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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

The students Of the High school
held a rehearsal for their graduation
at the City opera house Wednesday
evening Those who are to speak
went through with their pieces and
the entire program was gone over.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

A hearing on an insane case was
heard at the City building wednesday
evening and the patient was adjudged
insane and committed to the Augusta
institution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Principal Kidder and Mrs. Kidder
left for Waterville Monday Mr.. Kid
der was presented with a ring on
graduation night by the graduates and
made a very nice speech Of response.
Serenus Rodick made the presentation
remarks.-Bar Harbor letter, Bangor
News,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

George Sander went to Bangor
Wednesday afternoon to attend a
Foresters' meeting which was held
there in the evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Robert Bowen. Colby IA. now of
Mt. Vernon. N. Y. formerly Of this
city. who has been attending the CO.
lumbia Medical School, New York
City. is here for the Colby commence
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward X. Bailey Of
Portland. who have been visiting
friends in this city, returned home
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

The ladies Of the Winslow Grange
will fill the Offices and furnish the
entertainment at the meeting next
Friday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Patrolman Washburn was off duty
Wednesday evening and his place was
taken by Special Of1cer Dow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Walter McAlary was in North Bel
grade Wednesday for a few hours on
business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Rev. G. E. Owen returned Wednes-
day afternoon from the eastern part
OF the State where he has been for
several days on business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Rev. G. W. Hinckley Of Good Will
was calling on friends in the city on
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Rev. Frank L. Phalen returned
Wednesday from Bangor. where he
attended the Unitarian convention,
speaking before it Tuesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

S. B. Crosby Of st. Paul, Mimi. was
calling on friends in the city Wednes-
day for a few hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

John e. Dyer, a former Colby stu
dent, was the guest OF friends IN the
city Wednesday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

w. H. Porter of Portland, who has
been in the city on business, returned
home Wednesday,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

DR.. F. c. Thayer was in Augusta
Wednesday on business for the day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-17

Mrs. Edith Priest Of Portland is a
guest Of friends in town.,
Mrs. vesta Brown Of Benton was a
guest Of Ars. Elmer Tozier Tuesday. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

to say. and Jane backs me up in saying
1t. that we have enjoyed country life
1t doesn't strike me as highly impor-
tant whether our enjoyment has been
up to our expectations, for our expec-
tations were based on nothing much
more tangible than day dreams.
If the question is reframed to ask ii
we have enjoyed living in the country
as we'll as we enjoyed life in the city,
then we have a base from which to
work. In some ways we have enjoyed
the country more; in some ways we
got more enjoyment while living in the
city. Things to be enjoyed in the coun-
try are so different from the things to
be enjoyed in the city that it is diff
cult to make comparison. 1t might
we'll have been either of the country
joys or of city joys that some one
said: That's very fine for any one
who cares for that sort of thing
The best I can do is say that none
of us, Jane or the children or ]. would
for a minute consider going back to
the city to live. But it doesn't follow
that either the Smith family or the
Jones family wouldn't be utterly mis-
era BILE in the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
TRAVELETTE
BY NlkSAH.
Tank Towns.

Oliver Goldsmiths deserted VII
llage" has generally been accepted as
the greatest picture in all literature of
lonely and desolate human habita :
tion but II Goldsmith could have seen
| one of those western towns chuck ed
down beside railroad track like some
thing thrown away and forgotten, hav-
ing no excuse for it's existence but a
railroad station manned by one oper-
ator, he might have written a greater
poem yet.
| Tank is the technical appelIation
for such an establishment in the terse
and racey Technology of the grea
southwest. but the name is in this case
more literal than hyperbolicaI. A great
red tank, where the locomotives that
come painting and snorting across the
desert stop to fill their iron bellies, is
the most important adjunct of the place.
The little station house where the tele-
graph operator, one of the loneliest
men on earth. sits gathering away on
his instrument is obviously a mere ad-
junct to the tank. 1t Is under the tank
that the unfortuWte hobo. who is
kicked off the train at this station, TAXI s
up his lodging for a night and carves
there the cabalistic signs warning
others of the great fraternity of vaga-
bonds that this is no place to stop.
| In the great southwestern desert
country where the population Is scarce
these tank towns may be forty. fifty
or a hundred miles apart. The men
who live at them are as isolated as
Crusoe on his island, for the passenger
trains never stop there, but simply show
their scorn by roaring through at sixty
miles an hour with contemptuous
toot, leaving the desert night vaster
| and emptier than before. Verify,
among the loneliest places on earth are
the tank towns of the southwestern
1dAeeYt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

When ]. V. McClintic Of Snyder, Okla,
comes to Congress next December,
he will be a walking reminder OF tho
biggest rain his part Of the world ever
had. and it only goes to show what Will
happen if you 60 too fast. Several years
ago everybody in the southwest had gone
dppy over the reclamation service and
every one wanted irrigation. The want
ed to run irrigation canals in their front
yards, back yards. over mountains, down
valleys and over tin roofs. Irrigation
seemed to be the magic touch that would
make the dessert blossom like the rose.
and in fact that very phrase was used
so frequently that its petals fell on, just
like the rose.
Well. the people Of Snyder and vicin-
ity looked at the sky and said.
1T hasn't rained for a year; the ground
is cracking; let's get the government to
irrigate hereabouts.'
So the government put in an irrigat ton
pump six miles north OF Snyder with
view Of lifting water out Of the north
fork of the Red river to piece of
ground that was planted with potatoes.
All Snyder went out to watch opera
predictions as to how nice and fertile and
damp the soil would be after the pump
had been set up. AS l remarked, it had
not rained for one year, and the earth
was painting for water.
Now the pump worked better than any
one expected. No sooner had it been
set up and work on it completed than
small cloud could have been seen frown-
ing away off on the horizon. The little
cloud loafed around in the offing for a
while and then gathered a few dark
brown friends and began to glover upon
the scene of the governments great prof.
ect. In three hours there were rain
drops, and in four hours there was
torrent. There was a temper to the
tempest that showed the Oklahoma pota-
to farmers that when it came to irriga-
ton old Jupiter G. Pluvius was still eff
fiuvious, and that the reclamation serv-
ice was but an also-ran when it came to
furnishing really large quantities OF wet.
1t rained large solid blocks of rain,
while rivers and lakes and oceans
came down In masses. not stopping to
be split into streaks or sheets or rain
drops. For three days and three nights
it rained thus without a stop. The
desolate irrigation pump that was sit
ting there waiting a chance to lift a
few thousand tons Of water out of the
north fork saw the fork raise itself up
several feet and overf1ows its banks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
SHORTAGE Of LABOR
IN ENGLAND SERIOUS
Munitions of War Factories Greatly
Handicapped by Scarcity
of Men.

Correspondence Of the Associated FrcSs
LONDON. Tuesday. April eo-How
serious is the shortage of labor irt tho
British factories which are turning out.
munitions of war for the allied armies
and navies is shown by a visit to one
of the largest OF these plants. that of
ArmstrongW hitworth. at Newcastle
Visitors are allowed in the works only
by permit and parts of the establish
ment are then sealed TO observers.
AT the present moment" said a rep
resentative of the firm. I'VE urgentlv
need about 1000 skilled mechanics to
operate at full capacity the machinery
now in the plant. We could easily
use 5000"
Work at Full Pressure.
In those portions of the plant devoted
to the manufacture of shells many of
the buildings are apparently working
at full pressure. But there are larger
buildings which are almost unoccupied.
with long streets of machinery not in
use. 1t is explained that since the be-
ginning of the war a considera bic guam
tity of new machinery has been sci nm
to meet needs in the armies In the
erected to house this machinery. But
on account of shortage of labor II liz
frequently necessary to diver2 the
skilled employees in one building almost
completely from one set of machinery
10 work more urgently needed.
Delays Encountered
Even labor for the installation. OF
new machinery is scarce and there have
been considera BILE delays in this re-
spect.
Even new workshops at the Arm
strong Whitworth plant. which will
specialize in certain shells for army
use. will require nearly 5000 hands
This building will he ready for use in
Few weeks, but the only hope of man
ming ii adequately is that the govern
ment will be able to divert skilled
workmen from allied trades in various
sections of the country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

said that key had not arrived on the
S:23. but would be there today. Nearly
shot over the fence out on the 18th
street reservoir in an effort to get
water into my radiator. Evidently my
owner thinks I'm camel. No key.
ney. owner picks up Frederick Steck-
man, the checker and domino marathon
expert; Donald McGregor, Donald Craig
and a dark friend who could not be
distinguished at first, but who after
ward turned out to be Horace Epes of
the Associated Press. Leaving Craig at
his door in the far east Messrs Steck-
Craigle. old boy" and owner blows my
horn so as to rouse neighborhood and
get Craigie in Dutch with friend wife.
After depositing Messrs. McGregor
and Epes. owner takes Steckman home.
Steckman so grateful that he tells
owner to go to his club and get Jimmy
to make a highball out of Tom Lo-
CANS private stock: Private stock
must be vast horde, as owner re-
mains with Jimmy until am. No
key.
Frlday-Acting as strictly high
grade jitney for the elite only. I have
the honor and privilege Of taking Cuno
H. Rudolph to his Office. I will never
be able to transport common persons
again. No key.
Saturday-Owner meets Tom Logan.
count of depletion of private stock.
Key arrives. Hooray!
X
Two men were talking about things
in general one day at the opening of
the April heated spell. Said one Of
them:
II get more benefit from sleeping
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
COTTON FUTURES LAW
LIKELY TO CAUSE WORRY
New York Exchange Foresees Nu-
merous Disputes Over the CLASH
fication of Products.

The New York Cotton Exchange has adj
vised the Department of Agriculture that
1t expects very large number of dis
putes over classification of cotton to be
referred to the department under the new
cotton futures law. This, coupled with
the word from individual cotton brokera ge
firms, including one that gave notice it
would appeal to Washington every bale
of cotton delivered on its contracts on the
floor Of the exchange before settlement.
would mean a possible near-swamping Of
the physical resources of the government
in handling these matters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Land Deal Is Pending.

A deal for the ten acres adjoining
Sunny Knoll l told about last Saturday
is pending, and ] don't know what the
outcome will be. The owner asked SIS
an acre for it. ] offered him $50 an
acre. He laughed the offer to scorn,
but finally said he would take it under
consideration.
We would like very much to have the
land, though we are not fully con-
WINGED as to the wisdom of buying it,
But wa have made up our minds tina
we will not pay $3.50 for it. 1t isn't
worth that much money, and we are
not willing to be worked as easy
marks"
II We buy the land it will necessitate
giving up, for the present at least,
some of our plans for improving the
house-probably the heating plant and
interior remodeling. Jane says she is
willing to do it, but l am not quite sure
l have won my own consent. We have
done lot of figuring on those plans.
F.. S. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Plumbers prefer the piping times Of
peace.
An honest man is indeed a good thing
for his creditors.
Remember, girls, the onion should be
omitted from loves menu.
The Almighty puts long tails on
horses and man cuts them off.
And the broad and crooked road is
also paved with good intentions.
After a woman has told a third of
the story men can guess the rest.
Somehow n man who doesn't know
right from wrong nearly always does
wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Why?

It's the day in and day out presentation OF the best
that there is in real estate sales and rental propositions
that owners buyers and renters to recognize The
Star as the real estate medium of Washington.
It's the great variety of offerings from which to Sc
lect that brings the readers who make ready
to real estate offers in The Star, and it's the pulling
power of $4,000 daily circulation that brings the
advertiser to the reader through The Star.
Read every line in the classified columns. The
property you want is there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

isn't the remotest chance of my doing
such thing.
My salary is $1,000 year. i don't
know the exact figures, but the aver
age earnings OF American farmers. real
farmers with real farms, is far below
that sum. l think I saw it stated some
where that the labor income" of the
average American farmer was less
than $500 a year. By labor income" is
meant the return he gets after paying
all operating expenses and interest on
his investment. But in order to earn
even this small return for his labor
he must have an investment much
larger than mine in land and improve
ments. 1t seems to me, therefore, that
to give up my salary and try to make a
living as a farmer. with my limited
capital and experience. would be all
the evidence a jury would require for
committing me to St. Elizabeth's.
One other question has been asked
several times: "Is Taking a Family
Back to the Soil to be published in
book FORM"
I don't know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
A Lone Woman's Difficulties.

I know a woman who supports her
self and an invalid sister on four acres
of land. and It isn't very good land, at
that But she doesn't do it by keeping
Washin gton Office hours She gets up
at daylight and Is on the go until dark.
and until after dark. II she didn't
have health and strength and boundless
energy she never could keep things
moving the way she does.
More than that, she knows her bust
ness thoroughly, and when she hires
help she knows how much work n man
Is capable of doing in a day. and she
sees to it that he does. it. | heard a
colored man declare last summer that
he'd rather work for any farmer in
the neighborhood than for Miss Sue
for. he complained. she doan let a
man stop long 'nuff to wipe the swea t
often his haid.
But strong and capable as Miss Sue
is she finds that the lot of lone
woman in the country Is beset with
many and heart-brea king difficulties.
There are honest and horny handed
farmers, to quote the political spell
binder. who are not above taking ad
vantage OF a woman in deal of any
kind II she wants to buy pig. they'll
try to work off on her the runttest. no.
account shoat they have. If she hires
blowing done they'll skim the surface
and skip burrows unless she knows
how ploWfng should De done and Is
there to make them do it.
They don't get very far when they
try to take advantage of Miss Sue,
but in her efforts to get the same value
for her money that a man would get
as a matter of course she has earned
the reputation of being something of d
ehrew.
Another thing a woman has to contend
against are chicken thieves. man
who IL mean enough to steal chickens
will steal them. by preference, from a
roosts cleaned off several times, but
they haven't bothered her since the
doctor spent all of one day picking
shot out of the anatomy of a young
negro.
Has Sunny Knoll Paide
The question I am most freauentl,
Raka1s Aeth 30lsttere and By my aeQuaiut-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

making Sunny Knoll pay.
Only a few days ago I received let
ter, a little testy In tone, I thought. in
which was reminded that I had promised
a financial statement at the end of our
first year in the country. and that the
year had been up several weeks.
I had not forgotten that promise. In
fact. / had been trying to work out
statement which would be comprehensive
and had about given it up as bad job
In order to arrive at anything like an
intelligent understanding. we will have
to eliminate our purchase of the prop
erty and the money we have since spent
on permanent improvements. Let 1t be
understood. therefore. that what fol~
lows will bring us only up to the time
when Jane sold her $1,000 bond for the
purpose of buying Sunny Knoll
On April l, 1914. our savings, including
sem-annual interest money which was in
prospect and after deducting our debts.
amounted to about $3.50. On April l,
1915, we not only had no savings to our
credit, but were nearly $500 in debt. We
were, therefore. about $500 poorer IN
cash than we would have been had we
staid in town.
Now, the question is. what have we. in
material things, to Offset this loss in cash?
An invoice of assets acquired during the
year. all paid for out of our savings or out
of my salary, would read. in approximate
fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
GYPSY AND BROWN-TA|L
MOTHS BEING CHECKED
Imported Parasites Helping in Work
of Eradication of Pests in
New England.

More than 1000 colonies of imported
parasites are helping keep down the
number of gypsy and brown-tail moths
in New England. where satisfactory
progress in the eradication of these
pests so destructive of certain trees, is
being made by bureau of entomology
employees the Department of Agricul-
ture reports. Because, however. of the
enormous area already infested it has
been impossible to cover much of the
woodland, and the insect has gradu-
ally spread On the other hand, scout
ing work and hand treatment OF the
egg clusters have materially checked
this spread toward the west. and other
methods of control have greatly re-
duced the infestation in certain areas.
Two Lines of Campaign.
At the present time the campaign is
being conducted along two distinct
lines: First. there Is the field work
which consists Of scouting and hand
treatment of the insects and inspection
of products shipped from the infested
area in order to prevent the spread of
the pest: second. experimental work is
being carried on in order to determine
the advantages to be derived from the
Introduction OF parasites ana olHeT
natural enemies of the moths. and also
in order to ascertain the best methods
of treating woods and forests in order
to deprive the pests Of their food. An
average of about 215 men Is employed
in these two branches Of the work.
A matter on which the report lays
special emphasis is the fact that a
number of trees arc not favorable for
the support of the gypsy moth larvae.
Wherever possible, therefore. these
should be substituted for trees that are
especially susceptible. This can fire.
quently be done with distinct CONNER
cial Importance. For example, in many
of the infested areas there are large
numbers of oaks and gray birch. These
are very susceptible to the attack of
the gypsy moth. The white pine. on the
other hand, is immune except where
growing with oak or gray birch. and
If substituted for the other trees will
gorw to much better advantage and
yield a much more valuable product.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
Farming for a Livelihood.

A good many inquirers, mostly men.
want to know if 1 seriously contem-
plate giving up my government job and
trying to make a living from the soil.
Not now i don't. The time may come
i sincerely hope it will-when I can
take such a step. For the present, and
for a number of years to come, there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

Here is a simple, inexpensive
treatment that viii almost always
stop dandruff and scalp itching, and
keep the hair thick. live and lus-
trous:
At night. spread the hair apart and
rub a little Resinol Ointment into
the scalp gently. with the tip of the
finger. Repeat this until the whole
scalp has been treated. Next morn
ing, shampoo thoroughly with Resi-
mol Soap and hot water. Work the
creamy Resinol lather well into the
scalp. Rinse with gradually cool
er water. the last water being cold.
Ressinol Soap and EeSiuol Ointment easily
neal eczema and similar skin crGptius. Sold
" all druggists. For sample free write 10
Dept 2I-S. Resinol. liulorr. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

everywhere. The entertainments which
were to be a part of the irrigation
system were rubbed out by the flood as
If they had been childrens mud forts.
The country was turned into a lake and
people had to be rescued from their
housetops by boats The governments
engines and pump were toppled over
by the rush of waters, hit the quick
sand and may still be sinking unless
they have run into something solid.
When the sun shone again, the peo-
pie of that county decided they needed
more drainage than irrigation. They
began a system of drainage canals and
other necessary bitches, and If you want
a black look go out to Snyder and ask
some one what he thinks of the great
work the government reclamation
service is doing in the west.
X X X
Leslie Fort, who lives opposite Sen
ator Marines ancestral bungalow in
Plainfield. N. J. (and who also has
other achievements to make him dis
tinguished), will probably be glad to
read this, as he is a newspaper editor
and may be hunting for a good clip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01

Mrs Marion Pletscher. wife Of John
c. Pletscher, Baltimore jeweler. died
from blood poisoning, caused by trim
ming a corn with a razor.