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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
Wednesday, September 8, 1920
Here's Chance for Those Good Roads

here's Chance for Those Good Roads
Do thing right and look after it
properly after it is done, is known
of shrewd men to be the more
economical policy. Men have been
kept poor because unable to COM
mand sufficient funds to carry their
enterprises through properly. The
city of Augusta is not SO poor as
that. It is able to pay for decent
roads to connect it with tributary
territory: it is not able to do without
them, at least cannot afford to do so.
Public sentiment is aroused the
business men of the city and the
country realize the need, have gotten
together and formulated a plan that
certainly appears not only possible
but extremely sensible, giving as
surance there shall be support of
adequate caretaking once the roads
are built. Here is opportunity
knocking. There'll be a whole lot
of a different variety of knocking"
If that opportunity isn't grasped
we believe. Read the report and see
If you don't agree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
CASEY
Gives People of Old
Home Town Big Sur
prise
Says Wonderful Change In His Ap-
pearance Due Entirely to Tanlae

Il have just returned from a visit
to my old home at Benedicta, Maine.
and the folks there all complimented
me on how well I looked. was told
that I looked stronger ana healthier
than / did at any time during the
fourteen years / lived there. 1 told
them that I had been taking Tanlac
and then they all seemed to under
stand
The above statement was made the
other day by A. F. Casey. we'll known
builder and carpenter of Auburn.
Maine, whose address is North River
Road. Route No. 3.
Continuing Mr.. Casey said: Tween
~ years ago l had an attack Of ty-
phoid fever. and l never got my
strength back until I started taking
Tanlac. My health was generally
run down, and what ate didn't
seem to nourish me properly. l
didn't have much strength and en-
ergy about me-felt just about half
sick all the time. I've taken three
bottles of Tanlac and am like a
brand new man. l have a fine appe-
tlte now, ana everything eat agrees
with me and is building me up l
have gained a good deal in weight
and my strength has been greatly
increased, and 1 have more life and
energy than I've had in years.
Il took Tanlac on account of the
wonderful results my sister in law
obtained from this medicine. She
lives in Mexico. Maine, and when she
visited my wife some time ago her
health was badly broken. Her con-
dition became SO serious that they
about gave up hope for her. Then
she heard about Tanlac and started
taking il. After finishing seven bot
ties she was in perfect health and
like an entirely different woman.
I've seen what Tanlac did for her
and what it did fop- me, and I think
il is the most wonderful medicine in
the world"
Tanlac is sold in Augusta by John
/ Coughlin. and the leading druggist in
| every city and town-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
Editors Letter Box
A Communication

September Sixth, 1929.
EDITOR kennebec Journal:
1t is pleasant to see that Augusta is
taxing so much interest in improving
the highways o. the city ana there is
nc doubt that the benefits from such
improvements will much more than re
pay all trouble and cost.
But should not the city take an inter-
est IN seeing that the roads in other
towns leading to and covering terri
tory tributary to that city are kept in
sucn shape that they are not a detri
fheht anu hindrance to people who
might Otherwise go there to do their
shopping and to ship their produce and
to carry passengers to and from the
railroads.
Any one visiting Augusta is likely to
90 some business there and they should
be encouraged in all ways to come.
mere are a number of roads lust
outside the limits of Augusta which
are in deplorable condition where
very little work by a patrol Womb
Keep them smooth for travel and there
is no question that with the great in
crease in travel all roads must eventu-
ally be patroled or repaired at fire.
quent intervals.
Socn a road is i'm the town of yassal-
ooro. on the Augusta Belfast. State
highway; 1t has been in very had
shape FOR years and little work done
on IT, there has been some gravel haul
ed on late in the fall but with the
spring rains and frost it would be 81
futted that it was not much improved
for travel.
Last spring the road was in fairly
good shape and had il been patroled
II would have remained smooth for
riding over. but nothing has been done
until within few days some grave,
mas been put in the worst places; the
road Is only two miles in length
through South Vassalboro, but for the
reason that it is used mainly by out Of
town people, that the town officers live
in other parts Of the town, and that
the town may be. waiting for aid from
the State Highway fund, they have
taken very little interest in it, and tho
requested by the State Highway Com
mission to put on a patrol, have not
done So
This road has been petitioned to the
State Highway Commission, to the
County Commissioners. and to vassal-
ooro numberless times and now it
would seem to lay with the city OF
Augusta to find some one to attend to
1t or to do it themselves. I'D.
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Weary OF Such Nonsense


In the interview given Eye Wit
ness by Governor Cox the Demo-
cratic candidate says: They (the
people) are weary of wars and
thinking of wars. They are tired OF
looking backward and Of trying to
solve the past and it's problem"
In this Governor Cox speaks not
like a statesman but as a politician.
What is the object of an assertion
which is uncontested in so far as it
is true and for the rest obviously
untrue?
The people are weary Of wars
and thinking of wars" says Cover
nor Cox. The people are also weary
of disease, of too much labor. Of
injustice. The people have never
been otherwise than weary of wars
except when they were willing to
make war. Europe is full of peo-
pie who are weary of war in the alb
stract doubtless, but who are not so
weary but that they are making war
and thinking more war. And the
American people. though they may
NC "VcA4S Va wall dtiO VI tIllllhlllS VI
wars, would tomorrow think of war
and make war if an occasion they
deemed sufficient offered, such as
the sinking of the Maine.
Governor Coxs remark is simply
playing to the mood of reaction
which in America has naturally and
inevitably followed the effort and
co Orif of = tlAs,e
good politics. but it is not patriotic
craftsmanship. The American peo-
pie are not military or militaristi-
cally inclined. On the. contrary,
they went into the lat war with
considerable doubt and reluctance,
and they want to be rid of all its
consequences and free to follow their
fortunate and peaceful daily exist
ence as soon as possible. So they
are weary of thinking of wars.
But being weary of thinking does
not dispose of the duty or desir-
ability of thinking. Politicians: not
only of Governor Cox's persuasion,
but, We are sorry to say, of the Re
publican also. have been quick to
ASAo" SiS PSp0ISii lAOOO. by SO 40
ing they exploit a human weakness
instead of protecting the people from
it.
Being weary of the sacrifices and
penalties of wars does not prevent
wars, nor does being weary of think
ing Of wars justify not thinking of
wars. We do not enjoy thinking Of
cancer or tuberculosis. or tempest,
drought famine, pestilence. or sud
den death. We are weary of all the
evils of life, but the statesman or
individual who allows his distaste of
them to lure him into refusing to
think of them or trying to make pro-
vision for dealing with them is not
acting with common sense or in the
true interest of his country or him
self.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
The Marvel of the Turf.
On. Y. SUM

Ihls summer is remarkable in the
Annals OF sport in that it has pro-
duced two living creatures whose
performances in their respective
helds have been so extraordin, ~
that scarcely any oldster, LOOKING
back through the pink magnify;ne
glasses of memory, dares pretend n
recall their superiors or even tbeir
peers The more impressive of the
pair, with all proper respect for Mr.,
Ruth, is Man o. War.
Every decade of the American
turf has had its horse of the cen
Jury. In turn the followers of the
thoroughbred have placed on the
throne Hindoo or Hanover n
Salvador or a Henry OF Navarro q
Hamburg or an Ethelbert. a Syson-
by or Colin. Most of these horses
were really great and they still will
be admired; but the performances Of
the nnest three-year- of TODAY
nave been so magnificent that tho
anclents hesitate to suggest that Mar
o war could not have beaten Colin
Time measures the speed NJ q
morse. but not always his racing
qualities; yet when Man o. War nm.
der stake weight and without mace
whip or spur, runs a mile and a half
raster than ever horse ran that dis
lance before, and then goes on tn
run the thirteenth and last furlone
OF the Lawrence Realization in -
seconds-why, then, his gameness in
q race being acknowledged, there Is
no question of his incomparability.
The son of Fair Play seems to
nave everything. AS quickly in mo-
ton as Domino, as sturdy and
strong as Hamburg, as courageous
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
BELFAST

The County Commissioners a
Maine, with their wives, some IS or
more in all. will be guests Oh
Wednesday Of the Belfast ChamneF
OF Commerce, while holding an an
nual convention in this city. TIE
commissioners will arrive in the
forenoon and will hold 4 business
session in the County court house
following lunch at the WIndso!
Hotel. where they will be quarterea
during their stay here. Abou. J.
NJ. If the weather permits. the VS.
itors will be taken or a sail about
the bay, to Castine, Islesboro. exc
In the evening n banquet viii o.
held in Memorial hall, the ladies o!
the Baptist church catering. az"
following which the visitors viii oe
taken to the Colonial Theatre. On
thursday another brief husiEeSS
meeting will be held and the com
missioners will be driven about tne
city and will also visit the ne"
bridge under construction. President
b. L. Davis of the Chamber Of com
merce has charge of the program i''
entertaining the commissioners
The Waldo County Sunday School
association will hold its annual con
Vention in the Methodist Church
Belfast. on Sept. 10Th. The SPEAK
ers will include Revs. A. c, Ellio.'
charles w. Martin, N F. Atwood T.
+. Harrison, George c. boo''"
George c. Sader. of Waldo County
Rev. w. Vernon Lytle of Boston. VINO
will make addresses on vital SUD
jects. Mrs. Evelyn p. Frost OF beI-
fast will render q vocal solo
A hen caught in front of a trl'"
in Michigan fiuttered on the COW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
E.. j. Roberts, D. D. S.
DENTISTRY
TELEPHONE CALL 5s7.w
jan12. mon-wed.tf
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR
Eastern Standard Time


Bangor. *l24 a. m. 1920 a. m. 92s 4. n
t2.55p. m. IS. 05 p. m. t6, i0p.m m.
B. & A. Pts. tl.24a. m. 10 20 am. +o.2sa IL
Bar Harbor. 1920 am. ts.2S a. m. Y, - H.
Bath. $40 a. m. 1928 a. m. 'o35 a.a.
sI0l6 a. m, taos pm. t6. l3 pm. +lo,5i n
Belfast 9.2S a. M, 2;55p. m
m. 2. 46p. m. "A o5p. m. S. ID Pm -lojLpn.
Calais. 1929 a. m. t9.2S a. m.
Dover and Foxcroft. r. So p. m
Gardiner. *3.l0a. m, 1923 a. m, 70 IS a. L.
$40 l6 a. m, z. 46 p. m. u 10 p. s6.I3 p H.
HaIloweli. is % a. m, 1888 am. slol5.a n.
t246 p. m. t4.l5p. m, 1918 pm. -l0.5lp Il.
Harmony, r.. 55p p. m.
Lewiston, t6 % a. m. 70 IS a. m. slo.l6 Il.
t4.05 p. m. S. 13 p. IN. F10.51 p. N.
New York. Sc 13p. m.
Portland. 80 Ga m. f6 % am. 70 3j an. sI0.!
a m. Z. As p m. "a 05 pm. Sc Is M. 40 sip T.
Rocklaud, t6. % a. m, 70 .35 a. m. "A 0j II.
Skowhegan. ~9. % am, y 55p m. r640p n
So. Gardiner. t6.23a m. 70 IS am. $40 l6a IL.
t2.46 p. M. tai p. m, IS. Tsp M *I0.5l p H.
st. John. y "a a. m. TO % a N.
Waterville. sl.24 a. m. g 20 m. 80 % an
tl.o5 pm. +2.55p.m.. s5o5p.u.. i6.40pn.
sDaiIy. tDaily, except Sunday
Sunday only. daily. except Monday.
D. C. DOUGLASS, NIL. HARRIS,
$3.50 v. P. & Gen1 Mgr. GenI Passenger Agt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
A Trick, Dirty and Dangerous

Whatever may be the Govern
ment's case against Colonel Park
hurst it is not SO important but the
Government risked a delay of be-
tween one and two years in bringing
action II we know anything about
the temper Of the men and women of
Maine they will not hesitate to risk
two years with the Colonel. II we
know anything about the sentiments
OF the people of this State, they will
De appalled, that the Department of
Justice Of this great country has ex-
posed itself to the grave suspicion of
being used as a political catspaw to
interfere with the suffrage privileges
OF a sovereign State. There is more
OF danger in permitting such an out.
rage to go unrebuked than could
possibly arise from endorsing the
Parkhurst candidacy if all his 1T
terest political opponent has said be
true, which is ridiculous. From the
first Colonel Parkhurst has frankly
met the situation; his statement is
entitled to credence until disproved.
In view of all that has happened we
would not like to say as much of the
Governments assumptions. The
Government hasn't denied it now
owes Parkhurst on contracts COM
pleted and accepted before the
armisticc.
1t Is runored that the Government
next will bring further action.
Judging by the past, and noting the
dramatic instincts Of tho stage di.
rector in this affair, such action il
brought will probably be timed to
occur just before election day. OF
course the duty of the Government
to dispatch its business without de-
lay and protect the poor people
= against malefactors doesn't enter
into consideration. that being to re-
duce, if possible, the size Of the ma
jority Parkhurst is to have at the
polls next Monday
How is this for a sample of what
the people Of Maine will think about
this matter. the opinion of a law
yer Of good standing: Il have taken
little interest in politics. l have
been reading charges that the De-
partment Of Justice under Mitch"
Palmer was making use of the boil
shevist propaganda to play politics,
but set the charge down to politics;
then read of the part liquor played
in the Pennsylvania primaries when
thought that exaggerated have
been constantly reading about liquor
gotten out Of warehouses where it is
under Government supervision and I
have wondered. / am not wondering
any longer. If l am able shall vote
next Monday for Colonel Parkhurst
and vote early. am astounded that
such a cheap, petty trick should have
been resorted to. I've never known
of it's like. l can see no excuse for
the delay. I don't believe the peo-
pie will tolerate such a contemplate
thing. am glad I am a Republic
can"
There arc others.
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of the Strike-BrcaS-
(New York Times)

(New York Times)
The sudden apparitiop OF three
thousand strike breakers furnishes
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit employ
ees with food for serious reflection.
Hitherto. since 1914, there has been
an abundance of employment. Those
who suffered most from the spiral
ing of wages and prices were not
what are called laborers, but salaried
men, whose income remained rela-
lively fixed. AS they are not organi-
zed their grievances are not audible.
at least to the striking wage earn
ers- But we are now passing into a
new era.
THESE strike-breakers are recruit
ed from factory towns in the Mid
die West, in Chicago. Cleveland. De-
troit, and New England industrial
centres where unemployment has
resulted from the shutting down of
many mills What they are suf-
ferlng from is not the malady of the
salarled mana diminishing ratio
OF income TO living cost-but some-
thing even more fatal. the Cessation
or all income. The thing that con-
fronts the strikers is no LONGER g.
question of the ability of the com.
pany to pay what they think an
equitable wage, but a question of
the ability of the Industrial fabric
as whole to stand up against tho
lncessant demands for higher WAGES
and shorter hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
Maine Gossip
The Name Of Thirteen Letters

By Elizabeth Powers Merrill
The soul contains in itself the event
that shall befall it."-Goethe.
Men talk of luck and what ii brings.
But Shakespeare said: There is a
tide
Taken at it's food which onward swings
And leads to Fortune as men ride
One man rides on this swelling tide
The powers of earth toward him
swing
The Stars Of Heaven for him fight
Fortunes own son, Warren Harding.
Serene this man who onward goes
VINO hastens not, but takes his stand
On Principle: His purpose knows
One God, one Truth, one Law, one
land.
He meets lifes problems as they come,
Secure in what the hours may bring,
His victory not in torch ana drum,
His fate is in himself, Harding..
Does not his name spell victory?
Count all the letters Ger and Ger,
Acclaim his name from sea to sea
Sound it to Mother England's shore!
What's in name?' more than you
dream.
Anear. afar it's magic fling
The Thirteen Letters all agleam-
The peoples choice. Warren Hardingi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
diamond Dyes"
Tell You How
Child can Follow Directions
and get Perfect Results

Each package of Diamond Dyes
contains directions so simple thai
any woman can diamond-dy a new,
rich, fadeless color into worn, shah
by garments draperies. coverings,
whether wool. silk, linen, cotton or
mixed goods.
Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other
kind--then perfect results are guar
anteed even If you have never dyed
before. Druggist has color card
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
Not Entirely Fair

The Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Democratic candidate for vice presi-
dent, says: 1T was a handful of re.
dictionaries which selected the Re-
publican nominee in quiet room Of
hotel" The gentleman should now
to be entirely fair, complete the pict-
ure by describing conditions in that
room at French Lick when those
Tammany Progressives, the Messrs
Murphy, Brennan, Nugent and Tag
CART settled on Mr.. Cox as the Demo-
cratic candidate for the presidency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
Diary of an American

First entry: My mind is made I'D. l
can be pushed just so far. AS a pro-
test against the high cost of clothing.
l shall wear denim overalls.
Second entry: Since purchasing my
flrst suit of overalls. the price of
denim has advanced so rapidly that I
can no longer afford it. AS a protest
against the high cost of denim. ]
shall buy overails of cotton crash.
Third entry: What's to be done ?
Cotton crash has gone beyond reach
OF my purse: that is, if I am to re-
main true to my resolution and re-
fuse to be mulcted. All, l have if, T
shall wear barrel held I'D bv sus-
penders!
Fourth entry: I am at nv wits
end. Determined not 70 sacrifice my
principles, l refuse to be victinaizel
but the demand for barrels is so
great, coopers' wages are so high.
that l cannot afford even a bucket
But one chance remains to me. I shall
cable Hawaii for grass skirt.
Firth entry: The situation is des-
perate. For reasons which (beine a
modest mani 1 shall not detail, I am
unable to leave the house. I have
lost my job, I am nearly broke. and
my landlord Che came from Russia
TOUR years ago, fleeing from op-
pression says he will dispossess me
IT the grass skirt does NOT arrive
from Honululu by the first of tho
month my plight will be unparalleled
Sixth entry: 1t is all over. I have
received cable Collect from Homo
lulu saying that, owing to the nm.
precedented demand for grass gar
ments. certain nameless powers have
cornered the Hawaiian hay crop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
Seeking Happy Medium

Manager of Registry Oft1ce--What
vas the matter with your last place
Domestic-The couple had only
been married month, and coudn:
stand tn love- maxim
Manager-Well, here's chance IN
a house where the couple have been
married ten years.
Domestic-Thats too long. likes
peace and quiet.-London Answers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
Isn't That Just Like a Man!

isn't mat Just Like Man!
Titus Tiberius Smith was careful
to give offense to no one. especially
his wife. She was a masterful wom-
an. Her home was her idol.
Titus Tiberius always opened the
door with his handkerchief. lest his
fingers should sully the brilliance of
the brass knob.
Titus" she said one evening. as he
sank guiltily into chair. Il can read
you like a book. You've been doing
something wrong. Did you scrape
your boots before entering the hall ?"
Yes, my dear"
Then what have you done?"
Titus blushed to the roots of his
hair and clasped his shaking knees.
Gladys" he stammered. II hung
my hat up carelessly, and a raindrop
fell from it on to the umbrella
stand."-Houston Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
JACKMAN.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Moon ami
daughter Muriel and Marion, re-
turned from Cutler. Wednesday
where they had been passing the
summer.
Leon Dumphy Of Dover and Miss
Julia Campbell of Brewer, were
quietly married Sunday afternoon
The groom has many friends in town
who wish him much happiness.
Mrs. Hiram Newton and Mrs
Hannah Shelley passed a few days in
last week. with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Newton.
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Editorial Comment
Sort of frustrated
(The North American

(The North AmericAn)
When Franklin D. Roosevelt an
nounced that the United States
wastes money She had evidently
scarcely recovered his self central
after learning that CreeIs Wilson
Democratic party propaganda bureau
had cost the country S5,S51,17656
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08
There arc others.

This talk about aerial mail from
New York to San Francisco sounds
well, but if one wants to know how
useful 1t may be it will be well 20
consider that, capacity for capacity,
an air plane would have to have a
thousand times more bulk than a
railway train
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08

as Henry Of Navarro or Irish Lad
as kind as Imp or Colin. as endur-
ing as Ben Holiday. as popular a.
70 Tambien or Peter Pan. ana near-
~ as handsome as Inferno-there
stands the true horse Of the GEN.
tury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08

"A mans profit or loss is computed
upon the cost of an article Tho
oiHerence between the selling price
ana the cost price is the gross profit
or loss, the rate being computed upon
the cost of the article. This is stated
as simply as such things appear in
the arlthmetics; under conditions Of
actual business the items of rent
taxes and insurance, advertisine
craftsmanship and every species Of
outgo must be added to the cost ac-
count before a determination can be
had of actual profit or loss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08

Thieves stole a safe out of a store
opposite Tammany Hall. Shouldn't
suppose a small theft like that would
attract attention i2 that neishbor.
hood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-08

years ago there wasn't no town here
at all >"
"Humph." said Senator Knox. And
what makes you think there is one
here now?"-Detroit Free Press.
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Could Supply Deficiency

my daughter" said Mrs. GotroX
obviously. lis by no means poor, yol
know"
"Oh. that's all right" Responded
the sutton cheerfully. I'm poor
enough for two Detroit Ere Press.
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Light and Airy
Unselhsh

Yes. water is the best Of gifts
That man to man can bring,
But who am l that l should ask
The best of everything?
Let Princes revel at the pump,
oPeers to the pond go free,
But whiskey. beer, and even wine
Are good enough for me.
London Spectator.