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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-09

suit but was recommended by friend to
try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. They
stopped all itching. left no Disagreement
and gave me perfect ease and sleep. used
them for six weeks and my face is now as
clear as can be- (Signed) Miss Bertha
Chace. August 1, 1914.
Retain your good looks. keep your skin
clear. scalp clean. hands soft and white
and hair live and glossy by using daily
these fragrant slper-Crfamv emOllionts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-09

With s2-p. Skin b on request. Adj
dress postcard ''Cuticura, Dept. T. Bos-
tor Sold Throughout theMocld :
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05
Fremont and the Farmer

eral farmers were talking. We stopped
and backed up.
Are you expecting TO start cutting
wheat tomorrow he asked hig young
farmer. who was whiting a stick.
Yes. expect TO go in with six bind
ers," said the young farmer; five of
'em I'll pull with the tractor and the
other with horses"
How many acres OF wheat have you
got, Raymond?"
well, we're figuring on 1900 BUSH
els" said Raymond Middaugh. I've got
$50 acres"
Now. gentle or violent reader. please
remember that 1900 bushels of wheat is
just as good AS $4,000 in gold in the bank
vault. Yet this Fremont farmer talked
about 1t just as nonchalantly as though
It was SIS. Think of the automobiles and
talking machines and trips to Europe and
all those things that $4,000 will buyl
Then we began to understand why there
are ten banking institutions--ten, count
'em. TENN Fremont and why they are
all strong.
Then we understood why the streets
are full of automobiles. Then we under
stood how dozens of men have made
fortunes In retail businesses in Fremont
in a few years, and how scores OF houses
trading out from Fremont among people
who are figuring on so-and-so many
bushels OF wheat and corn and oats, and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

so-and-so many hogs and cattle and
sheep" had made fortunes.
Within the last five years they have
added 1880 splendid eighty-acre farms to
the area tributary to Fremont-added
them just as surely as though they had
hauled them in from somewhere and
found a place to set them.
A hundred thousand acres of Platte
and Elkhorn bottom land had been too
poorly drained to raise crops and permit
breaking UP into farms. This land was
simply bursting with richness: only the
water must be removed to make it
available.
Drainage legislation was enacted;
drainage districts were formed. and $780,
900 was expended within a short distance
Of Fremont in Strengthening the Elkhorn
river and reducing its length by twenty
miles. and cutting waterways across the
valleys into that stream, STRENGTHENING
the Logan, etc.
II Coronado had but seen that the
gold OF the Seven cities OF Cibol was
metaphorical gold-hsd he but taken
from Dodge county alone tho golden
wheat and the golden corn which It
produces every year. he would have car
ried away such treasures every year as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

Over the brick paved streets the auto
mobile purred and then along the we'll
kept Lincoln Highway road. only a five
minutes ride from the center OF the
city.
There, az far as the eye could reach
over the level country, spread wheat and
corn fields. the former yellow unto the
harvest and the latter green with prom
ise.
They were at work in one OF the big
fields with the binders. SO we stopped
and went In.
oh" said the owner, IL guess It'll
run thirty bushels to the acre Not so
bad"
How many acres you got in this
field"
"wen. there's only LA in this PATCH"
he said.
A little mental arithmetic showed that
there would be over 1900 bushels I'm
this patch" And. figuring at a dollar a
bushel which is too low. the income
from this patch" would be quite con-
siderable; yes, quite considerable.
On the way back to town our guide
ordered the chauffeur 70 stop where sew
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

OF which no had been told. There was
no grain OF gold. Coronado himself re-
ported that the soil was FIAT and black
and better fitted TO raise all the prod
ucts OF Spain than any other soil he had
ever seen.
Bittie did the spaniard dream that 600
years later race OF men would settle
on that soil and from II would take each
year more wealth than he in his widest
flights ever imagined ne would find In
yellow gold In those seven cities
Miles OF brick-paved streets. miles and
miles OF cement sidewalks, hundreds %
beautiful residences. each set in its own
little park with velvet lawn. flower beds.
great shade trees; seyenty-five manu-
featuring. Jobbing. shipping and general
distributing concerns. city beautifully
laid out on perfectly level land and sur
rounded with farming community
whose wealth both actual and potential
II not exceeded anywhere. As for actual
figures regarding the value OF this farm
ing land Is the fact that Dodge county
land Ia rated by the state authorities as
second In value In Nebraska. being ex-
eeeded only by that OF Douglas county
and the latter IL largely due to the big
population. The figures are 1910 per
aore for Douglas county and tS2.i5 per
acre for Dodge county
There is a birds eye view OF the
wealth. happiness and prosperity OF Free
mont and Dodge county. The various az
tivities and interests must be considered
under separate headings.
IL is really a wonderful city. an aston
ishing community. You have 70 admit
that. no matter what IL your own homo
town.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05
Fremont's Postoffice

clerks, parcel post delivery man, three
substitutes, a driver for the mail wagon
and man to superintend the handling
of the mails at the Union station. With
forty-three passenger trains in and out.
Fremont has a mail service second to no
other city of its size in the country.
The Fremont postotfice is of the first
class. The building was erected at a cost
of $4,000 and has been improved at a
cost Of $4,000. 1t stands on ground valued
at so. 600.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

TO Fremont
Did you ever see a prettioS
city OF its size?
kpZ4t Were ever those three ara.
80 eiout goddesses Peace. Pros.
f. perity, Plenty. more openly present IN
sny place than they are in Fremont
. n yoa answer yes TO tho first question
. sou surely must give o negative reply "a
. che other two.
{ The writer OF these lines has seen man
ties IN many lands IIut nowhere at
2 any time has he seen u more charming
( iity. buaior city a city with more civic
: iride. city with more banks. a city
? with ubro automobiles, "A city with a
. richer contributory and surrounding ter
. titcry, in tho 1000 population class.
: Fremont Is simply wonder
When he aliRhted from the train and
/. walked out onto broad beautifully
) paved. brilliantly lighted Main street he
STOPPED In establishment ddmiring the
Splendid Illumination, the lines OF grace
fui ornamental iron pillars. each bearing
five lights stretching away and converg-
ing In the distance.
Then uptown he started looking for a
, hotel. But It seemed that ell the good
corners were occupied by banks. Two
national banks stood on opposite corners
zone occupied the first floor OF a fine,
new. nve-story huildtns Others vera
scattered about.
Fremont has four national banks, three
savings banks. two building and loan as
.sociations and eeneraI trust company.
Ten banking institutious IN city with
1000 population Omaha would have "a
shave 20 banking institutions to keep up
the same proportion.
And the automobiles They purred zap
and down that smoothly paved street In
one continual procession--Just a. thick
lGvery bit as on Fifth avenue. New York,
.er on Broad street. Philadelphia
And they were lined along the curl
On either side. What's that? No. sir
not Fords. Some Fords. OF course. bui
a great proportion Of those big. silent,
purring. gliding. high-powered. luxurious
:, cars that are bought by the rich. And
!. goodly number OF "el0ctrics" driven
= by women and marked by every refine
ment OF elegance
And this is Fremont. the spot where,
. but few decades ago. General John c
: Fremont camped In his lonely explora,
ton OF the great. unsettled land FOR the
) United states government.
This Is Fremont. where the hardy emf.
grants. following the Overland trail 70
: the far westiand In search Of gold or .
home, stopped in the silent night and
slept and kept watch against raids OF
: the red man.
This lie Fremont. where. Il IL possible,
Coronado himself may have arrived In
/, his search for the tabled wealth OF the
seven Cities Of Cibola.
Poor Coronado failed TO find the wealth
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

The city is completely covered with the
free delivery system There are three
deliveries of mail every day In the bust
ness district and two day in the resi-
dence district
There are nine mail carriers, eight mail
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

H Fremont postoffice oocu-
pies a large and well appointed
building and does a good bust
ness. its receipts last year
amounting to very near 81. 200
a week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

} WE went out by automobile
10 the grounds where the ma
tional farm tractor demon
stration IL held every year.
one of the biggest agricul-
tural shows In the world.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05

the court of Spain had never dreamed of
This black loan and the moisture re-
tanning sandy soil of the Platte valley
produce unfailing crops, and many are
the farmers who figure on" 1900 BUSH
els and far more-and who get 1t, too.
It is estimated that the farm land OF
this county alone, with its improvements,
live stock. etc. Is worth easily 80, 900.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05
oME on Mr.. FRANK FoWLER rs NOT ALONE Owe

EADER. have you ever beon
TO Fremont
Did you ever see a prettier
city OF its siSe2
Were ever those three ara
eiouk goddesses. Peace, Pros
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-22
A Written Guara aHtee With Every Sale
Store Open Saturday Evenings
MAIL ORDERS

when accompanied by Money Order will be filled and charges pre- paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10

According to reports from Guatemala and Salvador, the last year has been a hard one for these countries. The weather has been abnormally dry, caus- ing a partial crop failure, and agricul- ture has been still further handicapped by a plague of grasshoppers. Myriads of these insects have appeared on the west slope of Guatemala, and have done great damage to crops. They are spread over a wide area and seem to be moving southward. They have already reached Salvador, but this enterprising republic has hit upon a unique plan for combat ing the pest. The director general of az rieulture has procured some virus from Brazil and will noculate large number of grasshoppers. These will be turned loose in the droves and will spread the disease. This method is said to be remarkably effective, and has been successfully used grasshoppers have done such damage in Salvador that the republic has been forced to import large quantities of foodstuffs from the United States to tide its people over until the next crop is matured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
Business After the War

In his letter in yesterdays Age Herald Holland" presented the views of leaders in the financial district of New York touching the outlook for American business after European hostilities cease.
 The president of large trust in- stitution reflects in his opinions "the expectation of those who look for im- mediate and very great domestic prosperity after the close of the war" The financier referred to was per suaded that the United States would be called upon to furnish capital and supplies in unheard of amounts which will be needed for the upbuilding of industries and the funding of debt in other nations" There can be no doubt hbout the ability of this country to furnish the supplies.
 There will be an extraordinary de- mand for all food products, and there will be strong demand for cotton, too. "Holland" stresses the part that the federal reserve system will play in the promotion of foreign trade, for it will "put us in a position to finance the world" According to the opti- mistic view 'the demands which are to be made upon us will inevitably reach every department of industry in the United States"
 To offset the roseate aspect of the situation that will arise at the close of the war Holland" reflects the opinions of financial leader who thinks that "the demands for capital which will come to the United States from other countries, together with the return to this country of American securities now held abroad, will make the cost of the use of capital in the United States so high as to impair Che ability of our business men and our railroads to gain such fresh SUD- pIies as they will be in need of." But the consensus of opinion among hankers and manufacturers is on the pfosperity side. Of course there will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
Building Activity Due

During the Hull in the building trades architects have been at work on plans and now contractors are mak- ing estimates in response to many in- quiries about prospective construction. Indications point clearly to a resump- tion of building activity before the end of spring. =
 The Wall Street panic of 1907 was followed by business depression in every part of the country. Capital was frightened and many industries were paralyzed. Innumerable plants were shut down and thousands of men were thrown out of employment. In the winter of 1907-0S it looked as if depression would be long continued, but spring had scarcely come when conditions began to improve and by the summer of 1908 there was healthy building boom in many sec tions of the country. Between 1908 and 1913 Birmingham made splendid building record. The strides the city made were phenomenal.
 When a new era of prosperity was coming in sight last summer the great nations of Europe went to war and that dire fact precipitated depression of the most distressing sort. But business is recovering once more and the depression will be followed by nationwide thrift, Birmingham is sure to have it's share of it. Building operations equal to those of few years ago, and probably surpassing them, will be in evidence before the end of the present year.
 The individual or company purpos- ing to build within the next six months will be wise to begin now when ma terial is cheap and labor is abundant. Next fall the labor demand here will probably be greater than the supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperous North Alabama

Prosperity prevails in Marshall county and, as far as I am advised, in all the other counties of north Ala bama," said Col. W. W. Shortridge. for merly of Birmingham but now prac- ticing law at Boaz.
 .sThe Birmingham and Chattanooga railroad, in which I am interested, and tion when the war in Europe caused hauling in of capital, will be com pleted some day; but we will have to wait patiently until money seeking new ventures is forthcoming. In the meantime it Is good to know that the farmers of Marshall and adjacent counties are prosperous. They sold thetp sorry cotton last fall at cents hut they have been getting cents for their good cotton; and many farmers have considerable cotton yet on hand and for this they expect to get 10 cents or more.
 "The north Alabama farmers have been practicing crop diversification for several years and that is the reason they are so much better off than those who adhered to the one-crop policy
 There will be reduction in cot ton acreage throughout the south but it will not be as great as had been expected. In Alabama I think the planting will be only about 10 per cent less than in 1914"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
ALABAMA's GREAT RIVERS

From the Mobile Item
 The Amazon river is 3944 miles in length, rising within 70 miles of the Pacific ocean and flowing clear across the continent. The An cor, the great stream of China and Siberia, is 15O0 miles in length. but for nearly nine months in the year is ice bound. The Hoangho. or Yellow river of China, is 2SO0 miles in length, and drains A territory equal to one-third the area of the United States.
 The Tombigbee and Warrior rivers com- bined are not the equal in length of either of these mighty streams, nor do we note the length of the Amazon, Amoor and Hoangho with the view to making Alabama waterways traverse the finest lands in the world, which cannot be said of either of the streams of the foreign lands. The Warrior traces its length through the finest coal and. iron depositQ of the world, and on either bank can tn fo'.rc az along the Tombigbee, the great. est agricultural lands of the universe.
 It will be but a little while until the only imre ediment to navigating the War rior will have vanished and when this is cone the coal and iron and products of the farm can be brought to our doors and the output of the plantations of the Bigbee as well. The government is push ing the work on the one remaining lock and when this is finished, as it will be shortly the port of Mobile will become what 1t deserves to be-the greatest port on the gulf or South Atlantic coasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
PROHIBITION IN ALABAMA

From the Boston transcript.
 Alabama is Hobson's state, and Hobson is the father of the recently defeated proposition to incorporate prohibition in the federal constitution. Doubtless he has exerted an influence upon the law or his own state, or if not he probably ap- proves 1t, and we may therefore get some idea of the particular brand of sumptuary legislation that would satisfy him, be- cause the statute. which is statewide, does not stop at a ban upon the manufac- ture, sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages within the borders of the com monwealth. There have been added to it some reflnements which are new even in the history of this many-phased propa- ganda.
 One of the largest newsdealers in Bir-
 mingham has just been arrested upon a charge for which the minimum penalty
 Is a fine of $50, the maximum is $500. all though in the discretion of the court. in addition, he may be sentenced to not more than six months at hard labor. As this is a first offense he may escape at the lower figure or at least with a compro- mise of extremes. Of course his offense must have been serious. It consisted in selling a copy of newspaper published outside the state which contained a liquor advertisement The dealer handles over 5C0 newspapers or such publications every day. not to mention his Sunday business. Doubtless among these are the New York papers and other northern journals where | they have not risen to that pitch of virtue tha- contemrlates as a crime the publica- | tion of liquor advertisement. Of course | it is impossible for him to know from day to day what his stock contains in the way of reading matter or advertising, so | he must either defy the law or retire from business. so far as we can see.
 | It is impossible to discern the moral
 value of this censorship or a logical ex- cuse for it. It would seem from the pro-
 hibition point of view that in no state
 could advertisements of alcoholic liquors
 be circulated where they would be so en- { tirely innocuous as in one like Alabama,
 where no advantage could be taken even | of the most alluring representations. Just how comprehensive this statute may be we do not know It may have teeth for | the unwary traveller who crosses the line with a stray copy of New York or
 Bostor paper in his possession. He may
 have to take chances with the local press
 though the liquor trade generally makes
 its announcements through the best pa
 pers. All this is illustrative of the ex- trenes to which an unrestrained and un-
 resisted obsession may carry not only a
 community but an entire state. Probably
 when the courts get at work upon this feature of the law they will leaTe 1t ir
 a rather hopelessly wrecked condition Whatever the latitude of Alabama's con- stitution, we do not believe its framers left in it authority for any such form o1 persecution as this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
War HOaxes

Reports that the Crown Prince of Germany has been dead for two months or more continue to be circulated. It is significant that his name is no longer mentioned in the press dispatches. If he is still alive his movements are shrouded in secrecy, but so many stories have been told about the war and later proved untrue, that the public is skeptical of all except the baldest facts in regard to what is going on in Europe. The general outlines of the operations as given out from day to day by the vari- ous powers are in the main true and can be relied upon, although losses are minimized or exaggerated, as the case may be, and 'great victories" are re- ported that are not so great. However, the relative positions of the belliger- ents in the two theatres of war and in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10
the Dardanelles are known and the progress of the war can be followed now with reasonable accuracy.

the Dardanelles are known and the progress of the war can be followed now with reasonable accuracy.
 That hoaxes continue to be printed goes without saying, although it is gratifying to know that all the bel ligerents have shown desire to take the public into their confidence-at least the outside public-and the pre- posterous stories that at first filled the newspapers are fewer.
 During the first weeks of the war it was said that an army of Russians numbering from one to two hundred thousand men had been transported from Archangel, landed in Scottish ports and sent to reinforce the Brit ish army in France. The story spread with amazing rapidity all over Eng land and was given credence by the press of this country. Witnesses were ready to swear that they had seen the Russians and had talked to them.
 It has been stated recently that the story was started by Lord Kitchener himself to alarm the Germans. It is even claimed that this reported impor- tation of Russians accounted to some extent for the retreat of General von Kluck from Paris. To give color to the myth, it is further alleged that Lord Kitchener caused one hundred trans ports to be sent to Archangel and whenever British troops were moved from various points in Scotland and the northern part of England to chan nel ports he ordered the blinds of the trains to be lowered, to arouse public curiosity and keep the people guess ing.
 The chances are that this ingenious explanation has as little basis of truth as the original hoax
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10

cares to have her name put on the cleo tric sign Miss Burke was the exception to the rule Long before she had finished her first season in America with Drew I had gotten my orders from the puphe and the next season I put her name up. Lots of people thought I was rushing things But knew what the public want ed. Miss Burkes enormous success as star has proved that I was right.
 ''The public made Miss Burke a star. not I. That is why she is still a star-one of the most popular and successful in America at the present time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-10

From the Selma Times.
 Oscar Underwood is being felicitated on all sides for the admirable record he achieved as floor leader of the House. Amid all the display of bad temper and occasionally of acrimonious discussion which have attended the putting through of the democratic programme, he has kept a cool head. His long experience in the House and his thorough knowledge of parliamentary procedure equipped him in an eminent degree to direct the course of the dominant party with dignity and ability. He saved the House from sev- eral embarrassing situations and exercised a wholesome influence in maintaining the good temper of a body that at times seems inclined to forget that its purpose Is deliberation rather than discrimination. His well-wishing friends feel assured he will attain honors equally as distinguish ed and praiseworthy in the senate.