The Republican journal., 1914-08-27

The rowboat recently advertised in The
Journal was returned to the owner. Ac-
vertising in The Journal pays.
The Waldo County Veteran association
will meet with Union Harvest Grange. Center
Montville, Sept. 3rd; if stormy. the next fair
day.
Word has been received from the State Su-
perintendent of Schools that the Waldo coun-
ty teachers convention has been postponed
indefinitely.
The steamer Golden Rod will make another
excursion next Sunday to Crescent Beach by
way of electric cars from Camden. The camp
meeting at Temple Heights is still on and
landings will be made there each way and
there is band concert at Oakland Park every
Sunday afternoon.
The Central Maine Fair at Waterville opens
Sept. LIST and continues for four days, and will
present the best attractions money can buy,
with something new and up-to- date and never
seen in Maine before. Band concerts every
afternoon and evening. Grand display of fire.
works Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Good races, etc.
VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTs Petitions as volun-
tary ban krupts have been been filed in the
office of clerk of the U. 8. District court by:
Philemon W. Pitcher, Northport, Liabilities,
S517 Assets, $256. Principal creditor listed,
Horace Chenery, Belfast. Others for smaller
amounts of Lincolnville. Belmont, Camden and
Belfast Attorney, J. R. Dunton. Belfast.
Frank M. Fairbanks, Unity. undertaken. Lii
abilities $6O95. Assets $4375. Principal credi-
tors listed, Waldo Trust company, Bracket,
Shaw & l.unt, Somerswortb, N. H., and Geo.
W. Toppan & Co., Fairfield. Attorney, Arthur
Richie, Belfast.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. The report of
Ste phen S. L. Shute, chief of the fire depart
ment, for July shows the smallest number OF
fires for any month during the three years
that Chief Shute has served, there being only
three telephone calls for chimney fires, with
no damage in any instance. This is the small
est record, in fact, since six years ago, when l.
T, Clough was chief, and the city went from
Just after Thanksgiving until March without
an alarm of any kind. There have been no
alarms this month up to date.
THE MAINE REGISTER. Mr.. H. V. Starrett
was in Belfast last week delivering that indis-
pensible handbook, the Maine Register, for
19l4-l5 This book. starting as a manual Of
$40 pages in 1870, has grown in size and merit
with each succeeding year, until the present
edition gives book of 1910 pages, every page
filled with information concerning the State of
Maine. Mr.. Granville M. DOMAIN of Port
land has compiled the book annually for over
forty years and the edition of today shows the
| result of his careful work in every page. 1t is
book which no man doing business in Maine
| can afford to be without.
THE MASONIC CLUB. This recently organ
! lied club, which now has a membership of 81
and is still growing, had house warming al
its rooms in Masonic Temple Tuesday evening
Aug. 18th, when refreshments were served
and a smoke talk enjoyed. The club rooms
consist of large reading and reception room
! large card room. All have been re-decorateG
and newly furnished and present very at
tractive appearance with their ivory enamel
paint and quiet, effective wall papers. The
furniture is of the Dutch craft type, in fumed
oak with comfortable leather upholstered
chairs. The club is for members of the Ma
sonic order.
There was large crowd considering the
low temperature Tuesday evening at the band
concert.w which was one of the best of the season.
The eighth concert will be given tomorrow,
Friday, evening at the usual hour. Following
is the program:
March, "Battleship Calyonia.'' Crosby
Overture 81 Puritani," Bellini
Waltz, "Silver Rhine" Meissler
March, "La Sorella,' Bouel-Cluc
Serenade. ''Soldiers Dream, Ryley
Popular ''Think of the Girl Down Home"
State
March. &C. G. H." R. P, Chase
Final, America
j. Lee Patterson, director.
NORTH BELFAST. Miss Carrie Brier of
Winter Hill, Mass, spent last week with her
family at the Brier home, returning home last
Monday :. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Conant of
Lowell, Mass, are passing few weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Mackie and Mrs. E. C.
Merriam. >. Dexter Wiley and daughter of
Houlton, who visited his parents, Capt. and
Mrs. E. w. Wiley. last week. returned to their
home Monday :. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry A.
Kurdish and daughter Clara Kurdish, who
spent a vacation of two weeks in tn cir home
here, returned to Howard, R. I. Monday to
resume their positions in the State institutions
%. MIR. and Mrs W. 5. Hatch and daughter
Grace visited her parents. Mr.. and Mrs Reuben
Sibley,in Freedom three days of this week..
Mrs, M. F. Hurd, who had been j n Bangor for
several weeks, arrived home Saturday. -. Miss
Helen Brown. who was teacher for six weeks
in summer school in Burlington. Vt, arrived
Saturday and is with Miss Mile Mitchell. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mason and grand -daugh-
ter. Barbara. went to Sabattus last Saturday
to visit their children, Mr.. E. A. Mason and
Mrs. Nina stevens.
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