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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19

There are few men in this country
who understand all the possibilities OF
agricultural cooperation and what 1t
will mean to the average farmer when
he can sell his products to the con-
sumner directly through his own bust
ness organization. There are q few
men, however, who have grasped the
significance of this thing and who, bet
ter still, are qualified to show farmers
how to organize effectively. One of
these men is c. E. Embree Of Water
vile, Me-, who for several years has
been general manager of the FARM
ERS' UNION OF MAINE. Before
meeting Mr.. Embree at his office at
Waterville I had heard many good
things said about him, but must con-
TESS that l had not expected to find a
man who combined both technical
knowledge of his subject and sound
business ability with degree of ideal
ism which all co-operators know is of
the greatest Importance in building up
a permanent and effective organiza-
ton.
First as to business qualifications.
These will be shown best perhaps by
explaining the work which has actual
ly been accomplished. Mr.. Embree went
to the State of Maine about five years
ago upon the invitation of ]. B. Buck
ley, who was then commissioner of
agriculture. In passing it is well to
note that were it not for Mr.. Buckley.
who was then and Is now a prominent
farmer living near Portland, Mr.. En-
bree would never have had the oppor-
tunity of building up the organization
now known as the Farmers Union OF
Maine. But more about the progressive
commissioner later on.
Mr. Embree started out as a farm in
stitute lecturer. He carried message
that Immediately touched a responsive
cord. The farmers sat up and listened.
He said things to them that in those
days were positively anarchistic, for
instance, that the farmer was a manu-
facturer just the same as the owner OF
roller mills, and that as such he was
entitled to buy his raw material at
wholesale price the same as any other
manufacturer. He said it was redicu-
lous that farmers should buy every
thing at retail prices and then have to
sell them to some middle man at the
lowest wholesale prices. He went fur
Their than that and said that farmers
could do these necessary and proper
things if they could get together and
organize.
We hear this sort of things common
ly now. The Office of markets at Wash
ington is paying men to go out and
say these very things. There are II or
more states that have marketing de-
partments and are helping farmers or
CARNATIONS and effecting saving both
in the purchase of their agricultural
requirements and in the marketing of
their farm products. But in these days
Mr.. Embree, as far as l know, was the
one still small voice crying out in the
wilderness, at least in Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19

a much larger business and many of
them have about them the early marks
of cooperation The surprising thing
to my mind is, that almost alone and
single handed. with the exception of
the encoura gen ent and assistance of
Mr.. Buckley, ]. A. Roberts, who sue
ceeded Mr. Buckley as commissioner
and Mr. Ahbott,-of whom more later
an organization was built up on lines
which even in the European sense are
thoroughly cooperative.
There are nc cooperative laws in
Maine and there is none today. Prac-
tically every merchant. manufacturers
or banker in Maine. or in any other
state. when he wishes to engage in
business, does so on the joint-Stock
plan. i. e., if he has $1,000 to invest he
puts it into a business organization
known as q corporation, and buys out
one or more shares of stock. His divi-
derds at the end of the year are given
him upon the amount of money which
he has INVESTED and if he is a good
business man and his company is pros
porous he endeavors to acquire more
stock in order that his profits may be
larger. He may be contributing moth
ing to the success of the enterprise ex-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19
Public Utilities

The following matters have been
made public by the Maine Public IT'LL
tiles Commission:
Grade Crossing Ordered Abolished
The Publ" Utilities Commission has
ordered the Canadian Pacific Railway
to abolish the present grade crossing
over it's tracks at Brownville Junction
and a new crossing, not at grade, be
substituted therefor.
The expense of the work, approved
by the commission, shall be borne, 25
per cent. by the State of Maine, 10 per
cent. by the town of Brownsville and
65 per cent by the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company.
The commission in its decision fur
Their orders the Canadian Pacific Rail
way Company, at it's own expense, to
cause the way with its junction at
Elm street. including the underpass. to
be lighted by electricity, SO as to make
it reasonably safe for travel, the light
ing to be installed before the certificate
is granted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19
DIR. YOUNG THINKS
POLIOMYELITIS
ON THE DECLINE

For the reason that he has been on
the road nearly all Of the time of late,
it has been rarely possible to find the
secretary of State board of health in
his office. but Wednesday, not out Of
town, he told the reporter that the pre-
dictions of some of the pessimistic
prophets that we shall, in this country,
see worse times from infantile paraly
isis next year than we have this, need
not necessarily come to pass. While
infantile paralysis appeared in IS of
our towns and cities in 1910, our worst
year with that disease, one - towns
had the disease in the following year,
1911.
In the current year, with 3S towns
affected, % Of them have had only one
case; six, two cases; six. three cases;
one. four cases; and two. five cases each.
Now, since the weather is colder, new
cases Of infantile paralysis are report
ed much less frequently. In Rockland
there has been only one new case in
the last three weeks, and prospects
have frightened so much that it is
planned to open the schools, churches
and other places which the local board
deemed it best to close temporarily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19

Most of the merchants and manufac-
turers Immediately threw up their
hands aghast at such doctrine and II
is quite likely that a quick end would
have been made of this small beginning
had it not been for the friendship
which sprang up between Mr.. eEmbree
and Mr.. Buckley. In his younger days
the commissioner was the champion
oarsman in his part of New England,
and only five years ago in a regatta
near Detroit he pulled winning oar
and showed clearly he did not belong
to the class of "has-beens." But ne
never pulled a better oar than when'
during the storms which began to
gather as result of Mr.. Embrees pro-
paganda, he outstripped those VINO
were in pursuit of his protege ana
landed him within a safe harbor called
the Office of Markets and Supplies"
department of the Commission OF Ag-
riculture, under the powers and dlrec-
ton of the commissioner OF agrlcul-
ture.
1t is gradually beginning to dawn
upon the people who have studied the
matter that Estate aid can never pc
depended upon alone to build up
strong and prosperous condition among
farmers.
A voluntary "self-help" movement
must always exist to fully meet require
ments, but in this country at least
there is always time when the 1arm-
ers are Indifferent and when any ac-
ton by the State which will call at
tention to the need of organization
10
sirable. And SO for several years Mr..
Embree was given an opportunity TO
mingle with the farmers of Maine and
educate them to the necessity of TAX
ing into their own hands the business
of agriculture, and also actively as
sisting them in doing so.
BY the time that another commission
er Of agriculture not particularly
friendly to Mr.. Embree's work came in
to office there were number OF farm
ers' cooperative warehouse Fassocia-
tons formed and organized as legal cor
porations under the corporation laws of
Maine, and doing enough business to
justify the conclusion that co-opera-
ton was not only a desirable thing
but was also successful beyond the
fullest hopes of the originators of the
plan. The people Of Maine are un-
doubtedly familiar with many of these
facts and they know that today there
are in the neighborhood of 80 farmers
cooperative warehouse companies, fed
Grated together and doing collectively
over a million dollars worth Of bust
ness a year.
The important thing, however, is not
SO much the fact that Mr.. Embree has
built up an organization doing such a
large volume of business but rather
that in the building-up process he
builded as wisely as he did. There are
many concerns in this country doing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19

met with in choosing capable men :.
leaders. It was his good fortune at n.
outset that a man like Mr.. Buckley ", !
commissioner of agriculture In the st,,.
of Maine. and was well disposed tov,,s
his undertaking. And it is likewise trr. j
that a great deal Of the success Of h,
work is due to Mr.. Abbott, who Is !,
every respect thoroughly business.
like and sound co-operator. also up&
derstand that F. A. Bulge Of Matts
wamkeag adds great strength to tn,
movement. n
Last year it was my privilege to
Agricultural Organization Society.
whose headquarters are located in Dub.
lin ireland, and to meet and work with
men like Sir Horace Plunkett, F. A.
Anderson, secretary of the I. A. O. s.
Harold Barbour, one Of the owners Of
the W., H. Barbour Linen Thread Co. Of
Belfast, and others who are devoting
their time and lives to the work Of re.
generating Irish agriculture.
l believe that while there I learned
to discriminate quite closely between
i
think 1 am safe in saying that, con-
sidering the newness of the field In
which Mr.. Embree has done his work,
the Irish group Of co-operators would
find little, if anything, to criticize in
his plan of Organization.
George w. Russell. the noted Irish
painter, poet. economist and co-opera-
tor, says: ITO aim at a creation of a
nobler social order in Ireland than We
have had in the past might we'll give
us all inspiration and energy. and make
us feel that our movement occupies no
mean place among the movements which
are trying to regenerate our land. |
would say. indeed, that all other move
ments. however necessary. are external
and hollow compared with any move.
ment which deals with life itself and
tries to create conditions in which a
higher humanity will be possible, and
sets that before it as it's AIM
This is the spirit which after all
lies down deep below in the hearts Of
men like Embree. Buckley and Abbott
a desire to be building up agriculture
along constructive lines, and keep pros.
porous, and therefore contented the
farmers and their families who are now
struggling with their economic ills. II
is a lesson which New England with
it's thousands of farms can well take
to heart, and in doing so extend their
moral sympathy and support to Mr.
Embree and his fellow workers.
CHARLES A. LYMAN,
Ayr. Organization Society.
Madison, Wis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19
Augustus Up-to-Date
WHOLESALE
Confectionery Store
Call and pick out your ov.
confectionery. Prices right
II. A. RUpp

Wholesale C0nfectioner
121 Water ss' Augusta. Tel. 0as.a
oct10eod2wkss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19

Scotland, Aug. 70. 1913.
Fruit -tives" are the only Pill
manufactured, to my way of thinking.
They work completely. no gripping
whatever, and one is plenty for any
ordinary person at a dose. My wife
was a martyr to Constipation. We
tried everything on the calender with
out satisfaction. and spent large sums
of money until we happened on Fruit
a-tives." I cannot say too much In
their favor.
We have used them in the family for
about two years and we would not use
anything else as long as we can get
Fruit "a -tiveS."
J.W. HAMMOND.
Those who have been relieved by
Fruit a-tives" are proud and happy to
tell sick or ailing friend about these
wonderful tablets made from fruit
juices. "Fruit- -tives," the celebrated
fruit medicine, has relieved more suf-
ferers from Stomach, Liver, Bowel,
Kidney and Skin Troubles, than any
other medicine ever discovered.
soc. box, for $3.50, trial size Csc.
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Og-
densburg, New York.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19
P rinceton and Brown
AreStongforH hughes

The Hughes National College League
gave out today a list of AZ colleges
from each of which they have enrolled
from 200 to over 5000 alumni. The
league already has more than 10000
graduates of colleges all over the Unit
ed States enrolled, and the enrollments
are still coming in by the hundreds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19

More Harvard graduates are at work
| in this organization than those from
! any other university. There are 1890
men who received their degrees at
| Cambridge on the list. Cornell comes
second with 1861 men. and Yale is
third with 1868. The fourth and fifth
colleges in the number of enrollments
are the respective Alma Matters of
President Wilson and Governor
Hughes. There are 1903 enrollments
from Princeton and 1852 from Brown.
This is an unusually high percentage
of the graduates from both colleges.
Dartmouth is sixth with 11O4 members,
and Columbus seventh with 1093
That the active work Of college men
IN support of Governor Hughes is not
confined to the East, is shown by the
enrolment of 1853 graduates of the Uni
versity of Michigan. 652 from Minneso-
ia, 534 from Iowa State. SIT from the
University of Iowa, and 1888 from Ober-
lin. The University of California fur
nished 364 enrollments. The list fol-
lows:
Harvard Observation-Disclosures. 1920
SoiHSu 266l
Yale ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1868
princeton Observation-Disclosures. 1903
brown Observation-Disclosures. 1862
dartmouth Observation-Disclosures. 1104
Columbia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1893
Mass. Onst. Tech ............... 1862
amherst Observation-Disclosures. 96S
michigan Observation-Disclosures. S53
Williams Observation-Disclosures. 656
minnesota ..................... 652
pennsylvania ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 618
BOwdOin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 611
New York University ............. SIT
Iowa State NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 534
University of Iowa .. 517
Lafayette NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 475
onlon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 453
WESLEYAN Observation-Disclosures. 43i
Aehisn ....'............... 419
ooeii!ii Observation-Disclosures. 383 |
Ihaiiiii.oh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1854 |
'''''................. 1854 |
Nu'sefs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 357 !
nocnesler ..................... 357 |
e, oo ''''.'................ $50 |
s.aouse '.''................... 1925 /
,, u.uue '''''................... 1922 /
VERMONT ................... AT |
Adhsds Observation-Disclosures. 314 |
Du"aio ....'................. psf |
rem State -. e7a
..............-......... 275 |
N ..s .'''''''............... 264
....................... 260 |
.r ''.................... 249
-1Hesheny CONGRATULATIONS. 2l3
Ohio Normal
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Railroad Crossing Gates Asked

A petition has been received at the
office of the Public Utilities Commits
sion from the selectmen of the town Of
Cumberland asking the commission
to compel the Maine Central
Railroad to erect gates on the futile
road in that town. A hearing will be
later ordered by the commission on the
petition, which is signed by f. H.
Strout and d. B. Hamilton, two Of
three members of the board of select
men of the town of Cumberland
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19
A $4,000 Fire at Lisbon.

Fire Tuesday night at Lisbon des-
troyed the stable of William Worsnop,
agent of the Farewell Cotton Mills with
an automobile and a quantity of stored
lumber. The ell of the house was also
damaged. The cause of the fire is un.
known. The loss is $4,000, fully I'M
Sured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19

A patent has recently been issued to |
Guy Anderson, Haynesville, Me-. sled
runner attachment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-19
{. E. EMBREE'S FINE
WORK In THE STATE

General Organizer Charles A. Lyman of Madi-
son, Wis, Highly Compliments His Successful
Organization of Farmers Unions in This State
and Reviews Obstacles Overcome and Appre-
citation of Our Farmers of the Benefits Derived
by Them
The Harrison times., 1916-03-18
Parker for Marshall

To the Voters of Harrison:
| hereby announce myself as a can
didate for City Marshall at the cleo
ton to be held on the fourth of April
next. have no great statements to
make as to what | have done, hereto
fore, from the fact that | have not
been holding office; hope if you
honor me with the office, after ! have
held it awhile | will be able to point
out to youwhat | have done. Instead
of holding office | have been laboring
for living for myself and family. |
can say however that while ! have
worked during the day | have served
you as night watchman and if my ser.
vices havenot been satisfactory have
not heard of any complaint.
AS to my qualifications | refer you
to any citizen Of Harrison who has
been here any length of time,
promise if elected that | will dc
all in my power to make YOU a sober,
honest and vigilant officer
If elected | will be Marshal, | will
not be led by any man, | will play nc
favorites, but will try to treat all per.
sons alike under the law.
GARRETT PARKER
The Harrison times., 1916-03-18
Notice of Sale

Notice is hereby given that Marvin Hatch
coat, Comm issioner Of the Boone Chancery
Court by virtue OF a decree OF said Court rend.
cred on the 9TH day Of March 1916 wherein f..
w, Mckinley and Crithheld Mckinley were
plaintiffs and J. NJ. Whitaker and Laura Whit.
akcr were defendants. will on the 22nd day OF
April between the hours OF 10 o'clock In the
forenoon and three o'clock In the afternoon
AT the South door OF the County Court House
in the City OF Harrison, Arkansas, ofter Tor
sale az public out'cry, to the highest bidder
on credit Of three months the following de-
scrlbed real estate situated In Boone County
Arkansas, to-wit; -
The North East quarter Of the North East
quarter Of Section Seven tO In Township
Seventeen (17) North OF Range Twenty-one
TEL West,
Said sale will be made to satisfy lien de-
clared in said case in favor OF ]. NJ Shinn,
attorney for defendants, In the'sum OF Sixty
($e0 ool Dollars together with all costs OF
this suit.
The purchaser at said sale will be required
10 give note with approved security, bearing
interest at per cent, and lien will be re-
tanned on said lands til all the purchase price
IL paid. ,
Given under my hand this is tn day oil
MARVIN HATHC0AT
Commissioner In Chnncery,
The Harrison times., 1916-03-18
Notice of Publication
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. S, Land Office at Harrison Arkansas:
Feb. 23rd 1916
Notice is hereby giver that Chas, N. Williams
OF Omaha, ARK, who, on April 18th 1908, made
homestead entry No. 0640l for Sc IA Sc ID
Sec. 10, Twp. 81 north. Range 20 west, Sth prin
Meridian, has fled notice OF intention to
make Ave year proof, to establish claim tc
the above land described, before the Register
and Receiver United States Land Office a,
Harrison Ark. on the 9th day OF April
1916.
Claimant names as witnesses: O.. c, Elmer
II. b. Simpkins, Ed. Littleton and s. Barrett
all of Omaha, Ark.
BRICE b. HUDGINS, Register
The Harrison times., 1916-03-18

IL Is planned to have a number OF
the 'itors arrive in Texarkana by
Suni,ey Norning of the week in which
the meeting is to be held, and occupy
the pulpits OF churches of that city,
speaking upon the attitude of the
press on the subjects of moral and
religious interests. The program
committee of Texarkana is assigning
the editors to the churches, but Pres.
Claude Mann has requested that Hon.
T. l.. Pound, the rotund postmaster
editor of Danville, be extended the
courtesy of the Holy Roller church,
as a special favor to himself and the
genial vice-president.
Opie Reid is one of the speakers for
the convention, and NJ. W. Connolly,
editor of the Memphis News-Scimitar,
and a co-laborer with the distinguish
ed novelist when he was engaged in
newspaper work in Arkansas. Other
pioneers of the Arkansas press who
have since risen in the world, will also
be invited to attend the meeting and
and take part in the program.
Because Texarkana has also been
selected as the meeting place for 1917,
when a Joint session will be held with
Louisiana and Texas, only two days
will be spent in the Gate City this
year, Monday and Tuesday. This is
ample time to wind up the business of
the association, and will permit the
editors to start on the excursion on
Wednesday morning.
The special train to be furnished by
the Cotton Belt will consist Of bag
gage car and three chair cars, with
several private cars to make it all the
more impressive. Industrial Com
missioner Walker V, Powell, who per
sonally visited Pres. Britton and re-
quested that the train be supplied for
the editors, will have his private car
on the train, and Pres. Britton will
probably make portion of the trip
also. General Superintendent j. W.
Dean of the Iron Mountain, and Rock
Island officials will also be invited to
attach their cars to the train.
The first day the editors will visit
Lewisville, Stamps, Waldo, Stephens,
and spend some time at the agricul-
tural school at Magnolia, reaching
Camden for the night. The second
will start with a reception at Thorn
ton for the quill drivers, by the Ark
ansas Soft Pine Dealers Association.
The Thornton lumber plant is their
model, and the editors may also be
taken to the experimental station con-
Quoted by the mill thus enabling them
to compare the work being done at
the state agricultural school, and at a
farm operated by private corpora
ton. Short stops will also be made at
Bearden, Fordyce, Rison, with the
Thursday night stop at either Pine
Bluff or Dewitt. Gillette will also be
visited while the editors are on this
branch line.
The schedule for the last two days
is indefnate, but the railroad officials
request that the newspaper men go
over the balance of the line, which
will take them to Jonesbor, Paragould,
Piggott, Rector Marmaduke, and
back through Brinkley, Clarendon.
and England, arriving in Little Rock
Saturday evening.
These trips are educational and
permit the editors to write advisedly
of tho d,Horopt portc Of tho c+o+o
The Harrison times., 1916-03-18

In response to a petition from citi-
zens of Harrison Congressman j. n.
Tillman writes this week; Il am in
receipt of apetition dated at Harrison,
Ark, February 2lst., 1916, asking me
to vote against the Fitzgerald postal
bill and the Seigel postal bill. am
glad to assure you that | shall vote
against these bills and all other bills
that have for their object the curtail-
ment of the freedom of the press
You need have no fears that will &c
wrong on this question or similar
questions.
The Harrison times., 1916-03-18
Notice of Publication.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
u. S. Land Office at Harrison, Arkansas
Feb. 18th 1916
Notice is hereby given that Elmer Morse,
of Pindall, Ark, who, on Oct. 23rd 1910,
made H. f No. O7565 for NV IA Sec. 13,
Twp. 16 north Range is west principal
meridian, has filed notice Of intention to make
five year proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before the Register and
Receiver U. S. Land Office, at Harrison, Ark
on the 9TH day OF April 1916
Claimant names as witnesses: w. w. Mar
tin Will Sisco, Koot Nickle and j, Encore, all
of Pndall Ark.
BRICE B. HUDGINS, Register