Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-24
Maine Gossip
Bad Enough To Get BY.

Bad Enough To Get BY.
A queer chap whose handle was Booker
Once purchased fireless cooker.
| He found that for wife
He'd no more use in life
So the end of it was Booker shook her.
| Chicago Tribune.
| Maxine Elliott, Rockland's famous
daughter. is back in New York after a
season in Europe. According to press
reports she brought several new plays
and an English accent.
Leroy n. McQuesten. native OF
Portland and pioneer among the Alas
ka gold seekers, is dead in California.
He went to Oregon when IA years OF
age, fought Indians sought gold in the
Frozer river, and Mackenzie and Por-
cupine river valleys. Later he went to
the Yukon country, built Fort Reliance
and Circle city. He was known as
1.-The Father of the Yukon"
ship line rumors. The latest is that
the Eden Dempster S. S. Co. will es-
tablish a line which will ooen in 1910,
running to Montreal in summer and to
| Portland in the winter.
| Willard Brown of Auburn and John
Knight of Portland have just complet-
ed a 40 mile canoe trip from Moose
head to Norcross. At one point they
made a detour by land and visited Ka-
tahdin. They saw game signs in many
places indicating that hunting will be
good this fall.
Maine folks are very much interested
in Charles w. Morse's fight for his fl
nancial life and were pleased to note
the story to the effect that he had Sc
| cured tie backing Of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad in
| tereStS in the rehabilitation of the
steamship interests which he formerly
| controlled
] The Boston Americans have drafted
George Boardman of Auburn, Haver-
hills fast third baseman. This adds
another Maine star to the American
string. Boardman has been known as
1
| England League for several years.
| Lewis Rand, who betrayed his keep
er at the Maine State prison, loses all
his merit marks and didn't enjoy sin
| gle moment Of his liberty.
Porter's Lending, Freeport had its
second fire in so years Wednesday
| night. Two barns and a shed We're de-
stroyed. The last fire was in 1865 when
an old mill was destroyed near the
| creek.
SearspOrt is happy nowadays for
Baltimore parties are getting ready to
establish a fertilizer mill near the har-
Dor front.
For many years past a family of
kingfishers have maintained a summer
home at South Portland. They are d
| large handsome pair, and favorite
| pastin.e of the male bird is to fish for
| cells and minnowS in the basin at. the
dam when the tide is out. The other
day Pa i<irGfisher tackled an eel, evi.
| IDENTIFY too heavy for him. For some
time it was a debatable question
whether the eel would go to the home
of the Kingfisher, some distance up the
| creek, or would the sporty bird have
| to stay with the eel. Sometimes the
bird and sometimes the fish would be
! the under dog. Sculpins, founders anC
| minnoWs withdrew to Il safe distance
to watch the strange submarine VS.
aerial contest. Presently the eel
| seemed to get both under holds and
the two disappeared from view, save
that first the bro's tail and then the
cells would wave triumphantly above
| the tide. But the cells unfair tactics
of keeping in his own elements most OF
the time, began to tell on the plucky
bird, who gasping for breath released
his Would-be prey and shaking the wa.
ter from his ruftied plumage struck a
| swift gait uD creek for his summer
home. A little later he was seen clean
ing and drying his soiled garments by
his home fireside.
| Cyrus w. Stackpole of Bangor anC
his associates have secured an option
upon large tract of land in the towr
of Sullivan. Hancock county, fer the
mineral rights. The particular min.
eral which they expect to find Is iron
Mr.. Stackpole says that there Is &
clearly defined vein of high grade
magnetic iron, IS feet in width
which can be traced on the surface 8
distance of nearly half a mile. Mr.
Stackpole and his friends are consid
ering the ACCESSIBILITY of sinking
diamond drill to ascertain the depth
| of the vein, so as to enable them tt
determine if it is worth While to gt
on with the option.
Mrs. Roscoe Royal of Bath is the an