Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-27

mum enrolment and that all will work
with the one object of advancement in
all lines of work, and that each day
shall show marked and decided i'm
provement in military courtesy, ap-
pearance and discipline besides the
work on the field, so at the close of this
tour of DUTY our regiment will have
made record of which we and our
state may be proud, both in our con-
duct and military duty.
Announcement was made at the office
of the a1jutant general Saturday morn
ing of the issuance of the following
General Orders No 80:
Augusta, July "a, 1908.
General Orders No 80
/. At the request of the chief of
ordnance General Orders No Is, A. c.
o., e. s.. is hereby revoked.
III. Owing to the difficulty in pro-
viding suitable range facilities for a
number of organizations during the
early months of the practice season and
in order that injustice may be done to
no organization through lack of op-
portunity for preliminary practice, the
annual small-arms competition for the.
current year will be held later in the
season
by order of the commander in chief !:
AUGUSTUS B. FARNHAM. a9sss
Adjutant General.
The orders above referred to and
which are revoked by the orders just
issued providing for the holding of the
sins.ll-arms competition at the time of
the annual cncampment of the Nation
al Guard next week, the LIST Infantry
team match to be shot Aug. 4, the I'd
Infantry team match to be Shot Aug.
$. and the inter-regimcntal march to
be shot Aug. Z, but because of the rea-
sons stated in General Orders No. %,
and because of the Inconvenience
which would result from holding the
competition in connection with the en-
canpment it was decided to postpone
the competition until September, at
which ti.nc it is felt that better results
can be secured.
Forest COMMISSIONER f. +. Ring has
been closely following up the invcsti-
cation as to the cause of the pine tree
blight, which has been the occasion of
so much alarm among the owners of
wcOdlots and timberlands, not only IN
Maine but all over New England.
From his Investigations he is of the
opinion that the worst is over. He says
that from the observations he has per-
Sonally made and talk with men who
have closely studied the situation with
a great deal of care, he is sure that the
blight is caused by the peculiar eli
matte conditions of 1907.
The fact that the trees effected are
those that are most exposed to the
weather leads largely to this decision
Trees that have been sheltered show
little or no signs of the blight. The
north side of the trees appear to be
effected more than the south. Another
thing that is noticeable is that the
trees growing on dry sandy soil are
effected more than those in other To-
calities.
Again in some localities it has eff
fectcd the fir and cedar, which fact
makes it absolutely sure that it is not
caused by an insect Some of the small
er trees may die but Mr.. Ring thinks
the larger trees will ultimately recover
from the effect. At least all the facts
and signs at hand at present are en-
couraging to him.
Hon otis Hayford of Canton. chair
man of the Board of state Assessors,
was at the office of the board Saturday
morning. having returned from the
series of meetings which had been held
by the board during the week with the
local assessors of Waldo, Knox and
Lincoln counties. Mr.. Hayford stated
that tn" meetings of the week had been
as whole very satisfactory. Thc meet
ing at Belfast last Tuesday called out
a large attendance and good progress
was made At Rockland the following
day the board ran into a rain storm,
and Will" the meeting was falriy Wcli
attended Il great many who lived at a
distance were thus prevented from
coming into the city. On Thursday the
board was at Wiscasset and on Fri
day at Rocthbay Harbor. which latter
meeting closed the series for the week.
The board will hold no further meet
ings until about the middle of August,
when it is expected that they will make
a trip to the eastern part of the state
The following corporation has filed
it's ccrtification of organization at the
office of the secretary of state:
Broclton KaOlin Putty Co. organized
at Portland, for the purpose OF manu-
featuring and dealing in goods, wares
aud merchandise. with $5oo.oo" capital
stock, of which nothing is paid In. Or
liccrs: President. Theodore Nadeau of
STAFFORD, VI: treasurer. Henry 7.
Anglcw Of RroCkton. Mass. Certificate
filed July "a, 1908.
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