The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-08

temperature low.
City Clerk Carleton Doak b.. had . ..r;ea ~
severe colds and has been confined to his
nome since last Thursday with a case of the
grip.
YET your ticket for "Our Folks,n' the 8 act
urama 10 be given in the Methodist church
tonight by the young men and women of the
baraca and Philathea classes of the Sunday
school. Oae night only.
Inc meeting of Waldo County Pomona
Grange. which was to have beer ha,d x,;.h
seaside TRANCE Tuesday. was postponed until
Yesterday, Wednesday. on account of the
ufii'eo condition of the country roads.
The meeting of the D. A. R. was pos:noned
from last Monday evening to tomorrow Fri
day. evening on account of the storm Tbev
Will meet at 7.3O p. M with Mrs Thomas r
bowker and will have the program ASSIGNED
for Monday.
Inc FEBRUARY meeting of the City Govern.
ment, called for Monday night, was POSTPONED
on account of the storm, to Wednesday Fab
tn' at L3O p. m. The designations of NIGHT
watch Harrison B. Toothaker and William
Gray' rendered to the city officials last week
are to be acted UPON at this meeting.
The Travellers Club will be entertained Nv
Mrs. Chas M. Craig and Miss Caroline M. Cut.
ter, Tuesday Feb. 18th. Program: Paner
Temples and Shrines of JAPAN" by Mrs. John
R. Dunton; reading. Beauty and Labor in the
Daily Life" by Miss Nellie H. Hopkins; read
ing. Shops and Shopping" by Miss Annie l.
Barr
The Junior Alliance Camp Fire girls have
finished their ceremonial garments and head
bands and will have their first meeting i'm fuu
regalla at the Unitarian parsonage tomorrow.
Friday. at $50 p. m. All will be initiated in
the first degree. The symbolic service will he
used and honors awarded for the work done
the past three months A picnic supper will
be served
s. S. L. Shute, chief of the fire department
took unusual precaution last Monday night on
account of the drifted condition of the streets
and mad hose loaded on sled and kept five
men at the engine house until 10 o'clock and
three until Tuesday morning The DEPART
ment was ready to respond at a moments
notice and the expense was very small. The
new engine arrived in Burnham Monday and
was brought to Belfast Tuesday.
Game Warden Walter l. Neal was called to
Waldo Feb LIST by Warden Skidmore of Lib
erty, who h I'D been notified the day before by
a +bo sGn
two dead cow-moose. A tier looking the moose
over 1t plainly seen that both had been
shot and probably some months ago The
moose were discovered by Will Marden and
others out hunting and were half buried in
snow on the edge of the woods in pasture
portion of the farm not often visited in winter
The penalty for shooting a COW moose is $500
fine or imprisonment
Belfast will be well represented at the Rows
Convention in Lewiston the last of this week
as George H. Robertson, director for Waldo
county, with Raymond Young, Maurice Cobb,
Alton Andrews, Winfield Mariner, Lester
Pitcher and Carroll Parker of group No. l.
and Rudolph Sanders. leader, with Frank
Downs. Ira Trundy, Melvin Wood and Harold
Bradford of group No. 2, will leave tomorrow.
Friday. for the convention. They plan to re-
main over Sunday. Seven of the boys are
members of the H. H. class of the Baptist
church, Mr.. Robertson, teacher
BELFAST OPERA HOUSE. All who wish to
see one of the finest programs Of the year
should make it point to attend either of the
two shows at and 8 80 tonight at the Opera
House. The feature attraction will be popu-
lar Marguerite Clark in MOLLY Make-Be
lieve,' perturbation of the celebrated 70.
nance by Eleanor HalloWell Abbott In addi-
ton. the Hearst News, comedy cartoons and
beautiful scenics will be shown. Friday, an
elaborate reproduction of Charles Dickens
beloved work, Great Expectations" is the
feature attraction. Jack Pickford as Pin and
Louise Huff as Estella in love with Pip give
fine portrayals. Saturday, matinee and even.
ing, Gladys Brockwell is offered in strong
Fox feature, "Sins of Her Parent" Thrills
laughs, tears and happy ending are the domi-
mating characteristics of this drama. Mon
day. fine holiday program headed by House
Peters and Myrtle Stedman in 1.-The Hapni
of Three Women" Tuesday evening,
The Jockey of Heath" a drama of thrills:
Wednesday evening, Gail Kane in 1.-The Men
She Married"
HAVE WE Boy BURGLARS? The building on
the wharf of the Eastern Steamship Corpora
ton in this city was entered Wednesday night,
Jan. 3lst. The slip was apparently lowered
and entrance made into the freight shed, then
the window was broken in the office and the
catch lifted. The break was not discovered
until Thursday morning. Although things
were in a much disturbed condition, nothing
had been taken. as no money is left there.
Judge Lord has the names of several small
boys who are suspected of this "break," as
we'll as those at the Whiting creamery and
Belfast Candy Co. Two older boys, whom
the police are watching, have volunteered to
round up the small boys. one OF them remark
ing:"The police are good: it takes 6 thief
to catch thief" Four boys have been close
ly questioned but do not seem to be guilty and
no charge has as yet been preferred against
them. AS to the creamery break Mr.. L.
F. Marden. the manager, does not think it
was boys, but a man who took only cream and
brought jars III which to carry it off, as the
creamery cans are marked and easily identified,
The WEATHER. For the past two weeks or