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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11
DON'T PERMIT VlcTiMlZINc
SCHOOL CHILDREN

The efforts Of the Jefferson Memo
rial Foundation deserve support.
Americans with pride In the history
Of their country should appreciate the
eminent merit Of the plan to preserve
Monticello, the home Of Thomas JET
ferson. 1t is fitting that the interest
Of the pupils in our schools should be
aroused respecting 1t. Penny contri-
buttons from these children might
serve to this end, also to the fund.
1t is apparent that some of those
who have agreed to this scheme did
not recognize the wrong principle
underlying the method. DR.. Thomas,
our state superintendent Of schools,
did recognize it. His opposition is
timely. 1t should receive support.
Efforts to go over his head should be
discouraged.
Opportunity is here presented to
draw a hard and fast line. AS DR..
Thomas says: 1T is the school that
is public, not the child" Let us have
done with making our public schools
experiment stations and the pupils
victims. Contributing to national
shrines or to propaganda for truck
manufacturers should not be request
ed nor permitted. The requirements
on the pupils of many Of our schools
we believe are already excessive. We
all know that propagandists Of all
kinds and conditions are seeking to
use the school children as pawns in
their particular purposes. SLAIN the
lid down hard on them. 1t is bad
enough to tolerate the experimental
ton already going on among So
called educators who are faddlsts.
We hope way will be found to
curtail their endeavors. The public
school is worth preserving ana using
as it ought to be used
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11
Let Tho Crow CAV

kennebec Journal
The crow helps ten times where
he binders once. I am sorry Friend
Thayer lost his early peas. Have
raised early peas in most tempting
places and never had a crow touch
one. Robins sometime help them
selves. About his corn, 1 think If
Mr.. Thayer had watched closely he
would have discovered that his
thief had four feet, hair instead of
feathers and very likely stripe
down his back. With chickens,
have had crows come and eat with
my hens and know crows will
chase hawks and grasshoppers. I
guess crows will eat them.- Just
watch one and see. Use crow tar
or pyrox on your seed corn and you
will not be troubled. l never knew
crow to touch bean and have
always raised beans. Think of the
scavenger work the crows do in the
springtime especially on the high
ways. Also the crow is the har-
binger of Spring. Who would know
when to clean house, put away the
heavy clothing, tap the sugar
maple IL Mr.. Crow did not cry:
Come. Come, Spring has come"
When Mr.. Du Pont goes cunning
for crows should he come within my
jurisdiction he would not shoot at
one, and / would not aim high
enough to catch a bird on the wing.
only fight for my friends and
country.
CARRIE L. FRENCH,
Cornville, April A.
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TX LITTLE JACK RABH1r
| ~ David cory

Uncle Lucky spied up in tree a lit
tie white pigeon singing all to her
self.
81 love the quiet shady wood.
The sheltering leaves of green,
The cosy hooks and silver brooks.
The ferns of emerald sheen.
But best of all love my mate.
With breast of purple hue,
With him I'll build pretty nest
And sing the summer through"
why don't you come and live in
my old barn?" asked the old gentle
man rabbit. There's a cute little
pigeon house on the roof. You need
mt pay rent
'That's very kind Of you. Mr..
Lucky Lefthindfoot," said the pig
cons purple breasted mate. Il guess
we'll accept your kind invitation"
and the two little pigeons hoped into
the iuckymobile.
We'll take you right home"
laughed the little rabbit, delighted
to think the two pretty pigeons were
going to live in the old barn.
AS soon as they reached the little
white house where dear Uncle
Lucky lived, they put the Luckymo-
bile away in the garage, and showed
the pigeons their new home. 1t was
very pretty little house. let me tell
you, with a small porch, a nice door
and two little windows.
1t didn't take Mrs. Pigeon long to
make the bed for what do you sup
pose she used for sheets? Why, two
of Little Jack Rabbits linen hand
kerchiefs and for a coverlet, Uncle
Lucky's blue silk polkadot hand
kerchief, which the dear old gentle
man rabbit gave her. And in the
next story maybe I'll tell you some
more about the little pigeon house.
Copyright by David Corey, 1924
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11

nearly trebied ana million employees
be needed to carry on the work.
But II We would 80 Just what they
do It win be neceIsAsy to watch
carefully. When they are absorbed
ii saving this R-e-e-public they do
not intend that the right hand shall
know what the left hand doetn-or
something to that effect.
Meanwhile It would be interesting
to learn what they propose to do
about helping the President secure q
reduction in taxes. He il staying
right on the job and getting snort
hours for sleep.
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New York Mothers
Have H ealthy Children

Auburn.-"Dy. Pierces Favorite
Prescription gave me wonderful help
during motherhood, and would adj
wise its use by all prospective moth
ers. During my first expectancy /
suffered from backaches and became
weak and nervous. I was advised by
a friend to take DIR. Pierce's Favo-
rite Prescription and it completely
built me up in health and strength.
I had no more suffering, but Kept
well and strong the remainder of the
time. had comparatively no SUI
fering and my baby was as healthy
as one could wish for and has
scarcely had a sick day."-Mrs. VIM.
Welter. 20 Osborne st.
Go TO your neighborhood druggist
and obtain DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription in tablets or LIQUID: or
send loo for trial pkg to DIR. Pierce's
Invalids' Home, Buffalo. n. Y. and
write for free advice. ----
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An Enemy of the Crow

1.-The crow black at heart and feath-
err
I am an enemy Of the crow, and
have read with interest the contro-
versy of his majesty. 1 have used
the Irvine, every kind of scare crow,
have gotten up before daylight and
hidden in some unexposed place with
the gun to welcome him when he
and his friends came for their morn
ing meal of sweet corn. But you
can't fool the crow of Kent's Hill
with anything, he knows too much.
Some years I have had to repiant
more than an acre of corn. Some
years have soaked a quantity Of seed
in strychnine and sown over the
field to save it.
They never come back for a Sec
ond meal if they once get any Of this.
But that is very dangerous 10 use.
Last year a friend Of mine advised
me to try some of "Stanley's Crow
Repellant" on my seed before plant
ing, as he had found it a great sue
never found it a success to use, or
to stop the crow from pulling. / am
not interested in this Repellent COM
pany neither am l an agent for its
products. But if 1t works as welt
with every one as it did with us last
year. it will be a God send to the
corn grower.
If can persuade Mr.. Crow to leave
my corn field alone l will forgive
him for all the other harm or dam
age he does to me.
E. G.. PALMER,
Kents Hill, Me.
Thinking Journal readers are by
this time pretty we'll "fed-up" on
crow. publication of crow communi-
cations will be discontinued for the
present,-Ed1
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Well, Old Man Weasel didn't
jump out from behind a tree to
brighten Little Jack Rabbit and I'm
Gle Lucky, and neither did Danny
Fox, as I feared they might in the
last story, and after the two little
rabbits had put the new tires on the
Luckmobile they rode away 70 seek
other adventures. For they were al
ways on the lookout for something
new, and perhaps that's the reason
they were always getting into
trouble, although sometimes people
who stay at home get into pecks of
trouble, so I've heard.
After a while, but not so very long,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11
MADISON

The night crew which has been
operating the spinning department
of the Madison Wooden mill was laid
off Wednesday for an indefinite per-
iod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Flanders re-
turned Wednesday from Boston.
where Mr.. Flanders has been under
hospital treatment for his injured
arm for the past few weeks.
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MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, April II, 1924.
: "Everybody is INTERESTED in what
ivrybody else is doin' that's wrong"
MIR. Dooiey.
HELPFUL IN A GOOD WAY


=, The reception already accorded the
report OF the Dawes committee OF
r experts is encouraging as far as 1t
goes. 1t does not yet go as far as
+. Germany. That country is undergo
ing the politics Of an election, In
, process of which all sorts OF
prs1udices are being famed. Its re-
ception there Is in doubt. The
monarchists are scheming return.
The German people, who Of late
years have not been developing In
thinking for themselves. are being
manipulated. 1t is to be hoped good
sense will prevail. II 1t does some
thing will come Of the Dawes plan.
,,,. This establishes to the satisfaction
OF others that Germany can pay If
she will. 1t presents methods under
which this may be done without
gripping Germany or depriving her
of that control Of her affairs es-
sential to her present being and
Fer future. She will be held re-
sponsible for her own budget. The
plan mortgages German railroads
and industries. The industries alone
must contribute seventy Ave millions
annually. The precautions against
Avasion appear to be we'll taken.
sa.If a settlement Of the reparations
problem may be so brought about
there should be rejoicing throughout
Tho civilized world. This problem
has hindered return to a peace basis
in some Of the countries, has sadly
interfered with development and has
been q source Of general unrest. A
way Of settlement has been deter
mined. The amount of reparations
was not the committees business
but 1t has decided on the amount
which Germany can pay over a five
year period, the sources from which
It may be obtained.
The opinion rendered by these ex-
psrts impresses the allies as fair and
humane. Germany Is quibbling. but
the facts are there; by them Ger
many will be tested. She cannot
expect longer to bamboozle other ma
lions whatever she may do with
herself.
" It 10 gratifying that American in
nuence, business acumen and good
sense. have been SO productive In
bringing about the result. This has
been done In accordance with the
plan suggested by Secretary Hughes,
but apart from government or
political control. 1t Is business
,proposition, and should under the
conditions be more helpful than
would have been possible in any
other way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11
WALDOBORO

NORTH-Mrs. Victor Burnheimer
and Mrs. w. r. Walter drove to
Winslows Mills Sunday and called
on Mrs Herbert Whitman, who is Ill.
W. II. Walter and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Calderwood and Miss Mar
jorie Burgess were at d. Q. Stahrs
Sunday.
Miss Gladys Burgess of East Bos-
ton is guest OF her sister. Mrs.
Mrs. Olive Shuman.
Miss kathleen Barton of the viii
lage is boarding at the home of A.
J. Walter and attending school
here.
A special meeting Of the Ladies'
division of the Farm Bureau was
held April 3 at Grange Hall for the
purpose OF making dresses. Fifteen
were present and four forms were
made. Dinner was served at the US
ual hour.
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Destroy Insect Pest BY AirpIane

Manila, March 6 "a. p. by MaiD-
A unique plan for the determination
of locusts, which have made inroads
on sugar cane fields in several parts
of the Philippines. has been COM
pleted by the plant pest control di-
vision of the bureau of agriculture.
An airplane is to be used in scat
tering poison dust on the locusts in
the breeding stages in the hills and
tall grass. where men on foot find
difficulty in penetrating. A hopper
filled with the poison dust has been
attached to the plane and the dust
spreader. which is connected with
the engine, can be controlled by
lever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11
Gained 10 Pounds
In % DAYS

That's going some--but skinny men.
pustinf a on kooa hean as' ssss when
they take McCoy's Liver OIL Tablets.
As chock-full Of vitamines as the
nasty, fshy-tasting cod liver oil itself.
but these sugar-coated, tasteless tab
lets are as easy to take ~ candy. ana
won't upset the stomach.
One woman gained ten pounds In
twenty-five days. sixty tablets sixty
cents. Ask John Coughlin's or Sex
toms Drug Store or any druggist for
McCoy's Cod Liver OF Tablets.
Get McCoy's, the original and gen
uine Cod Liver oil Tablets.-Adv.
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TIME TO HELP THE PRESIDENT

D" The distinguished Senate chamber
may once more echo the words OF
Hiram johnson. 1t has missed him.
Careful, estimate shows that he has
been spending at least two thirds or
his waking hours in campaigning for
+. himself, and all Of his sleeping hours
judging from his authenticated
dreams.
For one whose soul palpitates only
for the people he has shameiessiy
dfsregarded their claim on those
rlpitations. While he has been los
ing Johnsonian strongholds through
out the mid West there have been
= 1c.oo0 bills and resolves introduced
in Congress, calling for an expendi-
ture of three billion. three hundred
snd thirty-nine million dollars. Has
Johnson been the Johnny on the
spot with his thumb in the hole IN
.sthe dixie? Not so anyone has noticed
IT, Perhaps he thought this a tame
aud far from spectacular perform
ance; besides the johnson thumb
wouldn't plug the leak by several
million cubic feet. But he might
have helped.
There are several of these ",sp-
lifters," saviours of the dear Peepul
who might help were they not preoc-
cupied with voice culture or some
thing OF the sort. There's LaFollette
s.spouting copiously to an empty Sen
4~-ote chamber, rounding out sonorous
sentences to be read in the Con-
L, rressional Record. There's Helm,
aCaraway, well. a lot of them. who
would not more think of stopping
any OF that three billion and half
expenditure if any par; of II were
coming their way than they would
benevolent relative bent on making
his will in their favor. They Will
have q lot to say about economy
but when it comes to voting for It.
why, they probably will~wish to give
the matter consideration.
One might suppose they would md
1t embarrassing to have the President
!, insisting on reduction of the tax and
voting against him. They are not
susceptible to embarrassment, now
ever: they are susceptible to the
home clamor for bacon. They
'cshould not overlook the possibility
that bacon 30 distributed may take
ON the characteristics of the funeral
/, baked meats and they not be includ-
ed at the feast.
. II will be interesting to watch them
perform with the situation which
now confronts them. to see what
y they win do about this three and .
half billion dollars over and beyond
al ~. -...... 4,.-,..s .~x....&,.. ~
tho government, and under which ex-
..slnAA-a;AaaAA~ iAasA ~c1.fs.as would he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11

11diIl0,
April 9, 1924.
Dear Editor kennebec Journal
l have been interested in the
letters printed by you on the sub
1ect of crows both for and against
them. l would like to know how
deep and what variety Of peas Mr..
Haynes plants which were planted
March % and broke ground April
4th. why it is the best thing that
can happen to them is to freeze.
Another thing Mr.. Haynes said.
crows average weight is eighteen
ounces and broiler chicken weighs
"a to 80 o.. physical impossibility
Ior the crow to carry the chick" 1t
Is not necessary that he take broiI-
ers. he takes small ones more for
mischief than for food. I would be
pleased to Know if Mr.. Haynes does
not consider 1t a damage to the
farmer when the crow pulls up corn
only TO see If it is tarred when it is
about two inches high.
Why does the crow pull up beans
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SECRET OF HAPPINESS

The greatest menace on earth to
happiness is the i'll health with which
so many women are afflicted. The
young woman is subject to pain and
irregularities. the mother to the tor
lures of displacements with conse-
quent pains, aches and nervousness.
conditions caused by this
critical age. The one remedy to con-
troll these conditions and restore the
system to q normal healthy cenii-
ton is Lydia E Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, which for fifty
years has been restoring sick and
ailing women to health and happi-
ness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11

the fault of the men. The state
does not issue shoes to the members
of the unit, who drill in their civilian
shoes. During the camp period, the
state issues shoes which the men
pay for themselves. Several states
in the union fail to provide footwear
for the men during the year. The
detachment spends Is days at the
summer camp each year, where the
men receive advance instruction in
their duties. The members arc
mostly young men between the ages
of is and 80 years, and they take
great interest in their drills.
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Dispiriting

(Whiting in Boston Herald)
AS things are now conducted in
Congress, there is a dispiriting waste
of time and strength. We know of
few sadder sights than to see Mr.. La
Toilette kicking chairs to right and
left, crouching with anticipatory de-
nunciation behind whatever desk is
nearest, running fingers spread fan
wise through his gray but glorious
pompadour. hurting polysyllabic cas-
LEGATIONS through Senate chamber
which, alas, is, but for him, as barren
Of humanity as one of the more Sc
cluded portions of the Sahara des-
ert. SO much eloqucnce. so much
gesture, so much excitement, and so
little audience! Nor do We ever fat
to be depressed when the mountain
Gus advocate of democracy, with a
capital d., J. Thomas Helm of Ala
bama. looms into view behind his
everlasting barricade of mysterious
books and papers. and hurls defiance
at the empty air 1t is a meian-
choly thought that there are so many
to speak and SO few to listen.
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in spaces of about six feet for rows
and rows? Does he do 1t for mis-
chief or only to see if the roots are
tarred like some corn. I'm for
shooting the crows because | think
they are NOT the FARMERS
FRIEND but the FARMERS
FIEND."
Yours truly. an enemy of the crow
BIRLEM b. BAILEY.
r. +. d. II, Box SO, Gardiner, Maine.
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dare stop and look back until they
reach Cathance.
You said you had fine crops for
20 years and still you think the
crows took everything, How do you
get that ways
Yours Truly,
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the wife Of Leopold Woelfling. an
Archduke Of Austria. who became
variety performer after royalty
crashed in that country.
Marie Ritter was the weman's
maiden name. She was the daughter
Of peasant and was serving as q
maid in Berlin when Woelfling mar
ried her in 1907. after divorcing his
first wife. The second marriage soon
terminated. The abandoned wife was
left penniless and was buried by
friends who had known her before
her marriage.
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.JV19 !!
MAXSONl oxlklIL JLDEk
FRANK VERSES
BY Newman Levy
tn tha Eoifer


BY Newman Levy
To tho Golfer
You strut about in Knockers short,
Your clothes are cut in latest fashion,
Your golfing manners are the sort
That, put your eliminates in a passion.
You take a graceful, easy swing,
Your stance is proper-you admit it,
You fan the air like anything:
AS for the ball--you never hit 1t.
You never let your. friends play
through,
You plough the turf on fairway
grassy,
And so, dear friend, pray that you
Will slip today and break your
brassie.
To the BootIesser
For unadulterated gall,
You are undoubtedly tho winner,
You sell us methyl alcohol
To serve in cocktails with our dinner.
Your cars and diamonds make you
think
That we hard working folks are jeal-
Gus.
only hope you have to drink
The stuff you have the nerve to sell
u.s.
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Wife ~ Archduke Dies Pennies
Schreiberhau, Germany. March 20
"a. p. by mail)-Death recently
brought peace to q woman In the
Schrciberhau hospital who was oncs
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The Governor Magnanimous

In the recent contest before the
State committee for temporary chair
manship of the State convention at
Portland; while Gov. Baxter was not
a personal active candidate, his
friends put him forward and he
would have considered it an honor.
Mr.. Barnes was named by a close
vote.
Such an appointment as this raises
enthusiasm for the magnanimity and
1t indicates that he has looked over
the field and without any personal
concern, has selected the man whom
he believes will best serve the dig
nifty and the learning of the. court.
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1t might be we'll to conclude our
Investigations into our own affairs
before calling a World Conference to
adjust the Worlds affairs.
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A Step in the Right Direction
Lois: Il can't understand why you
stayed outside so long with such a
wonderful dancer as Charlie"
Irene: But he showed me some
new steps, and we sat on Them
Dorothy Leigh
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Besides. Hiram Johnson is too busy
with his own affairs to attend a
World Conference
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Room and Bored

Hoom and Bored
Boob q A. NJ: THE ether night
L heard a story that gave me such a
start.
Girl very bored): Il wish l knew
it."
Bea trice Fried
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1t's All in fho Ean,e

It's All in the Game
1t was her first ball game, and,
with a deadly pallor creeping into his
face and dark rings beneath his
eyes. he nerved himself for her next
question. "Why do they call that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-11

A woman of forty can forgive a
young girl almost anything but the
offer of seat in the street car.
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Editorial Comment
Get the Sack Ultimately
(Boston Herald)

Senator Wheeler must wonder
whether he is holding the audience,
the villains or the sack.
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THAT OLD COLLEGE SPIRIT
A Step in the Rjuht Direction

A widow and her insurance money
are soon married.
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No notice whatever will be taken Of
81 unsigned communications.
1.-The Journal cannot be held respon-
.sible for the preservation or return
eve sof rejected communications.
/ Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to Kennebec Journal Company,
Publishers, Augusta, Maine.
!.
MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
= The Associated Press IL exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to It
or not otherwise credited in this pa
- Per and also the local news published
herein.
; . .All rights Of republication Of spec
TAI dispatches herein are also re-
served.
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How to Become a Millionaire at the
Ace of Thirty

BY Harry A. Earnshaw
Be honest. Be punctual. Be indus
trious. Be loyal. Be thorough. Rise
early. Don't drink. Keep your boots
polished. Save your money.
When you arrive at the age of
thirty marry a woman who has a
million dollars.