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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-07
Weber & HEwETT,
SOLE AGENTS
Committee HEARINGS.
AGRICULTURE.

The committee on agriculture will give
a public hearing in its room at the STATE
House in Augusta
MARCH Il. 1907 at o'clock.
On resolve in favor of the Waldo and
Pcnubscot Agricultural Society.
on resolve in favor Of the Maine In
sane hospital.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10

wise the crate will be set to one side by the inspectors when it gets to the platform.. thus necessitating culling and repacking. There must be just certain number in crate. The larger size. known as standards" pack A to the crate: the ponies" pack 54 melons to the crate.
 The icing of the cars is done al Phoenix. Another crew of men attend to this work. The cars must be thor oughly cooled before the cantaloupes are loaded, and then have to be re-iced between Mesa and Chicago. H. Woods, who has handled the Mesa melons since the industry was inaugurated here. has his own inspectors to see that everything is properly attended to and that the melons are started on their way under the most favorable conditions. on arrival in Chicago it is necessary to unpack and repack the melons. They are sorted there. those intended for sale in Boston. New York. or London. are separated from those intended for local or nearby consump- tion.
 The cantaloupe industry is one that is growing from year to year. In Colo rado. California antl Arizona it is as- suming its greatest importance. and of all .He melons the Mesa Cor Ari- zona) cantaloupes command the best
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
HAYRAcK AND SURPRISE.

A number of their friends gave Misses Malvina. Sarah and Grace and Messrs. James and Sam Wallace a surprise at their home east of town Monday night. The party gathered at the Methodist parsonage lawn at an early hour, where a hayrack had been prepared to carry them to the Wal lace home.
 Some of the family had retired when the surorisers arrived, but lost TO time in getting into fresh clothes and meeting the visitors with welcom- ing smiles. The evening was passed in playing games. music. and eating ice cream and cake which the party took with them. The day was Miss Sarah Wallace's birthday, and the fact that the Young ladies will soon leave for California, furnished excuse for the party.
 The guests present were: Misses Zoe and Ada Twa-. Hazel Mumford, Nellie Duncan. Pearl Amos. Gladys Robinson. Pansy Ellison. Nellie Trens, Anna Hall. Katie Schaefer, Lelan Well shons. Mildred Ames. Henrietta, IT, win. of Mesa: Misses Mary Mule and Ina McComus, of Tempe: Mrs. Rich: Messrs. Clayton Whitehead. Joel and Ernest Barton, Everett Wilbur. Ed Tway. Otis Norton. Irwin Thompson, ucD Drew. Veryn Dillon. Chas. Crouch. M. P. Holladay, Walter Lubken. Dan Carr. Vincent> Jones and MT. Swift.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
MESA
HANDLING cANrALoUPEs.

The cantaloupe platform at the r. and E. depot is about the busiest place in town these days. A visit there at any time from early morning until late at night will find a large crew of workers, unloading cantaloupes from wagons, inspecting the crates after they are on the platform, and loading the melons in express or refrigerated freight cars. Nine cars were sent out Monday night, though on account of the cars being late in getting here the men had to work until about 12 o'clock Another car was loaded and carried out at noon yesterday and the grow CTS intend to get out from ten to fif- teen cars last night if they could get the cars.
 In the cantaloupe fields every man, boy. Mexican or Indian that can be hired. is kept busy picking and crat- ing the melons. This is a particular job. There must be men in charge who know when the melon is netted just right and hence in prime condi- ton for packing. The melon must be neither too~ripe or too green. other
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
PERSONALS.

An Indian came in from the desert southwest of town without his wagon yesterday and reported that he had left t because of the heavy rain. He said the water stood four inches deep HEere he left his vehicle Consider able ralr also fell east of town.
 Mrs. Cora Bass. who has been In Mesa for the past two months visiting her sister. M-y. c. T.. Hutchison. left today for her home in Mayfield, Kan sas. MT. and Mrs. Hutchinson accom- panied her as far as Tempe.
 Mir. ard Mrs. Ben Peekerman and little daughter arrived yesterday in Mesa and aro registered at the AL hambra.
 P. B. Arnold of San Francisco. Thos Boyle. of Phoenix and Eddy McKeogh went to Roosevelt yesterday via Shat tuck and Desmond stage.
 Miss Nellie Lesueur, who has been laid up for few days from a sprained ankle. was able to return to work at the store again yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10

price on the eastern markets and are noted for their unrivaled flavor.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
A TROUBLESOME HEEL.

About two years ago. Joe Griffin ran .. nail in his right heel. while at work in the slaughterhouse. The injury healed over but left a hard lump. where the wound had been. It did not trouble him, however. until a day or two ago. Toe went to the dance the night of July 4th, and danced more than usual, and the exercise evidently had bad effect oa his heel. It be-
 came swollen and inflamed and he had ohave it. lanced yesterday While he was at it the doctor did a lit tie surgical work and then put eight stitches in the heel to hold it togeth- CT. Joe will walk around with the aid of crutch for few da~s.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
RETURNED TO MESA.

MT. and Mrs. Louis Cuber returned to Mesa Monday evening and officially set at rest the speculations as to the time of their marriage. The wedding ceremony which made Louis Cuber and Mrs. Florence Alohin man and wife-was performed at Phoenix on Saturday. July 6, 1907. The groom's b' st man was John Williams and the bridesmaid was Mrs. Anna Williams. The bride was dressed in a cream col Ored silk. and thc groom wore con vsrtional black. Probate Judge Phil lips officiated, and pocketed the fee.
 MT. and Mrs. Cuber will continue to make their home ir Mesa.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
OFF FOR THE COAST.

MT. and Mrs. Ben Harrison left last evening for Los Angeles. where they will stay for 2 month or six weeks and will then go to San Francisco and other northern points. returning to Mesa abo-t Sept 10th.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
SEED PEAS.

C. ". Baldwin has put on the mar ket over 1.-OO pounds of seed peas, which 70 grew on lis place this year. They are of fine quality and will for ever set at rest the question whether or not this country is a favorable one for the cultivation of the pea.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10

Col Morse. who came down from Superior county to spend the Fourth with friends and relatives, says that stock is looking fine on the ranges in his section. There has been an abundance of feed. and cattle are all tat and happy. Mir. Morse has about 200 head on the range, but
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10

thinks some of selling out and trying two hundred head on the range. but farming.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-10

Phoenix Bakery's bread has never been surpassed-never quite equaled. Our expert bakers turn from the ovens daily a quantity of cream bread QOc a loaf) that for lightness. flakiness and even grain will delight the most crit teal.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-12-06

laws evils such as child labor as the
oYer-worklng of women. as the fail
ure to protect employees from loss Of
life or limb, can be effectively reached
any more than the evils of rebates and
ock-watcring can be reached without
good laws. TO fail TO stop these prac-
tees by legislation means to force
honest men into them. because other
wise I'll" dishonest who surely will
take advantage OF them will have
everything their own way. If the states
Will correct these evils. well and good.
but the nation must stand ready to aid
them.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-12-06

ize existing conditions check progress.
and Increase the cost and lcngthen the
time of completing the canal.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-12-06
Asks Increase in Pay
for Army officers md Men.

The president dcvotes much space to
the affairs or the army. and strongly
urges that our regular military organi-
zatiun be kept up to the highest possible
standard of efficiency. and says.
''Ihc medical corps should be much
greater than the needs of our regular
army in war. Yet at present it is small
than the needs of the service demand
even in peace. The Spanish war oc-
CURED less than ten years ago. The
chief loss we suffered in it was by dis
ease among the regiments which never
left the country. At the moment tho
nation seemed deeply impressed by tho
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
Hoke Smith. Lobbyist.

II is rather interesting 10 note the some
what fierce denunciation Of Gov. Hoke
Smith. Of Georgia. as a lobbyist It is
in effect. another example Of good word
gone wrong. There has been so much
lobbying at times in legislatures and in
Congress. In the interests Of special and
often bad measures, that we have quite
lost sight Of the fact that lobbying. if
conducted toward proper ends. Is alto
gether commendable.
The dictionary definition of the word Is:
Lobby: To frequent the lobby OF a
house OF legislature for the purpose of
addressing members with the object of in
fiuencing their vote"
Lobbyists. however, have so often
brought harmful influences to bear on
members Of legislatures that to call a
man a lobbyist In these days discredits
him at once. Indeed, into such disrepute
has the very word fallen that, If an i'm
pOrtant bill be up before Congress, II is
only necessary to produce evidence of a
lobby to kin the measure o'.t Of hand.
Gov. Holle Smith. It seems. was unques-
uoudply Sulity OF lObDylng- de Is one oi
those men who believe in keeping prom
ises made before election. He promised
a revised railroad commission, an in
come tax on the gross receipts Of rail
roads. and, curiously enough. he prom
ised law aimed at lobbyists and another
abolshing the pass system.
Unfortunately for him. the legislature
was not inclined to follow his lead His
friends made a good open fight on the
floor of the house, and they failed. Then
it was that the governor became a lob
byist, and on reconsideration Of his bill
lre-creating the railroad commission lie
snatched victory from defeat and re-
deemed this promise TO the people.
state senators bitterly denounced the
governor, but all their railing did not
wipe out the fact that he succeeded in a
/ just cause. He borrowed a weapon which
the. agents for special interests have long
put to an evil use, and he welded il for
good
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Question of Railway Regulation
VIII Have Place In II.

-r-- ta- tft- A-s.i+' tAt .taHtsl
Wnat seems wholly safe now in any at
tempt at forecast Of the platform is
that there win be a fOreIbIe declaration
of Democratic doctrine in regard to five
great issues. Three Of these are the re-
leted economic questions connected with
the tariff. the trusts, and the railroads.
Besides the expression Of party policy on
these questions. the insidious and persist
ent attempts 10 arrogate for the FEEDER
al government powers not granted in any
expressed authority in the Constitution
Of the United States will be earnestly con-
,.e----zf-ri =nd the election Of United States
Senators by popular vote will be demand
ed No sift Of prophecy is needed 20 out
line these five things as prominent planks
In the Democratic platform Indeed. as
issues now stand, they will constitute
the leading features Of Democratic dog
trine Tor the campaign of lS0S.
How Democracy Will phrase its decIara-
tiOns on these issues we have Yet 10 learn
and much depends upon the definition Of
the policies 10 which the platform will
commit the party. This is especially the
case just now with respect 70 the prob
!em of rsilway regulation. which IS prob
ably more completely uppermost in the
public mind at present than any other
question likely to be an issue in the Pres
idential campaign. Recent national and
State legislation, together with the very
emphatic declarations OF administrative
purpose which have come alike from
Washington and from many State capt.
als, combine to put the issue OF railroad
regulation TO the front And It is an is
sue upon which people are beginning 20
divide sharply, although the exact char
acteT Of the division between the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties yet remains
20 be determined and defined.
At present both parties are distinctly
committed 10 regulation, equally By leg
islative and executive action. But as yet
neither party has any clearly defined pol
Icy as 10 the ultimate development Of
regulation when additional legislation is
attempted, as it surely will be. in the
near future in both Congress and State
legislatures.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
CURB FINANCIAL HYSTERIA.
Administration Policy Not Likely TO
Make Matters Worse.

From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
The policy Of the administration has
heen in the main right and no doubt il
VIII be persisted In. That might as well
be accepted and calculations reconciled
with it, for there is no danger of radical
action which viii make matters worse
and bring about disaster. The state of
mind produced by the successive breaks
in stocks is largely morbid. II attributes
efforts TO the wrong causes and magni-
fes and distorts the perils Of the situa-
ton, but q state Of mind may in itself
be dangerous, and il has a tendency TO
spread and intensity. 1t is desirable
now to do everything possible to restore
equanimity, to judge of conditions
calmly and deal with them conserva-
lively. Instead Of producing "scares" or
increasing them there should be a gen
eral effort TO get over them and to pre-
vent them. A nervous and hysterical
condition needs TO be dealt with calmly
and firmly, but considerately. The banks
have a heavy responsibility and should
give support to confidence so far as nos
sible. The imitation is out Of most stock
values and the retribution for past er-
rors in the market has pretty well
wrought its effect. What is needed now
is to refrain while from agitation, and
get over this attack of nerves"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
The Negro and Emigration.

With a certain class of theorists who
seem TO think that some day the race
question IN the United States is bound 10
be acute, the most obvious remedy is the
deportation of all the negroes in this
country back to the continent whence they
came. There was. at one time, very de-
cided enthusiasm over the prospects Of
getting numbers of negroes TO emigrate
10 Liberia, but this was only a momen-
tary enthusiasm. and now it has been
seriously proposed by some extremists
to inaugurate a system Of assisted emf
grafton for the negro. such as that in
force in Ireland and England and other
European countries.
There is no doubt but that Liberia Of
fers fine opportunities to farmers Of small
capital who are willing to work hard.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

respecting the desirability Of a revision
of the tariff, taking practically the same
ground as 70 revision as that set forth in
the resolutions adopted not long ago by
the National Association OK Manufaetur-
ers. We regret. however, that he has
altered his former opinion favorable to an
immediate revision, and now thinks that
it would be wise. for reasons which are
familiar enough in Republican discussion
of the tariff TO postpone revision until
after the next Presidential election, He
warns his party that it would be unwise
and unsafe not to incorporate a tariff
revision plank in its next national plat
form. so that there can be no doubt that
Mr.. Taft Is in the Presidential canvass
as tariff-revision candidate. His whole
discussion OF this subject is pitched in a
moderate key. and there is nothing in it
that can be construed as in the least
alarming 10 the business community.
Cold comfort is given Wall street by
Mr.. Tafts assertion that the fall in the
price of stocks is not due to the Presi-
dents policies. but must be charged up
TO the violators Of law whose prosecution
is a threat to the stability OF the market
There is no hint anywhere in the speech
that the prosecution Of corporate wrong
doors is TO be given over, though assur-
ance is forthcoming that there is to be
no indiscriminate raid on corporations.
AS 20 that. however. We shall hear from
the President himself to-day.
All in al. Mr Tafrs temperate utter
ance may be taken TO mean that, as a
Presidential candidate. be stands for the
continuance of the Rooseveluan policies,
although he viii have a mind of his own
as to the details Of their application. and
IS not likely TO carry them as far as the
President would II Mr. Roosevelt had the
opportunity and the power.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
Tainted Money Again

Once more the question Of sO-called
tainted money is under discussion. This
time it is brought up by the Disciples Of
Christ, to whom Mr.. John D. Rookie
feller made a gift Of $4,000 for its for
eign missionary society The gift was
without conditions. and was accepted.
but now the Disciples are troubled when
it comes to receiving the actual cash.
one argument advanced against accept
ing the gift is based upon the pending
suits Of the government against the
Standard Oil Company Suppose there
should be decree compelling restitu-
ton Of illegal profits. How could restitu-
ton te made if any share of these Illegal
profits had been spent in missionary
work?
Really, it seems that discussions such
as these are Improbable. Who dare in
quire too closely, in this commercial age.
into the sources from which money
spring? If searchings Of conscience led
men into such inquiries. who could ac-
cept his weekly wage without doubts as
to their fitness to be handed over for the
support of wife and children? Money
itself is but the counters used in the
game of exchange. and whether it repre-
sent value received or not is an inquiry
more curious than profitable.
Money is the end of nothing; it Is the
means toward an end: it is a help 10
goodness or a power for evil. just as the
man who owns it cares to use. il. To the
man who possesses it honestly its past
history need not matter at all. If the
money has been tainted, it is now his
duty to see that, so far as he can help.
il shall be tainted no more.
Whatever We may think Of the proprie-
ty Of soliciting such gifts. the Disciples
Of Christ, in our opinion, should feel
perfectly free to use Mr.. Rockefeller's
cash as if it had just come fresh from
the mint Tainted or untainted. it Will
help to carry on a good work in minis
tering to the heather. The effort Of the
missionary viii be untainted. anyway.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

From the New York Tribune
The test of the 2-cent fare law in
Missouri is resulting in a great increase
of passenger traffic The receipts Of rail-
roads have risen S2.GOO a day in X nsas
City. Passenger traffic, as reported in
position. The railroads admit the gain.
but point out that the costs Of operation
have grown with il, and raise the ques-
ton whether the increase Is not tempo
rary. caused by a desire to take ad-
vantage Of the low fares. A much longer
test is needed to determine definitely the
permanent effects Of reduced rates on
traffic
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Their Necessity in This Country a
DebatabIe Proposition.


From the Boston Transcript.
The establishment Of postal savings
banks, Of which the Postmaster General
thinks he discerns a need. is a debatable
proposition. Perhaps he Is Influenced in
this matter to some extent by his Euro
pean experiences In Europe these banks
are general in the principal countries. In
fact. the only leading nations that have
not yet adopted them are the United
States and Germany. But the conditions
are so different abroad and here that we
can hardly reason from their Institutions
to our own. The adoption of postal say
ings banks in England was due to made
.quate facilities and Incompetent manage
ment of savings institutions. In 1860 more
than half of the 6SS savings banks were
open only one day in the week. and then
only for a few hours. In twenty towns
and fourteen counties, each with a pop
ulation Of over 10000. there were no pub
lie facilities whatever for the deposit of
savings. In France, in 1875, there were
$4,000 communes that had no savings ia
cilities, although the French are among
the most saving people in the world.
In other European countries this lack
has been even more acutely felt and the
postal savings banks We're instituted for
its relief. In Massachusetts alone there
are about $50 savings banks so distributed
as to be accessible tc most of her citizens
and open TO the public at all times during
business hours. This State is no doubt
proportionately better supplied than any
other, but everywhere in this country as
soon as a demand OF this kind develops it
Is met 1t is possible that in the still
sparsely settled and partially developed
sections the postal savings bank would
be temporary convenience, but even
those places are expected to soon grow
up to larger things.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

There dwelt a miller hale and bold.
Beside the River Dee.
'The mill will never grind again
With the drink that's passed. ouoth he
Maud Muller on a summers day,
Pulled out a plum, and said.
NO! CuTfew shall not ring tonight.
Because old Grimes is dead"-
Chicago Tribune
The boy stood on the burning deck,
Where oft he'd stood before,
And listened 10 the mate recite,
The Face Upon The Floor"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
Home view Of Georgin's Legislature.

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Taken as whole this legislature will
go down in history as the crankiest body
that ever met in a legislative assembly
this side OF the blue law makers of the
early days OF New England. The Kan
sas Pops have been put to shame. Of
course there were wise and well-balanced
men in both houses, but they were in
helpless minority. In the makeup Of the
dominant element there was a combina-
ton OF fanaticism, demagogy, railroad
fobia, and ignorance.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

None bat the brave deserve the fair
A saying old and true.
And yet I never thought conductors were
So very brave did you?
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

From the Baltimore American
Secretary Taft Is to visit Japan When
the little yellow men see this big and
handsome representative American they
will think twice before venturing to get
embroiled with nation of which he is a
sample.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
ARE YOU GOING AWAY?

Subscribers who leave the city
temporarily should have The
Washington Hersld mailed 70
them. Addresses viii be changed
as often as requested. You can
not keep fully informed about
affairs in Washington unless
your paper follows you.
Before leaving. mail or teie-
phone your address TO this Of
fee.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

Prom the Boston HeTald.
Both sides in the telegraphic fight pro-
fess' to be satisfied with the situation -
The only dissatisfied party. as usual in
such cases. is the public, which suffers
the Inconvenience and PAYS the freight !"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
UnirersnI FIinnnncr

Fr0m DE NOrf0Ik Landmark.
Attorney General Bonaparte's 'fiippancy'
consists In his statements that there is
no moral difference between a plundering
captain of industry and a chicken thief.
and that both ought to go to jail. Car
dinal Gibbons is similarly "1ippant," and
so are most of the rest of the people OF
the country Z
The Washington herald., 1907-08-20
The Face.

Vain as vain dust the evil done
By mortals under moon and sun;
For instantaneous as light
After the evil comes the blight.
And tho the thundersfalls unheard,
We cannot hope to hide the word.
For the great Judgment angels trace
Gods whispered fat on the face;
Unknown 10 as the Judgment Book
Is open for the world to look.
Edwin Markham, in the Nautilus