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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10
Governor Bakers Address

Governor Baxter in opening said:
There is no question of greater i'm
portance TO our people than that of
good roads"
IN Maine we have road problem
that is in way peculiar to our
state. In the first place the climatic
conditions which prevail here make it
almost impossible for us to build
roads that can be used by heavy traf-
fic for twelve months of the year I'M
less we resort to fine more expensive
kinds of construction, such as con-
crete and bituminous macadam. With
our comparatively limited resources
and our great road mileage, we cam
not solve the problem in one year or
in a few years, but must work along
gradually as best We can and build
wisely as we go. When we consider
that the assessed valuation of Maine
is S637. 403.433 and that Of Boston is
s1.480, 1856. 800, and that the population
of Maine is 76S,014 and that of Boston
74S,060 you can see what tremend-
Gus burden is placed upon the people
Of this state in comparison with that
of the people of other communities.
In other words we have in Maine
800 of all the roads of New England,
with but 1870 of the population to
maintain them.
Since the Highway Commission
was established in 1913 we have made
great strides in our road program.
The roads of Maine today are so diff
ferent from the roads of eight or ten
years ago that it would be difficult
for one to recognize them. We have
in a certain sense gone "over the top"
in our road construction and have
passed through the most difficult pc
Rod. From now on our work will
be easier, and we have made such ex-
cellent beginnings that every year
will see a decided improvement.
do not believe that we need apologize
to anybody for the Maine roads OF
today. Since T have been Governor
l have travelled widely over the state
and have been much encouraged by
the good roads which I have found.
These are not confined to any partic-
ular section of the state, hut laaxing.
just returned from a-ssiong TRIP,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10
Hallowell were Sunday visitors In

Hallowell were Sunday visitors In
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Hill and Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Hume of Stickney
Corner attended church here Sun
day.
S. M. Wales, State evangelist, will
hold meetings at the West Wash
ington chapel every night this week
except Saturday. Three meetings
next Sunday. Everybody try and
come and hear Mr.. Wales, who is y
very interesting speaker.
AS Earl Marson and Walter Bur-
dick were coming through Razor
willie. woods Sunday night they heard
the wild cry of bob cat. Earl said
it WAS good thing for the cat it
was Sunday night.
Winifred Cooper of T0gus was a
visitor in town Sunday.
Sterling Brewer was q caller at
Gotten Mills Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10
OAKLAND

Rev Weston p. Holman was
called to Sidney Tuesday afternoon
to officiate at a funeral.
In order to accommodate those
who will attend the Swarthmore
Chautauqua Thursday evening. the
prayer meeting at the Methodist
vestry will be held at Z o'clock in
stead of $50 as usual.
Miss Marguerite Leavitt, teacher
of the Lakeside school is recovering
from an attack of pneumonia at the
homo of Mr.. and Mrs. Orman
Stevens.
Salmon Lake Grange at their reg
ular meeting Saturday evening OBJ
served Ladies' night. The chairs
were filled by the following ladies:
Master, Bertha Withers; overseer.
Gertrude Bickford; lecturer May
Gleason; steward. Dora Bickford:
gate-keeper May Bickford, Chaplain.
Carrie Alexander; treasurer, Mary
Wallace; secretary, Lulu Watson;
Ceres, Villa Alexander: Pomona,
Alice I.arkin; assistant steward, wis
Alexander; lady assistant steward
Nela Sawtelle. The program for the
evening was in charge of the ladies
and consisted of character songs,
tableaus, selections on the piano and
readings. A delicious supper OF
clam stew. doughnuts and coffee was
served by the ladies. Next Saturday
evening. Gentlemen's Night will be
observed. The gentlemen will fill
the chairs and furnish the enter
tainment
Mrs. Houghton and Mrs Small
who have been visiting the formers
sister, Mrs. Alma Walker at the home
Of Mrs. John Hetherington have re-
turned to their home in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Larkin and
Mrs. Luella Ellis have gone to Peaks
Island to visit their cousins Mr.. and
Mrs. 1inwood Bickford for q week
Mrs. A. M. Spaulding is severely i'll
at her home in North Belgrade.
Mrs. Alice Miller of st. Louis,
Missouri, who has been visiting her
uncle. Charles Hussey of Main street
has gone to Bangor where she will
be a guest Of relatives for q time.
An Armistice ball will be given
Thursday evening, Nov. 10. in Mesa
lonskee hall under the auspices OF
the Harry G. Decker Post. American
Legion. Music will be furnished by
Barney's orchestra of Waterville and
a great many tickets have already
been sold by the High School boys
and girls who are composing for the
SIS and $3.50 gold pieces which are
offered by the Legion to the boy or
girl selling the most tickets.
Mrs. Arthur Leonard who has
been for several weeks at the home
of her daughter In Ithaca. N. Y, has
arrived in town called here by the
illness of her son, Murray Leonard.
who underwent critical operation
for appendicitis Saturday at Grey's
hospital In Watsrvilie, Monday, IL
Teported to be .restiAg comfVrfabay. :.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10

suspended andkI hereby designate the
second Monday of. September, being
the 18th day of said month, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five as the time
on which the above mentioned public
act shall be voted on by the people of
said State in accordance with the Con-
stitutional provisions above men,
toned. e
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. 1
have caused the seal of the State
to be hereunto affixed at Au-
gusta, Maine, this twenty-ninth
day of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hum
bred and twenty-one and in the
year of the Independence of the
tinted States, the one hundred
and forty-sixth.
(SeaD
(Signed) PERCIVAI. 2. BAXTER.
Governor of Maine.
BY the Governor.
Attest:
(Signed) FRANK w. BALL.
Secretary of State.
now 0dit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10
have very positive ideas upon this

have very positive ideas upon this
subject. I do not believe we should
build any roads that We cannot ade-
quately maintain. and although we
have not always lived up to this rule
in the past. / believe the people of
the state will insist upon this policy
in the future. The Federal Govern
ment has made some mistakes just
as we have, but il. too, has at last
! seen the light, and the new Federal
Aid Law is very specific on the main
tenance question. Roads that receive
Federal aid must be maintained by
the state, otherwise the Federal Gov
eminent will not continue to grant
aid. We have passed the difficult
point in the maintenance of roads.
for up to the present year we have
always been short of money for this
branch of our work. The automobile
fees for 1921, however, have greatly
increased and already amount to
$1,003,371.50. From these fees are
deducted the expenses of the Com
. mission estimated at s13S,364.52 leav-
ing the balance available for main
tenance. This is very important
item and the Highway Commission
tells me that we need not be troubled
about maintenance hereafter, espec-
tally as the registration fees are to be
| at higher rate ine1922.
Above all things we need a con-
tinuous policy in our road program in
Maine. The work in a general way
must be laid out for several years
@f he
! partment may work tremendously
and economically. That is why We
have a State Highway Commission,
on which at all times are at least two
members with several years expert
ence.
The matter of a full time commits
| sion, he said, would be submitted to
| the voters at the next general cleo
| ton. With regard to criticism of the
| legislature, he said we should be
| thankful to the legislature for estab
fishing the commission in the first
I place and for approving the bond is
sues There is not, he said, nearly
so much log rolling in the Legisla-
ture as many suppose. We should ex-
press appreciation for the good it
| does.
| He said he wished to see the trunk
! lines extended insofar as we can at
lord it and built of durable material,
! so to be passable except for snow,
twelve months in the year, and he
wished to see the gravel roads ex-
tended in all directions. He regret
ted greater provision for the horse
had not been made on our improved
roads.
| 1--WE have built UP large over
head expense in Maine. The work Of
the Highway Commission is con-
stantly increasing and none of us
want to restrict it. In comparison
with other states l have reason to
believe that our overhead charges
\ re moderate"
| In concluding he said he thought
] the future bright for road work In
| Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10
President Kicker

"Not only Maine but New England,
are surrounded by very sharp COM
petition. and unless the business
men of our State show more liberal
spirit and more cooperation with
the railroads and with the hotel in
terests this annual summer tourist
income of $35,000,000 will be ma
terially reduced" declared Hiram w.
Kicker of Polang Springs president
of the association. Mr.. Kicker point
ed out the fact that Names summer
tourist business is threatened be-
cause of the competition now sur
rounding 1t and that the people of
the State should awaken to this fact.
He also outlined plans for develop
ing Maine as summer resort and
quoted illuminating figures in regard
to what is being done in other Sec
lions Of the country.
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WASHINGTON

WEST-Allie James was a visitor
at,.Togns Sunday.
Frank Rich and Elmer Babb Of.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10

Mrs Emma Brown, As Gage St. says:
II was badly run down and felt tired and
nervous and my kidneys began to show
signs OF disorder. My back ached terri
bly, and 1 couldn't get about to do my
Homework. 1 had to let 1t go undone for
many days and kept one of my daughters
home from school to do 1t for me. As my
father has used Doan's Kidney Pills with
good results l decided to try them and
they were just the thing l needed. l soon
got over the trouble.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
The Hardest Test.

l try to bear life's many ills
with fortitude and grit; if | am
pale around the gills, the fact l
won't admit. | still attempt to
smile and sing when burdened
down by care; the smile may be
a ghastly thing, but still you IL
find it there. I've smiled when
joints seemed all ahre with
fierce rheumatic pain; I've
smiled when | must change a
tire in darkness. mud and ram.
I've smiled when agents sold me
stock in mines that didn't pay,
and wnen | slid around a block,
upon a slippy day. I've smiled
beneath misfortune's whacks,
and raised no doleful din; but
when l pay my income tax, l
don't attempt a grin. There is a
time to preach and dance, as
wise apostles say, and there's a
time to whoop and prance, and
chortle and be gay; but he is in
discretion lax, or else he's full
of guile, who ponies up his in
come tax, and wears a cheer-up
smile. His smile may reach
from ear to ear, it even may be
twins, but none can feel he IS
sincere, that he means what he
grins. "There's some fell pur-
pose in his mirth," beholders
will agree; "for no white man
upon the earth can pay this tax
with glee. The coin we toiled
so hard to get, in pain-defying
words, our Uncle Samuel will
get-and throw it to the birds.
And so no man of purpose high,
no man who earns the bones,
can pay that tax without sigh,
without brace of groans.
WALT MASON.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
c. v. ]. HONOR|NG
/ VISITORS TODAY
Reception and Dinner Fea.
lures of Institutions Gen.
tenniaI Celebration.

George Washington University will
begin the third of its series of exer'
cises in celebration of the Tooth an
niversary of the founding OF the In
stitution with a reception in honor o1
the delegates representing the IN
colleges in all sections of the coun'
try and other special guests at the
Raleigh Hotel at o'clock this after
noon. The reception will last until
O'clock this evening, and will be fol-
lowed by one of the crowning events
o. the celebration-the centennial
dinner, to be held at Rauscher's at
9:S0 o'clock.
Centennial delegates. university Of
ficials. alumni, students and faculty
members have been invited to attend
the reception. Music Will be 1urnlsheo
by an augmented orchestra and there
will be dancing. Refreshments VIII
be served University officials. IN
cluding deans of all the departments
along with their wives, will be In the
receiving line.
DIR. Collier to Preside mt Banquet.
DIR. William Miller Collier, president
of the university, will preside at tne
centennial banquet. Mrs T. H. Sotn ,
ern will deliver a brief address anu
recite q few sonnets. Speeches also
will be made by Jules j. Jusserand,
French amba ssador: Senor Don Bel
tran Mathieu. ambassador from Chlle
Senator George H. Moses of New
Hampshire. representing the New
England colleges: Frederick c. Ferry
president of Hamilton College. repre-
senting the middle ATLANTIC states;
President Chandler of William and
Mary's College. representing the
southern colleges; DIR. Frank w. Bal
lou superintendent of the District
public schools, representing the CEN
trail states, and Vernon Kellogg of
the National Research Council, rep
resenting the Pacific coast colleges.
Centennial COnvOeatiOn.
The centennial convocation will be
held in. the auditorium of Central
High School tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock. Honorary degrees will be
conferred upon twenty-Seven dis
tinguished men and women. The cen
1ennial address will be delivered by
Charles A. Richmond. president of
Union College.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
NOT ALL FOR ENGLAND.
DR.. Dunn Discusses Events of Com.
ing History-Making.

Declaring that world history will
be made on a big scale in the next
few years, all of which will not be
in England's favor, DIR. Joseph Dunn
of the Catholic University addressed
the Padraic H. Pearse branch of the
Friends of Irish Freedom at Typo
graphical Temple last night.
ireland. being an agricultural
country" said DR.. Dunn, will be bet
ter able to withstand a continuation
of the present situation than Eng
land. Increased protective tariff by
the United States will aid Ireland
by hurting English manufacturing.
and hence increased unemployment
in the British Isles. The attitude
of the Harding administration on
the Panama canal tolls. the Meso-
potamian oil and the cables ques-
tions will have an important inf1u-
ence upon England's relations with
Ireland, he said.
Plans for "ceilidhe'' to be held
by the organization on the night of
March II were outlined by P. ].
Ryan, chairman of the entertainer mt
committee.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
WARD IND0RSED FOR WHIP
Incoming Members to Register
Preference Before Caucus.

Representative Charles b. Ward of
the twenty-seventh New York district
was unanimously indorsed Friday by
the sitting republican members in
the New York delegation as a candi-
date for the republican whip in the
next Congress. Another meeting of
the state delegation, at which the in
coming members may register their
preference. will be held before the re-
publican caucus on February 2S.
Representative Harold Knutson.
who is now the republican whip, is
not expected to retain that position.
He will probably be chairman of the
committee on pensions. and it has
been general rule that any one who
is chairman of a committee could not
hold the position of whip.
The leaders in the House say that
If New York wants to have the Office
! of whip in the next House it will
j not be denied that distinction.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
CUPID TAKES OUT POLICY.
1nsures War Risk Bureau Couple
Against Future Lonesomeness

Another romance of the bureau of
war risk insurance has been disclosed
IN wedding at Midlands Va
where Otis ZumwaIt of 1908 Warder
street and Miss Reca O'Rourke of
445 Randolph street, both Just trim
ping over the border of twenty years,
,, were married at the home of the
bride $ parents.
For months the two had worked
. side by siue in the insurance division
T, OF the bureau. Rising above. the
stacks of percentage and premium fig-
( ures six months ago Cupid poked mr.
D.. his head and aimed one of his love
darts with deadly accuracy.
The couple disappeared from thei,
tdesks for half a day last THURSDAY
land ii was thought by observers tina,
athey had already been married wher
they returned in the afternoon. Word
hrickled out yesterday, however that the
disappearance was in preparation fo,
the event and not for the event itself
When they faced the clergyman 10.
day the insurance division was rem.
resented by two of it's clerks. who
watched the knot tied.
The couple will make their hom.
in this city.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
WASHINGTON is LAUDED.

Services held at three churches
Yesterday commemorated the birth
If George Washington. At st. John 8
church Yesterday afternoon Rt. Rev.
William A. Leonard, Bishop Of Ohio.
smoke at services held under auspices
Of the Society of the Sons of the
Revolution and the Society of Colonial
Wars.
Representative William n. Vaile OF
Colorado lauded Washington in an
address at exercises held at the In
gram Memorial Church last night. A
Masonic memorial service was held
| at Trinity Church last night. when
! Representative Thomas U. Sisson OF
! Mississippi spoke.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
ASKS SEPARATE CHARTER
Federal Employees Union, No. 2,
Takes Definite Action.

Separate charter for the mems bu-
reau branch of Federal Employees
Union, No. 2. will be asked Of the
National Federation Of Federal EN-
ployes, according to action taken at a
meeting held yesterday afternoon.
when Lleweilyn Tapp was installed
as president of the branch.
Women of the bureau constitute
Local No. 105. it is pointed out. and
the organized man workers of the
bureau of engraving and printing
wish their local to be a separate unit
rather than a branch.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
IRISH EXPRESS THANKS.'
Resolution Adopted and Ordered
Sent to Arthur Henderson.

A resolution expressing the thanks
of the Padraic H. Pearse Council of
the American Associat ton for the
Recognition of the Irish Republic to
the British labor commission for the
report submitted by it after inyesti-
eating conditions in Ireland was
adopted at the meeting of the coun-
Gil at GonZaga Hall last night.
4 copy of the resolution was or
dered sent to Arthur Henderson. head
of the British labor party.
Anthony J. Barrett spoke ON the
tobI CATION of the people of the United
States to support the Irish republic.
Announcement was made that Jud9e
Robert Z. Mattingly will address fhe
council next Sunday
Evening star., 1921-02-21
AT THE COMMUNITY cENrERs

East Washington Community Gen.
ter,Eastern High School: Tonight
French Club, under DIR. d'Ouakil: Bow
Scouts, Troop No. IS; Sherwood Ath-
letic Club. Wallach Boys Club, and
Approximation class.
Thomson Community Center: To.
night - Filing Association, China
painting. dramatic rehearsal for Boy
Scout play, plain sewing, piano prac-
tice.
Johnson-Powell Community Center.
Powell School: Colonial Evening"
will be presented by the young people
OF the educational clubs tonight: the
regular violin and folk dancing FOR
children will be at o'clock this after
noon.
Trinidad Community Center, Ludlow
School: The secretary has issued in
vitations for Washington birthday
party to be given tonight Music and
dancing will be part of the program.
Commencing next week, the rr;n;-
dad Center will be open on Tuesday
night instead of Wednesday.
Dunbar Civic Center: The Crescent
Club will meet tonight. Practice hour
for the Community Choral Society and
Amphion Glee Club, at 8 o'clock to-
night.
Birney Community Center: Tonight
Shorthand, typewriting, fancy needle.
work, at o'clock.
Lovejoy Community Cented: A break-
be given at this center tomorrow. In
the afternoon, from 4 to O'clock a
fast dance from 10 am. to pm. will
matinee will be presented
Evening star., 1921-02-21
ASKS G. P. O. PAY RAISE.
Albany typographical Unic
Pleads the Cost of Living

Basing its action on the ground
that it is almost impossible to pro-
vide for necessities Of life at the
present compensation. the Albany
Typographical Union has adopted a
resolution urging Congress to grant
a wage increase to printers r the
government printing Office, raising
the present scale Of IS cents per hour
to S1.04, it was announced at a meet
ing of Columbia Typographical Union
yesterday in Typographical Temple.
Six new members were admitted
to the local union. One application
for old-age pension was approved.
F1lty dollars was appropriated for
relief work.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
BACK EDUCATIONAL BILL.
ORGANIZATION Formed to Work for
Smith-Towner Measure.

An organization. composed of a
number of men and women promi-
nent in various lines of activity, has
been formed to work for passage
of the Smith -Towner bill, one of the
comprehensive educational measures
now before Congress. which provides
for the creation of a federal depart
ment of education. it was announced
today. A. Lincoln Filene of Boston
Secretary of Commerce Redfeld is
it's treasurer.
Proponents of the measure, in a
statement, said that it was the most
important educational legislation that
has come before the country in "a
hundred years, and that it has been
misrepresented and misunderstood.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The~F1orence CrittentOn wheel Cluh
will meet Thursday with Mrs Brum-
baugh. 1854 Biltmore street.
The wanderlusters' hike for to-
morrow will commence from Berwyn,
Md. w. w. Paige leader.
A colonial ball will be given by
kallipoliS Grotto Band anu Drill
Corps tomorrow night at the New
Willard.
Rev. J. F. x. Murphy Is to lecture
on Ireland tomorrow evening at 3
O'Clock, at the Catholic Community
House.
Mrs. Gaius NJ. Brumbaugh will enter
tain the Abracadabra Club March 2 at
her home, 1854 Biltmore street.
The State Council. Daughters OF
America, will entertain at Pythian
Temple tomorrow evening at 1880.
The dramatic club of Triumph Council
will give play. Dancing, o'clock.
TakOMa Park community celebration
of Washington's birthday will be held
tomorrow in Trinity Parish Hall,
Piney Branch road. Band concert, 10
am. Speakers: Representative Ira G.
Hersey and Mrs. Carolyn Harding
Votaw.
The Wiber Bible Class OF the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church will
bowl Wednesday at $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
TONIGHT.

TONIGHT.
The committee on Industrial inter-
ests, Washington Board of Trade, will
meet at O'Clock in the boardrooms
Sunday school class No. 8 of the
will present play, How the Story
Crew." at the Eighth Street Temple
The proceeds will be for the relief of
children in Europe.
Students of the Washington College
of Music will give a concert at s:15,
in the auditorium Of Central High
School. Collection for Junior Red
Cross.
will met at 8 o'clock in the Juvenile
Court room, 203 1 street.
Rainbow Division Veterans, D. C.
Chapter, will meet at o'clock in it's
dugout, 1904 E street
The Hubbard Home and School AS
sociation will meet at o'clock, in
Hubbard School hall.
The Negro National Educational
Congress will meet at o'clock at 922
7 street.
The Census Junior Club, DEPART
ment of Commerce, will give its an
nual dance at o'clock at Meridian
Mansion, 2400 18th street
DR.. Henry Chung of Korea will
speak at o'clock at the School of
diplomacy, American University, F
street lecture hall
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent.
D. ", will meet at G. A. r. Hall. Re
ception and social.
The Parents League will meet at
o'clock at Metropolitan A. M. E.
Church. Rev. DR.. Calls and others
will speak.
Evening star., 1921-02-21
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES

The mems branch of Federal En-.
ployes' Union. No. 2, of the bureau OF
engraving and printing will meet al
o'clock. at 1923 New York avenue
Election of officers and entertainment
Evening star., 1921-02-21

Mrs. Charles w. Matthews, presi-
dent of the club of Colonial Danes
has invited Col. John Temple Graves
to address the club at o'clock. A
program has been arranged.
Evening star., 1921-02-21

The Friendship Nusery Aid will
meet at 1880 with Mrs. Mary w. Story
BIS Mount Pleasant street.