Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-28

Life,s fields are white, Gather the gold
Store it within thy very blood
The blood of Prince of Days to Be.
Bequeath him beauty, strength and
power,
The best of evry age and hour.
Faith rev'rence-God himself the dover,
OF Prince of Days to Be-
Elizabeth Powers Merrill.
Maine potato raisers are eneour-
aged by the report that the outside
markets are cleaning up the large ae-
cumulated stock. Heavy shipments
are going forward from Aroostook as
fast as cars can be supplied, and the
price, Saturday, vas announced as
$3.50 and sl65 per barrel. 1t is not
felt that the Canadian and European
shippers were prepared, this year. to
take advantage of the tariff reduc-
tions and it is probable that the mar
ket, this season, will not record a
much lower price. AS for next year,
however, in the words of Rudyard
Kipling, Well, that is another story"
and will be watched with interest.
Next year ought to determine whether
the Maine farmer can compete with
the provinces and Belgium in raising
of potatoes or whether he must seek
other agricultural branches for his
profits. Undoubtedly the influence of
these foreign shippers has been felt,
this season, even with the small ship
ments they have afforded. Whether
the market will wholly recover to
$275 a barrel footing remains to be
seen.
Bath and Portland and towns along
the proposed route are jubilant over
the decision granting them the best
possible road,
Charles Holway and Arthur De-
mers, trappers 1T Sandy stream.
while going the rounds of their
traps the other day, about one mile
from Bakers Siding found they had
captured a wild eat. The animal, was
hanging by one claw only and put
up desperate fight. 1t was finally
killed by several blows from a club
welded by Mr.. Holway as the ami
| NAL sprang toward him. This Wild
cat is said to be one Of the largest
| of it's species ever caught in the
northern part of Maine. 1t meas
ured four feet and three and one
quarter inches from nose to hind
legs, stood % inches in height and
| weighed 30 pounds.
They say There's one born every
minute" but it must have taken at
least two minutes to give this one al!
his idiocy. He is stopping at North
west Garry and has informed the
guides. camp proprietors and visitors
that he is "a gentleman sportsman
from New York City. Continuing:
| This Knowles, the primitive man,
makes me weary. II it is any credit
10 a man to be modern example OF
an Egyptian mummy | cannot see i
| from my neck of the woods. What
we want in sport is something unique
and up TO date. have brought
down my so horse power car into the
woods this fall for the purpose oi
running down deer. When | heard OF
this piece of road down here. which is
equal to city street | made up my
mind this was the place to try out
my scheme. | will gc out on the road
and when come across deer ! will
( run him down in my car. l do not
think it would be sportsmanlike To xii
the deer with rifle shot after run
ming him down. but will run alongside
of him and cut his throat with my
hunting knife. This sport viii have
all the fascination OF hunting wild
game and the pleasure of motor pole
| which has been such a fad recently
Even at that, Clem might rope him in
for a little vaudeville turn.
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