Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-27
X Pleased with Show Notes
Improvement in Midway.
iroo.took Valley Railroad Co. Asks
Change Of Location.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
N.xt Meeting of Governor and Council
"Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 10 A. M.

.,.,,.,, If that department. Mr.. Gilman
$50 N Augusta from Bangor where
~ nm Wednesday been in attend
at the Eastern Maine State fair,
~ oxnressed himself as much pleased
with the fair in general. The stock
and other exhibits, he said, were good,
n. attendance was large. and the rae
tna was first class. He was enthusi-
as1ic over the racing and pronounced
!, one of the chief attractions of the
fair.
Mr.. Gilman also remarked on his Wis
n 70 the fair that there had been a
change enacted along the so-called
midway" There were no dancing
Girls mr. other features that were in
anv way immoral, and the absence of
this class of attraction was in his
opinion due to the act passed by the
last Legislature, which withholds from
aay agricultural society allowing such
exhibitions its State stipend. He is a
firm believer in the law and thinks
that it will be productive of good re-
suits The law which relates to the
holding of these shows is Section l of
Chapter So of the Public Laws of 1909,
which is entitled AN Act amendatory
to Chapter sixty of the Revised Sta
tutes, relating to Agricultural Societies,
and additional thereto. The section
reads as follows:
Section l. Section fourteen of Chap
ter sixty of the revised statutes is
hereby amended by striking out the
words zone cent and one quarter" in
the second line of said section and in
sorting in place thereof the words two
cents; by inserting in the tenth line
of said section after the word $50
cieties'' the following: and all agri-
cultural societies receiving aid from the
state by special act of the legisIature';
and by inserting in the twelfth line of
said section after the word "allow'' the
words immoral shows so that said
section as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section IA. There shall be appropri-
ated annually from the state treasury
sum of money not exceeding two
cents to each inhabitant of the state,
which shall be divided among the leg
ally Incorporated agricultural societies
2
enactment, according to the amount of
premiums and gratuities actually paid
In full by said societies, provided that
the stipend shall be based entirely upon
the premiums and gratuities actually
paid in full on exhibition stocks and
products, and provided that no society
shall receive from the state a sum
greater than that actually raised and
paid by the society for said purposes;
provided, also that each of the said
societies, and all agricultural societies
receiving aid from the state by special
act of the legislature. shall cause the
prohibitory liquor law to be enforced
on all grounds over which they have
control, and not allow immoral shows.
gambling in any form or games Of
chance on said grounds
In speaking of the effect of the re-
cent drouth on the fall crops Mr.. GIL
man stated that he had recently been
practically all over the State, and had
found that the drouth had been the
most severe in the southern sections.
protracted dry spell was the corn crop,
and while in some sections. there are
great fields of corn that are looking
fine the average fields show the want
OF rain badly. 1t is impossible at this
time to give an intelligent estimate on
the crop, said Mr.. Gilman. and a great
deal depends on conditions. With
plenty of rain and Il few weeks Of
growing season without frost there
should he an average crop, but other
wise the corn crop will be a short one.
Up in ArOostOok county, said the
commissioner, the potatoes are look
ing fine, and it is his opinion that the
farmers of that section VIII raise as
many potatoes as they did last year.
Inc acreage planted is larger than that
OF last year and while in some fields
Tue seed did not come uD as we'll as in
some former years others are looking
me, and with no signs of blight or
rust The farmers are now digging
Their early potatoes, a prominent vari-
ely OF which is the Irish CobbIer, and
are getting an average yield. The
early potatoes do not yield as heavily
az the later varieties, but are doing
well. These potatoes are bringing good
prices, the farmers at present getting
cents per bushel.
an the central section of the State
's potatoes got good start and the
.'eN VIII be good. They were wa
.s ~, by frequent showers. In most
,.aces they suffered but little from the
Vath, and while the yield will not be
haVy as it would had there been
~ os rain. it will still be fairly salts
e"ry. OF course there are some
sa %.es which suffered from the drouth,
~. the commissioner, but as whole
potato crop will be good enc.
announcement was made at the Of
sio. the Board of Railroad Commits
ne,.,E thursday of the receipt of a
p a;,. from the Aroostook Valley
c.t;aa Co. asking for a change of To-
Me-, IN the towns of Pressure Isle,
has ..oh and Washburn. A hearing
he,a 'eeh ordered on the same, to be
AT ~ .he Bangor House in Bangor
a. NJ Friday. Sept 3.
thsi i,e following corporations have filed
oRca ,esr.ihcates of organization at the
cla,, VI the secretary of State:
ganizaa Lumber & Real Estate Co., or
condma u at Kittery, for the purpose of
bus,nosng lumber and real estate