Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-20

joy deserved rest What would we
do il all the Maine born men and wo-
men came home to live? Where would
we put them?
A Boston paper had Sheriff White of
Penobscot county all but arraigned in
court for non-enforcement of the liquor
law One needs to go to Boston to
find out what Maine is not doing.
The postmasters having Offices of
the third and fourth class are meeting
in Bangor today and will continue their
deliberations tomorrow.
Calais has served notice that there
will be ten bands in it's centennial pa
rade and that the parade will be the
biggest ever held east of Boston. Ca
lais is an outpost of Maine civilization
and the example she sets to our friends
across the border must and will be i'm
pressive.
The Portland telephone operator who
heard strange noises on the line and
dispatched police officer to the scene
of the trouble is deserving of common
dalton. 1t so happened that the diff
Guilty was not at all serious, but hun
dred useless trips are preferable to neg
lecting to make the one trip when Sc
riOus trouble might have been averted.
Who knows just what wonderful
o;+;
living is found in the Maine boys
camps?
The Portland citizens, boys and men,
who engaged in the pleasant and high
ly sportsmanlike pastime of running
two deer about the city streets until one
died and the other was in precarious
condition, are liable to punishment,
under the law, according to Warden
Cushman's Interpretation of the law
That the chase was not unattended by
ludicrous features however, is shown by
the Portland Press which says: "Mr
Brackets capture of the deer was one
of the most sensational incidents that
has taken place in the eastern part of
the city in years. The hunter was clad
only in his night shirt and after once
he had his arms about the deer he
feared to let go. Up and down the
yard ran the two while the neighbors
who had been aroused by the barking
of the dog Hink, looked on"
Portland is the scene of another JOY
ride and this time the County Attor-
ney of Cumberland county suffered
from the recklessness of the jewellers
He was driving through Scarboro when
he ran his machine into the rear end
of a stalled machine without lights
The lightless machine contained the
joy riders and was badly damaged.
The wholesale hay dealers predict
that Maine will harvest a first class
crop this year. Maine is gaining, sta
tistically at least, in her hay crop, for
many western states which formerly
had large areas in hay have turned
them over to some other crop.
The Maine HISTORICAL Society will be
the honored guest at the Pemaquid
celebration. 1t is due to the activities
of this society that many places of his
toric interest in Maine have been
marked and preserved for future gen.
erations.
Thousands of tons of ice are being
shipped from the ice houses along
Maine rivers to New York. PhjladeI-
phia and points South.
If the State of Maine says that all
sorts, breeds and grades of officials
must not ride free on cars or trains,
does a special contract whereby the
proprietor of the transportation COM
pany agrees to carry the men in re-
turn for the right to lay tracks in the
street, nullify the law?
The memory of the oldest inhabitaut
goeth not back to the days when the
Cumberland county court house was
begun and unless new methods of sus-
tanning life are discovered. 1t is not
likely that any person now living will
witness it's dedication.
ley is finished furnished and open.
Moreover, every dollar of cost for the
property as it now stands-lot, build
ing, furniture, grading, lighting. heat
ing. insurance and whatever else in the
way Of expense has been incurred in
the undertaking-has been paid, or is
in the hands of the treasurer to be
paid on presentation of last bills The
town has reason to be proud of this
notable achievement.
Dr. Alfred Mitchell, President of the
Old Folks Home Association of Bruns-
wick has received a subscription of
$1,000 from Margaret Tappan Shorey
of Portland, Oregon. native and
former resident of Brunswick.