Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13

in future. it must put aside those who
are responsible for brazenly broken
pledges and boldly open cooperation
with the liquor interests. 1t was APP
parent in Augusta, Thursday, that the
rank and file of the party are Well
aware of this.
Maine Gossip
| In the Train.
| As. we rush. as we rush in the Train.
The trees and the houses wo wheeling
back.
But the starry heavens above the plain
Come flying in our track
All the beautiful stars of the sky,
| The silver doves of the forest of Night,
| over the dull earth swarm and fly,
| Companions of our flight.
| Let the goal be far, the flight be fleet
For we carry the Heavens with us, dear,
| While the Earth slips from our feet!
| james Thomson.
Watch for overturns in Maine inter-
| collegiate football dope.
| All that there seems to be left for
Knowles to do is submit his proofs to
| Copenhagen-then go out to climb Mt
Mckinley.
The annal meeting of the Maine Live
Stock breeders Association will be
held at orono, Nov 4, and 6.
| Mrs. Ludy Powers has a remarkable
specimen of poppy in her flower gar
| den at Pittston. 1t is of great size and
| beauty, being. six inches across the
blossom when opened and of pure
white.
box received by parcels post from
| Mrs. w. A. Shepherd. Litehfield, was
| found to contain a large branch of
rapsberries in various stages of growth
l-blossoms. green berries and the ripe,
| red ones.
| The Brooks Brick Co., of Brewer is
setting the last of the unburneti bricks
| into a forty-two arch kiln and will
burn down draft kilns twice more this
season. This will, and not until De-
cemher at the earliest, complete an
unusually busy and profitable season.
and certainly places this active indus
try far up the list. In December the
| last of the bricks will be burned and at
| that time the figures will show to-
| tai output of more than 6,00G,O0o of
| bricks and 10000. feet, or over ten
miles of land tile. During the busy
season the pay roll of the company has
| been about $1,000 per week. This mas
| been one of the big years for brick,
greater demand showing, perhaps than
| last season, when the companys plant
was seriously damaged by fire and the
output considerably set back. Never
ltheless, it is an industry which, in line
with one of the Oldest in the city, Tor
brick making has even been good BUS
mess in Brewer is an interesting place
to visit. and a growing industry OF
which the city may we'll be proud.
"A bill of much interest to farmers OF
/ Maine has been INTRODUCED in the Unit
ed States house of representatives. re-
ferred 10 the. committee on interstate 2
land foreign commerce ana orderea
| printed. The bill is as follows:
A BILL-Providing for certain regula-
| tions to the business OF commfssioii
merchants engaged in interstate com
| merce. ,Yo,..
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives of the United States
| OF America in Congress assenp,eu. .;,n
lacting as a commission merchant IN the
sale of farm products which are the SUD
| ject of interstate commerce and OF Vaiue
of SIS or more shall upon sale or sucfi
farL, products, make immediate written
/ return to the shipper of such products,
1 giving full information as to name ana
address of the persons, firms, or cor
porations to whom such products were
| sold and the price received for the same.
which return shall be forwarded by
registered mail postage prepaid, to the
address of the shipper.
Any such person, firm, or corporation
| failing to make such returns, or VINO
shall make fictitious sale for the pur-
pose of evading this Act, shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than 500 OF
more than $500 for each offense.
Who owns Eastern Mark Island. an
loutside island of Casco Bay about
three lures ifon Sinai RUM h"i oo'
This Island of Mystery" is not more
than a four hours trip for the ordi-
nary motor fishing boat from the city
of Portland, yet it is as isolated and
inaccessible through it's geographic To-
cation as if it We're far out in the open
sea. The presence here few days ago
of a stranger who insnuated that he
wished to buy the Island of the EVIL
Name" as the natives refer to 1t. has
revived a story that a quarter of a
century ago was the one topic Of con-
versation from Cape Small Point to
Bath and from Bath to Orrs, Bailey
and ether islands of lower Casco Bay
So far the would-be purchaser has