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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29

Consider our store as your own,
where the prices will always be kept
as low as consistent with the highest
quality of goods; where no effort is
made to make flashy display, but to
dispense curative Drugs, Chemicals or
Medicines, where the physician can
send his Prescriptions with the positive
knowledge there will be no substitu-
tiOn.
Trade with Spaulding because he is
your friend, glad to save you money
and furnish advice without charge.
Every purchaser at Spauldings this
Saturday will be offered free glass OF
Hires Famous Root Beer. It's not only
refreshing but will do you good
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29

Capt. Michael J. Coleman was taken
to the hospital Friday in a serious con-
dit;on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29

Our line OF Patent Medicines Is more
comr'etc than any other Retail Store
Of Maine, our prices are Is to 40 per
cent less than Others ask
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29

If YOU want the Cooper Remedies we
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29

The remains of the late John W
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-29

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
THE GREAT AoURDUcT

The departure Of Mayor Harper and
his oficial party last night for an in
spection of the route Of the great aque-
duct. and the action Of the city council
In fixing June 10 as the date upon which
the taxpayers will vote the issue Of
S2S,0O0,O00 OF bonds 10 make the aque-
duct an accomplished fact, remind the
people OF Los Angeles that the stupen-
dous enterprise now only awaits their
full and complete authorization.
Upon the vital question Of a good and
sufficient water supply, Los Angeles has
reached its limit until it can secure
larger and an inexhaustible supply
from sources further removed than the
mere overflows and canyon floods OF
the surrounding valleys and hills. En-
gineers of national reputation, some in
the employ of the United States govern
ment and all of them having great repu-
tations at stake. have pronounced the
Owens river water project perfectly
feasible and have recommended that the
enterprise be carried out. In fact not
single hand has been lifted against 1t
except those power corporations which
fear for the future Of their service.
Los Angeles is practically unanimous
in favor of the owens river aqueduct.
1t is absolutely essential to the growth
and proper development OF this city
that the Owens watershed be utilized to
give us a practically inexhaustible sup
ply of water. Every man in this city
knows that this is true, and hence the
certainty that the bonds will be author
lied by an almost unanimous vote.
In the meantime look we'll to the "in-
terests" opposed to the measure and
let every voter at once constitute him
self committee Of one to see that no
unfair work is done in the way of
hindrance Of the great aqueduct propo-
sition.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
BANK OF ENGLAND SECRETS
Ernm I.nndnh Tit-nIta.

EEONm Af0ml
The Bank of England refuses to use
color for It's notes on account Of the
fact that the authorities believe that
It's whlteness and apparent simplicity
are the greatest safeguards against
forgery. The whiteness of a Bank OF
England note is different to that OF
any other paper, and is obtained by
using only the very finest linen rags
In the making.
At Laverstoke, a little village in
Hampshire, the paper is prepared, and
at the mill there every blank is zeal
ously guarded as If 1t were already en-
graved. Every workman or work
woman employed at the mill Is bound
to secrecy and the secrets of the mys-
terious water-mark and texture Of the
paper are known only by the most
tried and trusted of the workmen.
It Is not generally known that every
banknote bears a private water-mark,
which is constantly being changed In
a way known only to the head officials,
and which is discernlble through a
microscope only. And 1t says much
for the vigilance and skill for the
Bank Of England cashiers that, al
though they pay on an average 1885,
in exchange for notes every day, they
have never yet paid a forged note.
note is by dampening a corner with
the tongue. II genuine the water
mark appears very distinct; in coun-
terfeit notes 1t almost disappears. on
a genuine "fiver" there is small white
dot on the right side of the old Eng
lish II" in the word Five" The tail
of the letter e. in the sentence For
the Governor and Company" is also
left in an incomplete state.
Ink Carefully Guarded
The ink with which bank notes are
printed is made Of charred husks and
stems of Rhenish vines, and the rec
ipe, like the manufacture of the pa
per, is a carefully guarded secret.
Each bank note costs about a half
penny to produce, and on an average
is in circulation about seventy days.
After being paid the notes are stored
by the bank for five years, at the end
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
QUEER sHNI-ARrD LANDS

The greatest obstacles to American
railway traflc, az a consequence Of
floods, are found in Southern Califor.
MIA and Southern Nevada, sections OF
the country designated as semi-arid.
That is a singular but unquestionable
fact. Two of the transcontinental lines
leading to Los Angeles have within the
last six months had the most strenuous
fights with flood waters ever known
in the history Of American railroad
ing.
The Salt Lake railway, after a sus-
pension Of operation for many weeks,
began the movement last Friday of
miles OF held-up trains. on both sides
of series Of washouts involving eighty
miles of trackage, hundreds of heavily
laden freight cars awaited the tedious
and diflcult work Of repairing bridges
and roadbed. A large part of that
freight consisted Of merchandise from
the east that was urgently needed in
this city, together with much fruit and
other products en- route from this Sec
tion to eastern markets.
An example of the annoyance and
loss incident to the long suspension Of
traffic on the Salt Lake line was
brought home to all readers of The
Herald last Sunday. The colored comic
supplement, which is so greatly en-
joyed by the youngsters and as we'll by
children of a larger growth was
missing because of the great washout
in southern Nevada. That feature Of
The Sunday Herald is printed in the
east and advance supplies for several
issues were caught at the railway
breach. The resumption Of traffic has
brought The Herald's comic sheet to
Los Angeles, and they are now ready
for next Sundays distribution.
Quite as long and even a more diff
cult task of fighting flood water and
repairing resultant damage fell to the
lot of the Southern Pacific company at
Salton lake. That repair work is said
to have cost, approximately, $4,000, 900.
The cost of repairing the Salt Lake
line also must have been immense.
Add to the repair cost of both lines
the loss of business caused by the sus-
pension of operation, together with the
loss incurred by shippers, and the ag-
gregate must be enormous. These
losses, of course, are aside from the
costly dood damages inflicted on the
Santa Fe railway and the northern
lines of the Southern Pacific in the
southern section of California.
And all this in what is commonly
called a semi-arid land. That there is
enough rainfall in this section. how
ever, and at times and places a great
deal too much, can be vouched for by
shippers and railway managers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17


When a stranger places his name on
the hotel register it behooves the clerk
to show him every Difference, just as
much as if he were a known celebrity
No matter what town the guest puts
down after his name, the clerk, If he
is wise. will bear in mind that the
stranger may at any moment get con-
troll of some delegation and become
prominent while others sleep.
'I'll never forget the first time ]
met William Jennings Bryan" said
Cashier Field at the Euclid yesterday
pondering over this thought. Possibly
Bryan would not remember me, as ]
didn't have my mustache then, but j
remember that he came to the Planters
In st. Louis-I was clerk at that hotel
then-at the time OF the Republican
convention that nominated Mckinley In
SO. / didn't know him from a load OF
wood, and he didn't know me any bet
ter. The place was chock full of peo-
pie, guests sleeping seven and eight ln
a room. Well, this fellow who regis
tered as w. j. Bryan didn't look extra
good to me, and l told him he would
have to pay in advance. OF course
they all had to, the way things were
then. gave him a $3.50 room, and he
occupied 1t along with seven Repub.
licans.
1T was only two months after thai
when Bryan came to the Planters
again, but this time there was a Wei.
come over the door in electric lights
In his honor. Plain Dealer
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
THE MAN WHO DID

Mrs. Susan Young Gates, the daugh-
ter OF Brigham Young, is a trustee OF
the Salt Lake university and a lecturer
OF note.
Woman must work for her own ad-
vancement," she said in a recent ad-
dress in Salt Lake City, "but she must
not selfishly neglect her other duties
for this work.
lis there a man present. a female
lecturer once shrieked, who has ever
helped in the slightest degree to
tighten his wife's burden? Is there a
man here that has even got up at
o'clock. leaving his tired wife to sleep
on undisturbed, and, dressing, quietly
gone downstairs, raked up the Are.
cooked breakfast, washed and dressed
the children, secured the pots and
pans. swept the kitchen. scraped the
dishes and done all this II necessary
day after day without complaint?' The
lecturer looked her audience over with
disdain- II there Is such a man here,
she said, let him rise. Let the man
rise, that all may see and praise him.
Then a mild little man In a back
seat rose timidly. He was the lecturer 5
husband. KANSAS City Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

of which time they are destroyed by
burning In a large furnace. Eighteen
millions Of money thus disappear in the
course Of every year.
Once a note Is returned to the bank
IL Is never reissued, and, after being
Cancelled by having the signature of the
chief cashier torn of. is placed in what
is known as the Bank Note library for
purposes of reference. There are no
fewer than 100 clerks in this depart
ment, and so perfect Is their system Of
filing that any one of the 77,745,0 900
notes which form the usual stock on
hand can be reached in five minutes.
Enormous Circulation
Altogether the Bank Of England has
some $4,000, 900 worth Of notes in cir
culation, and issues between $4,000 and
$1,000 notes of various denominations
each day. There are seventy or eighty
kinds of Bank OF England notes of diff
ferent values. Every year about 5000
Of the notes issued are lost or de-
stroyed by the owners. At any rate,
they are never returned to the bank,
and represent a clear profit. While
il Is true, however, that II a note never
comes back, the bank profits to that
amount 1t never can tell when these
so-called missing notes may be pre-
sented.
Some people possess a weakness for
boarding bank notes, and the result has
been that frequently the bank Is called
upon to cash dirty. crumpled notes
which were issued years ago. Ernest
Codrington. inspector of bank notes at
the Bank of England has in his pos
session a e5 note which was out for
Ill years-a record which has yet to
be beaten.
A note for one penny was issued by
the Bank of England in 1928. This got
into circulation, and for many years
was a source of annoyance to the cash
iers in making up their accounts. About
twenty years ago the holder of the note
brought 1t back to the bank, and, so
the story goes, held out and obtained
$25 for It.
A note for 100000 (s5,OOO. .OOo) ster-
ling, the only one ever issued, is also
in possession OF the bank authorities.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
MINeo SAUNDERS

Mingo Saunders at fifty is lust a
negro out of job, with dishonorable
discharge against his name on the
military records of the United States.
Six weeks ago he was first sergeant of
Company B, Twenty-flfth Infantry.
He had served twenty-six years-half
his life-as regular under the Amer
lean flag. His different discharges
bore the official remarks: Faithful
service" reliable soldier" good
man." character excellent" Now his
service stripes have been taken from
him. He cannot re-enlist. Mingo
Saunders was on the firing line all
through the Santiago campaign in
CUBA as a non-commissioned officer.
On June 25, 1898, a volunteer officer
named Theodore Roosevelt came to
Mingo Saunders not far from Siboney
and begged for some hard tack for his
men. The Rough Riders were glad to
get the negro's rations
Mingo Saunders, as first sergeant, led
Company b. Twenty-flfth infantry, on
January 5, 1900, in the attack upon
Camansi, the Filipino stronghold on
Arayat hill, in North Luzon. In the
report on this action Camansi is de-
scribed as "a Veritable Gibraltar in It.
self, sort of second Lookout noun
tain" Mingo Saunders was In at the
finish after scaling the mountain in
the face of deadly fire. The Filipinos
1000 strong were routed and five
wounded American prisoners rescued
Mingo Saunders, after fighting all
through the Cuban and Philippine
campaigns, never rose above a non.
commissioned officer, but he had moth
ing but credit marks to his account
He was at Brownsville, Tex, last Aug
ust at the time OF the midnight riot
Within ten minutes after he first heard
shots fired he had his men lined up for
roll call. He accounted for all OF them
except four, who were known to be on
special detail He did his full duty In
every way.
There are no charges against Mingc
| Saunders as sergeant or private, vel
Theodore Roosevelt holds him up as a
disgrace TO the United States army
New York World.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
THE MAYORS VETO

The Herald gathers from the argu-
ments contained in the mayors veto
Of the ordinance establishing a whole
sale liquor zone that the chief exec
utive deems that method of correcting
an error the speediest and surest. In
other words, rather than approve the
ordinance as 1t came from the council
and then trust to luck to have the
council pass an amendment giving the
twenty-five wholesalers outside the
proposed zone a period of six months
time in which to get inside he prefers
to wipe out the proposition entirely,
so that the council may begin again
and enact law that WILL on its face,
provide time in which the outside
wholesalers may arrange for removal
or suspension.
And all fair-minded men must agree
that the mayor is right.
Mayor Harper and The Herald are
agreed upon the points that a whole
sale liquor zone must be established:
that such zone should be coextensive
with that of the retail liuuor zone:
and that there should be no extension
of the number of licenses to whole
salers beyond the number allowed to
retailers. The mayor has already Of
f1cially expressed himself affirmatively
on these propositions. All he insists
upon now is that the twenty-five
wholesalers outside the zone be given
time in which to save their business
and thus conserve their property
rights.
When this shall be done The Herald
understands that the mayor will ap-
prove Of the ordinance. And that's all
that anybody should demand of him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
PI LINES AND PICK UPS

MOTHER GOOSE TO DATE
E. H. Hartman
Sat in a corner
Eating railroad pie;
He stuck in his thumb
And what do you think,
He pulled out the Oregon Short Line"
'Result OF brain storm
Milwaukee Sentinel.
E. H. Hartman sat on a well
E. Il. Hartman had a hard fall
Not all the kings horses nor all the
kings men
Can put him back there in quite as good
shape as he was before.'
'Case Of exaggerated ego.
Chicago Tribune.
A diller, a dollar,
A stock exchange scholar
Past master of the game;
Once your name was Hartman,
But now it's Mud" "Dolt," or some
thing else equally opprobrious.'
I'VE choose the "adolescent" defense.
New York Evening Mail.
Bye baby, Bunting,
HarTiman's Hunting
To get another railroad skin,
To take the poor freight shipper in.s
I'VE had mental illumination when we
wrote that, but our experts will testify
that we are sane now.
Detroit Free Press,
Sing song of dollars, bag full of rocks,
-Four and twenty easy ones put 'em into
stocks;
When the stocks went skyward, all
wanted in;
Then the bottom fell kerplunk, wasn't II
a sin!
The president was in his office, reck' ming
up the dough;
The directors sat in meeting, guessing
how 'twould go;
Shareholders were all puzzled over where
to begin
Along came E. H. Hartman and scooped
in all their tin!'
w. H. c.
'Plain case of dementia Americana
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
ANOTHER IOWA IDEA

Iowa is giving Kansas close race
for pre-eminence in the line of evolving
unique ideas. The latest Iowa novelty
is reported from the capital of the state.
1t is an organization founded there
which has for its object the prolonga-
ton of life and which proposes to fine
every member who becomes sick"
That is a startling proposition, as
viewed at first thought, although the
idea will bear consideration. But a
penalty for being i'll is essentially SINH
lar to law in New York, and perhaps
in some other states, which makes an
attempt at suicide punishable by impris-
onment.
Whether the Des Moines idea is a seri-
Gus or only humorous output Is not
of material Importance. 1t suggests a
line of thought, however, that might
be pondered with profit in every Ameri-
can community.
The plan of the Des Moines associa-
ton imposes fine of from 81 to $40
upon ANY member who is reported
sick from any disease and so remains
sick and is confined to his bed for con-
tinuous period of three days" A repe-
tition of the dereliction calls for sus-
pension and a third offense for expul-
sion.
If sickness were rated as a penal Of
fense what would become of the doc
tors?
Fear of fine or imprisonment would
not destroy the medical profession, Of
course, but it would reduce the bust
ness Of the average physician to what
he would regard as appalling propor-
tions.
Every honest physician will admit
that a large proportion of his profess
sional calls" are unnecessary. Many
of the ailments which the doctor is ex-
pected to treat are imaginary, and an
other large class of them are so trivial
that they need no treatment.
If your honest physician happens to
be in confidential mood he will tell you,
probably, that in a large majority of
cases the patients need nothing but time
for nature to right some wrong in the
way of an infraction of natures laws.
Indiscretion or overindulgence is
apt to bring a reprimand from nature
in the form of sickness. Then comes
the demand for physic, when the re-
quirement really is rest and reliance
on natural recuperation.
A modification of the Des Moines idea
might be adopted with great benefit in
every American home. Instead of n
tangible penalty for sickness an imag-
mary one might be imposed, sufficient
to prevent surrender to a claim of
sickness on trivial provocation. followed
by hurried call for the physician.
A short cut to adoption of that new
Iowa idea might be taken by each in-
dividual resolving himself into an asso-
citation of one and providing for a fine
imposed upon himself for succumbine
to the scare OF illness.
A universal following of that plan In
the United States would cut down the
cases of illness to a fraction of the
present exhibit and would also close
half the drug stores in the land and put
half the doctors out of commission.
The Des Moines idea would average
up all right.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Make Denver great as we'll as beau
tiful-Rocky Mountain News.
Make Chicago beautiful as well as
great.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Make them both decent.-New York
Evening Post.
That's right, fellows! Just pattern
after Observation-Disclosures News.
Then come over to Milwaukee and
learn something.-Milwauke Sentinel.
But in the last analysis, stand and
marvel at Los Angeles, the model of
'em all. which all emulate but none
dare hope to equal
Pittsburg is now the sixth city in
size in the United States-which helps
to justify its primal rank in immor-
ality.
The straws in the millinery windows
now show which way. the money goes.
A Missouri man dropped dead when
his wife asked him for money. Women
who value their husbands should take
due warning.
BLAME
Orange-You mustn't blame me for
my ancestors.
Lemon-No, I blame them for you.
Better rush the growler than be
rushed by one of the canine variety.
Marie Corelli declares she 'Is i'm
PEELED to write by power she can't
resist" The old devil Is a stern task
master, that's true.
A Baltimore doctor says man might
live 100 years if he went hatless. But
what would he talk through?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

DOC" Houghton need take no UNI
bragg that he is personifed on the
stage OF local theater this week. He
should remember how fond he is OF
getting into the limelight and how long
he has been absent from the glare. and
thank the actor for resuscitating him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

In order to divert attention from it's
own shame San Francisco is busy lay
ing its graft on to Los Angeles men.
How silly; everyone knows who's
guilty. and his, name is Abe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

1t is TO be hoped that some one repre-
sentins the snooze is touring owens
river valley with the mayors party,
and that he will have the nerve to
print the truth when he returns. The
snooze needs a little truth In this re-
spect
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

II Fairbanks could spare Taft about
a foot OF his surplus height and ac-
qulre from Taft few rods of the lat
ter's extra rotundity the presidential
race would be lots more even.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

A binding blizzard is raging in Kan
sas, and probably the wheat crop is
ruined along with the fruit crop. VIII
California now have to supply the
wheat also?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

The region in Mexico where the earth
quake occurred is south Of Iowa. The
Hawkeyes better be alarmed for their
safety
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

That actor who dragged DOC"
Houghton from his obscurlty and re-
vived his memory by putting him in
a play-what penalty is severe enough
for his case?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Now that a date has been set for the
vote on the Owens river bonds and their
acceptance is cinch. why not get busy
paving a few streets?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

1t is too bad that Los Angeles must
wait till June to vote for Owens river
bonds, but unanimous it will be when
1t does vote
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Maybe the quake registered by that
Albany seismograph was caused by the
row between Governor Hughes and the
legislature.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Los Angeles will continue to witness
the deleetable spectacle of men mauling
one another into raw meat for the de-
light of the male populace.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Denver's gold coins are shy of weight.
Maybe they have passed through so
many Of the Denver grafters' hands
that they were badly rubbed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

If Fiddler Schmitz be politically dead,
as the San Francisco Chronicle asserts,
why not bury the corpse and stop the
awful stencil?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Thaw is to direct his own case next.
Probably thinks he couldn't do worse
than his attorneys do, and will save a
lot in counsel fees.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Probably no one of the mayors party
will suffer for a remedy in case Of
snake bite. All members have hip
rockets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

San Francisco seems to see much
easier a possible mote in Los Angeles
eye than 1t does the cords of beams in
its own. so far as grating is con-
cerned
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

With the mayor and most of the
council away Los Angeles will now
give an exhibition of how we'll she can
govern herself and of how useless the
average council is, anyhow.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

But, Of course, as the mayors party
is going to inspect water supply it
is appropriate that it travel on a water
wagon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

Los Angeles will vote for Owens river
bonds in June. the yawps Of the Snooze
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

If that Foraker boom can no longer
be found why not send Raffles to look
for it?