Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-11-29

with china clay from FoWey. The
chief interest centered in the Lauren
tic. Not only is she the largest craft
that ever entered Portland Harbor. but
she is also the spccdiest ON her run
to that port from Liverpool. despite ii
delay at Halifax she occupied a little
less than eight days The trip from
the Nova Scotia city to Portland was
done in 1S1a hours better than any
other craft has done it before.
{. r. Huntington Of Temple came to
Lewiston a few days ago with o bundle
of furs. Il portion of his seasons catch
silver gray fox skin was included in
the lot. 1t was prime large skin and
is said by experts to have been one of
the best silver gray fox peltS ever
brought to Lewiston. r. J Murphy Of
that city made an offer of $500 to Mr..
Huntington, which was accepted by
Mr. Huntington for the beautiful skin.
The recent seizure in Portland of
500 barrels of herring in transit from
the United Fish Co. of Boston to
H-dotp ppit Sdrulne canning factories
under the pure food law regulations,
on the allegation that the fish were un-
tit for food and should be used as a
fertilizer, has created a great deal of
discussion a. to the reasons why
Maine should be compelled to secure
herring from Boston for their can
nerIeS, when the reverse should under
normal conditions be true. saws the
Portland Argus Where once Portland
hafDor was q forest OF masts with
hundreds OF mackerel and ground fish
vessels waiting for cargoes Of fresh
ana salt fish. to-day they have entirely
disappeared and Gloucester. Mass s
now the center Of the business.
The United States governmor,. has
established 4 life saving station on
AEpledorc island, which should be the
means Ol saving mauy shipwrecked
saH"fS hitherto there has not been a
single !lfc saving station on the 81
'hiieS ol rocky coast between Ports
mouth and Biddetord Pool The new
station on Applcdore will cover This
stretch of the southwestern Maine
coast as well as the reefs of the Is1es
O Shoals. Hitherto all aid for yes-
acSS wrecked on these low island has
mad TO come from the ,Jcrry's Paint
"!atoh IN Portsmouth harbor and that
thls and has been pitifully INADEQUATE
Is attested by the long chain of
wrecks, dating from the Spanish ship
SaSunto in 1911 of the crew of which
not man escaped.
ne chimney Of the katahdin Pulp
& Paper co.'s new paper mill in Lin
coin, 119 feet high, was completed last
week. 1t is hoped that everything
VIII ot ready t" start paper making by
'hc middle Of next month. One papcr
machine Is nearly set up and a second
VIII be installed Immediately. Both
VIII be 11o-inch machines.
me Killing Of Billy Dunuing. Il we'll
known Maine heavyweight pugilist in
boxing match at PresGuc Isle n few
nights ago and the almost fatal result
Ut boxing match in Portland a short
tlihc previously are likely to cause a
great deal of agitation at the coming
session OF the Legislature in regard to
the present State boxing law, which
provides for six-round, no-dccisiou
contests. Judging from the reports
"t the Prcsque Isle contest, Dunninr
az mas been frequently the case in
contests IN which he has participa1, 1
was III no condition to enter the ring
ana mad that portion Of the present
laW' which provides for an cxamina
ti"n OF the men previous to the bout
by a reputable physician as to their
physical condition, been carried out in
accordance with the in,.u, -,
trainers. the deplOrable tragedy would
rot have resulted.
DIR. Edward =. Turner of Nov. N-ino-
Eard' representatives elect to the
Legislature. though farmer. is a
great friend Of the fox. He admits
tlat sly Rcynard steals a chicken once
IN while and does other cm,aIlv in
eAcusable things. but he maintains
t1''' orchardlsts especially are greatly
oe"e'i'ed by the foxes. because they
are deadly enemy of mice
that the tin pan he had attacboa 70
inc top OF his henhouse door prevent.
eu someone from getting the wherc..
Withal Tor a nice Thanksgiving dinner
someone evidently had designs on his
''och oil blooded poultry for when he
went To iced the hens on the dav be-
lore Thanksgiving the door was nm
ia'ehed' the tin pan had tumh1ed
uo"h ana two pair Of tracks were
visible in the snow. So far as he
could tell none of the hens were miss
ing The door is one that can only he
unlatched by human agency and the
tih pan was SO placed that when the
ooor was opened it would tumble
down with a clatter and it is believed
that 1t frightened the intruders away
Rumford hears a rumor that ,ba
Grand Trunk Railway desires to bn;l6
d. d @oraneh % road from Bryants Pond %
Rumford and will petition the Leeis-
lature TO that end