Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
About the State.

The Sheepscot River at Wiscasset has
been dragged without success in search
of the body of Leon A. Gray, aged As,
publisher of the Lincoln County News,
who is supposed to have been drowned
Monday night while working on his
yacht preparatory to having il hauled
out for the winter.
An important real estate deal has been
completed at Bangor, whereby the
Christian Science church of Bangor
acquired title to the property at French
and Penobscot Streets, occupied for
many years by the late Charles V. Lord
as a residence. This deal ensures the
erection of handsome church structure
by the Christian Science society.
Philip Pierce, ten-y ear. old son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. W. Pierce of Bangor, was
run over and fatally injured at Northern
Maine Junction on the oath of October
by an automobile driven by l.. E. Hutch
ms of Corinna. No blame is attached to
Hutchins, who was driving slowly when
the boy ran directly in front OF him in
trying to dodge car coming in the op-
posite direction.
Typhoid fever having made its appear
ance among numerous families that had
passed the season at Peaks island, the
agitation for new source OF water sup
ply becomes renewed. The expert who
has been investigating the water supply
on the island, says that there is enough
to supply 100000 people, but that the
danger of contamination and the diff
Guilty of gathering and outstanding it
make il advisable to seek other sources,
preferably on the main land.
The famous old wooden frigate Rich
mond is soon to meet a fate similar to
that of several war vessels-beached
and burned near Eastport for the metal
in her hull. She was built In 1856 at
Norfolk, Va, is 225 feet long, AZ feet
8 inches beam and II feet, inches deep.
Her speed was but nine knots, but her
worth as fighting ship was immeasur-
able. Wsrships thus burned on the
Eastport beach included the Minnesota,
Wabash and Vermont, all formidable
craft in their day.
That mackerel are freakish fish was
demonstrated recently when the fishing
steamer Monhegsn, Capt. Ed Brackett
of Monhegsn, went into Portland with
1000 pounds Of two-pounders taken of
Mophegsn the night before. Fishermen
say this is an unusual occurrence as 1t Is
seldom that mackerel remain in these
waters later than Oct. and usually they
leave about the middle of September.
Dealers paid Captain Bracket and the
crew % cents per pound, which Melted
them S2250 for their nights work.
Waldo A. Rich, whose sudden death
nounced, was for many years prominent
in the lumber business in Maine and
Massachusetts,. He built the Phillips
and Rsngeley Railroad, which con
tributed greatly to the development of
the kangeley Lakes region, in which his
father, Joshua G.. Rich, bad been 3
pioneer. He was born in Upton, Me-,
on Oct. s, 1855, and came to Msssschu-
sets from Portland, Me-, 25 years ago.
Three sons, Alfred B. Rich, Philip A.
Rich and Waldo A. Rich, Jr., also a
daughter, Margaret Z. Rich, survive
Boston Transcript.
z. W. Edwards, manufacturer of split
bamboo fishing rods at Brewer, has sold
his business TO the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co., and will be employed by the
same company in New Haven, Conn.
Mr.. Edwards has conducted his business
in the Kenney building for about five
years and up to about two weeks ago
had no idea of leaving Brewer. But such
q flattering offer was made to him that
the deal was closed several days ago.
The Winchester Arms Co. Is opening
several new lines of manufactures in the
extensive New Haven plant and the fish
ing rod manufacture Is one OF them.
Mr.. Edwards will have entire charge Of
the new department for term Of three
years and will teach the business to
those under him. There are only four
expert split bamboo fishing rod makers
in the United States. Mr.. Edwards is
one, Fred z. Thomas of Brewer and in
business in Bangor Is another and there
are two others in New York.
Rev. A. j. Torsleff of Bangor, who has
been with the Maine Anti-Tuberculosis
association since April 1912, recently
rendered his resignation, the same to
take effect Nov. !, 1919. Though the
resignation was accepted at a special
meeting of the executive committee held
in Augusta, Tuesday, Oct. 21. the COM
mittee unanimously requested Mr.. Tors
left to remain with the association until
Jan. l, 1920, which will see the compile
ton of the 1919 Bed Cross seal drive.
Beginning with q small salary, with .
stenogrspher also on small salary, 10 one
small room, there are now, besides Mr..
Torslsff Whose salary has been volunta-
rily increased three times), first and sec
ond girls all the time, with . third girl
about half the time; three new field
workers, with three more planned for,
and suite of three rooms necessary for
Offices. Mr.. Torsleff has good reasons to
be proud Of the development of the or
gsnizstion under his charge. In his
work Mr.. Torsleff travelled 1850 miles
this last year.