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

Mrs. William Bradford and daugii-
ter, Helen, have returned to their
home in Lowell, Mass, after spending
a week with Mrs. Francis Bolan.
The Congrega tienal parish held a
social, Wednesday evening. The
committee in charge was Ernest Gil :
man. Mrs, Cora Smith and Mrs. Hat
| tie Pike. Games We're played during
| the evening and ice cream and cake
We're served. There is to be another
social in two weeks in charge of Mr..
| and Mrs. A. ID. Bracllley, Mrs Mary
Carr and VIM. Longley.
Stephen Woodcock passed ava :
| Monday afternoon about four o'clock,
after an illness of several weeks al
the age of Il years. Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday at ,
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus p. Gardiner,
who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
| S. X. Fuller. have returned to their
home in Franklin, y. H.
Mrs. Jennie Sawyer has returned
from Portland where she has been for
treatment in DR.. Kings hospital.
lie iletit NHClt met
Wednesday afternoon. Refreshments
of candy, popcorn and grapes were
served. The committee in charge
were Mrs. Florence Gibbs. Mrs. Sam
.uel Boone and Mrs. Henry George.
Miss Alma Bennett of I.akeville,
Mass, and Miss Mabel Copeland of
Campello, Mass. are guests at the
home of f. Nj. Tinklam
Fred Owens of Concord made
short visit with relatives in town re-
Gently
Ansel Hoiway left, Monday, on
business trip in Boston.
Mrs. George Clement of .Waterville
was a guest of her sister, Mrs. Ralph
futile, few days last week.
Miss Ruby Brown and a friend from
Richmond, Me- We're visitors at Aus
tin Browns recently.
Mrs. Ira Taylor of Mercer was
guest of relatives in town recently.
Mr.. Stetson of Greene, master of the
State Grange. was in town, Saturday
Mrs. Maud Wentworth has returned
to her home in Freedom, after spend
ing several days with Mr.. and Mrs :.
K. Fuller.
The High school began again, Mon
day, after a vacation of one week,
caused by Mr.. Vining. the principal,
getting badly burned during a chemi-
cal experiment. Mr.. Vinng is re-
ported as much improved.
Henry Sawyer was in Bangor last
week to attend the horse rases. Dur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

barns and around the farm There are
three sleeping rooms, library and a
sitting ROOM 1t is finished in hard pine
The lower floor is for toe dairy depart
ment. having concrete wallis and floor
There are two rooms for the dairy work.
A new boiler will soon be installed
which will be used to heat the water
for scalding purposes and the boiler will
be used for canning purposes as DIR.
Santee purposes to can beans, corn and
other things grown the farm for
use at the homes
There are now 30 head Of Ayrshire cat
tie at the farm and % of these are cows
that are now being milked. The exhibits
of the cattle at the State fair at Water
Vile won $217.S5 and on the cream and
butter the farm got prize of SO cream
separator. Last week the milk produce
ton increased $50 pounds more than the
previous weeks.
There are now 225 boys and girls on
the farm. Seven new teachers have been
elected recently as follows L. L. Allen.
principal of the High school; Mr. and
Mrs H Steward Cecil Russell; Ray
Tobey, Good viii. ,06, ana Dartmouth,
-; Walter 5. Dyer and DR.. Santee.
There are eight students in the gradual
ing class of the High school: Harold
Cain. Eva Jackson, Everett Buchanan.
Robert Tucker, Clarence Williams. Fred
Canavello. Samuel Wyman and William
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10
new BUILDINGS
GOOD Will FARM,

Iiinckley, Me-, Oct. 9.-(SpeciaD. The
new cottage at Good Will Farm has
been completed and is now occupied by
u boys 1t has been given the name
"Guilford" as the place where Rev.
George Hinckley lived in Connecticut.
This cottage was built largely by the
boys on the farm and is one of the most
imposing of the buildings
There was never more activity here
on this always busy spot than at pres
ent Among the other new buildings
that have been put up recently is one OF
unique design and usefulness. being the
Dairy. This was built by the boys under
the supervision of Or. Santee. the agri-
cultural director. 1t is Of concrete and
the upper story is used as the living
apartments of the boys WHO work at the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10
Comfortable Old Age

Mrs. John NJ. Foster of Pittsfield.
Maine, says:-"Mr. Foster has used
Il. f." Atwood's Medicine as his
never-failing remedy for all ills. for
the last ten, | might say twenty years,
and received much benefit from the use
of it, He is So years old and l. am
So" .... i,o.r.4a tzgas |
/ IL you begin to suffer from the eff
fects of time and illness. profit from
the experience Of this worthy old
couple. Take Il. f." Atwood's Medi-
cine before 1t is too late, before disease
becomes too fixed to be easily correct
ed and your health preserved.
80 cents for a large bottle at all
good stores. or sample free by mail
L. F." MEDICINE CO.. Portland. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10
LINCOLN.
JOlCE.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry and family
went, Wednesday. to Togns. to attend
the funeral of MIR. Henrys sister, the
late Mrs Miller. who has been critically
i'll for some time
Percy Norris recently visited mis-
mother at Augusta.
Mrs. +. l.. Weeks was in town,
Wednesday. to see her father, q. {.
plummer, who is in quite poor health.
Miss Jennie Henry came home from
Gardiner. Tuesday, to attend the funera
of her aunt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10
DON'T WAIT.
Take Advantage of an Augusta Git
zen's Experience.

When the back begins to ache,
Don't wait until beackache becomes
chronic:
Till kidney troubles develop;
Till urinary troubles destroy nights
rest
Profit by an Augusta citizens ex-
perience.
Mrs. W. II. Bush. Noyes Pl., Au
gusta, Me, says: Il had a terrible pain
across the small of my back and
through my kidneys. finally began
using Doan's Kidney Pills and noticed
relief after the first few doses. since
then. when / have had any kidney
trouble, | have taken a few doses Of
Doan's Kidney Pills and they have
removed the annoyance"
PRAISES DOAN'S AGAIN.
During personal interview on
April 20, 1872, Mrs. Bush said The
using Doan's Kidney pills and noticed
Pills several years ago. still holds
good. | 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 so
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10


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

When you feel s si.sssssss ss;.
vous. tired. worried or Respondent it is
sure sign you need MOTIFS NERvERlNE
PILLS. They renew the normal vigor and
make life worth living. Be sure and ask fos
Motifs Nerverine Pills s pgi ssu .,sOa
For sale by 3. E. BlTHER. ,lss1l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

121ae price
2l9c Handkerchefs. EACH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

Union $0o 4
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

Iad Rests Corsets Price
Sale Price.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

70
Cloves white evening s2a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

Peicoa all lengths
special value
% CONT naons Drawer ard Cover Skirt and Cover 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

All Silk Tafea Ribbons, inches wide yds
27-nch Embroidered Flouncin@s yard
1S-ineh Shadow Laces and 'ntifu.
Embroidery main sock Sss 25c goods
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

Chidren Heavy Ial Winter Special Value at
Chndn Chnchila Special
thidns IA, of Chalie and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-10

White Ena7eled Ware choice 2oc
of these lac
9S7
$43a
Best special price 84c
RceB CSC
68c
polished plate at 69c
A Of so o chants Week
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22

may have been deposited on the fruit are also killed. It. is true we have not always been successful but our fail ures have been due to the inadequacy of the hastily improvised appliances, and in part also to our own lack or experience in handling a new method, not to any fault in the method itself. In this method, supported by artificial ripening when necessary, lies, l be- lieve the future success of growing in Salt River valley those varieties that are otherwise perfectly adapted to our conditions.
 And now with right my reader de- mands, What Veriety of date Is sue cessful today in Arizona? There are several, but by all means let Birket el Haggi lead the list, with Nazl el Bacha, of which unfortunately we have very few, a close second. For reasons which 1 cannot go into in (not necessarily in this order) with Khadrawi. Tadala, Tennessim, Nash eem, Maktum, Behri, Kustawi, pos sibly Rhars, and some few others In offering Birket as the foundation of a successful date industry in the higher date growing attitudes Of Ari- Zona I wish to acknowledge frankly that in giving this opinion l am only adding my own conviction, gained after a seasons commercial exper- fence, to that long held by MT. F. H Simmons, superintendent of the Co., operative Date Orchard at Tempe who long has lived with the dates and knows each individual as skilled dairyman knows his cows.
 As proof that a Birket orchard, if one existed, would be successful in Salt River valley today, l offer this actual experiences:
 During the past season fourteen bearing trees yielded from actual sales $25335, and that at non-ln- Hated price commensurate with theII intrinsic value. Besides those sold sufficient were used for experimental purposes to have brought the total to at least S265.00. Moreover, the greater part of the bearing trees were in their off year, bearing light crops only, and there was considerable loss due to culls for reasons that have never given trouble before, and thai
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22

can be averted, possibly, by artificial ripening The seasons experience showed that where a few crates of this variety were offered for sale there was an increased demand for fresh dates, which would have grown had the fruit been available I do not hesitate to make the assertion that with Birkets at p cents a pound to the consumer, the American mar ket would consume several hundred thousand dollars worth the first sea son, and the demand would grow
 The Birket, moreover. is by far the cheapest date to handle, both in the orchard and in the packing house, and consequently would yield the greatest profit. Two men working together can easily gather one thousand pounds a day. whereas the best Indian picker could not gather much more than seventy pounds of Rhars, when that variety was at its best. Mechanical devices can easily be invented to assist in gathering Birkets, which will be a great saving. especially when the trees attain considerable height. Under our conditions il is a prolific
 
 Moor. and it's fruits are not subject to decay before maturing; thus the entire crop may be harvested. A single bunch removed at random for experimental purposes weighed 56 pounds and heavier ones are common AS a conservative estimate we be- lieve that an orchard would average 100 pounds of merchantable fruit to the tree per annum, and that this fruit, for years to come, will net the grower five cents a pound including his own labor on a ten acre orchard. If the palms are set forty to the acre. which is the extreme width recOm- mended they will net $200 per an mum or give the grower on a ten acre orchard s2000 in profits; and that with little labor at most seasons of the year, and almost none, excepting irrigation, through the hot months of May. June, July and August For many years the profits will undoubt- edly be greater, but these estimates are intended to refer to the time when the industry will have been estap- iished and the available date lands come under cultivation. During the
  will bear 25 to 40 off shoots which should be worth as much as the full crop of fruit for the productive period. On suitable land considerable revenue will also be derived from in tercultures.
 Many other varieties are worthy of consideration. but little investment in Birket dates Cor others that have made a good showing) seems quite as safe as an investment in any other industry. The demonstration has been made We have shown that there are varieties so perfectly adapted to Arl- zona that artificial ripening need be considered only in the second line Of defense: pasteuriZation and partial drying have solved the insect problem, and insured reasonable keeping quail tiles; the market also is demanding
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22

NJ one horticultural or agricultura! crop that has ever been proposed for Arizona has aroused and sustained such deep and sympathetic interest ou the part of our people as the date. An interest, without doubt. that finds it's sources in the deepest r,cesscs of human nature: the love If adventure and quaint associations the desert the oasis. the caravan are unconsciously and inseparably it's setting. and the love of beauty, for nowhere in the realm of the desert do we see q vision of the beautiful that leaves a deeper impress with what is hest and noblest in our aesthetic selves. Unappreciative, duuel and scared indeed would be the soul of him who did not feel it's inspiration to love natures beauty. Without the palm the desert becomes an unattractive. monotOnous waste, nor is it's monOtony half broken by green alfalfa and cottonwood These are only the undertone of color and, carried to excess, suggest the sordid craving of commercialsm, not the joyous satisfaction of beauty. The tourist soon realizes this; and. much as We despise to traffic in the nobler emotions of our feloWmen, still some day the beauty of Arizona's oases will become an inexhaustibIe com mereial resource, second only to their fruits. Our lethargy may postpone the day. but come it will.
 To realize the truth and impor- tance oT these assertions, We need only to consider the growing pros Ferity of the oases of southern Al geria that are now easily accessible. Bis.zra today has more nigh class ho-
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22
One Of Arizona's Unique Industries
THE PROPAGATION OF DATE PALMS
John Jungerman Writes of his
 Experience.

When l first arrived in Arizona from south Dakota early in Janusry 1904, bought 200 acres of land four miles south of Tempe. On part of this land was a small orchard of deciduous fruit trees set out a few years previously: also few small date palms about three years oid. two of which later proved to be pistillate or female palms. One of these commenced bearing very young and for many years has pro- duced large quantities of fine large luscious dark dates. The tine dates which I exhibited at the St. Louis ex- position were from these trees. The other tree commenced bearing about five years later, and in it's first season 1t produced eleven punches or fine vel low dates weighing about 300 lbs The following year it had r punches at an average Of 25 lbs. per bunch and two years later il had 16 punches, some of the punches weighing over 50 lbs I have noticed some difference in the quality of the fruit and the tune of rip ening due to different pollen being used for fertilization.
 For several years I have been raising date palms from seed which can be planted in December or January in the nursery row, or later in March, April of May. When planted in the spring months, it is best to first soak the seed twenty four hours in water and then plant in tin can or wooden box, the bottom of which is perforated to give drainage Sand is the best soil to be used and must be kept moist for the first four or six weeks. The sprouts will not appear before June.
 For the best results frequent irrigat- ing and cultivation is necessary, and it is best not to transplant palms until they are two or three years old. have at present nearly 10000 young palms which vary from yearlings to three year olds. My nursery is about three miles south of Tempe near the railroad.
 JOHN JUNGERMAN.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22

tels than the city of Phoenix, al though few tourists ever pass beyond il It lives and grows almost solely on it's own attractiveness. And so it seems to me that the money value of the beauty of our future oases will far surpass the savings that such manipulations as artificial ripening can possibly effect. 1 say this can didIy, because the date industry is successful in the Salt River valley today without the necessity of arti- rCial ripening, except for a minor part of the crop. This we could well sacrifice if necessary. The real so- lution of the problem lies in the finding of perfectly adapted com mercial variety-and we have sev- eral-then in learning. to overcome the natural difficulties in it's produc- tion and marketing. In both the ef- forts of the Arizona agricultural ex- pertinent station have met with un- questionable success, so that today We can say safely that all we lack is the paIms-palms of the right sort.
 \ recital of the technical details of methods of artificial ripening would prove uninteresting and unprofitabIe reading, at least until We have the dates to ripen. Suffice it to say that six years ago the Arizona experiment station. through it's annual repor, and scientific publications by a mem Der of it's staff announced that Deglet Moor date which had reached a suf- ficient degree of maturity could be ripened into good, marketable fruit
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22

am in sympathy with any movement that will bring the people of the cities, the surplus populations of our towns and cities to the country. I was amused at his statement that he thought one acre was quite enough to support a family in California. That struck me strange. Well, now if he will only come to Arizona we will demonstrate to him, without question, that a family can be main tained on the product of one date tree. We had one tree on our capi tai grounds last year that produced between three hundred and four pounds of delicious dates that could have found a ready sale in our home market at 35c a pound On the one acre, if one tree is sufficient-Qaugh- ter and applause).
 But seriously I am in favor of any policy the expenditure of money by states or otherwise that will make it possible for every many in this country to own one or even ten acres of land That policy as I believe it is the National Reclamation policy and I want to state for the benefit of any hard headed business man who may have some serious doubt as to the propriety if not the wisdom of the national government going into this business of retaining arid lands and I will state concrete example and then put question: Within the Salt river project. it is a safe and conservative estimate that 10000 families may find homes on lands in sufficient quantity to insure them good livelihood. If that be true, is this good business policy for the nation to loan $1O.OOO.OOO in order that homes for 2O.00O people may be found rather than that these 10000 families in search of lands should cross our borders and go into Canada or into the Republic of Mexico as they are now doing"
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22

fresh dates. and offering a better price than will actually be needed to support the industry, and this de- mand will increase enormously as people come to know the product.
 But no one today is in position to carry frward a profitable industry that is actually already established. What shall we do? I answer, Demand of your nurserymen varieties of date palms that have been proven to be adapted to our conditions. Make him a bona fide offer to buy one, five, fifty or a hundred sound off-shOots, if he will guarantee them to be true to name. Then, and not till then. means will quickly be found to bring them from their native lands to beautify our own and make our farmers prosperous.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22

by the application of heat. Several years later we succeeded in showing that not only could dates be ripened by the vinegar process, then in use to a limited extent in the Old World, but that scores of other chemicals would accomplish the same results. Later experience seems to indicate that for Deglet Moor, and perhaps some other especially inactive varieties the heat method will give the highest returns but not the finest product; while for the soft and very reactiVe varieties the chemical processes leave little to be desired, since they are rapid cheap. easily applied and produce a superior date. The past season We have substituted carbon dioXide for nitrous ether and acetic acid as the stimulating agent and have obtained very satisfactory results. By applying carbon diOXide for twenty-four hours as a stimulating agent, followed by gentle warmth, we were able to place Rhars dates on the market in less than forty-eight hours after they had been removed perfectly green from the trees The same can be accom- plshed with Birkets. Khadrawis, and many others.
 The success of these methods in practice depends largely on the con dition of the green fruit, and we find that some years better success is met with a given variety than in other years. Fruit artificially ripened from green stock taken from the tree a day or two after a rainy period sets in is much better in quality and has better keeping properties than fruit ripened from green stock taken a week after the rains are over. A downpour is far less destructive than a fog or continued humidity.
 While artificial ripenng will prove a great boon to the date indus try in saving mature fruit during rainy weather, and in supplying ripe fruit to meet unusual demands, it is of secondary importance in handling those varieties that are adapted nat urallv and perfectly to Salt River val lev conditions; and fortunately these also are the varieties that yield moS perfectly to artificial ripening when the necessity arises. The real draw backs to commercial success in pro- duClng freSn udleS-Ine OHly udtc product in the marketing of which we will not be compelled eventually to compete with the cheap product of the Old WOrld-has been their ten dency to sour, and the minute beetles (carpOphilus dimdratusD that intest them in the orchard and injure their sale. Both of these difficulties have been overcome by the application or the principle of pasteurizations which long has been applied so success fully to milk The ripe dates are heated for about three hours to 15O or 16O degrees Fahrenheit. after which the moisture content is reduced by drying just enough 60 insure their being self sugar-cured. The sharp heat applied for short time checks incipient fermentation and ldrives any of the small beetles that happen to infest them from their shelter be- meath the skins They are then overcome by the heat and fall to the bottom of the pasteuriZer where they die. The eggs of various insects that
Arizona republican., 1913-01-22
GOV. SLOAN TELLS
 A DATE STORY
Interesting Reference to Policy of
 Reclam ation.

Not only for it's reference to the date industry. but also the mention of the National Reclamation policy, is the following quotation interesting In his address at the 18th National Irrigation Congress in Chicago in 1911. Ex-Governor Sloan of Arizona, among other things said:
 T was very much interested in the presentation of the cause of the Little Landers," by the gentleman from California. It is a beautiful scheme that he has outlined-perhaps a Utopia in sense. perhaps not-I