Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-12


1t was not bought because intoxica-
ton was increasing in Houlton but |
rather as source Of help to our police
and thinks it will be ready for busl- |
ness after it is painted, repaired, tires
replaced and a few minor things like
| these done.
| Bangor seems to see powerful ar
gument for the establishment of a
term of the United States court in that
/ city in the fact that at the recent term
at Portland all but two of the cases to
be heard originated in places nearer
Bangor than Portland. Others are Of
the same opinion.
Rev. H. G. Archer, pastor of the Re
formed Baptist church in Fort Fairfield
for the past two years, has resigned,
his labors there to cease in June next.
He expects to enter the evangelistic
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Wentworth
Of North Berwick on Saturday cele"
brated the 50th anniversary of their
marriage, following the celebration on
Friday of the Silver wedding of their
son Edgar and wife of Berwick. Both
couples were married by Rev. Mr. Ma
son of North Berwick. Many con-
gratulations were received.
Gardiner G. Deering of Bath, who at SO
holds the distinction of being the coun-
try's Oldest active shipbuider, will give
a new addition to the Corliss Street Free
| Baptist church, in which there will be a
special room for the Mems Club. Plans
have been drawn and only the best of
material will be used, the extension to be
equipped with all modern Improvements,
| the entire expense to be met by Mr.. Deer
ing, who is intensely interested in re-
Iigious work.
Bar Harbor people at Saturdays
townmeeting favored the new 1S-hole
golf course and voted to raise $4,000
for the purchase Of land for park pur-
poses in connection with securing the
course. 1t is understood that the pro-
posed development of the golf course
will cost about $4,000 and it will be
ready for use in 1917.
Just note the way the Lincoln
Chronicle raps the non advertising
merchants Of that town:
If the merchants in town have any
thing to sell, the most Of them are
keeping it profound secret.
The 24-hour run at Is knots
which has been required Of the tor
pedo boat destroyers on their official
trial trips has been reduced to a six
hour run in the contract for the des-
troyers Davis and Allen now under
construction at the Bath Iron Works.
The destroyer No. "A. for which the
Bath Iron Works has the contract
which calls for a 12-hour run at 25
knots, will also have to make only a
6-hour at that speed. The 24-hour run
has always been carried through with
flying colors by all boats of the Bath
Iron Works, but the change will be
hailed with pleasure by the Bath Iron
Works men who man the boats on
their trials.
Passengers on Conductor Dow's
train from Rockland to Bath Monday
morning were startled during the trip
across the Kennebec river when a wo-
man who boarded the train at Rock
land was suddenly taken ill and Gre
ated considerable excitement. Before
the boat landed on the. Bath side, the
passenger list had been increased by
the arrival Of little baby girl. The
infant was kindly cared for by two
young lady passengers who also gave
the mother gentle and kindly atten-
ton. The train was delayed in Bath,
a doctor and an ambulance arrived
and the mother and daughter were re-
moved to the Bath City Hospital The
baby was alive and the mother was
reported nicely in the afternoon. She
is native Of Sweden and her name
was Annie Frien. She had been visit
ing her sister in Rockland and was on
her way home to Boston. She will re-
main at the hospital until in health
to resume her journey.
The last of the once famous summer
hotels at Campobello, n. B., across the
bay from PASSPORT, the old Owen, is
being dismantled and will soon be torn
down and the lumber used for the
erection of several small cottages. The
Owen. now called the Inn, occupies an
imposing site on Deer Point, formerly
part OF the grounds surrounding the
old home of Adj Owen, who for MANY
wears previous to his death had charge
OF Campobello Island, by a grant from
the King of England. After his death
the family returned to England and the
place was sold to syndicate Of Bos-
ton real estate men who had three
large hotel erected. For time the
place flourished as a famous summer
resort. until the building Of the fer
tilizer plant at the south end in East
port when the obnoxious odors, waited
across to Campobello, with the wind
from the west. caused the guests to
take their departure hurriedly. Since
then the place ceased to attract any,
one except those few families who own
expensive cottages there and last year
the two largest hotels the Tyn-y-coed
and Tyn-y-maes. were torn down and