The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-02

/ Five reels OF pictures and band concert is
what you get for dime at the Opera House
! tonight. Hear the Invader" composed and
arranged by Mr.. W. n Lower, Clarinet Virtuoso
of The Belfast Band
| Mrs. Leroy Strout entertained the Once-in
"a While club Monday afternoon at her home
In Main street. Every member was present
and delightful afternoon was passed At
five O'Clock coffee served with chicken
salad, hot tea biscuits, olives and waters.
Mrs Virgil L. Hall will be the next hostess
BOARD OF TRADE. AT meeting of the Bel
fast Board of Trade Friday evening, March
9th. various matters of interest to the city
were discussed. The plan for having a two
J days circus in June, in which local features
may be introduced, is outlined in another col
umn. The matter of dredging the harbor was
taken up, and it was decided that channel 200
feet wide up to the steamboat wharf, then
narrower, with basin in which to turn large
steamers, would make the harbor desirable as
an outlet for the great Canadian northwest,
and put the city in line to negotiate with the
Canadian railroad managers for the sale of the
Belfast branch at the expiration of the lease
in 1919. It would also ensure the transfer of
the Bar Harbor business from Rockland to
Belfast, and ensure the building of hotel for
summer travel. An interesting feature of
the meeting was talk by Edward R. Pierce
on "What the City Needs and What the Board
of Trade Can Do" Mr.. Pierce has had much
practical business experience, takes deep in
terest in the welfare of the city and his talk
was so interesting that the board voted to
have it published and it will be printed in next
weeks issue of The Journal
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. The Republicans of
Belfast met in the Court house Tuesday even
ing to elect delegates to the State convention
in Augusta April 9th and to elect city COM
mittee of four from each ward. Carleton
Doak, ESQ.,, chairman of the city committee,
called the caucus to order and Charles S. Bick
ford was chosen as chairman, William X. Keene
as secretary. W. A. Mason presented list of
nine delegates and they we're duly elected. the
secretary casting the vote for the caucus, and
nine alternates were chosen in like manner.
The delegates and aternates are as follows:
Delegates, ID. ". DuZZell D. w. MOI tou w. T.
Frost w. L. West, C. W. Wescott, A. B. STAN
tial, F. N. Slavery, c. 6. Havener. Carleton
Doak; alternates, C. R. Coombs, ]. E. Hayes,
Arthur Richie, F. M. Smalley, c. F. Thomp-
son, w. G. Preston. V. A. Simmons, W. A.
Mason, Fred Sanborn. The caucus then
took recess to enable the wards to elect
their members of the city committee. When
the convention was again called to order they
responded as follows:
WARD ONE H. C. Buell. C. R. Coombs, J.
E. Hayes Frank R. Keene.
WARD Two v. A. Simmons, Fred Tooth
aker. P. D. H. Carter. C. F. Thompson.
WARD THREE. w. G. Preston, Fred M
Smalley, A. B. Smalley, Earle Braley.
WARD Four. Chas. G. Havener, Harry
Toothaker Two vacancies to be filled
WARD FIVE. A. G. Michaels. A. E. Stantia|,
]. o. Olson, Horace Nickerson.
The committee was organized as follows:
H. C. Buzzell, chairman; Charles R. Coombs,
secretary. and v. A. Simmons treasurer. There
was good attendance of representative citi-
zens and despite the outside influences brought
to bear to create dissension the utmost har-
mony prevailed. There were no noisy demon
strations but quiet determination to get to-
gether and work together for victory at the
polls next September.