Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-16
BELT
Funeral of the Late Mary B,
Cottrell-Fire Dept Fights
Fire in Belmont-K.
T. Election
NOTICE BY THE BELFAST
WATER COMPANY

funeral Of the late Mary B. Cottrell.
wife of Roscoe Cottrell Of Chicago,
formerly of Belfast, took place this
morning at the home of her sister. Mrs.
j. K. bennett, Union street. Mrs. Cot
trell died last Saturday in New York.
She is survived by her father. Asa F.
Riggs Of this city. by one brother,
Frank A. Riggs. and by three sisters,
Mrs. Annie T.. wife of j. X. bennett
of Belfast, Julue L., wife of Jordan
Coombs of Belfast, and Geneva r.,
wife of Fred G. Carter of Jackson
vile, Fla, also by her husband. She
was born in Belfast, Feb. IA, 1860. and
lived here until her marriage. The fu-
neral was held this morning at 8
o'clock. Rev. A. A. Blair of the Uni
versalist church officiating. The bear
ers were her brother, Mr.. Riggs, broth
ers-in-law, Mr.. bennett and Mr..
Coombs, and nephew-in-law, Leon
Beckwith. The interment was made
in Grove cemetery.
The annual meeting of Palestine
Commandery. K. T.. was held last
night and the following officers elect
ed: Norris l.. Slugg, eminent COM
mander; Charles r. Coombs, generals
simo; d. F. Stephenson, captain gen.
eral; Ralph H. Howes, senior war
den; T. Frank Parker. Junior warden;
Frank r. Woodcock, treasurer; Clifford
J. Pattee, recorder The other officers
are appointive. Prior to the election of
officers, the Order of the Red Cross
was conferred on one candidate and
later the Order of the Temple was
conferred.
No regular meeting of the Ladies of
the G. A. r. will be held next Tues
day but on Wednesday at P. M. a
special meeting for inspection will be
held. Mrs. Myrtle Perkins of Angus
ia, department president, and Mrs.
Wallace F. Tarbox of Fryeburg, past
department president, will be present
to make the inspection and a large at
tendance is desired. A light lunch will
be served.
The following notice has been given
out by the Belfast Water Co., which
speaks for itself: THE water supply
of Belfast has now reached the point
where the public safety demands ex-
IRENE caution. Any case reported to
this office where water is being vast
ed either carelessly or through negI-
gence will result in the water in such
places being shut off without further
notice" The long continued drough is
causing no little anxiety and extreme
care should be used in all cases.
The subject of the morning address
in the North church on Sunday will
be 1.-The Sides of the Pit" In the eve
by Underwood & Underwood will be
shown in the church with a brief adj
dress by the pastor, Rev. Haraden S.
Pearl, on the war. The pictures will
be mainly of Belgium and France,
where the battles have waged strong
est. The knights of King Arthur, Cas-
tie North, will hold it's meeting Fri
day night at the church at o'clock.
Another improvement along the Bel
fast water front is that which will be
made by the Matthews Bros in the
building of a wharf 20 X $50 feet. This
is built below the factory of the COM
pany and in the old shipyard of George
Gilchrist. A bullxhead inshore has been
built. greatly increasing the facility
of handling lumber from vessels. The
hrabor front has been materially
changed in the past few years and one
coming in after an absence of say, 10
years. would hardly know the place.
The first to attract the attention would
be the rows of cottages from the City
park to the steamboat wharf, nearly
all of which have been built within
the past six or seven years Then the
big improvements made at the East
ern Steamship piers and next the Bel
fast Fuel &, Hay dock. The Matthews
Bros latest improvements, the Cooper
Co. improvements, the big wharf and
storeheuses of the F'renchboro Land &
Fisheries Co., would all be a big sur
Prise to one absent for 10 years. Per-
haps the greatest change of all, how
ever. would be further up the harbor
when the big Lubec Sardine Co. plant
looms up near the lower bridge while
on the other side the largest fertilizer
plant in the country. the Coe Mortimer
CO., would cause some little consterna-
ton to the returning citizen. Other
changes and improvements would be
noted in the city above the wharves.
the enlarged shoe factory and the corn
factory, for the skyline has been ma
terially altered. And yet there are
tHOSe WHO tiidI pSlldSl HOS SNoou
still for rs years.
The annual meeting OF the Home and
School Association will be held at the
High school room at 7.3O on the 18th.
Officers will be elected. All interested
in the welfare of the schools are in
vited to join the association.
The first meeting of the season of
the Womans Alliance of the First
Parish (Unitarian) church will be held
on Nov. 5. An interesting program
for the winter has been arranged by
the committee.
An alarm was given this morning at
615 to call out the members of the
Belfast fire department to fight the
forest fire in Belmont and Belfast. This
fire has been raging for several days
and broke out in Belmont not far from
the Belfast line. Some 20 or more acres
in that town were burned over and the
fire crossed the line yesterday. A de-
tail of men from the Jielfast depart
ment under Assistant Engineer Clough
were out there all day and another
detail worked all night Ills morning
another crew was sent out and al