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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30
DRAGGING EARTH ROADS-SIMPLEST
and CHEAPEST WAY TO MAINTAIN
CERTAIN HICHROADS IN GOOD SHAPE

Washington, June 2a.-The road DRAG
Is the simplest and least expensive con-
trivance yet devised for maintaining
earth roads, according to the experts In
the U. s. Department of Agriculture
who are cooperating with state and
county authorities in work for better
roads.
Properly used, the drag gives the need
ed crown to the road, smoothes out ruts
and other Irregularities. spreads out pud-
dies of water, thereby accelerating the
drying of the road, and makes the sur
face more or less impervious to water by
smearing over the so called pores in the
earthly material The cost of operation
depends, of course, upon local conditions
and the thoroughness with which the
work is done. 1t is safe to say, however,
that it is less expensive than any other
efficient system of upkeep.
Farmers Bulletin No 5s7. of the De-
partment, of Agriculture, discusses under
the title of 1.-THE Road Drag and How II
Is Used," the best methods of maintain
ing earth roads in good condition by this
simple device. In this bulletin. which
has just been published, the Department
points out that of more than 1000 900
miles of public roads. In the United
States. only about 100000 miles have been
given q hard. surface. It is true. of
course, that large part of the remain-
Ing mileage consists of roads that are
entirely unimproved, and that on roads
Of this class the drag is practically USE
less There is a much iargear mileage.
however, that has been partially i'm
proved. and it is on roads of this char
acter-roads that have been crowned or
drained. but have not a hard surface
that tie use of the drag is advocated.
In its simplest form, the road drag con-
sists of an ordinary log split In half and
the two halves connected like the nm
rights of g. ladder by means of cross
sticks or rungs set in. The log should
be about or s inches in diameter and
from s to s feet In length. 1t is better
TO have 1t of well-seasoned, hard tough
wood The two semi-cylindrical halves
or the dog form the runners of the drag
and are usually spaced from 80 to 90 In
ches apart. The front runner is ALWAYS
placed with the split surface of the WOOD
facing forward. but the rear runner
sometimes has its rounded face in front
This is done in order to increase the
smearing action of the drag as 1t passes
over the surface of the road.
The two runners are not placed directly
behind each other. hut are. :'offset, as n
IS called, from u TO 16 inches This Is
done because the drag is drawn over tina
road at an angle sufficient to make the
runners free themselves of the material
which they scrape The amount of this
angle or skew depends of course, upon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30
Thin People
Can Increase Weight

Thin men and women who would
like to increase their weight with 10 or
10 pounds Of healthy stay there" fat
should try eating a little Sargol with
their meals for a while and note re-
suits. Here Is good test worth try
ing. First weigh yourself and meas
ure yourself Then take Sargol--one
tablet with every meat-for two weeks.
Then weigh and measure again. 1t
isn't question OF how you look or feel
or what your friends say and think.
The scales and the tape measure will
tell their own story, and most any
thin man or woman, can, easily add
from five to eight pounds in the first
fourteen days by following this simple
direction. And best of all. tho new flesh
stays put.
Sargol does not Of itself make fat,
but mixing with your. food. it turns
the fats. sugars and starches Of what
you have eaten, into rich, ripe fat pro-
ducing nourishment for the tissues and
blood-prepares it in an easily assim-
Hated form which the blood can read
lily accept. All this nourishrnept now
passes from your body as waste. But
Sargoi stops the waste and does 1t
quickly and makes the fat producing
contents of the very same meals you
are eating now develop pounds and
pounds of healthy flesh between your
skin and bones. Sargol is safe. pleas
ant, efficient and Inexpensive. Bow
ditch Webster Co. and other leading
druggists in Augusta and vicinity sell
II in large boxes-forty tablets to a
package-on guarantee Of weight In
crease or money back.-Ady
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30
RECENT POSTAL
SERVICE CHANCES

Washington, June 2s.-The June is-
sue of the United States Official Postal
Guide announces the following changes
in the postal service in Maine:
Established and name changed
94so5, Derby*; tN). 2o3, Piscataquis;
9461o, Houghton', 400. Oxford: s5305,
Howe Brook 1885, Aroostook; $500,
Maysville 1o5, Aroostook: ab3l1, Osborn,
1859, Hancock; sbs10, otisfield 40, Cum
berland; s5316 Redington, s59, Franklin;
953o7 Seaiand, 1909, Washington; 95ses,
shin Pond, 2o6 Penobscot;; 95315,
spaulding 155, Aroostook: s53o6. Tech.
nology So, Washington: 95312, Thoro-
fare, 307 Piscataquis; station, Auburn
95313 No. 6; station, Lewiston. 94305
No. s; station Waterville, s53i4. No. Q.
M. o. business established-s4010, AL
lens Mills' Franklin; 94045, Belmont
Waldo; 94429, CEDAR Washington;
94511. East Andovers oxford; 952s3,
East Hebron Androscoggin; 1856,
East waterboros York; 1851. Girls
wold' Aroostook: 94712, Knox Station
Waldo; 95290, Lake Austins Somerset;
1880, Medford' Piscataquis; 94941,
Pattagumpus+ Penobscot: 95301, Quinn
by+ Aroostook; 94995, Rockville Knox;
9504l. Selden" Aroostook; 952s4, West
Georgetown Sagadahoc; 1925, West
Old Town Penobscot.
Name changed-94S05, Milo juno
tion". Piscataquis to Derby.
observation-disclosures, Argyles, Penob-
SCOT r. D. from Old Town: 94o31, Ban
croft', Aroostook, mail to Wytopitlock;
94049, Benton Fallss, Kennebec, mail to
Benton; 94070, Bouchard, Aroostook,
mail to Saint Agatha; 94073, Bower
bank, Piscataquis. mail to Sebec;
s4424, Carthage, Franklin, mail to Dix
field; 944s5, Dedham", Hancock, r. D.
from East Holden; s4572, Estes Millsls.
Penobscot, mail to Norcross, s4sOs,
Glenwood*, Aroostook, mali to wyto-
pitlock; 9461s. Oranges Waldo. r. D.
from Lincolnville; 1864, Haywood.
Aroostook, r. d. from Ashland; s4e7s
Howes Corners Androscoggin. r. d.
from Turner; s4727. Lexingtons somer-
set, mail to North New Portland; s4744.
Littleheld* Oxford, mail to Rumford
Center; s52S7, Lowelltown, Franklin,
mail to Skinner; s4776, Mariaville".
Hancock mail to Waltham; 947S7
Meadows!+, Oxford, mail to Wilson's
Mills, 94S22, Mountainville*, Hancock,
mail to Deer Isle; 1882, New
Sweden, Aroostook, R. D. from New
Sweden station; 94914, Notch% Frank
lin, mail to Dryden; 94936, Park%.
Waldo r. D. from Searsport;
9497S, Razorville*, Knox M-wash-
ington, mail to West Washington;
95057, Smithvilles, Washington, mail
to Steuben; 95066, Sound, Han
cock mail to Mount Desert; 95071,
South Beddington* Washington. mail
to Deblois; 9509S, South New Castles,
Lincoln, r. D. from North Edgecomb;
95299, South Rangeley Oxford, mail to
Oquossoc; $3.50, Stickney Corners,
Knox. mail to North Waldoboro; 9517S,
Wallagrasss, Aroostook. mail to Plais-
ted; s523s, West Searsmont, Waldo,
mail to North Searsmont: station.
Skowhegan, 95279, No. l.
e-established-s5o17, Salisbury Cove,
Hancock
corrections-s4o1o, Aliens Mills,
Franklin, not 1926, S; 1852, Isle au
Haute now in Knox county: 94753,
Lookout~. now in Knox county; e5109,
South Standish, Cumberland. not 9S2ss,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30
See Tomorrows Journal for Particulars and Picture No.
AMERICAN INSTITUTION OF HOMEOPA.
THY IN SESSION AT ATLANTIC CIT

Atlantic City. n. j.. June 29-The
American Institute of Homeopathy today
met for its annual convention here where
The American Medical Association held
its meetings last week. The president,
Dr. Dewitt G. Wilcox. of Boston, in his
annual address renewed the proposition
that The American Medical Association
should join with The American Institute
of Homeopathy in proving 1.-The truth or
error" of the homeopathic theory and
practice.
As Hehnemann besought his medical
conference to investigate the results of
his researches and give them fair trial.
so today he said the American Insti-
tute formally asks the American Medical
Association the same thing. We have
presented to them a dignified but care
fully thought out proposition to appoint
commission TO cooperate with the
American Institute to make a scientific
and searching investigation into all our
claimes and deductions. That PROPOSE
ton is now in the hands of the secre-
tary of The American Medical Associa-
ton awaiting answer
Dr. Wilcox declared in favor of mill
e'Hl homeopathy II the association re-
fused the proposition, and militant
homeopathy. he said, means a return
to the old time warfare where lines shall
be drawn hard and fast
He asserted that the homeopathic
school had gained ground in the West
and quoted reports of it's growth in Eng
land, Russia, Germany and South Ameri-
ca.
Two features of his address were the
stress he laid upon the assertion that al
cohoi is not medicine. and upon the
commercial tendency of the medical pro-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30

ing the hot weather. very a.s;,y inn
pa't their distinctive smell to milk
.nat is left uncovered. This is an ad-
oi.ional reason for always keeping
milk In covered receptacle.
Keep Milk Bottles Out of Sick Room.
MIX bottles should never be taken
into a sick room for as they are usu-
ally returned to the miIkman thew NAV
shus carry infectious diseases into 9TH
er homes Every milk bottle left at a
mouse where there is an infectious
sickness should be boiled before being
returned. The best thing to do in such
circumstances is to provide ones own
milk bottles or covered dishes into
which the milkman may pour The milk
from mis- bottles. The duty Of each in
dividGal to his neighbor in this con-
hection is most important The board
Oh hcalth may be called to disinfect
milk hotties properly after they have
been In home where there is sickness.
In any case, bottles should be given
reasonable care before they are re-
turned to their owner. The practice
OF pouring vinegar or kerosene or 9TH
er liquids into them temporarily when
not in use should by all means be dis
couraged. The containers should be
washed in cold water first and finally
in warm water before they are return
ed to the farmer supplying the milk.
These little details of cleanliness are
matters which can not be regulated by
the Federal or the State Governments.
Rules and regulations that require pure
milk to be delivered to the home may
be rendered valueless by careless in
'dividuals in the home The best ef-
forts Of the milkman or farmer to de-
liver first-class milk will amount to
nothing unless individual housewives
will Cooperate for the good Of the
community.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30
Beware OF Unclean Milk---Easily
Contaminated After Its Delivery

Washington, June 2s.-During the hot
weather milk is particularly suscepti-
BILE to contamination and for that rea-
son the u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture is issuing a timely warning to
MISUNDERSTANDING of UncIean Milk.
When milk is delivered it should be
put into the refrigerator at once. A
very brief exposure to summer heat
makes 1T unit for use. If it is i'm
possible 70 have the bottles put i'm
medfately into the refrigerator, pro-
vide on the porch a box containing a
lump of ice. In planning a house, ar
range to have the refrigerator set in
the wall with an opening on the out
side. 1t is always possible to provide
locks for these boxes or refrigerator
doors, and supply the milkman with a.
key. The interior of the food compart-
n1ent should be wiped every day with
clean cloth, and thoroughly scalded as
often as once week. Under no cir
cumstances should the drainpipe of an
ice box be connected with a sewer.
Care in Opening Bottle of Milk.
Before removing the cap from
bottle of milk, the cap and the neck of
the bottle should'be washed and care
fully wiped with a clean cloth. The
cap should not be pushed down
into the milk. 1t may be easily remov-
ed with a sharp-pointed instrument
without inJuring the contents The
bottle when once open should be. kept
covered and the milk should be kept
In the original bottle until it is used
Up. The original cap should not be re-
placed. but instead an inverted glass
may be put over the top OF the bottle.
The bottle when not in use, should. OF
course, always be left in the refrigera-
tor. and any milk that has been poured
from il into another vessel should not
be poured back. Onions and other foods
having q htrcng odor. ESPECIALLY dur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30

ports exceeded imports by 1868 900, 000,
while at the middle of last century, as
shown by earlier reports of the series,
imports were largely in excess of ex-
ports, Then imports of manufactures
thereof. while in 1913 exports of manu-
features We're more than six times the
impor S of like classes. Meanwhile man
ufactured articles have largely replaced
farm products and raw materials lex
cept cotton) as the leading articles con-
tributing to the export trade Only in
the carrying trade has the United States
lost ground in the last half century In
1880, for example, 70 per cent. of the for
eign commerce was carried in American
bottoms. while last year 80 per cent. was
carried in foreign bottoms
Additional interest attaches to the 1913
report entitled Commerce and Naviga-
ton of the United States" by reason of
the fact that it contains the final statis-
tical exhibit of the commerce handled at
individual ports, many of which, under
the reorganization effective July 1 last,
lost their identity and are now included
in re-arranged customs districts bearing
general titles such as Massachusetts, =
Michigan" and "St. Lawrence" The
continued relative advance in Importance
of the Southern ports is strikingly
brought out in the report. While New
York still holds a pre-eminent position,
having handled $1,000, 100000 of the $780,
100000 worth of merchandise making up
our foreign trade, Galveston has rapidly
uained and is easily the second mort or
the country IN value of goods handled.
with a total of $3.50 COO, 900. Other Sou h
ern ports and certain of those on the
Canadian border and Pacific coast are
also growing rapidly In commercial i'm
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| fession. The subject of his whole
dress was Putting Away Chill
Things" and he included alcohol In
category. 1t had been definitely set
he declared, that alcohol had no place
medicine. Whether food or poison,
consumption was productive OF physi
and mental degeneracy. Certainly
said. Its old time habitat as 'sttf
liant has been cleaned out; utterly r
ed. Instead of being preventive OF
disease. 1t is the best possible persua
of all diseases. because it lowers the
sonic index ana the body resistat
That it 'hastens fatal termination
brain, pulmonary. kidney. liver and
culatory diseases is equally pre-
Where then has it place in medic
except to occupy the nurse In rub
1t on the outside of the bodyg'
He spoke of the damaging effects
even small quantities of alcohol
guardians of the public health ther==
but one attitude for the medical )
fession to take upon this subject Of
cohol. that is its prohibitive use.
compromise Will affect the desired exs
Such ''insidious and malevolent tee
cies of the profession" as fee spill
or commission paying, the speaker
tackled with force. THE instinct
prompts a surgeon to offer a fee. or
bride the family physician for refer
patients to him, !s purely CONNER
and II is most deadening to profes
idealism. 1t is an instinct to buil6
by the power of the almighty O..
and not by high merit. profc
standing for high ideals and purpcr
to be humanitarian in character
long maintain its position before the
lie when such method becomes kae
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30
HEAVY LOSS OF STOCK ON RANGES
Per Cent Perish in West Before
Reaching Market Age-Government Experts
Say Loss Can Be Reduced = Disease Poison
and Wild Beasts the Worse Scourges

That at least one-twentieth of all the
stock bred on the open range of the
West dies before it reaches market
age and that much of this loss can be
stopped IS shown by results reported
from the national forests. This waste
isssaid to add millions CT dollars to
the peoples meat bill and gives one
more cause of the high cost OF living
Winter storms and summer droughts
strew the ranges with the bones of cat
tie and sheep: predatory animals take
heavy toll; poisonous plants some
times kill half the animals in herd
almost over night. Cattle contract an
thrax, blackleg and other diseases. get
stuck iii bog holes, slip off icy hill
sides: and sheep pile up and die of
suffocation. Insects which madden
and kill swell the total losses as do
multitude of other minor causes of
death and injury.
How Disease 10 Prevented.
If any of the animals to be grazed
upon a national forest seem to be suf-
fering from disease, the stock is sub
jected to rigid inspection by the fed
eral bureau of animal industry before
1t ID allowed to enter the forest. If an
anfinal grazing on the forest develops
suspicious symptoms the permittee is
requested to remove 1t. The carcasses
Of animals dying from Infectious or
communicable diseases must be buried
or burned, preferably the latter. To
protect their stock against blackleg
pernittees are encouraged to use vac
cine furnished free by the department
Of agriculture. Sheep suffering from
scab or from lip and leg disease are
barred from the forests until they have
been treated In conformity with the
requirements OF the bureau of animal
industry. This cooperation between
the two bureaus has made it possible
TO keep the forest ranges remarkably
free from all forms of stock disease.
Stock Killed by Wild Beasts.
The settlement and development of
the west does not appear to have
greatly reduced the number of animals
which prey upon domestic live stock,
and the loss from that source alone
runs into the millions of dollars each
year. Within the forests, however,
tiC AlAHOcI Oh uOulc5biC killed.
has been appreciably reduced by the
campaign against wild animals waged
by. the officers of the service. During
the past eight years forest officers have
killed over 5000 predatory animals,
consisting OF coyotes, wolves, hcar,
mountain lion. Wild cats, lynx, etc.
The losses due to poisonous plants
have been In the aggregate tae most
numerous and the. most difficult to
guard against. Stockmen knew gener-
ally that certain flats or valleys or
hillside slopes could not be used for
grazing without heavy losses of stock,
but there was much doubt as to what
caused the loss. Gradually IT was de-
termined that the losses were due to
various species Of plants. Later. it
was learned that in most Instances
these plants while extremely poison
GUS during certain periods of the year,
were comparatively innoxious during
the remainder Of the grazing season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30

of New Monterey, Cal, who finds it
in every particular just what she and
her family need.
Avoid giving children cathartics,
purgatives. pills or powders, as they
are too harsh. Confine yourself to a
gentle laxative-tonic like DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. You can obtain
it of any druggist at fifty cents and
one dollar a bottle, the latter being
the family size.
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain it, postpaid, by
addressing DR.. w. B. Caldwell, AIS
Washington St. Monticello. Ill.
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kennebeo Pomona,

Kennebec Pomona Grange will hold
It's annual field day at Island Park,
Aug. 9Th to which East Kennebec Po-
mona has been invited. The principal
speaker will be G. NJ. Gardner, high
priest State Master Stetson and
State Lecturer burlington will also be
present Some local entertainment,
readings. Music, etc. will also be CIV
en-. 1t is earnestly desired that every
member be present to welcome our
honored Brothers Gardner, Stetson and
burlington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-30

The forest officers determined the vari-
Gus plant species which cause death
or injury OF Eve stock, the periods
during which each species is danger
Gus. and the areas of forest land upon
which the plants are sufficiently album
dant to cause losses of stock.
The next step was to devise ways
and means of preventing the losses.
Where definite information is obtain
able the outer limits of the poison
areas are marked by warning placards
which give the name of the poisonous
plant, the kind OF stock to which it
is injurious, and the period during
which it is most harmful. With this
warning. stockmen are enabled TO so
handle their stock as to prevent the oc-
cupancy of the poison area during it's
danger period. In cases where the
areas of poisonous plants are compar-
atively small the permittees have been
encouraged to fence them, material for
fence construction being furnished free
of charge by the forest service. The
result of this work has been to re-
duce the number of animals lost
through poisonous plants as compared
viously.
Losses From Poison UnpreventabIe.
Notwithstanding all precautions
which may be taken against stock
poisoning, losses from this source must
be expected. During the past several
years the bureau of plant Industry has
been making a study of poisonous
plants and of antidotes. In the case of
larkspur, for example, the bureau has
determined methods of treatment
which are reasonably successful, un-
der normal conditions. The only diff
ficulty has been that the animals suf-
fering from poison are generally out
upon the open range and may not be
observed by their owner until it Is
too late to apply an antidote The for
est service has therefore arranged to
meet this situation in an experimental
way by equipping a limited number
Of rangers with hypodermic syringes
and the necessary chemicals. Armed
with this equipment forest officer
can in a few moments administer a
treatment which may save $40 steer.
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STANDARDIZATION
OF COMMERCE
AND NAVIGATION
Our Imports Largely in Excess
OF Exports, Mostly Com
ing to the Manufac-
turers

Washington. June 25.-The annual re-
port ON the commerce and navigation of
the United States in the fiscal year 1913.
just published by the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, Department Of
Commerce, reveals conditions of trade
and industry In marked contrast with
those prevailing in earlier years. In a
total trade of $4.27s,ooo.ooo last GEAR, ex-
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There is more catarrh In this sec
the country than all other diseas
together, and until the last few
was supposed to be incurable II
great many years doctors pronoui
a local disease and prescribed locf
edies, and by constantly falling
with local treatment, pronounced
curab'e. Science has proven Cats
be constitutional disease, and the
requires constitutional treatment.
Catarrh Cure. manufacrured by
Cheney s. Co., Toledo. Ohio, Is ths
Constitutional cure on the market.
taken internally in doses from 10
to a teaspoonful 1t acts directly Z
blood and mucous surfaces of the
tenn. They offer one hundred dolla
any case II fails to cure Send III
culars and testimonials.
Address: f. J. CHENEY 6 &C
ledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for q
tion.--Ady
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portance. New Orleans is the third
with a total of s252, zoo, 900; Boston IL
with s2i6,ooo,ooo; Philadelphia fifth.
s170,oo0,ooo: Baltimore sixth, s150. d
San Francisco seventh, $4,000. o.
Puget Sound ports eighth, $4,000
Buffalo ninth. ISL, 900 900, closely
by Detroit. ST. ,0O0, 900.
Customs revenues last year ags.
1913, eO0,00O, and particulars rer
over 5000 classes varying in impe
from such great groups as cotton
embroiderles, etc., which paid 81
in duties, to snowshoes, paying s.
duties, and skeletons admitted free
presented in tables showing quaint
values, and rates of duty and, in
cases. countries of origin.