Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-17

Where Will the big discussion drlft,
With claims for this and that?
For Peary frowns whene'er they lift
To him the high Cook Hat.
Atlanta Constitution.
Guy W. McAllister, postmaster at
Bucksport, has resigned after 20 years
service.
Limerick and WATERFOWL have Joined
in building an iron bridge across the
Little Ossipee at Stimson's Mills.
The Bangor Poultry and Pet Stock
Association is to hold Poultry Show
in City Hall, Bangor, Dec. 18th, Sth and
9th, 1909.
George d. Curtis, an Auburn boy
who has been tramping across the
country, has arrived in Portland, Ore.
He walked IS miles per day, very
commendable record.
The state Teachers Association will
meet in Auburn, October 2S-29-3O. The
association and colleges and prepare
tory schools will meet in that city at
the same time.
A Texas paper is responsible for the
story that a Newport, Me, man can
tell the time of day by looking at the
palm of his hand instead of. his
watch.
Maine shipbuilders who believe in
ship subsidies will be interested to
know that when Taft reaches New
Orleans he will see the harbOr from
the deck of q vessel flying a foreign
flag.
Reports have been circulated re-
Gently to the effect that the w. l..
Douglas Shoe Company was to close
it's factory at Springvale, but an au-
lucrative denial relieved the people of
that hustling village.
"Uncle Phil' owen of Auburn, aged
80; E. f. Fuller of BrocktOn, Mass,
aged SO and Albert Fuller of Auburn,
aged "a, met Sunday at the home of E.
c.. Mills, Littlefild's Corner, Auburn.
Their cobined ages are 264. None of
the boys use Spectacles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fockey are guests of
Hon. II. NJ SeWall of Bath. Mrs.
Fockey is the daughter of the late Paul
Newman, who was the attorney gen.
eral of Kalakua's cabinet when the
Sandwich Islands constituted a nation.
j. P. Darling of the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River railroad is con-
Quoting the examination of the en-
ployees of the Bangor and Aroostook
on the new standard rules.
Lieut.. A. F. H. Yates, son Of Mrs.
Emma Yates of Waterville, is to be one
of the officers in the first class of the
new school of marine engineering at
Annapolis. Lieut.. Yates has been chief
engineer on the Chester and was on
the Bennington when her boilers eX-
plOded on the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Mary McKeague of Westbrook,
who is 1O3 years of age. attributes her
long life and perfect health to a uni
form diet of oatmeal and vegetables.
Mrs. McKeague was born in the.
north of Ireland and came to this coun-
try So years ago. She finds a strong
similarity between the healthful eli
mate of the Pine Tree State and that
of her native Erin. She has 80 grand
children and 90 great grandchildren.
Writes a Byron correspondent of the
Oxford Democrat: The ten ton crusher
for the gold mine on Houghton stream
has arrived at Houghton station. 1t is
claimed that it will crfsh fifteen to
twenty tons of rock per hour or $50 to
200 tons in ten hours. A new store at
the mine has recently been built. and a
new mill 1S0xS0 feet is to be built in the
near future. Mr. McCrillis. of mining
fame, is camping with two other mining
sports on East Branch This. mining
boom seems to be on the increase.
Portland Press: Lewis A. Cloudy,
owner of the property on which Black
strap monument, West Falmouth,
stood for half a century, has had a Co
foot flag staff raised on the site of the
old monument which was blown down
in a gale last summer and has had
made flag with the name "BlaAck
strap" on it thrown to the breeze.
Blackstrap is the highest elevation in
the vicinity of Portland, being located
504 feet above the sea level while tire
highest point in Portland, and in fact
in any section within a radius Of 10
miles. is 172 feet, and this on Bramhall
street, Western promenade. The next
highest elevation is the top of Munjoy
hill, which is 165 feet above the sea
level
j. L. Metcalf of Winthrop recently
brought to this Office two apples, one
about the size of large cranberry and
the other nearly four inches in dame
ter. The apples were picked from the
same tree and both were perfect. The
tree was grated by Mr. Metcalf's
father with scions presented to him by
Deacon Thompson of North Arson,