Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-06

cations of the kind in the eastern
section of the State and holds num-
Der of matches each year 1t has
done much to encourage rifle shoot
ing on the border and will make an
extra effort to interest the young men
OF the city in the sport in view of the
ala offered by the national govern
ment. With first class rifles available
the young men are expected to respond
IN numbers to the invitation of the
club to become members. Formerly
tue expense OF equipment kept many
out OF the organization who were in
terested in the sport, but this handi
cap has been removed through the
wisdom of the government acting at
the suggestion of the National Rife
Association of America through whose
influence the law was PASSED some
four months ago.
Emerson Thorndike recently in four
and one-half days picked in the Henry
U. Lamson orchard at West Rockport
240 bushels OF apples and headed the
barrels containing them. Mr.. Lamson
who formerly lived here but now in
Massachusetts,, purchased IL years ago
100 apple trees and has kept debt and
credit and finds up to the present year
there has been profit of thirty dol
lars in his investment
Recent enlistments in the United
States army from the Bangor recruit
ing office follow: Clifford N. Mitchell,
PASSPORT. cavalry; John A. Dulacm,
Lewiston, coast artillery; Thomas
Willett, Saltwater, cavalry; John ].
keenan,. Medford. Mass. coast artil-
',ery; Emile f. Smart, aiillinocket. in
fantry; Meyer E. Isaacson, Auburn,
infantry; Louise n. Beaupre, Indian
orchard, Mass, cavalry; Benjamin
Young, East BOSTON. cavalry; Edward
Andres, North Range, Can, cavalry.
Mr.. Andrews has served two previous
enlistments in the artillery. Richard
Wardwell. New Bedford, Mass, coast
artillery; Joseph O'Neil, Bangor. cav
airy: Nelson Paul, Fall River, Mass,
infantry, after six years previous SER
vice, infantry and coast artillery.
Corp. George W. Morrison has been
transferred to the Lewiston recruiting
office from Bangor.
NJ. d. P. Thompson Of Kingfield has
a somewhat sizeable potato story.
when he claims to have dug from one
hill Sc potatoes. He admitted that they
were of medium size only.
Hunting items are now coming in
profusion from the woods and most of
them are good ones. James Guptil of
Hastings while out about two miles
from the opening last Saturday met
a huge bear. Guptil fired at Bruin
but only hit him hard enough to make
him furious. The bear turned and
faced him, showing fight and 1t re-
auired FIVE more bullets before he
fell, a few feet in front of Guptil. The
bear was reported to weigh 400 pounds.
Two Rumford men, Frank Filing
wood and Virgil Abbott, plan to have
about 100 traps set during the entire
season. They visited the traps for the
first time last week and found quite an
assortment, including three raccoons,
two skunks and FIVE foxes. They also
shot three handsome deer while on the
same trip. Writ Wiggin of the same
town often carries a gun when out
in his auto and has so far this sea-
son shot. six partridges. a
November f. 1S64-Among the
wounded reported in the previous
Thursdays battle the names of Lieuts.
Engams and Kies of the Sth Maine
were given New Sharon women col
lected and shipped to the soldiers 20
barrels of apples.