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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-19

ard protrude at right angles from the
stem While those of wild radish slant
| downward
In the years 1904 to 1908 inclusive
1.-THE Maine Agricultural Experiment
| Station carried on extensive expert
ments IN an endeayor 10 kill wild
mustard ili~ sown grain crops by
| spraying with iron sulphate and cop
per sulphate. 1t was found that it
was perfectly possible by spraying
with iron sulphate to rid the field of
wild mustard at moderatezcost. Expe-
riments on wild radish were net so
successful. Both German and French
experimentors claim To have Killed
wild radish by a twenty percent solu-
ton of iron suIphate Although the
earlier trials by the Maine Agricul-
turai Experiment Station were unsuc-
cessful With wild radish it is planned
to repeat the experiments this year in
Aroostook County on a farm which is
badly infested with wild radish. Wild
mustard can readily be controlled. 1t
is hoped that means may be found to
control wild radish.
The following method if employed
will surely eradiea e wild mustard and
whie it may not Kill wild radish it
viii stunt the plants and materially
reduce the amount of seed.
The solution is made by dissolving
/ 50 To 100 pounds of iron suiphate in
80 gallons of water An oil barrel
makes a convenient so gallon vessel
for this purpose The iron sulphate
dissolves very readily The solution
once prepared can be put in the spray
tank and used at once or can be kept
in the barrel until the desired time
for use. Iron sulphate solution is not
poisonous and can be handled without
| fear If it comes i'm contact with
white clothing it viii discolor it with
iron stains.
The spray can be applied with any
powerful potato sprayer. The four
row, twelve nozzle Watson sprayer is
admirable for this purpose. The spray
should all be directed downward and
applied as fine mist under a pres
sure of from 90 to IS pounds. The
spray wing should be made on a calm,
bright day as early as possible after
the dew has disappeared. If rain fol-
lows within few hours the spraying
is not as effective The grain fields
"ilohid u sHlaAtu Nueh tHS HuuSlhiu
plants are in the third leaf and before
the plants show any signs of buds or
blossoms. If sprayed after the. plants
are in bloom, the spray viii kill the
leaves but will not prevent the forma-
| ton of seed. The spray will not in
| iure the oats. II may blaeken the out
er leaf. But they at once recover and
| the yield is in no wise diminished.
The spray should be applied at the
rate of IS to 90 gallons per acre.
Larger applications win do no harm.
Il the field is badly infested it is pro-
badly better TO make a second spray
| ing four days after the first
CHAS. d. WOODS,
Director.
Orono, Maine, June II, 1912.
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NO CHANCE FOR PLEASURE.
Liberal Provision by Evil Minded 10
Offset NegIectfui Economy

Miss Jane Adams has tins To say
about the blindness of the modern cry
in failing to provide fit places OIL reoie-
alton for its young girls:
"Since the soldiers of Cromwell smut
I'D the peoples Fairgrounds ana ue-
stroyed their pleasure fields, the Ahsio-
saxon city has turned over the proNiS
ion for public recreation to the most
evil-minded and the most unscrupulous
members of the community. we %.
thousands Of girls walking up dhu
down the streets on pleasant evehhis,
with no chance to catch sight o,
Measure even through a lighted WIN
dow save as these lurid places proViue
il. Apparently the modern city sees IN
these girls only two possibilities po.'i
OF them commercial; first, chance 10
utilize by day their new and tehoei
labor power in it's factories and SHOPS
and then another chance in the eVeh7
ing to extract from them their petty
wages by pandering to their love Oh
pleasure.
perhaps never before have the
pleasures of the young and mature pc
come so definitely separated as III the
modern city The public dance hails'
filled with frivolous and irresponsible
Young people in a feverish search TOT
pleasure. are but "a sorry substitute Tor
the old dances on the village green IN
which all the other people of the ayii-
lage participated m. y. Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-19
A Remarkable Prisoner.

Half a century ago Europe rang
with the name of dAngelo. He was
a Young man of Palombard, a noun
tain town of Central Italy. He killed
the defamer of his sweetheart's name.
and then fled to the hills and be-
came the famous Abruzzai brigand
chief. His method was to capture
a traveller, rob him, and then lead
him to precipice. There the alter
native was put-a leap To death or q
bullet in the brain. He had disposed
of dozen victims before ne was.
captured. tried and sentenced for life.
That was forty-six years ago. He
has Just been released, handed Ae
earned in prison, and as his lower
limbs are paralyzed. he was carried
10 the railway station and given
ticket for his native village. ON the
way he met a motor car, and was
terrified at the strange rushing, num-
ming thing. Then cyciist came
along, and d'AngeIo was much per-
turbed lest the rider should fall off.
The prison officials say that during
his long captivity he was never
known to ask favor Of any one or
to break prison rule. Dundee Ad-
vertiser.
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Bad Weeds in Seeded Crops.

There is unquestonably a large loss
annually to the Maine farmers, not
only in growing oats that are dimin-
ished in value by the presence of wild
mustard and wild radish seed, but
from the actual reduction in crop be-
cause of the presence of these weeds
On one Houlton farm in 1911 consider
ably over ten per cent of the grain
threshed out was mustard and radish
seed.
While it has been generally recos-
nized throughout the State that wild
mustard or charlock Is one of Names
worst weeds in sown crops il is not
generally known that there are two
plants which differ SO little in APP
pea rance that they both are known as
wild mustard. One of these is the
Wild mustard proper. Sinapsis avensie,
which is also frequently and properly
called "charlock" The weed which
very closely resembles it and is some
times called jointed or white charlocll
| is the wild radish Raphanus rapha-
nistrum.
1t is not easy to distinguish between
wild radish and wild mustard when
the plants are young Wild radish
leaves are, however, much more deep
| ~ cut, the divisions between the lobes
of the leaf reaching nearly to the mid
| rib II one has a small magnifsing
glass the stem hairs make ii easy to
distinguish. Those ON the wild must
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-19
cornments on Maine Primary.

At this time the comments OF out
of-State papers which have been
watching Names trial of the direct
primary law, are interesting. The
Boston Herald. independent in politics.
said. editorialiy. Tuesday:
The results are as The Herald pre-
dicted a few days sgo-ex- Gov. Bur-
ieiuh for senator and Hon. William 7.
Haiues for Governor, both by exceed
inely wide margins over the others IN
the field. They are both strong So
lections, and show that the Maine
Republicans mean business in their
attempt to win back the State from
Democratic control. There is no doubt
that both would have been named,
with far less expense and bother to
themselves and the voters, under the
old convention system.
The Boston Journal, Republican
says:
The first primary in Maine for the
nomination of senatorial and guber-
material candidates went through with
greatest smoothness. Edwin c. Bur-
leigh wins the senatorial nomination,
and William T. Haines is nominated
for governor. The primary brought
out so per cent. of the total State vote
of 1910, which is probably three times
as many voters as ever attended the
Republican party caucuses on a given
date up to this time.
The choice has been made by SIM
pie, fair, open test, and the Repubi-
cans start off we'll to oppose the
senator and governor elected by the
Democrats in the last sweep of the
State, Obadiah Gardner and Governor
PIaisted. They are especially fortu-
nate in the candidacy of Mr.. Burleish,
who has had wide experience in
legislation and has proved his eapac-
ity.
The Portland Press. Tuesday MORN
ing, said:
0oNefHof DuffSi9H mas otioi'S
hold on the voters of the State. One
had only to see him on the recent trip
of candidates through Cumberland
county to realize that. Scarcely a
town was visited where he was not
greeted by several people who knew
him, and the way they fairly tumbled
over themselves to clasp his hand
showed the hold he has upon the
rank and file of his party in many
sections.
He made his appeal to the voters on
the ground that his experience in the
House of Representatives would make
him a valuable candidate for the
Senate, and apparently that appeal,
coupled with his popularity, was what
brought him such large vote.
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Editorial Comment
Effect of Law Enforcement.
washington Tinles.)

washington Times)
Now that the word has been passed
out to the gunner and auto thieves
of New York city that the police
mean business" there has been a ces-
sation of the hold-ups, murders. and
shooting up the town" that have ter
rorized New York.
The real cause of crime wave in
any community can usually be traced
TO the fact that the police do not mean
business, and criminals know it. That
may be the fault of the police them
selves, it may be the fault of their SUI
periors, it may be the fault of the
courts which do not convict men ar
rested and plainly guilty of crime. But
in any event violation of the law, be it
by the gunner Of a tenderloin district
or by respectable directors of a great
corporation, can be traced largely to
the fact that those who wish TO trans
gress laws believe the authorities do
not mean business"
If these intrusted with the enforce
ment of the law, from the higher
courts down to the patrolmen, would
do their duty, free from fear and with
out favor. aiming to deal out justice
unalloyed by teehnicalities and de-
murrers. we might dispense with our
law making bodies for a generation
When courts, prosecutors, grand Jn-
ries, and the police of IA community
let the word go out that they all mean
business, il Immediately becomes a
well governed, law abiding place, and
there is no demand for more laws.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-19
Must Be a Mistake.
NDamariseotla HeraIdl

tDamarlSeotta Herdldsl
An automobile loaded with liquor
was seized by Patrolman Reick and
Sudbey of the Somerville Police De-
partment in the Winter Hill section of
the city late yesterday afternoon, and
the driver Joseph l.. Mullen, "a years
of age of 20 Essex street, Charlestown.
was arrested on a charge of bringing
liquor into Somerville, a city where
licenses of the first five classes are not
granted with intent To sch. Mullen
the police say, is employed as a chauf-
feur for Edward NJ. Heustis & Co,
grocers, of PA Main street, Charles
town. He was bailed by his employ
ers short time after his arrest. The
police took charge Of les bottles of
ale, fiftv-six bottles of lager and thir-
teen bottles of porter that were found
in the automobile when it was taken
to the police station. Mullen will be
arraigned in the Somerville court this
morning. Boston Globe.
This can't be true. Liquor laws are
never broken in license states. We
have the word of Fred Plaisted, Cy.
Davis and Bill Pattangall for that.
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Nominated by the Voters.

Well. Maine has had her first trial of
the direct primary method Of selecting
candidates for office. The nominees
are the choice of the people, and none
can say that they We're put up by par
ty leaders or political machine. The
voters have made their choice from all
those who cared TO enter the good
natured rivalry for public honors In
the Republican lists were plenty of
good material from which 10 select
candidates TO the average voter
there could be little preference in some
of the contests, except as TO locality
personal friendship or the like. But
the opportunity for choice was there
and the Republican party should fee
proud of it's first popularly selected
ticket
With all its imperfections. (Which
are not numerous. and can b.
easily remedied), the primary Law
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now facilitated by a two-way sulky pillow
which not only better prepares the soil
for the reception of seed and the pro-
duction of crop, but also affords the
driver IAN easy seat and a pleasant
ride" Then there is grain drill that
does away with the old method of hand
sowing a two-row riding cultivator such
as our forefathers with their hands upon
the handles of the old walking" kind
never had the courage to dream of; a
potato planter and potato sprayer, two
machines that have made the State of
Maine famous for its vast fields of its
most profitable crop; and finally, that
greatest of all labor savers, the manure
spreader which ought to do more to keep
the farmers lads ON the farm than any
invention of modern times.
After considering the up-to-date meth
DDS of farming as illustrated at the
kents Hill Seminary, under the direction
of the department of Agriculture, which
has become recognized and valuable
part of the school curriculum. one re-
fleets that American agriculture among
the masses must develop tremendously
in the near future. Indeed if it does
not, the nation will not be kept from
hunger. Despite the fact that within the
last 10 years 100000 new farms have
been created in this country and our
farm products have more than doubled
our population has Increased so much
more rapidly that consumption has far
out-stripped production. Our exports of
agricultural products last year were
more than s5o.0o0,0o0 below those of 1899
In other words. our own people are con-
TONI IF aD hat nsIp
farms produce at the present time. In
1850, when, it is estimated our popula-
ton will have doubled, the farmer Will
have the task of raising no less than
L, 600 100000 dollars worth of agricul-
tural products for our own use, and
something over tor the hungry multi
tudes in less productive parts of the
world. How shall this be done?
In the first place we shall need more
farmers and more farms. We shall have
to add at least two-thirds to our present
farm acreage. But this alone will not
suffice. We must also add two-thirds to
our product per acre. Hence the need
of education along agricultural lines
and the utility of such practical course
in farming as Kent's Hill Seminary is
offering with farm fitted with modern
machinery as a laboratory.
Better methods will do much to save
US agriculturally. Science in the art of
agriculture will make the land more
productive. 1t is moulding plant life to
serve better and more profitably our
daily needs-trebling the amount of SUI
gar in the beet and doubling the potato
crop to the acre. But machinery will
also do its part. The quick. reliable
work of machinery has already vastly
improved the quality and quantity of the
harvest by combining crop operations
within the period when the most favor
able conditions prevail. 1t will do still
more for us in TIE future.
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has demonstrated its ability to
do that for which it was designed
do away with packed caueuses and
make possible the popular selection of
candidates. The senatorial preference
provision is the first to be tried in
New England. The Massachusetts
legislature refused to pass such an
act. although the old Bay State is
pledged for direct election of senator's.
The Republicans of Maine have
shown their preference for a United
States senator. Governor Burleigh
now becomes the candidate of his
party, to be voted for by the Republic
can members of the next Legislature.
His ultimate election. of course, de-
Ponds upon the election. in September
Of a Republican Legislature. Our DEM
acratic friends will kindly skip a few
lines here while we are remarking, sot-
to yoce. that the prospect OF such re-
suit looks exceedingly good to us.
We are well pleased with the Repub-
lican ticket, from top TO bottom We
believe they should every one be elected
to the office for which they are nomi-
mated. We believe the direct primary
law, as whole. has come to stay. At
ter this demonstration we shall know
where to correct it and retain for the
voters at large the privilege of select
ing nominees.
1t will be no longer possible for
even years. before hand. If young
man with notions of statecraft wants
office, let him go in and convince the
voters that they need his services and
| that he can make good" and few
| politicians at convention cannot
turn him down-it is the peoples YER
dict.
Now the voters must hold to the OPP
portunity they have gained by show
tages for them.
The vote throughout the State was
| greater than we dared hope. The va
rous contests for nomination have
had wholesome as well as an edu-
eating effect. We believe that to be a
prime virtue of the new law-sports-
manIike competition for public APP
prevail. The best men must win if the
| voters will go to the caucuses.
| On the part of candidates who were
defeated for a nomination it is apparent
| there is no bitterness or heart burnings.
It has been a friendly rivalry and the
| party has benefited by it. We believe
that the conduct in office of these
nominees who are elected in Septem-
| Der, will be wholesomely influenced by
the new political atmosphere and the
knowledge that they are to be held
strictly accountable BY THE VOT-
ERS, rather than by committees or
political leaders.
The Kennebec Journal wishes to
publicly declare it's approval of the
candidates selected by the Republi-
can voters. We believe it is a ticket
difficult to equal in any party at any
period of the States history.
| Now let us join hands and elect
| them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-19
Wednesday, June 10. 1912.
The Democratic Vote.

The I<ennebec journal made no at
tempt or Monday, to compile the
Democratic vote, because, with one
exception. there was no contest to
urge Democratic voters TO the polls.
The voting for governor and Z. 5.
senator and in all cases in this dis
trict except for county commissioner
of kennebec, was complimentary mere
". Where there was no contest one
vote would have selected the nominee.
The size of the vote, with the one eX-
ception. had no significance. We could
have announced Monday morning, or
last week. who the nominees were to
be.
James w. Beck of Augusta. is the
Democratic nominee for county com
missioner. Tuesday morning the Wa
terville Sentinel said;
In the absence of contests ON the
Democratic side for the nomination
for governor, United states senator
and state auditor no attempt was
made tonight to collect the returns OF
the vote thrown. Governor Piaisted,
Senator Gardner and state Auditor
Stevens will receive the full party
vote.
The Associated Press did not bother
with the Democratic vote for the rea-
sons given above.
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FROM GOVERNOR BURLEIGH
Augusta. Maine,
June I8, 1912.

Te the Republicans of Maine -
/ thank my friends for their
generous support in the United
States Senatorial contest, at the
same time respecting the convic-
tons of those whose preference
was for one or the other of my
able, gallant and distinguished
friends, who honorably sought
that which it was my good for
tune to secure.
The primaries have spoken. In
friendly contests we have per-
formed the preliminary duty of
selection. Now with a common
purpose we face the task of elect
ing the chosen opponents of our
principles. May there be no lag
CARDS in the march to victory!
EDWIN c. BURLEIGH.
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Machinery on the Farm.

If Father Sampson. who 80 years ago
founded the Kents Hill Seminary, Civ
ing TO the institution the nucleus of its
now spacious and well cultivated farm
of 500 acres, should visit the workshop,
the dairy. the tool sheds. and the new
stable he would indeed be bewildered.
The progress in agriculture as demon
strated on this school farm would be far
beyond the philosophy of a man of the
former generation. There is harly a
process in the system of agriculture as
seen at Kents Hin today that such a
man would understand. surely, sci
ence in farming is making immense adj
vances," remarked the correspondent as
he was shown about the farm end OF
this old seminary at the Hill; land
who" he thought, "can forecast the pro-
eress of the future! Man has shaken
off the shack1es of manual toll. Pipe
and tabor no longer lead the procession
of harvest home; but drudgery goes as
well as romance. and business air sets
the thresher to factory pace"
The equipment of the Agricultural De
partment at Kents Hill, otherwise ex-
cellent, has been strengthened recently
by the addition of much new machinery
A 10 II. Z. gasoline engine now does the
work of many hands With this and j
new Ohio ensilage cutter the immense
silo of POO tons capacity is easily and
quickly filed. With the power that il
furnishes grain can be ground; roots
cut for feeding; and when attached 10
the new rotary saw a huge pile of wood
| is soon prepared for family use. Indeed
| the gasoline engine is a mighty force or
the modern farm. The once slow work
| of blowing a large field, over which good
Father Simpson never became poet, is
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these. Hens will clean UP around
peach trees from which the borers are
being removed Let them have access
to the excaVated area around each
tree. leaving it open for day or so,
Small borers that escape your notice
will readily be picked UP by the fowls.
The hen may also be trusted in the
asparagus patch at all stages of its
If possible. let the fowls work among
growth.
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DIED.
CUMBERLAND.

tUMf5F. = I1EtlNI7
FaIrouth-June Is, Eleanora Page,
West Falmouth-June Is. Erying L..
Huston, aged 2 years:
south Portiand--June Is, Charles
Loveitt aged 73 years.
Portland-June IS, Julia M. Strout.
aged rs years, 6 months, 20 days, June
49, Horace c. Pike; June 15 Mary L..
Sanborn; June 49, Caleb f Hunt. aged
81 years. | month.
Westbrook-June l6. Carleton Lamson
Fuller, aged 2 years.
KNOX.
Rockland- Mrs. Bethiah G. Fuller,
aged 50 years.
PENOBSCOT.
Bangor--June ., Mary f. Adams. !.