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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

Harland Hussey of Windsor, was a
business caller in the city yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

Lawrence K. Crommett has ac-
cepted employment at the. White
Cloud laundry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

Mrs. Harry Pinkham of Windsor
was q caller in the city yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

Almon Meservey of Belgrade Lakes
visited friends in the city Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

In The Vanishing American; Lloyd
Hamilton. comedy; Educational.
Colonial Theatre-Adolph Meniou
and Florence yidor in 'The Grand
duchess and the Waiter; Lilyan
Tashman, Rockliffe Fellows and John
Bowers In Rocking Moon; Pathe
comedy; news weekly.
----------A----44----
II. EsDyer Of Hanover was at the
Augusta House over Sunday.
------------------------
Harland Hussey of Windsor, was a
business caller in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Harry Pinkham of Windsor
was a caller in the city yesterday.
Almon Meservey of Belgrade Lakes
visited friends in the city Sunday.
'--
Samuel Miller, who has bene i'll for
the past two weeks, was on the street
for the first time yesterday.
Lawrence K. Crommett has ac-
cepted employment at the. White
Cloud laundry.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Piumrner of
Portland were visiting at the. home
of their brother, Henry Plummer,
over the week end.
Miss Mary r. Fraser OF Prescc It,
Ontario, was the week. end guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Teavitt OF Can
nett street.
Miss Earion Adams passed the
week end and holiday at the home of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. D. w.
Adams, q"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23
NEWS BRIEFS

Rutland, Vt, Feb. % - (AP) =
Charles NJ. Smith Of. this city was
elected president of the Vermont
State Bankers Association at the
10th annual convention here today.
Sir Duncan Campbell, editor of the
Glasgow Chronicle. gave an, address
on his impressions of American life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

Il. b Dyer of, Hanover was at the
Augusta House over Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

Holyoke, Mass, Feb. 22-(AP)-Al
Mello. New England welterweight
boxing champion, gained the decision
in a ten round 60 with Meyer Cohen,
a local product. here tonight. Mello
took six rounds; Cohen 2. and they
drew two. Mello weighed 1853 and
Cohen 14S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23

Totals ......... All AIS 424-1aso
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
PASS THE TAX BILL

Those, who protest that had the
World Court matter been postponed
there would be no delay about get
ting the tax bill put through on time,
really are supported by little or no
evidence. The tax bill has been, or
should have been under the consider
alton of the congressional mind long
enough to arrive at conclusions. The
Senate may debate till the cows
come, but at that 1t would have to
send the bill around to the Treasury
Department to learn what 1t really
would do If enacted into law.
The Department has explained the
need Of prompt attention to this
matter on account of bills coming
due. with which postponement would
seriously interfere. 1t is but fair to
assume there is not a Senator at this
time, who expects by any speech he
may make to change the results OF
tax legislation. The speechmakers
are looking to their own or their
party's ambitions.
The country must be stupid. In
deed, II it does not see that what
needs to be done is to cut out the
verbiage and get down to business:
give the taxpayers what belongs to
them and give them time in which to
make their returns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02

DAYS increase from hours, SO mon
utes today to II hours, minutes on
the 2Sth. Candlemas day. February .,
is supposed to rule the remainder OF
the winter. If the day be fair. the
worst of the winter Is coming; II
cloudy, the backbone of the winter Is
broken, according to the old adage.
One of the hardest passages of the
winter was that experienced by the
Thomson liner Cairnvalona White
head master, which arrived at Portland
Sunday morning from Newcastle ana
Leith, she having been 16a days IN
making the run. Continual heavy west
erlv and northwest gales were encouil-
tered, one gale following another IN
Quick succession, the conditions pefne
so had that the steamer was opleeu
Ia slow down several times for hours
at a stretch, 1t being Impossible 70
make any progress in the face OF the
hurricane winds prevailing. The steam
er was badly battered by the heavE
seas. and one occasion when poaTden
by a gigantic wave that swept .=tfssr
deck one of her matches was stove IN
and replaced with great difficulty. .fhe
steamer was locked at once on arrival
at the A. r. Wright coal pockets : at
Portland, where she Will dlscnaFee
1000 tons Of steam coal for the Grand
Trunk. she also having 500 tons of
steel billets for the Bancroft & Mar
tin Rolling Mills and several hundred
tons of general cargo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
A VERY CHEAP SPECIMEN

Arrested on the charge Of stealing
antiques from summer homes at a
Massachusetts resort the scion of a
somewhat notable family was lodged
in Jail. He had a grandfather who
won world fame as an historian: he
had a father distinguished for SER
vices in the war with Span: he had
rich, relatives, apparently not in
clined to support the hayward
youth. including wise old aunt. who
died without willing HIM the property
he had expected. 1t was then he ad-
vertised himself to be leased as q
slave" for one year for $1,000. 1t
doesn't appear anyone wanted
slave on those terms. Too bad he
could not have sold himself to a
whaler for a three-year voyage.
He appears to like notoriety. His
proposal to sell himself into servi-
tude indicates that Though he fall
ed then 1t seems he now is to succeed
and his servitude ought to be suf-
hcently long SO that he might ac-
Nauirs . knowledge Of what 1t means
10 earn ones bread in the sweat Of
pines brow. And his servitude is so
common place. Most anyone may
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
Editorial Comment
II Is The Forerunner
IN. Y. Worki)

The entry of the United States In
to the family of nations supporting
the court is the forerunner of the
entry of Germany, and, it Is to be
hoped, ultimately Of Russia. Then
there will have been brought fully
into being an ideal which in one
form or another has been agltated
nv men since the Middle Ages. Here
at last is a Permanent Court or m
ternational Justice supported by VIZ
tually every government on earth
court consisting of human judges
who may make mistakes. but never
theless a court created for the high
PURPOSES of substituting reason Tor
force. To the movement which leo
to it's creation American statesmen
contributed much, to the actual
organization Of the court American
iurists contributed much. 1t would
have been an everlasting humiliation
If in the end when the court existed
the United States was not there. we
should have been subject to that re-
proach which William James once
uttered to the faint-hearted, IN the
words with which Henry ~. greeted
the tardy Crillon after great
victory had been gained:
"Iang yourself, brave Crillon! we
fought at Argues. and you were not
there"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
TRACTORS AND RADIOS

The Department Of Commerce
undertakes to inform the public re-
specting the number Of tractors and
radios on the farms of 20 states. as
shown by 1925 census of agriculture.
The results for New England are as
follows: Maine had last year 1874
tractors and 3493 radios: New Hamp.
shire 531 and 1856. respectively:
Vermont 1873 and PTS: Massa-
chusetts, 1912 and 6434: Connecticut
1441 and 26sS; Rhode Island s1s and
1916.
Evidently the New England farmer
considers the difference in cost be-
tween the tractor and the radio and
the farmers children are more inter-
ested in the fun they get out Of the
radio than in the farming possibilities
to be had from the tractor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
- by David Cory

Tie your muller close about your
neck" advised Lady Love. the little
rabbits pretty mother, as her bunny
boy made ready to go out into the
cold weather.
Don't worry about me-" laughed the
little rabbit, my fur coat keeps me
warm" But just the same he wound
the wooden muffler about his neck and,
kissing his mother goodby, set out for
the Sunny Meadow, now covered deep
with snow. Over the frozen crust he
went, clipperty clip, lipperty lip, his
little knapsack bouncing UP and down
on his back and his red-striped candy
cane swinging from his left paw. BY
and by. after a. while and a slippery
mile, he came to narrow salt creek
that emptied into the big blue ocean.
1t was late in the afternoon and Mr..
Merry Sun was low in the sky. but the
little rabbit didn't mind that, No Stree
bus. He felt very spry this cold aft
ernoon. Moreover, he was in search
of an adventure. AS he drew near the
creek, he hid among the bushes. Peer
ing through he saw a number of black
ducks swimming about. All of a sud-
den, lust like that, quick as the wind
that blows off your hat, there sounded
a loud "quack!' and the next minute
I'D from the water with futter or
wings rose a big snowy owl with
duck In his sharp claws.
Even before this had happened, the
ouick-witted little bunny had noticed
a shadow pass over his head. 1t might
have been a cloud sailing across Mr..
| Merry Suns happy face. But might
have-beens never entered the little
rabbits head. No stree. A shadow
could Just as well be cast by big
bird, and the bunny boy was too we'll
trained to guess before hand and then
find out afterward it was too late. So
he had crouched, down low among the
bushes. And it was we'll he had.
otherwise he, instead of the poor duck.
| might have been in the claws OF Snowy
Owl.
Dear, DEAR" thought the little rab-
| hit. SIS that dreadful owl about? Why
doesn't he stay UP north where he be-
| longs?" and off for home hoped the
bunny boy to tell Lady Love what mad
happened. AS he passed the Tall Pine
Tree in the topmost branches OF
which Professor Jim Crow had built
| comfortable bungalow who but that
| wise old bird should call down:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02

in competition with others unless
they did this. The law is particular
ly vicious so far as Maine is con-
cerned because, being the most
eastern state Of the Union. the pub
fishers here have to pay larger rates
for the distribution of their publica-
tons than do the publishers of any
Of the other states in this part Of the
country.
The postal law has not operated to
add to the governments postal
revenues. On the contrary it has re-
duced them materially and will con-
tinue to reduce them still more.
Rather than distribute their publica-
lions by mail many publishers now
make their distributions in other
WAYS. Every time a publisher with
draws his products from the mails
he takes awav from the government
a large sum which formerly helped to
swell the postal receipts.
It is not probable that the pub :
fishers in the Central States are COM
planning about this postal bill be-
cause it has been of tremendous ad--
vantage to them. But there is no
! GOOD reason why CONGRESS- should
enact LEGISLATION which tends to ruin
Industries in one part of the country
to build up industries in another
part of 1t.
The Maine DELEGATION on its way
South should. while in WASHINGTON.
make these things very plain to
Congress and to the President. Com
ing from them vigorous appeal
cannot fail to make deep impress
sion. They can sneak for the people
of this State, all of whom would un-
! uuestionably commend any action
they might see At to take which
would help to preserve industries
which mean much to the city Of Au-
gusta and to Maine as whole.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
Editors Letter Box
The Educational
Problem in Maine

To the Editor of the Kennebec
Journal:
While 1 have not seen more than
an abstract of President Boardman's
address before the alumni of the
University of Maine at Bangor, Jan.
Is, in defense of the creation and
expansion of Liberal Arts Depart
ment at Orono there is one quotation
carried by the press upon which /
should like to comment. 1t follows:
At times we hear of some fell
(well0 meaning person who asks
why the college of Arts and Sciences
should exist. Such a person Is
either misinformed or else he can
not be an idealist or an economist:
for to abolish the college as such
would increase the already heavy
duties of the other colleges by fore
ing them to establish departments of
English. modern language, physics.
mathematics. astronomy, biology.
psychology, philosophy, economics
and others, all of which are required
in the curricula of any standard
college of agriculture or engineering
l take it for granted that In the
use of the words other colleges"
President Boardman does not refer
to the three classical colleges of the
State, as the subjects he names are
all taught by Bowdoin, and this is
probably equally true of Bates and
Colby.
If he is referring, then, to the
Agricultural ana Mechanical Depart.
ments at Orono. fail to see how the
idealest or economist is able to follow
him. The Arts Department has a
faculty of 81. The Agricultural
and Mechanical departments together
have a faculty of less than half that
number. Would it require 81 men to
teach such of the subjects he has
enumerated as are essential to all
adequate knowledge of agriculture
and mechanics? I hardly think so.
Psychology. philosophy, Greek and
Latin have rarely adorned the cur
riculum of such schools. Would
they help a farmer to fight dry-ro;
and potato bugs or an engineer to
determine how much water power
the Androscoggin river would furn-
ish?
As II Sounds
This does sound, however. some,
thing like Pres. Titles idealism
which, I think, the people of Maine
hoped that the University was about
to put behind 1t. That idealisni
which led him to say last June that
the legislature was acting SILLY" in
voting appropriations for roads and
bridges and neglecting the Univer-
sity.
This statement of President Board
man, which have quoted, Is entirely
beside the mark. however, the ques-
tons at issue are: First: Gas stated
by one of the most distinguished of
Names educators) How much of
the money raised by taxation can
legitimately go to education? Second:
What is the fair proportion to 20 TO
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
On Life's Highway
BY w. o. Smith
Copyright Newspaper Feature
Bureau.)

Men who are wont to speak of
the passing of, the ldfashioned
winter, might mention this one In
passing.
The old saw business is bust
ness" was and still remains the alibi
of a sharp trader caught in a shady
transaction.
The women who have started a
crusade for longer skirts are general
ly suspected of being knock-kneed.
If the morning after" arrived the
might before" the bootleggers would
go begging.
Good form in a woman is merely
a matter of perspective.
Good Roadway often results from
fine footwork.
Too many laws. Would a law
against legislation help?
When the average person has be-
come old enough to know better he
is usually too old to do better. ...
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
AWAIT THE COMING OF THE
CROWS

Some years ago learned man
went to Africa ostensibly to learn the
language Of the monkeys. The re-
suits appear to have been little. We
are not sure but had he put in a like
amount Of time down here in Maine
as a student of crow conventions
both he and the world would have
been wiser. Surely no one acquaint-
ed with the din attending these con-
verltions supposes crows have not a
language. one which is as admirably
suited to strenuous debate as that of
any feminine federation. not to men
ton the United States Senate when a
Reed is giving forth all the patriotic
tones Of the register.
So we'll does the crow manage its
affairs, so defiantly does 1t set at
naught the snares Of man and the
enmities of the wild. except that of
kingbirds, which pluck the crow
baldheaded on the wing; SO lusty is
it in the teeth of the wind, SO cheer
fully does it proclaim the approach
of spring, one becomes tolerant of
the black rascal. outlaw. despoiler of
the gentle birds. scorner of scare
crows and scavenger of cornfields.
All sorts of allegations lie against
this uncanny bird. Munition trusts
endeavor to exploit the crow. but
with Indifferent success does the
small boy burn powder on the trail OF
the bird, that can distinguish be-
tween a gun and hoe-handle at long
distance. One scientist declares the
crow kills off the useful birds; an
other, content to modify the charge
on the ground that the crow kills
but few, credits 1t with protecting
the farmers crops by its war on in
sect pests. One investigator found
in the crops of foux of these birds
81 grasshoppers. 72 wire-worms. 81
cut-worms and As white grubs and
another declares the crow to be an
inveterate enemy of the corn-borer,
though there be little advantage in
having the killer of the borer pull the
corn.
Be all that as 1t may there is a
pleasant suggestion when the de-
liberate cawing OF the crow completes
with the shrill notes of the blue-1ay
in the thicket and promises days
when the sap will rise in the trees to
feed the buds and bring fresh hope
to man. Kill all the crows? Not II
the crows know it. We impatiently
await the coming of the crows.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02

This country doesn't produce it's
rubber, its coffee nor its nitrates. In
consequence of this we are at the
mercy Of the countries that do. Eng
land. Brazil and Chile. The quality
of that mercy, If such 1t be termed is
not to our liking. Were there a way
to establish this production within
our own domain by means of a pro-
tective tariff we suppose the tariff
for-revenue theorists would get red
In the face denouncing 1t as robbery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
SMITHFIEID

A. c. Jewett was business caller in
Hinckley Wednesday.
Two Of the children of e. A. Mark
hanf are confined to the house with
chickenpox.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Charles of Hallowell will be inter-
ested to know of the arrival of lit
tie son at their home January 26
Mrs. Leon Briggs, who has been
teaching at Mercer village, is passing
the winter vacation at her home.
Mrs. Kate Libbey has been i'll with
the grip.
Mrs. Lillian Charles Is the guest of
relatives in Hallowell.
Arnold Hartford was the weekend
guest of Willis Richardson in Nor
ridGewock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
ALBION

SOUTH-Gladys Allen, of Water
vile, is visiting with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Elliott and
childen, called, Wednesday afternoon,
on Mrs. Josie Arno.
Miss Muriel Barrett, who has been
visiting the asst week with her
sister, Mrs. v. T. Fuller. has returned
to her home in Oakland.
Raymond Whitaker is working for
the Barnes Brothers.
Mrs. Alton Fowler ard children
passed Tuesday evening with Mrs
Emma Tra.sk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern STANDARD lime =,


TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA roN
Bangor. t122I q. m. 1920 g. m. ~ "a . =.
1926 am, ti2.25 pm. t2.2S p.ms szos pA''
B. ( 4. Pts, tl221 am. tle,asp.m-
Bar Harbor, t12 81 a. m. tl2.2S p. m;
Bath, t5.54 a. M. t9.31 g. NJ. f4vo ?. !"
Belfast, C4.44 a. M. TO. 20 q. M, tZ.2S ?; M
Boston, 1921 a. M. 1854 a. m. ty;5i .. -
sio0S a. m. 1905 p. m, 1894 PM fa.oo v
*10,55 p. M
Calais. tl2.2i a. M, ti225 p. m.
Dover Foxcroft, GAIA u. M. t2.2S p o..
Gardiner. 1921 a. M, f5.54 q m. TIL y ~ NJ
sl0.0S a. m. 1905 p. M, 1894 pm, f4oo y -
tj.l5 p. NJ, t7.l9 p. m, 80 D. m; "a 40 /. M
Halloweils 1854 a. NJ. t9.3l a. M, slu.ye n.
1905 p, m, So "a ?. m. taos p. M fo'A' Y
t7.l9 p. M, 40. SIS p. m
Harmony. tl2 rs p. m. .,oos
Lewiston, 1884 a. M, 1881 q. M, siV.Vo - =
taos p. m. sl0.55 p. M.
New York, IS. "a p. M, taos p. M 80, a..
sio.0S m. Is o5p. m. 1894 D. M. taos p. M
f7.19 p. ru.. +10.55 .. M
Skowhegan. C4.44 a. m. 20 20 M ~. 111 1ss m,
So. Gardiner. 1854 M. 70 81 a MI ~ "a n m.
1905 p. m. 1894 p. m, 1918 pm t''i'
*l0.55p.m M
St. John. tl221 a. m. .4u.m.
Watervilie, flc2l g m. si2 20 am. " IS ! Is.
1925 .. m. tl2.25 p. N. f2-23p p. m-' s1''s =
TIA p. m, 1888 .. m = .fordsr.
= Daily c Except Sunday ana s $500.
: Daily, except Monday. Daily. exeepe ss
Sunday only.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
SOMEKVILLE

F. A. Turner was a Tuesday visit
or at Gustavus Browns.
Savage and Stevens Of Gardiner
were in town, Tuesday. after stock
bought last week.
J. B. Brown of Weeks Mills, was
a Tuesday night visitor of his son,
Weston, at the Corner.
Mr. and Mrs. c. F. Brown and son,
Charles. were Wednesday callers at
r. A. Turner's and A. r. Colby'S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02
Maine PILGRIMS and the Postal Bill

portland Press Herald)
The Maine Pilgrams who start Tor
Florida next week could do this
state no more important service than
to make 1t a point when they visit
WASHINGTON on their way South TO
make a vigorous appeal to the Presi-
dent and to Congress to repeal the
postal rate bill which is seriously az
fecting the publishers of this state.
Because of the discriminatory
rates fixed in the law. Congress pass
ed as a war measure and which was
designed TO increase the govern
ment's revenue from the postal serv-
ice. the Vickery and Hill and the
Comfort Magazine publishing houses
at Augusta will be forced to abandon
that city and move their business to
the Middle West. The zone rates
provided in this postal bill place
these Maine publishers, and all
magazine publishers in the Eastern
states, at great disadvantage.
They are now shipping their pub
locations by freight to Pittsburg
where they are mailing them for dis
tribution. Later on they will prob
ably be forced to abandon their pub
fishing plants in Augusta. altogether
and move them to some place in the
central part Of the country unless
this law is changed
Together the publishing houses
named bring into Maine every wear
more than 100000. This revenue
is spent in this State for wages to
Maine people and for the purchase of
Maine made goods which are neces-
sary to the carrying on of these BUSH
nesses. II these publishing houses
are forced to leave Maine the State
will lose all of this money and the
loss will be severely felt. not only in
Augusta, but throughout the State.
The postal bill has already forced
scores Of publishers In the Eastern
states to move their businesses to the
Central states. They could not do
business in this part Of the country
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02

was forced to come here from the
frozen north for food"
Hes a fierce hunter, I imagine"
sighed the bunny boy.
Il should say So went on Professor
Crow. Probably he is very lean and
muscular. He is good fisherman. as
we'll as good hunter. and at dusk lit
tie birds must be careful not to make
noise. for his eyes are sharp and his
wings are SO silent that no one hears
his coming. Little rabbit, have q care
on your way home. He has been
known to have carried Off a cat in his
strong claws. Look out, I say, little
bunny on your way" And in the next
story You shall hear what happened
after that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-02

Where are you going. Hipperty Hop?
Just for minute why don't you stop?
What have you seen that has scared
you SO?
Answer, your feathered friend Jim
Crow"
e.Dear. oh DEAR" sighed the little
bunny. giving his knapsack hitch,
Snowy Owl is about. He just caught
a black duck in the salt creek"
sorry to hear that" answered the
old professor bird. Guess Snowy Owl