Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-01

tracing the reSinous matter from pitcn
pine whicn, if this Is possible can be used
for wood pulp. Cottonwood and white
wood are now being used for paper max
ing purposes. Pine is very plentiful and
will probably b. used in wood fibre IN
the future
STRAW was formerly used in the man
utacture Of paper ana il we are forced
to 20 back to it again | think We could
use 1t without increasing the cost of. pa
per very materially. II it can be brought
down to compare with the price of WOOD
pulp. and | think it can, why then, there
is no danger of the paper mills being
obliged 70 shut down for want Of mate
rials. As the price Of wood pulp AZ.
Yances, tho nearer We shall get To Usin;
straw once more. Straw as material
has this advantage. that you get new
crop each year.
- think that later on the Canadian for
eSts will supply more and more pulp -
the near by mills situated in the United
States"
spcakiag " Nova Scotia this gcntle-
man said: THAT section will never D.
much of a factor in the pulp business. OK
cept for export. The supply down thcrc
is not great; still ii might suffice t. keep
a few mills going for Il few years The
pulp is good. but the trees arg small.
New Brunswick. however, can furnish
quite Il large amount Of pu y wool, raf t!c
ularly around the upper waters Of the
St John river. But for strictly export
business Nova Scotia has great adNaa-
tages 1t has fine quality of pulp;
iitiltN OIL coal. u Sl.tllN4U water WY am
is - miles nearer to Europe than the
United States.
When asked about the lands " the
Great Northern Paper Company. AZ Mil
inucllet. this gentleman said: THAT
company has the largest area ut inr pup
lands Of any company in the State. b.
sides the immense area the company
owns il can easily obtain logs from the
sections around the waters Of the upper
PenohsCpt. The keuncEec ana the ST.
John rivers. This they cam % hy build.
ing short tramwaES across cohutrN. fN
utilizing such tramWaNS TINS company
can nut Itself in touch with the largest
supply of good pulp known to the paper
making industry of the United States.
"In the First Maine Heavy Artillery
We once had man named Brown who
took the palm for liars said Major &. }.
House. Tuesday. This man was certain
~ a cool one for in after years he Wa
describing the battle Of Petersburg and n"
told of the performance If certain reg
iment that was going up the heights
when they became badly demoralizcd ana
out Of order. He said the colonel stepped
to the front and had the guides Of the
companies step forward and then had tn"
regiment dress. After this he stepped
III the front ana put the regiment through
the manual at arms while the Shot ana
shell &c the enemy were flying.
and that is but one Of the amusing
things that an old soldier will tell. In
Maine paper. but a few days ago, w3s
the picture 81 a corporal ana his story Of
the adventures VI the 10th Maine. a.
told AZ an actual fact If certain things
that there were not the least grain %
truth in or the one who wrote the article
must have been mistaken. for the records
Of the companies Of the regiment are on
file here in the State House ana they tell
nothing Of the sort lie tells about one
engagement into which 30 men went in
and 2i3 were killed and wounded when
as an actual fact over 100 we're taken
prisoners and only about 40 killed and
! wounded the rest coming out
Some Of the veterans will tell some
great stories when they are not thinking
| anyone is near to take them down ana
| would acknowledge that there was not
| the least grain OF truth in some of them.
The different departments of the State
Of Maine viii be represented at the
worlds exposition in Paris in 1909 by the
| reports OF the departments. The commits
! sioners wish as far as possible to obtain
| a full set of the reports of each depart
ment to place in the exhibit. 1t will not
| be practicable. however, to give the full
set from each department and in fact
hardly any one of the older ones can do
this. as they have not the duplicate
| copies of them.