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The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
FOREST FIRES.

Every State like ours which has
heavily wooded areas has sustained
time and again very serious losses
from fires, mainly Of the avoidable
class. Laws for the protection of this
Invaluable form of property are never
rigorous, and often SO moderate as to
be inadequate for the object of the
same, while in all cases the detection
of the culprit is more or less difficult.
Little can be done as rule beyond ap-
pealing to the reason and honor of the
hunter or fisherman and enjoining up
on MN care OF any fires that he may
build. Where railroads are held re-
spollsi bic for the damage they are being
brought more readily to account. All
hies SO caused are purely accidental,
but the new law of Pennsylvania bear
lhg upon tie matter holds the roads re-
sponslDle Tor fires within twenty feet
of Their tracks. Some have adopted
The precaution of covering wooden
bridges with sheet iron, an effective
protection for those structures against
Goals dropped from the ireboxes.
III that State man who was recent
~ convicted Of setting forest fires was
sentenced to six months imprisonment,
a punishment scarcely commensurate
with the seriousness of the offense.
lncendlarlsm among buildings is bad
enough, but the preparation of the
crime OF setting woods afire is worse,
Tor there is no forecasting where it viii !.
end when once started. The punish
ment consequently should be so severe
as to be an example to others.-Port-
land Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
DUPING THE INNOCENT.

Golfers Weekly has long been pain
fully conscious of the cruelty practised
upon guileless persons, chiefly wage
earners and others unaccustomed to
business, by sWindlers and thieves who
operate wildcat" mining companies,
and other fake investment schemes.
1t has tried diligently to think of some
means OF enlightening the public about
these sWindles. AS one means to that
end, it asked Elliott Flower of Chicago
to study few of the "investment'
companies which advertise in the Chi
cago Sunday papers, and which have
offices in Chicago. MrFlower conscien-
tiously put himself in the position of a
purchaser of stock. He went to the
officers of several of these companies
and talked to the promoters. He bought
the stock, and then, to test its value,
he tried to borrow money on the stock
from various Chicago banks. Failing
there, he further tried to test its value
by asking the companies which had
sold it to him to buy it back. Finally,
he investigated some of the men who
were given as reference by these COM
panies. His experience constitutes a
most Illuminating narrative of the
way the innocent are being duped.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
other fertilizing material as l could
with hard work without paving out

other fertilizing material as l could
with hard work without paying out
money, and the last by growing pOta-
toes on commercial fertilizer and using
what barn dressing 1 had on those por-
tions of the farm which were not
adapted to the growing of potatoes. By
this method it does not make any diff
ference how large a farm a man has,
nor how badly run out it is, he can, ina
few short years, have it producing i'm
mense crops of hay, and then if he
wishes to drop the growing of potatoes
he has his farm where he can keep the
maximum amount of stock in many
years less time than it could be done in
any other manner. Let any man who
has several acres of well drained soil
which are producing but few hundred
pounds of hay per acre pillow as many
acres as he may wish and plant to pO-
tatoes, using one ton Of high grade fer
tiliZer per acre, one-half in the drill at
time of planting and the other broad
cast or along the rows a few weeks
later; give these potatoes clean, thor
ough culture, blowing the land in the
fall again after digging the potatoes,
and sowing to oats and seeding to grass
as early the next spring as it is posi-
bic to work the ground, and not only
will he get crop of oats of from 30 to
so bushels per acre, according to the
season, but he will get the year follow
ing very heavy crop of hay. which on
my land often runs as high as three or
more tons per acre. Now, after taking
off this first crop of hay, if he has any
which he can spare, give the field top
dressing of barn manure, but do not
apply any barn manure to the ground
previous to sowing the oats for there is
plenty of fertilizer left in the soil from
the ton used for the potato crop to
grow the oats and they will stand up
and fill out much better. Barn manure
will grow a rank growth of oat straw
which is almost sure to lodge badly,
killing out the young grass plants, re-
sulting in much smaller crop of grain,
and also Of hay following.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
SCOUT CRUISER CHESTER.
New Type of Vessel Launched at Bath

BATH, June 26. The scout cruiser
Chester, which was launched here to-
day. is one of three vessels of this type
authorized by tie Act Of Congress of
April17, 1904, and was awarded to the
Bath Iron Works at Il contract price OF
81 $685. 900 with contract time of delivery
set at May 4, 1905. Her sister ships are
the Salem and the Birmingham, both
building at Quincy, Mass.
These three vessels are to make a
contract speed Of "A knots an hour
which is faster than any other vessels
now in the navy, with the exception of
the torpedo boats and destroyers.
The principal dimensions of the Ches-
ter are as follows: Length over all,
423 feet and inches; BREADTH As feet
5 inches; draft, fully loaded, 10 feet
1 IL inches; depth amidships, moulded,
SO feet S inches; displacement, fully
loaded, 4,s4O tons; displacement on
trial, $3.50 tons; trial draft, 16 feet IL
inches; total coal capacity 1850 tons;
contract speed "a knots; indicated horse
power, main turbines, 10000.
The battery is to consist of two 5-inch
guns and six 4-inch guns, also two 81
inch submerged torpedo tubes. Maya
zines have been arranged with the
necessary ammunition hoists driven by
electric motors to deliver ammunition
to the guns in the proper order and at
the proper speed.
The machinery consists of six tur-
bines driving four independent shafts,
each fitted with one propeller. The
turbines consist of one high pressure
cruising turbine, one intermediate pres
sure cruising turbine, two main high
praccura Turbines and two main lnxU
pressure turbines. The turbines are
installed in two separate watertight
compartments and so arranged that
should one compartment become in
jured or flooded, the ship could still be
manouvered. Steam is to be furnished
by twelve water tube boilers having a
total crate surface of 500 square feet
and 81, O4O square feet of heating sur
face and are designed for a working
pressure of $50 pounds. She will also
carry four smoke pipes, Is feet in height
and will have two steel masts with
wooden tops for wireless telegraphy.
The arrangement of quarters pro-
vides for commanding officer; - ward
room officers; warrant officers and
$40 men. There is large work shop
fully equipped for all ordinary acct
dents. The craft will be steered by
steam and will carry two stockless
anchors to stow in the hawser pipes
and also a navy type anchor on the bill
board. About 600 incandescent cleo
trio lamps will light the vessel, besides
% arc lamps anG two so inch search
lights. Current will be provided by 80
kilo watt steam driven generating sets
of 1875 volts pressure at the terminals.
She will carry ten boats.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
CIVIC BEAUTY AS AN ASSET.

A writer in the Boston Transcript
asserts that no recent idea has spread
more widely among American commun-
tiles than the movement for civic beau
ty. A review of the progress of this
movement for City Beautiful is inter-
esting. For instance, the Civic I'M
provement League of Salt Lake City
has formulated the city's needs as
follows:
l. Ten sanitary inspectors-tWo for
each precinct.
2. Cleaning of streets and sidewalks.
3. Care of back yards.
4. The institution of lawns.
5. The removal of billboards.
6. The repair of grounds and fences.
public and private.
7. Setting out of grounds around
churches and schools.
s. The distribution of seeds to chill
dren-
8. The elimination of nuisanceS.
10. Clearing away of unsightly ad-
vertising displays.
| This summing of needs shows prac-
tlcal grasp of the situation and the idea
might well be followed and developed
by every city in the country. AT Wat
ertoWn, n. Y, similar organization is
already at work along these lines. In
Chicago the West End Improvement
association has one thousand members
pledged to interest the twenty thousand
inhabitants of the district in improving
the attractiveness of their surround
lngs. The movement in st. Louis is
supported by an organization of four
thousand members, while several cities
i'll Minnesota are conducting cam
paign for civic reconstruction and i'm
/ provement. In the South noteworthy
work is being done in Columbia, S. c.,
in Nashville, Tenn, i'll Montgomery,
Ala, and in New Orleans. In Los
Angeles, Cal, and in st. Joseph, Mo-,
the work has taken he form of activity
in beautifying and utilizing vacant lots
/ and the result has added largely to the
attractiveness of these cities. Incl
dentally it is noted that the develop
ment of the City Beautiful idea has
steadily progressed from the creation
of home gardens to the extension of
park districts in the centers of popula-
| ton. More and more are the people
coming to understand that civic beauty
is material possession and a valuable
asset.-Biddeford Journal.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

OUR CLUBBING OFFERS. Owing to the
crowded condition of our columns we have
had to discontinue the advertisements of
clubbing offers, and will present them
briefly here. They apply only to subscrip-
tons paid in advance and when payment is
made it should be stated what premium, if
any, is desired. 1t is also necessary to say
that none of these publications are mailed
with The Journal or from this office. We
have to pay for these publications one year
in advance, and they are then sent from
their respective offices to our subscribers.
Our clubbing offers are as follows for one
years subscription paid in advance:
The journal and Farm 4 Home. S., 100
The journal and Tribune Farmer.... 225
The Journal and McCalPs Magazine. 21O
The journal and New Idea Magazine. 21O
The journal and TI- Weekly Tribune. $50
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
RESTORING FERTILITY TO WORN OF
SOILS.
BY E. A. Rogers, Brunswick.

To most New England farmers the
matter Of fertilization is of supreme
Importance. Itwould be interesting to
know how many thousands of Maine
farmers have worked nearly all their
lives in an effort to build up the fer
tility of a run-out farm by keeping
stock alone. This method is at best
slow and discoQraging one, and while
we probably never will get anything
that will quite take the place of barn
manure we have no longer got to de-
pend upon it alone to build up the run
out farms of our State. There are
thousands of farmers who have many
more acres than they can possibly
fertiliZe with the amount Of barn dress
ing which they can make or obtain, and
many acres are moved over year after
year for paltry five to eight hundred
pounds of second grade hay, when they
should be producing at least two tons
each. l have in the last dozen years
built up the fertility on two run-out !
farms, the first by never selling any
hay and keeping all the stock l could
carry on the farm, and getting such
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
A BELFAST POULTRY FARM.

VIM. M. Randall of Belfast, who
spends most of his time on the road for
a Portland house, will have one of
the largest hen farms in the county
| when his plans are completed. His
farm is on what is known as the Holmes
place on the back road to Searsport
about two and one-half miles from
the city. His main chicken house is
100 feet long by 10 feet wide and is
divided into 80 pens containing 1000
chickens in ALL He has two breeds,
Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth
Rocks. The yard with this pen is
100 feet long and so feet wide.
Enclosed in the yard is large spring
of water, where the chickens may
drink, saving the time of watering
them. 1t is interesting to go through
this house and see the little fellows
all together, and not mother hen to
to be seen for they are incubator chick
ems.
MI. Randell has feed stable near
ly completed with an incubator cellar.
On this building he is placing a wind
mill, with a tank capacity of 1000
gallons of water. He is also breaking
ground for another hen house, 22O feet
long by 20 feet wide. He has planted
five acres of oats and at present has 500
trees set out around the farm.
Mr.. Randall has twelve acres of land
and seems to think there is money
to be made in the hen business. He is
certainly going to give the business a
good trial.-Bangor Commercial.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

At a Probate Court held at Belfast, within and for
the County of Waldo, on the IL tn day of June,
A. D. 1907.
FRANCES L. HAZELTlNE, named as trustee in
L the last will of Charles B. Hazeltine, late of
Belfast, in said County of Waldo, deceased, hav-
ing presented petition praying that said ap-
pointment may be confirmed.
ordered, That the said petitioner give notice
to all persons interested by causing copy of this
the Republican Journal, newspaper publish
ed at Belfast, that they may appear at a
Probate Court, to be held at Belfast, with
in and for said county, the 9th day
of July, A. D. 1907, at ten of the clock
before noon, and show cause, If any they have,
why the prayer of said petitioner should not be
granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON. Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. p. HAzELTINE, Register.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

I'll stop your pain free. To show you
frst-belore you spend a penny-what my
Pink Pain Tablets can do, l will mail you
free, Trial Package of thenl-Dr. Shops
Headache Tablets. Neuralgia, Headache,
Toothache. Period pains, etc., are due alone
to blood congestion. DR.. Shops Headache
Tablets simply kill pain by coaxing away
the unnatural blood pressure. That is all.
Address Dr.. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Sold by
j. H. Montgomery. Searsport, Ii Moody,
Belfast.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
THE FIRING ON SUMTER.

The news of the firing on Sumter
which reused the North into a mighty
passion-its like probably no future
generation will ever feel-reached West
Point some time between eight and
half past nine in the morning. For
when my section was dismissed at half
past nine the area was spotted with ca
diets talking anxiously about it. Who
the first one was to communicate the
news to me am not right sure of, but
it is my impression that it was either
Custer or Ebert of Iowa; but at any
rate l recall just where I was, in the
area almost in front but little beyond
the guard-house toward the 9Th Divis.
ion. 1t is only necessary to refer to the
New York papers of that morning to
feel the excitement that swept the
country.-Gen. Morris Schaff, in the
July Atlantic.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
CATARRH

To prove unquestionably. and beyond any doubt
that Catarrh of the nose and .hroat can be cured,
am furnishing patients through druggists. small
do this because am so certain, that Dr.. shoop's
Catarrh Cure will bring actual substantial help.
Nothing certainly, is so convincing as physical
article must possess true merit, else the test will
condemn, rather than advance 1t. DR.. Shoops
Catarrh Cure is snow white. healing antiseptic
at Soc. such soothing agents as oii Eucalyptus.
Thymol, Menthol. etc, are incorporated into Q
yelvety, cream like Petrolatum, imported by DR..
throat has extended to the stomach then NIB By ali
means also use internally Dr.. Shops Restorative.
Stomach distress, a lack of general strength.
boang g.. 6e fo n bad tass ETC.
For uncompicat4d catarrh only of the nose and
throat nothing else. however. need be used but
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

WALDO SS.-ln Court of Probate, held at Bel
w fast, on the 18th day of June, 1907 Phebe
]. G. Wade, Administrative on the estate of Felix
Wade, late of Lincolnville. in said County, de-
ceased, having presented her first and final ac-
count of administration of said estate for allow
ance.
Ordered, That notice thereof be given, three
weeks successfully, in The Republican Journal, q
newspaper published in Belfast, in said County,
that all persons interested may attend at Pro
bate Court to be held at Belfast, on the 9th day
of July next, and show cause, if any they
have why the said account should not be allowed
GEO. Il. JOHNSON, Judge.
true cOpy-Attest:
CHAs. p. HAzELTINE, Register.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
PROBATE NOTICES.

At Probate Court held at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo, on the 18th day of
June, A. d. 1907.
DARIUS X. DRAKE, administrator of the es
~ tate OF Reuben Hopkins, late of Frankfort,
in said County OF Waldo, deceased. having pre-
sented etition praying for license to sell at
public or private sale and convey certain real es-
tate of said deceased. described in said petition
Ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to
order to be published three weeks successfully in
The Republican Journal. a newspaper published
at Belfast, that they may appear at a Probate
County. on the 9th day of July, A. d. 1907,
at ten of the clock before noon, and show cause,
if any they have, why the prayer of said petition
er should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. P. HAZELTINE, Register,
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

The best paint will have the name of
on the label and it's all paint
same as practical painters use. Sold by
Belfast Paint & Paper Co.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

At a Probate Court held at Belfast within and
for the County of Waldo, on the second Tues
day of June, A. d. 1907
A certain instrument, pUrporting to he the last
Winterport, in said County of Waldo, deceased,
having been presented for probate.
Ordered, That notice be given to all persons
Interested by causing copy of this order to be
published three weeks successfully in The Repub.
lican journal, published at Belfast, that they
may appear at a Probate Court, to be held at
Belfast, within and for said County, on the second
tuesday OF July next, at ten of the clock be-
fore noon, and show cause, if any they have, why
the same should not be proved, approved and al
lowed.
GEO E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true ccpy. Attest;
CHAs. p. HAzELTINE, Register.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

At Probate Court held belfast, within and
Tor the County of Waldo, on the 18th day of
June, a. d. 1907.
T E. COOK, a creditor of Noah G. johnson late
y OF Burnham, in, said Cou ty of Waldo, de-
ceased, having presented Il petition pray ing that
TRAITOR of the estate of said dtceas d.
Ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to
all persons interested hy causing copy Of this
order tc be published three weeks successvely i'll
The Republican journal, a newspaper published
at Belfast. that they may appear at Probate
Court, to be held at belfast, within aud for said
County, on the 9th day of July, A. ID. 1907,
at ten of the clock before noon, and show cause
If any they have why the prayer of said petition.
er should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs p. HAZELTINE, Register.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
Cures all Coughs, and expeis Colds from
the system by GENTLY moving the bowels
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
A true copy. Attest:
CHAs. p. HAZELTINE, Register,

AT a Probate Court held at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo, on the 18th day of
June, A. D. 1907.
TRUE S. REAGAN, wdower of Lizzie P.
J. Reagan, late of Belfast, i'll said County of
Waldo. deceased having presented a petition
pra! ing for an allowance our of the personal es-
tate of said deceased
Ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to
all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks successfully in
The Republican Journal. a newspaper published
at Belfast, that they may appear at Probate
Court, to be held at Belfast, within and for said
County, on the 9th day of July, A. d. 1907,
if any they have, why the prayer Of said petition,
er should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAS. F. HAzELTINE, Register.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

At Probate Court held at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo, on the 18th day of
June, A. u. 10 Z.
MITTIE NJ REN NOLDS, widow of Wendell S.
vi Reynolds. late of Brooks. in said County of
Waldo, deceased, having presented petition
praying for an allowance out of the personal es.
tate of said deceased.
Ordered. That the said petitioner give notice
to all persons interested by causing copy of the
order to be published three weeks successfully in
at Belfast, that they may appear at a Probate
Court. to be held at Belfast, within and for said
County, ON the 9th day of July, a. d. 907
at ten of the clock before nOon and show cause
if any they have, why the prayer of said petition
er should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
A true copy. Attest:
CHAs. z. HAZELTINE, Register
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

At Probate Court held at Belfast, within ana for
the County of Waldo, on the 18th day of June,
A. d. 1907.
A LENA H. OXTON, widow of Charles b.
n Oxton, late of Montvlle in said County of
Waldo, deceased. having presented a petition
praying that she may be appointed administra
trix of the estate of said deceased.
ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to
all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks successfully
in The Republican Journal "a newspaper published
Court, to be held at Belfast, within and for said
County, on the 9th day of July, A. D. 1907,
if any they have, why the prayer of said petition,
er should not he granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
A true copy. Attest:
CHAs. P. HAZELTINE, Register
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04

At Probate Court held at Belfast, within and for
the County Of Waldo, on the 1th day of June,
A. D. 1907.
FREDERICK NJ. MCPHERSON, administrator of
L the estate of Eben NJ. West, late of Frank
fort, in said County of Walt o, deceased, having
preseh ted petition praying that the Judge of
Probate may determine who entitled to the
balance of said estate, now in his hands for dis
tribution, their respective shares therein, and
order the same distributed accordi ely.
ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to
all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks successfully in
The Republican Journal, newspaper published
Court to be held at Belfast, within and for said
County, on the 9th day of July, A. D. 1907,
at ten of the clock before noon, and show cause
if any they have, why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. P. HAzELTINE Register.
The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
HEU. Z. JUHNSON -lud,-
true copy. Attest: ''''ge,
CHAs. F. hAzELriNE Reps,o.

WALDO SS.-In Court of rebate. haI,,-.-,-~
" fast, on the 18th ay of June. 1907 5 St BEL
f. Dunton, licensed to sell certain real NSoDe
ThorL dixie in said County, deceastd la'e If
scented MS first and final account of said AL Pre-
ordered, That notice there, be giye,, .
weeks successfully, in The Rel ubcan jn,'.,,AlIs
new published in belfast, in saia agna
bate Court, to be held at Belfast, on the 9 Fio-
OF July next, and show cause, If an, ti.s, W Jay
why The said account should not he ,a'-
GEO. E. JOHNSON Jnfgg5'.
true copy. Attest: "Ee
CHAs +. HAZELrINt. P,,i.-.-