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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
Augusta Lodge Directory

CUsHNoc CHAPTER, NO. 43, r. A.
M. Special convocation Thurs. Eve,
Dec. is. at $50 O'Clock. Work in the
M. E. M. degree. Refreshments. Al
sojonrning companions cordiaiiy m
Vi'eo' HERMAN H. STUART. H. P.
HENRY J. THYNG. Sec.
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER NO.
IS. o. E. S. Stated meeting on first
Wednesday of each month at Masonic
Temple. All members sojourning in
the city are invited to attend.
ELIzABETH 4. BoYNToN. Sec.
sept2m. wed&fritf
Odd Fellows Hall
ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70. !. o. o. r.
Regular meeting Friday evening at
7.so. Friday. Dec. 16, First degree.
Nomination of officers.
q. !. PEASLEE, ". q.
EDWIN F. WESTON. Secy.
JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT. NO 3
Meetings at $50 p. NJ. every second
and fourth Tuesday. Tuesday, Dec. 13,
Patriarchal. Second nomination of
HoYT H. AUSTIN. p.
G. S. PEASLEE. Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock. Tuesday. Dec 20, inspec-
ton Of Canton and election of officers.
F. NJ. SPEARIN, Capt.
A. NJ. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
r. 3. CAPEN REBEKAH LODGE,
No. So. I. o. o. f., meets I'd and Attn
Wednesday evening at 730 o'clock.
ELIZABETH JACOBS. N. G.
MRS. CORA PEASLEE, Rec. Sec.
mch26m-w-f.1yr
G. A. r., THE REGULAR MEETING
Of Seth Williams Post No. 10. nrst
THURSDAY OF each month.
G Mif,L f GA ,te6 6S%msnd Asiutan.
@. Q. sTETSON Qusrtermaster.
CALANTHE LCDGe, NO. Sc, K. p.
Meeting commences at 7.30.
PETER BUSH, JR.. C.. C.
mon-tu-wed.t
KNIGHTS OF THE MAccAsEEs
Kennebec Tent No. Is. meets in Mac
cabees hall on the first and third
Au'sq HERBER sT'1 4. FoLso "a CON Com.
WIN. E: CROSS. r. K.
mon-wed-sat
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. s64, B.P.O.E.
Regular meetings in the Elks Home.
Winthrop stree, the second and
fourth Thursdays of each month at
o'clock.
J. F. BILODEAU. E. r.
w. G. THOMAS. Sec.
june1 ,m-w-th,tf
KENNEBEc TRIBE NO. Is, IMP. O.
r. M. Regular meeting Friday eve
ming. Golden Cross hall at o'clock.
LEONARD GEORGE, Sachem.
CLIFFORD AMAZEENE.
Chief of Records.
apr20. mon-wed-fri.1y
LOMBARD CAMP, 2751, ROYAL
Neighbors Of America. Meetings Sec
ond and fourth Friday evenings Of
each month at G.. A. r. hall.
IVA HASKELL, Oracle.
JULIA E. ROBINSON. Rec.
jn1 .mon-wed-fri1yr
AUGUSTA CAMP NO 74o0, N. W. A.
Monday of each month at G. A. r. hall.
w. w. TAYLOR, Consul.
BERT L. NICHOLAS, Clerk
U.O.G.c. MORRILL, coMMANDERY
No. 326, u. O. G. c. Regular meetings
ETHEL v. COLBY. N. c.
w. E. CLOUGH. F. K. r
KENNEBEc LODGE, NO. 145s.
Loyal Order of Moose. meets in G. A.
r. hall Water street, first and third
Wednesday evening Of each month at
GEORGE p. GOLFER. Dictator.
W. W. JACKSON Sec. IL Pike st.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14

Montville people who are in the
secret are quietly laughing at one of
the local married men. He was re-
quested by his wife to get, when at
the store, six jar rubbers." He car
ried home a pair of No. rubbers,
gently dropped them on the table and
said: There are your rubbers."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14

The coast guard steamer Ossipee,
which has been breaking ice between
Bangor and Bucksport, sailed from
Bucksport on Monday for Portland,
her services being. no longer needed,
reports the News. Only two vessels
remain in port the. schooner Grand
Turk and the barge Saucon. both of
which will be ready to sail Tuesday
The weather on Monday was very
mild, and from present appearances
the port Of Bangor may remain open
for some days yet.
South. Warren can boast of some
smart people VINO have PASSED the soth
milestone, writes the South Warren
correspondent of the Rockland C.-G
There are six within a radius If less
than a mile. Among these is Elijah
Hartman, who can now jump up and
crack his heels together three times
better than most boys, and Capt. Ed
ward Bradford who is often seen to
run without stopping from his house
to the postof.ice and thinks nothing Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
Editorial Comment
Why the Hen CaekIes.

Harrisburg Patriot)
Hens cackle after laying eggs be.
cause they know the price we pay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14

About 30 men have already been
signed up for the 152nd Battery of
field Artillery to be stationed in
Houlton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14

The special deer hunting open time
privilege enjoyed by Hancock and
Washington counties will end with
daylight today, December IA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
DIED

DIED
RIPLEY-East Corinth. Dec. II
Clarence T.. aged 50 years.
LAFORGE-Old Town. Dec. II. Ar
thur. son of MI. and Mrs. Edmund
aged II years.
HAMBLEN-Brewer Dec. 10. John
aged 81 years.
ODWARD-Jonesport Dec. II,
Charles. aged ~ years.
BRUCE-Belfast, Dec. II, Charles s.,
aged So years.
DORR-Bucksport, Dec II, Howard
A., aged II years
ThOMPSON-Sang Dec. q
Freeland D.. aged 80 years.
ANBORN-GuilfoTd, Nov. IS. Mrs.
Lizzie, wife OF Ray.
Clarence T. Ripley of East Corinth,
aged so. died suddenly Monday morn
ing of. acute indigestion. He was q
prosperous farmer. owned . livery
stable and part OF the corn cannery.
He had served seven terms on the local
board Of selectmen and was prominent
in the Masons and Odd Fellows. He
leaves his wife. . daughter and a son,
Stanley Ripley, Of Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc,
Boston and
Portland Line

EXPRESS PA68ENGER AND
FREIGHT SERVICE
STEAMSHIP GOVERNOR DfNaLEY
FARE sails (war tax tncluded);
STAxE1oO1GS Sl.62.
Leave Portland. Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday at Z. NJ.
b 8 ON M o. day.
Wednesday and Friday at +. NJ.
Al Boston, connection is made with
the Metropolitan Line, express freight
steamers for New York via Cape Coo
Canal
Tel. 5000
Franklin Wharf, Portland
oct6dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
H, 8. CAPEN REBEKAH LODGE.

No. 81, I. 0. 0. F., meets I'd and 4th
Wednesday evening at 7.S0 o'clock.
ELIZABETH JACOBS. N. G.
MRS. CORA PEASLEE, Rec. Sec.
INCH 26m-W-f 1yr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. g, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at s o'clock. Tuesday, Dec. 20, inspec-
ton Of Canton and election of officers.
F. NJ. SPEARIN. Capt.
A. NJ. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
Odd Fellows Hall

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. ~, ]. q. q. F.
Regular meeting Friday evening at
7.sU. Friday. Dec. 16, First degree
Nomination Of officers.
q. 4. PEASLEE, ". G.
EDWIN F. WESTON Sec'y.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

In the San Bernardino valley the line
strikes the first running water after quit
ting the Rio Grande-192 miles to the
east. In the whole 700-mile stretch from
the Rio Grande to the Pacific this line
crosses only five permanent running
streams, and the average rainfall through
out its length is only eight inches. Save
the hamlets of Columbus and Hachita, the
New Mexico section of the border is al
most uninhabited.
Hurdling this line in pursuit of Geroni-
mo and his Apaches was for years fav-
orite outdoor army sport in these parts;
but nowadays most ambitious residents are
mining copper, roping and branding cat
tie or fussing with irrigation bitches.
Not long ago coyotes were chasing
horned toads over an empty desert, where
Douglas, Ariz., now stands, with libraries,
country clubs, theaters, public baths, street
cars and hotel that might have been
lifted bodily out of Cleveland or Kansas
City. Just over the line from Douglas lies
drab, dusty Aqua Prieta, with its sleepy
poems and sad-eyed burros.
West of Douglas, eight miles north of
Naco, on the line, and quite hidden in the
barren Mule mountains, lies the quaint up-
side-down, busy, hustling Bisbee. Its main
street runs up deep canyon, many of its
houses clinging like pigeon cotes to steep
hillsides.
Of our whole border, the California
section is perhaps best known to Ameri-
cans because of denser population, excel
lent motor trails and proximity to cities
like San Diego, Los Angeles, Ell Centre
and the below-the-sea border town of
Calexico, opposite Mexicali. The incredi-
bly, fertile Imperial valley of California
sweeps north from Calexico to the Salton
sea, more than 200 feet below the sea level.
From Calexico the line runs west past
Signal mountain, up the Jacumba pass
over the Lagunas, past the historic border
town of Campo, through the towns of
Tecate and Tia Juana famous for races
and gambling casinos), and thence to the
Pacific, few miles below San Diego.-Ex.
The mirror., 1921-12-08
SUBSTITUTE FOR LUMBER

According to the New Orleans Times
Picayune, an acceptable substitute for lum-
ber has been discovered, and is being man
ufactured at a large mill near that city of
the south. The new material is called
celotex, and is manufactured from the
refuse left after extracting the juice from
sugar cane. This refuse is commonly
called bagasse, and has been a problem at
the sugar mills, for it was only in the
way and huge dumps of it have been
burned to get them out of the way of
operations.
The bagasse is taken into the ma
chimes in the new mills, macerated, beaten,
pulped, and handled in much the same
manner as pulp for paper. AS the cooked
material passes out from the beaters and
washers, it passes through dryers and
comes out in board of either one-hal:
or one-quarter inch thickness, twelve feet
wide, and as long as desired. The first
board turned out, gave some indication of
the possible size, being twelve feet wide
and 500 feet long, containing enough ma
terial to build three average bungalows.
When completed, the new material,
celotex, is said to be lighter than lumber,
waterproof, and nearly freproof. Its in
ventors have sufficient faith in its qualities
that they have invested large sum in
the erection of mill in Louisiana and
the installation of machinery.-Ex.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

good, owing to high elevation.
The largest irrigation reservoir any,
where is the great Elephant Butte dam,
which stores more water than the world
famous Assuan dam on the Nile. This
big dam, built in the Rio Grande above
Ell Paso, at point in New Mexico, holds
water enough, we are told, "to cover Mass
achusetts to a depth of six inches"
Juarez, Ell Paso's sister city across the
Rio Grande, like most Mexican border
towns, is known chiefly because of its
pitched battles and its bizarre methods of
entertaining sporty American visitors. A
wooden bridge spans the river here, and
Ell Paso street cars loop over into Mexico
when the looping is safe.
From the point at Monument No.
where the boundary line crawls out of the
Rio Grande (at the southeastern corner of
New Mexico), it strikes west into wilder
ness of singularly dry and empty aspect.
For 40 miles along this march the traveller
must carry his own water. Near Colum-
bus few small trees appear.
To the west lie the rough, hostile footv
hills of the Dog mountains; near here, in
the San Luis range, the line reaches
point $500 feet above the sea, marking the
continental divide. Through San Luis
pass runs the old emigrant trail. Slightly
west of the one hundred and eighth merid-
ian the line turns at right angles and runs
south for few miles, thence west again.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

region about the mouth of the Pecos. This
yellow, turbulent stream roars into the Rio
Grande near the town of Del Rio, foaming
along the bottom of a steep-walled canyon
worn hundreds of feet deep in the solid
rock.
At the old fort at Camp Verde, north
of Uvalde, is relic of one of the oldest
experiments ever made by our government.
1t is an Arab khan, in ruins now, but in
its time an exact replica of the rectangu-
lar adobe caravansaries built along such
caravan trails as that from Bagdad to
Teheran. This khan was built back in
1856, when Jefferson Davis was secretary
of war and the famous experiment was
made with camels for army transport use
between Texas and California.
AS you follow the border west, oaks,
pines and underbrush decrease, aridity in
creases, and cacti lift their thorny heads.
Cattle, goats and sheep are pastured in
large numbers; but, except for irrigated
areas along the river, the country is thinly
settled and undeveloped. Border counties
like Brewster, Preside and Ell Paso are of
amazing area-larger than some of our
small eastern states. Windmills are every
where-"big electric fans to keep the cat
tie COOL" waggish cowboy once explained
to London tenderfoot.
The mirror., 1921-12-08
ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER

No region in all North America is more
frequently mentioned or more widely mis-
understood, perhaps, as regards places,
routes, distances, and the customs of the
people, than the Mexican border. The
name itself brings to mind blending of
modern Americanism and the romance of
the old frontiers. 1t hints at turmoil and
intrigue, at wild night rides by cavalry
patrols, at gun-runners and smugglers. 1t
suggests, too, brown-faced, snappy-eyed
senoritas in red skirts and mantillas, ped
ding tongue-blistering tamales and mild
dulces; of Mexican women washing
clothes, babies and dishes in irregular
bitches; of burros, hens and pigs foraging
about the doorways of fat-topped, squatty
abode huts.
In many ways the social cleavage of this
border is sharp and startling. 1t cuts us
off abruptly from another people, showing
an odd, interesting cross-section of diverse
civilizations.
Nor are all the people along this line
either Yankees or Mexicans. Thousands
of Chinese are settled there on the Mexi-
can side; and beside them are Turks and
japanese, and 20 Indian tribes speaking
20 of the babel of tongues heard in Mexico.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

trasts as it is, the 1,SOO-mile trip along this
crooked historic line is rough and difficult
and has been made by few people.
Some of the widest and least known
regions of our country are piled up against
this border. Ask any doughboy, of the
many, many thousands who have done
"hitch" on the Mexican border, what he
thinks, for instance, of Ajo or the Yuma
sector.
From the gulf up to Ell Paso, along the
Texas frontier, the Rio Grande forms the
boundary between the United States and
Mexico; thence to the Pacific the line is
marked by stone or iron monuments (save
a short break at the Colorado), so set that
one is supposed to be visible from the
other.
The Rio Grande part of this border has
caused both Uncle Sam and Mexico much
work and mental anguish. During bad
floods the line as formed by the river
squirms around in so astonishing and live
ly manner that what is Mexican soil
one day may be in Texas the next, and
vice versa.
Then, too, there is the ever-recurring
problem of dividing the waters of the
river for irrigating purposes. Around
such places as Laredo, Texas, this situa-
ton affords many an acrimonious interna-
tional argument.
No spot on the whole border affords
more of impressive grandeur than the
The mirror., 1921-12-08

FL PaSo II ne
Pass"9, a great bor-
der mart of west
Texas, is set on the
edge of a rich stretch
of the Rio Grande
valley. 1t stands at
the point of intersec-
ton between two old
highways, the first
channels of traffic
established by white
men in America. 1t
is the only large city
from "San Antoine"
to Los Angeles, a
ride of 1900 dry,
dusty miles. 1t is
well served by both
American and Mexi-
can railways, and its
merchants buy and
sell goods for hun
dreds of miles below
the Rio Grande. De-
spite the arid coun-
try about it and its
occasional binding
dust-storms, its eli
mate is exceptionally
The mirror., 1921-12-08

Lord Nelson's flagship, the Victory, is
being repaired and is to be preserved as
a British national relic. The wooden tim
bers are for the most part sound, although
it is 116 years since the vessel, with 26
others, defeated the combined fleets of
France and Spain at Trafalgar, breaking
Napoleon's naval power forever-Ex.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

Thousands of set
tiers migrate to this
borderland each year,
losing themselves in
the vast, hazy-blue
stretches of its open
country; but they are
Americans all, most
ly from the Middle
West and the South.
The hordes of Firms,
Slavs and Neapoli-
tanS that pour into
our Atlantic ports
never get this far;
they stop in the man.
ufacturing centers of
the East. In Texas
and California, of
course, native born
generations are
found; in the newer
states of Arizona
and New Mexico
most of the residents
(barring children)
have come from. other
states.
Adventurous, color
full and full of con-
The mirror., 1921-12-08

Football was played in China 4,61S years
ago. The Chinese used a round leather
ball stuffed with goat hair, and the players
wore uniforms of silk.
The mirror., 1921-12-08
RELATO REFERO
INTERESTING READING AND INFORMATION
GATHERED FROM MANY SOURCES
By Seissors

In 1920 the hens of Kansas alone pro-
duced sum that represented more than
twice the amount needed to pay for the
Louisiana Purchase.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

Who said "Poor" Indians The Usage
Indians of Oklahoma have just received
their regular quarterly royalty check as
their share of the proceeds from the oil
wells on their reservation. The total sum
divided is $3,12O,60O and 2,229 Indians
get $41,4 400 each. Not so bad for "poor"
Lo.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

Raising wild turkeys as tame fowl and
training them into the ways of the ordi-
nary turkey has proved successful in GER
tain parts of Louisiana, according to the
Conservation Department of that state.
Given a wide range, the wild turkeys are
not subject to disease, as are the tame fowl.
Chief of the whales on which the
whalers of the North Atlantic depend is
the blue whale. This whale is the largest
of all animals living or extinct. 1t grows
to 80 or IS feet in length and six men
must exert all their strength to turn over
a portion of the skull when cut off from
the rest.
1t is impossible to tell natural pearls
from the Japanese cultivated variety, ac-
cording to the official report of the Aca-
denny of Sciences of Paris. Cutting tests
as we'll as the X-ray, are impracticable
owing to the fact that all pearls have for
eign matter as-their nucleus. Cancerous
matter forms around grain of sand Great
ing the pearl forms.
Huge fields of mineral and timber wealth
will be opened up when the government of
Ontario extends railroad to tidewater on
the shores of James Bay, as proposed.
Power resources in this section are so great
that it will be possible to develop 100000
horse power. A 2O0-foot fall can be estab-
lished at the proposed terminal, it is said.
Seventy of the 400 miles of steel will be
laid this winter as beginning.
Unsteered by the hand of man, ship
has crossed the seas for the first time, from
Hamburg, Germany to New York City.
Controlled by gyroscopic compasses, the
steering device makes a helmsman un-
necessary. In addition to the regular COM
pass there is a compass corrector, which
turns the rudder to the exact extent nee
essary to bring the ship back into position
when it swings off the set course, due to
the motion of the sea.
New York City is to be extended six
miles into the sea, if present plans are
carried out. By building mammoth sea
walls from both sides of the Battery and
filling in the intervening space with earth,
six square miles would be tackled on the
most valuable piece of real estate in the
world. In addition IL miles of needed
docks would be added to the port and the
tax on all real estate in that vicinity may
be reduced one per cent
The mirror., 1921-12-08

A twentieth century Robinson Crusoe
has been found living on an island in the
Caroline group. He was shipwrecked in
1901 and was the only white man living
there. He was befriended and admitted
to the tribe of native chief, who ruled
the island.
The mirror., 1921-12-08

| am the Red Gross
of Peace -
l heal the wounds
of war -
| am a refuge from
fire, flood and
pestilence
The love of little
children is mine -
| am the Red Gross
of Peace -
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-29
CONGRESSMAN KNIGHT ss
TO FIGHT BIG NAVY

Representative G. L. knight, Ak
ron, announced Tuesday that he
would vote against the pending $685.
900 900 bill, which is to carry for
ward the battleship and battle cruis-
er building program decided on in
1916. Mr.. knight declared it is an
"open question" whether those large
vessels are not now obsolete.
4 IT am going to vote against that
naval bill" said knight. 1T is part
Of the program which called for the
expenditure of $1,000, ,000,0 900 some
time in 1915 when the United States
was on the verge Of war. Eighty
four per cent Of all our revenues are
spent on wars, past, present, and to
come. We are told that we are go.
ing to stop when we get navy equal
to any other nations navy. That
was exactly the argument that OBJ
Itained between Germany and Eng
Hand at the time when they were, 60
| ing headlong into the greatest con
fiict in history"
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-29
INSTITUTE ATTENDANCE
INCREASED BY $4,000

Over $1,000 more people attended
farmers institutes in Ohio the past
season than the one proceeding. The
total attendance at state-aid and indie
pendant institutes for 1919-20 was $751;
l53 and for 1920-21, 1917. The state
aid Institutes showed an increased at
tendance of 1l,670 persons. The re-
nlainedr bf the increase was at inde-
pendent institutes.
The added attendance at the state
aid institutes was in spite of the fact
that, for financial reasons, the num-
Der of institutes had been reduced
from All to 349.
That farmers institutes are becom-
ing increasingly popular is indicated
by the fact that the number Of appli.
cations received has increased, as fol.
ows: 1866 1917, 6O6; 1918, 616, 19
19, CSC; 1920, 623; 1921, 625 to date.
The selection of the staff of speak
ers for the coming season will be CON
pleted probably in June. One of tht
new speakers will be a good roads
specialist.
Talks on different phases of farm
organization will again form an in
p6rtant part of the program.
As usual, an effort will be made tt
make the institutes fit local needs ant
demands as closely as possible
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-29
FARM BUREAU AFTER
100 PER, CENT. MEMBERSHIP

The clean up campaign for member
ship in the local Farm Bureau schedul-
ed to take place the latter part of
March will not be completed finally
until after corn planting time when
the members who have the drive in
charge have more time and the roads
will be more passable.
The slogan for the county is 100 per
cent. membership. This is with in
easy mark, think the committee, if
each township does its part. There
are about 1000 farmers in this coun-
ty owning or operating 10 acres or
more land and 1870 of these men are
now paid up members of the Bureau.
Spencer, York, Montville, Liverpool
and Litchfield are already claiming 100
per cent. membership.
The membership according to town
ships is as follows" Liverpool 147,
Montville lis, Brunswick, ia, York
liz, Westdeld III, Lafayette los, Spen-
Ger l04, Granger l04, Litchfield 95.
| Sharon SO, Hinckley 81, Chatham IS.
Harrisville 80, Homer 20, Medina 62,
Wadsworth 81, Guilford "a, total 1870.
These lgures are correct in as far
as townships have reported. A few
townships have conducted campaigns
but have not filed-a report.