Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

Lewiston will have a Merchants
week, the week before Christmas, but
so will all the cities for that matter
Stonington wants a public library. If
things continue to boom there as at
present, she will soon have it.
Six carloads of Christmas trees for
Cleveland. o., is the contract which
Roy Bray of Orland. is filling. The
trees are being shipped from Bucks
port.
Portland is i'll the midst of its annual
municipal campaign, but refuses to get
excited over it.
Are your plans made for Thanksgiv-
of the year and should be celebrated
accordingly.
Belfast Journal: Various authorities
are quoted from time to time to the eff
feet that Holsters are not decreasing in
numbers; but no one who recalls the
days when Holsters were plentiful will
believe them. 1t is not so many years
ago that clustering was profitable
industry in this vicinity, and there was
a cannery IN Castine and another in
Camden. Where are those canneries
now? and where are the Holsters now?
There is also sad and impressive evil
dence of the growing scarcity of lob
sters before those who sit down to a
shore dinner at New Meadows which is
more famous for its shore dinners than
any other place on the Maine coast.
The only trace of the lobster now on
the regular bill of fare is that in the
lobster stew, while plain lobster, if Or
dered, is charged as an extra. The
place of plain lobster on the bill is taxi
ell by smells.
After a long struggle of which many
interesting stories might be told. the
BiddefOrd grocerS have at last agreed
to abolish the use of trading stamps.
The agreement will go into effect De-
Cember /.
Mayor Baxter has done much for
Portland, and aims to do more. He is
now advocating park system. which
if carried out will make Portland a
gem among the worlds cities" AL
ready most all the land requisite has
been bought, and Mayor Baxter urges
that the work should be completed in
time to be enjoyed by the generation
now on the stage. Many of our read
ers are no doubt familiar with the
Eastern promenade, and its lovely
views From the western bluff or
promenade as it is commonly called,
| the view is of noble stretch of mead
| ows and gradually increasing heights,
emphasized in the far distance by the
| purple contour of the White Mountain
| range so miles and more away. The
eastern bluff is nearly mile in length
and affords space on its elevated table
for lawns and Fairgrounds. drives and
| shelters, although but a small section
| of it has yet been improved. A con-
| siderable part of the western bluff was
long ago laid out in building sites and
| has been built upon, but there is still
preserved Il generous open space suit
able for park purposes. The park
| scheme contemplates boulevard 100
| feet wide, connecting the two prone
nades, passing a beautiful wooded park
on the isthmus, known as Deering' S
Oaks, sweeping around the extensive
Back cove, crossing it's narrow outlet
on a bridge by which the foot of the
| &c raanhnd This
is merely an outline of the plan set
forth by Mayor Baxter in very inter-
esting and suggestive pamphlet. In
conclusion Mr.. Baxter describes condi-
tons that all workers for the public
advantage have experienced. OF the
| public he says: 81 have found it to con-
sist of three classes; a large class
| which is public-Spirited and ever ready
to support meritoriOus projects; anoth-
er large class apathetic and difficult to
interest in public matters, and small
class composed of DIRECTORS to every
thing which they do not originate,
ready. indeed. on all occasions to criti-
CHE and detract. and worse still to i'm
pute unworthy motives to those who
undertake any public work.
A writer in the Bangor News, in
Ipraising the splendid work during the
past four football seasons of Captain
Kendall of the Bates eleven speaks of
his career as eliminating in scoring
on Harvard on a straight play-the
first Maine man who ever took the
ball on a signal from behind his own
nd tod - L.
crimson's goal line."-Captain Kendall
deserves the highest praise that can
be given him but the writer in the
News shows his ignorance of Maine
football history when he speaks of