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Gifts for Him

ARM BANDS-And carriers, 2Jc 10 'ue.
Individual boxes Tasker'S, Gardiner.
misunderstanding cards. with
name neatly printed. kennebec
Journal Print Shop.
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THINGS you have always wanted
are offered TO you in tCday's classified
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AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles for Sale

USED CARS-We are going to reduce
our used car stock at once; If you
want good used automobile at a
bargain, with % to choose from, call
at the Wesserunsett Garage Co. 40
Powhattan ST.. directly opposite the
Augusta House
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SHIRTS-Fno line from csc to Si.95.
Tho latest ties priced from 45c to
sl.30. Capitol Clothing Co. Augusta
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ONE DEFINITION of an adVertis-
ing expert is a man who reads the
y Il
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NECkTIES--Silll silk and wool and
knitted. 45c to $3.50. Taskcr'S Car
linCr
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SHlRTS-CottOn. silk and silk stripe
collars attached on nec!lband. Tas-
kers Gardiner.
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ted Sta ,ta OF the silk used in the "a
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 6 weeks Old, s..
l.. u. Kyle. No. NaSsalhoIn.
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Brokers in !

tARMS-And city 81
Ella NJ. Mcintosh q
5oa.
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TELL your troubles to a policeman
and ii he ts siumped call upon our
ad-taksr.
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RADIO OUTFIT-Atwater Kent, type
7. ~, in good condition. nearly new.
II. l.. Briggs. r. 80 Winthrop.
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NATIONAL CASH-Register Co. SIS
up; terms If desired. Room IS Au-
gusta Trust Bldg
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MCFFL' brushed wool and silk,
$3.50 to 400. Tasker's, Gardiner.
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OK abssst ieo,eatlng tiger viii kin e.
to 10 Hi very very five days or froufs g
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SLfPPERS--For men and BOYS: all
styles in felt and leather: all prices.
81 NORM system. NuguSta.
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CLASSIFIED ADS will solve the
difficulty.
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Specials at the Stores "a

CHRISTMAS GIFTS-Be sure and
look over the large stock We have to
cffcr J. II. Co3an Co. 49, Water
st. Augusta,
LADIES COATING-$2 I'd. Mems
shifting 75c I'd. Free samples. Cor
d0u'S Dexter No.
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READERS of classified ads are
gamers.
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PIANOS-10, fine ones. and players
ut $50 discount this week. InStru-
mentS exchanged. Terms. Forest
Smith. the Piano Tuner 201 Water
ST.. Augusta. Tel. l099-N.
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WATCH-A nice ono. chain. or emblem,
charm for him. Sec our line. +. E.
Hilton. Augusta.
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Roy Brown and daughter, Gwendo-
lyn, Mr.. and Mrs. +. +. York ana
son, Marsters York, and Mrs. Nettie
Brown and Frances Edwards.
Mrs. Grover Hodges and daugh-
tiers, Hilda and Marjorie of Lancas-
ter, n. H., are visiting relatives in
town.
Miss Marjorie Rowell has return
ed from a visit with Mrs. George
Wilson in Augusta.
Frederick Pottle of Pennington is
the guest of his mother on High
street.
Frank Mcdonald of the Univer-
sity of Maine, is passing the vaca-
ton with his mother, Mrs. Arthur
Mcintyre.
Albert Seamans of Canton is visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Everad French.
Mrs. Annie Wood
Mrs. Annie Wood. wife of Cyrus
Wood passed away Saturday morn
ing at her home on Royal street, at
the age Of rs years. Funeral SER
vices will be held this afternoon at
two o'clock.
Mrs. Arlington Trethewcy and
daughter Jacqueline of Livermore
Falls are guests of Mrs. TrethewGy's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pen
ney.
Ronald McIlroy is passing the
week end in Boston.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Dow Ind family
of Madison were week end guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dow on High
street.
Christmas Service at Congo Church
Christmas Sunday was httingly OBJ
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COMPLETE CLASSIFIED Ads CIV.
complete satisfaction to readers and to
'INCrtiSCrS.
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Musical instruments

PIANOS-ReaI bargains in regular
and player pianos. New ana used.
c. a. Drawn Piano Co., : Depot
Square, Gardiner.
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"Christmas Gift Suggestions
LIVE STOCK
Horses. Cattle, Vehicles

DRIVING HORSE--I0 years old, |
weighs 1920. sound and clever M. H. |,
Smell. kents Hill. Tel. Readfield 1874. !,
DRIVING HORSE-To Let for his keep !
until June, preferably to someone in |
or near Augusta. Must promise !
good care. Mrs. w. G. Hawkins, II |
Western Ave, Augusta.
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Business md Office Equ,p1

ADDING AND 1ISTlNti-- Machines
for sale, rent. trial. Terms If de-
sired p. .. Box II. HalloweIl.
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PROFITABLE E1'SI Nt;SSES are Of
'"rcd for sale today in Classification
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TREES-Deliverod. Price
reasonable. a. G. Mclaughlin. Tel.
16l-3
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YOUR CLASSIFIED Adj should tell
III The particulars about what YOU
want or what YOU have to offer
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househoio Goods
Machinery and Tools

5UZI pLANiI--As good as new. Also
band saw and steel saw bench: Is
h, y. motor. Apply TO Gardiner Nash
Co. Randolph.
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acknowledgement lot imported
colcred cotton. each guaranteed. an
with fancy handles, $3.50 each, al
u. w. Adams Co.. Augusta.
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FARMS-And city w
scrlptiOns. Z. II. B46E
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vests. suede sport
coats. s. TO $3.50. Tasker's. Gardiner.
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CHRISTMAS TREES-And bousAs for
banking. +. w. Damren. Tel iGl-4l.
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IA RMS-And city ptea|
everything in insuFaa.
Naughtpn. o77 Waters q
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ONEN-One yoke, Oft. 10in. good work
oxen. Herefords preferred. Sidney
Hunes. Stickney Cor. Tel G-5.
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Christmas Service at Congo Church
Christmas Sunday was fttingly OBJ
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Poultry and Supplies
Wanted--live STOCK

r. J.. REDS-Pullcts. Ready to lay.
G. l.. Clarke Tel. slim Gardiner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14
THE RIGHT SPIRIT ON CANAL ROUTE

Interest being taken by the people of Old Bridge and Spots
wood in the ship canal across the state shows that the people u
that section are awake to the possibilities OF the waterway II 8"
gratifying to see the way the large property owners are responding
- Governor's Silzer's request that the title to the land required Tor
tho RIGHT of wav be given to the state without cost. Whatever
The land thus given away is worth, the owners may rest assured
the money will be more than made up by the increase IN n value
Of tbe rest of the land when the waterway Is built
Tn the case of the small property holder, however, we DO not
believe there is any intention of asking him to give up all is lano
without compensation. The large realty holder will get his com
Dersation in the way of increased value of the rest OF his prop
artv Bnt if there should be no land left for the man himself after
tho state has taken what it needs for the canal, tt S nlyreasonaple
to expect that he be paid for the property thus taken we tnmk
this was Governor Silzers idea.
The right spirit on the part of the people OF Old Bridge ana
snoswood. as we'll as all the others living along the line OF the
nronosed canal will 90 a great ways towards making the waterway
an accomplished fact. Once it is built that whole section OF New
Jersey that is not strictly agricultural, will be transformed into a
great industrial center.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14
OVER AND OVER

You know what a form letter is-the kind sent to thou
sands of people, all the letters identicany alike except that
the names Of the recipients are carefully filed in to make
each letter seem personal.
The form letter is claimed by modern advertisers as one
of their inventions. But form letters were used by the He
brews as far back as 500 years ago. Samples of these ancient
missives are discovered among the rare manuscripts Of the
Elkan Nathan Adler library. 81
''There is nothing new under the SUM-"
One of the fifteenth century form letters was designed to
be sent by fathers to sons who were neglecting their work at
college. Quotation: 81 heard a report today that made me
trembIe and my ears Jingle; a report that you have r~einquished
your studies for the pursuit of pleasure and the fonies of the
world. - And so on.
Another oldtime letter was for dunning deadbeats. 1T
apparently was the familiar No. IT of a series: II have your
letter and have read your words, but they have passed into
my ears as liquid that is poured into a funnel, entering at one
end and leaving at the other. Your excuses do not please me.
Do not suppose that You will succeed in concealing your de-
signs And so on.
The Alder collection of 50O-year-old form letters is al
most startling in the way it discloses that ancient people had
much the same problems as we have today-deadbeats, way
ward sons, etc. The collection gives forms of use in con-.
graduating, borrowing money, proposing marriage, renewing
old friendships-in short, practically everything covered by a
Model Letter Writer book such as was in common use a gen
GRAFTON ago.
Life is an endless theatrical performance. The actors and
the stage setting change, but the plot repeats itself through
eternity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14
SMILES
BY TOM SIMS

Things are so quiet in Mexico you
can hear an oil price drop.
Firpo-Dempsey fight drew almost
as big a crowd as a couple of fight
ing umpires would draw.
Italy, shaped like a boot, has
Greece under her heel. No, Italy
does not raise b~ootleggers.
The rumor that the Firpo-Dempsey
winner will fight the Greek Italian
winner is merely a rumor
Struck oil on a California floor
waxer's land, so we'll just say maybe
he waxed enthusiastic.
Plague of butterflies hit New York
That town always had its share of
the social variety.
We have a new Director of the
Mint now. But what we need is a
new Director of the Julep.
Man and his wife robbed a house
in st. Louis, she probably going
along to pick UP his things.
Senator Smoot wants new luxury
taxes. And they have been telling
us taxes were a necessity.
Prize fighting is healthy. Think
of the exercise the fighters get
counting their money.
Things are so quiet in Greece you
can hear a bomb drop.
State bonuses paid soldiers are ex-
empt from income tax. We couldn't
learn about federal bonuses.
Anything can happen now. A
movie star got a divorce and kept il
from the public a year.
!, Summer. it seems. dies from a
long fall.
Well, COWS got drunk in Louisville,
Ky. Did they give buttermilk? We
are writing to find out.
indianapolis, Ind. monkeys got
drunk on ch~loroform. OF course they
cut some monkey shines.
Nashville. Tenn, sheriff runs his
car on bootleg. We know a mar who
runs a house on it.
Perhaps radio sounds like II
does. sound because the music passes
through liquor airplanes.
They caught a famous Oklahoma
bandit in Missouri, possibly because
he couldn't show them.
What could be worse than a Greek
Italian war? Both of the languages
sound like cussing.
Soon as the Firpo-Dempsey win.
ner gets rested a little we want hin
to meet a coal dealer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14
Hj6
EXhftl@
WOKd
BY AIITON
NEA Service writer

LONDON.-Since August - Lon
don society has been in Scotland
hunting grouse, which costs a pretty
penny. In fact, grouse shooting is
the most expensive sport in Great
Britain.
The charge is one guinea for each
brace of LIVE grouse. It's up to
you to make dead grouse of them, II
you and your guests can.
Thus, If a moor is estimated to
contain 1000 brace Of grouse, the
rental is 1000 guineas, or something
over $4,000 for a few weeks hunting.
OF course a house and keepers
are thrown in, but by the time the
food is paid for and the ineidentals
settled up, the best part of Sl0,DOo
has been consumed.
Then the flood starts. Every hum
ter remembers his more unfortunate
brethren in town. The express cars
from Scotland are filled with grouse.
And the hotels and restaurants
offer you grouse-YeryA high both in
smell and price-until you are SICK
of the very name.
49,
Here is a Coolidge yarn by way
of Paris: When the president
was governor of Massachusetts, a
Boston reporter got the promise OF
an interview. He was told to bring
his questions in writing. He did So
% of them. Coolidge o him to
come the next day.
At the appointed hour Coolidge
came into his Office and said:
sYour 22 questions really boil
down to three. To the first two the
answer is Yes To the last, the an
SBut. won't you say
more than that?" exclaimed the
newspaper man aghast.
whats the use? You've got
enough for 5000 words. Why should
L say them?"
A quaint story m from LIN
coin. zeal of the famous cathedfai'
The electric light plant of h place
was oyerrun with mice. They in
d the transformers, twisted up
the wires, even gnawed the rubber
Insulation off the machinery. one
night they managed to plunge the
town into darkness.
A cat with a good housing RECORD
was obtained. She was successlui
until one night in hunting a particu-
larly agile rodent, the cat CANT eooo
contact with a live wire, got ooVV
volts and gave up the ghost. AS a
tribute to the faithful beast h plant
manager had all the lights In the
! town put out for Is seconds
II may be a canard. Maybe not.
But they claim that recently ths
steward of a British ship ~tantallzed
a. bunch of very wet, or rathel
would-be-wet, American passengers
| hv this cruel parody on a wen-knoWl
American song: -
"Oh, yes, we have no Martins
We have no Martins today;
No whiskey, no sherry,
No Manhattan with cherry.
But all kinds of soft drinks. And
say, 1omon
s%quashes, .n,osbes
But. yes, we have no Martins
W. have no Martins today"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14
WHAT TO DO WITH ALASKA
IS BEING QUESTIONED

various laws affecting it were
patched up in a temporary manner.
A veritable crazy quilt of admins
trative responsibility resulted and
not until the Harding administration
was an effort made to straighten out
the tangle. The fact that three
cabinet members accompanied the
President on his trip and the fact
that Mr.. Coolidge has pledged him
self to carry out as many of the
Harding policies as possible give
reason to believe that the Alaskan
problem will be solved is the result
Of Mr.. Harding's trip and that the
work that proved fatal to his health
will not go for naught.
The Department of Commerce has
charge of the lighthouses, the en-
forcement of the navigation laws
the very important fisherieS-salmon
and seal, the coast and geodetic
survey and some other minor Fed
eral matters.
The Department of the Interior
has charge of the public lands in
Alaska and ~enforces the oil lands
leasing law. The Alaskan railway
was built by the Interior Depart
ment and it administers that func
function while the Geological Sur
vey of the Department IS directly
concerned with the Matanuska coal
fields, the gold mines, the vast cop
per deposits and other mineral mat
ters.
The Department of Agriculture is
primarily interested through the
Forest Service and the Biological
Survey. One of the queer anomalies
of the tangle is that the Bureau OF
Education-for no good reason al
all-has charge of the government
herds of reindeer in Alaska.
1t was to straighten out this le-
gal tangle that Mr.. Harding went to
Alaska. 1t was a serious problem
because the overlapping response
bility and the conflict of authority
particularly between the Interior
and Agriculture Departments, con-
stantly threaten uncomfortable ri
valries within the official family Of
the President. One secretary !:
likely to feel that another is taking
too much Alaskan authority through
the bureaus of his department which
touch the territorial affairs. 1t has
been reported on several occasions
that cabinet designations were
threatened because of conflict.
The famoush Ballinger-Pincho
controversy which rocked the gov
ernment in the Roosevelt admins
tration was partially an ioutgrowtt
of poor governmental organization
in Alaska. Clifford Pinchot was heat
Of the Forest Service of the Depart,
ment of Agriculture and Richard
Ballinger was secretary of the Int
rior. To solve the Alaskan problem
NAV be a guarantee against sucf
controversies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. What is the Incherra" a
place where the Duke OF Connaught
stayed when visiting Winnipeg?-N.
NJ. G..
A. The Ineherra is the name of
the residenc OF the Hon. Robert
Rogers whom the Duke of Con-
naught visited during his stay in
Winnipeg, in 1912.
@. Does the Federal Government
operate many food markets?-I. M.
N.
A. AS head of the Department of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Agri-
culture has charge of Center Mar
ket, Washington, d. G.. This is the
only market owned by the Federal
Government.
@. In what style of costume did
Washington appear at his Inaugural
ton PA. H. d.
A. At the first Inauguration
Washington wore a suit of brown
mixture. The material was manu-
featured in this country. He wore
a full suit of black velvet upon the
second occasion.
Q. How fast does ivy grow?-J.
n. Y.
A. The Boston and Japanese Ivy
grows vigorously and soon covers
large spaces A single plant has
covered a stone wal over $50 feet
long and 20 feet high in - years.
The plant usually grows about six
feet high the first year.
@. Some time previous to the
World War a Syrian with his family
removed from this city to his land
of nativity: the children were born
In this country; they are now de-
sirous of returning. / will be glad
If you will advise me what steps are
necessary in order to permit them
to return.-B. L. Med.
A. The children of the Syrian are
citizens of the United States as they
were born in this country. The moth
er and father, however, would have
to come as immigrants upon return
ing to the United States, meeting
with all the immigration require
ments.
@. What per cent of American
made products are exported ?-J. S.
3.
A. The Department of Commerce
says that between eight and ten per
cent of our manufactured products
are exported.
q. What is the extent OF the
Everglades, and the nature of the
soil PA. e. d.
A. The Everglades, generally
speaking, lie south of Lake Okeecho-
bee, Florida, and have a width of
about As miles and a length of near
ly 100 miles, with an area of 2,862,-
900 acres. About eight-ninths of
this is land. The soil consists chief
ly of muck or peat.
Q. How is the birthplace of Abra-
ham Lincoln maintained PIX. L. G.
A. The Lincoln Farm Association,
in 1916, in connection with the deed
of gift covering the homestead of
Abraham Lincoln and the log cabin
in which he "a born, transferred to
the United States the title to an en-
dowment fund of $4,000 invested in
lcertain stocks, bonds and securities
held and owned by the Association.
The fund has been converted into
bonds to the amount Of $4,000 on
which there Is an annual income of
about $1,700. This income is used
for the preservation of the birth
place of Lincoln.
Q. What pictures are considered
twelve masterpieces of the world?-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14
THE REFEREE
Fight
(By Albert Applel

Fight
A Cherokee Indian, single-handed,
goes on the war path and delivers
!. sound beating to six Chinese in
a. New York chop suey restaurant.
Somehow this fires the imagination
of even a paciist. No matter how
much we believe in peace, none OIL
us is rid of the instinct that makes
the heart beat fast at a fight against
odds.
That instinct, inherited from saw
| agery, is one reason we still have
wars. AS for the Indians exploit,
the thrill subsidies like a punctured
tire when we learn that the battle
was about how much he should pay
! for his order of spaghetti, and ms
| Weapon was a catsup bottle
| There's no in n night
after you investigate.
Profitable
The Panama Canal is now paying
3. profit of over three per cent on the
Investment, according to Colonel
| Morrow, governor of the Canal Zone.
This is exceptionally pleasing to
taxpayers, especially when they re-
| call that the real purpose of the
| canal is one of naval strategy, prac-
| ticaIly doubling the effectiveness OF
our fleet.
Predicted
An airplane of aluminium but
weighing 112 tons when loaded will
be built in Germany for service be-
tween Hamburg and New York. 1t
will carry 60 passengers n a crew
| Of 20 men, also much mall. Therell
be a dining-room, grill, writing
room, s~tate-room, Kitchen and crews
| quarters.
1t sounds like Jules Verne, and it
gives us rather a startling glimpse
of life as it will be lived in the fu-
ture.
Roads
In twenty-one leading states 2S8
million dollars will be spent this
year for good roads. Figures COM
piled by Uncle Sam.
This is one item that will be saved
when airplanes come into general
use and traffic shifts from the paved
highway to the air. Speed the day.
Exceptional
After living twenty-four years with
a bullet imbedded in his brain a vet
eran of the Spanish-Americ'n War
dies in New York. The bullet pierced
his skull in the Philippines campaign
and lodged where surgeons were
afraid to remove it. The victim
seemed none the worse. He worked
regularly and was active in social
and civic affairs.
The bullet, of course, was the
hing he feared most. Yet he died
Of acute indigestion. Usually the
things we fear most are not the
mes that inflict the greatest harm.
Ironical
A lecturer from Scotland, DR.. w
w. Martin, past ninety years old, de-
livered a speech on chow to keeT
Young" Next morning he was found
dead. victim of %apoplexy, in his hote
room at Enid, Okla. Rather ironical
this situation. But. at that, his age
is surprising. Authorities on this
fountain of youth rarely reach nine
ty. Beating old age is a fine thing
to talk about, but Father Time Il
deaf.