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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Editorial Comment
Is Fish and Game to Enter Politics?
Lewiston Journal)

Lewiston Journal)
In 1908. ATTORNEY Gen. Pattangall
was a very caustie critic of Bank EX-
laminer SHELTON, for devoting any
portion of his time to political discus
sion in the political campaign of that
year Mr.. Pattangalrs criticism may
have been partly inspired by the TACT
that Mr.. SHELTON was the only man
who took the hide off Pattangau in
that campaign; but the Pattangail cue
was taken and the Democratic REFORM
ers e? were loud in their anathema
against every Republican state ofhclai
engaged in the campaign.
What do we see today? Attorney
Gen. Pattangan, whose entire service Is
supposedly required in his office run
ming around Main helping organize
campaign for Licensing the Saloon;
attorney General PattangaH writing
letters to the newspapers in support
and defence of the License League; At
torney Gen. Pattangall up to his neck
in every political pot bubbling in the
Maine democracy; in short, Attorney
General Pattangall the Boss grown
great?
John S. p. II. Wilson has been elect
ed chairman of the Maine Fish and
Game Commission. Mr.. Wilson was
our own choice among Democrats. We
are glad that he was named for the
office by Gov. Plaisted, but we feel that
he has made a grave mistake in ac-
cepting office as chairman OF the DEM
oeratic state Committee.
Suppose il were reversed. suppose
James w. Bracket had been chair
man of the Maine Republican State
Committee. What would have been the
uproar-indeed. what has beeni The
Fish and Game Department Republic
can Political Bureau, The Wardens
and Guides Republican machine! The
intrusion of political bossism into the
management of our Fish and Game in
terests! Outrageous manipulation of a
State Department in the interests of
the Republican Bosses!
We can hear all this resounding from
the stump or piped forth by the Senti-
mel on the Waterville watchtower. Can
our Democratic friends expect anything
less? Is there not a danger, a grave
and serious danger, of the growth of
political interference through the as
Similation of two such responsibilities?
1t is a dangerous and unnecessary con-
dition of affairs; certain whether true
or false in the outcome to work meal
culable harm to the Fish and Game in
terests of Maine. We trust that Mr.
Wilson will see it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Hanks to TAX Payer"

10 lax fdyeT.
When your anonymous letter which
appeared in Saturdays issue of the
Kennebec Journal was first brought
to my attention l was disposed not to
give it a second thought and | still
believe that to have been the proper
course for me To have pursued. How
ever, acting upon the urgent advice
of number of estimable gentlemen
have consented to deal with that
instrument" most briefly Believe
me, it is not in spirit of indignation
that l do this hut rather with q feel
ing of intense sorrow that in taking
the census of 1910 there should have
been recorded the existence of an in
dividuai so devoid of fairness, 80 lack
ing in veracity and so cowartlly with
ALL
1t is true that the extensive adyer-
Using l deemed it wise TO give nv
August meeting attracted. with others.
a considerable number, of undesirable
citizens. | did not invite them nor
did want them. A number of these.
who set up stands ostensibly for the
sale of canes, jewelry and the like at
a moment which appeared propitious
some of them possibly to games of no
chance. The mayor being advised of
this. directed Sheriff Richardson and
Marshal Fletcher TO attend To them
and they were promptly closed down.
These same fellows will make tour
of the State and will be found at every
show of prominence where they will
endeavor to work their games.
You say there was pool selling and
! am not in a position to dispute this,
| for | neither buy nor sell pools. l do
know, however. that pools have been
| sold at every fair and race of any ac-
count that has taken place in the
State in the last 10 years and that
| they are bought and sold on every
| ball game in the American League in
every city in Maine and have been for
| the last 10 years and il is not unlikely
that they are bought by better men
than you.
You insinuate that the park grounds
run red with liquor Upon this sub
/ ject l shall be a little more emphatic.
If you say that intoxicating liquors
were on sale at the park grounds in
accordance with my sanction you are
a falsifier and YOU know it. Nothing
stronger than Tho beer was permit
ted on the grounds and that was
handled by one holding q United States
| license and its sale was as legal as
any venture you were ever engaged
| in. If your sons imbibed too freely
in cheap split" that is peddled from
pockets about this and every other
Maine city and after getting loaded
come to my fair deport themselves in
an ungentemanly manner. wherein
am l to blame? If there is one thing
that l have done that might measure
| up to the moral standard which you
presume to establish il is TO have lived
a temperate life. Ii there is one thing
/ that | have denounced unreservedly
at all times and in all places 1t is the
sale and consumption of intoxicating
liquors. II l am ever found counte
nancing it's sale, not TO say promoting
| it, may my earthly career end then
and there. Do not, however. interpret
| this as a boast, for l know many adj
mirable citizens whose moral equip
| ment is far more to be commended
CONTINUED on Page Nine.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
The Value Of Play.

All of us, and our children, do SO much
of it that we think play Is the most nat
ural thing in all the world ana perhaps
il is. IL one will accept idleness as pay
But the fact remains that perhaps most
Of the children of the world do not reailv
know real play and especially open ar
NAV Word comes from China tnat at
last the great empire has realized that IT'S
children must play as western chhdren
nlav-out in the open and at GOOD heaith-
building games, if China Is 10 become
graat and strong AS result pray
grounds are being laid out and people
engaged to teach children how TO play
II argues much for a new emma.
II &c not an exaggeration TO say thae
uo ORC educating the Philippines with
the baseball bat The keynote OIL Newton
w c,uhert,s policy, as minister OF puphc
Instruction. Is to get the basepaii Dat liz
m tho hands of the Filipino boys anu
a,,ar, tho girls He wants them 10 learn
gooa healthy competitive sport that
lii h,ild them up for useful parts IN
c;tizanship. But more than that, ne sees
,ha+ bosaball bats are the most oeaoiy
,raa, ors no may use against the old m
etitution of the Spanish social caste sys-
torn II tears down the barriers ana
nromotes democracy. Under the spanish
system a rich boy never exercised or e&-
erted himself. He often had poor BOY
walking respectfully behind CARVING ms
hooks to his private school for him. Inc
rich girl received the homage OF the poorer
girls If, indeed, she were permitted 10
come in contact with them.
PLAY breaks down those barriers. me
rich stripling soon finds how inferior
he ;s To the poor boy who has been devel-
oned muscularly, and only by his own ef-
forts can he gain the pleasure of playing
short-stop, or pitching. or catching. This
soon plays havoc with the old Spanish IN
stitution of separation and aristocracy
among children. 1t has been found that
pIay is compelling, when thus applied.
The boy, rich or poor. who can not excel
at play, becomes the object of ridicule, or
even pity, of the others, no matter what
his family's social Standing is; and his
pride can not stand this.
Good open air play builds character as
well as muscles and health. Great Brit
ain has boosted that she has won her
world battles on the cricket fields at
home.-Indianapolis News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Dishonesty of Rum Element.

The Belfast Republican Journal pun
fishes the following letter.
To the Editor of the Journal; If
tho rum element had been honest in
their demands for high license they
never. would have repealed the liquor
agency law. We had in that the highest
kind of high license. They repealed
this law because, they said, the agents
were abusing the privilege and were
nakinA unlawful sales, which was
probably true. 1t cannot be denied
that this was one of the cleanest,
strongest, best safeguarded license
laws ever enacted. 1t provided here
for the sale in every city and town for
pure liquors of all kinds in practically
unlimited quantity, for every purpose
except drunkenness, and the last leg
islature repealed it. Why? Did they
repeal it because the law was disre'
spected, as they claim? or because
drunkenness was disrespected The
sole and only trouble with this license
law was that ii was a death blow to
the only argument they had or wanted
to have against prohibition, namely,
that under prohibition, pure liquors,
or liquors in sufficient variety could
not be had for decent and legitimate
purposes.
Very few of the towns ever avail
ed themselves of this practically free
license, because, and only because,
there is very little real demand for
pure liquors. or liquors pure or impure
for any purpose but drunkenness,
-Ss fet-,,4F c. s. Griffin,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Beauties (7) of Circulation"

One of the favorite advertising
paragraphs in the rum press is: I'm
der local regulation the dives will dis
appear in Maine" Another is thai
Under prohibition, speak easies
bootleggers and blind tigers multi
ply"
| Some of the leading license leaguer'
declare that if prohibition would liz
sure freedom from the traffic. they
would favor it, but they deny that
prohibition prohibits, and loudly pro-
claim that it is better to regulate"
the traffic by license legislation than
| to allow it TO be conducted free from
all restraints"
Now here is the way statistics bear
out the above claims. Without ques-
ton, there are more illegal sales of
liquor in communities where the sa-
loon is licensed than where ii is for
hidden altogether. There is no
denying the fact that the licensed sd :
loon is a feeder for speak easies,
blind tigers and bootleggers. During
the last fiscal year, up TO December,
657 revenue tax receipts had been is
sued to dealers in Maine. OF these
400 are druggists. compelled TO pay
this tax for medicinal purposes. OF
the remaining 257, about 200 require
license to sell certain medicine con-
tanning alcohol. and II are permitted
to sell for medicinal and meehanica.
purposes. But four breweries are H.
censed in Maine, and these brew a
Notwithstanding beer. 1t will be seen,
therefore, that aside from druggists
and those selling for medicinal and
mechanical purposes, the number OF
speak easies that remain, which carry
revenue licences is comparatively
small.
In sharp contrast TO Maine is the
Estate of New Jersey. The internal
revenue report for 1909 indicates that
l11,840 persons paid internal revenue
tax for selling liquor. About 1000 cf
these are druggists leaving 10,S40.
while the number of licensed saloons
in New Jersey is not quite 5000. Thus
we find in the little state of New
Jersey 5000 persons paying the inter-
nal revenue tax who are not allowed
under the laws of the state to sell
liquor.
1t is easy to figure from this that
Maine has something like 40 places
doing liquor business under sanction
OF Federal laws, contrary to Maine
laws, while New Jersey has 5000 such
places in addition to her 5000 legal
saloons. This is a fair sample of the
way license laws regulate. 1t "regu-
lates" Illegal saloons in addition 20
the legal ones into the traffic of
community. There is no denying the
fact that rum trust approved "regula-
ton" is a success-for the distillers
/ and the brewers aa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
The Saloon Is Sometimes Called
Bar, That's True,

A bar TO Heaven. a door to hell.
Whoever named ii, named il we'll
A bar to manliness and wealth,
A door TO want and broken health,
A bar to honor. pride and fame,
A door TO sin and grief and shame.
A bar to hope. bar to prayer,
A door to darkness and despair.
A bar to honored useful life,
A door to brawling. senseless strife.
A bar to all that's true and brave.
A door to every drunkard's grave.
A bar TO joys that home imparts.
A door 10 tears and aching hearts.
A bar to Heaven, a door to hell.
Whoever named 1t named Ii Well
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Statesmen for Prohibition.
(Bridgton NeMS.l

The fine pictorial representations
appearing in some of the dailies OF
Charles Z. Littlefield and Edwin c.
Burleigh, both prominent and forceful
champions of the retention of prohibi-
ton, recalls to many the good old days
when these two men were in public
life and exerting so powerful an infiu-
ence for the right as to all great ques-
tons, moral and political. Great pity
they were not now in the national leg
islature! Burleigh. of course. is to
go back! But why not likewise the
brainy Littletleld? Capital gubernator-
ial candidate. with the United States
Senate in the not too remote future!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

Who would ever mistrust that
youthful and smiling Eddjngton was
100 years old? On Thursday, the town
celebrated its birthday with historical
addresses. sports, a general Old Horne
gathering and a ball at night. The
observance had been deferred from the
exact date of the towns birth on Feb
ruary % to a more favorable season
for outdoor exercises.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

1.-The little son of the hostess is mighty
ugly, isn't hep
do you think so?'
He certainly doesn't take ai'et H'@
mother. Must look like his father'
His mother says he does. I'm MS
father Houston Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
A Queer Proposition.

Landlady Showing rooms)-The rent
for this one is higher than for the room l
Just showed you. 1t has two windows.
Jones-I like this much better. Couldn't
YOU make it the same rent If keep the
shutters of one window closed?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Monday, August IA, 1911.

If We were charged so much a
head for sunsets, or if God sent
round "a drum before the haw-
thorns came In flower, what a work
we should make about their beau
ty?-Robert Louis Stevenson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
The Idea!

Mrs Youngbride Ito boy)-Now you
take those nasty green Holsters right
back to the fishman, and tell him the best
restaurants serve only the red ones he
can't impose on me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Her Method.

"Fraulein Hube is going to be married
pretty soon, isn't she?"
eyes She takes him past the registry
office every day TO get him USED 10 IT,
Flegende Batter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Turn About.

He led her to the altar
Love-blind as any bat
He led her to the altar.
She led him after that.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Maine Gossip
A Plea to Mother Maine.

Dear mother Maine, we beg of thee,
To let old b rohibition stay;
For years he nobly worked for Right
Why drive a trusted friend away?
Hark! hear the voice that plead. for
homes,
Protect thy worthy children there;
Do not allow the demon, Rum,
To rob thy sanctuaries fair.
Keep License with his evil power.
Far, far away, o mother Maine;
Thy honored name, so long revered,
Disgrace not with blotting stain.
o. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Editor S Letter Box

The publication OF a letter in
this department is not to be taken
as an endorsement of its views nv
the Kennebec Journal This col.
umn is maintained for the discus
sion of matters OF general public
interest when kept within bounds
of reason and not of a libelous or
abusive nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Why7

Why is it, dearest BERTHE,
You have got upon the rocks
Was it diamonds for Gertie!
Or your lavish taste IN SOCKS!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

Beginning at midnight. it will ne
just 25 days or 600 hours or $4,000
minutes or 100000 seconds until
oysters make their appearance in
Houston, but that sublime fact is not
diverting our attention from the
riotous glory of watermelon season for
one instant.-Houston Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Slightly Ambiguous.

Motorman Ito passenger who is smok-
ing cigar)-Smoke on the other end, sir.
Passenger-I can't it's lit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
VOICES OF THE PRESS.

This place is beautiful. A simple
home for a great man" commented
Admiral Togo. A thousand word eu-
logy could not have been more elo-
quent or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ex-
press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
.s..s..l...s.'

The licensed saloon is drink
openly. aggressively, and backed
by law, seeking the drinker. 1t
Is drinking made easy; drink
seeking the drinker without
caution or conscience. 1t takes
one boy out of every five fami-
lies TO keep the saloons going.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

Now if the Senatorial lightning will
only strike in the right place, how
happy will be Obadi. "Stape," o. Wish.
or Bill P!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
.l..s......s................:

The licensed saloon does not
displace but is feeder of every
Illegal form of liquor selling.
Pocket peddlar, bootlegger, blind
tigers are fed by saloons. Those
engaged in such illegal enter
prises spend their profits in the
saloons that send them ont.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

The wealth of the Rothschilds is
estimated at two billion dollars, which
is four times the estimated wealth OF
all the Rockefellers; but the financial
consideration which most interests us
has to do with the probable prices OF
table vegetables next winter.-Man-
chester On. H.) Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
Gardiner. Nj

If lying could do 1t, the rum press
would convince the people that there
was dissension in the ranks Of the
Civic League.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

establish and maintain 20 hydrants in
the village if the proposed water sys-
TEN materializes. This action gives
assurance to the promoters of the
system and sufficient aid to send them
ahead with their plans. The water
supply is to come from spring mile
distant. With this encouragement
ahead there is no reason why Cornish
Esheuld not vote 10 to one for prohibi-
ton. 1eFaee- t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

boy aviator of nineteen has won
a pilots license from the Aero Club of
America. The prominence of youth
in the new science of it's practical
the best assurances of it's practical
development.-New York World.
The Kennebec Journal presumes
that the selection of Senator Frye's
successor, to be appointed by Gov.
Plaisted, is already made, and the
presumption is only natural They
have a way down in Maine of never
putting off till today in distributing
the offices what it was in any way
possible to do last week.-Boston
Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

Who was the chap that stole into
the Boston Posts bureau in the place
of Senator Frye?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

The probability of the Eastern
Steamship Co. exchanging its coal
burning boilers for boilers that use oil
was considered doubtful, by their
agent, J. L. Liseomb. in recent inter
view, but Mr. Liscomb admitted that
such change was not an impossible
itV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

Two young girls, barefooted and not
extravagantly dressed, appropriated
the steps of the Portland custom house,
a few days since, and transformed
them into an emergency restaurant
They brought with them an apparently
wholly good, juicy apple pie of the
bakeshop variety, and there was, it is
said, neither crumb or crust nor
drop of juice left in the plate" when
they finished their repast and left the
steps of the dignified custom house to
resume their journey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

Bar Harbor is to have a mower
parade, the last of the present month,
following a custom established several
years ago. Exquisite floats were ar
comment for days to come.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

CAPITAL AERIE NO. 1860. r. o.
Eagles, meets In F. o. r. Hall. s78 Watsr
ST.. first and third Monday OF easA
month ut 3 o'clock.
!, WALTER c. SMITH, See.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14

Nearly all the community of Stew
ems Mills appeared in Auburn court,
the other day, very much interested in
a card case. 1t was not of the re-
ception room variety, but one Linwood
Card, charged with threatening his
wife. Ada NJ. The judge gave Mr..
Card a piece of his mind, and allowed
him to go. Mrs. Card testified that
her gentle spouse threatened to
knock her blank head off"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-14
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
ODD FELLOWS HALL.
ASYLUM LODGE NO. 20. REGULAR

meeting Friday evening at o'clock.
r. G. HARRINGTON. y. G.
r. II. BROWN, Sec.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-30
MERCHANTS
SHOULD KEEP
LIGHTS GOING

With a view Of avoiding burglaries
in the city during the fair, the police
today made a request upon all mer-
chants and business men in the city
TO keep lights burning in their build
ings during the fair week
The burglarizing last night Of the
Crown drug store, say the police
shows the necessity Of keeping lights
in the buildings. Had this building
been properly Illuminated located as
it is on State street, the burglary
could probably be avoided. Crooks
from all over the Ernst will wend
their way to the city during the fair
week, and while the force will be in
creased then, in order to handle the
situation the police viii need the CO.
operation of the people then as now.
The police believe that by keeping
lights in the buildings during the week
that they will be able TO keep the sit
uatiOn in hand.