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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Expensive Mud,

America leads the world in the pro-
duction of mud-not cheap. low grade
Eud, but mud of a very expensive
quality Our mud is not packed in
neat boxes, labeled Made in America"
and protected by tariff duties from tho
2auper mud of Europe. 1t is spread
)ut thickly over millions of miles Of
)ur country roads.
Only one mile in fourteen of
Americas roads can be said to be
really improved. The rest are mud
leep narrow streaks of sticky. oozy
mud. The farmer fights with mud
when he takes his load to market It s.
aid to cost him twenty-five cents a
on per mile to haul his produce, while
the thrifty Frenchman on mudless
'oads does it for half as much. The
American farmer pays for his mud in
decreased profits, in hard labor. in
poorer schools; his wife pays In
ISOLATION and loneliness.
Nor is the farmer the only one who
avs the mud tax. The city man who
thinks he is buying eggs is buying also
mud. Mud puts it's price upon our
read, our meat, and our fuel. Three
undred million dollars year is the
estimated cost Of muddy roads. We
an think of no way in which our
,eople could get less fun for the same
noney-Success Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Seven Hundred Billion Matches Ysar
Used in America. sd

Some enterprising statistician has
figured out that the American peopb
use up the enormous total of seven
hundred billion matches a year. It's
me one best guess that matches iead
pins in the race for popularity, unless
We include hairpins-big and little But
what a boardwalk the 225,000,0O0 rect
If pine boards used annually TOT
matches would build.-National Maya
zinc E. 3
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
SERIES OF OvATIONS.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

con. He was presented on the portico
Of the hotel with massive silver low
ing cup appropriately engraved.
Commander Peary left Bangor for
Portland at $40 p. M. on the Bar Ha"-
bor-New York Express. after a stop
of less than three hours. This train
made but two or three stops on it's
passage via the upper or Lewiston
route to this city.
One of the prettiest receptions was
that at Waterville. where carefully
arranged program was carried out at
the railroad station. Two thousand
people, mostly mill operatives, crowded
the platform at Lewiston and nearly
half that number greeted Peary dur
ing a brief stop at Auburn. The real
ovation of the 770-mile journey from
Sydney, c. B., was that accorded the
famous Arctic explorer in this, his
adopted city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Rexenue From huntinn.

A deer in the bush is worth more
than deer in hand-according 10
President Roosevelt; for the live deer
attracts the tourists and the sports
men, who leave money behind, money
found because it cost the State
nothing. This is borne out by Ger,
many, where 100000 people yearly pay
for hunting in the forests. The returns
from hunting licenses and rentals
amount to $32,500,000 yearly for
Germany. Germany is ahead of the
United States in this respect. Only one
State approaches Germany in revenues
from hunting and tourists. Names
100000 tourists yearly leave $4,000. 900
behind them. Alabama collects yearly
$4,000 in hunters fee.-The Outing
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Gov. Bert M. FernaId.

Introducing Gov. Bert NJ. Fernald of
Maine. Judge Reynolds said:
''In the register of the officers Of the
lazy of our country, published in 1885,
,mong the civil engineers and the last
m the list, Robert Peary is named.
in that list he is given the relative
rank of lieutenant: is credited with
having been appointed in 1881 and with
,eing a resident of the State of Maine.
He was distinctively a Maine man.
born of Maine stock, educated in her
common schools, at the Portland High
school and at Bowdoin College. At the
inc of his entry into the public SER
ice he had lived nearly all of his life
here.
Remembering this in the hour of his
triumph, tonight Maine claims him
or her own And the people of this
State. evidencing a local interest in
lin and in the story of his marvellous
task accomplished, are represented.
now, in this presence. by their Chief
Executive, a Governor, in whose be-
half much was promised, but in whose
public career the fulfilment of those
promises has been made complete.
Governor Fernald said in part: ..
Il am happy to add my few words
to those already said in behalf of this
hroud and happy people eager to do
honor to this gallant man. There is
not town or city in Maine that does
not envy Portland this privilege. Had
but the permission been given this
welcome would have been State wide,
and have been of such significance that
all of the world would have been COM
PEELED to sit up and take notice. There
is saying that the prophet is never
without honor, save in his own coun-
try. We would have reversed that die
tum and would have spelled Honor
to Peary' in letters so big that they
could have been seen above the top
of old Mount Katahdin and have beer,
| imprinted on the next aurora borealis
| arching the skies above the North
pole that Peary has certainly brought
home.
1.-THE whole of Maine cannot get in
| to this dining hall this evening and
you made this in large measure a
| home greeting The welcome of the
neighbors, the townsmen. the school
and college men and professors with
whom our distinguished guest was
! most intimately acquainted. It is for
me to say that outside your doors
1 clamor 100000 of the best people on
earth. eager to get in here and join
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24

were from the skies. They, came I'M
beddcd In mcteoritcs castupon Arizona
and Chilli by an unidentified star. One
does not prospect for chips Of stars.
AZ well search for the end of the rain
bow. Neither Is 1t practical to ham
mer all sorts Of eruptive rock and con-
glomerate wherever come upon. Earth.
quake or volcanic upheaval districts.
are not, necessarily, the most promis.
ing, for often diamonds that seem Ia
have had volcanic origin occur thous-
ands of miles from the probable place
of extrusion-carried thence. 1t is as
stunned by glacial drift in some far
back geological time.-Everybody's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Hand Magnet Great Convenience.

A hand magnet, which Will PICK up
to Is times its weight of 7 h.. has
'een placed on the market, says the
uly Popular Mechanics. 1t is de-
igned for operation on an ordinary
Electric lighting circuit, and is
furnished with drop cord and plug, so
hat it can be attached to any lamp
ocket. A push-button, mounted on
op of the magnet and operated by the
humb, closes the circuit to the coils
md makes the magnet operative. On
pleasing the button the poles become
lemagnetized and the load is released
In machine shops the magnet is used
or clearing chips and borings out Of
machinery or removing them from
PARTS of the work not easily accessible
is. for instance. from the bottom Of a
eep cylinder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24

+domitable pluck and energy and
with almost prophetic vision. An i'm
pulse in the life of such man may
overpower all other trends. and lead
him into the realm of exploration. II
in this field Of human effort, he at
tains the highest eminence, he be-
comes a discoverer.
Maine. tonight presents to the world
a candidate for that distinction. A
story Of his life and varied achieve
ments Is yours already. l need but
to speak his name and that story is
fully and completely told.
Gentlemen, Commander Peary of the
State of Maine, discoverer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
AT OLD TOWN.
A Real Down East Welcome Extended
and Pcary Returns Thanks.

Old Town, Me-, Sep. 23.-Old Town
gave Commander Robert f. Peary a
real Down East welcome in which sew
eral hundred people participated. AS
the train drew into the station a
crowd swarmed around the Peary car
and cheered themselves hoarse after
which the explorer shook hands with
as many of those who could press
close to the car platform. There was
stop of only couple of minutes at
Old Town and Commander Peary did
not make any speech.
Large numbers of people drove in
fsoin- 4he4-cnnntry. districts and stood
up in their wagons and cheered the
sse,n7ssixss. csss pole
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Judge Putnam's Letter,

My absence prevents my accepting
he invitation to attend, which l great
regret. AS it is the intelligent eA
orts which are best crowned by the
no. Com. Peary is the first of all Arc
ic explorers Of this generation or an,
asst one. whatever others have done
His various expeditions towards the
polo furnished him in an unrivalled
amount of scientific facts, and facts
which interest the general public. His
pl"ndid equipment and his persistent
forts with skill result in encouraging
the belief that science. with suitable hui,
nan assistance. will from time t.
ime overcome any material obstacles
10 matter how Dortentious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
The Greatest Wealth.

Is there any compensation in money
for starved, stunted. dwarfed mind,
Can lands and houses, stocks and
ponds. pay man for living a narrow.
rutty. sordid life? How much money
would match the wealth of trained
mind, of unfoldcd possibilities? Is the
capacity for the appreciation Of the
meaning of life, of the lessons of civil.
ization, worth no more than ones
bread and butter and roof? Can anv
one conceive of greater possessions
than an intellect well trained and dis.
ciplined, than broad, deep, full-orbed
mind responsive to all beauty, ali
good success Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
AT LEWISTON.
Immense Crowd at StatTon-Peary
y Bows and Shakes Hands.

Lewiston, Me-, Sept. 23.-Command-
er Robert E. Peary passed throuS:h
here at 6.45 this evening en- route for
Portland. An immense crowd was at
the station to get view of the eX-
plorer and greeted his appearance with
cheers. Mr.. Peary made no remarks,
merely bowed in response to the che ers
and shook hands with the few who
were able to get within reach.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24

with you in fitting tribute to one of
the greatest of human achievements
and to testify to the nobility of the
man who has given bis life over and
over again, in cause that ranks with
those of Livingston and Humbolt and
who stands in the forefront Of that
glorious band of intrepid explorers
who have opened up continents or
have advanced the frontiers of civil
ization or knowledge. Great deeds are
imperishable. A great life or good
example never dies.
"Peary's triumph was not casual
adventure. His was not merely dash
for the pole, but campaign OF long
continued preparation and hardship.
For 20 years, and l do not know but
for more than 20 years. he had been
the type and the example Of the
American explorer in the farthest
north. The greatest Of all that list OF
heroes. of whom so many, alas have
been claimed to the last drop Of blood
by the merciless frozen North. Faith
full and fearless he has seen the end
from the beginning, confident Of ulti-
mate success in the browning achieve
mcnt but achieving success with each
expedition in which he approached the
goal. Science has benefited by him. He
has been an example and an inspira-
ton to the world, he has stood for
American initiative and incentive. He
has stood for honor so that no man
should doubt his slightest word. He
has added UNNECESSARILY to scientific
knowledge; he has illustrated that per-
severance which is the inheritance Of
the great. he has been painstaking and
minute and has brought back each
time the absolute proof of all his
claims in the records of scientific OBJ
servation. No one has ever questioned
him. His. word has been sufficient and
for that we are thankful, for that we
are proud, for that we are loyal.
Here tonight, my friends, in these
very few words I am to say, l forget
and ignore all controversial issues. We
discuss or rather, 1 discuss. no moot
points. I am confident that I am not
built for an Arctic explorer, nor am l
qualified to enter upon the domain of
conjecture relative thereto. We are
here tonight to say welcome home,
to say that we are proud of the citizen
ship of this man in Maine, to say that
| by his life and effort he has endowed
this State with a new jewel, to set in
the crown that encircles her brow, to
insist that his achievement belongs
in a measure to us as it belongs to the
ages as a product of our home life and
of our educational forces in school and
college and to declare that his success
in conquering the last barrier of the
North Polar land and thereby doing
what to his knowledge and belief had
never been done before, enobles us, as
it enobles him.
Mr.. Peary listened intently to the
remarks of each speaker. Once or
twice he sank back in his chair, rest
ing one arm over the chair back His
jaw was set firm and when his name
was mentioned by the speakers and
everyone in the hall arose to cheer
him, the jaw would relax, showing a
set of we'll preserved teeth. All the
while be was gazing steadily at thu
miniature North pole with it's little
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Electric Fans Pick Chickens.

One of the most unique tasks
electricity is to be compelled to ac-
complish Is the picking of chickens. Az
electric fan for this purpose has been
devised for wholesale poultry dealers,
The fan is placed in a receptacae
through which it drives blast OF a'.,
claimed to be sufficient to remove ~
the feathers and down from fowl ~
a few seconds-Popular Mechanics
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
The Diamond Roman. a Mystery.

AS substance, the diamond is one
of the mysteries of nature, one Of the
despairs of science. Nobody knows
whence It came, nor how whether It
is spark from a comets tail, or a
crystallized drop squeezed in some
horrible intensity of fiery CONFUSION
from the white-hct insurgent heart of
the earth. Nobody knows much about
it at all, except that it doesn't "be-i
long" to this world
Some known black diamonds literally
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Reynolds lntrodu cira Peary.

Introducing Commander Peary Judge
Reynolds said:
in this world there comes to ma
turity occasionally man of great
intellectual force. free from physical
faint; with certainty OF purpose of in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Photographing Wild Animals.


1t IS vastly more difficult to photo
graph game than to shoot it. Nothing
worth shooting should escape rife
1T hundred yards, while it is seldom
worth while to use a camera on gam,
at more than fourth of that distance
Even then, however near the game
nay be, it is much easier tc miss ii
With camera than is commonly be.
ieved. If the camera is tipped YER,
title to one side when the exposure /.
made, the necessity of trimming thu
picture t ocOnform to the horizon line.
nay spoil it,
Pressing the button a small Fraction
II a second too early, or too late, NAV
uln the result. I once posed for tn,
Camera-Man when he attempted to il
:ustrate the shooting OF an alligator
The reptile was in a little pond on thu
border of the Big Cypress Swamp
Florida. As I stood On the bank n
Cracker boy who was with me grunted
ike a young alligator. This brought t,
he surface of the water the head of
Dig gator who was in search of hi
supper. l fired at the reptile with
gun charged with magnesium powde,
md at The same instant the Camera
Man pressed the button of his Gamer;
which was trained on the whole outfit
Out OF several trials only one was sue
;essful. Al exposure made the fiftietf
Of a second TO soon missed the dis
.harge of the weapon. which was tn,
important feature of the show. ant
when the button was pressed the tenth
Of a second too late, the stream of fir,
ara smoke. which should have beef
pouring from the muzzle of the gun
was entirely disconnected from it pro
lucing a ridiculous effect.-Van Nor
Zen Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
PEARY At PORTLAND.
Continued from Page One.)

Besides the speakers at the head
table was Cyrus H. Curtis of Philadel-
phia, John K. Bangs, the author, Con-
gresham SwaSey of the I'd Maine Dis
trict President William A. Wheeler of
the local Board of Trade. Prof. Albert
e. Burton. dean Of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology; and Judge
Sewall c. Strout of this city.
The speechmaking began about mid
light when Judge Edward c. Reynolds
If South Portland, life long friend
If the commander, was introduced as
postmaster of the evening.
POSTMASTER Reynolds.
Judge Edward c. Reynolds, life
ong friend of the commander, was
postmaster of the evening and, in
opening the speechmaking, said in
part:
THE significance of this meeting
s the accomplishment of a deed which
marks an important epoch in the his
DRY of the world. But we have gath
red more particularly for the purpose
# extending our congratulations to a
elbow citizen and friend, who, having
injured great hardships, escaped great
hangers, accomplished great results.
las come back to the home of his
youth.
Our guest of tonight has roamed
rom the greatest city of the new
world to the greatest mystery of both
worlds. And in the midst of that
greatest mystery. on that spot which
las been for centuries the unattained
GOAL of the brave and daring of many
nations, his feet have trod, and his
lands have placed the Stars and
Stripes.
He has done this fulfilling his own
rophecy. He comes back to us with
hose strange dreams Of his trans
ormed into material realities; his
'ondest hopes no longer uncertain of
ulfilment; his greatest ambition an
accomplished fact
THE victory is his alone, but the
lonor of it he must share with the
people of these sister cities with the
itizens of this State. yes. with all of
hose who dwell beneath our flag, even
the distant islands of the sea-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24

utter the unanimous seHtltHeHl VI HcT
citizens. who have the deepest faith In
him, and appreciate the greatness OF
his service to the country"
Mayor Hamilton, South Portland.
Said Judge Reynolds, the toastmas-
ter. in introducing Mayor Fred G..
Hamilton of South Portland:
I'm the village now known as Pleas
antdale. in the present city of South
Portland. formerly part of old Cape
Elizabeth. Peary lived when boy. At
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman
Evans his mother made her home for
a large portion of her life and until
her decease in 1900 and until that time
he made that his home and headquar-
tiers when here. His father and mother
lie in the little cemetery near the Meth
odist church there. He has relatives
living in that village. And to the
young people of your generation
living there now and the few survivors
of those older than he, he Is still the
Bert Peary of other days.
South Portland claims him as a son
and is proud of his splendid manhood
and notable achievements and brings
her tribute by her able and accom-
plished mayor.
"As South Portland man I pre-.
sent with pleasure His Honor Mayor
Fred G. Hamilton Of that city,"
Mayor Hamilton spoke in part as fol
lows:
This reception in honor of one OF
South Portland's sons has proved g
popular as well as municipal demon.
stration.
1T does not matter whether he is
the first to reach the goal of his am.
| bition and set his foot on the apex OF
the globe or the only one to perform
this miraculous feat
1T is Robert Peary whom we honor
1t Is the dedicating Of his life, of hi.
| manhood efforts to this aspiration anG
Iendcavor that command applause.
/ I'VE know he has discovered the pole
because he has said so. We in South
Portland and Portland ask for no fur.
ther proof than this. He has planted
| the Stars and Stripes on the top of tn.
earth, and because he is of good New
England stock, he is physically able t,
go through the hardships necessary t.
accomplish this wonderful feat.
I'VE want to show him by this re.
ception that we certainly believe ir
him and will look with interest for hi.
full! report of his conquest of the hitn-
erto undiscovered North.
'Ifis home city of South Portland
welcomes him back from the froze,
North, in his own city and State since
lie has achieved fame, and 1 hop,
fortune by being the recognized dis.
Ovcrer of the North pole"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
A DOG Explorer.

A wonderful record as q traveller has
been achieved by Dash, the smooth
haired fox terrier which accompanied
Or. M. A. Stein, the archaeological ex-
plorer, throughout his great journey
OF ten thousand miles, undertaken on
behalf of the Indian government.
through Central Asia into China and
back.
Though the aggregate of the marches
amounted roughly to ten thousand
miles in two years and eight months,
The actual distance covered by DASH
taking into account his canine habits
Of progression, may be estimated at
we'll over twenty thousand miles. Dash
made that journey on foot practically
The whole way, except when he went
pony back" for short distances at
times Of great heat. When in the TAX
lamakan desert, Dash, like the rest of
the party. had his water allowance
strictly limited. 1t came from the sup
ply carried on camels in the form of
ice.
Dash went over mountain passes as
high as eighteen thousand feet above
sea level. Throughout the journey the
log kept WELL and his menu was made
Up of scraps from the camp larder.
Each night he slept in Dr. STEMS tent,
and on occasions proved himself very
Useful watchdog. On the high Tibetan
lplands his chief recreation was chas-
ng wild donkeys. yaks and the like. He
managed to kill several hares and
BRING them in to supplement the store
of food
Upon many journeys along the In
liam northwest frontier Dash has also
oeen the comrade of his master, and he
has probably seen far more of the
world than most people. He has true
British terrier blood in his veins, al
though India was his birthplace. The
log is now in quarantine after having
come from India.-London Daily Mail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24

fee and hardship fell to the women
at home, SO has her life. during these
long years of polar quest contained
it's full share Of sacrifices. To her. a,
we'll as to the famed discoverer. We
should extend our hearty congratuin-
lions.
"In voicing Portlands welcome to
the guest of honor l am sure that /
utter the unanimous sentiment of her
citizens, who have the deepest faith In
him, and appreciate the greatness OF
his service to the country
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