Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-18
Delightful Reception at Rum
ford Falls and Pennington.
An ENJOYABLE Week Without a Flaw 10
Mar Il.

Rumtord Falls to the time for adieus,
everything, which possibly could con-
tribute to the comfort and pleasure OF
the party, was provided even the heat
was tempered and the showers came
ut convenient intervals of rest from
sight seeing.
The Rumford Falls r. r. Co. had n
special car at Lewiston awaiting the
party Monday afternoon and the rice
through TIE beautiful valley that after
room was marrcd only ny solicitddc for
the lost sheep, the president, who, how
ever, found the right depot in Lewis
ton in time to catch the last trair
Though he arrived too late for supper
he was in time to respond, along with
Mr. Dunbar, for the Press at the re-
ception and entertainment given in
formally by the Board of Trade and
citizens.
4 previous despatch has told of cur
visit at Rumford Falls. but the gen.
crous hospitality shown by the citi-
lens of that truly marvellous cOmmun~
~ is worthy of more mention thar
can here be given il. Think of being
Whirled in automobiles over roads that
| 4 dozen years ago were nothing but
hedges of granite and rast hugh brick
structures like the International mill
| the largest under one roof of all the.
worlds paper mills. One of the sEeake, s.
It the delightful reception in the even
ing spoke of newspaper men as repre- e.
| senting the ideal while they of Rum
| ford Falls represent tie material. But al
least SC far as the lcals Of hospitality
and contagious enthusiasm are con-
cerned it may truthfully be said the
newspaper men Of our party never re-
ceived a more vivid impression of
| them than WIS affor led by tlis town
and its people. Here Massrs. Eilgin.
Know lton and Bracket found it nee
essaTy to leave the party. Tuesday
morning most of the party made visits
| through some of the mills accompanied
| by Hon. Waldo Pettinsill, who
| throuc hout our stay was devoted to
or entertainment, and Surts. Hawley
and I.assCtt
| Some will recall what Emerson sale
| ahcn. + " world mating Il beaten path
to the home, however remote. Of the
man who can do something bette" than
his neishbor. The Continental Paper
Bag Co. III a beautiful booklet, issued
1 y,
son very aptly. The sentiment might
| equally well be applied to every point
long our route.
In the be ginning Nature did some
| thin" up among these waters ihnt
barely slip from the grasp of the in
terminable forests and 'erlasiing
hills. which she neglected to do else
where. May the weary world continue 70
tread the beaten path it has now made
to these, for as many thousands If
years as they remained in inaccessible
Wilderness. And every year there Will
be something new something to excite
the novel sensation as well as revive
the Old.
| e., tn, wirdinC valley of y { Andro-
ScoSein, with its bewildering curves
and opening and shutting of windows
TO landscape such as only New Eng
land can afford, we went that hot
Tuesday morning, plying the swelter-
; ing world outside until there came a
. standstill and no station in sight. A
not box. Nothing else. No rise in
! the individual thermometers Of the
! party and our optimistic philosopher
from Boothbay to say. really its
/. pleosanter out here picking daisies
I by the track than sitting in the dusty
!. car. and besides here is scenery worth
! stopping to look at
II And he and the rest of us had our re-
J, ward when we got off at the log station
: at Bemis ana delivered ourselves into
+ the keeping Of Capt. F. &. Barker, and
were conducted by him t. the cool in
: wiling dining room of his Dainis Camps
We didn't want to leave after tasting
the hospitality, but the Captain went
with us and saw that tn" best Tn /.
Birches provided was ours
And the best this famous resort pro-
vide. good enough for mil;onaires, 80
the millionaires think. was irdeed good
enough for u.s.
The Birches are on Students Island in
MooseloOkmaguntic Lake. Long ago,
some time about 1872 the island re-
ceived its name. by three Yale students
camping there for the summer In 1897
capt Barker put up three camps here,
and the place. always 50 attractive.
' soon became very popular and Is nov
known as Mines Newport
Mlllionaires with thoir families ana
servants come here ami hive In log
cabins FOR the summer, where they
nave every comfort ana the out door
lite.
Down at BemiS in front Of Cant.
Rarker's Camps is a huge boulder cleft
in the middle, the halves falling apart.
There, years ago, xoodsman and
river driver had found shelter and a
place to dream of the tiIna when he
should be a famous prince among the
Iprincely entertainers OF the RangeIcy
regions, for now he owns and mana grs
as everybody knows. the Bemis Camps
The Birches," and The Ealker." TIL.
first two are built On leased land. BIZ.
three years ago where the trees and tn.
bouiders, came to the waters edge, down
where the stretch of MoosCiookmegun
tic waters is wide and the uplift of tht
hcnnebago Mountains is CELESTIAL,
blue. on land of his owa. the captain
expended many Of his hard earned
thousands. Today, n modern hotel {;
model, fianked with log camps each an.
every one also a model. invite III.
sojourner and do not invite in vain
8 While at The Birches some made ;