Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-06
STATE HOUSE.
Commissioner Gilman Ap-
points More Men
To Conduct Crusade Against
the Br0Wn-TaiI Moth.
Interesting Figures From The Department
Of Education.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council,
Feb. %, At 10 A. M.

Next Meeting Of Governor and Council,
Feb. q, at 10 A. M.
| Hon. A. w. Gilman, commissioner of
Iagriculture, was at the Capitol Monday,
on his weekly visit, and was very busy
with the affairs of the department.
One of the special matters before the
department at present is that of fur
thering the crusade against the brown
i tail moth, and strenuous efforts are be-
N ing made with Il view of Kidding the
ii State of the pest. Commissioner Gill
Il man has decided to appoint several
ii new men for the work, and will send
II them into the field. Prof. +. +. Hitch
III ings of Waterville and Capt. r.. L.
II PhilbrOOk of Portland have been con-
II Quoting the work since Dec. LIST, and
II have done most excellent service, but
II the time has arrived when operations
must be conducted on a larger scale.
II Among the men whom the Commission
i CT will appoint is Geo. II. knowlton of
i Sangerville. Mr.. Knowlton is a for
Il mer resident of Massachusetts, and
II has been engaged in the work before.
II and as he is familiar with the ravages
Il of the insects in that state, he is
most valuable addition to the working
II force of Maine. Another appOintee is
Il c. A. Sullivan of ScarbOro, who is
Il familiar with the work, and comes
H highly recommended by the selectmen
of his home town. +. F.. Addition of
II Greene and X. D. Leavitt of Auburn
have also been appointed. and the force
of workers will be further increased
! by the appointment of others. The
men appointed by Commissioner Gill
man will be assigned to certain dis
tricts, and will report every week to the
department. The work will be con-
Quoted along the same lines as that of
last spring. Circulars and placards
will be sent to the different men en-
gagged in the work, and they Will be
charged with the special mission oil
awakening the interest and enlistlng
the assistance OF every citizen of the
towns which they visit. 1t is planned
, to have the agents visit the towns ana
] distribute the circulars before the date
!, of the town meetings, that the towns
may be given an opportunity of taking
some action in the matter at the meet
ings. 1t is the intention of the de-
partment also to send a warning letter
and placards to the clerk of every city
and town. to impress them with the
Importance of the work.
| Announcement was made at the
office OF the railroad commissioners
! Monday, that no decision would be
> rendered in the Investigation of the
hoard Of the trolley accident on the
Weslbrook branch of the Portland
Railroad on the morning of Jan. -, I'M
| ill the deposition of MotOrman Perley
| Crockett of WestbrOOk can be taken.
Crockett is still at the Maine General
hospital, where he is receiving treat
mcnt for a broken leg and other in
juries.
At the educational department there
has been learned the following inter-
testing statistics regarding some of the
work which has been done by Hon. w.
Nv. StetSOn. State superintendent OF the
public schools of Maine. During his
term of service Supt. Stetson has pre-
Erared and distributed among the
teachers, school officials and other cit
liens OF the State more than 20 differ
len pamphlets, in which he has dis
lcussed the educational problems of the
jday These documents include courses
lof study, outlines of methods and de-
vices To be used in the several branches
Taught, estimates of present conditions
and suggestions as To changes need
ed.
In the performance of his duties he
. has travelled 259,OOO miles in the State.
He has delivered more than $3.50 adj
ldresses on schools. During the past
70 three years he has averaged to devote
Ito his work Il fraction more than II
hours a day.
The entire cost of running the State
educatiOna department, including the
salary Of the superintendent, is from
1880 to $500 less than the amount
paid for the salary of the superintend-
ent i'm number Of other states.
An unusual spectacle at the fish and
igame department Saturday was the
!presence of a number of beaver skins,
which had been brought there for the
- purpose of sale, and some of which
were very handsome specimens. The
skins came from Somerset county, and
4 the beavers which wore them We're
taken by wardens under the direction
a of the commissioners of inland fisher
les and game, under the law which all
flows the beavers to be so taken when
they are found to be doing damage to
= property. Bids were received for the
skins from several different parties,
; the highest being from Walter d.
lHinds of Portland, and the skins were
shipped to him Saturday afternoon.
Hon. F.. r. Ring of Orono, commits
lsioner of forestry. arrived in the city
Monday on his weekly visit TO the Cap
:. litol.
The following corporations have filed
y their certificates of organization at the
office of the secretary of State:
Wheat Pearl Co, organized at Port
land, for the purpose of dealing in all
kinds of animals and substances suit
liable for food, fodder or fertilizers, with
sSOO. 900 capital stock of which moth