Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-11-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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..,ur;us the boat aft the pressure on
hole was Iessened. At this inoppor-
moment the engine "bucked up,
.ad desperate work At the oars and battling
-. necessary before the shore was
".cbed. It was an experience none Of
rarty cares to repeat.
The funeral OF Capt. John 0. Kief was
..,a last Thursday afternoon at the
,s.,nodist church, Rev. T. y. Ross ofiiciat-
mo There was : large attendance OF
,-;snds and comrades OF the Grand Army
ast Many beautiful flowers were sent
r. friends. SONS OF the deceased acted as
s.srsrs. All the sons were present except
frank. OF Boothbay, who was unable to
-. connections at Rockland in time to
each here for the funeral, but who came
r,idav for visit of few days. Details Of
,hs accident by which Capt. Kief lost his
,,,s a, the mill in Lawrence, Mass, will
,over be known, as there were no witnesses.
uis body was found early Tuesday morn
inc ON the lower floor Of the mill, near the
elevator shaft. The position OF the body
outside the gate, which protects the elevs-
,or shaft. leads to the belief that Capt.
Kiet was caught between the ceiling OF
the first floor and the floor Of the elevator
40 Il assembled There we're signs OF life
when the body was discovered very few
minutes after the accident happened, but
Can't. Kiei died before an ambulance ar
rived.
A warrant has been sworn out by
August Holz, the baker, for the arrest OF
Kurt Hyper. who has been employed by
him as baker for the past year, and who is
charged with stealing f65 from Mr.. Holz.
Bpper was baker on board the German
liner KronpriDzessin Cecelie, which
sought refuge ct Bar Hsrbor at the out
break Of the European war last summer.
He came to Ellsworth in October, and
had been employed by Mr.. Holz ever
since. Last Wednesday evening, while
Mr.. Holz was attending show at Han
cock hall, someone smashed in the bot
tom OF a drawer in desk in the bakery,
and stole S65. The theft was not discov-
cred until Thursday morning. Then Mr.
Holz went to Hipper's room over the
bakery. He did not find Hyper, but be
found the small box that had contained
the money. Inquiry disclosed the fact
that Mr.. Hyper had hired an automobile
to take him to Bangor about 9 o'clock
Wednesday evening, and from Bangor
had taken the midnight train west. As
yet, Hipper has not been apprehended,
but Mr.. Holz hopes to catch him yet.
meeting OF the Hancock county far m
ers' association was held Saturday evening
in the county agents room over Moore's
drug store. Reports OF the fall blowing
campaign inaugurated by the association
showed that it had accomplished crafty
ing results. 1t is estimated that fully fifty
per cent. more acreage has been turned
over in Hancock county this fall than
usual. Plans for the demonstration work
for next year were discussed. The past
years work has been largely devoted to
economical demonstrations. Next year it
is proposed to make comparative demon
STATIONS the feature - treating one-half
an orchard or one half a crop by the best
known methods, and leaving the other
half to the ordinary treatment, and letting
the results speak for themselves. An ef-
fort will also be made soon to awaken in
terest in the boys and girls clubs. Other
counties are alive to this work, but Han
cock county in this respect has been
little backward, owing largely to the lack
OF competent local leaders. 1t is hoped to
secure leaders who will inspire the girls
and boys Of Hancock county to emulate
the example set in other counties and
other states. The county agents room, by
the way, is more and more becoming an
assembling place for farmers. The room
is brimful OF interest for them, and with a
stable library on agricultural topics, a
table filled with up-to-date agricultural
literature, and . constantly growing ex-
hibit of agricultural produce, seeds, dis
eased woods, vegetables, etc., any
farmer can put in profitable and interest
ing hours there. 1t will do him good,
also, to keep in touch with County Agent
Worden. The room is free to their use, as
to the public generally, and should be
taken advantage OF.