Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-18

Our oath resounds. the river flows,
In golden light our banner CLOVIS:
Our hearts will guard thy stream divine
The Rhine. the Rhine, the German
Rhine."
\ Bath man remarks OF the new town
clerk Of Phippsburg tina, he never drank
liquor, not even cider. never uses pro-
fame language and never used tobacco
! in any form. yet singular to relate is
a very capable and companionable man.
! This official Is Walter J. Small and Clerk
Smalrs father also was an abstaine.
from liquor. tobacco, and profane Ian
suage. Sometimes even in this degen-
crate political age, moral man is elect
ed to Office.
Elmer Greenleaf Of Westport had ?;
fine new lobster traps along side his
camp until someone smoking q cigar,
! cigarette or pipe arrived and dropped a
spark in the loose leaves. The place
was thoroughly cleaned UP.
/ The city water pressure at Bath has
shown during the past winter about u
pounds more than the winter before
owing directly, the company thinks, to
4 house TO house inspection last fall,
which resulted in finding leaks in 600 to
400 houses and washers furnished for
the faucets. ~
| Chief of Police O'Donohue-who is
| to be re-appointed. as announced in
| Saturdays Eews-will inaugurate q
| new system this morning. said The
| Bangor News March Is. The expen-
I sive search for liquor, which at best
| had an effect upon but a few of the
| principal saloons, will be abandoned
| and this will give men and time 70,
/ other ard much-needed work. 1t viii
! now be possible to have the residen-
| tial districts thoroughly patrolled-a
| move that Will be appreciated. Again
! Chief ODonohue plans to inaugurate
! a vigorous campaign against pan
! handlers. who have been decidedly i,
! evidence Of late. and Judge blanchard
! Will be requested 20 give those brought
| before him the full penalty of the law
Particular attention will be paid to ths
I vicious class that preys upon Ii.
woodsmen, who will soon be sWarmins
! into Bangor by the hundred. Chic
! O'Donoaue will this year be given {
much better opportunity to exercise
mis- own ideas, and he will receive tn.
! hearty cooperation Of all having Tx
! good standing OF the department a
| heart.
a peculiar accident happened las
| Thursday to Whetmore Duncan, aseC
| 1e, near Pressure Isle. He was haul
ing a ton load OF furniture and pro
| duce on q sled, when one horse stun
bled, throwing him from the seat. H.
| grabbed for the harness, which fright
ened the horses and they began :,
| run. duncan fell &c the ground ant
the sled was passing over his chest
when the reins caught under the run
ner and stopped the horses. Duncan:
brother was with another team behInt
-! and soon came up and was obliged
! to cut the reins and see the heavy iCaC
| pass over his brothers form before IN
could extricate him. He was takeI
! Friday to the Pressure Isle hospita
where his condition is said to be Sc
| rious. His father was killed about 81!
! months ago BY being thrown from {
| team in the field.
The Houlton band has reorganizet
under such favorable conditions thai
it is expected that the town will hav,
the best band it ever had. Where las
year the band lacked clarinets. tn.
boys now have five good ones.
The chimney Of the Baptist church
at Calais is built SO as to form par
Of the front Of the church and is henc,
both ornamental and useful. But t.
the stranger it is puzzling affair
when he sees the smoke APPARENT,
coming out OF the building in such {
| way as to make him think the church
is on fire and then be laughed at fol
his fear and promptness to yell Fire.
| Three ladies last Saturday called tn,
| firemen there and the latter almos
had water pouring into the church
when the janitor appeared and-as h,
/ ho