Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-24
|kineo Go. Owns Islands
In Big Lake.
Two Dinners al Yacht Club
House This Week.
Ladies' Motor Boat Sailing Con.
test Saturday.


--(SpeciaD.-This Moosehead country is
just beginning to be discovered as one
of Americas greatest summer play
grounds and the realization is bringing
more people here each year For a
number of years the question as to the
ownership of the islands of Moosehead
Lake has been in litigation, but during
the past week it has been definitely de-
| termlned that the ownership resides in
the kineo Company. Practically all
the islands, except two or three some
ninety IN all are now thrown into the
market. People who for years have been
planning to build summer camps on
| these islands but would not because
they could not obtain satisfactory LEAFS
! eS or titles, will now start to build and
considerable activity is already mani
| fest.
The Independence of the life at Kineo
is what charms so many, for here one
can do pretty much as he pleases and
that constitutes genuine recreation.
| The past week has been the liveliest
of the summer, filed with a program
|
brilliant social functions The finest
social affair of the season was an after
noon tea and reception at the new
quarters of the yacht club, attended
by large number of people. Those
having it in charge We're seven, of
whom Mrs. c. A. Judkins Mrs. M. ID.
| Paterson of New York, received; Mrs.
j. K. Clarke, Miss Dougherty of Phila-
delphia and Mrs. S. l. Hanson of New
| York served; and Mrs. C. NJ Clark of
New or'1 and Miss Sheafer of Potts
willie, Pa, poured. Refreshments were
| served in the sun parlor and the spa.
| clous club rooms and yerandaS We're
| thrown open to the guests Many of
the ladies in attendance were superbly
| gowned
An elegant dinner at the Yacht club
was rendered Sunday evening by Col.
and Mrs. c. A. .Tudkins to fourteen.
Handsome table decorations marked
the event, the center-piece being a ship
with hull of fresh ferns, deck of roses,
and water represented by a spread
of blue fieur-de-lis. Those al
THIS gathering were Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur b. Warning, DR.. Row
| ieliu SOAj JIs WIS. >. L. Hanson,
Mrs. NJ. d. Paterson of New York, Mr..
aid Mrs. J. X. Clarke. Philadelphia,
Mr.. and Mrs. e. F. Eidlitz, E. Orange,
New Jersey, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Scribner, Mr. w. H. Macready. Yonk-
ers, n, Y, and Col and Mrs. Judkins
| kineo. f.
On Thursday evening return dinner
was given to Col. and Mrs Judkins at
the club house by Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Waring of New York. 1t, too, was an
elegant affair, the same guests being
present.
Friday evening Mr.. E. L. Thayer of
Worcester, Mass, gave a complimenta-
| ry dinner to eight guests at the same
place. Mr.. Thayer is one of the inter-
! estinS personalities at kineo, being the
author of the weli-known poem, Casey
at the Bat" which De Wolf Hopper has
rendered famous from one end OF the
country to the other.
The conspicuous sporting event of the
week is taking place Thursday, a sew
en- mile handicap motor boat race for
women. The course is triangular
one laid out in front of Kineo point
/ Each bUat must be steered by woman
|
an engineer There is great excitement
among the fair contestants, who have
been practicing daily over the course
For this event Mr.. Arthur B. Warning
offers handsome and costly trophy, a
miniature silver motor boat.
| The opening golf match of the sea-
| son on Monday was won by Austin
Fenchtwanger of Madison, N. Y, Mrs.
NJ. d. Paterson, Kineos champion wo-
man golfer being second.
| On Tuesday afternoon the first wo-
mans prize in the weekly rifle contest
was captured by the wife of Manager
Judkins. who is a splendid shot with
the rifle. The mems prize went to G.
Allen Smith of Philadelphia.
A woman's handicap tennis singles
was completed Thursday and was won
| by Japanese girl, Miss Togo Mural
| who displayed some brilliant work on
the courts and won the merited APP
| plausc of the spectators time and
again. Her endurance was wonderful
| The baseball season was inaugurated
| Wednesday when I<ineo met and over
whelmingly defeated nine from South
| birmingham by score of 25 TO 0.
| The summer resort boys pounded three
| of the visiting pitchers FROM the box
and ENstrom the Dartmouth man
| who pitched for Kineo only allowed
| three hits. N. Scales of Maine Univer-
! sity. playing with kineo got four hits,
| one a three base hit and home run in
| the same inning. ~M
| DThe second game between the same
| teams on Thursday showed that the
| Massachusetts team was clearly out
| classed, and they were defeated to l..
Ryan the University of Maine pitcher
| in the box for Kineo permitted only
| two safe hits on his delivery and struck
| out fifteen batterS.
The stream of campers for the woods
continues from this point. Nearly 60
people embarked from Kineo this week
with guides. canoes. supplies and all
the paraphernalia essential to woods
life They are bound for canoe and
camping trips around the west and
north branches of the Penobscot for
the famous waters of the Allrgash ard
also for the intervening lakes.
BY August first the large hotel will
be filled to pretty near its capacity.
Each incoming boat brings new guests