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Evening star., 1926-10-12
CROPS IN CANADA.
Statistics Bureau Report Shows
Quality Of Former Products.

OTTAWA, October 12.-The Cana
dian bureau Of statistics yesterday
issued a report showing the quality
Of cereal crops at harvest time as
compared with a standard Of 100, rep
resenting the average weight per
measured bushel for the 10 years
1916-1925. The figures for all Canada
are as follows the corresponding
percentages for 1925 are given within
brackets): Fall wheat, 81 0O2);
Spring wheat, 96 OOD; all wheat, So
Q0D; oats, 80 0OD: barley, 95 (98;
rye, SO (97; peas. 95 (95); beans, SO
(95); buckwheat, 95 (95); mixed grains,
"a, Q0D; flax seed, SO (9O; corn for
husking, Sc (92).
Evening star., 1926-10-12
OBSERVING HOLIDAY.

BALTIMORE. October II (Spe-
ctaD To-day, Columbus day. is a
legal holiday in Maryland and the
banks and grain and stock eX-
changes, wholesale produce markets
and commercial organizations gem
araIlv are closed. State and munich
nal Offices as we'll as the courts and
large ndustria1 plants areSalso closed.
Evening star., 1926-10-12
POTATO MARKET STEADY.

CHICAGO, October IL R.-Po-
tatoes-Receipts, SO cars; on track,
356; total United States shipments,
1,464 cars; trading rather slow; market
steady; Wisconsin sacked and bulk
Round Whites, 1.75a2.00; fancy shade
higher: Minnesota sacked Round
Whites, 1.75a1.90; Minnesota North
Dakota sacked Red River Ohios, 2.25a
$50; Colorado sacked RuralS, 2.00a
2.40 sacked Brown Beauties. 250a
2.65 Idaho sacked Rurals, 225a2.55;
sacked RuSsetS, 2.30a2.55.
Evening star., 1926-10-12
COAL EXPORTS LARGE.
Bituminous Shipments From Balti
more Show Gain.
snecial nisnatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 12.-Coal ex-
ports through the port of Baltimore
during September totaled 769,759 tons
of bituminous to 13 overseas destina-
tions, exceeding the August total of
753,629 tons. September bituminous
exports were nearly four times the
combined total for nine months of
1925. Coal ships loading bunkers
here last month required 92,380 tons,
while 2,536 tons of coke went to Chile
in one consignment.
Thus far in 1925 2.524,565 tons of
coal have been exported, compared
with 257,827 tons shipped in the
corresponding period of 1925, and 29O,-
S87 tons sent out during the whole of
last year.
Evening star., 1926-10-12
LOANS HELD BY BROKERS

Loans held by brokers and dealers
from New York City Federal Reserve
Member Banks amounted to 81 ,809,-
007, 900 for the week ending October 6,
as compared with 81 ,971 900 for the
previous week, it was announced yes
terday by the Federal Reserve board
Evening star., 1926-10-12
PASS BILLION MARK.

PHILADELPHIA, October IL (Spe-
ciaD For the first time in it's his
tory the loans, discounts and invest
ments Of banks and trust companies
belonging to the Philadelphia clear
ing house have passed the billion dol
lar mark. In the last week they have
averaged S1.O01.794 900.
Evening star., 1926-10-12
PORT TRADE GAINS.
Baltimore Exports and Imports
Show Increases.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, October II. - I'm
ports and exports through the port of
baltimore last week both showed in
creases compared with the previous
week, according to the weekly report
of the collector of customs.
Exports increased over $2,500,OOO,
totaling $5,O43,535, whiles imports
amounted to $1.955,279, an increase
of $36,SO9, of which $1,O95,OlO was
admitted duty free.
Exports for the week consisted
principally of copper, grain, coal, steel
plates, oatmeal lubricating oil, to
bacco, flour, tinplate and cornstarch'
Evening star., 1926-10-12
BOSTS CAPITALIZATION.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, October IL CP.-
The New York Centeral Railroad
yesterday was authorized by the state
public utilities commission to increase
it's capital stock from $400. 900, 900 to
$500. 100000 all common stock. 500
par value. The fee to the secretary
of states office was 100000.
Evening star., 1926-10-12
Have You Been Stung Yet?

Some men have to get stung good
and hard before they learn to be eau
tious In making investments. Before
you lnvest-inveztigatei
Evening star., 1926-10-12

NEW YORK. October IL (P1.-The
New York Stock Exchange. and all
other securities and commodities mar
kets, as we'll as the banks, are closed
today in observance of Columbus day,
a legal holiday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-12
After Sickness Get
Strong Quick
New Pleasant Way to Take Cod
Liver Oil-Puts on Weight

Nothing like the wonderful vitaliz-
ing vitamines in Cod Liver Oil to
help convalescing people to quickly
get strong and well - everybody
knows that.
But nobody wants to take the ILL
smelling, horrible tasting, stomach
upsetting oil. itself, so nowadays, up
to date medical men are ordering a
tablet of Cod Liver Oil and it surely
has proved blessing to thousands of
people who have been sapped of their
natural strength after severe illness
and especially after the Grippe or
stubborn cough or cold.
Ask Coughlin's Drug Store or any
druggist for box of McCoys Cod
Liver Oil Compound Tablets. They
cost but little, are sugar coated and
as pleasant to take as candy.
Skinny men and women take them
to speedily put on plenty of good
healthy solid flesh and for this pur-
pose they are so extremely good that
thin men and women often take on 5
pounds or more in 80 days. AS
matter of fact. YOUR druggist is au-
-thorized to return your money if you
don't take on pounds In 80 days.
Be sure and ask for McCoy's, the
original and genuine Cod Liver OIL
Compound Tablets-60 Tablets so
cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-12

cents from Maine to California. but
would we zone the letter? Assured
ly we are not SO backward looking
as all that! Neither should we
zone the publication which properly
meets requirements as a dissemin-
ator Of information.
Should we listen to estimates Of
costs of carrying this kind of mail?
No estimator knows or can know
what he is talking about. We bet
ter ask him why not estimate in the
carrying of the mails the cost of dis
seminating franked stuff: why should
that not be charged up to each user
of the frank? Had postage been COL
lected on this matter last year the
amount would have been $12,842, $50.
Even this sum doubtless would have
been insufficient to meet the cost I'M
der Government management. Why
not charge up in postage terms the
cost of distributing the Congressional
Record? Not that we would restrict
such distribution beyond reasonable
limits. but so that we may know
whether it is being kept within rea-
sonable limits.
Briefly, the coming arrangement
for distribution of the printed word
is not conducive to the welfare of the
American people and the sooner they
awake to that fact the better for
them. Return to the fiat rate. what
ever that may be. and so recognize
that this is one homogeneous coun-
try, at least in its need of the dis
semination of information.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-12
MAINE GOSSIP


Now's the time when pa would say:
Wal, must go out today
And tidy up the sugar place:
Cut some wood, for there's no trace
Left from last years pile, l know.
Most time for the sap to flow.
Guess I'll look the buckets through
Sort the old ones from the new,
See how many I must get
Sorter like to be all set:
Clean the sugar house, SOS ma
Can't say: Lord, you're messy pa""
OF course, I know it's winter still,
But the sun now works it's will,
And the sap begins to surge
With the Springs first gentle urge;
Up and down through root and twig,
Giving life to small and big.
Catkins on the river brink
Most are ready now to blink:
And the tiny shoots of green
On the branches now are seen.
Winter tdays will soon depart,
When the sap begins to start.
Iva HI. Drew in LAS the World
Ways"
Boston,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-12
Protect What We Have
(portJa PrQSS- era Idly

The following editorial was recent
ly published by the birmingham
(Ala-) Age-Herald:
"A prominent business man of
Boston, a man of affairs, con- -
fessed to the writer in Boston
only a few days ago that were
he to attempt to raise money In
New England to finance New
England industries, he would be
doomed to failure at the start,
but, if he set out to finance there
new enterprise in the South, cash
in abundance would answer his
call. That aptly describes the.
feelings of New Englanders req
garding the future of the South.
They are sold on our section. =
Let's press the point to vantage
we are able to claim. Alabama
should continue to encourage in
dustry. keep down radicalism.
and foster all the while that
ideal condition that is attributed
to our pure Anglo Saxon blood.
This is the key to our future and
our natural resources will be ex-
plotted to the fullest"
The southern states welcome
CAPITAL witheopen arms. They make
it very plain to northern men with
money to invest that they propose to
proect them from radicallsm; 10
place no handicaps on their doing
business; to keep taxation down and
not to penalize them If they find
they are prosperous or that their
business is lucrative.
That is one reason why these
states are getting capital to develop
their resources. 1t affords good
subject for Maine people, particularly
Maine politicians, to think about.
In this state the tendency has
been, and is now in some quarters,
to nut heavier and heavier burdens
on industry. The men who are
largely responsible for this talk very
convincingly about securing new in
dustries for Maine but they do not
appear to hesitate. if the opportunity
is afforded, to do what they can to
make the industries we now have
carry larger burdens every year
than they have carried in the past.
Maine can never get new in
dustries unless it shows disposition
to protect the industries 1t already
has.
The surest way to secure new
capital for Maine is to point out tnat
it is the established policy of. this
State to nourish its existing indus
tries and protect them.
There is never, a Legislature that
does not have some bills introduced
which are aimed to do something to
some of our biggest industries.
Someone has an idea that they ought
to be taxed a little more: that addi-
tional labor legislation should be
passed to cost them q little more;
that one thing or another should be
done affecting their business be-
cause they are known to be pros
porous and able to stand the pres
sure.
AS a result all of our great in
dustries have to maintains expensive
Hobbies at Augusta. not to get things
for themselves but to save them
selves from being sand bagged" by
some legislator.
What splendid thing II would be
to have It go out all over the coun-
try that none of our biggest in
dustries need maintain a legislative
lobby; that the people of Maine are
protecting them and looking after
them: that nobody with a wild no.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-12
WINSLOW

The ladies of the Winslow Congre-
gational Church Sewing Circle fur
nished a fine dinner on the opening
day of town meeting, Moday, March
8, the menu consisting of baked
beans, brown and white bread, pickles,
cabbage salad, lemon and mince pies,
doughnuts, and coffee. Nearly 500
was netted from the patronage of
this dinner, and the menu vas said
to have been one of the best ever
served at town meeting.
The members of the Thursday club
will be entertained this week at the
home of Mrs. Arthur Wilder of First
street.
w. T. Reynolds, Jr.. was a business
visitor in Shawmut last evening.
An obstruction on the track near
the Cyr brothers storehouses caused
trains No. 16, Portland bound, and
102, express for Boston, to be delayed
several minutes, on Tuesday after
non. A large crew of men were en-
ployed and the big crane came down
from Waterville to hoist the offend
ing obstruction out of the way.
Winslow High school boys will
play Gardiner boys at Gardiner on
Friday evening, March II at 1880.
Many from this town expect to at
tend.
Mrs. John Barnard and daughter
Joan who have been visiting relatives
in Gardiner have returned to their
home on Halifax street.
Charles Johnson of Fairfield was
visiting relatives in town Tuesday.
Friends in town of Louis Hebert
will be glad to learn that he has re-
turned to his home in Wins1ow after
being a patient at the Eye and Ear
Infirmary in Portland where he I'M
derwent a surgical operation. He is
getting along very nicely at this time.
c. F. Ware of Fairfield was a bust
ness caller in town Tuesday.
Patrick Rossignol, who has been
confined to his home for the past nine
weeks with a broken bone in his foot
is improving. The cast has been re-
moved from the injured limb and he
hopes to be out within a few days.
George Sabins of China was a
business caller in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Gilbert Newenham and daugh-
ter Of China were guests Tuesday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Burleigh
Simpson.
Clarence Kicker of Clinton was a
business caller In town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Burns have re-
turned to their home in Clinton after
passing the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs F. w. Stuart.
Wilfred Harrison Is visiting his
father in Clinton for a few days.
Miss Celia Tobey was a visitor in
Bangor, Monday, called there by the
death Of a friend.
o. L. johnson of Waterville was a
visitor at the home of relatives in
town Tuesday.
Beginning Thursday noon. but
chocolate will be served to those at
the school who stay for luncheon.
Three cents a cup will be charged.
each child paying In advance or by
the day. All will be served. The
small fee charged covers the cost of
chocolate and napkins. If 1t is found
at the end of the month that the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-12
CRIME AND COMMISSIONS

The attorney general OF Massa-
chusetts has been giving some at
tention to crime In that State. This
is not to be wondered at considering
what a certain Mr.. Allen. head of
the automobile registration bureau,
has been saying about this subject
and backing up his statements pretty
well, so far as we can learn.
Attorney General Benton has
promulgated few suggestions,
which he thinks would aid in lessen
ing crime in that commonwealth.
Among these we note that he would
have it possible for courts to try
cases of violent crime without wait
ing until all cases involving VIOLA
tons of the liquor law. common
nuisances and desertion. however I'M
important they may be, are disposed
of.
Again, he would not permit counsel
to waste months and years over bills
of exceptions. He would require-as
who wouldn't-that probation Of
ficers should look up the records of
those they would let out on proba-
ton; that the court should obtain
such record before disposing of a
case. He would have it possible to
introduce records at trial to show
if a witness had a record of GRIM
inality, and he would penalize in the
sum of $500 any witness failing to
appear.
One is left to wonder why all this
has not been done long ago. that is,
where ones mind is not disabused of
wonderment respecting the ways by
should be.
But are they going to do 1t. now
that attention has been called to the
matter? Well, they appear to be en-
gagged chiefly in considering what
wonderful results may accrue from
crime commission, though there
never was a commission within the
memory of man that split the wood
and filled the wood-box. Not but
commissions are excellent in their
way, when there is plenty of time,
but they are absolutely incompetent
as a substitute for the fire depart
ment when the alarm rings. They
may be able to make a duantitative
analysis of water best suited to the
pumps, they may be able to chart
the line of least resistance leading
from the fire station to the conflagra-
ton, but they never extinguished a
confiagration and we hope they will
not be able to quench the public's
burning desire to have criminals
caught, tried, sentenced and put
where they will remain for a suit
able period, undrenched by the sob
sisters and unsought by lawyers
looking for pardon fees.
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70 by David Cory

Hooty Tooty Owl was sleeping away
the sunlight In the top OF great hem
lock tree. Patiently waiting for the
shadows of evening his eyes half
closed, he sat motionless in his gray
ish-brown feather suit, marked with
fine crossbars of black and dark brown.
Soon he and Mrs. Owl would look for
some abandoned nest Of Hawk or
Grow, in which his mate would lay
from two to four white eggs-the
color of all owls eggs. But, unlike all
other members Of the owl family.
their eyes were black and their hooked
bills ivory-white.
Yes, they knew that spring had
come. Had they not heard the CHEEKY
carol of Happy Bluebird? And the
cawing of. the crows? The music OF
the Bubbling Brook as 1t rushed over
its pebbly bottom to the Big Blue
Ocean? Yes, they knew that Mistress
Spring with all her little Balmy
Breezes, was here. and would soon
wake the flowers and the buds on
the twigs.
Hooty Tooty Owl was waiting for
the shadows and when they had filled
nook and corner of the Shady Forest
and the Pleasant Pasture, he meant to
steal 1OItn " NUM- Iva AiASCe 0AAAeSAA
birds and insects.
But as he sat there, waiting for his
hunting hour, along came Professor
Jim Grow and his friends. A flock of
crows, all his friends, was being led
by this wise old bird. No sooner did
Blackie Crow, the Professors young
est son, discover Hooty Tooty Owl
blfhlSing and winking in the light than
he set up a tremendous cawing. Above
the Hemlock tree he circled, scream
ing with all his might:
Come! Come! Everybody come!
Cav. cav, caw" and the next minute
the air seemed black with feathered
people. Some even settled in the old
Hemlock, cawing loudly. Others, more
daring, flew in close to the winky,
blink owl, making such noise that
he blinked harder than ever and vain
lv wished that he were any place but
where he sat. Then, as If at a given
signal, all the crows hoped about on
their perches, cawing at every breath,
nodding their heads. striking the
branches, trying to brighten away this
old night robber.
At last the din grew so loud that
Hooty Tooty Owl, half blinded with
the light, flew away. hoping to ma
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missed. Article AZ. Relative :.
money to be raised to be used on ma
between North Vassalboro road ana
Hobby schoolhouse. Raised S40o. A.
tic1e 48. To see IL town win h,,ifa
culvert north of Brann's halxer,s
Raised $500. Article So. Relative i
establishing curfew. Voted No. A.,
ticle SO. Relative to new fire truct
Raised $4,000 for new truck. Articls
81. To see If town will vote TO raj
money to bay balance on piano "a
Boston Avenue school. Raised sIes
Article SO. Regarding hydrant IN
Cushman road. Taken care of undsr
article "a. Article 81. Relative Il
resurfacing Dunbar road. Dismissas
Article SIS. Relative to purchase ~
lot for high school building. Voted ~
purchase lot nearly opposite Brann,s
bakery on Benton avenue. Article ss
To see If town will raise money ~
loan OF otherwise to build a hieb
schoo, building. Raised $4,000. sarns
to be applied to grading and improv.
ing lot Article 81. Relative to an.
plying money in town treasury for
protection of Fort Halifax and to pur.
chase land adjoining same for a mem.
orial park. Voted to purchase land
and buildings for park. Article se
Relative to resurfacing with coal
ashes the Garland and Hodges roads
Raised $1,000. Article SO. To Sea n
the town will vote to raise a sum NJ
money for paying part of towns IN
debtedness. Raised $4,000. Article
so. Relative to playground equipment
passed over. Article 81. Relative Ia
having town employees insured under
workmen's compensation act. Voted
to raise $500. Article 81. Relative n
accepting Rancourt street from Char.
land to Poulin streets. Voted to ar.
cept. Article So. To see If town win ar.
cept list of jurors as prepared by pro.
per board. Voted to accept. Article Ga
To see if town will raise money for
concrete sidewalk from residence Of =
E. Rollins to and include the residence
of B. l.. Wall. Dismissed. Article ss
To see if town will raise $1,000 N
make Improvements on Benton
avenue between Roderick road and
Benton town line and to determine
the method of carrying out work
Voted to raise $1,000. Article sc. To
transact other business legally Ia
come before said meeting. Recon.
mendation committee same as last
year. Voted to give selectmen power
to borrow temporary funds to cover
town expenses.
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Health Crusade Ended
Boston Ave. School
Win National Banner

The twelve week Health Crusade
contest that has been conducted in
the Boston avenue school closed
Tuesday. The object of the contest
was as follows: Each pupil was
given a chore card to be made out
every day. Those who accomplished
54 chores or more each week for the
IL weeks were entitled to a Squire
pin, and in addition to this honor, the
Health Crusade Association presents
to each class deserving 1T, a National
banner. The pupils of Mr.. Richard
sons room won the National banner,
and every pupil in the grade. which
is number seven, won a Squire pin.
Those having pins in this grade were
Kenneth Chapman, Clarence Hap
worth, Linnie Anderson, Viola Bull
ger, Earl Gardiner, Margaret McDon-
aid, Hildred Priest, Margaret Sal
mond, Viva Roberts, Corinne Gag
non, Cecilia Gagnon, Carol Witham,
Maurice McMullen, Hilda Lyford,
Dorothy Herd, Arnold Simpson. John
Turbyne, Robert Jones, George Wales,
Marjorie Taylor, Robert Nivison and
Margaret Henderson. In the grade
taught by Miss Annie Candage, the
following pupils won Squire pins:
Elsie Roberts, Ida Thibideau, Sarah
Thing, Bernice Morrell, Walter Sc
dorovich, Christine Michael. Louise
Wasiek, Ernold Riley, Gerald Cram,
Betty Britton, Ruth Jordan, Hope Nc
Donald, Harry Grindall, Jr. Those In
the grade taught by Mrs. Alice Dyer
were: Thelma Hussey, Loretta Jolo-
vich, Frederick Proctor. Lawrence
Higgins, Gladys Simpson, Loretta
Chasse, Hollis Seames, Donald
Rhoades, Louise Witham, Adele
Boscow. Those in the grade taught
by Miss Augusta Trask were: Mary
Belligan, Robert Winslow, Leonie
Bulger, Margaret Ward, Campbell
Nivison, Frederick Demers, Robert
Hussey and Gracia Morrell.
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some hollow spot in which to hide.
No sooner did he alight to rest In a
tree, than all the crows repeated the
din:
Come! Come! Come! Everybody
come! Cav. caw!
Wondering what it was all about.
the bewildered old owl again flew off
to find a secluded spot, when after
him rushed the crows, until at last he
found a hollow tree and djved in out
of sight, leaving his tormentors to
cav themselves hoarse.
Maybe he'll let the mice alone to-
night" laughed Professor Jim Crow,
as he leo his flock back to the open
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The feasibility of constructing
new high school at Scarboro has
divided the town into two camps of
decidedly different opinions and
threatens to invalidate financial ac-
ton taken at the town meeting of a
week ago. Charges are being made
that high school students illegally
voted for the appointment of new
high school committee by raising
their hands in hand vote partici-
pated in by adult townspeople. A
petition is being circulated around
the town, asking for the resembling
of the appointment of committee of
five who We're to consider plans for
a school that would cost $4,000. A
Portland attorney has been consulted
by the malcontents who believe the
old wooden high school to be good
enough for all purposes of education.
There Is possibility that the su-
preme court will be asked to give an
opinion on whether or not a hand
vote is legal. In this event, the en-
tire town financial appropriation
would be held up for articles of the
town warrant were voted on by a
hand vote or it's equivalent by voice.
Many have signed the petition and
feeling is at high pitch in the town.