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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-17
INExCUsABLE DELAY

After 20 years the United States
Senate has done that which it
should have done 20 years ago. Can
it be proud Of that record? Any
how it IL safe to assume it would
not have been slow to criticlse 1t in
others.
President Zayas Of Cuba says that
he 10 not surprised "as I am fully
aware Of the spirit Of justice Of the
American people. One is reminded
OF what a long time has been re-
quired to give expression to that
spirit Of Justice, and Of the serious
misapprehensions that must have
existed all that while in the minds
OF Latin America.
It has been the custom to speak Of
the Latin Americans as thinking in
terms Of manana, tomorrow, an ex-
preston Of racial procrastination.
Perhaps to them the delay may not
appear as grave a fault as to North
Americans. To US it is more like
the decade after the next. Mean
while a lot Of mischief undoubtedly
has been done by reason Of the
suspicion respecting our good faith.
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The Timber Cut in Maine


The statement of a. Il. GrauStcin,
the newly elected president of the
international Paper COMPANY, to the
effect that a large part of the Amer
lean newspaper print industry may
be transferred to Canada may be
true of his own company but as TO
other concerns engaged in the pro-
duction Of ncwsprint it is not sup
ported by existing conditions. rms
is especially true of Maine. The
truth is that Maine timberlandS are
not being deuuded to the extent tnat
is so frequently claimed.
Contrary to the common under
standing the forests of Maine are
producing annually an amount equal
to the cut and lave been doing so
for 800 wears. Twenty years ago,
Mr.. Beutelle. then a member of Con :
cress, made the prediction that IN
20 wears there would not he enough
spruce in the forests of Maine to re
place this pl&tform on which | am
standing" The 20-vear period has
elapsed and today Maine is cutting
more spruce than any other section
of the country and % per cent of all
the pulpwood cut in the United
States.
It is stated by the most careful in
vestigators that this State is grow :
ing at least 1.350,000 cords of spruce
and fir each year and the present
available and merchandise stand IS
placed at 80 million cords. The an
nual growth cut as above estlmat-
ed is slightly more than the an :
nual cut at the present time which
does not Indicate that Maine is to
lose its paper mills.
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- by David Cory

Now let us put our heads together.
YOU and I, little readers, and try to
remember where we lett off in the
last story. You all must know by
this time that your Uncle Dave Is
doing his best to tell YOU of the
habits OF the birds that arrive early
in the spring. Yes, that's what I'm
striving to do with the help of dear
Uncle Lucky wise old Professor
Grow and our Little Jack Rabbit.
So, here we go. my typewriter and /,
to tell YOU what happened after l
wrote Yesterdays story.
Well as Uncle Lucky and his
small bunny nephew hoped along,
row hearing tho Bluebird's happy
song. or Bobbie Redvest from tree
pour forth a flood of melody, Dear
est me- There goes my typewriter
into poetry. just like Bill Shakespear
OF Robart Louis Stevenson. Won
derful machine | have, with a purple
ribbon on it and a little iron bonneto
these two little Dummies came to a
swampy thicllCt. with tangled vines
and bushes growing all along the Old
Stone Fence that divided the Sunny
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UNITY

The boys of the Unity High School
defeated the boys of the Brooks High
at the Odd Fellows hall, Friday
evening.
The High School gave a dance at
the |. 0. o. +. hall Tuesday evening.
Toziers orchestra of Albion fur
nished the music.-The Arts and
Crafts Club was very pleasantly en-
tertained Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. Charles Barney.-Mrs. Luke
Pelletier entertained the Pollyanna
Club. Thursday afternoon.-E. &.
Hunt was a business visitor in
Waterville, Monday.-Mrs. {. D..
Conner was a business visitor in
Belfast, Monday.-Mrs. L. H. Rey-
nolds of Belfast has been the guest
of her parents MIR. and Mrs. $.
Webster, few days the past week.
u. s. Donahue of Belfast was in
town dnesday.-Linwood Graf
fam, who is attending school in
Pittsfield. was at home over the week
end.-Mrs. G.. L. Grant and Mrs. H.
NJ. Brown were in Waterville. Sat
urday.-J. A. Adams, who has been
in Florida the past winter, arrived
home Friday.-Mrs. L. T. Gregoire
was in Pittsfield. Friday-Mrs.
Norman Webster of Mattawamkeag
was ShiiiiiS VII ~ CHuS Ill tOWU llS
past week.-NIr. and Mrs. George
Dobson were in Waterville Wednes-
day.-Mrs. Il. d. Packard and Mrs.
Walter Head We're in Bangor few
days the past week.-F. II. White
house was a business visitor in
Waterville Monday.-A. NJ. Brown
and family were in Brooks last
Wednesday to attend the funeral of
Mr.. Browns father. Fred Fl. Brown,
Jr.-kenneth Tozier. who has en-
ployment in Oakland was at home
over Sunday.-Mrs. Fred Ham was
in Brooks over the week end.--Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Gerald We're BUSH
ness visitors in Belfast, Tuesday,
+. w. Doyle of Sullivan was in town
the past week in the interest of the
Portland Rendering Company.-Mrs
S. c. Rand is the guest of DR.. and
Mrs. B. p. Hurd in Waterville.-Mr
and Mrs. l.. J. Sanderson of Belfast
passed the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. W. Knight.-Miss Ida
Whitehouse returned from Water
Vile Monday where she has been the
guest Of friends for the past two
weeks.-George Webb has moved
into +. A. Halls house.-F'red w.
Fuller and Miss Carolyn Fuller re-
turned to Lewiston. Monday.
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Wars Latest Weapon


Heard the heavens fill with shouting.
And there rained Il CHASTITY dow,
From the nations airy navles,
Graphing in the central blue.
The coming Of battle planes must
have been distinctly in the poets
mind when he thus "dipt into the
future" Yet Tcnnyson's forecast
stopped far short of certain prepara-
tions for aerial warfare which Goth
century science is now making with
a fair chancc of their fruition in the
next clash Take as the latest and
most terrible of them. the so-called
"Frankenstein." already Touched for
bv DISTINGUISHED European scientists.
and now merely awaiting its formal
official trial "in closely guarded
building on lonely tract of land in
the south of France" The machine
is described as Il final solution of the
problem of automatic manleSS
flight" and as realizing the dream
inventors have long had OF plane
which. guided infallibly from the
ground, without any human hand at
its controls, will he able to rush
vast distances through the air, rising
or descending. wheeling or turning
just as if a pilot We're ON board ah0
III cOntroi.
Extraordinary mechanisms are sald
to give this new craft its mysterious
pow ers-gyroscopes, wireless appa
ratus, and actual mechanical equiNa-
Tents of the human brain, nerves ana
fingers. Once in the air. ut any
height, it will transmit messages mat
register its location and exact course
to an operator on the ground, ana ne
in turn, by pressing the keys OF his
own wireless switchboard, will be
able to divert the plane up or down,
to right or left. as may be thought de-
sirable. What is more. thsi kind OF
direction can be enforced not only at
the distance of q few miles, with the
machine in sight, but long after 1t has
passed out of the range of human
vision. All the while. visible or in
visible it will be able to impress its
place, height or direction on the re-
ceiving apparatus below, its own me
chanical brain" receiving and re-
spending to the messages sent. And
one of the tehnicians who has tested
the machine describes it as ~ mani
festation Of the human will, the
power TO act Transmitted and given
effect to through space.
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pec;ally the Bridge District within.
whether or no, the bridge shall be
opened when completed if it ever
isl as toll bridge.
Though never possessed Of but one
good eye he has long been noted as
the best shot in town. and also. as
having Il long-range, mental vision.
He has made many public and
private prophecies, nearly all OF
which came true in the course OF
time. These public prophecies were
never made in the form OF speech,
but flung out at public gatherings in
Il very few words.
1t is needless to say that on this
bridge question he was strongly on
the side of toll. and before he began
his story he prefaced it by referring
to n prophcSy he made years ago
at the time of the town meeting
that was called for the purpose of
electing the two bridge trustees. He
referred to the fact that the call
was for an evening session-the first
and only time he ever knew of q
town meeting call at that time-and
of the very few voters present, be-
cause of the very quiet way it was
called not one-fourth the voters of
the town had heard of it and to the
claim of the proponents that the
bridge would not cost over Sl60.000
a mere trifle for the towns part
to pay, and that distributed over so
long a time that we would not notice
it in the least. etc, etc. This was
the reply that he made at the time:
THAT it would cost 100000 He
made another: THAT before.it was
all paid for-principal, and interests
on the bonds--it would amount to
Sl,000,000. and n very few voters
then present could hope to see the
time when the last payment would
be made ii u toll was not established.
L w JE0OS-EP
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ARTHUR F. TIFFIN
ATToRNEY-AT.LAW
Successor to
Fisher O Tiddu ~. ~
07 Water St.. Telephone
augusta. Maine sos R
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Baskets And Bees
At Farmers Week

Especial to the Kennebec Journal
Orono, Me, Mar. ia four day
basketry school is one Of the new
features of this years Farmers Week
which is being held at the College Of
Agriculture, March 81, April /, 2,
and 3.
Every morning from $50 to 1920
instruction will be given in the MAX
ing of all sorts and kinds of wicker
baskets and trays. The work will be
under the direction of Miss Louise
Bancroft, Assistant Professor OF
Home Economics. at the University
and Miss Rosalind NJ. Jewett, Home
sion service.
Another interesting meeting that
will take place during the week will
be that of the Maine Beekeepers AS
ISOLATION which is to be held on We'd
nesday, April l, with Fl. W. Mathews
of Hampden, presiding. A. w. Yates,
breeder of queen bees, of Hartford,
Conn. will be the principal speaker
at this meeting. talking upon the sub.
jects of Foul Brood and How Con.
trolled and Wintering Problems OF
the Beekeeper. George A. Yeaton,
State Horticulturist, of Augusta. VIII
discuss the ways in which the state
helps the beekeeper while H. u.
Smith of Bangor, will explain DIS
methods in Migratory Bookkeeping. =.
l.. Mason. a beekeeper Of Mechanic
Falls, will deliver an illustrated lee
ture.
The session will close with bust
ness meeting and general discussioI'
Copies of this program along WIN
copies of the entire Farmers Week
program can be had upon request 10
DIR. Leon S. Merrill, Dean. of the COL
lege Of Agriculture, Orono.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Houdlette are
the proud possessors of little son
who arrived last Thursday. Mrs.
Houdlette is at DIR. Peabody's private
hospital at Richmond.
The Kennebec river was in such
a condition Saturday that Frank c.
Goodwin, the mail messenger, was
unable to cross. Morris Hall, the
messenger between Cedar Grove and
the Dresden station was also unable
to make any trips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Chick of
SO. Portland. were in town last week
after some of their furniture. They
returned to Portland Sunday.-Mrs.
Cora Gahan who has been caring for
Mrs. Ann Perkins at the south part
of the town, has returned. - Mrs.
William Rittall is quite ill.-William
Milligan of Cedar Grove was a Wis
itor in the southern part of the town
last Sunday.
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PROMPTED BY JEALOUSY

Has the United States Senate any
intention of assuming responsibility
for the conduct of any cabinet officer
whose appointment it may approve!
It has not. The Senate approved
Fall, DENLY and Daugherty, but did
it assume any responsibility On
the contrary 1t endeavored to throw
upon the incumbent Of the White
House the responsibility for those
men being in office Notwithstanding
he inherited them as legacy from
his predecessor and the Senate.
Obviously the only reason why,
under the law, the Senate Is given
power to approve or disapprove Of
the individual, whom the President
chooses for confidential adviser,
one who in no way answers to or
reports to the Senate, is that an I'M
fit person may not be chosen to that
position.
The present Senate recognizes
that restriction when it seeks to
have it appear that it rejected Mr..
Warren because of unfitness.
Tacitly this implies that the Presi-
dent is unfit, as he selected Mr..
Warren after carefully studying
Warren's record. The Democrats III
the Senate declare their rejection is
because of the mans alleged unfit
ness. There are grounds for thinking.
they are doing this as members of
political party rather than as men,
bers Of the country's Senate. This
seems obvious. If this policy is to
prevail it will come about that the
political party happening to domi-
rate the Senate may dictate who
shall be the confidential advisers OF
President of an opposite political
faith. That way lies anarchy.
The Senate is jealous Of the Presi-
dent. 1t resents the confidence of
the public in the President: the lack
of it respecting the Senate. Theme
are "soreheads" in the Senate. They
are using their high public Office to
prevent that being done which Cool
idge was elected President to have
done. They rushed to the aid of the
Democrats who attacked Warren as
unfit without waiting to hear the
other side. The President insists
that the other side shall be heard
that the country may decide for
itself as to the fitness of the nominee;
also as to the motive which prompt
ed the Senate's act.
The fact that it has been nearly
sixty years since the Senate under
took to dictate respecting a Presi-
dents choice Of a cabinet adviser
confirms the belief that disapproval
of the Senate should be based on
proven unfitness Of the nominee. In
the case Of Mr.. Warren this proof
has not been Forthcoming. That he
has been a trust attorney is not
sufficient to constitute that proof.
The Democrats have not helped
their party by this neither have the
disgruntled Republicans helped
themselves.
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Editors Letter Box
Old Lawmakers Criticism

North Penobscot, March IA, 1925
The Eennebec Journal:
see by the kennebec Daily that
Mr.. Cunmins OF Portland has intro
duced a bill to virtually clip the wings
of the L. of NJ. and cause it TO revert
to the original purpose for which it
was founded by national grant as the
College Of Agriculture and the Me-
Chanic Arts.
In 1897 was member of the COM
Irittee to visit that institution and to
recommend appropriation for its sup
port. At the hearing the then presi-
dent of the college, an ambitious
young man, advocated changing the
name Of the college, broadening its
scope and influence. SO the L. of NJ
was substituted and sustained by q
ma iority report, which was adopted
ny the Legislature. Myself and an
other member presented minority
report. believing The change vas a
violation of the original purpose for
which the college was founded, n
breach of faith with the government
and would in the future. be n heavy
burden and contrary to aim of its ed
vocational policy. We recommended
then an appropriation of 100000 per
year for the two following years for
its support. / think it then had
about a thousand students and the
tuition $50 term. The president
claimed it was derisively called the
Cow College" which was greatly i'm
pairing its influence for usefulness.
Now YOU see what ii is developing
into and its ever increasing demand
on the state. whether the State has
adopted it as n university hy success
size appropriations since the change
is a question for the courts.
Anothe" measure before the LoSis-
lature when contains a lot of const-
tutional sense is the Barwise bill. !
hope the Legislature will do some
thing both in the lille of retrenchment
and progression.
j. NJ. IIutchins.
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Uniaue Man Of Hancock Co.

For the kcnnebec Journal:
The most unique man in many re-
sTccts in the town of Hancock, IL
not in the county of Hancock. Is
is Capt. Rufus II. Young. He was
born in Hancock 1884. April Is, the
younGt st of children, 4 boys and /
girl, of Deacon William and Eunice
Hill Young. and thus will be, if he
reaches the next 18th of April, 81
years lOJNG--in two senses of the
Notwithstanding Very erect feet and
weighs 1913 pounds, and says he has
rot varied over pounds from that
since he was p.
lie has never had a real sick day
in his life, He was 81 years, lacking
days when the writer was born,
end was in business for himself u
matter Of 4 years before that, and is
still iii business, making an active
continuous business life. thus far,
for II years. Although his principal
business has varied considerably
during that. time, he has always had,
as Il side liner. that of fur dealer.
For almost equal length of time lie
has been a dealer i'll horses, car
ri2Ses, harnesses. etc. For two years
he was a merchant in Ellsworth and
4 years IN Hancock. Before he was
II he was part owner and captain OF
Il Grand Manan fisherman which
business he continued, in connection,
spring and fall. with Rockland wood
coastin- till the close of the Civil
War. during which time he owned in
Il large way and commanded two
fishermen. Then for two years lie
was commander of the Cutter-in
Government service-for the district
OF FronChmen'S Bay. Soon after this
no hpf.1n1o - a
Eank fishing business. fitting part
OF the May Queen from his general
store at ). Hancock. After i years
at this store keeping business, he
sold out, and then began to enlarge
his fur dealing business, and did
much hunting and trapping himself,
and inland fishing. At about this
time he became Il registered guide,
and at once became one of the most
popular men in that capacity in
Eastern Maine. Today it is doubt
iui II there IS another guide in tho
state ot Maine more widely known. d.
He is a Great lover of music. and
has led the choir, continuously, in
Hancock for over 60 Years, and has
been tue leading singer at los
funerals, the last one that of the late
Capt. q. w. FosS last summer. His
nome has always Ieen in Hancock,
and he has never been away from
his home at any one time longer
than a few months: while he is very
entertaining talking in private
circles he never made but two
speeches in public in his life, and
both of these at our annual town
meetings, one some 90 years ago
while the other was on the occasion
of our last meeting, March 8, and
had. by far. the most telling effect
on his hearers, for the advancement
of right. OF any thing that was said
that day. 1t was not a long speech,
and within it was a story Of truth
which we'll illustrated the point
which he was trying to make clear
10 his hearers. 1t was on the i'm
portant question of today as effect
ing Hancock County, and most es-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-17

The funeral of the late Robert n.
Boothby was held Sunday afternoon
at the NJ. +. Church at East Nassal
horo. Edith Porter ofiiciated. The
Masuns. We're i'll charge of the servi-
ceS which were most impressive. An
abundance of flowers from friends
and neighbors. including pillow of
flowers from the Masonic order of
which he was a member. were not
ed. All the near relatives were
present, also cousins from out of
town.
Mr.. Boothby was born in Athens,
81 years ago, the son of Rodolphus
and Ellen Boothby, who passed away
II and / years ago. Mr.. Boothby
had q good many friends and he will
be missed great deal in the COM
munity where he was such a useful
citizen.
The remains were inferred in Pine
Grove cemetery at Watervilie. The
bearers were c. w. Robinson, Her.
bert Muir. Everett Stoddard, Omer
L. Davis, II. II. Scott and Charles J.
Davis.
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CAUSE FOR PUBLIC CONCERN

Since 1920. principally owing to
the use Of the automobile. the
railroads, 1t Is said, have lost
about one fourth Of their passenger
business, that this is one Of the
causes Of increase in rates. The
number Of passengers carried in 1924
was "a per cent less than in 1920,
Notwithstanding the railroads were
rendering practically the same SER
vice. A writer in the Railway Age
concludes that what is now needed
lis the more general introduction on
lines of thin traffic Of means of
rendering the service still required
which will be less expensive than the
local train pulled by a steam loco
n olive"
On the other hand the automobile
manufacturers would have it UNDER
stood that in the way Of increased
freight the motor car interests have
returned to the railroads a partial
hut substantial equivalent. They
refer to the statistics Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission for the
first nine months of 1924, showing
that 10000 carloads of finished
automobiles and parts were shipped
during the year; they estimate that
the railroads hauled $4,000 tank
carloads Of gasoline; they claim
enormous quantities Of freight of
coal, Of steel. of raw material are
shipped in consequence Of motor car
production, to say nothing OF
quantities of material entering into
the building of the better highways
required by the automobile.
Manifestly whatever will help both
m otor car makers and railroads to be
reasonably successful will accrue to
general prosperity. 1t is of course
conceivable that the making and
selling Of motor cars in excess of the
demands Of the consumers welfare
cannot be generally advantageous,
any more than an excess OF rail-
roads. And it should not be lost to
consideration that whatever lessons
the purchasing power of the rail-
| roads will have bad effect, as these
are large buyers of products. In
1923 the railroads paid to outside
CEN panies for supplies, material and
| fuel nearly two and three quarters
billions of dollars. On railroads are
| used eight million pounds of beef
| and twenty seven millions Of eggs
able other supplies of great variety.
In other words the public may not
avoid concern for the welfare Of
| these great enterprises.
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CRUSADE TO THE HOLY LAND

Something resembling a modern
crusade to the Holy Land is seen in
the sailing last week of 500 Zionists
on the new American Palestine line
to Haifa under the flag OF Judea,
which SO sails the seas again after
an interval of 1000 years.
Fifteen thousand people came to
see them off and it required the
police reserves from seven of New
Works precincts to remove the crowd
that swarmed over the ship. On board
We're 1000 tons of farming imple-
ments contributed by Nathan Straus,
but it is a good guess that many Of
the party will wish themselves back
in the coed old L. S. A, land that
las flowed with milk and honey for
the Jewish people.
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On Dangerous Ground

N
On Tuesday practically all the
Democratic senators declared by
their votes that Mr.. Coolidge has not
the right to organize his administra-
ton, The Democrats Of the Senate
are once more making overtures to
disaster. Their part at the least was
to stand aloof. They preferred to
cooperate with the elements of AFRO
giant righteousness. of malice,
mischief, obstruction. DO they think
that the country is 10 be duped by
the sorry buncombe that stirred the
galleries. DO they think that they
are going to diminish Mr.. Coolidge $
prestige? 1t is much more likely
that they will strengthen it. The
Senate and the Democratic party
have none of their own. Isn't IT
about time to try to lay up a little?