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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28
p,RtIC NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ROND ELECTION IN DEER
CREEK HIGHWAY DISTRICT, IN
IDAHO COUNTY, STATE OF IDA

public notice is hereby given that
according to law and the requisite ac-
tion of the Highway Board OF Deer
Crock Highway District, in ldaho
county. State of Idaho, special oonu
election of said Highway Distric. WI,
no held at the school house in Schooi
n,strict No. SO. in said highway dls.
trict on Saturday, the Both day OIL
lime 1917, between the hours OF eisn'
clock a. m. and seven o'clock p: m;
~ which time there will be submitted
a. a. tba qualified electors of the state
- Idaho who are residents OF the Deer
Crook Highway District, the foiloMins
onestion for their vote ana deteriiii"-
alton at said election:
49, Question Submitted:
"sball Deer Creek Highway Dlstrlc,
n Idaho County, State of Idaho, anu
;ts Highway Board, be empowereu anu
nn.horized TO issue the negotiable cou,
.lon bonds of the district in the ainoun'
p pe Elk 600 90. bearing interest at a ra.e
oat RI exceed six per cent per aiii 1o1
naid bonds to bear date July ISL, lsI :
navable twenty years after daae, az. az.
p,.adeemable after ten years a1ter uae1
i iots, 70 he paid semi-annuallS. jan az.
,,.rrr and July l. each year; Ior 'lls
r nn of constructing, improving an'
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Y. and Mrs. James e. Babb enter
20 n dinner Wednesday evening,
p 4 p.s meets being Mr.. and Mrs. O. M
lnsn Mrs. Ruth Grape, Miss Craw-
n i1..s md Mrs. A. #. Parker Of Grange
lo 81, IT The table was conferred with
s'pN Karl Druschld rosebuds and the
v x,a light was shaded with pink
c 49, s,ests were taken to see Ramona
W. u ~ Paramount theater after the din
y ~ ~ sbour--Lewiston Tribune.
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ra,th Barton, who was In the
Nlss .h,,a accident In which Andy
sutoll''aD.,,I ost his life on June 9th, and
Andel assstrnately escaped with a few
wbe .',ts and bruises, was removed
severe M IN hospital today and Is now at
from ',,e eo az her sister, Mrs. w. j.
tne Z. n MOSCOW Star-Mirror.
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sAIARASTyNE,

Inc sanitary wall coating, not half
tne cost OF wall paper and more sani-
tary. 10 beautiful shades. Call and
get a tint card. One block south of
Imperial Hotel.
lSh A. w. ROBINSON A. SON
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NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS

owing to the war conditions we are
compelled to do away with the In
stallment plan of selling furniture.
Hereafter we will sell for cash only.
oAl0 % eIqB 90 lIIM 'Su!op os 40 puv
you better prices.
THE FURNITURE EXCHANGE,
o. T. Lingo.
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FOR SALE

Purebred Barred Plymoth Rock egg,
TOT Matching. $1.0O per setting of ii
eggs. MADISON MYERS, at the Elec
trio Laundry. Iot+
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FOR SALE

Two Angora billie goats, 5 Aneors
pet goats, 8 fat muttons.
]. PFEUFER
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rlse,room house, 2 lots; good loca
ton. Near court house. u 'ooa
W.. p. f. SHERWIN
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28

wANIED-The use Of small desk
S1 ned Gross headquarters. Mrs q
>. stockton, Vice Chairman.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28

uou,er Levander writes us to change
* address, on his copy Of the Eagle
= ~ rmmett. He has successfully COM
slsisd me Job Of putting the mercan-
iiIe company at Bruneau on its rect
~ WI now changes his location to the
S ~, city Of big saw mills, profit
ala sSls fruit farms and hustlers for bust
ress. Meadows Eagle.
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FOR SALE

Span 3-year-old mares; / 3-year-old
gelding, all broke to work. Phone Nez-
perez. 1885. Oft
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28

| WANTED-By married man Won,
rounu JoD on ranch. Address Box 932
Grangeville, Idaho. 90 70 20
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28

The highest price will be paid for
green or dry hides at the City Mar
ket 1S-tf
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Nose Hattabaugh, an attorney
" n...ngeyille, and former resident
! v .cow was In the city yesterday
Z m .vsnd the annual district meeting
2 1917 shuT o. o. F.--Moscow Star Mir
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To TRADE

House and six lots in Grangeville
for small ranch on Salmon or Clear
water rivers. Cali at Globe office.
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

Piano and household furniture. Cal
Pacific phone 716. 2s.tf
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FOR SALE, PRICES REAsONApI.E.

NO. 1 timothy seed; Canadian field
PEAS peas Navy white beans. CITY FEED
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28
FOR SALE

A No. II DeLaval cream separator
Gan be seen in operation. Enquire at
this Office.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28
FOR SALE

a. insure - your grain against hail and
nre IN the Norwich Union. al Rothw aII
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WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT
Idaho Circle No. 100
Meets at /. o. o. f. Hall the Second
and Fourth Mondays of each month
MARY JACKSON, G. N.
LENA MARKHAM, Clerk
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HIDES WANTED

Two pack or saddle horses. Address
box All.
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Secret Orders

w. ID. w.
Grangeyille Camp No. 2O6
Meets First and Third Mondays of
each month at 1. o. o. +. Hall.
GEORGE l.. SLY, G. G.
r. IA. AMBLER, Clerk.
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FOR SALE. CHEAP- A coon uo,,r

| a thoroughly modern bungalow, with
nve good lots, property weel located.
IN kamiah, Ida. Inquire at this of.
| AiSe. 26-tf
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Physicians and Surgeons
DIR. G. s. STOCKTON
Physician and Surgeon
Scales Block, Grangeville, Idaho.

DIR. JESSE L. RAINS
Physician and Surgeon
General practice. Complete equipment
for x-ray and microscopic work. OF
fee at residence, one block south of
1. o. O. II. Hail. Both phones.
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CANVAS PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD NO
5619.

Brotherhood American YeOmen
Meets First and Third Thursdays of
each month, ct /. o. o. +. Hall. Wis
iting members welcome.
f. l.. LEONARD, Correspondent.
VIM. T. WILLIAMS, Foreman.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-28

DIR. JOHN SIMONS
Ostcopathic Physician
Graduate Of American School OF Oste-
opathy, Kirksville, Mo. Suite 104-1O0
Wilks Block, Grangeville. Treat all
Acute and Chronic Diseases. Once
hours: 8 to II a. m. 2 to s p. m.
Otherwise by appointment
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C. M. GRIFFITH
Attorney-at-LAw

hEGUfIby -HE-h1HW
Practice extends to all courts of Idaho
and Washington. Office over First
National Bank, Grangeville, Idaho.
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/. o. o. F.


Meets every Saturday night at 7:30
o'clock. Visiting Odd Fellows always
welcome Pacific Phone 1913.
ISRAEL HARRIS, N. g.
w. S. JACKSON, Rec Sec.
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II REEsE HATTARAIGH

Attorney at-Law
Will practice i'm all Courts Of Idaho.
Office in Scales Block.
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Dentists

Dentists
DIR. #. E. WOOD
Dentist
Allen Block. Grangeville, Idaho.
DIR. w. MACNEHL
Dentist
Once In Grangeville Savings & Trust
Co. Block. Phone 851.
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Ayers. '0anS NJ l..
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Chiropractor

DIR. w. B. SIMS
Chiropractor
Adjust all Chronic Troubles. No drugs
No Medicine. Once over Savings &
Trust Co. Bank. Bell Phone 201.
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/. o. o. +.
Camas Prairie Eneampment No. Ii
Meets Second and Fourth Saturdays OF
each month at 1. o. o. f. Hall.
Il. s. HANCOCK, G. p.
JESSE L. RAINS, Rec. Scribe.
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Attorneys

A. s HARDY
Attorney at-Law
Practices liz all the Courts. Offices
over First National Bank.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Buffalo Hump Lodge No. 30

Meets each Tuesday at Lodge Room
I'm Schmadeka Block.
e. o. ABRAMSON, G. G.
B. AUGER. K. of r. and
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GrangeyilIe Aerie No. So

Meets every Friday at 8 p. m. Visit
ing Brothers are always welcome.
f. s. HANCOCK. w. II.
FRANK VAN DEyENTER, Sec.
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Meets the second and fourth Thursdays
of each month at |. o. o. 4. hall.
MRS. FRANCES MURPHY. Oraele
MRS. MARIE ANSON, Recorder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-20
WAR TIME NERVOUSNESS

In these war times many people are
living in an unnatural condition OF
nervous excitement. Unless some
thing is done to correct it the newt
able result will be nervous break
down, an exhaustion of nervous en-.
ergy that may take very serious and
unforeseen turn. =,
Neurasthenia is one such result with
its accompaniment of worry, irrita-
bility, oversensitiveness and severe
headache. It means that the patient
has lost the power to recover and store
up energy. The condition will grow
worse if not corrected.
The treatment is one of nutrition OF
the nerve cells, requiring non-alco-
holic tonic. AS the nerves get their
nourishment from the blood the treat
ment must be directed towards build
ing up the blood. DR.. Williams Pink
Pills act directly on the blood and
have proved of the greatest benefit in
many cases of neurasthenia. A ten
dency to anemia, or bloodlessness,
shown by most neurasthenic patients,
is also corrected by these tonic pills.
Two useful books, Diseases Of the
Nervous System" and "What to Eat
and How to Eats will be sent free by
the Or. Williams Medicine Co., Schen-
ectady, N. Y. Your own druggist
sells DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
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A Few American Questions.

wouldn't it be good idee for the
President TO write a mote" to one Mr..
Denman?
n there Is any one in the American
government in a position to definitely
end the Goethals- Denman row, why. in
Heavens name. isn't 1t done so that
shipbuildng may begin?
And then. is IL wholly Impossible for
the American people TO impress upon
the United States Senate their desire
for action in place Of the present in
terminable wrangle in the service of
tire food and fuel pirates?
once more. have you ever noticed
how quickly an army organization gets
oocky once 1t is approved and funded
by the people AS an instance: The War
Department orders our northern boys
South 10 train and fit. for war in a
climate like that Of our Northern states
The people who are furnishing the men
and the money-the dense populated
Northern states--object What is the
answer why the people are insolently
told by these higots (often made
by political ohicanery) that these war
orders are "IRREVOCABLE.
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MRS. VAIL DEAD.
EDW. Walls CON-
DITION CRITICAL

Houlton, Me, July 19.--Mrs. Frank
Vail, who was injured in an auto acct
dent at Butterfields landing, Tuesday
evening, died while being moved to her
home in Hodgdon. Edwin Vail, owner
and driver of the car, lies in a critical
condition at the Madigan hospital suf-
fering from a broken shoulder, two
broken ribs and a pierced lung, and
cuts upon his face caused by broken
glass of the windshield. Mrs. Edwin
all is suffering from a broken Shout
der and minor injuries.
Frank Vail. postmaster at Hodgdon,
jumped and escaped injury, and a
young girl who sat between the two
women in the rear seat, escaped with
out a scratch.
The accident happened as several
cars were about to start for home hav-
ing enjoyed the day at Grand Lake, 80
miles south of Houlton. Mr.. Vail in
going up a sharp rise found that he
could not make it on high gear and
shifted into second. Noticing a rock
i'll the road he turned to avoid it when
the embankment gave way plunging
over twice in the descent. Dr. Leigh
Ebbett of Hodgdon was nearby and
rendered assistance and physicians,
nurses and an ambulance We're sum-
moned from Houlton.
Mrs. Frank Veil was about so years
OF age and daughter of the late James
and Matilda Jackins of Hodgdon. Ed
win Vail is referee in bankruptcy. a
position he has held for many years
All are prominent people of the COM
munitY
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Ansi.suffrase Arguments"

From the anti suffrage headquarters
at Portland VIC have Just received
Thursday two or three news notes,
published in another column, and the
following propaganda:
We hear, nowadays, a good deal of
specious talk about rewarding English
women for the splendid work they have
done during the war by giving them the
suffrage. Some American women even
20 so far as 10 say I don't believe at all
In woman suffrage and don't want to
vote. but ] suppose suffrage is bound 10
come now as a consequence of the war. |
suppose men will want to grant it be.
cause Of the fine work our women are
sure 20 Do But as the majority OF wom-
On do not want TO vote, why penalize their
patriotism by forcing upon them a dis
tasteful burden under the mistaken i'm
precision that a request is being granted?
'Mrs. Barcky Hazard puts il very clear
ly when she SAYS To the majority Of
women II Is extremely trying to have me,,
announce that they are ready % bestow
the suffrage on women as a reward for
their services during the present war
These women who have made and are
making tremendous sacrifices OF time,
energy. and strength cannot but feel ag-
grieved al having thus thrust upon them
In the guise Of a boon. an added burden
against which. before the war they had
leisure 20 emphatScally protest.
IT is rather ridiculous that Just be-
cauee women have demonstrated on a
large scale their remarkable power of
adapting themselves TO emergency work
they should he compelled when peace Is
declared TO carry>extra political burdens
" Let men take the trouble to find out
what women really want before they go
rewardins them by penalizing them
The sbCve quotation will serve as an
answer 10 the question why ant!-suffra-
gists continue 10 fight against suffrage,
besides working over time for the Red
Cross. and charitable and church organi-
nation. II the ants laid down their arms
the average man would take IL for grant
"a thar there were no ants and that all
women wanted 10 vote and many to hold
political once.
1T ts the patriotic duty OF every woma n
who believes that woman suffrage woul
he an injury TO the government and TO
wonankind 20 raise her voice in protest
and 10 fight against suffrage Just as she
10 fighting against Germany"
We have heard that astute leaders
OF the anti-suffrase organization are
. advising against further use Of that
stock phrase. THE majority Of women
do not want to vote" But this writer
used II and We wish to call attention
, to IL because. for a long time. we be-
iieve n has beer untrue, a bald. I'M
supported assertion, and is daily be-
coming a greater exaggeration. We
hcpe they win continue to make the
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One a. Childish as the Other.

Either Presidential intercession in the
cases o. the IS suffrag,sts sent 10 the Dis
,r,o, Of Columbia workhouse today to
.erv. - DAYS for picketing at the White
House. or appeal Of their cases TO high
or court appeared certain tonight
washington dispatch Of Thursday eve
ming
Well. why not Presidential interces-
SION
Torrance Of certain suffrage organiza-
ton Although this organization has
been repudiated by the National Suffrage
Association. we feared such a perform
ancs would injure the cause OF suffrage
We are convinced that 1t has cost SUI
frars many friends We believe that the
pieketing Of the White House with so
called suffrage banners might have been
An efYsc,ual trick of the ants. but it was
not; IL was a mistaken policy.
But on the other hand. OF what crime
have these women been convicted that a
great government S!lOuIu tdho
cognizsncea We have never heard 1t
charged that a single law has been vio-
lated. that an undue disturbance has been
created. that a way has been obstructed.
why, then. should the President. visitors.
family. or clerks and employees do more
than 70 courteously greet these silent
women in passing
Has not. after all the attitude of the
Administration and the government of the
Capital city been rather pettish and
childish7 Has not the action of officials
dealing with these pickets been as Ill
advised as the course of the Congress
sional Union sufrassts:
Let the President stop this nonsense
Too much attention already has been
riven TO the FOLLY. To further oppose it as
government is 10 dignity it Let it die
o: inattentlon. Be courteous to the mis-
Informed Lift your hat TO them. gen.
tlernen. as you pass, for they are educat-
ed. morally high. and bound-to- be val
liable citizens Of this nation.
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We, the undersigned residents <of Up
ton. Maine, hereby respectfully petition
the County Commissioners for tho County
of oxford. that the part of the road from
Andover to Upton, from the Richard
Morton place in Andover North Surplus,
to the Laforest Bragg place in Upton, re
discontinued. In asking this we believe
that the road is not used enough to lus-i-
fly the expense of keeping same open.
A. w. JUDKINS.
H, L. CROCKETT,
ALBANIA BROOKS.
Selectmen of Upton.
(and 10 others
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Railroads anil Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect June IS, 1917.
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA:

TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA:
-1---z;-5l GOING WEST-3.oo A. NJ.
IMvTTTST5ssl Portland and Boston, SO
y3 AI1l4A4r77S A. NJ, Pennington. Rock
observation-disclosures, Portland, Boston
lmIy7fSyT Montreal and quebec; 9.Ss
..A1.a1 s1 8 NJ. Brunswick Bath,
Lewiston, Portland. Boston; 100 = o.
Hallowen, Gardiner and So. Gardner; ~
p N. local: 4O5 P. NJ. (express) BrunS-
wick, Rockland, Portland, Boston; oio +.
Al Hallowel Gardiner and So. Gardner,
as ?. NJ, local to Portland, connects
there for New York and Washing on
40 P. NJ, Lewiston, Bath, for or %
Boston, sundays 800 and 10.22 A; NJ eS
(New York; and l0.4o 2. M, portland anu
CONC EAsT-1o3 A. NJ, Bangor, 81:
Jobn' Halifax, Aroostook Co. sunday
morning AT ia A NJ, does not connect
hevond Bangor; 3.27 A. NJ. for WaterViiie'
Raneor. Bar Harbor, Calais; $50 a. NJ
local to Moosehead Lake (via Oakiand)'
BeIfast, Foxcroft and Bangor; go a. M,
local TO Belfast, Bangor and Skowhegan'
- 10 noon, Waterville, Bangor b. q A. n;
r, Bar Harbor, Calais, st. Jonn anu
Halifax: 245 p. NJ, express to Watervl,le'
thence local to Bangor and Matla"ain
keag: 7.20 p. NJ, Waterville, SkoWheea az.
Waterville, Bangor and Bar iaroori 90
A. NJ. 2'53 P. NJ, for Waterville, Skowne-
gan and Bangor uou
Trains leave Augusta Tor Hai &c g ~
Gardiner and South Gardiner At SO F.3e
A M 1255. 800, SIS, 6.2S, 1914 T. M Hal
Ioveu and Gardner only 400 P. NJ. Car
diner .lly 900 A. NJ. daily.
NJ +. HARRIS. Cent Passenger Agt.
D. c. Douglass, Genl Mgr, Portland, Me-
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STATE OF MAINE


COUNTY OF OXFORD, SIS. Board of
County Commissioners May Session,
1917. Held by adjournment July II. 1917.
Upon the Foregoing Petition, satisfac-
tory evidence having been received that
the petitioners are responsible. and that
ton is expedient. IT IS ORDERED,
that the County Commissioners meet
at the Abbott House in said Upton
on the twenty-ffth day Of septem-
and thence proceed to view the route
mentioned in said petition: Immediately
after which view. hearing of the par
ties and their witnesses will be had at
some convenient place in the vicinity and
such other measures taken in the prem
Uses as the Commissioners shall Judge
proper. And 1t is further ORDERED,
that notice of the time place and pur-
pose of the Commissioners meeting
aforesaid be given to all persons and cor,
copies OF said petition and Of this order
thereon to be served upon the Clerk OF
the Town Of Upton and also posted up in
three public places in said town and pub
Oxford Democrat. newspaper printed at
South Paris in said County of Oxford
and six weeks successfully, in the state
paper, published at Augusta in said State,
the first OF said publications in the Coun-
~ paper, and each of the other notices.
to be made, served and posted, at least
thirty days before said time of meeting,
to the end that all persons and corpora
tons may then and there appear Apd
show cause, If any they have, why The
prayer of aid-petitioners should not be
Attest: ERNEST J. RECORD. Clerk.
A true copy Of said Petition and Order
Attest: ERNEST J. RECORD. Clerk.
Jly1,fr,6t
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shows that stand it real well. I took
the Compound when my ten year old
daughter came and it helped me lot.
I keep it in the house all the time and
recommend it. Mrs. DEWITT SINCE
BAUGH, West Dandy, N. Y.
Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritable
ity, backache, headaches, dragging sem
sations, all point to female derange-
ments which may be overcome by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients Of which are derived from
choice roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be a most valuable tonic
and inyigorator of the female organism.
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Editors Letter Box
A "Food Garden" Planters Lament.

Augusta. Maine, July 10, 1917.
Editor Kennebec journal:
I planted my beans when the ground
was wet l waited three weeks for them
to sprout, you bet; then half that
planted failed to sprout, and half OF those
that grew the bugs found out (and my
bean ambition got Dreadful clout).
plalted my cukes with equal care and
stuck UP some stakes so I'd know just
where, when those little plants should
break the ground amongst the witch
grass could be found. The beets were
planted in faultless rows, where they now
are the Lord only knows; but the turnip
seeds I planted with a scatter and they
came up as thick as spatter. Those pole
beans too, Oh my! Oh my! had visions
Of them climbing toward the sky, but in
every hill I've dug a hole and all I can
find is the cedar pole I paid 50 cents for
a quart Of peas and figured three dinners
out CT these, but at daybreak the follow
ing more thanks to flock of doves they
were gone. And those tomatoes, how
good they did look. on the pages of the
seedr1an's book: but the wind and rain
those plants did pelt. so I'll have no to-
matoes under my belt. The cabbages
would sure prove a winner and with ach-
ing back exclaimed. "Oh you boiled din
ner! but that little green worm liked those
cabbages too so out Of those plants I
have Just few. Oh yes I followed that
"plant garden advice which in prin-
ter's ink looks very nice. But curses! our
government let's the food robbers run
loose. at the same time telling there Is
less food for use: so between food GAM
blers and bugs. rain storms and blight, we
consumers are in a pitlable plight
Yours truly,
R r r