Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-05

State Commins of Bowdnin and
Higgins Of l.. Of NJ are both from
Somcrvillr, Mass, Cochran Of Bates is
from Rochester, y. H., ana Guod- of
COLBY is Il New Brunswick boy.
Bangor is talking of abolishing ti,e
swing signs and low awnings 1t is
expected that an ordinance providing
for III. removal Of these distractions
viii b.. presented at the next meeting
Of the city council. After that, 50 they
say an effort viii be made I" have
lpolcS and wires removed in the bust
ness street.
Probably the first visitor to Maine
from The new state &c Oklahoma is AL
biOn ThurloW now visiting his sister al
West Paris. He was born in South
Woodstock and this is his first visit To
Maine since he went West "a years
ago.
IN its desperate attempt 10 find a
Eth" consolation somewhere in the
Portland returns. the Argus speaks of
the "lsintcgration'' of the Republican
vote in ward .. As the Republican
majority in that ward is - this year
against 40 last year it looks as though
the Argus has its wires crossed again.
Bath Independent: hau d
good apple crop this year and the rest
of the country had q Very poor one so
ha of NJ fri
Il market in the West and South as Well
as in foreign markets. This means
that Maine farmers will get about 81.
o"",o0o for their apple crop this year.
Maine apples are growing more and
more in favor every year and orchard
ing has an even brighter aspect than 1t
has had in the past in Maine.
With Il broken breast bone. received
While leaving the fire house. and Il
pair of horses practically running
away. driver Henry Rileout of the Au-
burn hook and ladder truck displayed
unusual pluck when the department
turned out To a fire Saturday night.
Not till the fire had been rung out and
the apparatus was again in the house
did he mention his iniuricS-then he
tainted away.
'Nha Epworth League of Belfast has
TIE distinction of having the oldest
member in the State if not in the
world Mrs. Eliza Hunnewcll. aged %
years. This week a. special meeting of
the league was held at her home by
her invitation This was not because
the oldest member was unable to at
tend the meetings at the church. oh no.
she l.; as well and active and attended
the regular mid-week prayer meeting
last week. The young people gladly
accepted her invitation and II very
pleasant meeting was held.
The work on the breakWater at Bar
Har1or, which closes soon for the
season. has advanced to the point that
il is considerably more than half
way TO the shore, about half Of the
total work of construction is done.
This fall the builders have been work
ing IN the deepest part of the passage
niece SSltating a much heavier con-
StructiOl than on the other parts.
and c"rrespondingly large amount
of tore. which has been brought
from Stonington by lighters. The
bottom of the breakwater in the deep
est part is $50 feet narrowing towards
the top. The breakWator is now at a
point about COO feet from shore. and
has cost something like 100000 1t
is estimated that about as much more
Will be required to finish the work
The first work was done in 1889 ana
it has been built at intervals since. as
ftonl time to time appropriations
were granted by Congress.
freeport is about to have a revival of
It's old time industry of shpbuilding
meeting Of those Interested took
rlac" Saturday and it is understood
that the old shipyard owned by
john Lunt at POrter's Landing was
leased for n term of years and IL con-
tract made to build four-mastcd
schooner of 1,S00 tons. When qucs-
toned in regard TO the new shipyard
W. G. Anderson, proprietor Of Free
port bakery, and one of the share
holders in the new schooner said: Ct
don't hesitate to say that the schuon-
er viii be built here and be a good
thing for the citizens of Freeport as
1t viii require number of men to
complete it and further each person
is given an opportunity to procure q
snare Ill the vessel" Freeport was
at enc time known far and wide for
its shipbuilding. The last vessel
built at Porter's Landing was the
schooner Cumberland. in 1874 She
met her fate in the Bay of Fundy a
few months ago. There have been
some big ships built in the town. the
Jonn Briggs, since dismasted and
turned into coal barge. being one of
them. The work of erecting buildings
will commence at once,