Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-17
Maine Affairs at
National Capital

lNdtlUudl Sdpitoi
Senator Johnson cleared his docket
| of postmasters for the present when
the nominations re~ Bar Harbor, Hal
| lowell, Houlton and Machias were
made the other day, says Washing
ton special to the Bangor CONNER
cial. These included some of the most
difficult contests the Democratic SEN
ator has had to handle since Mr.. VIII
son became President. Senator john
son has gone easy on these hard
! fought contests anong his constituents
and has soueht in every instance
| best he could to give the followers of
rival candidates an opportunity to fight
out their battles and determine what
local sentiment was regarding taem.
Readers of the Commercial are ia
miliar with the contest at Bar Har-
Dor, which has been dragging along for
many months. The salaries of these
four last postmasters are all tolerabiy
good, as federal pay goes in Maine. The
postmaster at Bar Harbor draws $500
| year and G. r. JOY, the eRepublican
incumbent has had several months
of grace over his four years term, as
his commission expired Dec. 81 last.
Houlton, too, has cen dragging along
| for the four years term of Republican
Postmaster F. NJ. Hume was up Feb.
| /. last, the salary there also being
$500 a year.
Hallowell office pays $4,000 a year
and the term of the Republican post
master, Fitz Morris Fish, was up on
March L. But there has been hot
contest at HallowelI and Senator
johnson was loath to make recon-
mendation till the candidates had
demonstrated more definitely their
strength. The Machias office pays
$1,000 a year and the term of POST
ma ster E. H. Bryant expired March Il.
Other Maine Matters
A letter from the acting secretary
of the treasury, Mr.. Hamlin, submit
ing an estimate of $4,000 to ehaoie
the secretary of commerce to employ
temporarily, in addition to those no"
| provided by law. persons to enforce
| laws to prevent the oVercroWdlhs Vi
passenger and excursion vessels. ask
ed $3.50 for one inspector in the FORT
! land -Wiscasset district at the rate OF
$3.50 a day.
Maine visitors at Washington re-
Gently included State Librarian Henry
q PRINCE. Rev. William F. Living
stone of Augusta, Prof. George 7. Lit
lie of Bowdoin, Hon. John a, Roberts,,
State commissioner of agriculture ana
Ralph Smith of Augusta.
The following fourth class postnas-
ters in Maine will be REQUIRED TO re-
new their bonds during the month %
Tune. AT Clark's Mill, Eustis Moose
head Prout's Neck, Turner ana Wes'
Scarboro.
Ia Forest X. Robbins has been APP
nointed as rural carrier on route NO
(. out OF Belfast, Me, il place d HOT
ace D. Miles. ,,ro.
The postoffice at Fairfield and Oro-
no Me have beea advanced from the
third to the second presidential Grass
This means that an increasing VOL
ume of postal business is TRANSACTED
there and that the salaries OF the posi-
masters will be advanced accofalhslS
Southwest Harbor Service
The department has given notice OF
tho establishment of postal service
from Bar Harbor to Southwest haf
bor from July / to Sept. 80, 1914. loF
s120O. The service is TO be performed
~, tho Maine Central Railroad ana -
~ he IL times a week land back IL
Zines week and as much oftener as
boats NAV run, The Maine Central Is
n SUNNY the service between the
nos,offiee and wharf at Bar Harpof
and the Department is to provide mes
senger service at other points on the
j ito The Maine Central is not TO DC
roo,irad to furnish room for exciu-
- VOC in the distribution of mails
~ nrovide room or meals for the
nost.I clerk. Notice is also given Oh
the establishment OF steatlpoa. se
vice for mail between CastlHe ~,
Rockland by the Maine Ceh'iai
road for a similar period anu uiiee'
similar conditions on scheoule go
isfactory to the department II ooe's'
RIM later than Sept. 80 the man sei
vice is to be continued The rate %
nav for mall transportation on ms
route is to be 5000. no 6
The comptroller of the currency ha ]
annroved of the application TO orsah-
iza the First National Bank OIL ven a
puren Me. with a capital of s2o'ooo'
The correspondent in the transactioi'
,sr. " Thibodeau of Van Buren,. ON
~. interested in the bank are J. Mar
Tin 7, e. Martin. Martin q Nio1ette'
ner Joseph Martin, F. ], Parent anu
A. J. Dumals.
More Maine Petitions
Senator Burleigh has presented Pc
tltions from numerous citizens OF
| Weld, in Cumberland county: OF citi'
zens of Belfast and Jefferson, OF Smyr'
ma Mills and likewise from sundrI
| citizens of South Paris, Rowland
| Woolwich and Byron, asking for ma
\ tional prohibition. which We're refer