Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-26

further plot against Names peace and
thrift Bath Times.
Whats this Names Secretary Of
State hobnobhing with the Brewers
Congress and addressing the body
Well. why not Isn't he reaching out
for new busness?- Bridgton News.
1T is worth noting. as 10 the surprs-
ing vote on direct primary. that the
Democratic machine in the big cities
passed out the word to their followers,
Vote Yes on everything. - ridgton
News.
Here is The estimated cost of the
Welsh colliery strike, the loss of out
put including wages Of the men,
81 000. 600. assistance to strikers in
strike pay from other organizations.
$1,1fo,ooo; loss of profit to operators,
81 .000. 600; indemnity to operators
from eoal-owners. 81. 1000. loss of
revenue to railway companies, S1,500.-
600; loss of freightS to shipowners,
$35O,Ga0; loss Of profit to middlemen,
$400, 400 or a total of $14.760. 060.-
Bangor Commercial
The special election. held last Mon
day passed off quietly in Machias.
There was 4 fair sized vote cast. the
No" voters being 81 in the majority.
The Yes" vote fell short of what was
participated. but every yes voter who
was able to leave his bed and be
hauled to the poles WAS carried
there Maehias Republican.
\ 1000 acre plain in as wild a state
as when Columbus set foot in America,
and only twenty-five miles from New
York. with its ultra civilization. seems
IAN impossibility Put it's there. in
New Jersey. and they're planning To
reclaim it-Boston Traveller.
Few people are aware that Arizona.
the very name of which suggests a
treelcss desert, has or the contrary the
largest and finest forest still standing
in the United States. large part of
the state. to be sure is bare, but a
considerable portion is covered with
magnificent standing timber. But
big hole in this will be made by the
proposed sale by the United States
government of 600, 10000 board feet,
nine tenths of it yellow pine; chiefly
from the Apache and Sitgreaves ma
tional forests. But this is merely
clearing cut for further cuttings
" hich it is estimated will come To e
billions Of board feet. For compen-
sation some new coal territory will be
opened.-S Springfield Republican.
Cheer up, We learn that the
amount of money deposited in savings
banks in this country last year in
creased by about $100,000,o0O. How
much did you put in?-Calais Adver-
tiser.
1t is lust as important that our doc
tors and lawyers should be men OF
high moral character as our ministers
If anything a little bit more So
Ossipee Valley Herald.
\ directory of Chicago labor unions
| just published. shows 630 unions with
$50. 000 members affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor. $4,000
lcnmuosed Of building trades members
Portland Express.
With the test Of every new Dread
nought comes a sigh of relief when
lii is found that the big guns can be
fred without putting the ship out OF
commission. Biddeford Journal.
The potato growers of New Eng
Hand. and of Aroostook in particular
Twill note with some interest that Ohio
reports a potato crop of only about
l., IL T.alG
Argus.
Mrs. Upton Sinclair is represented
as saving that she has "a soul like a
living fish" Any one who has seen a
lhying- fish may now form an idea OF
the appearance of Mrs Sinclairs soul
i-Pangor News.
Obadiah Gardner is to be the new
t'rited States Senator from Maine
Obadlah's name causes us to suspec'
that he is native of the Pine Tret
State.-C7hicago Record Herald.
bit of sugar dissolved in the water
lin which cut flowers are standing is
AN English way Of keeping the bios
SONS rehabilitation sun.
Even tho Press comedies that "Di
rect Primaries" have not been g;
bowling success in Wisconsin. Bu
there,u be-, .howling" when the Main
electorate come to realize what al
elcpbant has been thrust upon then
in the recent battle Of the ballots
I3ridgton News.
, Mary Garden singing in Maine. MN
Nordica in San Francisco-great cou,
try for music. incidentally, there wa
nm interesting feature at each con
cert. In California Nine Nordica ha
1 beside her the President of the Unite
/ states digging out a sod with y Goit
en- shovel: in Bangor Mary Garde
was fully clothed Boston Globe.
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h in New York and have to work Whll
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