Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-14

Holy Ghost anu US lCducF Is certainly
an enthusiastic yachtsman.
An excellent portrait of Sill William
Phipps has recently been added to the
collection of the Maine Historical So
cicty. 1t is the work OF Miss Eliza
beth Patterson.
ReportS from the various Maine
towns indicate that an unusually large
number of them are planning to build
state roads the coming season, Let
the good work go on.
And while this good work of road
building is going on it would be a
good thing for every town to see that
all Of its cross roads are suitably pro-
vded with sign boards.
TIL outlook for the coming season
points to considerably smaller acre
age of potatoes in Central Maine. a
considerably larger amount of land
will be devoted to the raising Of sweet
corn.
The time for the annual opening of
the sardine canning business in East
port as well as all along the coast of
Maine. is on Friday, April Is. but it
is not expected that any of the can
ming plans will open until the following
Monday.
Completing the trip from Jackson
Vile, Fla, to Portland in eight days
and Is hours. the Bath four-masted
schooner Robert P Murphy. Captain
Dunton, arrived at the Forest City
recently with a cargo of over 100000
feet of hard pine lumber consigned
to the Deering Winslow Company.
Two Maine men-Mains and Dolley
the former once a well-known and
business at F'ryeburg turning out a
baseball bat known as the Mains
Special" and exceedingly popular with
players all over the country. The
tough straight grained Maine ash is
specially adapted to this use.
Just to get an idea of what life i'll
Maine does for a man read this clip
| ped from the Maine Woods: Eddie
Grant is feeling much better this
spring than he was last. He is only
| - years young this April, anyway.
and growing young every day. On a
| certain day in April last year Eddie
| met a friend. and informed him that
| just ii years ago IAN awful pretty
| baby come into this world"
Maine Woods We heard young
man stopping in the country this
| spring. say. Il thought we had to pay
a big price for maple syrup. but now
| | know how much work il is to make
| it. | know that the farmer earns all
| he gets for it," If we could but
| change places one with another now
and then, we should come to have
quite a different estimate of many
| things and approximate much nearer
| to their true value. Much is learned
| by observation; more by experience.
| A tWo-year old trout that is two
and a halls inches deep and nine and
| a half inches long is one of the new
acquisitions of the FISH and Game
| Museum at the FISH and Game office
| at Augusta. This fish was fed at the
| Raugeley Lakes hatchery at Ouuos-
| SOC.
| About l2J,o00.o00 feet is the amount
of last winters lumber cut in the
| M,
| is yet plenty Of snow in the woods for
| hauling. practically all Of it will come
| into the mills this season. The st.
Johu Lumber Company Of Van Buren,
| is the largest operator. having cut
| $1,000, 900. The operations on both the
st. john and the Allagash rivers arc
| larger this year than usual.
| Lewison journal: The Maine Central
station at Danvillc Junction is about
| completed and is the best thing of its
kind between Union station in Port
land and Watervil. Nothing remains
| to be done except the plumbing and
| the concrete platform. This platform
| is a big affair as it is to be 900 feet
| long and very wide. In the rear is a
| porte cochere and driveway 50 thai
| passengers can leave or enter carriages
without stepping outside. This Is
made especially to accommodate the
Poland Spring trade In fact the en-
| tire building improvements have been
| entirely due to the Rickers as the old
| depot was entirely unsuited for their
great trade. They have purchased
the old depot and will move it away
as soon as the new one is opened.
Another fine feature here will be the
new and splendid lawns both in front
and rear of the new structure. These
will be laid out by professional
landscape gardener and will be very
| fine 1t is understood that the Grand
| Trunk will also build a fine new depot
in place of their old one which has
| long been an eye sore This structure
will be built the present season and
will also be an ornament to the place.
| The work of the Maine Central has
| been very extensive between the
| junction and Rumford Junction as the
| grade has been lowered so that nine
extra loaded freight cars had to be
taken on each train of that kind This