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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13
One Thina ia His Favor

said Cncle Eben, makes you feel like
Kind o friendly toward i'm. cause he
seems so good-natured and easy to
p.esEe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13
Tuesday, January -, 1szo.

IF . man eannst DO his c~n work
and take his own part Re does nor
count"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

A West Forks corresponoent
writes:
"A local resident, Scott g. Durgin.
after reading an account of some old
coins in the Maine Gossip, has re-
quested me TO write to you concern
ing one which he has in his posses
sion. II is an old British coin about
the size Of one Of our half dollars.
and bears the date 1926. On one side
is a reproduction, should say, Of the
king, and also the words: LudsXvs
D'GFRsEt Sav-Rsxs. On the back
side OF the coin is coat Of arms
and the inscription: SIT NOMEN
DOMINI'H'BESDICTUM. Mr.. Dur
gins father found the coin many
years ago while at work on building
the road through to Canada Evil
IDENTIFY it was lost by some one tray-
cling through that wild and unknown
territory many years ago."
Lewiston arises TO express its opinion
that determination against the second
city in the State was made in favor Q,
the third, when the teachers conven-
ton was given to Bangor. Lewiston
says that as she has cared for the State
Grange. the State fair and other big
gatherings. sac opines she could cara
for all the schoolnaa' ans that would at
tend the convention.
Rockland should coon be well
equipped with theatres, two rival CON-
panies announcing that they propose to
build at an early date.
Two sisters and a brother, who
had not seen or communicated with
each other for over Is years, recently
| had reunion at Van Buren,. the re-
| suit OF the brothers untiring search
They are Clarence Fallstorm. aged
IS. Miss Lillian Fallstrom, q, and
Mrs. Louis c. (Mabel) Levesque, %
The Fallstrom children were some 20
years ago placed in a Catholic or
phAnase in Boston. their parents
having died. The boy lived with a
Spencer, MasA, family for some
time; went to . Brousseau family in
| Warren and finally with q Holt fam
lily in Vermont, being adopted and
taking the name. He went across,
was gassed and while on a s-months
furlough began search for his sis
ters- Lillian had been adopted by q
Therriault family and lived on South
bridge. Mass. Mabel had married
| and lived in Van Buren,, where tie
reunion was held.
A $4,000 trust fund was presented
last Friday to the Bath City Hos
pital BY Harold n. and william D.
sewall Of that city in honor Of the
memory Of their mother. the late
Mrs Emma D. Sewall, wife Of the
late Arthur SeWall.
The Houlton potato market dur
| ing the last Of the week advanced
tho price to $3.50 to IS per barrel.
with the owners disposing Of them
at . lively rate. Just how long this
price VIII prevail Is uncertain, but
the farmers are making the best of
their opportunity.
The assessors from all over Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

Democrats are busy today arguing
whether it was Wilson or Bryan who
put the din in dinner.-The North Amer
lean.
Also how to get the will out Of
Wilson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

Alas. alack. that il is so;
The old hip pockets got to 60.
Pats and knocks
Oh. no: So, 50. Well, let her 60
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13
And So On

ALSO two Of the 50 Fridays Of $3.50 fall
on the 18th. Boston Globe.
Cnlucky for fish.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

A fishing school for boys has been
established on. the Italian coast, with
the support Of the American Red
Cross, to train the lads in the theory
40 wen a. the practice Of fishing.
They will be taught the value and
proper disposal Of every part, 40
there will be norwaste. and the prop
Or care Of ash until It reaches the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

Colonel Francis H. Farnum. [. s A,
the inspector instructor OF the Maine
National Guard. loves a good s;ory. II
is said at the Office Of Adiu.ans Cen
eral Presson tina; i. is well nigh impos-
sible to relate an anecdote or tell a
story without the colonel coming back
with one better. II was Wednesday
afternoon. One Of the Office stan told
a story which reminded a caller Of an
other. Neither was Of the Chauncey
Depew calibre but each was a pretty
good story. But-with a big B-along
came the coloners story as follows:
Huh. That's got nothing on our SER
want cir! who boiled the watermelon
Someone smelled a peculiar odor from
the kitchen and on investigation found
that the girl. recently over from the soil
Of Old Erin had cut up the watermelon
just as one would a pumpkin or squash
and had 1t in a kettle. boiling away as
merrily as boiled dinner Fact
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

The train was speeding On its way
from Gardner to Augusta. Two affahie
old ladies were in the seat ahead Of ne
! love afabie old ladies who favor Car
damon seeds. peppermint. lace collars.
long tangled watch chains and big
cameo brooches Now tell me- said
one to the other. What are those build
ings over yonder. across the river
The second a. o. l. adjusted her glasses
and looked. yes, yes. why that's the
old soldiers home" Delightful ioca-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

The sa-dire packers from al along
the coast viii meet today TUESDAY,
IN Bangor. With many mportan.
matters 70 be considered 1t il the
sardine section Of the National Can
ners' Association and II VIII. be the
annual meeting.
William A Nelson Of Bangor died
Saturday in St Ba-nahas hospital,
Woodford's, as a result Of complica-
tons from a spinal injury through
a fan abort year ago on the ice at
Fort Kent. He was for time ssso-
ciated Press operator with the old
Wing and later for % years with the
News resigned about years ago 70
become travelling agent for tie Bar
gor & Aroostook freight department.
He vas an expert operator and had
hosts Of friends On the wire and in
the newspaper business A widow.
ia lighter, grandson. father. three sis-
te-s and brother survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

consumes. The Portland Express
rr pertiren.iy inquiries Why such
Z school would Tot be good thing
for Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

The assessors from all over Maine
will be in Augusta tomorrow (Jan
~ for their annual conference.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

The Maine Retail Dry Goods A.
ISOLATION VII On ThurDdAy next hold
It's nid-Einter meeting IN Brunswick
Lew Hahn. executive secretary Of
the National Retail Dry Goods Asso-
cation, VIII be the speaker
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

ton" / knew it was the State Hospi-
tai but it certainly wasn't my place. or
any one eise's to puncture the Illusion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

-. ~,.scs -+sserer VII be taken CO
unsigned cozaEE 2scas;ooz.
IRA Jcs.r..z, csazot he led feEronss-
h1s for tse preservation OF return
~ 81 "a .iG1s.
AcS.ers e.. cosz.sa 1nicxt4o-z r<lz4sAS
70 Subscriptions and aevsstisssnsa1
e Xsanesec Journal Company
P.5.Lae... Augusta, Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

nEnHER THE ASSOCIATED PEE>o
IA Aaeceda.ed Press = S1ctoS
s.tstied 10 tie 1ss for YeDvp1Ea60n =
an neVs DISPATCHES c1e6te4 % z q "a
cGheSv3sS credited !. sniI 49,
slsS d. 10 Al news yub!sssea hefsA
All -.xl.s II republication Of s1ees4
c..s.cser herein are also se~sFve0
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
Senator Harding's Lost TarpOn.
New York WORLDLY

t-NtW 1OIh w oIIu-l
"A sacrifice to art" Senator Harding
calls his experience with the Point Isabel
tarpOn, estimated at seven feet long. that
got away from him after he had played
it for three-quarters of an hour. The
affair might be otherwise described.
AS long as the senator kept the fish in
deep water there was little danger of los
ing him. But to please the moving pic
ture men who were fishing for the film
mart he was rowed in nearer the wharf.
Given that opportunity, any experienced
fish knows what to do. \ coast guard
man Jumped into the water. uniform and
all, to avert disaster-though how he was
going to do it does not appear. But the
tarpOn simply sawed off the line against
the barnacles on the piling and called it
day.
Now a man may cOnceivably do two
things at once, but not if one of those
things is landing a big fish. When Sena-
tor Harding turned movie hero for
spirited closeup he stopped being a fish
erman but the tarpon did not stop being
a fish. 1t kept its mind attentive to the
best means of getting free and its pur-
pOseful mental concentration won a mer-
tied reward.
1t will be a good lesson to the senator
if. when he reaches Washington and the
White House, he forgets all about the
movie men, the gallery, the onloOker, how
ever described. and keeps his mind centred
on fish even bigger than a seven-fOot tar
pom.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
NEW WATERFALLS FOUND.
Discovered Within 40 Miles of Portland.
Ore, in the Cascades.

Waterfalls that rival in beauty the
most splendid cataractS of the Paclhc
Northwest have just been discovered on
the western slope of the Cascade noun
tains in Oregon, writes Horace T..
Thomas in Popular Mechanics.
Although within 40 miles of Portland
a city of 100000 people, no white man, 50
far as the records show, had ever seen
them until few weeks ago. j..
THE falls lie almost in the center Of
the Bull Run Forest Reserve, set aside
bv the government to protect Bull Run
lake and Bull Run river, the sources of
Portland's water supply. 1t is this, of
course. that accounts for the fact that the
falls were not discovered long ago. The
reserve is closed to all visitors except en-
ployes of the government and of the city
of Portland who may go there on business,
n precaution taken to protect the timber
OF the watershed against fires that might
be started by careless campers.
THE reserve. which includes 81
square miles of mountains and forest. was
set aside by congress in 1897, and has
been closely guarded ever since. 1t may
be that in the early days some of the men
who inspected the reserve came upon the
falls. but this is unlikely, as they could
hardly have failed to make record of
their discovery. TIE geological service
made a survey of the district, but the falls
do not show on their maps, although all
other waterfalls are marked.
The falls were found by three officials
of the water bureau who had been trav-
cling a new trail that leads from Bull
Run lake to the headworks of the water
system. a distance of 81 miles. Up to the
present time the only trails between these
places led along the mountain ridge,
above Bull Run river. They decided to
explore Falls creek, tributary of the
Bull Run. which had been named for
minor falls that were already well known.
Penetrating with great difficulty up this
stream. they came into n deep box canyon.
and abruptly rounding q turn, were in
full view of the lower of the unknown
falls. They found that the stream at
this place drops over n series of three
shelves. two close together and the other
a quarter of a mile above New
York Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
NONDAY, NOVEMBER -, 1920,
THE NEW SHIPPING BOARD.

President Wilson on Saturday an
nouuccd his appointments to the United
States shipping board. the organization
that is being unfavorably exposed by
a congressional investigating committee.
The appointments are: Admiral w. ;.
Benson Dcmocratb, chairman, for six
years; Frederick I. Thompson Demo
craft. five years Joseph \. Teal (Dem-
ocratl. four years; John 4. Donald
(Democrat), three years; Chester IL.
Roweu (RepubHcan), two years; Guy
D. Golf (Republican>, one year; and
Charles Suffer (Republican) one year.
Admiral Benson and Mr.. Donald
are holdovers from the present
board and of the five remaining two
are editors, two lawyers and one a bust
ness man who has just organized a ma
riue transportation company for service
on the Mississippi river.
he President cannot name more than
four members from the majority politi-
cal party and has given four Democrats
the longest terms on the board indicat-
ing that politics was the strongest infu-
encc in the selection of men to conduct
this enormous business in behalf of the
government With the exception of Adj
miral Benson, who has been shown fear
fully incompetent in past management,
and Mr.. Suffer- who is engaged in pri-
vate shipping schemes, none of the men
named show any practical knowledge of
the shipping business.
Further evidence of politics is the
statement that the senate probably will
not confirm these appointments but will
pigeonhole them until Harding is in the
presidential chair and then he will be
expected to send in a new list with Re
pubicana filling the longest terms. Poll
ties apparently VIII control throughout
the whole deal and the country can have
little hope Of efficient business manage
mcnt of this great government business
undertaking. Possibly a sentiment for
the adjustment of this political organ
ization may develop ana compel the aban-
dOnmcnt of the whole scheme.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

PLEECEMEN
Pleecemen are out weather it rains or
not,
They certeny deserve our pity.
They have to chase berglers if you ask
them to,
Because they're employed by the city.
We see them wawking along their beet
Looking free from all affection,
But they may have a wife and family
home,
Proving truth is stranger than fiction.
Pleecemen wear a uniform
50 you'll know wat they are at a giants,
Consisting ferst of a helmet
And 2nd, coat and pants.
The coat has buttins all the way down
Made out of solid brass,
And no matter who you think you are
They wont take eny OF your sass.
Yes their buttins are made of solid brasa
But they look like pure gold in the sun,
And its wise to stay about block away
If you feel like insulting one.
They stop baseball playing in dayllte
And robbers and things III the dark.
And "All pleecemen have big feet
Is a old but true remark.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
State Hospital.

| Recent comments in these columns in
regard to the situation at the state hos
pItal for the insane at Waterbury must
| have suggested to the reader % that the
problems in connection with that institu-
| ton are many and complex OF that
| given proper facilities, DR.. Stanley and
his staff are prepared to meet them
1t Is not so very long since crazy peo-
pie were confined in common jails under
! conditions of the most revolving descrip-
ton. The records of the various societies
for, the study and cure of insanity are
tull of descriptions of former conditions
that almost make the flesh creep.
The first 'mad-house' was little BETTER
1t was only a separate Jail with mostly
ignorant and unframed attendants The
plan was merely to keep the mailman safe,
not to attempt to cure him. In fact
thanks to the superStitions of the vulgar
and the ignorance of all regarding insan-
lty, crazy people in the first asylums were
probably so badly deranged as to be in
durable
The close and intensive study of mental
disease is so recent that it is well within
the memory and knowledge of many
younger men, and like all inspired scien-
tifiic research, it has resulted in light on
many dark places; it has shown that
many insane people can be cured
From the mad-hOuse to the asylum and
thence to the hospital for the insane is
" IiItt IliC SCltIlCG VI mental DVElen9 mas
come IN the past two decades, but as the
experts point out. with state hospitals.
particularly, so congested as to make the
mere care and maintenance of patients
a problem, it is pretty hard to do much
curing.
The ideal condition, of course. is a
plant so separated and constructed as to
permit the segregation of hopeless cases
and such surroundings and equipment as
permit an adequate staff to study and
treat durable cases with view to sending
them back into productive work.
The state hospital at Waterbury has
cured some cases and has sent out large
number of patients into surroundings
where they are more or less useful. Much
more could be done with better facilities,
and the experts look forward to a time
when actual clinics can be held in the
larger centers, especially to examine and
diagnose the cases of backward or defec-
tive children.
ssseepeegge aaEh = clinic going Rnd, Chill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15

The Reformer is on sale every evening" by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co. c. W.
cleveland S. L. Purinton (Esteyyille),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand. Gilbert J. Pollica, 20 South Main St,
Fort Drummer districtJ.
West Brattleboro, J. L. StockvsiL
East Dummer8ton, NJ z Brown
pntney, NJ G. Williams.
WewfGne, N NJ Batchelder
West Townshend, c q GruaL
Jamaica, K ] Daggett
South Londonderry, F 3. Iylsr
South Vernon, E B. Buffum.
H0rtnAeld, Mass Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, Il. H., Mra W strsetst
HinsdaIe, n. b w. Fl. Lyman.
Grseuheld, Mass, Greenfield News Co
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
Automobile Fines.
Montpelier Argus. J

A Burlington man who reports on auto
mobile accident to the motor department
mentions that his son was fined in a
municipal court in Chittenden county for
turning on the wrong side of a silent
policeman" to avoid a collision and that
a woman short time afterwards did the
same thing in front of the eyes of the
chief-of-pOlice without being noticed, that
down in Windham county men are fined
no bigger sums for running unregistered
cars and in other sections for operating
cars while drunk. He wishes to have his
sons license restored as the boy is not
well and he would like to get a light job"
for him at the state house during the ses-
sion of the general assembly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
VERMONT WOMAN HAD
SUFFERED Is YEARS

around the house and was utterly unable
to do my housework / had spells of
smothering and also attacks of dizziness
when the room would seem OF spin around
me. l got nervous, worried about trifes,
and at times felt so blue / was ready to
give up in despair.
"Tanlac made me a we'll and happy
woman. l do the homework for my
family of six, now, and it doesn't wear
me out. l eat anything and my digestion
could not be improved
My husband is as enthusiastic over
Tanlac as i am and if anybody wants to
hear about the case by word of mouth let
them come out to the house and we will
be glad to tell them all about it."
Tanlac is sold in Brattleboro by the
Brattleboro Drug Co., in South London
derry by George G. Smith, in Jamaica
by r. j. Daggett, in Townshend by Car
roll c. Robinson, in West Townshend by
Circuit & Dean, in Newfane by w. 2.
Eames, and in Putney by NJ. G. Will
liams.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
In the DAYS News.

Raymond Robins who may become
first secretary of the department of public
welfare with a seat in the PRESIDENT
cabinet, is a noted social worker who in
late years has figured more or less ac-
lively in politics. Mr.. Robins first came
into prominence as a social economist
when superintendent of the Chicago
municipal lodging house. in 1902. and as
one of the pioneer social settlement
workers of that city. In 1928 he
toured the world as a social evangelist
connected with The Men and Religion
Forward Movement. In the early period
of the war in Europe he was in charge
of Red Cross work in Russia. When
the Progressive party was formed in 1912
he was sympathetic with its purposes and
served as chairman of its national con
vcntion. Later he returned to the Re
publican party and in 1916 supported Mr..
Hughes for the presidency.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15

dren placed under proper acare and treat
ment and we would soon have fewer crazy
adults.
The coordination of the state hospital
at Waterbury, the Retreat at Brattleboro
and the home for the predetermined in
Brandon is already in sight, and series
of travelling clinics, conducted by experts
from the staffs of the three institutions,
with such aid as wouh be readily forth
coming from the schools and the county
medical and nurses association, would
probably be of the greatest value in pre-
venting children from becoming state
charges and in the cure of insane patients
generally.
The state board Of supervisors of the
insane of which Senator w. \. Bryant
of Ludlow is a member, may have some
thing to say about this later.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
Today S Events

Rrazil today celebrates the 31st amir
versary of the establishment of the re
public.
Today begins the annual observance of
"Children's Book Week" throughout the
United States and Canada.
Joseph f. Ransdell, United States
senator from Louisiana, and Mrs. Randall
celebrate their Both wedding anniversary
today.
With representatives present from 80
states. the assembly of the league OF ma
tions will meet at Geneva today for its
first session.
McGill university, Montreal, today will
launch a six-day campaign to raise
S5,0OO.OO0 to set the institution on a
firm financial basis.
The annual Pacific International Live
stock Exposition. one of the largest af-
fairs of its kind in the West, will be
opened today at Portland, Ore.
A National Americanization Congress
viii be inaugurated by the knights OF
Pythias tonight at a public meeting in
Carnegie hall, New York City.
In Porto Rico today Charming II. Cox,
governor-elect of Massachusetts, will un-
veil a memorial tablet in honor of the
Sixth Massachusetts regiment and its ser
vice in the Porto Rican campaign during
the Spanish war.
The last vestige of government control
over sugar in the United States Will be
removed today with the revocation Of all
licenses held by wholesalers, refiners, ex-
porters and importers.
A conference of state commissions.
shippers, carriers and others interested
in the grain trade will meet at st. Louis
today to consider the desirability of uni
formity in regulating minimum rates on
grain products in interstate traffic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15
Today's Anniversaries.

1708-William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
illustrious English statesman anG
orator, born. Died in 177S.
1S02-GeOrge Romney, one of the most
celebrated of English painters
died. Born Dec. 26, 1874.
1S16-The bells of Notre Dame. Paris
were formally baptized under the
names of the Duke and Duchess
of AngOuleme.
1S46-Americans under General North
captured the town of Saltillo,
Mexico.
1S63-Edward Everett delivered the
grafton at the dedication of the
national cemetery at Gettysburg
1S70-Baden and sse-Darmstadt Joined
the North German Confederation.
1900-Fifty persons killed and injured
in the wreck of the Paris Madrid
express.
1919-Lady AstOr was elected to the
British house of commons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-15

highway where dirt or gravel will not
bear the traffic, and top dressing the
good dirt road stretches. 1t is paying
for these improvements as they are made
and making improvements in other Sec
tons as fast as funds can be provided
and help obtained. The result is a
greater mileage of fair roads than could
be obtained in any other way and until
some better plan is brought forward is
likely to be the policy the state will
continue.