Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-17

Auburn blossoms out with new rust
| proof, enameled-metal street signs.
The body is blue. the letters are white.
| and all are bound to be read
The building of Bangor goes mer-
rily and rapidly on. The buildings now
in process of construction will cost be-
tween $l.5OO,0 600 and 81, 100000.
Maine newspapers are just begin
ming to really sit up and take notice
of the campaign before the primaries
| The Bangor News and the Belfast Re
publican Journal on Thursday appear
ed with full pages ON the senatorial
| candidacy.
The bedrock citizenship of Maine
seems To prefer deeds in place OF
words: service. not promises; results
without buster.
Lewiston police and the rum papers
of Maine can hardly claim that the
assault on the night lunch keeper was
of. the social scandal variety.
Some of the more sensible of Mr..
Morss.s friends at Bath have put
damper ON the band and red fire reeep-
ton business.
Portland is considering the pension
ing of fremen who have reached the
age limit Will they also care for po-
licemen and public teachers?
A Portland character known as
pickles. Collins was picked by Judge
Merrill. Wednesday. because the $1,000
bonds under which he was held by the
grand jury were not forthcoming.
Portland tested its new city hall all
ditorium with $4,000 pounds of cement.
This would seem TO be an admirable
resort for the Forest City's famous fat
mems club.
If You are resident of personal
liberty" town can you say: I'm an J..
T. L. of the w. C. T. u 1t is better
than the truly rural pass word. At
least it doesn't come out ''tu-ral-lu-
rail-
1t is suggested that Portland may
obtain an excellent lot for its high
school on Spring street at a cost of be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. There would
be about $4,000 square feet of land and
not only would the location be handy
to the street cars. but it would also af
ford the pupils an excellent opportunity
to visit the Sweat Memorial Art muse
UNI. Augusta expects to secure an
admirable lot of 10000 to 10000 feet and
a splendid school building for $4,000,
Arnold Newton is one of the Oldest
citizens of Pownal. He was born
March 10, 1928. hence passing his seth
milestone. He is native of Rutland,
years, to Hartford, CT Sept /. 1851.
Mr. Newton married Celinda Collins.
They became the parents of four chill
dren, Betsy s., Harley c., Mary E.,
and Frank T. Mr. Newton now has
five grandchildren and II great
grandchildren. Having lost his Wife,
he married the second time in 1896.
Kate McGorman of New Brunswick.
who now resides with him in his coy
home at Pownal Centre. Mr.. Newton
is a Baptist having been identified
with that church for over so years.
He has ever been devoted to the cause
| of religion, working Zealously in the
Sunday school. He was superin-
tendent of a large Sunday school for
many years and represented the school
at convention. At one time he had
lover 80 pupils under his guidance who
| all became professors of religion. The
work accomplished by Mr. Newton
seems almost marvellous. Last spring
he planted and covered by hand an
acre of corn in one day. having previ-
ously prepared the ground. All sum
mer he worked in the fields
| Bath citizens are reported to be pro-
testing in no uncertain terms against
the proposal to abolish the office of
shipping commissioner in that city.
| THE office is declared so great con-
lvenience to the large amount of ship
ping which arrives and clears there
every year that it amounts to me-
cessity. It's supporters point to the
amount of business the office does as
the best justification for its eontinu-
lance.
In this day of progression along
agricultural lines nearly every well-to-
do farmer has a silo or is deeply inter-
ested in the subject, a ready convert
with study and intelligent observa
tion. The silo is one of the most
distinctive factors in modern scientific
dairying. and has come into almost
universal use within the past tive
decades. The majority of city dwell
lers. though they may have been borr
on farm have but vague IDEAS as t
the utility of this latest adjunct The
luse to which the silo is put is set fortf
lplainly by f. w. Woll of the Uni