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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
SOUTH GARDINER.

Ralph Goodwin and byron Foster have
gone to Bowdoinham to work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mrs Ada Pooler of Greenville came
Saturday for a few weeks visit with
her sister, Mrs. F. G. Parsons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Cnaries Coombs has returned from a
visit Ia his sister. Mrs. Wellington
Smith. Ninalhaven.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Getchell and
daughter, Mrs. Herbert Brown, and
child Greta of New York City, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mrs. c. Ernest Avore has returned
from Belfast. where she has passed Il
week as the guest of her husband.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Upjohn
of Philadelphia are guests at the Hall
owell House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. &. II. Morse of Auburn
We're visitors to the city Sunday,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

II. +. Cook Of Richmond, Va. is a
guest for few days of Mr. and Mrs
w. M. BigeloW.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Charles f. Allen. bookkeeper for the
Skowho gan Pulp Co., was the gueS
over Sunday of friends i'll Oakland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Matava went ia
COrinna Saturday for brief visit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Joseph Drapeau. who has been in Farm
lugton for some time. has returned
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

F.. II. Rean and Lorenzo Willis were
in Waterville Saturday and attended
the races.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Webster Of Whit
man, Mass, are visiting relatives Or
town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Stevens, Miss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

]. w. Libby went to Bangor Satur-
day to pass Sunday with friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
PITTSFIELD.

| A. II. Burse was a business caller
| in Bangor Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

ton. The subject Of the sermon Sum
day morning was Memory and Hone
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs J. X. Forhan Of RumfOrd
w"rc In town Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
WINTHROP.

Leroy Alley Of Boston is visiting rela-
tiveS i'll town.
Mr.. anJ Mrs. l.. T. Carleton spent Sun
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14
ANCIENT WATER VILLAGES.


Relic of Old Customs Prevailing in
the "SpreewaId."
One Of the most interesting regions
in the "old fatherland" is the SO called
"Spreewald," the forest Of the Spree,
situated not far from the German cap
ital, In the province Of Brandenburg.
Each village is little Venice, every
house a little island, and these islets
are connected by bridges sufficiently
raised to allow boats. to pass under
them. Most of the houses, with their
barns and stables, rest on plies, and
there is generally a strip Of artificial
terra firma either in front or at the
rear of every building. By means of
these land strips and of the bridges the
slender land communication is kept
throughout the district, but most of the
business and amusement are carried
on through the canals, which not only
form the main highways, but penetrate
and cross and recross the whole region.
1t is on these lagoons that all traffic
is conducted in boats during the period
from spring when the last vestlges of
frost and Ice are disappearing until
the end Of autumn. You see the letter
carrier shoot up and down the canals,
performing his duties in his frail craft
the police glide leisurely along the
banks, watching everything going on:
peasants bring the products Of their
toll to the nearest towns; children 20
to and from school, young mothers,
dressed in their Sunday clothes, are
rowed to church, carrying In their arms
a small. queer looking bundle from
which two large eyes in a tiny face
stare at the stranger in wonderment-
baby is going to be baptized, an i'm
pOrtant moment with this strongly re-
ligious people.-Technical World Mag
pZinn
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

many notches In his revolver as his
colleague, "Bill" Cody. He has been
tried for and acquitted of murder. He
is the largest land owner In the South
west, and probably there are few great
er landlords in the world. He Is worth
$30,000,0OO.
William Cornell Greene was born In
the Empire State in 1851, which makes
him SO. He received a common school
education at Chippaqua, Westchester
County. and went to Arizona when he
was 16 years old. For three years he
worked for tea house, but he was dis
satisfied and restless. He jumped at
the chance to go out with the first sur
veying party of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. In 1870 he left the survey to
locate upon land where Fargo, capital
Of South Dakota, was built. He took
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

government contracts in Colorado and
Kansas and then drifted to Arizona
and prospected around Prescott with
some bits Of success and not few fall-
ures. The young adventurer acquired
land In the San Pedro valley and went
farming. He became an expert COW
puncher and in a few years was known
as a wealthy rancher and cattle raiser.
All the time he was buying up here
and there bits Of mining property, He
heard of the La Cananea mines, was
told they We're rich, and decided to take
flyer The mines not long before be
ing rejected and rldiculed by promot-
ers, proved to be bonanzas, and within
comparatively few years Col. Greene
was raking in his millions from them.
The organization Of the Greene Consol-
idated Copper Company was later de-
velopment.
During his ramblings over plain and
through mining camps, "Bill' Greene
met with variety of experiences. He
| was In the Apache country when word
came that the "Injuns" were on the
| rampage. The erstwhile tenderfoot got
| the boys" together, and said: Lets
after them" A whirlwind bunch of
human devils a-horse soon was on the
red mems trail. The expedition was a
success, and the Apaches were good for
a week or two. They ran amuck again
| shortly, however and Greene and his
COW punchers knocked off work q sec
ond time and had hurrah time of it,
Then Bill Greene got married. With
a loyal wife and three or four curly
headed little Greenes, the prospector
settled near Tombstone. His cottage was
on a mountainside, and one bright
morning a mining superintendent in
formed the lowly squatter that he in
tended to release the water from the
reservoir on the heights above. Greene
told the visitor that If this was done his
cottage would be swept away. A tart
exchange of compliments ensued, and
the superintendent galloped away. The
reservoir was opened and sure enough
the Greene cottage was carried away
4 into the HuICu. w I'm IL was little
tot one of the pets of the family.
There was a funeral in day or two,
and after the baby was laid to rest Col.
Greene reached for his rife and went
scouting for a certain man on the
mountain top. He got" him and re-
turned home. He was arrested on the
charge of murder and was acquitted
by a jury, which did not even leave the
jurors box.
The foreman of that jury now holds
a $4,000 a year job on Col Greene's
Sierra Madre & Pacific Railroad, which
runs from Ell Paso $50 miles southwest
into Old Mexico. 1t is told that Greene
In later years looked up every one of
the twelve men and made them comfort
able.
! Col. Greene Is prepossessing physical
". He is tall, sinewy and bronzed. He
wears a mustache and his eyes twinkle
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14
EDITORIAL
EMPEROR WILLIAMS CHARACTER

AS the German emperor is the per-
son with whom the worlds peace is
most bound up, light on his character
has more than personal interest. A
recent book on Germany has chap
ter devoted to the kaiser The Boston
Herald, summarizing it, says it shows
that Bismarck's policy, both foreign
and domestic, ran an even course; but
that no sooner had the kaiser got rid
of him than Germany's foreign policy
became fitful, enigmatic and unstable,
a replica Of the emperor's impulsive
character. The Herald goes on: AN
other element of weakness in the gov
eminent is it's lack of stability. The
emperor is it said, considers his min
listers not as experienced and indie
pendent chiefs of the departments of
state, entitled to opinions of their
own, but as the executors of his will,
and he removes them as soon as they
do not succeed in fulfilling his wishes
The domestic policy of the emperor is
depicted as equally unfortunate. His
arrogant Imperialism and lack of toll
Grafton have driven the liberal ele-
ments of Germany into the ranks of
the Social Democratic party, which is
no more exclusively party of NAL
contents recruited from the laboring
classes, but now includes numerous
manufacturers, merchants, bankers,
professional men, etc, proof Of dis
content among the middle classes.
Summing up the net result of the en-
peror's increasing activity during the
II years Of his reign, the author finds
that Germany has lost ground and
prestige in foreign politics, and at the
same time the emperor has communi-
Gated his own nervous restlessness to
the rest of the world The lack of
true perspection foresight and es-
pecially Of stability is given as the
reason for these disappointing re-
sults.' 'lA '-i ~ IN
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14
BUSY BILL GREENE.
Adventurous Career of the Copper
King of Mexico.

Adventurous Career of the Copper
King of Mexico.
The man who owns the Cananea
mines in Mexico, where the race war
between Americans and Mexicans ragged
for several days, Is known as plain Bill
Greene In Arizona. New Workers call
him Col. Greene, but his truthful biog-
raphers write Of him as William c.
Greene and refer to him as president
of the Greene Consolidated Copper
Company. Few men have had careers
as adventurous as his. The East was
too slow for him as a youth, and he
went cow punching beyond the Mis-
souri,. That proved to be a rather mild
occupation In time, and so the dashing
and wide-awake youngster organized
and led several voluntary expeditions
against the Apaches. Greene has as
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

brightly. He is good talker and has
a marvellous head for business. His for
tune was not made through sheer luck
for he studied mining as science. His
possessions include 100000 acres of
land, 100000 head of cattle and some
of the most productive mines In the
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

The United States is going to build
the biggest battleship in the world as
a move toward universal peace, on the
theory that any nation which gets a
glimpse of the big ship will be scared
too bad to start anything.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14
The Woman of Tact,

A woman of tact is one who feels
that the story told to hurt your feel
ings Is essentially bad form and incon
siderate Of the feelings of others.
woman of tact is the woman who Is
courteous to old people, who laughs
with the young and who makes her
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

IF there was money to be given
out" said one Of the railroad officials
who had been caught in the graft net,
Il was there to take it," This seems
to be the great trouble at the present
time. Apparently there is always
somebody on hand to take it,
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

self agreeable to all women In all con
ditions Of life. woman of tact is
one who makes her "good-morning" g
pleasant greeting. her visit bright
spot in the day and her ''good-by' 4
hope that she may come again. A WON
an of tact is one who does not always
gauge people by their clothes or their
riches, but who strongly condemns bad
manners
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

The New York Sun believes in call
ing leg" leg, as well as in calling
a spade a spade The use of limb
for leg" the Sun condemns as both
vulgar and ambiguous.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

The palace Of the king of Siam is
surrounded by high white walls, which
are a mile in circumference. Within
them are contained temples, public
offices, seraglios, stables for the sa-
cred elephants, accommodations for
1000 troops, cavalry, artillery, war
elephants, an arsenal and a theater.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

In Birmingham, England, they are
manufacturing power from garbage
Some of it is probably strong enough
when they gather it on a hot day.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

"Pa," said little Willie Skulebagger,
teacher told us to be prepared to-Dnor-
row to tell what meter the Charge of
the Light Brigade Is in"
''EhT replied old William Skulebag-
ger, that's easy. Gas meter, of course"
The Catholic Standard and Times.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

Hottentot widows cut off a finger
joint every time they remarry. If
that custom were adopted in this
country, Newport would soon be
known as the home of the club-handed
women.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

1t appears that the original Dead
wood Dick" the dime novel hero, be-
came peddler of gum in his old age.
The inducements for becoming a hero
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

Jethou island is by far the smallest
of the channel islands and boasts the
distinction of being the smallest in
habited island in Europe, having, in
deed, only one dwelling house upon
it, 1t has population of seven souls.
1t has no road or pathway or post
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

Anybody who can invent safe and
sane method of fastening the femi-
nine hat in place may consider that
his fortune is made. The present pin
is a deadly weapon.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

China is suspected of being two
faced" says a contemporary. We can't
believe it. If it had another face it
wouldn't wear the one it uses now
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14
A POSSIBLE POPE.

The above picture of Cardinal Merry
Del Val was sketched from life on the
last birthday of King Alfonso of Spain
when high mass was celebrated In the
national Spanish church at Rome by the
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

Primitive man is supposed to have
lived on roots. But let us not be too
quick to envy him. Perhaps some
body had monopoly on roots
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

John D. Rockefeller is charged with
being a poor speller. Perhaps this
accounts for the fact that it isn't
written "Rockafellow"
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

Rome, under Augustus, had a fire
brigade and force of night police,
numbering in all 1000 men.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

The reason a good many Of US do
not show bad taste in dressing, or do
ridiculous things, is because we have
not the money to spend.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

bishop of SOlsona. Afterward his emf
nence Cardinal Merry Del Val gave the
benediction. The Spanish church, ded-
icated to Santa Maria Di Monserrato
is pretty little building, known to
most English people in Rome on ac-
count of its nearness to the English
college. At the last conclave Cardinal
Merry Del Val was considered a likely
candidate for the pontifcate.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14
3 THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL


maintains unexcelled service from the
west to the east and south. Making
close connections with trains of all
transcontinental lines, passengers are
given their choice of routes to Chicago,
Louisville, Memphis and New Orleans,
and through these points to the far
east.
Prospective travellers desiring infor.
nation as to the lowest rates and best
routes are invited to correspondence
with the following representatives:
B. H. Trumbull, Commercial Agent,
142 Third ST., Portland, Or.
J. G. Lindsey, T1av. Passenger Agent,
142 Third ST., Portland, Or.
Paul B. Thompson, Passenger Agent,
Colman Building, Seattle, Wash.
THE PIONEER PAINT COMPANY.
The pho.
W neer paint es-
~NNGNJN tablish m n t
M &M of Portland is
N AN that of F. E..
1Nv B CHI &
REW D NE Company, of
VHN 1876 First St.
W 4: 4: !: : @. Il; e: !: !:
of it's kind in
the Northwest. 1t carries an immense
stock of the best things in paints and
building materials. together with an
unusual list Of specialties. Those who
need anything in these lines can GER
tainly profit by going to F. E. Beach
1875 First street
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
At THE OPERA HOUSE.

The performance Of the Midnight
Flyer, was.sgivena.last Saturday evening.
Though the play was somewhat on
the klJod and thunder order, it held
the interest of the audience, some
what after the fashion that q dime
novel holds the interest of Barney
Blue.' Each actor took his or her
parts-we say parts from the fact that
seven performers played about four
tesn distinctive and separate charac-
ters-in a creditahle Manner, consi-
dering the difficulties under which
they laborad. In one scene large
vessel occupied the center of tbs stage
AID the rail projected outside the
curtain, giving the audience a grotes-
que representation of gaudily paint
ed ssil Tapping o'er the bulwarks.
Another great scene was the railway
train, which, somehow or other,
dropped from above to position of
sweet repose on the background Of
the stage s5tting.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
DITCH NO. 9.
Harrison g. Peterson Move
DitchinG Outfit to Buck
man Town

| The firm of harrison & Peterson,
ditch contractors, finished work lasl
week on ditch No. 9, in Belle P1ai.
RE town and are now engaged in re-
moving their crew and the large
dltching machine to Buchanan town.
where work will be taken up at once
on ditch No. is.
Many men and teams were required
to move the ditching apparatus, a
crew of teamsters and 16 teams being
required to moe the huge ditcher.
The ditch just completed in Belle
Prairie town is about to miles in
length and will be instrumental in
retaining much fertile land which
has heretofore been useless through
an excessive number of swamps.
The ditch which will now be com.
menced In Buckman town will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000 and
is without question the largest ditch
in the county, being about 9 miles in
length.
While the comfy bitches are rather
costly, there is 10 question in the
mind Of those benefited, and against
whom the costs are assessed, that the
benefit accruing from their construc-
ton are numerous and the movement
will result in the general reclamation
of the many swampy parts of the
county.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
GIANT GRIP RUNNING.

The Giant Grip Horse Shoe Co. have
received several large orders, which
necessitated a renewal of active opera
tion of their Ecsl factory, which
started Tuesday morning, October 8.
It is the intention of the management
to make about 1875 kegs of shoes and
1875, 900 calks before finally closing the
factory for the season, and it IS ex-
pected that work will last about a
month.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
GOOD ROAD MOVEMENT
In Crow Wing County Actu-
ated by Bralnerd Com
merciaI Club

The meeting of the commercial
club was we'll attended, considering
the counter attractions, and thoss
present we're there for business. After
the meeting the sum of $500 was
pledged to be raised for the purpose OF
making sample of good road in this
vicinity The locs ton has not been
settled yet, but will be selected with
view to making ths work an OBJ
! jet lesson in road making.
! State Engineer Cooley was called for
by the president and addressed the
club on the good roads question. His
talk was along the lines Of his previ-
Gus address to the club. He showed
that it cost the people of Crow Wing
c;unty Csc per ton per mile to haul
their produce, while on good roads it
would cost but one third of that. He
further stated that the state of Mime
sofa, since its organisation. had
paid SO, 600, 900 out for highway ex
penses. It had rs, 600 miles of laid
out roads of which about one half had
had public money expended on them.
This made an adversge expenditure of
81, 700 per mile on all roads that had
been worked, and the state had prac-
tically no roads to show for the
work. The cost of administration,
that is of superintendance, including
road overseers, amounted under the
present system, to from 40 to 80 per
cent. In Ramsey and Hennepin coun'
ties, under expert supervision, the
cost Of administration was between 8
and 10 per cent. According to reports
of town clerks received by him the
towns had from to Is overseers for
town containing SO sections, and in
one instance there were 18. These
men had to be paid for the time in
warning out the taxpay ers as we'll as
experimenting gang of three or
four men. He earnestly recommends
the adoption of the contract system SO
far as possible and hoped to ses to
working out of taxes abolished by
law. He estimated that the state of
Minnesota lest from 90 to rs per cent
of the road taxes annually through ex-
| cesslve cost of administration and in
effective ard ignorant work. One
reason for this is that after road is
built it is not kept in repair. No
| work Is done on it as long as it ia in
passable condition. It could be kept
in condition at much less cost than
to practically rebuild 1t each year.
After Mr.. Cooley finished his talk
there was a general discussion of the
subject and the committee on good
roads and drainage was instructed to
call a meeting for the organization of
q county good roads association. -
Brainerd Dispatch, II.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
A SPEEDY HORSE.

Congress Maid, Jack Greisch s
speedy mare, which has been entered
in several races on the Wise ,nsin
short circuit, has been brought back
to this city for the winter. The
trainer who has had charge of the
animal during the summer is here to
take care Of her for time.
Although but green racer, the
maid made splendid slowing in
al the races in which she was entered
and made 8 mile in 2:12 Hat on the
Nilwaukee track. In q race she
made 2:2O4, which the trainer
claims could have been Lowered or
7 sc onds, there being IL hcrses il tae
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
STRUCK BY IRON BAR

James Scheik, an employee OF the
Hennepin Paper Co., was rather
painfully injured Wednesday, Oct. 10.
while performing bis duties in that
ompany's establishment here. he
was taking a roll of paper off a roll
Ter, when an iron bar few up and
struck him in the head, inflicting a
painful and serious scalp wound,
which was promptly dressed by q
physician VINO was called. Several
stitches were taken.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19
GOES To RUGBY.

A. M. Iverson. who has been for
some time engaged in the banking
business at Leeds, N. D.. has gone to
Rugby in similsr venture, in which
he is interested with his father-in-lsw.
Mr.. Iverson was formerly assistant
cashier in the German American
Naioanl Bank of this city. Mr.. and
Mrs. lverson were rendered q recep'
tion by the citizens of Leeds at their
departure.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-10-19

According to tho SWanville News,
the village council of Swanville,
granted Miss e. Sands Of this city q
license to sell millinery there during
the week OF Oct. 6.