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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Don't Be MisIed.

The attention of readers is called to
the fact that some druggists. on ac-
count Of cut prices on drugs, have
adopted the practice of trying to sell
something else when 1t we'll known
preparation Of established reputation
is called for.
For example. when ynu ask for Or
kilmerS SWamp-Ro tn" great
Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy,
don't allow any druggist or drug clcl k
to persuade YOU into buying some
thing else in its place. Every time he
succeeds in selling YOU a worthless
substitute he makes more profit, but
you are humbugged.
Swamp-Root is prepared only by Dr..
Kilmer & Go. Laboratories, Bingham
ton, \. Y.-Don't experimental you
need IA medici9c YOU should have the
best.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
6uckIey's Millinery Opening.

The grand millinery opening at
Buckl"y's yesterday was a great sue
cess as their openings always are.
Many ladies who had been waiting for
the opening bravcd the storm in order
to see those beautiful creation III
millinery for which Mrs. Georgia
Madorc Herbert has won such an
enviablc reputation. They were not
disappointed. Entering the millinery
department was like stepping from
mid-Wint"r to mii-summrr I'll"
fashions for the coming spring ana
summer are radically different from
these OF ANY previous season. there is
:" much beauty, such elegance. and
distinctivCness in this large display of
"xclusiv" millinery that the writer
finds that words cannot do justice to
their beauty or intrinsic worth The
millinery department will be open
evenings this weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Your eyes will tc examined by THE
BANNERS SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
positively the only absolutely correct way
to tit glasses. CONSTELLATION FREE.
tNo drops uscdD Those who have been
examined for glasses by men who claim
to examine eyes by the old. incorrect way
which is done by everyone who supplies
glasses but us. will be agtceably Su-pris-
cd by our scientific and wonderful meth
obs of fitting glasses.
We correct your eye defects by looking
in the eyes. taking the exact scientific
measurements of the focus and shape of
the eyes.
No questions asked. no trying Glasses
on your face. until We have determined
vOur exact optical error.
The old tedious and trcSome way of
irving to fit glasses is either putting
drops in the eyes. which often causes
blindness. or by trying on n lot of glass
IS. and asking you Can YOU see these
letters? or DO these glasses make you
see better?''
After your optician does a lot of guess
ing, and has your eyes al! out Of shape
YOU think YOU have been examined.
Think this over. and YOU can readily see
mat YOU have been doing your own ex-
aminjng and that is no doubt the reason
you have had trouble to get glasses cor
rect.
This is absolutely the highest class
work done in fitting glasses in America
Don't suffer with headache.
We have produced astonishing result
rom brain flag, nervous debility. insom-
ma. dizziness. nausea. watery eyes. blur
~ vision. and other troubles caused by
ol glasses cross ewes and AStigma tiSm by
our scientific methods.
OUR position i'll Newark. n. j.. and
providence, r. l.. as the leading opticians
- prc0f of the high confidence in our re-
snonSlbility. and the reliability of our rep
resentations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
u ~ ~ Portland. Certificate file

The Dirigo Chemical Co. organized
at Bangor for the purpose Of manu-
featuring and dealing in chemicals
proprietary articles. etc. with $780,
600 capital stock. of which nothing is
paid in. Officers: President. David l..
Carver of Bangor; treasurer. Edward
w. Cornet of Bangor. Ce.titicate filed
April 10, 1897.
Eagle Automobile 90, organized at
kittery for the purpose Of manufac-
turing and dealing in automobiles. etc.
with S1,000,000 capital stock. of which
nothing is paid in. Officers: President.
Albert Fl. Peavey of kittery: treasurer.
Joseph w. Halves of Kittcry. Certi-
ficate filed April 10, 1907.
Portsmouth Gas Co. organized at
kittery for the purpose of manutac-
turing and dealing in gas for lighting
heating and mechanical purposes. witt
100000 capital stock. Of which nothing
is paid in. Officers: President. O.
Sumner Paul of Kittery: treasurer
Joseph ". Halves IF kittery. Certill-
cate filed April TO- 1907
Big Horn Mining Co. organized at
Augusta for the purpose of conducting
general mining business. With $1,000
600 capital stock. Of which nothing j.
paid in. Officers: President ANA treas
urer, J. Berry of Augusta. Certificate
filed April 9. 1907.
a. G. McLOon & CO.. organized ut
Rochland for the purpose of carrying
on a general lobster business, With $50.
900 capital stock. Of which $3.50 il
paid in. Officers: President. A. G.
McLoon of Rockland; treasurer. Il. y.
Smith of Rockland. Certificate !il"d
April 10, 1907.
Gunn-ThompSon CO.. organized Al
Augusta for the purpose of engaging
i'll any enterprise that may be lawfully
carried on by capitalists. promoters.
etc. with 100000 capital stock. Of
which nothing is paid in. Officers:
President and treasurer. j. Berry Of
Augusta. Certificate filed April 9.
1907.
Continental Exploration CO.. organ
lied az Portland for the purpose Of con
Quoting q general exploration ana min
ing busiress, with $5.000,000 capital
stock. of which nothing is paid i'll.
Officers: President, James l.. Manter
of Portland: treasurer. Clarence +.
Eaton Of Portland. certihc tie filed
April . 1907.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Estate, HOUSE..
More Nominations Made
wednesday By Governor.
Forest Com. Ring To Hold
Meetings With Lumbermen.
indications Of Large Increase Of
Automobiles In State.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
tuesday, April 16, at 10 A, M.

III ADDITION to the list of nominations
dilounced by Governor Cobb IN Tues
uay afternoon the following nominal
tlohs We're made yesterday morning to
III the vacancies in the office of chair
nan OF me several boards Of registra-
tioh OF the cities Of the State. whose
terms OF office viii expire MAY 1. With
three exceptions the present incum
pehtS are re- nominated, the executions
pelhg that in Ellsworth. r. f. Mason
Is nominated to succeed Edward \
hopkins, in Lewiston John +. SIatterv
IS nominated to succeed George A
Drew and in Rockland, Oscar r. Black
lhStoh is nominated to succeed James
Donohue. The nomination of a chair
man OF the board of registration at
9dco VIII be announced later The
nominations are as follows:
Chairman Of Boards Of Registration
II. +. Carver Of Auburn. William II.
Williams of Augusta James A. Board
man of Bangor. Harry f. Stetson of
Bath. o. p. Lombard Of Belfast.
Charles T.. Hussey of Biddeford. George
w. Patten of Brewer, Thomas NJ.
Brown Of Calais. Henry II. Wads-
worth OF Eastport. r. l.. Mason Of
Ellsworth, Charles q. Knox Of Gardi-
ner, John f. Slattcry of Lewiston. Will
liam H. Powell Of Old Town, John p.
Hobbs Of Portland Oscar f. Backing
ton of Rockland. Melville Il. Fuller of
South Portland, Charles L. Mathews
Of Waterville and Edward II. Phillips
OF WeStbrook
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Marshall Smith. whose place near
the National. Home WAS searched for
Intoxicating liquors Tuesday afternoon.
was arraiGned before Judge Andrews
at the municipal court room Wednes-
day forenoon on q charge Of search
and seizure. Smith waived examina-
ton and entered a plea of not guilty,
but probable cause WAS found and the
court imposed q fine Of 500 and costs
and 80 days III jail. from which he APP
pealed and furnished bonds in the sum
Of 5000 for appearance at the April
term Of the superior court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

X. J. NoycS. to whom was awarded
tl" contract for the work of improve
lnoHt to he made on the gas plant OF
til" kcnnebcc Light & Heat 90. has
the work underway. a crew having
commenced operations Monday, and
the Work will be pushed forward to
completion aS rapidly as possible.
Other bidders for the work were Ever
cit N. Stacey of WatcrViIlo. Jewctt q
Hanson. Henry Clark and Charles +.
lto\. Of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

According to the books at tll,. office
or the secretary of State the number
OF automobiles which have been regis
tered since the law went into effect is
1916, and the number Of licenses which
nave been granted to operators is 1888.
Tho number of motor cycles which
have been registered thus far is 1875.
and tn" number of licenses which have
been granted to dealers is A. The
clerk who has charge of the automobile
department at the office states that
The applications are coming in wen
and that the number is increasing as
spring approaches. With the incr"as-
ing popularity Of the motor car if is
expected that the number Of machines
owned in the State this year will be
largely increased over the present
number.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Governor cobb. who had been ut the
Capitol for the past two days for the
purpose Of announcing the monthly list
of nominations and also for the tran
saction Of other official business, left
for his home in Rockland on train lO2
yesterday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Hon. Fremont T.. Timbrrlakc. former
bank examiner for the State, but now
Of the firm of Timberlake & Webb Of
Portland, was at the Capitol on mat
tiers of business yesterday. returning
to Portland in the afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
The Only Survivor

of the Hayes Arctic Expedition, Mr.. s.
J. Mccormick, now u. S. Deputy Min
eral Surveyor, Bliss Station, Idaho.
says: For years I have suffered from
severe pains in the hip joint and back
bone, depriving me of all power. The
cause was Stone in the Bladder and
Gravel in the Kidneys. After using
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
of Rondout, N. Y, l was completely
cured"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Mr.. Wentworth's CHALLENGE Accepted

Editors kenncbec Journal:
| saw notice in your paper yeSt"r-
day challenging the Great Gauss
who is to appear on next Monday and
Tuesday evenings at Augusta City
hall for the benefit Of the Augusta
baseball club. to make as ESCAPE from
I packing case which Mr.. q. l.. Went
worth agrees to build.
ON behalf of Mr.. Gauss. | wish To
say that he accepts that chaltmGc
owing to the length Of the program ON
Monday night he cannot attempt this
hard feat. but he will surely attempt
it on Tuesday evening. and further
more he will allow Il committee select
"a by MI Wentworth to nail him up
in the packing case n full view of the
entire audience. This will be next
Tuesday evening at the Augusta City
hall.
Respectfully yours.
Paul. +. WREATH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Respectfully yours.
PAUL +. WREATH.
Mgr Augusta Baseball Club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

The following corporations have
filed their certificates of organization at
the office of the secretary of State:
High Pressure Engine Go. organized
at Portland. for the purpose of manu-
featuring and dealing in engines,
boilers, etc, with $1.000.000 capital
stock, of which nothing is paid in.
Officers: President. George Chandler
Colt of Winchester. Mass. treasurer,
Allan P. Mackinnon of Boston. Mass.
Certificate filed April 9, 1907.
Edwards Farm Agency organized at
Portland. for the purpose of dealing in
real estate with $4,000 capital stock
of which nothing is paid in. Officers:
President. c. NJ. Edwards of South
Portland: treasurer, John III. Edwards
of South Portland. Certificate filled
April 9, 1907.
The Nenclos Co. organized at
Kittery. for the purpose of manufac-
turing in all its branches with $1,000
capital stock, of which nothing is paid
in. Officers: President Horace Mitch
ell of kittery: treasurer. V. j. Morri-
son of Portsmouth. n. H. Certificate.
filed April 9, 1907.
American Electrical Process Co.
organized at kittery. for the purpose
of washing. cleansing AMI dyelng all
kinds of fabrics. with 100000 capital
stock. of which nothing is paid in
Officers: President. Horace Mitchell of
Kittery: treasurer. S. j. Morrison of
Portsmouth. n. II. Certificate filled
April 9. 1907
The Cumberland Association organ
lied at Portland, for the purpose of
conducting a general real estate busi-
ness. with $4,000 capital stock. Of
which nothing is Paid in. Officers
President, James Willis Parker of
Portland: treasurer, S. A Packard,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29
DESERT AND SWAMP LANDS,
Booming Effects of the Reclamation
Of Arid Regions.

Booming Effects Of the Reclamation
Of Arid Regions.
According to official figures. since
the reclamation law was enacted By
congress in 1902 eight towns have
been built and 10000 people have set.
tied on what were desert lands. To
prepare the way for these settlers
100 miles of branch railways have
been built, 1,267 miles of canals have
been dug, many Of which carry whole
rivers, and forty-seven tunnels have
been excavated.
1t is estimated that the territory
embraced in what is known as the
arid regions of the United States
covers 600,000,00O acres, Of which
about 6O,000.000 acres are subject to
irrigation, which, when properly sup
piled with water, can be converted
into farms, fully as productive al
lands in the most favored sections.
A bill was introduced in congress
at the last session for the purpose OF
retaining overfiowed and swamp
lands in Wisconsin. Arkansas, Indi.
ana, Minnesota, New Jersey, North
Carolina, South Carolina and other
states, and those back Of 1t say that
1t will be pushed" at the next SEES
sion.
The member who offered this meas
ure roughly estimates the amount
oyerfowed and swamp lands to be re-
claimed at 100000 acres, the recIa.
nation of which would increase the
land value more than s5,000,06o and.
the annual crop value 100000. 900.
and, If subdiv.ded into forty-ac-e
farms, would supply 100000 fami,
lies with homes and put 100000
worthless.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29
The cantaureae.

The centaureas comprise a rather
large family, blue bottle sweet sui
tan, sauveolens, centaurea Americana,
and the dusty millers One of these,
the cornfower, is the only true blue
flower IN cultivation. all others being
shades, according to the artisas and
those who make colors and shades a
study. 1t is certainly a beautiful
color-the nearest to II In nature is
the blue in some ladies' eyes. These
flowers are OF easy culture, requiring
only good ordinary garden soil, but
the cornaower will show increased
brill!ancy In It's flowers II It given
some lime In the soil and fed liquid
manure during the blooming period
about ce a week being sufficient
Sow them where ley are to bloom In
the bed or border, and thin out to a
foot apart. The dusty millers make
fine edg ngs for beds of cannas.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29

very familiar throughout the United
States Its general adoption led Pres
ident frederick F. Fish, of the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, to say in his report of progress
during 1906:
The improvement In cables, made
within the past few years has revolu-
tionized the art of telephone line con
struction. Not only is 1t now possible
TO place in underground duets cables
containing four hundred or even siA
hundred circuits but pole line the
carrying capacity of which would have
been exhausted by forty pairs OF open
wires, can carry six hundred pairs of
wires in the form of cables. The old
fashioned exchange pole line rarely
carried more than twenty pairs OF
open wires When an open wire
aerial line has reached the low limit
of its carrying capacity, it must be
taken down and larger line built, IN
less there is an opportunity for new
line, which frequently is not the case.
In. either event, there is a great waste
as compared with a type of construc.
ton in which. by the use Of cables, a
given pole line may have a capacity
many times as great Sound economy
has many times in the past year re
CURED the scrapping of all the wires
on pole line, cable being substituted
for them. as the only way of securing
the enlargement of facilities that was
required, and not unfrequently It
has been NECESSARY TO reconstruct the
whole line as the cheapest way OF
securing the opportunity for growth
that was required"
With the increased use of overhead
and underground cable construction
as wei as Of submarine cables. great
impetus has been given to the making
Of the tubular sheathing WI their
enclosed punches OF carefully insulated
copper wire There are, all told,
among the lines OF the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
and It's allied companies, about $4,000
miles of cable. enorga to reach from
Boston to Benares. The weight OF
metal In this strand would amount to
10000 tons. II the sheathing of this
cable were spread out in continu-
GUS sur'Ace 1t would completely cover
New York's Central Park. The lead
alone, which is the chief component
of the alloy used, represents about
one-fifth of the total quantity of lead
produced In the United States In the
latest year for which statistics are
available, but the composition is much
more expensive than pure lead would
be, since It contains a considerable
percentage Of tin.
The cost Of the whole outside tele-
phone plant, of which the cables have
come to be a very important part. is
one of the hardest things about tele-
phony Tor the non-teohlical man to
appreciate. He hears a great deal
about the intricacy Of the switch
board, with it's hundreds OF thousands
or even millions of soldered parts, and
when re goes into an exchange he
sees a formidable array of well kept
apparatus which he knows instantly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29

Telephone and Telegraph company
not less than 6, 07,732 miles of wire
The exact number of miles operated
by Independent systems cannot be
given, but as a recent careful esti
mate makes the number of independ-
ent telephone stations in the United
States in the neighborhood of 2,0O0,
600, it is safe to estimate that in this
country alone nearly if not quite
100000, 900 miles of telephone wire are
in daily use, or enough to reach from
the earth to the moon more than forty
times. We think of the sun as a
luminary that is enormously distant
from this planet Yet the telephone
wire mileage of the United States
would already cover about one-ninth
of the distance, and at the present
rate of increase this country within a
few decades is likely to have wire
enough, If such a thing were possible
to hoop complete telephone circuit
through the central energy plant of
the solar system. An average of at
least one telephone to five persons is
probable, and our population continues
to grow rapidly. That means very
large wire mileage half a century
hence.
Much of this wire can be placed un-
del ground. OF the present wire
mileage of the Bell system a little
more than half, or. to be exact, 3,241.
All miles. has been drawn into con.
Quits from the great reels covered
with lead cable which are frequent
sight in our city streets. But 1t is
not possible at present to put all tel
ephone wire underground and it may
never be possible. Even for local
systems the subterranean construction
is expensive, so that only in larger
cities and towns win the conditions
of traffic permit It's introduction. Then
as for the toll and long distance lines.
which have enmeshed nearly the
whole continent until practically
every hamlet is telephonically con.
nected with every other, underground
construction Of any considerable
leubln 10 lmpTdCLlCdUie, DSCdusE Jury
ing the wires reduces their capacity
for transmission OF the minute cur
rents which accomplish the marvel
Of telephony. A good overhead cir
cult of open wire enables the business
man In New York to converse with the
business man in Chicago or st. Louis
almost as readily az IL he we're In the
next room. n the wires between
Gotham and the windy city were
buried, even though the most Inn
proved form Of conduit construction
should be used, hardly an ineligible
sound could get through. for the cur
rent in cable circuit decays" rapid
ly. In the more thickly settled por.
tons of our country engineers are al
ready declaring that the toll circuits
must, 80 far as possible, be kept over
head and OF open wire construction
throughout their entire length, for
where che Of them is thrown into
underground cable for a few miles
in the neighborhood Of a city an ap-
probable effect on the long distance
trans mission Is noted. although In the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29
Cable Avenues for
Telephone Talks
Recent Important Developments in the rt.ofILine
Construction.

Boston, May 23.-About all that
In the more thickly populated portions
of this country by the ever expanding
network of telephone wires is the Gus
tom that has grown up among the
engineers of concentrating their cir
cults in aerial cable. Similal y about
all that prevents the ayailble supply
of tall straight sticks of timber, of
the varieties capable of resisting the
effect of the moisture of the ground
from being exhausted by the demand
for telephone poles b this same i'm
proved method Of hanging the wires
that carry the long distance commun-
icat!ons Of the nation. So that the
average man, as he travels along high
ways and byways, and notes. swinging
from poles that are not overloaded
and not of excessive length, the fat
but not ungraceful cables, has reason
for thankfulness that their Inv ention
came in time to furnish relief al the
beginning of the present era of I'M
precedented demand for telephone
service. A single cable will carry
wires which spread out on crossarms
would darken the roadway beneath
This development of the cable idea
is one of the most important in the
recent history of telephony. The
figures of the total amount of wire
used in this country for carrying tel
ephonic communications have become
astounding. To meet the needs of
more than 100000 Bell subscribers
there were used, according to the lat.
est annual report of the American
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29

must be very costly to construct and
very costly to keep in order. Yet II
is fact that from two-thirds to three
fourths of the total expenditure in the
telephone system is required for the
plant outside the exchange, that Is,
for cor duits, poles. cables, and wire.
The scrap value of the lead and COP
per represented in the Bell lines ana
cables alone is equal, at present prices,
to not less than eighty million dollars
enough, according to assessors val
uations to buy up the taxable property
of such a city as Columbus, Ohio. or
Fall River. Mass.
AS keeping down the cost of tele-
phone service and at the same time
rendering the overhead construction
unobjectionable from the esthetic
point Of view, the increased employ.
ment Of aerial cable is a matter OF
general co.4cern. In the Bell system
as whole the average number Of
miles of wire on a mile of pole line
has grown from Sc on January 1,
1900, to "a on January l, 1907. In
the year 1906 the increase in miles Of
pole line was 1884, while the in.
crease in miles of wire was 1876, 937, a
ratio Of more than twenty to one.
Such figures demonstrate statistically
what everybody knows who travels
with his eyes open. that more and
more of the overhead telephone wires
are being conveyed from place to
place by cable on short lnobtrusive
poles,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29
Best elbow Perennial.

The best yellow-fiowered hardy per
ennial is Coreopsis lanceoiata. Its
flowers are two or three inches across
and are borne on long slender stems.
1t is a striking plant, but TO be etfec-
tive must be grown in masses, the
plants being set one to one and a
half feet apart 1t succeeds in any
good garden soil and is best grown In
the full sun. 1t Is perfectly hardy
and is better off If no mulch is given;
mulching causes It to II in the cente.'
of the crown.