The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-27

II. mtSdIlss n bdiu DOy VII the
Des Moines, passed Christmas day
caring for the wounded at Bluefield.
Nicaragua. His letter closes, This
is Christmas Day, not a very merry
one. but anyway | am doing some
good"
The Portland company of Portland,
Is to erect a 125-foot steel smoke stack
next spring, In a peculiar manner. 1t
will be riveted together on the
ground and then raised just as a
painter raises a ladder The stack
will weigh 25 tons.
Workmen recently RACED the big
chimney of the old Umbago Pulp Co.
at Livermore Falls by an ingenious
method. Bricks were removed from
the corners and wooden blocks substi-
tuted. This was continued along the
sides until the blocks filled a large
aperture. Then a fire was built about
the base. When the blocks were de-
stroyed the chimney came down with
roar.
George Harcourt, who plays the
New York broker, King Bradish, in
THE Circus Man." Is native of Ban
cor, that city being his birthplace.
Harcourt Is the only city man"
among the 20 characters in the Hol-
man F. Day play. Mrs. Menges, who
lives on State street in Bangor Is his
aunt, and he also has two cousins who
live in that city. Harcourt Is one of
the most popular members of the COM
pany.
President Taft's approval of a bill
prepared by Rep. Loud of Michigan,
providing for the removal of the
wreck of the battleship Maine from
the harbor of Havana will make it
exceedingly difficult to delay that
project any longer. 1t is nearly ~
years since the Maine was destroyed
and within her ruins lie the remains
of scores of American sailors, who
were entitled to honored sepulcher in
their own country.
The electric light has been returned
to the head of the locomotives of the
Bangor and Portland trains on the
Maine Central. These headlights were
tried some time ago, but abandoned,
because, so 1t was said, the Boston &
Maine would not adopt them and their
engineers were demanding their in
stallation. By the return of these
lights, arrangements have been made
whereby the cab of the locomotive
will be illuminated at night with in
candescent lamps.
A fish peddler, whose route Is
through Greenwood in Oxford county,
recently had an unusual experience
When he called at the home of GUS
toner coon cat jumped into the
sleigh when the peddler was busy
When the trade was completed the
peddler closed his box, tucked a
heavy robe around it and drove on
Two miles farther on the cat was dis
covered. 1t returned to Its home the
next day but hasn't had any appe-
tlte since.
At the annual meeting of the Port
land Board of Trade recently several
important matters were considered
ard the reports of the officers show
ing the board to be In a prosperous
condition were received and accept
ed A lengthy discussion was held
and the board voted almost unani-
mously to favor the repeal of that
portion Of the Payne bill which i'm
poses an excise tax on corporations,
joint stock companies, associations
and insurance companies. The mat
ter came before the board as a petit
ton signed by 20 Portland business
men who are officers and leaders in
local corporations.
The most important construction
now going on at the National Soldiers
Home at Togus Is the commissary store
end bakery building, which is SO by
81 feet, three stories high and with a
ground floor basement containing
storage bins for vegetables, cured
meats and the coffee roasting room.
On the first floor will be the office,
issue room, butcher shop and bakery
fitted with the latest types of bread
and cake making machines, oven and
-four weighing and sitting devices,
with a capacity of 1000 loaves of
UIcdu cNCiJ ~ llouip .. nC bCtohb
story will be used for the storage of
supplies and an ice room for the
refrigerators. In the third story will
be three large dormitories with clos
cts. toilet and sitting room for civilian
employees. The floors throughout will
be of hardwood and the foundations
of monelith concrete.
"In my opinion any express com
pany or individual who butts against
the new Federal law in regard to the
C. o. d. liquor deliveries which be-
came effective January |, will make
big mistake" said Sheriff Charles
o. Emery of York county. "As far as
| am concerned | am determined to
enforce the law and anybody caught
breaking the same may expect to get
all that Is coming to them. have
made inquiries of my deputies and
others and learn that the six or more
express companies that have been en-
gagged in the transportation OF liquors
between Biddeford, Portsmouth and
Boston are not doing any business and
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