The Republican journal., 1917-04-19

full attendance is requested at the meeting
Of A. E. Clark Camp, S. of ". next Monday
evening for special drill work.
| Morris L Slugg, superintendent of the Coe-
Mortimer c.. has bought the Russell house.
corner of Congress and Miller streets and will
occupy it after renovation and repairs.
Many looking forward with pleasure to
the dance to be given tomorrow, Friday, night
! in Memorial hall by the statesmen of the Coe-
Mortimer Co. 1t is an Invitation affair.
Last Monday afternoon the weatherwise
! predicted snow or rain. although the weather
bureau at Washington said fair weather. 1t
! cleared off in the evening, and Tuesday YVES
"brite and fair"
/ Mr.. A. Carpenter of Brooks. a business
caller at The Journal office Tuesday, remarked
that he not listed farmer. but that he
would plant 40 acres of potatoes and 60 acres
/ of oats this spring.
Miss Ruth Curtis of this city. student
nurse in the Beverly, Mass. hospital is criti-
cally Ill with rheumatic fever complicated
with heart trouble. Her mother Mrs. P. D.
/ H. Carter. is with her and has little hope IF her
recovery.
ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following let
tiers remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
office for the week ending April 18th: Ladies -
Mrs. Elizabeth Marriott Cook, Mrs Morgan
/ Foley. Mrs. H. H. Mitchell. Gentlemen
, Arthur P. Fcss. Mr.. M. ]. Howes. S. s. Wyman
! e letters,)
/ Almon Young, lineman for the N. E. Tel &
: lei. Co.. who has been in charge of crew of
men at work in Winterport. was seriously in
| jured there while at work and was taken to the
hospital at Rockland Monday for surgical
treatment. His mother, Mrs. Stella Young,
accompanied him. from Belfast.
| J.J Boder, boatswain's mate, stationed in
| Portland, was in Belfast last Friday and Sat-
urday to conduct the preliminary examination
Of volunteers for naval service. Six or more
were examined and four passed to take the
final test in Portland They we're Homer n,
Pendleton and Sumner P Yeaton of Islesborc.
! Fred W. Wiley of Belfast and Frederick ].
Cooper of Bluehill. They went to Portland
Monday. Mr. Boder came here from like
service in Rockland, whore four young men
/ passed the preliminary test.
! Twelve local milk dealers met Tuesday after.
noon in the city building and organized Bel
fast Branch of the New England Milk Pro.
ducers Association. with Ralph Hayford, presi-
dent; John F. Vickery Morrill,, vice president;
John H, Waterman, secretary and treasurer.
Eight men joined the Association. Assistant
State D Try Inspector Herbert Tucker of Au-
gusta was present and spoke on topics of in.
| terest to milk producers and consumers 1t is
thought there will be no advance in prices of
the milk products at present
DR.. Stanley D. Wilson of Rice Institute
Houston, Texas has accepted position as the
head of the Chemistry Department in the
Picking Union Medical College at Picking
China. an institution supported by the Rookie
Teller Foundation. DR.. Wilson was Sears
mont boy, the son of NJ. O. Wilson, now OF
Poor's Mills. ard for a time was student in
the Belfast High School and has macy friends
here WHO will be glad to hear of his fine posi-
ton. He expects to spend few weeks in
Belfast during the month of June and will then
go to Chicago to teach the summer term at
the University of Chicago before leaving in the
early fall for China.
The t. chers of the High school are ar
ranging for series OF talks by public spirited
citizens, to be given to the school occasionally,
Rev. Walter I. Hawthorne gave the first talk
last Friday morning, taxing for his subject
comparison of the public schools of Lo7 don,
FnpIan6 which ho nj cd hoy
the public schools of America He said that
in every particular the schools of our country
are superior, said that next to being ready to
meet all conditions of life like Christian sci
der, the best thing was to be q free born
American. OF the London secondary schools.
he said it was difficult for boy or girl to be-
come pupil unless they had some very pro-
nounced gift. Most of the boys and girls of
London completed their education in the ele-
mentary schools. In America the colleges
even open to all who are willing to work
for the higher education.
ANOTHER WINTER. The storm of
April End and the succeeding cold weather
thought to be the last of an unusually severe
winter. Moderate weather followed and the
snow rapidly disappeared. with the exception
of old drifts here and there. Last Friday
morning decidedly 81 ring. like. but in the
afternoon q snow storm set in and early in the
evening everything was covered with snow,
but the temperature was above freezing and
there were snowslides all through the night
Saturday morning early the sky was overcast,
the ground white and the trees sugar coated.
Later the sun came out and the snow slid from
the roofs, fell from the trees and melted in
the streets, and by noon it had all disappeared
save from the grass ground. This snowfall
should have taken out the last of the frost in
the ground and thereby shortened the mud
season and made early planting possible-pro-
vided other conditions are favorable.