Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-23


The White House smile too hilln;
How would they like the other kind
The sort that's sour an cnliin
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Portland toy manufacturer makes
speciality of dolls houses. They are
shipped to all parts of the world ana
the demand is increasing SO rapidly
that new machinery is being addeu
The PROPRIETOR was compelled to make
a new start in life at the age OF 40
wears and after a long illness. He
made the first houses i'll MS cellar. Up
to that time practically all uoii houses
We're made in Germany, where ihosl vi
the children's tovs used in the world
are manufactured. Mr. Bennett took
his SAMPLES ia New York and showed
them to some dealers IN noVeitles. II
you can make doll houses IKE those
at the prices YOU quote we VIII puS
,00C worth of them TINS year. lnee
told Mr.. Bennett. They were so Will
ing to buy at the figures ne named tiidt
he thought he had made some error III
his calculations and would not con-
tract to deliver any specified NUMBER ol
doll houses but he came back 10 Fort-
land and went to work. IN room
Il square on Cross street WITH
| a secondhand $40 saw for machinery,
Mr. Bennett started in making noli
| houses. That was about four years
ago. Today the company OF when ne
| is the head owns large factory 70
| feet by 80 feet and two stories hlSh.
euuipped with modern machinery ana
employing 50 hands and this plant Will
be doubled during the coming season.
Virginia young lady who IS at
present living in Saco found the first
real signs of spring in the city oatur-
day afternoon while on snow shoe
ling trip 1t was rather strange
combination, in that it was person
| from a much warmer state IMAM
Maine. who was enjoying a winter
snort and at the same time in doing so
found unmistakable warm weather
signs.
Miss Martha Mitchell Of Alfred, who
died Tuesday, Feb. -, served 90 years
| in the register of deeds office. she en-
tered the office of the register OF DEEDS
| as a clerk about the year 1919 or 90,
| and in all the years since she has
worked there or in the nearby office
| of the register of probate. She was
well known and held in the highest
esteem by all the lawyers who have
practiced at the York bar for all that
long period. Miss Mitchell is survived
bv several brothers and two sisters
the latter residents Of Alfred
Lewiston and Auburn are promised
Il taxicab service this summer.
Bath Times: A PhippSburg man who
figures quite closely is of the opinion
that the suggestion made in this de-
partmert q week or two ago, that
the town buy the span of bridge
which was purchased for old Bay
bridge by the county in 1896 but
which was never erected, is good
one and that he believes it would
prove a good investment for the
town which has to lay out several
hundred dollars every few years to
purchase lumber and make repairs
on Winnegance bridge.
Phippsburg has long dreamed of
trolley line through its limits to the
sea and understands that parties
who believe that such line
would prove a paying investment
and who have looked the matter
over quite thoroughly may make
an effort to get such a line
built between now and the summer
Of 1911. An effort has been made
already to get some interest aroused
among outside capitalists and it is
said that much work will be done to
demonstrate that line through the
town would prove a good investment.
A trolley line through Phippsburg
would mean Il great deal to the town
and would open a large lot of prop
erty for which there is now little de-
mand. 1t would also prove a great
convenience to our own people.
The report of the Bar Harbor asses
sors shows a marked increase in the
valuation and taxes for the year 1909.
The real estate of residents was 81
326,519. The personal estate of resi-
dents was valued at $345,1S9, making
a total valuation of resident estate of
$2,671,S0S. The real estate Of non
their personal estate at $111.10S. maxi
ing a total valuation of non residents
estate at $3529,374 The total valua-
ton of the town April. 1909, was So
2O1,1S2. an increase of nearly 100000
over that of the previous year. Bar
Harbor is far and away the richest
town in the State of Maine. and in
total valuation is surpassed by only
few of the larger cities of the State.
including Portland. Bangor and Lew
iStOn.
The old fertilizer plant which has
remained idle for the past few years
at North Lubec, will be taken down in
the near future and moved to Fast
port where it will be used for business
purposes by the Seacoast Canning
Company.
The dogs that won the dash to the
North Pole will try to win honors at
the big bench show to be held in Bos-
ton this week. Four of those owned
by Commander Peary came to Port