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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
WHITE COAL

"Homesteaders, waiting for ,the
train in the Ceur dAlene country in
northern Idaho, while away the time
by reading on placard on the station
wall, the following short but dra-
matte story: ~
On the Mountain Division Of the
Milwaukee Railroad sixty-one cleo
tric locomotives have supplanted 1862
steam engines at an annual saving of
100000 tons Of coal and &C, 600, 900 GAL
Ions Of fuel oil. With a maximum
grade of 1922 feet a 3200-ton train is
hauled with comparative ease over
the Rocky, Bitter Root, and Cascade
Mountains
This enormous amount of power
only part Of that which is used for
lighting and other purposes in the
same neighborhood. is made by
merely taking advantage of the
tumbling of water down hill."-Les-
lies.
This may serve to remind us here
In Maine Of the wonderful possibili-
ties. in way Of the production OF
white coal. nature has bestowed or
this part of the country. The West
less favored Is more eager to make
the most OF what 1t has. There seems
TO be no good reason why, other thar
the expense OF making the change
white coal should not take the place
OF the black in the running of oul
trains and factories and 1t is possible
that II we had little OF the Western
spirit that change would not be &c
long delayed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
TIME FOR ACTION

Few have more than a faint con-
ception Of the deplorable conditions
which inevitably must exist in the
event of the failure on the part Of
our transportation facilities to dis
tribute the necessities of life. All
realize. however, that they would
surely be very serious. All must also
conclude that any neglect to take
such precautions against such con-
tingency as are possible would be
reprehensible.
A strike OF railroad employees has
been called for November first
Surly adequate provision against this
cannot be made in ten days, but at
least a vigorous beginning may be
made. most Of the states have al
ready made beginning. Some have
done more. Before leaving on his
.Aroostook itinerary. for the purpose
.of visiting schools, 1t is said, Govern
or Baxter appointed a committee to
meet with committees from other
New England states in Boston, yes
terday. That meeting was attended
by the Governors Of Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire and the commit
tees wasted no time in making prep
arations.. The dominant idea was
how to meet the situation rather than
TO discuss the merits or criticise those
who bring it about. A plan was
promptly formulated and the appoint
ment was recommended of an execu-
/ tive committee, three from each
state, which should Immediately go
into session at Boston. 1t is recon-
, mended that survey be made at
once to ascertain where the food
stuffs and fuel are located and what
facilities may be had for distributing
them. This of course would include
inventory Of the supplies of gasoline,
of trucks and all means of transport
tation and Of men to operate those
facilities.
Governor Baxter was not here when
the committee returned to report but
lis expected to arrive by the first OF
the week. 1t is to be hoped that he
will Immediately appoint the Maine
members of the proposed executive
scommittee. The time is too short to
accomplish much before the occur
renee of the strike in the event that
1t is not called off, a result which it
will not do to count on. Nothing
should be taken for granted in the
shadow of such a grave, menace as a
nation wide railroad strike and no
time should be lost in preparing to
meet it should it come.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Among. our hundred and five mill
lion people, over half million, $780,
900. pay an income tax on incomes
ranging from $4,000 to 100000: $500
on incomes from 100000 to $3.50, 900;
1888 on incomes from $4,000 to
$25o.ooo: 7ss from $25o.ooo to $780,
/, 900: 174 from 100000 to $1,000, 900:
and but 81 on incomes exceeding a
million dollars. Considering the num-
] Der who are able to pay taxes on in
comes exceeding six thousand dollars
10 year one win conclude this IL a
pretty good country from some points
. OF view, 70 say the least.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Quickest WAY

A young woman was on motoring
trip, when the smell of smoke became
perceptible. The man at roadside
garage told them it was a hot box.
"It'll take me about 20 minutes to fix
it." he said.
Ihe owner stood watching him a
minute as he got to work; then she
said: "By the way, while you're
about it, wish you'd grind the valves,
take up the foot brake and fill all the
grease cups. You'll have to WORK
lively. I'll give you just half an
hour"
The man crawled from under the car
and stood up. LAS long as you're in
such hurry, miss" he said grimly.
Il reckon you'd better git your horn
lacked up and run new car under it."
Ladies' Home Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Training Centres for the Army.

(Bostonj Transcript
Boston has a direct interest in the
plans for the establishment of train
ing centers in each of the nine Army
corps areas Of continental United
States. as outlined by Secretary
Weeks in an announcement at
Washington yesterday. The training
centre of the First Corps area will
embrace the coast defences of Bos-
ton, together with Fort Ethan Allen,
and the War Department has select
ed Brigadier Mark l.. Hersey to COM
mand it. Each Of the nine training
centres will include a depot group
and a training group. The form
er will consist of headquar-
ters, headquarters and service COM
pany, a recruiting section and an il
literate and development section.
The latter will consist of a reduced
strength infantry regiment, a bat
terry Of field artillery. a troup of cav
airy, and a company of engineers.
The function of the training group
will be to provide specially trained
personnel to assist in the develop
ment Of all component. parts of the
Army Of the United States-which
under the National Defense Act
include. in addition to the Regular
Army, the Organized Reserves and
the National Guard.
The formation of these training
centres will increase the Regular Ar
my's sphere of usefulness, and at the
same time render more efficient the
other component parts of the Army
Of the United States. At the pres
ent time the Regular Army is so
small in numbers that at best it
could only provide small expedi-
tionary force. The War Depart
ment, therefore, has wisely deter
mined to use the regular forces
wherever possible, to train and devel-
OPP the National Guard and the Or
ganized Reserves, upon which must
fall the main burden of national
defence. The Regular Army,
through its high organization, and it's
technical efficiency. is well fitted to
assist in the upbuilding of America
reserve armies. and a part of the reg
ular personnel should, at all times,
be engaged in this work, so funda-
mental to proper state of national
preparedness. The establishment of
these nine corps training areas pro-
vides g. welcome assurance that the
regular soldier-whether officer. non
commissioned, officer or private
will at all times be a counsellor and
teacher of the citizen soldier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
The Telephone Exhibit.
(Boston Herald.)


Every advocate of the government
ownership of railroads or anything
else should make a point of visiting
the telephone plant this week. If
possible, he should next go to the
postofice. Each is q monopoly in
the transmission business. The
postoff1ce is run by the government
through the agencies of politics.
The telephone is run by men and
women who have an interest in get
ting ahead. and getting the service
ahead. This applies to the smallest
office boy who enters the establish
ment and to the largest capitalist
who embarks his millions. What is
the result? The postoffice, after
more than a century of operation,
takes longer to deliver a letter than
it would take you to carry it your
self by the same public conveyance
which the postoffice uses. The tele-
phone, on the other hand, is a magic
house, revealing a degree of invention
which is amazing in it's aggregate.
Go see for yourself.
So long as human nature remains
as it is, with the factor of self-in-
terest bulking large, we shall have
efficiency under one system and in
efficiency under the other. And the
American railroad will itself begin to
show vitality when it gets out of the
reach of the palsying hand of SO
much governmental regulation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
LITERARY FINISH

In certain quarters a high premium
is placed on literary finish. it would
seem from q letter which former
Conptroller Williams writes to the
chairman Of the Joint Congressional
Commission for Agricultural In
quiry. Referring to the salary list Of
the Reserve Bank Of New York he
states that list was increased more
than fifty percent between 1918 and
1920, and one man, without any bank
ing knowledge. received $4,000 a
year, his job being ito put literary
finish to the public outgivings" of the
Bank.
Putting a literary finish" on the
hard, cold facts Of Federal Reserve
banking may be worth twelve thou
sand dollars to somebody, but surely
not to those who simply wish to get
at the aforesaid hard, cold facts. In
deed one might suppose without UNI
due strain to his imagination that a
college professor-one Of the poor
underpaid specimens-might have
been equal to the needs Of the posi-
ton.
This Is nowise intended to re-
feet unpleasantly on either the liter
airy finisher or his handiwork about
which, it appears. the public is to be
allowed to know but little. 1t is
possible he has produced something
comparable with a production recent
ly sent to this desk and frequently
admired. If so not only is he entitled
to the twelve thousand but donation
party on top Of that.
AS illustrating what really may be
accomplished by a literary finisher
we quote the following from the
American Automobile Association
press bureau:
"Just now autumns gay robes are
fading. Gold and scarlet are turning
to lemon and brown. The great
beeches are already bare. but the
royal oaks still faunt their crimson
vestments. White carayels sail in
the sapphire sky. Listen and the
whispering leaves will tell you OF
peace. The sunbeams will dance in
the shadowy mazes to convince you
that life-real, free, fresh open-air
life-is still filled with rapture. Your
eye will sparkle and your heart beat
higher. The air has the rich fra
GRANGE of un-kissed, puppies Bur-
gundy. The October tonic is a SOW
, ereign specific for all the ills Of mint
and heart. The cool breezes will
smooth the wrinkled brow and quiet
the feverish brain. Go out into the
autumn and stay with her until the
west burns with. the sunset and she
will give that without which amhi.
tons, attain&ents, life itself, Is
empty-a fine, healthy full-growr
appetite.
Far from the madding crowd
among the hills, listening only to the
winds whispering among the trees
there will be no crowds, no haste, ne
worry."-Here hold on your hat
we're going down-"And best Of all
no cure, no pay"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Editors Letter Box
No Trespassins
East winthrop. Me.
Oct. 20, 1921.

: East winthrop. Me.
Oct. 20, 1921.
Editor Kennebec Journal:
/ noticed in your editorial columns
this morning that the Bureau CT Edu-
cation in Washington is stirred over
the Health Game in Schools. 1t IS
a fine thing for the teachers to tell the
scholars to clean their finger nails
and their teeth and to take good care
of the body, but there is danger OF
losing their heads in a good cause
They must not take away Constitu-
tional rights and privileges.
They insist that the scholars go To
bed at half past eight. ! am pastor
here in East Winthrop and have boy
10 years old. He went to prayer
meeting last night and reached home
about 8 o'clock. He was told IN
school to try and go to bed earlier to-
night to make up. This may seem
little matter to write about but there
is a great principle involved. Con-
stitutional matter.
Baptists, Methodists, Quakers, Ro-
man Catholics. Jews and all others
ship God according to, the dictates of
their conscience" We have the right
granted to us by the Constitution to
go to our respective places of worship
and take our children with us at .
o'clock in the morning or at o'clock
at night and that without interference
from any school teacher, school board
or Legislature.
We have that d-given right and
that Constitutional right. Let all the
school boards and the State superin-
tendents of schools sec that the spirit
and the letter of our great Constitu-
ton is lived up to as they try for the
betterment of health conditions among
the pupils in our public schools.
Sincerely,
l.. F. COOK.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
TnhIAs ZANE AIIGIIsrA EOR


Bangor. t124 a. m. s1.40 a. M. 1913 a. M
$500 a. H.. 1888 a. M. T2.5S p m, s3.l2 p me-
TAO p. IN.
Bar Harbor Asl .4Oa M. t233 am. 1910 am
Bath IS. l5a M t9. 3sa. m. 80 59a. m. m.
t7.25 D. m. *l0.iS p. m {
Belfast B5OO a. m 1888 a. m. It's IN
Boston, g. am. tf. Is M. t9.3S a. m, SOY
a. M. 1880 D. Ia. 1894 p. m. *10.4Sp m
Calais Y .33 a. M. 1888 a. NJ.
Dover Foxcroft. B5.00 a m. t2.5S p. m.
Gardiner, r3.l7 a. m. 1915 a. m. t9.3S a. M
1850 a. m, $3.50 p. m, 1884 p. m. t3.l5 p M
:, Il % D. m, ~l0.4S p. m.
Hallowell f6 10 a. M. PCS a. m. ~ ~ a. H..
1880 p. m. 1894 p. IN. 70. 10 p. m. 10 p n.'
Harmony. B500a M. t25s p. m.
Lewiston. t6.l5 a. m, 1888 a. m. 9.o9 a. M
70 80 D. m, El0iS p. m.
New York. 1880 p. m. 1894 p. m.
Portland 10 Il a m. IT.. l5a m. 10 SIS a. m. SOB
am 70 30 q m. 50 "a p. m. IL .25 m. 80 As p m
Rocklaud. t6 | 5 a. M. 1898 a. M.
Skowhegan b OOa. m. 1888 am, 12.jS p M.
So Gardiner t6. 15a. m. 1888 a m. 81. 80 In.
1880 p. m. 1894 p. m. Is. Is p. m. Il 70 p M
r104S p. IN.
St. John. tl.24 a. m.
Watervilc. "a a. m. 81 80 a. M. Y .33 a m.
$500 a. m. 1888 a M. 2.5S p. m. s3lZ D. nl''
t7.40p m SDaily except Monday.
*Daily. tDaily. except Sunday. sSunday only
Discontinued after October 23rd
b Except Sunday and Monday.
DC. DOUGLASS, NJ. l.. HARRIS,
9-25-2l V.P. & Gsnl Mgr Genl Passenger Ass'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Baking at having the secretary of
the treasury attend to the refunding
of the foreign debt Congress is con-
sidering a compromise which pro-
vides for the inevitable commission,
this to be Of five members. Such a
division Of the burden ought to please
the treasurer, who could rightly con-
slider the responsibility Of attending
to it himself rather too onerous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Dis Tub

We have communicated with tho
spirit of Diogenes.
ASK him." We requested the mo
dunn, TASK him if he really lived in a
tub"
The table moved nervously, the nc
dunn snored, and from her lips came
che very voice of the great Athenian:
Il owned a yacht. you call it a
household" said the sage, Il lived on
it. The jealous yachtsmen of the
times called it tub. Gimme a drink.
say, gimme
The voice died away, but we had
solved a Observation-Disclosures Times
Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

In Pasadena, the. other day, the
police arrested a Federal Judge for
speeding. Possibly. some day, GER
tain people in this part of the coun-
try who think themselves above the
law, will discover their mistake.
Breaking the law is not respectable
and arresting those who do break the
laws is showing no disrespect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

It pays to advertise. The Shipping
Board is to spend nearly a million
dollars advertising government owned
passenger steamers. Anyhow 1t must
Of necessity prove more profitable
than some of the ways in which the
money has been spent by the Ship
ping Board, in times past
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Try THIS for INDIGESTION

Foley cathartic Tablets are Just the
thing for constipation. Their action
Is wholesome and thoroughly cleans
Ing. without gripping. nausea or incon-
venlence. The. Danish headache. bill
lousness. bloating, gas. bad breath.
coated tongue and other symptoms u
disordered digestion. Mrs. Fl. ]. Mar
chard. 80 Lawrence ST., Salem. Mass.
writes: II used Foley Cathartic
Tablets for constipation with good
results. l keep them, in the house.
Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

NIP s15.0Oo,o0O Plot to Withdraw
Liquor. '-Headline.
Not such big plot after all when
a certain club in Portland is
said to have paid gladly fifteen dol
lars per quart.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Just as Henry U. Steingass. circus
acrobat. YVES about to be declared to
be legally dead in Elizabeth, n. j., he
bfeezed into his sisters home and
explained he hadn't written in the
last eight years becaueS he couldn't
think of anything to say.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

will be, and there is reason in this.
Some of them certainly have a
knowledge OF coming storms. We
are told that spiders are especially
sensitive to weather changes, and
when they make new webs, the
weather will be fair: if they continue
spinning during a shower, it will
soon clear fist. Nicholas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

If the milk trains don't run there
may be chance to move the stocks
Of condensed and evaporated varie-
ties Of the Tactical fluid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Maine Gossip
MAIN

received by the Department of Inland
Fisheries and Game, with the name
attached but no address given. 1t is
a charming tribute to Maine):
Would we know, We languid mortaIs,
f Where the fount of youth is
Where the healing breath of halsam3
and the scent of pines abound
Where sort of tonic crispness or d
tang cllngs to the air
Making life sweet existence and a
pleasure to be there,
While glorious sense of freedom, of
a spirit newly born,
Adds zest to each endeavor, welcome
as the dew of morn,
Where within Gods timbered acres
wild, vast, gloomy and profound,
The nimbie deer, the sullcu moose and
divers game are found.
Where the keen. unerring woodsman
may choose camp or roam at
And the huntsman is rewarded with a
quarry for his skill;
From countless lakes and sylvan
streams the ardent angler lure
mess of tinny trophies to delight
the epicure.
Where in touch with wondrous nature
the ,cramped soul Of man ex-
pandS
To the limits of her mountains, to the
Wilderness of her lands,
And in earnest contemplation Of her
ever-changing moods,
Like the eagle scars untrammelled In
her silent amplitudes.
MeditateS on her creations, marvelS at
her various forms,
ReVels in her matchlcsS sunsets, crys-
tai skies and vivid storms,
Where the devotees Of science and the
Votaries of art
Find an endless wealth of subjects to
delight and thrill the heart,
Where each turn presents a picture
whore d charm greets every
glance.
Every river has a story, every region
a romance,
Every lake abounds in legends, every
Nbroolz repeats a tale,
Every mountain has history
there's song in every vale?
Would ye know this rare elysium, may
| ask of You again?
You will find it in the northwoods-
IN the grand old State of Maine
ROBT. +. Tampa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

The Canadian railway employees,
although protesting the reduction in
wages. decide not to strike. They
seem to be more appreciative Of their
jobs than are railroad men on this
side of the line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

-- Report in Port
at the Cumberland Club. The story
of raid on a Pickett street hennery
cupied all the reporters spare time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

It is said that Gov. Baxter has been
finding some pretty big potatoes up
in Aroostook, and that he has also
been securing some interesting facts
about another matter in the Garden
of Maine which also begins with a
"P."-Portland Herald.
Now, what could that be?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Steel Trade Remains Calm-Head-
line. This in face of the strike sug-
gests seeing a possibility OF raising
prices.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

The other day came news Of Ger
IMAM sun capable of wonderful ef-
l1sctiveness and now the world 10 in
formed that an American inventor
has perfected an air plane which will
carry thirty machine guns. The Arms
Farley meets in twenty days!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

If the snow holds off as late as In
some years and with ten million mo-
tor cars in the country considerable
hauling will be possible even If the
trains don't run.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Word has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett L. Philoon Of Auburn of
the marriage at Pekin, China, of their
son, Major Wallace Copeland Phil
DON, to Miss Mary Lloyd Grayson.
The ceremony was in the American
legation in the presence of few in
innate friends. Major Philoon is a
Bowdoin and a West Point graduate,
captainine the football teams at both
institutions. He had charge of an
officers training camp in California
during the war, and for the past
three years has been military attache
at the American legation in Pekin.
Mrs. Philoon is native of Mary
land, served as nurse in France
and has recently been connected with
the Rockefeller Foundation hospital
in Pekin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Unmannerly

Very friendly was little Clara: and.
to satisfy her gregariousness. she de-
manded affectionate speech from all
and on every occasion.
One evening her big brother, Ben.
was industriously engaged in endeav-
oring to solve some arithmetical prob
lens. After trying to get his atten-
ton several times without receiving
any reply whatsoever. Clara appealed
to her father to stir Ben up
'But Ben is busy" said Dad.
II know he is" said Clara, but at
least he might have said: Shut
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Fred Carney of Rochester, n. H..
has had very good luck in opening
safes the combinations of which are
unknown to the owners. To date he
has opened Ga without drilling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Editorial Comment
Wonder How They Do It.
(Riddeford Journal.l

Observing the. fleets of heavily-laden
motor trucks that go through Bidde-
ford every day. and knowing the rap
idly increasing tendency toward pas
senger transportation by automo-
biles, one may well wonder how the
railroads come so near as they do to
making both ends meet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

The tall talk Of the railroad broth
erhoods reminds one of the converse
ton INDUCED in by the Boston police
men at time Of their strike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22
Light and Anv
No Doubt

If all the sea were full of wine,
Or beer or ale. [ think
They'd fence it off and never let
"A fellow get a drink.
--Wayside Tales.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Railroad trains are undoubtedly
suffering much from the gas cars, but
not on the grade crossings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

A local sportsman. who rejoices in
the possession of a new gun and new
born ambition to chase the birds to
their haunts, had drawn an accurate
bead on pair of fine ducks Saturday.
and was about to plug away when an
angry voice shouted: Cit out, you
fool; them's decoys." And the am5;-
tious guy sauntered sadly away
Rockland &C
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-22

Now come complaints of the COL
leGes being crowded"