Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-20

SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
Auto Turns Turtle-Three Hurt.

| Auto Turns Turtle-Three Hurt.
An auto delivery wagon, owned by
f. R. LePage, proprietor of New Au-
burn bakery, was badly damaged in an
accident on the Lisbon Road, Wednes-
| Gay afternoon The driver, John Per-
reault, and two companions were in
| jured when the machine, which, ac
! cording to witnesses, was travelling
! fast, turned turtle. They were able to
/ take are car to Lewiston later in the
day.
Penobscot Salmon Fishing Poor.
The season for catching Penobscot
river salmon at the weirs closed at mid
night Wednesday. and the last of the
] catch will be sold within the next few
days. Taken altogether, the season has
/ been one of the poorest in years for
some reason that cannot be given by
those who are in touch with the market.
A Bangor dealer said Thursday after
! noon that not more than half as many
4 fish came into the Bangor market this
spring as usually arrive here during the
season. Although the time limit for kill
i ing the salmon at the pool does not ex-
pire until October l. the fishermen are
/ about through by the time the law pro-
/ hibits the taking of the fish al the weirs.
i No salmon have been taken at the Ban
gor pool for quite few days, and unless
something exceptional occurs, no more
will be taken this year.
Seizure at Bangor.
Deputy Davis seized 200 quarts of
whiskey, easily worth $500, Wednesday
at the Maine Central station in Ban
gor, and there were seven searches
that proved barren of results.
/ Narrow Escape from Drowning.
| Ralph Bailey, 16, of Little Chebeague
| Island had q narrow escape from
| drowning during the recent thunder
! storm. Bailey was in his motor boat
near Sunset Landing on Great Che
beague when the storm burst and
thought It best to anchor. In throw
ing the anchor over he became en-
tangled in the rope and was drawn
over the side. The engine was still
going and the boat was headed for
Little Chebeague. Bailey managed to
grasp the anchor rope and was drawn
behind the speeding motor boat until
it finally grounded on Little Chebeague
| nearly a mile away. He was uncon-
scio"s when picked up and was In
Jured by the hailstones which struck
him on the back during his ride
Sturgeon Fishing Is Over.
Law on sturgeon fishing went into
effect Tuesday night at midnight and
for the remainder of the year there
can be no sturgeon caught above Bluff
Head No one captured a sturgeon that
night so the honors for the last catch
go to the shovel of the steam dredger
at Swan Island Tuesday night
Gilman P. Smith of Bangor.
Gilman P. Smith died Thursday
morning at his home on Essex street,
Bangor. He was born Oct. 20, 1916 in
Jonesport. He enlisted July 20, 1862,
in Co. H, 18th Me. Capt. Smith. He
was mustered out in June, 1865. He
married in 1872 Bessie n. Coffin of
Harrington, where he lived for years.
She died in 1901 and he moved to Ban
gor. where IN 1906 he married Della C.
Chase. He was in the retail shoe
business and sold on the road for
years. He was a member of Hiram
Burnham Post, No. so, G. A. r. He
was inspector of the Department of
Maine and has also held the office of
assistant inspector. He was a mem
Lodge of Ellsworth Royal Arch Chap
ter of Cherryfield, and Scottish Rite
of Perfection, and a member of the
Fen Hur lodge, X. of P. A widow, one
son, Irving Roy Smith, who makes his
home in the West and two daughters,
Mrs. George Parsons of Castine. and
Mrs E. Edward Coffin of Harrington,
survive.
Body Found in Grand Lake.
Fred Young, proprietor of the little
hotel at Grand Lake in Piscatauuis
county, 80 miles from Patten, found
the body of an unknown man in the
lake against the shore Thursday
morning. He telephoned Patten for
a coroner but there was none there.
An effort is being made to send
Piscataquis county official to the scene
as soon as possible. There is at
present no clue to the identity of the
drowned man or as to how he entered
the water.
Tho East Branch Drive.
The East Branch drive containing
about $4,000, 900 feet of logs, came into
the boom at Greenbush Monday, in
charge of John E. Kelley of Bangor
About $50 men have been employed by
Mr. Kelley on this drive, which is ar
irving at about the usual time al
though the start was later than ordi-
nary. While the driving conditions
have not been of the very best be-
cause of the lack of water at times,
the drive had made fair progress. The
Eastern Manufacturing Co. owns more
Of the logs in this drive than any 9TH
or single firm and tho other owners
are Cornelius Murphy G. Sons, Card
ner & Finch, Moses D. Wadleigh. e. G.
Bryson, George W. Barker & Sons.
Jordan Lumber Co., Paul Genyer and
Ira D. Carpenter. After a shut down
of a week for repairs, the paper milp
of the Eastern Manufacturing Co |
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