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New-York tribune., 1921-11-13
WHAT is MEANT
BY "CHECK-OFF"
Continued from page three

ators from the miners pay envelopes approx
mately 81 100000 year. In other words, the
by the operators themselves.
"These funds have been used to support
strikes in other districts, and indirectly at
least to pay expenses of men engaged in the
work of organizing radical political parties,
and the expenses of candidates running for
public Office upon radical political platforms.
"Now, when it comes to collecting money
from our employees to support strikes in this
or other districts, and to pay the expenses Of
program intended to drive US out of busi
ness, it is time for US to strike against continu
ing this practice.
"The check-off was also granted in the belief
that it would help the union organization OH
cials to educate its membership in the faithful
performance of scale agreements unfortu-
nately, it has been turned into an instrument
to destroy the individual spirit of the men BY
the closed shop, and now with the latest pro
gram is to furnish the funds to bite the hand
that feeds it.
sThe United States Department OF Justice
itself claims that the practice constitutes
criminal conspiracy between the operators and
the union, and now has under indictment hun
dreds of operators and miners officials under
the Sherman antitrust law. It is bad IN
theory and vicious in practice that we should
be agents to collect union dues. If a man does
not think enough of his union rights to pay nis
dues voluntarily re should be ashamed to d.
a party to force him. Talk about liberty
Freedom of individual rights becomes abSlr~
under these conditions.
Conditions may vary as to markets phvsic1
conditions and Lying conditions, but the opsf-
ators of the outlying districts must either sls-
cumb to the dictation Of that scale agreement
or fight, so that you find to-day in all OF fne
outlying districts definite growing oppos'-
ton to the practices of the past. The check-oh
and the closed shop come out of these scaie
agreements, and the time is not for dlstant, III
my Judgment, when there will have to oe
new deal, new arrangement, one based OIL
wholesome recognition Of the rights Of LABOR
one based on the rights of the public, and one
based on the rights of capital employed in t6is
great industry"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13
BOTTLED TORTURE
Illustration by Alloys BOHNEN
By TOM STEEP

i'll an unintentonal way, he referred to the
bottle and the failure of the Joyces to CALL
All sorts of speculation emanated from Mr..
Husband as to the Joyces-whether they had
become invalids and had stopped calling alto
gether and whether any relatives, in the event
of the Joyces' decease, were likely to call.
While he was talking Henrietta suddenly
exhibited expression of intense horror
Suppose" she muttered. Suppose the bottle
should-burst"
Mr.. Husband never thought of that. 1t was
good suggestion. Yes; suppose it did burst
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13

he has stood treat TO q round of hA,. yans.
wiciles, and you have returned by setting uu
the salmon salads, and, being his turn, he has
suggested couple of pots Of pork and beans
you having more than countered with bunch
Of hothouse grapes, and he has proposed a
brace of chocolate coated doughnuts and it has
been the least you can do TO tell the soda dis.
penser to mix you couple chicken la kings,
and after your pal has forced on you clam
chowder and you have felt it the part of hos
pitality to propose" the holiday season with
plum pudding-I say, after you have regaled
each other thus sumptuously over the soda
counter, it is comforting to realize that the BIZ
carbonate of soda and the essence of pepan
are so ready to hand and that the dispenser
of soda can prepare them for you with the
same facility he displays in broiling
SQUAD or-for that matter-rnxing a mere
strawberry ice cream soda.
Suppose there should dawn on you some dag
the suspicion that your system is without it's
proper quota of iron. The soda fountain can
supply the deficiency by drink which looks
and tastes like beef tea or a marshmallow
raisin split. And yeast? You can eat it
straight or have it in drink. SO popular ard
the difficulty is to avoid them. You see an
attractively painted label recommending
Vanilla Egg Matted Milk Ice Cream Yeast
Frost and order it without noting the key
word. Your next impression is that the last
loaf of bread you ate didn't quite agree with
you. You half wonder when patronizing
drug store whether you are satisfying an ac-
tual sweet tooth by the drink you are swallow
ing or are dosing some non-existent complaint
Wise is the policy of one drug store which
bans it's medicinal drinks from the soda foun-
tain and relegates them to the prescription
department. A patron who does not believe
N medicine is far from delighted to discover
trace Of salts in the pristine sweetness Of his
orangeade, nor is he moved to clink glasses
with a gentleman at his side who is gulping
few spirits of ammonia for what ails him.
1t would seem to be pretty hard on the doc
tors If this sort of thing keeps up and IN
creases at the soda fountains it is question
what they will do to earn their living. Per-
haps we may some day see solemn, bearded
individuals presiding at the soda counters and
meeting the patients on their newest chosen
ground. A beginning has been made.
With such beginning, it is alarming TO
vision the further stages Of soda fountain
medicine 1t specializes now in headaches, In
digestion and the like, but to what will it
come? The day may not be distant when one
may step to fountain and request the white
robed clerk to apply mustard plaster sundae
to ones back or chest. Or, as one quaffs q
n,ilkshake with one hand one saay hold forth
the other to be painted with fal.ne. Hot water
,,,,Jo should call
with the sodas iike-well, like red flannel un-
derwear. While, if one has pain in the re-
gion of the appendix
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13

and spoil everything in the trunk. "Let's take
it out and look it over" he ventured Better
be on the safe side"
Henrietta was certainly right The trunk
was opened and the bottle taken out. But it
had shown no symptoms of having broken or
of intending to break The straw about it was
still dry and the wrapper still intact,
What to do with it now? 1--WE can't put it
back in the trunk again, because, you know,
it may burst" Henrietta reasoned Certainly
not. trunk was never good place for
bottle. Underneath the couch? Yes that was
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13

sulphur milkshake? II sets yuh right"
And perhaps it would, and the old Spanard
would leave the drug store with springy step
and cries of Eureka! Eureka!"
large drug store on Broadway finds that
bromo seltzer is one Of it's most popular sodas.
Eight or ten of the large blue bottles is the
daily average used New York appears to
have more headaches than ever before. The
emporiums where they used to retail head
aches no longer exist, but the drug store min
listers to the throbbing brow more effectively
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13

and extensively than ever. The soda counter
is usurping the place of the family medicine
chest, for the soda clerk has not the curiosity
nor the intrusive inqusitiveness of the kith
and kin who observe one downing a bromo
seltzer. The urbane young man at the fountain
does not look upon a request for bromo
seltzer or "a bcarb and ammonia as necessarily
proving anything. For all he cares you may
like the taste Of the thing
1t cannot be denied that after you have lined
up in front Of the fountain with friend and
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13

soon may expect to see listed the pharma-
ceutical phosphate, the asafetda smash, the
Invalid's Delight, the oil Of banana split and
the cold compress sundae.
Ponce to-day would enter drug store in
high hopes. For him the portal would seem
to bear a legend: "Eat, Drink and Be Medi-
Gated" He would stalk in YEARLY, feeling his
age. Seating himself with difficulty on one
of the high pedestals before the onxy counter,
he would order:
Eternal Youth!''
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13

For once the soda dispenser would be con-
founded.
"'Eternal YOUTH" he would repeat. "That's
a new one on me, Cap. It's great name, all
right. Say, if yuh'll tell me what's in it, III
try to sling it together
ALAS good youth, that is what seek to
know myself" s-once would reply sadly, slid
ing down from his chair, preparatory to going.
"Aw, wait minute" the dispenser would
urge. II can make yuh up somethin' just as
good. Have you ever tried our molasses and
New-York tribune., 1921-11-13


Fountain of Youth, travelled to Florida,
but not many of us can afford that.
The aging Spanish knight had an
idea he would find there miraculous spring
Il is puzzle where he got the idea. for there
were no steamship company folders ia those
davs,
Ponce never found his Fountain, for it was
Ms misfortune to be born several centuries
too carry. If he came to New York to-day the
naosf casual exploration would locate hundreds
Of snch fountains; one on every corner or so.
The sedative is served with the soda and the
panacea with the sundae In short, Ponce's
best bet would be the soda fountains.
One step up to the marble counters
nowadays and get thoroughly medicated and
legitimately, too. do not refer to the agree
able measures taken in the days of the bar,
when one possessed, was going to have, or had
had cold. Nor have in mind the beverages
of the prescription department, including the
much mooted medicinal beer. My investiga-
tons were conducted openly at the soda foun-
tains and my conclusions openly arrived at
After the manner of the ordinary patron, ap-
preached the counter and ordered drink, being
told to get my check first or attempted to
buy check from the cashier, being told that
one paid at the fountain. It was all quite in
order.
The day is not gone beyond recall when the
soda fountain was tucked in nook of the
drug store and satisfied the thirst of the juve-
nile trade. Its evolution to prominence as the
quencher of the thirst feminine is easily re-
1,.pn,hnrcd nc ;s 4ho dow urhor rIJ Jnby, po ~Inv
corn was led up to the counter, offered the
long. twisted spoon of fountain fellowship and
urged to choke down the concoctons. Fol
lowed the restaurant phase, still in the ascen-
dant with the soda fountain fully capable of
highly complicated and many course dinner
For the effects of that repast, one may obtain
the proper alternatives without stirring step
away. That's the medicinal phase,
"The medical feature of the soda fountain
is big one to-day" an official in large drug
firm told the writer, and his words rang true
Back against the mirrors, in among the syrups
and the decorative glasses stand the old fam
lily remedies i'll almost all drug stores. You
can recognize the bromo seltzer "blues," reas-
suring phials of aromatic spirits of ammonia,
soothing supplies of bicarbonate of soda, those
blue and white wrapped powders which fzz SO
antagonisticall: when mingled, essence Of
pepsin, rhubarb and soda and that medicine
advertised in connection with children's tears
If you are one of those persons who are
their own diagnosticians and with whom to
all is to act, you have only to step into the
nearest drug store when indisposed, thus saw
ing doctors fees--perhaps. There you may
quaff your favorise tonic, fearfully and won
derfully disguised. They are not yet down on
the menu, these medicinal beverages, but you
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-03
FISH, Culture

The State Department of Inland
Fisheries and Game makes the fol-
lowing additional report on the fish
culture as carried on in 1919-1920 at
the various hatcherieS owned and
operated by the State:
Landlocked salmon-Number of
eggs taken in full of 1919 was 1850,
000 sent to Auburn hatchery, 100000:
sent to Tank Pond hatchery, 100000
sent to Moosehead hatchery, 200. 900;
sent to other hatcheries, i'll exchange
for trout eggs. 10000; loss to time in
Matching, $4,000: Matched, $50, 900; loss
from time of Matching to planting.
100000; to be wintered, 29S,000; plant
ed, .000. The land-locked salmon
wjntered during 1890 were 326,5O0
loss during summer, 142,500: to be
wintered (yearlings). 10000; planted,
114,000.
Square-tailed trout-Eggs taken in
fall of 1919-Received from Cold
Spring Trout Ponds. West Buxton,
Me-. purchased by State, 100000; loss
to time Of Matching. 10000; hatchcd.
10000: loss from Matching to plant
ing, 10000; planted, $4,000
The land-locked salmon eggs taken
here in the fall of 1920 numbered L.
21S 600
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Fish and Game

The Fish and Game Department, its
supply of the Fish and Game Laws
for 1920 having become exhausted,
has issued a handy little Summary of
the General Inland Fish and Game
Laws. in force until new laws passed
by the 1921 Legislature become effec-
tive; also all the private and special
fishing regulations promulgated up
to Oct. 10, 1920. They are, OF course,
subject TO change in rules and regu-
lations of the commissioner.
Special inquiries are often made on
one or two points, which may be an
swered as follows:
Lake Cobbosseecontee open to ice
fishing for pickerel only, not over five
set lines to family, in day time
when under personal supervision Of
person fishing, on Saturday of each
week, between January Is and March
Is of each year.
All Sagadahoc lakes. ponds and
rivers are closed to ice fishing, except
Pleasant and Mid ponds. partly in
Kennebec county: E%CEPT the por-
ton of Mud pond in Richmond is
open to ice fishing Wednesdays dur
ing February and March, for pickerel
only.
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regular business meeting social "
was enjoyed and delicious refrel
ments were served.
Miss Lena Kerr, corresponding \
rotary of the Christian Endea1
Union, Miss Margaret Mosher 4
Miss Marjory Pierce, delegates frd
the First Baptist church, Mrs. ADJ
Warren, Miss Gladys Crotto Z
Miss Camilla Livingstone. delegs1
from tn. Free Baptist church, atten
ed the annual convention of the X
nebec County Kennebec Christian 7
deavor Union in Gardiner.
Mrs. Wallace Judkins and dau'
ter Dorothy of Augusta were recs
guests of Mrs. Lucy Dollof.
Mrs. George Wilson and Miss AM
Crowell were guests Thursday OF
and Mrs. Herman Adams of Beigra'
Mrs. winthrop Bowman en''
tanned the W. b. S. Club Friday q
ming at her home on Summer sire
The guests were Mrs. Dean
Wheeler, Mrs. William Balm, Nj
Charles Elaisdell, Mrs. William slr
son, Mrs. c. T.. Small and Mrs Cha'.
Bartlett. The evening was pieasdh'
passed with various kinds OF iaD
works and a chatting dish supper
served.
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ADJUSTMENTS
JACK LONDON'S
STORY Turning
DAYLIGHT" TODAY

Just as there have never been more
tensely gripping stories written than
those from the pen of Jack London,
SO there hasn't been a more red
blooded picture offered on the screen
at the Colonial than Burning Day.
light" which will be seen there today
with Mitchell Lewis in the principal
role
This is Metro week all over the
country and the first of three big Me-
tro pictures will be seen at the Co.
lonial today. No better selection
could have been made than this ia
nous story by London. Mitchell
Lewis in the title role does some of
the best work of his career while he
is given unusually good support by a
capable cast.
Burning Daylight" takes it's name
from an Alaskan miner who was
called that by his friends. Daylight
has been prospecting and has made
a great discovery. While telling the
news to his friends, representative
of great mining interests attempts TO
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Maine Presidential Electors
Will Organize on Sat-. Jan. 8

The six Presidential electors chosen
by the people at the national election
in November from The State of Maine
will meet in the Senate Chamber at .
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. Jan. s, for
organization. The electors will choose
one of their number for president and
will also select a secretary and mes
senger from outside the electors.
The electors are DR.. Alexander c.
Hagerthy, who holds the record,
with the exception OF Mayor Charles
S. Ashley OF New Bedford, OF being
oftener elected mayor of a New Eng
land city, he having been chosen may
or Of Ellsworth II times. Mayor
Charles B. Clarke of Portland William
K. RoiX of Presque Isle, county at
torney of Aroostook county and former
clerk of the House of Representatives,
Alton c. Wheeler of South Paris, a for
mer member of the House of Represent
atives, Judge Frank Z. Miller of the
Eockland municipal court and Willis Y.
Gmmons of Saco, formerly clerk OF
courts for York county and forme,
collector OF the port of Portland
If any clector is not present, those
present shall elect by majority vote to
fill the vacancy. The electors after
seeing that their number is complete
must adjourn to the following Monday
when they shall vote for president
and vice president Of the United States.
In this instance of course the electors
will vote for Warren G. harding of
Ohio and Calvin Coolidge of Massachu-
sets, the candidates for president and
vice president respectively, OF the lie
publican party. These electors rec.iv-
ed the largest plurality ever given
candidates in this state.
Then the electors must make three
certificates of the votes made by them
each containing the list of votes for
president and vice president. seal
them and certify on each of the con-
tents. Then by majority they must
select Il person to take charge OF one
certificate, who shall deliver it at
Washington d. c., to the president of
the United States Senate before the
fourth Monday of the January In which
they meet in Augusta.
The electors shall forward by mail
another certificate to the President of
the United States Senate and the third
shall be delivered to the judge of the
United States District court a, Port
land.
The number of electors in each State
is based upon the number of represent
atives in Congress; therefore, Maine
having two senators and four repre-
sentatives. has six electors.
Four years ago the six Presidential
electors cast their votes for Charles
E. Hughes of New York and Charles
W. Fairbanks of indiana, the candi-
dates of the Republican party for
president and vice president respective
ly. The electors chosen in November
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lonskee hall by the score of 81 to Z.
York starred for the High school team.
Alanson Skillings, principal Of the New
Choicest n High school, who was re-
Gently appointed a member OF the State
committee. was present and demon
strated the new rules which have gone
into effect this year for better and
cleaner games of basketball.
r. B. Scott. superintendent of the
Cascade Wooden mill has returned
from a visit at his home in Leicester,
Mass.
Principal and Mrs. Alanson Skilings
who ave been passing the holiday
with Mr.. Skillings parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvester Skillings and his sister,
Mrs Carrie Peavey have retursed to
New Gloucester where they are en-
ployed as teachers in the High school,
Mrs. Sadie Grey and Mrs. Fred
Philbrick have returned to Newport.
after visiting Mrs. Grey's daughter,
Mrs. Clyde Wheeler
Mrs. Il. NJ. Stone and son Maurice
have gone to kineo to visit relatives.
Mrs. Daniel Marshall has gone to
Portland to visit Mrs. Benjamin Mar
shall, who is seriously i'll.
Nine members of the Fidelity class
of the Free Baptist enjoyed a sleigh
rae thursday afternoon to the home
of Mrs. George Manter in Sidney.
Six of the members from Sidney were
present, making IS in all After the
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1916, were Frederick G.. Kinsman of
Augusta, George G. Emery of San
ford, Beecher Putnam of Houlton, Ed
ward p. Kicker of Poland. Herbert
Gray of Old Town and Walter G..
Morse of Rumford. Messrs. Kicker
and Gray were absent at the meeting
and William l.. Bonney of Bowdoin-
ham and Charles P Barnes of Houl-
ton were selected by the electors 10
fill the two vacancies. William r.
RoiX of Pressure Isle, who at that time
was the clerk of the House of Repre-
sentativcs. was selected as secretary
OF the electors and the late Charles n.
Lovejoy of Sidney, the veteran mes
senger8 of the Senate was chosen as
| messenger.
Frederick G. Kinsman of Augusta
was chosen president of the electors.
Beecher Putnam of Houlton was dele
gated to deliver the certificate of the
vote to the President Of the United
States Senate ,and Aaron 3. Cole of
Eliot was chosen to deliver the GER
tificate to the judge of the United
States District court at Portland.
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Der of deer not reported, would indi-
! cate that around 10000 were taken
out of the woods.
''Some recommend allowing hunt
ers only one deer, but others feel that
those who come here from out OF the
State and pay for 15-dollar license,
which is a very small part of then
expense, should have the right to
take two deer home with them if they
can-and further, that many of our
own people. residents of the State,
are of moderate means, with families,
and can i'll afford expensive vaca-
lions, and that a kill of two deer aids
materially in paying for vacation
which was really needed.
IF the legislature will make
another change. in the open season,
/ shortening it on the first end, SO that
hunting will begin the 18th day Of
October instead of the first, it will
save many deer and obviate the
necessity of making the limit one
deer instead of two. There are other
reasEns why this change should be
made. Many of the deer spoil, in
during the first two weeks of last
! October were over-ripe when taken
out of the State and some were left
in the woods with only steak or
two used, and the rest ruined by the
warm weather.
There is rarely an October when
the first two weeks. are suitable fol
! keeping deer for any length of time
and the sportsman, If he would save
his game, must hurry home with it,
and thus shorten his outing. 1t
would also be better for the hotel pro-
prietors and camp owners to have
| open season begin when ii is cooler
allowing guests to remain longer and
! patronize hotels instead of camping
| by the roadside as many out of the
State parties have been doing since
automobile roads have been built sc
far into the wilderness.
Moose
Moose are not holding their own
but are surely decreasing in numbers
according to the data received. 1t is
estimated that not less than 25(
have been slain in each of the past
two years. This is certainly destroy
ing them faster than they increase
and will result in few years at most
in making this monarch of the Maine
woods practically extinct.
IF the moose are to be saved
| another closed season should be
| placed upon them and sportsmen be
content in shooting them only with
the camera and eXpend their energies
in still hunting the deer or stalking
the bear, to which there is no limit,
one sportsman getting three bear the
! past season in one day. Moose, il
they can be preserved, will remain q
| great attraction among the wild life
of Maine. The caribou has gone
shall we save the moose"