Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-29

SlIjlIIieT, Dut lIlcIe Is HOI yet Ilppl'-
on the surface.
Andover is the latest town to get the
promise Of a library building. 1t comes
| in an $4,000 bequest in the will Of Mrs
| Helen w. Miller of Lynn.
The Grand Lodge of Maine A. o. U
W. will hold it's annual session at Ban
gor Feb. II and is.
There are only two places on the
I<ennebec river where ice is being cut
except for local use. These are at the
Cedar Grove Houses and at Iceboro
At each place a large crew is at work
That Hog bay bridge proposition is
again being agitated in Franklin and
Sullivan a bridge across the narrow
| part of the bay at Ship Yard point
would shorten the distance between the
| two towns by several miles of hilly
road.
Francis, the had niger with the aris-
| to,IdtlS liciIllS, 10 III" SdlC III q lSuCl d
| prison in Georgia, but it seems that the
bills are not all paid which resulted
from his sensational escape from our
State prison over two years ago.
The Ellsworth board of trade has
started on a more aggressive campaign
after new industries. On the theory
that a personal interview is worth
more tran tons Of correspondence, a
committee Of three from the board of
trade went this week to interview a
| large manufacturer in another Maine
| city who contenplates moving.
Material has been received and the
governmental electricians will within a
few days commence to install Wire
less station at Fort Levett, Portland
| farbor. This is one of the stations
which will be installed in the military
district of Portland. 1t has been plan
| ned to install a number of stations at
| points which will make them available
| to the various posts so that the officers
| can communicate with each other. The
| instruments will also be installed upOr
one of the government steamers al
Portland. All the ships in the navy arf
supplied with wireless apparatus ant
are always in touch with each Other
when OH cruise. In the event of for
eign warships appearing near the har
Dor there in time of war all the batter
les at the different forts could be
trained upon them so that no shot!
| l. II IL
difference if the gunners were unabl,
to see the ships as those who could SEE
them would notify the other fort.
where they were by means of wireless
The harbor is laid out on squares 81
that hostile ship could be accuratel.
located.
So Harvard has cut Bowdoin and U
Of Maine from her base ball schedule
chill in her feet on the base ball sit
uation when she is stacked up agains
Maine colleges. Harvard is afraid o
Maine colleges in baseball. For Main
colleges have trimmed John Harvar
more th1n once. We remember ono
: when Harvard cancelled a game wit
Colby because the grounds were out c
condition on account of rain" and tina
same day the league teams played an
all the school teams played around Bos
ton ana played fast games on diamond
which We're in good condition. Tt
, reason was that John ICY" Coomt
now with Connie Mack's Philadelphi
Athletics was in the box for Colby an
: Harvard was afraid. Two years ag
with Bill Sparks pitching Bowdoin bes
Harvard and last year, with Files j
the box, Harvard beat Bowdoin only
to 3. Last year Bowdoin beat Prince
Il ton, Brown and Tufts and won til
4 Maine college championship for til
fifth time in seven years. The Cnivel
sity of Maine, too, has given Harvar
some hard runs for her money. An
J, this year we notice that Bowdoin an
e Maine are of the schedule because sa,