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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14

you bear ever IN mind when you cast
your vote that you legislate great con-
sequences into being. potent for good or
Ill. to Maine.
God has given great blessings to our
state. He has made her, as we believe,
fairer and richer than her sisters. He
has lifted her hills, and cupped the har-
bors and the bays between the rugged
barriers to the restless seas Our ma
tural beauties, the inestimable wealth of
our forests and our water powers, our
Incompatible climate, the purity of our
rivers. the intellectual and moral strength
of our people, these also, are our heri-
tage, and these must be kept intact for
our children's children. 1 doubt the sin
certify Of purpose Of no man or interest,
but self seeking frequently clothes it
self in garb that bears the name Of pro-
gress. forgetting the claims of the fu-
ture in its desire for the reward Of the
present. Be cautious and on your guard {;
remember that we are servants, not rul-
ers, and that the talents committed to
our keeping for time must be husband
ed against that day when our Master,
who is the People, shall call upon us for
an accounting
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
ACROSS OCEAN BY BALLOON.

Fisher Proposes Trip Under Gas Bag
With Many Little Feeders.
Carl G. Fisher Of Indianapolis. Ind.
and George L. Bumbaugh, who recent
~ made a short trip In balloon with
an automobile for basket. are plan
ming trip through air across the At
lantic ocean. and their plan has been
approved by a number Of well known
professionals throughout the country.
1t is proposed to make the trip in a
gigantic balloon. attached to which
will be twenty smaller supply bal
looms that may be bed into the larger
bag as the leakage makes necessary.
Instead Of a basket to carry the pas
sengers. specially built boat will be
made,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
JOHN SHAW'S GOOD RECON-
Former Winterport Man and Is,s,,u
First Maine Heavies, 80 Years a poa,@
man in Boston.

Former Winterport Man and ys,...
First Maine Heavies, 80 Years , Phi.
man in Boston.
With record of 3O,years as .r....
man of Greater Boston, durra 81. .
which he has been at Station Is. cts,...
town, John w. Shaw, driver of tD..n.,...
for several years, a native OF W.
port, is the Oldest man at the st,..
both in years and point of servirs wi VI
helped to bring about peace between =.
South and the North by enlist;nr IN W
First Maine Heavy Artillery, and in is t,s
life elected to serve as guardian ,f =!
peace. He was wounded twice In r, %.
battles in which he participated osr.,..
the Civil War, and an equal nunbs- y
times while trying to make ali arr4s-
Shaw was born in Winte rporr Man.
January IS, 1S47. He was Is ya,r. ..i
when the call to arms rang thr.ggr -.
country, and unable to curb hs ar'l.t.',.
to don uniform and shoulder i. m... ~,
in the interest of the north, he Jor......,
to Bangor, where on Dece ,nber I. ',-.
he enlisted for three years in Nm. F~.t
Maine Heavy Artillery, which r4rs.5..
its baptism of fire at Bloody Ang,- H..
Private Shaw was shot in the .eu -r,
joined his regiment again soon aft-,
AT Petersburg Shaw was AGAIN vo,,0..
ed in the leg, and he still carri,s the stot
as reminder of that skirmish 4f,.,
being honorably discharge on Sgptema4.
IL, 1865, he returned to Maine.
Until 1868 he worked with his father
on the old farm in the summer aud M tb.
winter secured employment the lorr1g
camps. Then he went to Boston, RuE.ns
as teamster until 1878, Whe, hr trq,
donned the blue uniform, and pyer SIn,a
has carried the policeman badge .m.
club instead of the musket.
The first two years of his ijfoa- III. of
the Finest he was at the ,Ju4 ,.r..,
station, but in 1880 was traus.pnr-. I'd
Station Is, where he has been eve. s.Ha.
He has seen the station fore. grow
from 80 men to Is, and, Will a- US. f.
think that 600 arrests was d ye.f srE.
number, he says that 5000 amIl ii
the present time does not seem lO1
as the 800 of those days He Gry
patrol wagon over 5000 miles s,.u
On July 20, 1875, he led Miss G-Hg4
Ware of Gardiner, Maine To- tu. .'M
They have four children, threpW 0u
are sons. All are married, ana \u -.N
boasts of three grandchildrcr-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
Ely HeyeaIs Poison In Milk.

A wholesale attempt to exterminats
the roomers in boarding house in
Los Angeles, Cal. failed because fly
was instantly killed when it fell into
a five gallon can of poisoned milk. As
Mrs. Martin. the proprietor. started to
carry an open FIVE gallon can Of milk
into the house from the back porch
fly flew into the milk and almost in
stantly died. She Immediately noti-
fed the police. and detectives ordered
that chemical analysis be made of
the milk When this was made by
City Chemist Miller the poison was
discovered.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
The Report Of the Tax Commission
and Prospective Tax System.

and Prospective Tax System.
In view of the impending consideration
by you of the report filed with the
governor and council by a taxation COM
mission appointed by Governor Cobb, in
accordance with the provisions of Chap
ter los, public laws of Maine of 1907, I
Shall not discuss in detail those issues
of taxation which otherwise would have
had place herein. 1 refrain from this
discussion because the commission has
placed before you, as the law making
branch of the government, for your de-
termination, such questions as the larg-
er taxation of certain public service cor
poratlcns, more equitable taxation of
the wild lands, and the creation of a
public utilities commission-questions
that, whatever may be our personal
views, must now be met. Through the
tax commissioners report these subjects
are explicitly before you. You do not
need to be told how grave are to be the
ultimate conclusions thereof, or how di-
verse and complex are the problems they
present. Certainly. l have desire to
add to their compleXity through the i'm
position of personal opinions, which
might be construed to carry with them
the weight of official approval or disap-
proval in advance of your own candid
deliberations. Later, l shall not hesitate
~ dodIS SS you vi ally VI lHSSe ISSUES H.
in my judgment, it seems to me that the
demands Of justice and equity are not
attained.
On the general proposition or the formu-
lation of the tax system I will, however,
enter an appeal that you make it, as far
as possible, complete and durable. Let 1t
be system, not a subterfuge; let it
follow a policy, not pretence. To my
mind that system is best which is in
elusive of all interests in fair measure
and easy Of modification SO as to meet
the needs of succeeding generations
without tearing down the whole struc-
ture. The time is ripe for the develop
ment of a fixed policy and the determin-
alton of how to enforce 1t. To depend
exclusively on one source of revenue is
not WISE There Is an ethical, as well as
an economical side to this question; for
You must not Lose aight Of the fact that
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
They
NJ a mt ain
Good
Monroe M

I'VE have used the true ,1Is0O
Atwood's Bitters in our fam;Ir T.
twenty-five years with good 40 ior
We always keep them in the bbs 0s
They are excellent for stomach use
ble." Respectfully yours, ]. A, B- uou-
Some of the most common cau,'
i'll health are hasty meals, u9w,.o ''5 :. Of
and over-eating. The stomach - dlst
under such abuse and sickness i,i fIoe's
Such errors may be quickly rgb,sJ1 ,"s
few doses of the 81. F." Atwood, " y 4
tiers. They sweeten stomach. cIe7,,'. ny
bowels, arouse liver, and purlf 5rot ts
Csc. at DRUGGISTS. ''01l.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
Tar Spreading Latest v.nd.li,m.

TIT 0P' eH9 EdeeSe VAHuAIItrn.
Jack the Tar Spreader" Is giving
the detective force Of Indianapolis no
end of trouble and there is not night
but women's expensive gowns . Q
ruined at the theaters In addition
smearing tar on gowns he drops sma
balls Of 1t on the floors. and they q
trampled over the carpets by those wb
happen to tread on them.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
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Bears the a The Kind You Have A.83Ya
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THE MAINE LEGlSLATI m

Statistics of the 74th Maine -g-,a
show that the oldest member u I'LL -.
ate is William S. knowlton Of -".
county, WHO'S 50. The young
is from the same county,
Howes, q. Four senators Jr u
80 and 40, II between 40 arG Fl"
tween so and Co. and five s.'a
and 70. Twenty three Were pu-
towns where they now rosIl.,
born out of the state, two uY
country, while the remaindcr aJ.
of the State Ten received 81
education and eight recevpd N.
training at seminaries on us
Eight of the members are sirg
teen have had previous Iegls.a1
rlence.
There are six lawyers u 'l
three merchants, three Iur
facturers, two lumber merrn.
farmers, two real estate arr
agents, two business men aaG
er and merchant, one farmtr u.
in horses, one farmer and
dealer, one contractor AMI '4
physician, one insurance aHu
granite manufacturer, one p4
summer hotel proprietor, on i.N.
one paper mill agent. Thor
Congregationalists, six MeIh,d--
Catholics, two Baptists, or
fist, one Universalist, one
Spiritualist and six wlU-
preference are unknown.
The oldest member of t'r
| 40
SO, and the youngest John J..
Durham, %. Seven of the le..
between 20 and 30 years, - loo
and 40, AZ between 40 and 81.
so and 60, IA between 60 az!
between 70 and 80 and ono hO""
and 80.
Sixty-fve members of the hw
born in the town they repro
were born out of the State AM
of the. country. Thirty-seyel
collegiate education, 81 Wrr'
in seminaries, academies u'
colleges, while the rest a-'t
common schools. Thirty-thr'e
previous legislative eNperIut
are II single men and four Wl..U=-.-
There are rs farmers, Is lace"
merchants, II physicians, N.
dealers, three lumber mgu
three farmers and lumber,
contractors and builders, thr,
men, three teachers, two a
editors two farmers and meM
farmers and manufacture
estate agents, two farmers an
real estate, two foremen, t"u
ticers, and one farmer and
one each of the following: a..
ent, newspaper reporter, iN
teacher, contractor and fish
sherman, fisherman, stonecuL.O
tendent, millman, farmer and
steam towage contractor, aED
maker, general manager, ""
bookkeeper, manager, water
papermaker, packer, shipmasll -
alton promoter, travelling sa,rsI'.. poi
er, salesman, farmer, catI"
blacksmith. One is retired.
There are 10 Methodists, Is
lists, IS Congregationalists, L. Ha0.'
nine Catholics, six Free BaPiis.
Unitarians, two Pedestrians, tW" '
one each of the following: Epso'f
Christian, Disciple Of CHRIS. W.
Brethren, New Church, SpiriLa
den Rule. The religious prcIcf'''
81 are unknown.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
Simple Remedy for La Grippe

Hacking la grippe coughs that may '' Hra
into pneumonia over night are qu'tAS ,,i m
by Foley's Honey and Tar. The sore .5 end
famed lungs are healed and strength'. ,yrsr.ed
a dangerous condition is quickly @ @., vel.
Take only Foleys Honey and Tar in the
low package. r. H. Moody.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14

oe1le VI noloiHs our sldte electlonS To
November, 70 as to conform with the
customs In other states of the Union and
to bring our election in presidential years
on the Same day as that of the election
of presidential electors. 1t is a waste
OF time and money to hold two elections
where one can serve as well.
l hardly need call to your attention
the crowded condition of public depart
ments and the lack of adequate commit
tee rooms In this state house for 1t is
evident to you all. Several departments
have been added within the past few
years, the housing of which greatly over.
crowds the building. understanding fully
as you do that a limit must be set upon
our expenditures in any given year. YOU
must. nevertheless. note the serious con-
dition that confronts us. Valuable doc
uments are stored here in hazard Of fire
You nave inadequate quarters for your
committee work. There is every indica-
ton that the demand for room will in
crease greatly within the next two years.
Ii new departments are created the ques-
ton OF where to house them becomes
practically unanswerable. Various ex-
pedients have been suggested, such as the
erection of an office building or an ex-
tension to the state house. 1 suggest an
early consideration of this by the COM
mittee on public buildings.
The School Question.
several conferences have been held
recently between the governors and gov
ernors-elect of the New England states
the chief purposes of which have been
to promote, SO far as possible, legisla-
ton along lines which the New England
states have In common. l have been
privileged to attend some of these SEES
sions, and it has occurred to me to sug-
gest to you several topics which have
been generally agreed upon as worthy Of
especial attention in order that so far
as possible, we may fulfill our part Of
the general plan to do all that is possible
to increase the prestige of New England
and to benefit the individual states. In
this connection, 1 wish to call to your
attention five recommends lions relative
to our common schools and high schools
In Maine, which are particularly essen
tial, 1t seems to me- to this state, If it
Is to keep in line with the rest of New
England in educa tional matters.
First: The requirements of a state
certffication Of teachers with view to
secure better qualifica lions from the
teachers and higher salaries for the
teachers. The average salary in the
schools Of Maine Is lower than any other
northern state. and few southern states
have lower average. The result, OF
course. Is q constant drain of our teach
Ing force to other lines Of york and TO
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-01-14
The Coming Millennium
By HARRY F. HOWARD
A Book Every One Should Read

NOthing Visionary, nothing assumed, every
thought substantiated by scien-
tifc and Biblical proofs.
The author explains many of the things in the
puzzled you.
Rev. q a, 22:2.-" And there shall be no more
DEATH neither sorrow, nor crying. neither shall
there be any more pain: for the former things
are passed away. And he showed me pure river
of water of life and on either side of the river
was there the tree of life, -. =. and the leaves
OF the tree were for tn healing of the nations"
Bound in cloth. 400 pages, sent postpaid
for $1.OO. Order OF the Author.
Harry F. Howard, Rochester, N. H., U. S. A.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25

Harry A. Williams made his drbat as
football official in the role Of ref
cree, and he was so good that
neither team took the time 20 argue
with him. Pence of the college team
was umpire
The Watertown game closed the sea-
son for the home team. 1t has been
a successful year, all things consider
ed, and Coach Patty and the mem.
bers Of the team are entitled to great
credit
There is fine chance for some stu
dent of the game to make a genuine
hero out Of himself Let him figure
out which is the best team, Brook
ings, Sioux Falls. Watertown. Huron
or Madison. Brookings played tie,
0 to O. games with Cioux Falls, HUI.
ron and Watertown, while Sioux Falls
and Madison played an to 0 game.
The man who can figure out the b st
one in the bunch will be a good one.
The teams lined up rs follows Sat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25
TO BUILD DAKOTA LINES.

Homer A. Miller Of Des Moines, Ia.
a director Of the North Western line,
IN an interview tells OF the new ex.
tensions to be made by that line in
South Dakota the coming year. He
says that an appropriation was made
by the Northwestern board to begin
work in the spring on the extensions
planned for South Dakota including
a line from Blunt to Gettysburg, an
extension west from Hitchcock to con
meet with the Gettysburg line and a
new branch from Belle Fourche east
ward into the reservation
Mr.. Miller also said the North,
Western would build. an extension
from Groton the coming year Wheth
er the Groton extension is to form a
connecting link for through Pacific
coast business via the Northern Paci
fic he did not say, being somewhat
uncertain without data he had left in
New York as to the exact plans for
that improvement.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25
SIOUX FALLS
WANTS ROAD
QUEEN CITY WOULD WELCOME
A LINE.
FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH
ROAD TO VERMllliON WOULD BE
A GOOD INVESTMENT.

The Sioux Falls Journal saws:
Neil Stewart, president and pro.
moter of the Brookings & Sioux Falls
Electric railway, has been before the
Commercial club OF this city and ask
ed the people of this city to take $780,
600 OF preferred Z per cent stock and
secure seven miles of right-of-way for
the company. This company has been
doing considerable grading from the
Brookings end of the line during the
past two years and it is the intention
to commence ironing next spring The
line from Brookings to this city goes
through one Of the very richest sec
tions of the state and Is quite thickly
populated. and the Journal does not
believe the company is asking any
too much from this city. A line of
this character would be OF immense
value to the city and even IL the
money was put In by the citizens
and every cent lost 1t would still be a
good thing for them as 1t would in
crease the population of the city, In
crease the trade territory, raise real
estate prices, and those who put In
their money would gain in this way
II they lost directly in the road.
But the Journal does not believe
1t would be losing investment, but
paying one. 1t will be remembered
the Journal for years advocated a
street car line in this city and main
tanned that it would pay, but was
laughed at. The street car line Is In
and it is the best paying investment
for the money put into 1t of any busi-
ness in this city. An interurhan limo
will pay as well and possibly better,
for 1t will have a lot Of express mat
ter to haul at good rates
Another line that is needed out of
Sioux Falls is one south to Vermi!lion.
There is company formed for pro-
noting this line, but apparently moth
ing has been done with it during the
past year. IF Sioux Falls would start
out to build this line in earnest and
/ get the people here to take the stock
: the road could be constructed. 1t
would be cheaply constructed for It
runs throogh an almost level coontry
and every foot of the right-of-way
could be obtained without cost, as
the people want the line. As this
country is thickly settled there would
be no question of the line paving. If
stock enough could be sold to con-
struct thirty miles or possibly less
the road could he bonded for the
money necessary to finish It, Some
effort and a good hard one, should
be made to get these two roads com
pleted into Sioux Falls.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25
MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION

M. G. Carlisle returned home the
first Of the week from Chicago, where
he was one of the delegates at the
National Farm Land congress. This
was the first meeting Of the congress,
which has for il; object the exploiting
Of those sections Of the country at
present undeveloped, and a bureau
will be established from which home
seekers can get reliable information
about any section. Mr.. Carlisle states
that the addresses of Superintendent
Chamberlain and Governor Vesscy
were most favorably commented on and
the South Dakota delegation number
ing about forty, did a lot of good
boosting for this state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25
GENEROUS RRookINGs.

Tuesday was Tag Day in Brookings.
the proceeds to go for the benefit of
the Children's Home at Sioux Falls.
and 1t was the finest kind of a sue
cess. S315 was raised by the sale of
the little bits of pasteboard for the
homeless tots of the state, which will
be of substantial benefit to the Sioux
Falls institution.
The Tag Day was under the super.
vision of the Woman's club, but scores
OF others turned out and helped make
the day rousing success. Some of
the ladies were stationed on Main
street, where every passerby was nab
bed and tagged while others made a
house-to-house canvass. At the pub
lie schools about forty dollars was
taken in and from the college there
came $35 more. Hardly a person was
so miserly as to refuse ten cents, and
scores gave quarter, half-dollar or
dollar while several contributed a five
dollar bill for their tag.
The success of the day in Brookings
should inspire other towns in the
state to similar efforts, and if it were
made an annual affair, as will be the
case with Brookings a fine permanent
fund could be raised for the home.
To the Woman's club and others
who assisted SO willingly and to c.
e Carlisle, who conceived the great
idea, credit should be given. 1t was
great work for great cause and
generous Brookings has reason to feel
proud of itself
A collection will be taken up in the
different churches today which will
further swell the fine fund from this
city.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25
DADS
HOLD SESSION
COMMISSIONER MEET DURING
PAST WEEK..
LIST OF JURORS IS DRAWN
FOR JANUARY TERM AND OTHER
BUSINESS is TRANSACTED.

Adjourned session Nov. 18th, 1909.
The board of county commissioners
Of Brookings county, South Dakota
met in adjourned session at the county
auditors Office in the city Of B' ool-
ings on Tuesday, November 16, 1909 az
one o'clock p. m.
Members present: George f. Hoch.
chairman, District No. 1; J. L. Jarvis,
District No. q Ole Erickson, District
No. 8; Lewis Johnson, District 40.
4; F. w. Newton, District No. ); o.
J. Otternes, county auditor, present
as clerk
The chairman called the board
to order and thereupon proceed
ed to open bids for the SUI
perintendercy of the county poor
farm for the ensuing year Two bids
were submitted: One by H. V. Feen.
stra, the present encumbent, at a
salary of $4,000 per month; the other
by l.. p Ammons. at a salary Of
$4,000 for the year. After due con-
sideration, the board by a majority
vote accepted the bid of II. V. Fecn,
stra
The board was served with a
garnishee summons End made a party
to an action brought by the bank of
Brookings against the Iowa Bridge
company to recover damages founded
upon an implied contract. The board
on motion ordered the same placed
on file.
A detailed report was submitted to
the board by the Iowa Bridge company
of bridges constructed by them in
Brookings county during the past
year.
The board instructed the auditor to
advertise for bids for the construc-
tion of bridges for tho year 1910, bids
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-11-25
JENKINS LLOYD JONES.

Mr. Jones will lecture in Brookings
December / at the opera house at 8
o'clock. Subject: "The Three RS; or
a Plea for the Better Education. "
Tickets so cents.
Mr.. Jones ought not to need an in
PRODUCTION to the reader of the press,
since he has lectured from coast to
coast. He was secretary Of the
worlds parliament Of religions at Chi
cago in 1893. He was founder and
president Of the Browning society of
Chicago
He served as a cavalryman during
the civil war from Wisconsin For
twenty-five years he has preached an
annual sermon on some phase Of
Abraham Iincoln's life, it is therefore
not strange that he should name his
church the abraham Lincoln Center
He was one of the prime movers in
preserving the Lincoln farm in Ken
lucky and his own son bid it in at
the sale.
Mr.. Jones established at Spring
Green. Wis. on the Wisconsin river,
what is known as the Tower Hill Sum-
mer School where he spends his vaca-
tions and has classes in religion and
literature.
He is joint author with w. c. Gan
nett of the Faith that Makes Faith
full" His church is underominational
and stands for almost every phase of
religious, intellectual, physical, ethical
and social life.