Image 1 of The independent-reporter (Skowhegan, Me.), March 30, 1911
I_ ___ MAINE S BEST COUNTY WEEKLY Canaaliiiatutg tjr 8mnrrart 3lnirprnipttt anil Qlljf fcomprart Hrportfr SWORN CIRCULATION OVER 6000 WEEKLY VOL 72 _ SKOWHEGAN MAINE THURSDAY MARCH 30 1911 NO 13 PATTANGALL MADE GREAT PLEA FDR POWER DEVELOPMENT Scores Newspapermen for Giving Kennebec Dam and Reservoir Company Bad Name In printing below the able defense which Representative Pattangall re cently made of the Kennebec Dam Reservoir charterwe are endeavoring to place the matter before the public just as it appears to the average busi ness man The IndependentReporter has taken no position with regard to this project endeavoring merely to present the facts Mr Pattangall studied the situation with care be came convinced that the proposed de velopment would be a great thing for Maine ana espoused the cause The arguments which he puts for ward seem well nigh unanswerable If there is another side to the ques tion let it be given all possible publi city so that when public opinion be comes finally crystallized the de cision may tie right and for all time The columns of this paper will be op ened for the exhaustive discussion of this matter and we hope for a cor dial response