maine Automobile Association
has Joined hands with the national
association in a camuaisn to secure
for all motorists the free use OF roads
in other states than their own With
out restrictions as to registration
fees and license tags. The laws OF
Maine at present require non
resident to take out license after
thirty days in the State A bill to re-
move that restriction is now before
the legislature, and nc opposition to
it was apparent at the committee
hearing in Augusta last week. 1t IS
believed that removal Of the restrlc-
ton will work to the advantage OF
Maine. not only through reciprocal
action of other states, but because
many summer visitors and tourists
will prolong their visits in Maine.
The gasoline tax now imposed, and
which will be increased this year, VIII
pay their share OF the upkeep OF the
roads,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-11

THE MANHAITAN FIRE AND MA
RINE INSURANCE co.
of New York.
ASSETS, DEC. 81, 1924.
Stocks and bonds, $998,4O0.0O
Cash in office and bank 10O,126.42
Agents balances, 53,754.00
Interest and rents, 9,745.82
All other assets, 4,307.11
Gross assets. ST. 8, 1888 g
Deduct items not admitted, 2,112.39
Admitted assets, $1,164,220.96
LIABILITIES DEC. 81, 1924.
Net unpaid losses, 19,24o.00
Unearned premiums. 153,217.94
All other liabilities, 6,9S2.06
Cash capital, 4O0,U00.00
Surplus over all liabilities, 584.715.96
Total liabilities and sur
plus, $l,l64,22O.36
ALVAH l.. REED, Agent.
Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-11

COMMERCIAL CASUALTY ms. co.
ASSETS DEC. 81, 1924.
Real estate, 37O,00O.00
Mortgage loans, 2,317,250.00
Collateral loans 100000
Stocks and bonds, 4,470,839.73
Cash in office and bank, 391,4S3.89
Agents balances, 1,429, 1878
Interest and rents, 65,27S.S6
All other assets, S7,2SO.15
Gross assets, $9,171,625.9S
Deduct items not admitted, 146,703.79
Admitted assets, $9,024,917.19
LIABILITIES DEC. 81, 1924
Net unpaid losses, $2,011,164.S
Unearned premiums. 3.422, 349.92
All other liabilities, 691,402.3S
Cash capital 100, 10000
Surplus over all liabilities, 1,400,000.00
Total liabilities and sur
plus $9.O24,917.19
Note:-Includes additional volun-
tary reserve for WorkmenS comp.
losses of $191,oT6.79.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-11

The reality company that mas
purchased a large tract of land at
Sorrento means to put that resort on
the map, and has adopted advertls-
ing methods which, if persisted in,
will soon bring to Sorrento the proml-
nence that is hers by right of glorl-
Gus location. The company has just
announced two contests, the prizes in
which are trips around the world.
One is for the twelve best amateur
photographs taken at Sorrento, and
the other for the best descriptive arti-
Gle OF this resort.
Daylight saving seems to have lost
friends rapidly in Maine. 1t is not
so many years ago that many towns
in the State, large and small, tried
the notwithstanding plan, to the utter
confusion of residents and travellers.
Bangor still has a few irreconcllables
who force the matter to vote each
wear. Now there is bill before the
legislature to make clock tinkerlng
in Maine illegal. 1t passed the House
last week by large majority, and it
is DtIISA6(l w III NC pe0ESN ~ S'AS
Senate. The only serious opposition
comes from Portland.
The annual town meetings bring to
light many facts connected with the
lives OF those men who year after
year are called upon to serve as Of
ficers of their town, and their con-
tinuous election is the highest tribute
of their fellow citizens. The town Of
Sedgwick was incorporated in 1888.
During the first fifty years, five men
served as treasurer, Daniel Morgan
serving thirty years of that time. He
was succeeded by his son, Daniel, jr.,
who served thirty-one years, twenty
eight years being continuous. Sam
uel Herrick then served twenty years
and he was succeeded by F. H.
Smith, who has just been elected for
his thirtieth term. This is a re-
markable record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-21

BROADWAY. 500: 1 large front room, 81 ;
modern: phone. walk. dist. Lin. 3119
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-21
EVERY CAR AND TRUCK
EXCELLENT VALUE
1929 Come

IO-C OVUPO
Late style body, very good me-
chanically. cord tires and down
lights. Priced low for quick sale.
SS5 90 down, balance easy month
ly payments.
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MERIDIAN St.. N. 3311. Bsauti-
ful, Broom duplex with garage; heat
/and water furnished, $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-21
FORDS

FORD, 1923 coupe; completely over
hauled; disc wheels new cord tires,
double bumpers. water pump, ignition sys-
ometer, big horn, newly painted; terms If
wanted. Call owner. Web. 6214-J. 3401
f WashingtOn
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c-Aportn1ents
Woodsmall Rentals

w OOOOludIl 1OCuUulO
MERIDIAN ST.. N, 1911. Bsauti-
/and water furnished, $3.50.
WESTMINSTER 2725 N. Meridian
ST.; living room with in-a-door bed,
full bedroom, dining room with built
IN china and linen closet. bath. light,
heat, water and gas furnished, $50.
WESTMINSTER. Living room with
chna 9pd 9g 1sn d nosst GG9o oq rnom
bath, light, heat. water and gas fur
nished. $50.
LAFAYETTE COURT. 2735 N. Me
ridian St. Living room with in-a-door
bed, sun parlor with in-a-door, bed;
fn nRs e r03m ouiR ou hath large
plenty OF closet space, This is front
apartment facing Meridian ST.; light
heat, water and gas furnished. $40.
BLACKSTONE. 4oo1 E. washing
ton St. Two rooms. in-a-door bed. fully
and dressing closet. light heat. water
and gas furnished. $47.o0.
HIGHLAND. 1889 E. Washington
St. Ffve-room apartment. ice box and
range, heat and water furnished. $50.
SAN MARCO. 1926 N. Delaware
ST.; and Groom apartments. newly
decorated, ice box and range, heat and
water furnished. 500 and $50.
KRIEGEE. sa2-se E. Prospect 2
rooms, in-a-door bed bath and fully
equipped kitchenette: light and water
furnished. $3.50.
SEE CUSTODIAN OR CALL LIN 1891.
H. H. Woodsmall & Co., Inc.
1--WE insure everything but the hereafter
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Late 1923 Touring

Starter. demountable rims. lock
wheel. cowl lights and parking
light. 500 Down. Balance weekly
or monthly.
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21

grims at Plymouth learned the value
Of the turkey from the Massasoit In
dians. Columbus found it in the West
Indies. Cortez was feasted upon tur-
key in Mexico and Peru. The Maya
people embodied the turkey in their
oldest hieroglyphics and the scientists
of the Smithsonian, delving among the
ruins of Arizona, found q mummified
turkey, and the remains of nearly all
the cliff and cave dwellers in the
Southwest give up the bones of the
turkey 1t was staple food among
the red men from the earliest times,
as it has come to be in civilized lands
around the globe.
Benjamin Franlrfn desired to make
the turkey the national bird, but was
outvoted by others, who seemed to
find truer connection between the
bald eagle and the indomitable spirit
of the American republic 1t may be
the screaming eagle better suits the
ways of war and poets dreams, but
the turkey occupies specially warm
place in the affections of the Ameri-
can people. At Thanksg wing and
Christmas time he Is king of hirds
Washington Star.
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
High Neckline Is Feature Of the Season

The high neckline, offered originally
with some show of virtue by the Paris
couture, is one of the interesting phe-
nOmena of the current season. 1t is
not the sole smart neckline Of the au-
tumn models, as the bateau and V lines
have also made frequent appearances
but in popularity it easily leads all the
rest.
The principal reason for the high
neckline, according to its sponsors and
wearers, is to preserve the symphony
of the silhouette. What with short
skirts and the hemline flare, a low
neck would create silhouette gro
tesquey short and totally untitled for
any but the most willOwy types. They
point it out, too, as a symptom of the
rising tide of fashion-high hemline
higher waistline and the choker neck.
Both are logical enough reasons.
We have a suspicion, however, that
milady's attraction for the new neck
line has a more psychological basis.
Here is a mode which is a long, indis-
Greet step ahead Of its prewar pre-
decesSors And a notable percentage
of the ladies who exploit it were once
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21

The passion for slenderness will not
down, and every one of the accepted
SilhOuettes of the season pays homage
to the willowy line, observes Paris
fashion correspondent in the New
York Herald Tribune. There were
many predictions last summer to the
effect that pulchritude was about to
return ia the haunts of the mode, that
the marked waistline and the full and
haring silhouettes were paving the way
for the revival of a sort of modified
Amazon, statuesque to the point OF
being plump.
When the Paris couture first blared
Its fall message to palpitant world,
these prophecies seemed in fair way
of being realized. The predominance
of the flare and nodded bodice, the
princess silhouette du SOir, the defined
and higher waistline all seemed in
clined TO lift the ban against the long
harassed embOnpOint and the outlook
was dark indeed for the daily dozen.
The chic Parisienne, however, was
otherwise inclined. She accepted the
dare. she gave hearty welcome to
the princess silhouette and the waist
line, but - nrnry instance with the res
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21

stepped in the inhibitons of decade
and more ago. Along comes the high
neckline, which would have been mod
est even in those prim days-and what
more natural than that milady should
succumb to the habit and training of
her earlier days. Call me immodest,"
she tells the ghost of her Victorian self
-''lOok at this choker neck and for
ever hold your peace" It's the phil
osophy OF the ostrich who buries his
head in the sand and thinks thereby
that he is entirely hidden, but it is
thoroughly sufficient unto this day.
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21

ervation that her hard-earned slender
ness was to remain the basis of the
new styles.
Yet if the general effect of the out
line has remained slender, the silhou
ette has otherwise undergone some
vital changes, significant enough to in
spire prophecies Of new fashion
cycle. The mobile silhouette, which
has also been called kinetic, swinging
and floating has generally succeeded
the immobile, by contrast, straightline.
This new outline which becomes
lissome, graceful fantasy when its
wearer is in motion, has got to incor-
porate some species of flare in it's
makeup. 1t can be at the front, the
sides or the back, it can concentrate
below the knees or it may be inaugu-
rated at the waistline and even as
high as the shoulders, but somewhere
it must be the moving order of au-
tumn, 1925.
Flare Runs CIockwse.
1t is interesting to note the various
manners i'll which the leading Paris
designers arrive at the new outline.
Captain MOlyneux, for instance, using
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21

ITH apologies to the bald
eagle, it is appropriate to
refer to the turkey as the
great American bird. The
association of this species
nf fnrr-l ,r,;th IL I'll N 7, l. G,
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
United States Rubber Company

SOLDIERS-PENSIONS; IMPORTANT; SOL
diers who served in war with Spain and not
receiving pension should write ]. IRVING
McKGNNA, 440 Wilcox Bldg, Los Angeles
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
Wide Tucks at Hem

The afternoon or evening coat of
georgette crepe Is often finished with
wide tuckS instead Of fur at the bot
tom.
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
Shoes Sent Far

Shoes sent to chilly Alaska from
this country in seven months of this
year numbered 20,558 pairs for men
and boys and 8,072 pairs for women,
while those shipped to sunny Hawaii
included 9S,613 for males and 1852.
for females.
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
New Shawls Are Brocaded

Truly gorgeous are the new shawls
one seen recently was of blue and gold
brocade with an extremely long fringe
of blue silk.
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21

cana of Mexico A fourth variety is
supposed to have Inhabited the West
India islands, from which the birds
taken to Spain by Columbus were OBJ
tanned. From these, in the course of
400 years, six varieties have been
evolved, known as the bronze, Nara
gansett, buff, slate, white and black.
The white and black birds are
freaks" from the three original spe-
cies.
The turkey has never been more
than half domesticated. 1t is still es-
sentially a wild bird. 1t roams the
fields in focks, feeds upon insects and
stray grains during the late summer
and fall months and only seeks the
shelter of the barnyard when the food
supply fails. Young turkeys seem 10
distrust man and all his works, and
each generation of turkeys has TO be
tanned The birds do become quite
docile under careful management, but
the hen turkey forever seeks the wild
in which to steal her nest and rear her
young Testimony is not lacking that
it costs less to raise a turkey than
any other fowl, and to the ultimate
consumer in the Thanksgiving and
Christmas period they cost more than
any other fowl, so that somebody
makes a good profit on the annual
product.
One of the Oldest Birds
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21

II
of fowl with the Thanks
giving day festivities. places it upon
the highest pinnacle of fame. The
few specimens taken back to Spain by
Christopher Columbus aroused the
greatest curiosity and interest in that
country, and subsequent imports of
the bird within fifty years stirred Flu
rope to it's center. The turkey-pavo
or peacock in Spain, dindon in France,
trutkahn in Germany, and kalkun in
Scandinavian countries-was found by
millions in the forests of North Amer
lea, Central America and Mexico when
the white men came to the western
shores.
The name given to the turkey is a
little obscure, but it seems to have
arisen in London from an almost triv-
ial circumstance. 1t appears that
about the time of the birth of Queen
Elizabeth a hardy navigator brought
a consignment of these birds from
America to the London market Pur-
veyors of the aristOcratic houses of
London found them, bought them,
tried them, and then wanted more.
London tradesmen were asked the
name of the fowl, and, because every
thing then was brought from Turkey,
those asking for the information were
told that they came from Turkey, and
they were known for many years in
the London markets as those Turkey
birds" This is one of many tales
Il +b 81
ing of the American bird, and is prob
ably as good as any. The turkey has
been domesticated, as far as it is pos
sible and long ago became a large
factor in domestic commerce.
Once Turkey State.
RhoGe sand for many years held
chief prominence as the turkey-raising
state.
Now Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Nc
braska and Kentucky dispute suprem-
acy and literally send millions of these
birds annually to market to be con
sumed largely at Thanksgiving and
Christmas feaSts.
The scientific name given the tur-
KEY is Mcleagridae. Meleager, in an
ancient NTeeh ISSeuu, was lcduSI VI
the Calydonian hunt, who saved the
beautiful Princess Atalanta from the
savage attack of a wild boar, and
thereby gained fame. This scientific
name seems just about as applicable
to the great American bird as turkey,
but it has the approval of science, AMI
that is enough.s Three varieties made
up the original stock Of wild turkeys
on this continent. They were the gal
lopavo of New England and the
greater part of North America, the
oCellata of Honduras and the mexi-
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
One of the Oldest Birds.

The turkey is doubtless one of the
Oldest birds in America and always
occupied an important place in the
domestic life of the Indians. The Pill
Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
BARBER COLLEGES

Learn barber trade Catalogue free. Diplomas
issued. Moler Barber College, ia Regent st.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-30
The First Real Frost.

Jack Frost certainly handed this
section a biff in the midriff last
Thursday night; a stern foreteller
of what is to be expected in this
frozen north" before the fall and
winter months pass by and the
birds" who migrated south for the
winter return with the 1926 balm
mess. Most all the crops were
ready for harvest and practically
no damage resulted. This frost has
been the means of turning the
hardwood foliage into mass of
beauty and with the month of
October before us in all the glory
of colors and brisk atmosphere the
native resident who loves the Big
Outdoors will more than enjoy his
annual fall vacation. This is the
period Of the season when resi-
dents spend their idle time driving
over the good highways and view
ing Nature with her fall garb.
Nothing can equal fall in North
ern Wisconsin-and that isn't may
be.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-30
Three Lakes News.

A. M. Rogers has bought the
Clark Kinney residence in town and
will move in this winter.
The recent rains are bringing up
the level of the lakes. They have
been very low all summer.
w. E. Godel and G. G. Rowland,
Of Peoria, ILL.,, have closed their
summer home on Big Fork>lake and
gone home for the season.
Frank Federer, an old time Three
Lakes resident, but who has been
making his home in Brinkley, Ar
kansas for some years is visiting
relatives here.
Mrs. William Bonack Jr., who
has been i'll for a week past was
taken to Mercy hospital at Osh-
kosh Sunday night for treatment.
She is reported in critical condi-
ton.
Mrs. Henrietta Meyers and daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. r. Mertz have returned
to West Allis for the winter. Mr..
Welcome Meyers drove down with
them but will return to finish the
season.
Work is being pushed as rapidly
as possible on the new golf course
on Big Stone lake. If the present
plans go through the, course will
be ready for use when the tourist
season opens next spring.
Potato digging is in full swing.
Report are that the acreage here
will run around seventy-five per
cent of the normal acreage, and
that the crop is turning out just
fair. Farmers are being offered
higher prices than they have re-
ceived for several years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-30
FARM CENSUS OF Villas
Government Figures Show
This County to Contain
472 Farms Valued at ST.
325,52O.

According to the government
census which is just being given
out Of the farms in Wisconsin,
Villas county is credited with 472
farms with a valuation of $685.
$40. The method of obtaining
these facts are given:
Number of farms 472.
Land alone 81 ,455,655; buildings
$869,86 Total $2,325,520.
Livestock on farms total 6,821
head.
Farm acreage 1906. Ooes not
include timber).
Crop land 17,436 acres.
Principal crops were oats, barley,
rye, hay and potatoes. The potato
croppage for 1924 was 733 acres
which produced 1929 bushels.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-30

(1st Sept. 16-last Sept. 3O-3w)
Notice of Hearing, Settlement and
Assignment.
State of Wisconsin, County Court
for Villas County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a
regular term Of the County Court
to be held in and for said County,
at the County Court rooms in the
Village Of Eagle River in said
County, on the first Tuesday,
(being the sixth day. of October
A. D. 1925, at 10 o'clock a. M, the
following matters will be heard
and considered:
The application of Robert G.
Hanson, Administrator of the es-
tate of Anna Hanson late Of the
Town of Phelps in said County, de-
ceased, for the examination and
allowance of his final account of
his administration, and for the
assignment Of the residue of the
estate of Anna Hanson deceased,
to such other persons as are by law
entitled to the same.
Dated Sept. ID, 1925.
By order of the Court
Frank w. Carter, Co. Judge.
Alex Higgins, Attorney.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-30
List of Petit Jurors.

State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court
for Villas County-ss.
Following is list of the names
of the jurors drawn on Wednesday,
September %, 1925, to serve on the
jury for the October 18th, 1925
term of circuit Court for Villas
county, Wisconsin: