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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

creasing the number Of employees
more than 10000 and the annual pay
roll rose to 100000 a year. AS con-
sequence the business OF the town
was materially benefited, the amount
Of taxes paid by the Great Northern
Paper Company increased three toid'
while the freight and passenger ous-
mess contributed to the railroad was
very large. The water power devei-
oped and used under normal condl-
tlons is about 5000 h. p.
While this development at Madison
is of great Importance to the town
Of Madison. the development at MIL
linocket overshadows 1t to such 40.
gree that 1t is almost forgotten when
speaking Of the mills Of the Great
Northern Paper Company. The d.
yelopment at Millinocket began ~
the spring Of 1899. At that time It
was q wilderness. To convert ? Will.
derness into a thriving community OF
5000 people with all the modern con.
veniences Of good streets, substantial
business blocks, banks, schools,
churches, water and sewer systems
and fire department. is work OF
no small importance and magnitude
and this was done at Millinocket by
the Great Northern Paper Company,
thereby adding to the taxable prop
orty and to the general prosperity OF
the State.
At East Millinocket, some ten miles
from Millinocket, the same kind OF
enterprise has been shown and here
q prosperous village Of $500 inhabi.
.tants has been created, having all the
advantages of a modern and settled
community. Here also has new
wealth been created and new homes
secured to the State Of Maine. In
these two newly planted towns, with
q combined population approaching
10000 there is paid in wages by the
Great Northern Paper Company, the
very comfortable sum Of about
S1,6OO,000 every year. Not only does
this Company pay wages to It's en-
ployees but 1t has given to the town
the lands for all public buildings,
churches, etc., and 1t contributes
about two-thirds Of the annual tax OF
more than 100000. As an indication
Of the growth Of the manufacture Of
paper at Millinocket and Hast Mill.
nocket, It may be stated that at. the
outset the daily production Of these
mills was 200 tons Of paper, while TO-
day It is e70 tons and to produce this
very large amount 1t requires the SER
vices Of 1400 employees In and about
the mills. As q result Of this devel-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Spain 10 Buying Pianos.

The American government is buying
mules and blankets In Spain and pay.
ing for them with pianos made In the
United States, according to George w.
Pound, manager of the National Piano
Manufacturers association, In calling
attention to one of the striking devel-
opments at the present time in this
country's export trade.
HAs is the case with neutrals gen.
orally" Mr.. Pound said, "much OF
SPANS population has proAted largely
by the war, and the demand for pianos
has persisted in spite Of the fact that
the prices Of all musical instruments
In Spain have doubled and trebled
since the war began"
8 Mr.. Pound said that the American
manufacturers were thereby offered an
unusual opportunity to help the gov
ernment pay the war bills as well as to
meet the foreign demand for our goods.
In this connection, Mr.. Pound said, pi-
sano manufacturers can only export
their pianos through government IL
eense.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

the Penobscot River. The stock OF
the West Branch Driving and Reser-
voir Dam Company is owned entirely
by the Great Northern Paper Com
pany. Under this Charter there has
been expended over two million dol
lars In the erection of concrete stor-
age dams at Norcross Twin Lakes)
and at Ripogenus. At the latter place
a dam. whose extreme height Is
about eighty feet, throws the waters
of Ripogenus, Chesuncook and Carl
bou Lakes into one body, thereby
creating one Of the largest storage
basins in the United States. The
building of these massive dams and
the impounding Of this vast amount
of water, that formerly had gone to
waste during freshet periods, has in
creased the available how Of the Pc
nobscot River from 500 cubic It. per
second to a constant flow Of more
than 1000 cubic IT, per second. and
at the same time has decreased many
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

fold the liability to dangerous fresh
ets.'
These expensive and noteworthy
improvements have not only benefit
ed the powers used by the Great
Northern PAPER Company but have
largely increased the usefulness and
value Of every power on the Penob.
scot River south CT Millinocket, and
sales of powers, since this develop
ment, have been made at greatly en-.
hanced values. The broad and lib
eral policy Of this great Company is
shown from the fact that no other
power on the river was asked to
contribute one dollar for an improve
ment OF great benefit to them, the en-
tire cost being borne by the West
Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam
Company, that is, the Great Northern
Paper Company.
Other dams whereby log driving
has been facilitated have been erect
ed and more than one hundred miles
Of first class highway constructed
which are free to the use Of the pub
Ic. One Of the roads runs from Lilly
Bay on the eastern shore OF Moose
head Lake by way Of Grant Farm to
Ripogenus Dam, distance Of thirty
two miles, another is q road from
lockwood (Kineo Station) to Pitts.
ton and North Branch, distance Of
thirty-seven miles and also road
from North West Carry to Loon Lake
and then to Pittston. q distance of, IL
20 hull thaoa hi01,-
ways that the heaviest trucks are
used upon them without detriMent 10
the graded surface. To supply tie
mills at Mi!linocket and East MIL
nocket with the needed wood fer
which nearly 700 tons Of paper are
daily produced, 5000 men and 1,400
horses are employed in the woods. To
pay the wages and feed this small
army Of men and this regiment Of
horses costs $4.OO0,0OO a year.
The combined yearly expendi.
lures for pay roll and operating
expenses Of the Great Northern
Paper organization reach the large
sum Of six million dollars. We
can hardly estimate how far.
reaching are the benefits to the poo.
pie of Maine by the expenditures Of
this large sum Of money, but the rail.
roads which transport men and ma.
terials, the merchants who furnish
the varied equipment and food sup.
plies and the farmers who sell their
produce, will Join in acknowledging
the Importance Of this development
to them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
oliver Goldsmith Memorial.

At Auburn. County Athione'
land, the poets birthplace, memorial.
is being erected to Oliver Goldsmith.
It will take the form Of the restoration
of the church where the poets father
ministered 60 many yeara Oliver
Goldsmith was born in 172S at Bally
mahon, County Longford. and two
years later his father, Charles Cold
smith, became rector Of Kilkenny
West and settled in Lissoy, which is
now known as Auburn. It is village
on the road between Athlone and, Bal
lymahon. Auburn Of Geldsmith's rDe-
serted village" In some degrees repre-.
sents Lissoy, and the story OF an o!d
eviction by General Napier was proD
ably in Goldsmith's mind when ne
wrote the poem, although It y Intended
to apply to England. reeli
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

The broad policy pursued by the
Grea: Northern Paper Company in
preserving the timberlands by judi
oious cutting is we'll understood by
all timber operators and this policy
will perpetuate the taxable value to
the benefit of the State for many
years to come 80 that the large sum
Of $4,000 which the Great Northern
Paper Company pays to the State
each year will continue. 1t is an In.
teresting fact and one that the people
OF the State Of Maine may well pom
der that all the money, with the ex.
ception Of q few thousand dollars. has
been contributed by so-called foreign
capital, and that still more capital
will be coming into the State from
this source Is indicated by the fact
that surveys have been made for
further storage and power develop
ment which II is expected will be
started when normal conditions have
returned.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
A Near Mics.

A British airman was flying alone
over the Bulgar lines, busily using his
camera. A whistle Of machine-gun
bullets disturbed him. He Just saw
an Albatross swooping down upon him
from above and then he knew no more.
When he recovered consciousness he
found that he had dropped all the
way from 5000 feet to. 1000 feet.
and that bullet had passed through
his neck fortunately missing his YER
tebrae. he regained control Of his
machine and looked about for the Al
batross. She was nowhere In sight,
and evidently had prematurely decided
that she had finally polished OF the
Englishman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

opment Millinocket has become one
Of the most important stations on
the line Of the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad.
In the development Of these COM
munities the Great Northern Paper
Company has expended over SS,O0O,-
900 and were 1t necessary to dupli-
cate the work today this cost would
be doubled, not wholly because Of
war conditions but by actual in
crease of labor and material costs.
The amount of power developed at
Millinocket and at East Millinocket
is practically $4,000 h. p. This de-
velopment is feasible only because OF
newly created conditions. Formerly
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Re,imentsI Pets.


AS regimental pets, black cats are
regarded the luckiest possession de-
tachment can have, and the arrival OF
a stray animal Of this color at gunpit
or dugout in France Is an event OF
great Importance. Every one Is bound
to be lucky for some hours at least. To
meet q black cat while marching up
to the trenches puts every member OF
the company in the happiest humor. On
the other hand, black magpie flying
across the line Of march Is bad omen.
To hear the cuckoo calling before
breakfast Is another bad omen.
Wa Bees Save Sugar. =
''ln this year Of war, with q short,
age Of sugar, more farmers win find
It profitable to keep, bees, and the
man who now keeps bees will find 1t
profitable TO give them better care"
says Farm and Fireside, adding: ~Tons
Of honey 60 to waste every year
through lack Of bees and through fail.
ure to. care for bees in the most EN-
Client, way. But this. year h. 10 year
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Great Northern Paper Com.
pany's Wonderful
Achievements
DISTRIBUTES $e,OOO,OO0 YEARLY
IN MAINE
More Than 100 Miles Of Good Roads
Built, Which Are Free to
the Public
Glpogenus Dam Created One Of tho
Largest Storage Basins In
United States

Many people of Maine. especially
those who live in the eastern part Of
the State, are, more or less, familiar
with the remarkable development at
Millinocket, but 1t is doubtful II the
people of the State in general realize
the extent of the work done by the
Great Northern Paper Company and
it's auxiliary company, the West
Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam
Company, and what it means to the
State.
The Great Northern Paper Com
pany was incorporated under the
special laws of the State Of Maine In
1899 Its first development was at
Madison, at which place it added to
the Fiber Mill which it purchased, a
Ground Wood Mill and Paper Mill
and expended about $1,5O0.0O0, in.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

Corn is heating and iattering, AND
vhep fed TO closely confined fowls In
large quantities fat rather than eggs is
the usual result. For laying hens is
should be balanced with meat, bone, In
seed, gluten, and such feeds a. are rich
In heterogeneous matter, for corn 10 de-
fioieut in this constituent When corn
n fed 10 laying heos that have opPor-
tuuity to take plenty Of exercise and TO
secure insects and green feed, much
moro satisfactory results are likely 70 oe
obtained than when IL 10 fed to the same
fowl closely confined. IL may be fed
quite largely In the cold climates during
winter, but should be fed sparingiy dur'
ing summer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
THE ALLIED WOMEN.

II The women of America had spent
four years enduring the back-break-
ing labor with hunger always q men
ace and frequently reality, they
would feel encouraged to know that
22,000,000 women of another nation
had declared themselves In favor OF
a great food-sharing plan In which
all peoples lighting the common foe
would have the same star Of hfe."
The Victory Flour which will be
common four for all the Allies will
not only better the food Of many
women who have borne the brunt Of
the war, but It will let them know,
az nothing else can, that the women
Of America stand with them, willing
to share their burdens.
Food served at a common table
gives more than q friendly feeling.
The one thing that will win this war
Is the ability and willingness Of every
man, woman and child Of every AL
lied nation to pull together toward
the common goal. To feed everyone
the same kind Of bread is q great
step toward q Arm union Of ell those
behind the lines. And to lay up food
reserves for the future II to make
this union permanent no matter what
may befall. sa,sN
Because we In America have 80
many privileges which those nearer
the battle -fields have not, 1t is our
duty to do. 4 little more intensely
the things !which TALL to our share.
The women Of France have to harvest
their own crops. Should not they, II
possible. be served q little better
than we who have only our house
work to dor Should We not eat even
q greater percentage ps wheat sub
stitute than the 20 per cent asked ~
the Food Administrations
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
October Milk Prices.

Ths Regional Milk Commission for
New England after hearing the evidence
has set the price to DO paid to farmers
Tor milk during the month of October
at 9 $50 per quart for 5 5 per cent milk
delivered in Boston. This is an advance
Of 8 4c per quart over the price paid In
August and September. The price per
quart to be paid by family trade has
oeeu raised from 15c to Is $40.
Recent prices for milk ip Boston run
thus:
Price to producer delivered at Boston
Station.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

owing to the great fluctuations in the
flow OF the river much of this power
could be used only when the river
was at full head. During periods Of
drought, the flow Of the river would
run as low as 500 cubic IT. per second,
while during the spring floods. mil
lions Of cubic feet of water were
wasted. To overcome this fuctuat-
ing flow Of the river, the West Branch
Driving and Reservoir Dam Company
was chartered by an Act Of the Maine
Legislature in 1903 for the purpose
Of impounding waters tributary to
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

sSince the new order Of things on the
farm, there 10 no more romance con-
uected with my job Once upon . time
I wore sunbonnet and . ginghsm
eown, and tucked Z sprig OF purple
clover In my hair. Poets wrote about
me and I was the heroine OF books.
Some rich man always saw me to the
doorway OF the dairy house and married
me. Now, however, the milking and
the cream separating, and the churning
ana the cheesemsking b done By alec
sriclty, oil do b press . button and 50
to the movie6."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Price to family trade delivered at d.

BY these figures 1t appears that the
nrjce of Boston's milk has increased
i 5 4c DER quart since June and the price
producers receive has increased 7-Sc
per quart. y. - -, g.
handling milk than they did In June, and
that amount together with the Increased
price 10 given to producers. The New
England Milk Produeers' Association
represented the producers before the
commission. Dealers and consumers
we're represented By attorneys.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Wheat Breeding.
STUDIES AT ARoOsTOOK FARM

The object Of this work is to secure q
wheat of good quality. The quality OF
wheat is principally determined by the
milling or hnur yield aud the -four
strength. The -four strength ia closely
correlated with the gluten content of
wheat, and is measured by the volume
and texture Of the bread loaf produced
from the -four. The hard wheats fur
nish, ss q rule, -four Of high strength
The majority of Aroostook grown vsrie-
ties Of wheat develop soft grain produc-
ing -four of Inferior grade. Wheats i'm
ported from the Northwest after one
seasons growth in Aroostook lose their
character of "hardness. These con-
ditions have led the Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station to undertake def.
mite breeding work with wheat at Aroos-
took Farm. The principal aim of this
work Is to secure q hard wheat that
would maintain its hardness under Aroos-
took conditions. The methods followed
in this work include pure line selections
and bybridization work.
Since the imported north western
wheats showed such q rapid deteriors-
tion and lack of adaptation II was
thought advisable to confine the selec-
ton work chiefly to Maine grown varie-
ties of wheat. In 1915 q large number
OF plants we're selected from commercial
wheat varieties grown ct Aroostook
Farm as we'll as on several farms in the
county. The seed from individual wheat
ears was planted in garden rows in 1915
giving rise to about 800 pure lines of
wheat. The seed of each row was har-
vested separately and tested in the lab
ora,ory with grain tester for hardness.
About 100 pure lines were retained and
continued in duplicate 1000 acre plots
in 1917 Each of the pure. lines grown
in 1917 furnished enough seed 80 that
protein analysis could be made with
each line. The analyses show q marked
variation in the protein content which,
however, is generally quite high. Using
these analyses and the field notes as q
basis further scrutiny Of these pure
lines Of wheat will be made and the in
ferior strains eliminated. Several of these
lines are very promising and are being
In $50 acre plots In 1918.
1t is expected that sufficient yield will
bs had to make q small baking as well as
other laboratory tests possible.
II is of interest to note that the most
promising strains represent selections
from Maine grown wbeats. In the
by bridizition work with wheat several
crosses have been made between hard
and Aroostook grown high
yielding wheats. Some OF these are also
D. Woods, Director.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
.sr,ek,na Down Edues Of FIuht. =

Vacktn1 OoWH EuUes of r'U"s'
Things were stirring along the front.
Miles away we could hear the battery
heavies laundering and drumming and
once In a lull Ne. detected the ham
mering staccato Of q machine gun
tacking down the loose edges Of Q
fight that viii never be recorded In
history, with the earnestness and
briskness Of a man laying a carpet
I'm . hurry.-Iryin s. Cobb IN the Sat
urday Evening Post. 80
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Four. Masters Take the Water 2
MlIlbrtdae and Camden. Me.

Within the last two weeks two
f,ne, big schooners have been launoh-
ed from Maine yards. At MillbridSe
the four-master Wilbert 8. Bartlett
was sent over from the yard OF tfs
Sawyer shipyards Corporation. sAe
is a handy single-deck vessel OF eYo
tons net register, 75o tons gross. VAN
deadweight carrying capacity 81
about 1900 tons. The Sawyer cor
poration has under construction two
25oo-ton capacity barges. 22o feet
long. for the Government. This Work
win keep the crew busy ell winter.
and there are ss many similar con-
tracts in sight a. the builders care
to accept. ggl
Al Camden the four-masted double
decked schooner Edna Mcknight naa
been launched from the yard o. Roy
L Bean. This vessel y Of i11sb tons
net resister. 1850 gross, win cart!
about 21e0 tons of oaA aaA go,
S1oQ, ,ooes
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

fs II is estimated that American lum.
bermen, accustomed to a wealth OF
material. waste two.thirds. OF Il; I; and
that by utilizing all parts OF the tree
the long-leaf pine industry would yield
daily 70 tons OF paper. 1000 TONS Of
rosjna 10000 gallons OF turpentint
md great quantities Of ethyl products
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

The idea of furnishing . uniform for
industrial workers, while Il appeals very
greatly to ssBtiment. appears to be alto
eethsr imprscticable. Farm labor does
not snQeest . uniform. For the mos'
part. fSrn labor is done IN shirt sleeves
snd osesalIs, aud sush town people %
nas be induced To- do farn labor VIII
And it more ecosonieal and more con-
vsnIent 10 use their old clothes. .-Ciar.
suce Ousley, Assistant Secretary Of
Agriculture.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

ThIrty-two hsifsrs wsrs scld at . calf
club sale for total OF eS,l1J.oo, OF An
sveraes Of to142 per bead. 10 Knox
County, No. The heifefa wsfe sn hien:.
erads Holsteins and al except fous o.
tAees hslisss 81 baek 2 penbss' e g ehs :
00Ds ,sg
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

store sesd in . dry. well-ventilated
,oom. CsIlars ere too moist, atttos usu.
slIv are too hot, bat . secondrstosy room
Sn.rishes the ideal location. Seed can
- projected against mice By ssorine -
-. Sorss or nouse- proof wooden boxes
% s. slspesdis6 Alelh bAss'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

Tommy The kaisars an overload.
amt shei diess slfsc 81
Sammy-Yes, but you bet he amt as'
over-the-top lord. s'sa . -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPESD TIE PLcw."

correspondence on practical Agricultural tonic
10 solicited. Address al communicas asions IN.
tended for this department to HnNRY d
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem.
oerst. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
SOME USES OF THE PEOPLES
MONEY BY TIE War
DEPARTMENT

war, little more than 18 months ago,
the War Department has raised,
equipped, trained and, with naval help.
sent across the sea upward of a mil
lion and q half Of soldiers and has
practically as many more under train
ing at home. The number of Ameri-
can soldiers lost In transit as result
Of U-boat attacks up to September /
last was less than 500.
In this time more than 100000
rides of the new 1917 model. consid-
cred by many experts the best army
rife in the world, have been made. in
speoted, assembled and issued, and
the weekly production is growing.
The total amount of money directly
appropriated by Congress for the Ord
nance Program, Or for which authori-
zation has been given to incur obli-
cations. amounts to approximately
$4,000, ,000, 900, since the beginning Of
the war.
From the beginning of the war. to
June 30. 1918. the last day Of the past
fiscal year. contracts we're placed by
the Ordnance Department from ap-
propriations and authorizations exist
ing at that time amounting to $4.300,-
100000. It is estimated that during
the present fiscal year ending June 30,
1918, the actual cash expenditures for
ordnance will reach total Of $1,000
100000.
The major items for which cash ex-
penditures were made or for which
contracts were placed, up to June 30,
101a woro.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Artillery Ammunition $3.50, ,OOO,0O
and Small Arms Ammunition $685.
100000.

0VO,VW.
Expenditures in connection with
military engineering operations direct
ly relating to the war have exceeded
$376,000,0 900 the past year, the larger
part going for docks and railways in
France.
Since the beginning Of our partici-
patton in the war, there have been
bought for Army use 625, ,481, ,392 lbs.
Of -four at a cost Of $43,375.446
186,582,316 lbs of sugar at cost Of
$14.462.512; 110.451 $40 lbs. Of bacon
at a cost Of $43.375. AS, 102.s94.742
lbs. OF dried beans, at cost Of $12.-
613,46s; 72,274,529 cans of tomatoes.
at q cost of $9,27S,121 and 3S.421 ,266
lbs. of rice at a cost of $2,775.b19.
These are but six standard articles OF
food but they give an idea Of the size
of Uncle Sans market basket.
Here is an idea Of the Army cloth
ing bill from April 1. 1917. to Aug. /.
1913.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

The major items for which cash ex-
penditures were made or for which
contracts were placed. up to June 30,
101a woro.