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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-26
PRESCOTT FAMILY REUNION. The an

PRESCOTT FAMILY REUNION. The an
nual Prescott family reunion will be neld
at the home of Mr.. C. c. Randall, South
Montville, Aug. 18th. All descendants
of the family of Prescotts are cordially
invited to attend and help make this one
of the best yet. A picnic dinner will be
seryed.-Oren W. Ripley, Secretary.
Lester w. Carver of Brookline, Mass,
was a guest over Sunday of his aunt
Mrs. Sarah F. Knight. He is the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Carver former
" of Lincolnville and is member OF the
Mass. Cavalry. He left Wednesday Tor
final training at Charlotte, N. c., before
being ordered to France.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The FRO
eressive Store, H. H. Coombs Co., will
have their mid-year cleanup sale Friday,
July 27th to Saturday, August 4th You
will find here short lengths of summer
goods curtain scrim, odd waists, hosiery,
summer underwear, millinery, wash skirts,
MILDLY blouses, yarn, kimonas and many
other things. A big chance tosave money.
sPeople expect more from the Dodge
Bros. car because they believe in them
and of course get more because they ex-
pect more" For sale by B. O. Norton...."
Luxite hosiery have specialized methods
in designing and knitting which produce
a CLOSELY woven texture of remarkable
durability and beauty. For sale only at
the Dinsmore Store.....See list OF ofhcers,
trustees and corporators OF the Sears
port Savings Bank. Found, on Waldo
avenue. a pair Of glasses. The owner can
have same by calling at this office, prov
ing property and paying for this advt....
See adyt, of Penobscot Bay Electric GO.
of the Radiant Electric Grill which does
more than one kind of cooking and does
it well, Attaches to any lamp socket,
price S. 90, The Bliss Business College
of Lewiston, a school of modern business
efficiency. advertises their fall opening
for Tuesday, Sept. nth. Their courses
include commercial subjects, modern J
office appliances and Normal training +
course, ...,. See appointments of the boy
inqton Optical Co. of Winterport.
Board wanted for an elderly lady in
family where there are no children.
Write at once to postoffice box NO. l29..;.
p. D. n. Carter announces that his stock |
of groceries and fixtures will go on sale
Friday, July 9th, at a. m. and that all
persons owing him must settle in thirty !
DAVIS or the bills will be placed for collec-
ton.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-26

| HE NEW BELFAST FAIR ASsOCIA-
! TON Through the efforts of few of
| beltasts young and vigorous men with
good deal OF city pride, new corporation
with about 100 stockholders, has been
formed to carry on the fair at the grounds
on Belmont avenue. The first meeting
Will be held at the office of H. c. Buzzeu
July Both, at p. m, for the purpose of
electing officers etc The track has all
ready been put in good condition and some
work done on the grounds, including two
large drains. Seven new stalls have been
finished and the frames for eight more
are up. Carpenters will work on the
grandstand, etc, so that everything will
be IN first class condition by the first of
October, when the fair will be given. It
Is the purpose of the management to give
a first class agricultural fair with the
usual sports and amusements The poul-
try building, the judges stand and the
secretary's office were left from the re-
cent fires and are in good condition. In
order to raise funds to assist in the work
there will be some very good trotting on
the grounds next Saturday at D. m,
when the small sum of Is cents will be
charged for admission to any part of the
grounds. The judges will be: DR.. Eugene
D. Tapley, starter J. H. Stinson, DR.. j.
B. Darling, George F. Kent, V. L. Hall,
b. o. Norton and John Mclaughlin. The
free-for-all will have the following en-
tries:
Add F. by Judge John Hughes, L. F. Nash
Lady Booker by Dobson, H. C. Buzzell
Mercer c. by Marston c., Fred G. Gray
kalser by Masconomo, Ernest Merchant
The 80 class includes:
Belbin by Bingara, Peter Gallagher
flcolata by Benign, H. c. Buzzell
Link Braden by Direct Braden, w. G.
Preston
Eureka Boy by Stiletto c., Vilento Hal
lowell
Peter West by Dobson, H. C. Buzzell
Kahl by Gable, Ernest Smith
Pearl Marston by Jack Marston, w. S.
York
Mate by Marston c., Ross Littlefeld-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-26

The 5th band concert of the season
will be given on school common this,
Thursday, evening, with the following
program:
Star Spangled Banner
March. Flying Colors, Laurendeau
Overture, Bohemian Girl, Balfe
Characteristic, The Dixie RUDE, Allen
March, The Four Jacks, Losch
Waltz, Blue Danube, Struss
Popular,
Where dream of New Hampshire,
Cobb
Serenade Dreamland, Rockwell
March, De Molay Commandery, Hall
America.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-26
The News of Belfast.

4.ra will be a social dance at Silver
4.-e est Grange Hall, Saturday, July
,rg 18th music by Gurneys orchestra
t.- pieces.
Hr fourth and one of the best Band
.-s r-s for many seasons, including
,-s-rl old favorites in vocal selections,
ss. gwen on the school house common
IS thursday evening. There was a
-s-ri rowd in attendance.
.a-ui Narney of Augusta, the driver
RIO Maine Transportation cars be-
a his city and Camden, hasrecently
-. The examinations in the United
,.s 1uartermaster' department, quail
run to drive an ambulance truck.
he meeting of the Board of Trade
lday evening twenty-five members
,--. a petition to the Public Uullty
...-r ssIon for the revision of the rates
Belfast Water Company's schedule
-.. hey claim should be on a more
ale basis,
-- E. Sanborn, superintendent of the
.-.-. service of the Maine Central R. R.,
F. u Belfast last Friday in consulta-
-.. with a number of business men in
-rlart 10 an improvement in train ser
.- 1t was arranged that the train
.s-snq at 1890 p. m, will leave, begin
July 30th, at g 80 p. m. as formerly.
ernor Milliken Thursday named
G. 3dtional physician for each exemp-
hoard and whose nomination will be
y med by the board. Persons who
ae erected by the exemption board IN
o. he provisions of the selective draft
sU Rll be obliged to undergo another
-saniaation at the hands of the addition
s1-ysiclans selected by Governor Mill
s-c Dr. Eugene D. Tapley of Belfast
appointed for Waldo county.
alarm was rung in last Friday at
..-7 o m. from box %, for fire in the
Hood & Sons Creamery on Front
street. The fire caught near the chimney
he second story. The firemen broke
PEI ID window to reach the flames and
nt 1t so intensely hot that they were
%. abe to enter: There was very little
a1age to the building The Standard
ll Co.'S tank is next to the creamery
aG- q string of hose was run over to it to
se % case of emergency.
A FINE CIRCUS. Early Saturday morn
-s ltos and teams began to arrive from
-ae owns in the county and for hours be-
'pre he parade started the streets were
He'd with people There were large
coy DIS in attendance at both perform
--ces. The Sparks circus will always
.a' a welcome here as it was one of the
17aAest and most entertaining circuses
seen here for many years. While the
Gown features were good they were not
The ohief attractions. The opening con-
sert by the band was very enjoyable and
The specialties by the elephants, seals and
49fses were exceptionally we'll done; the
a7o5atic features and the trapeze and
pc walking stunts were far beyond the
a+tfage. The statuary exhibit was the
3est ever seen here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-07-27
258 FIRST NUMBER OUT
Secretary Baker Takes Out Ini-
tiaI Misunderstanding Con-
tinues All Day Friday and
Throughout Night.
Long List Of Numbers Given In Order
as Drawn, From Which Ths-s -. mo
viii Be Called to Serve in
First Army VIII Be
Selected.

Washington, July 21.-The drawing
for the big United States army was
not completed until early Saturday
morning. The drawing began at AS
Friday morning. and continued
throughout the day and night. Alto
gether 10.5O0 numbers were drawn
from the big fish bowl. 1t was officially
stated that the first 1000 numbers
drawn represented more than 1,OOO.-
600 men. and 1t Is not considered
probable that men representing any
number drawn after the first 1000
VIII be called before any exemption
board for the first army. The first
eight numbers were drawn respective
iy by Secretary of War Baker, Senator
Chamberlain Of the senate military
committee, Congressman Dent of the
house military committee, Senator
Warren and Representative Kahn,
ranking minority members of the SEN
ate and house military committees
Maj, Gen. Tasker III. Bliss. acting
chief of staff of the army; Mai. Gen.
En0ch crowder. provost marshal of
the army; and Major General Mccain.
adjutant general Of the army. After
the first eight numbers had been drawn
the regular tellers took hold, and
worked through until the long task
wns completed.
In only small number of the larg-
est districts Will the numbers above n
few thousand affect registrants. OF
the 1857 registration districts
throughout the country the largest has
something over 10000 numbers, while
the smallest has only about 1856, and
the average Is about 1900. AS the
drawing proceeded 157 numbers were
Withdrawn before one low enough to
Affect the smallest district came out.
1t was 126. placing 1857 men number
ed 126 on their local lists us 15Tth in
order of liability.
The following list shows the num-
bers In the order in which they were
drawn. The first number In each case
represents the order in which the sec
ond. or red-ink registry. number was
taken from the bowl. Four numbers
are given In each line. Beginning
with the first number. which was
drawn by Secretary Baker.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29

Good men, like good women, never see
temptation when they meet it.
6. Mind your own business and in
tine you'll have business of your
own to mind.
Z. Don't do anything here which
hurts your self-respect An employe
who is willing to steal for me is will
ing to steal from me.
s. 1t is none of my business what
you do at night, but if dissipation al
fects what you do the next day, and
you do half as much as l demand,
you'll last half as long as you hoped.
9. Don't tell me what like to hear,
but what ought to hear. don't
want a valet for my vanity, but one
for my dollars.
10. Don't kick if kick. If you're
worth while correcting. you're worth
while keeping. don't waste time
cutting specks out of rotten apples.
Author Unknown.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29

400,O0O,OOO. This was considered a
great success sbut, as the bonds inn
mediately went to premium over
what the preferred small subscribers
had paid great majority OF the latter
promptly sold out in order to get the
quick profit, and within few months
nearly all the bonds were in the hands
OF the banks and comparatively few
large investors, according to the Sat
urday Evening Post.
1t was calculated at the time that ii
the government had thrown the bonds
open to unrestricted competitive bid.
ding, without giving a preference to
small subscribers, it would have real
lied 100000 more for the issue;
and probably many of the small sub
scribers were merely agents acting
for bond houses and the like.
No doubt great many small in
yestors would buy per cent govern
ment bond, with the intention of hold
ing it; but it is doubtful If bond
bearing lower rate would find perm
anent Judgment toany considerable ex
tent in the hands of individuals OF
modest means.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
HOW NOTES ARE LOST.

Voters who waste their ballots
through careless marking usually
never know of the errors committed by
them. Consequently they are likely
to commit similar errors at succeed.
ing elections, thus permanently dis
franChising themselves by their own
heedlessness.
The recount of the ballots cast in
the Merriam-Fetzer primary contest in
Chicago, as a result of which Fetzer
winner by only three votes, of the Re
publican nomination for aldrenman,
disclosed some OF the common errors
made in all elections which cause bal
lots to be rejected by judges of elect
ion.
The tx" place opposite the name OF
the candidate favored should be made
with clear, firm strokes wholly within
the square printed on the ballot to re-
ceive it. Any other mark upon the face
of the ballot will cause it to be reject
ed. A mark extending beyond the
square may couse the ballot to be
thrown out. The reason given for re-
jecting ballots showing peculiar
strokes of the pencil is that distin'
gushing marks of any kind are for
hidden by law, as they might be made
the means of destroying the secrecy
of the ballot, a corrupt voter being
enabled thus to indicate how he had
voted as means of justifying the pay
ment to him of bribe money.
Candidate Merriam lost the nomina'
ton through the carelessness of eiec'
tors who evidently went to the voting
place to mark their ballots for him,
but who invalidated them by improp.
er marking.
40 ballot is counted unless it bears
upon the outside penciled initials of
one of the judges of election. The pur'
pose of this requirement is to prevent
a dishonest voter from putting into
the box a second ballot, folded within
the ballot handed him by the election
officials. A careless or a dishonest
Judge may make use of the require.
ment, however, to disfranchise voter
unless the latter is watchful. Each
voter, before entering the booth,
should see that the ballot handed him
bears on its back the initials of a
Judge of election.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29

And yet the Iowa farmer need not be
unmindful OF the profit ahead of him
as he comes to his spring work. For
once his duty and his reward run to-
gether.
The heavy SHOWS have given Iowa
every prospect Of favorable spring.
Every acre of available land in Iowa
should be cultivated as never before
and seeded and planted as never be
fore. The world will need every
bushel the Mississippi valley can pro
duce, and that demand will be meas
ured in prices never before since mer
began to till the soil.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
J. M. sTuDEeAKER.

A romance of life was written in
the career of the late J. NJ. Studebaker
of South Bend. Indiana, one of the
founders of the big wagon and auto
mobile works and the last of the or
iginal family.
Mr.. Studebaker, who constructed his
first wagon before he was 20 years
old. was born near Gettysburg. Pa, in
1888, the son of blacksmith, and
one of family of thirteen children.
In his youth he removed to Ohio, and
later to South Bend. Indiana, which
city later became the seat OF the
Studebaker corporation.
AS part pay for the privilege Of ac-
companying an expedition across the
plains to California in 1853, young
Studebaker gave the first wagon he
ever made. This party set out west
from South Bend with Studebakeri
driving the WAGON
When al Hangtown, now Placer
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
NEGRO MOTHER AT WORK.

A survey relating to home condi-
tions among negroes in southern
community revealed that much OF the
irregularity of home life resulted from
the absence of mothers at work. Child
zen whose mothers are thus employed
conduct themselves about as they
wish, falling readily into idleness and
bad habits. OF the mothers of GAL
negro pupils 772 per cent were en-
ployed, chiefly in domestic service.
OF the mothers of GIG white children
in the same community only 16.4 per
cent were regularly employed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
MoRRY AND COLD FEET.

When we accuse a man of beins
afraid to do something, we frequent
ly say he has cold feet" but few of
us realize the actual physiological con-
nection which exists between fear and
the temperature of the feet.
There is however, a very definite
and good reason why the expression
"cold feet" came to be connected with
the emotion of fear, says a writer in
the Washington Post. Worry and fear
are very closely allied in their general
meaning and their effect on human be-
ings. Fear is an exaggerated form OF
worrying.
OF all the physical ills which we
needlessly and unconsciously bring up
on ourselves the most are doubtless
caused by worry. Hurrying through
our daily tasks and pleasures at
GREATNESS speed is bad enough, but to
worry about future ills is far worse.
II is we'll enough to look into the flu
ture and provide to our best ability
against misfortunes, but when this
misfortune amounts to seeing only the
phantoms in our path, it is nothing
short of slow suicide.
Worry and fear have very detri'
mental action upon certain glands OF
internal secretion which control oul
health and poise. Physicians are fast
accommodating important data to meas
ure and induce the healthy action OF
these glands. among which the thy
roid is one of the most important. But
it seems impossible to hope for any
remedy that will repair all the harm
worry can do these glands.
To tell a man that he has "cold
feet" amounts to telling him that he
lacks courage to take a certain stel
which he thinks he would like Oh
ought to take In consideration of the
subject he undergoes a nervous strait
known as worry and this actual!
causes a physical GOODNESS of the eS
ItramitieS
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
THE TOBACCO HABIT.

Our people smoke just about one
million miles of cigarettes in year.
This in addition to the enormous
amount of tobacco used in cigars and
pipes, and in chewing and in making
snuffs. We Americans consume just
eight times as many cigarettes as
were made in the United States when
Mckinley was reelected president.
AS everybody knows the Indian in
troduced tobacco to the white man,
and when Sir Walter Raleigh carried
the introduction back to England he
surely started something of social and
financial importance to the human
race.
From the hand Of the red men Eu-
rope also got its first taste of the
potato, bean, pea, melon and corn; but
none OF these has Travelled further
from its native soil than tobacco.
Our smoke bill is the largest none
essential one the American people
pay. Tobacco collects from us more
than church and school combined.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29

famous orientalists of the world, who
held many educational posts OF honor
In China before accepting the chair OF
oritntal languages and literature in,
the University of California, found and
translated the story of Fusang as re-
lated by Hui Shen.
'"Fusang," Hui Shen called the new
continent, naming it after the Won
derful Fusang tree-probably the
Mexican maguey-which supplied a.
wonderful nectar (mescaD and
stragely strong fiber cloth (hemp9
Fusang, according to Hui Shen, lay
20, 900 Ii or $500 miles to the east of
the continent of Asia. 1t was 1O,OOO
Ii or about $3.50 miles broad. And
beyond it lay great sea, which we
know now as the Atlantic.
The record of Hui Shen's travels is
found in the imperial archives OF the
LANG dynasty handed down with the
seal of approval of the great Chinese
historian, Ma Tuan-Lin.
Hui Shen found on reaching Fusang
that he had been preceded by the five
monks of Kabul 40 years before. They
had established the religion of Buddha
along the Pacific coast from Alaska to
Mexico and at several points had pen
etrated far into the interior. Their
course was to inlist native converts in
their monastic order and after estab'
Fishing a mission center would leave
it in charge of native priests and go
on to a new field. ,
Hui Shen told the Chinese emperor
he had found traces of Buddhistic
education at many places the na
tives practicing the religion Of Bud
dha with the rites which marked II
in the orient. He found the natives
had a knowledge of Buddhist books
and had possessed images o. Bud
dhist origin. A plant, which doubtless
was the .spineless cactus, was des
cribed by Hui Shen who said the PEG
IpIe ate the tender shoots and he toie
of the cloth woven from a fiber plant
the threads of which also were use'
for embroidery.
He even declared that they MADE
paper from the fiber, and told of "ret
nears," which undoubtedly were th'
prickly pears known to-day. There
was copper but no iron, and no none!
value was put on gold or silver. HUI
Shen described the customs OF th'
people, their marriage and burial rites
and their lack of military weapons o.
fortresses with detail which verifie'
the present day discoveries OF NATIVE
civilization on the western coast o
! America long before the white man.
advent. Finally Hui Shen submitted
to the emperor samples OF the wonder
full fiber cloth he had brought Wit
him from Fusang as we'll as a polished
mirror about foot in diameter Which
has been made by the natives OF Tn
land across the great sea.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
ROADS AND SCHOOLS

Every sort of town in the United
States gets its due share of the total
increase in population, and little
more. Population of incorporated plac-
es of less than $500 inhabitants in
creased over a million and three quar-
tiers in the last census period, and
nearly three and a half millions since
1890. At that date they had u per
cent of the total population, and in
1910 nearly 8 per cent. So with the
towns from $500 up to $4,000, while
bigger cities ran away ahead of the
general rate of growth, But farm popu-
lstion declined from Sc 4-10 per cent
of total population in 1890 to A $40 in
1910.
There are no glittering business
opportunities in small country towns,
but there are many social opportuni.
ties" says writer in the Saturday
Evening Post. 1T is easy for people
to get together in all weathers. The,
public schools are much better than
those in that part of the strictly rural
region where the barbarous one room
ungraded Institution prevails. SO peo-
pie are willing to live in small country
towns,
THE farm problem Is in no incon.
siderable part a matter of good roads
and good country schools. Good coun-
try schools are nearly impossible with
out good roads. for really good coun-
try school, a a,consilidated one, draw
ing children fromsan extensive district
and giving them TRANSPORTATION from
home to school and back. 1a7 a: y 4
"a farm on poor road Is . prison
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
PLANS FoR BIG GUNS.

The Bethlehem Steel company has
we'll under way the building of plant
and equipment for the manufacture of
sixteen inch guns for the United
States navy and the army coast de-
lenses. The total outlay will be in the
neighborhood of $5,0O0,000 before the
task of actually making the great guns
begin.
The company will have numerous
new problems to solve in this Work
as guns as large as these have never
been built before in this country. The
ingots from which the guns tubes"
or Jackets will be rolled and ma
chined will weigh close to $50 tons
each.
"The manufacture of these ingots,
says the Iron Age, requires especially
large molds and handling facilities. TIC
take care of the physical properties OF
the steel, an annealing and heat treat
ing department, equipped with anneal
ing and heat treating furnaces vary
ing in size from twenty.four feet tc
ninety feet in length and eight feet II
width, is about to be installed. The
building housing this equipment is ap
proximately 95 by 400 feet, AUDITING
a building lis feet wide by 24O fee
in length, housing the furnaces proper
The assembling of these huge guns
represents an unusual proposition, re
curing a crane of IT'S tons capacit!
to lift the combined weight of a gun
The fuel gas for the furnaces Il
brought from the Lehigh Coke com
pany's plant through a forty-two incl
main which has just been completed
The main is 1900 feet in length. Fo
machining and rifiing the guns a ma
chine shop $50 by 700 feet will be re
quired to turn out two of the guns
month. An idea of the size of thu
machines required can be had from
the statement that the boring ma
chimes for tubes and liners will be 10
feet in length by approximately IL fee
in width. The new departments will
cover about five acres of ground wit
a trackage system covering about tw
acres or more. These new division
of the works will give employment T.
about 400 men,"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
e IL aRoMM REsIeNs.

After only a few months of service
comparatively, Edward L. Brown,
the president of the NJ & st. l., R. r.,
has resigned his position on account
of i'll health. He came to the M. &
St l.. from the Denver & Rio Grande
r. r., only last summer and is man
of wide experience in the manage
ment of railroad properties. He is
an Iowa man, a native of Pella and
for many years a resident OF Oska-
loosa when an employee of the Rock
Island and his action at this time is
to be regretted.