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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13

That the State Department of Health
be authorized to enter negotiations
with the superintendent and trustees
Of the Augusta State hospital for the
Insane for the possible use Of one OF
their unoccupied arsenal properties by
the State Department of Health, in
Guiding its administrative and labo-
reltory divisions; and that if agree
able to said superintendent and trus-
tees that the commissioner Of health
re authorized to obtain plans and es-
Inmates of cost for the remodelinc of
such property for the use of the State
Department Of Health.
That the Board of Trustees of TIL
berculosis Sanatoriums be authorized
TO accept the bid Of Augustus Carey
& Co. Of Waterville to remodel the
Chase Memorial building at the Cen
trail Maine Sanatorium on the basis
OF per cent commission on the cost
Of the work, the entire cost not to ex-
coed $4,000.
Whereas. the present facilities for
the care Of patients at the Central
Maine tuberculosis Sanatoriums are
Inadequate and the proper care of pa
tients necessitates the rcmodeling Of
the Chase building Immediately. and
Whereas. there was an appropria-
ton by the Legislature for remodel
ing the Chase building and said APP
preparation is insufficient and not
available urtil 1915 it is ordered that
there be appropriated from the State
contingent fund $4,000, said sum to
be expended by the trustees for the
tuberculosis sanatoriums under the d.
rection Of the Governor and Council
The State contingent fund shall he re-
jmbursed in 1918 from the unexpended
funds appropriated for the State tn,
terculosis sanatoriums for the wear
1918.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
State House Chat

Oscar G. Parent. clerk of the Bidde-
ford overseers of the poor, was at the
executive department on official BUSH
ness.
Major Harry NJ Smith of Bangor
late Of the 1st Maine Heavy Field A.
tillery Milliken Regiment), was ar
me state House Wednesday. Major
smith expresses himself in terms of
great admiration of the personnel If
the regiment and deeply regrets AT be-
ing obliged, by the ultimatum of :,
regular army surgeon, TO sever his
connection with it.
MISS Ruth Perkins of Hallovel1 has
entered the office Of Attorney General
~ r. Sturgls, preparatory to the leay-
ing next Saturday of Miss Mae Eich-
mond, who will so to Massacbnee+ts
Tor her annual two-weeks vacation
MISS Richmond will be accompanied
nF MISS Inez Creighton Of the Indus
tflal Accident department. who will
also pass her vacation in that State
1ounclilor Norman H. Fay of DEXTER
was present at the council meetiny
having with Mrs. Fay arrived in An
susta Wednesday morning from n
three-"eeks trip to Yellowstone Pork
ne reports delightful trip, with nor
rect weather. but one even cloudv da,.
being found. They motored ali IVA.
the park during the six-davs stav .,d
ehJoSeu II immensely Visits were
maze IN Denver. Salt Lake CITY and
ohlcaso and they took their time both
gong out and returning Mr.. and s,rs
ray nave Travelled extensively dur;,,
the past 10 years in this country and
pronounce the last trip one If ~.
most delightful Of all
odtn llmes-Governor earle E. MiI,iken
wrote Sheriff w. c. Oliver a personal ,e+
Ter OF congratulation of his seizure of tho
Johnson launch with its cargo of booza
last week
par Harhor letter in CommercisL4o,
John z. Bunker made fving trin ~
Bar Harbor Friday to see his sister iron,
the west who is visiting Miss p,r,.
as ne had received a telegram from, Mr.
hoover to present himself for a confer
ehce IN Washington on Tuesday morning
AS the Bar Harhor Express was late
Mr., Bunker had just time 20 catch i
without coat or grip His duties as a.
member Of the State Utilities Board have
kept MIN very busy and it was only bv
putting over some cases that he was able
to go to Washington.
He was ignorant Of the nature ~ +be
conference. Mr.. Bunker favors hold
Ing at least part Of the three cargoes
OF wheat which the state has on hand
as seed, for he fears that It will be diff
fcult TO procure it in the spring. Other
members Of the board advocate having
the wheat ground
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
TRIED UNCLE
SANS FIFTY
FIFTY BISCUITS?"

Washington, Sept. 12.-Have YOU tried
fifty fifty biscuits"-Uncle Sans lat
est idea for saving wheat -four in hot
bread? You use 2 sups of corn meal,
soy beans which can be home ground,
finely crushed peanuts, or rice -four
to cups of white flour. Or you can
use one cup of corn meal and one cup
Of ground soy beans or crushed pea
nuts with the wheat product.
You can make fifty fifty" mullins
With ! u cups of cooked and mashed
sweet or Irish potato, or cooked cereal,
or ground soy beans, to an equal
amount of -four. Then there are
fifty fifty" recipes for waters and for
corn-meal cookies.
How to make all these fifty ffties"
as we'll as home methods for entire
ccrn-meal gems and yeast breads and
rolls made in rart of finely crushed
peanuts. sweet or Irish potato. soy bean
meal which can be made at home by
grinding soy beans in a handmill, rice,
ccrn meal, or cooked cereals are de-
scribed in detail in United States De-
partment of Agriculture Circular No A
81, Part al Substitutes for Wheat in
Io4 edu NAMING mere - sample re-
cipe-the one for fifty fifty" biscuits
as worked out by Hannah L. Wessling,
Specialist in Home Demonstration
Work:
FIFTY Fifty Biscuits"
Cups corn meal, ground SOY beans
or finely ground peanuts, rice -four. or
other substitute. cups white -four,
teaspoons baking powder, teaspoons
salt. 4 tablespoons shortening, liquid
sufficient to mix to proper consistency
q to TX cups)
Sift together the -four. meal salt.
ard baking powder twice. Have the
shortening as cold as possible and cut
1t into the mixture with knife. finally
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13

station and office buildings. s6s, 1885;
shops and engine houses, s33,IS2.36;
signals and inter-lockers, s59.o1T.2S; re-
moving snow, ice and sand. s1o5,27o.oS.
| Included under the head of main
tenance of equipment are the follow
ing items: superintendent. s47 1893 AS
repairs of steam locomotives. s45o11s.-
SO; depreciation of steam locomotives,
s76,5745s; repairs of freight train cars,
se6e,e1s.65: depreciation Of freight train
cars, s147.549.9f: repairs of passenger
train cars. s173.se461; depreciation of
passenger train cars, s332s3.44; repairs
of floating equipment, s4o,226.46: de-
probation Of floating equipment. ST.
oos.sS; insurance. 29,92560.
The following items Are included
under the head of Transportation:
superintendent. s104, 230.S5: dispatch
ing trains. seS.31s.47: station employees.
s5so.o5!.21: yard conductors and brake
men, S14c, 1920: fuel for yard ,ocono-
/. tVes. s14e.451.67: train enginamen, Sass,
$685.: fuel for train locomotives, 81
24o.sl7.67; ensinehouse expenses, s191. :
1878: trainmen. s577.55075: signal and
/ interlooker operation. Sill ,96n46 loss
| and damage to freight. s34 SS466
The following are included under the
read of General Expenses: Salaries
! and expenses Of general officers. $50
$685.: salaries and expenses Of clerks
and attendants. s1a3, 9o5.57: law expens-
es. s5oS60.29; pensions. sl6.S49S9; valu-
alton expenses. s45.019.59.
Other Items.
Other items in the report are as fol-
!
ated 1,2.0.e1: total freight train miles
2.556.I9o; total tons of revenue freight
carried. S15o,S46 total tons of non
revenue freight carried. ASST: ton
mics OF revenue freight 793,e44,155
ton miles of non-revenue freight, 40
l4s,sS6; revenue passengers carried, g.
s-9,lSl: revenue passenger miles, 49,
lo6oo2; freight revenue $500, 2sS "a:
passenger revenue. $500 go. 50: pas
senger service train revenue, S4,155,-
549'1b; freight revenue per mile of
read, Sc. S02.c6; passenger service train
revenue ner mile of road, So 404 80. on
Grating revenues per mile Of road, SO. :
| 5o626; operating expenses per mile of
road. sL2091S: net operating revenues
! per mile of road. IS: freight rev.
| enue per train mile. 1898; passenger
i service train revenue per train mile.
sl.53; operating revenues per train
mile, s2.54; operating expenses per
train mile STA; net operating row
enues per train mile. so; average pas
senser revenue per car mile, $685.. 81 :
miles hauled of revenue freight, a7.2e:
miles hauled of non-revenue freight.
s5.S9: miles. hauled of all freight. %. IS:
miles carried Of revenue passengers,
1929; revenue per ton OF freight 81
VITO: revenue per ton mile of freicht
S.olo46; revenue per passenger, s.ol4so;
revenue per passenger mile sooos7
operating ratio, es62 per cent.
The directors of the Maine Central
I Railroad Companv are Morris MELON
/ aid, Joseph ". Svmonds. Edward r.
! Nmslow, Hugh J. Chisholm and
: Thomas r. Shaw Of Portland. Edward
! P. Kicker Of South Poland. Weston
Lewis CT Gardiner George A. Curran Of
Calais. Frederick H. Appleton of Bar
sor. William T. Cobb Of Rocklqnd.
! George F. Macomher Of Augusta and
Seth NJ Carter Of Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
SAVING SEEDS
IS IMPERATIVE

E. L. Newdick Of Sanford, chief of
the bureau of seed Improvement con-
rected with the Maine Department OF
Agriculture, in a statement issued
Wednesday says that the present seed
situat ton demands that farmers should
save their own seed and so far as pos
sible this fall.
There was large demand for seed
of all kinds last Spring. and the re-
planting Of many crops consumed an
additional amount" says Mr.. New
dick
The present season has not been a
good one to mature crops in good con-
dition and the prospects are that seed
will not be available in sufficient
quantities another spring unless some
measures are taken immediately to
increase the supply. Any farmer who
has good seed of any kind should save
az least enough for his own use and
also some for sale to others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13

rubbing it in with the hands. Mix
quickly with the cold liquid milk
skim milk, or waterD forming fairly
soft dough which can be rolled on the
beard. Turn onto a Toured board; roll
irto sheet not over II inch thick;
cut into rounds place these in lightly
Toured biscuit tins Cor shallow pansD
and bake 10 to II minutes in a rather
hot oven. If peanuts are used. the
roasted and shelled nuts should be
finely crushed with rolling pin.
In making the flour and peanut bis
cults the -four and other dry ingred-
tents should be sifted together twice
and then mixed thoroughly with the
crushed peanuts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
Council Orders

Inc Following orders were passed
curing Wednesdays session Of the
Governor and Council:
mat the State Department If
Health is authorized to employ Aaron
A. Pratt as district health Officer a.
a salary Of $4,000 beginning Sent ~
1917. SEPT ~
That the sum of $3.50 10 he frame
ferred from the State contingent fund
TO the appropriation for furniture and
repairs in the department of the SUI
rerintendent Of public buildings.
mat the returns Of votes cast ar
the special State election on Sen. IN
1917 he referred to the COMMITTEES on
elections returns for tabulation
mat the action Of the insura noe
commission in employing an addition
al clerk for not exceeding two weeks
at sl-'7" per week is hereby approved
mat the employment Of c. n Gard :
nef as an agent of the commissioner
OF agriculture. Bureau Of Markets he
approved from Feb. to June 20. AZ q
rate OF IS per day and expenses.
That the appointment by the con,
missioner of agriculture of Frank s
Adams as chief of the Bureau of Mar
kets from Sept 5. 1917, at a salary of
1880 per annum. is hereby approved.
(Mr. Adams has been chief of the
bureau Of Animal Industry and the
vacancy has been filled by the promo
ton Of Herbert NJ. Tucker, who has
been assistant of the Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry
That the bank commissioner in en-
ploying an examiner at a salary Of
$500 per year from Aug 81 is hereby
approved. +
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
ANNUAL REPORT
MAINE CENTRAL

According to the annual report Of
the Maine Central Railroad COMPANY.
which vas filed with the Public IT'LL
tiles Wednesday. the railway opera =
ting revenues for the past wear
amounted to s12,s2467575 against s12.-
ool,612.e4 for the preceding year, an in
crease OF SS23.o02.11: the railway oper-
atinS expenses for the past year were
ss.Sm.7 .16 against ss192.577791 for the
preceding year. an increase of s6os, :
1895; the net revenue from railway
operations during tho year were s4.-
n2S914,59 against s3.s0a.o94.7S. an IN
crease of s214.soo.ss dividend income
sZ''526.o': income from unfundod Sc
curities end accounts. 500. e1o %: ront
for leased roads. s1243, 03a.91; interest
on rnfunded debt. s41,41594: interest
on funded debt. ss4s .a91 95.
Operating Expenses.
The operating expenses of the road
are divided as follows: Maintenance
or way and structures, s1.733.136. IS:
maintenance of equipment, s1.74s 21s.-
62;a traffic expenses, s144,452 trans
portation expenses, rail line, s4.7o1.-
1913 transportation expenses, water
tiiiS' "'i''-f''v' hiAsIelidueouS opera =
tons. 81, s07.4s; general expenses.
SEAS 1858.
The following items are included
under the head of wavs and strlc-
lures: superintendent. s71.044S9:
roadway maintenance. s1ss.537.32:
bridges. trestles and culverts. s21o.a44-
%; ties s21o .9ss.s6: rails. s12S. 5o5 So
track laying and surfacing, Sab, 1876 76
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13

clothing was sggravating n me l-1
when put my hands in water theyvoai
smart.
The trouble lasted two months
before | used Cu,icurs Soap and orr
ment. got relief in less than wee
and after using them a month J va
healed" tSigned) Mrs James hut'
Freberg, Me, Oct s, 1915
Why not prevent these dis'FeSaf'
skin troubles by making CmIcura yor
everyday toilet Soap aided ny i0u,Aa
of Ointment tn heal the first signs q
pimples, rashes, etc, No puretof nor
effective emollients enis, than CgticG1
For Free Sample Each by Re'ur
Mail address postcard "CutieurL
Dept. X, Boston Sold eyc~Vhs''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
PROBATE NOTICE..

Notice Is hereby given that the folIsN
ing appointments were made IS the ~
pate Court within and for tho county
kennetec on the eighteenth day ~ ~
gust. l9l1.-
JUSTIN q. wELLMAN. ~ New w
don. y. ". Administrator de hon.s ro,
estate OF ABBIE 4. AUSTIN late ~ ~
eusta, deceased ELLA r. wELLMAN
Of Augusta. Agent
Attest: r. W LEIGHTON.
Register ~ Prooa"
auR5o thurs,st
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13

was told il was eczema NJ
limbs were badly swollsn
and a great many highs
was awakened ~ the rcA.
ing. The trouble wen, o
my fingers and the sklnvn
infiamed and red. lhaio
scratch and the euptra
smsted and my fnst1
used 70 crack open Wy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
CUT THIS OUT

special Notice; Or. Frederick Jsra
son SAYS that phoEphntes are Ius'
essential to any woman who tires tanN
Is nervous or irritable worn ort NJ lnot'
hhsgard and pale. 20 make a s'rQnf r
nust. vigorous. healthy hody 20 'hel ~
10 make corn. wheat or any ,eEs'a
pant grow strong ana health The ~
conditions and the administration ~
grain Argo-Phosphate Tablets Will
crease the strength and endurance
III rev weeks time ia mrnV inE'ai =
or sale ny Bodwitch Webster GO W.
eN Pharmacy. Gardiner -Ady
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13

Conditional Pardon Js Jensen to Take
Placed Aensts
R. Bufs Appointed County Attorney for Oxford COUNTY
0
Maine Central Appeal for Par
Health Track Good Qarte-Chat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
Mrs. Hardy's Eczema
Mass Of Little Itching
BIisters. In One Month
Healed By Cuticura.

my right ankle and up as Tar Mry
knee was a mass OF little hliHes Af
would open when | scratched them !
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13
Jensen Pardon Hearing

Herbert Payson of Portland ap-
peared in behalf of Jens Jensen. VINO
is serving 9o-days sentence in AL
red Jail for operating an automobile
while under the influence of liquor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-13

Governor Milliken on Friday will 90
10 NeStfield. Mass. for confererce
WIN General Edwards on military
matters in relation to Maine troons
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27

And here is where our extinct gigantic
Dlatryma comes in as the father of the birds
with voices that can utter distinct human
words and understand them.
Datryma huge skull made an ample
workshop for all the notifications and re-
ductions essential to the construction of the
skull of the talking bird, with connecting
equipment of vocal organs. If he had really
gone on progressing he would have talked
ages before man did
An intelligent man has Approximately
1000, 900 cells compressed in cubic inch
OF space i'll his brain. Each of these cells
contains memory, an incident. an image of
something, constituting his storehouse of his
llfe's thoughts and Impressions Allow
parrot to have because of his association
with man, thousand of such cells in his far
lesser brain and skull. That would place him
somewhat on par with you as thinker and
talker, would it notY
suppose he never can he taught to talk
think and memorize as much as you! He
II asn s,., I The Earliest Known Fossil Bird
,,,d tra;,l Wings.
case as you,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27

Cross Section of a Human
Larynx, Showing (I) Cloths.
(a) Vocal Chords, CD False
Chords. CD Epiglottis. (V
Ventricules. (T) and CO.
Cartridges Controlling Chords
(W) Windpipe.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27

tledged When inc ape was am
bilious to become a man. Some
Of them were evolved a million
or more years before man APP
peared upon the scene. The first
known bird existed far back
with Jurassic reptiles, long be-
Tore mammals existed He was
known as archaeopterix and
possessed powers Of flight
One Diatryma, found by DR..
". d. Mathew and DR.. Walter
Granger, is the only skeleton
of this particular species yet
found and is now set up in the
American Museum Of Natural
History, New York.
Diatryma was the next tallest
bird to the prehistoric Moa Of
New Zealand, eighteen fec, tall,
as restored by the Government
specialists. Diatryma S skull
was the size of that Of the
modern horse, in proportion to
bulk. He had no wing power,
only reduced fragments Of wing
bones. His neck. was also as
stable as that of the horse. His
sternum. or breast bone. was
presumably like that of the
ostrich-thc regulation flat
sternum. In general. his body
and legs were comparable to
that of the New Zealand Moa,
but bulkier than those of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27

Cross Section of Birds Syrinx Which
Does the Work of the Larynx in Man
A. Tracheal Ring. B. Tympanum,
or Drum. c. Muscles. D. First Bron-
CHA, Ring. z. Second Bronchial Ring.
?. External Fold. G. Air Passage.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27
Science New Discoveries About O.;
That Uttered the First Words the
BY DR.. w. Fl. Ballou.

montana the skeleton or gigantic
bird which. apparently, Nature tried
p million or so years ago to make the dom-
nant species on earth. Somewhere and some
how her experiment failed ant, manor
rather the remote ancestors Of man was
raised by that same powerful force into mas
tership
One record however this American bird
has which cannot he taken away from il. II
WIS without doubt the first being in the
world to have. approximately, articulate
speech. This remarkable hivver at world
dominance is named Diatryma Stcini. He
had progressed so far that be stood upright
two strong legs He could not fy. but
his wings were probably equipped with r,ldi-
mentary cutching apparatuses somewhat
like the little hands on the curious
Huatzcl bird Of Mexico which however.
loses these appendagcs as soon as it begins
to enter the adult stage Diatrvma stood
ten feet high, had respectable brain case
much larger than any other creature of the
time. his head was seventeen Inches long, and
the beak foot long and six and onehalf
inches high.
When Diatryma lost The confidence of
Nature and was pushed back into the dis
card il became the ancestor of all the par
rots and similar talking birds Of to-day
While It was progressing. as has been said,
il lost its wings Just as man lost his tail.
Diatryma, then, in reality, was an Amer
lean bird that started ont 10 be man-that
is, to occupy the position that man. by virtue
of his developed brain. occupies. The
strongest proof OF this is the big bird
brain and vocal apparatus.
Articulate speech is rather late result sf
very early brain development. The predc
ceSsOr of brains was nerves condition
which ended with the last of the dinosaurs,
the gigantic Rex Tyrannosaurus. The huge
skull Of prehistoric times were untitled IL
hold brains. Their large bones We're gradu-
ally reduced while brain case was forming
and charging Even in first men, the brain
case was too small and other bones, inherited
from carly prmatcs, had to be reduced to
make way for the enlarged brain cavity.
The process of speech formation then took
place slowly. The simian ancestor Of man
could only make few sounds or clicks.
The first men who succeeded him could
make few initiative sounds, and monosyl
Liable language was erected therefrom. This
form Of speech was necessarily accompanied
by much gcsticuation. oven yet common to
the lowest existing races Of men, and not yet
discarded wholly by the Latin races. AS
brains continued TO improve among higher
evolved men. more words were needed and
so the monosyllables were connected form
ing an aggutinative tongue-or monosylia-
bles glued together Then followed an in
flected language, produced by slurring the
additions.
When civilized man evolved, he dropped
the slurs and erected the present analytic
language of which the English is assumed to
be the most advanced
Vast races Of birds were already full
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27

small, compact brain enclosed in proper
brain case, and invested with a cerebrum,
with its fold, or convolutions of intelligence.
Mans brain has the vastest number of
such convolutions, which we're the result of
increased thought forming an increased
brain surface on which TO deposit cells. 1t
is because the bird brain evolved before the
man BRAN that we may perhaps assume that
birds first evolved Ineligible sounds, songs
language of their own, and finally, as in the
case of the parrot were able not only to im-
tate human words but also to understand
their meaning.
The relation of brain to talking is its alb
solute control Of speech. The syrinx is the
organ Of the voice and is common to birds, in
so far as it is modification Of the lower end
of the trachea and adjoining parts of the
bronchi 1t may be called the lower larynx
The essential requirements of vocal or
gan are the vibratory membranes. We
don't seem to know exactly yet how these
membranes vary and act in particular nor
how their tension is modified by the often
numerous muscles Various dilatons of the
trachea might assist in the meditation of the
voice and also the upper larynx.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27

we would now
possess some of
t h C greatest
b ird takers
a n d thinkers.
The crow has
been forced to
avoid human
endeavors. He
has a brain Of
high type. a
rcrcbr1lm with
convolutions.
h Claws on It's
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27

has he? So he can't be as great bird as
YOU are man or woman, but he can be pro-
portionately as great, notwithstanding his
vast limitations
The crow seems extraordinarily endowed
with almost super-intelligence. He knows
man as well as you know the alphabet He
can beat mans every device and beat him in
gathering his crops ten ways to one.
We must assume that, if man had been as
friendly to the crow as he has to the parrot,