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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

Chicago is to have one of the best
and biggest jails in the world. But
what does Chicago want of q Jail?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
MAINE GOSSIP
Dead Leaves

Dead leaves. brittle-curled and dry
Laugh and skitter and cartwheel by,
Dead leaves that know what 1t Is to
die.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
Absolutely Guaranteed
JOHNSON'S
A1nbitOne

- nustwofthy product In everv Yesnect---
maze by the I. s. Johnson Co., Inc. rnskers
On me famous Johnson's Anodyne finiment
IN use tor over 100 years. You viii agree that
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

Dexter Club Meets

Inc dexter Club held the first
Ladies Night of the season on Mon
uay evening. Supper was served to
about so. Bridge and dancing was
enjoyed until late hour. First
prizes at bridge We're taken by Mrs.
agnes Ryan, and l.. II. Whitney.
second prizes being taken by Mrs.
4lnogene Blaisdell ana Charles
Mrs. Clara Hayden Grassland of
Camden was the guest of her father
Z: III. Hayden, Monday night and
attended the Ladies' Night at the
Dexter Club.
Norman Capen, Ernest D. BIaisdeII
FRED y. Herrick of this town, Arthur
Z. Howard of Dover Foxcroft and
Harold Wood of HalloweH leave TO-
day for Deer Isle where thew will
enjoy several days hunting.
The regular meeting /of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary unit will he
held tonight at the rooms of Miss
Nellie Gomez in the Central Maine
POWER Company block on Grove
street. The meeting will be held
at 6.45 o'clock in order that those
VINO wish to attend the entertainment
at the town hall may do so. All
Ie,"oetS are urged TO attend as there
is business of Importance.
MRS. Il. d. Blaisdell went to Port
land today where she will visit Mrs.
Clifford Blocklinger.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
VIII meet Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Charles Hutchinson on Upper
Maine street. All members asked
to be present.
Mis- Agatha Patterson, of Sanger
vile, has been in town the guest of
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Widdoes and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl lawrence and son,
junior were Sunday callers in Water
vile.
There will be an ironing demon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

The Harvard Law School ought to
raise its 100000 endowment If only
few of it's graduates will agree to
turn in a fee or two.-Portland Ex-
press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

day, IL 1t does not rain or If no one
invites them to play golf or go
motoring.-Salem News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

Day by day the automobile be-
comes a more deadly engine of the
highways.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

some or our people love their
country SO much that they can be
persuaded to go to the noIi. aIar.,,,,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

No bitter tomorrow or yesterday,
One fitting hour for a little play
Why should a dead leaf not be gay
Vista Clayton in the Bookman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
MONMOUTH
Annual Inspection

The annual inspection of Boynton
Chapter o. z. S., No. SO, was held
Thursday evening, October 81. Dis
trict Deputy Grand Nation Mrs.
Jennie G. Howe of Fairfield, was the
inspecting officer.
A banquet was served at $50
o'clock. Committee in charge,
Charles II. Berry, Harold Flanders,
Mrs. Leona Reynolds, Mrs. Margaret
Smith and Mrs. Bertha Morse, ably
assisted bya corps of walters.
Mrs. w. P. Bender of North
Marlborough, was called here last
week by the illness of her aunt rs.
Clara Maxwell.
Miss Flora Frost went to Lewis
ton, Saturday, to pass the week end
with friends.
Fred Metcalf Of New York. form
erly of Monmouth, is in town.
Murray Hawksworthy, who was
injured last week by an automobile,
while at work on the State road be-
tween Monmouth and Winthrop, was
taken to the Community hospital in
Winthrop. His injuries consisted of
several broken ribs and many bad
bruises.
Kennebec Pomona Grange will
meet at Grange hall Wednesday for
day meeting. In the evening the
children will exhibit specimens of
their work and the Re-ly-on-us club
will give an entertainment.
Schools will close Wednesday
night for the teachers to attend the
Maine Teachers Association Con-
Ventlon at Bongor the 2S-29.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

Navy Day. Think of all that's
gone to make our Navy what it is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
Observing Johnny

Observing Johnny
Mother" said Johnny as they
were returning fyom a summer after
noon visit, what did Mrs. Brown
have that screen across the corner
of her room for?"
That, my boy" answered the
mother with a feeling of pride at his
youthful observation, was used to
hide something she did not care to
have inquisitive eyes see."
Then is that why you looked be-
hind it when Mrs. Brown was out of
the room, mother?" was Johnny's
unexpected rejoinder.
Student: SAY, Professor, how
long could live without brains?"
Prof: That remains to be seen. :"
Warning
Another of those dreadful railroad
crossing accidents. Motorists, do
please stick this verse on your wind
shields:
Stop and let the train go by.
1t hardly takes a minute;
Your car starts off again intact,
And better still-you're IN it.
Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
Wednesday, October 27, 1926.

"The three foundations of learn
ing: Seeing much, suffering much,
and studying much".-catheraII
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

The hope of many Northerners IN
the contracting and building trades
that there might be abundance Of Cd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
GRAND RuNKRALWEYSMG.
CALIFORNIA.

Include the Grand Trunk RAILWAY
part OF your trip this year.
Low Winter Tourist Fares
Splendid equipment-unexeelled M ~.
everything to make your journey - -.
ant and comfortable. Trains leave ~"
land 7.45 a. m. and SIS .. N.
Commencing Sept. 26th the fA = ~
train will leave at 9.15 a. m. sum-
only.
For further, information. apply 10 nd
q. A. HARRISON. Gen1. Agt. Pass. W.
Grand Trunk Station. Portland Nc
Phone Forest 104O.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27
Cooking, Scrubbing, Working

Is JUST the thing Tor you.
Cooking. Scrubbing. Working
With all the work you do inside. it's only
natural that you don't have the time or the
Inclination to eat strengthening foods. When
you don't get them, you lose all your nan tire
easily and become lstless. If you aren't careful,
your begin to get naggy and miserable. and
even some more serious sickness may nut YOU
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Johnson's Ambitone contains no h.rr,A,,
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y Is easily digestible, and Il tastes oood AZ
roi Ambitone is strong like good sherry wilma
that stimulates the whole system. and gives
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nkes up your digestion, gives you a rood
sppeute, 9uiets your nerves and make. lie
really worth while for you A''
Absolutely Guaranteed
You can Be full of pep at the end ., ~. H.
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ieei Ambitone is positively guaranteed ~
oehght you with Its results or your money viii
De refunded. At all druggists-Sl,00 o. e
inc9nvenient to buy at the drug store. send
Si.o0 to /. s. johnson Co., Inc. Merrimsc
81, boston, Mass. Dept 4 b and bottle will
90 sent you promptly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

Fred A. Currier of Portland came
IN from a hunting. trip at Durgins
Mountain, North Stoneham, Monday
morning with fine specimen of black
bear, The animal weighed 200 pounds
and mad handsome, thick fur. Mr..
Currler, accompanied by ii. l.. Mars
ton of West Falmouth and Charles
Adams of Bridgton ran across the
tracks of their game in the four-inch
snow about 1890 in the morning and
shortly after the noon hour, after both
Messrs. Currier and Adams had made
hits, they secured their bear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

Robert 1ngersoll, acting secretary
of the Lewiston Chamber of Com
merce, was given permission at Mon
day evenings meeting of the cham
Der directors to put in operation a
plan to interest members in various
chamber projects; to meet them in
groups for the suggestion and con-
sideration of topics which 1t is felt.
the chamber could and should ac-
complish. Snow removal was dis
cussed briefly. More drastic enforce
ment of traffic ordinances was not
discussed, as the season is nearing a
close.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

The Bath municipal officers met at
4.30 Monday afternoon to consider a
petition from the trustees of the Bath
Water District for laying two or more
pipes on the bed Of the Kennebec
river at the site of the draw in the
new Kennebec bridge. The pipes are
to be brought across the river on the
bridge and at the point of the draw
will make right angle turn so as to
run perpendicularly from the bridge
to the river bed and then across the
open space to the opposite pier, the
pipes being u shaped.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

The Old Longfellow house in Pitts
field, Mass, had narrow escape from
destruction lately. The high school
commission endeavored to secure DOS
session of the land on which the old
mansion stands, in which case the
structure would have been demol-
1shed. The city council refused to
ADOPT the suggestion. The high
school commission announced, how
ever. that If the house had been de-
molished 1t was prepared to salvage
the staircase and incorporate 1t into the
new school building on account of the
special historic interest surrounding
the stairway. Longfellow wrote MANY
poems during his residence here and
among them was THE Old Clock on
the Stairs" The clock stood on the
stairs long before he occupied the
mouse and when 1t was owned by a
relative Of his wife. Longfellow and
his bride spent part of their honey
moon In this house and afterward ac-
auired 1t by purchase.-Chicago Jour
nal.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

A few of the "old-fashioned" things
in the repair kit of yesteryear could
be carried in new cars today to great
Just one OF these articles,
the spare fan belt, still should have a
prominent place. Wire, tire tape and
a small box of assorted bolts, nuts and
pins may come In handy. The wise
motorist still carries such things. The
United States is a big place.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

ator, 1000 revolutions of the crank
shaft being required to complete 1t.
Thus the engineer always has check
on operating conditions and the dia-
gram is available for study and analy-
sis as soon as 1t Is drawn, without
the necessity of recourse to photo
graphic or other processes.
Used in Routine Tests.
The new indicator enables rapid and
accurate work to be done when in,
vestigating multicylinder high-speed
engines. and variations in valve tim
ing, valve lift. ignition timing, and
other things that affect the power of
individual cylinders become apparent
Immediately and can be corrected. 1t
can be used in routine test work in
engine or car manufacturing plants
and, If small inexpensive provisions
are made on engines in production, 1t
can be used in service stations, ac-
cording to Mr.. Jacklin. to check valve
and piston ring fits, ignition settings,
carburetor adjustments. and other
things that are now done. at best, only
by guess.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
What's In an Auto Name.

Among popular pastimes with 8
motoring flavor why not try offering
suggestions for names for future cars
Naming cars after historical person
ages, planets, Presidents and promi
nent people always has been popular
but the possibilities are somewhat eX
hausted, unless one lapses into the
ridiculous. Automobiles have pros
pered on distinctive names and such
nomenclature bids fair TO be popular
in the future.
Among the odd names suggested for
future use may be mentioned:
Auto Dynamic, Automotor. Aerocar,
Angus. Alpena, Adria. Bolte. Bran
well, Berg, Blood, Black Diamond
Blomstrom, Bugmobile, Browniekar.
Ben Hur, Beggs. Chapman, Canda
Gotta, Conrad. Centaur. Crestmobile
Cameron, Correja. Church-Field
Climber. Darling, Dyke. Duer, Dis
patch, Everybodys, Economy, Eclipse,
Tanning, f. r. P. Friend. Gasmobile
Gearless, Hay Berg, Heine- -Velox. Kid
der. Kunz.
Don't get excited. These are names
of a few of the cars that are dead
and gone. One can hardly think of a
wild name that has not been used for
some make Of automobile.
Yes, even Rapid and Success
have been used. One was called
Merit
Evening star., 1926-06-13
4,175,365 AUTOS
MADE IN. UNITED
STATES IN 1925
CONTINUED from Fifth Page)

to motor vehicle transportation, to
motor business property and other
new properties and new values now
tax producing at their present rate
largely through the motor vehicle.
These facts indicate the real serious
ness of the question of whether or
not we are reaching the limit OF taxa
ton Of the motor vehicle. While it
is true that the motor user can we'll
afford to pay a large part of the tax
bill, it is just as true that the utili-
zation and extension of motor trans
port through improved roads is a
creator of property values. which in
fairness should contribute to the sup
port of the annual highway costs"
Automotive exports rank third In
importance. Raw cotton comes first,
refined mineral oils second and then
automotive products, with total
value of 1855. $4,000. The value of
passenger car exports has jumped
rrom $85,2S0,7S7 in 1919 to S218,664,-
$40 in 1925, while truck exports have
advanced In value from $37 ,098,693 to
$44.345,549.
Already of paramount Importance in
the American export trade. the auto
motive industry gives every evidence
of becoming still more significant as
a factor in the country's international
commerce. All leading manufacturers
are planning increased exports, pre-
dicted upon intensive sales campaigns
abroad Naturally, this is q vital
consideration in every phase of Ameri-
can business, commerce and finance.
r,oht
Evening star., 1926-06-13
BETTER TAPPET WORK
IS STRONGLY ADVISED
Important to See That Clearance
Will Remain Constant-Two
Ways for Doing It.

Before concluding that the clearance
between valve tappet and end Of valve
stem is correct it is important to see
that the clearance will remain con-
stant. This is done in two ways, de-
pending upon the type of tappet with
which the car is equipped.
A mushroom tappet has fiat,
round bottom that rides it's cam or
litter on the camshaft. 1t can be
turned around, this being PROVIDED
so that the bottom will not keep strlk-
ing on one spot all the time. But IN
use the bottom tends to develop high
and low spots. In turning a tappet
one often finds the clearance changing.
A roller tappet is just what its name
implies. In order to allow the roller
to turn to a new position, the engine
should be. cranked over and another
test Of clearance taken when the valve
is closed again.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
new RECIPROCITY
PHASES STUDIED
District and Maryland Of.
ficiaIs Confer on Further
Auto Agreements.
anecial Djsnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, June IA series of
conferences between State and Dis
trict of Columbia authorities relative
to points not covered in the reciprocity
agreement have been held the past
week.
AS result of the conference, Motor
Vehicle Commissioner E. Austin
Baughman has notified Director of
Traffic NJ. O. Eldridge of the District
of Columbia that reciprocity does not
extend to vehicles carrying loads In
excess of the maximum allowed IN
Maryland, or in cases where other
special provisions are violated.
Efforts were made recently to com,
plete an agreement between the
State and District governments re.
garding vehicle load weights, width of
tires and licensing of vehicles actively
in use in both Jurisdictions. Officials
of the department of the attorney,
general and the motor vehicle COM
mission were unable to secure compile.
ton of the agreement by Washington
officials, it is said, although Mr..
Paughman and Deputy Commissioner
ID. Marshall Schroeder conferred sew
eral times with District authorities.
Plans to complete a supplementary
agreement of reciprocity grew out of
busseS, it was said. 1t was agreed
that such busses and motor trucks be
licensed by each jurisdiction in WHICH
they operate.
Use of District licensed trucks in
Maryland for periodic operations re-
auirinS temporary quartering of the
vehicles in this State also was held
TO require issuance of Maryland
license tags. Mr.. Schroeder said, in
spite of reciprocity for vehicles oper-
ated for pleasure purposes and
ordinary commercial use.
Similar limitations upon reciprocity
privileges were made necessary due
to variations in the State and District
regulations concerning aXimum load
weights. The District law permits a
maximum weight of 24.000 pounds,
two tons in excess of the Maryland
maximum of 10000 pounds
Regulations concerning permitted
weight per inch of tire width also
differ, according to Mr.. Schroeder.
although the District regulations ap-
proXimate the Maryland requirements
that such loads must not exceed $50
pounds per inch in width of tires
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Lesson in Lubrication.

Heavy oil is being used by many
service stations for chassis lubrica-
ton on new cars. Tight shackles
are better off with oil, but cars more
than year old should have grease.
Starting with Oil, however. prevents
clogging troubles which so frequently
occur when grease is the steady diet.
More pressure can be eXerted with
the hand grease gun of the booster
type than with the large equipment
used in many garages and filling sta
tions. The hand operation seems to
be more tedious but it does the work
When oil mileage seems to be on
the increase it is only a warning of
crankcase dilution. OIL mileage
should become less as the car grows
older.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Now You Have It!
Answers to last weeks question

/. A crankweb is one of the parts
of a crankshaft connecting the crank
pins.
.. All the pistons of an engine dc
not travel at the same speed stimuli
taneously. This may seem like an
impossibility. but, although the ex'
PLANTATION is too technical for inclu-
sion, it is true, nevertheless.
3. Lack of water in the battery
raises the voltage until the plates
buckle and short
4. If a car is left five hours with
its parking light on, assuming aver
age battery and charging conditions
the current loss can be made up
in fifteen minutes of normal driving
5. A four-cylinder engine has one
kind of vibration which is less than
Evening star., 1926-06-13

sary only when preparing for an ex-
tended trip. Very rapidly modern
tourists have learned the advantages
Of being we'll equipped with touring
information. and they are applying
the idea OF preparedness to their daily
health spins.
"It is estimated by the A. a. A. that
75 per cent of the motorists who stand
in line at One-way stretches of con-
structiOn could have taken other roads
for their drives. which means that
the 20 per cent Of the remainder. COM
prising tourists. have to be DELAYED
further by unnecessary local traffic.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

trian movement in congested sections
are few and far between, and their
enforcement is a question of the
greatest difficulty.
On every hand, in every community.
pedestrians are furnishing safety and
police officials with the hardest kind
Of problem. Whereas the motor We
hicular traffic question is one which,
while 1t is by no means settled, it at
least on the road to a reasonable
degree of stability, that of pedestrian
control remains a theoretical one in
many communities.
The point is made by safety leaders
that it is to this fact that much of the
traffic accident problem can be traced.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
ROAD FACTS NEEDED
FOR SHORTER TOURS
Motorists Bent on Pleasure Local
ly Can Avoid Delays by Getting
Advance Information.

necessary for the so-called pleasure
ride as for the extended trip, in the
opinion of Ernest y. Smith, general
manager, OF the American Automobile
Association, who declares il a waste
Of time devoted to recreation to set
out for the afternoon or evening with
out knowing exactly where road work
will be encountered.
1.-The idea Of being we'll informed
regarding local roads as a prerequisite
to pleasurable riding is just beginning
to dawn upon motorists" Mr.. Smith
explains. Until quite recently such
information was regarded as neces-
Evening star., 1926-06-13
OUTPUT OF POWER
APPRAISED EASILY
New Instrument Meets Prob.
lem by Giving Rapid and
Accurate Check.

Accurate appraisal of the power
output of automobile and truck en-
gines under varying conditions or
temperature. fuel mixture, spark and
throttle setting, carburetor ADJUST
ment and the like always has been
difficult problem for the. automotive
engineer. The number of cylinders to
be tested, their variability and the
high speed of the engine have been
the factors that have contributed most
to the problem.
Such studies usually are made with
the aid of instruments that produce
indicator diagrams, some Of which are
made by beam Of light that traces
lines on a Photographic plate, while
others are traced by a pencil on ruled
paper cards wrapped around a re-
volving drum. With the former type
of instrument it is necessary to de-
velop and print the negative, which
causes delay and some liability Of dis
torting the diagram, while with the
latter type the weight of the pencil
and drum causes q lag in their move
ments that makes them unreliable for
indicating engines at speed of more
than 300 revolutions per minute.
New Instrument Developed.
"a Ie" iiuicdtinS iisli uHleul tHol
does not have any Of these objection
able features has been developed by
II. NJ Jacklin. assistant professor Of
automotive engineering at Ohio State
University. and c. p. Roberts, and
was described and demonstrated by
Mr. Jacklin at the Summer meeting
of the Society of Automotive Engi-
neers last week.
This device is attached directly to
the head of the engine to be tested
and is operated by the engine. A
diagram is taken from one cylinder
at a time and Is built up slowly, part
by part, before the eyes Of the oper-
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Pedestrians a Problem.

Street and highway safety officials,
while they have had their full meas
ure Of troubles with the motorist and
in getting necessary laws and regula-
tions. are perhaps even more con-
cerned over the pedestrian situation.
These officials show that it is possi-
BILE to control motor traffic. 1t is
possible TO get adequate laws and to
secure their enforcement. But in the
matter of pedestrians the question is
complicated. Laws governing pedes-
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Doubling Engine Life.

The expense of climbing hills
In high gear is ever. more as
tonishing. If cars with 32-inch
wheels were equipped with a
rear axle reduction of to l instead
of around 5 to l the engines would
not he turning over more than 1000
revolutions per minute until the car
speed exceeded So. 1t would be neces
sary to shift into second on hills, but
second could be the same as present
day high gears.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

The super-efhcient KniSht
sleeve-vaive engine 10 pat.
ented. But two makers of
privstely-owned PASSENGER
cars are entitled to build
II. Willys Knight is one
of the two.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
YOUR CAR and MINE
Weekly Department of Hcpfulness, Information and
Entertainment for Motor Car Owners.
By WILLIAM ULLlMAN.
latter heavily
sire Otter loss Of the former
CARS MUST BE BETTER
Bv WILLIAM ULLMAN

of book the list OF supplies which
includes 50
quantities Of those articles These do not include the con-
jacks
changing equipment.
nowadays
headlight bulbs
search trouble light Many of them do
even these.
Among the articles longer deemed
pins candle wckng compound
ric cable ntly tmesha changed.