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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers have
been recorded at the office of the kenne
bee county registry of deeds during the
past week:
Albion.-C. G. Fowler of Unity to r. c.
Danforth of Albion, land, ST.
a:-Charles f. Sturgis of Augusta
to John Fl. kittredge of Augusta, land,
ST.; Joseph O. King of Augusta to Arei-
con Aguiar of Augusta, land, 81; Sarah
F. Moore of Augusta to Nell Page Cony
of Augusta, land and buildings, sl*.
Belgrade.-William j. Damren of Bel
grade to Harrison e. Hanrahen of
Benton.-iMaud L. Parker Of Benton to
Grin j. Brown of Benton, land and build
Maud l.. Parker of Benton. land and
buildings, 81.
Cheisea.-James w. Bailey of Augusta
to Joseph Ogden of Chelsea, land. $15
p. Holt and James NJ. WiSgin of Chelsea
Chna-Elizabeth Tyler Of China to
Mary Elizabeth Herrck of China, land.
So
Fayette.-E, NJ. Preston of Pennington
to Frank Greenleaf and Elvira J. Green
leaf of Chesterville. land and buildings,
SIS: Seward d. N;l<enney Of Vienna to
buildings ST.: Alvah c. Gilbert of Fayette
to Octave Giraud of Fayette land ST.
Farminsdale.--A shury G. Stilphen Of
Farmingdale to Annie p Stlphen of Far
Gardiner-Nancy E. Potter of Gardiner
to Robert II. Gardiner of Gardiner land
and buildings, $1*: William w. Bradstreet
of Gardner, to Florence Percival Stilphen
of Gardiner. land and buildings, ST.; Mar
tina d. Morrison of Gardiner to Henry a.
Wood of Gardiner, land and buildings, ST..
Hallowell- Benedict +. Maher of Au-
gusta to Nellie Fl. Williams of Augusta.
land and buildings. ST.; ID. X. Jewell of
South Berwick to Alexander Doyle of
New York city, land. SO; Fred d. Hunton
of Hallowell to Eta NJ, Richards of Au-
gllsta, land and buildings, ST.. Percy +;
Lee of Hallowell to lsora c. Lee of Hal
lowell. land, ST.; Sarah w. Carr of Au-
gusta to Levi r. Williams of Augusta and
John S. Hamilton of Halowell, land and
buildings. ST..
Litchtield- William f. Cunningham of
Litchfield to Jesse Jones of Auburn, land
and buildings. 81.
Oakland-Bertelle G.. Stevens Of Oak
land to Uriah Drew of Levant. land. 81;
Elizabeth c. Parker and Ahbie II. Wins
low of Oakland to Chester +. A. Winslow
of Oakland. land. ST.: r. T. Strickland of
Oakland and George II. HUFF Of Oakland
to Angus Wheeler of Oakland, land, 81;
f.. r. Strickland of Oakland TO Cyrus
Wheeler of Oakland, land 81.
eadfeld,-Fred A. Crockett of Wool
wich to J. Warren Rutman of Readfield.
land and buildings, 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

Nassalboro.Will T. Reynolds of
Winslow to Henry A. Hodges Of Vassai
boro. land. 81; George B. Traviss of Vas
salboro to Frank H. Getchell Of Vassal-
boro, land and buildings, s1*:George s.
Clark of China to Clarence f. Goddard of
Lynn. land, W.; Harry p. Halves of Vas
salboro to Della Halves Gage of Augusta,
land. ST..
observation-disclosures Land Co. to /.
A. Spear and c. A. Webb of Watervile.
land. 81; Albert Fl. York of Waterville to
Wallace E. Spencer of Waterville, land.
ST."
West Gardiner.-Florence F. Norton of
West Gardiner to Harry f. French of
West Gardiner. land and buildings, s1*:
Harry e. French of West Gardiner to
Raymond F. Gray of Manchester, land
and buildings. 81.
sand other valuable considerations
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

The next case to be opened before
the Jury was that Of John COlford VS..
the CushnOc Paper Co, both of Au-
gusta. This is an action, with the ad
damnum placed at $4,000, to recover
for being scalded about the head,
shoulders and arms, April "a, 1908, by
the explosion of the bioWOff pipe on q
boiler while he was employed as fire
man by the defendant, due, the plain
tig alleges, to the negligent construc-
ton and maintenance of the boiler and
also due. 50 the plaintiff further claims,
to the carolessness and negligence Of
the defendant corporation.
Benedict f. Maher Of Augusta and
VIII G. Atkins of Gardiner appeared
for the plaintiff and Heath & Andrews
of Augusta for the defendant. Will c..
Atkins opened the case for the plain
tiff, after which court adjourned until
$50 o'clock Tuesday morning. A view
of the scene of the accident will be
taken by the jury before the taking of
testimony is begun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02
Jury Out at Adjournment
In 0anforth Case.
Another Personal Damage AC-
ton Begun Monday Afternoon.
Jury Will Visit Scene of Action at
cushnoc Paper Mills Today.

The cas-" of Ms. Caroline DanfOrth
OF Maiden, Mass, against the Maine
Central Railroad was completed Mon
day afternoon in the Kcnnebec county
supreme judicial court and the trial
of another personal damage action be
gun, that of John Cullord of Augusta
against the CushnOc Paper Co with
ad damnum of $4,000. The jury was
unable to reach an agreement in tho
DanfCrth case at the time of adjolIrn-
ment Monday afternoon. The opening
argument for the plaintiff was com-
pleted in the Colford case when court
adjourned Monday afternoon, but no
testimony Will be taken in the case I'M
til after visit of the jury to the scene
of the accident, which will take place
Tuesday morning Immediately after
The opening of court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

The number Of operations with a
capital stock of 81, 00D00O or over which
filed their certificates of organization
during the month was -. tn" largest of
which Was the Pacific SIN. Ting and
Mining CO.. with q capital stock of S.
100000. The list is as follows:
Continuous Process coke 60, $l.0g00H
Armstrong Belt and Lock Nut
CO.. 10000
Anticor Manufacturing co. of
Maine. 1900 600
MARYLAND ana Virginia Trans
purtation CO., 1000 900
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02
RIVERSIDE,

A public temperance meeting was
held in the Good Templar hall at this
place Sunday evening, Oct. 81, which
was addressed by Frank w. Gowen
OF Waterville, past international lee
turer and organizer of this order Sew
eral good names have been secured TO
start a lodge here and a number Of
our citizens are in hopes that this or
ganization will again be established in
our town for such an order is needed,
especially among our younger people.
MI Gowen in his address stated a
fact when he said That one good
lodge of the order in any town was
worth more than 40 public addresses .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

the Maine Insane hospital. Witness
examined Mrs Danforth Saturday for
the purpose of examining the condi-
ton of the knee joint. The motion of
the knee Joint did not seem to he i'm
paired, nor did there seen to be any
impairment OF the muscles. The limb
could be fully fleXed. Witness testi-
fled that the recovery of the patient
seemed to be perfect. Witness on
cross-examination testified that there
might be a weakness which he would
not observe in examination.
DR.. w. H. Harris of Augusta, prac-
ticing physician and surgeon, testi-
fled that lie had been an attending
surgeon at the Maine Insane hospital
for the past l. years Witness eXamin-
ed Mrs. Danforth ana found the Joint
giving perfect motion with the excop-
ton of a slight deficiency in hexion.
The muscles appeared to be normal in
their action. No evidence was shown
of any interior Joint disease What
ever limp there was witness believed
was caused by a contraction about the
scar under the joint. Would expect
that to disappear with the use of the
limb.
Mrs. Danfurth in rcbuttal testified
that aside from two set-backS of a
week each size had used her limb
every day since she returned to her
home in Maiden after the accident.
DR.. Fred Strout testified that Mrs
Danforth's weight on Sunday was 211.
This completed the testimony and adj
iOurnment was then taken for the
noon recess.
The case WAS argued by counsel at
the opening of the afternoon session.
Hon. Charles +. Johnson of WaterVille
in arguing for the defence contended
that the plaintiff did not exercise prop
err caution in crossing the tracks. The
case went to the jury at $50 P. NJ.
There was no prospect of d verdict be-
ing reached at the time of adjourn
ment and the jury was ordered to
bring i'm sealed verdict at $50 A. NJ.
Tuesday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

Pacific Smelling & Mining Co,
Keystone Mining Co.,
Steamship Lines,
Mica Mining and Smelling Co,
Time Co.,
United States Wax Co.,
Rogers Guaranteed Cushion
Wheel Co.,
American and Mexican Mining
and Reduction Co.
Corporation for Investors.
South Utah Mining and Smelt-
ing Co.
American Seamless Casket Co,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

Announcement was made at the Office
of the Board of Railroad Commission
crs Monday that a hearing in the petit
ton of the selectmen Of the town of
Holden, asking that gates and a man
To tend them be placed at a railroad
crossing of the Maine Central in the
town, would be held at the Bangor
House in Bangor at II A. NJ. Tuesday,
NOV. 16.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

The following General orders has been
issued by Adjutant General Dill:
State of Maine, The Adjutant Generals
Office, Augusta, October -, 1909.
General Orders
No. y.
The Board of Survey appointed under
General Orders No. p, \. G. o., series of
1907 is hereby dissolved.
BY order of the Governor:
ELLIOTT c. DILL,
The Adjutant General
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

state Supt. Smith of the public
schools, who is secretary OF the board
of trustees of the State Normal
Schools, announced Monday that the
contrast for the construction of the
new dormitory for the Casline Nor
NAL School had been awarded to Otto
Nelson If Bangor, the contract price
being $3l OIL The list of bidders is
AS follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

A Japanese sword used by one of the
emporers about 500 B. c. is still in
existence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-02

otto Nelson, Bangor, $31 ,051
l.. T.. HradStr-et, HalloWell, 32,44"
John w. burrows CO., Portland, 32,430
Perkins IL BoWden, CaStine, 33,Il1
Norman II. Cook, Portland, 3i,939
George II. Wilson x Son, OLD
Town. 1880
w. II. Glover CO., Rockland, 1854
VIM. T. Newer. Old Orchard, 37,300
A. r. Warren x Son, Auburn, 3l,59O
Il. j. Moves, Augusta. 1884
George W. ymouth Stockton
Springs. 90, 600
f. f.. t:alph, Northeast Harbor, 80, $50
Smith e tiumcry, Portland, 309S4
The bid of Smith & Rumery speci-
tied certain conditions of construction
that the trustees We're not prepared to
accept.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
THE CANDIDACY o. ~ a
8LoUNT

The announcement OF Han W A
Blount's candidacy for the InreI
States senate has been formally rI...
out. He says that be- wiu mat. ..r
.orous canvass and that D. Is rn.nr II
to win. Mr.. Blount SAYS be- aan.r co.
office. personally. for ~ h1rnr co.
attaches TO being a United sfnfer aer
ator, and generally. becauss o. 10
lieves that he Is sufficiently a.H
equipped in experience and slna
of his country's Affairs t0 r.t. E. ID.
native state state that position It..
its merits demand Mr B'nur
good man, and an able man ii. E..
the goods. so far as ability +. .
.cerned, and We believe uouI ID. Il.
honor to the whole state arI ..-..
well as United States senator
unfortunate for West FLORIDA .
section, that two such abfr r..
Judge Reeves and Mt BIuuuf .r
be asDirants for the Same r.r.r
the same time-Pensacoia N...
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
A RIGHTEOUS PROTEST

The Jacksonville Military Carnival
Association is sending out almost dai-
ly literature to the suckers" of the
state, meaning the newspapers of the
interior These newspapers. almost
every one of which have the unpaid
bills of the Florida Exposition Fair
backed and approved by the Jackson
vile board of trade, on their books
will not be very apt to send much of
this copy to the composing room
marked must" No city in the land
has had more free advertising than
Jacksonville, at the expense of the
small papers, and more especially
those of the interior. The city of Jack
sonville will pay many times over in
lost free advertising for those unpaid
Exposition Fair Association bills
Ocala Star.
That reminds us-The Times has
one of those unpaid bills. 1t has new
er even had the courtesy of a reply to
any of the statements sent concerning
the account. Many of Jacksonville S
most prominent citizens were identi.
fed with that exposition project, and
it is passing strange that they would
ignore just obligations. Many of the
papers of the state-as did the Times
gave the exposition many columns
of free advertising in addition to the
stuff for which they promised TO pay
\ number of the men who were prom
inently identified with the exposition
are officials of this military carnival
project, and it is at least presumptu
Gus in them to call on the newspapers
which they have buncoed for further
| favorS.
Some time ago the board of trade
Of Jacksonville appropriated funds tc
pay a portion of the debts of the ex
position. but apparently they did not
consider it improper to beat" the
newspapers. They may. however
some day awake to the fact that this
i, an Improbable policy.
1t is safe betting that the Jackson
vile papers got what was due them
/ Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
AN APPEAL TO HISTORY

A knowledge of American history
elementary history at that-seems to
be all that the United States district
court thinks necessary to determine
the validity of the proceedings against
the prOprietOrs of the Indianapolis
News for criminal libel in the Pana.
ma canal case. THAT man has read
our history to little purpose" says the
judge ip concluding his decision, who
does not view with apprehension the
success of such a proceeding as this,
to the end that citizens could be drag
ged from their homes to the District
of Columbia. the seat of government,
for trial under the circumstances of
thi scase."
The question is one of first princi-
pies. principles upon which this gov.
eminent was established, principles
among the most highly valued and
most carefully protected in that sys-
tenn of constitutional liberty that we
inherited from England. The judge
does not befOg it by attempting to
make it anything else. He sees it as
we believe practically all American
citizens see it, and he is shocked by
the proceedings in the same way that
they have been shocked.
The decision is also a blow at the
idea that there can be anything like
law of seditious libel, law prohib-
iting criticism or even libel of the
government. in this country. If the
result of these cases shall be to es.
tablish beyond further question the
difference between the libel of indi-
viduals and seditious libel-repudiat-
ing the existence of the latter offense
and if it shall settle for all time
that a defendant can be tried only in
the jurisdiction where the alleged
crime was actually. not metaphysical
ly, committed, We shall have made
such history in this year of independ
ence as might make the fathers rise
in their graves and rejoice.-Indian.
apolis Globe, (rep).
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
THE IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING

Hr. J. H. Reese, in his letter to the
Baltimore Manufacturers Record
says that from present indications
there will be two hundred and fifty
thousand people inhabiting the Ever.
glades section in the next FIVE years
Mr.. E. P. Thagard, manager of the
Park Hotel, Jacksonville, writes us
that train loads of home-hunters pass
through Jacksonville almost daily for
south Florida, having never heard of
Marion or Alachua counties.
Mr.. Zewadski, who has just return
ed to Ocala from Springfield, H., says
that train load after train load of peo-
pie pass through Illinois every day
home-hunting, generally with their
faces turned toward the setting sun.
Mr.. Zewadski repeats the story told
us by Mr. Crom that farm lands in any
of the old settled states are now COM
handing anywhere from one hundred
to two hundred dollars an acre, and it
is the landowner that is the happy,
contented, well-to-do man.
Mr.. Zewadski says that the success
full bankers, lawyers and merchants
now all have their farms and that
farm property is becoming more safe
and productive than any other de-
scription of property.
AS soon as the tide turns in the di-
rection of Florida it will come with
a rush and there will be a TRANSITIONAL
ton on the face of everything. All
sorts of industrial enterprises will be
established, established businesses
will become more profitable, good
roads and trolley lines will be built,
and the same conditions will prevail
here that population has made posi-
BILE in other sections.
A rainbow of promise, strong and
well-defned, is now spanning the
Florida skies.
Be up and ready to take advantage
of the tide
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
Mr.. REESE ON THE EVERGLADES

Mr.. ]. H. Reese, one of the editorial
writer's on the Miami Metropolis, con-
tributes more than a page article to
the Manufacturers Record of Btlti-
more, under date of October 7th, on
the reclamation of the Everglades. Mr..
Reese tells of the cost and the pro-
gress if the work. That the number OF
dredges is to be increased, and the
work is moving steadily forward with
out any cost to the state, owing to
the very excellent arrangements made
with those who have purchased large
tracts of lands in the section to be
drained, who are taking their. chances
on the success of the scheme.
The lands are being sold very rapid
ly, mostly to buyers from the north
west, and they have had their agents
on the spot to examine the lands and
inspect the drainage operations.
Mr.. Reese estimates that within the
next five years there will not be less
than one hundred thousand people
added to the population of that Sec
ton, and perhaps the number may
reach two hundred and fifty thousand.
Within that period he estimates that
Miami will have a population of So
600.
Besides the growing of all sorts of
semi-tropical and tropical fruits and
flowers, Mr.. Reese thinks that the
greatest good to the whole country
will be the production of the sugar
supply.
Under this head Mr.. Reese says:
There are 100000 acres of land
free of trees and shrubs, with a COW
ering of grass only, which can be
burned of, costing nothing to clear
it and make it ready for cultivation
The muck depth varies from two feet
at the rim to twenty feet in the mid
die. A small portion of this area
when reclaimed by Hamilton Disston
twenty years ago, produced 63 tons
Of cane to the acre, yielding $4,000
pounds. If even 100000 ac~aS of
those soils were planted in cane. the
yield would be more than 100000
tons of sugar that we now import
from abroad. Capitalists who have
ample means to finance the sugar IN
dustry in this country are now con-
sidering these facts, and it would be
no surprise to those interested to see
the sugar supply for this country pro
duced in the course of few years in
the Everglades of Florida, which has
been despised for many years as q
worthless swamp of impossible re-
clamation."
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22

The Florida Citrus Exchange says:
NO grower who sells his fruit on the
trees can ever tell whether he obtains
the value of his crop or not" Which
is all very true. But at the same time
the grower who sells his crop on the
trees can obtain some little satisfac-
ton by jingling the dollars in his
pocket. The Florida Citrus Exchange
has the right idea, and if properly
managed will result in great good TO
the industry, but the man who refus-
es TO sell his oranges, his OK, or his
mule, or anything that is his Cand for
Sale) at the price he has fixed in his
mind as the selling price, should get
a guardian appointed. And the Flor
ida Citrus Exchange has not yet quail
flied for taking charge of the property
of minors.-DeLand News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
A WHITE WITNESS AGAINST Or
COOK

Edward N. Barrill, the guide VINO
STAYED with DR.. Cook after others OF
his party had given up the attempt
to scale Mount Mckinley in 1906
swears that neither he nor COOK
reached the top of the mountain, ana
that the photograph of its summit IN
Cooks book really represents Glacier
Peak. 1000 OF 5000 feet in height.
In this affidavit Barrill convicts him
self of previous Justification. He kept
in Alaska a diary which from May .
to September s contained. he says, a
true account of delays and hardships
about the base of the mountain From
September 9 to September IS, Barrill
swears his diary entries were false
and made under the directions OF DR..
Cook"
In a lawsuit, sworn testimony cor
recting previous false writings. Is
good evidence, entitled to whatever
weight a jury may give it. If. Dr.
Cooks friend consider Barrill unwor-
thy of belief on oath because of his
confession of a false record, they are
attacking Cooks one witness to a feat
about which geographers and Alpin-
lists have been skeptical. II his
friends consider that the two Esqui-
mau boys agreed with Peary and his
party in lie out of politeness, they
are impeaching the testimony Of these
boys previously quoted by them In
Cooks favor. His disputed word
alone now stands for both exploits.
Dr. Cook gained in public favor by
Peary's swift attack upon him. He
has lost ground by the unsatisfactory
character of his narrative and by his
haste to make money. The testimony
of the Esquimau boys quoted by the
Peary party is cumulative merely.
and not to be accepted until impartial
ly tested. But the Barrill affidavit is
the heaviest blow he has yet received.
World
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22
THE PRIMARIES SLOWLY DISIN
TEGRATING THE DEMO-
CRATIC PARTY

Later on l will formulate the plat.
form upon which l shall stand" writes
a prospective democratic candidate
for congress from Florida. And right
here is shown the weakness of the
present primary law, in that il makes
no provision for conventions. Time
was when democratic platforms repre-
sented the aggregate wisdom of the
party. Under the present system the
platform represents the catch-phraSes
Of the candidate, and is meaningless.
II is certainly time for the state exec
utive committee TO call a convention
for the purpose of declaring where We
are at. The go-as-you-please plan is
wrecking the party.-Palatka News.
Opponents TO the primary system
of nominating candidates are appear
ing frequently. for the reason that the
primary has been weighed and found
wanting.
II is conceded by thinkers that the
system has materially weakened the
democratic party in every southern
state where it has been tried. and if
a change for the better does not come
soon. there will be no party left
Apalachicola Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22

Judge Neil, in Sawyer VS.. Ell Paso
& \. (. Ry. Co., employs a sentence
that we should think could be studied
With peculiar effect by some officials
not hundred miles away from OcaIa.
he says: Wherever the dignity of
the courts is placed above the rights
or the people, the flow of Justice is
mighty apt to be at very low ebb. -
The best way for a Judge to do to nre.
serve his dignity is not to become too
much inflated over his own impor-
lance.