Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-19
Maine GOSSIP
The Ola Manager Speaks

GEy Berton Braley1
I've handled pick and shovel,
I've sat al a bench in my time.
I've done heavy work IN the heat and
the muTk.
I've known ali the sweat and the
CRIME;
And SO. when some frosty-eyed expert
Talks Labor" as If it was coal.
- comm 0dity"-Weil, / just choke for
a spell
Before / regain ny control
Plague take all this dope economic
tell you that Labor :" your friends
and your neighhors,
It's Folks that have bodies and
hearts,
It's fathers and brothers and nus
With mothers and sweethearts and
wives.
Who love and VINO hate and who
dream and who wait
It's real people living their lives.
Now maybe I'm moss-bacsed and
rusty,
But here's how ii lines up to me-;
Statistics WI! aid in the plans You
have made
They're useful 10 quite a degree.
But ali Of your lore scientific
VIII fall down again and again.
Unless in your brain this one fact
That Labor" means flesh and blood
Men.
In brief, It's problem that's Human
No soulless Commodity stuff
And the very best plan | have hap
pcned to scan
Is just 10 be human enough:
And when it is finally settled
II fear | won't be here by them
II wont he BY art of 4 book Or A
But by Men dealing fairly with Men
Forbes Magazine On y
Armoud Braley. a TO- year Old lad
from Bangor. who hs visiting his
grandmother. Mrs. Hottie Fish at We
roma proved quick wittcd and eff
cient in an emergency, by grasping
by the hair 5-year-ol Frank Sulli-
van Of Revere, who fell from a float
in the river the other day. as he
came TO tho surface, and then with
the assistance Of another boy pulling
him onto the float, thus saving his
life
Cadet Lieut.. George f; Wing Of
Bangor carried off the honors Of his
company al Camp Deyens in a recent
inspection to select the member of
each company>at taining the best po-
sition OF soldier at attention. and
as a result OF his proficiency was
given credit slip by the camp com
mandcr, Gen. FIersey, on the camp
exchange, or store
Governor Baxter when in Pressure
Isle last week enjoyed the experience
of riding on the locomotive from
Pressure Isle to Westfield on his re-
turn home.
Charles p. Rarnes Of Huulton.
speaker of the Maine House Of Rep
rosentotives. has long been an en-
thusiast over the beauties Of Mt. ka-
tahdin. He recently added score
TO the list Of his ascents Of that
mountain, making the trip with his
two sons by the West Branch side.
The Dixfield Village Corporation at
special meeting Monday evening
voted to form Public Municipal Cor
poration under the name Of the Dix
field Water District, TO take over the
property of the stock company now
known as the Dixfield Water Co, the
value being estimated at $4,000 The
selcctmcn will appoint three trustees
10 take charge of the water system
and to have authority to issue bonds
in payment OF the purchase.
Otis and vicinity should be a rara-
disc for hunters when the season
opens. reports from there saying that
bears and deer are seen almo every
day.
Oscar Wilson OF Houlton. who re-
Gently lost a 81, 900 violin by it's being
annexed by an admirer without per-
mission. has recovered it, through
the efforts of a Boston detective, it
being located In Attleboro, Mass. The
admiring anneXer, owing to the good
reputation of his family, will escape
punishment by the law, Mr. Wilson
being content to recover his highly
prized and valuable instrument.
So successful was the Aroostook
county reunion of the American Le-
gion boys on Tuesday at Portage
lake that the boys plan super