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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

Who? Single persons who had net
income Of $1,000 or more or gross in
come of $1,000 or more. Married
couples who had net income of $4,000
or more or gross income Of $4,000 or
more.
When? March IS. 1923. is final
date for filing returns and making
first payment.
Where? Collector of internal rev.
enue for the district in which the
person lives or has his principal
place of business.
How? Full directions on From
1040A and Form 1910; also the law
and regulations.
What? Four per cent. normal tax
on taxable income up to $4,000 in ex-
cess of exemption. Eight per cent.
normal tax on balance Of taxable in
come. SurtaX from l per cent to so
per cent on net incomes over $4,000
for the year 1922.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

United States by The Texas Com
pany, producers of TeXaco petroleum
products. This complete cycle in
cludes production, refining and mar
keting facilities, and the Texas Com
pany now has facilities in all three
phases from coast to coast, and from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Great
Lakes.
This complete cycle has been
achieved by the recent developments
and expansion Of The Texas Com
pany in the far West, which was the
link needed to make the activities of
the company countrywide. The pro
duction is from the companys wells
in the Salt Creek Fields in Wyoming
and the refining facilities have been
accomplished by the erection Of a
splendid new refinery at Casper
Wyoming. Along with these pro-
duction and refining facilities has
been the organization of a Western
Sales Department, with headquarters
at Denver. Colorado, and the estab-
lishment, of stations and other mar
keting equipment throughout the new
territory.
Fred w. Freeman has been named
as General Western Manager, anC
ii. w. Dodge has been appointed
Western Sales Manager.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

One of the most ludicrous sights in
nature is furnished by parent pell-
cans feeding their young from q
sack of elastic skin grown from the
under side of the beak. This sack IS
often six inches deep and a foot and
a half long, and it will stretch until
it is large enough to hold several
quarts of fish or other food.
The parent bird opens wide its
beak, and the little pelican sticks his
head inside and helps himself to the
contents of the pouch. AS the young
grow larger they are able to pene-
trate farther and farther for their
meals, and one sees one of them with
his whole head and neck far within
the parents capaciouS nav.
Pelican island, in Indian river.
Florida. is a government reservation.
and there each year. during the nest
ing season. these birds may he seen
by the thousands News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Recipe for a Happy Life

Three ounces are necessary, first
of patience, then of repose and
peace; Of conscience a pound entire
is needful; of pastimes of all sorts,
too, should be gathered as much as
the hand can hold; of pleasant mem
DRY and of hope three good drachms
there must be at least. But they
should be moistened with a liquor
made from true pleasures which re-
joice the heart. Then of loves magic
drops, few-but use them sparing-
~. for they may bring flame which
naught but tears can drown. Grind
the whole and mix Herewith of mer-
riment an ounce to even. Yet all this
may not bring happiness except in
your prisons YOU lift your voice to
Him who holds the gift of health
Margaret, Queen of Navarro.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

they bear no fruit. . .,
Although the voyage IRON i, \.
couver to Yokohama is Longer y !,
the four days at sea ften ;
Eastern seabpard via tne ne, :
Lawrence River Route to r Is~,
the Canadian Pacific ENVY
steamers, largest and fa s!'. =,
the Pacific, are so Thoroughly y. y,
Portable that the time sllps ~
quickly. All of these steamer an y
so equipped that most an ~. y
amusements to be had on la rs,. .
also to be found on board. Wv. Wv
on the trans-Pacif ships az l..
ways cosmopolitan. importers ar.r n.
Java, Japanese. Chinese .a I've,
India men, soldiers and salloss
fact the whole world is rePlss aa,.
bound for all ports from Yo .a u
to Bagdad and from Pekln W.
apore. .;,eda
April marks the beglnn,ln 1... " /,
best season in Japan and even .., I
Their down the Chinese s0'''
| Manila.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Tho N.&ionaI Emblem

.,bout the finest appreciation of the
life of the bald eagle. the national
emblem. is that which was expressed
incidentally. by John Burroughs. in
one of his nature essays: lie draws
great lines across the sky, he secs
the forest like a carpet beneath him.
he sees the hills and the valleys as
he folds and wrinkles in a many-col-
ored tapestry, he sees the river as a
silver belt connecting remote horl-
IONS. We climb mountain peaks TO
get glimpse of the spectacle that
is hourly spread out beneath him.
Dignity, elevation. repose, are his.
I would have my thoughts take as
wide a sweep would be as far re-
moved from the petty cares and tur-
moils of this noisy and clustering
world."-From the Review of Re-
views
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
PARALLELS for the Tinoe

A series of sermons based on some
OF the Parallels of Jesus will be
preached in the Winthrop st. Uni
versalist church by the minister
Rev. A. Francis Walch, during the
Sunday mornings of Lent. The Para
bles of Jesus were timely discussions
of vital truths. They present as
timely themes today. Jesus spoke
to all ages and his message is full of
power for the present. The parallels
selected for study, follow: "The
Leaven: The Advancing Kingdom. ;"
THE Talents: Divine Investments"
The Lost Son: Salvage Of Human
Values" "The Sheep and the Goats:
Moral Separations" 1.-THE Ten Vir-
gins: The Test Of Wisdom" "The
Sewer and the Seed: The Heavenly
Harvests." Easter Day ''The Good
Shepherd: The Abundant Life"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
James 3. Weston

A few hours later in the same
home, James B. Weston, who has
also been critically i'll with double
pneumonia for the past few days,
died, making two deaths in the same
home in the same forenoon. Mr..
weston was a native of SkoWhegan
and is the last of his family. He was
70 years old. Besides a widow, Mr..
Weston leaves two sons, Carl A.
Weston of Arson and Jesse Weston
OF Brunswick. Mr.. Weston was a
soldier in the Civil War, enlisting in
the Fourth Maine battery. While in
the army he suffered an attack of the
measles. which left him totally blind.
Mr.. Weston was a member of N.
A. Weston Post. G. A. r. of Madison
and took an active interest in Grand
Army affairs. He moved to Arson
about 40 years ago and for some
years was well known farmer in
spite of his handicap. Up to about
two years ago Mr.. Weston has al
ways been very active physically do
ing many kinds of work that to an
ordinary person would seem impos-
sible to one in his condition. A
double funeral service will be held at
Mr.. Weston's late residence Satur-
day forenoon. The body of Mrs.
York will be taken to Skowhegan for
burial. The body Of Mr.. Weston will
be taken to the Forest Hill cemetery
In Madison. Mrs. Weston has also
been critically ill for the past few
days but is now slowly improving
but will be confined to her for sew
eral days longer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
IarIy from the shore and used in the

larly from the shore and used in the
North.
One day northumberland subject
sent her a consignment of coal. The
queen saw it burn on the hearth and
enjoyed it's pleasant glow. Can 1t
be used for cooking?" she asked. She
was assured that it could.
But she was 4 cautious person. She
sent a quantity to her lord mayor,
ordering him to use it for cooking
his own dinner and to report to her
whether food treated in this way
was fit for human consumption!
Not until the lord mayor had re-
ported that he had eaten and sur
vived would she have coal used in
the royal kitchen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

Japan has SO distinctly put her.
self ION the map" that the well
travelled person is now compelled
to put the "Land of the Rising Sun"
into his life's itinerary. At one
time Europe was the lode stone,
but now it is rivalled by the Far
East. Improved trade relations
and growing interest in things be-
longing to the other side of the
globe, make a closer study Of the
countries there of prime import
ance.
Transportation, trans-continental
and transit Pacific. has become so
highly developed that it is as easy
to get to Japan as to Italy. Nine
ty-two hours from Montreal to
Vancouver. trans-Canada ; i'd the
fastest tirle across the Pacifc-a
trifle more than ten days-puts the
trav Ter into Yokohama. the chief
port Of the Land Of Nippon.
Here the sights are unusual. jim
rickashas iostle one another in their
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Fisher Body Plant
Totals Largest Floor
SPACE in the World

impressive evidence of the re-
markable shifting Of public demand
for closed cars is shown by the re-
cent announcement of the Fisher
Body Company that they have ar
ranged to build or take over six large
plants near Chevrolet assembly
plants for the sole purpose of sup
plying closed cars to Chevrolet
Motor Co. 49,,
Addition of these new plants will
give the Fisher Body Company the
largest total manufacturing floor
space in the world-the aggregate
being over twenty million square feet
nearly three times the area of the
United States Steel Corporation.
, According to Colin Campbell. gen
eral sales manager. Chevrolet Motor
Company, Chevrolet is the lowest
. priced car on the market carrying n
! Fisher body, hence it has attracted
, buyers both from the lower and
! higher price classes because of the
! high quality of the body and the en-
. cheering improvements in the
! chassis. Chevrolet is now the largest
! producer of closed cars of this quail
| ity.
| In one year Chevrolet Motor Com
t increased from approximately Sc OF
! its volume to nearly 500 and indi
cations are that in 1923 more than
half of it's production will be closed
cars.
| The new Fisher Body Company
plants are located at Flint, Michigan
| Cincinnati. Ohio, Buffalo. n. Y. St
| Louis. Missouri. GAINESVILLE. Wise.
and Oakland. Cal. The plants will
| he Immediately adjacent to the
! Chevrolet assembly plant and bodies
will be carried on endless conveyors
, direct to the assembly plant. avoid
ing the expense and delay of freight
shipment hitherto experienced be-
| cause of the distance of the body
plant from the assembly plant. II
is stated that this saving will be re-
Elected in still finer appointments OF
the car.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Girls Should PLAY More

Girls require more opportunities
for play than they get and boys
should share domestic tasks with
girls, in the opinion of DR.. w. IL.
Hamer, London's school medical Of
ficer. He has come to the conclusion
that school girls have too much work
to do and that in consequence they
suffer more than boys from defective
vision, heart disease, anemia and
spinal curvature.
"These can all be traced to the
same set of causes" he says, Tess
opportunity for play than boys, less
time spent in the open air, the per-
Torrance Of household duties, and,
in regard to school, different cur
riculum"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

man who has not mastered the subtl-
ties Of the craft should penetrate
distantly and alone the Western dry
lands Of the continent. A North
American Indian would perish of ig-
norance. A Bedouin of the sandy
Arabian deserts would in any dire
extremity die helpless. Find q mig
ger, and you'll get water" is an old
axiom. In the back blocks Of central
Western Australia there are no fixed
fresh wells, generally dependable. as
in the African and Arabian deserts
And. consequently. there are no de-
termined routes of travel, like the
caravan routes of the Sahara-no
main-traveled roads from point to
point. Nor is there any travelling
from point to point. 1t is a wilder
ness-of 100000 square miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
MADISON,
Visitors Day at Schools

The observance of Visitors day and
Washington's birthday at the Junior
High school, Thursday afternoon
proved to be a most interesting oc-
caSion to large company of parents
and friends. In the seventh and
eighth grades the usual work was
carried on under the direction of the
teachers and at the close an attrac-
lively arranged exhibit of the work
was inspected and a social hour en-
Joyed during which punch and waf-
ers were served. In the sixth grades
the regular work was discontinued at
go o'clock and the scholars and
guests gathered in Miss Brown S
room where the program was held
Song by the schools; Flag salute:
song Once More We Celebrates; J"
recitation. Thomas Burke; exercise,
February" by nine pupils; recita-
ton, Mildred Brooks; exercise,
washington by eight boys; Valen-
tine dance by eight girls; exercise.
"A School," by seven children: reci-
tation. Clinton JnGraham; exercise.
Guests from Whittier Land" by
seven pupils; original poem by Anna
the schools. After the program
came short speeches by Rev. G. II.
Mckinney. Fr. Mullen and T.. c.
Weston, chairman Of the school
board.
The visitors were then invited to
Miss Powers room. where refresh
ments We're served by Mrs. w. E.
Brown and Mrs. f. c. Weston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
HILL CLIMBING
IN HIGH GEAR
Excessive Strain on Motor and
Every Part of Car

The high gear hill climber is first
cousin to the scorcher, and both are
bound to become wiser as times goes
on.
These statements are made with
the full understanding that the mod
ern automobile is made to climb al
most anything but trees. But to
climb a steep hill on the high gear
imposes the hardest kind of work not
only on the engine, but also on every
other part of the car. The lower
gear ratios are provided for hill
climbing and they should be used
for it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
WEST FORKS

Mrs. James d. Durgin. ~.
been here for the past few r wy
turned to her home in Mad
David Cullcton has frisss \
gipg at Pleasant pond and |.
turned home. Aa u
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Durv;,
Portland this week.
All the sick are gaining
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Surrenders in Portland

Claiming he il Mason Douyl
of Pomona, Tenn, escapeS
Deer Lodge, Mont, penitertI.-
II. that he fed from Nevn-
where he was put in the brr ,
listing frauduIently in the Nar
now is an enlisted man al >,
liams, n youth called at the r.,
land sheriff's Office Wednesd,
gave himself up. His story i
investigated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

been filed in the Office o,n
OF deeds. 1t has been currsr.'
ored that proceedings ~ !,
been begun but no llbe,,.
ton has been filed. Tn. n.s.
OF court will open on Aprjl ;.
Glidden is a prominent ' ~. \,
THIS county. has been cls,t !.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Missing Grocer Writes

Pierre Nadeau. Auburn rrors,
left home with his four.ye.
daughter last Saturday has v
his wife. saying that by the lin
received the letter he would i
his way West. Il have Jenrj.
me and she is happy" he =
Mrs. Nadeau has not decided vi,
to take steps to recover the CHI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Testina Coal for a Queen

In olden days the lord mayor Of
London was one of the sovereign s
most trusted henchmen, and at times
many strange duties have fallen to
his lot. One of the quaintest was de-
vised by Queen Elizabeth, says Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Until her reign coal was almost
unknown in the south of England.
though sea coal was gathered resu-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
More Than 100000 Motor
Cars and Trucks in Use in u. S.


the roads of the United of 156 16
with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Eunera, Of Mrs. Mavv Puah

The funeral services Of Mrs. Mary
Pugh were conducted Thursday aft
ernoon at the home of Olive Hayden
at Madison Center by Rev. f. B.
Tetley. The body was placed in the
tomb at the Forest Hill cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Files 100000 Attachment

An attachment for 100000 has
been placed on the property of John
NJ. Glidden of Wiscasset by his wife,
Grace A Glidden and the nanar has
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

on the high gear must subject any
car to enormous stresses, which are
likely to affect the life and service
Of the car to a considerable degree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Drier Even Than the Sahara.

Australian bushcraft is craft pc
culiar to the Australian bush. 1t
concerns itself less with killing the
erawling desert-life for food than
with divining the whereabouts of
water in land which is drier even
than Sahara. Travellers say that no
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Mrs. Sarah Work

Mrs. Sarah York. who has been
critically i'll with pneumonia for the
past few days. died at 3 o'clock
Thursday morning at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. James b. Weston on
Main street, Arson side. Mrs. York
was formerly a resident Of Skowhe-
gan for many years but for some
time has made her home with her
sister, who is the only near relative
to survive her. Mrs. York was -
years, old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Complete Cycle
For the Texas Company

What is known as "the complete
cycle" in the petroleum industry has
now been completed throughout the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Funeral Of joseph pelkev

The funeral services of Joseph
Pelkey. who died Wednesday. were
conducted by Rev. E. B. Tetley Fri
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24
Winter Carnival
How PeIicans Feed Younq

Feb. o2-24-Auburn.
Feb. 24-Sanford.
Feb. 2i-Yarmouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

day afternoon at Mr.. Pelkey's late
home In Arson. The body was placed
in the tomb at the Forest Hill ceme-
terry.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
IMPORTANT NOTICE.!

IMPORTANT NOTICE! " the
ame. nane em@a pill pparu a
Of
Bureau
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
DIVES FROM HIS HORSE
TO SAVE DROWNING GIRL

NEW YORK, July 31.-Mounted
Policeman John D. Tracy, of the
Central Park squad, was cantering
Lalong drive on his horse, Paul,
when he saw a woman heritate at
the brink Of a reservoir and then
leap into the water. He spurred
his horse, which did not stop until
he reached the shore, and, having
released his feet from the stirrups
and stood on the saddle, he cataodlt.
ed himself into the water.
After a brief struggle Tracy
brought to shore Alvina Prange.
thirty-one years old, a cook sor a
family named Weilig. He dragged
her out Of the water and waited
for an ambulance which came
shortly from Reconstruction Hospi.
tai. Miss Prange is on the hospital
blotter as suffering from submer.
sion, while Tracy is being treated
for an injured back a result of his
high dive.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
SUES To OBTAIN
PAYMENT Of
PENSION
Civil War Veteran Asks Court
to Compel Recognition by
Commissioner.

| Claiming that he is dependent
upon charity and liable to be ar
rested as a vagrant because the
Pension Office refuses to pay him
directly a pension of $50 month,
Jasper Sears, a veteran of the Civil
War, yesterday asked the District
Supreme Court for a mandamus COM
pelling Washington Gardner, Com
missioner of Pensions, to make pay
n1ents to him. Through Attorney
John Murphy he claims there is now
due him $500.
Sears petition recites that he was
previously in the Soldiers Home at
Hampton, Va, but was transferred
to st. Elizabeth,s Hospital. A jury
found him sane, and he was dis
charged from custody, he goes on.
and he is DESTROYS of remaining
away from the home and obtaining
the pension funds due him.
Commissioner Gardner, it Is re.
lated, declined to make the pay
n1ents, quoting law requiring such
funds to be sent to the home instead
OF the inmate until he is discharged.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
NEW DELAYS HIS
TOUR TO VISIT
OLD FRIEND
Postmaster General Finds Him
Loading Lumber on Car at
Little Michigan Town.

An incident which reveals the
claim Of postal officials that Post.
master General Harry s. New is one
of the most human and democratic
heads the department has ever had
is outlined in a story which Is
making the rounds Of the service to-
day.
This incident, which took place
during the recent tour of the Post
master General to attend the postal
conventions throughout the coun.
try, delighted the little town OF
Alpena, Mich.
New went miles out Of his way to
visit the townJso that he might lock
up friend he had not seen for
twenty-five years. This friend he
found loading lumber into. a freight
car and they snapped "reminiscences
until the official had to. be warned
that he was in danger of breaking up
his travelling schedule If he fingered
any longer.
The lumber handler, Louis M.
Pake, and the Postmaster General
and former Senator, it developed,
were "sQuatters" together fifty years
ago, and were early members of the
Turtle Lake Club, composed Of
hunters in that section of the coun.
try In earlier years. New is compil-
ing history of this club, and of its
hunting, for the information of
future members
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
BISMARCK PUT UP KICK
WHEN BEER GOT FLAT

BERLIN, July 31.-when Bis.
marck's beer wasn't exactly to his
liking the iron chancellor was very
unhappy and was not slow to let
his displeasures be known. A hith.
erto unpublished letter of Bis.
marck's to Herr Levenstefn, Of the
Berlin Tivoli brewery. has just been
printed by the Berlin Tageblatt
complaining of the quality of the
brewery's beer.
The letter was written November
5. 1851, from st. Petersburg, where
Bismarck then was Russian am
bassador. In the letter Bismarck
complains that Levenstein's quail
lty OF beer Is not keeping up as
we'll as that of the previous wear
and urges change in the methods
Of brewing.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
ITALIAN MISER'S HOARD
is DEVOURED BY CATTLE

ROME, Aug. 31.-A haystack
proved a poor bank for farmer of
Udine.
Distrusting savings Institutions,
the farmer saved 5000 lire, which
he converted into treasury bonds,
and 1900 lire in paper currency.
He hid it in a haystack. Returning
for it recently he found the cows
had eaten all of the hay and his for
tune as well.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
20, 1o3,760 CATHOLICS
IN U. S., REPORT SHOWS

CH1CAGO, July S1.-There are
20,10S,761 Catholics in the United
States: according to the Catholic
Press Directory, just issued by
Joseph H. Meier, of Chicago.
According to the directory, there
are 59,347 sisters and nuns, 92,546
Catholic clergymen, 1902 Catholic
churches, EI- SeImnarIeS, UNIVERSE
ties and colleges, 207 monasteries,
abbeyS and scholasticates, 586 con-
vents and novitiates, 60S acad-
emies and boarding schools, 500
Catholic high schools, $50 hospitals
and sanitaria and 594 charitable in
situations.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

was lost two weeks ago by Miss
Helen Prick, daughter of the late
Henry Clay Frick, millionaire, was
found by two boys in the dust, of
Woodland road, near the Prick sum
mer estate here.
The pin, valued at $4,000, had
been kicked about in the dust and
dirt for two weeks, but was undam'
aged. The two boys received 500