Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-31
The Executive Appoint
ments for February.
Speculation as 10 Successor
OF Associate Justice Strout.
State Board Of Health Issues Jan.
ua:y Bulletin.

The list Of appointments which will
come I'D for confirmation at the next
meeting Of the Governor and Council,
TO be held Tuesday. Feb. 25, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, will not. ac-
cording to the official register, be
long one. as but two vacancies will
occur by reason of the expiration of
the term Of service Of State officials
during the month. The same number
of terms will expire during the month
Of March, and as both will occur with
in the first five days of the month it is
considered probable that appointments
in the two latter cases will be added to
the list.
The officials whose terms of service
will expire in February are Hon.
Charles S. Chase of Portland, member
Of the commission on harbor and tidal
waters. the date of which expiration is
Feb. %. after three years of service,
and Hon. G. NJ Wondcock of Bangor,
member of the State Board of Health.
whose term Will expire Feb. 28. after
- years Of service.
In the March list of officials whose
terms will expire during the month are
Hon. Charles w. T. Cooling. member Of
the commission On harbOr and tidal
waters, whose term will expire March
l. after nine years Of service, and Hon.
George II. Hunt Of Old Town. agent Of
the Penobscot Tribe OF Indians, whose
term will expire March 5, after 16
years Of service.
1t is considered probable that in the
four cases mentioned above there Will
be an appointment in each case, as the
four gentlemen have fulfilled the duties
imposed upon them in a satisfactory
manner and especially in the cases Of
DIR. Woodcock and Agent Hunt. both
Of whom are old officials in point Of
service, and have proved most valuable
assistants to the state in the adminis
tration of the affairs intrusted to their
care.
AS to the appointment of a successor
to Associate Justice Sewall G. Strout
Of Portland. whose term of office Will
expire April l., it is not known
whether the announcement will be
made with the coming list or not. but
from what has been learned through
Selni-offcial channels there does not
seem to be much doubt as to who
Judge Strout'S successor Will be when
the announcement is made. 1t has
been understood for some time that
there was n strong probability that the
new member of the supreme bench OF
Maine would be d resident of Cumber-
land county and the action of the
Cumberland County Bar Association at
its annual meeting Tuesday is signifi-
cant Among the other business
transacted at the meeting was the
adoption of q resolution endorsing as
Judge StroutS successor Hon. George
Emerson Bird of Portland. former
United States district attorney. ThlS
resolution was forwarded to Governor
cobb Wednesday. and many regard the
matter as virtually settled.
The bi-monthly Bulletin Of the state
Board of Health. for the month OF
January. has been received from the
printer and is now ready for diStribu-
ton at the office Of the secretary. DIR.
A. G.. Young of this city. The Bulletin
contains the usual amount of interest
ing and valuable matter from a
scientific standpoint, and included IN
the contents are the usual sanitary and
other notes. advice and instruction
about using the State Laboratory OF
Hygiene. touching on the subjects OF
diphtheria, tuberculosis. typhoid fever
water and milk analysis. and also d
large amount of other matter, all or
which unite to produce number OF
more than ordinary interest.