Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-01

awarded at the rate of three per cent.
to the First National Bank of Boston.
The Bath Times quotes local banker
as saying: Bath IS certainly in high
favor in the financial world when 1t
can secure a loan at those figures"
The Rangeley and Dead River re-
gions have originated several women
sportsmen, but it is seldom that
young woman not to the manner born
and possessing her varied talents and
charming personality makes record
in the realms of rod and gun as has
Miss Helen f. Wade. says the Maine
Woods. Miss Wade, who is a native
of Portland, has landed many fine
trout and salmon and has also made
her debut as a huntswoman, following
successfully the trail of the deer.
The Rockland. 'Thomaston & Camden
Street Railway has appropriated over
5000 for a Fourth of July celebration
at Oakland Park. Rockport. Ball
games, band concerts. field sports.
fireworks and ball for the benefit
of the street railway employs in the
evening are included in the~prosrams
George Cloudman. alleged to be a
married man with four children and
living at Cape Elizabeth. has been ar
rested by Deputy Sherie Pickett upon
the allegations of Miss Margaret
Wagner of Washington. d. c.. who
charges deceit on the part of Cloud
man by means of promises of mar
riage 1t is alleged that Cloudman
obtained a sum of money deposited in
the bank by Miss Wagner and then
cody informed her that he could not
marry her because he was already
married Cloudman was released upon
furnishing a bond for $4,000 and 1t Is
understood that the case will bttheard
at the September term of the Cumber-
land county superior court.
Fish are scarce in the vicinity OF
PASSPORT. The American can plant
has been running on short time during
the past few weeks on this account.
If the July run of fish should strike
in around Eastport waters all branch
es of the can plant will be started up
on full time to supply the demand for
cans, as many thousands are used
daily when the season is in full
swing. 1t is noticed that although the
herring are now very scarce that
there is generally quite catch of
fish on Sunday night or Monday
morning, the fish coming in on Sun
day when the motor boats are quiet.
The mortgage placed upon the prop
erty of the Pennington Electric Co.
to secure certain bonds has been fore
closed by the Beacon Trust Go. of
Boston At a subsequent sale the
property was bought by A. Studley
Hart of Providence. r. T.. acting for
the bondholders.
Automobiles are happy because the
Dead River road in Somerset county.
once very bad, is now much i'm
proved The rocks in one section of
the road that have always been
great annoyance to automobilists are
being removed and the road widened
Other sections of the road have also
been put in good condition.
q CTOTt .lDDStGTS were SClItu iVN
days ago by Warden Dow at Port
land fish market. They were part of
a shipment of boiled Holsters that ar
rived from Boston and the market
proprietor not knowing that there
were any short ones among them
placed them in the show window for
sale. Warden Dow came along and
ut nh linz nd "a Gil qch
lobster found is that did not reach
the legal limit and for these the pro-
prietor was obliged to settle at the
rate of 81 each.
A series of bold rchheries a few
days ago at Kezar Falls in which one
victim. an aged man, was knocked
| down and roughly handled before be-
| ing relieved of s84. resulted in the
rounding up of band of gypsies.
| T331ds believed to be the same band
Nas driven out of Augusta and
keities in Central Maine.
| vi good many men are now drifting
lsfnf6s Bangor from the westward in
>RSfch of work, says the Bangor Com
{T4rcial. and although the drives arc
pretty we'll filled up and the demand
| for bark peelers is about over and 1t
is too early yet for the Aroostook po-
| tato growers to be looking for help,
but few of the men are In the Queen
/ City for more than day or two be-
fore they find employment. 1t is sell
/ dom indeed that a woodsman who
wants work has to go long without
| 1t in Bangor
No firecrackers will be permitted in
Calais on July 4. The city council last
| year passed an ordinance prohibiting
the sale of explosives of all kinds, but
as the dealers had bought their usua
stock in anticipation of the celebra,
tion 1t was decided to permit them tc
dispose of the same This year they
will not be allowed that excuse.