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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
THE PASSION FOR SPEED.
The Breaking of Records and Where
1t Is Leading.

There is at present much glorihca-
ton of the aviator who on Monday at
Chicago broke all previous records for
aeroplane speed by covering the Cor
dom bennett cup course of Us miles
in 20 minutes $3.50 seconds, the aver
age rate being 1854 miles per hour
The performance. surely, was re-
markable one No man in an air ma
chine had ever Travelled so fast in a
race. But granting to Jules Vedrlnes
all, the applause that he is entitled to,
and allowing him good me. ure by
reason of the fact that he is visitor
of these states, and also granting to
the machine in which the achieve
ment was scored a generous allowance
of credit. it still remains fact that
this flight. marvellous as it is, will con-
tribute very little, If anything, toward
bringing the aeroplane into general
use Men have made great hlshts,
both by balloon and aeroplane, in the
past-nights relatively greater than
this-but the balloon and the aeroplahe
are still esteemed mostly for theT
o11alities us exhibition attractions.
Speaking of the aeroplane speclfcally,
that piece of mechanism will have TO
withdraw from the show business ana
become plainly and unromantieally
practical before it becomes successful
Speed is not the full measure OF utll-
ity in modern transportation devices
If would sometimes seem, 1t is true.
that speed is the main if not the only
fest of usefulness in things that CO.
mt this is not true. Rapid transit IS
desirable, very desirable, in some IN
stances, up to a certain point, put II
is by no means all that is desfapie'
IF the locomotive had begun by gong
n mile q minute on one trip, by ieaN-
ing the track on another. by stoppihs
in the middle of another and refusing
ia go at ALL and had continued atoms
i'm this uncertain and unreliable way
it's ability 10 make sixty miles or more
on hour sometimes would never nave
won COR it the high place 1t holds To-
day in the activities of the Woria.
oonootives have made eighty-four hlles
an hour--one has a record OF 9o.i miles
An hour-but the great majority OF
mankind today is content to traVel py
train at much slower gait. Inc de-
velon,nent of the railway business OF
the world is not due very largely TO
the. high rate speed locomotives are
capable of making.
THE automobile does not owe its un-
iyersal popularity to the speed that
may be developed in a racer. Ii the
truth were known, it would very pro-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
More of Trust Futility.
York Globe.l

tNCN IOIh NiiopS.j
The trust speech of Governor VIII
son at Sioux City yesterday is dis.
appointing to those who have cher
ished the hope that if he is elected
President real progress toward the
solution of the trust question VIII De
made during his administration. II
is too early to say definitely, for Gov
ernor Wilson for the most part deals
in generalities, but the indications are
that he is headed for the familiar
fogbank that encloses the regions OF
vagueness and futility.
Il am for big business and l am
against the trusts says the COVER
nor. In the name of the Michael SO
often invoked, what does this mean Z
When is large concern, domlnauhS
or practically dominating the market
an expression Of innocent big pusi-
ness and when is ii a wicked trust :.
It is confusing to couple approval OF
big business and denunclatlon OF
trusts if at the same time practical
method of distinguishing the sheep
and the goats is not given AS 1t
stands Governor Wilson's declaration
in favor of big business and against
able than Colonel Roosevelts old lee
lures lectures whose insufiicieney ne
now acknowledged that the thing TO
do was to encourage good and DIS
courage bad" ones Indeed, Cover
nor Wilson, in this phase OF the
question. seems merely putting on the
oast-off clothes of Roosevelt
Apprehensions thus aroused are not
allayed by Governor Wilson'S ten
dency to misrepresent the views OF
his opponents. He says that theF
saw it is futile to attempt to prevent
monopoly. and that therefore the best
thing is to concentrate on compelling
the monopolies to be kind to the pub
lie. 1t is hardly necessary to point
out the inaccuracy OF this descrip-
ton. The issue is not as to whether
monopoly is to be recognized or nor
but whether big business is TO pc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
A THOROUGH TEST.
One to Convince the Most Skeptical
Journal Reader.

The test of time is the test that
counts.
Doan's Kidney Pills have made
their reputation by effective action.
The following case is typical
Augusta residents should be con-
WINGED.
The testimony is confirmed-the
proof complete.
Testimony like this cannot be ig-
nored.
Mrs. W. II. Bush, Noyes Place,
Augusta, Me, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills proved to be all that is claimed
for them in my case. / took them
about year ago for terrible pain
across the small of my back ana
through my kidneys. 1t is surpris-
ing how quickly they cured me. |
noticed relief after the first few
doses. Since then when / have felt
any symptoms of a recurrence OF KID
ney trouble, ] have taken few doses
of Doan's Kidney Pills and they have
corrected the annoyance"
The above statement was given IN
July 1908 and during a personal in
terview on April 20, 1872 Mrs. Bush
said: The statement l gave about
Doans Kidney Pills several years
ago was entirely correct. | got this
remedy at Willis r. Partridge's Drug
store and | am glad to confirm what
| have previously said about it,"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
| cents. Foster Milburn CO., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unitec
| States.
/ Remember the name-Dean's-ane
/ take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

in the Northwestern then advertise
and boom, every day of your life. Huh !!
the West isn't in it with the good old
East in anything except size and en-
thusiasm. That's what ails the east
ern agriculturalist-he dead! Some
day wise Westerners will come flock
ing back and then there'll be revival
OF long dormant forces and the East
will bloom as never before"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

PASSPORT Sentinel:-Over In Belfast
a man has been hauled into court by
his neighbors for putting fish cuttings
from the sardine factory on his land.
Joseph A. McKeen was before Judge
Knowlton, last Thursday charged by
Frank Holmes with being common
nuisance. According to the evidence,
Mr. McKeen spread refuse from the
factory over his land for fertlllzer
and then neglected to- ploy 1t IN FIND
ing probable cause, Judge knoWlton
held McKeen in the sum of 500 Tor the
September court. He furnished Sc
curites Another case was brought
against Mckeen, the complainant De
ing Harry Estes, also a neighbor 10
the Patterson place. He claimed that
through the fish spread upon the
land in the vicinity of the spring
where the people in that vicinity get
their drinking water, the water in
said spring had become polluted and
unfit for use. The same ruling was
made by the judge in this case and
sureties were qualified.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

great law of supply and demand. The
number of those who eat beef and
grain, fruits and vegetables is increas-
ing more rapidly than the number of
those who raise them; hence prices
rise. This is clear enough to anyone
who has seen the fluctuations of bust
ness through generation.
Yet the American, under the tariff
of 1909, earns better wages than the
wage Garner in the old world. He eats
more meat, he buys more fresh vegeta-
bles. he takes more pleasure eXcur-
sions. he carries more insurance, he is
more likely to buy his own home, he
dresses better, he spends more on
amusements, than the workmen in
Europe. Old fashioned aunties row and
then tell us that with fewer cigars,
fewer vaudeville tickets, fewer nights
at tie picture shows and fewer after
Moons at the bali games. the Ameri-
can could pay existing prices and ma
terially increase his saving fund.
When Cleveland was first talked of
for the Presidency, he said to re-
tariff is a subject l don't
know a-thing about" When Hill OPP
posed tariff smashing he said: You
cannot make converts to Free Trade
in cities black with the smoke of fires
that would never have been lighted
but for the Tariff" Apparently Hill
did know something about the Tariff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

A joint field day is to be held at
Dnstan's, Searboro, Thursday, Sept.
&C. by the Maine Historical Society,
the Maine Society of Mayfiower De-
scendants and the Society of the Co.
lonial Wars. The Hon. James p. Bax-
ter win preside and an old-fashioned
dinner will be served at the Wayland
house at o'clock in the afternoon.
this being followed by addresses by
the Hon. Augustus F. Moulton and
others This locality was the scene
of much of our early history, the home
of the celebrated King family, and the
grave of Richard King and his ship
yard can be easily visited. Electric
ears leave the station at the head of
Elm street at Ills. ..5@5s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

baby be shown that the speed exhibit
ticns in which machines were allowed
to run at their topmost retarded rath-
or than accelerated the general ac-
ceptance of the automobile. All that
speed ever accomplished toward the
demonstration ot, automobile endur-
ance might have been accomplished by
factory tests well known in mechanics.
>, sfat the automobile is in universal use
TODAY is not due to the wonderful
speed records of the road races. now
lalaen into merited disrepute, but to
qualities which place the machine in
the class of the family carriage and
railway car, both as regards comfort
and utility.
There is in this age among "A very
large element a passion for speed.
With some this passion manifests it
self in desire to go, with greater
number in a desire to see things, or to
read of things that go. 1t takes pos
session, to some extent, of the mass
and is accountable for much of the UNI
rest of the period. People are not sat
isiied where they are; they want TO be
somewhere else; finding themselves
somewhere else, they want to be back.
They are in as much of a hurry to get
back as they were to go With most
of them there is no occasion for hur-
rying in either direction. They like to
read of inst such feats as that at Chi
cage on Monday although it would be
much more to their advantage had the
test been one demonstrating beyond
question that an aeroplane could be
kept in the air at slow but tiepen-
dable rate of speed for any definite
length of time.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

Last winter, a ,well-known Vienna
lawyer went out to post letter. He
was wearing large signet ring on the
little finger of ibis right hand, and as
he pushed the letter through the slit
of the letter box this caught and held
his hand fast. All efforts to release
himself proved fruitless. Within ten
minutes the street was blocked by an
enormous crowd and he was theuten-
ter of storm of chaff. The police
had to come to the rescue to keep the
people back, but they could do Moth
ing TO release the prisoner. Not even
the police dared meddle with a letter
box IT was not until authority had
been obtained from the. head postof-
flee that workmen We're allowed to
unscrew the box and take it to pieces
aud so release the unfortunate law
yer.-The Strand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
Did You Ever Think of Il?

| Nearly everybody In Maine has
| heard about the "Bowdoinham idea.'
| but comparatively few have consid.
| cred the possibilities growing out OF
it. Bowdoinham celebrated her
150th anniversary, Wednesday, Sept
is. But the most interesting part Oh
the exercises connected Herewith Is
the planting" of more than $500 at
turbed until the little town celebrates
her 250th birthday in 2012. This
modest gift to people 100 years in the
future, is expected to have grown to
the handsome proportions of more
than $4,000 on that happy day.
Had you thought about the power
of civic loye and loyalty when used
with compound interest? Well, here
it is-Bowdoinham giving to genera
tions yet unborn. a nice little sum for
her birthday event. Part of it is
recommended to be spent for public
improvement, part for proper obserV-
ance of the day, and the balance to
stand as the nucleus of the next CEN
fury fund.
Had you before thought it possible
to have your pie and eat it, too; to
TO grind with the water that is past?
Well, it is possible, under the Bow
doinham plan
on the same principle a small sum
at compound interest eats up big
debt, If passing generations will only
keep the interest paid. Maine could
contract a debt of $2,000.0O0 for good
roads, at four per cent interest, with
$50, 900 due annually. That two
MIGHT be paid, after some
hardships, and it might NOT; ii
NIGHT be handed down to posterity.
taking its $4,000 annual reminder
along with il. Under the Bowdoin-
ham plan a deposit of onehalf the
interest sum for one year, namely
10000, deposited at the time the
bonds were issued would take care of
the $2,000,OO0 principal in 100 years.
Ever think of it? Figure it this
way: One dollar placed at per cent.
interest will double in about
II years. In 100 years that dollar
would amount to more than $50.
Funny isn't it? But it is So Try it
out with pencil and paper.
Bowdoinham gives $4,000 or $25,-
900 to her descendants in 2012 with
out the slightest hardship. 1t came
in bits from ten cents up. No one
felt it-and compound interest gets
busy with the little pile and trans
forms it in time to a big pile.
Suppose other communities began
setting back fires against the con-
Migration of debt and trouble which
we have started for posterity. In
stead of handing the principal of our
debts on with the interest. suppose
we care for the main lump and let
them share with us the paying of the
interest for the improvements we have
made.
Suppose some town wished to in
stall water system at cost of $780,
600, and hesitate because of the debt
and the interest. Two thousand
every year is quite tax, and then
that $4,000 debt ahead.
Here is chance to apply the Bow
doinham plan-issue 80 year bonds,
raise and deposit $1,000 to remain At
compound interest until the bonds
mature, keep your interest paid, and
the thing Is ended.
Sounds chimerical. doesn't it? Per-
haps it is, but if you think it is go
ahead and figure it out 1t will have
set you to thinking, anyway and that
is the purpose of this editorial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

At recent dinner of vegetarians in
London Sir George Kekewich said that
half the world would be promptly
converted to their doctrine If they
could but produce race of vegetarian
cooks. /
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

The Bar Harhor Record says that
work is actively going on upon the
breakwater in the harbor, and before
stormy weather sets in, it is probable
that the work will be number of feet
nearer shore. and the ultimate des-
tination of the piece of engineering
The breakwater has been long time
in building, its start coming IN the
eighties and will probably be a good
many years before it is completed. A
certain amount is appropriated each
year, and the work extended nearer
shore.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

cuSHNoc CHAPTER, r. A. NJ.
No. 49, Special convocation at Masonic
Temple, Thursday evening, Sept ID.
Work in the Royal Arch degree. All so
journing companions are cordially INIT
ed To attend
WINFRED A. JACKSON, II. p
THOS. III. BODICE, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

notwithstanding that two young
men lost their lives, last May. in at
tempting. in a canoe, to shoot the rap
ide in the Androscoggin river at Tur-
ner Center bridge. the attempt has
again been made, by others, and sue
cessfully. The perilous trip was re-
Gently made in an 1S-foot canoe, by
James w. Harvey, 10. of Hallowell;
George Ranger Is, of Long Island, n.
", and Frank Swain of East Orange,
N j. The young men were ON a l50-
mile trip from their camp at Lake
Maranacook. The bodies of water on
which they Travelled. included Dead
Stream, Torsey pond, Echo lake,
Sleepy Hollow pond, Androscoggin
lake, Dead river, Androseoggin river,
lMerrymeeting bay. Kennebec river,
Cobbossee stream and Lake Cobbos-
seecontee. 1t is said that the rapids
are extremely dangerous at all times,
and were much more 50 at the time
of the tragedy, last May. owing to the
freshet pitch of the river at that time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
ESTABLISHED 1895

No notice whatever will be taken of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held RESPONSE
BILE for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
TO subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FYLNT. Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
TRINITY coMMANpERY NO. 2 X.

u. Stated conclaVe at Masonic Tcmple
Friday, Sept. 20, at $50 p M All So
journing fraters are cordially invited
MELVIN f.. SAWTELBE t. c.
T4OS. II. BODICE, Recorder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

Friday, September 20, 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER NO

l3 o. e. S. Stated meetings the firsk
Wednesday evening of each month at
$50. All members sojourning In the city
are invited to attend
ELIZABETH r. MERRILL w. NJ
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON, Sec.
0 ueseS nl-w-f.tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. .
Meetings at s o'clock every second and
fourth Tuesday.
W. L. HAYDEN, c. F.
c. e. STEWART, Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday ut
3 o'clock.
w. r. GETCHELL, Capt.
L. C. HUGHES, Clerk.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-04-12
quainted with them, and tell all your
good qualities, and then prove all
the other fellows says, is not so.

In announcing Lafayette Keene S
candidate for delegate to the Repub-
lican State Convention to be held
in Lewiston in May. we present a
man to you NAis a good man for
the place, for he is we'll known to
you all. having served one term as
County Commissioner. He is a
true Republican, sound and conser-
vative business man, one who stands
for what he believes to be right.
Mr.. Keene has been a resident of
this county for twelve years. He is
a Taft man and will work for the
best interests of the voters.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-04-12

The farmers do not want to pay
any attention to the county seat pa
pers when they commence tickling
them under the chin about the great
products Of the Potlatch country.
Just plant your seed and this fall
when you have the produce to put
up for exhibit bring it to Kendrick, for
this town is going to have an exhibit
at the county fair, one at the Spo-
kane fair and then this winter down
at Lewiston we are going with the
best lot OF livestock that ever enter
ed any fair gates. We have been
informed by some of the farmers
that they are getting hogs and cattle
and horses ready for the Lewiston
fair. You just wait and see if the
Potlatch don't make the whole In
land Empire take a back seat in the
exhibits the coming season.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-04-12
GARDEN SEED SOWING.
Hard to Find Man Who Can Perform
Operations Properlv.

SPST~N'0US TTVP0Tiys
Among the different gardening opera.
lions there Is none more difficult than
seed sowing. To get a man who can
properly SOW both broadcast and with
hand drill all the various seeds is al
most a hopeless task. The subject
needs close study to avoid heavy loss.
es. which may come either way by over
or understanding or by entire failure
Some operators would make us believe
that the time for broadcast sowing Is
past absolutely. Such is not the case
There are times and subjects when
broadcast seeding Is very successful.
The reason tor this is very plain upon
investigation. Bro~dcasted seed is cov-
cred at varying depths. so that under
almost all conditions q stand is obtain
ed. II the weather turns wet after
seeding those seeds nearest the surface
will sprout; If dry the deeply buried
ones will have their chance, while BY
the drill method they are all uniformly
covered; hence II the weather turns un-
favorable for the depth at which they
were sown the whole lot may be a fail.
ure. Old market gardeners know from
experience that 1t is easier to get a
stand of lettuce. spinach. radish or tur.
nip BY. broadcasting than by drilling:
hence the method is still in, use. We
do not like broadcasting. but admit its
uses. says Gardening.
10 operate seed drills successfully
requires close attention. Where a very
thin stand Is desired and q drill set
very close 1t will be found that after
some time the machine has actually
sifted the seeds by allowing the small
e to pass and rejecting the large
e and thereby reducing the stand
for the last Aone-half. Some machines
will not stand close regulation at all.
as they choke up, unless the TOW is lib.
eral. When this Is the case the only
way out is to proved rapidly. thereby
reducing the time for the seed to roll
u Where land is too rough for nice
work such machines as have a two
piece coverer can often be made to
work by removing one side Of the GOV,
ering device. thus allowing clods to
Another way to handle rough
land Is to precede the drill with a sin.
gle wheel hoe. using one slim cultiva-
tor tooth to open a mark and roll the
clods aside. This can be made to work
where nothing else will. Soils that
readily can be handled similarly
by opening a slight furrow. removing
the covering device entirely and de
pending upon the roller to firm the seed
without covering. This permits the
weak seedlings to come up through the
There can he no greater mis-
made than preparing land too fine
If 1t is liable to puddle and bake. A
certain amount Of roughness IN absol
lutely necessary to keep such soils
N
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-04-12

The campaign in this county is
warming up a little, one candidate
has so far, showed up down this
way. You don't want to forget that
the people in this end of the county
are voters and if you want a vote
from them you will have to get &C.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-04-12

Farmers take more notice of your
cattle and breed them up to a good
standard and then you will receive
good money for your labors. The
number of cattle in this section is
not great enough and an effort must
be made to increase the number.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-04-12
Taft and Teddy are running a race
wonder who will fall?

From the way the leaders of the
two factions of the Republican party
are scraping over Teddy and Taft
one would think that the country
was going to the dogs if their mar
was not nominated.