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for his constituents. For four years, 
assistant secretary to the Governor 
of Massachusetts, first under Gov- 
ernor Guild and later under Gov- 
ernor Draper, he received an ex- 
cellent training in the _ practical 
school of legislation. He has en- 
joyed the confidence of ex-Governor 
Guild and the address of confidence 
delivered by the present Ambassa- 
dor to Russia at the Mass Meeting 
in Beverly made friends for the rep- 
resentative of this district. He is a 
graduate of a law school and prac- 
tices in Beverly and Boston. As a 
representative, Mr. MacDonald has 
been untiring in his efforts to serve 
the district for he appreciates the 
truth that an office holder is a ser- 
vant, in the highest sense, of the 
people. His record is clean, his 
ideals are high and his work has 
commanded the respect and confi- 
dence of his constituents. He has 
always voted right on questions 
where morals have been involved 
and in lesser matters his judgment 
has been good. He voted for the 
Primary Bill. He introduced and 
successfully engineered the railroad 
bill providing that the companies in 
Massachusetts shall grant rebates on 
unused season tickets, and permit 
the deposit of the daily tickets dur- 
ing the periods in which the book is 
not in use. Through his industry 
the Danvers Bridge Bill was passed. 
The Y MCA of Boston is in debt to 
him for his service in the bill for 
granting degrees in the commercial 
course. Mr. MacDonald is worthy 
of a second term in the legislature 
and should receive the nomination 
on Tuesday. Ward Six has always 
been loyal to its candidates for of- 
fice and will poll a large vote for 
Mr. MacDonald on Tuesday. 
The Gubernational Contest. 
There are three republican eandi- 
dates for the nomination for Gov- 
ernor. Mr. Walker, Speaker of the 
legislature of 1911, Mr. Norman 
White, representative also from 
Brookline in the legislature of 1911, 
and Mr. Frothingham, the present 
republican Lieutenant Governor, 
under the Democratic Governor. 
All three of them are free of the 
so-called republican machine —al- 
though Norman White has accused 
the majority of the republican state 
committee of being loyal to Mr. 
Frothingham despite their avowed 
neutrality as a committee. Mr. 
Imce is unopposed and is virtually 
elected Lieutenant Governor. He 
will receive the republican nomina- 
tion, which is tantamount to an elec- 
tion if other years furnish any test. 
While the contest for the nomination 
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apparently has been quietly con- 
ducted there has been an unusual 
amount of work done. Mr. White 
has relied upon the correspondence 
method. One voter has received no 
less than ten requests from differ- 
ent individuals of personal influence 
with him to give his support to Mr. 
White’s candidacy. All of the ean- 
didates are men with good records 
and for the first time in the history 
of Massachusetts the people will de- 
cide directly who shall contest for 
the Governorship. The republican 
party will rally around the nominee 
which ever one and he will be voted 
in Governor. 
The New Congressional Districts. 
Under the new apportionment 
Massachusetts is to have two more 
congressmen in addition to the pres- 
ent quota, fourteen. This has neces- 
sitated a new division of the state 
into congressional districts. <Ac- 
cording to the plans laid by the 
special committee appointed by the 
legislature each of new  congres- 
sional districts will have a popula- 
tion as nearly 210,401 as_ possible. 
By the new arrangement the sixth 
district, Augustus P. Gardner, Con- 
gressman, will have an excess of 
nearly sixteen thousand persons. !t 
is proposed to add Peabody t» the 
seventh district taking it from the 
Sixth District. The new plan pro- 
vides for two additional congress- 
man a real gain for Massachusetts. 
It is not likely that the removal of 
Peabody from this district to an- 
other will ‘‘gerrymander’’ to the 
detriment of the sixth district and 
consequently is of negligible interest 
to the republican party in the dis- 
trict. 
The World As It Is. 
It’s a gay old world when you’re gay, 
And a glad old world when you’re glad, 
But whether you play 
Or go toiling away, 
It’s a sad old world when you’re sad. 
It’s a grand old world if you’re great, 
And a mean old world if you’re small; 
It’s a world full of hate 
For the foolish who prate 
Of the uselessness of it all. 
It’s a beautiful world to see, 
Or it’s dismal in every zone; 
The thing it must be 
In your gloom or your glee 
Depends on yourself alone. 
—S. E. Kiser. 
Let the howlers howl, 
And the growlers growl, 
And the prowlers prowl, 
And the gee-gaws go it; 
Behind the night 
There is plenty of light, 
And things are all right 
And I know it, 
Use of Odd Lengths of Lumber. 
The investigation carried on last 
year by the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, co-operating with lum- 
ber manufacturers in the South, to 
determine the saving that can be 
effected by using odd lengths of 
lumber as well as even, has begun 
to bear fruit. That investigation 
showed that a material saving was 
practicable, and at a recent meet- 
ing of a southern lumber manufaec- 
turers’ association the fact was 
brought out that a beginning has 
been made in putting the new plan 
into practice, and that an increase in 
the sale of odd lengths is  antici- 
pated for near future. 
It was formerly the custom, and 
generally is so still, to sell lumber in 
even lengths only. Waste resulted 
from cutting off the ends of odd 
lengths to make them even. <A con- 
siderable percentage of a sawmill’s 
output is defective. That is, boards 
have had knots, decayed spots, or 
split ends, and the defective parts 
are cut out. To make an even 
length of what remains, it is often 
necessary to cut off a foot of good 
wood with the bad, and it is wasted. 
The practice of marketing odd 
lengths as well as even is meant to 
lessen this waste. The sale of odd 
lengths of lumber will frequently 
lessen waste in the woods also; for 
example, a log may be eut fifteen 
feet long, which, following the old 
custom, would be cut only fourteen, 
and the extra foot would be left in 
the woods. 
The introduction of odd lengths 
meets with opposition from many 
builders who are prejudiced in favor 
of even lengths simply because they 
have never used any other kind. 
Nevertheless, there are many places 
in which odd lengths are more eco- 
nomical than even ones—for in- 
stance, where nine-foot studding is 
used. Following former custom, the 
ends must be cut from even lengths 
to make the timbers fit. Some man- 
ufacturers of flooring successfully 
sell odd and even lengths, thus less- 
ening waste in the woods, at the 
mill, and in the construction of 
buildings. 
Beekeeping in Great Britain is to 
be eneouraged by the Government, 
which has just given a preliminary 
$2,500 to the British Beekeepers’ 
Association. A further grant of 
$1,750 has been made to aid in es- 
tablishing an experimental apiary. 
I find earth not gray but rosy, 
Heaven not grim but fair of hue. 
Do I stoop? I pluck a posy. 
Do I stand and stare? All’s blue. 
