Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Series Of Farmers Institutes
Will Open Tuesday, Oct. q.
Miss Eva Shorey to Act As Special
Agent Of Industrial Bureau.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Coun.
Gil Tuesday. Oct. 1, at 10 A. M.

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| placed at Valley Forge, Penn, by the
| members OF the Maine Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution, as a
tribute to the memory of the men from
! what is now Maine who were with Gen.
Washington at Valley Forge during the
Revolutionary War, and which cere-
mony will occur on Thursday, Oct II,
| and at which it is expected that large
| number of the members of the society
Will be present
| Governor Cobb and staff will also be
present on the occasion of the unveil-
| ing of the tablet and the preparations
for the itinerary of the trip are now
| nearing completion. The party will
| leave Portland at l. So on the afternoon
OF Tuesday, Oct. j., and will go direct
| to Philadelphia, from which place the
members will go t. Valley Forge, about
20 miles distant. ON Friday morning,
Oct. Is. the day after the ceremonies,
the party will go to Gettysburg battle
| field fer the purpose of viewing the
Maine monument as well as the many
others which have been erected on that
historic field, and on the following day
VIII start for home, arriving in Maine
on the following day. Sunday. The
| trip Will be a fine one and those who
| anticipate going with the party are
looking forward to much enjoyment
The list Of nominations for the COM
irE meeting of the Governor aud Coun-
Gil. which will be held in three weeks
| and TIN date of which is Tuesday, Oct
| |, will be a short one No vacancies
will occur during the month and indi-
cations are at present that the forth
| coming list of nominations will be en-
| tircly of minor nature. There are bu.
| few vacancies to occur during the bal
| ancc of the year. In the month of
| November there are but two, both Of
which occur on the 29th and are as
| follows: Henry G. Peabody of Port
| land. justice of the supreme judicial
| court OF Maine, and Oliver I. ClaSon
trustee of the state Normal schools.
| The November list of exprations Of
| terms il; also small. The term of Fred
erick II. Wilson IF Brunswick. member
of the commission of Pharmacy. will
expire Dec. |, and that of Charles A.
| Rolfe of Princeton. agent for the Pas
! samaquoddv Indians, on Dec. Il. The
| term of Charles T.. Field of Bangor.
| member of the board of trustees of the
Insane hospitals will expire Dec. 16,
ana that of Edwin James Haskell.
truste" of the University Of Maine, Dec.
II. 1t is understood that tn" early
| meeting of tn" Council in October is
due to the presence of several matters
on the table which are awaiting action.
| Announcement has been made at the
department of agriculture that the
coming series of farmers institutes
which will he held in the dffcrt mt
counties Of the State during the coming
| fan will open on Tuesday, oct. -.
although the dates of the different
meetings hav" nov yet been fully de-
cdcd upon The first meetings will he
held in Washington county and will be
followed by those to he held in Han
cock county. The series will be a long
one this fall as non" were held during
June and August, owing to the back
ward season. TIL" department is now
in correspondence with prospective
Speakers and it is felt that the coming
institutes will prove some of the best
that have yet been held.
| Commissioner Lyons Of tn" bureau
| of industrial and labor statistics has
| secured the services of Miss Eva l.
| Shorey of Bridgton to act as special
| agent of TIL" bureau. Miss Shorcy
who has just returned from a summer
trip to Europe will devote her time t.
an investigation Of the industrial con
| ditionS of the women wage workers Oi
| Maine She was for several years tho
| stcnographcr in the executive depart
ment and later the private secretary 81
| Congressman Burlcigh.
A. C. Jackson. president and cXecu
tive commissioner of the state o
Maine Exposition, is engaged in sccur
ing copies of the portraits of the cX
Governors of the State which are huns
on the walls of the Council chamber
to be placed in the Maine building a
the jamestown Exposition. There ar
81 portraits i'll all, and each Will b.
| photographed and enlarged, the worl
, being done at Mr.. JaCkSonS cXpcns,
after which lie will have the copic
framed and forwarded to the EXPOSE
tisns
CAtractor Poland, who is drilling
wcif26h the State campground. has noI
reached a depth of ~ feet and tn
drill is still pounding away int"
ledge. Some water has been found blu
| not lniSu11CleIlt ~ 'ui iiit
the amount required. Mr.. Poland
still confident however. as he has i
the past dug many wells and has neve
failed to get the water he was after.
The following corporations hav
filed their certificates of organizat1
at the office of the secretary OF state
Pike Consolidated Coal Co. organ
lied at Kittery. for the purpose of con
Quoting a general mining business wit
$500 900 capital stock, of when n"thln
is paid in. officers: President. AlbeI
H. Peavey of Kittery; treasurer I
, Sumner Paul of Kittery. Certificat
filed Sept Q. 1907.
Eldridge Bros. organized at DcXte
i for the purpose of conducting lumbe
\ business with $4,000 capital stock
! which nothing is paid in. ofhcers
President. Samuel Eldridgc of Dexter
treasurer. Fred o. Hcrrick of DeNte
u Certificate filed Sept 10. 1901.