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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Mere Expediency.

Honesty" said the ready-made
philosopher, SIS the best policy"
"Of course it is" replied Senator
Sorghum. THE only difficulty about
that proverb is that a man who is
honest merely from motives of pol
icy is liable at any moment to get
tired of playing a slow but sure sys
tenn"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
lnopportune.

From the Kansas City Star
These things are positively impolite:
For our exports to jump up s1Oe. 100000
For steel mills to get to work at their
full capacity;
For building and trade to boom in Kan
sas City;
For Chicago to send out word that all
the limit.
just as Senator Weeks was getting a good
start on his travels telling how business
had been legislated to death,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Farewell


Farewell!-but whenever you welcome he
hour
That awakens the night song of mirth in
your bower,
Then think of the friend who once well
coined 1t. too
And forgot his own gricfs to be happy
with you.
His griefs may return, not a hope may re-
OF the few that have brighten'd his path
way OF pain.
But he ne'er will forget the short vision
Its enchantment around him, while lnger-
ing with you.
AND s stu on that evening. when pleasure
To the highest top sparkle each heart and
each cup.
Wherc'cr my path lies. be IL gloomy or
bright.
My soul, happy friends. shall be with you
Shall Join i In your reveis. your sports. and
And return to me beaming all DER with
your smiles
Too blest. IL 1t tells me that. mid the gay
cheer,
Some kind Voice had murmur'd, 1T wish
he were here"
Let Fate do her worst; there are relics Of
joy,
Bright dreams of the past. which she can
not destroy,
Which come n the night time of sorrow
And bring back the features that Joy used
to wear.
Long. long he my heart with such MEM
Like the vase. in which roses have once
been distill'd-
You may break. you may SKATER the vase
IL you will.
But he scent of the roses will hang round
1t still.
Thomas Moorc's Irish Melodies"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Luck and Sense.

do you think man ought ever to
trust to luck?"
Sometimes" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. q know people whose judg-
ment is SO bad that the less they try
to use it, the better off they are"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
pauuhter,s View.

The minister was dining with the
Fullers, and he was denouncing the
new styles in dancing. Turning to
the daughter of the house. he asked
sternly:
do you yourself, Miss Fuller. think
the girls who dance these dances
are right"
They must be-" was the answer,
because 1 motto, the girls who don't
dance them are always left. Ladies
Home Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

According to dispatches from Paris.
another daring exploit has just been
added to the long list of those sue
ces' fully carried out by Adolpc
Pegold, the famous French aviator.
who IS reported to have attacked and
brought down a German taube few
days ago while he was alone on pa
trol duty near Saint Menehould.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
French Leadership,
From THE War Leaders of France" |
Charles Johnston. In the American
Review of Reviews


Review of Reviews.
1t is singularly fortunate for France,
and for Europe, that in this hour of
danger, such a magnificent brood of
Frenchmen have appeared to guide her
destinies, men like President Poincare,
Millerand, the minister of war; BRAND,
who holds the scales of justice; Glenn
enceau, whose clear and critical spirit
has done so much to reveal the moral
issues Of the war, and General Joffre.
who has already won one of the de-
cisive battles of the world.
If we had been told. year ago, that
France possessed an army and lead
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

Bookkeeper-Hired a new stenog-
rapher. see.
Manager-Yes; the other one would
persist in adding postscripts to my
letters.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Miaht Get Green Cheese.

Wife.-John, this magazine says that
matter weighing one pound on the
moons surface if transformed to earth
would weigh six pounds.
Hub-Can't you manage to buy our
groceries up there?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
outfiaured.'

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Whats the professor Of mathe.
MATES making the fuss about?"
He was Just short changed by .
banana peddler."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
i 1886

1822-UL USES S. GRAMT-7885
Soldier statesman. loyal citizen he was. and.
yet more in purity OF life in love of home and
wife and children, in integrity unchaenged in truth
and honor unblemished, in simplicity itself
---mercful to the fallen magnanmous to the foe
magnificent in self discipline, he not also. and
in all that the grand old name implies Crant-the
gentleman?"-Gen Charles King in The True
Ulysses S. Grant"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

An inch of performance is worth a
hundred yards of promise.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Force of Habit.

ALFALFA SEED, $500 Farms for sale on
crop payments. J. Mulhall. 500 City. Ia Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

Love may be blind. But jealousy
goes around with 50-inch telescope
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

Electric fans have made it posi-
Bile for churches and theaters in south
ern Indiana to remain open all sum-
mer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Official Denial
No War Tax ON Homestead Land in Canada

The report that n war tax is to be placed on
Homestead lands in Western Canada having
been given considerable circulation in the
United States, this is to advise all enquirers
that no such tax has been placed, nor is there
any intention to place war tax of any nature
on such lands. (Signed) W. D. Scott, Supt. OF
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, March 18th, 1915.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
ROBERT E. LEE.

ROBERT e. LEE-187O
.TIe was foe without hate a friend without
treachery soldier without cruelty and victim
without murmuring. He public officer with
out vices, private citizen without wrong, neigh
Dor without reproach. Christian without Hypocrisy
and without guilt. He Caesar without his
ambition Frederick without his tyranny. Napoleon
without his selfsfness and Washington without his
reward.'-From an address by U. s. Senator Benja-
min III. Hill, of Georgia.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

"The Evil That Men Do
From the st. Louis Republic.
Postmaster General Burleson is remind
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

Immediate Suggestion.
Talk is cheap"
Why, have you had your telephone
taken out?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-11
PITTSTON

EAST-Mrs. George W. Palmer, who
was taken suddenly i'll nearly two
weeks since, has improved somewhat,
though still very i'll.
The many friends Of Mrs. Evaline
Reed are glad TO welcome her home,
after a four months stay in Palermo.
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Ella Bal
com.
the week end with his family in this
village.
Charlie Bailey is hauling lumber to
Gardiner.
Mrs. Eddie E. Moody Of Farming
dale visited last week her son Eddie
y. Pulsifer.
Charles Otis went to Augusta Sat-
urday to visit his son William. From
thence he will go to Massachusetts,
70 visit mis- daughter. Mrs. Chamber
lin, for a short time.
Mrs. ". T. Cleaves, who has been
confined to her bed for the last six
years with broken hip. suffered an
i'll turn Monday morning. but at this
writing is reported more comfortable.
Mrs. Jerome Hanly and son Fred
erlck returned Friday from a five
weeks visit with relatives in Boston.
Miss Gladys Little went Monday to
Gardiner for visit with her sister,
Mrs. o. 3. Pray.
News has been received of the safe
arrival of Miss Lizzie Call in San
Rafael, Cal.
Mrs. Joseph Jones and daughter
Josephine Of Sheepscot arrived Mon
day, called here by the illness Of Mrs.
Jones mother, Mrs W. S. Cleaves.
William Hewey is quite ill at his
home in this place.
Millard Hunt has been elected
superintendent Of schools for the town
of Pitttstor for the ensuing year.
Miss Edna Dow of Gardiner Is at
her home in this place for time, on
account Of illness.
Miss Mary Cary is the guest for a
few weeks Of relatives in Gardiner.
SCOTS sawmill was burned early
Saturday morning. AS it was some
distance from the village no other
buildings were endangered.
Writ Reed. clerk in Scott's store, Is
quite ill at his home in Randolph, SUI
fering with neuritis.
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Powderly Sca5 Quarantine.
Feb. "a, 1915,

Feb. "a, 1915.
Editor kennebec Journal:
The embargo placed upon potatoes
in Maine, especially Aroostook county,
is becoming a serious question. The
different kinds Of scab, the common
scab which has been in existence, the
people say, ever since the pototo has
been grown, the powdery scab which
! has been the governments main point
of attack, and the russell scab which
is something new, makes il almost i'm
possible for the farmer to sell his po-
tatoes.
Now it is being circulated in this town
that all the laws pertaining to pow
derry scab and quarantinins potatoes.
passed and became a law during the
last Republican administration, but
were not put into effect until after the
Democrats came into power.
/ have been asked to write you re-
garding this report that is being cir
culated and will you please reply to
this through Your editorial column?
Oblge,
e. B. TURNER
The following regulatory announce
ment, issued May IS, 1914, from the
Federal horticultural Board. U. S.
Department Of Agriculture, seems to
fully answer your question. The plant
quarantine act was passed in 1912. but
the Department Of Agriculture made
use of it against Maine potatoes last
year for the first time. Here is the
Notice of Quarantine" defective on
and after Aug. /, 19l4)
The fact has been determined by the
Secretary Of Agriculture, and notice
is hereby given, that a dangerous po-
tato disease, known as the powdery
scAb (Spongospora subterranea), not
heretofore widely prevalent or dis
tributed within and throughout the
United States. exists in the State OF
Maine.
Now, therefore. 1, B. T. Galloway,
Acting Secretary Of Agriculture. under
the authority conferred by section 8
Of the act approved August 20, ls12,
known as the Plant Quarantine Act
t37 Stat. L., p. 215), do hereby quar-
antine the State Of Maine, and do, by
this Notice Of Quarantine No. IA,
order that the common or Irish pota-
to lSolanum tuberosum) shall not be
moved or allowed to be moved from
the State Of Maine into or through any
other State, Territory, or District OF
the United States in manner or meth
cd or under conditions other than
those prescribed in the rules and regu-
lations to be hereafter made and
amendments thereto.
The foresoin quarantine shall be-
come and be effective on and after
August !, 1914.
Done at Washington this 18th day Of
April, 1914.
Witness my hand and seal Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-11
Peanut Butter.

Will you please tell me the nutrltiVe
powers of good peanut butter? Is II
especially good for children to ca;
plentifully? Do you know Of any re-
ceipt l could use TO make my own
peanut butter. as my little boy loves
it? He sometimes eats from four -
six salted waters with it spread on
and that is why / ask you if II is gooo
and nutritious for the growing chltd
He is not quite eight years old.
would like to make my own peanut
butter. MIS-. W. NJ. =.
Peanuts are very rich in protein am
fat, and form a valuable adjunct Il
the diet. Good peanut butter. used
in moderation, is an excellent ration
for the child. 1t is a simple matter to
make peanut butter by grinding II
through the nut butter-plate which
comes with many kinds Of food chop
pers. We doubt, however, whether
YOU can do it as we'll and as cheapl}
as you can buy a high grade manu-
featured product Peanut butter OF
the best grade consists solely of flnel!
ground peanuts, nothing added. with
perhaps the exception OF a small
quantity of salt. and nothing taker
away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-11
Have You Any Apples?

Tho following letter. received by :
well known Augusta firm Of whole
salers, comes from the ]. n. vinci &
Co.. wholesale commission. Indiana.
polls. Ind. It may be Of interest Il
many farmer readers Of the Kennebes
Journal. In that hope we are pub
hshing it.
Indianapolis, Ind, March 5, 1915.
Fuller. Holway Co..
Augusta, Ne.
Gentlemen:
Our storage holdings of apples
are now entirely exhausted and
we are depending upon shipments
for immediate consumption.
Upon receipt of this advise US
what you have in the way Of apple
holdings. We are needing large
requirements to fill our daily de-
mand and il you have any large
quantities. get in touch with US as
you can rest assured that this city,
as well as our State, Is short Of
apples owing to the. scarcity Of 10
cal crops the past season.
Get in touch with US II you have
anything to offer.
Yours very truly,
]. n. VINCE & CO.
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When President Wilson lifted the
embargo on arms and ammunition In
tended for the bandits of Mexico. this
newspaper, with hundreds Of others In
this country, deplored the stupendous
folly. 1t seemed concession to a
commercial demand without consid-
Grafton Of possible consequences. We
referred to the not improbable chance
that these arms would be turned
against American forces sent into
Mexico to protect the lives OF Ameri-
can citizens and other foreigners there
Now a venerable archbiship, ban
ished from Mexico. relates in most
convincing manner and detail, the
story Of conditions in his unhappy
country. He asserts positively that
in the wars between rival bandits who
call themselves patriots mot more
than / per cent. Of the people u
Mexico are actively concerned.
Ninety-nine per cent" he declares.
ARE at peace; they do not want war:
they have not mixed in any Of the
revolutions. All they want is an op-
portunity to live and to work in &C.
curity."
He adds that the remaining per
cent. or barely 100000 men unde.
country
have deprived the others Of their arms.
and in way control Mexico. He
does not neglect to call attention to
the fact that the United States is still
supplying arms to the rival bandits.
Even President Wilson admits that
conditions in Mexico are more pressing
at the present than at any previous
time. Yet what can he do, after two
years of "watchful waiting" and pledg-
ing himself at Indianapolis that the
United States shall not interfere while
he is President? Frequent incidents
involving other great powers. are
bound to embarrass the United States
boomer or later, if the Monroe Doctrine
means anything. Carranza, Oregon
and others are now as defiant Of re-
straint or suggestion as was Huerta.
Brigandage amounts almost TO a
system in which a few patriot" lead
ers exploit the people. And we ara
furnishing the arms with which they
carry on their nefarious work!
What a spectacle for a Washington,
or a Lincoln. or a Grover Cleveland.
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Mr.. Under>wood's Philosophy.

Several utterances in his New York
address, by Oscar w. Underwood.
House majority leader in the SD Con-
gress, author Of the new tariff bill.
and now elected to the L. S. Senate,
were significant. He declared that III
governmental regulation Is unable to
cope with the vexed problem that con-
fronts US. the people will accept gov
eminent ownership as the next step
ahead"
Discussing the present. system Of
regulating business, Mr.. Underwood
| said the time had come when the gov
! eminent should aid and assist the
| leaders Of industry and finance.
1T is not enough for the govern
ment to permit these men to rise from
the prostration which has overtaken
them and their affairs" he continued.
We have reached the point On ouc
| way to social betterment where sound
progressivism must recognize that the
proper regulation Of business requires
| not always ilindered; must be some :
times assisted and not forever strick-
en-: that We must occasionally say
You may and not always You shall
not"
We are glad that Mr.. Underwood
has the frankness and honesty to adj
nit that .prostration has overtaken
these men OF industry and finance. If
we would as frankly name the reason
and advise an extra session OF Con-
gress to revise the Underwood tariff
upward, he might convince the coun-
try Of his disinterested earnestness il
| its general welfare.
We have undertaken the problem
of government regulation of railroads.
| he continued, and the government.
will not turn back. Regulation Of
practices and rates is here and here to
stay. But let us stand for wise and
just regulation and not for ill-c con-
sidered and dangerous regulation. We
must regulate SO a to ensure all ne
cessary railroad facilities both for the
/ p1cSc anu IOE Inc future. AS tHS
| public in the end must pay the bill, it
is primarily interested IN the railroads
7 securing the money needed for their
maintenance and development at rea-
| sonable rates and equally interested
in seeing that it is wisely expended.
! 1T cannot be denied that public
control has reduced the rates charged
| for transportation and abolished I'M
just discrimination given to favored
shippers. But the greater problem
remains unsolved. Can the money be
provided to expand and develop these
| great public works in a manner COM
mensurate with the expanding needs of
our commerce under the present sys-
| tenn of public control?
| IF railway investments cannot be
| made attractive to capital is not the
ration threatened with an inevitable
| breakdown Of its transportation sys-
| tenn"
Railroad investments might be made
I more attractive, We would remind Mr.
Underwood, if there were few thou
| sand fewer idle freight cars in the
country.
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Democratic Comfort.

Democratic editors of Maine could
suck blood from a turnip. At present
they are engaged in outwardly smack
ing their lips as they refer to this
Weeks Elections" 1t required some
time for them to think out the wiggle
but they did it. Here are some Of the
efforts:
There were but two contests in the five
Maine cities which elected Monday, An
gusta and Bangor. and in one Of these
the Republicans won and in the other thu
Fapa6csn ss
while Bangor. electing Ctterback and
an Independent ticket vast year, this yeal
returns to the Democratic fold.-Bidde
ford Record.
The way Bangor returned to the
Democratic fold" is amusing. With
two Republican candidates for mayor
the Democratic candidate won. but
the city government returned to the
fold" by the Republican candidates foz
aldermen each receiving 319 more
votes than did the man elected for
mayor Some return to the Demo-
cratic fold" wasn't it?
Here is the Portland Argus strain.
The Democratic gain in Bangor Is a
fair offset to the Republican gain in Au-
Eusta in this weeks municipal elections
and it Is amusing to note the Republican
ignoring Of this fact in the national sig
ni6cance they ahsurdly give to the elec-
ton in Augusta. They effect to see II
Il q rebuke to the President for his Mexi.
can policy. and a recognition OF the al
lered Failure Of the Democracy to make
good any Of the promises by which that
party was elected to power" and so on!
How comforting these mature re-
Elections Of great editor must be to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-11

Morning service Of prayer and praise al
10so A. 81. and preaching at l.se +. NJ, oy
Elton Undertake, a prominent business
man of Lewiston. His subject was from
John 10. The Last Words Of the Saw
ior." All who heard him will Want =
hear him again.
Mrs. Barrett Of Lewiston is visiting
Mrs. r. W. Goss.
The evening service at 80 was con
Quoted by George Rix OF Auburn. wiz
gave a very Spiritual discourse. takin.
for his text BE Not Deceived. We
had wit, US throughout the entire say 4
.yiolinist from Poland. Mrs. Eva Batson'
Lewiston. and Mrs. Mae R!x, AuSrrn
soloists, were also with us. We feel vel
paid and blessed for all the efforts ;sIi
forth. Regular services in the oha?si
Sundays at P. N. and $50 = ii
Thursday evening 80 P. n
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LITCHFIELD

Mrs H. c. Waite who has been spend
ing the winter in Waterville returned to
Mrs. r. c. Grams last week.
Wallace Allen has so far recovered
from his long illness as to be able to
walk from his home to the store. 1t
seems good to his many friends to soe
him about again.
Mrs. Arthur Goss and son LeoA who
have been spending few weeks In LSw-
iston, returned home Friday.
Peter Allen who is on the sick list is
slightly improved
A. .. Bartlett spent Saturday night
and Sunday out Of town.
Mrs. Alice Goodwin who has been very
Ill is gaining now.
An all-day meeting was held In tae
chapel on Pond road Sunday. March I.
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CHINA

SOCTH-Mrs. c. H. Leach who has
been visiting her mother in Rock!and re-
turned on Saturday.
Mrs. ]. Albert Jones left here Thus "a
to accompany the senior class o. o r..
as chaperon on their trip TO Wasn:n to-
Clarence Hubbs OF Coopers Mills w
the guest Sunday of his sister, Mrs " IS
ley Haskell.
Mrs. Charles Norton and children are
visiting in Augusta.
Mrs. Spra gue of Boston was the gues.
Friday and Saturday of her son. VII
liam, at C. ". Aliens.
W. F. 81. S. met Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. C. /. Haskell.
The supper and plays at the G. A. R.
hail Thursday evening for the benefit Of
the Boys clubs were we'll attended and
were Successful every way.
The men OF the community with their
teams Friday moved the pavilion from
the lake shore to its final location. the
lot belonging to ]. Albert Jones between
the G. A. z. hall and Frank Z. Jones
The ladies served dinner to the men.
Rev. Perry D. Macy left Monday to
visit Friends meetings in Durham,
Portland and Casco.
The Junior y. p. S. c. E. enjoyed a
social Saturday afternoon at the home Of
Annabel Jones'
Rev. Perry D. Macy went Saturday to
Trinity Union OF c. Z. at Coo.er's Mills
Irving Boynton who has been housed
with a severe cold is conva!escing.
An interesting meeting OF the ". c. T.
L was held Thursday at the home OF
Mrs. H. F. Whitehouse.
Mrs. James Burns made business trip
Friday to Waterville