Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-08

the county than any other animal al
though Mr.. Matthews has the pelts or
some IS or is bears which have been
captured in the county. Ten of these
animals he has caught himself during
the season. Skunk skins have peen
scarce and not silver gray fox has
been turned in, in the county to Mr.
Matthews. There has been a good run
Of mink. but the red foxes have pre-
dominated. The FED skins were never
SO high as this year.
Local people will be greatly inter
ested to learn that Corp. Levite
Bouchard of Company f, in a letter
recently received here by his sisters,
the Miss Della and Alice Bouchard,
states that he has come out of the
trenches and is feeling fine. He did not
mention names but stated that two OF
his company had been killed and quite
a number wounded. He informs his
sisters that he minds the noise more
than anything else.
| Miss Pauline E. Oak OF this town
brought distinctive honors to herself
and fresh laurels to former triumphs
in her rendering of "a Single Man." q
lOuI tiCl pay ny I1uDCIS DdNlCo
Wednesday evening in the Centenary
Methodist church. The occasion was
one of the federated meetings Of the
three women's clubs and was under the
direction of Sorosis, Mrs. Vivian G.
Woodbury., president.
There was a very fair attendance at
the meeting of Skowhegan Grange held
Wednesday evening after a vacation
through the month of February owing
| to the fuel situation. George l..
Parker, the master presided and after
the conclusion of the business session
the lecturers hour was opened. 1t
being the occasion Of the birthday or
General Sheridan, Rev. 8. F. Emerson
offered remarks in his memory. others
to take part in the program were
George Parker, c. Davis Miller, +. E.
Meader, l.. 3. Haskell, Mrs. c. B.
White G.. b. White, G. Davis Miller,
A. d. Bailey, S. r. Emerson, Miss
Stella kimball. During the business
meeting the name Of B. A. Sawyer was
added to the executive committee in
place of Elwood Richardson who has
moved out of town.
The following delegates have been
appointed from the various local clubs
to attend the State Federation meet
ings at Augusta as follows: Town
improvement Society, Mrs. Sarah l.
Eaton, Mrs. Elizabeth Powers Merrill;
Sorosis, Miss Clara b. Varney and Mrs
Mabel G. Vies; Woman's Club. Miss
Hannah r. Page, Miss Sarah J. Ander-
son and Miss Louise IT. Coburn.
The work of the Coburn Park Com
mission for the past year may be
summed inSthe following expenditures:
Labor. $350.G5; shrubs and plants
s15.47; fertilizers $3.50: tools and too
repairs. Sits: lights, SIS; town trac-
tor on Park roads. $4,000; lumber re-
pairing fence and shelters, 5000;
work on trees, SIS. Various other in
cidentals are included with the result
that at the end of the year which was
February 20, the commission has left
of the $500 appropriation the sum OF
$1,000 as submitted by the treasurer
Miss Gertrude Weston. Among Other
reports of particular interest at this
season of the year are those of the Co
burn Library Fund which according te
John w. Fogler of the board of trus-
tees shows a balance on hand OF
S1644O, while the board of trustees OF
the Coburn Charity Request indicate
the pay of $1100 to the Woman's Aic
Society and the purchase Of Liberty
Bonds in the sum of $500.73 with casf
on hand of $1762.0S.
The adjourned hearing in the assault
case of Mrs. Laura Barnes and Mrs
Ray Spaulding, neighbors living or
Cemetery street. came before Tria
Justice Lord in municipal cour,
Wednesday afternoon with f. F. Mer-
rill as counsel for Mrs. Barnes and
L. Walton appearing for Mrs. Spauld
ing, nee Gladys Steward. At the con-
clusion of considerable testimony Mrs
Spaulding was found guilty ana wa.
placed under small bonds of $25 to keeI
the peace.
In spite of the large number of mer
called for physical examination fol
military service on Wednesday bu,
very few appeared. Many of them are
men whose missionaries have not
been returned and while they may not
be slackers, it is safe to give some OF
them who are not already in service
the titles of delnquents. The follow
ing who did appear were rejected:
Willard NJ. Luce, Highland; Edwin l.
Temple, Detroit; Charles r. Landry
The Forks; Alfred Perry who was ex-
amined was out of order his time hav-
ing been extended because OF his be-
ing in quarantine. He was also re-
iected. William p. True Of Mercer
Arthur L. Holden. Moose River, Robe
r. Linnell Of St. Adams. were all re-
ported in service and the following
men did not appear: Clifford T. Ken
nedy, Fort Slocum. New York; Ode
LAND Budard, lockwood: Peter Le-
vasseur, Pasadena, Calf; Albert A
Mari. Hartland; Edward Longchamps
Rockwood: Henry Bagley. Soldier
Pond: Antonio J. Antimes. Arson:
Paul Cormier. Madison: Carl Wirta
Seboomook: Peter Mcdonald, Rock
wood: Rex Cannon Kelley, Skowhegan;
IDona Siroi, Fairfield: Joseph Casey
Fairfield; Peter E. Kelley. Lynn
Mass; Oliver Carron, North East
Cary: Thomas Jacque, Gilead; John
Smith, Fairfield; Clifton A. Buzzell
Bingham: Samuel J. Fontain, Madison;
Linwood NJ. Currier. Madison; George
vigue, lockwood; John O'Brien
Rockwood; John Goodlin, lockwood;
Peter Mullen, Rockwood: Ziderus