The Republican journal., 1909-07-22

1IlCOGgEuOuS.
The appetite for graft and glory
grows with what it feeds upon.
By vote of 90 to the Portland city
council has authorized the contract to
build new city hall. Work will begin
as soon as possible and the estimated
cost is 81, 100000. 1t comes high, but
Portland could not afford to do otherwise.
1t is reported that another. the sixth,
attempt will be made to secure pardon
for Haynes. The Fort Fairfield Review
says: LAS long as the prisoners relatives
have lots of money it seems to be their
privilege to bother the governor and
council and endanger the public's well
fare and safety all they wish Perhaps
that also explains the interest taken in
this pardon in certain quarters.
The general outlook for crops in Aroos-
took is far from fiattering. They have
had great amount of cold, wet weather,
and the grass is fully two weeks behind
the kennebec valley farms. The pota-
toes IN a great many places are not at all
cheering. The seed was much of it very
disappointing and did not sprout and as
result there are lots of bad misses. -
Turf, Farm and Home.
This is confirmed by the statements of
a man Just from Aroostook who was in
Belfast last week. He said that June
was very rainy month there and it was
so wet that no cultivating could be done
at time when it was needed. Farming
is something Of lottery, after all.
The first number of The Maine Demo-
crat, a weekly magazine published in
Waterville by W. R. Pattangall, made
its appearance last week. Mr.. Pattan-
gall is writer and speaker of marked
ability, and his Meddybemps letters gave
him Statewide reputation as humor
list. 1t goes without the saying that any
publication with which Mr. Pattangall is
associated must be entertaining. and this
new organ of the Maine Democracy is
attractive geographically as we'll 1t
announces as its chief end and aim the
election of Democratic State govern
ment in 1910, but in that direction it is
doomed to disappointment.
Many readers of The Journal will be
interested in the article from the Machi-
as Union concerning the testimonial pre-
scented to P. H. Longfellow, ESQ.,, by the
members of the Washington county bar.
1t is also a matter of local interest, as
Mr. Longfellow was for a time resi-
dent of this city and his wife is Belfast
lady. For forty-fve years, Mr.. Long
fellow was the Clerk of Courts for
Washington county and was widely rec
ognized as a model official courteous,
prompt, accurate, and well versed in all
matters of court procedure The
writer, a lifelong friend and early COM
panion, joins in the congratulations
which attend this recognition of a long
and useful public service.
We quote as follows from a personal
letter from Mrs. T. G. ElweIl of Norton.
California: Il received The Journal and
enjoyed reading the home news very
much. My grandson, Clifton w. Chase,
arrived here April 18th. He had very
pleasant trip. He spent week in Bos-
ton with his mother, Mrs Whitman, and
uncles, Everett Chase and Samuel Ell
well, and also visited friends in Chicago
en- route. He is helping care for his
uncle's horses on the ranch in the Tia
Juara valley. Mr.. Peavey has over s5,-
900 worth of horses. He raises alfalfa
by irrigation and has five or six crops
year. He raises four or five hundred
tons. l took ride to San Diego recently
with my brother, N. J. Peavey, and visit
ed my cousin, Mrs. Frank Cullen. Mr..
cullen gave US delightful ride in his
auto over the new West Point Iona
boulevard. We had grand view of the
Pacific ocean and San Diego bay from
the heights of Point Iona. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cullen have a beautiful home on
Golden Hill, San Diego city. They are
very pleasant people to visit and YOU
cannot help enjoying every minute you
are with them.
The attempt to claim the credit for
bringing the Coe-Mortimer Co. to Bel
fast can only mislead those who are ig-
norant OF the facts, or who wish to be
deceived. This company came to the
some time ago that plant in
Maine was needed for their increasing
business in this section, and they had in
mind at one time location in different
part Of the State, but found on investi-
CATION that it was not accessible by
water during several months of the wear.