Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-03
Coming of August Calls
Many People to
This Popular Re
sort by the Sea
Island Association Holds Satur.
day Afternoon It's Annual
Meeting-Officers Elected for
The Year-Fire Protection on
The Island One of the Matters
--Discussed--What the Vaca-
tionists Are Doing

Capitol Island, Me-, Aug. 2.-(Spe-
ciaD.-The Capitol Island Association
held its annual meeting Saturday aft
ernoon at the Casino and several mat
ters of interest to the property owners
OF the island were taken up and dis
cussed. Among the> business transact
ed was the passage of a vote that no
dividends be declared without a vote
of the stockholders. 1t was also voted
that the sum of $1,000 be drawn from
the general account and put into a
permanent fund. It was voted that a
lady member be added to the board of
directors and the unanimous choice
of the meeting was Mrs. S. NJ. Patten
of Gardiner, she being elected for FIVE
years. The question Of fire protection
on the island was taken up and dis
cussed at some length and a commit
tee was appointed to take the mat
ter under consideration.
Following the general melting the
directors of the association met and
elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows: President, E. E. Lewis of the
National Home. Togus; vice president,
DR.. K. w. Small of Richmond; secre-
tary and treasurer, F. A. Danforth of
Gardiner.
Matters in general on the island are
as lively as usual and while there was
not during the month of July as large
a gathering Of vacationists as peopled
the island last year-a condition which
Is also true of other coast resorts
everybody is having a god time and
the Saturday and Sunday arrivals in
dicated that August is going to make
a better showing. Boating seems to
have the call this season and every
body is doing it. Capt. Charles Wade
and Capt. Bert Knight, the official
Shippers of the island, are having a
good run of business and not only are
il. demand during the days but dur
ing the past few evenings have taken
many of the islanders out for moon
light s5ils around the island of South
port. Other diversions include a week.
ly hop al the Casino and card parties
both at the Casino and the cottages.
Another source of enjoyment for the
more exclusive of the young people
is "twosing" after nightfall on the
rocks at the south end of the island
and also on those along the west
shore-a diversion which has been pop
ular ever since the island became a
summer resort and probably always
will be.
Another sport which is popular
among the islanders is that of fishing.
both from the rocks along shore.
ha
catch the toothsome Gunner and deep
sea fishing trips after cod and had
dock. Several parties have been out to
Pumpkin Rock during the past two
weeks, where some good catches were
made, and the tales which have been
told by those fishermen have gone far
toward exciting the interest of others
hwo yet await the opportunity. Capt.
Knight is the boss fisherman to date
and his story of the capture by him
of a shark IA feet and as big round
as barrel is listened to in open
mouthed awe by the uninitiated, es-
peeially that part of the details which
tells of the finding in the sharks
stomach of three Goldfish weighing
from 10 to Is pounds each fish having
in its Jaws a hook and portion of
the line by which 1t had been caught
in a trawl when the shark snapped 1t
up.
One of the daily visitors at the is
land is Capt. Daniel Strout who, al
though he is a resident of Southport,
is as much a part of Capitol as is the
spring of water over in the grove.
Capt. Strout will be ~ years old in
October and is the milk man of the
island. 1t has not been recorded just
how many years he has been bringing
milk to the cottagers but 1t is a long
time, and his visits are just as reg
ular as the sunset. Capt. Strout is still
hale and hearty and were it not for
a slight impeachment in his pedal ex-
tremities, the result of an accident
while he was working at the carpen-
ters trade in Boston many years ago.
he would be as spry as cricket. Just
now he is engaged in getting his an
nual crop of hay from Capitol, Burnt
Island and Mouse Island, which is
quite an undertaking, and he allows
that the crop this year will be big
one He is well-known to the home
folks among the islanders and his
evening calls are one of the events of
the day.
This month on the island constitutes
the height of the summer season ana
indications are that it will be lively
Nearly all Of the cottages are open
and a noticeable feature in connection
Herewith is the number of young peo-
pie on the island. The Richardson
House, the islands only hotel is full
to OVERCOMING, and Capt. ST. Hamilton,
who makes a speciality of furnishing
meals. is also doing a good business