The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-06-03

Auburn is to have new bank building and
the Lewiston Sun says that the banking room.
| twill be the best east of Boston," We don't
| know about that. We fail to see from the de.
scription given where the interior excels in
any way the interior Of the new bank building
now in course of construction in Belfast for
The City National Bank. The exterior of the
Auburn building, of which the Sun gives cut,
somewhat resembles the new bank building in
this city.
The Maine Farmer published last week a
plan showing the plating of a farm made by
William Vaughan. Jr., of Belfast, student of
agriculture at the University of Maine, and
says that several other plans prepared by Mr..
Vaughan will be given in later numbers of the
Farmer. The plan given is that of farm of
120 acres, and is apparently the home place of
the draughtsman, who is the son of Rev. Will
liam Vaughan, pastor of Trinity Reformed
church, East Belfast.
From Frank l. Wilson, editor of the Enter
prise and Journal of Orange, Mass, we have
received two souvenir post cards, one showing
the New Home Sewing Machine Works on
Miller's river where about 900 men are employ
ed in making thirteen kinds of machines, the
New Home the principal one and the other the
Mann and Masonic buildings, in one of which
the Enterprise and Journal is located, with
editorial and business offices on the second and
plant on the third floor. Mr.. Wilson was for
several years the editor of the Belfast Age,
and still regards his old home in Waldo county
as Goods own country"
THE BANK TAX. The semi annual taxes on
the savings banks, the trust and banking COM
panies and the loan and buildings associations
have been committed by the members of the
State board of assessors. The total tax on. the
savings banks is $2s7, 1854, against 6,015,-
SO at the last commitment, an increase of ST.
1902. The total tax on the trust and banking
companies is $47, 36711, against $44 800 81 at the
last commitment, an increase of 81, 976.25 The
total amount of the tax assessed against the
loan and building associations is $122. 80 against
S22s.02 at the last commitment, decrease of
$3.50. The tax on local institutions is as fol-
lows: Belfast Savings bank, S4323.03; Sears
port Savings bank, S6O7.4O; Stockton Springs
Trust Co., S44.04; Waldo Trust Co., $1,052. 80;
Belfast Loan and Building Association, $103.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The three-masted schooner
Marion N. Cobb, owned and built by Cobb, But
Ter & Co. of Rockland, has been sold to the
American lumber company. The price is said
to have been $21, 900. The vessel is now bound
from Carteret, N. j. to Bowdoinham with fer
tilizer. Her present commander is Captain
Charles H. Saunders of Orland, who was
quarter owner The schooner was built in 1902
and registers 459 gross. 80. The Gilbert Trans
portation Company has chartered schooners
Fortuna, Annie R. Lewis, and Rodney Parker
to load stone at Stonington for the new break
water of the Cape Cod canal. =. Recent chart
ers: sch. Samuel B. Hubbard, Rockport to Sag
Harbor, L. l., ice; sch. Herbert May, Bucks
Harbor to New York, cut granite; SCH Annie
Lord, Stockton to New York, lumber sch. Della
T. Carleton, Rockport to Shelter Island, New
York, ice; sch. Carrie E. Look, Norfolk to San
Domingo City, coal; and Hayti to north of
Hatteras, logwood, p t.
WORD OF WARNING. One of the acts of
the last legislature was to amend Chapter 1S9
of the laws of 1907 prohibiting publications re-
lating to patent or other medicines in Ian
guage of immoral tendency or of ambiguous
character and protecting the public against the
dangers from the indiscriminate distribution
of samples of medicine. This legislation was
called to mind by recent incident in this city.
Samples of pills left at house fell into the
hands of children, who took them for confee
tionery and ate them and were made very
sick. Section 2, Chapter 1872, laws of 1909,
reads:
Any person, firm or corporation who, by
himself his servant or agent, or as the servant
or agent of any other person or firm, shall
leave, throw, or deposit, or have in his poses
sion with intent to leave, throw or deposit up
on the doorstep, hall, porch, doorway vesti-
bule, or premises owned or occupied by anoth-
err, any patent or proprietary medicine, or any
preparation, pill, tablet, or drug, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by fine of not less than twenty nor
more than one thousand dollars, or by impris-
onment for not less than thirty days nor more
than one year.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. At the regular
meeting of the School Committee last Monday
evening the corps of teachers was reelected
The resignation of Miss j. A. Wiggin was read
and accepted, and Miss Alberta Wadsworth,
who has had Grade III, was elected to fill the
vacancy and Mrs. Annie Black, who has been
assistant at the Head of the Tide, was elected
to Grade III. Miss Blanche E. Foster of Burn
ham was elected to the Brick primary. Mr..
Clarence W. Proctor, Principal of the High
School, was voted 500 increase in pay and
Principal A. D. Hayes of the Grammar school,
$50 increase; Miss Grace A. Lord, Grade WILL
$50 increase. The matter of sanitary drinking
fountains for the common was discussed, and
Supt. Knowlton was instructed to ascertain
the cost of them and report at the next meet
ing. 1t was voted to increase the school year
from IS weeks to SO weeks The committee
voted to introduce some of Dodge's Geogra-
plies into the schools. 1t was voted that the
Superintendent call the attention of the City
Government to the State Law regarding two
exits for two-story school buildings, the pen
atty for the transgression of which is the loss
of State Aid. The schools affected are the
High, Grammar, South Primary and Head of
the Tide
BASE BALL. The Y. M. A. went to Bucks
port, May 26th, and played the local team, the
game resulting in a victory for the Y M. A. by
a score of to 2. Josh Robinson, the left-hand-
ed pitcher, a former Bucksport boy, was IN the