Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-26

SatI oI Bangor, LII. E1llloL VI NEW
York and two other cottagers caught
IS cod and bake in one morning.
The Kennebec now has a daily line
of steamers to and from Boston in
Guiding Sunday night trips.
Westbrook hopes next year to have
$4,000 garage. A company is to
build one of brick.
Custom house officers are haunting
the rivers seeking motor boat owners
who arc not complying with the law.
By a recent ruling such craft must
carry life preserver. or something of
like nature for every person carried,
whether the passenges are taken for
hire or not.
A Well-knoWn druggist in Saco was
called UP on the phone by doctor re-
Gently and asked the price of a certain
extract of beef. The doctor ordered
two packages and after their delivery
the druggist found that the price
should have been $3.50. That makes
one person who has got beef product
at a low price recently.-Biddeford
Journal
Gloucester mackerel fishermen claim
that natural causes are at the bottom
of the disappearance of the mackerel,
especially thinkers. from the Atlantic
coast of recent years and believe they
will return as of yore.
Ellsworth High School Alumni AS
ISOLATION members are manifesting
further interest in the proposed new
high school building. states the En-
terprise. or having the present one re-
modelled. by comforting with Archi
tect Clough of Boston to get his ideas
ABOUT it. The architecture of the
present building is of the Old Colonial
style and if it could be preserved and
at the same time make such changes
and repairs as to meet the require
mcnts of Ellsworth High. it would be
satisfactory to Ellsworth residents
There are pleasant associations con-
nected with this building as it served
for the county buildings for some
y
some of the most brilliant and dis
tinguished attorneys of the day made
regulations for themselves and cases
of more than usual importance were
on trial.
Colin Mann of Rumford. is with his
wife entertaining party of relatives
who have just come to this country
from Scotland. and which includes his
father and mother and a sister. The
home of the Manns is in the highlands
of Scotland. but as the greater part
of the family. including Colin and
Thomas and James of Rumford. and
William of Lewiston. are now in Am
erica in business. it is probable that
the senior Mr. and Mrs. Mann Will
locate here permanently. The daugh-
ter, however will later return to Scot
land
The Aroostook Lumber Company is
building large starch factory in the
Isle stream in close proximity to the
electric railroad at Pressure Isle. The
concrete foundations are being built.
The factory will have capacity of
1000 barrels day. Contracts also
have Just been let for the building of
four large potato houses at Grouse
vile along the ArooStook Valley cleo
trio railroad MANY houses are being
built along the line between Wash
burn and Pressure Isle. Many pota-
toes will be shipped over the electric
road. The new factory will be ready
to operate in the fall.
A chapter of Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution has been formed at
Norway and named Abigail Whitman
chapter. in honor of the atgrand
mother of Mrs. H. D. Smith. the pres
ent regent of the chapter. 1t was or
ganzed by Mrs. John Alden Morse of
Bath, at the home Of Mrs. Smith.
There are IS charter members and
number of others are expected to join
at once. The officers are: Mrs. Fl. D.
Smith. regent; Mrs. Clara Drake.
vice regent; Miss Margaret Baker.
treasurer Mrs. Lucelia Merriam. sec
rotary: Mrs Edith Bartlett, historian;
Mrs. Eva Kimball. registrar.
In the June number of the NATIONAL
Geographic Magazine is an illustration
of Camdens famous Balance Rock on
the west side of Megunticook Lake.
The photo was taken by E. S. Basin
of the U. S. Geological survey. The
picture is an illustration used with
others similar. in connection with an
article entitled. 1.-The Erratic' by o.
A. Ljundstedt of the Geological sur
vey. The article shows how these
great boulders were dropped from
glaciers when a great glacier COW
cred the whole of the upper part of
Mouth A,,,or;o, Balance pocly