Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16
ELM CITY GOSSIP HEAD
by JOURNALS CLEANER

| Several farmers are taking the ad-
vantage of the dry weather and are
collecting dry leaves which they will
use this winter for bedding in their
stables instead of straw. Tuesday
| the farmers were more active in the
southern part Of the town, the Pine
| Grove cemetery being a fine place to
! gather the leaves.
| Three Colby football stars, or rath-
er, former football stars took con-
! spicuous places in good playing last
/ Saturday on Tie gridron. Bucknam,
| Colbys two-yoar tackle, played a
fine game with the bingham Naval
, Reserves as halfback. kallock and
Perry, former Colby brightlights, held
! up their good records, last Saturday
with Bowdoln against the Portland
Naval Reserves, Perry was to have
been Colby':s his year captain. Per
ny and kallock are big additions to
F3oWdoin's team which promises to be
the best college team in the state this
year.
A former NJ. G. /. football star was
7 in the city Monday and he said the
tSttocli tIittI NldlnS SCnlLd Woulu HIVE
q football team below average was
because, with The exception OF two,
every member of their last year.
| team had Joined either the Army or
tho Navy.
1t is known fact that Waterville
breeders OF thoroughbred stock, es-
pecially horses and poultry, are en-
oeavorins to better their stock. This
is along the line of the suggestions
! made by the government for Ameri-
can breeders TO get their stock into
first class condition owing to the fact
that foreign countries are already
making overturss to rehabilitate their
stock markets at the close of the war
This country is the only one in the
I world which can furnish them with
what they want The farmer who
has taken advantage of these four
years of war in this respect is going
to reap benefit OF his work.
The police department in Water
willie is receiving more than the aver
age number Of notices about stolen
automobiles. These notices are not
coming from TIC New England states
alone but from all over the country
and Ii would seem that a band of
professionals arc at work.
An old time circus man, now acting
; in the capacity of a travelling sales
man for dig film concern. made the
statement to Waterville business
man Monday that from information
that he can set there are two cities
after the war that are going to be
good investments for men who want
to invest in real estate. He predicts
that Portland, Me. and Detroit. Mich.
are going to be the two future towns
of the country. He says that Port
land with hei fine harbor is under the
watchful eye OF the Canadian rail-
roads, it is understood. Ii they should
make a move it would be on q large
scale. The Portland Chamber of
Commerce, this former circus man
says, is alive 10 the situation.
The Spring Brook Ice Co. and the
Michael Frye Ice Co. of this city will
have just snout enough ice in their
ice houses TO last them through the
demand until the new supply. 1t will
also just ABOUT cleanup their ice
supply and leave the houses in first
class shape fer the fresh supply.
Waterville hunters who have returned
from the big woods report that deer are
very scarce but that birds are excep-
tionally plentiful. They also say flat
the woods are fuller than usual this sea-
son with hunters. who have taker this
time to get away from the cities where
the epidemic is prevalent
Several Waterviile grocerymen who
have been doing a credit business in
connection with the delivery Of grocer
les are resorting to the cash and carry
system They predict that the cash and
carry system will be the future way Of
conducting trade.
The boost on the price Of waste "a per<