Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23

Most people feel that chicken after
all will be better than turkey for the
Thanksgiving dinner this year.
In his annual report for the year
ending June 80 which was made pub
| he last Thursday Surg. Gen. RiTey of
iae navy recommends that a new hos
piral be built at tie kittery navy yard
al y cost of $50 coo.
The lighthouse department has just
the coast of Maine, and the engineers
| OF the service say that the lighthouses
| are in the best condition for many
years. new tower is being built at
| Isle au Haul while heavy repair work
| has been done at Browns Head, Mar
shalls Point. Burnt Island and Ram
Island lights.
Hon. John Francis Sprague of Mon
| son has a very interesting article in
| Cartoons State of Maine Sportsman's
Journal this month: 1.-THE Indians Of
| Maine" Mr. Sprague is noted for his
| ability in research, which has been
| the result Of much valuable infOrma-
| ton being brought to light for students
| Of history. This article on Maine
| Indians gives brief history of the
various tribes, their method of govern
ment, their religion, occupation, etc,
dealing much with the inhabitants of
Indian Island. Old Town. There are
nine half tones in connection with Mr..
| Sprague's article, one showing Big
| Thunder in the garb of an ancient
Abnaki chief, the others being views
Of the island. homes. groups of
/ Indisns. etc. The information which
is found in the few pages occupied by
it is worth preserving.
| SacO has come to the front some in
the past year, even if it is not yet to
be ranked among Names liveliest
cities. There is the building Of
| $1,000 worth of new macadam road,
for one item. There is the completion
of the new Savings Bank block, as
fine a building as any city in the
| country of Sacos size has. There are
| the extensive engagements upon the
! York. completed or in progress. No
other mills in Maine have made any
| such extension. OF minor public
| Importance. but yet in the right line,
is the handsome new Soldiers monu-
| ment, the reopening of the SacO
House, an attractive cosy and up to
date hotel. and sidewalk improve
| ments upon Main street, which it is
hoped are but a commencement Of
accomplishments in that line. Maybe
1T is not to be treated a "boom,' but
It has been pretty good year for
Saco. What city in Maine has done
better?
Leslie Higgins Of Fort Fairfield
recently had the good fortune to find
one of the greatest curiosities that ever
astonished the eyes of a hunter. 1t
was near JEWELS camp, on Burnt Land
| brook, some nine miles west Of Mars
Hill village. Higgins was one of, a
party of hunters. but had struck off
through the woods alone. Seeing q
good buck, he fired at him through the
bushes. and dropped him. What was
his surprise to find, on coming nearer,
that the bucks horns were locked into
the horns Of another buck about the
same size, dead as he could b. A big
tight had Violently taken place. the
victorious buck succeeding in getting
the head of his opponent down under
the water and mud of the hole they
were standing in. and drowning him.
il required quite an effort to separate
the horns of the two combatants
Leslie generously gave the horns of
the Vanquished buck to DR. EstabrCok
Of Worcester. Mass, one Of the party,
ana brought home in triumph the
buck he shot. Had he brought home
the two heads without unlocking the
horns. and had them mounted i'm that
manner. it is probable that he could
received large sum for them
A grand coon hunt has been in
progress this week in the big Youland
dry goods store in Biddeford A week
) ago three young raccoons, captured in
a. nelghboring town, were placed in a
large wire cage in one of the store win
, doWs where they attracted much at
tantion. Last Sunday night one of
them escaped from the cage and until
Thursday night was at large in the
store, keeping safely hidden by day
ana roaming over the store by night,
All hunting proved in vain and the
girl clerks We're in constant terror lest
they ind him among the goods
FOOD was left for him every night
ana water was also put out where he
could get 1t so he suffered no dis
comfort during his absence from the
cage. His tracks about the store
) showed that he had eaten every day
: and this made it certain that he was
still in the store. Some Of the clerks
were not little uneasy when they
learned that he was at large in the
store and kept sharp lookout in Their
departments for him. But none o.
s them ever saw him and they We're glad
E they didn't. 1t is known that he was
: in the basement at least a part Of the
i time and upstairs the rest. There are
numerous places among the stock where