Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-25
Maine GOSSIP

The Deering High party left Friday
for a trip to Washington, about So be-
ing in the party, which will be gone
seven days. 1t does not include the en-
tire Senior class, but is known as the
Washington Club.
There will be no prolonged hearing
in the Supreme court at Portland to
decide whether or not the town of Ray
mond should pay Frank p. Beal 500, 900
for injuries the latter received two
years ago when collecting brown tail
moths for the town. The case, which
was supposed to come up Thursday,
did not make its appearance for the
entry of neither party was made. In
this action, Beal alleged that the life
belt furnished him for use in climbing
trees was defective so that on April
ne fell Sc feet to the ground. broke
both wrists and suffered other injuries
that incapaciated him for life. Guy
H. Sturgis appeared for the inhabi-
tants of the town of Raymond, and
Dennis Meaher for the plaintiff.
Frederick w. Hinckley, attorney for
the National Surety Co., in the suit
against that corporation brought by
the Maine Central at Portland Thurs
day, filed a request for specifications
in the case. The Maine Central seeks
to recover from the surety company
on two bonds, one of $4,000 and the
other of $1,000, given to protect w. j.
McHale for work that was done on
bridges and the road in the vicinity of
Carmel and Etna. 1t is claimed by the
railroad that service of the trains and
traffic was generally interfered with.
Mr. Hinclsley requests more details in
his petition for specifications.
The annual banquet of the Alpha
Delta Phi fraternity of Maine took
place in the State of Maine room at
the Falmouth hotel Portland, Thurs
day evening and the Bowdoin chapter
was the guest of the evening. Clement
F. Robinson of this city was the toast
master and among the speakers were
Kenneth Ramsey, Bishop Goldman and
George Burgess. The annual election
of officers resulted:
President, Right. Rev. Robert Cod
man; Vice president, DR.. John F.
Thompson: Secretary and Treasurer,
Arthur L. Robinson; Executive COM
mittee, Bishop Goldman, DR.. Thompson,
NJ. n. Purington, John A. Waterman,
Neal w. Allen.
That spruce gum has not wholly dis
appeared from the Maine woods is
shown by the VerrilI brothers of Will
ton, who have been in the forests above
the Rangeleys since the holidays and
have just returned with $500 pounds
of gum, requiring two-horse team to
transport it from the camp to the rail-
road station. 1t was shipped to Farm
ington, where another brother will
prepare it for market
The well-known sculptor, Cyrus E.
Dallin of Boston, recently visited
Pennington in relation to the final ar
rangement for the medallion bus re-
lief in bronze of the late George C.
burlington, which the alumni of the
Normal school are to present and
which will be placed on the walls of
Merrill hall
Portland is only awaiting the receipt
of the official copy of the decree hand
the right of a municipality to have a
municipal fuel yard to go ahead and
establish one. If the copy is received
in time the city government will prob
ably take action at the May meeting
Running expenses and interest on the
amount invested will be added to the
actual cost of the coal when landed,
but the city will not be allowed to
make a profit.
The Craig Brook fish hatchery at
Orland is to have a new superinten-
dent in the person of James D. De-
Rocher, who has since July, 1899, been
the assistant superintendent at the
Nashua, N. H., hatchery, he receiving
notice of his appointment Tuesday
from Washington. He will begin his
new duties about May l. The Craig
Brook hatchery. under the manage
ment of Supt. Charles G. Atkins, has
been doing great work with the hump
backed salmon, of which over 2,250,000
have been this spring liberated in the
Penobscot waters and tributaries, be-
tween Bucksport Center and Brooks
vile. Several thousand remain to be
federated, beside 100000 to be kept in
the Craig Brook hatchery for feeding
until they have made considerable
growth.
The Lewiston and Auburn grocers
have a nice way of getting in and
keeping in touch with their clerks.
One of these ways is the annual ban
quet and that for 1914 was held
Wednesday evening in New Odd Fell
lows hall in Auburn. The largest
number in the history of the organiza-