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The Republican Journal
Belfast, Thursday, may 19, 1921.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
The Republican Journal Pub. Co.
A. 1. BROWN. Editor.
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QUOTATION
"No disappointment is quite so bitter
as the disappointment that comes when
) you are disappointed with yourself.”
—Elbert Hubbard
“HE WHO RUNS MAY READ”
Railroad trackage and equipment in
this country have greatly deteriorated
since Mr. McAdoo attempted to show
that government management by an
agent who knew very little about the
railroad business was better than railroad
management by people who knew* a great
about it. Railroads are now unable to
reconstruct their road beds and purchase
new equipment because capital refuses to
invest in railroad securities while the
expense of railroad operation exceeds the
operating expenses. Capital can produce
revenue for its owners only when it is
profitably employed
This country needs a great many thou
sands of new homes especially in our large
cities and in our great manufacturing
centers. In many of these places brick
layers, carpenters, plumpers, and men of
some other trades are shirking on the
job. In some other places they are strik
ing against a reduction from a wage scale
from $12 to $8 for eight hours work.
Radical labor leaders are getting their
living by encouraging loafing, planning
strikes and fomenting discontent. What
we have said is not a reflection upon
honest labor; it is a criticism of radical
methods adopted by the building trades, j
and there wirt be a comparatively small •
amount of building done in the United
States until these radical met. ods are
abandoned. Capital hasj as much right
to shirk, to strike, or to1 be arrogant as
has any radical and grasping group of
individuals, but capital has its duties to
perform and these it should never shirk.
Capita! owes its existence to the faithful
workers of this and former generations,
and should never forget that honest labor
has been and now is the rock of our sal
vation as a nation
A WASTE of money
A quadrangle having an area of about
213 square miles lias been mapped near
Columbia Falls, Maia.e, byj the Geological
Survey in co-operation with the War
Department and the State of Maine.
The survey discovered (?) the following
facts “Ages ago, in the glacial period,
tais area was covered with ice. . . . The
country is rocky and in places low, con
taining large swamps and it is in large
part overgrown with almost impassable
thickets of brush'and second growth,
. The winters here are long and
the summers are short. . . . Some hay
is raised but neither the seasons nor the
soil are favorable for agriculture. . , .
Nature has showe i her benevolence by
stocking the waters with excellent fish.”
The surveyors and topographers were
evidently accompanied by a historian and
the following is what he discovered (?)
First British Ship Captured
During the Revolutionary, War tr.e
first British boot to fall into American
hands, the Margaretta, an a.med schoon
er, was captured near Machias, just east
of the Columbia Falls quadrangle. In
the attack on the Margaretta Hannah
Weston, a feminine Paul Revere, gained
more than local renown by making a
night trip from Machias with gunpowder
for the patriots. Her grave at Jonesboro
is still proudly pointed out to v sitors.
A decade or so before the Civil War a
religious fanatic named Adams persuad
ed a number of families in the vicinity of
the town of Indian River, in this area, to
sell out and go with him on a latter-day
crusade to the Holy Land, where, ac
cording to Adams, there would be no
work to do and where milk and honey :
would flow for everyone, but instead of !
finding milk and honey they were badly !
stung by the crusading bee and, after a
long period of near-starvation, they were
finally brought back home by a generous
Government.
The federal government offers the map
of the entire quadrangle for ten cents.
T HE BANK COMMISSIONER’S
REPORT.
The Report of the Bank Commission
■ -srs for the year ending November 30,
Mild
Physic
and Liver Tonic
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natured we feel and bow^BHI VII
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when the digestive or- ^^Bll
gang are faithfully per- HB
forming their vital du- W
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their burden on the liver Bb JX
or bowels. Then trouble ^^B
begins. All sorts of dis
tressing symptoms ap- ^^B
pear, some of them I 1
alarming in effect. There ^^B MS
is danger in delay. If ^^B
vtliere is any distress ^^B I 1
-whatever in the stomach, ^^B
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-pitation, dizziness, scant ^^B
unne, constipation, has- ^
fen to the store and get ^^B w
a 50 cent bottle of that ^^B M
good-health remedy, “L. ^^B
F.” Atwood’s Medicine.
Endorsed by Maine peo
pie everywhere, and BIB
guaranteed by the “L. F. ” Medicine
• Co., Portland, Maine.
1920, is at hand, and shnws a remarkable
increase in the total resources of both the
Bavings banks and trust companies. This
increase exceeds that of any previous
year and is about {5,500,000 more than
the increase for the year ending Nov.
30, 1919.
The report shows that the above in
crease h3s been made notwitUktanding
the fact that several banking institutions
outside the State have been soliciting de
posits offering higher rates of interest.
The Bank Commissioner says: “The con
servation of savings and adequate pro
vision against future loss, are of the ut
most importance. The banking institu
tions of Maine' have wisely pursued th'e
sound policy of continuing itheir rates at
four per cent instead of undertaking com
petition with banking institutions of other
States. That such a conservation policy
inspires public confidence is shown by
the remarkable increase in number and
amounts of deposits ”
Never in the 110 years when it was a
part of its territory was Colombia able
to effectively control Panama. After it
had been declared to be an independent
republic and our government had guaran
teed to protect Panama against aggres
sion of Europe or of her neighbors, she
became more independent (in feeling) than
ever before. There had been a long con
troversy between Costa Rica and Panama
as to the location of the boundary be
tween these two countries. The dispute
was finally submitted to arbitration, and
after hearings had been had and all pos
sible evidence had been obtained the ar
biters fixed the boundary. A few months
ago Panama undertook to move this
boundary a few miles into Costa Rican
territory and claimed possession of the
land taken. Secretary Hughes has told
Panama that the invaders must put the
boundary line back where they found it,
and to go home and behave themselves
Panama will not be allowed to trifle with
the United States, as she lias always
dene with Colombia. If she attempts to
do so Uncle Sam will reach for his strap !
and fold Panama over his knee.
A recent seizure has put the Depart
ment of Justice in possession of a com
plete list of the commune officials in the
United States, maps which they had
made of every coal mine in the country
and all the plans which had been made
for a radical uprising which was staged
for the first day of this month. Every
alien commune official should be prompt
ly deported and those who have become
naturalized citizens should be punished if
they have conspired against law and or
der. Bolshevism should have neither
sympathy nor tolerance in this Country
Senator Johnson of California has in
troduced a resolution in the Senate, pro
viding for the regulation of primaries.
In a recent local primary in Augusta, to
decide whether cr not daylight saving ,
should be adopted, about 4,000 votes were
cast, there being 320 majority in the
negative. The city fathers “regulated”
the verdict by reversing it and Augusta
people are saving daylight. Once, when
Gen. Grant was President, a doorkeeper
of the House of Representatives said:
“I’ll let old Grant know I’m a bigger
mau tnan he is!”
More than 10,000 building workers in
Chicago are idle because they reluse to
submit to a reduction of from 512 a day
to $8 a day. The quitters will get very
little sympathy here in Maine. Not many
of our working people are able to get
even 56 a day.
MJRlHPORr
Nathan Sanders and family of„Bangcr
motored to bayside and returned to Ban
cor recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mahoney have ar
rived from Bangor to spend the summer
at their cottage and boarding house.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burrill spent the
week-end at Bayside recently and are
having work done around their cottage.
Mr. and Mrs Chas. Mahoney have had
their household goods moved here from
Rockland and will occupy the L. W.
Benner house, South Shore.
Surveying is being done for extending
the electric wires along the shore road as
far as Wing’s cottage, Saturday Cove.
It is hoped in time to have electric lights
along the road as far as Camden. '
A car driven by traveling men and go
ing at a good rate of speed failed to make
the turd at Brown’s Corner one day re
cently and landed in the field on the
further side. No one was injured, but
the car had a badly damaged wheel.
A surprise party was given Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Connor Saturday, May 7th,
at their cottage at Bayside. A great many
were present and after spending a pleas
ant evening with cards and music a pic
nic lunch was served. Among those
present were Mr. ana Mrs. Bartlett Wad
lin, Fred Wadliu, Mrs. Roy Southard,
Mrs. Henrietta Southard, Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Mendall, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Leadbetter, Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, Mr.
and Mrs. Patch, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hills.
MANY CORN PACKING FACTORIES
WILL OPEN
One of the most reassuring announce
ments relative to the packing industry
in Maine this season is that issued
from the office of the Portland Packing
Co., that many of the large factories of
that organization will be operated this
fall. There has been much speculation
among the packers as to whether it was
advisable to operate this season because
of the many unusual conditions present
ed, but as sufficient acreage which was
late in being Bigned up, has been secur
ed, the company will continue its annual
operations. The factories to be opened
during the canning season are in various
sections of the State; Winthrop, Fair
field, Skowhegan, Unity, Abion, New
port, Dexter, Buckfield, Canton, Rum
ford and Cummings.
The corn industry in Maine is a very
important one and the decision of the
company will mean much to the locali
ties where the factories are located, giv
ing opportunity to many farmers to dis
pose of their product and opportunity for
labor to many hundred hands in the ag
gregate.—Eyening Express, May 10.
Auto Owners, Attention!
A few weeks ago The Journal advised
those who owned automobiles to study
i be new Motor Law which will be lb ef
fect the second week in July. We re
peat that advice, and the following'will
show why we do so:
Secretary of State Frank W. Ball, in
whose hands now rests the responsibility
of the enforcement of the automobile
laws through the inspectors which he ap
points, says that just so far as it is physi
cally possible to enforce these laws, it
will be done. No favors will be sho.vn
any violator.
I he Secretary says: “lam telling every
inspector that the Secretary of State ex
meets results from each one of the motor
Vehicle inspector^ appointed by him and
in order that he may know what each in
spector is doing to improve the observ
ance'of the motor vehicle laws in his ter
litory, it will be necessary hereafter for
each to make a weekly report to my of
fice. covering in a general way the ac
tivities of the entire week.
“This report must furnish information
as to the towns visited, as to length of
lime spent in each place and as to the
general conditions in regard to motor ve
hicle traffic in each town.
“The secretary will demand from each
inspector courteous treatment of the pub
lic in every instance. In the performance
of his duties, however, there must be no
discrimination . etween persons. Every
user of a motor vehicle must be m; de to
observe the laws, preferably by persua
sion, but when this method fails, then
there is no other alternative than to bring
the offender before court. Before resort
ing to court action, the inspecto must be
sure of his ground and when in doubt, he
should communicate with the Secretary
of State.
Inspectors are instructed to immediate
ly get in touch with local enforcement
officers in their territory and render them
every assistance possible, as it is urgent
ly desired by the secretary that there be
cordial co operation between the inspect
ors and the local officers.
“In every case the inspector is given a
special assignment by the secretary of
State, prompt action is expected and a
report must be made by the inspector.
“Each inspector is instructed also to
pay especial attention to the headlight
law and to use his best endeavors to see
to it that the rights of the many who are
strictly observing this feature law are
protected against those who persist in vi
olating it and he is made to understand
that he must not hesitate to cause the
apprehension of those who continue to
use the glaring headlights.”
Transters in Real Estate
The following transfers of real estate
were recorded in Waldo county Registry
of Deeds for the week ending May 11,
1921:
Ellen F. Cross, Bangor, to Elizabeth M.
Webber, New York; land and buildings in
Northport.
Clarence A. Boynton, Belfast, to Henry
Wentworth, do.; land and buildings in
Belfast.
T, I Huxford, Brooks, to Harry H.
Hutchinson, do.; land and buildings in
B.ooks.
Annie E. Treat, Winterport, to W. P.
Tripp, Winterport, and Thomas F. Gal
lagher, Bangor; land in Winterport.
Arthur W. Knight, Monroe, to Elite M.
Cronkhite, do.; land in Monroe.
Orrin J. Dickey and Marcellus R.
Knowlton, Belfast, to Fannie Rhoades
Bowden, Northport; land in Northport.
A. Perry Coombs, Belfast, to Vera
Andrews, do.; land and buildings in Bel
fast.
Louville W. and Margaret J. Hollis,
Troy, to Frank L. Cunningham, do.; land
in Troy.
Amariah Trim, Is'esboro, to Lewis L.
Engstrom, do.; land in Islesboro.
Chester C. Dow, Searsport, to Milton
Hollis, Belfast; land and buildings in
Searsport.
James C. Durham, Belfast, et als., to
Annie D, Hazeltine, do.; land and build
ings in Belfast.
Kelvin R. Rogers, Mont.ville, lo Eu
gene Perry, do.; land and buildings in
Belfast.
Charles H. Carr, Stockton Springs, to :
Edwin A. Jacobs, do.; land in Stockton ]
Springs.
George W. Varney, Unity, to George
S. Webb, do.; land in Unity. (Two
feeds).
Ervin W. Wood, Belfast, to Herbert j
W. Carr, do.; land in Belfast.
A Treaty Will Follow.
As had been generally expected, the
Knox resolution repealing the declaration
of the existence of war with Germany
has been adopted by the Senate. The
division was 49 to 23, all the Republicans
voting for the resolution except one who
was paired in opposition, while three Dem
ocrats voted and two were paired in its
favor. The vote was preceeded by a long
and sharp debate in the course of which
some interesting statements were made
by Senator Lodge, w'ho had charge of the
resolution. In answer to the argument
that the adoption of the measure amount
ed to a betrayal of the nations beside
which the United States had fought, the
Massachusetts senator said that they had
specifically provided that they could
make peace with Germany without our
assent and had in fact made peace. He
asked whether it was to be supposed that
we would go on remaining in a state of
war when all the other countries were at
peace. Special interest attached to his
statement that a treaty with Germany
would probably follow the resolution.
Senator Lodge said later that he did not
intend to give the impression that a new
treaty of peace with Germany would be
negotiated to take the place of the Ver
sailles treaty, but merely that it would
be necessary to make the usual treaty of
amity, commerce, etc., which in practice
follows the restoration of peace between
nations. His statement regarding the
amount of change that would have to be
made in the Versailles treaty in order to
eliminate the League of Nations covenant
and other provisions to which the Senate
majority was opposed was regarded as
affording little consolation to those who
had hoped that we might “engage under
the existing treaty’’ with necessary mod
ifications. It seems clear, however, from
statements made in press dispatches, that
the administration has not thus far con
cluded that the resubmission of the Ver
sailles treaty in an amended form is im
possible.
Meed for National Economy
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon per
tormed a public service soon after he took
over the office in warning the country to
practice the most rigid economy, and re
.minding the people once more of the vast
mountain of national debt. Other cabinet
officers have emphasized the situation in
their public utterances, and it behooves
the public to think deeply on the subject
in the days that are before us. Interests
of all kinds are clamoring before Con
gress for appropriations of various sorts.
Many of (he projects are meritorious,
while some have little to recommend
ihem and should not be given considera
tion at any time.
In the present financial situation of the
country Congress must pause and con
sider the possible effect on the treasury
and business in general, of any proposal
for enlarged expenditures. As an aid to
a proper realization of the financial obli
gations of the government there is pre
sented herewith a statemoot showing the
money that must be raised by the treas
ury between now and the end of the fiscal
year on June 30, 1923.
Maturing Debt, Treasury Statement
\ of December 31, 1920.
Victory Notes, payable May 20, 1923,
$4,225,928,250.00
Certificates of indebtedness
(floating debt) 2,592,811,950.00
War Savings Stamps pay
able January 1, 1923, 618,602,124.98
Total debt principal, $7,437,342,324.98
Estimated Appropriations for
Fiscal Years 1922, 1923 and
last quarter of 1921.
Regular appropriations, $4,738,0o0,00u.00
Interest, public debt, 2,065,000,000.00
Railroads. 800,000,000.00
Deficiencies, 372,000,000.00
Miscellaneous, 315,000,000.00
Total appropriations, $8,290 000,000 00
Grand Total, $15,727,342,324 98
That is the vast sum that must be col
lected from the people if the obligations
of ihe nation are to be kept and the fed
eral machine maintained without impair
ment of efficiency. The war is over, but
its tremendous cost must be met if the
national credit is to be sustained. Fifteen
billion dollars is a far greater sum than
any nation ever was called upon to raise
in 27 months of peace, but it is the task
that is set for America to perform, and it
cannot be avoided.
Use Lime on Acid Soil.
All soils are either acid, neutral or al
kaline. Most of the soils in the State
are acid; sour, as we call it, or the ele
ments contained therein are in acid solu
tions, and it isjfor the neutralization of
this acid in the most part that we use the
lime.
Conditions producing acid or sour soil
would be, briefly, leaching, old soil from
old rocks, freshly decaying organic mat
ter, removal of crops, and, to some ex
tent the use of fertilizers.
The relation of plants to soil acidity
will always be one of the best way s we
have to tell the degree of acidity con
tained therein. Laboratory tests are use
ful, but not always practical. Litmus
paper is perhaps the most in use of any,
and is very practical.
Plants doing well on acid soils are
strawberry, blueberry and weeds, such as
sorrel, bluettes. go'denrod, etc. Plants
that do well on either acid, alkaline or
neutral soils are potatoes, oats and some
of the cereals. Those demanding a dis
tinctively alkaline sod are alfalfa, clover,
peas, beans and mangel-wurzel beet.
The most economical material we have
j neutralizing the soil is lime or calcium
in its various forms. Lump, burnt, hyd
rated or ground limestone, any calcium,
in combination with an alkaline, is good,
but those in combination with an acid
such as calcium sulphide or land plaster
are not desirable.
The amounts to apply depend upon the
degree of acidity and the analysis of the
material. General recommendation would
be from one to two and one-half tons of
ground limestone, 1,500 to 3.000 pounds
of land lime, 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of
hydrated lime per acre, on medium to
quite strong acid soil.
The best time to apply is the preceding
fall or the spring that land is to be seed
ed, either broadcast or with drill. In case
of the former, harrow immediately.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTOR! A
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ISTRAWSf
Sold
Dwight L. Palmer
and Owens Bros.
Special Notice
X-RAY PICTURES
of bones, joints and teeth, fractures and
dislocations may be obtained at the oflice
of DR. CARL H. STEVENS,
35 Church St., Belfast, Me.
Tel. 15 3m 15
ANNOUNCEMENT
I have opened a store in the Austin Block and will
carry a full line of Men’s, Women’s and Boys’
Furnishings. Also Boots, Shoes and Ball Band
Rubber Goods.
PEARL CROCKETT, Mgr., Brooks
When they ask for more—they give
the finest tribute that can be paid to
the housewife who prides herself on
her baking. The finest tribute paid to
WILLIAM TELL
FLOUR
is the fact that after a wdman has used it
once, £he wants it again. From that time
on, she judges all flours by William Tell
and no other flour will satisfy her.
Will Tell wins its favor because it is al
ways clean and pure and fine.
Be sure of best results by using William
Tell.
It costs no more to use the best.
. Just tell your grocer—William Tell.
SWAN-WHITTEN COMPANY
OVERLAND
MOTOR CARS ARE A
GOOD INVESTMENT
Take you slate and figure it
out for yourself.
There are 5000 satisfied
Overland owners in the State
who have found that in an
Overland you get the most
for ycur mone.
Prices delivered, Belfast:
Sedan .... £1585
Coupe .... £1545
Touring . . . £995
Roadster . . £995
HARRY E. WALKER
Distributor for Waldo County
GRAY HAIR
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few cl; yswi 1* «**:•.;* euiua
Hair Jy. I1 U, net
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an ' ma;: *h i !. _■ . ■ :r :.ts,
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For Sale
I
One Dodge car, new last Julv. In
excellent condition. Driven a little
over a thousand miles. Good reason
for selling. Inquire at Journal office.
Pigs for Sale
Irish Cobler Potatoes for Seed
LOOSE STRAW
2-Year-Old Holstein bull
G. L. SLIPP, Belfast, Maine.
Tel. 117-11 2wl9
Mairon Wanted
At the Home for Age! Women, For
particulars apply to
DR. ELMER SMALL, President.
Eggs for Hatching
Partridge Plymouth Rocks
13 Eggs $1.00 at the house.
$1.50 by parcel post.
MRS. L. W. PEARSON,
4wl7* Citypoint, Maine.
P.HICHESTER SPILLS
Ladles! Ask your Vnulit ;
Chl-ches>ter • DiamondB rand/#%A
(Pills in Bed and Bold metalllcVj^#
boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon.'
Take no other. Bur of roar ▼ -j
Dranliit AslcfovCin^BE&TEBf
DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, forifi
years known as Best, Cifest, Always Ke^abaC
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVStfMIBK
ALGOLA PILLS
•
Regulate the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Make Pure Blood. For Constipation. Relieve
Gas, Indigestion, Biliousness, Sick Headache.
Try them. 10c. 25c. At druggists. Duane
Pharmacal Co., sole proprietor, P. O. Box
1103, City Hall Station, New York. See
signature on each box.
I HAVE TAKEN* THE
AGENCY FOR . . .
ScMzier’s Embroidered Robes
also full line of dress goods, curtains
and draperies.
MRS.N ATHAN S. VOSE,
2wl7 R. D. 2, Thorndike, Maine
TRACI E HARK
The
Restful
Tea
fell
NOTICE!
We have on hand and can make immediate deliver?
of the following brands ot fertilizers:
AA. C. BRANDS-Bowker’s, Brad
ley’s, Crocker’s, Great Eastern
General, Packer’s Union.
SWIFT’S BRANDS Lowell and
New England.
Consumers’ Fuel Co.,
DISTRIBUTORS AND AGENTS.
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS!
Embellish Your Car with Your Own Personal Initials or1
Our letters and monograms are obtainable in a wide varit
and colors and when applied represent the final touch so
stamp your car with just that bit of individualism which bespc.i
tion and prestige. These letters also prevent theft and prt
of ready identification.
These letters and monograms are not affected by mud, s> or
and will retain their original lustre and beauty under all we.
tions. We will apply them for you at remarkably small cost re
paratively short time—eliminat ing the delay, annoyance and .
pense often occasioned by other methods. PERFECT—LAST I.'1
assured. Styles and colors on request. l' ,
Six initials, 3 on each side of your car, $1.50 complete,
the same price. APPLIED BY
FRANK A. DOWNS, 42 Union St., Belfast Mai*
__>
Special Notice
We wish to inform the public that wt
are doing business all the time and if you
wish to buy or sell real estate of any kind
we would be pleased to talk with you.
E. A. STROUT Farm Agency,
ROY C. FISH, Local Manager,
Room 2, OildjFellows’ Block, Belfast,jMe.
STOLEN
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If the party who took a ' j
of Anatomical plates from
return the same by pan J
some other means, no ex?”
made.
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