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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
GoMPERs QUESTIONS THEM

1t seems to have occurred to the
minds of quite a number of prospec-
tive lecturers that Russia right now is
an excellent field for material about
f! which to address the American peo-
pie. Undoubtedly they are right in
their conclusion and if they will go
in quest of the truth-and all the
truth possible-as Peary went to the
| North Pole, well and good; the pub
lie should profit, likewise the lectur-
ers. If. however, they are content, as
was Doctor Cook, to return and re-
port discovery trusting that the pub
lie may not know enough about it to
disprove their claims, then are they
future lecture audiences to insist on
being shown scenes of actual eondi-
! items far from the centers of popula-
ton. Such scenes have been shown
in connection with the work of the
Red Cross. The agents of that or
ganization went to Russia under no
obligations to report conditions other
than they found them. Their state
ments merit consideration. This
may not be said Of those who are
taken in charge by the soviet Off
Gals and who see only what the Of
fcials wish them to see. Yet the
chances are this easy and agreeable
method of visiting a country where
ordinary conditions are difficult and
| disagreeable will be the one adopted
by the large majority of seekers Of
lecture material.
Whether this. will suit the inclina-
items of Senators King and Ladd to
! whom Samuel Gompers addressed a
letter before their departure to
Russia may, perhaps, be left to the
judgments of those who are some
what acquainted with the public at
titude of those senators. 1t would
be a strain on the imagination to
think of them undergoing any hard
ships to acquire information, and
this condition is most probable, if
they really obtain the information
which is needed.
The letter of Mr.. Gompers is time
| ly. 1t helps to fix notice on what is
going on. He declared that the Rus
sian soviet regime has rendered it
impossible for the American Fedora
ton of Labor to maintain a friendly
policy" and he made it plain why.
He asked the visitors to answer
questions on their return. whether
the Russian press is allowed freedom
i'll publication Of news and opinions,
whether workmen are permitted to
organize unions without government
| interference, whether the soviet gov
eminent intends to keep its promises
and obligations with other govern
ments, also whether the visitors
travel in guest" trains and stop at
guest" hotels, pertinent questions,
all.
Gompers has occupied a position,
where he has had opportunity to oh
serve the efforts Of the leaders of the
Russian regime to foment trouble
in this country. He has had expe-
rience which has taught him their
methods are un-American and I'M
civilized, and Gompers is an Ameri-
can and his good sense tells him that
sovietism means the degradation of
the workingman along with the rest
of us. He cites the spectacle, which
we have in this country, Of a COM
munist party dictated to by Russia,
and he does not like it. Neither do
other real Americans. Mr.. Gompers
likes to dictate; he would have, it
often seems, the labor organizations
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

The desirability of non combusti-
BILE roofs on our buildings received a
very effective demonstration in yes
terday's fire, several roofs of the
other kind catching fire from the
sparks swept by the wind from the
burning buildings. In process OF
time the building regulations here as
already in some other places will re-
quire on-combustible roofs, es-
pecially in thickly settled districts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
WASHINGTON

Charles Henry Savage and son
Frederick who have been visiting
relatives and friends in Boston for
the past few weeks, have returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Turner are
receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a nice baby boy.
w. l.. Overlook is the first reported
to finish haying.
, Misses Varney and Dove of Au-
gusta are passing their vacation
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wellman.
Ernest Howard of South Hope was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

New Head Of Lewiston Bank
William B. Shelton of Lewiston
was elected president Of the First
National Bank of Lewiston Monday
to succeed the late Franklin H.
Packard. Mr.. Shelton is a native of
Bowdoinham and was graduated
from Bates college in 1892. He has
practised law in Lewiston since 1898.
He has served as State bank ex-
aminer, and as member of the
Public Utilities Commission. He is
also president of the Androscoggin
and kennebcc Railroad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
{ asiern Steamship Lines, Inc
ExP1EsS, PASsENG1R AND
FREIGHT SERVICE
KENNEREC IrME

Leave Gardiner Tuesdays, THURSDAY.
and Sundays at 3.45 p. NJ, Bath ga
p. NJ. (Standard Time) due Boston ~
following morning about A. M
Leave Bath Saturdays only at $50 A
M. for Boston direct, due Bostos
about 5 p. NJ.
Return - Leave Boston Fosters
Wharf Mondays. Wednesdays and SAT-
urdays at p. NJ. daylight Saving
Time) for Bath and Gardiner. Leave
only.
Connection at Bath with steamer fos
and from Boothbay Harbor, 0hristmas
Cove and waylandings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
MAINE sTEAl6sKp LINE
P0RTLANp, NEW YORK TREI9xx
SERVICE

Direct freight service between PORT
land and New York is resumed from
the new State Pier. Portland, Ne.
Through rates and direct track con-
nections with Maine Central and Grand
Trunk Railroads.
II. A. CLAY, Supt.
franklin Wharf, Portland.
n. A. HARADEN. SUIT
Bath, He.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
Editorial Comment
MayHower May Bes

Speaking of membership in the
it has been estimated, on the basis of
the number of marriages and chill
dren per family in this group, that
at the time of the six -hundredth an
niversary of the landing of the Pill
grims, which comes in 1920, a ship
the size of the original Mayflower
will be large enough to carry back to
Europe all the Mayfower descend
ants then living. However, there
would be room for only a part of the
furniture and other household goods
now owned in this country and high
ly valued as having come over on
the first Mayf1ower.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
Maine Men ESCAPE in N, n.

Daniel Webster Rowland of Keene
and Edward Dorr of Maine, serving
a years sentence at the House of
Correction at Westmoreland, keene,
n. H., for larceny. escaped Friday
night. An automobile owned by F..
w. Stone. an employee at the insti-
tuition, is missing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
Wednesday. July 10, 1928.

"capital, therefore, is today's sur
plus. II is what gives us better
start tomorrow than we had today. 1t
We don't save II, we don't have it,
and when we have it, it is useless
until Il Is put to work..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
BOSTON AND PORTLAND LINZ
DAYLIGHT SAVING TINE

Leave Portland. Franklin Wharf
Estate Pier) week days ats P. N.
Sundays Q 2. u.
Return-Leave Boston daily includ-
ing Sundays at q p, NJ.
At Boston connection is made via
the Metropolitan Line express freight
and passenger steamers for New York
and points South and West.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
BATH AND BooTHBAY XNE
Standard Time

Leave Bath Tuesdays. Thursdays,
Saturdays and Sundays at $50 A. N.
for Boothbay Harbor. Christmas Cove
and waylandings.
Return-Leave Christmas Cove Tues.
days, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sun
days at P. NJ, Boothbay Harbor sIS
p. NJ. for Bath and all landings except
Five Islands. Connection at Bath with
steamer for and from Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

Automobiles are said to be so plenti-
full in Nebraska, Iowa and South
Dakota that the population could
move out any time. Perhaps if the
cars become more plentiful there
won't be anything to move.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
Cause of Piles

DR.. Leonhardt found the cause of
Files to be internal. That's why salves
and operations fail to give lasting re-
lief. His harmless prescription, HEM
ROID. removes the cause. Money back
if it fails. Sections Pharmacy.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

Some have wondered why Henry
Ford favors fiat money. Possibly
the idea of quantity production
which he has so masterfully de-
veloped in flivver manufacturing
appeals to him. At that he will, if
he becomes President. have ito go
some" if he distances the German
record. There Al printing plants are
working night and day printing
paper marks with a production of
over seventeen and a half billion
marks per hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
WHETHER?

In 1898 South Carolina elected Ben
Tillman to the United States Senate,
where his pitchfork and vitriolic
tongue were not endured in respect
for the Palmetto States judgment.
This year the great state of Mime
sofa is not adding to it's laurels by
sending Magnus Johnson to the SEN
ate because of his powerful voice and
contempt for books. Ben Tillman had
been governor of his state, had been
an earnest advocate Of technical ed
ucation. He had brains and a desire
to use them and ultimately became
an able member of the Senate, his
state remaining loyal to him and re-
turning him so long as he was able
to serve. Even should Johnson OK
hibit a like ability, which is serious
ly doubted in view of all the circum-
stances, it does not follow that he
will be able so to adjust himself to
usefulness. Certainly he will not if
he retains some of the ideas which he
now declares to be convictions. About
the only qualification so far in evil
dence is his radicalism and devotion
to Bob LaFollette. Will these alone
carry him far in Minnesota?
1t is the habit to attribute, to the
tillers of the soil a steadfastness and
common sense-possibly due to their
keeping their feet on the earth and in
contact with the practical side of life.
From the distance it looks as though
the Minnesota farmers, who raise
wheat, are mad because that product
has dropped in price and wish to
slam somebody, which we might ov-
crlook in children but properly crit
icize in grown folks. Whether the
farmer who raises corn which hasn't
dropped, whether farmers raising
more profitable crops will be affected
by a like desire and yield to the de-
structive impulse when election day
comes around is something which
there is ample time for discussing
later. Also there is time in which to
recover from pouting. AS it is, con-
Sratulations seem to belong only to
MaSnus Johnson and Bob LaFollette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

! EATHER had planned a brilliant
i future for him. Mothers high
hopes for his success were sup
ported ably by her everlasting
faith in him.
But the boy was a bitter disap.
pointment. He was being outdis.
tanced steadily by his schoolmates,
was dull, listless all the time. "felt
sick" most of the time, never had
pep" for play nor ambition for
his future.
Father had about given him I'D.
Poor mothers heartstrings were
nearing the breaking point. Evi.
IDENTIFY. it was not to be.
Then an old friend of the family
"a man successful in every sense
Game to the boys rescue. Today,
the father is proud of the boy who
is indeed joy to his mother.
1t was simply case of poor di.
gestion, sluggish liver and consti.
patton gradually dulling the senses
and poisoning the system.
Knowing from experience that
Beecham's Pills were harmless as
well as efficient, the old friend
suggested them. They made the
boy well AS they have hosts of
other children, and grown.ups.
too. who suffered from like dis.
orders.
At All Druggists-25c and SOC
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
MONTvILLE

Mr.. Leeman of G. P. Ridge, has
been helping Martin Written hay.
! George jackson of Searsmont was
in town last week.
A heavy electrical shower visited
here Saturday night and later turned
| into rain storm.
The farmers are haying and report
large crop to be harvested. All the
crops are doing well.
The road between Mark Towards
and Charles Towards on H. B.
Mountain, is reported to be some
what dangerous. The road is very
narrow, and trees grow so close to
the road that 1t is impossible for
teams or autos to pass in some places.
There Is law in this State that
towns shall keep the bushes cut
alongside of highways.
An auto party from Belfast, had
a PICNIC on H. B. Mountain Sunday,
July Sth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. vose, and
son, Norman, Of Connecticut, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Vose, have returned home by
auto.
Peter Richards is working for
James Bartlett.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Curtis of Bel
lOSS WSlC ASCChI quests Oh ana
Mrs. Walter Clark on Moody noun
tain.
Lightning Strikes Same Premises
Twice
CENTER--Lightning scored two
hits on premises Of Lewis F. Hawkes..
One bolt splintered the flagpole from
top to bottom, and the other entered
the corner of the woodshed. knock
ing off the corner boards, lifting the
roof somewhat and splintering a
brace.
Hazen A. Bickford, for a long time
instructor in manual training at the
state Farm, Bridgewater, Mass, is
In rather poor health. and has re-
turned to his home at McFarland's-
Corner.
Edgar E. Tasker is at home from
Appleton to do the haying.
e. l.. Bennett has returned to his
work In Freedom village.
Next week K. B. Bean enters the,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

Turkey and the Allies have signed
the pact with the door open.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

Governor Baxter, United States
Senators Fernald and Hale, Frank P.
Washburn, commissioner Of agricul-
ture, and DR.. w. J. Morse of Orono,
director of the Agricultural Expert
ment Station, will be among the
speakers at the field day and cele-
bration of the 50th anniversary of
the Maine Pathological society, which
will be held at Highmoor Farm,
Monmouth, on Tuesday, Aug. 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

AUGUSTA CAMP NO. 74o0, M. w. A..
Regular meeting second and fourth
Monday Of each month at G. A. r
hall
J. H. ELLIS. JR.. Consul.
BERT l.. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
ESTABLISHED 1925

No aotice whatever will Dc taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be neld respon-
Sible for the preservation or return
OF rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to Kennebec Journal Company,
Publishers. Augusta Maine.
MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated rress Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication OF
al news dispatches credited to It or
not otherwise credited IN TINS taper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights Of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18
Ioc.c. MORRILL, coMMANpERY

No. 326. Regular meetings second and
fourth Monday of every month at S.OO
o'clock at Golden Cross hall.
ALICE v. PIERPONT, N c.
w. e. CLOUGH. r. K. r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

Winston, the five-year- old son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Florian Yeaton of
Mercer, is worthy Of mention, writes
the Norridgewock correspondent. He
has assisted his father in haying by
leading the horse when the hay fork
was used to pitch the hay from the
rack into the barn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70. 10. r.
Regular meeting Friday evening at
IRVING 3. PACKARD. n. @.
ELLIS E. WALKER. sec'y. =,
JEPHTHA eNcAMPMENT. NO. !
Meetings fourth Tuesdays at P. N.
G. S. PEAsLEE. Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. NJ.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock.
e Soa II pRR AHi S5Hf Clerk.
r. 8. cAPEN REsEKAH LODGE,
No. SO. |. o. o. F., meets "a ana Atn
"e sApiE E. JORDAN N. G.
ELIZABETH JACOBS. Rec. Sec.
mch26. m-w.f.1yr
G. A. r.. THE REGULAR MEETING
Of Seth Williams Post no. H.. hrst
Thursday Of each month
GEO e. GAY. Commander.
WILLIAM McDAVID. Adtutant.
cALANTHE LODGE, NO. 81, X. p
Meeting every Wednesday night at 7.3e
at Castle hall. Water street.
w. 8: HALPIM; G. G..
mon-tu-wed.tf
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. s64. s.P.o.E.
Regular meetings in the Elks Home;
Winthrop street, the second ana
fourth Thursdays Of each month at
o'clock.
J. r. MacNICHOL. z. r.
w. C. THOMAS. Sec.
1n1 .m-w-th,tf
LOMBARD CAMP, 2751 ROYAL
Neighbors Of America. Meetings. sec
ond and fourth Friday evenings OF
each month at G. A. r. hall.
FRANCES r. FAREWELL, Oracle.
LILA n ROBINSON. Rec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

The steel passenger steamship Is
lander, building by the Bath Iron
Works, Ltd. for the New Bedford,
Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket
Steamboat Co, will launch Thursday
afternoon about Ais. This steamer
is 20 feet long, So feet beam and
will maintain a speed of IA knots. 1t
is probable the Islander will be ready
for delivery by the end of the month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

It doesn't hurt US. not DIT.
That welcome that we get.
We know their rating is too high.
Their praise too strong, and yet,
We 20 our way with high resolve
That, as through life we roam,,
Well be a bit more worthy of
The faith Of folks hack home.
e, NJ. Brainerd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

This meeting Is expected to be the
biggest agricultural event in Maine
this year and the public is cordially
invited to attend. Plans are being
made for an attendance of 5000 per-
sons during the day The meeting of
the Pathological society is to be con-
tinued through the next two days and
will be progressive meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-18

done,
However small they be.
Are worthy of a good report.
They welcome you and me
AS though we we'll deserved their trust
We all have won renown
If we can make the world agree
With folks in our home town.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Veteran indian Dead.

The death Of Wapatuk on the Qui-
nault (Wash.) Indian reservation at
the reputed age of one hundred and
seven removes the last survivor Of the
original band which made the famous
treaty with the government in 1850.
Wapatuk died in abject poverty, al
though he owned timber claim worth
many thousands of dollars.
While there is no way of computing
the age of the old Indians who are now
passing, Wapatuk has long been known
as the oldest of the tribe.
Born near the little town of Tahola,
WASH, more than century ago, he
lived to see his fathers wigwam re-
placed by thriving town of modern
homes. Built with large physique,
Wapatuk took up the burden OF war
fare when quite young and was ac-
knowledged one of the best bow-and-
arrow shots in the tribe. With the COM
ing of the white man Wapatuk moved
farther and farther up the Quinault,
hunting and fishing, living the lazy,
indolent life of the fish-eating tribes OF
Puget sound.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
NEW STATE ADDED TO UNION
Interesting Fact, Unknown to Many,
Was Brought Out by Recent Re-
clamation Report.

1t has been found possible to add
state to the Union without increasing
the number Of commemorative. The
answer to this enigmatlcal statement IS
found in the annual report Of the rec
lamation service, declares the Pitts
burgh Gazette-Mmes. In the twenty
years Of its existence 1t has MADE
1,675,000 acres to blossom and. produce,
where up to the time the service was
inaugurated the land grew only sage
brush and was inhabited only by the
jack rabbits, the coyote, the prairie
dog and the rattlesnake. Where there
was desert now there are nearly 32,OOO
farms. The crops produced last year
Oh reclaimed areas were Of value OF
nearly $1O0,O00,000. From an agricul-
tural standpoint a state, measured by
productiveness, has been added equal
to that of West Virginia or the com
bined values Of the crops of Vermont
and Connecticut. 1t Is significant, too,
that sthe value Of the crops grown on
irrigated land averaged $48.25 an acre,
against $14.52 an acre for the ten lead
ing crops on non-irrigated land in the
United States This but recounts the
achievements Of the reclamation serV-
ice and does not include projects un-
der private enterprise.
While it Is true that the enterprises
which have been carried out were the
most feasible, probably, by no means
have the possible projects for reclama-
ton through irrigation been exhausted
Uanauas FISHERIES.
Canada's fisheries are one of her
greatest assets, and large sums are
spent by the Dominion government in
providing against the depletion Of the
supply.
Last year the department Of fish
cries distributed S46 million fish eggs
from her different great fish hatcher
les, among the various lakes and
rivers. OF these 535 million were
whitefsh, 1e5 million pickereI, 100 mil.
Hon salmon,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Uncommon
Sense ;Szz BLAKE
YOUR ADJUSTMENTS

A MUSENIENT is useful and neces'
A sary. Without 1t the world would
not only be dull place but nm lmpos-
sible place.
Games, theaters, novels, everything
that helps you enjoy your leisure, are
just as necessary as the faculties that
help you do your work.
Expensive amusements, however,
are only for the rich. The man who
has his way to make needs amuse-
mcnt, but he cannot afford to con-
tribute to it very heavily.
And unless he can make his amuse-
ment pay for itself he will never get
half as much as he needs.
Fortunately it is very eusy to make
amusement return enough profit so
that it is practically free.
Outdoor amusements, from the cost
ly golf to the inexpensive walking, can
all be made to pay if they return in
health what they cost in money.
All of them will do so if they are in
dulged in wisely.
Many man gets out of golf or ten
mis- a physical condition which could
not be had at any price save that of
money and time spent in exercise.
The man who can enjoy no exercise
but golf had better play golf. If he
plays regularly he will keep his blood
in circulation, digest his food and sup
ply his lungs with the oxygen that his
body needs for it's complicated proc
esses.
If tennis is the only thing he likes,
he had better play tennis than let his
body run to seed for want of care.
He can get as much out of walking
as he can out of golf or tennis. But
most men will not walk and they will
play games. So the games earn their
keep in health and are not an extrava-
gance.
If you read the right kind of novels
and go to the right kind of plays they
will stimulate thought and may pay
for themselves many times over.
Trash between covers or on the
stage does nobody any good, and is
consequently too expensive to indulge
in.
Don't be afraid of spending money
on recreation If it is intelligent recrea-
ton. The money will be returned in
the end. 1t is not an extravaganza, 1t
is merely necessity of life, coated
pleasantly with the sugar of enjoy
ment.
Copyright by John Blake.)