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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10
A Card.

/ wish to hereby express my heart
felt thanks to the friends who gave
me copious shower of cards, express
ing congratulations and best wishes
on my ninetieth birthday anniversary.
May the best of Heavens blessings be
granted to them.
j. Z. BRAINERD.
East Winthrop, Dec. sth, 1918.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10
Inward and Outward.

The inward effects of humors are
worse than the outward. They weak
en- all the organs, infiame the mucous
cause catarrhal troubles,
and endanger the whole system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla eradicates all
humors and cures all their effects.
It's the great Alternative and tonic
medicine whose merit has been every
where established.
Accept no substitute.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10
land and buildings, 81.

Winthrop-Laura S. Heath of Au-
gusta to Frank d. Smith of New York
City, land in Winthrop, 81. Charles FL,
Gale of Winthrop to Marcus r. Earl
of winthrop, land, 81.
wayne-Clinton L. Graves of Wayne
to Irving d. Lincoln of Wayne, land,
81. Calvin A. House of Wayne TO
Sumner c. House of Wayne, land and
buildings, 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

With their show cases filled with the
most acceptable Christmas gifts in the
jewelry line, f. T. & w. T. Noble invite
an early inspection of their stock. Get
in touch with our low cash prices
they say See ad on front page.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10
Burnham Grange.

At the regular meeting Of Burnham
Grange, Tuesday evening of this week,
the question, What Can We Do to I'm
prove Our Schools will be discussed
and Superintendent of Schools Glenn
ents will be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

View M. Smith & Sons attractive
window done in mission style. They
claim the distinction of having the
first mission piano ever brought to the
city.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

Great fur opening on Thursday, at
D. w. Adams Co.'S. This announce
ment means much as ladies will realize
who read particulars in ad. This OPP
portunity is exceptional.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10
Daily kennebee journal
LOCAL BRIEFS.

/ know a man in a store
Who finds Christmas a horrible bore.
OF peace and good will
He says there is nil,
Each day the crowds come more an
more.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

The marriage intentions of Clifford
Paul Anderson of Hallowell and Flora
Violet Wilson of Augusta have been
recorded at the office of the city clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

Mr.. Chernowsky has punched to-
eether lot of $40, $3.50 and SIS coats
which he is going to sell for $3.50. Other
big values in suits and furs.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

| row: Ceres. Mrs. Fred Wodell; Pomo-
ma. Mrs. Walter Scott; Flora, Mrs.
John Whitmore: lady assistant ste
ward, Alice Scott.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

Swift G. Turner Co. are making ex-
ceedingly low prices on their attractive
line Of cut glass pieces. See window
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

This is the weather to appreciate
good. bright and clean coal that throws
out heat abundantly like F. S. Win
gates high grade.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

A meeting of the directors of the
Beard of Trade will be held at $780,
Wednesday evening, at the Augusta
House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-10

SHOP EARLY!
SELECTIONS ARE BETTER.
SHOP EARLY
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

SALE OF TIMBER. Ketchikan, Alaska, December IT, 1912. Sealed bids marked out side Bid, Timber Sale Application, Novem- Der To9gass and aSdFessed ddFoSe Fortst to the Ketcbikan. Alaska, will be received up to and including the 18th day ged of 4ianSSary lsls
 inc or down, and all live timber designated for cutting by Forest Officer, located on an officer before cutting begins, including about 30 acres located. on the north shore of Tenalee inlet at point approximately six miles west of Tenakee Chichagof Island, within the Tongass National Forest, esti,, mated to be 100000 feet board measure of live spruce sawtimber, log scale, more or less. No bid of less than S1.00 per thousand feet board measure for sawtimber will be considered. and deposit of $2000O must be sent to O.. T. Gardner. Special Fiscal Agent
 Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alaska, for each bid submitted to the Supervisor. Timber upon valid claims is exempt from sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. For further information and regulations governing sales address Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska. w. G. Weigle. Forest Supervisor. d25-i2
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
Some Errors in History

The Washington Times, Munsey newspaper, says that the public domain "belongs to the people of the United States. It does not belong to the states within which it is situated. 1t never did. By statute law and histori- cal custom it has always been adminls' tered for the nation at large by the national government"
 Yet the facts of history are directly to the contrary. The public domain in each of the original thirteen states was retained by them for their own use when the Union was formed. When Vermont was admitted the federal gov- ernment set up no claim to the public domain and the state was permitted to retain it. The same was true when Kentucky was admitted, and also when Tennessee was admitted. Texas, on annexation to the United States and admission to the Union, retained all of the pub blic domain for it's own uses and the government never took an acre of land within it's borders.
 Ohio was the first state to be admit ted which was denied the right to the public lands within it's borders. The denial was because of the fact that the lands were originally the property of the state of Virginia, which had ceded them to the general government, in or der that from their sale the revolution ary war debt might be eXtinguished. It was held later by the supreme court of the United States, in the leading case of Pollard's Lessee vs. Hagan, that the United States never acquired any title to these lands or to any other lands ceded by the original states and later erected into other states, save as trus- tee, and that when the trust was fully executed the remaining public lands would become the property of the states in which they were situated, the decision adding that not until this was done would the newer states be Tn the Union on exact constitutional equality with the original states.
 The federal government owns the public lands merely because the newer states, as condition precedent to ad. mission, were forced to concede the title. Properly, however, the United States, so far as public lands are con- cerned, has never ceased to be trustee for the people.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
As She Is Rot

From letter recently received by a piano firm in one of the Sound cities:
 "Deer Ser: The peeaney you shipped me sum time ago cum duly decd. My, is we souposed to pey the frate charge on it. Wen we bot this peeaney you claimed to lie it down to me. l want 70 two send me as quick as hell recet fer S2.29 for same. besyds the kees on sum don't wurk tall. Is them ivery finger boards. Are deeler heer sed we got beet on this deel. Wer is the thing you sect on! Is it cen thet box at the platform at the dapo! That box luke two small for it. Yurs trueley.
 "P. S.-Wen you rite tel me how two tune it."
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29
An Alaskan Policy

Mining Science, published at Denver, Colo, one of the prominent journals of the country devoted to mining, met allurgy and engineering, in a recent issue says:
 There is tragic undertone in the an nual report of Governor Walter E. ] Clark of Alaska, which has just been presented. in Washington. He calls at tention to decrease in the white pop ulation of the province, and this he ascribes to diminished activity in placer mining in the interior valleys and to inadequate land laws, to public calum- nies about Alaska which have kept capital without it's borders, and to failure of congress to lend necessary means of encouragement to the devel- opment of virgin region. He regrets the lack of railroad construction and cheap native fuel.
 We are reminded of the reconstruc- tion period after the civil war, when the radical Washington government ob' structed the normal recovery of the South from the desolation of war. 1t permitted the North to prey upon the South. Though the conditions are dis similar, there is, nevertheless, in the Alaskan situation suggestion of gov ernmental negligence. It would be perfectly natural to permit the people of Alaska to develop their resources and promote their interests as other pioneer sections have done. But when policy of restriction is used, it is es- sential that the governing power shall compensate for that which it takes away. When the state imprisons man it is bound to feed him. The commits sariat is necessary adjunct of the army.
 In the name of conservationism, the government has interfered with the en- trance of capital into the new country. Pursuant to this policy, it has repeat edly intimated willingness to con- i struct national railroads in Alaska. But the government has been too slow in adopting a complete Alaskan policy 1 This is what Governor Clark clearly has in mind. If the retiring adminis- tratiou passes the question on to it's successor, and the next congress de votes it's attention to revision of the tariff schedules, it may be eighteen months before anything comes of the various proposals that have been made.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

Katherine is 21a years old. Her father came home one afternoon, after working three days and three nights at high pressure, with almost no sleep. He lay down with the feeling that he did not want to wake up for week. Half an hour later, from the depths of his dreams, he heard small, clear voice: "Tatherw
 The sleeper stireed and turned his head on the pillow.
 "Fatherl Father!"
 He stirred again and moaned.
 "Father! Father!"
 He struggled and resisted and foun. dered, and finally raised his eyelids like a man lifting heavy weights. He saw Katherine smiling divinely beside bis couch.
 "Father Fatherw
 "What is it daughter?"
 "Father, are you having nice nap?'
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

Eric c. dblom, an Alaska million aire, has won fame by relentlessly fol- lowing up loan of S200 to Richard Dy- berg, a laborer, until given judgment for the amount in a California court. Dyberg borrowed the money to educate his daughter, but was unable to re- pay it.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

George Creighton, one of the best known steam boat men of the North, died shortly after ' o'clock on the evening of January at the Good Sam aritan hospital in Dawson, after siege of eight days with pneumonia.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

See the neat display of electric read ing lamps, grills,. irons, heaters, disc stoves and fixtures. Douglas Hardware Store, J. s. Minkove, proprietor.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

Storm sash of all sizes can be had at Julius Jensen's.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

Get a Kodak at Andrews studio and learn to take pictures. We will show you.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

Picture frames at Swihart's.
Douglas Island news., 1913-01-29

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The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
HISTORY COMMISSION SOON
 TO HAVE NEW QUARTERS
Room Specially Fitted for it on Leg islative Floor in New Cap
 itol Building

Little Rock, Dec. 19.-The Arkan- ass History Commission will soon have splendid new quarters in room that is being specially fitted up for it on the legislative floor of the cap itol over the state Treasury. Secre- tray Dallas Herndon has issued a very full review of what has been done and what is hoped to be accom- plshed. Among other things he says:
 "A tentive constitution and bylaws to be used by local historical associa- tions is also being prepared. There ought to be such an association in every county in the state to cooperate with the Commission in the collection of Biographical, social and industrial history"
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
ASSISTING IN PREPAR-
 ING BY LAWS
Arkansas Pure Bred Live Stock Breeders Association will
 Select Farm

Fayetteville, Dec 19.-The Animal Husbandry Department of the Uni versity of Arkansas is now engaged in assisting in the preparation of a constitution and by laws for the Ar kansas Pure Bred Live Stock Breed ers' Association. The object of this association is to select a live stock farm upon which is to be grown pure bred animals. The association also expects to help eradicate the cattle tick from the state This tick is the greatest menace to the production of cattle in Arkansas, and annually caus- es a loss of many millions of dollars to the farmers of the state aand other southern states. The organization is to be incorporated with a capital stock of $5O,00O.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
FIT. SMITH ELEVEN MAY
 RECEIVE CHAMPIONSHIP
Executive Committee Recommends That General Committee Award State Championship to
 That City.

Little Rock, Dec. 19.-The Execu- tive Committee of the Arkansas Ath- letic Association have recommended that the General Committee, when it meets in Little Rock next May, award the state high school football cham pionship to Fort Smith, and the state college football championship to Hen derson-Brown, of Philadelphia, for the season of 1913. There was differ ence of opinion as between Henderson Brown and Hendrix, and this was left to a mail vote of the members of the Executive Committed This is only a recommendation to the General Con- mittee which meets with the State Teachers Association. The commit tee made very thorough and cautious investigation, and announced that there is no reason to delay making known their findings. The Commit tee says
 This has, been the best football season in the history of the Associa- tion. More teams have been in the field, and the regulations of the game and the association have been more strictly enforced than ever before. Although the rivalry has been keen, with few exceptions fine feeling ex- ists among the competitors. Clean sports is the talk of all, and it means great things for the sporting inter- est of the state."
 HendersonBrown reports that Hay good has been retained as coach, and even greater things are expected of their team in 1914.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
LITTLE ROCK MAN RE-
 GENES APPOINTMENT

J. $. Harbin of Little Rock has been appointed State Manager of the Ma tional Farms Ownership League, and will make an active campaign of the state in the interest of the movement. C. Franklin Davis, of Chicago, secre- tary of the League is now making a tour of the West as far as Los An geles, and returning by Fl Paso, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and other Texas points, will visit Lit tie Rock sometime in January. It is back-to-the farm movement that is expected to~bring about greater in terest in practical and scientific az riculture.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
At the State House

The Bank of Elkins, located at FL kns, k. D. Stokenbury president, has reduced it's capital stock from $20,000 t. 10000
 ne Desoto Mineral Springs Co.,, of Hot Springs, incorporated Nov. l, l909 which went into the hand. of a receiver last year, has surrendered its charter to the state.
 The Neal Springs Oil & Gas Co.,. of Neal Springs, has been incorporated with a capital stock of S100,000, all of which has been subscribed The officers are Carl J. Baer president. NJ. G. Buchanan vice president, and WA. Savage secretary.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
SELLING CONTRACTS IN
 VIOLATION OF LAW
Vancouver Company Selling Loan Contracts. Purchasers
 are Warned

TheState Banking Department has been advised that the National Mer- cantile Company of Vancouver, B. C., is engaged in selling loan contracts in large blocks to a certain party in Arkansas, who is re-selling them to others in the state. The company has so far failed and refused to com ply with the Blue Sky law, and the Bank Commissioner, John M. Davis, warns those purchasing these con tracts that they are doing so at their own risk. The Banking Department is desirious of obtaining the name of the party buying and re-selling these contracts in violation of the law
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
Appoints McCain's Successor

Little Rock, Dec. Wednesday evening, H. c. Mccain, alderman from the first ward, Little Rock, resigned as Deputy Insurance Commissioner, and announced for State Auditor Thursday afternoon State Auditor Coffman announced the appointment of Charles F. Cunningham, alderman from the Sixth Ward, of Little Rock, as Mr. McCain's successor. Mr. Gun ningham is one of Little Rocks best known business men, and will retire from the council next April, not hav- ing been a candidate for another term
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
SHIPMENT
 OF 5000 AUTO TAGS
Tax of $10 on Each Car to be Paid County Collectors. Jan
 uary 1st, 1914

Little Rock, Dec. 19,-R. G. Dye, chairman of the State Highway Com mission, has received shipment of five thousand tags for automobile li- censes which will be due January 1st. for the year 1914. During the year now closing there has been a total of 3612 licenses issued, as compared with about 2500 last year. The license is S10, collected by the collector of the county in which the machine is owned half paid to the county and half to the state
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19

Four or five hundred hunters from various parts of the country have been in camp at the Narrows for some time, and it is stated that game is so scarce in that locality that the hunters are offering $2.50 for turkeys and $50 for deer Eight years ago this month the writer of these items saw six Fort Smith hunters bring in six deer and eighteen wild turkeys, and he made the remark that in ten years there would not be a deer in eastern Oklahoma. It is the same old story about the game hog.-Cove cor respondence Mena Star
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19

Peanut growers in Sevier county were so we'll pleased with the results that they will greatly increase their acreage another year It is said that better results come from thinner land than the richer, because the rich land makes more top and less fruit-Little River (Ashdown) News.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19

The fact that Arkansas furnished the steer that won the $1O,0O0 champ ionship in the International Live Stock show at Chicago, last week, ought to open the eyes of few people to the splendid opportunity this state offers fer stock raising
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
There Was No Mistake

Dentist-"I can't understand this at all You say this tooth has never been worked on before, but l find small flakes of gold on my instru- ment."
 Patient (calmly) y)-"Oh, that's all right I think you've struck my back collar button"
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19

Stick the Red Cross stamps on all your mail at this season whether or not it is Christmas mail It helps the nti-tuberculosis campaign and the plan for local visiting nurse.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-19
State Colored Teachers Association

Little Rock, Dec. 19.-The annual meeting of the State Colored Teach CTS Association on December 29, 30 and 3l The program contains sub iects of vital concern to the welfare of the coored schools of Arkansas. State Superintendent Cook urges all colored teachers to attend.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-09
Custom of "Sin EatIng."

Perhaps the most extraordinary use to which a loaf of bread was ever put was in the custom of "sin eating" The ceremony is describ- ed by Aubrey in his "Romains of Gcntilisme and Judaisme" (16S6): 'In the county of Hereford is an old custom at funerals to have poor people who take upon them all the shines of the party deceased. One of them, 1 remember, lived in a cot tage on Rosse Highway. He was a long, lean, ugly, lamentable poor raskal. When the corpse was brought out of the house and layd on the Bierc Loafe of bread was brought out and delivered to the Slime eater over the corpse, as also Il mazerbowl of Maple, full of beer, and sixpence, in consideration of which he tooke upon him Gpso fac to) all the shines of the defunct, and freed him from walking after he was dcad." ."-London Chronicle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-09
First American Duel.

In the year 1G30 occurred the first duel known to have taken place on American soil. The principals, Edward Doty and Edward Leister, were servants of a Mir. Hopkins, one of the New England colonlsts. The men had quarreled over some trihing matter and resorted to the field for its settlement. The affair was stopped by the authorities, but not before one had been wounded in the thigh and the other in the hand. There was no law covering such matters, but the governor of the province decided that the men should be punished nevertheless. At his orders they were sent to have their heads and feet tied to- gethcr and lie in that condition twentv-four hours without food or drink. They suffered so much, however, that they were released at the end of an hour.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-09
TUESDAY, DECEMBER g, 1913.
CHANGE IN CAMPAIGN METHODS.

Robert Adamson, who was the very efficient private secretary of Mayor Gaynor of New York city, and who managed the recent fusion campaign which struck the Tammany tiger dumb, says if he ev manages an other campaign he will do what he can to abandon entirely buttons, ban ners, red fire and like attractions and will spend the campaign fund in a more intelligent and effective man. ner. Not much was spent for such things in the recent New York city campaign, and this led MT. Adamson to believe that it doesn't pay any more to resort to banners, etc.
 The printed word is doubtlessly the most effective way to influence the minds of voters. The public speech has it's value, of course, but there are relatively few persons any more who will go out to hear cam- paign orators, unless the orators have reputation for wit, eloquence or some other special quality.
 Before newspapers were so num- erous, so complete in their reports, and so widely read, the stump speak CT, the banner and the marching club filled a large place in the public eye. Nowadays it would be very difficult if not altogether impossible to get into marching line enough voters to make up atorchlight parade such as marked campaigns of the past.
 There is more quiet, private delib- eration and less public demonstra- tion than in the olden days, and the change is to be welcomed as an evi- >dence of more thinking and less feel ing. Of course, we are still subject to emotional appeals. but they are made nowadays in a different way. The hurrah and hullabaloo do not count for much any more.
 The people are learning, also, though all too slowly, that the most eloquent promiser is not usually the most efficient performer. We are be- ginning to consider standards of eff ciency and to find that for most of fees there is no need of special abil- ity in public speaking.
 But the banner and the torchlight and the red fire did a needed service in their time. They reused electors and caused them to think about pub lie questions, though the thinking was not always as profound as it should have been.