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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
submitted to The American by the
Ellsworth High school Publicity Board.

The girls pencils and miniature
fountain pens, which did not arrive
1T the same time as the boys, were
distributed at assembly Tuesday
: morning. Those receiving pencils
or selling three subscriptions were:
Marion Young, Marion Moon, Hazel
Smith, Lillian Thomas, Frances
Blodgett, Elaine Donovan, Mary
Davis, Dora McGraw, Esther Stack
pole, Freda Daniels, Dorothy Spur
ling, Margaret Whitcomb, Catherine
Jude, Marion Stewart, Leila Morri-
son, Edith Adams, Marion Candage.
Fountain pens for six subscriptions
were awarded to: Ethel Lunt, Mary
Franklin, Marion Stewart, Ruth
Moore, Priscilla Conley, Edythe
,Conary, Frances Holz, Ruth Austin.
These, Mr.. Stone explained, were
/. gifts from the Student Association
for the interest shown.
Certificates were awarded Tuesday
for typewriting, Evelyn Davis and
Thomas Holmes, each receiving one
on the Royal machine.
Both high school basketball teams
will play Winter Harbor at Winter
HarbOr FRIDAY nlSHI, Jan. o.
Miss Edgerly spent her Christmas
vacation in Bridgton and Portland,
Miss Dwyer in Millinocket, and the
other teachers in Ellsworth.
The Junior class, as we'll as the
hrest of the school, is sorry to lose
! Elaine Donovan. Miss Donovan left
week ago for Maine Central In
stitute where she will continue the
rest of the year. Before leaving,
ne basketball squad, of which she
is member, presented her with
lainty electric lamp.
Monday morning in general as
sembly Mr. Stone gave helpful and
Monday morning in general assem-
bly,, Mr.. Stone gave a helpful and in
teresting talk. He urged them to start
the new year right by making resolu-
lions, and to do their best through
out the year, because it is great
credit to them if they do their best,
even if that isn't as good as some
others might do. He advised them
not to be discouraged if they made
mistakes, as nothing can be accom-
plished without few mistakes. The
talk put a new inspiration into the
5tudents for their work the coming
year.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
Unexpected Pleasure

One side of the famous Devils glen
was open to the public; the other side
was kept strictly private by the land
lord.
An American visitor, ignoring the
notice boards, was walking up the pri-
vate side Of the glen when he was
met by a choleric old gentleman. who
shouted: what do you mean. sir. by
trespassing on my property"
Great Scott I" replied the American
II knew this was the Devils glen. but
I never expected to meet the pro-
prietOr l'-LOndon Mail.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
To Fishermen and Trappers.

Chief Game Warden Forrest o.
Silsby calls attention to the fact
that all licenses except the GER
tifcates of resident hunters and fish
ermen expire with the calendar year
Therefore all trappers, guides, fur
buyers, fur farmers, camp propri-
etors, etc., must have new licenses
after January 1, 1926. This warn
ing is given because of the fact that
some trappers seem of the opinion
that they can trap through the
winter on their 1925 licenses. They
are likely to have an expensive
awakening if they persist in doing
so.
Another matter on which there
seems to be misunderstanding is in
regard to fishing for pickerel
through the ice The law provides
that pickerel may be taken at any
time through the ice 'in waters open
to ice fishing for landlocked salmon,
trout, togue, white perch and bass. .
This precludes all ice fishing for
pickerel except during open time on
salmon, trout, etc. Moreover, all
brooks and streams are closed to ice
fishing at all times so that pickerel
cannot be legally taken through the
ice on brooks and streams at any
time.
The winter fishermen are already
counting the days to the beginning
of ice fishing, February l. Warden
Silsby advises all ice fishermen 10 Dc
sure to have their resident nsnlhe
and hunting license with them when
fishing.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
A PROFITABLE TERM.

The fall term of fifteen weeks was
pent profitably and pleasantly.
Students and teachers have CO.
operated with Principal Stone to
make the school better Special at
stention has been paid to the stu
Sdent's citizenship-his behavior
while on the school grounds.
The Students Association added
quite a sum of money to the treas
ury by means of the subscription
drive, Powder River" and other
minor sources. This association is
a big factor in the school and re-
quires much money, as it finances
the school paper, The Jester, the
baseball, basketball, track teams,
and other activities of the school.
The association has purchased new
suits for both the boys and girls
basketball teams this year. These
teams, under their coaches, have
shown their quality in some fast and
clean games, and as the season pro-
crosses, they hope to continue their
winning streak and establish a fine
record
The school orchestra has new
member this year, and now has four
pieces. 1t furnished music for So
cials which were held in the audi
torium, and which served the pur-
pose Of getting the students ac-
Quainted and interested in the
school. 1t has also furnished music
for several other occasions.
!, With the beginning of the winter
ERIN, after two weeks of vacation,
sasch mind should be we'll refreshed
fAnd ready to carry on the school
york from last term.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
Point Moral Lesson

Little Apes Of Nikko," sometimes
known as the Three Wise Monkeys"
Is the name Of monkeys which appear
in a mural decoration among ancient
tombs ut Nikko, Japan. The three
monkeys are as follows: Mizaru, who
sees no evil; Mikazaru, who hears no
evil, and Mazaru. who speaks no evil.
The legend connected with these mon
keys is simply a moral idea to point
out the wisdom Of minding ones own
affairs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
COMING EVENTS.

Friday, Jan 8, at Hancock hall
Basketball; Ellsworth VS. Simmons &
Hammond. Tickets. so cents.
Friday evening, Jan. 20, at Hancock
hall-Dance by Ellsworth telephone
operators for the benefit of Hurley
hospital. Gentlemen, so cents; ladies',
rs cents.
Tuesday evening, Jan. 12- Social
and dance at Masonic club.
Week of Feb. 8-13-Food fair and
winter carnival uDder management of
Hancock County fair Association.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06

Photographs are employed in
teaching English in many schools in
the Philippines. Educational au
thorities in the islands desire that
the English spoken shall be as SINH
lar as possible to the language of the
United States, and, as it is impossi-
Bile to employ the thousands of
American teachers that would be re-
quired to bring this about, the use
of monographs with correct Ameri-
can-English records is advocated.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
CHURCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal Church.

MethOdist Episcopal Church.
Rev. A. T. Bradstreet. Pastor.
Sunday services-Morning at 1890:
Sunday school at 11.45; evening at 7.30.
st. JOseph's Catholic Church.
Rev. ]. A. German, Pastor.
Sunday, Jan. 10-Services in Ellis
worth at 10 o'clock.
Congregational Church.
Rev Geo. S. Brookes, Pastor.
Sunday Notwithstanding service at
1890. Sunday school at 11.45. Com
munity service at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday. Jan. 10-Morning subject,
tThe Man Who Loved His Church"
Evening" stereopticon lecture, THE
Man Who Found Himself"-Thoma
Meighan, portraying the man who
lived to be revenged, but when the
hour came for him to take it, re-
fused, thus rising to his higher
nature.
Unitarian Church.
Rev. Charles G. Girelius, Pastor.
Sunday Notwithstanding at 1890.
Sunday school at ~.
Sunday, Jan. 1O-Subject, Treas
ures of the Snow"
Baptist Church.
Passionate vacant.
Union Congregational Church.
Ellsworth Falls.
John E. Besant, Pastor.
Sunday. Jan. 10-Prayer service at
10. Morning worship at 1890 Special
music, choir and harp. Subject, salt
the Great Preserver. "-Matthe w
5.13. Five minute talk to boys and
girls, with illustration. Sunday school
at 11.45. Young peoples society at 6.
Evangelistic service at Z. Singing by
young peoples choir. Subject, "The
Great White Throne."-Rev. 20:11.
Wednesday, I p. M, at Mrs. Frank
Cottle's-Cottage prayer meeting.
Friday, p. M, at parsonage-EA-
position of Sunday school lesson.
Monday Jan. IL, p. M, at vestry-
Illustrated talk, 1.-THE Man Who Found
Himself" Admission free.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
Li9htninx in Forests

When lightning strikes tree the
ordinary result Is to splinter the wood
or strip off bark through the sudden
generation Of steam. says Nature
Magazine. In the great majority Of
cases the tree Is not set on fire. New
ertheless the aggregate number Of for
est fires started by lightning Is, in
many parts Of the country, greater
than the number due to all other
causes combined.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06

Teachers will not be eligible for
reappointment after June, 1925, in
the Terre Haute Und.) public
schools who have taught five years
without having attended summer
school or its equivalent and earning
credit for the study of at least two
subjects for a minimum of five and
half weeks, with not fewer than
twenty-five recitation hours per week
in each subject.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
BORN

CHOATE-At Brooklin, Dec. 20, to Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas S. Choate. a
daughter. (Laura Elizabeth.)
TRACY-At Sullivan, Dec. 20, to Mr..
and Mrs. Linwood Tracy, daughter.
(Nina Mae.)
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-06
earn OF THANKS.

CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation to neighbors
and friends for their many acts OF
Kindness and sympathy, for the
heautiful flowers received, and kindly
offices extended us during the illness
and at the death of our mother and
sister
Volney A. Coggins.
Clifford C. Coggins
Maurice Gray.
South Surry, Jan. 4, 1925.
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DIED.

BROWN-At Brewer, Jan. 4, Mrs.
Cora E. Brown of East Bucksport,
aged 81 years. =,
COGGINS-At Ellsworth, Dec. 81, Mrs.
Rosa A. Coggins of South Surry,
aged 81 years, months, days
GOTT-At West fremont. Dec. 20.
Miss Aurilla Colt. aged 70 years.
HIGGINS-At Mt. Desert Dec. 2S.
Reuel Higgins, aged Fl years.
SMITH-At Sullivan, Dec. w CARA
Chilcott wife of Frank smith
and daughter of the late samuel
Buchanan and Mary (Tupper) chill
colt. aged IS years.
SMITH-At Millvale (Bucksport) Dec:
80, Mrs. Abbie Smith, aged 10
years 90
ROBRINS-At Stonington. Dec ~,
Dudley William Robbins. aged
Evening star., 1926-04-15
WILKINS DASH DUE
! TOBE MADE SOON
'Three-motor Plane Repaired,
But Leader viii Wait
Until Hand Heals.


FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April 10
Every indication was given here today
that the final flight north from here
and dash into the polar regions of ar
Arctic air expedition of Capt. George
Hubert Wilkins will be made soon.
Engines Of the Detroiter, the eXpe.
dition's three-motor plane, We're tested
yesterday and pronounced in good
condition. Metal propellers have been
replaced with wooden ones, to make
damage to the plane less probable In
case of accident.
The plane is practically in flying
condition. The Alaskan, a one-englne
machine, is fueled, tuned up and ready
TO take the air.
Graders have been smoothing rough
spots on a landing field used by the
undertaking and soft places filled.
Cant. Wilkins announced yesterday
that he will not take the air again un-
til his right hand, hurt Saturday, has
healed.
The hand remained swollen. 1t was
caught in the running gear under the
Alaskan when wilkins was guiding
the machine after it had descended on
a. lagoon at Point Barrow, $50 miles
northwest of here. While returning
TO Fairbanks Sunday from Barrow
after the second of two trips carrying
supplies. Wilkins naVigated with his
left hand. Lieut.. Carl Benjamin Eiel-
son, aviator of the expedition, was
with him.
With fog closing in over the ice Of
the Arctic Ocean. and with young ice
beginning to recede from the shore,
they suggested an early dash may be-
come imperative for the main flight
from Point Barrow in which they are
expected, if they do not sight land, to
pass near the North Pole and over to
the Spitzbergen Islands, north Of the
Norwegian mainland.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
BY CAPT. GEORGE HUBERT
WILKINS,
Commander Detroit Arctic Expedition.

Commander Detroit Arctic Expedition.
! Special Dispatch to The Star.
! FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April Is
| Navigation over the Arctic mountains
and the wilderness of snow-covered
| tundra is not only depressing but
mysterious. Driving steadily into the
| bewildering WhitenesS where there is
| no earth, no sky and no horizon
brings on q semi-consciousneS that
one must continually fight off. With
out the hood of the plane before one
for the relief of the tired eyes. hours
of such travelling Is almost maddening.
I have been flying in airplanes
many years in every portion OF the
globe and under almost every condi-
ION ina ginable, but l do not hesitate
to say that there is no more trying eX.
perience for the airman than cross
ing the Endicott Mountains that sepa-
rate arctic Alaska from the fnhablt'
able portions of this great American
territory.
There are heights that are beauti-
full and terrifying In that 100-mlle
wing across a range of jagged peaks
that rival the Alps, the Rockies, the
Andes, the Sierra Nevadas and even
portions of the Himalayas.
Could Not Clear Fog.
On my last trip out to Barrow, with
Ben Eielson as pilot and myself as
navigator, we were heavily laden in
the single -motored Fokker Alaskan
with gasoline, dog feed and other sup
plies, so that when we encountered
fog in the mountains and tried to
rise we could not get to an eleva-
ton that meant assured safety In
crossing. The ceiling Of the fog was
9,100 feet, and that was the best the
monoplane would do.
Travelling light on the return. we
got up to 10000 feet without diff
Guilty.
Now the mountains whore we
were crossing are more than 10000
feet in some places and 1t Is a tic
klish problem flying through. At
times on the top of that billowing.
moisty mass the wheels of the land
ing gear were in the clouds while
the fusilage was out in the clear.
It was like sailing through breast
high mist. Ben would do his best
to lift the Alaskan's nose few feet
higher, but 1t was no use. Ahead
would roll up a higher mass of mist
and we would butt through 1t to
clear sailing on the other side.
Occasionally glimpses showed us
the deadly Jagged rocks below. but
we kept straight on to the north
ward. Once rift in the fog dis
closed a high wall directly ahead.
The pilot banked sharply and we
SKINNED along the face of the
Evening star., 1926-04-15

Dropping cargo from the plane
while in the air is a ticklish opera
ton. If open a sliding window or
the main door Of the cabin the pilot
at once notices the pull on his con-
trolls and the stability Of the ship is
disturbed.
But there are many things to keep
both navigator and pilot occupied
while flying az we have been doing
with the Alaskan in ferrying fuel to
our Barrow base, $50 miles from here.
from whence the Detroit Arctic eX-
petition will explore the polar seas.
When not checking the course or
using the radio there was the gasoline
hand pump to operate to keep the
upper tank filled from the reservoir.
We found time to eat a sandwich
when we thought about it. and Ben
and / would change controls occa-
sionally to allow him to stretch his
arms or to snap picture with the
camera Of Fred carp, the CORE
spondent of the North American
Newspaper Alliance.
The roar of the engine browns all
other sounds in the plane, and con
Evening star., 1926-04-15
WASHINGTON, THURSDAY,

baked fanny plain. But with the
white Arctic desert, not oven the
courses of the frozen river beds are
distinguishable.
never saw a bird or any other liv.
ing wild creature while flying through
the mountains or over the tundra,
with the exception of some caribou.
OF course, as we neared Barrow l saw
a couple of dog teams and the people
of the settlement, who hurried out
when we landed; but for the hundreds
of miles going and coming, through
and beyond the mountains, there is
nothing in the sky or on the earth ex-
cept the great droning bird that car
ried us and it's fitting shadow on the
snow waste or darting along dim
canyon walls.
A forced landing on the Endicotts
should have but one ending-a dis
abled or thoroughly wrecked plane
and there would be no possibility of
taking off again. for there isn't a spot
for 100 miles wide enough or long
enough to land on.
Looking down into those canyon
depths never yet plumbed by human
Evening star., 1926-04-15
STORE VETERANS TO DINE
Twenty-year Club Of Woodward &
Lothrop to Celebrate April "a.

The Twenty Year Club, composed
o. employees of Woodward & Lothrop
who have been in the service of the
store for 90 years or more, will hold
It's annual good fellowship dinner at
the Raleigh Hotel April "a. One hun
dred and six employees of the company
will attend the banquet, which the
entertainment committee. of which
H. V. OStermayer is chairman, prom
ises will be a gala occasion.
The committees arranging the
banquet are under the general direc-
ton of John Davies. L. II. B. Rob
inette is chairman of the committee
on printing and souvenirs and George
r. Porter is chairman of the commit.
tee on reception and seating. Eleven
members of the club have served the
firm more than 40 years.
Evening star., 1926-04-15

sea or in the tundra country, the
world takes on a dark blue tone. We
experienced the phenomenon of seeing
q complete rainboW-the entire circle
with the sun q darker blue splotch
in the center and four distinct rings
in all their prismatic beauty.
Temperature No Hardship.
Flying in the Arctic temperature Is
not uncomfortable. It has been so
warm in the inclosed cockpit of the
Alaskan that we seldom resort to
mittens, but outside the planes gear
may be covered with hoar frost II
is only when l go back in the cabin
of the ship for Photographic work or
to handle the radio that I notice the
cold. The warm blast from the
engine keeps the cockpit warm.
Flying over hot desert lands is
more trying on the physical senses
than flying over the Arctic with the
thermometer below zero. Looking out
over side for observation purposes ex-
poses the nose and face to the sun
and breezes, and we have picked up
severe sun and wind burns.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
Travellers. was reminded of Kipling' Is
mountain battery verse:

Travellers. was reminded of Kipling's
mountain battery verse:
"A drop into nothing below you
las straight as begger can spit"
If we had been dangling there we
would have had "a wheel on the rim
of the morning. a wheel on the edge
Of the pit"
Travelling out over the Arctic ice,
one knows he is above a sea level
surface and can Judge his distance in
the air with less difficulty than in
navigating the rolling tundra. where
blending sky and earth give both pilot
and observer false ideas of height and
position. With smooth ice, one also
misses the horizon line, but where the
ice is rough and hummocky and
pressure ridges rise one has land
marks.
When 1t Is cloudy and the flyer IS
over clear ice the shadows below are
confusing, the dark masses of shadow
resembling anything from open leafss
to land and moving foes, when as q
matter of fact everything betOw r<ray
be smooth.
Above the clouds over the frozen
Evening star., 1926-04-15
STUDENTS RAP ATHEISTS.
Alleged University of Tennessee
Society Called Publicity Stunt.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. April Is CpJ.
Students at the University of Ten
nessee who are opposing the Society
for the Prevention of Religion" recent
ly announced as organized on the
campus. yesterday said that only q
few students have refused 10 sign a
paper condemning the society.
The paper declares that it is "our
belief that the student body of the
institution is fundamentally Christian
and opposed to any so-called atheistic
movement" by 'publicity-seeking stu
dents"
Evening star., 1926-04-15

versation is made by signs or written
messages. It Is wonderful how much
one can say after a few trips In the
air by merely nodding or shaking the
head, smiling or setting the lips grim
ly or by Il flip of the hand.
Flying into Barrow on the last trip,
we passed low over an Eskimo dog
team, the animals stopping dead still
and crouching in the snow with fore
paws extended and launches fiat on
the ground for all the world like
squatting chickens when hawk is
swooping over the barnyard. One
Eskimo tried to race us TO the land
ing field on the first trip, and insisted
he was travelling as fast as the plaEa,
It took q second trip to convince the
natives what q swift bird, tingmezon,
as they call IT, is. They are beginning
to realize it's possibilities, though. and
much of the awe of the first visit is
vanishing.
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paper Alliance
A campaign against the riding o.,
IicycfaS IN foOtDathS Is on In IrelapI
Evening star., 1926-04-15
ARCTIC FLYING is MYSTERIOUS
AND DEPRESSING, WILKINS SAYS
Absence of Earth, Sky and Horizon Brings on Semi.
Consciousness Calling for Continual Fight by
Plane Occupants.

mountains, headed west, until we
followed the pass out into lower al
titudes and were safe once more.
The sameness of the tundra, with
its snow covering that will become
deeper at this season of the year
has nothing to relieve it. Flying
over the Australian desert the nayt-
gator has the pleasant contrast of
browns, yellowJ and occasional
greens to break the monotony and
has friendly guides on the sun
Evening star., 1926-04-15

A campaign against the riding O.,
bicycles on footpaths Is on in IRELAND.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02

Art hummer is spending a few
days with his brother Walter Kum-
mer.
Mrs. Charles Warner called on
her mother Mrs. Herman Quade Sat
urday.
j. c.. Matthiesen motored to Min
neapolis Sunday and returned We'd
nesday.
Mr.. c.. Weike left for Jackson
county last Wednesday to be gone a
week or so.
Edna Quade and sister Minnie
spent all day Saturday visiting with
Elizabeth Dold.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Quade are the
proud parents of baby boy born
Saturday Nov. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hummer,
Robert Betow, Wm. Quade were
Sank Centre shoppers Monday.
The Mrs. Charley Ritter and Mrs.
Charley Warner entertained num-
Der of young folks Sunday evening
Miss Anna Dold from Minneapo-
lis is spending few days with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dold !.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Quade visit
ed with Mrs. Charley Ritter and
Mrs. Charley Warner Sunday eve
ming.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
SAUK CENTRE HERALD

Sunday visitors at the Ira Lyon
home.
Miss Alice Huntley spent the week
end with her parents at Osakis.
Mr.. J.. Hartung and daughter Ida
and son Henry and Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Pietsch were Thanksgiving day
visitors at the Gorge Schwankee
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pietsch from
Lewisville, Mimi, ar visiting at the
home of the lady's parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Hartung.
The Trumble family were Thanks
giving day guests at the Paul Rachny
home in Little Sank.
/, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Schultz and
children wre Sunday visitors at the
Ben Denzer home.
The Gust Kleinschmidt and Ewalt
Rachny familis were Thanksgiving
Day guests at the Christ Anderson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pietsch and
Miss Ida Hartung were visitors at the
Henry Drevelow home in Round
Prairie last Sunday.