Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-23
AND ALL WORKING FOR MAINE

while there Is need OF
booklets galore telling the inquiring
the data which they wish to know,
need of greater displays Of enthus-
iasm among ourselves. need OF catch
Ing the attention of those looking
for vacation land. now east. now
west, and of fixing it on the State of
sapphire lakes, evergreen forests, In
viting trout pools and bosky haunts
of elusive game, and the most pic
turesque seacoast on the continent
need Of intensely cultivated co-oper-
alton If you please, we are receiving
gratis a lot of the unconscious va
riety of cooperation.
1t is that of those who journey to
Maine-and are delighted.
Their number is really legion;
their enthusiasm is contagious. A
representative Of this paper can
vouch for that from one little in
stance. The scene was Wiscasset
last Saturday. A party from Indiana
were the unconscious boosters. They
were manifesting their pleasure In
enthusiastic comments.
Really there was occasion for 1t.
Whoever saw on beautiful June
day a more captivating or more in
spring scene than was afforded
within the environment Of that
quaint old town and its sparkling
harbor? Whoever mingled with a bet
ter-natured crowd made up not only
Of the citizens of the countryside
but also of representatives from
many States? Whoever found more
obliging National Guardsmen direct
ing traffic or officials more demo-
cratic or jealous in a cause than
those who came to bid Godspeed to
the Macmillan expedition to an I'M
known part of the world, with per-
sonnet made up largely of the sons
of Maine and commanded by one of
them?
These Indiana visitors had found,
time for a fishing trip in the morn
ing. Luck had attended them. They
were .crowding every moment with
enjoyment of the occasion. They
will go back home and boost Maine
to the last word. And those digni-
taries, will they not be boosters, who
attended the banquet at Newagen
Inn the night before, when Governor
Brewster said:
"The flag of the State of Maine
may be planted on this territory
which there is much to indicate may
exist in that great space. 1t will
then remain for the federal govern
ment to decide whether or not it will
recognize and protect our rights"
They will be boosters. every one
Of them; unconscious co-operators,
perhaps, but co-operators. They
know Of the scenic delights, they
have seen somewhat of the sparkle
Of the waters. experienced the tang
of the Maine air. But do they know
of the roads Maine has built into the
big forests and beside the inland
WATERS, nave lucy lcdIllSQ that ilS1 Z
may not only be found pure air In
abundance and pure water as well,
but also pure milk? that of all States
east of the Mississippi River and
north Of Mason and Dixon line
Names cows are freest from tuber-
culous conditions, that Maine is do
ing the most to keep them so? Pro-
sale detail, perhaps, but one of which
the mother of children will be glad
to know. She should know, all over
the land where there are mothers
wishing to bring up their children
under the most favorable of condi-
lions. And here is one instance, for
example, showing where we may
join the conscious to the unconscious
cooperation for the benefit of all of
us. Here is one of innumerable facts
that Maine should tell the world.
How many of us stopped to think