Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-06
Maine Gossip

The Aroostook Times, Charles Fogg's
enterprising Houlton purveyor of
weekly news, win be comfortably en-
sconced in it's new quarters. about the
first of January. Steadily increasing
business with the admirable growth of
the town is said to have demanded
this move. The new building is sit
uated on Court street near the old
Times building, of red brick. two
stories and a basement, S6XS0 feet.
on the ground floor viii be an attrac
tive office and editorial room, together
with stock room, composing room and
press room. Mr.. Fogg is the son of the
late Almon Fl. Fogg and the business
of the Times Publishing Company was
acquired five years ago.
The annual Food Fair and Festival
at Bangor City hall viii be held from
February to 10. Modern publicity
work is in full evidence through the
Bangor commercial travellers prepar-
ations. Work of formulating plans
and arranging details has been Well
apportioned among a large number of
committees, each of which is sup
posed to make better than good in
promoting its share of executive de-
tail or in providing some feature OF
exceptional entertainment and inter-
est; and with the extensive campaign
to he personally waged by every MEM
Der of the big commercial body In
trips throughout the state during the
next two months, Bangor should look
o,.A 70 hA
lively and profitable midwinter earnf-
val in it's history.
Augusta has the highest death
rate, according to the census of 1910;
Biddefords rate was "a; Lewiston
22.s; Bangor, 2O.3; Portland, 1873. Au-
burn had the lowest percentage of the
Maine cities, 1873. Among a group of
Is cities in the less than 100000 pop |
ulation class recording high rates OF
in 1910 Charleston ). C., |
shows the highest rate per 1000 pop
uiation, namely, 29,I; followed by |
Raleigh. n. c., with 27.9; Laekawanna,
Penn, PIP; Savannah Ga, 26.9; Peters
burg, Va, 26.5; Montgomery. Ala,
26.4; Middletown, Conn, 25.6; Grams
ton. r. l., 25.4; Pontiac, Mich, 25.2;
Augusta, Me-, PSI; Ogdensburg, y. Y,
24.5; Norristown, Penn, 24.4 Middle
town. n. Y, 24.3; Biddeford, Me, "A:
Cal, 23.S; Morristown, y.
J., 29.6; and Taunton, Mass, and Ann
Arbor, Mich, 23.3 each,
Less rafting is recorded by this sea-
sons work at the Bangor and Penob-
scot booms. About 100, 100000 feet of
lumber was sorted and RATED at the
Penobscot boom, the place where the
largest operations were in progress
This mark is surpassed by that of
last year by $1,000, 600 feet. Eight mil
lion feet in the Pea Cove boom, C.
GOO, 600 in Argyle and 100000 in
Nebraska is given by the Industrial
journal as the stock of logs to be win, |
tered. This is double the amount car
ried over in 1910. All of the 100000
coo feet RATED this year have been
taken by the mills with the exception
of about 4,500,600 feet which Will be
wintered on the flats behind Freese
island and be available for an early
drive to Bangor boom, where the logs
are sorted out and sent to the mills
of the respective owners. The decline
of the saw mill in the region between
Bangor and Old Town which is sup
oiled from Pentecost boom, is shown
by the great decrease in the boom fig
ures. In 1890 there were RATED at
Penobscot boom 1873, 9S3, 40 feet of logs
and as lately as 1905 the figures were
l5i, So. 600, while the average for the
last % years is ~. 1905 s5 feet. At the
Bangor boom, where are sorted and
RATED the logs for the local mills. |
there have been RATED this season |
81 100000 feet, or about 100000 feet |
less than in 1910. In former years as |
much as so, 900. 600 or so o00, 900 feet was |
RATED at the boom, but one of the To-
cal mills has not been operated for |
several years and some of the Others |
saw less than formerly.
A notable two years is the record
of the Maine State Fruit farm, at
Monmouth, purchased in 1903. Not
larger than ten-year- trees We're
those on the farm at the time of pur-
chase, though set in 1885 and 1886.
Stunted by neglect they yielded, IN
1909 but a crop of 80 barrels, Work
of spraying, blowing and thorough
cultivation was the rule rigidly en-
forced from July of that year. In
19lo the crop was 800 barrels and in
1911 the total reached was 1850 bar
rels Here is remarkable story OF
progress yet it is only the fact 1t
shows what might be obtained IN
thousands Of orchards if the trees
were but looked after as they should
he. No better object lesson could be
found if one searched the whole coun-
try over and the one thing to regret
is that more have not been famlllaf
with the work done. This is the
farm bought by the State, Tor the
good of the state, and every taxpayer
has full right to all the lessons Vi
experience there to be CLEANED.