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Again Mr. Roberta subsided Into his chair. "Maine could learn ft·om the experience It had at York Harbor," he continued . "Look at what Thomas Nelson Page and Thomu Balley Aldrich, men of genuine vision, did for that place, Land waa bought along shore and the beach was made Into an attractive park. Summer cottagers with wealth and influence have appreciate d theae restriction s at,d have co.me to stay. They have brought others llke themselve s. They own property on which large taxes are being paid. They are an asset to the communit y and to the State. York Harbor ta an Internatio nally known resort. I How well-know n, or how much of an asset to t.11.e State would a tourwt ca.mp •be, evea tho twice as pop.., uloua u York Harbor! "What York Harbor bas done can be accomplis hed in tlhese otb& resorts. If selectmen are foresighted and plan with an Idea. ot comm{mi.ty- well-being and growth, They do not seem to realize how they are injuring their prospects, lessening their income from taxes and destroying the heritage of their children by neglecting to protect and !beautify the shore frontage, "Ta.ke our waterfron t at Kennebunk Beach! Robert Lord, an able 1Study·Co' ![tyard Mr. Roberta lnapecting Hia Fountain and man, gave land to the town over· ' Mention of "Rabble i:n-x-rms "' quarter of a century ago on the to a condition that allows three proved to be cue :for a shift iJI condition that it should be made or four half-witte d boys with an into a parkway. BUt town officials otrt-board motor to destroy the conversat ional scenery. Thia auhave permitted It to become a peace e.nd comfort of an entire thor, for the moment dynamic ao• - - - - - - ;----~ ==,===.== summer resort, including people tor 111 champion ing .a cause loal dump. They ignore our pleas tor who bring untold advantage s to a (to date), relaxed into happier relief. The:, Ignore the conditions State and must have peace to do it, lines. His typewrite r came under of Robert Lord's bequest. In their Margaret DeJ.l!.nd, for example, and the spotlight. The steady beatlns of the keys up to the last second stu;bbornn e9S they are wrecking Booth Tarklnzto n! before the day's in.vaalon ra.lae4 "That's what I'm fighting for- 11he question aa to bow be worked. tlhelr own property values and their protection of the right kind!" "Two thousand words a day la &11 one aure source ot future income, Asked if be had any Idea that the but they won't see .It! They can't beach might be set apart from the extremely high average to main• taln on sustaln ~k; but In or• see it! remainder of Kennebun Rob• der "Some town.11 apend thousands erts said that the angerk, Mr. sum- my to meet my publlsher' s--and own-need s I waa obliged to of dolla.rs to induce tbe building of mer communit y at the of the shortsight • factorles, but not a penny on pre- edness of the town officials was so write the last 85,000 words of 'Rabserving their waterfron ts. Isn't It Intense that anything mlg,ht result ble in Arms' between July 8 and August 30, 1933. In order to do It better to protect a valuable wat&• from It. I had to work from nine to one front than to foster a dozen fac"Salmon Levenson of Chicago, each morning, from three to eight tortes? The value of the sea, the o'clock each afternoon, and :from rocks and a beautiful shore never who wrote the peace plan whlc1I grows less. Never! But no factory won the Nobel Peace.. Prize for See• eleven to three o'clock each night. No job ever will come closer to ever built can be permanen t or at- [ retary of State Kellogg, hae been tractive, or any thing but des truc- active in behal.t of such a; local killing me than that one did. When tive to what the State ot Maine Is plan," said Mr. Roberts. "So, too, I fln/,shed It I was a wreck :for a year. advertisin g. has the Rev. John Haynes Holmes, The author stepped quickly to "On the other hand, the preser- a clergyman with an internatio nal , the atalrs and from a pendant vation of Maine ae vacation land reputation . shelf took down a big volume .which of beauty and a lure to summer"Some people belle'-:e our desire proved to be a revision of hie last home owners wlll increase buying- to have our water front power population {or years-jus t Is a selfish one. Mine is protected book. He spread open the pages, not. as long as our shore fronts are working for the best interests I'm showing fine writing with many of protected. It tbey are not protect- my own town and my own State, changes in word" and phrases thru, ed they bring In cheaper and and against the pig-heade dness ot ou,! ,the text. Rabble In Arms .. was revised a cheaper people. l{gmes decay and people who want to wreck both. ~ozen times or more. he explained . .shacks spring up; and it is one of They call me a summer resident: a The writing of a book i_s the easithe best-know n economic tacts selfish summer resident. that one had house pulls down the They're opening the Yaughn Piffle! est part of It. The re-writing ls the house hardest. It Is almost Impossible to character of a. street, one bad in Kittery this w eek. That house street that ot a town, and one bad Is built on t,he land my famll:, get it into such shape that It sattown that of the lars'er units of owned in 1632. Part ot my ramll:, lsfies you. Ev'iln after 'Arundel' was published tt was entirely recounty and State. moved to Arundel in 1725. Three of written-p artly due to some lrrt."Ruln a show-win dow and the my ancestors from Maine were tating but justified criticism on remainder of the store become11 carried to Canada by Indians. Two worthless no matter what Is In It. of them fought the French at Ti~ the part of Arthur G. Staples. That It la the Mme here at the 1hore!" conderoga under Abercrom bie. took eight months. The revision of With a. sweep of ht1 hand ocean- Three more helped to capture Lou- 'The Lively Lady,' which la belnc ward: "Southern Maine has be- lsburg In 1H5. Four others,. all published In England this montll, come like Chelsea, Maesachu setts-- from this same town, were officer• ls entirely re-written . The re-writIng took four months." a suburb. Drive u.p and down this In }he Revolution . Mr. Roberts said that all four of part of the l;ltat. and lt gives you Another was a privateer cap- his chronicles <,f A.l'undel were bethat feeling! · taln an'd did a stretch in Dartmoor J Ing published In Englancl. this year "Of course can't fight the pr~~ft h !dent• H-1! and next by John La.le, and ID motor-age ," be c!'nceded, aa ~e Thi/la ~y s;~:rrr bor'n here! paced the room, and we don t I love It' Do you t,blnk It is self- : Germany by Holle aa4- company. Mr. Roberts cantends that It is want to. But we can fight stupid- ishnesa that makea me see re4 only by u ~ aoiall an4 aecurate lty and Injustice! If this Stat. when a lot of mental plgmlea go te detall,i j,hat a nOJ1ellst can create wants to advertise ttael:f aa & vaca- work to wreck It"" tionland why doesn't It J>Ut an end ·

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