Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-18

many summer visitors came to Maine
this year for the express purpose of
taking the river trip from Bath to
| Augusta.
It is a far cry from a well appointed
; workingmens club to a police station,
but Portland's guardians of the peace
have brought about the change in the
handsome brick building on CONNER
cial street.
The census emunerators will find
that brunswick and Richmond are the
mercial travellers.
Portland is exulting in her ability to
tie up six six masters at one dock.
| Bath has lost her middies but she
still can offer a launching and I'M
bounded hospitality.
John F. Terrell at Parkers Head is
having unusual success with his
wireless telegraph plant. He often
picks up messages sent from the lars-
err stations along the coast.
Bath Times:-Anthony B. Coombs,
son of George A Coombs of this city,
while on a trip West two years ago,
purchased at the suggestion of his
cousin, j. E. Coombs, who is resi-
dent of Lamanda, CAL, a section of
Low, in, In - ba
ceived an offer for the section from
mining company which has land in
that neighborhood, and from reports
received from Mr.. Coombs of Lamanda,
who also owns a section in that vicinl-
ty, it is expected that the investment
will result in a big return for the small
sum paiu for the land The mining
company desires an option on the prop
erty owned by Mr.. Coombs.
Saco is still hoping for that new
Catholic church.
Biddeford had a taste of enforce
ment Saturday evening when the
hotels and drug stores were visited.
Portland Express:-Reports from the
apple growers throughout the State
are not at all encouraging. Present
conditions would indicate that there
will be an exceptionally small crop in
all sections. In many places there will
be no crop where last year the crop
was fair. A strange condition has pre-
scented itself this year and thus far
the cause for it has not been deter
mined. The apples grow to about half
size and without any apparent reason
50 far as has been determined the
apples drop to the ground and are
lost. Already the attention of pomo-
logiStS has been called to the matter
and they are making an effort to learn
the cause for the unusual condition.
No apples raised in the State have so
far been offered for sale at the whole
sale markets. All of those being sold
at the present time are apples from
other states and are of fair quality,
but there is no abundance of them.
Joshua c. Libby, assistant treasurer
of the Portland Trust Company has
returned from a trip abroad, after
having spent over two months in
| travelling through the British Isles and
the western part of Europe. Mr..
| and Mrs. Libby sailed from Bos-
ton, May %, and after landing at
Liverpool, they went directly to Lon
don, where three weeks were passed
in visiting the various points of inter
est. They spent one week in Paris and
| then travelled through Switzerland
| staying at Lucernc and other places
Germany was the next country on
| their course, and Mr. and Mrs. Libby
went along the Rhine, visiting Col
| ogne, and later going into Belgium,
staying at Brussels, and then to Hol-
land. Retracing their steps. the trav-
clers returned to France and sailed
for England. Going north into Scot
land, they journeycd through the
places made famous by Bobby Burns
and Sir Walter Scott Some time was
spent in seeing the Scottish, as well
as the English lakes.
| The old rumor that the United States
is to abandon Forts Levett and Preblc
| in Portland harbor, except during
| times of war is again going the rounds.
| Levctt has been directed from Preble
for some years and both are so close
| to the other larger posts that the
change would hardly be noticeable. A
small detail would be left at both posts
t. care for government property.
| There is no whskey, gin, beer ale,
| porter and but a little wine and alco-
hol iii the Lewiston liquor agency and
consequently business there has been
very light the past week. The society
of ruddy noses must now be wonder
ing just what it is there for.
The people of Maine cannot afford
to be niggardly in their fight against
lgether too much at stake.
4 carriage drive through tho baau