Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-11
NUMBER 10.
House receive $1,000 q year. Finneran
would have them receive $4,000.

House receive $1,000 year. Finneran
would have them receive $4,000.
Massachusetts, mill operators win be
totally unable TO compete with the
operators In southern states u the
working week is further shortened.
according to William +. Garcslon, rep-
resenting the Arkwright Club. speak
ing before The legislative committee
on social welfare In opposition to bills
limiting the hours OF labor for wom-
en- and children to 4S in one week.
Ernest N. Arnold, get-rtch quick in
vestment broker, whose failure for
100000 in 1910 caused sensation
throughout Connecticut and was felt
IN all parts OF New England. whence
Q golden stream of dollars flowed to
his little Office on Union street, was
found dead in bed at his home on
Grove street. Putnam. Death was duo
to heart disease. He was 81 years old.
OF 10 brothers who entered the serv-
ice eight have been killed In action,
one has lost an arm and leg, another
has both arms amputated. still an
other lost an arm, and the last has
been reported wounded. degree unds-
termined. This 10 the war record OF
the family Of Miss Margaret ellison
Of Hartford, Conn, whose parents. Mr..
and Mrs. c. NJ. Gilscn, make hstr
home in San Antonio. Texas.
A resolution proposing an amOd-
ment to the constitution OF the State
to provide for holding the biennial
State election on the Tuesday. next
after the first Monday in November.
beginning next year, has been intro
duced In the Maine House. The reso-
luton provides for referendum on
Sept. 8 next. The election Is now
held on the second Monday Of Septem-
Der. Maine being the first State In the
union to vote.
Sensational disclosures are said to
be In the hands Of the authorities az
the result of q confession on the part
Of Providence young woman who Is
said to have told Of drug trafhc be-
tween Boston and that city. That
young girls are peddling the drugs Is
admitted. One young woman Is said
to have visited pool room in the
centre Of Providence every day and 30
cured a quantity of drugs which were
dispensed to men waiting at street
corners.
Newburyport folk who were Of the
unanimous opinion, as they began
their days work. that a farmers life
Ia q pretty good life these times. are
telling one another, in the general
stores. postofices and grange meet
ings that running farm Is the hard
est and most profltless work. Some
enc Is always taking the Joy out Of
life. The cause of their sudden drop
into the silo of gloom was the de-
cisiou rendered In the district court
by Judge Thomas c. Simpson-that a
farmer has no legal right to sell cider
of more than 3 per cent. alcohol. even
though he raised the apples himself.
In protest against the plan Of COM
bining the Mass. state forestry de-
partments with other state de-
partments, the New England forestry
congress at Boston adopted Q rssolu-
don which will be presented 70 the
Legislature. recommending that the
department Of forestry be established
as an Independent department and not
combined with or subordinated to un-
related activities" The ongress. al
though made up largely Of New Eng
land mon, includes foresters from
other parts OF the United States and
Canada. Lumber. paper. pulp and wa
ter power interests were also repre-
,ented at the meeting.
Five additional recommendations for
weeping consultations Of state de-
boards and commissions
we're made by Thomas w. White.
state supervision. in q supplementary
report filed with the Mass. Legislature.
rhe recommendations. which II ac-
,epted would establish four new state
as follows: The depart
nsnt OF education and. registration.
which would combine the powers and
iuties Of the present board Of educs.
ION, teachers retirement board. trls-
ees Of the state library. the bureau
Il immigration. the art commission.
he commissioners Of the Nautical
Training School, the trustees OF the
agricultural college
nd tho trustees Of the three textile
Ichoois.
A complete pocket distillery and
noonshine OUTFIT was seized BY Deputy
Hunt and Wheeler In cot
ase In the woods near Sebago Lake
Village. Ne. It Is believed liquor was
,eing manufactured for the men
Working on the big Ice fields. The
,ouipment consisted OF ave kettles.
n one Of which was q gallon glass
sr from which boiled molasses. while
licsd raw potatoes were cooking In
he mixture. The strained juice OF
his compound was cooking in the