Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-03

umpire, "Stubby' Nye. while all play
ers are to be confined to Osborne's
Rocky Hill spring water for refresh
ments during the game of five innings.
other particulars will be announced
in their season.
Deputy Sheriff ii. ID. Brophy and
officer Joseph Quincy Went on still
hunt for some pocket peddiers of bad
liquors near Fairfield Center Monday
night, and though they returned nome
without their game. feel that they
gave the fellows {, scare that VIII
bring good results in the near future
at least. Ii is reported that four men,
thought to be from out Of town, nave
been working off liquors onto certain
patrons of the recent Grange dances
at the Center. two Of them going in
TO the hall as Sc iicitors, while the
other two fingered outside and filled
orders as they presented themselves.
A crew of four men under direc-
ton Of Road Commissioner Page Tues
day started excavations ar the south
side Of the Gilbreth block on Law
renee avenue, where concrete re-
tanning wall viii be built for the
new sidewalk leading from the juno
ton of Main stree; and the avenue
to the iron bridge across the mill
pond The wall Will be about 100 feet
long. with 2-foot base. S-ineh top
and heighth of about six feet. This
will vii, be permanent in kind to
supplant the old posts used hereto
fore The walk itself viii be made
tof do al fry.
second layer and coal cinders for
crown. the whole thought to be
combination hard to beat for the To-
caticn. Road Commissioner Page says
that he will soon install 12-incli
eulvert near Totman place on Island
street 10 take care of the large amount
Of surface water which gathers there
in wet weather.
A. +. Gerald had a crew of men at
work Tuesday moving big elm tree
from . position in the sidewalk near
Gerald Terrace on Main street to a
point on the lawn III front of Mr.
Gerald's concrete house. a hole was
dug around the Tree about II feet
square and into the ground about
three feet the tree released by its
roots ard moved 10 its new home by
means of pulleys. guys ard rollers,
Willie number OF interested neighbors
of Mr. Gerald watched the unique job.
A fire alarm sounded at 7.25 Tuesday
evening called the fire department to a
blaze in u small tenement house owned
by 5. a. Nye and occupied by NJ Settler
at the head of the lane leading off Main
street just north of Summit street The
fire caught around the chimney and
spread into the partitions before the fire
men could get the water to it, after try
ing chemicals without success. half
hour of hard work was necessary on the
part of the firemen to put out the fire.
Little damage to the house or its con-
tents resulted.
Lawrence High will play a team from
Benton Falls on the West Street grounds
Wednesday afternoon, an on Saturday
afternoon will meet the Colby Freshman
team at the same grounds. Today's game
should be easy, but if Saturdays game
comes the boys way it will be only
after playing the best ball Coach Gregory
can draw out from his charges. who have
thus far this season exceled even last
years fine work in the majority of their
games, but have shown weakness in un-
expected quarters in the Oak Grove and
Gardiner High games, both of which tney
should have won.
NJ. l.. Keyes of The Keyes Stove Co.
has been called to Portland on important
business. Mrs. Reyes reports business
rushing at his pie plate factory which
augers we'll for the finishing up season
previous to the holding of the annual
meeting here week from today. MIR.
KeVes has had lluder consideration a
plan for building a pulp mill if proper
power facilities could be furnished him
by local electric companies. He would
build such a plant, he says, for the pie
plate factory if he could get power at
about SIS per horsepower per year for "A
hours, an offer made him in New York
state when he contemplated going there
three years ago