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Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
ANNOUNCEMENT

Miss Lucy L. Johnson of Augusta will
be at the B. p. w. Club rooms on Sat
urday, January goth. ats p. NJ, to
meet parents interested in forming
childrne's classes in esthetic and ball
room dancing. Persons desiring to COM
municate by phone call 20.
jana9-3O
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
: News from the :
|Granges|
Pomona Grange Dates

POMONA orange UdteS
Please notify us if dates are not
Feb. 2-waldo. Equity Grange. Bel
Feb. 2-Oxford, Bryant's Pond
Feb. 2-Washington.
Feb. 3-East Somerset.
Feb. 3-Androscoggin.
Feb. 4-Piscataquis.
Feb. 5-Washington.
Feb. 6-West Penobscot.
Feb. 9-Lincoln.
Feb. 9-Somerset, Madison.
Feb. 9.-Cumberland &c Androscoggin
Union.
Feb. 10-Green Mt. and Hancock,
Bayside.
Feb. 10-Kennebec, Capital Grange,
Augusta.
Feb. 1O-New Century, Buckfeld.
Feb. 10-North Waldo.
Feb. 11-Excelsior, North Jay.
Feb. 11-York.
Feb. Northumberland.
Mrs. Eta Bailey, lecturer Of Silver
Lake Grange, attended the Lecturers
Conference at the State House at Au-
gusta, January % and 30.
Twenty-one from Silver Lake
Grange, China. attended the Pomona
at East Vassalboro, Tuesday, January
26 and two took the fifth degree. All
enjoyed the day. Chester Wells and
Elmer Wentworth carried the party.
Burnham Grange No. 500, will give
another dance at the town hall on
Saturday evening of this week. The
committee in charge are Ralph Dyer,
Enroll Hanllin and Carroll McAllister.
Old fashioned dances will be the or
der.
Mrs. Sarah Vose of Dirigo Grange,
No. SO, Freedom, is the only charter
member now living of that Grange
and has been a granger 81 years. The
grange being organized in January
1875. Although for some reason the
charter was not granted entil some-i
time in the following spring.
The coming session of the National
Grange in Maine, is expected to
break the famous Boston record on
Seventh degree class in 1920, when
9S3S candidates were initiated, the
record class in fraternal history of
the United States. That the Maine
s'1 WiH 50 la "poNe me io'ooo
mark is the present expectation.
Every subordinate Grange in the
United States has .been asked by Ma
tional Master Louis j. Taber to UNI
dertake this year some definite pro-
ject of community service aimed to-
ward local Improvement Many
Oranges offer prizes for such work
and in number Of States commun-
ity service contests are carried on
among the Changers through the
year, with attractive cash prizes for
the most outstanding accomplish
ments.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
Card Of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness to us in
the death of our husband and father.
MRS. ALBERT NJ JOHNSON,
MR.. and MRS. EVERETT c. JOHN
SON,
MR.. and MRS. ERNEST E. JOHN
SON,
MR.. and MRS. WILLIAM A.
PUFFUM,
MR.. and MRS. n. W.. CABINS,
MR.. and MRS. WILLIAM i'ARKER.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
SKOWHECAN

Mrs. Frank Longfellow, Of Water
vile, Is visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elenore Withee. st.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
PALERMO

Card Of Thanks
We wish to thank our neighbors and
friends for their kindness, sympathy
and flowers.
MIR. E. r. CAIN,
MR.. and MRS. C. r. NELSON,
MR.. and MRS. E. S. CAIN.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30

s..,. will be given the readers Of
..c. IN which to discuss matters
'1's s..r, interest. Space will also be
o. Items and articles of interest
sN'I ..,.6t TO farm Iife.-Ed.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
LOCAL NOTICE

DEMDAY is here-Phone Central
Maine Power Company for an EASY
washer demonstra tion-no obligation.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
The WEATHER A YEAR AGO

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30

Mrs. Eta Bailey. lecturer Of Silver
Lake Grange, attended the Lecturers
Conference at the State House at Au-
gusta, January % and 90.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30

Mrs. Harris trap nests all her hens
so is sure Of this pullet's record.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-01-30
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AUGUSTA WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT
(Prices PAID friday

(Prices PAID Friday
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to explain the health measures
passage of which is sought.

New England's newest mineral, or
the latest one to be discovered, is
known as "eosphorite." It's home
locality is Buckfield, in this state,
where 1t is found in limited quanti-
ties. Eosphorite strongly resembles
the familiar whole-wheat biscuit of
commerce in texture. 1t Is very
fragile and requires careful handling.
The specimen that has been placed in
the Museum of Natural History on
Boylston street, Boston. is very care
fully guarded by Curator E. Wiggles-
worth, who has had it placed IN box
with the softest cotton. The color
ings of eosphorite are many and
varied. The beauty OF the mineral is
one of its charms. There are color
ings of yellowish white, rose, pink
and many other tints. Maine, ac
cording to Curator Wigglesworth, is
quite celebrated among mineralogists
and biologists for rare minerals.
"Purpurite' Ii the name of mineral
that is found in Newry. Me-. that
comes from the earth in small pieces,
usually. 1t Is a real royal purple in
color. Then there is Beryllonite,
found only in Stoneham, Me. No
commercial uses have been discovered
for these minerals, but 1t is thought
that they might he cut and used as
ornaments for jewelry.
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widely scattered heirs and SO could
not get clear titles to the property.

Playing host on a mountain top TO
visitors from all over the world is one
OF the by-products of the Dartmouth
Outing Club. Each summer three Of
the students are assigned to care for
the Moosilauke Summit Camp, for
merly known as the Tip Top House
and acquired by the club a few years
ago as one OF It's chain of huts In the
White Mountains. 1t Is on the sum-
NIT of Mt. Moosilauke, 1900 feet above
sea level Last season the camp en-
tertained more than 1900 visitors
from IS states and 10 foreign coun-
tries. Supplies are brought up from
Warren, nine miles distant, by buck
board over a very rough mountain
road, and the more perfshable food Is
packed up on the backs of students
over the trail from Glencliff. The
two story stone and frame building
has accommodations for 149 campers.
The view from Moosilauke. which
stands apart from the main range, is
considered by many mountain climb
ers the best I'm New Hampshire.
Four New England communities
have found that 1t pays to beautify
their Fairgrounds. In competition
conducted this year by the Play
ground and Recreation Association OF
America the winners OF Harmon
Foundation awards included Newton
and Turner's Falls, Mass, Stamford
and WATERFOWL, Conn. Each will re-
ceive $50 in cash and in addition
trees and shrubs valued at $50.
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CONTROL IN PANAMA

Control of Panama virtually passed
to the United States with the build
ing of the canal. Otherwise there
would have been no separate en-
tity Of a country, only a province Of
Colombia, and no canal. The treaty
with Panama is but putting the
actual affairs into better diplomatic
shape. The control is essential to
the maintenance of that waterway
by this country.
1t has been said that the League
of Nations, of which the Republic
of Panama is a member, might OBJ
event this country would, under the
Monroe Doctrine, repeat It's attitude
respecting foreign interference with
the relations between the republics
Of the New World. 1t could not rec
ognize any right for such interior
ence. All countries understand this
position, have foreseen it from the
first.
When, II ever, a canal through
Nicaragua shall be built, this feature
Of control over the land Immediately
contiguous to such waterway will
assume an importance greater than
that developed by the construction of
the Panama Canal. Indeed, there
are indications that this is not only
foreseen but is shaping opinion re-
specting the attitude of this country
toward affairs in Nicaragua.
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M by David Cory

"You'u have an earache, sure as fate
BETTER hurry home before too late.
Snow in the ears a dreadful thing.
Maybe you win never hear another
thing"
again shouted Jimmy Jay at Danny
Fox, who you remember in the last
story was trying to catch poor little
Mrs. Grouse, who had hidden over
night in a snowbank to avoid the cold
winter wind. Yes. sir. Jimmy Jay
was doing his best to keep the old fox
from finding this poor game bird. who
knows only too well that when the
bitter chill of the north wind thick
ems the blood of even the hardest OF
the wild folk, she must. find shelter,
and so dives head first into the deep
snow that covers the forest ground.
But little did she suppose when she
dived into the sheltering snowbank
that during the night a rain storm
would set in, followed by freezing
weather in the morning, to form so
hard a crust Of the top snow as to
turn her shelter into very prison.
Poor Mrs. Grouse. There she lay deep
down on the ground, while the
wicked fox, having broken through
the crust. was digging away the shell
tering snow. How she wished again
and. again she had remained perched
upon the limb in spite of the cold
winter wind. Better to be frozen
than eaten by hungry fox.
So far the little Blue Jay had so
bothered Danny Fox that as yet he
had not reached the spot where she
lay. "Oh, why doesn't the good Po-
liceman Dog arrive?" thought the
little bird. as Danny Fox, having
shaken the snow from his ear. COM
menced again to dig away the snow.
AS If in answer to Jimmy Jays
thoughts came the sound of a shrill
whistle and the next minute the
brave Policeman Dog came running
down the Winding Trail. Swinging
his trusty Hickory Stick. he bounded
towards the old fox.
With a sudden leap, away dashed
Danny Fox, almost humping into
Uncle John Hare and the little red
sled.
"Just in time" shouted Jimmy Jay,
dancing up and down on the limb
overhead.
Hope So" said the good old blue
coated bow WOW. digging away the
snow with his two strong forefeet.
"Mrs. Grouse! Mrs. Grouse" he
shouted. This il the Policeman Dog.
Don't be afraid. Don't you know my
voice?"
Well. guess she did, for in a few
minutes out she futtered in a whirl
Of snow.
"Dearie' me-" she gasped, eve
Grouse have dreadful time. When
we perch for the night In a shelter
Ing tree to escape Danny Fox and
Old Man Weasel, we are in constant
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Bread on the Waters
Should Return

December Il, 1925
Editor, Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine.
Dear Sir:
VIII you please put this in your
column that you let letters from peo-
pie be printed.
Last year there was little woman,
a widow, who worked all the day
before Christmas in Gannett's print
ing office and then in the evening
she took money which she had collect
ed and went out and helped poor
people that did not have anything
much for Christmas, she worked
until after half past ten at night,
then she got up in the morning OF
Christmas and went out and carried
things to poor people. widows and
little children until almost eleven
o'clock in the forenoon. They We're
really poor people that did not want
everybody to know just how hard up
they were, and they knew she would
not tell, only those who had to know.
On the Sunday after Christmas she
gave lots of poor people a Christmas
dinner that did not have one on
Christmas day. She was not very
well herself, but she could not bear
TO think of these people having TO
go without things. when they could
have a good dinner if people only
knew.
This woman, has for years and
years given her very own self for the
poor people in this city, although
somestimes she has been so tired
that Che could hardly walk, yet she
has never been too tired to listen to
others troubles and TO help and ad-
wise. The poor people at the City
Home and in the Jail and all over
this city adore her, for they all feel
that she is a true friend. one who
will not betray their confidence, and
one who will help them get work.
She has been the greatest blessing
that the city of Augusta has ever
known, although she is not rich and
has had to work hard all the time,
yet / feel. so do many others that
she has done more good than most
any other in this place. She has been
a help TO the taxed people, as she has
helped to save money for the city
many times.
Almost a year ago she was i'll and
had to go to the hospital and she
has been sick most of the time since
then, but she has now Just gone to
work again at Gannetts, she is yet
a great sufferer, and should not be
at work for long time. but all this
time she only had a schoolboy to
depend upon for help. and so she had
to go to work. Now l wonder if
there is anybody that is looking out
for her this Christmas. Almost
everybody in the city knows her. l
need not mention her name. and /
wonder If she will have a Christmas
dinner. and if she will have any
presents. she has helped everybody
else. She helped us when we were
i'll and could not have much to eat
if it had not been for her. 1t makes
me feel so bad. I wish 1 could help
her. but l have big family and
cannot do anything.
A Friend
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SMITHFIELD

The schools in town, except the one
in the Gould district, closed for a
two weeks vacation last Friday.
The pupils attending Norridge-
wock High school are home foo a
two weeks vacation.
There will be community Christ
mas tree at the Grange hall, Friday
evening, December "a. All are cor
daily invited.
The Pine Tree Club met with Mrs.
Stella Stevens and Mrs. Vesta Gle
ment at the home of Mrs. Stevens,
Saturday afternoon. A program on
Whittier was given, after which re-
freshments were served. The next
meeting will he January 1, at the
Grange Hall, when gentlemen's night
will be observed.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. I. Hartford, who
attended State Grange at Lewiston,
returned Friday.
Leon Witham had a horse drop
dead on the road to Norridgewock
Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Cunliff. Mrs.
Stella Cunliff. Mrs. Margie Gilman
and Mrs. Julia Charles were in Wa
tsrvills. TUESDAY.
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Wants to Know Who
Invited Pinchot to
Address Legislature
LeWiston JournaI)

This announcement that Gov. Pin
chot Is to address the Legislature on
Feb. 1e Is one of the most interesting
things I've heard in long time" re-
marks a member-elect of the Legfsla-
ture.
who invited him? That's what I'd
like to know" the member added.
That Is an interesting proposition,
when you come to consider 1T. The
announcement sent out from Augusta
Tuesday by the Associated Press to
the effect that Gov. Pinchot was to
speak to the law makers on that day
quotes Gov. Brewster as its authority.
The question Is, as the member-elect
suggests. how does the governor know.
At the present time there isn't
person in the world who has authority
to invite Mr.. Pinchot to address the
Legislature. There can't be, for the
reason that there is no such thing to-
day as the s3rd Legislature OF Maine.
The LEGISLATURE of Maine, at this time
and until Jan. s, 1927, IL the 32nd Leg
islature.
Until the members Of the Legisla-
ture who were elected last September
and at subsequent special elections
have assembled in the State House on
the first Wednesday Of January, taken
the oath of ONCE and organized by
electing officials, there will be nobody
with authority TO invite any person
to address the s3rd Legislature.
"Of course, It is possible that the
governor has asked Gov. Pinchot to
! come and address the Legislature"
saws the member-elect; "but what au-
thoritv has he to do SO? He cannot
come in of his own accord and address
the Maine Legislature without first
asking permission or being invited by
them.
I probably the Legislature will be
pleased to hear Gov. Pinchot, but l
for one have feeling that 1t would
be we'll to let its members do their
own inviting. Personally, I'm getting
rather tired of this notion that the
Legislature is under guardianship ana
that someone else must tell 1t whom
to listen to and whom not to hear
''For the past few sessions of the
LEGISLATURE, I observe, someone had
been inviting folks to come and ad-
dress the Legislature and then telling
its members they must listen. For
myself, I'm getting a bit weary OF
this" he went on.
We've had this one and that one
thrust upon u.s." said he, land the
thrustfng has come at the time when
the Legislature was getting busy and
time was of Importance. I think 1t
would be mighty wise to discontinue
this idea that every time some prop
agandist showed up in the State he or
she must be toted to Augusta and
given chance to spout to the Legisla-
ture. 1t has never been of any great
benefit to the State. Why keep it up?
cit occurs to me, in connection with
this announcement that Gov. Pinchot
is going to address the Legislature,
that there is chance it may turn out
as did that one about a year ago to the
effect that Thomas Mott Osborne had
been secured as warden of the state
prison-decidedly premature. The
Legislature might do as did the board
of prison comn1issioners-fair to rati-
fy the invitation" he concluded with
laugh.
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New England in the War

New England led in the World
War. That is the fact of official
record. now indisputable and out
standing. The Adjutant General of
the United States Army, Major
General Robert c. Davis, has just
published his final report of the
deaths and other battle casualties in
the American Expeditionary Forces,
and in 1t nothing is more striking
than the precedence Of the six New
England States over all the rest of
the Union in the number of their
sacrifices.
The total number OF Battle deaths
among New England troops was 1850.
and of individual casualties of all
kinds 1878. That meant one death
to every 1882 of the population, and
one man killed or wounded to every
375. In the entire A. E. F., from all
the States and Territories. the deaths
were one to every 1904. and the
casualties of all kinds one to every
453. That comparison alone should
be sufficient to establish New Eng
lands primacy.
Still more impressive, however, is
a comparison between the six New
England States and the six Southern
States from South Carolina to
Louisiana; the latter surprising the
former in population by nearly 55
per cent. In the six Southern States
the battle deaths were only 2496.
or more than 80 per cent less than
those in New England; and the cas-
ualties were 1864. or sc per cent
less than in six States with scarcely
thirds of their population.
Equally significant are individual
comparisons. For example, take
Connecticut and South Carolina. The
former had only 1,3S0,631 population
to the latter's 1,6S3.724. Yet Con-
South Cardinals 1855; and the total
casualties were 4S41 and 273S. re-
spectively Or take Massachusetts.
with 3,S52,356 inhabitants. and
Georgia and Florida together. with
3,S64302; almost exactly equal in
population. The deaths of Massa-
chusetts men were 2023, to only 651
of those of Georgia and Florida; and
the total casualties OF the former
10.16S and the latter 3405. The dead
of Massachusetts, were one in every
1904; of her sister States. one in
every 1895. Or let us compare Maine,
New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
with 1,S15,494 population with Missis-
sippi, with 1,790,61S. The dead of
the former were. ISL, and the latter
2S9; and the total casualties were
1887 and 1881. respectively.
We cite these comparisons In no
censorious or 'invidious spirit. Ex-
plantations may be offered and in
ferences and conclusions may be
drawn at the will of those who scan
them, Our purpose Is merely to
establish the record of New England.
However well or not well any other
States may have served the Nation
and the world in the Great War, New
England served supremely well. From
Champigny to Sedan, the sacrifice of
her sons denoted the path to victory.
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CoOpER's Muls

Vernai Glidden from =,
setts. was a visitor in ill., , =
week and has now s pae
Marion. Mass. 'ssurna
b. w. Hallowell has 49,.
at North Whitefield. op.,.s splo
Der for Harry Chase a1s
There was a Christina,
the Murphy schoolhouss as ~
IL. Many were present peaAl
and dialogues were PLAYED ~, Is ~
was served and dancing fo, - ~
entertainment. 'onOsst q
There will be a Christine. !.
the Brown town schooIbar..s ~
evening, December "a. hsE "
Sunday School. All win h. y, Y 4
Ray Tillson is having ! ~, .seel
cessful time hunting foxs. 's \
gotten five in the past iva q, ~
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long, slender toes. which are perfect
ly smooth during the warm weather,
didn't take on a comb-like fringe on
either side with the coming of winter.
These fringes make it easy for me to
walk on the snow"
"And the long. stiff hairs that grow
between my toes help me the same
way" laughed Uncle John Hare.
Loving Mother Nature has given
both of us a good pair of srn---"N oes.
But, goodness me. Now that you are
safe. I must think of something
mighty important. Christmas is al
most here. This little sled I've bought
for my bunny nephew. 1t must reach
the dear Old Bramble Patch on time.
Yes, indeed, and no mistake"
Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
Jingle all the way!
Who wants to ride to Rabbitville
In the Billygoat Stagegoat sleigh?"
all Of a sudden shouted a voice, and
in the next story YOU shall hear what
happened after that, my dear little
Rabbit Fans, to whom your Uncle
Dave would love to say "Merrie
Christmas"