The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-26

policeman until one was put on recently
after one store had been robbed twice.
Witness said he had never known
abOnt this policeman except ut Ruous
recently held. Mr.. Sterling said that on
one street the line between Oakdale.
and Portland ran on the street anu thai
on the Oakdale side there was no drain
age and no houses, while on the other
| side Is row of houses with good drain
| age. He said the school at Oakdale was
| about the same as the average public
| school.
| Andrew Hawes was called again. He
said that Portland citizens get books
from the public library free of charge,
but that Deering citizens have to pay
% q year.
The petitioners rested. City Solicitors
Fred Matthews was introduced by Mr..
Mouiton. He said he appeared hY
direction of the Deering city co unoil and
i'll way i'll the interests of Portland.
Mr. Matthews said that one great reason
why Portland wished more territory was
it's desire to use its poor farm for park
and residential purposes, and get another
| farm for the poor. Another thing they
desired was the possession of the ceme-
terry. Mr.. Matthew's said these matters
were responsible to q large degree for
what support the annexation plan gets
in Portland. He said that the petitions
the two wards in question about equally
| divided on the matter of annexation.
| Col. John NJ. Adams said ne thought
| that 1T is only a matter of time when the
whole Of Deering would be annexed to
| Portland. but that he did not believe in
forcing the movement.
Mayor w. W. Mitchell of Deering said
that the remonstranoe signed by the
people at large in Deering showed the
names Of over 1000 out of the 1900 voters
in the city. Mayor Mitchell said that he
had talked with large number of Port
land people and found that they are gen.
orally opposed to annexation or Deerin
in piecemeal
Frank Moody a former chief engineer
of the Deering fire department and now
| inspector of the fire alarm telegraph, for
the city described Deering's contract
with Portland for assistance in case of q
large fire.
Dr.. D. W. Foster of Deering said the
| annexation plan originated near the
Office of the ounty treasurer, and that it
had been pushed chiefly by Mr.. Hawes
| and Mr. Chenery.
Alderman Wyer p. Aver said that
| wards and had been given all ths po-
| lice protection they asked.
| Arthur K. Marks of Ward 8, Deering,
a builder, said he thought that annexa-
| tion would not increase the value of
property In Deering.
Joseph E. Chute said that Deering was
giving the people modern conveIienoes
| at a good rate.
| Fred q. Thompson of Deering said
| that the desire for annexation was con-
| fined to few men who had bsen forced
| to drop the reins of government and
! was no reason why few disgruntled
politicians hould be allowed to cause
dissension among the people.
j. Winslow Hawkes. explained the or
ganization and administration of the
school system of Deering.
| The remonstrance rested.
In rebuttal Mr.. Chenery was put on.
He said there was very little travel on
| st. John street. He said that not more
than once day did two teams meet and
turn out on the street. The arguments
we're made this evening.
The committee On education have re-
ported favorably on ali Easalsas appro.
priation money for academies, but the
amounts have baen reduced. The com
mittee also reports favorably on the bill
authorizing the teaching OF cooking,
agriculture, mechanic arts, sewing, etc.,
in the schools, and on the bill providing
that the state superintendent of common
schools shall have general charge OF ita
| COURSES of study in high schools having
state old.
1t is pretty generally conceded that
when the resolve in favor of the Eastern
Maine Insane Hospital makes Its appear
anoe again 1t will be minus commits
sion and perhaps a few thousand dollars.
The new draft will probably stipulate
that the work of construction Is to be
done under the direction of the Governor
and Council.
| The Massachusetts hunters who are
0fs sho o m
mer in Maine and breaking the game
laws in other particulars have raised
| large sum Of money to pay the EXPENSES
of fighting the bill to license guides
| They have at least one attorney at work
here against the bill and judging from
their tactics they regard 1t as a measure
that will be OF greats 1mped1msnt in the
way of law breaking. The Massachu-
setts sportsmen have through resident
agent dictated the close time on wood
| cock in Maine for several years. Now it
seems that they propose to vigorously
oppose measure for the protection of
the big game.
The bill 90 prohibit the hunting of
partridgss with dogs excludes not only
The use Of spaniels and ours which are
trained to tree partridges, but pointers
and settlers used wing shots. 1t is said
to emanate from the poachers of Wash
ineton county who snare birds at all sea-
sons for the Bar Harbor residents and
hotels They are opposed to legitimate
sport because OF the feeling of spite
which they have against people who
seek to have them molested in their
p0aching.
The measures for the protection of
game aside from the appropriation are
the Heald bill covering close time penal
ties, ficers' duties. unlawful methods,
etc., given in the PRESS OF Tuesday
morn1ng.
The Sewall guide license bill and Mr..
Stetson's bill providing that non-resi-
dent sportsmeR shall pay for what big
game they killed and that the proceeds