The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-07-30
UP IN MAINE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PINE
TREE STATE.
A QUESTION OF LICENSE.

A QUESTION OF LICENSE.
Apropos of the suggested enactment
of a law requiring the licensing OF
naphtha launches or motor boats, the
Biddeford Record asks: ''Why should
the owner of a motor boat be compelled
to be licensed any more than the owner
of a motor carriage?" The point seems
well taken. The mechanism used in
both the land and the water carriage is
simple and requires no great amount OF
skill to manage it. Any man possessing
the average supply of Yankee common
sense can learn all that there is to know
in half an hours lesson. These craft
are numerous in the harbors and buslly
running about every day, and the first
serious accident on board of one or
caused by one is yet to be recorded. So
much cannot be said of rowboats and
sailing boats, and there would be just
as much reason in requiring the licens-
ing of these as of the motor boats.
CLEVELAND AND JEFFERSON BUY
MAINE LANDS.
Grover Cleveland and Joseph Jeffer-
son, who is now at Meddybemps, nave
each bought a tract III the forests near
there, and will erect summer homes.
The Washington county railroad 1ui-
nishes easy access. There IS aouhdc
ance of gamy bass in the waters OF
Meddybemps lake; also good duck
shooting in season. They have bought
an island in the lake and can isolate
themselves utterly. A stone pier has
been constructed, naphtha launches i'm
,,o,toJ ,pI tho h,,i16inuc will he erected
within few weeks.
TO TEACH IN PORTO RICO.
Miss Charlotte Dorman of Harrlng-
ton recently accepted the position Of
supervisor of drawing in the island OF
Porto Rico and will begin her work
there in September. She is graduate
of the Castine Normal school, of the
Normal Art school in Boston, and has
had experience as teacher OF the pub
lie schools of Maine, and for the past
two years has taught drawing in Mas
sachusetts Miss Dorman is spending
part of her vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. DOrman, and the
remainder in New Hampshire, where
she will teach drawing in a summer
school in that State.
RENTS SCARCE IN AUGUSTA.
The scarcity of tenements to rent
that now threatens to handicap some
of the Augusta industries gave rise to
the passage of an order by. the city
council July 2lst requesting the mayor
and four members of the government
to confer with the board OF trade to see
what provisions can be made for build
ing houses. Over so families engaged
for Augusta factories are waiting Tor
favorable rent prospects.
TO MARK THE SITE OF ''MONTPELIER.
Saturday afternoon, July 25th, there
was unveiled at Thomaston tablet
marking the approximate site OF
sMontpelier,' the mansion of Major
General Henry Knox. The date is the
anniversary of the generals birthday,
which has been annually observed by
General Knox chapter, ID. A r., since
it's organization in 1898. The exact
place which this famous country seat
occupied is covered by a building of re-
cent erection, so the tablet was placed
on boulder within short distance OF
the spot where the hero of Trenton dis
pensed such lavish hospitality.
JAIL SENTENCES PROMISED.
The Portland liquor interest is some
what excited because of statement
made in the municipal court by Judge
Hill TO a man who had been before him
three times since Jan. LIST on search
and seizure complaint.
Il have told your attorney" he said
chat if you are brought before me
again Oh a similar complaint jail SEN
tence will be imposed" He fined the
respondent 800 and costs and it was
paid.
This statement was in line with previ-
Gus declarations made by the court IN
other cases, but it was not thought
that he had decided to make it a rule
not to impose fine in the case OF per-
son frequently before him on charge
of violating the prohibitory law.
sANFoRD's GOSPEL BOAT.
A Gospel Boat which will be used
by Rev. F. W. Sanford, the organizer of
the Holy Ghost and Us colony, to spread
the Gospel among the fisherman along
the coast, was launched at Bath July IS.
The new craft is 80 feet long, and the
motive power will be furnished by a
seven-horse power gasoline engine.
When fully equipped a delegation from
Cl6 SHllOH COlOuy Will Cluloo olOhs oiio
coast. Mr.. Sanford believes that by
this means excellent results can be OBJ
tanned among the families OF fishermen.
MAINE DENTAL SOCIETY.
The thirty-eighth annual meeting of
the Maine Dental Society was held at
Kineo July 21st, with president c. How
ard Merritt of Auburn, presiding. These
officers were elected: President, F. E.
Maxfield Of Bangor; vice. president, R.
W. Bickford, Rockland; secretary, H.
A. Kelley, Portland; treasurer, E. j.
Roberts, Augusta; librarian, Elbridge
Bacon, Bar Mills.
MAINE LOBsTERs.
The work of the U. S. fish commission
schooner "Grampus'' is now nearly COM
pleted for the summer of 1903. During
the year which has just closed 100000
lobster fry have been collected. OF this
number 2s,OOO,OOO have already been
placed in the water, and the rest soon
will be. The fry Of this season, in the
opinion of Capt. Hahn of the Gram
pus," have been the best and strongest
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