Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-10

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commenced in the very early spring,
| just as soon as the frost is out, so that
it will be completed before the arrival
| of the summer colonists. 1t is to nave
| a concrete foundation.
The banquet given by the Houlton
clerks recently was something of an
! innovation in that section as the menu,
though varied included no meat, being
as follows: Grape fruit, tomato soup,
| celery, breadsticks, cucumbers, boiled
halibut, egg sauce, mashed potatoes,
| Hubbard squash, boiled onions, rad
| ishes, fruit salad, hot rolls, coffee. fro
zen pudding, punch, sailed nuts, ci-
gars.
Wentworth of Dover. n. H., who is we'll
known to the police officials through
out Maine, and famous the country
| over as an expert in the matter of
| Identification of criminals by the Ber-
| tillon system, which he has himself
| improved to a great extent, mas been
appointed United States deputy mar
|
resigned his position in the Dover po-
| lice department, and will soon leave
| for Washington to assume the duties
of his new office. So many and i'm
portant the changes made by Mr..
| Wentworth in the Bertillon system of
| identification of criminals as originally
| devised, that his system has come to
| be known as the New Bertlllon SyS-
TEN. Mr.. Wentworth spent considera-
BILE time abroad studying the system
in Paris and other European cities,
| and when he returned home he devised
what is termed the single card sys-
tenn which greatly simplifies the work
and facilitates preparation, filing. and
rapidity of Identification. His re-
searches along this line have resulted
in great benefit, and his improved sys-
tenn has been adopted in several cities,
among them being Portland
The Camden Herald has recently
moved into commodious quarters in a
new brick block. The building is mod
ern in every detail with plate glass
windows, hardwood interior finish, and
is steam heated and lighted by, cleo
tricity. The first floor will be used as
the composing room for newspaper
and job work and also contains the
business and private office of the edi-
tor, ]. H. Ogier. Just back Of the pri-
Eate Office is the stock room for lob
stock. The press room is in the latter
part OF the building and is a light and
convenient room, 17x35 feet. The Her.
aid will be printed in this building this
week, the first issue coming from the
press on Feb. IL.
The town of Berwick has bought of
Abbie D. Niles lot for town build
ing in accordance with a vote passed
last March. The price was $500
Northrort, Waldo county summer
resort. is enjoying boom. The two
new cottages and improvements at
Saturday Cove will. it is said, cost in
the neighborhood of 100000; $4,000
bungalow has just been completed on
the shore near Little River for Mr.
Hartman, who talks of building 9TH
ers, and if Mr.. Cobe builds the mag
nflcent summer home on Hillside
Farm for which plans have been
drown it will represent an investment
of $4,000 or more. Then the hotel at
Temple Heights will no doubt be COM
pleted and ready for occupancy the
coming season, and the ownership of
the wharf at Northport Campground
by the Eastern Steamship Co, and it's
enlargement, must be of benefit to
that resort
Matinicus rock slip mas been freed
Of the troublesome boulder cast upon
it during the big storm of Dec &c and
the boat landing may now be used
The shore of the rock is covered on
one side by small bCulders and at the
he!ght of the storm one of these was
IT ed from it's he'd and placed directly
across the StringerS of the slip upon
Wh!ch boats running to the lighthouse
staten land. Alfred Merchant of Rock
ian1 was directed to go to Matnicus
ana remove the rock if possible The
work was attended fy unusual diff
culties. When the big rock, which
weighed many hundreds of pounds
was cast on the slip, it was low tide
AS a result. Mr.. Merchant was unable
ebhed. Even then ne had hard time
OF 1t for the sea was at all times strong
and sometimes the waves dashed up-
on the Slip SO heavily that it was I'm
possible to work even at low tide BY
persistertly keeping at the task he
managed to split the boulder into sew
eral pieces and thus was able to free
the Slip Mr.. Merchant has returned
to his home in Rockand after an alb
sence of over a month.
Contracts have been signed for a new
Masonic temple at Portland. The build
ing will be at the corner of Congress
and Chestnut streets. next to the new
City building. 1t will be six stories in
height in addition to a large basement
ample in depth for the boiler and en-
CINE rooms and for storage purposes.
The building will be lie feet On Con-
gress street with depth of 1872 feet
on Chestnut street and Will be con-
structec of pearl gray brick with terra
Gotta trimmings. This material, which
is somewhat new in this part of the
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