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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
A Model City.

Detroit Michigan, is 4 fortunate city for
the people rule there and not Il ring of
rartisanS and grafters. The adoption of
the Advisory Referendum and Advisory
Initiative in 1903 has resulted in a refOr-
nation in the city affairs that could be
copied by the people of other cities to
their great advantage. Graft and corrup-
tion has been about eliminated in De-
trOt under the Referendum system and
has thus decreased taxes and saved
large amounts of money to the taxpayers.
The taxes of the city of Detroit" says
Municipal News" the New York Jour
dicates. are collected before they are
due the plan being satisfactory to the
city and the citizens. The city saves the
pre- miums it would have to pay for Dor
rowed money and the citizens get the
benefit of the interest paid on the city's
money.
THE budget of the city of Detroit is
presented to the Common Council on the
first Tuesday in March, and consideration
is completed on April % The tax is then
spread. and the levy is placed in the
hands of the Receiver of Taxes for col
lection.
THE levy for 1905 was si051.36314. and
the rate $l41G per $1,000, which is the
lowest in sixteen years. Eightynine per
cent. of the above levy was collected by
August 10 Gorty days from beginning of
the fiscal year.. ana is now iE the bank
drawing interest. Detroit had on deposit
on August II. s5,O31 .G9i. 6S. more money
than at any previous time in its history.
The city is receiving per cent interest
on its deposits. This receipt of interest.
which is estimated at $1,000 to $4,000 Il
year. is used to decrease the tax levy"
No ether city of the same size, or larger
than Detroit. has such a low tax levy
and yet large improvements have been
undertaken since the adoption of the
Referendum System and municipal own
ership has been installed for some utili-
ties and the city is in condition to con-
troll the street railroads when the pres
ent franchises expire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
A Healthy Town.
Portland Press.

IL the liquor agency sales for medici-
nal purposes are to be taken as an in
| dicatiOn of the state of public health
Bangor is pretty well, thank you. Ac-
| cording to the report of the State agent
| the value of wet goods sold to the Pc
Nobscot sanitarium during the past year
was only $12S5.24. This is the smallest
| amount in the list of sales to the local
agencies, except Waldoboro. which took
but the worth of $3.50. 1t is less even
| than what was required to keep such
| towns as Bethel Chelsea, Greenwood.
Phillips and Webster in physical con-
ditiOn. Auburn required nearly twelve
times as much, and lewiston which is
just ever the river and which tops the
list for sickness, had to have nearly
seventeen times much stimulant as
the third largest city in the state. The
| twin cities on the Androscoggin. which
jointly have a population of some 81
600 and are to all intents and purposes
| one community, took medicine" at the
rate Of nearly one dollar per capita
a discreditable and humiliating record
i'll comparison with the less than six
cents per capita for Bangor.
How is this remarkable showing to
be accounted for? Partly, no doubt. on
the state of public health; for the
thought should be put aside as I'M
worthy that the small amount of legal
selling in Bangor was due to illegal
selling. 1t is well known that Bangor
is law-abiding town and would scorn
to trample on the statutes. To be sure,
the ribaM and frivolous have chartered
it is base SANDER. The Bangor plan
is to do right and obey the laws, and
it is quite likely that to this policy of
plain living and high thinking the ro-
bust health of the inha bitantS of the
Queen City is due. The Auburnites
and Lewistonites are more luxurious
and they have to pay the penalty of
outraged nature. But there is another
factor. perhaps. The law permits the
sale of intoxicating liquors for mechanic
cal and manufacturing purposes as
well as medicinal. Now Bangor does
not manufacture much besides lumber
but the AndrOscoggin cities make great
quantities of cloth, shoes and other
things. They are manufacturing towns
first of all. and naturally they require
Il deal of alcohol for use in the in
dustrial arts, as IN lubricants, dyes.
motors and what not. The wheels
have to be creased and moved. and
does not the human mechanism need
something also to ease the friction and
encourage the engine? Then what is
more reasonable than for the engineer
to apply to the warehouse for pint
or quart for mechanical and manu-
featuring purposes" AS Silas Wegg
said. it is "mellerin' to the organ"
Bangor does not have that legitimate
excuse. or has it in comparatively
small degree, and she would scorn to
resort to subterfuge. Prohibition pro-
hibits. the liquor bill is cut down TO
six cents year FOR each man. woman
and child, and the town is healthy for
everybody but the doctors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
Victor Huqo's Modesty.

Victor Hugo liked to ne praised Robert
Marlborough Sherard. author of Twenty
Years in Paris" tells how when young
women from England or America came Ia
gaze upon the master, as occasionally il
was permitted them to do. the interpreter
of their simple praises did not bcgglJ
matters in the least. The young ladies
thing like this: "Oh. tell MIR. Hugo that
We have read his works and liked them
so much and that We are so pleased to sec
him" These seemly encomiums would be
rendered thus: Industrious master. these
young daughters of the young republic COR
of an antique monarchy. as the case
might be- feel it impossible to leave
Paris without laying at the feet Of tina
genius which is the imperShable glory of
France and the wonder and honor Of the
universe the laurel wreath of their pro-
fOuudest admiration and homage
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
A. D. 1906.
Bangor News,

The first thing noticeable about the
new year is that one must look for the
last mineral in the date on the right
hand side of his typewriter, Hitherto
we have been feeling to the eft for the
final ), but now we must cease to be
mechanical and do some thinking un-
less we wish to be thought odd or abb
sent-minded. or both. And there are
other characteristics about 1906 which
we shall do well to bear in mind. For
example, if we stand on our heads to
read the date the figures will show up
as 9061, which will place us so far
ahead that all our cunning and craft
and business acumen will avail us moth
ing. Perhaps one may be pardoned if
he makes a few rough guesses as to
what may take place in 1906. but who
is there among us that can presciencc
what is coming to pass In 9O6l?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

There is no problem for the unem-
ployed for the great city of Chicago to
worry over this winter. In Illinois
there is a system Of state free employ
n1ent bureaus, and the superintendent
Of the Chicago branch, in his report for
the year 1905 says that there is work
for everybody in the city who is willing
and able to work. Not only that. but
the demand for workers is greater than
the supply. He says that while there
have been 1892 applications for en-
ployment during the year there have
been $3.50 applications for help. OF
the applications filed by those seeking
work only $500 remained untitled. while
OF the applications for employees nearly
1900 We're unsatisfied, the vacant
places going begging. THE 45-year
limit" says the superintendent has
gone by the board completely this year.
and i don't expect to see it revived.
We get lots of calls for men over so
years Of age
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

Truly, most of us are glad to welcome
1906 to our homes and our offices and
our work and our hearts. Though we
have never seen 1906 before, 1t comes
to us highly endorsed. Before breath
ing its last, 1905 intimated that its
successor was going to be something
fine. Not only did the dying year say
kind things about the one which was
10 follow. but hopeful clergymen and
canguine politicians and cheerful low
ers and many more certified to the fact
with great assurance. And there is no
reason why 1906 should not be cheer
full and a cOmpanionable year. 1t is
decended from a long line of ances-
tors, every one of which has been an
improvement over its predecessor,
None of them has been perfect, but
there has been a steady and cumula-
tive Improvement right along. Fact is,
we are not ready for the Millennium as
yet. If the Millennium should arrive
any time this year we should blush and
feel abashed, knowing our own I'M
wOrthiness and general unfitness. Mil
lcniums are like new boots, inaslnuch
as one must get used to them before
he can wear them with comfort. 1t is
much better for us to keep in moral
training for several years longer than
il would be to have the Millennium drop
in on US in 1906 and catch us in the
shape we are now.
If we can make ourselves better in
1906 than we We're in 1908, and put
things in motion so that 1897 shall be
an improvement over 1906, we shall
not regret that we are year older or
that the grave draws near. And be-
fore we can gain any lasting better
meut we must begin the improvement
right at home. If every man and
woman in Maine should devote 1906 to
making himself and herself as good as
he or she knows how, then the year
which dropped in at the front door in
the dark hours of last night, will mark
the dawn of the Golden Age. Now the
question is, how hard are we willing
to strive toward bringing about this
great contamination?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

or the 240 members Of the Massachu-
sctts House of Representatives. which
assemblies this week. ISL are natives of
Massachusetts. and of those born else
where, ireland. naturally enough.
furnishes the largest number, L.. while
doubtless Il score or more of the ISL
born in Massachusetts are sons of par
ents born in Ireland. Nine members
are natives of Mains. which furnishes
more than any other state; New Hamp-
shire. Vermont and New York furnish
five each. while eight are natives of
Canada. mainly of the lower provinces.
The House contains III Republicans
and g. Democrats. and it is the I'M
usual condition that of its 240 members
only 46 are lawyers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

The Cuban Congress has just enacted
Il remarkable piece of Hesitation in the
appropriation of $4,000 for the relief of
the cigarmakers of Key West, Fla, who
are on strike. OF course the strike
of the cigarmakers ut Key West
helps the business of the Cuban
cigarmakerS, SO the Cuban law
makers diSregarding the consider
atoms of International courtesy pro-
ceeded to vote unanimously for the APP
preparation mentioned above. If the
British government had sent money to
aid the striking mill operatives in Fall
River. or if the Hungarian Parliament
had made an appropriation to help the
striking SlavS i'm the Pennsylvania
mines. there might have been some sur
prise in the United States, but nobody
will be surprised at anything the
Cubans do.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
Apple Cure for DrunL,,

For ton years sajd !.
have advocated apples as p''SSrian Il
aruhkonnc''s. In that tim. I hire rrFe for
iho ;,rple cure On sou.n ta,,t .'',' trlei
drunkards. and my sucd4ssS or hI'y
most gratifying. H"S been
of drink s." eat i1 iha.; afflicted with no IVA
ana the horrible cravia., w iiiJiI'drS danny
i leavc MN. tn" cure viii u, 't ,.i,
heiped along if he also smokes as ,S-,r,,atly
on b hi'"% a woman who cured d,,r,.
keeplnS always a rlnntif,,,ii '"cdS" by
good apples On the dining tall, ,IHiI''y ! n
man ate these apples ana !inaIiL. s,oIhg
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

run to earth the land and timber
thieves of the Far West. He pursued
these men relentlessly throughout the
year, and he is still after them. 1t was
year that will long be remembered
by the crooks who had thrived in the
West at the expense of the government
The two notable events in the De.
partment of Justice We're the prose.
cutions against the Beef Trust and
against railroads and shippers for re-
batting. 1t demonstrated that the de-
partment is ''out for blood"
The most notable work Of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor dur
ing the year was the investigation of
the Standard Oil Company by the Blu.
reau of Corporations. This investiga-
ton has just been completed and it is
pretty well understood that something
is to come of it within the next few
months. The Bureau of Manufactures,
another branch OF the department of
Commerce and Labor. has organized
during the year. Special agents have
been sent TO China, Japan, Canada.
Mexico ard South America during the
year. and they are now engaged in
laying facts before those American
manufacturers who are DESTROYS of
seeking trade in foreign lands.
When the history of the years events
are written, President Roosevelts &C
complishnlents will have a conspicuous
place. OF first Importance in the record
will be his successful efforts to end the
the year will also preserve some of the
incidents of the Presidents trip
in winning over a section of the country
that had been distinctly unfriendIy to
him. 1t vas also Il year in which the
President did good deal of preaching;
sermoniZng, as most persons prefer to
call il. Much Of the sermonizing was
designed to drive deeper into the minds
of the people of the land the square
DEAL idea. Future generations will
also probably be reminded that it was
during the year just ended that the
President went down in Il submarine
boat and braved the dangers of yellow
fever by visiting New Orleans.
The new year promises to be as
strenuous within Uncle Sans domain
as the one that has just closed. The
President has a well-filled program for
Congress. and also for the several de-
make it even better year than 1905.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
Wanted to Be Sure.

The stranger who had never been il
Colorado before. was SO deceived III eSti.
mating the distance of objects III tn,
LANDSCAPE that he had begun to dOuh
the evidence of all his senses
Wandering forth from his hotel at day
break on the morning after his arriva
he watched the sun coming I'M over \
peak of the Rockies
MY friend" he said. hating a native
who happened tn be passing. pardon my
asking you question. | am Il stranger
in this locality. Am | looking ut Il sun
rise or a sunset"
(Other incidents like this. intercstinG
and historically accurate. may be- found
narrated in any good guidebook of west
Crn travel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
Discrimination.

A country minister who invited his flock
once year te. supper in the school room,
intrusted his MANDY man with tho de-
livery of the invitation cards. A day or
found his man sitting by the roadside in
an advanced state of hilarity aud totally
oblivOus to all earthly conditions.
Good gracious Jenkins, what does this
mean? How did you get into this shock
ing state
Its all along o. they cards, sir. 1t
takes EN- round. and this 'un asks 30 to
take n nip. and that 'un asks me to 5Ee a
nip. and so I gets like this
"Why. this is terrible. Arc There M
temperance people in the parish
lot. yos sir. lots of EN-, hut | sends
them cards by post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

That gentle rustic which you have
days arises from the turning over of
new leaves i'm the homes of your neigh
borS, and that occasional scratching
sound comes from the amendments be-
ing made to the New Years resolutions
In this connection, it is well to remem-
ether and that an amended resolution
is better than none at all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
A well known and respected citizen OF

A well known and respected citizen Of
Brunswick is H. J. L. Stanwood of
Brunswick who celebrated his S5th
birthday last Sunday in the town where
he was born and has always lived. AS
boy he knew Longfellow very well.
and has in his possession an autograph
letter written to him by the famous
poet. Mr.. Stanwcod is the Oldest Sir
Knight in town, having joined the COM
mandery in 1865. He joined the United
Lodge of MasonS of Brunswick in 1856.
and has always been active in Masonic
work. Mr. StanwOOd followed the eX-
ample set by his fCrefathers and went
to war. He was a member of the Ban
gOr Rifle Company which he joined at
the age of 49, being the second youngest
member. He is now the sole survivor
of that Cnce famous company In the
spring of SO during the Aroostook War.
he spent all of one Sunday in molding
bullets in an old fashioned mold for the
use of the soldiers. He was always in
terested in military matters. and had
good cause to be. His great grandfather,
David StanwOOd, served in the English
army AMI lost an arm in the battle of
Louisburg in 1851. His grandfather
enlisted three times in the War for In
dependence. fighting with Washington.
He was present at the battle of Mon
mouth and was with Washington on
the night that he crossed the Delaware.
He saw Major Andre hung as n spy.
and was present at the surrender of
CORVALLIS. His father. David stand
wood. who graduated from Bowdoin in
1903, took part i'm the War of 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
a Perfect Woman

Who eyer saw a perfect ,,,.,,.o,
an Atkinson rtvivalist. Pie asked
such tn!nE. Every man has hi, r, I +"
plenty Of them" OF course N, ANUS
eyer seen perfect man ana one mas
c c s,', tn'n, Of the revivaliSt Was r
continuci: Who eyer INV i r,c ,,,i, Aust
man AT this juncture 4 tiIl NJ, w.,
woman "ros". DO you mean ~ INN
madam n;!'3 The evangelist asked. thnt NH To,;
nay" seen a perfect woman" ~. .'t;;' A"'l
cant just say that have seen WI, |
woman rcIli"d. but have herd !, ,o Tue
crful lot about henry hushand.S p Sr..
wife. '-kaESas City journal Hfst
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

According to the reports in the news
papers of some of the great cities.
notably New York and Philadelphia,
the welcome there given to the New
Year is an affair which makes Fourth
of July celebration seem very fiat and
tame. The nearest we get to such a
part of the country is POrtland'S old
fashioned Tar Bucket night in Febru-
ary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
kst About Women.

Japanese women gild their teeth.
In Greenland women paint their faces
blue and Yellow.
The ladies of Arabs stain their fingers
and toes red
In India the women of 8 high castles
paint their teeth black.
Rorneo women dye the hair in fantas-
tic colors-pink. green. blue and scarlet
A Hindu bride is sanointcd from head
to foot with grease and saffron.
In New Holland scars, made carefully
with shells form elaborate patterns on the
ladies' faces -
In some South African tribes the wo-
men draw the front teeth, esteeming as
an ornament the black gap thus r1ade.
In New Guineafthe ladies' wear nose
rings. piercing the nose in the same fiend-
ish way that civilized women pierce the
ears
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

Shakespeare's great play Julius
Caesar" has just been presented for the
first time i'm Rome. Unfortunately none
of the eye witnesses of the original
tragedy were present at the perform
ance to give us comparison which
could not fail to be very interesting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

| port for $50, following them the next
week with another 100 dozen that he
sold for the paltry sum Of 9a cents Il
dozen. His best season was when one
| rise gave him $1,000 in profits. Those
We're stirring days when the war of
'61-'65 made Boston such an important
| market that the magnitude of the bust
ness built up by this shrewd Yankee by
collecting eggs through the country
and lining them for higher prices in
Boston became an important one.
When the war began there were no
refrigerator lines entering Boston, but
| through warm weather eggs could he
purchased at almost any price i'm the
West and shipped to the East. Since
then refrigerator cars have ruled the
Maine eggs out of the Boston market,
but the few years We're prosperous ones
and today Mr.. RyerSOn has retired in
the most spacious mansion i'm OXfard
| COunty-one that was built solely "Of
eggs" Mr.. RyerSOn had Go of the larg
est stores in oxford County saving and
purchasing eggs for him. In Paris he
had Il storing cellar 1O0X50 feet and an
| Otker in West Summer with Il capacity
| of 80 barrels. He lined the eggs in lard
| kegs and brarels washing them care
fully before the shipments to Boston in
boxes. The fact that in packing the
eggs they often broke from II to Is gal
Ions of eggs week shows the extent of
| the industry. The eggs We're all plain.
for there were no fancy hens then. In
Boston the eggs We're kept in immense
tanks.
The opinion of President Roosevelt
on Maine Game laws and their enforce
ment is contained in book of his,
recently published, entitled "Outdoor
Pastimes of An American Hunter"
and is as follows: "The white tail
deer was originally far less common
in the forests of Northern New Eng
land than was the moose, for in the
deep SHOWS the moose had Il much bet
ter chance to escape from its brute
foes and to Withstand cold and Starva-
ton. But when a man appeared upon
the scene he followed the moose so
much more eagerly than he followed
the deer that the conditions We're re-
vcrSed and the moose was killed out
The moose thus vanished entirely from
the Adirondacks, and almost entirely
from Maine; but the excellent game
laws of the latter state. and the honesty
and efficiency with which they have
been executed during the last ten
years, have resulted in an increase of
moose during that time During the
same period the Whitehall deer has
increased to an even greater extent.
Il is doubtless now more plentiful in
New York and New England than it
was quarter of Il century ago"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03
The Bachelors Choice,

When he was seventeen he thought
The girl that he would make his wife
Must be a belle-ali else was naught-
For without beauty what is life?
At twenty-five his fancy turned
To brains and cOmeliness combined:
He wished n woman wise and learned
For what is life when minus mind?
In state Of wrecked financial health,
He Thought an heircss he would NToo--
For life is lfeless without wealth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

Those to W HON the changes of fashion
are of vital concern will be Interested to
know that earrings for dogs are said
This is the way it is stated in the soci-
ETY. columns of New York newspapers.
but probably most of the raging is done
victims of the fad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

The Chicago Record hears
from the Isle of Pines that all is quiet
there. the army having put it's gun be-
pineapples. Thus ends another cruel
war
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

At forty-two his fortitua.
WAS rocky, and his heart
But the" ~ last he urders,oMndIs stone:
Man was not meant to live
re ch@sc not beauty. brains -
r.a AS iir mad taught MIN wnorr OF :, wealth
4 81 pto h ui,I, and hardy hcaltS% i'ok
Th., m'S,'iI wa 4 buxom COOK
CictS. ~ Modern {,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

A British explorer recently returned
from AbySSinia says that he was for four
months in a region hitherto unknown to
white men. Along the tributaries of the
Blue Nile he found a mining population
engaged in washing gold. He reports
thai there is IN enorn.olS quantity OF
gold in this region in which thousands
OF natives work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

Boys for the council is the order Of
things in Boston. OF the .5 members Of
the new common council in that city
the average age is only 81 years. the
est 90