The Republican journal., 1907-12-12

and identified with the Waldo Count,
Hospital He was born in Albion and afte,
completing his medical education at the AL
Dany Medical College began practice in
DIxmont. He came to Belfast in 1882, anG
has since been resident of this city. He
took an active part in organizing the Bel
fast Band. of which he was a member fo1
several years, and was one of the first to ad.
vocate the establishment of hospital here
| lie has been member of the U. S. board
or examining surgeons for several years
and is lifelong Republican.
! CHRISTMAS TREEs j. g. Piper has
| gone to Philadelphia with II carloads of
Christmas trees, which were cut in Waldo
and Hancock counties. The number of
trees per car ranged from 800 to $500, the
! whole aggregating about 21,OOO The price
| which will be received for the holiday foil
age will be governed entirely by the condi-
tlon of the market. One year Mr.. Piper
saw 1t so glutted that 105 carloads were
| dumped away upon the waste heaps. MIR.
| Piper has been in the Christmas tree bust
ness rising 80 years. and, contrary to the
| Impression that most persons have, he finds
1t easier to get Christmas trees now than he
| did at the beginning. 81 can cut 40 car
loads in Belfast today" he said, "where
could scrape together only three when l
| commenced this business You want to
know how that is? Well | will tell you.
| Christmas trees are not found in the thick
growth, as many imagine. but are new
IrD1t
average farmer used to keep his pasture
land freed from this growth, but he learned
by experience that the trees did not serious
| iy interfere with grazing and that he could
sell them to the Christmas trade at fair
profit. That's why there are more Christ
| mas trees now than there were wears ago. ~
ENLARGEMENT OF THE PosT OEFIoE.
The bill introduced in the House Dec. End
by Congressman Burleigh for the erection
OF an addition or extension to the post
office and custom house in this city was
framed in accordance with the recommen-
dations of the supervising architect of the
United States. While the custom house.
which occupies the second floor of the
building, has all the room needed, the post
office requires more room and additional
conveniences. The business of the Office
has not only greatly increased but the num-
Der of men employed in handling the mails
has been more than doubled by the addi
tion of letter carriers and the establish
ing of R. F. D. routes. The plans call for
an extension of 35 feet at the rear of the
present building, and as the government
lot now extends so feet in the rear it will
! not be necessary to buy additional land.
| The proposed addition will contain a room
! for the carriers, a room in which to hold
the civil service examinations, much need
| ed toilet rooms and other eonyeniences.
| The extension is greatly needed for facili-
tating the public business, and Congress
man Burleigh, ever alive to the interests of
| his district, may be depended upon to Use
| his best efforts to secure the necessary ap-
| Precipitation.
The JOURNAL AS A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Last weekly in addition to its usual quota of
| city and county news, The journal had mes
| sages from many Waldo County people
abroad, and tdings of Others Mrs. Helen
l n. Packard. a native Of Winterport and for
many years valued contributor, gave a
| Write-up of Oregon, "a State of which she
| has been resident for the past seven
years. Another Waldo County woman
wrote interestingly of home making in
| Southern California. f. B. Billings, for
merry of Searsport, now of Lynn, Mass,
| gave his recollections concerning ''the first
frame house built in Searsport" Laura
K. Dickey wrote old-times and old people
| in Montvile and Palermo Thos E. Shea
sent timely clipping from Bryan's Com
moner. A Seattle, Washington, paper furn.
ished an interesting sketch Of Capt. c. NJ.
| Nichols, one of Searsport's popular ship
masters, and a San Diego paper notice of
the appointment of Fred w. Angler, Bel
| fast boy, as passenger agent in that city of
| the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and
the 0. R. N company. Then there was an
| account of "Kid Party" in Bath given in
honor of an Islesboro young lady, an appre-
| ciative obituary from the Rock land Courier.
Gazette of the late Theodore E. Simonton.
and miscellaneous matter of general inter
| est And this was not an exceptional issue.
| Every week, and on every page, The Jour-
| nal publishes matter of interest to the
| people of Waldo County not to be had in
any other paper.
| A SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL EVENT. The
| recital, given in Memorial ball last Friday
| evening by Mrs. C. w. Wescotts pupils for
| the benefit of Miss Marian Wells, was great
| ly enjoyed by an appreciatlve audience
The stage was charmiDgly arranged and
added much to the attractiveness of the oc.
cason. Miss Wells gave the opening num-
ber "Spring," by Leo Stern, and at once
oaptivated her audience, repeating the song
in response to the encore. quartette com
| posed of Arthur johnson. Roscoe, Selden
and Luthur Hammons, sang "Love me and
the World is Mine" very pleasingly. Miss
Helen Bird gave two songs, which ere
much enjoyed "A Birthday" by Cowen,
and "Love's Echo" by Newton. The
| Slumber song she gave as an encore was
particularly pleasing. The duett by Mrs
| Wescott and Miss Wells, "Come Love With
Me-" by Arthur Foote, is charming ar.
rangement of Marlowe's poem, in which the
two voices were displayed to great advant-
age. Mrs. Elon B. Glchrest's piano sole
was much enjoyed, as her selections always
are, and she responded to an encore. The
"Irish Love Song,' by Margaret Lang
| which Miss Wells sang npYt nrnvod to nc