Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-06

damage done, are the kind of people
who stimulate the lynching spirit.
Septcnber ?, 3, 4 and are the dat IS
If the State fair at Lewiston. 1t Is
the aGth annual exhibition and Will DE
bigger and better than ever before.
MANY objections are being made to
the selection of a site on the western
Promenade for Portland's Reed me-
mortal the chief ground being that it
i. o,,t of the usual route of travel
and would be seen by few visitors to
the city.
That Tcrccntennial hymn which
Charles d. Clarke wrote for use in
Latin this week seems to be all right
except that it contains no reference
10 the Red Headed Girl. This Omls-
sion makes many people question Mr..
Clarkcs claim to its authorship.
If reports are true an auto speed
record has been established between
Portsmouth and York Harbor which
throws all previous performances OF
the kind way into the shade. The dis
lance is 10 miles and u Bostonian COW
cred it in just II minutes last week
without killing anybody or getting ar
rested.
While Bath. Names "Shipping
City" par excellence, is fittingly and
worthily celebrating the Tcrcentenary
of American Shipbuilding this week,
the Thomaston Herald modestly calls
attention to the fact that Thomaston
was once second in shipbuilding to
Bath, and has therefore a special in
tercst in the Bath celebration. Bath
led" says the Herald. "but the old
Home Of Knox was a close second.
Many noble ships and schoOners have
gone out from this port, and the flag
of our country has been carried into
every principal port in the world, fly
ing at the topmost peak of the grand
ships launched from the yards in
Ihomaston" The famous old ship
building Knox town may fairly claim
| a share in Baths great shipbuilding
anniversary.
l
FALL, to Bethel is an assured thing
| and will mean much to these two
| towns end to one of the richest and
most beautiful sections of the Andres
| CoGgin valley. This road will open
| up 20 travel and commercial business
| one of the most populous. fertile and
| beautiful portions of our State. 1t is
| 4 country that up to this time has
| been hcmmed in with practically only
one way to get out, and that by team
| either to Rumford Falls or Bethel.
| When completed this road will be one
of the most beautiful scenic railways
| in New England or in America. 1t
will pass through a country rich i'll
mountains. valleys, lakes and primeval
| forests. and cannot but DC the means
Of attracting n host of summer tour
| lists to the hills of old Oxford. The
towns to be crossed are Mexico, Rum
ford. Hanover, Newry and Bethel, and
every inch of the distance is filled with
objects of interest and admiration. 1t
is not his alone. however. that makes
| the future of this road SO brilliant. 1t
| will be in every sense the same as a
steam railroad only it will be run by
! electric power. 1t will carry the
mails, transport passengers and do an
immense business in freight and eX-
| press To prove this assertion 1t is
| ONLY necessary to state that the Berlin
Papcr Company has already Guaran-
tecd to furnish the owners of this roau
| with 500 carloads of freight per year
for the next fifteen years. Otner
companies have made similar guaran-
| tees and in sufficient number to assure
the absolute financial success of the
road. The energy and far-seeing
CAPACITY of two men have made TINS
great enterprise possible. These are
Elliott w, Howe and o. ]. Gonya or
Rurnford Falls. Both Of them are
business men of fine ability and both
have built up large business interests
in that village and vicinity. Mr.
Gonya has one of the largest clothing
establishments in Maine, while Mr.
Howe stands at the head in the furni-
ture business of Rumford Falls and he
recently represented his town in the
Legislature. Both have MADE such
largo financial success that they are
able to branch out into broader fields
: and larger enterprises.
: Fryeburg is trying to save scores OF
it's famous elms, which for a half
, century have been the admiration OF
? all observers. Scores of the mag
: nifcent growth were irreparably in
l jured in the great fire of August 81,
f 1906. while numerous others were left
with blackened trunks and scorched
Q branches. On many of these tree