Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-04-19

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happy lives.
1t 10 always possible for active men to
procure employment during the seasons
when farm work does not press. The
woods need . horde Of iumbermen every
winter, while the ice harvest, manufac-
turing enterprises and nearby towns and
villages all offer opportunities for the
worker at good wages. The young man
who is faithful and willing need never
lack wages. Farm help holding perma-
nent places can confidently look forward
to owning excellent farms Of their own il
they are industrious and frugal. Few city
workers have as good prospects.
No other place in the world offers such
splendid opportunities for the man with
out trade, or the man who has learned .
trade in which the wages are low and en-
ployment uncertain. He can get home
and independence more quickly ON
Maine farm than anywhere else in the
world. Beef, poultry, eggs and cream can
be sold at the door OF his home for good
prices and for cash. In many cases money
will be advanced to him by potato and
corn buyers, and in all cases his chance for
achieving home and competence is i'm
measurably better than in any city.
A professor Of the agricultural school
connected with the Nebraska university
recently said: "Go East, young mani"
thus reversing the advice of Horace
Greeley. He hardly realized the value Of
the advice he was giving. Maine, to-day,
is the peer Of any agricultural state, and is
advancing all along the line. Agricultural
education is finding its way into the high
schools and academies IS well as holding
distinct place in the curriculum OF the
University of Maine. Farmers institutes,
grangers, genealogical, cattle, poultry and
other societies, as we'll as q thoroughly
wide-awake and up-to-date State agricul-
tural department, are spreading the doc
trine which contains the salvation of the
farming industry.
NAMES wATERP0wERs.
Names wsterpowers are capable OF
developing energy equal to that of "a ,000,-
600 men. While only a small portion of
this great natural gift is now in use, get
Maine stands third among the states Of
this country in developed waterpower,
with $4,000 horsepower and 2 500 wheels.
Every brook, every river, even the tides Of
the sea, are capable of developing power
which could be used easily and economi-
cally for manufacturing purposes. The
State Is land ofspromise for the user OF
small power units, for if he does not
find his raw material, help and power, to-
gether, he can always purchase power from
some large development where material
and help are abundant.
There is savings institution for every
$500 people, and in these institutions there
is S176.S0 for every man, woman and child
in the State. There is a church steeple for
every 400 souls and thirty denominations
from which to choose form OF worship.
In addition there are hundreds OF societies
not yet strong enough to maintain edifices,
though they are furnishing and will soon
own church homes.
The vast wildernesses OF Maine are in
themselves great source of wealth.
Generation after generation has taken
millions Of feet OF lumber and bark from
them. 1t is estimated that the lumber
man and papermaker take &C, 600, 600 from
this great natural storehouse annually,
and yet do not endanger the supply OF
future generations.
THE SUMMER RESORT.
Maine, the playground Of the nation,
entertains more summer visitors than any
other territory of equal area In the
country, and is embracing every legitimate
facility for increasing her prestige as .
recreation ground. Already the railroad,
automobile, motor boat, steamer and sail
boat have been enlisted to combine pleas
ure with transportation to Maine. Inn
proved service at hotels, both year-round
and summer, is constantly attracting q
better class Of guests. Telephone, tele-
graph and rural delivery render commune
cation with the outside world convenient
and continuous.
Good roads are standing invitation to
the motorist and HORSEPOWER to journey
among our beautiful villages and farms
for pleasure.
IocutAhk hiSctAhSSs bocCDoAs 6OAi, bOWA-
ing, and other sports of the summer sea-
son, furnished entertainment among the
colonies where the cottagers come early
in spring and stay until late in the fall.
Maine is plentifully supplied with
bathing beaches, ranging from the
magnificent stretch of sand as hard as
asphalt at Old Orchard, to the small re-
sorts like Crescent Beach in Knox county
and Bowery Beach on Cape Elizabeth.
Old Orchard has been Q resort for lovers
OF surf bathing and cool ocean breezes for
many years, and has lost none its charm
since swept by fire. In fact, the new Old
Orchard is much more attractive than
was the old.
AT the mouth of the Kennebec Is Pop
ham Beach, one Of the best on the coast.
Its development has not been 90 extensive
a. that OF Old Orchard, but doubtless in
the near future its beauties will be better
appreciated.