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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-25

This sketch was made by Mary
Norton, age 10, Grammar School,
Augusta, Me.
We give a cash prize of $500 for
any drawing of this character which
we accept and use.
All school children can compete.
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to do to get the prize and how to
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He steadily declined to hold Office until
three years ago, when he was. prevailed
upon to enter the mayoralty contest.
He was reelected this spring.
Frank L. GIotzbach, who was elected
mayor Of Faribault April by major
1ty of $50 over popular Republican.
was born at Natrono, Pa, in 1872. He
passed his early life in his birthplace.
He was educated in the public schools
there and at Pittsburg academy, where
he was graduated in 1887. The same
year he secured employment in a Fari-
bault drug store and became a certi-
fed pharmacist. After ten years in
the service of others, Mr.. Glotzbach
opened drug store of his own, on
Third street, and has long been one of
the leading druggists of Faribault.
Mr.. Glotzbach has always taken an
active part in politics. He early as
ISOLATED himself with the Democratic
party and soon came to be one of its
recognized leaders in the Third dis
trlct. he has attended every state con-
Vention as delegate since he was
tWenty-one years of age. He is a
member of the Democratic state CEN
trail committee and has served on the
Third district congressional committee
for six years. In 1902 he was chosen
chairman of the committee. He was
the delegate from the Third congress
sional district to the last national con-
vention.
In 1902 Mr.. Glotzbach was elected a
member of the Faribault city council
by majority of 155 in a Republican
ward, and served as alderman until he
was chosen mayor. Since then he has
been mentioned as a probable Demo-
cratic candidate for congress.
Charles F. Cook, twice elected mayor
of Austin, Is emphatically an Austin
boy. He was born in Austin thirty
seven years ago the oath day Of last
December. He attended he public
schools of Austin. He was i. -aduated
at Eastman college, N Y. His entire
life, excepting the time spent at col
lege and two years in Seattle, where
he was bookkeeper for a hardware
firm, have been passed in his native
town.
Mr.. Cook is the first Austin mayor
born within the city limits, and also
the first mayor whose father was may
or of Austin before him.
In his reelection for a second term
Mayor Cook secured full Endorsement
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friend the man who would offer to up
root and kill 23,10 weeds? Yet be-
cause the mourning doves go about
silently and unObtrusiVely and make
no loud boasts about the good they are
doing, they are thought of little or no
value.
"In many sections of the country this
valuable, harmless and gentle creature
is considered as a semi-game bird and
is shot during large part of the year.
1t is question for the farmers to set
tie whether they will permit any one
to kill on their land birds that an
nually destroy tons Of the seeds Of
pigeon grass, ragWeed, sTnartWeed
bindweed and many other noxious
plants and are thus worth so much as
helpers on farms. The matter resolves
itself into figures, that is, dollars and
cents to the farmers.
What Three Doves Accomplished.
If three doves at one meal destroy
23,100 weed seeds, and thus prevent
the growth of the same number Of
prospective weeds, how much good will
the doves on a farm or in the country
at large accomplish? The farmers in
the United States spent, in 1899, the
enormous sum of 1866, 305, 921 for labor;
how much of this was paid for killing
weeds, and how much Of it could have
been saved If no doves had been killed?
The time, it is TO be hoped, is near at
hand when farmers will protect the
mourning dove as carefully as they do
their domestic fowls.
''The flicker, with his robust voice,
rollicking and varied, calls and gro
tesque actions, may be styled the clown
Of springtime.
""The larger percentage Of the food
of the flicker is insects. OF these ants
form the principal diet. If the flicker had
no other economic value it would de-
serve protection because it is the enc
my of the ant family, so per cent of it's
food for the year being of these insect
pests. Ants, besides being wOOdborers,
care for and perpetuate plant lice or
aphids which infest and are very de-
structive to vegetation in all parts Of
the country to the very serious loss Of
the agricultural interests. ~
'F'lickers also destroy quite a large
percentage of beetles, moths and miss
cellaneous insects and thus do much
good. While the f1ickers are fruit-eat-
ing to some extent, yet cultivated fruit
and grain are taken in so small an
amount that f1ickers can be considered
entirely beneficial"
The great value of the robin, meadow
lark, mourning dove and many other
birds to the community at large, and
especially to the farmers, has been
Systematically set before the public by
the Audubon society and it numerous
local branches.
AT St. Paul the officers Of the Audi
bon society are J. w. Taylor, presi-
dent; Miss Jessie Whitman, secretary;
Miss Florence NJ. Perry, treasurer;
Prof. D. LANCE. Prof. o. T. Denny, Mrs.
Charles w. Ackers, Mrs. c. A. Seve-
rance and Miss L. H. Riggs, executive
committee.
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of conservative and business-like adj
mInistration. He had kept expendi-
lures In all municipal departments as
low as possible and he had reduced
the floating Indebtedness Of the CITY.
Economy was the watchword Of his
policy.
One of the most popular city officials
In Southern Minnesota is William
NleSseIman, mayor of Fairmont He is
now serving his second term. He was
elected the last time without opposi-
ton, but year ago he defeated a
strong opponent, who had served the
city we'll During four years 188O-84,
Mr.. Vieselman was treasurer Of Martin
county. In 1885 he was elected clerk
OF the district court and served one
term. Both of these offices he filed
with notable success. He was state
senator from 1899 to 1903, and served
with great credit.
Mayor Viesselman, though of Ger
man descent, was born near Milwau-
kee. Wis. He has lived in Minnesota
thlrty-one years. He is the junior
partner in the firm of Smith & Vessel
man.
Daniel D. Murphy, mayor of Blue
Earth, Mimi, was born In Dodge coun-
ty, Wis, March II, 1866. At the age Of
eighteen months Mr.. Murphy moved to
the outskirts of Blue Earth and has
In 1890 Mr.. Murphy engaged in the
agricultural implement business, and
although starting with a very small
capital has built up a large and i'm
pOrtant commercial enterprise He has
been a steady and consistent purchaser
of Blue Earth real estate and is one Of
the largest land owners in his county.
His personal popularity has waxed
greater each year. and no appeal either
for a worthy public enterprise or pri-
vate charity, has ever been made in
vain to Dan Murphy.
In 1903 he was elected mayor of Blue
Earth on a non-partisan ticket and re-
elected in 1904 winning the last time
over Hon. f. P. Brown, ex-secretary OF
state, by 125 votes.
Mr. Murphy is president Of the Fari-
bault County Agricultural society and
secretary of the Democratic county
central committee.
His vote-getting ability and great
popularity with all. classes of the peo-
pie make him a power in the politics OF
Southern Minnesota, and his future
will be watched with much interest
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who urged him to become a candidate
FOR the best interests Of the commu-
nifty. He was elected by an over
whelming majority.
Mayor Armson is member of the
Democratic state central committee
and is chairman of the city and county
Democratic committees.
Mayor Charles T. Taylor, of Manka-
to, the biggest mayor in the United
States, was born at Red Wing, Mimi,
in December, 1850 Fifteen years of
his life We're spent at Bottineau, N.
D., where he was engaged in the i'm
plement business. In 1891 he moved
to Mankato. He has since conducted
an implement and coal business. He IS
also director Of the Manlxato Malt
ing company.
In politics Mr.. Taylor has always
taken an active part. He was a mem
Der Of the Democratic state central
committee of North Dakota. He was
elected a member of the city council
of Mankato five years ago, served for
two terms, and was twice elected vice
president of the council. A year ago
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he was chosen mayor after a close
contest. He has given Mankato first
class business" administration that
has pleased all citizens irrespective of
party.
Mr.. Taylor's weight is exactly 40
pounds. Yet he is not inactive be-
cause of general girth, but drives about
daily inspecting the streets and looking
after public affairs.
j. E. c. Robinson, mayor of st. Cloud,
was born in 1869 at Clonmel, county of
Tipperary, Ireland He was taken to
st. Cloud when a child He attended
the ST. Cloud public schools and the
classical department of st. Vincent's
college, Westmoreland county, Pa,
where he was graduated. He spent
four years in post graduate work at
St. Thomas seminary, ST Paul, and at
st. Johns university in Stearns county.
He studied law at st. Cloud in the
Office of Taylor, Calhoun & Rhodes.
He was admitted to the bar in 1892,
and has since practiced his profession.
Mr.. Robinson has always been an ar
dent worker in the Democratic cause
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

year and has another year to serve
He has favored civil service against
the spoils system. Thus he has been
one Of the foremost advocates Of the
non-partisan board system, which it is
proposed to incorporate in the new
home charter and which will place
public utilities owned by the city OF
Winona on a business basis, removed
from politics.
j. G. Armson, mayor of the city Of
Saltwater, was born near Barrie, Ont,
July s, 1859. He went to Saltwater in
1884. Soon after his arrival he en-
tered the employ Of Isaac Staples. He
afterwards engaged in the grocery
business. Four years ago he became a
Saltwater representative of one of the
largest life insurance companies In the
country.
Mr.. Armson has long been prominent
politically and is now serving his third
term as mayor. At the expiration of
his second term he steadfastly refused
to accept the nomination for a third
term. until waited upon by committee
Of citizens, representing all parties,
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Nowhere is this better understood
than in st. Paul where Robert Smith,
the Oldest and best known Democratic
official in the Northwest, will soon be
serving his seventh term as mayor.
Minneapolis also, after acquiring un-
der Republican auspices, an eminent
place among municipal horrors re-
pented last year and sought redemp-
ton through the Democratic guidance of
Mayor James c. Haynes.
The mayor of st. Paul is too well
known locally to demand an extended
tribute. But the other Democratic
mayors Of Minnesota will be found
equally fitting sponsors for the admir-
able harmony between Democratic
spirit and stable, progressive city gov
eminent
Marcus B. Cullum, mayor of Duluth,
was elected to the position of chief
executive on Feb. 2 of the present year
after one Of the most unique cam
paigns which was ever conducted in
the Zenith City. His Republican OPP
penent, T. w. Hugo, who was then
mayor, appeared at numerous political
gatherings and made many speeches,
while his supporters were active. Mr..
Cullum, on the contrary, made no pub
lie address, and the Democrats COM
pleted the campaign without holding
single rally.
Mayor Cullum has held office less
than two months. In accordance with
his announced policy, he is proceeding
slowly. He prefers to become master
of the situation before he inaugurates
any sweeping changes. He is regard
ed as an executive with judicious yet
liberal views.
He is chairman of the Democratic
congressional committee and a party
leader in Northeastern Minnesota.
L. L. Brown, the present Democratic
mayor of Winona, is a native of Wi
mona county. He attended the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin and was graduated
in the class of 1884
In politics Mr.. Brown has always
been a Democrat, although he belongs
to the conservative rather than to
the radical wing of his party. Four
years ago he was the Democratic nomi-
nee for congress from the First dis
trict. He then gave Mr.. Tawney, his
Republican antagonist, a hard fight,
especially in Winona county.
Mr.. Brown has been mayor just one
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investigations by the biological sur
vey, United States department of ag-
riculture, prove this bird to be Of in
calculable value.
Turtle Doves Appetite.
At least 90 per. cent of its food con-
sists of seeds, and principally the
seeds Of weeds. About 80 per cent
of the food is grain. but at least three
fourths of it is grain picked up In the
fields after harvesting is over. Seeds
Of weeds are eaten at ell seasons of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
Q

MI ANY politicians will be sur
T" prised to learn that, in the
- very Republican state of Min
nesota, all the cities, all the big
towns, have Democratic mayors. The
largest Minnesota town with Repub-
Hcan mayor this May day, 1904, had
less than $500 inhabitants at the time
of the last federal census.
That the benefits of Democratic mu-
nicipal administration is being better
understood in this state each year is
suggested by the circumstance that
i've Democratic mayors of the eight
cities and principal towns are serving
their first terms. Republican burghers
have been weighed in the balance and
found wanting, at Faribault, st. Cloud,
Mankato, Saltwater, Winona, Duluth,
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
This local revolution is more re-
remarkable in state which has voted
big Republican majorities on national
issues every four years since the NOM
ination of Abraham Lincoln, a state
that cast Republican majority of Co.,
600 votes in 1900 and a Republican
Washington Republican principles rec
citizen who cannot tolerate such prin-
ciples nearer home.
It's customary to say, of course, that
national distinctions mean nothing in
local politics. And no one will deny
that the suppression of holdups
has little to do with imperial
ism or that an official with dam
gerous doctrines as to currency
may safely be entrusted with the
cleaning Of streets. But the distinction
between Democrat and Republican in
municipal politics is, nevertheless, both
real and important. 1t is a difference
of personality, of temperament. AS
Britons of certain type gravitate in
evitably into the ranks Of the Liberals,
80, In American politics, the Demo-
Gratis, with a few exceptions, are repre-
Eentatives of the conservative spirit
tempered by common sense. A typical
Democratic administration is equally
free from fpssilized traditions and fads.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

"HE arrival of the birds in spring.
an event scarcely needed by
most persons, attracts the eager
attention of young and old natural
fists among the members of the local
Audubon society.
Not that the winters of Minnesota
are birdless. The blue jay, the north
ern shrike, the brown creeper and the
Chickadee, as we'll as the better known
snowbird and the English sparrow,
cannot be driven south by the most
Manitoban wave. Creepers and chick
ADDE'S find insects to eat in the bark of
northern trees, snowbirds live on the
dried seeds of weeds and other plants,
blue jays on seeds and acorns, the
sparrow on anything he can swallow,
and the northern shrike on the sparrow
and field mouse. Indeed, with the ex-
ception of the snowbird, which travels
to the arctic regions when summer ap-
proaches, all the birds mentioned re-
main in Minnesota throughout the
year.
But as early as Feb. 15 the first rep
resentative arrives here of birds that
spend their winters in the Southland.
This courier is the tree sparrow, who
flies bravely northward with his broth
ers and sisters, sure of sufficient food
wherever he can find dead weeds and
the seeds that they preserve. The tree
sparrow is generally accompanied by
the red-polled Hnnet.
Feb. 10, or thereabouts, comes the
shore lark, or horned lark He lives
in the arctic regions for q good part
of the year. and he is not at all dis
tressed to find snow on the ground
when he reaches Minnesota. He is so
well satisfied with the weather that
he makes his nest in the snow, caring
little for the possible effect of frost
on eggs. These eggs are Matched out
about April Is. The small larks are
able to fly by May 10, when they start
north with their parents.
Robin Due on ST. Patrick's Day.
On St. Patrick's day one can expect
the robin. Three or four days later
the meadow lark appears. The blue
bird, which is sometimes seen as early
as March IL, and sometimes not until
April 4. is welcomed customarily about
March 25.' AT the same time. if the
ice in the lakes is beginning to break
up, the terms are on hand and the large
white gulls. They receive private bull
letlns upon the condition OF the lakes,
and never make the mistake of COM
ing before some holes, at least, have
melted through the ice No holes, no
nshing for the gull or tern; no fishing,
no food.
March 80 or April the pigeon
hawk may be expected. and he always
brings his friends and relatives Dur
ing the first six days of April the
northern route leaps into sudden popu-
Iarity. Daily passengers that include
the red-winged blue bird, the yellow
headed blue bird, the purple martin
and the song sparrow. April is the
average date for the flicker to make
his presence known in st. Paul. He
often travels with the red-headed
woodpecker. The mourning dove, who
comes about April Is, and may arrive
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

warbler. the red-eyed viero. as well as
many sorts of sparrows and nearly all
the fifty varieties of warblers that love
to live around St. Paul.
Order of Their Arrival.
Taking 1898 as a specimen year,
within the period between st. Patricks
day and June 1. ]. w. Taylor, presi-
dent of the local Audubon society, re-
corded in the following order the ar
rival OF well known birds:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

meadows, fields and woods. OF warb-.
lers, as mentioned, there are half
hundred species. OF the more sociable
sparows, eighteen species have been
observed, including the clay colored,
the savanna. LIE Conte. Harris, white
throated, white-crowned, tree. inter-
mediate, field. chipping, song, swamp,
fox. Lincoln and English. Many of
these are sweet singers.
OF the spring birds pictured here
with. the familiar robin is found in
all parts of North America east OF the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

ange hawkweed. 1920; hoary vervain,
$50; California cranesbill, 100; yellow
wood-sorrel. so; panicum, 500; other
weeds, 40; total, 5000 seeds. None Of
these is useful plant and most of
them are noxious weeds, especially the
first two.
The three doves whose meals have
been described benefited the farmers
on whose lands they fed by destroying
23,100 prospective weeds. Is these a
farmer who would not welcome as a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

the year. They constitute "a per cent
of the annual food supply, and show
very little variation during any month.
Some instances of the enormous
amount of numbers of seeds that in
dividual birds consume will be Of in
terest. One bird had eaten for sin
gle meal $500 seeds of the yellow wood
sorrel; another $500 seeds of barn
grass, or fox tall and a third bird had
eaten the following combination:
Slender paspalum, $500 seeds; or
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X x Y = Y Y p q n X
four days earlier, has not yet been seen
this spring, so backward is the season.
Spring immigration reaches its acme
during the first week in May, to-wit,
the present week. Whoever devotes
much time during the next few days
to the wild birds in the city and sub
urbs, may, if he can tell the creatures
apart, announce the arrival of the
oriole, the brown thresher or thrush,
the king bird, the phoebe. the summer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01
poIvnamons Monarchs.

No less than six foreign monarchs with
whom the United States and other great
Christian powers maintain diplomatic re-
letions, accrediting ministers pIenipoten-
tiary to their courts, practice polygamy
They are the Moslem sultan of Turkey
and shah of Persia, the Bhuddist king OF
Siam. the Shintoist mikado, the Con-
fucian emperor Of China and the en-
peror OF Korea.-Kansas City Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

Meadow lark, robin, bluebird, graclkle,
woodpecker, sparrow, catbird, king
fisher, wren, thrush, hulnming bird,
kingbird, cuckoo, vireo, grosbeak,
warbler, f1ycatcher and tanager.
Few, If any, states can boast a
greater variety of birds than can Min
nesota. In the course of North Star
summer lucky naturalist can count
as many as $50 different sorts Of feath-
cred residents enlivening the prairies,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-01

fury to the value of $3.50, OOO, 900.
Farmers should insist that this val
liable bird be given absolute protec-
ton, for by SO doing, millions of in
sect pests will be destroyed daily and
hundreds of thousands of dollars will
be saved"
The mourning dove, or turtle dove,
which is found in all parts of tenn
perate North America, and as far
south as Panama, is of pre- eminent
value as weed eradicator. Recent