Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-11


Tuesday, having come from his home
Republican State committee, to confer
, with the members at the meeting held
by them at the Hallowell House last
evening. The Governor was at the
executive department during the day,
and had many visitors.
That the Governors able and power
full address before the Deering Republi-
can club at Riverton Friday night met
with the approval Of the great mass of
the Republicans Of the State is cvi-
denced by the man letters which are
being daily received at the executive
department for him from every section
of the State, and from some of the
most prominent leaders of the. party
And not only that. for many of the let
tcrS are from men who heretofore have
not identified themselves with the
! party. but who. upon reading the
| straightforward and fearless dcclar-
alton of principles and purpose as en-
| bodied in the address. have freely
promised their support in the coming
fall election.
Commissioner Gilman of the depart
ment of agriculture, Prof. ;. G. ThOmp-
son. the state dairy inspector and Capt.
+. f. Philbrook of the brown-tail moth
commission. were al the Capitol Tues
day, OF business connected with the
work of the various branches Of the
department. AS might be expected un-
der the present conditions the brown
tail moth, that white winged dissent
nator of devastation among fruit shade
and forest trees came in for its share
of attention. and Commissioner Gilman
spoke ut some length of the work which
had been done this spring, and which
was now about drawing to a close. He
said that the work as carried on had
been very satisfactory, and that for the
number of men who had been employed
and the amount of money which was
available. he was much pleased with
the results which had been obtained.
Prof. Hitchngs. he said. Capt. Phil
, brook, Mr.. Totman and others who had
| been engaged, had been indefatigablc
in their labors. and wherever they had
been they had found the people inter-
cst,d and willing to lend their assist
ance in Kidding their localities of the
bad been visited where great interest
| WIS net manifested in tn" Inovcmcnt
| and not one whore the danger Of the
situation was not appreciated. tt"
| work of the men, he said. Mas a"V
practically completed. with III" keep
tion of that Of Prof. Hitchings who as
| the state entomologist, had much work
ahead. as the act by which the office
was created provided for various duties
| to be carried out by the incumbent
| among which are included an annual
! inspection Of nurseries for the purpose
of aSccrtaining if they are infested with
! dangerous insects or diseases. and also
| an inspection for the same purposes Of
trees. shrubs and plant which are sup
posed 10 he infected. all of which re-
! uureS timn.
Gerald a.. Wilder an assistant in the
| Bowdoin College library, and SeCre-
| tary of the Maine Library Association.
sends out the preliminary announce
mcnt of the llth meeting of the Maine
| Library Association will be held at
| Auburn. Wednesday and Thursday.
April - and 26.
A cordial invitation is extended to
| ali persons interested in the develop
nent of Maine Libraries to attend this
meeting: and it is desired that as many
| as possible notify the secretary OF their
intention Of doing so.
The first and third sessions will he
| l.. Id at the Public Library, "Wednesday
| afternoon and Thursday morning. The
programme at these sessions it is cx-
pected will be i'm part as follows:
A business meeting of the Associa-
| ton.
Greetings from Auburn by Hon. John
a. Morrill,.
Response for the Association hy
State Librarian. Ernest w. Emery.
Some glimpscs of Foreign Libra
| ries." by George T. Little. Lit D.. Lii
brarian of Bowdoin College.
How to Teach High School Students
! the Use Of the Public Library" by
| Miss +. NJ. Pond, Librarian Of the Bel
| fast Free Library.
THE Work at the Delivery Desk"
| by Miss Osgood. Librarian of the Lew
iston Public Library.
Edward w. Hail. LIZ d.. Librarian
of Colby College and Ralph X. Jones
Il. S. Librarian of the University of
| Maine will also take part at this meet
| ing.
| A considerable amount Of time will
be given to answering questions that
have come up in library administra-
ton. and every librarian in attendance
! is urged to present these problems for
| discussion Some questions will be
selected by the committee to make sure
of subjects for discussion but these
can be readily laid aside to make room
for questions from those present.
| The second session will be held in the
Odd Fellows hall on Pleasant street.
| Wednesday evening. At this session
! MIR. Arthur L. Bostwick, head of the
Circulation Department of the New
York Public Library will give an ad-
dress.
| Cant. Philbrook has just returned
from a trip down East. where he COM
nleted the tour of the Maine coast
Among the places visited was Lamone
cranberry Isles. fremont, Southwest