Sun Up Magazine, September 1925

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^Wellers in the Dari S,'ort Story by W ill Smith

Eeach Zone ot M aine %

Ray P. Hans com

“Until I read S U N - U P I did not realize how little I knew about M aine/’ a resident of this State said to me recently—which reminds me of the old maxim, “Familiarity Breeds Contempt.'’

I must alter this epigram to some extent by stating that in this case Familiarity means Proximity, and Contempt means Indifference. Like seven-tenths of the citizens of Maine, I know seven-tenths more about the seven wonders of the world than I do about the one thousand and one wonders of Maine.

For instance, at least eighteen hundred times a year, I have passed the Longfellow House on Congress Street in Portland, and yet never in my life until the other day had I sought out the romance and enchantment that engulfs this old mansion and draws thousands of tourists to it yearly.

If the Longfellow House were in Boston I would doubtless have visited it long ago.

Things which we may have or enjoy every day of our lives we immedi­ ately consider commonplace and ignore.

I opened a morning paper among a group of friends the other day and read aloud the head line announcing the fact that the birthplace of Longfellow, the old home on Fore Street, was to be moved to Philadel­ phia. A hue and cry went up among those present. Indignant and ex­ clamatory were they over this unheard of sacrilege. “How many of you have ever visited this land mark?’’ I asked. None of them had. I perused the article a little further to find that the house was only to be moved temporarily. The little company of visitors settled back com­ fortably at this. They were relieved to know that it would still be there as accessible and neglected as ever.

—Anonymous Let S U N - U P bring home to you the significance of Maine’s chief attractions,and the spirit of proper appreciation

A subscription to SUN-UP, Maine’s Own Magazine, is one dollar and fifty cents a year

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Boothbay Harbor Maine's Finest Resort

Atlantic House

Oak Grove Hotel

The Acorn and Cottages

Ocean Point Maine

Boothbay Harbor, Maine Golf, Tennis, Riding, Deep Sea Fishing, Lake Fishing, Sailing, Canoeing, Dancing, Swim­ ming, all kinds of sports

Beautifully Appointed In Every Way W. HERBERT REED & SON,Props.

P. O. West Boothbay Harbor, Maine Opens June 25 Closes Sept. 10 R A T E S $6.00 to $9.00 PER D A Y

McKown’s Garage Storage, Gasoline, Oils, Accessories Agents for

Chevrolet and Buick

OPEN DAY AND NIGHT O. M. McKnown, Prop.

Boothbay Harbor, Me. We Cater to the Automobile Public

VIEW OF THE HARBOR

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C. E. HOXIE, Prop.

Cool, comfortable and inviting with broad shaded verandas fanned by salt breezes from the ocean. You will enjoy fine, wholesome home cooking.

Special attention given to the serving of sea food.

Sivimming-tennis-saifing'/ishing-tlancing-

solf.

NE of the greatest charms of Accessible by boat or auto Boothbay Harbor is its sea go­ ing air and its quaint atmos­ from Bath. phere. The Harbor is always throng­ ed with every manner of boat Horn the modern yacht to rhe old fishing smack.

Shore Lodge The little winding streets take one SOUTHPOR. , NA INK down past the huts on the water front, the delightful little sea food Accommodates 100 Guests restaurants, the studios of the many artists who frequent Boothbay, beau­ Thoroughly modern in Appointments and Service tiful roads through the woods lead one off to the delightful sections Golf Boating nearby, such as Spruce Point and Tennis Dancing Ocean Point, both of which command views of the. coast land which are Garage Accommodations rare even in Maine.

JOHN A. THOMPSON & SON

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Proprietors and Managers

Spruce Point House &Cottages

THE VILLA OCEAN POINT MAINE “ Where the Pines and Ocean Meet” This attractive hotel stands like a sentinel overlooking the harbor and out to sea.

The service, the food and the accom­ modations of this hotel are home-like in every way.

Write us for rates

Down a secluded road on the exclusive SPRUCE POINT among the tall pines of Maine overlooking the rocky shore of Boothbay Harbor is locat­ ed this delightful hotel and cottage.1-.

One may have a room in the main house or may have an adjacent log cabin, taking meals in the dining room of the hotel itself.

Inquire ot: MRS. THOMAS B. HOLLAND Spruce Point, Maine

“S P R U C E W O L D ” NICKERSON’S LOG CABIN COLONY

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME.

“ All The Pleasures of Primitive Living With None of The Penalties” THE ROGER C. RICE CO. INC. EXCLUSIVE SALES AGENTS

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In the Heart of the

Attean Lake Camps Jackman,

A Summer Playground

Bulmer’s Garage J. A. Bulmer, Prop.

Maine

Located on an island p2 mile wide in beautiful Attean Lake with an outlook inconceivable in its beauties are these cozy little camps.

Here you may enjoy a health­ ful outdoor life in the woods, good fishing, mountain climb­ ing and canoe trips, with all the advantages of comfortable well furnished cabins and de­ licious food cooked in the well equipped kitchen and served in the attractive dining room.

Write for booklet and map.

Ford Buick Sales & Service Sales & Service Repairing of all kinds

Fires, Batteries, Oils, Gasoline and Automobile Accessories Complete wrecking outfit, including ton Manley crane mounted On powerful towing car

Beautiful roads through the woods for walking or delightful drives are one of the inviting features of Jackman, Maine.

Established 1911 Long Distance Telephone 10 Official Blue Book Garage Official Green Book Garage

RUEL HOLDEN

Jackman, Maine

See Cyr’s Tourist Information

For Recreation, Health, Fishing, Hunting, Scenery, Boating

Crystal Spring Camps

Bureau at

Jackman Station for

A full line of fishing and sporting togs.

Sporting Blouses Hunting Coats Flannel Shirts Sweaters Sport Hose 'Frail Moccasins Fronting Boots Camp Slippers, etc.

C. Cyr Jackman Station, Maine

Road work a specialty

Falls on Barrett Brook Jackman is on the direct road to Canada, 26 miles from Quebec Custom Office at Armstrong. At the Jackman U. S. Custom Office you obtain a permit to go on to Quebec. Will be necessary for you to have with you your car license and your drivers license. On the Canadian and Pacific Railroad. From Portland, Maine Central Rail­ road, to Somerset Junction. Canadian Pacific Railroad to Jackman.

On the trail to Moosehead Lake 30 miles by motor boat.

Choicest of fishing and hunting grounds.

Salmon pools and cold springs.

Endless variety of lake and brook fishing.

Reached by motor boat and easy trails.

Beautiful bathing beaches a feature Deer, partridges and ducks arc here in abundance.

Camps will be open all the Winter of 1925 and 1926 for the benefit of college students and men who are up against nerve and brain fag, and the person who needs a companion in the forest. Where nature re­ stores when science fails.

Where the old land marks are preserved and men are 100% man.

Come where the gods of nature are offering you what you are look­ ing for.

Thirty-seven years of life in the great-out-of-doors has revealed to me what mocks science and evolu­ tion.

Henry Hughey

September

Maine Woods—Jackman Nature At Its Best

We hear a good deal of talk especially among the tired and brain fag people of this busy world about “getting back to nature.” But this longed for state cannot be reached by packing one’s trunk and buying a ticket for the most widely advertised summer resorts. The place that really gives the real “back to nature” atmosphere is the secluded districts which just appeal to the sincerely out-of-door type of vacationer.

Such a place is Jackman. Located in the beautiful valley of Moose River, where rugged mountains, tree clad hills, and beautiful lakes are displayed in their primeval form. Where you follow the old Indian trails back in the famous Maine woods where civilization has barely crept in. Free from the restraints of city life, you may enjoy the finest fishing that the Maine lakes, streams, and rivers offer for landlocked salmon, togue, and trout. You may climb mountains, hike, go with a guide into the deepest forests, hunt the wild game such as deer, bear, partridge, and ducks that abound in these parts.

Moose River House Jackman, Maine

Fresh vegetables and modern conveniences will be found at the hotels and camps. The town of Jackman has two churches, public library, school build­ ing, electric light plant, water system, two theatres, a bank, shops and res­ taurants of the highest types, connected with Bell telephone system and tele­ graph station.

Twelve hundred feet above sea level its pine laden air offers health and strength to those suffering from hay fever, asthma and such ills.

A favorite stopping place for tourists, on direct route between Portland, Maine, and Quebec City. All outside rooms, single and ensuite, with or without baths, hot and cold water, steam heat and electric lights. Headquarters for sportsmen and their farm ilies. Fishing, boating, canoeing, bathing, moun­ tain climbing, and fine hunting in season. Garage in connection with hotel.

American and European Plan ALBERT LOUBIER, Prop.

Lake ParlidHouse and Camps VIEW OF ATI'EAN LAKE

FOR SALE

N ine delightful little camps tucked cosily in the heart of M aine’s north woods on Grace Pond.

Grace Pond is easily reached by the Cana­ dian Pacific at Jackman or by the Somerset Division of the Maine Central at Moxie Station. Lake Parlin is thirteen miles from Jackman over a fine auto road.

Send Inquiries

Grace Pond Camps

Jackman Station,

Maine

For information in regard to Jackman and its numerous Camps and Accommodations, and other matters, Address

Jackman Publicity Bureau

Post Office Building

JACKM AN,

M AINE

Twelve miles south of Jackman on Main Highway between Portland and Quebec City, Camps and Rooms with open fire-places and baths.

Best of trout fishing, special ac­ commodations for automo­ bile parties.

Write for Booklet

LAKE PARLIN HOTEL CO Jackman Station, Maine

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ust one leak in your roof

J For Country and Town Wear THE EXACTLY CORRECT AND NEW STYLES THAT APPEAR AT THE BEST RESORTS A N D I N THE METROPOLITAN CITIES M AY BE FOUND HERE AT ALL TIMES.

Haskell & Jones Portland

Co.

may mean the re-decoration of a whole room or several rooms. When good roof covering costs so little why hazard your in­ terior iyivestment which may represent hun­ dreds of dollars expended in beautiful home decorating and decorations.

Furthermore, a roof unable to resist weather conditions means not only repair bills but reroofing bills.

Winthrop Roofs cost less to begin with and they keep right on costing less over the count of years.

Winthrop Asphalt Tapered Shingles are the only tapered shingles; thin at the top, thick at the butt, double thick in fact so as to permanently withstand the wear and tear of the elements. The extra heavy butt is built up and moulded under great pressure by patented processes. As the butt is the only part of the shingle exposed it naturally makes your roof as permanent as the everlasting hills because its extra weight makes it lie flat so that wind, rain, snow, or hail cannot lift it from its place.

Beauty and artistic effect is secured by perfect finish or surfacing of crushed nat­ ural colored red, green or blue-black slate or rock that beautifies and adds greatly to the fire resisting qualities.

Smith & Rumery Co. Portland

Architectural W ood Workers

Maine

September

Coming Events

Who’s Who In Maine

In October Issue Published in September The Big Maine Industrial Number of Sun Up In Which Will Appear

Contents for This Month Maine’s Waterpower

By Roscoe Emery ....

The Beach Zone of Maine

By Ray P. Hanscorn ...8

An article on the Maine industries in general by A. L. T. Cummings, Secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce—Illustrated by industrial views of Maine.

An article on the Associated Indus­ tries by Judge Cleaves, its Executive Secretary.

The story of the Springfield exhibit

by Mr. F. P. Washburn, State Com­ missioner of Agriculture. This ar­ ticle will be illustrated by pictures of notable personalities connected with this movement and views of the new state of Maine building.

A story on Aroostook County as one of Maine’s important industrial cen­ ters.

An article on What the Eastern States Exhibition Means to the boys and girls clubs in Maine.

An article by Professor Elkins, author of Coastal Maine, on the Lime Indus­ tries as one of Maine’s biggest indus­ tries.

In fact, a greater part of this number of SUN UP will be devoted to the promotion of Maine’s industries. As, in fact, it should be, as SUN UP is eagerly doing its part in the promotion of Maine’s interests. Then—don’t forget there is another of Will Smith’s fascinating short stories located some place in Maine and further features to delight the readers of “Maine’s Own Magazine.”

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Dwellers In The Dark

By IVill Smith Myrtle H. Hodgdon, of Farmingdale, Maine.

Chief Clerk of Department of Inland Fisheries and Game, also Special Deputy Inland Fish and Game Warden.

Born in Farmingdale, Kennebec county, Maine. Attended the Pub­ lic Schools, and Dirigo Business Col­ lege at Augusta. Upon completion of course at Business College, entered employ of Department of Inland Fisheries and Game,—in April, 1896.

In addition to serving as Chief Clerk in the Department, she has acted as Clerk to the Legislative Committee on Inland Fisheries and Game at each session for the past 20 years.

In 1918, while the office of Com­ missioner of Inland Fisheries and Game was temporarily vacant, she was placed in charge of the Depart­ ment for a time, by Governor Milliken,—until a Commissioner was confirmed and qualified.

For several years has held a Com­ mission as Special Deputy Inland Fish and Game Warden.

Miss Hodgdon is a member of St. Mark’s (Episcopal) Church, at Au­ gusta and also of the Armitage Club affiliated therewith; a charter mem­ ber of Eureka Rebekah Lodge (I.O. O.F.) of Gardiner; formerly a member of the National Relief Corps, serving as President of the Corps at Hallowell some years since; member of the Augusta Girls’ Community Club and the Augusta Business and Profes­

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A Maine Boast

By The Stroller ............. 12 Foot Prints on The Wall

By Harold Hall ............ .14 When Governors Come to Maine........................ .16 Maine’s Sand Desert

By Miss Alice E. Whitney ........................ 18 Editorial Page................... 20 From Kitchen Boy to Proprietor........................ 31 Financial Section

By Walter Eastma)i.......... 32 The Alewives..................... .35

sional Women’s Club; President of the Augusta Club of Applied Psycho­ logy; also member ot the Maine Sportsmen’s Fish and Game Asso­ ciation, and of the Ball Bird Club, of Augusta.

September, 1925, published monthly, Volume 2, No. 6, by Wood-Gate Publishing Company, 304 Press Building, Portland, Maine. Subscription price $1.50 per year, 15 cents per copy. Entered as second-class y matter, August 20, 1925, at the Post Office of Portland, Maine, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.

Color and

Beauty

Are synonomous when color is properly treated in the home.

The pendulum of good taste in the decorative art is swing­ ing more and more towards the warmer touches of color­ ful beauty in the home.

FURNITURE

CRETONNES

ACCESSORIES

Attractive Cabinets SmallTables, Chairs and other pieces in light mapleivood are much in vogue.

Highly decorative in design and coloring Chinese Lacquer pieces add a note of beauty.

Hangings and chair coverings are gayer, more cheerful and colorful as each season comes in.

The new glazed cretonne resembling old English chintz is very popular as a covering for chairs.

Wall Plaques Ships Models Chinese Pottery and Candlesticks Chinese Dragon Jars, Colored Qlass Bits of Tapestry Colorful Fish Aquariums.

Furniture

Wall Paper

Rugs

Lamps

Draperies

Decorations

September

Maine’s Waterpower Greater 'Than Muscle Shoals

Dexter P. Cooper, the engineer in charge of the Quoddy Tidal Power Project, the charter for which is to he voted on in September along with the referenda on the bond issue and the Bath bridge, when questioned the other day as to certain aspects of the project, gave the following interview to former Senator R. C. Emery for the Sun-Up Magazine:

By ROSCOE EMERY XCEPTING only Niagara, the consulting engineer for Muscle Shoals, been conspicuous in the public eye great immediately useable water­ the primary power at Wilson Dam, not merely because it is a large water power in the United States lies in Muscle Shoals, is 700,000,000 kilo­ power but particularly because it is a the State of Maine. Even Muscle watt hours .per annum. potential source of cheap fertilizer Shoals the much advertised “Niagara For Passamaquoddy Bay, however, for the American farmer. of the South,” is small in comparison the amount of continuous dependable One of the essential elements in with the possibilities that Maine has primary power is 3,268,000,000 kilo­ fertilizer is phosphorus. The chief to offer. source of phosphoric rock in the watt hours.

Though Maine’s rivers are capable In other words, from the stand­ United States is Florida, although of supplying a large amount of power, point of primary power the Passama­ some is also obtainable in Tennessee. this “Niagara of the North” is not quoddy Bay development has power To ship phosphoric rock to Muscle river power—it is a gift of the sea. possibilities that are four times greater Shoals from Florida means a long, Owing to the unique features of than the power that can be developed expensive freight haul. Shipments * to Passamaquoddy Bay can be made Maine’s eastern coast, it is economi­ at Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals. cally practical to put to work the But even giving Muscle Shoals by sea. So cheap is sea transporta­ high tides that rush twice daily in credit for all the power that can eco­ tion that Florida’s phosphorus de­ Passamaquoddy Bay. Careful en­ nomically be developed there, includ­ posits are almost next door to Passa­ gineering surveys, which have been ing the secondary power available maquoddy Bay. Even the Tennessee in progress for years, indicate that only during seasons of high water, it phosphoric rock can not be shipped to by means of huge dams and other can supply, according to Colonel Muscle Shoals as cheap as the Florida works, costing less per primary horse­ Cooper, 2,100,000,000 kilowatt hours rock can be shipped to Maine. power than the Muscle Shoals installa­ per annum. On the same basis, how­ As far as the other important ele­ tion, 500,000 horsepower can be gener­ ever, Passamaquoddy Bay can devel­ ment in fertilizer is concerned,namely, ated here continuously and, during op 3,600,000,000 kilowatt hours, or nitrogen, Muscle Shoals enjoys no the two weeks of each month when nearly twice the total of Muscle advantage over Passamaquoddy Bay, because this element is derived from there are unusually high tides, this Shoals. the air. total will reach nearly 700,000 horse­ Cheap Fertilizer Thus Passamaquoddy Bay has power.

But the advantage possessed by Now compare this with Muscle Passamaquoddy Bay as compared enormous possibilities from the stand­ of fertilizer alone.

Shoals. with Muscle Shoals does not end with point But in addition to fertilizer many Passamaquoddy Bay has Four Times its mere size. Muscle Shoals has other products require electric power; the Primary Power Muscle Shoals among these are aluminum, carbor­ Muscle Shoals lies on the Tennesse undum, chlorine, and a wide variety River, which shares the peculiarities of alloys and chemicals. Industries of most rivers in that its flow varies in manufacturing such products use accordance with the season. Thus electric power in vast quantities and it is estimated by government engi­ are attracted to the source of power neers that over 600,000 horsepower so that the cost of transmission will can be generated at Muscle Shoals be reduced to the lowest figure. during the very high spring floods, but Electricity Created a City at on the other hand during the dry sea­ Niagara Falls. son less than 100,000 horsepower can To estimate the possibilities of the be obtained. growth of industry at Passama­ It is, however, continuous or “pri­ quoddy Bay, due to industries of this mary” power—power that can be character, it is perhaps fair to con­ obtained twenty-four hours a day sider Niagara Falls. every day in the year—that is of In 1894 electric power in large first importance. “Secondary” pow­ quantity was first generated at Nia­ er—power th at can be obtained gara Falls. Prior to that time no only part of the time—has indeed figures of either population or manu­ some value, but very much less than primary power. factures are given by the United States Census for this locality because To obtain a direct comparison be­ neither were especially important. tween the power at Passamaquoddy As soon as electricity was available Bay and that at Muscle Shoals, kilo­ watt hours per year must be taken. here, however, there was an immeAccording to Colonel Hugh Cooper, QUODDY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Continued on Page 37

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The Beach Zone

By RAY P.

Bald Head Cliff, Maine

York Beach, Maine

Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Kennebunk Beach, Maine

Are there any fierce wild animals around here? Any wild cats or bears? Questions of this sort are frequently asked of the summer hotel proprietor, and his amusement or dismay is usually met with the assertion that Mr. So And So from Cincinnati, Cleveland or Detroit “where I live,” comes to Maine every fall to hunt bears, and now then, where are the bears?

Due to our inactivity in advertising Maine in the past, it is only natural that our summer guests from the South and West should know little about us, and fail to differen­ tiate between our beautiful beaches and resorts in south­ ern Maine and our wonderful hunting grounds in north­ ern Maine. The enthusiastic guest who rolls up in his Packard, selects a room, eats dinner, and then says, “Now point out your bears” may occasion some dismay upon our part, but there is far greater occasion for it when we consider that we have only just awakened to the fact that we must advertise our State if we would make it the playground of the North as its natural charms seemingly designed it to be.

“Maine Beautiful”—fittingly says the author. Maine with its bold shores, beautifully-colored, massively formed rocks, grimly withstanding the mighty assaults of an ever turbulent Atlantic, where even our storms are a spectacle to behold, with their billowing waves and driving, thundering surf. Maine with its crescent­ shaped beaches of gold and gray sands, its thousands of beautiful lakes, lofty mountains and vast forests has never received the attention its scenic beauty deserves and must eventually receive. Bathing waters free from sharks, lakes entirely free from harmful reptiles, forests containing no poisonous creatures of any sort,—a land where children may roam through swamp and meadow with nothing more harmful than the butterfly or hum­ ming bird to fear. A land with cold, clear springs and pure water everywhere—a country of tall elms, lofty pines, drooping willows, grim cedars and spruces, shim­ mering-silver poplars, beautiful maples, sturdy oaks and beech trees and many others, grasses of many kinds— delicate-hued wild flowers beggaring description, berries in many varieties, and a climate that is unexcelled in any part of the world. Where the sunshine is bright, balmy and warm, yet invigorating; a climate that causes the vital forces of life to surge faster through the arteries of pleasure-seeking visitors,—yet with all, a land where progress as a national playground, that is it well-fitted to be, has been far too moderate for the pace set by other localities where nature’s smile has been less perceptible.

Do we make the most of the talents given us? Do we appreciate fully the real beauty and grandeur of the Old Pine Tree State, or do we live beside its big, blue ocean and never see it? Do we inhale its pure, bracing air without feeling it? Does the frail, dainty honeysuckle of the hillside and the little wild rose by the path, nod in vain as we pass by with unseeing eyes? If so, it is little wonder that we have “sighing pines.”

A Maine paper prints a column of items of fifty years ago and is read with much interest. There is much in the past history of our Grand Old State, the works of ancestors of long ago that would interest the visitor if we told him about it. The visitor enters Maine at Kittery, the “Gate Way of Maine,” with its firm, iron hand stretched across the Piscataqua to welcome the summer tourists. Kittery has much that it may say of historical interest to the visitor. The eyes of Ameri-

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ca have many times gazed with interest, hope and anxiety upon Kittery. Many of our national heroes have trod the soil of Kittery. Many undertakings of national importance have had their birth at Kittery.

Although it still has its navy yard where Uncle Sam’s sea dogs nose in and out in picturesque array and its vessels and yachts, it now is principally a summer resort.

As we roll along the State boulevard toward York, the somber, blue Agamenticus appear in the northwest, the same hills that Whittier admired so much and wrote of in many of his early poems. This was the country des­ cribed in Whittier’s “Truce of the Piscataqua”—a beau­ tiful word painting of this wonderful land in a different setting in another day. As we reach York we are remind­ ed that it was the first English city in the United States of America, the city of Gorgianna that surrendered its charter peaceably to the armed forces of the Massachu­ setts Bay Colony in the latter part of the 17th century.

This city was named after Sir Ferdinand Gorges who held a grant of land extending from the Piscataqua to the Kennebec—the same hills, the same water, the same terra firma, but what a different picture is presented to­ day. As we gaze upon the gay summer resorts of York, it is hard to picture in our imagination the stealthy approach of the copper-colored savages to two centuries ago as they silently and swiftly raided, surprised and massacred the inhabitants of York. The harsh, dis­ cordant yell of exultant savages have long since suc­ cumbed to the soft, musical strains of trained orchestras, and today York has three popular summer resorts that it may well be proud of.

York Harbor entertains a fine class of people where bathing at a short but delightful beach, canoeing and yachting on York River and in York Harbor, golf upon an excellent golf course with other forms of recreation entertain the summer guests.

York Beach has a very popular beach patronized by thousands of people in the summer time who may bathe in the blue waters of the Atlantic, or participate in its many amusement enterprises, and listen all the while to the continuous concerts of an excellent brass band. If one follows the Shore Road and crosses the new State bridge, spanning the Cape Neddick River, the scene changes at once for this is York Cliffs, where a short bathing beach is succeeded immediately by high, bold rocky cliffs, extremely picturesque in character. The greatest of these is Bald Head Cliff, a long, headland of solid rock, dropping sheer 100 feet to the sea below. The “Watch Dog,” a perfect dog, alert and intently gazing across the ocean, the “Devil’s Cave,” a cave as large as a common room and in solid rock, a most spectacular spouting rock, are chief among the many wonder spots that nature has crowded into this wonderland. Many beautiful and well-groomed summer estates at the Passaconaway Cliffs with their sweet-scented gardens in full bloom, charm the visitor and drive away care. Lake Carolyn and Phillips Cove are interesting parts of York Cliffs. There is a very prosperous and lively golf club well patronized by guests of York Cliffs and Ogunquit, the adjoining resort.

Ogunquit is widely known for its Artists Colony at Perkins Cove. It has a long, three-mile crescent-shaped beach said by artists who have travelled far, to be the Continued on Page 47

Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Ogunquit Beach, Maine—From Israel's Head 4 i A

Yacht Club, Kennebunkport, Maine

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The Dwellers in The Dark

By WILL SMITH—Illustrated by EDWIN O. NIELSON

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HERE used to be a legend aHIS is the first of a series of short round YViscasset of an Indian fiction stories each complete in chief who sacrificed everything — itself—written from an imaginative his high position and even life with standpoint but having some locality in Maine as a background. his tribe—on account of a beautiful Smith is a Maine man and he makes English girl of high estate; and of a Will you feel as you read his tales that they beautiful English girl who sacrificed really might have happened at some home and all that is dear to a white past date in the history of Maine. girl on account of an Indian chief.

V. G. Editor.

They said it happened long before the Revolution, during an Indian occupa­ tion of the blockhouse on Davis Is­ white. Since then he had never had a land. The English girl was one of a lucid moment. He was harmless, number of white prisoners captured however; and since he objected so there. They disappeared in the night, strenuously to leaving the environs of it was said, and prisoners told of how the island, his relatives, callously the young chief and his chosen one enough probably, kept him supplied seemed to sink through the floor of with money and let him stay. Danny the torch lighted lower room. Be­ hangs about the blockhouse almost neath the blockhouse was reputed to constantly, but it is notable that he be a secret passage that led to the never enters the doorway. I often won­ shore. However, despite the fact that dered why. guards were placed at both ends of the One day I learned what it was atunnel and finally a party sent through bout that ancient building that held from end to end, no slightest trace of him with a hateful fascination. I the missing couple was ever found. learned what made Danny’s hair turn One seldom hears of this ancient white, and what caused so fine an in­ love affair now. In fact the folk who have lived in the vicinity of Wiscasset and Davis Island for generations, who should know most about it, seem disinclined to mention the story.

They do not like to talk about the blockhouse, and they refuse flatly to speculate as to the ex­ istence of the underground pas­ sage to the beach. In a two-years stay about the town I could never learn definitely whether there is or has been such a passage. P e o p le would not talk about it, that’s all.* * Danny Brand is a halfwit who m ay be seen at odd times skulk­ ing through the woods 01 Davis Island. They say that Danny was once a well-to-do young business man from some Southern city who spent his summers at VViscasset. Nobody knows just when he lost his mind. He was found one day stumbling across the long bridge in­ to town, rolling his eyes and babbling unintelli­ gibly. People noticed that his erstwhile dark hair was now snowy

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tellect as his to break. I learned other things of which I wish I were still in ignorance.

The very heavens had been, had I but known it, conspiring to produce a proper setting for what I was destined to experience. All day great black clouds had been rolling across the sky, pierced here and there by wicked darts of lightning. Mutterings and rumb­ lings should have warned me of what was to come; in fact they did warn me but I would not heed them. I had become so enamored of my week-end pilgrimages to the blockhouse that I would not let pass a single oppor­ tunity to get there. And here I was now, wet flannels clinging to me, jaunty straw hat a total loss, running for the fort entrance.

Arrived panting inside, I stood a little away from the door looking out at the great banks of clouds,—and listened.

Were you ever alone in some dim enclosure that you know is old, where you repeatedly caught yourself listen­ ing? You listen in­ tently, holding your­ self taut and alert; and then you become con­ scious of the absurdity of it and relax with a sigh. The sigh echoes and whispers about the place, and again you find yourself listening, listening— The blockhouse on Davis Island is one of those places. There seems to be an atmos­ phere there of waiting, an atmosphere of intent­ ness th a t D believe grows with the years.

Some ominous thing seems to impend and every minute grow more im m inent. I d on’t know what the myster­ ious event may be, and probably nothing at all impends; but I say the atmosphere is th ere.

And if you add to the general awesomeness of it the gentle rustle of rain drops in the hot dimness overhead, and the threatening rumble of thunder, you will appreciate my feelings.

Of a su d d e n the

September square of light that was the doorway darkened. There came an earsplitting peal of thunder and the door­ way became a screen of shimmering blue. In a second it had become dark again, but the flash had lasted long enough to reveal a figure stand­ ing outside. Another crash and flash, and I recognized the figure as that of Danny Brand. He stood staring in at me, jaw dropped vacuously, arms hanging limp at his sides and shock of white hair plastered to his head.

Even at the distance I could see he was trembling with the chill of his wet garments and his teeth were chattering.

I called out to him and beckoned.

At once he fled, only to start edging back. I pitied Danny because I knew his fear of the blockhouse would never allow him to take shelter here, and the storm had rapidly become dangerous. Even as I called out a second time the lightning struck a sapling behind the halfwit and he fell to the ground unconscious.

It was only a minute’s work to get the attentuated body into the fort.

I laid Danny out on the rough floor and applied what first aid methods I knew. It was plain the man was not seriously injured; there were no burns upon him and already he showed signs of returning consciousness.

Now he opened his eyes and stared wonderingly at me.

I dreaded to think what a scene would follow when Danny realized where he was. Imagine my surprise then to see the relief spring to his vees as he took in his surroundings. In a second, however, he was on his feet and darted toward a spot in the center of the floor. Here he stopped as though bewildered and turned to me.

“I—I don’t see—” he started, and stopped. “Who are you? Was it you that saved me? But no—” he passed a hand wearily across his fore­ head—“I remember—” The voice trailed off weakly.

“Mr. Brand,’’ I said, suddenly imbued with an idea I regret ever having conceived, “I wish you would sit down, and if you feel equal to the strain tell me what happened.”

I waited with baited breath. Was the man sane? Had the lightning restored that which some unguessed horror had taken away? Presently began a story that tugs at the very foundations of my own reason to be­ lieve. Looking at it calmly here in a cheery room, the thing seems ab­ surd. But hearing the story as I did, in that hoary dark fortress, with its ever-present air of hushed expectancy and with the thunder crashing in the

night outside, I believed. Anything seemed possible * here. * * * It must have been yesterday (be­ gan Brand), but still—These clothes I have on— And the floor has been fixed—Have I been unconscious a long time? Lord, I—Anyway, one day I was poking around in here ex­ amining the old scars on the walls, when of a sudden the floor gave under me and I found myself in Stygian darkness. I groped my way along until my hand touched cold, wet stone, t followed this, supposing of course I was in some forgotten cellar of the blockhouse.

Presently I began to wonder if I was travelling in a circle, for it seemed I had progressed a long distance.

John A. Marshall, Naples

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ESTIVAL of States Cele­ bration held in St. Peters­ burg, Fla., at the close of the winter season. About 30 states were represented by decorated floats. The State of Maine was awarded first prize — “Summer in Maine.”*I But no; here was a break in the stone­ work, in the shape of an old wooden door. The wood was badly decayed and covered with some thick, clammy mold. When I pushed, the thing fell from its hinges and I passed through the opening.

I wonder if anyone could find that door again. It must be a fair dis­ tance away from this fort, out under the fields or the woods here-abouts or under the water for all I know. I believe that in plunging about under this floor I unwittingly entered some crevice in the cellar wall that gave upon a passage hollowed out by God knows whom. Surely no one know­ ing what I do about what lies beyond that door should want to find it.

I pushed on, not daring to turn back for fear I could not find the cellar again. How I strained my eyes at the gloom and prayed for a glimmer of light! I noticed that the floor of the passage was sloping down­ ward, and as I speculated on this I

1 6 7 F a ir n stumbled and all but fell down a short flight'of slippery steps. The passage continued on and now I found myself continually splashing into little pools of evil smelling water.

And I could feel water dripping on me from above.

Whereas I had commenced this strange journey in a spirit of healthy curiosity, I was now gripped by a still more healthy terror. I made a sorry effort to run, and to cheer my­ self up tried earnestly to swear when­ ever I slipped down.

This attempt was a failure. The soggy overtones of my voice had a most depressing effect on my nerves, and so also did the sounds of scutt­ ling, running feet which they seemed to stir up. I choked back a scream and stopped to listen. Yes, there was the sound again—a faint patter­ ing and splashing that faded in some sinister distance. It must be a mole, I thought hopefully. A mole, or perhaps a rabbit or woodchuck.

Perhaps those creatures do not fre­ quent such places, but I clung des­ perately to the idea. It must be a mole. It had to be. I would not, should not, let that other idea creep in. But down deep in me I knew.

I knew those sounds were not made by any four-footed creature.

I felt my false courage oozing away, but there was nothing to do but curse the darkness and stumble onward.

As I proceeded, I came somehow to feel I was no longer hemmed in by narrow tunnel walls. I don’t know what caused this feeling unless it was that my labored breathing sounded less loudly in my ears. Tentatively I left the wall I had been hugging and struck off to the left. A dozen steps in that direction, and I encountered no other wall. I tried to regain the wall I had just deserted, but I could not find it. Panic stricken at last, I began running in all directions with hands outstretched before me. When a round pillar of wet stone caught me a smart clip between the eyes I let out a yell of terror. And it was that yell, which echoed and reverberated through some vast subterranean space that brought on the end.

Some sinuous thing encircled my legs. Other slimy things suggesting octopus tentacles snugged about my waist. The strength of their grip was terrific; I was powerless. Now my arms were pinioned and I felt, myself lifted and held high in the air.

I screeched and yelled, until those horrible echoes silenced me. I began to be tossed about from one group of tentacles to another, and felt my body being covered with the kind of Continued on Page 17

A Maine Boast Ma?iy of the Finest a?id Most Notable Musical .Artists in the

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By THE STROLLER

TS PORTLAND a musical city? I’ll j[ say it is. In the past decade it has paid top prices for and heard prac­ tically all of the greatest artists in the concert field. It has been my privi­ lege to bring many of these stars to this City. And I have had some in­ teresting experiences.

A local impresario may with com­ parative safety gamble on great ar­ tists. Such names as McCormack, Paderewski, Galli-Curci, SchumannHeink and Kreisler are names to con­ jure with, for they are known the world over even by those who are not great music lovers. But woe betide the local impresario who takes a chance on any of the lesser stars—no matter how well they may singorplay.

To illustrate from my own adventures in this line I might give several cases.

The most striking example of a really great attraction, which drew only a fair house in Portland is La Scala Orchestra, an organization of 100 superb musicians, who made a brief tour of the United States under the leadership of Toscanini, acknow­ ledged to be the greatest grand opera conductor in the world.

Now I venture to say there are many people in Portland who did not know whether Toscanini was a tenor or played a saxophone. His name meant nothing in this City to the majority of its inhabitants. Hence they did not turn out en masse, as they should have done, for the privi­ lege of hearing this orchestra is one that probably will never come again.

'The visit of this orchestra was brought about because of the rebuild­ ing of the famous home of grand opera in Milan, Italy, where they are a fix­ ture. And at that they had to ob­ tain special permission of the King of Italy. The tour was underwritten by some wealthy New Yorkers, and so was not altogether a mere financial proposition. They gave a wonderful concert and many regretted not going when they heard all about it. Tos­ canini himself was surprised at the size of the audience, but he took the matter philosophically.

“1 guess they never heard of me,” he said to me after the concert.

Another case I have in mind is that of Charles Hackett, the American tenor, who, by the way, has sung in

box-office, which, after all, is what counts with the men at the business end of a concert.

Another really great singer whom I brought to Portland and who also drew only a fair-sized house is Evelyn Scotney, the Australian prima donna, a singer, who, some of the critics de­ clare, is the greatest coloratura so­ prano in the world. But Scotney, iike Charlie Hackett, was little known around these parts, and all the pub­ licity given to her appearance in City Hall did not fill the auditorium—far from it.

If you’ll permit me to digress a little, I would like to tell of an amus­ ing little incident. I have had occa­ sion on divers and sundry times and places to chat with singers just before a concert. Most of them will not talk much before a concert, and if they do condescend to chat with you, will speak only in whispers. The theory is that speaking does not help the voice but hurts it. Some of the '71i. t Below: The lovely Russian dancer " Pavlowa who has delighted so many Maine beauty lovers on her visits here

La Scala with great success. He is one of the finest tenors in the world, as his success abroad at Milan, in Lon­ don and at Monte Carlo proves. But he was comparatively unknown here, and while he electrified the audience that did turn out to hear him at City Hall, his concert was not a financial success. And it was a splendid con­ cert, too, for he had the assistance of a noted baritone, Zanelli of the Metro­ politan, and a fine soprano, Grace Wagner.

Hackett was greatly disappointed at the small audience, for he had spent a part of his boyhood days in Portland, and he wanted to show the people what he had achieved in the musical world. Many people who heard that concert told me they liked Hackett as well as McCormack, and while comparisons may be odious, there is no question but that this splendid young American sang divine­ ly and made a wonderful impression —that is in every way except in the

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great artists, however, it seems to me, carry this little pet theory too far.

I recall a chat I had with Rosa Ponselle, the Metropolitan prima donna, when she sang at the Maine Festival a few years ago. I went back to her dressing-room after she had sung the first aria. She was eager enough to find out what sort of impression she had made, but she spoke in whispers, begging my pardon for the sotto voce stunt. And I went through practi­ cally the same experience when I went back stage to have a chat with our own little Maine soprano, Helen Yorke at the Exposition Building.

“You know I musn’t speak above a whisper,’’ she said, coyly pressing her forefinger prettily upon her lips.

“I must save my voice.”

And so with these and other ex­ periences in mind I was quite sur­ prised when Evelyn Scotney chatted freely with me just before she went on at City Hall. When I told her of the manner in which these other sing­ ers acted at such a time she rather took me back by remarking, “That is all bull.”

Yes, those were her exact words.

The Scotney lady is not a bit temper­ amental, and I liked her all the better for it. But to be fair, very few of the really great singers are. That over­ worked word is supposed to apply to most of the great artists, but my ex­ perience has been that they are just like most human beings in every way.

True, many of them have some eccen­ tricities, and if there is one that stands out among others with singers it is that most of them nurse some little pet superstition.

I could go into this at great length, but will just give one example. John McCormack has one pet superstition, so far as I know. And it is a peculiar one. He does not permit his manager to accept a check for the receipts of a concert until after the concert has started. I found this out when I started to hand D. J. McSweenv a fat check for the McCormack concert given under my management at Citv Hall.

“Oh, don’t do that,” exclaimed the big manager quickly. “Wait till John has begun to sing.”

It was the only time in my life that I had known anyone to refuse money that was proffered them on the spot.

And while speaking of McCormack I might at this point take the oppor­ tunity of squaring with Portland folk the great tenor, who, it was alleged, declared after his first concert in Port­ land that this city was not musical and that he would never sing again in Maine. He told me that he had never made such a remark.

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“Even if I had thought so,” he added, “do you think for a moment I would have been so impolitic as to say it?”

And this brings me back to the main theme of this rather rambling story of the trials and tribulations of a local impresario—to my argument that Portland is really a musical city.

I know of no city of its size that has had so many of the great artists in a given length of time. And these great artists cost a lot of money. I am betraying no confidences, I hope, if I give some idea of what they cost.

Well, take McCormack, for example, John’s manager demands a guarantee of $4,000 and 70 per cent, of the gross receipts. In other words if John draws a $7,000 house as he did when I brought him to Portland, his share

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is $4,900. Most of the great artists demand big guarantees, and only a few will play on percentage alone.

The biggest fee I ever paid to any artist was to Paderewski. On the afternoon of his concert at City Hall I handed to his representative $5,000.

And I have good reason to remember it, for I lost $2,000 on that concert.

It was not Paderewski’s fault in any way, for he would have undoubtedly filled City Hall to overflowing if a blizzard, the worst one of the winter, had not made the going almost impos­ sible. Street-car service had to be abandoned, trains were hours behind time, and even taxis were at a pre­ mium. Everybody who went to that concert walked.

And here I might confide a little secret. After the concert I went back to see the great Pole. He was in a dripping perspiration, and his valet was rubbing him down. He was near the point of physical ex­ haustion, for he had played a long and difficult program, to say nothing of a dozen or more encores at the end of it. After shaking my hand with his vise-like grip he said with real earnestness:

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“I do hope you haven’t lost money by bringing me here.”

I assured him that then was no time to discuss the matter, and I left him with the promise that I would let him know how I fared. It is his boast, I learned later, that no mana­ ger has ever lost a penny by present­ ing him. He has promised to play for me here again someday, and that’s the way the matter stands. And I am not worrying about the loss.

It’s all in the game. A local im­ presario has to take those chances.

Next to McCormack and Paderewski the highest priced singers and players rank in about this order: feritza, Galli-Curci, Farrar, Schumann-Heink Heifetz, Kreisler and Hofmann. But they are worth all that they cost, for even with guarantees running into four figures they are practically sure ol earning their fees in any city, even in a city the size of Portland. Their names alone are a magnet at the boxoffice.

It seems a pity that the public is so subservient to the magic of a mere name, and I, for one, regret that Port­ land does not support the concerts in which the stars of lesser magnitude appear. For years the Portland Music Commission presented many fine artists in their organ concert winter course, and music lovers at reasonable cost enjoyed splendid con­ certs. Whether this is to be a thing of the past I do not know. It is up to the public. The present music commission would be only too glad to resume this course, which has meant so much in the cultural life of the city.

But it cannot do it without the proper financial support. Business condi­ tions in the past two or years may have been to blame for the lack of patronage at concerts, and it may be true that Portlanders had grown tired of hearing the organ at every concert, but whatever was the cause the music commission had to abandon this win­ ter course. Only the Steinerts had the temerity to present a course last season. It was a splendid one, and deserved better support than it got.

Even the incomparable Pavlowa did not play to capacity houses.

It seems a pity, by the way, that there is no hall in Portland adequate for such attractions as Pavlowa and Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn Dancers. I presented Pavlowa to Portland, and on her first appearance here we had quite a problem to stage her performance at the Exposition Building. A stage crew from the Jefferson Theater worked a whole day preparing the temporary stage, and as an illustration of what an exContinued on Page 37

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By HAROLD HALL Illustrated by EDWIN O. NIELSON IN THREE PARTS — PART If BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF FIRST CHAPTER

HIS mysterious story tells of Noone, the great scientist who is persuaded to join a camping trip to Muscongus Lake, Maine. The weird sur­ roundings, however, do not seem to improve an already nervous ?nental state from which he is suffering. He is accompanied by Phillips, a young chap and afriend of the owner of the camp, foe Hesse, whose father teaches in a nearby acad­ emy. One evening the party was startled by a catflying through the air and dropping dead by the side of the barn. To the surprise of Phillips, Noone, who has returned from one of his mys­ terious sojourns unknown to the rest of the camp­ ers, is concerned over the death of the cat and takes him out and buries him.

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HE hunting that day was hardly threw down his cards and forgot to a success, although I believe that pegaround noontime Donahue, the “Four and three make seven to­ cook, shot at one duck. The daynight, Joe,” Mayhew said, “as they bade fair to be interminable; and I, usually after finding myself for the fortieth them.” do. And I suggest you peg time leaning moodily upon my gun, Joe roused himself and pegged the resolved to call it off. I waved a hand score. apologized for his dream­ at Mayhew, whose figure I could just ing andHewent on playing with his make out blundering about in the bull usual intent concentration. rushes on the other side of the bog, to myself. It was evident thatI smiled I was and started for camp. Jerry and the not the only one that felt unnerved cook I noted were not far behind me tonight. Jerry Mayhew was making in arriving at the old farmhouse, and a braver show than Joe or me, but the Hesse followed them suspiciously earnestness of his attention to soon. Evidently no one cared to very the game a giveaway for him. wander around alone in the wilder­ In five was minutes the deal came aness that day. round to Hesse.

Briskly he picked Noone I found asleep on the dilapi­ the deck and smartly he whacked dated couch in the living room. The up down before each of us. Again old man seemed to be sunk in an ex­ ahecard dealt the pasteboards around, and hausted stupor. I shook him roughly again.

Presently there lay five cards once and tried to get him to go to his to each player, and still Joe was deal­ room and undress. He came to just ing them out.

Mayhew began to enough to snarl out that he would swell up, but before he could erupt I stay where he was. At supper time caught his eye and shook my head. he refused to get up and I—in some glared at the dealer while the disgust I will admit—let him lie there. Jerry latter’s hand flew busily, until the After supper we started a desul­ deck was exhausted. Then Joe tory game of cribbage. I for one looked at his cards. studiously avoided the windows. I “Joe,”dazedly I smiled, “you are evidently resolved to get away from this place thinking of something next day at all costs. As it happened moved from card games.”remotely re­ I got away sooner than that.

“Fifteen two, fifteen four,” Joe He flushed. “Well, if you have an Hesse said, “and three are five.” He idea it’s the spooky atmosphere you

are mistaken. I’m thinking about my father.”

“What’s wrong?”

“I ran into Charley Evans, one of the academy students, hunting in the woods this afternoon after you fellows had gone. He told me the whole vil­ lage is stirred up over dad. They say he’s getting—well, queer.”

Now this sounded interesting, far more so than our poor cribbage.

“The vdlage blames father’s ac­ tions onto our friend here.” Joe indicated the still unconscious form of Noone with an unaffectionate thumb. “Evans said that Noone hangs around the school so much he is keeping father away from half his classes. He said that when dad does take the physics class he spends most of the period making fun of Isaac Newton. He is trying to convert his classes into belief in a brand new law of gravitation!”

Significant this, and to me not al­ together unexpected. Joe was warm­ ing to his subject.

“Charley told me what he could grasp of this new law—yes, they con­ template calling it Noone’s Law. It seems that our conception of gravity drawing us toward the earth is all wrong. Oh my, yes. It’s not the earth drawing us; it’s us drawing the earth. Plausible, is it not?”

Mayhew laughed, but I did not.

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I had heard this theory expounded by the professor himself, and under such circumstances that I had hesitated to express a doubt of it then. I could not bring myself to do so now.

“Father has gone so far as to say he can demonstrate that Noone’s Law is an actual fact. It is notable though that he hasn’t done so. It seems there is a scarcity of materials for the apparatus, and also that father has not yet become adept in the use of it. He has tried to get Noone to demonstrate, but it seems our friend is inconsiderate enough to refuse.

“Dad brought a dingus into class one day which he said would demon­ strate the truth. He told those poor boys and girls that in a few years these dinguses would revolutionize things in general. One of them at­ tached near the center of gravity of any object would exert an influence on the gravity rays emanating from that center—imagine that—and bend the rays!

“Somehow poor dad neglected to explain just how the contraption worked. In derision of Isaac Newton and also because it employed some of the principles of a radio neutroformer, Noone had named the thing a ‘newtoformer.’”

This word was familiar to me, but I did not try at the moment to recall

where I had heard it. I was intent on Joe’s words.

“The affair has made a laughing­ stock of father. He has refused to let anyone enter his rooms in the dor­ mitory. Night-prowling students say there is always a light burning in his windows and that one window has evidently been completely removed— sash, glass and all. He gives out every now and then that he is sick and can’t attend to his duties, and he keeps his door locked and refuses his meals. Charley says that father is— well, slack in matters of personal cleanliness. No one has been in his rooms for a week except Noone.

Charley told me that father is ‘sick’ again today and wouldn’t let a soul see him. I’m glad it’s Saturday any­ way, with no classes to cut.”

“Joe, I’m sorry,” I said. “I’ve certainly spoiled a perfectly good hunting trip for you and Jerry, and I’m sure—” “It’s all right with me, Phillips,” said Mayhew, rising from his chair.

“I make the motion, and I know that Joe seconds it, that we forget that phase of the matter. And to help us get our minds off it, I don’t mind tell­ ing you I have something in my trav­ elling bag upstairs that I brought along for rattlesnake bites.” Jerry grinned and made for the stairs.

Joe seemed suddenly happier too.

“Jerry is a careful soul,” he told me. “Guess he’s been holding this stuff back on us for fear he might get bit by a rattler after all. Evidently he’s decided he won’t need his anti­ dote much longer, not here anyway.

He’s got the right idea—” There came a scream from outside —a yell of fright and of pain. In­ stantly Noone came to life and bound­ ed up and out the door. Joe and I looked at each other, and on Joe’s face was an expression which I can laugh at now. He had contrived to display at one and the same time the expres­ sion of joyful anticipation of Jerry’s treat overlapped by one of fear and dread of what might be outside, to­ gether with surprise at the professor’s sudden activity. At that time, how­ ever, I was far from amused; for im­ mediately following that first wild cry had come another, and this time it came from upstairs.

The later cry was in a voice we both recognized as that of Jerry Mayhew.

That gentleman himself now came running and stumbling down the stairs, the handsome brown bottle clutched in his right hand all for­ gotten.

“I saw a ghost!” he blurted out.

Joe and I both tried to look incredu­ lous, although I don’t believe we succeeded.

“A ghost, I tell you,” Mayhew raved. “It was a man all in white and with a white beard that parted in the breeze. The face was blurred crazily. The thing had eyes though.

It had its hands on its stomach, and as it—” “Hold on, boy,” I said. “Take a grip on yourself. Here. ”1 un­ corked the bottle and pushed at the rigid hand that held it until the liquid was on a level with the working mouth. Jerry gulped down a mouth­ ful or two and roughly shoved the bottle away.

“Honest, fellows, I saw it.” Jerry’s tone was convincing. “It was float­ ing along at the height of my bedroom window. It came along over the lake straight towards this house. 1 saw the thing long before it saw me. The eyes didn’t light on me until the thing was about twenty feet from the house.

I guess the moonlight was in its eyes.

When it did see me it clutched franti­ cally at its stomach and then dropped to the ground like a wounded bird. As it fell it let out a frightful yell and—” “I’ll swear to that,” I broke in.

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SEVERAL weeks ago, in late /^ lju n e and early July, the State 'k—^ o f Maine played hostess to a big party of guests, the 17th annual Gov­ ernors’ Conference. When that par­ ty had ended and the nation’s execu­ tives had passed beyond the borders of a state that had spent more lavishly in their entertainment than any of its sister states had ever done, the query somewhat naturally arose, “Was it worth while?’’

Having been privileged to accom­ pany that notable cavalcade of travel­ ers on their flying trip from one end of Maine to the other, and having since had ample opportunity to re­ flect upon each separate phase of the party, the writer is thoroughly con­ vinced that whatever outlay of money

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Kiss Virginia L. Oates, Editor, The «?ood-Gato Publishing Country, Uonuaent Square, Portland, liaine. liy dear Hiss Gatos: I w^s glad to receive yorur request for an expression of ay impression of aaine because i t gives no 30 much pleasure to comply.

I shall always think of your state as one of tho r.ost Interesting sections of our entire country. I was so char-nod with your c itie s and with tho serene beauty of your ru ral landscapes. I cannot oxpross tho delight I took }.n the trees of iialne, especially the old elns and maples. I am sure I th rille d with the beauty of several hundred individual trees. I v/ns particu larly interested also in your old colonial homes. They represent, I believe, d istin c t types which aro somewhat different from those to be found in any of the other older sta te s. But more than a ll else I found tho pooplo of liaine of chief Interest to me. I shall always think of them us among tho most delightful and hospitable I have evor mat anywhere in my lif e and i f ever again I hear tho chorgo that they ore lacking in warmth of nature, it shall not go unchallenged by r.o. The kindi.oss and consideration which was ehown the. Governors* party in every town and hamlet wo visited w ill, X a- sure, always be remembered by ovoryono of us wit: keen apireciation.

After a; return homo I asked my l i t t l e 3on what ho liked best .about his viisle tr ip , and ho said, "Tho people we mot." Ibsen a l i t t l e tv/elvo-yoar old boy could not bo insensible to so much kindness.

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or effort the State of Maine and the people of Maine may have made was a genuine investment, guaranteed to return a high percentage of interest.

In an effort to learn just wherein Maine was and is to be benefited let us review briefly the outstanding events of that conference, beginning with the two day business conference at Poland Spring. In those sessions were discussed such vital problems as state and municipal tax reduction, co-operative marketing, revised legis­ lative procedure for the states, feder­ al aid to states, and aid to farmers.

All of these topics are of general in­ terest to the citizenship of Maine just as they are to the people of other states and the remarks and sugges­ tions that came forth from that mixed political gathering of state governors were of invaluable aid to the governor of Maine and to the public spirited citizens and legislators of Maine who were careful followers of the published statements of the governors.

Next should be considered the im­ portance of contact between the people of Maine and the visiting gov­ ernors during their six day stay in Maine. Just as several of the execu­ tives pointed out in speeches at Po­ land Spring and elsewhere the value of personal contact between the peo­ ples of one section of the Country and those of another section cannot be estimated. All were agreed that it is extremely healthy for the people of distant states to rub elbows and exchange ideas and experiences with each other, that such contact does much to obliterate the sectional differences that really do exist be­ tween some of the states, a notable example being the somewhat estrang­ ed ideas on certain subjects of North­ erners and Southerners ever since the Civil War. Every one of the governors went away from Maine publicly and sin­ cerely proclaiming that he, yes, and she, had no idea that Maine people represented such a fine type of citi­ zenship. All had come with the be­ lief that Maine folks were cold, con­ servative and unprogressive, and all went away with the firm intention ol returning to mingle with Maine folks again just as soon as the opportunity presents. Who can estimate what the opinion of these governors will mean when spread among their personal friends in their home states

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Conference Held in Maine This Summer and through the press broadcast?

Certainly the harvest of visitors that Maine will reap in future years from friendly seed sown by these leaders of the states will more than repay the expense to which Maine was put in entertaining those distinguished visi­ tors.

On the closing day of the governors’ excursion through Maine the writer made it a point to interview per­ sonally every one of the governors, and the sincerity of the words of commendation uttered by every one of the visitors cannot be forgotten by the interviewer. Some adm itted themselves to be so deeply impressed with all they had seen and heard since coming to Maine that they were un­ able to find words to express their appreciation. Invariably their first words were for the fine impression Maine’s citizens had made upon them, the wonderful spirit of friendliness and cordialty that had everywhere greeted them. Maine’s future will thrive on the friendships that only a spirit of friendliness can beget.

Finally, and most important of all to the writer at least, Maine cannot fail to benefit by the great amount of favorable advertising that accrued to it by reason of the governors’ visit. The mere fact of the Gover­ nors’ Conference coming to Maine meant that some of the ablest news­ paper writers from the larger metro­ politan newspapers would be sure to follow and that is just what happened.

The great news services of the world had representatives here, the ma­ jority of new York and Boston papers were also represented, two Florida newspapermen made the long journey to Maine, and finally, three of the larger motion picture news services

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sticky web in which spiders are said to encase their prey. Presently I was lowered to the ground. Those ten­ tacles which were beneath my back deflated and others took a firmer hold.

Some great suffocating weight settled on my chest. Things like warm rub­ ber fingers strayed over my face, their ends pausing speculatively at my ears and eye sockets. Now the feelers were at my throat. This

assigned photographers to the entire trip.

For nearly two weeks the papers of the country, particularly in Maine,

EXERPTS

W hat some o f the Gover­ nors have said

“ The Governor's Conference in Maine will long be remembered as most suc­ cessful not only in a business way but also in the very delightful trip we had through the State. It was an eyeopener to many of us and the coopera­ tion shown by the people of the State was simply wonderful. Maine cer­ tainly can be placed, on a par with the southern and western states for its hos­ pitality."

FRANKLIN S. BILLINGS, Governor of Vermont I am sending you this word while seeing Maine from the air on the U. S. Naval airship Shenandoah, some 3000 feet up. My previous views by auto and hydroplane so thrilled me as to the beauty and grandeur of the Pine Tree State that I found the impulse irresistible to add to my amazement at Nature's lavish enrollment of our northeast land and my expectation had not been over­ drawnfor never have I beheld a more in­ spiring and a more wondrous vision than now greets my view.Lakes, valleys,moun­ tains,fertile fields, palatial homes, a happy and hospitable people. One must, however, in glimpsing the broad unbending panorama I now see, feel how insignificant man in all his strength is and how powerful and all seeing is the maker of this universe.

E. LEE TRINKLE, Governor of Virginia

(Adams)

G overnor R alph O . B rew ster

State of M a:ne

the governors, while the news reels in thousands of movie houses the country over, registered the special events and incidentally, some of the beautiful scenery witnessed by the governors and which could not fail of being of incalculable advertising value.

In no other conceivable way, unless it be to have the President make a similar tour of Maine, could this state have secured this immense amount of free and favorable advertising of its peoples’ friendliness and of its natural scenic beauties.

There are yet other ways in which the coming of the governors will be of great importance to Maine’s future as a recreation center for the nation, but on the three phases already out­ lined, the value of an exchange of ideas on topics of common impor­ tance, the value of personal and highly friendly contact between the people of Maine and the peoples of other states, and the wealth of lauda­ tory newspaper and motion picture Massachusetts, New York and Flor­ publicity, the writer is willing to rest ida, blazoned forth the lavish wel­ his contention that “it was all worth come that Maine was extending to while.” seemed the goal they were seeking, for they were quickly withdrawn, to he replaced by some kind of face. I felt a hot, moist breath scalding my cheek. I heard a sound like the smacking of thick lips and felt a soft suction at my jugular. My breath­ ing stopped; the blackness before my eyes became shot with little darts of fire, and I saw those fires dim and die.

A last futile tug at my living bonds, and I lay back and awaited oblivion.

There was a rending crash from above and a shaft of blinding light.

I clenched my eyes shut to escape the pain of that sudden brilliancy. All around me rocks were falling. One landed with a dead thud on the body above me, and another and another.

Blow after blow fell on my legs, but I did not care. I almost loved those stones, for it was they that spelled deliverance for me. I knew the creature that had all but taken my life was dead.

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Maine’s Sand Desert

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A Phenomenon of Nature Little Known to Most Maine People

By MISS ALICE E. WHITNEY

AdKE many Western States, and JL foreign countries, Maine, too, can boast of a sand desert.

Situated about seventeen miles from Portland, and approximately five miles from the Freeport High­ way, this desert lies deserted and practically unknown even to the ma­ jority of Freeport and nearby resi­ dents. It was a great surprise to many of the inhabitants to learn that they had resided for many years in the vicinity of such a place.

As we left the State Highway, we continued our journey on a very nar­ row roadway such as is found in the country, passing a few old New Eng­ land homes some distance apart, often times abandoned, and creaking and groaning with age. The road was very hilly and we beheld with horror steep embankments on either side as we descended some of the grades.

Even on a clear sunny day the road is shadowed, giving the appearance that dusk is creeping on, for it is only here and there that a small patch of blue sky may be seen, and the sunbeams dance and play only now and then in sparse places through the trees. The huge pines and firs swayed and sough­ ed and caused a very mysterious and enchanting atmosphere to hover over all. The beautiful birches bent to such a degree that they formed a per­ fect network over the road that was bordered with small cedarsandshrubs.

As we neared the sand desert, the sand in the roadway gradually be­ came much finer, and as it happened to be rather windy, we were occasion­ ally surprised with a gust of sand whirling upon us.

Arriving at our des­ tination, we found an old tumbled down barn and the burned ruins of a once large brick farm- , 7 house.

The doors of the barn had been a jar appar­ ently for some years, for the hinges were steadfast in their rusted position. Inside we found old fashioned farming implements, and I am told that some of the old tools were used in the preparation of wool.

It is said that the immense shears were used for clipping sheep, and an

old fashioned spinning wheel that once stood covered with cobwebs has since been removed by a lover of an­ tiques. A newspaper, “The Boston Transcript,” yellowed and musty with age dating back to 1870 was found bundled with various other old papers, books and almanacs high in the hayloft.

A picturesque portal leading to the house was formed by twelve maple trees of unusual beauty which were set the same distance apart. The house, as near as we could judge from the burned ruins, was the typical old New England farmhouse. The re­ mains of an old fashioned cooking stove lay half buried in bricks and ashes and the outline of a huge fire­ place could hardly be distinguished except for the immense chimney space leading from it.

The buildings were surrounded with grass, which seemed much greener and fresher than the usual variety of grass, and old fashioned flowers peeped through here and there. The orchard of apple and cherry trees was one mass of beauti­ ful green leaves and it seemed highly incongruous to find a desert in such fertile surroundings.

Directly in back of the barn the desert began, and there in the glare and heat of the sun lay a vast area of sand covering practically thirty-five acres. The sand here is much finer than the ordinary sea sand found at the beaches. In fact, it is said that because of its fine texture no commer­ cial use can be made of it.

Left—Portion of the Vast Sweep of Sand on the Desert

*J™ Right— The Old Barn Nearly Hid­ den by a Huge Drift of Sand

The old story connected with this Sand Desert of Maine is that early settlers in this district had carried on a large sheep farm. The sheep nibbled the grass down to the roots and the terrific winds which blew over such a wide sweep of land, caused the dirt to blow back and forth over the nibbled grass, finally covering the grass entirely and forming a sand desert.

Others say that at some time there had been an earth eruption which caused a small surface to be identical with other deserts. This sand was blown about and caused the desert to expand.

The latter theory seems most prob­ able for even today the desert is spreading. To what extent it may expand is yet to be proven.

It was our fortune to be there on a windy day, and the rear of the barn was more than half hidden in a huge bank of sand. With one gale of wind, the sand rippled and waved like the ocean in one direction, and with a change in the wind, the sand would turn like the tide and drift in the opposite direction. Now and then we came to deep gorges in the desert, some dropping down almost without a natural incline. Bordering one end of the desert was a stream and bub­ bling spring nestling beneath a huge pine and encircled with inviting green moss. At that time, there were the most delicate, perfumed pink flowers, with almost perfect bell-shaped blos­ soms. Beyond this little brook the ordinary type of landscape stretched, not a bit suggestive of the nearby desert.

The desert is dotted here and there with a so-called oasis. In these places, we usually found cedar trees, the main trunks completely hidden and oftentimes part of the branches.

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Foot Prints on the Wall Continuedfrom Page 15

imagine what happened then? You bet you can’t. Professor Noone came running out, his face contorted in rage and fumbling at his belt. He stooped over the ghost, which was just start­ ing to rise, hugged it close to his body and flew away with it\ Oh 1 saw it, I tell you! The moon was—” I waited for no more; I ran out doors, calling the professor’s name.

Of course it was an owl Jerry had seen, but why had Noone seen fit to pick it up? And in heaven’s name, where had he gone with it, and why?

How could the man have disappeared so suddenly? I could feel that hid­ eous sense of evil impending come upon me. I was distracted.

Up and down the shore I ramped, calling “Noone, Noone.” My an­ swer was a soggy sort of echo. Damn it, I would solve these fiendish riddles if it took the rest of my life, and I was going to start now. I plunged into the undergrowth behind the rambling black hulk of the house, still calling that name. Back and forth I charg­ ed, startling all manner of wild things from their thickets. Wings of night birds beat my face; close at hand a bobcat uttered a demoralizing howl; a family of bats flew up squawking and became silhouetted against the moon. A frightened babel of un­ named voices arose around me.

I was becoming exhausted by now, but I was frantic with the desire to do something, anything. I would not sit quietly by and accomplish nothing any longer. This at least was action. What I hoped to accom­ plish by it is still a mystery, but I don’t doubt that I should have stum­ bled about in the wilderness until I dropped unconscious had not a per­ fectly absurd occurrence brought me to my senses.

I had penetrated well into the morass that stretched for unknown leagues behind the house and was floundering around in an assortment of sinkholes and noisome pools. Still I was calling at intervals the name of the wayward professor—probably more for the reassuring effect of my own voice than for anything else.

Suddenly I heard what I thought was an answering voice to my left.

“Where are you?” I yelled, and splashed off in the direction of the sound. Again I heard it, very evi­ dently a human voice, and nearer although still indistinct. I could locate it definitely now, and I made for the spot. Just as I reached it the sound came again almost at my Continued on Page 29

An Atmosphere of Charm Centers about the smart Grill Room in this hotel.

With its shaded lights, soft colors, tiny tables, and fresh flowers, the Lafayette Grill enjoys that air of dis­ tinction which you so desire when sipping afternoon tea or partaking of a delicious dinner.

You will see those whom you know and those whom you would wish to know at

The

Lafayette

Grill Room

Lafayette Hotel Cor. Park and Congress Streets PORTLAND, MAINE

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Pub. monthly by the Wood-Gate Pub. Co., 304 Press Building, Portland, Maine.

Tel. F. 9639. Editor, Virginia L. Gates Business Manager, Stanton Woodman Advertising Mgr., Everett L. Hazelton Asst.Advertising.Mgr., Harry H, Cooper

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 6 15c a Copy, $1.50 a Year Copyright 1925

SPRINGFIELD I—New England Sun Up has a great admiration for Springfield in the neighboring state ot Massachusetts. We admire Springfield for its public spirit, and appreciate Springfield for its service to New England. Springfield is stimulating New England, especially its agriculture, and at the same time is breaking down the “Hudson barrier”; both laudable.

This phrase “New England” is often misunderstood and sometimes overworked.* New England is a tradi­ tion, descended from the days when the French settled along the St. Lawrence and the Dutch settled along the Hudson. New England had a geographical meaning in those days. West of it was New Amsterdam, and north and east of it was New France. The Dutch were un­ comfortable neighbors and the French were dangerous ones. They stirred up the Indians to make life a terror.

The sea was the only friendly neighbor these New Eng­ landers had. They had a common danger and it made them friends. They had a common purpose—to defend New England. And the tradition of that friendship has never died, and we hope it never will.

Now Springfield has for some time been moving to help New England. And the particular merit of its effort is a clear recognition of what drew New England together in the first place, namely a common need and a common purpose. The common need today is agriculture, and the common purpose which Springfield is fostering is to push it. But it also recognizes that our provincial char­ acter has passed away. And therefore when it started to help New England a few years ago it struck out for a broad policy; and established, not the New England Exposition grounds at Springfield, but the Eastern States Exposition grounds, taking in not only New England, but the great empire state of New York.

II—Eastern States Exposition There has been a danger that agriculture would drop behind in New England and throw us out of balance in­ dustrially, making really two dangers. The older generation upon the farms was passing. The younger generation was leaving. The hope of the future lay in that younger generation, and a great effort must be made to spread the knowledge of agriculture before it was too late. The state colleges, the extension courses, the county agents were doing their part; but a great drive was

needed to wake up all New England and get it into step with its neighboring states, to get these eastern states together for their general good—to compare ideas, stimu­ late interest and exhibit actual results in agriculture and industry; not forgetting however that the primary pur­ pose of the movement was agriculture. In fact it was the desire of Springfield to do the thing in a big way— to make the exposition of national character; New Eng­ land and New York joining to invite exhibitors from all states and make the affair big enough to attract them.

We do not doubt that Springfield is going to benefit greatly by this movement. Indeed it has already acquired much fame. It is reported that 250,000 people attended the exposition last year in its brief session of a week. No midway brought them with its barbaric music and its cheap appeal; there is no midway. But the richest treasures of agricultural knowledge, the most remarkable products of agricultural skill—these are the special lessons among the exhibits of Springfield. Dis­ tinctly Springfield is aiming to grow greater by helping New England to grow. It deserves to benefit therefrom.

The interests of Maine lie with Springfield. For the next great movement in Maine needs to be an agricul­ tural development. And we think it is going to be.

Ten years ago a drift toward the farms was beginning.

It was interrupted by the War. Today the drift is pick­ ing up again. Opportunity in the cities is narrowing.

So the rising generation may find more reason hereafter to respect the farm. This is the great message of Springfield. It is finding ears.

I ll—Six Thousand Dollars Sun Up has been looking to find a successful farmer.

There may not be many as yet. This does not matter.

What we seek is the principle.—Are there any? At a dinner one night we mentioned this matter to a guest.

“O, is that what you want?” said he. “I’ll tell you ot one at once. I know a young man, neighbor of mine, successful farmer. He made $6000 last year out of farm• )y mg.

We spell this out in full—Six Thousand Dollars. A young man. Yes, he lives in Maine. Sun Up knows just where he lives.

But the trouble is, successful farmers are not mount­ ing to the barn-top and crying aloud, “Behold in me a plowman prosperous!”—No, they look solemn with the rest and let the croakers croak. A friend of ours went to a Maine farmer some years ago to find out how, on a farm in Maine, he had made a good living and put four sons through college. And the farmer answered in effect—‘That was his business and he wasn’t inviting competition.’

Such therefore is the special work of Springfield; to show the wonderful secrets of the farm which might not otherwise be broadly known, to demonstrate how successes are made and to encourage agriculture. Boys and girls as well as men compete there to show what can be done with a parcel of ground. Over four thousand boys and girls are now enrolled in Maine. Every year the number is about 10% greater than the year before. It is a rising tide of prosperity for the State, little understood and appreciated as yet, but coming as a mighty wave as the years go by. These boys and girls raise vegetables, fruits, poultry, live stock. First the winners in each county go to the University of Maine at Orono for the State contest. Then the winners at Orono exhibit at Springfield, where they compete with many states.

Every year three or four teams of exhibitors go to Springfield free.

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The Rangeley Lakes, Maine

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Famous throughout the Country as the Hunting Ground o f the Nation .

Rangeley Manor All modem conveniences.

The rooms are large and sunny and most comfortably furnished.

Wide veranda on three sides of the house with a screened in porch.

The cuisine is of the best.

Rangeley Manor makes a specialty of lunch and dinner parties and .the very menu will tempt even an epicure.

Garage accommodations.

Casino in conjunction with the main house where dancing is enjoyed every evening.

Resident dancing teacher, a graduate of the Vestoff-Serova Russian school of dancing. Will conduct classes for children.

Boating, bathing, fishing, tennis, golf, horse-back riding, hiking, hunting in season and motoring. The most picturesque of the Rangeley chain of lakes.

Write for further information.

Rangeley, Maine

Panoramic View Show­ ing Saddleback Across Rangeley Lake Up in the north western corner of Maine there lies what might he called an immense public preserve for sportsmen of the “he-man” type.

There is no region where such phenom­ enally large fish can be secured in such abundant numbers and amid such comfortable surroundings as may be enjoyed at this wonderful chain of lakes. In no other country in the <world are found such large square tailed red-spot trout and the salmon which were introduced some years ago have now reached good size.

The woods abound with white tailed deer and smaller game such as ruffed grouse, or partridge, wild duck and wood-cock. After the snow falls rabbits are plentiful and good fox hunting may be found.

This chain of lakes includes Mooselucmaguntic, Parmachenee, Cupsuptic, Loon, Kennebago and Rangeley or Oquossoc.

To the south and west of the Dead River, Loon, Kennebago and Saddle­ back Lakes, Dodge, Quimby and Reddington Ponds.

The entire chain of lakes covers an area of about 80 square miles and the Rangeley region in some parts is situated at an elevation of 2000 feet.

Copyright by J. C. Bicknell, Portland, Maine

Proper Equipment and Advice At the Start Means Better Success.

Herbert L. Welch Complete Outfitter

Store Situated at

Haine’s Landing, Me^ In the Heart of the Rangeieys.

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Bald Mountain Camps

Fly Fishing on Kennebago Stream

A delightful place to spend your vacation or week end with all the conviences of home.

Boating, bathing, fishing, hiking, all outdoor and recreational adtantages.

For further information write Samuel Eastwood, Prop.

Kennebago Stream near Kennebago Lake with its peaceful atmosphere guarded by the tall pine trees of Maine is a paradise for the fly fishermen.

Bald Mountain, Maine

Rangeley Lake House

C. W. Barrett

Near Rangeley Village. The Rangeley Lake House has one of the most charming out-looks in the whole region. The iake practically encircles three sides of the house. The rooms are invitingly furnished, for the most part ensuite with bath or running hot and cold water. Thoroughly modern with all accommodations in­ cluding steam heat, open fire-places, house physician barber shop, ladies hair­ dressing parlor. Cuisine unexcelled. Dining room cheerful and sunny and service that appeals to the most fastidious. 1500 feet above sea level. The Rangeley Lake House affords outdoor sports and recreational advantages for everyone.

Splendid golf course, tennis courts, canoeing, rowing, motor boating, water sports, spring boards and float for the swimmer, unexcelled fishing, hiking, excellent roads for auto trips, dancing, base ball games.

John B. Marble, Mgr., Rangeley Lakes Hotel Co., Rangeley Lakes, Me.

Builders of

Barrett’s Rangeley Boats

Rangeley, Maine

View Front of Camps

Round Mountain Lake Camps “ At the End of the Road”

Dion O. Blackwell, Prop.

Round Mountain, Maine

d'he charms of Kennebago have been sung by fisher­ men since fishing as a sport began.

Fly fishing alone prevails and the trout and salmon abound even through the slack months of July and August.

This beautiful body of water is six miles long and flow­ ing into it is the Kenne­ bago Stream which one can follow for several miles in a canoe through ever-chang­ ing scenery.

Fly fishing is permitted here until September 15th.

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Kennebago Lake House and Camps

The Pickford Camps and Lodge The Rangeley Tavern

Kennebago Hotel Co.,

Kennebago Lake, Maine A Typical Scene Among the Birches

Boat Landing at Dodge Pond Camps

Dodge Pond Camps

In the famous Rangeley Lakes region between two ponds and mile from the Rangeley Lake. Location unexcelled for trout and salmon fishing. In a quiet, secluded grove of balsam and white birch. Bungalows with open fireplaces, running hot and cold water in each sleeping room, baths, screened in porches. Cheerful dining room, excellent food.

Affi miles from Oquossoc. Write for rates and booklet.

Frank L. Badger, Prop. Dodge Pond Camps, Rangeley Lakes, Maine

At the foot of Bald Moun­ tain which towers in its supremacy 1000 feet, over Kennebago Lake are found camps, cottages, and hotels situated in the beautiful groves of white birch, spruce and pines, a few miles from Rangeley Village.

The scenery is superb and appeals as strongly to the artist as the game and fish does to the sportsman.

The Kodak Shop Sporting Qoods and Novelties

]. Sherman Hoar Rangeley, Maine The Kennebago Mountains Quard the Foot of the Lake

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Mountain View House

Ideally located on Rangeley Lake only f i mile from the railroad station at Oquossoc.

Modern throughout.

Broad verandas overlooking lawns, groves and the lake.

Spring water.

Houses lighted by electricity throughout.

All rooms are light, airy, and furnished for comfort, with the best beds.

Modern plumbing.

Large fire places in the office and music room.

Private camps run in connection with the hotel for those who prefer seclusion.

Boating, bathing, fishing, tennis, golf, and horseback riding.

Beautiful automobile drives, and hiking.

P. O. Address: Mountain view, Maine.

L. E. Bowley, Proprietor Write for further information

Saddleback Lake Camps In the Rangeley Lakes Region

Offers rustic surrounding, comfortable cabins, home cooked food, hiking, mountain climbing, bathing, boat­ ing, fishing, golf and tennis courts accessible, hunting or rest.

Excellent auto road to camp connecting with the State highway at Rangeley, a distance of 5 miles. Accom­ modations for automobiles at camp.

Saddleback Lake Camps are picturesquely located on the shore of the lake among beautiful birches and pines.

2000 feet above sea level.

Hemon S. Blackwell, Proprietor

Saddleback

Maine

Terms upon application

Bridgham &c Tracy Builders of

Rangeley Row Boats Specialize in the Arnhurg Model SEE T H E P I C T U R E A B O V E Willard Battery and Service Station

Q. W. Bridgham & P. L. Tracy, Props.,

Rangeley, Maine

The Stratton

Lake Mooselucmaguntic pom Bald Mountain

Copyright J. C. Bicknell, Portland, Maine

The Hub of the Rangeley Region is Mooselucma­ guntic Lake

From Haine’s Landing steamers ply their way to all parts of this famous chain.

Wood trails and auto roads lead all through the forests to the streams and lakes. At Haine’s Landing, steamers may also be taken for the trip up Cupsuptic Lake, wh i c h is h e a v i l y fringed wi t h woods.

Near the head of the lake is Pleasant Island with its camps and log cabins. The devious Cupsuptic S t r e a m which enters the head of Cupsuptic Lake is nearly obscured b y the dead wood caused

by the damming of the water of Moose­ lucmaguntic which raised the lake 14 feet.

The little steamers can pick their way up stream to the foot of the rapids how­ ever. Still farther north is Cupsuptic Pond only mile from the Canadian line. The fish ing and deer hunting are plentiful. The camps and housing quar­ ters are unique. For the most p a r t the cabins are built of logs and accommodate several people, having the dining halls at a central place nearby.

Finest View in New England from

Ridge Farms The LatclvString is Out

and

A place to eat really good food in an atmosphere of old New England. Log cabins for over-night guests or week end parties.

Vacationists accommodated.

Home cooked food, fresh vegetables in season.

A year round house.

Modern conveniences includ­ ing electric lights, steam heat.

Food is home cooked and the best the market affords.

Large comfortable airy rooms.

Auto parties and week end parties accommodated.

Excellent place for the vaca­ tionist.

When in the Dead River region be sure to stop at the Stratton.

Guy B. Durrell, Proprietor.

Stratton, Maine

Riddle’s Pharmacy An All-the-Year Round Up-to-Date Drug Store where we endeavor to give the sort of service that makes and keeps friends.

We are Specialists in Prescription Work

Riddle’s Pharmacy “Where your patronage is appreciated”

Rangeley, Maine

Hotel Sargent

A year round hotel.

A favorite stopping place for hunters, fishers, and vaca­ tionists.

Auto parties and week-end parties provided for.

Milk and cream from our own dairy.

Fresh vegetables in season from our own farm.

The gateway of the hunter’s paradise.

All recreational sports can be found in this vicinity.

Reached from Bigelow or Oquossoc.

W. H. Sylvester, Prop.

Eustis, Maine

Cathedral Pines Tea Room Lunches, Sandwiches and Salads Soft Drinks and Ice Cream Gifts and Souvenirs In the heart of Maine's tall pines Between Stratton & Rust is, Maine Meader (Sc Ricker, Proprietors

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The Packard Camps Picturesque South Rangeley

Lake View House Nestling in the hills of famous Rangeley Lakes.

The house is modern in every way.

Electric lights, steam heat, hot and cold water, cool large airy rooms.

Two large verandas over­ looking the lake.

The table is supplied with fresh vegetables, meats, eggs, milk, and cream from our large farm.

Spring water.

Fishing, hunting, boating, canoeing, bathing, tennis, hiking, motoring, and golf.

Auto camping grounds.

For further information write

Linwood Ellis, Prop.

Rangeley Lakes, Maine

How to Reach Rangeley

I'he Rangeley region, pre­ suming that one takes Port­ land, Maine as a starting point by rail, is reached by Maine Central Railway via Rumford and Bemis to South Rangeley or Oquossoc. One could also go by Farmington and Phillips to Rangeley Village.

An improved state road makes it easy to reach Ran­ geley by motor and from there passable roads may be taken to the various destina­ tions.

A beautiful route via Maine Central is through the I)ixville Notch from Colebrook Station on the Mountain division of the route.

From the foot of Rangeley Lake an automobile road leads through a forest to Haine’s Landing on the shore of Mooselucmaguntic.

A~e located in the woodland on the west shore of Rangeley Lake and consists of main camp and smaller camps of one to six rooms each.

Here you can be by yourself and have your meals at the main camp. Trout and salmon fishing, boating, bathing, danc­ ing, bowling, tennis, moun­ tain climbing, hiking.

Home cooking.

Fresh milk, cream and eggs Booklet and terms upon ap­ plication. Address.

S. D. Packard, So. Rangeley, Me.

Rough It in Comfort at

Pleasant Island Camps Spring beds, open fireplaces, electric lights and enamelled bath tubs on a wooded island in famous Cupsuptic Lake, the Rangeleys. Two thousand feet above sea level where hay fever never comes. Central dining hall and social center— canoeing, bathing, finest of fishing, dancing and tennis.

Twenty camps accommodating two to twenty people rates $28 to $45 per week. Write for booklet.

Pleasant Island Camps Cupsuptic Lake, The Rangeleys In the Maine Highlands ---Weston U. Toothaker, Prop.

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Pleasant Island,

Cupsuptic River Showing Kennebago Mountain

Via Oquossoc

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Upper Dam House Here you will find cottages with all the comforts of home. Heated bath rooms, good beds, and cheerful fire-places. Meals can be taken at the hotel.

The Upper Dam House commands a view of mountains and lake scenery that is unexcelled 1500 feet above sea level. Excellent table.

Spring water. Boating, canoeing, bathing, swimming, tennis, croquet, golf.

The ardent fiv fisherman finds here his fondest hopes realized.

For further information, address: Chas. E. Grant, Proprietor.

Upper Dam,

Oxford County,

Chandler’s Garage Qeneral

Auto

Repairing

Gas, Oil, Supplies and Storage F. A. Chandler, Prop.

Tel. 4-14

Oquossoc, Maine

Maine

Upper Dam At the lower end of Cupsuptic Stream and Lake the water plunges through the gates at Upper Dam and circles the famous pool there.

This pool is called Upper Dam, and is claimed to be one of the most famous fishing spots in the world.

Below is shown (top) The Salmon Pool at Upper Dam Maine and (below) Cupsuptic Lake from Bald Mountain.

Fanjoy’s Camps Unusually and ideally located on the bank of Cupsuptic River nine miles from Oquossoc.

The heart of a paradise for fish and game.

Fly fishing for trout here furnishes sport not to be excelled anywhere. Situated in a primeval wilderness. Thoroughly home-like resort for the fisherman or hunter with well furnished comfortable log cabins for the individual guests and families. Our table is supplied with fresh vegetables, milk, cream, eggs, meats, and poultry. Excellent spring water. Boating bathing, fishing, and all recreational sports.

For further information, address:

G. W. FANJOY, Proprietor Cupsuptic River Post Office OQUOSSOC, MAINE

MINGO SPRINGS

Hotel, Log Cabins Sc Bungalows Located fifteen hundred feet above sea level in a grove of balsam fir on the north shore of Rangeley Lake about midway between Rangeley Village and the Oquossoc Railroad Station.

Guests arriving by train may purchase through tickets to Oquossoc. Guests arriving by motor will proceed by way of Portland, Auburn, Lewiston, Farmington and Rangeley.

We shall be pleased to mail to anyone upon re­ quest, an Auto Trails Map to Mingo Springs.

The vacation-seeker at “Mingo” may enjoy the quiet of his own cabin or bungalow with all its conveniences, or he may select the compan­ ionship of the adjacent woods and mountains, or he may join in the fun and frolic of the “big family.” Then, too, there are all of the usual outdoor sports including swimming, tennis horseback riding and golf.

For rates and any other information desired, address

JOHN B. COTTRELL Rangeley, Maine Copyright by ]. C. Dicknell, Portland, Me.

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Stoves, Tin and Hardware Paints, Oils and Var­ nishes, Doors,

Windows, House Furnishings, Wall and Roofing Papers, Plumbing and Heating, Auto Camp Equip­ ments and Supplies Rangeley

Maine

Scott’s Camps

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R a n g e 1ey M a i n e

Proctor Point Bowdoin

E s t a t e Situated on the North Shore of Rangeley Fake two miles from Rangeley Village

For Sale

Large Shore Lots with Exten­ sive Views, Good Roads and Excellent Water For descriptive circular, apply to

Robert G. McClung, Trustee 6 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

Russell’s

Motor Camp Rangeley Maine Overnight cabins situated on high and dry land on the shore of the lake.

A splendid place to camp.

Birch Point Tea Room and Rest Room.

Home cooked food to order.

Boating, bathing, fishing.

The Pine Tree Tea Room and Restaurant

Special Parties by appointment Special Noon-day Lunches and Afternoon Tea Clara R. Clark Tel. 10-2 Opposite Hamm’s Garage

Rangeley

Maine

Hamm Garage Incorporated

Co.

Authorized Ford Service Station, U. S. L. Batteries and Service, Accessories, Storage, Repairs, Auto Liv­ ery, Gasoline, Oils and Auto Supplies.

Rangeley

Maine

Rangeley Village is home-like. The hospitality of the towns people is evident on all sides. You feel welcome as you walk down the street and if you shop at any of the stores the cordiality of the shop-keepers is a pleasing and gracious thing.

They can tell you of the finest country around Rangeley; they can supply innumerable and varied pleasures and enter­ tainments for each and everyone.

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The rem odeling of old jewelry and resetting of jewels is a branch of the jewelry busi­ ness which has developed rap­ idly in recent years.

The delicate designs obtain­ ed from platinum transforms odd jewelry into beautiful modern designs. We have en­ deavored to select mountings for rings of platinum and white gold in the newest designs and await the opportunity of show­ ing these to you.

We will be pleased to sub­ mit special designs and feel sure you will be satisfied with any heirlooms of rare jewels placed in our charge.

Your wedding ring may be made over with platinum or white gold overlay and the cherished sentiment remains the same.

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feet. It was a fine, loud basso-profundo and very clear, but it was only the voice of a big bullfrog. And then the creature elected to jump and squirmed up my trousers leg.

In an agony of nerves, I leapt about trying to dislodge the thing. Down on my back I fell, my legs flailing the air; then up, and the frog scrambled out and away. I laughed long and loud, and what had started to be the mad cachinations of hysteria grad­ ually became a heartier, healthier thing. At last I was laughing quite naturally as I thought of the utter idiocy of my mistake and pictured my unlovely legs waving so despair­ ingly against the night sky.

My course back to the house while far from slow was at least rational.

The good laugh had restored me to sanity, but I was still resolved to. keep doing something while yet I remained in this cursed country, and to see to it that I did not remain long either.

In the dooryard I made a curious find—a something that I came near to missing altogether in the obscurity of the newly arisen ground fog. I thought at first it was the remains of a very small box camera, but I soon noticed differences. For one thing, I missed a carrying strap at the top.

T he carrying feature seemed to be embodied in two leather loops on what appeared to be the back, as though perhaps the thing was in­ tended to be carried at one’s belt.

On the broken front were a number of binding posts, some with shreds of wire attached, and a small graduated circle with a pointer forming the radius. The pointer was badly bent and twisted, but it looked as though it might have resembled once a tiny electric car controller.

The ground fog was getting thicker all the time, but it held also a lumi­ nous, almost phosphorescent quality.

The rays of the full moon were beat­ ing down upon it so intensely as to become diffused and refracted, as though this hushed marsh world had been set down in the crater of some threatening volcano. Again, I thought of the unholy vapors reputed to arise from a witch’s cauldron.

Now and then would come a tem­ porary clearing in the haze, and the edges of the clearing would be peopled with wavering wraiths and whorls of yellowish mist. I found myself walk­ ing slowly toward the shore. I know I was growing afraid once more, and again I felt a wild desire to run away.

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$675

The Coach

$695

The Sedan

$775

formerly $715 formerly $735 formerly $825

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Brief Outline of Steps in Canning of Fish

No. 1. The principal supply of fresh fish is obtained through the use of a fleet of beam trawlers. These trawlers are 160 feet in length, have a capacity of approximately 300,000 pounds of fresh fish properly iced, and the usual length of time consumed in each trip is twelve to fourteen days.

The average catch of one of these trawlers through the year is from 175, 000 to 200,000 pounds per trip.

These trawlers fish in deep water RUPERT and ANNE NEILY

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Heseltine & Tuttle Company The Quality Drug Store of MAINE Featuring the very highest quality Chemical and Pharmaceutical products as produced by E. R. Squibb &. Sons and Burroughs* Wellcome &. Co. Phone or write your require­ ments while at Camp or Cottage, and expect your package by first mail.

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Masonic Building Portland, Maine

principally on what is termed the “Western Bank” about 360 miles from Rockland.

In the warm summer months, these trawlers are sometimes sent on salt fish trips when the fish are split and salted on board, rather than iced as fresh. These trawlers land at Rock­ land yearly between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 pounds of fresh and salt fish. During the winter months and spring, these trawlers, also, operate on the fresh fish market at Portland and Boston, and their annual amount discharged at these various ports is from 8 to 10,000,000 pounds.

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Foot Prints on the Wall Continued from Page 29

Unfortunately I repressed it and con­ tinued to shamble forward, impelled

by I know not what. I recall that I had dropped from a nerveless hand my find of a minute before and I have never seen it since.

A vagrant breeze hollowed a clear­ ing in the haze just as I felt the spongy water-edge beneath my feet. The clearness held long enough for me to make out the outline of our skiff, and I noted dully that the craft had work­ ed adrift. I felt little interest in the thing, but I supposed I ought to rescue it. I hesitated also about wading into the treacherous muck.

On the other hand, the fog was clos­ ing in again; and if we wanted to use the boat tomorrow I’d better lose no time about getting it. The know­ ledge that I must decide and move quickly had the usual effect of strik­ ing me immovable in my tracks. And then, oh God; I felt as though I could never move again. I was stricken now, but not with indecision. It was freezing, icy fear.

Spooks! Ah yes, they were; there was no discounting this. They float­ ed out of the murk, moving unhur­ riedly toward me, their down-pointed toes just clearing the water. Two old men they were, barefooted and dressed in filmy white. The hands of each were concealed in his robe, and the eyes of both were fixed on me.

I continued to stand there dumb and immovable, jaw dropped and

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eyes protruding, while they swayed nearer. Now I could study the heads, and I wish I had not done so; I can still see them. He whom I will call the younger merely because the emaciated face was beardless wore a transfiguration of joyful rapture. I thought of newly released souls. But the other—Raw scars! Bloody welts and furrows covered the whole face and red streaks showed in the white beard. None could have told what his features were like, nor what man­ ner of expression they wore.

Somehow that thought of souls stuck. I tried dully to scoff at the idea, but how could I scoff with these two things billowing toward me?

Was there some quality in these re­ fracted moonbeams that could reveal things better concealed? Had there just been a murder done hereabouts?

The ghost with the mutilated face might easily be the victim; but who was the other? The murderer? That didn’t seem plausible. Was he an­ other victim then? Perhaps, but— There was a something about that beardless face with those weirdly lighted eyes— I had been immovable I say, and dumb. I was paralysed with fear and I should have thought no greater fear were possible. Had one of the spooks turned and rent the other, or both of them rent me, I could not have been more frightened. Had they both disappeared in a puff of white smoke, or done any other ghostly thing, I should have regarded it with comparative calm. But they didn’t do anything spooky; and what they did do was worse, it seems to me.

The elder ghost pointed a skinny finger at our skiff. The younger one looked down and noticed the craft directly in front of his insteps. He looked at me, and smiled, and with his toe shoved the skiff to the shore at my feet. In that anti-climactic act was the horror that broke the spell, and I let out a scream that echoed limply around those evil shores. And I turned and ran.

From the house came startled curses and a scraping of chairs. Hesse came running out, and Mayhew. I stumbled and fell, screaming; but I managed to point a shaking finger at the lake. I heard Mayhew shout, “That’s him!” I saw the cook with a shotgun. I heard the roar of the weapon and I saw the red flare and smelled the reek of powder. I saw those two ghosts rising and sailing over me, both clutching at their vi­ tals, to disappear over the house in the now dense fog. After that I was conscious of nothing at all.

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September

From Kitchen Boy To Proprietor

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Through Forty-four Years of Hotel Fife , In Twenty-two Different Hotels

FRANK E. WHEELER Manager Rangeley Tavern, Rangeley, Maine

FrankJL Wheeler, Manager'of Rang­ eley Tavern, Rangeley, is one of those hotel men who has lived, and worked through every department of a hotel organization until he came out on top to be the successful manager of several different houses with true insight into their internal workings. Added to his natural ability, his hard work and long experience is the fact that his father was an old hotel man in the Lake Winnepesankie House at Natick Massachusetts, where the boy’s career started as a kitchen boy and brought him a few years later to the “front.”

To show the practical experience which Mr. Wheeler has had we give the following list of hotels where in one capacity or other he has served as—bootblack, head waiter, kitchen mechanic, porter, clerk, steward, manager or proprietor of— Winnipiseogee House, Alton Bay, N. H.; Central House, Farmington, N. H.; Elms, Farmington, N. H.; Savage Tavern, Alton, N. H.; Hobbs Is Inn, Wolfboro, N. H.; French’s Hotel, N orth Woodstock, N. H.; Wheeler House, Avon, Mass.; Rock­ ingham Hotel, Bellows Falls, Vt.; Avenue House, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Eagle Hotel, Laconia, N. H.; Junction

House, White River Junction, Vt. >' Modanock House, Colebrook, N. H.; Hotel Moody, Claremont, N. H.; Hotel Wentworth, Woodsville, N. H.; Eagle Hotel, Brunswick, Maine; Mt. Madison House, Gorham, N.H.; Hotel Rockland, Rockland, Maine; The Plymouth, Fort Fairfield, Maine; Bancroft Hotel, Worcester, Mass.; Augusta House, Augusta, Maine.; Rangeley Tavern, Rangeley Lakes, Maine.

Wheeler was proprietor and manager of the Winnipiseogee House, Alton Bay, New Hampshire, at the age of twenty-one and he enjoyed the honor of being the first manager of the new Hotel Rockland at the time of its opening its doors to serve the public.

A natural born manager of hotels, Mr. Wheeler has developed as a leader of men and in Rangeley he is in the “thick of things” constantly in his ardent enthusiasm for the beautiful lake district of Maine. Through his executive ability and warm heart­ ed personality he has accomplished a great deal in this territory towards developing community spirit and forming a concentrated effort on the part of the business men there “to push” Rangeley as an ideal vacation spot in the Pine Tree State.

Maine’s Sand Desert Continued from Page IS

blistered feet. Between two of the so-called oasis, we found the tracks of a rabbit, evidently having passed over the sand very few moments be­ fore our arrival for the tracks were still prominent.

On an exceptionally windy day, it is very easy to become lost for when a sand storm arrives, you can see but a few feet ahead of you and the scenery looks the same for miles around. One of the residents of Freeport, whose home is on rather a a high elevation, told us that on a windy day, it is possible to detect the terrific sand storms which rage there over the desert.

On our first visit there we carved Continued on Page 46

The Adams Studio, Inc.,

FRANK FORRESTALL ADAMS

P h o to g rap h er

of PROMINENT PEOPLE. A few rare antiques including early American highboy, 6 Shereton chairs, slant top desk, tapestries.

The Chapman Building

PORTLAND,

MAINE

All Sorts of also Prescriptions by Mail

Medical undToilet Supplies Remember the Davis Mail Order service when you go to the lakes this summer! The open spaces call you—but wherever there's mail service there Davis Service can easily and promptly follow you!

CANDIES Page & Shaws, Whitmans, Cynthia Sweets, Apollo, Kents, and S & . H Eastman Kodak and Supplies All orders will be filled and mailed the same day as received.

PERFUMES Coty’s Houbigants’s Caron’s Vigny’s Vealay’s Roger’s Ballett’s Ciro’s Hudnut’s Colgate’s

Sumner C. Davis, Jr. Prescription Specialist

633 Congress Street Opp. Lafayette Hotel Tel. Forest 72 PORTLAND, ME.

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W aldo Trust Company Belfast, Maine Brooks Castine Unity Commercial Savings and Trust Accounts Safe Deposit Vaults Investments Searsport National Bank Searsport, Maine J. D. SWEETSER President W. R. BLODGETT Cashier

^ FINANCIAL SECTION ^

By WALTER W. EASTMAN Note—This section will be a regular feature of Sun-Up. Inquiries are invited from subscrib­ ers relative to financial and investment mat­ ters but each inquiry must be signed by the writer’s own name and his address given.

Except where a request is made, the name will not be published in the columns of the maga­ zine. All inquiries should be addressed to the Financial Editor of Sun-Up, 304 Press Build­ ing, Monument Square, Portland, Maine.

The security market has now en­ tered on the distributing stage of the bull market and the utmost caution should be exercised by the ones who are disposed to feel that there can he no end to the present long continued up-swing and the sensational ad­ vances in many issues. The above is not intended to imply that certain groups of securities that have not participated to any dangerous extent in the rising era of security prices are not in a position to appreciate in price, but it is intended to apply as a general summary. The observation was made in a previous write-up in this column that the one factor that would tend to a culmination of the bull market would be a signal that the

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long phenominal period of excessive low money rates was approaching its end, and that signal has already been given in a minor way. Money is in better demand, and the undertone continues to gather firmness, although the changes are minor, except here and there governing special transac­ tions.

The supply of funds is as great as ever, and anticipated future demand from any directions, seems to be the chief factor in giving firmness to the rate structure. It is noticeable that there is a greater demand for business money. One striking evidence of the active demand for business money is seen in the decline in bond prices, and the lessened interest of banks and fi­ nancial institutions in the security markets. It should be noted that the easy money rates, and the extension of bank credit to the investment mar­ kets during the past year and a half have played a very important part.

Since the end of December, however, while the banks have continued to loan heavily on stocks and bonds they have been letting go securities and have not been adding greatly to their holdings in other directions. It is plain to see that the banks have in mind a greater demand fcr business money, and this accounts for the re­ versal of attitude toward securities and the firmer undertone to collateral loans at a time when seasonally busi­ ness money should be in less demand.

Money rates will doubtless be ad­ vanced as the autumn requirements make themselves felt, but still there should be no great shortage of funds.

This is well shown by income tax returns and balance sheets of numer­ ous corporations. Commodity prices have been gradually receding and talk is moreoften heard of wage reductions.

It would appear reasonable that con­ sidering that the security market in general appears to have discounted nearly everything of a favorable na­ ture in sight, and in many individual cases over-discounted that we could witness a corrective movement of goodly proportions which would bring prices to a more attractive level.

Since the market has reached a condi­ tion where one cannot expect it to re­ spond further to general conditions, one must make a study of the condi­ tions surrounding individual groups and reach a conclusion as to just how these groups will be affected during C o n tin u e d on P a g e

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HEN you need <J 4 d b en / ¥ < money quickly you have two courses open.

One way is to borrow it—if you can;theother is to draw it from your savings ac­ count, where it has been wait:ng the emergency.

Even well-to-do people take no chances on borrowing—they all have their savings accounts Be wise and follow their example.

Open an account here today. One dollar will do. We pay Four Percent on savings.

You A(yed VT'Coney

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33 Free Street,

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will average about 1,000 pounds per boat. During the good fishing months there are about 75 such boats bringing their fish to one of the Fisheries at Rockland, and the annual yield from these small boats will average from 7 to 800,000 pounds per year.

No. 2. Most Fisheries deal in Fresh, Smoked, and Salt Fish, the principal product being what is known as “Chilpak Fresh Fish.”

From the patented Chilpak process, it is possible to put forth to the con­ sumer, a perfect fresh fish which is shipped without the use of ice or refrigeration of any nature. Chil­ pak Fresh Fish are prepared in the following manner: The fish are taken from the boat, immediately properly dressed and headed, thoroughly cleaned and washed, and are then immersed in a tank of salt sea brine and through this process chilled to a proper degree for shipping without the use of ice, but at the same time, are not frozen what­ soever. From the chilling tank, the fish are conveyed to a wrapping table,

where each individual fish is wrapped in pure white parchment paper, pro­ perly marked and tagged, and then packed in practically air tight con­ tainers ready for shipment. This method is recognized as far superior to the old method of shipping fresh fish in ice, and it also assures the consumer of a food product which is ready for immediate cooking without waste.

A brief description of the process of the salt fish industry from the time the fish are taken from the boat until they are put up in packages ready for the consumer, is as follows: The fish are taken from the boat and go immediately to what is known as the “splitters” where the fish are dressed properly for salting. They are then taken.to the “salters” who salt them in large hogsheads com­ monly known as butts, each of which has a capacity of about 1,000 pounds of fish. After a period of approxi­ mately thirty days, the fish have taken all of the salt which they will, and they are then ready to be taken out of the butts and go to the cutting room. Here the fish are skinned, the bones removed, and then to the dryer room where they are properly dried for packing. From the drying room, Continued on Page 39

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Fall River, Lawrence, Charlestown, Lowell, Worcester, Lynn, St. Johnsbury, Providence, North Stratford,

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the next few months. For the long­ term view one may expect cumula­ tive preferred stocks and bonds to become more valuable market-wise as the relative value of their income in­ creases. At the present time short­ term bonds are favored as they are less affected by changes in money rates than those of longer maturities.

W. S. R. Portland, Maine. I am carrying a considerable line of securi­ ties and in your opinion should I sell and accept my profits. Among the issues are Kennecott Copper, U. S. Steel and General Motors.

This column is not intended to be used in any way as a forecast for the future of individual issues in a market way. There is not the slightest question but what prices in general are in a very high area but that does not mean that certain securities will not sell higher. It is a very old stockmarket saying that one never lost money taking a profit, and if you own your securities at a level where you have substantial appreciation, it would do no harm to at least lighten sail a little. The three securities you mention in your inquiry are all classed in the catagory of what are called good securities, but if the rest of the market declines one cannot expect them to go contra-wise. The coppers as a group are still selling at a low level when compared with other stocks and the red metal industry has been one of the last to complete its re­ adjustment. A seventeen cent cop­ per market would be a normal mar­ ket, and an advance in the price of the metal to that figure, which appears to be in the making would result in higher prices for the shares. General Motors has had a large advance in reflection of the very favorable earn­ ings and a possible increase in divi­ dend. Steel Common is showing good earnings and in any reaction that may come along should suffer no drastic decline. My guess is that the market as a whole is close to a re­ actionary period on which purchases can be made to better advantage.

S. R. T. Bath, Maine.

I am holding a block of North American purchased around ?50.

Would you advice my selling?

Ans. I can only give you the facts on the company and you should de­ cide as to whether you are disposed to sell or not. North American is one of the very strongest, largest and most profitable public utility companies operating today. The report for the

September

The Alewives

IFith as Peculiar Habits as A ny Fish in Maine

T

O EVERY observant person the human race before civilization was ways and habits of animal life known. It is only the extent, practi­ are intensely interesting. With cal value and methods of handling our domestic animals, we can attri­this annual return of the different bute many of the unusual things they species that interest the public to-day. do to their association with and trust From the first settlement in what in their human friends. With wild is Maine to-day one species of fish, the animals to what they have acquired alewife, has ever been a public asset. by experience through sharing their Their annual return to all our fresh domain with man, but there are other water rivers and streams emptying attributes that are not so easily ac­ into the Atlantic has been looked for counted for by the human mind. We and utilized. While there are two try to satisfy our perplexity by call­ species, the Branch and the Glut ing such manifestations instinct, with herring, the difference in appearance out really having any definite idea of is so slight that it is hard to distin­ just what that may mean, whether it guish one from the other, the return of the Branch be­ ing generally earlier than that of the Glut. The Branch herring is found from North Caro­ lina northward along the entire coast; the size is quite uniform, from two-fifths to onethird of a pound.

There is little dif­ ference in the edible quality although the Branch herring has the reputation of being somewhat better. A few reach Lindsey Photo Service, Damariscotta, Maine the market in a fresh condition; Taking out Alewives at Warren, Maine. They are dumped into the run and the water running in washes them down to smoking being the the fish house where they are packed and salted in barrels. favorite method of is a sixth sense which all animals liv­ preparation in New England. ing have, or a function of some parti­ The St. Croix, Dennys, Machias, cular habit which is adhered to from Penobscot, Medomak, Damariscotta generation to generation. We have and the Kennebec rivers furnish an already had evidence of what we call annual harvest of these fish, the com­ the homing instinct, in nearly every mercial value of which to the com­ kind of animal life and a sense of di­ munities on these waters is not real­ rection that is almost as sure as the ized by the general public; neither is compass needle. Beasts, birds, the novelty and sport of participating fishes and insects at all seasons and in the taking of them when a full run under the most varying and diverse is on, soon forgotten. The quick conditions give positive and repeated water is alive with these shiny, silvery evidence that they have at least this colored fish and they are even lifted from the water by their own numbers, one talent superior to man.

While in many and various ways driven by an unknown desire to gain it has been taken advantage of and again the same locality from which used for human interests, different they came as tiny spawn. species of fish, in the regular return The early inhabitants gathered to the waters of their birth, have prob­ supplies of these fish at will, preserv­ ably contributed the most practical ing them for future use by salt and value to man. There is plenty of smoke. To-day this has developed evidence that this habit of many into a special industry for cash reve­ varieties of fish was utilized by the nue to the towns at the mouths of

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Bulletins issued by the United States Commission of Fish and Fish­ eries in 1896 give the value of alewives taken in Maine that year as $250,000, the Damariscotta River leading with two and a half millions of fish, weigh­ ing one and one fourth million pounds.

LAKEWOOD

5 Miles North of Skoivhegan

“Playground of Central Maine” T O U RISTS’ BUNGALOWS

With Baths and Fireplaces

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Chicken and Lobster Dinners DRAMATIC STOCK CO.

Distinguished Broadway Cast FREE CAMPING SPACE

Boating, Bathing, Tennis, Qolf

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A Brief Outline of Steps in Canning of Fish Continued Jrom Page 30

will average about 1,000 pounds per boat. During the good fishing months there are about 75 such boats bringing their fish to one of the Fisheries at Rockland, and the annual yield from these small boats will average from 7 to 800,000 pounds per year.

No. 2. Most Fisheries deal in Fresh, Smoked, and Salt Fish, the principal product being what is known as “Chilpak Fresh Fish.”

From the patented Chilpak process, it is possible to put forth to the con­ sumer, a perfect fresh fish which is shipped without the use of ice or refrigeration of any nature. Chil­ pak Fresh Fish are prepared in the following manner: The fish are taken from the boat, immediately properly dressed and headed, thoroughly cleaned and washed, and are then immersed in a tank of salt sea brine and through this process chilled to a proper degree for shipping without the use of ice, but at the same time, are not frozen what­ soever. From the chilling tank, the fish are conveyed to a wrapping table,

where each individual fish is wrapped in pure white parchment paper, pro­ perly marked and tagged, and then packed in practically air tight con­ tainers ready for shipment. This method is recognized as far superior to the old method of shipping fresh fish in ice, and it also assures the consumer of a food product which is ready for immediate cooking without waste.

A brief description of the process of the salt fish industry from the time the fish are taken from the boat until they are put up in packages ready for the consumer, is as follows: The fish are taken from the boat and go immediately to what is known as the “splitters” where the fish are dressed properly for salting. They are then taken .to the “salters” who salt them in large hogsheads com­ monly known as butts, each of which has a capacity of about 1,000 pounds of fish. After a period of approxi­ mately thirty days, the fish have taken all of the salt which they will, and they are then ready to be taken out of the butts and go to the cutting room. Here the fish are skinned, the bones removed, and then to the dryer room where they are properly dried for packing. From the drying room.

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the next few months. For the long­ term view one may expect cumula­ tive preferred stocks and bonds to become more valuable market-wise as the relative value of their income in­ creases. At the present time short­ term bonds are favored as they are less affected by changes in money rates than those of longer maturities.

W. S. R. Portland, Maine. I am carrying a considerable line of securi­ ties and in your opinion should I sell and accept my profits. Among the issues are Kennecott Copper, U. S. Steel and General Motors.

This column is not intended to be used in any way as a forecast for the future of individual issues in a market way. There is not the slightest question but what prices in general are in a very high area but that does not mean that certain securities will not sell higher. It is a very old stockmarket saying that one never lost money taking a profit, and if you own your securities at a level where you have substantial appreciation, it would do no harm to at least lighten sail a little. The three securities you mention in your inquiry are all classed in the catagory of what are called good securities, but if the rest of the market declines one cannot expect them to go contra-wise. The coppers as a group are still selling at a low level when compared with other stocks and the red metal industry has been one of the last to complete its re­ adjustment. A seventeen cent cop­ per market would be a normal mar­ ket, and an advance in the price of the metal to that figure, which appears to be in the making would result in higher prices for the shares. General Motors has had a large advance in reflection of the very favorable earn­ ings and a possible increase in divi­ dend. Steel Common is showing good earnings and in any reaction that may come along should suffer no drastic decline. My guess is that the market as a whole is close to a re­ actionary period on which purchases can be made to better advantage.

S. R. T. Bath, Maine.

I am holding a block of North American purchased around $50.

Would you advice my selling?

Ans. I can only give you the facts on the company and you should de­ cide as to whether you are disposed to sell or not. North American is one of the very strongest, largest and most profitable public utility companies operating today. The report for the C o n tin u ed on P a g e

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September

The Alewives

m t h as Peculiar Habits as A?iy Fish i?i Maine

T

O EVERY observant person the human race before civilization was ways and habits of animal life known. It is only the extent, practi­ are intensely interesting. With cal value and methods of handling our domestic animals, we can attri­this annual return of the different bute many of the unusual things they species that interest the public to-day. do to their association with and trust From the first settlement in what in their human friends. With wild is Maine to-day one species of fish, the animals to what they have acquired alewife, has ever been a public asset. by experience through sharing their Their annual return to all our fresh domain with man, but there are other water rivers and streams emptying attributes that are not so easily ac­ into the Atlantic has been looked for counted for by the human mind. We and utilized. While there are two try to satisfy our perplexity by call­ species, the Branch and the Glut ing such manifestations instinct, with herring, the difference in appearance out really having any definite idea of is so slight that it is hard to distin­ just what that may mean, whether it guish one from the other, the return of the Branch be­ ing generally earlier than that of the Glut. The Branch herring is found from North Caro­ lina northward along the entire coast; the size is quite uniform, from two-fifths to onethird of a pound.

There is little dif­ ference in the edible quality although the Branch herring has the reputation of being somewhat better. A few reach Lindsey Photo Service, Damariscotta, Maine the market in a fresh condition; Taking out Alewives at Warren, Maine. They are dumped into the run and the water running in washes them down to smoking being the the fish house where they are packed and salted in barrels. favorite method of is a sixth sense which all animals liv­ preparation in New England. ing have, or a function of some parti­ The St. Croix, Dennys, Machias, cular habit which is adhered to from Penobscot, Medomak, Damariscotta generation to generation. We have and the Kennebec rivers furnish an already had evidence of what we call annual harvest of these fish, the com­ the homing instinct, in nearly every mercial value of which to the com­ kind of animal life and a sense of di­ munities on these waters is not real­ rection that is almost as sure as the ized by the general public; neither is com pass needle. Beasts, birds, the novelty and sport of participating fishes and insects at all seasons and in the taking of them when a full run under the most varying and diverse is on, soon forgotten. The quick conditions give positive and repeated water is alive with these shiny, silvery evidence that they have at least this colored fish and they are even lifted from the water by their own numbers, one talent superior to man.

While in many and various ways driven by an unknown desire to gain it has been taken advantage of and again the same locality from which used for human interests, different they came as tiny spawn. species of fish, in the regular return The early inhabitants gathered to the waters of their birth, have prob­ supplies of these fish at will, preserv­ ably contributed the most practical ing them for future use by salt and value to man. There is plenty of smoke. To-day this has developed evidence that this habit of many into a special industry for cash reve­ varieties of fish was utilized by the nue to the towns at the mouths of

"'"Page 35 these rivers. The season’s catch is rented at so much per fish or barrel, in some instances with a reservation of a certain number free to each family in the town. But the great bulk of the catch is salted, packed in barrels and shipped to smoking and packing plants and presented to the world wide consumers as the brown colored smoked herring; its silver beau­ ty lost, but with an appetizing flavor that has established a market.

Bulletins issued by the United States Commission of Fish and Fish­ eries in 1896 give the value of alewives taken in Maine that year as $250,000, the Damariscotta River leading with two and a half millions of fish, weigh­ ing one and one fourth million pounds.

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M aine’s W aterpower Continued from Page 7

diate change. Great industries were immediately erected in the neighbor­ hood of the Falls and a city rose where before there was a mere stopping place for tourists.

This change is reflected in the United States Census Reports. In 1900 the permanent population of Niagara Falls was 19,000; in 1910, 30,000 and in 1920, 51,000. The value of the manufactured products in Niagara Falls was $8,540,000 in 1900; $17,000,000 in 1905; $45,000, 000 in 1914; and $89,000,000 in 1919.

The figures for the last census are not yet available, but it is probable they will run over $100,000,000.

Electricity Developing the South Another instance of the developing power of electricity can be found in the southern states. During the past twenty years an immense elec­ trical system has been built up in the south which now supplies over 2,000, 000,000 kilowatt hours a year to southern homes and industries.

Nowhere in North America has greater development taken place than in the south since this system came into existence. Everywhere in this area new factories, office buildings, homes, schools and churches are springing up. The value of manu­ factured products has increased over 236% during the past ten years and the wages of persons engaged in in­ dustry have doubled within this same period.

Industrial activities follow econom­ ical sources of dependable power, and population and prosperity follow industry.

Financial Section Continuedfrom Page 34

year 1924 just published shows an increase in surplus of over $4,000,000.

The policy of the company is increase its holdings whenever a public utility company can be purchased at an attractive figure. The policy of the company in paying dividends in stock (permitting holders to take cash mar­ ket value at option) is the same as securing new funds for expansion without selling stock and paying sell­ ing commissions. Under such a policy North American retains its earnings for expansion and capi­ talizes this expansion without cost.

As to its future in a market way that depends a great deal on general mar­ ket conditions and that no one can Continued on Page 39

A Maine Boast Continued from Page 13

pense it was to get this stage ready I might say that I paid $28.00 for rope alone just to hang some of the Pavlowa scenery for one night, 'the stage-hand bill was more than $100, and there were many other expenses.

And so, while we had a capacity house and the receipts were more than $5,000, none of us made much money.

Any local manager or a music com­ mission has all sorts of worries when they present big attractions. There is always the weather to be considered, the possible illness of the star and the various acts of Providence that may set all plans at nought after the ex­ penditure of much money in advance.

I had one unusual experience of this kind, which I shall always remember.

The first season I brought Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn Dancers to City Hall, the company arrived in time for the performance, but the baggage and scenery did NOT. The baggage-car came on *a later train, which was delayed bv a wreck. Miss St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the dan­ cers went to the hall, and we patiently waited for the baggage. Word was received that it would arrive at 9.30.

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There was a well-filled house, and my problem was how to keep it that way until we could give a performance.

Then it was that the versatile Mr. Shawn came to our rescue. I told him it would be impossible to keep the vast audience seated for any un­ due length of time without anything doing. We all felt that it was a case in which $4,000 was about to slip away from us at any moment. The minutes seemed hours. Miss St. Denis sent out to a nearby drug­ store and bought make-up for the company, and all of the dancers doffed their street clothes, put on their make-up and were ready to hop into their wardrobe the minute it arrived.

'I'he audience was getting restless as the time wore on. Finally Ted Shawn said: “I’ll go out and talk to them about the history of dancing.”

And he did, and furthermore he talked in such an entertaining manner I am told, for I was too nervous to listen—that practically no one left the hall. The long-looked for bag­ gage came at last, and at 10 o’clock the performance began. It was mid­ night before it was over. I can per­ haps best express how I felt over the way this indulgent audience acted by Continued on Page 40

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The Dwellers in The Dark Continued from Page 17

held me. Why I was not killed by the hail of rocks and earth still fall­ ing I don’t know. In my joy at be­ ing free and once more breathing God’s pure air, I gave them not a thought.

The first thing I saw on cautiously opening my eyes was the blessed sky, viewed through a widening hole in the roof. I was in an immense vaulted cavern, I found, hollowed in bright blue limestone. All about me were stalactites and stalagmites, their sides wet and glistening as with a million jewels. There was a forest of them which stretched away to be swallowed in blackness. It was a perfect labyrinth, a place where one might become lost for a lifetime.

The cave-in having abated tem­ porarily, I chose a route up a crumb­ ling lime pillar that would take me to safety. Then I turned—against my ' better judgment even then—for a look at the body of that which had set upon me.

The last shred of reason left me then. What has happened in the hours or days from that time to this I don’t know. I have no recollection of crawling out of that place. What 1 saw there among the rock fragments and little black pools seemed to stun me utterly. Ugh! As I recall the sight I feel my faculties crumbling again. Ah God, if only I had not looked!

What do you know, Doctor, of the conflict of environment with here­ dity? They say that an ordinary fish placed in the black Kentucky caves will have its eyes replaced by feelers.

Would not a human being respond to such environment in a like manner?

I think he would, to a greater or less degree, especially after several gener­ ations in the same circumstances.

And Doctor, did you ever hear of the Indian brave and the white girl who were lost beneath the blockhouse hundreds of years ago?

There were human bones in the cavern, some of them most queerly shaped, Doctor? W hat is your name? I— Why, that thing had the skin of a frog, but it had been human. Rig, black patches on a bright green back­ ground. The creature was very thin; I suppose the poor thing was always hungry and that’s why it— What do you suppose they had to eat through all those generations, Doctor?

Feelers for eyes! Oh, and it had teeth like a squirrel to eat roots with Damn the thing, Doctor, it—There

were a hundred—no, a million—arms on it without bones in them. The mouth wassomethinglikea frog’s,Doc tor, but it didn’t have any eyes at all.

No; only feelers like those things that wave on a cockroach. Ha! It was an awful comical thing. Hee, hee— I felt sorry for the poor thing, Doc­ tor. You know, I—seems as though I kind of lifted the body up and smoothed its forehead. It had knobs on its forehead. I suppose it grew them as a protection against bump­ ing its head. It had long feelers— antennae they call them, don’t they?

Didn’t have any eyes. It must have had ears though. It had things something like gills and web feet and long black hair on its head and a pea green stomach. Too bad it got killed. I don’t think I kissed him.

I suppose he was the last of its race.

No! Oh damn the things, Doctor!

There’s a million of them and they all want me! Look at them. They’ve got feelers for eyes, but they can see me! I know it! Doctor— Let me go! Ha! You can’t catch me, you cave creatures. You green* * * * Danny Brand still roams the woods of Davis Island, they say. People tell that since he first lost his mind he has never had a lucid moment. I hope to the god of all. things sane and decent they are right.

Financial Section Continued from Page 37

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We will only suggest that you get your Order In At Once, and have your coal delivered as promptly as possible. The following are the present cash prices: Stove & Chestnut $16.32 Egg 15.84 Franklin 17.28 Coke 14.50 Sagamore Domestic 10.78 Madeira 12.25 R an d all & M cA llister Tel. Forest 100 Tel. Forest 6780 84 Commercial Street PORTLAND , M A IN E

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Except Saturday and Sunday, beginning July 6, 1925 Extending through Septem­ ber 4, 1925

A Brief Outline of Steps in Canning of Fish

they go to the cutters and packers where they are prepared to be packed in wooden boxes of various sizes ranging from 1 pound to 30 pounds.

Rockland has a very fine water front, good docks, and without ques­ tion, the finest fish plants in the country.

There is without doubt, an oppor­ tunity for the State of Maine to ad­ vance greatly in the fishing industry, with the proper cooperation of all concerned and with the proper assist­ ance from the government itself.

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A Maine Boast Continued from Page 37

using the words of Shawn himself, who in giving me an autographed picture wrote just above his name: “In memory of a wild night in Portland, but a wonderful audience.”

Yes,that was a kind crowd of music lovers, patient and willing to make the best of an unforseen and embar­ rassing situation. And so was an­ other audience a year before that. A great crowd had turned out to hear Sousa’s Band. When the concert began the familiar figure of the March King was missing. In his place out walked John Dolan, the cornetist, who picked up the baton and led the band.

Sousa had fallen from his horse a short time before the date of the con­ cert, and his recovery was not as rapid as had been hoped. Even the members of the band had expected him to appear, but—and the audience did not know this—after the concert Harry Askin, manager of the band, was obliged to tell the men that Sousa would probably not be able to lead again that season. But he also told them that Sousa had instructed him to pay them all six weeks’ salary— a fine thing of the March King to do.

Yes, the concert business at best is precarious. There is considerable money in it when the going is good, even for the local impresario, but you never can tell what is going to happen.

Portland is a musical city, and the music lovers have liberally patronized the big concerts. And I believe they will do so again the coming season if we are fortunate enough to have some of the great artists visit us.

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And what is happening?—These young people are learning the lessons of balanced farms and scientific Delightful agriculture. What is discovered?—This; that they are Lunch beating all records of their fathers in vegetables, fruits and poultry. And in live stock they have done even in a Cozy Tea better. They have raised recently some of the cheapest Room in the Afternoon beef ever produced; that is, the lowest cost per pound of in the production.

They are the hope of Maine, these boys and girls. And the beautiful Maine building at the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition, prepared to exhibit the pro­ Top of the ducts of our factories and farms, is even more to give Chapman Building assurance to these boys and girls that our State believes in them. This building is to be dedicated September Most Glorious 22nd this year. And its presence will ever be a witness TheView in Maine also to the appreciation which Maine has for the energy and public spirit of Springfield.

Qifts, Candy Sun Up in the next number will feature the Eastern Refreshments States Exposition of Springfield, and we commend the issue to every reader in New York and New England.

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A Maine Booster and a Boost For SUN-UP

Herewith is reprinted a letter received in this office a short time ago.

Editor Sun Up, Portland, Maine.

Sagadahoc County Pomona, met with Dromore Grange at Phippsburg, Wednesday. Recently at one of the local Drug Stores I saw a copy of “Sun Up” on the counter, as I was down on the Pomona program for a character song, and am much inter­ ested in the Boost Maine movement, it occured to me that your magazine cover would be a good suggestion for a costume. I made one of crepe paper. The hat was a circle, covered with orange paper, a sun burst on the lower edge of yellow and on the rays extending out from it I put the words “Sun Up.” The dress was ot purple crepe a sun burst coming from the lower edge; this was of the yellow paper, from the neck of the dress to a point at the knees, a map of Maine, of yellow against a green back ground with the words Boost Maine diago­ nally across it, and as a corsage boquet a spray of cones. Eor a song l sang Byron Verge’s “Boom Our State,” with original words relating to the Carlton Bridge. It seemed to please the audience. The song was written by a Portland man, words and music, so it was a wholly Maine affair.

I am glad that you are publishing a “Maine” magazine. I have taken the “Sunset” for years and have often wondered why some one did not start a Maine periodical. You Continued on Page 46

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Arthur B. Fels

A. R. Alexander C o p p er a n d G alvan ized Iron W o rk Hotel and Restaurant Work a Specialty

123 Centre Street PORTLAND, MAINE

Electrical Repairs

BATTERY and IGNITION Work a Specialty

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You who are paying rent—Let me show you how to be your own land­ lord. Do you know that you can finance a home by paying just a little more than rent?

Information given gladly and puts you under no obligation

H. B. HAGGETT R eal Estate

97 Exchange St-

Phone Forest 2906

Engineer and Contractor

Heating, Ventilating and Power Plants

N o w located in N e w a n d L arger quarters a t

40-42 Union Street PORTLAND, MAINE

P. L. CHESLEY

52 Pleasant Street Portland Tel. Forest 1276

W hen in Portland STORE OR PARK YOUR CAR IN

T h e C entral Qarage 8 6 O ak Street

Most convenient to Stores, Hotels and Theatres

Don’t

Spend sleepless nights in your Summer home!

“Metal Weather Strips” will stop that rattle, and also keep out dust and draughts.

Frank M. Vickerson 9 5 Exchange Street

PORTLAND

MAINE

Telephone F. 3720

W ood Qarages are Most Economical to Build Designs are Distinctive O ne Car $254 Two Car $378 Send for Catalogue of Cottages and Garages

If you have a House, Office, Store or any kind of Building to remodel why not consult F. W . C U N N IN G H A M & SO N S 181 State Street

Pine State Building

Phone for our Representative

Supplies and Washing

*38% n RcroeLBE5o.tr

UNDERWOODS Callt phone or write for catalog

“ Honest

H O W M U C H TIME Did you spend last year shoveling coal and ashes? How many times did you lose your fire? Did you ever figure the actual expense of using coal for fuel? Are you going through the same inconveniences and expenses again this year? Did you know that we will install a com plete R A Y -D IO O il B u rn­ ing System for you for $ 2 0 0 .0 0 ? Why not look at our equipment? It won’t cost you anything for a demonstration.

P. C. LORING & C O .

WOOD and STEEL

Office Furniture Filing Equipment Underwriters Safes Steel Shelving “You can buy it for less at MARTIN’S”

Forest 9161

102 Preble Street

PORTLAND, MAINE

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With No Expense YOU MAY OWN

A Pair of Northern

Silver Black Foxes VALUED AT

$ 2000.00 Write to-day for full particulars of this offer. THE NORTHERN FOX COR­ PORATION will give to the winner, with­ out any investment on your part a pair of their beautiful Silver Black Foxes. This big offer closes Nov. 15th, 1925, and the winner will be announced a few days later.

Mail the attached coupon TO-DAY for full particulars. No obligations. Every­ one has an opportunity to become the owner of these beautiful animals.

NORTHERN FOX CORP. Portland, Maine

Bangor, Maine

NORTHERN FOX CORPORATION Chapman Building, Portland, Maine or 189 Exchange St. Bangor, Maine Kindly mail me without any obligations, full particulars of your free offer of two Silver Black Foxes.

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It’s A Fact Unbelievable as it may sound, it is possible to obtain

Finely Tailored

Suits & Overcoats not stock models cut down to fit you, but made to your personal measurements by experienced tailors, using the best of woolens and finest trimmings in all the desired colors and fabrics

$23.=

One of the great business miracles of this gen­ eration is the tremendous clothing business built

by Arthur Nash.

The success of the business was due to honest business dealing, selling fine quality suits and overcoats at practically wholesale prices. Unless you have worn a Nash suit it is impossible to appreciate the value and service that may be bought for these prices. Thousands of satisfied customers throughout this country have made this great business advance to its present vast proportions.

Experienced tailoring salesmen cover the entire state of Maine. A card to our office will bring a representative with samples, placing you under no obligations to buy. Investigate to-day.

You will be pleasantly surprised.

A. NASH CO. 2 Brown St. Cor. Free Tel. Forest 9625

PORTLAND,

MAINE

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W yonegonic Inn

Situated near the head of Long Lake in the beautiful village of North Bridgton. Best hotel accommodations.

Fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk,cream, served at table.

The lake furnishes an excellent opportunity for fishing, bathing, canoeing, rowing and motor boating.

New tennis court.

Golf nearby.

Private cottages for week-end parties and vacationists.

For details address M. R. WILBUR, North Bridgton, Maine Delicious Special Sunday Chicken Dinners

SONGO RIVER One of Maine’s Finest Camps

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GREAT FISHING—Boating and all forms of out door life. Boats and guides if desired.

HIKING— Bathing and Canoeing are among the sports enjoyed here.

LIVING QUARTERS in delightful little cottages on the water.

MEALS—American Plan in main dining room.

BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED on Big Sebago Lake.

A SHORT DISTANCE from Golf Course.

Winding slow through brush and brake, Links together lake by lake.

[HILE there are many lines of railways and steamers possessing special features of interest to tourists, there are few, if any, that combine such attractions as are of­ fered to the sportsman and tourist by the Songo River Line, whether it be an outing for the Summer, a Summer holiday of only two short weeks, or a single day’s vacation.

Telephone Forest-6 0 9 0 information bureau, Union Station, Portland, Maine, for round trip fares, or write

THE SONGO RIVER LINE, INC. Martin W. O ’Brien, Superintendent Sebago Lake, Maine

Open April 1 to November 1

Thompson’s Camps

May be reached by Songo River Line or Naples Bus Line as well as motor or train

Rates on Application R. P. THOMPSON NAPLES, MAINE

The Harrison H arrison, M aine

Newly Remodeled Throughout Rooms with baths and porches overlook­ ing Long Lake

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Week-end and Auto Parties Given Special Attention Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Bathing on Safe Sandy Beach

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Maine’s Sand Desert

The Brunswick Hotel Old Orchard

Maine

On the Sea kVall Rooms with Private Bath Or Running IVater Fireproof Garage— Bath Houses for Sea Bathing American Plan Service at the most reasonable rates consistent with class of accommodation furnished and the maintenance of the stan­ dards required by a discriminating clientele.

Rates and Booklet on Application JOHN F. HUTCHINSON, Prop.

Phone Old Orchard 8118

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our initials on a tree, and on our second visit we were surprised to find that there was no sign of any initials which proves that the sand varies in position even in a short space of time.

Although they had been carved rather high on the trunk of the tree, the sand had blown in such a position as to cover them up.

It is certainly a remarkable place, and it is interesting to know that since this extraordinary piece of na­ ture’s handicraft has been exposed the Sand Desert is beginning to be featured as one of Maine’s many landmarks and a place of interest to summer tourists.

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are to be congratulated, and I wish you success, beyond your greatest expectations.

Yours truly, (Miss) Bessie E. Dickinsom 732 High St., Bath, Me., May 27,1925

Narragansett-By- The-Sea

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Every Room an Ocean View

HE NARRAGANSETT HOTEL, located on a jutting head land known as Oak’s Neck, faces south and commands from its piazzas a totally unobstructed view of the ocean.

The hard white sand of the beach nearby is unexcelled for children. Every modern convenience.

Best of food, fresh from the gardens.

Golf and tennis at the club house at hand.

Canoeing on the Kennebec river, pleasure sailing and deep sea fishing. All available sports.

Apply: GEORGE J. WENTWORTH KENNEBUNK BEACH, MAINE

The ATLANTIS HOTEL and EAGLE ROCK HOTEL

Are two establishments at Kenne­ bunk Beach of the highest character.

These hotels are a delight to the vaca­ tionist.

Most modern and up to date houses run under the same management.

Everything in the way of summer sports and summer gaiety to offer.

Address: Eagle Rock Hotel Company

KENNEBUNK BEACH, MAINE

OLD-ELM-GARAGE

Lincoln

Ford Fordson

AUTHORIZED SALES AND SERVICE

Automobile Supplies and Accessories GROVER S. PERKINS PROPRIETOR

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Lafayette Hotel and Cottages Ideally situated on the ocean front of one of the finest beaches on the Atlantic coast.

A ll Rooms Have Hoc and Cold Running Water

New Annex rooms with private baths.

Hebrew Dietary laws observed.

Latest dance and concert music ren­ dered by the Lafayette Orchestra.

Large Garage in connection.

Open until September 30th.

Write : J. H. GOODOWSKY OLD ORCHARD, ME.

New Bass Rock Hotel

Kennebunk Beach Maine Situated directly on the shore a bare fifty yards from the surf.

Beautiful drives through the woods, golf five minutes from the house, surf bathing, and all other forms of popu­ lar amusement.

Write: H. H. WALSH

Kennebunk Beach

Maine

Wentworth House “Where Simplicity Prevails.”

Situated on a well elevated spot with special grounds. hive minutes walk from the bathing beach and handy to the golf links.

An ideal vacation spot for those who desire rest, good food and exercise in the open air.

Open until after Labor Day. Rates on application.

Address: Wentworth House Co. KENNEBUNK BEACH, MAINE

September

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most beautiful beach in the world, for there is not a pebble in evidence to mar its golden sands. The State has created a beach district to acquire this beach for a park.

This beach with enough land running back to make 5,000 acres was the sight of Sir Thomas Gorges own estate.

Ten miles beyond Ogunquit is Kennebunk Beach, a series of charming beaches. It has beautiful summer homes and fine forests drives. It has an excellent golf course and a splendid patronage.

Across the Kennebunk River is Kennebunkport. It has long been famous as a resort with its boating and golfing facilities. It has some of the most magnificent summer homes to be found in Maine; it has a fine yacht club, a large club house upon the river, the scene of much gaiety during the summer season. It has a large and prosperous golf club, and one of the best courses in the State. Its weird, fantastic water carnivals are wonderful to see, and nowhere excelled.

Beyond Kennebunkport, Cape Porpoise as a resort has its admirers and patronage, and a unique little fishing village.

Farther out into the waters of Maine is Biddeford Pool, a small peninsular of land, upon which thrives a small summer resort with a very select patronage of ar­ dent admirers. It was here that Richard Vines passed a severe winter with his fleet and followers and survived many hardships before the birth of our nation. We look back to the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620assynonomous almost with the discovery of America, but a sign on the highway meekly reminds m that Biddeford was settled in 1616, four years before the Pilgrims came.

New Rocks Hotel Overlooking the ocean’s rocky shore situated on Fortune’s Rocks with all the advantages of a seaside resort. Its bath­ ing and its beauty with the additional attraction of the casino next door to enliven the days and the evenings with gayety, make this hotel one of the most desirable.

A home-like hotel with the finest of home cook­ ing. Here you will thoroughly enjoy yourself Address :

L. E. EMMONS FORTUNE’S ROCKS, MAINE

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WEDGEMERE Delightful Room* with Private Bath Half Block from Beautiful Ogunquit Beach Boating Golfing Tennis Swimming Airplane Service

OGUNQUIT, MAINE

M usic and D ancing A fter Tea M eals and Lunch A ll H ours Steam H eated T hroughout A ll Summer and W inter Sports

Tel. Wells 22-12

Ocean House and Cottages

—To bathe on the finest beach in the world —To play golf at the country club a few minute’s distance —To have the joy of the beauty of the ocean surf from the hotel piazza —To have the shops, the movies, and danc­ ing of New England’s largest summer resort near at hand, is to Spend your vacation at the exceptionally well-appointed and comfortable hotel

TH E OCEAN HOUSE

Lymon Abbot, Prop.

Old Orchard, Maine

Ocean View Hotel

BIDDEFORD POOL

MAINE

Ideally located facing the ocean on one of Maine’s most beautiful beaches Tourists coming by Boston & Maine Railroad met at the station at Bidde­ ford by public automobiles.

Canadian Pacific or Grand Trunk change at Portland for Biddeford.

Accommodations for 100 guests.

If you enjoy outdoor life, rest, sea bathing and summer sports, come to the Ocean View Hotel.

House open June 28th to Sept. 3.

3 minutes walk to golf course-9 holes.

HENRY D. EVANS, Proprietor

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The Cliff liouse and Cottages

Last, but certainly not least in our chain of beaches is Old Orchard, na­ tionally famous as Maine’s largest beach. This beach is 7 miles long and there is no finer beach in the North. It has a fine golf course and all forms of amusement enterprises, appealing strongly to both the old and young. There are days when many thousands of people motor to Old Orchard for the day; it is a place where class and mass meet and play.

Maine is a wonderful State with its vast forests and hunting grounds, its many mountains, its thousands of lakes, and it is destined to be the play­ ground of the North, but in the writ­ ers’s opinion no part of it surpasses for scenic beauty and natural charm the Beach Zone of Maine.

Bald Head Cliff, Maine

Most appropriately named. 'This beautiful hotel by the ocean is situated on the crest of a tremendous cliff of sheer rock, projecting out into the sea.

Accommodations for 140 guests. Boating, Golf, Tennis, Bathing, Horse­ back Riding, Fishing. F'ine woods in rear of hotel afford many pleasant walks. Private beach on property. Garage owned by hotel.

Booklets on request.

Open from May 30th to October \st

C. E. WEARE, Prop.

OGUNQUIT, MAINE

PASSACONAWAY

York Harbor, Maine

“The Beautiful” York Cliffs, Me. N the shore road between YY>rk Beach and Ogunquit; one mile from York Beach and three miles from Ogunquit. Ocean front. Commands excellent view of 100 miles of Maine coast. Eight lighthouses in view. Amid beautiful summer estates and scenery unsurpassed, and away from the traffic, noise and amusement enterprises.

We solicit your September business.

OGUNQUIT HOTEL COMPANY L. R. Williams, Mgr.

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