Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01

every good Republican Is looking for
ward to with interest, the Inauguration
OF Warren G.. Harding as president OF
the United States. Mr.. Harding ought
to be more than satisfied by the large
majority of voters who wanted him and
his party to take control OF the govern
ment. III size of vote counts for any
thing the people were dissatisfied with
the absolute orgy Of extravaganza In
public life and of profitsering in private
business and thought change of admin
istrstlon might be effective in curbing
both. Mr.. Harding will now have the
chance to make good. Ii is no easy
place he sought, however, and IL may
take drastic measures to destroy or
check either Of the above. Then the
question of taxation looms large on his
horizon. The expenses Of the govern
ment he will assume March 4th will be
the largest any president before him has
had to provide for, or, perhaps more
truthfully, any congress under Q prtsi-
dents advice has had to provide for.
The annual cost Of the national govern
ment before the war was only 500, 000,-
600, while ct present interest on the war
debt alone Ia round billion; so one can
easily com prehend that the tax question
looms big before the new president. To
raise the three or four billions OF dollars
necessary for the various needs Of the
government will require taxes from all
taxable sources. Colbert, finsncler to
Louis XIV OF France, said "ths art of
taxation consists In so plucking the
goose a. to procure the largest quantity
Of feathers with the least possible squsll-
ing" That's the job before President
elect Harding and bis congress.
Oxford County has recently had ex-
periences In the tail ends of billiards.,
but they have been so mild a. 10 give
the impression the whole world had
enjoyed an open winter; but IL seems
such Is not fact. Winters appear sec
tional. There are always places which
enjoy, or fall TO enjoy, an abundance OF
snow and cold, while others are skipped
for some reason. The little island of
Newfoundland at the mouth Of the st.
Lawrence River, In area about 8l7 miles
by $40 miles, appears TO have been favor
cd with It's full share Of all the cold and
snowy weather sent this continent dur
Ing the past three months. As soon as
it recovered from the effects of one
storm another visited Ii until che whole
island was continuous snow-drift. Az
an example OF the result of the winter
bestowed upon this insular piece Of ter
ritory, an item has been going the rounds
of the papers that 1t took an express
train running from Cape Ray to St.
Johns, . distance of some 325 miles,
thirteen days TO work its way owing to
the drifted condition OF the road.
II q public man wishes to feel be has
made a success of his career he wants q
trotting horse named after him. That's
about the only way he can feel certain
ks has attained the requisite speed In
life. Whether the new public women
will want this recognition or not remains
to DO seen; but our first woman con-
gresham, jeanette Rankin, has already
obtained Ii. A fast three year-old Oily
has been named after her. This colt
congresswoman, who, it seems, o few
years ago at least, was first In the hearts
of her oountrymsn out In Montana,
Oukut W Oc COnecub WIN uol bD6SQ
record. This item 10 not intended to
indict Miss Rankin ~ "fsst" In the gen.
eral scceptation Of the term--ons. has
too good an opinion of her for that-but
the degree Of appreciation awarded her.
Music lovers OF Oxford County In con-
necsion with those OF the rest of the
world scanned the papers Last week
auxiously for news Of the singer, Enrico
Caruso, dreading Lest the news prove
unfsvorable. All felt the shilling OF
such q voice would be world wide loss
How great the loss would be might be
hard to compute. Perhaps IL ought not
TO be computed In money, yet that 10
the measure universally adopted. How
much does voice add to ones income
10 the query In regard to success. Well,
the fact that Caruso pays an income tax
of S100, 900 annually would seem to indi.
cate his voice had put him In the mil
lionaire class.
The shortage of newspaper, real or
apparent, and the depletion Of pulp
wood forests has caused men to InvsstI-
gate new sources Of supply for pulp,
among other things the giant water
grass Of Florida, known to botanists ~
clodium sffusium. A big mill has been
built ut Lsesburg, Florida, to produce
pulp from this material, and II it suc-
Deeds the industry will probably extend
to other southern states.
Some few months ago Holman Day
published o novel, "All Wool Morrison"
In which the chief character was sup
posed 10 be modelled after Hon. Percival
P. Baxter, recently elevated 20 the chair
Of Names chief executive. Because of
this new interest centers about the
story.
Ladies' Night at kora Temple.
The annual ball Of Kora Temple, Lew
iston, last week was . brilliant affair
and was attended by several people from
South Paris and Norway.
This section was also represented on
the committees By Frank Kimball Of
auH Wales n. ns~v