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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01
Special Nos,.u.


ELLSWORTH LOAN AND BUILDING
ASSOCIATION.
saARKHoLpnns' MEETINo.
fIsHE annual meeting Of the Ellsworth Loan
l. and Building Association will be held %
January 20. 1908. ~ 80 O'Clock y. m, at the
ONCE OF the Association In the First National
lowing purposes;
1, For the election Of board Of seven d..
rectors.
2. For the election OF an auditor.
8. To decide whetber the Association will
amend Section Of Article v OF the Bylaws
BY adding thereto the words: "The ofsice OF
Secretary and the Office Of Treasurer may be
held BY one and the same person"
I. For the Transaction OF any other BUSH
ness that may properly COME before said
meeting. u. W. TAPLsY.
Secretary.
Eilswor.h. Maine. December 81. 1907.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01

A COW moose was seen on Verona island
Sunday.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01

w. r. King, of Lamoine, claims the
county championship in pig-raising. He
slaughtered two spring pigs, one on Dec.
1, the other on Dec. 10, their combined
weight after dressing being 100 pounds.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01

Eugene Barnes, carrier on R. F. D. route
No. s from Bucksport, has one Of the best
records OF any r. F. d. carrier in the Pine
Tree State. For the past ten years he has
served the patrons along the route
between Bucksport and Stockton Springs,
and up to the present time has never
missed q single trip. What makes this
that Mr.. Barnes is Obliged to cross the
Penobscot river when he starts out on his
trip, which, at this point, is broad and at
certain seasons of the year is very danger
GUS to cross. Mr.. Barnes comes from
sterling old New England stock, his fore
fathers having been prominent in the
early history Of the country, both in war
and peace. His grandfather, Amos Barnes,
was q Revolutionary soldier who served
| under General Putnam and who was at
Valley Forge. His father, Richard E.
Barnes, also had military record, serving
in the war Of 1872. Mr.. Barnes uncle,
| Albert Barnes OF North Conway, N. H.,
postmaster at that place, has the proud
| distinction Of being the only surviving
Hill.-Kennebec Journal.
1t looked as il the Christmas tree and
sociable planned for Christmas night in
the Juniper corner schoolhouse, In Aurora
would be given up. Monday nights stage
had brought big box Of candy, nuts and
such things from Bangor. The box was
left in the woodshed, but in the night q
big black bear came down from the blue
berry barrens and found it. He smashed
the box, ate up most of the candy and
spoiled the rest, several porcupines
gathering up the crumbs. Guy P. Soule,
University of Maine student, is the
schoolmaster. He dismissed the school
for the day, Tuesday, and told the boys to
go home and get their guns. Taking his
own rifle, the schoolmaster and his young
hunters took up the trail. They followed
it for several hours and finally came to the
bears den half way up the side OF
Twynham's hill. How to get the bear to
come out was poser for q time until
.'Bub" Saunders got behind bush and
began initiating pig caught under gate.
The bear came out with a rush and made
for the bush, and the schoolmsster put a
bullet through bruins head. The bear
was hauled to Aurora, and inside of an
hour was sold to an Ellsworth man for
SIS. A. telephone message was sent to
Bangor to duplicate the candy order, with
several additions, just in time to catch
the stage, and the Christmas tree exercises
were held according to programme.-Le Leu
istoa Jour al.
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fuunn.

"A sum OF MONEY - Owner can have
a; 4 a same by proving property and paving
-. .-sers'.ang =. 2. =. MooRE's drug store
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01
'TICE TO sTOCKHOLDERs

VINHE annual meeting OF the stockholders Of
4 Union Trust Company, Of Ellsworth,
Will be held ct the once Of the company. in
Eiiswofth. ON Tuesday. January "A. isos, at
O'Clock In the afternoon. MYER GALLERr.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01
% lst.

$500. = >~->~~~~4~oNN@~.~.~N>
SiVhE-The Brick Store on Water street
~ Known as the Clark & Davis store An.
ply to A. W. CLARK. Ellsworth. Ap'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01
COUNTY GOSSIP.

Pussy willows are in blossom.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01

SPECIAL NOTIO8.
no mot treepass In Caniculocus Park.
IL demand protection 10 life and property
from the county Of Hancock. TIE 9tafe OF
Maine. and the United States Of America
Many @. FBEfz AUsTIs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY /, 1908.

Average for the year Of 1907,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01

THE penalty besides Maine laws for close
a time 10 from e2.ooO 20 e6.ooo or thirteen
s5.g@ o. fifteen months' imprisonment, in
each and every case OF trospass In Cuniculo.
ems park from this dats.
May O. Fasrz AUSTIN.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01

TIE QUALIFICATION or THE SUNDAY
STATUTE or TIE STATE or MAINE.
VNHERE Was hunting and shooting as usual
- on sunday In Cunicui0rs Park. Oct. 6,
iSol The State Of Maine must Indemnify me
thousand doilars) for nullihcation OF Sunday
"ciose time" law. like amount must be
Raid 20 me Tor each and every violation Of the
erAi government Of the United state Of Amer
lea MARY CArHAnfNn FaUfz AUSTIN.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

times as great as the entire state of
Delaware, with its 100000 people; six
times as great as Rhode Island, with its
population Of 100000; as large as New
Jersey, with its two million iuhabit-
ants; nearly as large as Massachusetts,
with its population Of three million; al
most as large as New Hampshire, with
its half a million people, and Vermont,
with its two million inhabitants.
Bannock county is taking promi-
nent position on tile firing line of this
great battle with the sage. A Carey
Act project designed to reclaim 10000
acres of fertile land has been launched
and the first opening will occur on the
18th OF September at Downey. Twenty
thousand acres of new land, producing
cereals and fruit in abundance, makes
for wonderful prosperity
No state in the union can equal Idaho
in point OF irrigation. No other state
has used up its Carey lands while Idaho
was compelled to ask congress for, and
receive, an additional allotment of two
million acres under the Carey Act.
Great, indeed, is Idaho Pocatello
Tribune.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11
Burbank Thornless Cactus.

q Fl. Fuller of Spokane, Wash, ar
rived in Caldwell the other day, having
come to Idaho for che purpose Of intro
ducing Burbank's famous thornless
cactus. He brought with him some fine
specimens of the plant, which contain
large green leaves without the sign Of a
thorn. This plant will grow in almost
any kind of soil without any water
whatever, and is considered fine feed for
cattle, sheep and hogs 1t is a plant
that is especially adapted to the arid
region and bids fair to become one Of
the leading products OF tho section. It
is claimed that it has three fourths
more nutritive power than alfalfa with
out the fruit, and with the fruit it is far
superior, as the fruit contains about
fourteen per cent sugar. The yield of
this plant the first season is claimed TO
be about seventy-fve tons per acre.
II a person win let his imagination
go out aud try to conceive the vast
amount of products that could be raised
on the desert lands in this section alone,
it would be almost too great a task
American Falls Press.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

I respectfully announce myself candi-
date for reelection to the office Of County
Superintendent of Schools, subject to the
action of the Democratic county ,conven-
ton MYRTLE HASTINGS SHEA.
Silver City, Idaho, August Z, 1908.
I hereby Announce myself candidate
for the office Of Sheriff Of Owyhee County,
Idaho, subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic county convention.
M. M. KRIEG.
Silver City, Idaho, July 81, 1908.
. I respectfully announce myself a candi-
date for reelection to the office of Probate
Judge Of Owyhee County, Idaho, subject
to the action Of the Democratic county
convention. FRANK S. HER.
Silver City, Idaho, July 81, 1908.
/ hereby respectfully announce myself
a candidate for the office of County Com
missioner of Owyhee County, Idaho, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic Coun-
ty convention.
ANGUS MCDONALD.
DeLamar, idaho, August 18th, 1908.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

Idaho's battle with the sagebrush is a
wonderful fight. Slowly but surely the
desert is being rolled up and in its
place is being spread carpet of waving
grain fields and shady orchards Three
million acres of Carey Act lands have
been reclaimed or are in process of re-
clamation. On top of this area a couple
of million acres under private canals,
and Uncle Sam has placed or is prepar-
ing to place water on an additional mil
lion thirsty acres. To understand what
this means it is necessary to reflect that
the area of reclaimed desert land in
Idaho-the acreage transformed or
about to be transformed into fertile
fields and farms-is greater than the
entire area of the state of Connecticut,
with its population of million; three
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11
BRYAN AND ROOSEVELT


When all is said that can be said in
opposition to Rryan, he stands for the
Roosevelt policies, as the people under
stand them, that have made the presi-
dent so popular among the people, says
the Portland Journal. Taft, it is said.
also stands for these Roosevelt policies.
but if SO he does not have and will not
have the support Of his party's leaders
and legislators in carrying them out.
Roosevelt himself could not carry out
his policies to any great extent, so it
cannot be expected that Taft can do SO.
Neither could Bryan, without far diff
ferent co gress, but Bryan would not
be handicapped by the need Of being
harmonious with the leaders in congress
for party's sake
1t is demonstrable that most of the
policies that have made Roosevelt so
strong among the people are those adj
vocated by Bryan during the past IL
years, and in most cases put by him or
on his motion into Democratic national
platforms. Hence why should not the
people favor Bryan more than they lave
done before? Ii they approve and APP
plaud Roosevelt because of these poll
cies, why should they not even more
approve and applaud Bryan, who has
been preaching them the last dozen
years or more? 1t seems to be the Bry-
anism of Roosevelt that the people like.
why then should they not like the Br,
an.sm Of Bryan a the better? Bryau's
CLOTHES" have fitted Roosevelt fairly
well, but they FL Bryan even better.
1t is these considerations that render
the result doubtful in the great middle
west. Not only must millions Of voters
perceive that the Roosevelt policies are
Bryans policies, but they cannot avoid
looking at he record of that last con
gress enough, it would seem, to over
throw any party that made it. More
over, it will be observed that most Of the
professed Roosevelt policies were scorn-
fully rejected by the Republican con
vention, and that Cannon lieutenant
was nominated to run with Taft.
The Washington Herald, very strong
Roosevelt newspaper, says:
lie would be rash prophet, indeed,
who would vent ire to predict that Will
liam Jennings Bryan would now reach
the White House. But this we do know.
He has grown in wisdom with the pass
ing of the years, he has grown in the
esteem OF his fellow men, the country
over, he is, next to Theodore Roosevelt,
the best known of all great Americans
today. and next, also, to Theodore
Roosevelt, stands most conspicuously
for those prog essive or radical policies
to the carrying forward of which a large
section of the country appear to be ir-
revocably committed. Therefore, by
no means one sided campaign is GER
tainly ahead of MS.
Radicalism has not run its course.
In Bryan the Democratic party has
candidate who is likely to poll 100000
more votes against Taft than Parker
polled against Roosevelt. Even then
he may fall short of election. But the
Republican party will have a fight on
its hands-a fight from start to finish,
and one that will tax its resources to
the very limit. That at any rate, is the
cool, candid judgment of this news
paper.-Boise Citizen.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
PROHIBITIONIST
The Farmers View

IA Farmer" in tire Springfield, H.,
Record
The distilleries and other liquor in
terests assert that they pay the farmer
about $30,0OO,OOO year for corn, but
the fact remains that whisky, as it's pri-
mary market, sells for only about thirty
cents a gallon, some times little higher,
some times a great deal lower Of this
thirty cents the farmer certainly doesn't
get more than half. Yet this same
whisky sells for an average of not less
than SIS gallon at retail. Of course, a
considerable part of this goes to Uncle
Sam, but you cannot get away from it
that out of every dollar that goes over
the bar not more than three cents gets
into the capacious NAV of the great
American farmer. l. for one, am fool
ish enough to think that the farmers
percentage from the booze is so small
that he wouldn't miss it very much if he
should lose it altogether More than
this, if the $4.S5 per gallon which the
farmer doesn't get, but which goes to
the government, the distiller, the jobber
and the saloonkeeper, were diverted
back to the people, pretty big percent
age of it would go to the farmer, with
the rest of people-certainly a larger
percentage than the miserable pittance
that he now receives.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
A View of the Isthmus

fThe REV. JOHN B. MURPHY, Baptist
Missionary, Quoted in the Watchman.
At present the Isthmus is sink of
moral iniquity, the grossest of social
evils are in evidence everywhere. At
Colon, which is owned by the Isthmian
Canal Commission, in the principal
streets nearly every other house is sa-
loon, gambling den and worse Chris
tians of America should unite in order
to bring pressure to bear upon the gov
eminent to exercise their influence in
the mitigation of these evils. The desc
Grafton of the Lords day is another
evil to be deeply deplored Baseball
prize fights, bull fights, dancing, picnics
and the lottery are the chief diversions
of the day that should be devoted to
rest and worship.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
March &c, 1908.

whom were formerly saloon advocates,
are against saloons from a business
standpoint, among them being numbered
two sx~mayors, newspaper, real estate,
groQerymen, politicians, lawyers, doc
tors, bankers, the sheriff, the city mar
shall, states attorney, city attorney and
aboring men.
Let me quote what some of them say
The following statement was secured in
few hours, around and near the
square, by Mr.. league, stranger; he
did not know one man from another,
he being a resident of Du Quoin, ILL.,,
and had come to ascertain for himself
the true condition here:
"We, the undersigned business
men of Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, think that
the best interests of the city are
served without saloons Our city is
in very prosperous condition, and
we are not likely to have saloons
again soon. We think the general
business of the city has increased
under no-license system.
Signed by sixty business men of
Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, Oct. 8, 1907"
AS an indication of how the wind
blows, both Of Our daily papers, one
Democratic and the other Republican,
are outspoken for no saloons, and have
made comment on our moral and pros
porous condition.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26

The great temperance movement
which has swept the South has been
without parallel in history. Now that
[ have lived to see the whisky shops and
open barrooms done away with, there
is no telling what other reforms may
take place anywhere. You little realize
how much it means to the colored
race.-Booker T. Washington
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
THE NATIONAL
To the Point

IsT TO one who has been a lifelong
Prohibitionist, and who has stood, and
still stands, for the Prohibition of the
liquor traffic with a Prohibition party
behind it, there seems to be much need
of educating the people as to the true
merits of the Prohibition party.
If a number of our speakers and
writer's would purchase and read the
book published several years ago by
E. ]. Wheeler while editor of the
Voice, PROHIBITION, THE PRINCIPLE,
THE Policy, THE PARTY their ideas
might be clarified upon the Prohibition
question.
10 illustrate my position, all honored
and esteemed citizen of one of our
western states, probable candidate be-
fore the Prohibition convention for the
nomination for President, is out in a
letter in the papers of his state enthu-
siastically indorsing local option in the
city where he resides, and states that
the Christian people of that city and
state "Have never had chance to vote
on the liquor question before"
Can anything be more preposterous
than such statement? The Christian
people of every state have had chance
to vote against the saloons at every
election, when Prohibitionist has been
nominated, for twenty years.
But Christian people have preferred
to vote for the saloons for the sake of
revenue, or tariff, or free silver, or free
trade, for many years. They have
clamored at every election, like the Jews
before Plate, that Barabbas might be
turned loose, though the practical re
suit of their votes has been the cruelty
ing of Christ and the destruction of i'm
mortal souls through the 1egalized sa-
LOOM When Adolphus Busch the mil
lionaire brewer of St. Louis, speaks i'll
support of local option it is time that
Prohibitionists stop building with the
devils untempered mortar. When Pro-
hibitionists give as much time and spend
as much money to build UP the Pro-
hibition party as they are giving and
spending for local option, the growth of
our party will be greatly accelerated
and the doom of the liquor traffic
fastened.
What good is an amendment to the
constitution of any state, prohibiting
the liquor traffic, so long as the officers
refuse to enforce the laws and wink
at the liquor traffic in the state?
Many of Our papers have been shout
ing "Hurrahw and Prohibitionists are
throwing their hats in the air because
of the recent acts of the legislatures of
Alabama and Georgia prohibiting the
legalized liquor traffic What good is
that to us as long as the same people
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
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Spread1the Truth Broad. Cast

OPA SsAu psAS AAutH DlVou-SoSI
In response to repeated urgent re-
quests The National Prohibitiomist
has prepared
THREE GREAT LEAFLETS
Being Compilations of Official Sta
tistics relative to the Liquor Traffic.
They are the strongest documents
that have been published in many
years for general distribution and
should be circulated by the hundreds
of thousands.
Bombard the Enemy 7vith Facts
Here is the ammunition:
Leaflet No. 101:
"PRoHIBITIoN SUSTAINED"
Study of Massachusetts Statistics that
show Prohibition Under Difficulties to Be
Superior to License at Its Best Reprinted
December 10, 1907. pages. Price, per
1000, $1,000; per 1oO $3.50; per dozen,
20c; each, &c.
Leahet No. 1o2:
Tin THE BALANCES"
A careful Study of Comparative Stats
tics, showing the Economic Weakness of
the Liquor Traffic, Using Census Returns
for Illinois as a Typical State. Reprinted
from THE NATIONAL PRoH1B1r1oNIsr of
February 20, 1908. pages. Price, per
1000, $1,000; per 100. $3.50; per dozen,
zoe; each, &c.
Leafet No. 1903:
1.-THE DRINK TIDE AT THE
FLOOD"
a study of the Enormous Liquor Con-
sumption and the APPALLING Liquor Bill of
the American People in 1907 Reprinted
from THE NATIONAL PRoH1BIT1oNIsr of
March 5, 1908. 16 pages. Price, per
1000, $500; per 1oo $500; per dozen,
soc; each, &c.
These leaflets are printed in con-
yeplent size to fit into business en-
velope.
HoaV Many of Each DO You Want?
Order at once from
THE NATIONAL PRoHIB1TIoN1sT,
81 Washington ST., Chicago.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26

This silver is reliable VIM. A Rogers
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10c each. Send us the 90. 40 and the
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The Pins are pew and very attrac.
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Plan to secure 26-piece set, or .
60-piece Dinner set without expense.
Write to as now. We will send
pins prepaid.
Roger Morris Co.,
'Depi. I0S Chicagos
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26

In response to repeated urgent re-
quests The National ProMbiiomist
has prepared
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-25
RALST0N MADE
It STRONG
<rOLD MAYOR THAT EITHER HE
OR WOOD HAD TO GO, AND
WOOD WENT-TOO MUCH
WORK, HE SAYS.

f. c. Wood, who yesterday re-
signed as constructing engineer OF
the new up-river pumping plant,
this morning said that the friction
with City Engineer Ralston was
not on account of the cost of the
work, but because the engineer
wished him to do his own sur
veylng in addition to his other
work which he found impossible
to accomplish. Wood then sent his
resignation to the board of works
under whose supervision he was
employed
A rather lively tilt resulted when
Wood bucked at doing his own
surveying. Both he and the en-
gineer went to the mayor about
1t and 1t is said that Ralston de-
clared that either Wood or he must
leave the city's employ. In justice
to Mr. Wood, it Is said, that no mat
ter what the additional expense
of the work will be, it is no fault
of his because his figures show
economy In the actual work of in
stallation. The increased expense
is on account Of additional ma
chinery, concreting instead of
bricking the wells and sinking the
wells deeper.