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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18

Mr.. Wright regained consciousness at
| the hospital, and dictated cablegram
| to his brother at Lemans, France, and
requested that the same message be
sent to his sister and father at Day
ton, Ohio, assuring them that he was
all right.
Fully 1000 had gathered to witness
the ascension by 4.30 this afternoon.
The aeroplane was still in it's shed. but
Mr.. Wright arrived a few minutes lat
er and ordered it taken to the north
ern end of the field to be i'm readiness
for flight Everybody was ordered
back from the machine. and Mr..
and said:
You might as well get in. Wen
start in couple of minutes"
Mr. Wright announced several days
ago that he would take Lieutenant
Selfridge, who is secretary of the
Aerial Experiment Association, in his
flight. The young officer was delighted
to have an opportunity to fly in the
aeroplane. He was to leave Saturday
for ST. Joseph. Mo. where he was to
assist Lieutenant Foulers in operating
the Baldwin airship at the coming
army maneuvreS.
Lieutenant Selflidge took off his coat
and hat and took his place in the extra
seat next to that occupied by Mr.. Wright,
the latter started the motor by means of
a storage battery, mis- assistants, Taylor
and Furrass. turning the propellers to
get them going. At 5.14 the aeroplane
was released and it was noticed that it
did not rise as quickly from the ground
as on previous two-men flights. Lieuten-
ant Selfrdge weighed about 175 pounds,
making the weight greater than the ma
chine had ever carried before.
After gliding over the ground on it's |
for 60 feet, the machine rose grad |
ually and had gained height of 40 feet |
CONTINUED on Page Tsn.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
QU|NBY wins.
Nominated For Governor
Of New Hampshire
On Second Ballot By the
Republicans al Concord.
Platform Does Not Touch on Pro.
pesed B. ( N. Railway Deal.

Concord, n. H., Sept. 1.-THE politi-
cal strife which for many months has
split the Republican party in New
Hampshire into three factions, came to
an end late today, when Henry B.
luinby, of Laconia, was nominated for
governor by the Republican state con-
Vention.
TWO ballots We're necessary and on
the second and decisive ballot 1uinby
mad the MARCIA Of only six votes
On the first ballot Quinby pol!ed 372
votes, with 395 necessary for the NOM
nation. On both the first and second
ballots Rosecrans w. Pillsbury of
Londonderry was a strong second, re-
ceivlng total of 252 votes on the first
ballot and 246 on the second
The % extra votes polled by the Quin-
by faction on the second ballot came
principally from those who had sup
ported Dertram Ellis of keene, the
third of the trio of candidates, on the
first ballot. Quinby received few votes
that had been distributed between for
mer United States Senator William e.
Chandler of Concord, and Edmund F.
Cook of Concord
Following are the two ballots in de-
tail
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
SIX BY THREE MILES,
Serious Fire Near Lisbon and Several
Homes Are In Danger.

Lisbon, Me, Sept IA forest fire
which already has burned over ar
area of six miles long and three mile.
wide, is tonight raging through the
timber land to the west of this place
between Lisbon and Lewiston and 200
men are lighting the flames in an en-
devacor to save Is to 20 homes which
are in their path.
The fire started at noon. being set
by sparks from a locomotive on the
Maine Central Railroad. During the
afternoon two sets of farm buildings
100000 feet of sawed lumber and 400
cords of wood had been destroyed 9th
or houses were several times alre. To-
night all the houses in the threatened
zone are surrounded by trenches OF
sand.
The fire started at midday and sec
ton on the railroad soon found them
selves unable to cope with it in the
high wind which vas blowing. Help
was asked from Lisbon, and 100 men
responded.
Early in the afternoon the fire seiz-
ed upon some 100000 feet of lumber
owned by John West of Brunswick and
destroyed it. Help was then asked
from Brunswick and so men responded.
The Lisbon fire fighters attacked the
flames on the west while the Bruins
wick men occupied the area between
Lisbon and Brunswick.
The fire was tontired for the most
part to swamp area covered by thick
underlr"Sn and the refuse left from
the cuttings of the past two years.
The house nf Il farmer named MI
chaul was five times afire but wa.i
saved. A small house belonging to Jo-
seph r. Lancaster was destroyed with
all the contents, as was the home Of
Frank Fields. Directly in the path q.
the flames, the hous" of Alfred Merf:cr
has been vacated and the family are
sitting in teams. their household goods
all loaded ready to quit the vicinity
A slight shift in the wind came toward
night. however, and 1t is believed the
house will he spared.
The fire had crossed the Pine Wood
road and the way is now impossible
to that the fate of several homes
which arc beyond, to the west, Is
unknown.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Sept. 17.-Stom warnings
were ordered for Friday morning for the
west gulf coast and for the Maine coast
Showers are again reported from the west
gulf states, Florida and the northern
Rocky mountain region In other dis
tricts fair weather prevails. In the middle
Mississippi; valley, however, an extensive
area of cloudy weather has develored
The temperature is considerably lower ir
the Rocky mountain region and the ex-
IRENE Northwest, while in the upper Mis-
sissippi valley. the Lake. region and the
New England states the weather is
warmer
The winds along the New England coast
will be light to fresh northwest and west
middle Atlantic coast. light variable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
LISBON THREATENED
BY Forest Fire and Several Places
Send Men to Fight It.

Brunswick, Me-, Sept. 1.-THE Lew
iston. Auburn and Brunswick fire de-
partments were called upon this after
noon to send help to Lisbon. when
was reported to be seriously threatened
by a forest fire. Apparatus was sent
from all three places.
The woods between Lisbon anu
Lewiston were ablaze. the fire line pc
Ing a mile long and sweeping westward
toward the river. famed by hisn
wind. Fifty men were fighting IL VIII
little effect. Several sets of eulldlhss
We're in front of the fire, but none hao
been burned at $50 O'Clock.
CONTINUED on Page TWo)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18

AS mark of their disapproyal at
being called out at night to repeat Az
evolution which had been improperly
performed in the daytime. the crew of
the British cruiser Gibraltar while on
the way to Australia destroyed all the
gun sights on board. AS a punishment
all the customary privileges of the
crews, including smoking and the use
of the canteen, have been stopped I'M
til the culprits are discovered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
THE MILL CLOSED.
Papermakers' Strike Leads to CLOSING
of Plant at Madison.

Madison. Me, Sept. 1.-THE sui
phite and ground wood departments of
the Great Northern paper mill here.
which were kept in operation after the
strike of the papermakers a week ago
were shut down today and the mill was
closed. Three hundred employees in all
are now idle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
FIRST BALLOT:

Although the contest was hard
fought, the delegates were very un-
demonstrative and the proceedings
from a spectacular standpoint were I'M
interesting. The convention was con-
Quoted under the provisions of the
law passed by the last Legislature and
the delegates voted individually This
system was slow and cumbersome and
the two ballots required nearly four
hours of time. The delegates and
spectators generally did not leave until
the announcement of the decisive bal
lot was made.
Fart Of the lack of enthusiasm may
be due to the forceful manner in which
Mayor Wallace Hackett of Portsmouth,
Continued on Page Two.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
TIME BY QUARTERS.
The Grange Cup.

In the contest for the Grange cup,
the standing of the different Oranges
was as follows, Readfield winning the
cup:
Augusta, 1; Manchester, 9; Cascade,
Oakland. 3; Gardiner. 2; Startling, Fay
cite. 6; Belgrade, Al; Mt. Vernon, 57
Winthrop, 60; Readfield, 1873
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18

IL Is believed that NJ Alberti. for
mer Danish minister of justice, who on
Sept. confessed to a series of frauds
exceeding s2,50O,OOO will make another
confession, justifying the arrest of
prominent persons now under suspi-
clon 1t is believed that Alberti had
accomplices in London and that he
has fortune slowed away in the safe
deposit boxes of various English banks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
Boston Forecast,

Boston, Sept. 17.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Fair Friday and Saturday
fresh northerly to westerly winds, becom-
ing variable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
THE WEATHER
FAIR.

Washington, Sept. 17-Forecast for New
England: Fair Friday and Saturday
light to fresh northwest winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18
Premiums.
HORSES.

Gentlemen's drivers-F. L. Chenery
WAYNE, LIST and Sd; Cushman Walker
Hallowell, I'd.
CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
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SPECIAL CLASS-PURSE 3
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-18

Moliie L., b M, by Bay Rolfe &C.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30

the way of cultivation. Large weeds
covered the potato plants to such an
extent that 1t would have been impos-
sible to reach more than half the
plants with spray.
The test rows were dug with dou-
BILE moldboard plow Oct. IS and yield
ed, sprayed, 1874 bushels 36 pounds
mark etable tubers; unsprayed, 81 bash
els % pounds, making a gain of CT
bushels 8 pounds an acre. The yield
of culls was 25% bushels an acre on
the sprayed and 30 % on the IN
sprayed. The loss from rot was some
what greater on the unsprayed rows
than on the sprayed, but not large
In either case. 1t Is doubtful, however,
that the gain represented was due
wholly to spraying. The owner says
both sprayed and unsprayed had prac-
tically the same chance, but II any
thing the unsprayed rows suffered
somewhat more from insects, which
were treated once with paris green APP
piled with a powder gun, while the
sprayed rows received one application
of paris green In bordeaux at the first
spraying.
The cost of spraying fifteen acres
four times was as follows: Three
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
arm ana
Garden
ENTERPRISE PAYS.
Progressive Methods - Good Staples
Are the Secrets of Success.

Progressive Methods - Good Staples
Are the Secrets of Success.
The progressive farmer is the one
who scores at the markets. Good meth
DDS in raising crops. the selecting of
staples for which the demand is great
er than the supply, these are the con-
siderations that count for success.
One farmer In New York experiment.
ed with a spraying apparatus in rails
ing potatoes and results justified the
expense because the increased gain Of
sixty seven bushels an acre gave a
cash profit Of S3715 an acre, or $40 20
on the field The spraying cost only
1905 an acre for labor. materials, etc
The experiment was tried on fifteen
acres of potatoes, which were sprayed
four times to prevent injuries by
blight and insects. Three rows $50
feet long and pa feet apart were left
unsprayed for a check. Bordeaux was
applied at the rate OF sixty gallons an
acre at each spraying. The soil is
sandy loan, and the variety Of potato
Carman No. 8. During the season
plant lice and flea beetles were album
dant in all parts of the field, but there
was no early blight. Owing to the
great press of work 1t was impossible
to make a fifth spraying and also give
the field attacked proper attention In
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
GROWING RHUBARB.
A Crop That Pays We'll For Very Lit
tie OUTLAY and Work.

tie Outlay and Work.
The best crop. counting expense OF
growing and amount of land used. is
pieplant. Procure some roots OF the
Linnaeus variety that is early, tender
and, while growing very large, Is less
acid than many other kinds.
Prepare the lunches by putting FIVE
or six stalks In a bunch, tying it Sc
curely at the butts of stalks and again
around the leaves just above the
stems; then with a sharp knife cut on
a portion of the leaves, leaving about
a third of the green leaf on the stalk.
1t will wilt less quickly with part Of
the leaf on than with the whole leaf
or where only the stalk has been left.
The rows should be six feet apart
and plants four feet in row. The only
work expended on 1t is to cultivate two
or three times early In the season and
hoe it once. In the fall the rows are
covered with a mulch Of strawy ma
nnre.
Pull 1t late in the day, tie and trim
the leaves. then pack 1t in sixty quart
berry crates. 1t does not wilt as much
II crowded in tightly.
Rhubarb may be made TO yield about
$35 to $40 an acre per month.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
SEA KALH.

hundred and eighty-four pounds cop
per sulphate at 6 cents. $23.04; one
and one-half barrels lime at $1.35.
$203: twenty-six and one-half pounds
paris green at Ia cents, 1911; forty
hours labor for team at % cents. $40;
forty hours for man, at 10 cents, Sc;
wear on sprayer, ST. total, $457S, or
$3.05 an acre. At this rate the cost OF
each spraying was 76A cents. The
time was 60 cents a bushel. At that
rate the crop should be worth $402O;
subtracting 1906 (the cost OF spray
ing). the net profit is $37.15 an acre.
There are many plants little known
to the market gardener that, II rightly
pushed. would enjoy ready sale. Sea
kale, for instance, will furnish a
spring vegetable ahead of asparagus.
From seed sown. in May good plants
can be set into a permanent bed in
August or September and will remain
for years. BSrth is lightly piled over
the bed to height of about foot in
early spring, and when the shoots
NothC I'LL CbNh ihio 'ONt'ihk Nhtt ai'
cut Off to the roots. This gives one
stalks of kale much resembling Gel
cry. Pull the leaves apart as you
would celery, cook in boiling sailed
water until tender and serve with
drawn butter, melted butter or with
or without vinegar, as taste desires
This is most delightful dish and.
h~Nv So. Ill,
with rhubarb. be money maker.
These are only instances OF the way
that intelligence may make pro6ta BILE
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
Easy to Raise and Profitable II Prop
erly Marketed.

Easy to Raise and Profitable II Prop
erly Marketed.
Brussels sprouts may be easily
grown in the ordinary home vegetable
garden The plant is close relative of
the cabbage and cauinower, but in
stead Of producing a single head forms
q number of small ones in the axis or
the leaves, and these heads are called
sprouts and are the edible part of the
vegetable. The sprouts average one or
two inches in diameter
The seed should be sown in the open
ground as early as the weather per-
mits. When the plants are three inches
high they should he transplanted or
thnned out into rows twenty-four to
thirty inches apart and about two feet
apart In the row. The plants must be
we'll watered after they have been
moved.
AS the small sprouts begin to crowd
the leaves should be broken from the
stem to give the small heads more
room. A few leaves should be left at
the top of the stem where the new
heads are formed.
In warm climates the plants may be
left In the oren ground all winter. the
heads being removed as desired, but
In more northern ATTITUDES plants that
are well laden with heads are taken up
when frost comes and set close to-
gether in a pit or cellar or cold
frame" or bed covered with glass.
With little soil packed about their
roots they may in this way be kept all
winter, being used when needed. When
boiled or stewed with cream they are
delicious.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
GRASS CULTURE.
Forsthought and intelligent Super
vision insure q Good Lawn.

FoFsthought and intelligent Super
vision Insure Good Lawn.
Great care should he taken by the
gardener with his lawn. 1t is the can
vas upon which be will paint his flow
er bed pictures and landscape effects.
To be successful he must prepare his
canvas we'll.
The first thing is to grade the
ground. smoothing rough surfaces
making proper level stretches and gen.
tie slopes. If possible, the lawn should
slope from the house. The grading
should be done so as to distribute
evenly all surface water, avoiding the
formation OF little runs which might
produce washouts.
The soil should be enriched with
liberal supply of we'll rotted manure.
This Is essential where the soil is lack
ing in humus; otherwise bone meal or
other good fertilizer Is useful, and ma
nure often contains the seed OF weeds.
The ground should be plowed or spad-
ed not less than eight inches deep, re-
moving all the stones and similar ma
terial. and the surface mace AZ sDooln
as possible Then ii is ready for SOW
ing.
One of the best mixtures for the
lawn is four parts Kentucky blue grass
with one part of white clover, sown
not less than Eve bushels to the acre.
Equally good results are usually OBJ
tanned by the use OF redtop In place
Of the blue grass or with equal parts
of redtop and blue grass and little
white clover. When moisture is plen-
tiful the blue grass forms softer turf
than the redtop. but does not seem to
endure drought so well. In shady
places the blue grass mixture Is best
Nothing but pure seed should be sown.
1t is we'll to be liberal with the seed,
not to scatter 1t too thinly and to re-
seed portions that come up poorly.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
STATE ROAD WORK
GRADING, DRAINING, MACADA-
MIXING
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals for building section of
state road about 1878 feet in length in the
town of Skowhegan will be received by the
Selectmen at their Office until P. NJ, Au-
gust -, 1908 at which time and place they
will be publicly opened and read.
Plans may be seen, specifications, forms of
contract and proposal blanks may be obtain
ed at the Office Of the Selectmen and no pro-
posal will be considered unless made on SAID
proposal blank.
Each bidder must accompany his bid with
certified check payable to the Town Treas
urer of Skowhegan for 10 per cent of the
amount Of his bid.
The successful bidder will be required to
furnish bond in the penal sum of at least
the amount Of the contract.
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids.
X. F. PARKER,
A. H. WYMAN,
G. w. NASH,
3w3o Municipal Officers Of Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
The Farmers Autos.

The farm paper that constantly dis
counts the automobile is not very en-
terprising. II you were to get at the
road hogs who drive horses as who run
autos. The machine is becoming popu.
lar with farmers too. One prosper
Gus little Iowa town OF about 1900
boasts of only three chug buggies, but
ali through the surrounding country
farmers own and use them extensively
These are conservative. practical men.
too, not sports. The self propelled ve-
hicle has many advantages. chief OF
which Is great influence on road I'M
provement.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30

Suffered day and night the torment OF
itching piles. Nothing helped me until
used Doan's Ointment 1t cured me per-
mantly"-Hon. John r. Garrett Mayor, Cir
ard, Ala.
Sometimes we don't care SO much
about what a man can do as we care
about what he can't.
Harsh physics react weaken the bowels,
cause chronic constipation. Doan's Regu-
lets operate easily, tone the stomach, cure
constipation. 25c. Ask your druggist for
them.
1t is truly distressing the way some
people remember.
A healthy man lis q king in his own right;
an unhealthy man il an unhappy slave.
Burdock Blood Bitters builds up sound
health-keeps yeu well.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
Alfalfa and Water.

To grow alfalfa we must first of all
provide a soil which Is dry by nature
or which is underdrained II we dig
a post hole four feet deep and find wa
ter we may know that alfalfa will not
grow there. There Is an old saying
which expresses this, alfalfa will not
grow with wet feet" Though II seeks
water in a deeper soil and the roots
penetrate very deeply indeed in an old
field. we must not expect 1t to grow
where the water rises to within four
feet Of the surface.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
Spraying Potato Vines.

The number Of sprayings II will be
necessary to give potatoes depends
somewhat upon the season. Ii rainy
weather prevails II will be necessary
TO spray more frequently than II II he
comparatively dry, not only because
the rain will wash the spray material
OFF the vines, but also because damp
weather is favorable to the develop
ment Of the disease. A good general
rule is to begin spraying when the
vines are about six inches high and
spray every ten days or two weeks
throughout the season.-W. j. Green.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30

"Dr. Kings New Discovery is the remedy
that does the healing others promise but fail
to perform. F" says Mrs. E. r, Person. of Au-
burn Gentry, Pa" 1t is curing me of throat
and lung trouble of long standing, that other
treatments relieved only temporarily. New
feel confident its continued use for reasonable
length Of time will restore me to perfect
health" This renowned cough and cold
remedy and throat and lung healer is sold at
G. r. Fogg's drug store. soc. and sI.oo
Trial bottle free.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
Freedom Notice

This is to certify that have this day given
my son, Errold o. Donahue, the remainder
OF his time and | shall collect none OF his
wages or pay none of his bills after this date
THOMAS r.. DONAHUE,
3w@. Hartland Me.
Hartland, Me, July IL, 1905.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30

The following bills of Cost were allowed at
the March Term Of the County Commission
ers' Court, 1908.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
S794 %

The following bills of Cost were allowed at
the March Adj. Term of TIE County Com
missioners' Court, 1908.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30

The following bills Of Cost were allowed at
the December Adj. Term Of the County Com
mssioners' Court, 1907.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30

Fresh air will cure most all Of our
ills but poverty.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30

The following bills of Cost were allowed at
the March Adj. Term of the County Com
missioners' Court, 1908.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
Bills Of Cost.

STATE OF MAINE-SoaERsET COUNTY
Hartland, Maine, July 40, 1908.
The following bills of cost were allowed at
the March Adj. term of the County Commits
sener's Court, 1908.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-18
MORE ADDED TO
COMMITTEE OF 1907

The following additions TO the Com.
mittee OF 100" were announced Satur.
day by Chairman Howarth. the total
now being Ia
A. Bunclark. insurance. Home Bank
building; Wilbur Brotherton, manager,
j. B. Rice Seed Co.; DIR. w. l.. Baker,
No. as Bagley-ave.; ]. s. Crandell, at
torpey, Bull block; Clarence Conely,
lumber, Newberry building; Hugh
Haggerty. els Baker-st.; VIM. John
son, 100 Charlotte-ave.; K. w. Leech,
lumber. Warren-ave. west: DR.. A. b.
Lyons. ~ Brainard-st w. A. Petzold,
treasurer. j. l.. Hudson Co; John M.
McKerchy. vessel owner: Milton A.
McRae. Fine Arts building; j. j.
Mitchell. 10 Wilcox-ave.; VIM. Fl. Muir.
ply. Simon Murphy estate. Penobscot
building; DR.. e. l.. Shurley, Shurley
building; j. A. Stewart, secretary.
Farrand Organ Co.; Q. l.. Sterling,
GIG Baker-st.; w. n. Swail. Swail
Printing Co.; r. II. Weber, depart
ment manager, j. /. Hudson Co: r.
B. Tannahili, vice president, J. l.. Hud.
son. Co.