Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-03
STATE HOUSE.
Many Of Names Towns Are
Free from Debt.
Confessed to UnIawfully Killing a
Deer.
New Hatchery at RangeIey Located
New Corporations.


how many of the cities'a towns are
free from debt and what would the
answer be? 1t is almost ten to one
shot that they would answer none. You
see, most people have an idea that no
town or city-in short that no organ
lied place-can successfully 90 pusl-
ness unless it is in debt. No DOUBT, the
most of them gain this idea from the
fact that most individuals find 1t I'M
possible to get along without carrying
some Indebtedness OF course, it has
been proven time and time again that
this is not true but the trouble is most
of us haven't found it out.
Rut inst as some individuals have
learned that it is possible to get along
without being in debt, some towns
have. and are still enabled to worry
| along>with their municipal affairs with
out having debt to pay.
That they are in the minority must be
admitted, but, still, it is pleasing to see
that there is quite number of them.
Some of them are even able to show
that they have a surplus of money in
the treasury
To one who has the idea that there
are no towns but what are in debt
study of the first set of tables in the
| annual report of the State assessors is
| recommended. BY careful reference to
| the last report of the assessors, which
| covers the year 1902 it will be found that
there were l55 towns and plantations
| in Maine that year which report
| ed no debt, and that of these IL report
ed having a. surplus of cash on hand
| Penobscot cAunty showed up the best
% of its TOWNS and plantations being
free from debt, while one showed a sur
plus. Hancock was next with 20 towns.
Two of whiclf.showed surplus. Wash
lington was third, with but none of it's
places had aSsurplus. Kennebec stands
| fifth, with III towns, one of which
showed a surplus.
Thestownseand plantations which are
free from debt are shown in the follow
1 ing list:
Andrescoggin: Wales and Webster.
| Aroostook: Towns, Blaine. Easton,
! F,renchville, Grand ISLE Linneus Lit
| Teton, Madawaska, Oakland: planta-
tons, Allegash. Glenwood. Hammond.
Macwahoc. Reed, st. Francis. st. John.
! Cumberland: Bridgeton, Falmouth,
Gray, Harrison, New Gloucester, North
Yarmouth, Otisfield, Standish.
| Franklin: Towns, Pennington. Mad
rid New Vineyard Wilton; plantation
! Rangeley.
| Hancock: Towns, Amherst, Aurora
| BROOKLYN, Brooksville, Cranberry Isle,
Deer Isle (surplus), Franklin, Hancock
| (surplus). GOuldsborO, Isle au Haul,
Lamoine. Mariaville Sedgwich Sorrento.
sullivan, Trenton Verona, Waltham,
Winter Harbor; plantation, No. SO.
Kennebec: Belgrade. Chelsea, Farm
ingdale, Manchester (surplus), Mon
mouth, Mt. Vernon. Pittston, Vienna.
Wayne, Windsor, Winthrop.
Knox: Cushing. Hope (surplus),
Hurricane Isle North Haven, Warren.
Lincoln Alma, Westport.
Oxford: Byron, Denmark. Hanover,
Hartford, Hebron (surplus), Lowell,
Mason. Peru (surplusl, Stoneham,
Stow (surplus), Sumner, Waterford.
Woodstock (surplus); plantation, Lin
coin.
Penobscot: Towns. Burlington. Car
mel, Dixmont, F,ddington, Eddinburg,
Etna, Exeter, Glenburn, Greenbush
Hermon, Hampden, Holden, Lagrange
Levart (surplus). Lowell. Mattamis-
contis, Plymouth, Prentiss. Stetson
plantations, Drew, Grand Falls, Stacy
vile.
Piscatauuis: Towns, Dover, Sebec
Shirley: plantations. Bowerbank, Ell
louisville. Kingsbury, Lakeview.
Sagadahoc: Bowdoin (surplus), Per
kns. Richmond, West Bath.
Somerset: Towns, Bonneville. New
Portland. Smithfield; plantations. Bige
low. Carratunk, Jackman, Mayfield.
Waldo Jackson (surplus), Kno2
(surpus). Monroe, Searsport, Swan
vile. Thorndil<e, Winterport.
Washington: Towns. Addison, Cen
terville, Columbia, Cooper. Danforth
Dennysvile, Forest City, Jonesport
, Marion. Mansfield, Mortified. Perry
Rogue Bluff, Talmadge. Nanceboro
Waite; plantation, Grand Lake Stream
Chairman Carleton. of the game com
mission, received a shock on Saturda.
morning when he opened his mail
which lasted all day. 1t did not affec
him so that he could not make TIL
proper reply to the communication. /
was letter from a sportsman VIII
resides in another State, who wrot
saying that in a recent inspection o
the fish and game laws of Maine he ha
found that it was unlawful to hunt o.
Sunday. He had always been oppose
to Sunday hunting, SO he said. but ha
never known that it was unlawful t
do so. in Maine, before.
He had been greatly surprised upo
reading that particular section of TIL
game laws. the more so. because, Will
lac fall hn had killed
Sunday afternoon. one deer.
The confession of guilt was s
strange an occurrence that there is n
reason for wonder that the commission
err was surprised and shocked. Q
course. he lost no time in addressing
letter to the man telling him that
was and has always been illegal
shoot game in Maine on Sunday an