Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-24

making the nomination Of a register of
oeeds for Washington county, to fill
me vacancy caused by the resignation
VI faul ID. Sargent, recently appointed
state commissioner of highways. The
hoHlnee Is Benjamin F. Kilby of East
port, and the nomination will come I'D
LOT confirmation with the others, at the
next meeting of the Executive Council.
governor Cobb left the city, Friday az
ternoon, for Portland, to attend the
merchants exposition and military car
nivai.
Among the thousands Of corporations
whose certlhcates are received at the
ONCE OF the secretary OF State, each
year, Is a class known to those who
nave their handling, as corporations
under Chapter 81" which are distin-
guished from the rank and file Of othe,.
corporations by the fact that they are
allowed, under the provisions of the
chapter, to hold property to the value
OF 100000. and have to pay no fees.
1t IS under this chapter Of the revis-
ed statutes that educational societies,
oranges, clubs, church societies, ana
many others Of that line are organized,
but 1t Is seldom that the fact of their
organization finds Its way into print
One OF the prominent corporations or
ganized under Chapter 81 is that Of
Shiloh, Of the Holy Ghost and Us"
fame. the society being incorporated
under the name Of THE Kingdom
One Of the latest corporations which
has been organized under this chap
ter, and one in which there will be
much interest felt in the State, is that
of the Maine Institution for the Blind.
This corporation was organized at
Portland. the purposes being to estab-
fish, maintain and operate an institu-
ton for the instruction Of the blind.
and to provide a nome for them dur
ing such period Of instruction.; also to
acquire. hold and convey real and per-
sonal property necessary or incidental
to said purpose. and to possess all priv
ileges, rights and necessities conferred
on educational Institutions by Chapter
81 Of the Revised Statutes.
The institution is to be located at
Portland, and will be managed by n
board of directors, 20 be composed of
not less than three nor more than five
members, those already elected being
VIM. ]. Ryan. ]. Calvin Knapp and
Morrill, n. Drew, all OF Portland, Mr..
Drew being speaker of the House of
Representatives. The president Of the
corporation is Morrill, N. Drew, and the
treasurer, VIM. J. Ryan.
Prof. E. F. Hitchings, the State en-
tomologist, was at the Capitol, yester-
day, on business connected with the
department Of agriculture. In speaking
of the reported presence of the san
Jose scale 1T South Orrington, Mr..
Hitchings said that it was his intention
to have visited that place for the pur.
pose of making an investigation, but
that he was not obliged to go. as he
received by mail a sample of the sup
Eosed pests, and found them to be the
common oyster bark scale.
Prof. Hitchings also said that he had
been to. FarmingtOl at the request OF
Herman Corbett Of that town, for the
purpose of investigating parasite that
was destroying that gentleman's straw
berry plants, and found it to be the
strawberry weevil, pest hitherto un-
known N Maine. Upon nvestigation 1t
was found that the plants on which the
weeyils were found had been secured
in New York. and that the plants were
badly infested. 1t was his suggestion
that ,ne plants be gathered and de-
stroyed by burning. as the best meth-
cd of Kidding the vicinity OF the pests.
Mr.. Corbett raises large quantities OF
strawberries, and has a field covering
an acre and a half, but luckily the
p]ants infested were IN garden away
from the others, and so the latter es-
caped. The strawberry :veevli lays us
eggs in the bud of the plant at a time
when the pollen is about ripe, ana the
larvae cut the stem SO that the dos
som falls to the ground, after winch
thew feed upon the pC"en until they
come to maturity.
prof Hitchings went to Pennington,
| Yesterday afternoon, where ne VIII au-
| dress the gathering at the neld gay eA
| ercises of the oranges OF that iocahty'
| the exercises being in charge OF u. ~
| Knowlton, secretary Of the STATE fo-
| mological Society. SATURDAY eNe"n's'
| prof. Hitchings will speak at the mee'-
no of the Chesterville Grange. on the
hrown.tail moth and kindred species.
| The railroad commissioners nave re-
| -, q nat,tion from the Washington
| County Railway Co.. asking Ior 'nh
anproyal Of the construction ana h'an,-
tanning of q branch track at SpIasuo
Mills. in Washington county. from d
noint north of Sprague's Mills TO the
lii nf the St. Croix Paper co.
The following corporal have hisd
| 49,. oarti,icates of organization at the
office of the secretary of satet' :,
American Bond and Mortgage Co. %. OF
New York organized at Augusta, lor
the purpose of doing a general orok .a
age and commission business. with "
ooo 600 capital stock. of which nothing Is IS
Maid in. officers: President. !; T. rair.
Ranks Of Augusta; treasurer. l. L. an
hanks Of Augusta. Certificate appro'e''