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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-12
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
DISMISSES CASE AGAINST
The ATLANTIC SHORE RAIL WAY

sometimes crowded. The smallest cars
in use on t.ais line seat 4, the larges. IS.
The average for the so-calied train cars
for the period are ns, a. 4e.5. a2E and
81 respectively. Not all OF these pas
sengers would ride the entire distance.
and not all OF them would be in the car
at the same time. On the other hand.
the cars must on some days have carried
more than the average for the period,
Just on other days tley carried fewer.
The testimony and the respondents
computation showed that they did. The
testimony Of entirely credible witnesses,
one in particular, showed crowded con-
ditions In connection with the cars serv-
ing the .G train in excess C those tn
Dictated by the tabula.ions. But it was
significant that the witness did not know
..aat two cars were regularly run for
that train, or that second car was
following. The natural habit Of crowd
ing into the first car instead oe waiting
Cor 6ae second easily accounts for any
difference Between the oral testimony
and the written con1put atoms as 10 con-
Gitions in respect TO this particular SER
vice.
Some crowdins must he expected in
tire operation Of street cars. a street
railroad cannot, any more than hall q
theatre. or a church. Be equipped TO ham
die the maximum crowd with the COM
fort and ease afforded tae normal crowd
certainly not where il is not keeping
even with the operating expenses and
fixed charges.
On the whole. We believe that the re-
spcnjent is making reasonable efforts
10 give good service in connection With
the trains at the Boston & Maine station
and that the evidence, even if adduced
in support % a complaint setting up the
real wishes OF Jae comrla.sagn.s. would
not justify Us requiring il TO go TO the
additional expense that would De involV-
ed. al expense which could not come
OUT OF profits. for there are none.
We have paid no attention 70 the
suggestion made AT the hearing that
Sp-ingvale people nave 10 start at 6.l5
20 take the si5 train II is not in the
complaint: SIrinsvale does not appear
10 press IL and it would be unjust TO re-
quire 2 special car to accommodate q
line extending only three-afths OF a
r-l,e from the station for e train q, 9. -
\ NJ wien the average number riding
.r1rn the station 20 any point IL that dis
trict for the whole SIX trains is less than
i25.
1t is therefore ordered that the COM
plant be Gism, ssed.''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-12
HOUSE AND SENATE
BILLS AND MEASURES

Durc!n % Piscataquis-Acl 10 amend
3he Revised Statutes relating to mar
rage and the registration OF vital sta
tistics. The amendment provides that
II marriage certificate is not used it
shall be returned TO the office issuing
il within six months after il is issued
and whoever performs the ceremony OF
marriage upon a certificate Of maria ge
more than six months after it is issued
ard whoever having taken out such
certificate and not having used it fails
10 return il within six months after il
Is issued shall be punished by a fine of
not more than $40.
Swift OF Kennebec: Resolve 10 pro-
vide for revision OF the laws relating to
banks and banking through the ap-
pointnent by III" Governor and Council
OF three commissioners to revise. COL
late. arrange and consolidate all the
general and public laws relating to the
same, the revision 10 be completed be-
fore the next session of the Legislature.
The bank commissioner is authorized
to arrange the details OF the work I'M
der the direction Of the Governor and
Council and also the compensation OF
the commission. The compensation Of
the commission is not to exceed $4,000
and such a sum is provided out Of any
unexpended moneys not otherwise ap-
propriated.
Durgin Of Piscataquis: Act to pro-
vide for the veritication of certificates
OF organization of corporations. The act
making legitimate oaths made outside
the State before a notary public or a
commissioner appointed by the Gov
ernor to take acknowledgment Of
deeds in other States.
Colby Of Somerset-Act to fix the
salary Of the clerk of the commits
sioners Of inland fisheries and game at
1920.
Senate Reports.
Inland fisheries and game-Ought to
pass on resolve providing for the
screening Of Parker pond in Kennebec
and Franklin counties; ought to pass
in new draft on act to amend the Pub
lie Laws Of 1913 relating to fishing in
Horseshoe pond in West Bowdoin col
lege township IN the county Of Pscata-
qui4 The new draft places close time
on the poad for i've years. Ought to
pass In new draft on act to amend the
Revised Statutes. The new draft opens
portions of Rangeley stream, Kenneba-
90 stream and Little Kenuebago stream
in the counties Of Franklin and OK
ford to fishing. Ought not to pass on act
to prohibit the use of firearms In the
town Of Addison.
Interior waters-Ought to pass on
act authorizing the Clark Power Co.
to construct q dam across the Saco
-
Of Buxton and Dayton for the storage
Of water and developing power for any
or an purposes.
Judiciaxy-Ought to pass on act to
extend the powers OF the Limerick
Water 81 Electric Co.
Legal .AnatFs-ought to pass in new
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-12

And whereas the attorney general
has appeared as counsel before the diff
ferert committees of this Legislature
TO advocate or oppose certain iegisla-
ton, now therefore,
BE il resolved that il is the sense Of
this Legislature that the attorney gen
eral of the State be not allowed TO act
as counsel at any committee hearing on
any private act or resolve which shall
have come before any s2ch committee
nor upon any public act unless the in
teresr Of the state OF Maine is directly
affected and then only is behalf Of the
State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-12

Miss Olive Snow died Tuesday ,,,h.
at the home Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred A Snow. at Harpsweu aga 40
years. MISC Snow was operated on .b,,,+
l"ur weeks ago for appendicitis and
never fe2ained her strength. Besiies thu
parents brother. Arthur Snow. and n
sister. Miss Hazel Snow OF Harpsweu
survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-12

draft on act 10 incorporate the Maine
Real Estate Title Co.
Taxation-Ought to pass on resolve
making an appropriation for the pur-
pose of obtaining information in re-
gard TO wild lands for the purposes Of
taxation.
The committee on salaries and fees
reported the following as the salaries
of tins county attorneys in the state:
Androscoggin. $1,000; Aroostook. $1,000;
Cumberland. $500: Franklin. $500;
Hancock, s750: Kennebec. $1,000; Knox.
$500: Li-coln. $500; oxford. $500;
Pisca,aouis. $500; Sagadahoc. $500;
Somerset, 800; Waldo. $500: Washing
ton. $500; York, $1,000; assistant for
Cumberland county. 500.
Appropriations and financial affairs
Ought to pass On resolve in favor Of
the State treasurer 20 enable him to
balance properly and settle the ac-
counts with the various cities. towns
and plantations for the year 1914.
Education-Ought to pass in new
draft on act to amend the Public Laws
Of 1913 relating TO the appropriation for
the support of normal and training
schools. The new draft appropriates
$50, 600 annually for this purpose.
Ought 20 pass on resolve in favor Of
the publication and circulation Of
school text in civics. local geography
and local history: on act to change the
name OF the Maine Industrial School
for Girls at Hallowell to State School
for Girls and to change the title Of the
head of that school from principal to
superintendent.
Ways and bridges-Ought to pass in
new draft on resolve in favor of build
ing a bridge across the Dennys river
between the towns of Dennysville and
Edmuncs, Washington. The new draft
grants an appropriation Of $1,000. Ought
to pass in new draft on resolve in IA
vor Of surveys, plans and estimates
for a new interstate bridge between
Maine and New Hampshire. The new
draft appropriates $500. Ought to
pass in new draft on resolve to repair
the highway in the town of Ornevtlle.
PiscataQuts county: the new draft ap-
propriates $500. Ought to pass in
new draft on resolve to repair the
bridge across the Machias river in the
town Of Whitneyville; the new draft
approp-iates 5000.
Wise Of Guilfcrd-Act to amend the
Public Laws Of 1913 so that close
time will be placed on fishing through
the ice in Milestone pond in the town
Of Ktngsbury and Blanchard, Pisca-
taquis county.
Perham Of Wcodstock-Resolve to
prevent the attorney general from
appearing as counsel before legisla-
tive committees.
Corners Of Bangor-Act to amend
the Private Laws of 1913 SO that the
county Of Penobscot might be author
lied to borrow $4,000 for work on the
county farm.
House Reports.
Agriculture-ought to pass in new
draft on resolve to promote and to as
sist the interests Of poultry culture.
The new draft provides $1,000 instead
of 5000 for each Of the two coming
years. Ought to pass on act to amend
the Public Laws OF 1903 relating to
dogs which provides that if a dog is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-12

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to pass in new
draft on resolve to promote and to as
sist the interests Of poultry culture.
The new draft provides $1,000 instead
of 5000 for each Of the two coming
years. Ought to pass on act to amend
the Public Laws OF 1903 relating to
dogs which provides that if a dog il
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26
Stork Gaining On
The Grim Reaper

An increase of 20 per cent in
the number of births reported in
Arizona in 1913 over the year
preceding, and a four per cent
decrease in the number of deaths
recorded, is shown in the vital
statistics for the last year just
made public at the Office of the
department of public health.
Births in 1914 reported to the
department numbered 1862 as
compared with 1898 the year be-
fore. The number of deaths for
the year was 3465, making the
gain population in births almost
1900. In 1913 the births record
ed were only 338 in excess of the
deaths. Deaths for 1914 num-
bered 1865 as compared with
5000 the year before.
Mohave county had the lowest
in deaths and 80 births. Navajo
county had 166 births and 70
deaths,
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26
What Is the Governor
Going to Do About 1t?

From the Douglas international.
Two more men have been SEN
fenced to hang in the Superior
court of this county. Since
Governor Hunt announced his
opposition to capital punishment
something more than a dozen
men have been sentenced to
death by juries of the state, in
a number of counties. This is
an indication that juries do not
agree with the executive in the
matter of punishment for mur-
der. Governor Hunt has been
able to defeat the desire of the
courts, juries and the people, by
shielding those convicted of
murder since he became gov
arnor. 1t was the governor who
promoted the initiated law last
fall that sought to abolish the
capital punishment law in Ari-
zona. The people refused the
proposition, but notwithstand-
ing this popular verdict the ex-
ecutive continues, up to date, to
set at naught the verdicts of
Arizona juries returned under
laws against murder. The law
in this state is more lenient than
the laws of most states, in that
it permits the jurors to say
what shall be the sentence for
murder in the first degree death
or a life term in the penitentiary.
Most of the states have laws
that make the death penalty the
the only one for murder in the
first degree and neither jury or
judge may assess any other.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26
S. S. A. Commencement

The regular annual commence
ment exercises of the Snowflake
Stake Academy will be held on
May A, 1915, at 10 o'clock. An
artistic literary and musical pro-
gram will be given, and the fac
ulty, we understand, are sparing
no pains to make the occasion
memorable in the history of the
Academy. Local and imported
talent will be used.
Prof. Bramwell informs the
HERALD that he has made final
arrangements with DR.. R. H. H.
Blome, president of the North
ern Arizona Normal School at
Flagstaff. to deliver the address
to the graduates. This one fea-
ture will lend dignity and merit
to the occasion.
Further announcement will be
made soon, not only of the de-
tails of the commencement pro-
gram, but also of the evenings
to be given by the various de-
partments of the Academy, as
also of the exhibition of the
work done by the manual arts
departments during the present
school year.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26
Taylor Items

Mrs. Nell Bates of Holbrook is
here visiting with relatives and
friends.
Miss Georgia Hansen of Snow
flake spent Sunday here with her
sister, Mrs. Jesse Tenney.
Mrs. Charles Jackson of Pine
dale is spending the week with
her sister, Mrs. Emma Kartch-
ner.
Joshph Perkins of this place
spent few days this week with
his aunt, Mrs. Anna Jackson, of
Pinedale.
Prof. Bramwell will give a
lecture here Saturday night. We
would like very we'll to have a
full house. Everybody come.
Hans Hansen and Mohonri
Fish of Lakeside where home
missionaries here Sunday and
gave us some valuable and in
teresting remarks.
Miss Myrtle Wakefield asst.
postmistress and sales lady of
Palmer's store, has been on the
sick list this week. Every one
will be glad to see her at her
post again.
Mrs. Ellen Bates, who has
been attending her granddaugh-
ter, Guindolyn Bates, who has
been very i'll returned; to Hol-
brook Tuesday, taking with her
Mrs. Lyman Bates.
Prof. Bramwell of the Acad-
emy was here Tuesday night
and gave a lecture to the young
men. 1t is said by the audience
that those who missed II
missed a great opportunity.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26

on an extra incoming mail car on
her wayto Flagstaff. Mrs. Thom-
as had the misfortune to fall and
fracture her left arm about a
month ago, but not thinking
the injury serious secured the
assistance of the neighbors only
in dressing the wound. Now
that it is healing, the arm is
found to be crooked and the lady
intends having it re-broken and
set properly at the hospital in
Flagstaff. On her way over
from st. Johns the automobile
ran out of gasoline at Beaver
Dam Wash, necessitating her
laying out all night in her en-
feebled condition by the side of
a camp fire which was kept burn
ing by the other passengers of
the car, the driver, a young man
by the name of Tyler, having
first gone to phone for more
gasoline to be sent out from st.
Johns but later to hunt a bed at
a distant camp for his own COM
fort. To make the night seem
more hideous to the poor woman,
who is sixty years old, the coy
otes from far and near howled to
beat the band.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26

The frigid weather having
passed, the Seniors of the Acad-
emy have decided to present
their play, ''The Frozen Trail"
wouldn't that name make you
shiver-the same to be produced
at the Social Hall tonight. This
will be the first time since school
commenced that the Seniors have
attempted anything of this kind,
so if you want to see them in
action, or in acting. be at the
hall tonight.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26

and don't want to eat much. /
found a closet near the kitchen,
and I think / will soon go in
there and sleep until next spring,
as it's too cold outside. | don't
go much farther away from the
kitchen now than the garbage
can on the porch. and between
that and the kitchen | find all |
need to eat, and there is always
something to wipe your feet on
when they get too heavy with
food-a piece of bread or cake,
a plate or a fork or a spoon, and
Pm sure nobody minds.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26
HOLBROOK LOCALS
AND PERSONALS

| AA4vD A4AOVAAA4MO
Lewis and Will Freeman of
Snowflake were in town during
the week.
Several of the streets have
been plowed up lately preparatory
for grading.
Atty. E. S. Clark of Prescott
was in attendance at court dur
ing the week.
Allen Burke was a business
visitor in town from Lakeside
the first of the week.
c. C. Nagle, stockman of Con-
cho, WIS a business visitor here
the first of the week.
Chas. Daze and j. J. Tatum,
prominent citizens of Winslow,
were here in attendance at court.
BENZ. Brown of Nutrioso was
visitor in town this week, hav-
ing business before the Superior
court.
M. L. Flake, manager of Flake
Brothers Company of Snowflake,
was a business visitor in town
Tuesday.
F. 7. LaPrade of Winslow was
a visitor at court during the
week, being interested in an ir-
rigation case.
The jury term of the Superior
Court convened Monday morning
and has continued in session
during the week.
w. j. Flake, Jr. of Snowflake
was a business visitor in town
during the week, being in at
tendance at court.
B. R. Tenney of Alpine was in
town Tuesday enroute home from
San Francisco where he has been
taking in the Fair.
Several automobile loads of
Snowflake and Taylor people
were in town Sunday returning
from the M. l. contest at St.
Johns.
Walter McLaws received an
other carload Of eight Fords
Wednesday. 1t is claimed the
new machines have several i'm
provements over the old ones.
G. A. Gardner of Snowflake
has the contract for some cul-
vert work on the road leading to
to Adamana and was here We'd
nesday preparing to commence
work.
Will Wooster has a number of
valuable (?) dogs on hand for
the spring trade. Ranchers and
sheepmen needing CANNES should
place an order with him before
the dogcatcher visits Holbrook.
Prof. j. w. Brown, county
school superintendent of Apache
county, arrived here Tuesday
evening enroute to Adamana and
Chambers to inspect the schools
in the northern end of his coun-
ty.
A car load of tourists stopped
here Wednesday to take in the
Petrified Forest. motoring out to
it during the day. The main
forest is only eighteen miles east
of Holbrook and the road to it is
in fine shape.
Mrs. Isaac Thomas of St. Johns
arrived here Tuesday morning
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26
THE AUTOBIOCRA-
PLY OF A FLY

The following was taken from
the March idaho Food Bulle-
tia, +" and is reprinted at the re-
quest of the members of the
Y. L. M. l. A., who have en-
tered the battlefield against the
fly pest:
The first thing | remember is
before | had any legs or wings
and was wiggling and squirming
in a nice warm bed of horse
manure, where | spent my time
eating and drinking the food
about me. After while | be-
gan to feel uncomfortable and
found that | had grown too big
for my skin. Relief came soon
and my skin came off, and I ate
some more manure and enjoyed
it. In a few days more my skin
again got too tight, and off it
came, and then | went to sleep
for | don't know how long.
When | awoke was kicking and
struggling out of a very dry,
hard skin, and after freeing my
self | found was in the open
air and had legs and wings and
looked and felt very differently
than when | went to sleep. l
was thirsty, so tried my wings for
the first time and flew to a pud-
die by the manure pile, and took
a long drink, after which I felt
much better.
Up to this time | had eaten
nothing but manure, but | soon
found out that there were other
things just as good. I saw a lot
of other flies, big and little,
around an out-building not far
from the manure pile, so | flew
over and had a feast. 1t was
fun to wade around in your food
and find so much that you hard
/ ly knew where to begin. Pm
afraid Pm a glutton.
spent quite a while here, and
then flew out in the sunshine
where the white clothes were
hanging on the line, and walked
over the napkins for a while.
Wet things are very pleasant for
time, but my feet got covered
with little pieces of food and
things that wiggle around and
tickle me so | like to wipe them
off on a nice, clean napkin or
tablecloth, and then | get around
better. While | was enjoying
the sun / smelled the most de-
lightful smell that had come to
me. 1t came from an open win
dow, so in | flew. Things were
smoking on a stove, and a wo-
man was mixing up some soft
white stuff on the table. There
were a lot of other flies about,
and one that was too busy to see
his danger got rolled up in the
dough and | never saw him
again, so | was careful and flew
in and out, and got a mouthful
each time. | got rid Of some
more manure there, too, for the
dough was sticky and pulled it
off my feet.
Nearby there was bowl OF
milk which smelled good, so
flew over and took a drink. Here
| nearly lost my life, and II
bad not been young and active.
| am sure | never would have
escaped. Several of us were
drinking when the woman sud
; denly put out her hand IN our
direction, and we all made a
lump. Two got nit and fell
right in the middle. She hit me
too. but l landed near the edge
and struggled out and flew away,
. hut she caught the other two
and pinched them and threw
them on the floor, and went or
mixing her dough apparently
without a thought that she had
, killed two of my companions.
.+.vod in the kitchen a lOnp
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26

flies on a table set. One poor
fly had drowned IN the ice water;
it must have been awfully cold,
and two or three had their feet
tangled up in the butter so bad
they could not get away, and the
number of little germs that they
had wiped off was enormous.
They were swarming on the but
ter, but | had eaten enough that
day, and before long it got dark
and | was tired, so went to sleep
on the edge of a glass, scraping
off as much dough as | could.
The edge of a glass is a very
nice thing to wipe your feet
on.
In the morning the man and
woman and a child came in to
eat. and the woman poured out
glassful of milk for the child
the glass ] had slept on. l
| guess people like germs and
manure and things just as much
as | do, for the baby drank all
the milk. Day after day went
by; we spent a part of our time
III the house and then we would
fly to the manure pile and the
little building back of it, and
we lived on the fat of the land.
Two o. three times a day we
would get a whiff of that lovely
smell from the kitchen and then
we would have a race to see
which would get there first.
The woman would slap at us
and the child chased us, but
only few got caught, and we
enjoyed the fun. Sometimes
one got killed, but we hadn't
time to be sorry long, we were
so busy eating and wiping our
feet and investigating things.
After some weeks of this life,
| flew away up in the air one
morning and went into a window
| had not seen before and found
the child asleep on the bed. |
went over and walked across
his lips, and it was warm and
nice, and | wiped my feet and
stretched my wings, and almost
went to sleep myself; but the
child rolled over, so | flew over
to a glass of water on table
and drank some. Pretty soon
the woman came in and a man
| had never seen before. They
went over and looked at the
child and felt him, and the man
asked a lot of questions, and the
woman seemed very worried.
| She asked him what the trouble
was, and he looked at the child
again and then out of the VIM
dow toward the stable a n d
around the room at us, and then
he said something that sounded
very funny to me typhoid fe-
yer; too many flies. What in
the world did we have to do with
it? However, Pm only a fly.
The woman didn't seem to un-
derstand either, but after a
while she said something about
screens and fly screens and fly
paper, and then I flew out to
the stable. | saw some flies on
fly paper once, a1d it's no place
for me. She must have forgot
ten about the screens, for |
went in and out every day and
walked over the child. and found
lots to eat about him and the
he'd. and between this room and
the kitchen and the stable we
always had plenty to eat.
One morning when l went
into the room | couldn't find the
child. He was covered up with
a sheet, so / went out again.
The next day some people came
to the house, and a lot of car
riages, and | guess they took
the child away, for | have never
seen him since. The weather is
getting cooler all the time and
have trOuhln waking I'M in the
The Snowflake herald., 1915-03-26
Advanced Senior Speaking, St.

Advanced Senior Speaking, St.
Johns.
Vocal Duet, st. Johns.
Junior Girls Chorus, st. Johns.
Vocal Solo, St. Johns.
Senior Piano Solo, St. Johns.
Senior Violin Solo, Snowflake.
Male Quartet, Snowflake.
Mixed Double Quartet, St.
Johns.
Snowflake won the field and
track meet, ST. Johns tie in
door activities.
The points totaled up: Snow
flake, 975; St. Johns, 1861.