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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-30
STATE HOUSE
Meeting Gil 10 N, Wednesday, July 30

will be held at 10 o'clock this
wednesday, morning. Three pardon
hearings are scheduled for hearings,
although it is impossible to tell
which Of the petitioners will be rep
resented. this being the fourth as
signment for one and third for an
other. They are:
Hugh Pinkerton Of Sherman, serv-
ing 9-years sentence in the State
prison for incest. being sentenced in
April. 1917, at Houlton.
Harvey Stymiest Of Loggieville, N.
b. sentenced in December. 1913, at
Houlton to 10 to 20 years in State
prison for rape committed on JULY 25
OF that year at Van Buren, on Alice
Lurette
Arthur J. Casey Of Calais, sentenced
IN May. 1917. at Calais to to Is years
IN state prison for the murder of
John F. Tracy. he pleading guilty Of
manslaughter. -
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ed system of State highways. M
very much road building was a.
complished under this provision !.
there was not a very large surplw
the State aid appropriation An
year.
In 1913 the law which we are nm
working under was passed. TNh
law provided for the creation Of |,
State highway commission, the hy.
ing out of a system of State hisb.
ways and a system of State II
highways. and provided for a tw
million dollar bond issue to be q.
pended in the construction Of Sap
! highways. 1t provided at the sam,
time for an annual appropriation d
100000 for State aid.
The Highway Commission has ha
out system of State highways con.
sisting of between 1850 and I'D
miles of road, or five and one.has
per cent. OF our entire milean
This system passes through 2ss ctts
and towns wherein are found ss
cording to the last federal census d
per cent. of the population Of ID
State. and according to State asses
sor's reports 70 per cent. of the va.
uation of the State. 1t appears d
the Highway Commission that this
the most important five and one.hal
per cent. of mileage in the Stat
because they believe that vhes
three quarters of the population a
it is fair to assume that three
quarters of the traffic will be found
This estimate takes no account d
tourist traffic. so-called. which. gen
orally speaking. follows the system
of State highways.
During the last six years 800 milo
OF State highways have been rebuilt
at cost Of approximately three mil |
lion dollars. There is also found %
the system of State highways abcE
300 miles Of road which has been " F
built as State aid road. so that todal
approximately one-half of the sys
tenn Of State highways is improved
road
During the last six years there hn
been built as State aid road 7se mas
of road, at cost of approximate
sa.25o,ooo. This mileage. added .
that built between 1908 and 1911
shows a little over 1900 miles Of con-
pleted State aid road built at gross
expenditure of over six million dd' |
lars. In this connection it should y
borne In mind that the system a
State aid roads as laid out and upon
which we are working consists q
about 5000 miles. These are feeden
to. the State highway system ana
will probably directly accomrnodsa
Is to 20 per cent. Of the populau'a,
in addition to the 70 per cent founa
on the State highway system.
In 1915 the Legislature provided im
workable patrol maintenance law in
State highway law as passed IN ~
contained a provision for patrol main's
nance. but only upon improved '0'S
As the improved sections were dlsr
nected 1t was impossible to es'a0, =.
patrol efficiently and economlcaiH- !,
are now patrollng the entire mlieass
Stste and State aid road. improved -.
unimproyed. and during 1915, isp n.
of road were under constant dail! pa.
from April until November, ~ pau
men were employed in this work. anu
Continued on Page 6-CoL "
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1t requires all inspection to be done
Fisheries Commission. Section 5 of
Chap. 1876 first authorizes inspection
to be done by the packers. Such in
spection, however, must be done to
the satisfaction of the commission
and unless done by the packers in a
manner to reasonably satisfy the
commission. having in mind the pur-
poses of the act as hereinafter out
lined. the commission may then APP
point it's own inspectors, and the
packers must submit to their in
spection of their pack. We hold it
to be a reasonable requirement and
within the authority of the commits
ion to prescribe at the outset that
the inspection by the packers shall
not be done by an individual pack
er. or any officer or member of any
corporation or firm packing sardines.
The above interpretation, however,
does not prohibit the Sea and Shore
Fisheries from inspecting at all times
all boats, wharves and places of bus
mess OF any packer obtaining a Ii
cense under Sec. of Chap. 1876 for
the purpose of determining whether
said Chap. 1875 and it's rules and reg
ulations are being complied with.
by agreement of parties all of sec
ton four of the Rules and Regula-
tions of the Commission after the f1g-
ures 1912" and as far as the words,
mo fish," are to be stricken out.
After an examination of the statute
and authorities we hold that it was
the intention of the Legislature by
this act to exercise its police powers
not only for the protection of the
public health but to guard against
fraud and imposition on the public
and enhance and preserve the repu-
tation of the products of this i'm
portant State industry in foreign as
we'll as domestic markets. With this
object in view. and which is a prop
er exercise of its police power, it au-
thorized the sea and shore fisheries
to adopt rules and establish inspec-
ton for the purpose Of improving
not only the quality of the product
but of requiring it to conform to cer-
tain standards thereby insuring the
public against fraud as we'll as I'M
sanitary products and at the same
time promoting the welfare and de-
velopment of an important industry
of the State. To this end the Legis-
lature gave the Sea and Shore Fish:
cries Commission a reasonable con-
troll over this industry through the
power Of licensing. inspection and by
the adoption of reasonable regula-
tons. We. therefore, hold that the
commission may substitute in place
of the part stricken out of Section
of it's rules provision requiring
that all fish packed saould be sound,
that is, suitable for food, and at
least reasonable percentage of them
shall be unbroken. or suitably brand
ed to indicate their condition, and
that all cans shall be properly filled,
to prevent fraud and imposition.
Unless the rules and regulations
are amended by the commission with
in 10 days to comply with these find
ings injunction to issue.
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AN ILLUSTRATION THAT
QUICKLY PROVED ITSELF

Adjutant General George Mel. Pres
son recalls with much interest a con-
versation with 1t. Co. r. H.. Hartz, the
commander of the Martin bombing
plane that last Friday visited Augusta
and which came to grief on Saturday
near Lake Placid. N. T.. on making q
forced landing, after having been lost
IN the fog and out of gas.
They were at Tacoma Inn and the
general had asked a question leading
UP to the real purpose Of the trip. Said
Colonel Hartz In substance:
I'VE are touring the country nv air
to show the people what we can do and
to bring before them the commercial
purposes to which the air service may
be put in the not very distant future.
slch as mail routes. pa ssenger lines,
etc.
ITO accomplish such service. the en-
tire country must be mapped out for
airships. such as having stations for
landings. for repairs. supplies and the
many other things that 60 with the
operation Of an airship.
Take. for instance, your own town
Of Pennington. We might give It the
number 81. You doubtless have some
high building. with a roof suitable on
which to paint in large numerals that
ISL" We are lost in the fog or we are
seeking to pick up some station. We
spy that great number and refer to our
map, which tells us that 81 is Farming
ton. Me. 1t also tells us where the
landing field is and when that is locat-
or
direction of the wind and the best
landing position. We will cover the
country il that manner and soon the
flying routes of the United States will
be as we'll defined as the travelled high
ways"
The coloners statement is Of unusual
interest, considering that on the very
next day, on account of the lack Of
the very things he mentioned, lost in a
fog and short of gas, obliged to land
at once, chance was taken in an un.
known country, with somewhat disas-
trous results to the machine, although
happily with nothing so serious to the
crew. Colonel Hartz also told Gen.
Presson that he expected to again visit
Maine in a larger airship. a 12-passen-
ger hydroplane. The purpose of this
trip will. be to'visit and look over all the
bodies of water in Maine. especially the
| many lakes and ponds in northern
Maine which have no sporting camps OF
residents and are but infrequently OF
never visited on account of their mac.
feasibility and remoteness.
Such a machine could land anywhere
that water appears and that is pretty
often in Maine. 1t could carry enough
gas to make light of, there being nc
gasoline stations n such places and
could stay out after dark for several
| nights in succession. 1t could also To-
! cate some fishing places that would de-
light the hearts of the fishermen
Colonel Har.z did not say when to
expect the visit of this hydroplane, but
he had already stated that he expected
such a machine to be ready for him
| about at the completion Of his present
trip.
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Governor Milliken Tuesday morn

Governor Milliken Tuesday morn
Ing honored requisition papers issued
by Governor Calvin Coolidge Of
Massachusetts, for the return to that
State Of one Madeline johnson, held
in the custody of Sheriff o. B. Fer
nondez at Bangor. The papers were
sent on the noon train Tuesday to Of
ficer Thomas F. Ryan of Boston,
who has been in the State since last
week after the party and who identi-
fed her in Bangor Jail as the woman
wanted.
The papers stated that on March II.
1913. Officer Ryan saw the johnson
woman leave house on Beach
street, Boston, known to be frequent
ed by persons addicted to the use of
drugs and arrested her on suspicion,
finding in her possession. contrary
to law, one hypodermic syringe and
needle. Her case was called in the
Suffolk court on April 81 but she de-
faulted. She was traced to Maine and
later arrested and held by the Ban
gof officers.
Council Meeting Today
The regular monthly meeting Of
the Governor and executive Council
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The Memorial Bridge
The following disnatch wa. co.

The following dispatch was sent out
on Monday from Portsmouth, N. H;
Rear Admiral G. ]. Bousch, COM
mandant Of the Kittery navy yard, is
in receipt Of a communication from
c. w. Parks of the Bureau OF Yards
and Docks, Washington, d. c., stat
ing that the federal government las
made ali appropriation for 100000 To-
ward the new Memorial bridge and
asking to be put in proper cornlnuni-
cation with the States of Maine and
New Hampshire. IL those states are
ready to begin.
Governor Bartlett has replied that
New Hampshire is ready. Maine must
have an election to amend its Con-
stitution before Its money will lie
available. but 1t IL understood that
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Norridsewoek Grade CROSSINGS

The Public Utilities Commission
will 60 today wednesday, to Nor
ridgewock. where at Gas A. M. 1t
will give a hearing in the passenger
station CT the Maine Central on pro-
lection of grade crossings in that
town.
The commission on Oct. Q. 1917, in
a general order with reference to the
protection Of grade crossings
throughout the State, ordered the
Maine Central to install the follow
ing crossing projections: Automatic
signal during 1919 at crossing 91.90,
which is Is miles west Of station;
continue present gate protection at
crossing 92.01, which is IT miles west
Of station between hours A. M. and
730 p. NJ. until the year 1917 and
then install an automatic signal Of
the silent type; an automatic signal
during 1920 at crossing 1924. which
Ia .26 miles east Of station.
The municipal officers Of Norridge-
wock have filed protest against the
erection Of an automatic signal at
crossing 92.01 and pray that gate pro-
lection or a flagman be continued.
The commission has therefore re.
opened the matter and the hearing IL
for hearing evidence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-30
HIGHWAY SITUATION
TODAY AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

Highly important facts concern.
ing the highway situation in Maine
at the present time and the outlook
for the future are contained in 2 a
statement that has just been COM
piled showing the situation as II
stands today. In addition the inter-
esting history of the good roads
movement in Maine is given from its
earliest beginnings nearly Is years
ago.
Before undertaking highway i'm
provement of any consequence, the
Legislature very wisely decided that
the first thing to be done was to find
out exactly what the highway prob
lem Of the State was, and in 1905
the Legislature ordered such an In
vestigation. The results of that in
quiry may be briefly summarized as
follows:
We learned that we had 25,530
miles of road in the State; that eight
per cent of this mileage was found In
our 20 cities, and that this eight per
cent. of the road received IS per cent
of all the money raised in the State
for road purposes. Furthermore
this money was assessed against AZ
per cent. of the valuation of the
State, which was found in the 20
cities. The other side of the propo-
sition was that 80 per cent. of the
roads were cared for by IS per cent.
of the road money and it was as
sessed against So per cent. of the
valuation of the State. This, then.
explained why it was that the coun-
try roads, generally speaking, were
poor. The cities were expanding on
an average seven times as much per
mile for the care of their roads as
were the towns.
One other point which has bear
ing on this question was brought
out by this investigation: The av-
erage length Of office Of road COM
missioners then employed in the
State was two and seven-tenths'
years. about two years and eight
months. although we had one man
who had served continuously for "a
years. In other words. we were, as
a State, expanding $1.400,00O annual
ly in the care of our roads and this
expenditure was directed by men who
on the average had not served an
apprenticeship in the trade of art of
road making. Is it fair to suppose
that we will be successful in our eff
forts at road making with the work
constantly in the hands of inexperi-
enced men? No line Of private busi-
ness could be successful under such
conditions.
AS a result of this investigation.
the Legislature in 1907 passed State
aid law. providing for more liberal
payment of State aid to the poor
towns than to the weather. towns
and cities. We worked along under
this law until 1913 and built about
$50 miles of State aid road, at a
cost of about $2,650,000. a-.. n
In 1909 the Legislature provided
that funds remaining in the appro-
priation for State aid after providing
for the payment of State aid applied
for by the cities and towns might be
used by the State highway commits
sioner in building connecting links
between State aid roads. This was
the first step which really had for its
object the working out of connect
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this is little more than q formality
and will take place this fall"
Governor Milliken said Tuesday at
ternoon:
ANY expenditure by the State Of
Maine is of course dependent on the
approval by the people of the bond
issue, but pending that action at the
coming September election, the off,
Gals OF New Hampshire and the
United States with a view of build
ing the Memorial bridge between
Maine and New Hampshire from
klttery, Me-. to Portsmouth, N. H.
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SHARKS

Mrs. Mary Dudley, an aged lady of this
place who recently, sustained a broke
hip. is improving and it is believed she
will recover from the shock of the ac-
cident. :"
Mrs. Arnold Waugh has recently re-
turned from a visit with her daughter in
Newton Upper Falls, Mass.
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.Unsightly Hair
DeSl(irocG

=. De1Haeles The original sanitary
S1a = t1Hly . rsvelstieS in
sSscses..s.e 's -. Is e 3ast ss
erassly grewtAs ~ ft o - s-ss'
nary oAea, o3~A.
Only genuine DeA1iraele n. .
aeney-bsck guarantee a ~s.S
Iaekage. At toilet esuafers 4.
- y anA - discs, Or y NAH
eefpt o9 price.
highest avtSerstie. e.
plains what causes hair On fsee.
Aeck onA arms why ft ancreases
sac lev OeMlfaele devitaliaea n.
nailea ID PLATA aealeA enveIoDe a
request. OeMiFaele. PARK ~. ~
13eth St. New York.
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several new cases Of violations Of N.
nsh and game laws and the disposition
OF the cases have been reported to Tho
commissioner of Inland fisheries and
game. as follows:
by Frank J. Durgin of The Forks
cnief warden for Somerset county. of
inc prosecution on July q of r. n
ooioy OF Moose River before Trial JUS
.ice n. W. Holden Of Moose River for
having ID short trout in possession. He
was med $S and so costs. On account
OF extenuating circumstances thu Ana
~as RENTED on payment Of the costs.
ny Deputy Warden e. w. Ward of
Miiiinocket. Of the prosecution Of
Charles Russell Of Norcross before the
Millfnocket municipal court on july 26
for hunting without license and for
killing duck In close time. He was
hned 3 and $l0.35 costs on the first
oftenss and III and $50 costs on the
second.
A Big Haul
Fines and costs amounting to $251. 20
were paid into the Rumford municipal
court on Monday. July q by a party of
six Lithuanians. one . woman, who
thought that anyone was allowed to fish
where and when he pleased and catch
as many hsh ~ would bite the hook.
Deputy wardsnsp.. L. Howard Of Rid
lonvilIe. IN Mexico. Oxford county.
worked up tAs Sase ana caught the Of
tenders rsd.Aandsd. they having taken
ny yhear own Admission and the nsh TO
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State House Chat

William w. Brown of Bowdoinham
folder of the Maine Senate. was a
caller at the State House on Tues
day. 1t was his first visit there
since the close Of the session and the
everyday quiet of the Capitol was
noticeable to him.
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New Corporation.

| The following new corpora lions, Or.
ganized under the laws Of Maine. have
had their articles of Incorporation ap-
proved by the Office Of the attorney
general; Silver Quarter Service, organ.
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One Treatment
with Cuiculra
Clears DaI1dxuM
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BLUE SKY LAW" ADVERTISE
MENT.

Application having been made d the
Banking Department by the foliovins
named company to be licensed as Z
Dealer n Securities under provisions Of
Chap. 20, Sec. II to u, of the Revised
Statutes. % amended, legal notice is
hereby given and any person NAV.
within two weeks from the date. of this
publication Ale objection to the pro-
posed registration with the Banking
Department.
Name Business Address
Gibralter Rubber Sales
Co., 81 Union Square,
New York City
eAa4ofd National Bank.
FRANK =. PALMER, "a
DGAk CoNmissloner.
AYCssta, ~. July 8 11is.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-11

AGENTS
Delaware City, D. B. Agent
AGENTS THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-11
NoTlcETo TAXPAYERS
OF
APpoQUINININK HUNDRED

: The taxable residents of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the Taxes for the year 1918
are now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred. will be
AT THE OFFICE OF D. B. MALONEY,
IN TOWNSEND. DEL,
EVERY SATURDAY,
During JANUARY 1919.
From 2 p. NJ until evening
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-.
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 3, CHAPTER
so, VOLUME 81, LAWS OF DELAWARE. AS
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid before
the first day Of October there shall be an
abatement of five per centum. On ell
taxes paid before the fret day of Deem
her there shall be an abatement of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during tire
month of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the fret DAY Of January there
shall be added one-tialf of one per centnm
per month until the seme Shall he paid.
JOSEPH c. HUTCHINSON,
Collector of Taxes for Appoquinimink
Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-11
Submarines and Sugar.

Successful convoy of our troop
Ghips has meant much to all Of us. But
Americans must not overlook the fact
that Germany has now another plan
N mind. If she cannot get our boys.
she will use every effort to sink the
supply ships carrying food. And food
from America is vital to success.
In every sinking we must realize the
double loss Of ship and supplies. Our
answer to that loss must always be in
terms of more ships, more supplies.
This means briefly that the food
must be ready, piled on the docks to
be pushed across as fast as losses &C.
cur. It means that We must eat per-
ishable to save staples for this cOntin-
nous shipping. It means that we must
produce food intensively, that all who
are IN no other work shall be on the
farms.
It means that we must be sending
a few ships as possible out after sup.
niles for ourselves and this il where
sugar comes In. We can do with less
imported sugar. We have other foods
which we can grow at home. Defec-
ton Of ships to Java or TIN Aiyentine
4 vill subtract from the eatk's nswsr
20 tie Submarine.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-11
Blue Triangle Series.


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Just phase of the Work
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mouse the direct
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with the relatives
% the attention the the early Of
Plattsburg
under any provised shelter could
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last farewell to their
Miss Vera Shaefer in the
eastern field had previously encountered problem
Mexican border
commanding officer Plattsburg Miss Shaefer had the
erected
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Middletown transcript., 1919-01-11

EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NAV CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 3, CHAPTER
80, VOLUME 81, Avs OF DELAWARE, AZ
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid before
the first day of October there shall be an
abatement OF five per cen.nm. On all
taxes paiI before the first day Of Decem-
Der there snail be an abatement of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month OF December there ehaIl be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the fret day OF January there
shallbe added one-half of one per centum
per month unit! the eame shall be paid.
T. EDGAR CLAYTON.
Collector n Taxes for st. Georges Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-11
A GERMAN HOPE DlSPROVED
AND
GERMAN FEAR CONFIRMED

+ A statement made by a promi- :
!. nent German official soon after :
i. this country was declared in a {
!. state of war with Germany
+ shows that even in the enemy
i. country clear thinking students
!. did not undervalue the strength
j. of the American republic. Only
+ in his confidence that we could
+ not land in Europe sufficient
i troops to affect the final decision
!. was this German mistaken.
i. Il do not fear the American
1. soldiers" he told high official
i Of our government, because
J. they cannot arrive in time. What
+ ! fear is the intelligence and de-
! votiOn Of one hundred million
J. original minds and people train
+ ed to faith in individual initia-
+ tive. The day that these peo-
+ pie, now so materialistic in out
!. ward appearance, are stirred
]. spiritually, that day is the day
j. Of Germany's DOOM"
j. !. !. !. !. i. !. !. !.