Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-27
STATE HOUSE.
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Assessors Return 'front.'
Through Coast Counties.
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Good Outlook for Potato Crop
And Big Fishing Catches.
Many Changes Made In Personnel
Of National Guard Officers.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, July 20, at $50 A. M.

The Board of State Assessors, con-
sisting of George W. Pottle of Lewis
iston, w. J. Thompson of China and f.
NJ Johnson of Brownfield, with the
clerk of the board, James Plummer of
Augusta, have returned from a trip Of
a week through Waldo, Knox and Lin
coin counties, where they have been
engaged in field work. An act passed
by the 74th Legislature requires the
State assessors to meet the town and
city assessors through the State once
in each year instead of once every two
years, as formerly, for the purpose Of
ascertaining the valuation.
The trip of last week is the fourth
trip which the assessors have taken
!. this year. Meetings were held with
S5tt< assessors of the different cities,
&4oNns and plantations at Belfast,
NEo1cklafd, Wiscasset and Boothbay
h tafbor
Clerk Plummer of the Board of State
MI seescrs in discussing the results of
ne trip said: 1.-The valuation of real
estate in Maine is gradually increasing.
Z sSind the number of live stock di-
minishfng on account of the short hay
crop of 1908. The hay crop for 1909 will
! be slightly in excess of that of 1903, but
y not enough to materially increase the
amount of live stock, which the farm
ers will carry. We find a large in
crease of potatoes in Waldo county,
principally through the towns upon the
Belfast branch of the Maine Central,
Unity. Thorndike, Troy, Knox, Brooks
and Waldo. The outlook for this crop
judging from reports we have received
from the different town and city as
SCISSORS is very promising and without
doubt the potato crop this year will be
one of the largest ever.
Fishing along the coast of Maine
has not been better for years. Reports
from the isiands of Matincus and Mon
hogan and other places along the coast
in regard to the fishing industry are
very promising and the fishermen are
getting good catches. Summer travel
thug far in the season has been very
light, largely on account of the cool
weather. The hotel keepers anticipate
large business with a warm August
and are still full of courage.
ION the whole the conditions of busi-
K ness in the State of Maine SO far as we
sx3IAyes Travelled are very encouraging
4 a healthy growth along all lines"
THE next trip of the Board of State
4 Assessors will be into Washington and
I Hancock counties.
I Many changes have taken place in the
personnel of the officers of the two regi-
ments Of the National Guard within
the past few months, so many, in fact,
that but few men are now on duty. who
were officers two years ago. The dis
bandment of three or four of the old
companies of course made just so many
new officers and in addition several
terms of enlistment expired and the
officers were retired under the provis-
ions of the military law Following is
the roster of the two regiments as they
will attend their annual tours of duty
in August, the First Regiment in the
joint army and navy maneuvers in the
artillery district of Portland and the
Second Regiment at the annual en-
campment on the State grounds at Au-
gusta.
First Regiment Infantry.
Colonel-Charles Collins of Portland.
Lieutenant Colonel--William o. Pc
terson Of Portland.
Majors--John Bird of Camden, Frank
b. ". WEIGH of Portland and James M.
Palmer of Rockland
Acknowledgment l. Dow Of Port
land.
Quartermaster-Harr P. Carver of
Auburn