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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19

ed the entertainment 1T ClE
Thursday evening. which they =
very much. They made the
auto and report the roads VERY
MIR. and Mrs. Il. III. Fcss w
winthrop Friday on business
The village school closed Free
10Th. the teachers having Ch'.
tree for their pupils. win III
and popcorn and candy for ~
pupil making some other a pre-
The Baptist cunday scnool W.
q Christmas tree and enter
Saturda.- evening. Dec. 81. AZ
~ invited to attend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19
MANCHESTER

Miss Frances Collins is home from
the Sargent school at Cambridge, Mass,
for two weeks vacation.
Preston Mason visited his sister in
Sabattus on Saturday.
Mrs. Effie Meader visited her pa
rents in Gardiner last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Allen are vis-
ting Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Wing.
The schools viii have appropriate
Christmas exercises on Friday of this
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19

Pupil don't think l sho"
zero on this. paper. ...,.
Teacher-Well, l don't ei'D
that's the lowest i could gns'
Boys Life for June.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19
Funeral Of Luther C. L. Stevens

Funeral services for the late Luther
c. L. Stevens were held at o'clock
Monday afternoon at the Knowlton
s. Hewins funeral home, conducted
by Rev. H. H. Brown of the Penney
Memorial United Baptist church.
There was large gathering of
friends together with members of
the family, and the floral offerings
were profuse. The piano selection,
Nearer My God to Thee" was given
by Mrs. Frank Hewins. The re-
mains will be taken to Steuben,
where prayers will be held and in
terment made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19
WAYNE

SIX inches of snow fell Sunday and
Sunday night.
harvey A. Lowell. the Oldest person
living in the town of Wayne, passed
ms Ssth birthday Thursday, Dec. IA.
He is wonderfully strong and well for
man of his years. After doing his
usuai share of the morning farm work
ne walked from his home to the VII
iage. which is mile away, and passed
1he day with his nephew and nieces. !
=. Turner. Miss n. C. Turner and Mrs.
Hatt4 White. He is planning to 20 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19

week and the children will exchange
gifts.
Mrs. Charles Moore and Mrs. jose
phine Buswell will go to Boston this
week. \
Arthur Pelton has returned from a
recent visit to Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19

The regular meeting Of Gen. Phil.
Sheridan Circle, Ladies of the G. A.
r., will be held Tuesday. 2.3O P. NJ.
at G. A. r. Hall to prepare for in
stallation. r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19

William P. Fox has resigned from
the Augusta police force to accept
employment as elevator man at the
State House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-19

Kansas in January to pass tho root 90
the winter with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray l.. Norris attend
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Baby Clinic Today

The weekly session Of the Augusta
Red Cross Baby Welfare Clinic, will
be held this Tuesday afternoon, $50
o'clock at the Augusta General hos
pital.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21
WORK WITH DEFINITE OBJECT
Real Estate Men Have Right Idea In
Their Advocacy Of Zoning Sys-
tenn for Cities.

The value and the stability of real
estate depends upon what? Mostly
upon the skill with which 1t Is subdi-
vided; upon the transportation facili-
ties, the utilities and the street system
which serve it; upon the parks and
recreation facilities available to 1t; up
on its outlook; upon the business and
social wealth, and producing capacity
to the community; and upon the pro-
lection given it against offensive use
Of neighboring property, says Jacob L.
Crane Jr., coming and city planning
engineer and adviser on coming for the
Chicago Real Estate board.
The last of these factors is con-
trOlled by zoning. All the others may
be controlled very largely by city plan
ming which deals with all Of these
things in definite and comprehensive
way. The real estate business, there.
fore, like all other business, to large
degree depends on the results Of city
planning, whenever It Is taken up
This explains why real estate men are
SO vitality interested in the subject, and
why they are usually the first ones to
support city planning and zoning prof
ectS
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21
Aim to Prevent Fire Loss.

Let the city fire department be a.
efficient as Is that Of the district
There still remains much for the av
erage citizen to do in preventing fire
After all, prevention Is better thar
cure in this matter, as in all others
Even as modern medicine Is coming
around to serious campaign through
out the nation to prevent illness, rath
er than cure 1t after it occurs, so 9
city may campaign strenuously to pre-
vent fires before they break out.
The responsibility Of the individual
man, woman or child, therefore, Is the
crux Of the matter. Until, through ed
ucating the public in every way pos
sible to the necessity of such proven
ton, the average person Is made to be
always on the watch for incipient
fires and actively thinking about them
a community Is not true to itself alone
these lines.
What greater absurdity, for in
stance. than allowing carelessly
thrown match to set fire to great
building and then calling out half the
hre-fghting equipment of a city, when
the active thought of the man who
threw the match might have prevent.
ed the whole thing
Star.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21
Schools Use Buses

There are 1900 schools in the Uni.
ted States now using buses to trans.
port their pupils. The day of the lii.
Tie red schoolhouse is numbered. Con.
solidated or community schools are
taking their place because of the In.
creased educational facilities and
standard permitted by pooling OF ap.
preparations. Better buildings, better
equipment. better instruction are ths
immediate result. But with consoli.
dalton comes the factor Of distance
30 ousses were the answer and this
.orm OF transportation is making good
for better education.-From Fsdsrs,
Traffic News.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21
Home buIl'
| 7 Helps Y !
HAVE STAKE IN COMMUNITY
Home Owning Citizens Feel Respons'-
bility Of Their Position and Gov
ern Themselves Accordingly.

II almost goes without saying that
home ownership is by far the most
valuable adjunct to government anu
that the former is a tremendous power
in stabilizing the latter. The nomao
constantly desires change, because
wherever he pitches his tent he con
siders himself to be at home. On the
other hand, the responsible properly
owner abhOrs nothing so much as
change. because his hearth is not one
which can be moved and which would
be the last thing he would wish 10 see
affected. The classic Illustration
which has been used before this by
many writer's, Is that Of Alexander )
conquest of Persia; this country was
constant source of Civil war ana
rebellion until, acting upon the advicp
of one Of the philosophers attached
to his court, Alexander saw to II thar
the Persians became a nation OF SHOP
keepers, which in turn caused them TO
set up permanent dwellings and ulti-
mately to become the most peace1ul
and law-ablding citizens. The ire
sponsible cowboy was inclined in the
old days to shoot-up frontier towns,
since If the neighborhood became too
hot for him he could simply pull up
stakes and drift" to some other part
Of the country; nobody to my knowl'
edge in those days ever heard of a
substantial ranchman being guilty Of
that sort Of conduct.-Exchange
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21

II believe in giving everythjr,
due and / want to say right now Il
can't praise Tanlac too highly far 1
it has done in my case" de,l,,
James P. Humphreys, proprietor n
Hebron Motor Co., Hebron, Nd I
For three years or more | sus.
from indigestion. After eating w
bloat terribly with gas and nv n
would palpitate until it interfered !.
my breathing. 1 was habitually cu
pated and my nerves were all M
My sleep was unsound, I got up M
ings all tired out, and was oph
shadow Of my former self.
"Well. Tanlac has given me 1 4
appetite, stomach trouble has d
peared, my nerves have steadled q
and I have gained several pou|
Tanlac, to my mind, is the best ID
ever sold for stomach trouble and .
down condition" ii
Tanlac is sold by all good drurd
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many a steer. broke many a pony's
leg. left many a rider lifeiess on the
ground.
After every night stampede there
was counting Of human noses. This
was done with anxiety which always
was as tender In spirit as 1t was flip
pant In form. The riders. returning
one by one during the next days
morning hours, came into camp. and
ap atmosphere of banter-banter
which. In joking phrases and with
several participants, ran on one oc-
casion somewhat as follows. "Hulloa,
shorty, where'd you come from
Thought you was dead.
Where's Baldy1 Guess he's gone of
to git married. No, he amt
Here he comes. Everybody
In but Jack and skinny. They must
ridden all the way to Omaha.
There's jack now, comm up over the
top of that rise"
The banter suddenly ceased. for
as soon as Jack had come completely
over the top of the hill and into clear
view, he had begun to ride rapidly In
equestrian Indians two signals OF
important news or of request for
strangers to advance for parley, and
was often used by whites as mes.
senger of like import or Of serious
tidings, At the first circle. some one
remarked "Mebbe Jacks playing with
u rattler. No. he Amt, There he goes
again. He's shore signalling" while
some one else added Jack wouldn't
do that for no cows. II must be
skinny" The camp had risen to Its
feet and started for the tethere,l
ponies.
Suddenly there fioated down the
breeze three faint sounds evenly spaced
The wind had shifted. and It's new
course straight from Jack to the camp
giving promise that sounds would
carry thither. he had used his gun
The camp gasped. My God, It's
skinny" and then the foreman said
with machinegun rapidity but icily
quiet tone. Pete. quick. get them two
clean shirts that's drying on the
wagon tongue. We may need 'em fol
bandages." Nobody mentioned any
thing about a shovel. but a collision a,
the wagons tailboard and the sound
OF rasplng metal showed that thres
men instinctively had sought for the
sometimes sad utensil. and that II
was In hand.
In rnpid strides Of exaggerated
length the punchers approached thei'
horses. One beast SHE'D away, bu,
stopped the instant there rang on,
with tlnny sound. Damn you, Bronze
quilt that" and thereafter the brut.
crouched and trembled and made M
opposition TO taking Its bit and sad
die. Bits were driven into horses
mouths like wedges into split logs. NJ
effort was made to gather In cinche.
and offside latigos, to lay them atoI
the saddles, and to place the latter
gently ON the ponies backs. The sad
dies, each grasped by horn and cantle
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accounts Of horse-races. unfiattering
opinions OF the cattle. strings of pro-
family, the voluminous text on the la
bells Of coffee or condensed milk-cans
mere hummlng sounds, alike and with
seemingly deep religious fervor. were
poured on many night into the APP
preciative ears Of an audience with
cloven hoofs.
Thus tired men. kidnapping but
always grooming. were out In the
black, their ponies steadily. slowly
patrolling. though half asleep; but
man and horse were ready to wake
like shot and to act the instant
that steer started to roll his tail, y
or, In less technical English. to gallop
with his tail bumped up at Its shore
end. an infallible Sign Of confident ex'
pectation to disregard both distance
and time.
All through the journey the animals
had proceeded quietly and rested de-
Gently until one moment when there
came snort. below. What caused
the snort and below nobod! knew or
could stop to ascertain. Merely tails
had rolled" and a stampede was on
From common center cattle were
darling toward every point of the
compass. 1t was "all hands to the
pumpsl" and into saddle and on the
run for every man. Riders armed with
saddle blankets, with doffed coats,
hastily plucked sage-brush plants. any
thing that could be waved. holding
pistols, the only attainable objects
that would make commanding noise
mails. headed and hanked them. "cut'
ting In" all inciplent. bovine meteors
Finally. the frnyed edges of the mass
CONSTRUCTED. and the whole was re-
duccd TO ragged. narrow. rushing
column, one set OF galloplng cow
boys guiding Its van. another. as aank
riders. guarding It's sides and en-
deavoring 30 far as possible to soothe
the animals. The forefront of this
column was, under the pilotage of the
attacking horsemen. swerved into the
shape Of u shepherds crook. and q
moment later the herd was pouring
itself Into the form Of q capital lettel
~"
When Its two ends came Opposite
each other. they were welded together
by q yelling. waving. shooting 80,
OF madmen on the backs Of flying
snortinE horses.
This started milling" Q merry-go
round which kept mp until the par
ucipating cattle quit from exhaus
tion. OF course. milling did not TAX,
place In q circle. an ellipse. an oval
or In any other geometricai form. i
occurred In an irregular chunk o,
grunting. believing cattle. oversprea,
and surrounded by an unbreathabl,
cloud Of biting dust. with cursins
cowboys acting rs satellites.
A stampede at night and In a coun
try beset with "cut banks" l. e.. pre-
cipitous hillsides. beset also with dee,
canyons. with vertically sided arroyos
with gopher and badger holes. kills.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21
Iseth-Grind'ng and AdenoId.

Among 1895 collected cases y, 81
moro srowths, Benjamins states grind
ing the teeth was mentioned in 90,
Eases Out OF 1.7sl Personal cases
, nenJam'ns found: Snoring, 1Os5
times; impaired o; hearing a0s ,,n,oS'
e .rn OF the upper air passages s7s
times; grinding the teeth, SIS tImss
aprosexia Inability to concentrate ~.
mlnd)' o66 times; enuresis, 4s2 times
Removal Of the adeno,ds d. Nc.
symptoms 'n 'nese
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Observation-Disclosures

and at intervals between, was wsiE
seemed to be smothering at tins
in a week / felt like another vonn'
also used Lydia E. Pinkhams 80
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cannot praise your medicines TO- !
and win be more than glad g =:
mend them to any woman who's
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print my testimonial, as i b = t1
Mrs. T. A. LANDRY, 612 Miss " !
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Note Mrs. Landry's words."9!'
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E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comp
genuine. It is a statement teil
merits Of these medicines jut u
women in your own neighbossssa'
each other about them. For my
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetaos I
pound has sold on merit
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21

| 1t went the two clean shirts, each
clutched against a riders chest.
There were jerky. vertical single
mods Of heads, Jack supplementing his
own nod by one later. slow, horizontal
turning Of his head to right and then
to left. A gentle sigh rose from the
arriving punchers, two hands impo-
tently opened and let two shirts flutter
to the ground. Jacks inqulring look
was answered by Ike's slight raising
OF the handle Of the shovel, which thus
far he had endeavored to conceal. Then
came the first spoken words. Jack
commenced he conversation, and In
part 1t ran: He's up at the end Of
the big draw, right by the split rocA.
Went over that high cut bank. him
and mess Of cattle. He's lynn I'M
der 'em. He never knowed what hit
him. No. warn't with him.
Just now seen his sign as was COM
Ing acrost. seen 1t was headed for
the cut bank, so l chased over there"
The foreman added: well, boys, let's
get at It,"
Then the little funeral cortege, hav.
Ing silently smoked a cigarette or two,
fell into juggling trot and headed for
the big draw.
The funerals Of the men who died
In this way, of many Western men.
were deeply affecting from their crude.
sincere simplicity. About the open
grave, which was at merely "some-
where on the plain" would gather a
serious-faced little group. The body.
wrapped in saddle-blanket, would he
lowered gently into its resting-place,
and then would come pause. Each
attendant strongly wished that some
appropriate statement might be made
either to God or about the dead. but
each man felt himself UNEQUAL to the
task and stood nervously wiping his
forehead, Perhaps the strain wrung
from some one person n sudden eiacu.
lation. II so, the requirement for
utterance had been satisfied. and all
the mourners felt buoyant sense Of
relief. II nobody spoke, some wander
Ing eye fastened on the shovel
When the flled-ln earth had been
pounded TO smoothness and had been
overlaid with rocks, as a barrier 70
marauding animals, 1t was time IN
leave. That parting would not be
accomplished or even begun until there
had terminated the strained. awk.
ward silence under which mos, Amer,.
can men cloak their deeper feelings
The silence usually was ended nv an
expression spontaneously emitted from
overwrought nerves, and often pro-
fame In form though not In intent
At the foot of one of the poh,sst
peaks In the Rocky Mountains lies a
grave. Its occupant died in n siam.
pede' All that was said at the infer.
ment came out hesitatinglv and =.
follows: Its too bad. too bad Tom
dig little deeper there. He'll hovs
he was man." and presently whsr
the burial had been completed "pn,
we boys leave you to God ana 80"
mountain. Good-by. Bill. Dam, :,
Jim, look out for your bronc."
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21


fenced ranches. But 1892 saw the
end Of the open Range" and the hey
day OF the cowboy.
Anyway. Philip Ashton Rollins In
bis new book. "rhe Cowboy" speaks
OF the cowboy In the past tense. He
says In his preface:
The American cowboy, by reason Of his
picturesqueness. has been frequent sub
sect for the dramatist. tho novelist. the
illustrator. and the motion picture pho
tographer
All these producers have been limited
by the technical requirements Of their
arts. and have stressed the cowboys pic
turesauencss to the exclusion OF his other
qualities. They have done this 10 den-
niteiy and attractivslv as 20 create an
ostensibie type which rapidly 10 beins
accepted BY the American public a. an
accurate portrait Of the now bygons
puncher.
The portrait 10 often eharmingiy pre-
scented. but II b not accurate. The cow
boy was far more than a theatric chat
actor. He was an afiirmative. construc-
tive factor In the social and political de-
vciopment Of the United States.
Consequently he desires to be assured
more kindly treatment by ultimate history
than presumably Re win receive unlsss
while tho testimony OF witnesses be
stiil proeureble. such testimony be gath
cred and recorded.
Mr. Rollins. college man and now
New York lawyer. Is not Of those
who seek experience 10 get local color
for a book. lie Ii Of those who write
down his experiences because con-
al haf To- la "a
be lost tn posterity. The writer hopes
he II among those who convinced Mr.
Rollins that ''The Cowboy" should be-
written.
Following II the story OF a nigh,
stampede during cattle drive--one
Of the many dramatic Incidents which
an adequate book on the cowboy neces-
sarily contains:
All through the darkness men Of the
might herd" working In shifts Of
from two to four hours. rode about
the animals. and as the men rode
they constantly serenaded the beasts
~ grooming TO them songs or chants
which. when 80 used. were entitled
shymns." This serenading was done
partly TO hold the cattle under the
compelling spell Of the human voice
and parity 60 disabuse from the mine
% any fearsoms member of the hert
suspiclon that either puncher'l
silhouette against the skyline or els,
the noise Of his moving pony nigh
represent q shopping dragon. Tn,
rider. when singing TO the cattle" a
his vocal efforts were styled. dis
gorged all the words he knew set q
all the tunes he could remember o
Invent. but omitted any sound or IN
nection which might startle. Sacre,
airs were usual. for from their simpl
melodies they were easy OF remeu
brance. aud also they then still he'll
the national popularity which sine
has passed TO the tunes OF the music
halls. but the words set to thes
ehurchly airs well might have su,
prised the clergy. The proper word
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21

Love laughs at locksmiths, but u
the lover bolts there's apt to b
breach-of-promise suit.
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were waved in air TO stralghten out the latigos,
and were slapped onto cringing backs with a
sound like that of Stating sail windy day.
At times like this when men fierce and In a
killing mood. their horses seemed to sense the
situation. The most chronic buckers would forego
their pitching avocation, and, squatting low in
tremor would receive their load and never make
a single jump.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-21
Friendship.

Opportunity knocks once wv
friends knock all the time
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and wonderful combination of Don Quixote and
Sir Lanceot: who always ride the best horse on
the range. wear two guns and beat the head VII
lain 10 the draw wto rescue distressed madens
from eattle-rustlers or Mexican bandits.
In the heyday Of the ranching industry-1s75-
1S92-the cowboy dotted the plains from Central
Nebraska TO the foothills Of the mountains Of the
Pacific slope and from Montana to the Mexican
border. Then came the homesteader. the farm
and the fence. In 1892, during the "Ruster War;
In Wyoming. the stockmen and the cowboy of the
"Open Range" surrendered to the United States
army and the farmer. In this year of grace 1922
A. d.. there are still unfenced areas OF grazing
land open to the public. There are still large
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INTRODUCTION BY
JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

HIS is an anomaly In these Twentieth
century days. That as the cowboy Is
passing from the West he bulks In
creaslngly large In fiction. The
presses OF book and magazine pub
fishers are apparently working night
and day In turning out so-called
''virile" stories OF the Great West.
Mostly this popular literature Is de-
voted to cowboys who talk lingo In
vented by writer's who never heard
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