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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06
Harvard Baseball Team to Georai.

Cambridge, Mass. Jan. ]The
Harvard baseball team will depart
for Georgia on April 16 to begin
spring training it was announced to-
night Two games will be played in
the south. one with Oglethorpe Uni
versity, April 20, the other with Uni
versity of Georgia. April q. The
team will stop at New York to cross
bats with Columbia on the return
trip to Cambridge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

The marriage returns at the Office
of the city clerk record the marriage
of Alton P. Mitchell of this city and
Miss Verna West of Troy, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. Ben
jamin Beatty on January !.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

The relay squad at Colby is to
start regular workouts the first Of
the week in preparation for the races
at Boston in the near future. A new
board track is soon to appear on the
campus and will greatly facilitate
TIE work. Coach Ryan expects u
large squad for this activity this
year
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

Word has been received from Mr..
and Mrs. Arson Periey, who are
passing the winter in California, that
they are having a delightful visit
there. They have been into Mexico
and made several other interesting
trips.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

London. Jan. 5-Five houses in
Meelin. ireland, were destroyed to-
day by military order, according
to Dublin despatch to the Central
News. It was ut that place that SOL
disrs were ambushed by large party
OF civilians.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

Rome, Jan. 5-Serbian troopl
landed on the island of Arbe' "
not yet completely evacuated
legionaires of D'Annunzio. aclj
to a despatch from Ancona y
Nazionale. The news of this
Yer has produced a great iml
in Fiume and kilograms Of n
have been sent by the Fiumaps
Italian government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

Rev. G. w. Coolbroth of Somerville,
Mass, arrived in the city Wednes-
day and is the guest of his brother,
Rev. T. ]. Coolbroth of the Advent
Christian church. The former will
assist in some of the meetings which
are being held there for the week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06
Paper Finishing Co. Increases

Holyoke, Mass. Jan. 5-The stock
holders Of the New York, New Eng
land Company. paper finishers, to-
day authorized an increase OF their
preferred stock from 100000 to
$3.50. 600. The stock is to be offered
at par. 500 a share, with dividends
OF seven per cent. cumulative.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

The vital statistics arranged by
Mrs. Blanche Dubord, clerk in the Of
flee of the city clerk, show that from
January l, 1920 to December 81, 1920
there were 235 marriages. 36S births
and 242 deaths. There is an increase
in each item above the record of 1919,
there being in 1920, 20 more mar
riages, II more births and seven more
deaths
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06
WATERvIL.LE

Miss Greta Pennell of Pittsfield
was the guest of friends in the city
Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

Miss Theresa jackson has returned
to her; studies at the University of
Maine. after passing her vacation
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George B. jackson of The Haywood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

Miss Louise Benson. department
president of the Daughters of Veter-
ans. left Wednesday afternoon for
Belfast to install the officers of EN-
ma White Barker tent, ID. of V.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

Miss Gertrude Leonard of New
York city WIS calling on friends in
the city Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

DR.. Lester Adams and James
Thorne of Madison were among the
business callers, Wednesday in the
city. Mr.. Thorne is the newly elect
ed county attorney of Somerset.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06

A recent survey OF farm life condi-
tions in Arkansas revealed two homes
in which the father did the family
washing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06
AUGUSTA LOCALS

w. L. Mace and Llewellyn Cleaves
of East Winthrop visited Wednesday
in the city, On matters of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-06
Lord Reading Accepts
VicerOy Post of India

London, Jan. Lord Reading,
lord chief justice, formerly special
ambassador to the United States. has
decided to accept the post of viceroy
OF India, according to the evening
papers.
The appointment of Lord Reading
as Viceroy of India was announced
some time ago and attention then
was called to the fact that for the
first time in history a chief jusice
had been named as viceroy.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-12

the chamhet apparently devoted muck thought to tue problem and found that only the Prairie Schooners'' of the pioneers and the later schooners much favored for cargoes made in Milwau- kee, Cincinnati and, St. Louis had ever been successfully nAvigated in the state.
 Secretary H. B. Watkins of the Chamber wrote:
 We are schoonerless. We are afraid we will be schoonerless for some tune to come. It seems a pity, too, for the reason that our population here were all good sailors and weathered many rough sea
New Britain herald., 1921-08-12
DIFFICULT PROBLEM
 FACES N. Y. TRAFFIC
Manhattan n-Neg Jsfsey Bridge
 and Tunnel Proposed

New York. Aug: 11.-lroseees for linking M414attan with New Jeryey by vehicular tunnel and a, bridxe are expected to ainainash the Humber Of persons who reside on the island below Centnal Park.
 The resident population of lower Manhattan decrAased by 2so, ooo in the decade of 1910 to 1920 and every time a new building is ereeted it seems to .shrins stiil naors TAis is because tho motive for nearly all con struction from rYfty.ninth street down to the Battery Is business. not bed- rooms
 New means of communication with New Jersey arA, expected to result in further oustnsss 4Sna4ds upon lower Manha:thn's lizaitsA srac>
 New Jersey and Now York are now linked only by ferries, tubs trains and one railroad tunnAlled beneath tho i Hudson.
 Ths vehiculaY. tunnel built ey pub lie funds of New. York and New Jer- sey is expected to be completed by 1924. Construction of the approaches to the tube was begun several months
 
 downtown, at q point below Four teenth street
 The proposed bridge, which private int4Yests are, promoting, would cost $2oo, 900. 900. A corporation Mas been organized and is seeking capital. l This bridge would r!se from New York near f1fty-ninth street and de- l scehd into New Jefsey at WeehAw- ken. Most of the ferries and all the tubes are below thiS point, but the growth Of business In New York has already driven out many dwellings, as far north n 5Sth street and sutsti- tuted ofhco and loft structuses 1 The bridges lower deck would ac- comnaodate twelve railroad tracks 1 while On the upper span there would Do room for sixteen vehteular path. ways, four trollAy uAes and two broad q ]! pronenades. Supporting towers or either end Of the over-water spar would be taller than the woolwortr building.
 Il Tn addition to these pathways b tween the two states, a third is pro posed in Dill. introduced in con |; 1reSs to- give a private coYpoyattoy permission to build . ponto1n bMag, across the Hu4tcn at Yor,kets, Jus above New York city. Promoter 6 this scheme point out that the vehi cular tunnel may not be ready for nv years, while 1t would takA even lone CT to erect the proposed bridse | Fifty-ninth street but pontoons coui, be strung Across the water quickly
New Britain herald., 1921-08-12
RAIsLNs IF DEMAND

Fresno. Cal, Aug. l2-Cai1era,a r.is.ns will soon become populss with Eskinacs of the HafhN Bay csaetry Recently word was received hsss that the Boston efase of company hand ling Fresno raisins supplied Ars eases of California ratsins to Professor Donald B. McMillan, explorer, who left for the far north July 1. fhs raisins were sent for 'experfnAntai purposes."
New Britain herald., 1921-08-12
FACING RUIN.

Copenhagen, July 15.-The unpre- cedented draught prevailing in Den mark will spell economic ruin to an alarminyly large number of Danish farmers, according to a prominent national expert interviewed blythe Ekstrabladet. Many farmers already are disposing of their holdings be-
New Britain herald., 1921-08-12

''we are sorry we can't help you in peddling those wooden schooners The Rio Grande just can't float 'etn-but we wish you luck. Adios.''
New Britain herald., 1921-08-12
OH, FOR X SCHOONER

New Mexico Uses Satire in Reply tO
 Lasker's Letter About Vessels
 Prairie and Booze Days Conc.
 Washington, Aug. 12.-The Albu- oueYoue, New Mexico, Chamber Of Commerce has informed Chairman LAs. ker of the Shipping board that 1t is un- able to figure out "how to make use of q wooden ship in New Mexico.'
 Having received the board chairman s circular letter on wooden ship disposal,
New Britain herald., 1921-08-12

ctuse of the unfaverable Aarvest prospects,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
BOXville Club Holds
First Fall nj Letting

A business meeting, discussion Of sew
eral local problems and a talk summar-
izing the work of the Farm Bureau
with its experimental plots in the vest
) ern part of the county by p. r. Houser,
followed by the usual social evening,
constituted the first regular fall meet
ing Of the Boxville Farmers Club held
;atsthe Boxyille school last Friday eve
ming A large number attended this
first meeting held since last spring.
It was decided at the meeting to have
"a poultry culling school at the home OF
Henry Godell on the afternoon OF
Thursday, Sept. 15th. The matter of
securing coal for the school building
this winter and several other local mat
tiers were brought up for discussion at
the meeting Foil lowing the business
session an int resting program Of vocal,
instrumental and reading numbers was
given. The next meeting will be held
at the school on Friday evening, Sept.
s23rd. 5ss
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
naneial relief ssuflic Client to carry hilsl
unit normal eund Ii ions can he resfnretIS

dnaneial relief sufficient to carry hiIsl
until norma eundi ions can be restoreti
Unless immetl iaf & non
sands of farmers will be comp lled from
sheer necessity to abandon their ia rms
and let their cred itors AXE over their
property AS we understand il, mil
lions OF dollars are taken from country
correspondents OF The Federal Reserve
Bank and frozen up to such an ex-
tent that enormous dividends are de
|elared By this instit tut ion sonnet hing
like 100 per cent.
WHY should it be permitted to make
such profits 3? Lower rates OF interest
are sabsol ufely necessary to put indus
try on its feet. Short time credit to
the farmer at 10 per cent means COM
pounding at this rate every six months
under present banking methods. No
industry can stand this.
The business Of the country win not
improve until the ffarmers of the nation
are placed upon a sound fnancia al foot
ing lg and receive a reasonable reward
Tor their tl labor. Helping the farmer IS
h 1tl l7'll all legi timate business.
A B. Kaereher.
)lrtOnYllle, Mimi, Sept. 9 49,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
RESERV B
FIGURE A z WRONG
5Ortonville Man Analysis Farming Con
ditions And Shows That Farm
Credits Are Greatly Needed s. DC

The claim Of j ohm HI Rich sof the
Federal reserve bank that the crops Of
the district had a value Of $500, OOO, zoe
and that farmers consequently should
pay off their debts this fall. is being
vigorously attacked by farmers and
business men and figures are cited 4 that
prove Mr.HRich to be wrong III his COR
illusions. The following is an article
by "a. j.. Kaercher Of Ortonyilles that
in our opinion states the facts clearly:
as they are, both iii regard to crop va
ues and the need Of furthe credit lily,
the farmers. s. ss
The statement of John 81. Riell,
Chairman Of the Minneapoli Federal
Reserve bank, published in your issue
of Aug. 80, shows cone lusiyely that HE
valuation placed on the crop Of 1924,
based upon even the unwarranted esti-
mates he makes in bushels is less than
one-half the value he places upon. it. at
the actual market price of the crops: at
the country elevator, even allowing the
prices at higher grades than the crop
will average.
Here is his own estimate in bushels /:
Wheat, 146, 41O, 600 1t 81 .16 $l69,s35, 900
Oats Dps, O1O, 600 at % D. 5O,162, 200
Rye 49, 3d. % "a 100 a 70 81 19,644.O60
Barley 62,666.OOO at 40 20, O66, 400
Corn 33O2, O4O,O4O at % 1910, O1O
Potatoes 1885, 600 at 100 35,SSO.O 900
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
live STOCK PRICES
ARE STRONGER
Cattle, Hogs and Sheep Open Steady to
Strong on South St. Paul
Market, 80

tRy r. s. Bureau of Markets & Crop
Estimates and Mimi Dept. of Agri.)
Mondays closing 1900 Kill
ing classes mostly steady to strong
Best grass steers around $500. Stock
ers and feeders strong to 25c. higher.
Calves 500. Market steady best lights
to packers 5000 to $11.00 Hogs 2,eOW.
Market steady to 25c higher. Top $500
Bulk 500 to $500. Sheep 5000. Mar
ket strong to 25c higher.
South st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 3-Wlth
Chicago closed today on account OF La
Dor day. uncertainty as to the week
trend prevails in the live stock trade.
although all classes were on a strong
to 25c higher basis at the opening OF
the local market Z?
In spite of efforts of packer buyers
to lower prices of killing cattle, active
competition on the part of city butchers
and yard traders caused fat cattle TO
sell at steady to strong prices. A few
of the best Dakota grass steers sold up
to 81 90. with best load lot around $6. %
and bulk of the grass beef steers sold
from $500 to 1925. Best heifers sold
up to $500 or above and best young
cows around $500, with bulk Of the
butcher she stock from $500 to $3.50.
Gamers and cutters went mainly from
$500 to 1915, with few old shelly
Gamers at 81 so to SITS. Bologna bulls
sold from $3.50 to $3.50 Veal calves
advanced $500 or more during the past
week, best lights selling to packers at
$1,000 with some at $11 90. Heavy
feeders are quotable to 500 with top
today at $3.50, bulk $500 to Sc 90. Best
stock steers are quotable to $500, with
best sale today $5.75, bulk 81 so to 1925.
Range on hogs $500, bulk $7.00 to
5000, good to choice pigs So to 1925.
Bulk good native lambs 500, culls
$500 to $3.50 Good young ewes as
breeders $3.25 to 1915, others to pack
ORG SO 10 To az Oh 5A S5a55
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
BOYS AND GIRLS Will
JUDGE AT DAIRY SHOW
National Junior Cattle judging Contest
ss- VIII Be Held At Fair
Grounds s sszS5

A gold watch and thirty-nine gold.
silver and bronze medals will be the
trophies awarded the boy and girl win
ners in the National Junior Cattle Judg-
ing Contest at the National Dairy
School at the Minnesota Fair Grounds.
October Sth, the opening day Of the big
educa tional, agricultural expositio
According to representatives Of the
United States Dairy Division and the
Boys and Girls Club section Of the
States Relations Service, who are CO.
ting with the National Dairy AS
ISOLATION in putting on this contest. it
will be the largest and most instructive
ever held. Last year in Chicago, fifteen
teams from as many states part icipated
and it is expected the entry list will Tar
exceed that here. 1866
Only one team can enter from any
one state. Any. boy or girl between the
ages Of II and $18s who is 81 bOna-fill
member of q club project relating to
1dairying as conducted by the extension
service of an agricul gal college. who
has been selected anu certified BY the
State Director Of Extension as eligible
and mo who never has taken part in a dairy
cattle Judging contest Of nat ional
character and who has not had train
Ing to exceed six weeks In anyaregular:
college course, may become q member.
OF q state team.
thousands OF boys and girls III the
states represented which will include
Minnesota u !, Wisconsin, Iowa, N orth and
South Dakota and Michigan will have
competed IN local county and sta es con-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07

Inns to the slaughter pens and thereby
|fnlperiling the suppl of meat {, 50 that
he VIII have stOck to feed 8 HE cheap
|grain to-, and d STEADY income from his
dairy cows. The farmerssWllo IS COM
PEELED from lack OF funds to keep on
with al grain farming is merely vast
ing his time and will sooner or later
be c0mpelled to quit far ming.
- Short time credit for q farmer means!
from 8 to s years, instead 81 80 days
or months, because he cannot raise.
as2 year old steer in six. months. Stock:
is.needea also to Keep up the fertility
of the soil. To- raise stock the farms
should be fenced There are few farms
properly equipped for upeto-date farm
ing, aud there are BUT few properly
financed to do an up-to-d date farming
business. : IS.
With reduced prices Of farm products
have come higher sight rates, higher.
taxes and higher ates Of interest, and
not much sreduc tfon IN the price of many
articles the farmer must purchase or:
+ the price he must pay for Ia Dor. Yet.
the head Of the Federal Reserve bank
says :s'I It is. surprising that so much
stress was placed by some critics upon.
the necessity for continued increase in
the volume Of credit xtensions to the
farmer. And again he says S: S gri-r.
culture and livestock have absorbed and
frozen up too grea portion Of the
banking cred It. Of the Ninth Federal
Reserve district 81. A The cOntin-
ous burden Of interest charges on the
farmer during the 20 months i'll which
there has been no substantial liQuida-
tion, is. a serious matter, but it will be
far more serious, If the farmer is com
PEELED by circumst stances to go through
the coming year wi hout eliminating
this drain upon his resources.
Nonsense How can the farmer pay.
|off his debts and stop interest charges,
when he has nothing to pay with?
Farmers do not borrow money when
they can avoid it and banks do not loan
them money they do not most urgently
need to keep their farms going The
frozen assets referred to will never
thaw out, unless the farmer is given
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
Total market price at local

Total market price at local - s.
elevator -------------- $3.50, 19S.221O
Deduct from this expense of thresh-
ing, husking, corn, hauling at less than
actual cost say wheat, &c. oats &c. rye
&c, barley SC, husking corn sc and haul
ing 211ac@a bushel, or $S3, 152 900 and it
leaves the net value Of the entire crop
$272. O46,27O, instead Of $500, OOO, 600, es-
timated by him. AZ
Deduct from $272, O46, 27O, $50. 983,525
for seed required for next years crop
and we have less than $240, 900, 900. Be
sides seed it will require about 60 per
cent of the crop for horse feed, and
then we have the further expense Of liy-
ing until another crop can be raised. III
The farmer cannot liquidate so long
as the cost Of producing crops exceeds
the price received. The only sane
thing to do under existing conditions is
to increase the loans to the grain farm
$er at lower rates Of interest, so he can
engage in diversified farming. buy brood
sows and mich cows that are now go
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
RURAL ACTIVITIES AND NEWS
or INTEREST TO THE FARMER
SEED CORN SHOULD Be
SELECTED THIS WEEK
Careful Attentions Should Be Paid To
Selection And Curing OF
Seed Ears

Careful attention to the selection and
curing Of seed corn is of extreme inn
pOrtance to corn growers III Northwest
ern Minnesota since a very early ma
turing strain and properly cured seed
are absolutely essential in this latitude.
However it has been demonstrated re-
peatedly that by the use of home grown
seed properly cured excellent yields OF
ripe corn and silage can be grown in
every section Of the Red River Valley,
Selecting fer the Seed Plot
Every corn grower should plant a
seed corn plot each year and select seed
for next seasons main crop from this
plot. The seed plot may be in a sep,
arate field or on one side Of the main
field where special care can be given
in fertilizing, thinning and cultiyating
TO obtain seed for next years seed
plot, go into your field as soon as the
husks of some of the ears have become
dry and brown. Select ears from Wig
,orous, disease-free, leafy stalks, as 8
good yield of slower or silage is equally
important with good yield Of ears
Do not select from hills having only
one stalk, as these plants have nO
proven that they could thrive under the
competitive conditions of full three
stalk stand. Select for early maturity
vigor of plant, and high yield. The Sc
lected ears may be carried out OF the
field in sack slung across the shoulder
by cord or strap. These ears shOulc
be kept separate from your main crop
They represent the earlist maturing
plants in your field. It i, ~ ..gs.S.
Harvesting the Main Crop Of Seed
10 harvest seed corn on commercial
scale, begin as soon as the majority OF
ears are ripe and husk the sound, ripe
ears from the standing stalks. Do mo-
over-emphasize fancy points, such al
well covered tips and butts, anc
straight rows of kernels. Careful eX
periments have shown that fancy
points, altho required in show samples
do not increase the yield to any prac
tical extent. Immature or green, sappy
ears as we'll as nubbins should be dis
carded. ~.
Altho the first frost which affects thu
leaves and stalks does not Ordinaril!
iniure the vitality of the seed, it is Inn
portant to harvest seed corn early, il
order that it may be properly curet
before the arrival of severe freezing
weather. No reliance can be placed OF
seed selected from the shock or crib
as under these conditions corn does no
become sufficiently cured to Withstand
freezing. E. '.-%s Fl
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07

The Hoy Untocs tile Der toL -
I,iviing
IT; men of eighty five and ninety
years Of ageMare not the round, we'll
fed but chin, spare men, who live on q
slender diet Be as careful as he Will;
man past MIDDLE age viii
occasionally eat too much or Of some
article Of food not suited to his consti-
tuition, causing indigestion or const1pa-
ton and viii need a dose OF Chamber
lain's Tablets to move his bowels and
inyigOrate his stomach. When this is
done, there is no reason why the aver
age man should not liyeHto q ripe Old
age.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-09-07
McCREA CLUB TO MEET

The first fall meeting Of the AIcCrea
Farmers club will be held on Friday
evening, Sept, 8, at the Burnside school