The Republican journal., 1902-02-13

service reform. t is the same Bout
we'll WHO, having fed long at the public
crib Is HOW 'agin the government"
and training with the so-caled anti
}inprliaIi,ts.
Santa Clans was little late in reach
mig Belfast. hut he got here Just the
same; and with the shoe factory run
uu- again.tNo or three vessels to build,
an Increase in the operations of one of
ouI clothing manufactures. and other
ioca. industries liOuri,hng, the outlook
IS most encouraging.
tar Bangor prohibitionists interd to
eVt ice il the coming campaign, and
hare nominated lothian SeWall Lane
Rs heir candidate for mayor. IF am
elected mayor, said MI Lane in his
speech accepting the nomination, Il
Viii enforce prohibition as far as the
laws of the State and God in heaven
Nitl allow But the chances are that
the Bangor PLAN will continue right
on after the March election
We were glad to find in the Portland
sunday Times the interesting and in
StrHctiye essay by MI Kendall NJ Dun
bar Oh What the Press MAY do for
Maine read before the Maine Press
Association at its recent meeting in
Portland. MI. Dunbar was certainly
correct Ill saying: Years ago, draw
,,,
pol net of local weekly newspapers, |
became convinced that if the press of
Name We're to advance unitedly. svs-
tendticaIly, perSlstently, and it would
ne giatutous to add truthfully. in any
given directions there is little within
the pale OF possibility it might not ac-
complish" And to certain extent
ttty have got together and lave accom-
ph-hFd d good deal. although not 1.-THE
of what might be done by earnest, con-
aprted effort, such as we hope to see at
40 distant day. Mr.. Dunbar touched
}pgu the natural resources of our
state, her abundant water powers, her
schools, the movement for good roads.
the free delivery of mails by the
national government, etc. 1t is all
good reading, but We can find room now
for but one extract:
abandoned farms in the State of
Maine are rapidly disappearing, as the
most superficial inquiry and observa-
ton viii disclose. During the past five
- ten years scores of unoccupied places
ave re-echoed to the swing of the
Naodman's axe, the song of the house
wife. or perchance, so long had they
oeen silent and deserted to the I'M
wonted hum of modern machinery with
out, and the melody of modern must
cal instrument within doors These
farms are re-occupied: LIST, by former
residents of the State who might be
caught by sad experience that a liveli-
mood and something more can be as
easily acquired i'll Maine, with congo
NAL surroundings as elsewhere with no
surroundings; I'd, by returning SONS,
HaS, ana daughters, who have won a
competence in the centres of trade
and commerce. and re purchased the
homestead OF the fathers; Sd, by
tire large and constantly augmenting
class, which cannot be more clearly
designated than by their popular APP
pf}latior, summer yisitors;' 4th by
The la.dy Immigrant from other
lands driven from the hopeless condi-
tiHs Of his native country to this LAND
OF the free" Farm after farm, scat
tered over hillsideS the fairest; stretch
irg along valleys the most pleasing;
washed by waters the clearest and
purest-neglected desolate, dilapidat-
ed three, five or ten years since, are to-
day pictures of thrift, the homes OF
moderate prosperity and boundless con-
tent.
But contemplate, if you will, what
would be the result should the newspa-
pers of this State, next week, or next
month, or next spring, present their
thousands of readers with a carefully
compiled list of the unoccupied places
that now remain for sale, each in its
immediate vicinity, accompanying the
same with brief descriptions, and the
figures of the approximate prices at
which they may be purchased. | ven
ture the prediction that the resulting
transfers of real property would be
most gratifying-new blood, new
energy, new lines Of thought, new
capital would be injected into many
communities; life would take on a
brighter hue for many localities, and
these quickening influences could rot
but rebound to the credit and material
benefit of the newspapers themselves.
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