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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

A missr grows rich by sssuing poor;
an sxtravsgant man grows poor oy seem
ing rich.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
Here and There.

Rattlesnakes are troubling the good
people of Vermont. Their numbers are
increasing and there is nothing to take
II one gets bitten. The Legislature OF
that state has just psssed bill offering
a bounty of one dollar head for all
such reptiles killed. People 10 this
vicinity generally look upon rattle
snakes as foreign pest, but this action
in Vermont serves notice that they can
be found right here at homo. There
have been localities In Massachusetts
where they were not uncommou-in the
vicinity of Mount Tom. Rattlesnakea
are found near Lake Wjnnepesaukee 10
New Hampshire, one island within the
lake being special habitat. They are
even found In Maine and not 90 far from
Oxford County either, In Windham and
RAYMOND. There 10 mountain dowu
there more or less infested with the rep
tiles, called Rattlesnake Mountain; and
two ponds, Big and Little Rattlesnakt
Ponds. Not so long ago, there were
men there engaged 10 catching these
snakes and extracting oil from theiI
bodies, which was thought good FOL
rheumatism.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

The death OF John Burr0ugno removes
q familiar figure from national life. he
was dean of nature writer's In the United
States. He did not try to discover new
species nor care to make collections.
It was bis intimacy With just common
animals, birds, insects and flowers that
made his books attractive. he began
that Intimacy when boy on his fathers
farm and kept 1t up through life. His
manner Of writing was of the school OF
several generations ago, but interesting
just the same. Like good many other
naturalists, he was solitary in bis tastes,
and liked to retire to bis cabin "Slab-
sides" In the woods above the Hudson.
His life showed the companionship and
interest that can be developed upon .
lonely farm, which may compensate In
way for the human compsnionship
which such life lacks. His outlook on
animal life was general rather than In.
divldusl, which may account for bis dis
belief In the intellect OF his companions
and his elevation of instinct.
Probably 40 sweet man ~ ever was
born In the State OF Maine died at At
lantic City last week. He was Walter
N. Lowney Of Boston, chocolate manu-.
facturer. II young man wishes to
present bopbons TO bis best girl he gives
her box OF Lowney's beos1se there IL
some class to them. Because OF thie
she 10 likely to think them sweeter, also
the young man who gave them. Mr..
Lowney was born In Sebeo, this state,
hence the remark at the beginning OF
this paragraph.
Evolutionists would have us believe
there was time when man was only 9
monkey,-yes, when he was only fish,
or going still farther back only Q germ,
tickling the universe more than the
bacteria Of sneezing Influenza. Now
scientists say man has . competitor, OF
will have In million years or 90, In the
collared lizard OF New Zealand, . reptile
which has progressed to the extent ol
walking on ito hind legs.
At the. recent banquet given Judge
Addison z. Herrick 10 Norway, tha'
gentleman gave ~ one OF his reasons fol
believing he was growing old when b
did not feel that way, the fact that b
had Just gone through with that child
ish disease, the mumps. There 10 ,
man living In the town OF China, VII,
does him one better, and this man i
really old, not making believe Ike th
Judge. William j. Crane Of that town
Who 10 97 years young oil right, 10 On
gagged 1t the present time In cutting hI
, third set Of teeth. Already four whit
healthy teeth have worked their Va,
! Through the gums, and there are NOR
to follow. Il has not been made publ
whether he 10 irritable - when he ca
his flrst set, or whether he assisted theu
with rubber ring.
The average density Of population I
1.-The United States according to 1920 cer
sus 10 So 5 persons per tuare mile. Th
average density In 1910 vss 500. Th
state having the lowest average densit
was Nevsda-seven-tsnth OF Z perso
TO the square mile; and the state havin
lthe highest density Was Rhode Islan(
1854 per squsre mile. hassachuset'
. lcsms second with l7e2. Connection
Z bad 1904. Maine had lowest density Z
j tho New England States having 25.T
Q the square mile. Tho other two STATE
. not already msntioned-New Ham,
: lshlre had 40.l and Vermont 88.6 to ID
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

; Numerous birds are mixed up WIN
drns Of death. sEst pigeon enter
! house, or a robin come through tne
door. and some people expect ceIemb
-! Owls again. are eninous bero =
- superstitiouA frg ~ .s,-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

The state Of Nevada has gone ono
notch ahead In humanity Of any other
state In the Union which inf1lcts capital
punishment. Hereafter It will use
LethAl gas, to be- admlnistered 10 the
prisoner while asleep In cell specially
prepared for the purpose.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

Railroad men on the two roads run.
ming through Oxford County are expect.
ing . cut in wages soon, % we'll - work
ers in some other industries, and they
are huggiug their present salaries be-
cause they fear they will soon become
only memories. These men may appre
oiate the following parody on . popular
song:
1.-THE hours you spend with mo, dear 'Mon,'
Are y6ry few, Il seems 70 me;
count you over, every dime apart,
Ny salaryi Ny salaryi
sTen cents dime. ten dimes PUNK
To earn them II an awful grind;
count each dime unto the end and there-
A'dun' l find.
ssOh toll. that 10 20 poorly paidi
Oh. salary spent before We greetI
| kiss each dime, and try 10 ind way
70 make ends meet
Ye godsi To mako ends meeti"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

AIvsu L. Tibbetts Of Biddsford re-
csived $50 White Lsghorn ohickens
from Nethusn, Mass., few days seo
nv psrcsl post. The little thines vsse
Ss,sht and sfrong and seem none tne
vorss for their long ride.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
NOTICE

Dog licenses are due April Ist'
,lease attend to the licensing Of youi
R. w. WHEELER,
i4-I5 Clerk of Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
Tablet to Samuel Lane Boardman.

II has been the custom Of the Maine
Federation Of Agricultural Associations,
which comprises most of the agricul
tural organizations in Maine, to erect
every alternate year in the Maine Col
lege Of Agriculture . bronze tablet In
memory OF some one who has distin-
guished himself promoting agriculture
iu this state. Tuesday Of last week, iD
connection with the Farmers week
activities at the college, q tablet was
erected and dedicated In memory of
Samuel Lane Bosrdman, who died To
1914, and who was we'll known % an
agricultural editor and writer.
Mr.. Boardmsn was born In Bloom
field, now the town of Skowhegan, in
1885. he was assistant editor of the
Country Gentleman, Albany, N. Y, In
1859; editor Of the Maine Farmer from
1851 to 1878; editor Of the American
.Cultivator, Boston, In 1878; editor and
pu blisher Of the Home Farm, Augusta,
from 1880 to 1885; agricultural editor
of the Kennebec Journal from 1889 to
1892; secretary of the Maine State Agrt
cultural Society, 1855 to 1874; member
Of the Maine Board OF Agriculture from
1872 to 1874; trustee Of the Maine State
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, 1874 to 1879; member OF the board
of managers of the Maine Agricultural
Experimen Station, 1885 to 1887.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
FOR SALE.

Hudson $40 seven passenger,
In hue condition. Sa5o buys 4
cylinder truck, suitable for light
trucking. We also have one Hud-
son. 5 passenger, 81 model, and one
Ford touring.
DURGIN'S GARAGE,
i4-I6 South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
Pure bred Stock Discussion.

County Agent Bertrsm Tomlinson of
Washington County, one OF the speakers
at the University of Maine, gave sum-
mary of the purebred stock campaign
carried on in that county, and com
mented on the difficulties encountered
in campaign of this kind.
The Washington County campaign for
pursbred stock embodied plan for ex'
changing, on an even basis, a scrub bull
al least one year Of age for a purebred
bull calf. While there we're only two
exchanges on this plan 10 the county in
1920, the plan Is one to be recommended
ss 1t gives the breeder q chance to par
ticipate in the active cooperation with
the email farmer for the keeping Of bet
ter stock.
Iu discussing some OF the things that
purebred stockmen could do for the
farmer, Mr.. Tomlinsou gave a summary
of what is already being done, and
opened for discussion the question
whether or not 1t would be feasible to
rid the country of the scrub boil by law
full legislation rather than waiting for
the slower process of cooperation and
education. While IL was admitted that
at first thought such legislation might
appear as an Infringement OF ones per-
sOnsl rights as citizen, existing laws
were cited which might oe regarded as
analogous to the question for discussion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
House For Sale.

7 room I Ia story house with
shed, stable, hen house, I acre land,
Il apple trees, pear trees, running
spring water which belongs with
place, in good condition. Price
S,loo. Also farms fer sale, all
prices and locations, some extra
good bargains. L. A. BROOKS,
Real Estate Dealer, Office 81 Market
Square, South Paris, Maine.
Sgff
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

1t was not 90 many years ago that We
thought we had no ancient ruins In
America. We were mistaken however.
II We envied the Mesopotamian sands
for covering cities OF the long ago, 1t
was something unnecessary, for We have
sands of our own covering cities that
once was. Explorers out In the Arizona
desert have recently uncovered the sites
of tbirty-six cities which belonged to .
people now unknown. They were ad-
vapced enough in civilization and engi-
ueering to build stone houses, construct
irrigation ditches and fortlfy mountains.
In these ruins we're knives of blue black
rock, stone saws, stone axes, decorated
| pottery, she'll bracelets, and other things.
These ancient peoples left their story 10
photographs on the smooth mountain
sides which the dry mountain air hal
preserved, but no one to-day can read
them. Extensive walls were buil,
around these cities with fifteen small
stone towers, still standing, which mus
have been used % lookout stations wher
these vanished tribes were on earth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
FOR SALE.

Secondhand Ford Touring car,
1917, in good running condition.
Will sell for SI75. Inquire of
HARRY HOLDEN,
l4tt South Paris, Maihe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12
AMONG THR FARMERS.
"srn.D rus rLov."
The csrtif,.s suua.

.I'm q carefully inspected spud
And or no common garden blood,
win hardly any germs on me
Nor biots upon my family tree.
Though BY the bushel men de stroy
The solanaceous hoi polloi;
! never shall be boiled or fried,
Because, you see, I'm certified"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

From present indications, this years
maple crop Is due to be a very small one.
some shippers already reporting that
they have completed their shipments ana
ate receipts have shown budoy OF
iark. Prices have been high and de-
mand Light, and with supplies moro than
,ufficient, the tendency Is lower on al
except the very fanciest goods. Sugar
In pals and tubs Is ranging 1s-zec and
cakes &c for large with few OF. bring.
Ing up to aoc. Syrup ranging Nse-Loo
Ior ordinary with some special loo zsc
moro.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
Huge Vulcanizer Is Ins tailed By
 COchise Motor Co.

Ed Simmons of the Cochise Motor Company. specializes in the business of making tires last longer. At Sim mons plant this is accomplished in two ways One of these is by expert vulcaniZing. The Cochise Motor Com pany is equipped with the most re- cent developments in vulcanizing ma chjnery. In one machine three tires may be vulcanized at one time. and each one will come out with perfect repair
 Simmons other method of length ening the life of tires is by adyOcat- ng the use of the "Eno Exso" tire. which also relies on expert vulcaniz- ing for it's inyariable success. The ''Eno Exso" tire is a fabric and rub Der casing, scientifically made Of the best materials. that is. vuicaniZed over the old casing. This produces what looks like a new tire and has been found to wear Ike one, but at only half the cost.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
Confident Of Merit Of Gates
 Tires He Handles

Walter Lanford, proprietor of the Lowell Motor Company was trying to persuade a wary motorist the oth- CT day to try a Gates Half-Sole tire when he was asked this question: Will a Gates Half-Sole outlast an ordinary guaranteed tire Without hesitation Lanford replied as fol lows:
 The Gates Half-Sole Tire has distinct advantage over any other
 ar nteed tire manufactured. The improved principle of construction re- i.Nes the wearing surface from the strain of inflation-therefore it is not nearly as easily cut or broken when it hits sharp rocks. runs on car tracks. This is a very important feature.
 With Gates Half-Sole Tires the in- her fabric that holds the imitation pressure is protected from all shocks of contact with the road Sharp rocks and bumps cannot reach this fabric-sun cannot affect it-mud and water cannot get into it-all wear is stopped; and consequently the Gates Half-Sole Tire practically solves the blowout problem"
 The wary motorist decided to try one and find out for himself. and LanfOrd declared that he is not wOr- ried as to what the result will be.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
Kelly Springfields Make Good Showing
 In OF Home Town

Thorlief Olsen. proprietor of the Slag Dump garage. has some interest ing. not to say persuasive. arguments concerning the use of Kelly-Spring- field tires. which are the speciality of his establishment
 As nearly everyone knows" said Olsen. Akron is the center of the rubbed industry of the United States A large part of Akron's population Is employed in the twenty-odd rubber factories, and in no other city are people So well informed about tires. The fact that 26 of the leading con- Tnercial or manufacturing firms of the city use Kelly-Springfields exclusive ly on their fleets of trucks and motor cars must mean something.
 The same thing, according to Olsen may be observed in any city in the United States ''The big industries of today are the ones that take care fui count of the costs of operation, and smaller operators. who are not so well equipped to make a scientific investigation. will always do we'll to follow their lead"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
WILLIAM C. OURANT

GARDEN CITY, l.. l., Feb. 26. - You're through when you're dead, It makes no difference how old you are, or how young. whether you're a cripple or a jail bird, you've got to have money and you've got to have brains. and you've got a chance to get both till your heart stops beat ing"
 So says William C. Durant, a man 59 years old. who started as cigar statesman in Boston at 19 and in the next succeeding 34 years piled up a fortune of S134,O00,000.
 "A man said to me, You're nut to go to work at five in the morning; what do you want to do, ruin your health?'
 He had me wrong. Sometimes I'm at my desk at four a. m. If you do something out of the ordinary and accumulate a bag full of money, you're a nut or crook or both, say
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
DEFECTIVE SAYS HATFIELD TOLD
 IF KILLINGS

WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Feb. 26.-C. E. Lively. of the BaIdwin-Felts secret service department today at the Mate wan battle trial testified that he es- tablished himself as a restaurant keeper at Matewan about a month ai- ter the fight occurred. He testified that he became acquainted with many of the l9 defendants and repeated conversations he said he had with them.
 It was his purpose. he said, to ob- tain the confidence of men alleged to have been implicated in the fight be- tween Baldwin-Fells detectives and citizens last May in which 10 men were killed.
 Sid Hatfield, chief of police or Mate wan. and one of the defendants, told him. Lively said, that he killed A C. Felts. Hatfield also said, according to the witness. that he had killed Mayor Testerman because he was getting in too we'll with the Baldwin Felts men"
 In a conversation with Hatfield, Lively told the jury, he asked Sid if he was married and the latter replied:
 "No. and a poor chance to get mar ried," because another man had the woman he wanted. ''I will have her if I have to wade through hell to get her." Hatfield told him, Lively said. Prior to making this statement, coun- sel for the prosecution asked if Hat field had ever told the witness that Mayor Testerman hau something that Sid wanted.
 Not outright. he never did" re- piled the witness, but he did once say something that had led me to be- Iieve in my own mind that he did have something he wanted"
 Shortly after the battle at Matewan Sid Hatfield and Mrs. Testerman, widow of the mayor who was killed during the fight, were married at Huntington.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27

the critics. Trouble is they're not critics, but nuts"
 City Manager
 DuIant quit selling cigars to be- come secretary of the City Water Board in Flint. Mich. He was 21 then. He TeOrganized the plant. So successful was he that the manage ment of the town was placed in his hands.
 When 24 he discovered that the JwO-wheel roadster had possibilities among farmers and began to manu- facture them He called his product the Blue Ribbon Roadster and in three years was selling 100000 each F months.
 Then came automobiles and Henry Ford. Henry Ford said I'll win without Wall Street" Durant said ''Iil go to Wan Street." He did He incorporated and sold stock. He start ed with the Buick and then became builder of the Cadillac. Chevrolet, OldsnObile, Oakland. ScTippS- Booth, c. N. C. trucks and Samson tractors. Then he blossomcd forth as head of the Genreal Motors Corporation. He was worth S134.00O, ,00O. Last fall there was a crash. Wall Street took over Durants interset in General Motors, the only concern known as a billion dollar affair. That's the end of Durant," said many
 Durant smiled at the crash" He had 91.O0O persons on his pay roll and had manufacturing plants in 4S cities. He still has both, and in De cember last he started the Durant Mo- tors, Inc, took out a charter in Al bany, and sold one billion shares at no par value.
 Nothing counts but thought" he says. There's a way out of every thing; a way to do anything. Why overSleep 100 per cent? Why overeat i 100 per cent? Most do. ''l can think when I'm refreshed, when I'm alone.
 At four or five in the morning, when the zero hour is past, energy. though, vision are at their peak, if { you've slept quietly and without dreaming.
 Train yourself to do that; you can! Conquer habit; conquer desire; make even when corn hurts. You're nev- I CA AiNhtu uitii NOu At OtcNls e1hu lANh you're not licked.''
 i Too Long To Sleep | Say man lives to be a hundred. i explains Durant. He sleeps Is of that time. That is 33 years. That is : long time 10 sleep when all eternity ! is before you, he adds whimsiCally. 1 Work and thought never killed anyone" he says. 'I work because 1 like to do things
 TO what one thing, more than any other. do you attribute your success, 1 asked.
 Il try to never make the same mis- ] take twice." he answered. ! Durant is of medium height, with q slendoTness which gives the i'm preSSiOn or d greater heaght than the measuring rod would show; long of feature and diminish as to hair, he does not readily fit into any ot the
 usual classilications of men.
 He Is full of pep, his eyes Hash fire, he has the chair next to his desk and in which you sit while talk
 ing to him nailed down so you cant l hug him or pat him on the knee
 while you talk, and his slogan Is: l Don't waste time asking fool qucs- tious how tO do things, or how l do
 them; go ont, use your brain, do
 things. Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything excepting
 what you're going 10 do now, and
 do it."
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
Hires Lawyer To
 ScOld His Spouse

The latest matrimonial invention appeared in a London court, when a woman complained because her hus- band had employed lawyer to write and send to her this letter:
 Dear Madam-De are instructed by your husband that you are carry ing out your duties as a wife in q very unsatisfactory manner, and we must ask an improvement in your treatment of him.
 We are instructed that you took the baby out on a foggy and Unsuit able day in defiance of the wishes of your husband"
 The judge ruled that q wife need not pay any attention 10 what he husbands lawyer wrote.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
TEST THE WHEELS

Wheels should be tested for side play about every three months. By lacking up each wheel and jerking it to each side. any wobbly motion will be readily discovered. The bearings might need adjustment
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
100000 Women To
Pay Income Ia

Pay Income Taxes United States Internal Revenue of ficials predict a big increase in tue number of shfsic women who will gay income tax before March 15. They estimate the total will he over 100000. The figures for 1918. just made public, show 2G6.00O single women paving income taxes tOtdlinS S19O,- 9O2 6uU.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27
JUST LOOKING US OVER

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-If a Chinese woman stops you on the street and begins asking questions it's all right She's Miss Chang Jehming, now touring America as the first woman correspondent in foreign lands for Chinese paper
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27

Long before Australia was dissov- cred the Solomon iclands were known tO VOyagers.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27

China has less than 200 trained nurses.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-27

The StnGeb0ksy irtsrriedicie frcnSsa:ssion DrsaI;S eositirc and n0iSeieSs action and q more T<i5ie Systeu1 of pOicer application fiaan IS possible ttrroHgh any otiley nsetlod