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Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
THOROUGHFARES CLOSED,
Vessels Arriving at Portland Tell Of
Ice 6loCkades.

Portland Me. Feb. 17.-Shipping arriv-
ing here from the eastward reports that
Fox Island Thoroughfare. Deer Island
Thoroughfarc. Eggemoggin Reach and
other thoroughfarrS between here and
Macnias are closed with ice, SO that only
the largest steamboats, can go through
them This is the first time that this has
happened this winter
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL
AEEAiRc

The Committee on Appropriations and
Financial Affairs will give public hear
ings in its room, No. II. at the State
House Augusta. az follows.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY .. at r. NJ.
No. 81. Resolve in aid of the Rumford
General Hosnital (Reassigned from
Tuesday. February ~
No. 104. Resolve in favor Of Frank w
Buckman, Sec'y of the Commission of
Pharmacy.
LESLIE BoYNToN. Chairman.
CHARLES W. SHEA, Secy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
INTERIOR WATERS,

TIE Committee ON Interior Waters Will
give a public hearing In its room at the
state House in Augusta.
MONDAY. FEB. 20. at I T NJ
No. ~. An Act to amend Section OF
Chapter 313 of the Private apd Special
Laws Of 1854. entitled An Act TO incor-
porate the Baskahegan Dam Co, Is
amended by Chapter 212 of the Private
and Special Laws of 1898.
No. II. An Act to prevent the throw
ing Of refuse or mill waste into the Bas-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
SACO DEMOCRATS
Name w. G. GiIpatric for Msyor--En.
dorsed by Citizens Movement.

Saco, Me. Feb. 17.-Walter q. Gil
patriC. lawyer, was nominated as the
Democratic candidate for mayor i'll
the party caucus tonight. Mr.. Gilpatric
was later endorsed by the Citizens
Municipal Association.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
kENNEsEc COUNTY DELEGATION

\ meeting of the kenHetec county dele
cation is called Immediately after the
adjournment ut both branches, Friday.
Feb. II. IN legal affairs room. tor Il public
hearing GA All Act "a tN the compensa-
tion of the Judge of PROBATE TOR the oouu-
ty, of kehnebcc
j. ], BERRY. Sec,y
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
FEDERAL RELATIONS.

Tht committee on Federal Relations
will meet in room 81
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ,4 at 80.
NJ. : To act on resolve relative u
Cuuquest of territory.
M. !. To act on resolve ia relation to
reciprocity viii! Canada
NJ / DOW. Seo'y.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
B. J. LIBBY. Bec'y.
TAXATION,

The Committee on Taxation will give a
Public hearing in its room at the State
House in Augusta. as follows:--
THURSDAY, FEB. 9g3. 1911. at =. i. NJ
NO II. An Act to amend Section 81 Of
chapter Of the Revised Etatutes. relat-
Telegraph Companies
No. l.. An Act to exempt from taxa
tlon all property of soldiers of the Civil
War where the valuation does not exceed
five hundred dollars.
HARRY STETSON, See'y.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
kENNEBEC.
BELGRADE.

Georgc Ycaton had the cIsd "t one
finger of his left hand badly crushed
Thursday evening by being Ia hed by
horS" while harncssiug.
Harry Fiiield is very low viii,
BrightS disease. Its brother Chaun-
cr| Is suffering from it badly diseased
mp. Much sympathy j. expressed for
them and their parcntS, brother and
sister Also the young wife Of Harry.
The Ladies' Aid will meet Wednes-
day, Feb. -, with Mrs. II. If. Adams,
If stormy the next day
PlTTSTON.
Edith Warren of Coopers MtlS visited
her parents. Mr., and Mrs. r. IL. Taylor,
for couple of days this week.
Robert Pollard Is visiting in town this
week.
Ada Thompson Is visiting her brother,
and other friends in l,angor u few days
Ben Baily is hauling logs TO mill for
Gilbert CareS.
Eula Little is at hone this week from
Bates for a rest.
Ina Moody and Eta Dockemlorn was
visiting Tuesday at y. Il. MCDunald's at
Whiteiield.
The men and teams had short job Oh
the liennebec ice fields; they all report
IL rs done for this ycar
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
READFiELD.

w +. Lord loaded a car Of wood at
Hoyt'% siding for shipment
Miss Emma Gordon of SpringS all. i
in town, called by the illness OF heG
mother
j. l.. Clough Wa called 10 Auga.'a.
Friday, to attend the funeral of his
cousin. Miss Eliza Church.
clyde Dalton contemplatcs visiting his
parents at Belgrade Lakes. at the ter
inination of his school
While driving this week. r d, Gordon
had the misfortune to lame his family
driving horse.
Geo Higgins has been confined to the
house for several days with q sever
cold.
All express sympathy for tlr family of
NJ : Fiheld. in the sickness OF their
sons, Harry ana Chauncey
Mrs. ]. T. Gordon is seriously i'll with
pneumonia Mrs VI. Wood of winthrop
is caring for her All hope for speedy
recovery.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18

keean stream. accompanied by petition
of John W. Unch and t29 others.
FRIDAY. FEB. Il, at = +. VI.
No. 20. IN Act to incorporate the Ken
ucbcc Dam ANA Reservoir co.
HARRY STETSON, Scc'y.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
CLAIMS,

The Committee OH Claims will give a
public hearing in the Taxation Commit
tees rooms at the State House,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
SlsakdalE.,.,J ILL,
uet given Inv that organ

AZ q banquet given by That OTSanizd"
ton. Saturday afternoon President
Alley will conduct a meeting at the
boys State y. NJ. G. a. convention in
Lewiston. fCt .tx
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-18
AGRICULTURE,

JOHN L. LAWRY. Sec'y.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
SEVERED SNAKE A FIGHTER
Pennsylvania Goes the Limit on Ser
?entlne Yarn-Half Of Reptile
Attacks Man.

Coatesville, Pa.-Attacked by a
huge blacksnake, little daughter of
Calvin Wright Of West Cain township.
eluded the reptile, reached home and
told her parents. The child said she
saw the big snake drinking near the
pump" where she had gone to get a
pail Of water.
The farm help was notified. and Al
bin Peters. John Griffith and Harry
Peters went in search of the snake.
A half mile from the house, in what
Is known as Stony hollow, the snake
was discovered on the limb OF tree
and Harry Peters fred a shot from a
gun and cut 1t in twain.
Then. they say, the portion of the
snake with the head attacked Peters.
and the other two men beat It off with
clubs until they had killed that half
Of It's body. The serpent was fifty.
two inches long and four and half
inches around.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
GOOD RATIONS FOR CATTLE
some Results Obtained by Expert
ments at Tennessee Station In
Feeding Dairy Cows.

Inc experiments conducted at the
tennessee experiment station resulted
In the following conclusions:
soy bean straw is a valuable addi-
ton to the roughage In the feeding
OF dairy cows. and while giving bet.
ter results than corn stover, it can
Dc produced at about the same cost.
A ton OF soy bean hay that will
produce $50 pounds Of beans and LAO
pounds Of straw and can be pro.
duced for 81 has a higher feeding
value than ton Of alfalfa hay (which
costs from $40 to $25 per ton in the
tennessee markets).
Soy bean meal and straw kept the
cows IN healthy condition, as indi.
GATED by the hair and skin.
Cotton seed meal, soy bean meal
apparently had about the same feed.
ing value.
results also indicate that 2 and 3.
year-old heifers will handle a large
amount OF roughage If the grain al
lowance Is small; and. in this work
ohaha was used as supplement
TO corn silage. the milk flow was main.
tanned and the condition of the heif.
ers was good.
well balanced ration can be pro-
duced on the farm at much less cost
than 1t can be purchased on the mar.
ket.
Since the homegrown rations used
IN this experiment produced larger
Yields. kept the animals in better
heaith and greatly reduced the cost
OF production. and since such feeds
can be produced on any Tennessee
farm, the dairymen of that state
should resort to the growing Of their
own dairy feeds as a relief from pres.
ent market conditions.
The growing Of feeds on the farm
gives wider variety and will re-
move the tendency to feed cotton
seed meal excessively, which makes
the ration so narrow that it is injuri.
Gus to the health of the herd and does
not give the best yields of milk and
butter.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
Corn Fed Catfish Latest From Kansas

TOPEKA. Kan.-Ever hear of a corn
! fed, pedigreed catfish? Kansas has
some and is going to have more.
Prof. L. l.. Dyche, curator of the Nat
ural History museum of the State
university and state fish and game
warden. has undertaken to improve
the breed Of catfish by the methods
employed by expert breeders In i'm
proved hogs, cattle. sheep and chick
ems and the methods advised by 80
biologists to improve the human race
careful selection of mates.
At the state fish hatchery at Pratt
they are growing corn-fed catfish
that are as much of an improvement
over the ordinary catfish, Just by feed
ing alone. as the catfish Is better Than
a buffalo as far as food value Is con.
cerned. The corn-fed Kansas steer
and hog bring the highest prices in the
markets.
I'VE have one small pond at the
catchery that is flooded and lined with
cement" said Prof. Dyche. After the
spawning season is over and the little
dsh are old enough that they don't
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
Pastor Quits Pull pit to Be Expressman

20 years as pastor was a carpenter"
said Rev. Mr.. Mcdowell. ut did not
lower his dignity to do manual labor,
and do not think he would object to
my being an express messenger so I
could pay my honest debts.
1T was impossible for me to keen
my family on the $1,44O a year re-
ceived from the church. | have six
children. Each Of them contributes to
the church, yet none of them was
earning money. Each Of them attend
ed the church suppers and socials. nav.
Ing at them out of my salary.
Then came serious illness. and. last
spring, / found myself $3.50 in debt.
Casting about for means of paying
this sum, and certain that could not
pay 1t out of my salary, 1 found that I
could add $1S week to my income
by becoming an express messenger I
consulted with one of the trustees and
he told me 1t would be all right for me
to accept. did accept, and my doing
so raised a storm of protest. Finally
1t became so unpleasant that rather
than continue the difficulty, decided
to stop the trouble by resigning."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
Picture Unites a Brother and Sister

A URORA, ILL-John Stanton of Au.
"A rora and his missing sister, Mrs.
G. w. Waters Of Philadelphia, whom
he has not seen for 20 years, have been
reunited through moving picture film.
and the Aurora man has gone to make
his future home with his relative.
Mrs. Waters is an actress who paid
ner last visit to her brother almost
quarter of century ago when she
was appearing at the Park theater In
Brooklyn. Correspondence finally was
dropped and Mr. Stanton waited year
after year for some word from the
woman. Recently his attention was
called to a theater poster In Aurora
and the striking resemblance between
the woman and his long-lost sister
caused him to buy ticket for the per-
formance.
AS the drama was cast on the screen
he recognized the nurse to the young
heroine In the drama as his sister. He
sought out the manager, obtained the
address of the film company, and ulti.
mately located her in Philadelphia He
recently returned from a ten weeks
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
TRIES TO PROVE HE'S ALIVE
Prominent kansan Finds That He IL
"Dead" When He Asks a
Pension.

Topeka, Kan.-William II. Cooper. a
prominent resident of Garnett, has ap.
pealed to the United States senators
from Kansas to help him prove to the
satisfaction Of the pension bureau in
Washington that he is not dead.
Some time ago he applied for a pen.
sion and was informed by the in.
spector that he, Cooper, had been
dead for more than fifty years. The
inspector knew he was because the
records at Washington said so.
1t seems that William Cooper had a
brother who served in the Union
army for time while he was home
on a furlough. While at home he be.
came sick and was unable to go back
to the army, so his brother, Samuel
Cooper, volunteered to fill in the ranks
until his brother should regain his
health.
The plan was agreed to and when
the roll was called Samuel Cooper an.
swered to the name of his brother.
He explained the situation to the cap.
tain, who accepted the proxy. Later
Samuel Cooper became sick and died
and the recording officer reported the
death OF Private William II. Cooper.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
Curb on Sharpers in the Alien Hotels

Under the old system, runners for
the lodging houses boarded the steam
ers and went through the steerage pas
sengers looking for victims. No mat
ter what country the arriving emil
grant came from, there was some rum
ner to talk to him In his native Ian
guage.
When the boat had docked the rum
ners led their victims to some lodg-
ing house, where they were made well
come as long as they had money. It
often happened that an immigrant
bound for some inland town and pro-
vided with a railway ticket would be
detained In New York as long as he
had money and then loaded on train
to 60 hungry to his destination. Those
who 60 back to the "old country" in
the fall on visit are not 80 easy.
Agents of the lodging houses. how
ever. meet western trains. sometimes
riding several hours out from New
York, in search of customers.
Under the new laws the runners are
nc longer allowed to 3oard boats or
swarm around the docks soliciting pat
ronage and every lodging house keeper
has to furnish bond for the fair
treatment of his patrons.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29

visit and goes back to pass the remain
der Of his life at her home.
Stanton, who is 73 years old, was
born in New York and served in the
navy during the Civil war at the Brook
lyn navy yards. After the war he
moved west and became farmer. A
few years ago he moved to Aurora.
The Stantons have been of dramatic
tendency and most of them have been
actors and actresses. Mrs. Waters has
been on the stage for 46 years and ex-
poets to remain there the rest of her
life. Stantons nephew, Barry O'Neal.
is stage manager for a film company,
while Mrs. O'Neal writes many of their
picture dramas.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29

HH1CAGO.-Rev. Henry NJ Mcdowell
~ has preached his last sermon at the
Woodlawn Park Congregational church.
He resigned because certain members
of the church objected to his action in
donning overalls and working as an.
express messenger at $18 a week to
augment his salary Of $120 a month
from the church.
That manual labor lowered the dig.
nifty Of the pastor, was the objection
made by the members of the church,
and according to friends Of the pastor
while they were unable to have him
ousted from the pulpit. they made
things so unpleasant for him that he
resigned.
"The Master have been serving fol
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
PL0W UNDER FORAGE CROPS
experience Teaches That Unless Care
fuI Selection Of Crop Is Made
Loss Is Result.
(By w. NJ. KELLEYl

NJ Nby w. M. Kelley
MY experience In using green for
age crops to improve the soil has
convinced me that unless we make an
intelligent selection of the crops that
are grown the work Is often done at q
loss.
To be of value the crop that is turn
ed under must be one that obtains
considerable Of its plant food from
the atmosphere, either directly OF
indirectly, or else one that has a deer
roofing system that brings up much
OF its plant food from below the
depths reached by the roots of other
plants.
plant that obtains all of its food
from the surface soil adds nothing tc
the fertility Of the land when 1t is
plowed under, except that it assists
IN forming humus and improving the
mechanical conditions Of the soil. thus
enabling the plants to develop better
root systems.
We have found red clover especially
adapted for all kinds OF soils where II
would thrive. 1t and the other mem.
bers of the legume family are in nv
opinion the only plants that we can
afford to use in building up our soils
except on certain soils where the me
chanical condition is such that other
crops must be employed before q
stand or clover can be obtained.
In dairying sections we have found
red clover too valuable a forage cror
TO plow under for soil improving pur
poses until after the first crop has
been harvested for hay.
The second crop, together with the
manure resulting from feeding the
first crop will supply an abundance
Of humus for the three year rotation
Of crops practiced on the best dairy
farms. The roots stubble and the
second crop of forage will afford very
near as much humus forming material
and nitrogen as the whole Of the first
crop.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
Training the Colt.

On his early training entirely de-
pends the colts usefulness ana value
as horse, and 1t should begin the
day he Is foaled.
The training Of colt cannot be toe
thorough, a half-brokeh horse is moi
broken at all. and Is always a danger
Gus animal.
There is no better or cheaper place
to develop young horse and put him
In proper shape for market than on
the farm.
A colt wants to be kept eating and
growing and exercising and anything
but fattening as long as he has a time
assigned him by nature to grow.
When you begin to train a youne
horse, do 1t with mingled firmness and
goodness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
THE LUCK OF A POULTRY MAN
Kills the looter Of His Chicken Coop
by the Bllndest Sort of
Chance.

Bloomfield, N. J.-Caspar Robling,
4 farmer of Richfield, five miles from
Bloomfield, accidentally shot himself
in the left hand and at the same time
killed mink which had been hiding
In large tuft of tall grass near by.
For some time Mr.. Robling has
been missing chickens and discovered
the loss of prize-winning rooster
Vowing vengeance on everything and
anything as he left the coop, he spied
a neighbors dog crossing field ad-
joining his yard. He got his shotgun
and started in pursuit of the dog. He
tripped on some underbrush, and as
he fell the gun was discharged and
several shot entered his hand. AS he
arose to his feet he saw lying in front
Of him dead mink. and alongside Of
1t the feathers and portion of the
carcass Of his prize rooster.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29

NEW YORK.-Robbing immigrants
~ and emigrants has long been a rec
ognized industry around the docks Of
New York and proprietors of lodging
houses have been taking money away
from these people coming and going.
Two laws recently became operative
Dy which lodging house keepers will
De compelled to give the arriving and
departing persons Of foreign birth
something like the equivalent for
money received.
Foreigners arrive all the year
around, but those who depart for a
visit to the old country generally be-
gin coming to New York about Octo-
Der l and continue coming until the
Christmas holidays. Then the steer
age begins to bring them back, and by
March nearly all are again in this
country and ready to go to work.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29

need the mothers care, we take the
big ones out Of the spawning ponds
and put them into this cement pond,
where we can feed them.
In this cement pond we put, among
other varieties, large number of cat
fish. Bass eat live food. frogs, fish,
worms. snakes and such, while the
crappie and catfish live chiefly on veg
etables. Every day we put chopped
cornmeal and cornbread into that pond
for the catfish.
I'VE have catfish In other ponds
that are not fed on corn and we have
been eating both the corn-fed catfish
and those that are not corn fed and
there is all the difference In the world
In the flavor Of the two"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
Is GIVEN A LIFE TERM
sLAYER'S VICTORY IN SUPREME
COURT ADDS TO PENALTY.
Appealing From a Ten-Year Sentences,
Man Who Avenged Sisters Wrong
ls Sent to Prison for
Life.

Denver, Colo.-Usually It Is consid-
cred victory for the defense when
supreme court reverses a convic-
ton In murder case and sends 1t
back for new trial. Such reversal
proved a stunning blow for Joseph e.
Bailey. the second trial leaving him
convicted Of a higher degree of MUIR
der than the first one, with many
years added to his term of imprison-
ment
In July. 1910. Bailey killed his
brother-in-law, Eugene Smith, for al
legged brutality to Mrs. Smith, Bailey's
sister AS her husband lay upon the
ground, mortally wounded, the woman
snatched her wedding ring from her
flnger and threw 1t at him, exclaiming
that she was through with him for
ever.
In both the trials she stood by her
brother steadfastly. telling Of her
wrongs, accusing the dead husband of
untold cruelty to her. Several times
during the last hearing her sobs were
60 loud that she had to be cautioned
to keep silent. for fear of the effect
or her emotion upon the jury.
At the first hearing Bailey's coun-
sci put up hard fight and managed
to win verdict Of murder in the Sec
ond degree. The defense did not deny
the killing. but hoped to show that the
brother was so shocked by Mrs.
Smiths mistreatment that he was tenn
porarily out Of his mind. His sentence
was an indeterminate term of from
ten to fifteen years.
An appeal to the supreme court was
taken and that tribunal remanded the
case on errors in the trial. About the
time the decision was handed down
Bailey's attorney died.
The accused had to get another law
yer, one comparatively unfamiliar with
the case. At that the trial appeared
to go as much in the defendants ia
vor and Bailey confidently expected
nothing worse than another convic-
ton OF murder in the second degree.
When the second jury filed out Bal
ley appeared almost cheerful When
1t came back two hours later, he ca
gerly listened for its report, apparent
ly not thinking 1t could be against
him.
The verdict was guilty of murder
In the first degree" Asking punish
ment at life Imprisonment in the pen
itentiary. The condemned man fell
back into his chair, stunned and be-
wildered as If he had received a blow
from club.
He Is young man and the compile
tion Of term of Is years would have
let him out Of prison in the prime of
life. His second sentence, in the Or
dinary course of events. will mean
he must be locked up at least rs
years longer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-12-29
BIG ELEPHANT PLAYS HAVOC
Pachyderm sneezes and Windows Arc
Shattered, Buildings Shake and
Plaster Falls.

London, England.-Daisy, the big
Indian elephant which gneezes once
in three years. performed her trien-
nial feat at the Bostock jungle here.
AS results Of her snaaze
Huge pieces of plaster fell from the
ceiling.
Four windows were broken.
An electric light cluster was
smashed.
A party Of 80 schoolboys were
watching Daisy, which had been mo-
tionless for more than an hour. when
suddenly the animal gave a scream,
reared up on its hind legs and giving
vent to a roar that shook the Jungle
to its very foundations, spurted a
stream Of water over them, drenching
them to the skin. Daisy laid down
Immediately after her sneeze and
went to alaAn