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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-14
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
SEVENTY-THiRD SESSION.
SENATE.

Wednesday, February 49, 1907.
Senate called to order by the Presi-
dent.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Hayden of Au-
gusta.
Journal of the previous session read
and approved.
Papers from the House disposed Of in
concurrence.
House Bills Read and Assigned.
Resolve relating to Canadian Pacific
Railway Company.
Resolve in favor of the Hospital of
the Sisters Of Charity of the city Of
Lewiston, Maine.
An Act to incorporate the Union
Trust Company of Ellsworth.
An Act to incorporate the Lincoln
County Trust Company.
An Act to incorporate the Fairfield
Trust Company.
An Act to provide for the protection
of trees and shrubs from the introduce
ton and ravages of dangerous insects
and diseases. ION motion by Mr.. Libby
of Waldo the foregoing Bill took its
second reading under suspension of
the rules and was passed to be en-
grosSed)
Resolve providing for the repair of
roadway in Townships five and six in
the ninth Range, north Of the Waldo
latent, in Piscataquis county.
An Act to amend Chapter 5SS of the
Private and Special Laws of 1871, en-
titled can Act to incorporate the
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order
of Good Templars of Maine"
The following Bills, Petitions and Re-
solves were presented and referred:
Judiciary.
pv Mr.. Proctor of Cumberland: Bill,
AN Act to incorporate the North
Rrighton Water Company for the pur-
rose OF supplying the village of North
Brighton with pure water for domestic
and municipal purposes
By Mr.. Mills of Hancock: Bill, AN
Act legalizing certain acts OF the to"n
Of Stonington."
Appropriations and Financial Affairs.
Ry Mr.. Foss of Cumberland: Petition
Of the Elementary Club of Portland, IL
members, urging an appropriation lor
a State of Maine exhibit at the James,
town Exposition and the reproduction
of the Home of Longfellow as the
Maine State Building.
Rv Mr.. Merrill of Cumberland: Petl-
ton of the Beecher Evolution Clup ol
Portland, % members. for same.
Py Mr.. Curtis of Cumberland: Petl-
tion of Zenas Thompson and Is others
OF Portland, for same.
By Mr.. Eaton of Washington: Peti-
ton of w. L. Peterson and ~ others Oh
Columbia Falls, for same.
Also: Petitions of Bernice Vaughan
and Is others of Cherryfeld, of A. T..
Lincoln and others of Dennysviile' OF
charles S. Scwall and Q others OF East
port for same.
Ply Mr.. Irving Of ArooStook: Petitlon
of p. +. Johnson Of Woodland ana L"
others for Resolve in favor of Maine
state Sanatorum Association.
Inland Fish and Game.
Ry Mr.. Curtis Of Cumberland: Re
titiOn Of W. f. Dresser and 50 others
residents of Portland and vicinity,
praying Tor the passage of a law to
regulate the taking of firearms upon
the wild lands of the State III close
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-14
LISBON.

G. D. SMITH. master Of Pine Tree
Grange. writes: II will say i'll regard to
the removal of the capital. that ] Am
not in favor Of it and | have signed =
rcmonstraacc to that effect. | do not find
any sentiment among the people Of this
town for such removal.
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ANpRoScOcGIN
LEWISTON.

LEWISTON.
C.. n. WHITE, lecturer of Lewiston
Grange, says that he is opposed to NOV
ing the State capital TO Portland Ihat
he does not find "even one" of his fell
low citizens who favor such removal.
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ASHLAN

DIR. Fl. H. DORsCN writes: II am op-
posed to abandoning the present capital
and do not find any sentiment in this
town which differs from mine. Nor do
! believe that the voters in this town
would stand any increased taxation for
such a purpose. | believe that 70 per
cent. Of the people of Maine would give
a similar answer TO each question"
w. t. IIALIETT. chairman Of tina
board # sclcctmcn ard postmaster.
writes: Il am opposed 10 abandoning tho
present Stat" 1inJse and moving TO Port
land and ! do not find airy sentiment hers
in 'Gvor Of it. do no; think the people
would he willing for toe State to assume
the expense necessary for such a step"
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LISBON FALLS.

JAMES a. UNDERWOOD. master of
Fine Tree Grange ir 1906 writes: II do
ing the capital / think it would bc an
imposition on the people of Maine"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-14
Public Buildings and Grounds.

Ry. MI. Curtis Of Cumberland: Pc
tition in favor OF removal OF state
CAPITOL to Portland.
By Mr.. Simpson Of York: Petition
of Louis Il. Goodwin and 40 others,
business men of Sanford in favor OF
same.
Also: Petition Of George +. Goodal
ana 81 others Of Sanford in favor OF
same.
Bv Mr.. Eaton Of Washington: Pc
tition of NJ. n. Mckusick of Calais ana
- others in favor of same.
BY Mr.. Houston of Piscataquls: Re-
monstrance against the removal OF the
CaDital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-14
Three Seriously, In Wreck
at Freeport, Ne.
-Four Victims Of Mishsp Are
Taken to the Hospital.
Traffic Delayed Several Hours by
Wreckage on Track.

Freeporr, Nc, Feb. lat developed
Wednesday that dozen passengers
were injured, three miles west Of here
Tuesday night in which an extra
a passenger train, No. 112, due in
Portland at 1855 P. NJ. One was bad
ly cut about the eyes and face and
possibly sustained internal injuries, an
other had a broken arm, and n third
suffering from conclusion of the brain
A number had their knees sprained
and were cut and bruised. The injured
were taken to Yarmouth station and
later to Portland. Traffic was resum-
ed early Wednesday, the Wreckage of
several freight cars including two load
ed with lumber having been removed
from the track.
The passenger engine had broken
down and the tram was stopped to
permit repairs to be made. The rear
brakeman went back to warn the
freight train but evidently miscalculat-
ed the distance and did not allow for
the stopping of the train. The freight
engine ploWed seven or eight feet into
the rear coach throwing the most of
the half hundred passengers from their
seats. Tho engineer and fireman saved
themselves by jumping just before the
impact.
The most severely injured We're:
H. r. Jewell of Brewer, Me; Joseph
O'Meara and Edward Curran. both of
Boston, and Fred Talbot of Bath
They were taken to the Maine Gen
erai hospital.
Others injured were: A. II. Clark,
Thomas A. Talbot, Elmer E. Brown,
Wilbur A. Dresser and E. NJ. Cousins
of Portland; Stephen Higgins, Lowell,
Mass: William Higgins, Milbridge,
Me, and r. NJ. Ross, Worcester
street, New York.
Portland, Nc, Feb. 13.-The official
list of persons injured in the rear-end
collision at FreepOrt was given out to-
day at the Maine Central Offices aud
Maine General hospital. as follows:
At hospital: Edward Curran. Bos-
ton. bruises over eyes; Joseph OMeara,
Boston. severe shaking up: II. r. Jew
GILL; h'c"'t, N''' l'oSHfpiS iitteiidi III
jures; Fred Talbot Bath, Me, injury
to head.
Others Injured slightly but not taken
to hospital:
Lyman Nj. CouscnS Of Milliken,
Cousens & Co, Portland. head cut and
arm sprained; A. J. Clark, AZ Huntress
street, Portland, slight cuts on face;
Stephen Higgins. Lowell. Mass.
sprained knee; Thomas Talbot. Port
land. back injured: Elmer +. Brown,
Portland slightly injured: Wilbur F.
Dresser, Portland. Commissions on right
elbow ard on left side just below the
ribs also cut over right ear; William
higgins. Milbridgc, Me, slight bruises;
r. Gross. Worcester street, New
York cuts and bruises.
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1ENEDIcTA.

JOSEPH RUSH. constable writes that
he il ru"h opposed to such q scheme as
moving ~" capital - Portland and he
docs not find any sentiment In his town
favorable to it, fdding that il the people
rad a chanca to vote on the question.
they would oppose 1t to p man."
r. H. I.AWLER writes: II am opposed
to abandoning the present State capital
AND moving to Portland. ! do not find any
sentime mt among the people In favor %
it and 10 not think they would be will
ing tc spend money in this way which Is
needed for other public works."
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AROOSTOOK
unity.

AMITY.
l.. ]. ESTABROOK writes: II do not
believe one person in 100 in Aroostook
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actual increase o45S5S1 for twelve
ro oaths ending Dec. 3lst, 1906. This is the
record Of the
1904
ave cigar % vrs New Ereland'S fayorite
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BlAIN z.

BLAINE.
NORMAN TAPLEY. writes that he
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-12
ARTICLE NO. 2.

ers wants than they do of cutting
90 Such a people
might have a representative at The
&c conference aud would be able
to make a few timely suggestions to
some of our neighbOTs across the wa
ter.
Whence Came They.
Again the question arises whence
came this people and whittier have
they gone-whither have they disap-
peared so completely? That they were
Indians there is no doubt. Students of
archaeology and history have present.
ed various theories about their original
migratiOns to this continent; but why
not say of them as of Topsy's cat?
She did not know where it came from,
1T jes' grOwed." Has not man evolved
les growed"-on this continent
also; and his slower development I'M
der more adverse conditions than in
the valleys of the Euphrates and the
Nile has produced a slower growth
and we have had the representatives
of the stone age-the cliff dwellers-
within our borders a thousand years
ago or so?
Probably some of the Indians now
living in Arizona are the descendants
in part, at least. of these ancient folk;
and were some one willing to make the
sacrifice and go and live among the
MOchi or the HOpi Indians, he could
gain much valuable information about
these ancient inhabitants of our land
from their traditions and ceremonies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-12

ways IND quantities of broken pottery
in their refuse heaps, and strewn about
the buildings. This pottery Is of four
general kinds. There is the coiled
ware, the plain black variety. the red
decorated ware and the white deco
rated ware. The -coiled ware is made
by laying small rope of clay round
and round upon itself until the article
desired is completed. Then it is
smOothed on the inside, the ridges of
the coil on the outside are shaped into
more uniform style, and the lip or
edge formed at the top. Another va
riety is made by fashioning the arti-
cles out of the plain clay in natural
color, then firing them just as they
are, or first covering them with a
black wash that makes them almost
black when they have come from the
firing. The red ware seems to have
been made of red clay, covered with a
wash and then decorated with brown
or black paint. This variety is quite
handsome and much rarer than the
other forms.
With Rare Skill.
But where the pottery makers of
these ancient people manifested most
ability ana artistic skill was in the
construction of the white pottery. The
clay was carefully prepared, moulded
into the form desired, carefully
smoothed and polished, decorated in
elaborate and often complicated de-
signs in black paint and then fired.
The result was a fine, serviceable form
CT pottery, the designs of the decora-
ton often show a genuine artistic in
stinct They had passed beyond the
period when they were satisfied with
mere utility and sought to add beau
ty TO mere material usefulness.
They extracted the fiber from both
the broad and narrowed-leaved yucca
plants, twisted them into thread, yarn,
cord and rope. They raised cotton and
made it into cloth, some of which was
woven into a design in coIors. They
wore sandals out of eornhusks. out of
rushes and out of carefully prepared
yucca cord. The majority were nicely
woven out of the yucca fiber. They
plated mats and robes out of the
small reed of the river bottoms, and
prepared the feather cord out of which
they wove their most elaborate robes
their full dress as it were. Specimens
of all this material will be on exhibit
ton at the university museum after
the opening of school in September,
and may be seen by any one inter-
ested.
Loved Their Work.
These people worked because they
liked to work They had reached a
period in their development when they
were not satisfied with a mere tenn
porary shelter, they must have perna-
nent and substantial homes. They
were not content with making bowls.
pitchers and jars that would hold wa
ter, corn, etc, they must make them
also things of beauty in form and coll
or. They did not think it sufficient to
weave cloth that was strong, it must
have a design in color and appeal to
an artistic taste. Such a people have
a good start toward civilization and
think more of providing for each 9TH
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-12
Difficult
Breathing

Short breath, iiuttering,
palpitation, sinking spells
are symptoms of a weak
heart, struggling to do its
work. 1t must keep the
blood in circulation to
carry nourishnlent to
make flesh, bone and mus
Gle, and remove the worm
out particles. When it
cannot do this, it must
have help. DIR. Miles
Heart Cure gives strength
to the, heart nerves and
muscles, and increases the
heart action.
Il am glad TO say that am so much
improved in health. DR.. Miles Heart
Cure cured me when several doctors
failed. | think no other medicine
could do for me what Heart Cure has
done. My case was bad; bad as it
could be at times. / had difficulty in
getting my breath. my heart beat so
fast at times that i thought it i'm
possible to live without reIief: the
pain was very severe in my left side
and my nerves was al unstrung. /
had almost given up all hope Of being
cured, and ] am sure I would not, II
] had not taken the Heart Cure. I
take great pleasure in recommending
DR.. Niles remedies TO all who suf-
fer with heart dises Sc"
MRS. MARY c. HATILER,
Sullivan, Mo.
Or. Miles Heart Cure Is sold by
your druggist, who will guarantees that
the first bottle will benefit. " il fails
he will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
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stones are roughly dressed and the
walls are of sufficient thickness to Sus-
tain two and three stories. These
buildings are called pueblos. The up
per floors are formed by laying tim
bers across from wall to wall, cover
ing these with poles or split cedar laid
across them upon which is placed a
layer of small willow or greasewoOd
branches over which is spread a thick
coating of clay. The buildings rarely
contained openings for the admission
of light and air other than the door or
entrance. This entrance was usually
about two and one-half feet high and
from eighteen inches to two feet in
width. One has to really crawl into
them; and you wonder why they made
their homes so inconvenient. But these
small rooms were used mainly only
for sleeping apartments no doubt, and
were made as secure as possible. AS
you crawl through this strange
cTamped entrance you are amazed to
see that the stone forming the thresh-
old is worn smooth by many hands
and knees before yours made their i'm
preston upon it.
In Ancient Homes.
Along the cliffs are many large caves
in the back of which are found springs
of fresh sparkling water. If such a
cave is located on the sunny side of a
cliff it is almost sure to contain ruins
Of ancient homes, storehouses and GER
emonial chambers or kivas. These are
well preserved, if they have not been
torn down and largely destroyed by
the vandal relic hunter. Stone and
clay were the principal materials of
construction, although in the White
canyon country some granaries are
found made of poles covered over with
thick layers of clay on both sides. and
few houses made of logs chinked
with small stone and clay. These
storehouses found everywhere along
the cliffs are exceedingly interesting.
They are little buildings tucked away
in odd corners of the cliffs and so
made and the color so adjusted that
you would never distinguish them at
all if you were not searching for
them. In these they stored away the
products of their farms and thus saved
them for winter use. Is it not likely
that these people went out on the
mesas and cultivated their lands; and
then, as Dluhdering bands of more
powerful Indians made raids upon
them and carried off their harvests
they sought the cliffs of the deep can
yons and built them homes and store
houses where they could more easily
defend them, and where they might
spend the winter in peace and COM
comfort These cliff villages
were their winter homes; and the
depths of these vast caves beside the
living, bubbling springs were sacred
temples to their gods.
Wherever they dwelt either for a
longer or a shorter time, you viii al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-12

PICTURE WRITING ON The CLIFF.

a state of perfection, or else the rain
fall was far greater when they Occu-
pied this region. One can but feel that
I the latter condition was probably true,
and that all of this high land, as well
as the creek bottoms, was quite well
watered by the rains and was highly
productive. Men are demonstrating
now that, with the increased rainfall
of the last three seasons, many of
these high mesas can be made to pro-
duCe good crops of winter grain and
even some varieties of spring grain.
/ The soil is a sandy loan, very deep
and very rich; and, with a little more
moisture from the Salton sea, could
again support not only fields of waving
corn, but also orchards of every va
riety Of fruit and become the garden
spot of Utah.
Lived on Vegetable Diet.
These ancient Indians seems to have
lived mainly upon corn, squashes. etc.
and to have depended very little upon
meat. Rabbits, antelope, deer and
mountain sheep seem TO have been
killed and eaten by them; but the
small number of animal bones found
in and around the ruins of their build
ings shows that meat was not their
chief article OF diet. But corn and
corncobs, squash rinds and stems are
found everywhere in great abundance.
They ground their corn in a stone NOR
tar-metate-with a hand stone-Inano
much as many of the more modern
Indians do; and cakes made from this
meal were their chief means of sus-
tenanCe.
They had no beasts of burden or
other domestic animals except q fowl
that seems to have been similar to the
wild turkey. Bones of this bird are
frequently found in their refuge heaps;
and the feather cord of which they
made their robes of state was prepared
oy winding stripped turkey feathers
and rabbit fur about a yucca-ffber
cord.
implements of Stone.
Their implements were stone axes.
hatchets, mauls and clubs, and arrows
ana spears whose points were flint and
whose shafts We're wood, flint skinnine
knives, and throwing and plantine
sticks made of wood. No metal is
found at all among the ruins of their
homes. These people belonged to the
stone age; and had not yet gained a
knowledge of metals or learned to ex-
tract them from the ore. Their orna-
ments were made of flint, Jasper. and
garnets which are found in various
parts of this San Juan drainage. They
were evidently a peaceabie, agricuitur-
al people. and engaged in war only
when forced to act on the defensive
They cared more for building homes
for their families and store houses for
the products of their well-tiIied fields
than they did for war and plumber.
They had started out upon the path
way that leads to a complex life-to
civilization that is broader, bigger.
that enlarses the horizon and so in
creases the capacity to enjoy.
Out on the mesas or in the valleys
along creek bottoms, they built houses
of stone laid in clay mortar. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-12
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
fee of the Weather Bureau.

Maximum temperature, Is degrees; min
imum temperature. 46 degrees: mean tenn
perature, 50 degrees. which is - degrees
below normal. Accumulated deficiency OF
temperature since the first OF the month.
43 degrees; accumulated excess of temper
allure since January l, 2.O7 degrees; rela-
tive humidity, 20 degrees at 6 p. m. Total
precipitation from 6 p. m. to 6 ,. m,
none; accumulated deficiency of precipi-
tation since the first of the month. .03
inch; accumulated excess of precipitation
since January !, 81 inches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-12
FraternaI Union of America.

Evergreen lodge No. Isl will hold its
regular meeting tonight. The degree
team Will be present for initiatory work
Visitors from Lewiston, Ida, and Oma-
ha- are expected. The lodge regrets to
announce that since it's last meeting a
misfortune of extreme sadness has fallen
upon the home of Mr.. and Mrs
l.. b. Smith, who lost their little son.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-12
BY BYRON CUMMINGS.

If, a thousand or more years ago,
you could have padded I'D and down
the Green and the Grand and the San
Juan rivers or threaded your way over
the mesas and through the canyons
that form the drainage area of these
streams, you would have found human
activity everywhere. Those vast plains
and deep gorges did not then spend
their energies in sustaining the coyote,
the bobcat and the jackrabbit
Men, women and children drew life
and VigOr from these widespread up
lands and rich narrow valleys. Fields
of waving corn and the rich green of
squash vines made a pleasing contrast
with the reds and browns and gTays
of the buttes and cliffs that surround
ed you OH every side. No vast stiffness
then oppressed you and set you to
dreaming of the worlds creation. The
wall of an infant, or the plaintiVe
chant OF some corn grinder, waited to
you from across the canyon, would
have reminded you that this part of
the world had felt the magic touch of
mans hands; and the extensive homes
and fortresses scattered over the plains
and through the valleys or perched
along the cliffs and clustered in deep
caves would have told you that this
occupation had been going on for ages.
~ VIC ORNlObos
Yes, southeastern Utah once sup
ported a far denser population than it
does today. Where now a few hun
bred cattle and a half dozen cowboys
enjoy a blissful existence, formerly
thousands of men and women gath
cred in villages along the creek bot
toms and in the caves of the cliffs or
occupied farms which were scattered
ever the meSas above. In MOnteZuma
canyon one canyon alone, which ex-
tended one and One-half miles in
length and three-fourths of mile in
width, contained sixty-nine buildings.
Most of these We're two and three sto-
ries high, and had many rooms. Some
extended 200 and 300 feet in length and
fifty to 100 feet in width. A most care
full estimate places the population of
this town at 1000 persons. When you
take into consideration that there were
several such communities in this one
canyon, with many scattered homes
and small clusters of buildings all
along it's course, you begin to realize
that this country was at one time tru-
y populous.
Where Came the Water.
But how did so many people find
sustenance in such an arid country?
Surely that land today could not sup
port any Such pOpuldtIcn. Inc soil
Us rich enough and the region extern
sive enough, but where did they get
their water? Occasionally one STUN
bles upon the remains of an old reser-
voir or travels along the bed of an an
cient irrigation ditch for several rods;
bur many of their farms, in fact, most
of their cultivated land must have
been up on the broad. high mesas,
where it was impossible to have OBJ
tanned irrigation water. Either this
people had brought dry farming to