The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-23

Mile-Tree Lodge. Northport avenue, the
summer home of Mrs. McLane OF Washington,
D. c.. has been rented for the summer by her
nephew. Allen McLane of Baltimore.
Miss Ella l. Smalley was the hostess Mon
dav of the Clerical Force Club of the Waldo
Telephone & Telegraph Co at her home on
salmopd street. After delicious supper the
voune ladies attended the moving pictures at
the Opera House.
The next meeting Of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will be with Mrs. L. F. Cannon, 48 Con-
gross street. Monday afternoon April 9th.
The roll-call, favorite quotations. The lesson
is from the C. l.. S. C. book, "Schmucker's
Evolution" chapters three and four.
President Robert J. Alley, of the University
of Maine, will address the Home and School
Association at Memorial Hall at P. M, tomor-
row. Friday. Subject of the address is The
Relation of the Community to the School.
Pres. Alley has national reputation as lead
err in education and this will be the most i'm
portant address of the year on educational
lines. Admission has been made free to all,
whether members of the Association or not.
Please give US good audience, whatever the
weather.
THE CITY REPORTS The ex-Mayor resorts
to his usual Misrepresentation in what ne
| saws in his personal organ last week of the
| contract for printing the city reports. AS to
the number of reports to be printed, GOO. 1t is
| the same as last year, when there were more
! than enough to meet the demand. The price
this year is 81 per page. Last year the
MAYORS printing Office received, illegally, Sl4u
| per page. Nor is that all. The reports fol-
| 1928 were padded to increase the number OF
pages. For conspicuous examples see the re-
| port of the committee for appropriations,
! page 80, which is started below the top.of the
| page SO as to carry three or four lines over to
| the next page, the remainder of which Is iet'
! blank; and the report of the City Marshal
| page los, which if started in line with the
milk inspectors report on the opposite page'a
| it should have been, would have only occupied
| one page, but is dropp I'd down SO as to carry
over few lines to the opposite page The city
had therefore to pay $3.50 for two practically
blank pages; and further than that every dol
lar paid to the Waldo County Herald for sd
vertising and printing has been in violation OF
| the statutes and of the city charter.
A HORSE TALE. Wednesday evening, April
| 18th, Mrs. Arthur A. Moore, Spring street
placed lighted lantern outside the front door
about 7.3O for her husband, who was expected
! home at that time. Soon after she saw 8
? Young man take the lantern and cross the
street to the stable of Charles M. Young
opposite. She followed him and demanded the
lantern, Ind it was handed to her after the
man had lighted another lantern hanging in
the stable. He had team hitched up, the
horse and harness belonging to Frank Osser
and the carriage to Mr.. Young.and Mrs. Moore
supposing he had ermission to take then
thought nothing more of it. The Young fam
lily were attending the operatta at the Colo
NAL, and the loss of the team was not dis
covered until about II p. M, when Sheriff
| Cushman and City Marshal Edgecomb were
| notified. team answering the description Of
the one stolen was seen crossing the bridge
containing two men, at about $50 o'clock. ane
| later in Monroe, and the authorities along the
| line we're notified. Thursday afternoon the en-
| tire outfit was found to have been left at the
| Phenix House stable by the unknown thief. Il
! appears that man drove in at an early houl
| Thursday morning and left word with thu
night man to put the horse up and give it tt
the first man who called for it. This was don't
!! and nothing more was thought of it until thu
story of the theft was noised about the street
!, when the horse was examined and found tt
answer the description of the one lost. Tit
! owners were sent for and identified thei
property and there the matter rests. INT
| horse had been driven hard.