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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-26

Mr. Conapt from the committee on
agriculture. on an Act to amend Sec
ton Of CHAPTER Il of the Public
Laws of 1901 as amended by Chap
Ter 81 of the Public Laws of 1871.
relating 10 the protection of trees and
shrubs from the introduction and
ravages of dangerous insects and dis
eases reported same ought not to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-26

On motion by Mr.. Merrill of Buxton,
under a suspension of the rules, the
vote was reconsidered whereby resolve
in favor of +. ]. c. Owen was passed
TO be engrossed
Mr. Merrill offered House Amend
ment A. to House Document No 232,
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-26

BY Mr.. Irving of Caribou; Petition of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-26
Senate Bills In First Reading.

An Act to repeal Chapter 3S7 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1925. en-
titled an Act for the preservation of
FISH in Piseataqua river.
Resolve relating to Documentary
History of Maine.
- Resolve in favor of the purchase of
Inc Maine State Year Book for the
years 1913 and 1914,
An Act to incorporate the Mount
Vernon Water & Electric Company.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
INJURED TAKEN TO TOPEKA

Wednesdays Timesett
J. A. Harper and A. L. Baker, two
OF the men piured In the automobile
gasoline car collision on the rail-
road north Of Thayer Tuesday after
ternoon, were taken to Topeka this
morning to the Santa Fe hospital.
Mr.. Harper is the most severely
wounded having received painful in
iuries to his back.
The accident happened Tuesday af.
ternoon. A motor car driven by Dr..
J, A. DeMoss and the gasoline hand
hand car collided an railroad cross
ing. The motor car took the high
grade rather slowly and the men on
the hand car thought it would be
halted. The motor car driver evil
IDENTIFY did not see the hand car and
they crashed broadside. Those in the
motor car were DR.. DeMoss, his son
aud daughter Edith, Mrs. j; G. Mor<
gan and Mrs. Edward Eagles, MIS-.
Eagles was only one in the party who
escaped injury. The men on the
handcar were all hurt, partly by their
falling on the sharp pointed cattle
guards of the crossing, The most
severely injured were j, A. Harper
and A. L. Baker. The other men,
bers of the bridge gang were j. f.
Steel, J. NJ. Hobert, John Wheeler,
G. c. Hobert and r. f. Baker.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
THEY WENT HOME

William Stanton md Eugene Boen,
Gwo Chicago to,s Hho had come this
far on their way 10 Oklahoma, aud
were arrested here by the Santa Fe
officers fer stealing ride, have paid
up their fiaes and were released from
iau. The struck straight for Chi
Cago and home. Their fines and costs
amounted to considerably over TWENTY
dollars and the hos had but twelve
dollars when they l!uded here. WoId
was sent to Their rarents, who i'm
mediately sent the boys money for
their fines aud passage home.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
Squash Only New Vegetable

The only vegetable to be added to
the Sunday market is the summer
squash. They are nice looking and
appear to be of good quality to size.
A real rush on strawberries is on
today. The very incest berries are
selling 2 boxes for quarter, but lot
of "wet" berries arrived from the
south Thursday and are being sold at
Eve cents, two for fifteen, and ten
cents per box. The berries are OF
fair enough quality and the price is
cut to all the merchants to get them
of hand before they spoil.
Large cucumbers are here for over
Sunday, which are selling at ten and
afteen cents each according to size
Other fruits and vegetables are all on
tap and prices on green goods are
slightly lower in several instances.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
THIRTY DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET
Wednesdays Timesett

Wednesdays Timesett
Juanita Caroline Fits, Mayme
Jones and Jacqueline haley, and the
friends who accompanied them are
thirty dollars out Of pocket this
morning, and just that much more
was turned into the police depart
ment fund by the failure Of the three
named above to appear in police court
this morning to answer to the charge
Of rambling about the streets and
carnival grounds. The bright lights
OF the carnival fascinated the trio
and their companions and midnight
found them still enjoying the delights
OF carnival week. A blue coated po-
liceman rudely awakened them from
their dream of festlvity and they were
taken to police quarters. The girls
are all three local talent.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
Thomas Owens.

Thomas Owens.
Tom Bellaby-Halbert Unruh.
Major Hedway-Harold Miller.
Mr.. Simpson-Harry Foose.
Job-Clarence Foose.
Whimper-Joe Hainbach.
Mr.. Glibb-Kenneth Goss.
Tanette-Helen Westfall.
Nellie Hedway-Mary Owens.
Mrs. Jedberry, Sr.-Elsie Bar
bour.
Mrs. Glibb-May Filson.
The action of the play centers
about Christopher Jr. otherwise
William Gray, and his misfortunes
and scrapes. Gray is the star man
but the other parts are clever and
the lines are brilliant. Miss Helen
Westfall, as Janette is heroine
who promises to carry off her end
of the game with honor. Each
member of the cast is particularly
we'll fitted 10 play his or her part
and the rehearsals held up to date,
have put the show in admirable
shape and there is yet week to
work on it and put on the finishing
touches, before May a2d.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
Senior Play Will be
Staged May y
Christopher Jr, a -Four Act
Comedy is the Class Play
For 1913.

Thursday night May 22 the
Senior class will stage the clever
four act comedy "Christopher Jr."
under the direction of Miss Mary
Fortney at the Hetrick Theatre
The tickets at thirty five and fifty
cents are being sold by the high
school students, and especially by
the members of the Senior class.
They say they are going like the
proverbial shot cakes" Ihe
comedy is recommended as one OF
the most clever sparkling comedies
that can be procured. That this is
true may be depended on as John
Drew and Maud Adams starred in
this particular play for four success
sive seasons. The comedy is a
copy right play, for which the
class is paying heavy royalty.
The play is staged in four ac',
the first scene being laid at London,
the second, Devonshire, England
and the third and fourth at Bombay
India. The cast as announced by
Miss Mary Fortney, the coach is
Christopher Jedberry Jr.-Will'
lam Gray.
J Christopher yedberry, ST.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
Monday, May % the Date

Monday, May 261h is the date OF
the Booster trip now, according to
the plans agreed upon at a special
meeting Of the board Of directors of
the Commercial Club and the commit
tees, Wednesday afternoon.
The trip was deferred for one week
on account OF the Commencement
exercises of the schools. Another
committee was appointed to assist
the main ones in the registering Of
passengers, several more being needed
to. fl the cars that are registered.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
Dewhurst Paroled
Wednesdays Timesett

Wednesdays Timesett
For attempting to sell stolen pro-
perty, which appeared to have been
appropriated by himself, Delmsr
Dewhurst was tried in the Justice
Court by B. F. Nye this morning. He
pleaded mot guilty" but was SEN
fenced to six months In jail with a
twenty-five dollar hne. Justice Nye
remitted the fine and paroled him.
Dewhurst said that be traded an old
suit Of clothes for pair Of shafts
some months ago, which he attempted
to sell F. A. Ripple. A pair Of shafts
OF identical design were missed from
the Rankin warehouse near the Katy
tracks last Friday. That the shafts
we're the same in each instance was
shown by the evidence,
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
Death of Mrs. Day

Mrs. Smith Day, los North Grant,
died this morning very suddenly at
her home of hemmorrhage of the brain.
Mrs. Day has not been feeling we'll nor
been in good health for the past few
months, but not seriously i'll. Rather
early this morning she arose and had
gone but few steps when she fell to
the floor. In few hours she had
passed away.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16

The Brundage shows are making
every advance promise more than
rood. All the shows are clean and
entertaining and deserve the large
patronage they are enjoying. The
crowds have been increasingeach night
and the carnival spirit seems to be
spreading. Tonight will no doubt
ace the largest gathering of the week,
c. K. Large has returned from a
business trip to Springfield, Mo.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16
S|CGINS FRANCHISE IN
WORKING ORDER AGAIN

The ID! H. Siggins franchise is in
working order again they say as the
commissioners reconsidered their
action of repeal taken last Friday
afternoon at regular adjourned
meeting. AT that time a resolution
repeating >D. H. Siggins franchise
for the building of an electric line
into Chanute which had expired
February 18th was introduced by
Mayor Clover and seconded by
Commissioner Sans. Johnson after
suggesting that the pace was rather
rapid voted for the resolution, thus
repeating the franchise ordinance
within few minutes.
One, two, then three dozen of
the Commercial Club members and
citizens of the town attended the
meeting Tuesday afternoon. Sans
made the motion that the commits.
sion reconsider the action taken on
the franchise resolution at last
Fridays meeting. City Attorney
Browns opinion was asked and he
said that action on this proposition
would have to be taken at this, the
first regular meeting of the commits
sion since the resolution was passed.
Sans motion failed to receive a
second. Sans said 81 understood
from the Mayor that the CONNER
cial Club was In favor of repeating
the franchise, and as they are in
terested in the project it was but
right that they should have their
opinion consulted" 81 presented
this resolution, said Glover, ''be-
cause believed that this fifty y,ar
franchise was for too long a period
and the law provides that under the
commission form of government a
franchise can be made but for
twenty years and then only by a
vote of tt e people, further l UNDER
stood that contrary to expectation,
there would be no city service for
Chanute. 1t was more than inti--
mated to me that the electric line
would be built to Main street on
North Forest avenue and would
stop at Main street"
H. P. Farrelly made few re-
marks showing Chanute's need
for an electric line, and the
wisdom of keeping the franchise.
He said he had not heard that
Siggius would not build through the
town as was originally expected.
s. 5. Bailey, President of the Com
merciaI Club, then said he had held
long distance telephone talk with
Mr. Siegins and Siggins said in just
about so few words. that it was not
his inte ntion 10 come farther into
Cnanute than Main street, and that
when they got ready to build on
hey would not go east and cross
he tracks. This, Mr.. Bailey
pointed out, would disturb the
q ,ilibrium Of the business property
on Main more than any high school
/, II either the east or west side could
do and that it would cause, in his
opinion, the renewal of the old
town row. East siders and west
siders took different views of the
case, even while maintaining the at.
titude of being entirely representa-
tive and, not Hone-slded" citizens.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16

Glenn Craig came up from Moline
Sunday to visit relatives for few
days and then expects to return to
Chicago to resume his college work
for the summer,
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16

Miss Ola Cash Of Blue Mound and
Miss hattie Cash Of Bronson have
returned to their homes after visiting
at the home Of W. P, johnson,
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16

Mrs. Bertha Martin living near Big
Greek has purch a sed q new
touring car. The car was delivered
Saturday.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
W. Mitchell, 322 West Fourth street,
"Wednesday ten and one half pound
girl.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-16

Miss Lille Chilson visited over Sun
day with home folks at Shaw.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30
BOYS LEAVE FARM FOR CITY
Strong and Rather Reliable Light
Thrown on Subject by Professor
Bailey Of Cornell.

Professor Leon H. Bailey of Cor
nell university has been conducting
some inquiries as to why boys leave
the farm, which throw a strong and
rather reliable light upon this much
discussed question.
He addressed circular letter to all
students Of Cornell who, he had rea-
son to believe, were born in the coun-
try.
Among the replies received were
1855 from persons bred on the farm,
and planning to leave it. These assign
ed some 298 reasons why they were,
leaving the farm, the same being
roughly classified as follows:
Question of financial reward. %. .1O1
Question of physical labor. ...... u
Question of social and intellectual
locals 70
Miscellaneous handicaps ......... Al
Professor Bailey summarizes as fol-
lows:
It is easy to say that this f1nan-
c1al unsuccess is due to poor individ.
ual farming, but it is question wheth-
"a q 6OOO pdII 10 uOI uue " CAUSES
that 60 further and deeper than this.
Farming is virtually the only great
series of occupations that Is morgan
lied. unsyndicated, unmonopolized,
uncontrolled except as it is dominated
by natural laws of commerce and the
arbitrary limitations imposed by or
gan1zation in other business.
The replies of these serious-minded
youths should also set every thought
full person wondering what is to be
the place Of the farmer in the social
scheme of things, and whether the
present trend is doing him complete
justice.
About II per cent. of the replies
considered that the farmer has dis
t1nct social disabilities.
They suggest the question as to how
far agriculture is to depend for its
progress on the efforts of the individ-
ual farmer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30
HOMEMADE WRITING DESK.

The writing desk illustrated below,
with it's wide drop-leaf to write upon,
plenty OF pigeon-holes in which to
stick letters, school papers, catalogues
Of boats, toys, athletic goods, etc., and
other things that you wish to keep
near to hand, and a drawer" for
writing materials, is just what you
need for your room. The drawer is
really misnamed, because the one in
this desk does not pull out, but Is
reached by raising hinged leaf (E,
Fig. 81. However, it serves the pur-
pose of a drawer and, besides being
easier to construct, it is handler to
get at. Where there is a regular
drawer it is necessary to close the
desk, or at least partly close the drop
leaf, to gain access to it.
A small packing case from the store
room. grocery, or DRY goods store,
and few boards from the wood pile
or from another box, will be needed
for the desk
After renailing all boards that show
signs of loosening, cut two strips of
wood three inches wide and of
length equal to the inside depth of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30
POINTERS FOR COUNTRY BOY
Simple and Practical Suggestions for
Youth to Follow While on
Hunting Expedition.

Don't pull your gun after you when
you climb or crawl through a barb
wire fence. Push it through first.
with the muzzle away from you.
II you fall in going down steep
hills or over rough ground don't turn
your gun loose. Hang on to it., and
keep the muzzle pointed the other
way.
Don't shoot even approximately in
the direction Of anyone in the woods,
as a glancing bullet may strike them
quite bit to one side Of the object
at which you aim.
Don't forget that the smaller rife
or shotgun the more steady you must
hold it when you shoot 1t takes a
mighty good shot to do long.range
shooting with small target-rifle.
Don't pull the trigger until you're
sure you know what you are shooting
at. Quite a number of men are in
their graves now because in a quick
glance the nervous hunter took them
to be a deer or wild turkey among
the bushes.
II you are in the woods a long
time, and do lot Of shooting, don't
fail to give your gun one cleaning,
especially If target-rife or pump
gun. It will shoot truer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30
Charm for Melancholy.

The woman who is sweet tempered,
who thinks very little about herself,
but a good deal about others, who
takes the side of the helper, and ex-
tends cordial hand to the friend who
needs It, is the woman most wanted
and best loved in the world.
Everybody one meets has now and
then mood of disbursement. The
woman who is sweet in mood, in tenn
permanent, in manner, and in action,
cheers the lonely, comforts the sad
and helps her comrades to gaiety and
g1adness. She is the woman who
charms away melancholy and ls be-
loved by her friends.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30

holes, using as thin wood as you can
get for the purpose. Fig. will give
you a suggestion as to how it may be
done, but you can space them in any
other way that you wish. The top
row can extend out to the front of
the desk, but the lower pigeon-holes
must be kept far enough back of the
hinged leaf e so 1t will not interfere
with it opening.
The front drop-leaf IF, Fig. y is
made from the cover boards. battened
together on the inside about one
inch from the ends as in Fig. s, and
it should be hinged to board c as
shown In Fig. 4. A dask mortise-lock
can be purchased at a hardware store
for 20 to Is cents, and by examining
any piece of cabinet work having
such a lock you will understand how
the lock should be put on. To keep
the drop-leaf from dropping below the
proper writing level, support 1t with
pieces Of brass chain, or tape, fasten-
ed to screw-eyes screwed into the
battens of the dropleaf and the in
side of the top of the desk. To cover
the roughness of the boards used for
the drop-leaf, tack either piece OF
table oil cloth or heavy wrapping pa
per over the inside face of the boards.
The height of the opened drop-leaf
Of desk should be that Of table
usually 2 feet 4 inches. This dimen-
sion must be used in determining the
length of the four leg strips. These
strips should be 21A inches wide. Nail
them to the four corners as shown in
Fig. 5, being careful to get the lower
projecting portions Of equal lengths;
then cut two wooden blocks for shoes,
and nail one to each end pair of legs.
The shoe blocks should be of the
proper dimensions so there will be
projection of about one inch outside
of the legs The shoes will brace the
legs and at the same time rest more
solidly upon the floor than the four
narrow legs would. Fasten two hori-
zontal braces between the legs, one
in front and the other in the back, as
shown in Fig. g.. The; strips should
be ~ inches wide.
Cut enough boards of the proper d.
mansions to form a desk-top with
projection Of one inch over the box
all around. These boards will con-
ceal the tops Of the leg strips. When
they have been nailed in place, the
last constructive detail necessary to
transform the packing case into an at
tractive desk will have been COM
pleted.
If the packing case used for the
desk Is stamped with a manufacture
er's trademark, and these cannot be
removed, you must give the wood sew
eral coats of oil paint to conceal these
blemishes; but If the wood is free
from markings and other defects, fin
ish it with prepared wood stain,
then give it a coat OF white shellao,
and finally wax it.
Copyright, 1912, by A. Nicely Hall.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30
Animals for tho Desert,

There are wild camels now in the
American desert, said to have found
their origin in the camels that fed
from white men in that region a half
century ago Camels, according to a
veteran prospector, would be the most
practical animals for desert travel, but
dogs would be the easiest. His own
dog Rufus is half st. Bernard and
half red Siberian hound, which COM
bination, according to his own prac-
teal experience, is the very best pos
sible. This dog can carry twenty-five
pounds with ease and can go long Pc
nods without food or water. He has
almost human Intelligence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30

courteous, clean and attentive waiter
$50 week If he will give me his tips!
II he is a better waiter than the av-
erage + can afford to give him $40 q
week On the same terms There are
professors at Columbia who are not
paid more; there are bank tellers right
here in New York who are not paid
more; there are dern few hotel clerks
right here in New York who are paid
as much. Only would have to figure
out some scheme by which I would be
certain of getting the tips. The tip
taking habit spoils most men. They're
apt to get glue fingered"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30

packing case. Fasten these in the ends
Of the box as shown at A and B, Fig. 1.
Then cut strip equal to the length
of the box, and the width of strips A
and B plus the thickness OF the side
Of the box, and nau It to the top Of
the box on level with strips A and B
&C, Fig. p.
The drawer space is covered with
boards D and E Gig. 49,, each of
which should have a width equal to
one-half the inside depth Of the box.
Board E should be hinged to the edge
of board D, and the latter should be
nailed in place to the top edge of
strips A and B. Fasten a brass ring
to board p, near the front edge, by
means Of a small staple, to catch hold
of in lifting the leaf
Partition of the box into pigeon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30

wrong to say incidentally, for that
was the prime motive of the inven-
ton. Any one who has tried to make
child hold a hot water bottle against
1t can testify to the difficulty Of the
task. The illustration shows how this
may be done. A dolls head Is fasten-
ed to the bottom Of the bottle and a
dress allowed to drape over it in loose
folds. The garment completely con-
ceals the bottle, and child will nurse
the doll and get all the benefit to be
derived from the hot bottle, without
knowing it is being treated"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-30
RIDDLES

What did Adam first set in the gar.
den of Eden?
His foot.
Why cannot a deaf man be legally
convicted?
Because it Ia not lawful to condemn
a man without hearing.
Why are the pages of a book like
the days Of man?
Because they are numbered.
How would you speak of a tailor
when you did not remember his name?
AS Mr.. So-and-So (sew and sew.
Why is a Leaf of a tree like the hu-
man body?
Because it has veins in it.
When are soldiers like good fan.
nels?
When they don't shrink.
Why is a bad picture like weak tea:
Because it is not we'll drawn.
Why are two young ladies kissing
each other like an emblem Of Chris
tianity?
Because they are doing unto each
other as they would men should do
unto them.
Why is a dressmaker a deceptive
woman?
Because she is not what she seams,
Why is thief called a jailbird?
Because he's been a robin.
When is blow from a lady rather
pleasant?
When she strikes you agreeably.
Why is a Joke less durable than q
church bell?
Because after it has been told
(toll'd) few times it is worn out
Why is Canada like courtship?
Because it borders on the United
States.
If On egg could speak, what pre-
serve would 1t name?
Me-me-laid (marmalade).
Why are indolent persons beds too
shoyt for them?
Because they lie too long In them.
Why is a kiss like a rumor?
Because it goes from mouth to
mo,Gi.