Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-15

careless yet well-paid census Gunner
atorS claim that it is but 26G0 Pre-
sumablY for boom purposes the Board
of Trade may blue pencil the census
reports, whether constitutional OF not
and surely Mr.. Mckinneys figures are
preferable"
Soule brick yard in Woolwich and
they are turning out about 5000 bricks
daily. The iilns will be supplied so
that burning can begin early in the
fail. Years ago there used to be
numher of prosperous brick yards IN
WoolWieh and in the early days of the
town a great many of them We're snip-
ped by vessel to Portland and Boston.
The Bath assessors have found it
necessary to increase the tax rate this
year from 20 mills, the rate charged
last year, to % mills. An effort was
made to place the rate at % and
fraction mills but this was found i'm
practicable.
Capt 0ziah Parsons of South Port
land is now the permanent master of
the three masted schooner Luther T.
Garretson. He succeeds Capt. Haskell,
who relinquished command upon the
arrival of the vessel at Portland a few
days ago
Judge Nathaniel Hobbs of North
Berwick, the presiding judge in the
now famous Ole Bull will contest, is
in his S7th year and is said to be the
oldest probate judge in the United
States. He can show the remarkable
record during the 80 years that he has
been judge of having had his decisions
overruled or set aside but twice.
The famous Glover's Band held it's
annual reunion this week. A feature
of the gathering was the clambake
Sunday at Lake Auburn. Among the
out of town members early on hand
were Col. Enoch Perkins of Maiden,
Mass, and w. p. Putnam of Water
Vile. Col. Perkins was an aide de-
camp upon the staff of the late Gov
ernor Harris NJ. Plaisted.
Work is being pushed forward at the
United States hatchery al Boothbay
Harbor. The tanks are all full and
are doing finely. They will handle
over 10000 900 Holsters. 470.00e.000
fiat fish, 100000 haddock, 17,000.000
cod. and still have the springs culling
of Holsters to draw from. They have
put overheard 50,000000 of Holsters.
$50 fiat fish. $4,000, OO0s.5 haddock and
100000 cod. They were high line
last year. coming out ahead of every
other hatchery in the country. I'M
provements are still being made on
the new pound at Pemaquid and will
continue to be made until it is the best
in the government service.
The Gloucester mackerel catcher,
Slade Gorton, arrived Saturday morn
ing at Portland from the Cape Shore.
Nova Scotia, with the first fare of
mackerel of the season on board: The
fare consisted of 10000 handsome
fresh mackerel averaging three pounds
each. and A barrels of large salt
mackerel. The fish could not be dis
posed of at satisfactory price in the
Portland market and the vessel sailed
fare.
The Portland Argus says that pros
poets are good for the erection within
a year or two of stately eight story
apartment house, one of the hand
soonest and best appointed in Maine
on Spring street between the Maine
School for the Deaf and the Art Mu
scum. c. c. Bickford has given an
option upon the property on Spring
street to Hon. w. w. Mitchell and
Capt. Moses Gould, who propose to
buy it and erect the apartment house.
Plans for the building have already
been drawn and they call for an eight
on each floor. all provided with every
possible modern conyeniences,
Caribou business men are eager for
connection of that town with the
Woodland branch of the Aroostook
Valley Railroad now in process of
construction. 1t is understood that
the business men have received prom
lses from the Aroostook Valley man
agement that a road will be built into
Caribou to connect with the system
which is now betting the country
A cluster of three log cabins are
situated I'M the central part of Peaks
Island and towards the ocean side
Two of these are used for summer
homes and the other for house parties
and small dances This type of
house is growing in favor, however.
with people needing but little room
and it is confidently predicted that
another year will see a few more of
these comfortable cabins on the island.
People living in the vicinity of the
Kicker mansion, Woodfords, were sur
prised few mornings ago by the
sight of two handsome does that after
ieisurely strolling about that locality
disappeared in the direction of Nit
| chelfs hill Such spectacle in the
very heart of thickly populated dis
trlct is rarely witnessed nowadays.
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