The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-31

E. R. Conner has sold out his entire stock =
sleighs but will no doubt have a new lo.. a.
which notice will be given in the advertising
columns of The Journal
It has been decided not to begin work on the
tug Charlie Lawrence until March, when the
days will be longer and men can work to better
advantage. She is hauled up at Gilchrest's
clear of the railway, good place in which to
I winter.
"Phil," the little 4-years-old son Of Rev. and
Mrs. A. A. Smith, received card from Santa
Claus the morning of December 24th, stating
that he had just left the North Pole and would
arrive at his home on Christmas dav. At
night Phil asked: "Nanny, where does Santa
Claus live, anyway" He was reminded of his
card. Still thinking he said: "Well if Santa
Claus lives at the North Pole, why are thew
hunting for it,"
The City National Bank of Belfast is round
ing out the most successful year of it's exist
ence, and before the close of the coming year it
will be occupying the new quarters demanded
by its growing business in a modern up-to-
date bank building to be erected on Chase's
the opening of checking accounts or savings
accounts and has safe deposit boxes to rent on
reasonable terms. It acknowledges its oblipa-
tons to the people of this community, thanks
them for their confidence and patronage, and
extends best wishes for the coming year.
BASKET BALL. The game in this city
Wednesday evening, December 3d. between
Dark Harbor and Belfast High was a fast, clean
game. The first half ended in tie, II to II,
but in the second the visitors got somewhat
ratified and the final score was 81 to 21 in favor
of Belfast. The lineup:
BELFAST (51) DARK HARBoR (21)
Dickey RI )....................... lb Ellis
Lothrop If a RIB Chas Pendleton (2)
Stevens 1...................c H. Pendleton /
Collins rb 81. If Smith 2 81
Fahy Id 7.... IF Cecil Pendleton
Referee, Fairfield. Umpire, Cunningham.
Scorer, Hatch Timer, Richards. Time 2Om
halves.
The game in the Opera House Christmas
night between the Belfast High team of '05
and the present Belfast High team attracted
large crowd and was pronounced by many to
be the fastest, hardest fought and most exct-
ing game ever played in this city. The '05
team was composed of "Billy" Black, U. of M
'O9, the Hayford brothers and the Holmes
brothers. The 1908 team won by score of %
to 81. Referee, Phelan; scorer and timer,
Richards. Time, 20 minute halves.
Tonight, at the Belfast Opera House, Bel
fast High will play Bangor Y M. C. A.
JANUARY CLEARANCE SALES. The announce
ment this week by Fred A. johnson of jan
uary clearance sale recalls the time when our
dry goods dealers practically suspended bust
ness after the holidays and sat down to await
the opening of the spring trade" George
w. Burkett, who proved himself to be one of
the ablest business men in Maine, was the first
to break over this custom. He was firm be-
lever in ''printers ink and often in CONVEX
sation attributed his success to that source.
He began advertising mark-down sales just
after the New Year taking full page
half page in The Journal and offering such
bargains that he had customers from all over
the county, and was obliged to employ extra
clerks to wait on them He had one of these
sales when occupying two stores on the north
side of Main just below High street. He then,
born of Stockton, one of the best business
women Belfast has ever known, and A. J.
Condor, who has since had very successful
business career in the West and is now the
head of the Condon Mercantile Company of
Greeley, Colorado, one of the largest concerns
in that section. So successful was this sale
that Stockton man declared that every
woman in town has been to Burketts sale or is
getting ready to co. After time the other
dealers began similar sales and The Journal,
then four-p page paper, was obliged for several
weeks to issue a two-p page supplement to give
them the space they wanted. The custom is
one generally followed now in the large cities.
See Coupon Advertisement of the Bel
fast Department Store.