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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Presidential Primaries.

Presidential preference" and how
to get an expression of it throughout
the country is one of the things which
confronts party leaders. 1t is brought
more prominently before the public
mind by the Republican national con-
mittee in session at Washington, this
week 1t was brought houe to them
by the fact that the machinery for a
Presidential primary has been set up
by law in five or six states, and. in
Congress, Senator Cummings has al
ready introduced a bill to bring about
the election of all delegates for ma
tional conventions BY a direct primary.
His measure fixes the date of such
primary as August in each Presi-
dental year. Dealing with this
situation editorially, the New York
Evening Post says:
AS six-sevenths OF the states have
made no legal provision whatever for
amy such test of party sentiment ON
the Presidency, the national commit
tee cannot include the device in its
cali for next years convention. In
Ohio it has been proposed TO try the
matter out by voluntary agreement,
and the Presidents friends are said
not TO be averse to doing so; but even
there the plan is enyeloped in doubt,
and except in the handful of states
where the statutes have provided for
Presidential primary. we shall doubt
less hear little of it as practical
matter.
Nevertheless, the movement has
genuine interest. 1t indicates an
honest and growing dissatisfaction
with the methods at present employed
to elect Presidential delegates. And
with the coming all over the country
of direct primary laws for the nomi-
nation of state and city officials, as
well as Representatives and Senators,
what more natural than that the nomi-
nation of a President. too. should be
thought of as something about which
it would be well to give the members
of the party more direct voice? The
National Convention, as u means of
placing candidates for the Presidency
before the people, is plainly an inn
provement over the old way by Con
gressional caucus. But the conven-
ton, in its turn has come to appear
to many to have gone stale and to be
losing authority, SO that plans for
freshening it up and restoring It's
prestige stand a good chance of get
ting a hearing. OF these, the sugges-
ton Of Presidential primary APP
pears to be most in favor"
1t may suggest itself to some that
delegates nominated by direct prim-
aries may be as easily stampeded as
the delegates named by political lead
ers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

By local applications. az they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Flu
stachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed Deafness is the result.
and unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
fismed DC c6nditian nf tho mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness feaused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hail. S
Catarrh Cure Send for circulars free.
L. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constpa-
tiop
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

| unearned money has been paid the
more than $1,000 was paid the Water
| vile Sentinel in one bill for miscel-
laneous printing, for which not a
| single voucher or receipt was fur
nished the auditor by the printer, and
we would humbly suggest that this
matter might show up in unfdvorablc
light. if an investigating committee,
months hence, should ask questions.
after the manner they are now being
stances are largely forgotten. In Il
few years it might be forgotten that
a financier OF the acknowledged abil-
ity of cyrus w. Davis was, in 1911.
the responsible head of both the
above-named Institutions, Prompt in
quiry into this little matter now,
might save time, expense and future
inquiry, also its probable cropping
out in the next campaign. when vot-
ers may inquire as TO disregard OF
law.
Another proper subject for consd-
Grafton of the Democratic Divining-
rod Delegation might be the disap-
pearance, as stated by Secretary of
State Davis organ. of orders and
vouchers left in the office of the au-
ditor OF printing. by the Republican
administration.
We offer these suggestions out of |
the fullness Of our hearts, in order
that the Diyining rod Delegation may |
b. able to show something for the |
money Of the taxpayers which they |
are expending. and as being a far
more prolific field than any into which |
.hey have thus far plowed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Interstate liouor Traffic.

At Washington. ea Thursday and
Friday Of this week, will be held a
conference 10 consider the growing
evils OF interstate liquor traffic.
About go governors. juriStS and men
prominent in public affairs. signed the
-cAII- for this conference, and II is
expected that hundreds Of rroalnent
Aea from al parts Of the fountry will
attend the gathering About zee gov
erzzsrs q states hayssnanns official
delegations. but ssaus far A,<Aye not
heard that Governor Plaissed of Maine,
has Delegated anyone 10 take. part in
tbs meeting q national Importance
Our Governors delegation has re-
turned from Chicago. where he went
70 attend wholly dinent class Of tenn
perznce meeting.
Thursday evening, this week, viii be
asTetsa 10 banquet. nj u friuil sew
eral congressman viii be erssent. and
II IS suspected that many other con-
gressmen are quietly watching the
trend Of events and the amount Of en-
thusiasm manifested at the confer
ence.
The secretary Of the American
League has appealed to the people in
all parts of the country to lend
strength to the movement by the pres
ence not only of hundreds but of
thousands of earnest citizens at this
convention OF the Anti Saloon League.
1t Is the incubation of a tremendous
national campaign. In the words of
Secretary Nicholson quoted by the
American Friend:
For three years the liquor interests
of the nation have been soIidified. and
stand today as the most gigantic COM
bindtion of capital and greed which
has ever threatened our national hap
pfiiess and prosperity. 1t is a fact
which can neither be ignored nor tenn
porized with.
The burning need of the hour is for
the righteous citizenship of the ma
ton to organize itself for the bitterest
struggle in which right has ever con-
tended against wrong. The conflict
is inevitable, and either we must get
together and fight, or else be com
PEELED to acknowledge the mastery of
the rum power. 1t is fighting for it's
life. and will give no quarter. We
must meet it like manly men"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
The Church kaIendar.

The 1872 Christian Year Kalendar
(Episcop&D is now ready. l. contains
very complete church dictionary
and one would have to purchase hun
drcds of dollars worth of books and
spend long hours in research to OBJ
tain the Information which the Kat
endar affords at modest outlay OF
75 cents. Are you ready to meet the
numerous questions and arguments
which are constantly arising about
the church and her service
You can fortify yourself with tle
most complete Church Kalendar and
Ready Reference Book published by
purchasing this Kalendar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Editorial Comment
Getting Ready.

tBoston Post)
The Republican national committee
again selects Chicago as the place for
the next convention for the naming of
presidential candidate aid chooses
Ex-Governor John +. Hill of Maine
chairman of the organization, to serve
until the great event. The powers thai
be are getting ready rather early: they
know tremendous fight is in prospect.
Chicago is a good convention city
and John f. Hill a good manager If
he is not universally known now, ne
VIII be by next June, for he is as
smooth running product of the
political factory as one could find in a
weeks journey
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Hard Colds.

People whose blood is pure are not
nearly so likely to take hard colds as
are others.
Physiology goes into the reason.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the blood
pure. causing healthy action of the
mucous membrane and giving strength
and tone to all the organs and func-
tions
This great medicine RECEIVERS the
system after a cold, as no other does.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Another Job for Lamont.

1t is to be hoped that the Democratic
Divining-rod Delegation will So recog-
nize its own requirements as to rem
der satisfactory record Of its ex-
penses; and SO present it that state
Auditor Stevens can explain TO the
taxpayers where the economy" comes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

In Chicago and New York, citizens
are considering umbrella attachments
TO protect themselves from the new
fad Of jumping from skyseraper roofs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Joey Hebert son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Hebert of Skowhegan, Me, has
a large St. Bernard dog that eats as
much as Il hired man but is as useful
as man. Joey has four brothers
and one sister. They live about a
mile from the school building. joey
doesn't like to work especially well
and calls walking, work. So he makes
his dog haul him to school. He makes
his brothers and sister give him five
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

cents week to be hauled TO school by
the dog, but it being uphill coming
home. 1t comes between a choice OF
ohe riding. If anyone of the boys
wants to give him something to be
carried home. Joey will walk. Joey
has made the dog Il harness, consist
ing of collar and names and the jack
saddle and tugs and breeching. He
Uses the dog a great deal to ride to the
village i'll the winter, It distance of
three miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

No young man should enter a pro-
fession unless il has very strong
attraction for him. Once in pro-
fession make it profession and not
a trade. Work hard; study; il is
impossible to gain too much knowl-
edge of subject Be honest and BIO
good natured. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

You will find that druggists every
where speak well of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. They know from long
of coughs and colds it can always he
depended upon, and that it is pleasant
and safe to take. For sale by all dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Democratic Temperance Newspapers.

Have you noticed how Maine
Democratic newspapers rejoice when
city in 3 license state votes over
whelmingly wet? And yet these
papers claim to favor temperance
while they oppose prohibition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
The Prize Bull.

rural correspondent writes as fol-
lows: Mr., - lost valuable
horse. Monday, by sickness which had
been in the family 16 years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

The largest power basin i'll the world
IS created by the completion of the
great Aziscohos dam in the heart of
the Rangeley region The last plank
of the railing along the top of the
dam was spiked in place. Nov. q. At
Berlin and Rumford the increase in
power will be full 25 per cent. Lew
lston mills no longer need suffer from
drought as the normal flow of the AM
droscoggin is thus sufficiently increased
to assure continuous work, or about II
per cent. j. Osborne Faulkner, the
Lewiston statistician, discovers that
Lewiston mills may be operated u
days of ten hours each without draw
ing upon any other source of supply.
A swamp is changed, by three years
employment of an army of men and
the expenditure of nearly $1.00000O, in
to the bed of Sawyer lake, the fourth.
in point of greatness. in the whole
Rangeley system. The two Richard
sons are but slightly it's superior,
though the great Mooselucmeguntic is
twice the area of the new body of wa
ter However, the amount of water
which may be drawn from the new
idhC 10 CpudI " that VI
guntic. The dam itself is $40 feet long.
81 feet being of concrete construction.
From the ledge foundation the height
is 81 feet; height of dam from low
point to crest of spillway, ~ feet;
length of the main dam, 265 feet:
length of spillway. 236 feet, and height
from river water surface to surface of
full lake. at maximum, Sc feet. The
depth of the draft will be AZ feet. Be-
| cause of the growing demand for more
power along the AndroScoggin, mills
have been forced to run short time,
summer and winter, for about five
years. The solution of the problem
through the flooding of Magalloway
valley and is credited to Walter H.
sawyer, agent for the Union Water
Power Co, Lewiston. The carrying out
of the enterprise entailed much sur
veying and to prevent discovery of the
purposes of the corporation University
of Maine students, under the direction
of Professor Boardman were sent to
| make the survey. This DONE negotia-
lions were opened for fowage rights
Building was begun only after prelim-
inaries, lasting five years and includ-
| ing memorable discussion over the APP
| pltcation for charter, were satisfac-
torily closed. Aziscohos is AZ miles
above Berlin, and Colebrook, the near
est railroad point, is 3S miles from Ais
cehos, over mountainous road. Ev-
erything except the lumber was carted.
The average number of horse teams
employed was is, and 10 teams a day
arrived at the dam. 1856 horses were
used daily upon the work, 1920 pounds
being the load for each. From Dec. l.
1909 to Feb 10, 1910. 100000 pounds
were delivered at the camps. During
the entire work. 100000 pounds were
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
We Can't Help Saying 1t.

Oh, tortured bridges.
Does 1t mean
That you are covered
BY screen
Thus made to serve
For heelerS keen
In filling wallets
Mighty lean?
We think that had we
Promised so,
our promises would
Not thus 60
To start in wind
And end in blow
They might not out
Gee! we dunno!
The Democrats have offered big
proof of their unfitness to control the
overnment.-Lewiston Sun. Dem)
Ooh. Tha's er poor little Teller,
Come on in. right outer the naughty
cold,
The Worlds Champions, including
Baker, Bender, Coombs and the other
stars, will do their spring training in
Houston And why should not the
worlds champion ball team train in
the worlds champion Houston
Post.
BY the assistance of a large map we
discover that Houston is in the
southeast corner of Texas, between
Harrisburg and Hampstead.
Monday night a New Rochelle, n
Y, girl made low tackle on 200.
pound thief She nailed him, toe. II
she can keep on doing that sort OF
thing she may be an all-America
quarterback some day.-Boston Ad-
yertiser
Or fearsome better half.
Shocked by the great amount o.
| flirting he has seen ON Broadway, &
member of the New York Legislator,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Thursday, December IL, 1911.

Have you added the numerals in
1872?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Voices Of the State Press.

Mr., Samuel Gompers must be quite
sure by this time that ignorance is
bliss. or Was bliss, or might have been
bliss.-Biddeford Journal
Big carloads of Christmas trees are
passing through the Union Station
destined for distribution in the large
cities of the county. Thus the fra
grant scent of the Maine woods
reaches far each holiday season.
Express q Advertiser.
They do say that Sam Gould is
not pleased with Dan Macs proposed
gerrymander which would make the
second district hopelessly Democratic
for many years to come and the third
as surely Republican. Already there
is an intimation that if the scheme is
attempted it will be held up by refer
endum.-Porhand Press.
President Mullen of New Haven
Railroad is taking the railroad alto
gether out of all but railroad business
He has leased the roads light and
power companies and the Connecticut
concerns are taken back by the. orig
inal owners. He reads The Rule of
Reason in the Sherman law. Big
Business bows to the law. 1t never
should have done otherwise.-Lewis-
ton Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

The record deer for Maine for sev-
eral seasons past was killed near
Lombard lake, Washington county, re-
Gently. There are forty-one points on
the antlers of this giant buck. and
they spread thirtyfour and one half
inches from tip to tip. So broad are
the blades of the antlers, measuring
four and one-thrd and five inches re-
spectively that they look more like
moose than deer antlers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

proposes to have law enacted to
put a stop to it. He comes from Buff
falo. where perhaps there isn't any
thing to hirt with.-Philadelph
Press.
We have an ear to the ground for
the howls of protest from the Portland
Press and the Bath Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Another batch of Massachusetts
cities are fighting out the issue of
license or no license. today.-Bidde-
ford Record.
Thus settling the eternal liquor
question:.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Or something worse.

What with the news that Jack John
son, champion heavyweight puglist of
the world. now weighs nearly 300
pounds, the white mans burden would
appear to be growing heavier, rather
than Observation-Disclosures Union.
Not SO. Though strange, as Johnson
gets heavier the white mans burden
lightens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
"The GYpsY's Warming"

Trust him not. O gentle lady,
Though his voice be low, aud sweet;
Heed not him who kneelS before thee.
Softly pleading at thy feet
Now thy life is In its morning,
Cloud not this, thy happy lot,
Listen to the Gypsy's warning
Gentle lady heed him not
Lady, once there lived a maiden.
Young, and pure, and like thee, fair,
Yet he Wuoed. he wooed and Won her
- Filled her gentle heart with care.
Then he needed not her weeping,
Nor cared he her life to save:
Soon she pershed, now she's sleeping
In the cold and silent grave.
Lady. turn not from me coldly.
have only told the truth.
From a stern and whitening sorrow
Lady, | would shield thy youth.
l would shield thee from all danger
Save thee from the tempter's snare
Lady, shun the dark-eyed stranger.
L nave warned thee, now beware.
Keep thy gold. / do not want it,
Lady. | have prayed for this,
For the hour when / might foil him,
Rob him of expected bliss.
Aye, / see thou'rt filled with wonder
At my words SO fierce and wild
Lady, in the. churchyard yonder
Sleeps the Gypsy's only child.
The chances are that the civil en-
gineering students of the University ot
Maine will have practice in rea
railroad building. The trustees are
considering the proposition of arrang-
ing with the Maine Central Railroad
for spur track to the University
which is now nearly mile from the
Orono station, making u long haul for
coal and freight. The growth of the
institution which now numbers more
than 1000 students, instructors ana at
taches. and the great interest in the
baseball and football games. makes il
impossible for the local trolley system
to handle the traffic So it is proposed
to build a spur track from the main
line of the Maine Central at or near
Webster station across the college
farm to point near the athletic field
The Juniors in the civil engineering
course are making preliminary surveys
to determine the cost, and if the spur
tracf is built, practically all Of the en-.
cheering work will be done by the
students.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Shocked by the great amount of
flirting he has seen on Broadway, a
member of the New York Legislature
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

An outbreak of preventable disease
is nearly always natures protest
against slackness and inefficiency in
municipal government. - Biddeford
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Don't believe him if he tells you he
has an automobile. If he really had
one he would call it car.-lndlanapo-
lis News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Auburn. are you listening?

If, as DR.. Woods Hutchinson insists,
four hours a day is enough for work,
and it, as Mr.. Carnegie insists. four
hours q night is enough for sleep, and
if, as somebody else is bound to insist,
four hours out of the twenty-four is
enough for play, then the question
naturally arises how would sitting
ashes or conserving the woodpile or
running the lawn mower do for the
purpose of helping the other twelve
to hy?-Christian Science Monitor.
All right-but thought it was Edison
who advocated short sleep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

And Christmas is less than two
weeks away. Hurry up your shop
acknowledgement Telegram
Mighty hard to believe with ham
mocks strung under the trees. for
three days past
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
TRINITY coMMANDERY. NO. 7, x.

IHFNIT Y COMMANDMENTS NO, Y N
7 Stated conclave at Masonic Temple.
Friday. Dec. Is, at T.30 r. NJ The order
of Malta will be communicated. All So
journing fraters are cordially invited.
l.. ELWOOD JONES, L. c.
THOS. H. BODICE, Recorder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. III. r. &. A

NJ. Special communication Tuesday
evening. Dec. T.. Work in E. A. Degree.
All sojourning companions are cordially
invited to be present
HARRY NJ. LYON. w. M,
w A. JACKSON Sec
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-03-24

meeting of the full committee prob
ably will be held here in May. For
mer Representative Tawney of Mime
sofa, one of the American commission
ers, who has just retired from the
craftsmanship of the house appropria-
tons committee, left for his home.
AS the first direct result of the gov
ernment's antitrust suit against the
so-called electric lamp trust" the de-
partment of justice has received init
nations that the prices of all electric
light bulbs will be reduced 33 l-3 per
cent all over the United States. BY
such cut in present prices people
who buy the electric lamps will save
more than s6,oOO,00O a year.
The commission of Civil Engineer
Robert E. Peary as a rear admiral on
the retired list, with the highest re.
tired pay of that grade, to date back
to April 6, 1909, the date of the dis
covery Of the north pole, now only
awaits the presidents signature. The
issuance of his commission will be fol
lowed Immediately by an order for his
retirement, which gives him $4,000 q
year pay.