Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-18


Hurley permanent chairman.
The Y NJ. G. A. boys at Camp Dur
rell, Friendship, is to have a crew this
wear and tryouts win be held in a few
days. Randolph Burgess, Brown,
1912 the swimming instructor, has
charge of his material and will short
Nv rick his men, A second crew viii
probably be formed later and a new
chapter in water sports at Durrell will
be started.
Imprisoned under heavy barn door
which had fallen upon her, Mrs. Fred
Warren of West Baldwin. few days
ago, struggled an hour before she
could free herself. Her calls for help
were unheard and it was only by des-
perate efforts that she escaped. No
bones We're broken, but Mrs. Warren
was badly bruised
The opening up OF Baths liquor
agency to sell out the supply remain
ing on hand, at the time the law abol-
ishiIg the State liquor agency system
went into effect apparently was not
sufficient to satisfy all OF Bath
thirsty ones Pearl Bridges was ar
rested one day recently for attempt
ing 10 break into the Bath agency and
was bound over in the sum OF 5000 TO
the August term of the Sagadahoc
supreme court.
Hon Charles \. Trefethen, former
mayor of South Portland. who had
been ill for several DAYS at his home
at South Portland, has been removed
TO sanitorium at West Newton.
Mass, Tor treatment. Mr. Tretethen
is a prominent Portland fish dealer
and has been frequently testified as
an expert at hearings before the tegls-
latiVe committee upon sea and shore
fisheries.
Saw mill workers Of Barring and
Midtown have to exercise more care
than formerly these days when they
get slivers or splinters of wood In
their HANDS while at their work, ON
account of the poison that is IN the
wood Unless the insignificant splinter
il at once removed and Il disinfectaht
used the part begins to swell and be
comes very painful and oftentimes
blood poisoning results The workers
of former Years had no trouble. Tor all
they would do was to pull the offend
ing splinter out and never bother with
1t any more 1t is thought that the
logs in the river become inoculated
with the poisonous excess sulphite II
dl1ids from the paper mills at Wood
land. thus causing the new disease
In two years. unless the city takes
steps ia prevent it. large part of
Biddefcrd's elm trees will he dead
This is the prediction made by for
ester who is spraying trees on land
owned ~ tn" Pepperell Co. to RID
them OF the brCWn-tail moth. The
danger which threatens these elms,
according 10 the forester, is not on ac-
count OF the brown-tail but comes
from the elm beetle, which has at
tackled large numbers of shade trees
this year in different sections of Bid
deford This beetle Will, il is claimed,
extend its deadly work until there is
not an elm tree left, unless drastic
means are adopted to kill the pest.
The question of good roads is quite
problem for the city of Old Town,
which. with a population of less than
1000 has to take care Of l27 miles of
road and bridges. The soil is not
such as will make good roads without
much gravel and gravel is a minus
quantity, or the source OF supply is
long distance from where il is needed
in quantities.
The Old Town Enterprise says that
the foot. team and electric bridge
across the saltwater in the city OF
Old Town is considered so unsafe by
some of the citizens that they viii
not ride across it in the electrics. The
exchange declares that this fear should
be dispelled by an examination by the
proper authorities, and a new bridge
built, or repairs made sufficient to
make 1t safe TO travel over without
fear by the most timid.
President Alley of the University of
Maine was prominent figure at the
meeting, last week, of the National
Educational Association at San Fran
cisco He responded to the address of
welcome from the Governor and mayor
and mis- speech is said to have created
a very favorable impression
The big boiler, which has been used
for heating the Bath custom house.
was taken GU: last week The boiler
was placed there in 1870 and was orig
inallv used by the contractors for heat
ing the residence of the late Arthur
Sewall. while the house was under
construction. The boiler Is in Won
derfully good shape now, considering
its long years of use
George f. Rines. foreman of the
Argus composing room, Saturday
morning, terminated a 4i-years SER
vice in the employ Of that paper
When Mr. Rines came to the office
Saturday night for his final night s
work, the publisher Mr.. Wish, pre-
scented to him on behalf of everyone
connected with the paper gold watch
WHY a1Fa-