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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23
SAVINGS Banks

The total tax assessed against the
savings banks is S109.SS7.01 as against
S106.979.3S at the last commitment.
an increase of s2,S57.63. The heaviest
tax is assessed against the Maine
Savings Bank of Portland, with the
Portland Savings Bank second, the
Bath Savings Institution third and the
Augusta Savings Rank fourth. The
smallest tax is assessed against the
Kingield Savings Bank.
The following shows the taxes as
sessed against the various savings
banks:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23

Station. Orono, for testing 'oi ~ 4
II you have any doubts as u ,artb}
rect method of sampling a lm s
write the Station for dlrec'''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23
Vital Statistics

Vital statistics are an absolute nee
'essity to public health work. They
are also great protection TO the in
dividual citizen. You can't apply
remedies to eradicate a disease when
you have no figures of death or sick
ness before you. any more than a bust
ness man can eradicate losses IL he
doesn't keep books. Neither can you
prove the place and date of your birth
when You get into a tight place where
you must prove them. unless your
birth has been properly recorded says
the Maine Department of Health.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23

Nov. 10. 1890. Sealed -p ESsss,
will be received at office OF
Eastern Branch. \. n. u. ors b
tional Soldiers Home. Mai'le -. Su-ai
opened at the time fixed: loi |, Acc
ing and delivering supple. !" snscis
ance with instructions anu hjank
tions. copies OF which win ,,E;ratica
posals can be had upon cur,
the Treasurer. as follows, miles
Expenses and Household, 6 Sgpfs uts
til Ills A. NJ. Nov. ~. ~ N
ence Supplies until ll;io - nrtTl !,
90, 1899: Hospital supplies -S supp
A. NJ. Nov. 90. 1920: kepa'ii Soa ~
until Ills A. NJ. Nov. 20; Sov.
Supplies until Ills A. NJ
1920. r. b. Cooke. Treas.
nov12-17-23
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23

Cards have been sent out announc-
ing the engagement Of Miss Madelyn
Chase. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. WAL
ter r. Chase OF Center street. to Nor
man Emerson Trafton. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis s. Trafton OF Garden street.
During the war. Miss Chase was in
the tracing department Of the Bath
Iron Works and is now with the Bath
National Bank. Mr.. Trafton was
graduated from Hebron academy
and attended the University Of Maine
where he was a member of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity He is now
assc>F,,ed with HIS father in the shoe
DE- .ess.-Bath Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23
''Gets=It"
WOnder
Corn
Peeler
Money

Just a. Good for Callouses. Money
Back If it Fails
Don. be bossed through life by
pesky corn or callous. Don't let a corn
tell you when to sit down. Don't wear
shoes to large for you because a corn
says you must. Get rid of the darned
thing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23
Doctors say influenza
may come back. If it
does, be. ready by TAX
ing Father Johns Med
icine now to build new
resisting power.

Remember, this pure food Medicine
is guaranteed free from alcohol and
dangerous drugs and has been sue
cessfulIy used for so years for colds,
coughs and as body builder.-Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23
Public Utilities

the Public Utilities Commission that
the New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. extend it's telephone lines
in that part of the town of Bucks
port. known as Millyale, and furnish
its telephone service to such persons
in that community as may desire and
will pay for such service at the pub
lished schedule rates of the company
Tor other patrons in the town of
BucBsport.
The decision further states that the
New England Telephone & Telegraph
Co. shall not be required to furnish
the service unless the parties desiring
such service shall furnish and pro-
vide without expense to the company
all the labor necessary to dig all of
the post holes and to trim all of the
trees. as required in making such ex-
tension. All of such labor shall be
performed under the direction of a
man furnished by the company, and
to the satisfaction of the company. or
ut the option Of the parties desiring
the service, the cost of the labor. to
be agreed upon by the company and
the parties, shall be paid to the COM
pany in cash before work on the ex-
tension is commenced.
H. IN the event of such cash pay
ment, the company and the parties
are unable to agree as to the amount
thereof the commission upon applica-
ton OF any party interested. will de-
termine the amount SO to be paid,
provided. however. that the company
shall not be required to make such
extension when the frost is in the
ground.
Maine Central Decisions
Decisions were rendered by the
Public Utilities Commission Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23

I any information that you can impair,
IN the case. The certificate which
mold reads incorporated under the
laws OF the State of Maine ANY in
formation that You can give will be
greatly appreciated by yours most
respectfully"
r 5. greatly fear me that it is
wild cat and that the $40 has gone
ge-nooey. but would like to know for
sure. r.
incorporated in 1916. Please ex-
cuse me for addressing this to you,
but l. knew that if you
received it, somebody would send an
answer"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23
And here's another:

And here's another:
II write to inquire what your price
is for appointing justice of the
peace. suppose this includes to adj
minister oaths, acknowledge deeds
and solemnize marriages. Also can
you give me (should I desire its
which will allow me to do this bust
ness anywhere in Maine, as it would
De convenient when visiting ones
friends and relatives sometimes if one
could perform these duties. Also do
wills have to be made oath to now
Q'Ve been told they do not) If one
paper cannot qualify me for all this
business any and everywhere in
Maine, could I get special license
which would allow. me to solemnize
marriages any and everywhere in
Maine? Does the State furnish blanks
free for deeds, wills, marriage certifi-
Gates and other duties of a ius.iceo
Are there any fixed rules or forms. or
special fees to ask for performing
these duties?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23

Maine Central pscisiens
Decisions were rendered by the
Public Utilities Commission Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23


applied in the furrow a week before
planting and broadcast at planting !
pounds apparently had little or no eff
feet in crop reduction. Ten pounds
per acre was decidedly toxic even ap-
Piled week before planting or
broadcast But was still more toxic
as shown by color Of foliage and by
the resulting crop when applied in
the furrow at time of planting.
In the studies made by the Maine
Station and the cooperative green
house studies the borax containing
potash and nitrate salts where the
borax was included in the crystals of
the salts used in the manufacture of
the fertilizers appeared to have a
greater toxic effect than when borax
was mixed mechanically with the
fertilizer.
In all of these studies 5 pounds of
borax per acre seems to be as far as
one can go with safety in the grow
ing OF potatoes. Larger amounts no
matter how applied apparently result
in unhappy plants and decreased
yields. There seems to be no reason
for modifying in any way the Federal
ruling against more than two -tenths
CT one per cent. of borax in fertilizers
and that IL they contain greater
amounts that fact and the percentage
amount must be exactly and plainly
stated.
BY far most of the fertilizers sold
in Maine in 1920 carried only very
slight traces or else were entirely
free from .borax. And that is the
condition to be asked for in the fer
tilizers of 1891. Users are again
urged to sample the fertilizer as soon
as received and send the sample to
the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-23

REGISTRATIONS AND LiCI
TO NOV. 81, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

the millennium Whence the call that
we slacken in our sea plans and let
our Navy drift
What is worth doing is worth doing
well. Congress is soon to take up the
question of providing for tho Navy
for the next fiscal year, and the occa-
sion will be pat for the discussion Of
the whole naval problem. Let US hope
the occasion may be improved.
Economy is the watchword on Capt.
tol Hill. For the past three years we
have been spending enormous sums
of money. AS result, the people are
burdened with bonds and taxes, and
anxious for relief.
But there would be no economy in
skimping the Navy. On the contrary,
such a policy might bring down on
US at no distant date losses that money
alone could not repair. We might
suffer in prestige as nation, and be
set back in all our plans for the
future.
Gen. Wood has said it. ave want
first-class Navy always ready. a
Navy cannot be made in a hurry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
Better Letter Addresses.

Postmaster Chance has taken NJ
with the business men of this city
through the organizations. the ques
ton of getting better addresses or
letters, to facilitate mail deliveries. II
is surprising to find so large per
centage of business communications
i'll addressed, almost beyond the point
of deciphcring. A plainly addressed
letter rarely goes astray. A badly
addressed envelope is always subject
to delay and possibly to loss altogether
Good addressing takes but little more
time than careless work and insures
results. This is a case where more
haste makes for less speed. Co-opera-
ton between the business houses and
organizations that handle great guam
titles of mail and the postal authorities
will help both, and the postmaster's
appeal to the people of Washington
to be more attentive in the matter OF
addressing letters should cause a ma
terfal improvement, which will greatly
promote postal efficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
An Extraneous Issue,

If Admiral Sims had confined him.
self in his statement criticising the
manner in which the Navy Department
conducted American war operations to
the questions of supplies, support ant
cooperation during the period of hos
tilities he would have been today in a
much stronger position. Introduction
of the verbal instructions given to
him on his departure for Europe be-
| mistakable extent prejudiced the
case against him and obscured the
| real issues involved in his letter, read
before the Senate subcommittee.
1t must be borne in mind that the
| admiral went to England before any
declaration of war was made by this
government, and whatever may have
been the expectation it was proper
that he should have been placed on
warning against undue partisanship.
especially in the light of previous
statements by him which showed a
pronounced prediction. In any case,
the official admonitions which he re-
cites cannot be accepted as expressive
of fixed policy nor can they be re-
garded as indicative Of the attitude of
the American people.
The misfortune of this injection of
an extraneous matter is that it must
be embarrassing to the government in
its relations with the allied countries,
though it is altogether improbable that
estrangement can follow from the dis
closure of a conversation between the
admiral and somebody in higher com
mand which in view of the virtual GER
declared against the central powers
could have been nothing else than
thoughtless hyperbole.
If the remark quoted by Admiral
Sims did. in truth, signify feeling of
utter Indifference as to which side the
United States would espouse it most
assuredly was not representative of
the American sentim emit then prevail
ing or, in fact, of the official feeling
Engagement in the war on the side of
the central powers was from the be-
ginning of the conflict of 1914 utterly
inconceivable, and doubtless Admiral
Sims so understood when he was told,
as he states, that we would Gas soon
fight the British as the Germans" 1t
is, of course, important, now that the
matter has been preached, to know
whether in fact such a statement was
made and by whom, and in what spirit,
but by no means so important as to
learn whether, in truth, the American
naval participation in the war was
hating and inefficient, as Admiral
Sims alleges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

year 1920 by buying these stamps
Children who bought the 1918 and
1919 stamps should be encouraged by
their parents to continue. They should
be glad Of tho chance. During The
present week the lesson Of thrift will
be brought home to them in the
schools and it should be also taught
in the homes.
Through thrift, which is saving and
investment, comes economy, and
through economy on the part Of al
the people will come relief from high
prices. As a means to the end of re
storing the price level to normal
thrift is to be encouraged. Every ont
who saves should urge all others tt
save. for the effect is cumulative anc
everybody benefits from the thrift OF
his neighbors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
The Navy.
Gen. Leonard Wood subm.

Gen. Leonard Wood submits this:
ave want a frst-class Navy always
ready. A Navy cannot be made in a
hurry. First-class ships filled with
unframed men do not mean Navy"
Could there be a sounder PROPOSE
tions May not, should not, every
American subscribe to it? Did the
great war disclose anything more con
spicuously or of higher importance
than the value of fighting power on
the water? Without it, where would
the allies have been' With it, they
were able to put their program
through.
tirstclass fighting ship requires
frst-class handling Without it she is
of small consequence. Men must be
trained and kept fit for the work
Climbing ropes and shaking out sail
ers, are in, and of, the past. Jack
today is assigned to duty on a very
complicated contraption He cannot
learn his trade in jiify and perform
his duties without practice Rome was
not built in day. Nor can a fighting
sailor be turned out while YOU wait
Time IS required.
The slogan, therefore, is. first class
chips manned by first men. An
adequate American Navy for all Amer
lean purposes.
Surely there are bat few little Navy
men now Why should there be any
What has taken place these past five
and half years to persuade any man
that wars are no longer to be pro
vided against' What nation is dis
armine, afloat or ashore? What mari
time nation is closing its navy yards
and going out of the navy business?
Not one. So why should we set out
singlehanded to force and inaugurate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
The Two Old Parties.

An organ ization calling itself the
Social Democratic League of America
has issued an appeal to wage earners
and the workers of the country to
unite for political action this year
1t does not propose new party, but
takes savage "crack" at the two old
parties. This is from press report T.:
"The statement denounces impair
TALLY both the republican and demo-
cratic parties 1t asserts that the
democratic party, completely revers-
ing its admirable war record has tried
to destroy organized labor by the
mandatory injunction and has taken
the blame for the high cost of living
off the shoulders of the profteers and
placed it on the backs of labor The
republican party is declared to be
'openly outbidding even the Bourbon
democrats for the support of reae-
tionary employers, trust magnates and
Wall street.
This being presidential year, some
thing-even a great deal-may be al
lowed for campaign extravaganza. And
yet, after that allowance has been
made, there is room for sincere regret
that men of the grade of Charles Ed
ward Russell, William English Wall
ing and ]. G. Phelps Stokes should
have signed such a deliverance.
True, it is much in line with the de-
liverance of the bull moosers in 1912.
They denounced the republican party
and the democratic party, holding that
those organizations had become the
subservient tools of the "interests"
and the enemies of the people. And
Theodore Roosevelt led revolt that
year, and had in his long train both
republicans and democrats.
But let us remember that eight years
ago neither America nor the world at
large had been shaken by world
war; that in our own country here
our wrangles were only of the con-
ventional sort, and testified only to the
"pep' inhering in capable and en-
ergetic people forging ahead under a
system of party government. There
was no particular danger in hectic
rhetoric. The sophisticated could
smile it away.
The situation is very different to-
day. This country is in turmoil
Discomfort was never before so wide
spread or deep-seated. Hectic rhetoric
was never before so inadvisable All
men with the proper regard for the
public welfare should watch their
tongues and pens, and refrain from
even the conventional campaign ex-
travagances.
If the two old parties were as de-
seribed by these critics there would
be No hope for the country. We should
have failed signally in managing our
own affairs. The most rampant "red,"
foreign or native born, would be in
part justified in his contentious and
demands for an overturn. This is a
government by parties, and if both
the leading parties are rotten we
should try some other form of govern
ment.
But we have not failed. Neither of
the two old parties is rotten, and one
or the other is certain to triumph at
the polls next November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
Thrift Week.

This is thrift week. The lesson of
personal thrift and prosperity is be-
ing taught throughout the country in
schools and is being offered to adults
in terms of practical persuasion, that
through saving and economy and in
dustry individual prosperity is gained.
Every week of the year, of course,
should be thrift week. The present
week, however, is an intensive object
lesson TO stimulate public interest, to
bring squarely home to everybody the
principle that no matter what the in
come, some part of it should be saved
as a reserve or the foundation of cap
ital.
During the war the people of this
country learned thrift on q big scale.
In the face of the enormous expendi-
lures of the government they were
given opportunities for saving through
the buying of bonds and stamps on
the installment plan. It was put with
in the ability of every person in this
country to save something by these
means, with the incentive of aiding
the government in its war work.
The result was several billion dol
lars thus saved by the people and
forming today capital that would
otherwise have been lacking.
Now the war is over, but the gov
eminent is still offering opportunities
to the people for small scale saving.
The stamp system is continued. Any
person who wishes to do so can start
systematic thrift campaign for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIIANDER JOHNSON.
A Recollection.

A Recollection.
I like to think about the place
Where as a child I played.
In fancy often l retrace
The paths where once 1 strayed;
As cherished memories I recall
Amid the haunts of yore,
I seem to prize above them all
The good old grocery store
Where you could sit and take your
ease
And eat the crackers and the cheese
And browse around the bounteous
shelf,
And when inclined, just help yourself!
I see the shadows in the pool,
l hear the distant bell,
Which, with its summons back to
school,
1 needed none too well.
Yet whatsoever may be the spot
1 linger to explore,
Ny dreaming cuts across the lot
To that old grocery store
Where bacon from the rafters hung
And fruits in gay festoons were strung;
Where you could get without thrill
Some change back from a dollar bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

The more rent a landlord charges
the more income tax he will have to
pay. The additional earnings required
to meet the rent raise, however, will
also have to pay additional tax. The
revenge may be sweet, but it is not
a practical relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
Anachr0nism.

OF fashion man must feel some doub
Though patiently he smiles
As in a snowstorm folks 60 out
To purchase new spring styles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

Arizona members of the 1. W. W. who
we're deported from Bisbee, Ariz.
claim that they were kidnapped. A
curfew law might have kept them at
home and out of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

Though not officially associated with
Capitol affairs, Col. Bryan has some
advice and consent of his own that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

John Barleycorn has been disap-
pointed in the hope that he would be
regarded as one of the blessings that
brighten as they take their fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

Henry Ford is credited with the
statement that success lies in the
ability to produce in quantity.
Hence the success of the able con-
tributors to the Congressional Record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
Expansiye Estimate

"Mr. Bliggins has high opinion of
himself"
eyes," said Miss Cayenne; eff he
could compel everybody to take him
at his own valuation he'd be a terri
BILE profiteer."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

Some of the "hard boiled" reports
are calculated to suggest the organi-
cation of a society for the proven
ton of cruelty to soldiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

Distinguished ability for combining
industry, influence and reticence
should qualify Col. House as an ideal
dark horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

The Senate may as well prepare it
self for something in the nature of
Sims Daniels controversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

Socialists who disapprove of laws
are perhaps consistent in their desire
to join legislative body and, if pos
sible, spoil them in the making.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

There is a growing idea through Eu-
rope that Uncle Sam would make the
finest kind of a creditor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

It may yet be deemed advisable by
Victor Berger to quit running for
Congress and seek a new method of
publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

With every day Wilhelm's prestige
as distinguished guest weakens WIS.,
IDLY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

"Some of these soviet people doubt
less have few good IDEAS
POSSIBLY. But what chance is there
to hear them when everybody is shout
ing at once?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

AS prices continue to go ur it is
about time for another raise in the
bid for "Villa, dead or alive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
Prints.

"Do you think these socialists will
by any chance leave footprints on the
sands Of times"
"I'm not concerned about their foot
prints" replied Senator Sorghum.
"What we need from them now is a
reliable collection of thumb prints.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

German craftsmanship is apparently
developing tendency to try any kind
of government once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20
The Non.Producer.

.-1d Sunkins says he knows man
yho k>ot so busy thinking up schemes
TO BOOST the price Of wheat that he
Forgot to raise any.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-20

Some men stay away from church
because it frets them to see a man
talk for as much a. half an hour with
out being contradicted. 81