Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06

The trackless desert beckons them, they
scale the mountain peak,
And ever Just beyond them see, some
gladness coy to seek;
For me- | sit beside my fire, ana WITH
From dear familiar shelves they smile,
my pleasant friends, the BOOKS:
Margaret f.. SanBStef.
The city of Portland has installed
new apnaratus in it's fire boat which
makes it one of the most powerful fire
fighting machines in New England.
The Standard Oil Company mas
assigned a new gasolene delivery boat
to Maine waters 1t is the Delivery IL.
and has a capacity of 200 barrels OF OIL
June, was remarkable principally
for the record breaking hot
wave which prevailed throughout all
of last week The month was a warm
one. the mean temperature having
been 65 degrees while the average is
only GO degrees. In temperature It
was the same as the record breaking
dry June of one year ago. The month
was uiy oiiS 49,"
amount of rain being only 2.33 inches
as compared with an average OF 3.15
inches. Throughout the month three
were eight clear days, Is that were
partly cloudy and seven wholly cloudy.
over one-half of the amount OF ram
fell during one storm, that of the night
of the 18th when 1.27 inches came
down.
An accident occurred here on Sunday,
June 81, when Kitty O., valuable mare
owned by Judson Hatch, was instantly
killed by a fall caused by fright from an
automobile which was being repaired IN
the highway. Mr.. Hatch who was drlv-
ing her at the time narrowly escaped
DEATH While the mare is great loss
financially she is still greater loss to
the family as pet and companion. The
automobile was owned and driven by
Craven Sharpe of Sanford.
Some record shooting was accom-
plished last week from the Is pound guns
at Battery Ramsey, Fort Mckinley
There were three trial shots and it
record shots, but one of the projectiles
broke up in the gun from which it was
to be fired and as a result it was not
counted as part of the record firing
The targets were located at distance OF
400 yards, having been towed to that
distance by one of the Government boats.
Out of the IS record shots fired, IA of
them We're hits. The battery and men
were in charge of Lieut.. Croft of the 3lth
Company. The shooting was under the
supervision OF Colonel J. V. White, Colo
mel Phillips and Capt. Cloke. This is a
splendid showing to be made by the men
in this district, and such as any fort
might we'll be proud of.
Bangor News-TWelve deputy enforce
ment commissioners are at present OPP
Grating in Bangor, that is if some do not
disappear over night as they have habit
OF doing. Bangor is favored as there are
only Is men in the Sturgis band. Those
here are: Beaulieu of Lewiston, Goss of
Auburn, Hayward of Lewiston, Howard of
Auburn, Roy f. French of Bath. Horne of
Canaan, Lucas of st. Adams, Newbert of
Rockland, Towne of Waterville, Emerson
of Old Town, Clifford of Hampden and
Whitney of Bar Harbor Those among
the missing as far as the city is con-
cerned are: Allen of Jay. Fernald of
Rookland and Stackpole of Biddeford.
A sweet voiced canary bird whose
cage is suspended from lilac bush near
the home of James M. Clark in West
Franklin, is fed every day with fat angle
oil will and grooming
things by neighborly robin. The red
breasted visitor fiys to the top of the
cage and drops his contribution between
the wires to the canary-and then he helps
himself to the seeds which are provided
for the imprisoned bird.
Linwood S. Stevenson. seven years of
age, who lives at No. Chestnut street,
Portland walked into the police station
in that city recently and handed Capt.
Firth a small gold hunting case watch
which he told the captain he found at the
corner of Exchange and Federal streets.
The Stevenson boy told Capt. Firth that
he asked lady who was passing as to
what he had better do with the watch
and she told him he had better leave it at
the police station and so, said young Ste
venson as he handed Capt. Firth the
watch, 81 thought 1 would come up and
turn it over to you"
The ram Katahdin the only vessel of
her type in the navy, built in 1891 by the
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, and of
2.1S3 tons displacement. is to be used as a
target for gun practice on the summer
cruise of the Atlantic Squadron, which
begins the middle of this month. Her de-
sgner believed that her low freeboard
and small superstructure would make it
very difficult to hit her. and an OppOr-
tunity will now be given for a demonstra-
ton of this belief.
One incident which occurred at Cal
leance Lake on No. 10 Plantation this
season was a forcible reminder of the
excellence of the locality as a hunting
ground as well as a place affording fine
facilities for fishing. G. H. Foster. Mr..
and Mrs. L. NJ. McGouldrick and Miss
Gertrude Foster, who were spending sew
eral days at the Foster cottage were out
for a row in their boat, when some dis