Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-16


Charles w. Bowker. the new toun-
ty commissioner for oxford county,
succeeding w. II. Eastman of East
Sumner, has served on the board Of
selectmen of the town continuously
for about IA years. He is chief en-
gineer of the village corporatio-i, SUI
perintendent Of the municipal water
system and one of the assessors OF the
South Paris Village corporation.
One Of the most isolated pay sta
lions in the Bell system in New Eng
land is located at camp on the shore
of Richardson Lake, one Of the
Rangeley group in Northern Maine.
This telephone is more than thirty
miles from the nearest station at
Rumford. on the Maine Central rail-
road. The line runs twelve miles
from the camp to the town of An
dover, where connection is made with
the switchboard in the Office of the
Andover Telephone company, sub
license Of the New England company.
From that town the lines extend IS
miles to Rumford. From this tele-
phone many emergency calls ave
originated during the ten years since
the station was established. 1t has
been the means of saving the lives
of many hunters and woodsmen who
have been injured in the north GODS.
The fishing schooner Advance,
towed from kennebunkport to ort-
land Monday a new schooner built at
the Port for Captain John Collins Of
Port Clyde. the craft being on her
way to that place. where she VIII be
rugged and spared. The schooner is
of the knockabout type, and is one Of
the finest modelled crafts seen here
for long time. She measures 68
feet in length. with a 15-foot beam
and for auxiliary power is to have a
so horse power Palmer engine. Cap
tain Collins intends to use her in the
SEEMING fishery, probably landing his
catches at Port Clyde. which is be-
coming quite fishing center.
G. w. Gregory of York Harbor. en-
ployed at the navy yard, has invented
a way of tempering copper. Mr..
Gregory has worked out his invocation
at his home in York. During the
past week he brought his test to the
| attention Of experts in Boston and it
was pronounced perfect. The disoov-
cry is known as the use of what has
been termed the lost art and the Car
negie Institute has been working on
| plan to do this work for some time.
Capt. B. NJ. Moody Of New York,
who formerly commanded the Cam
denbuilt schooner Blue Peter has
bought the new four-masted schoon-
er Kennebunk. now at Gloucester
The craft measures 720 gross tons.
and was built by Almon J. Smith and
others. She will probably load at
! New York for Egypt. The deal was
made by David w. Simpson, ship
; broker at 2S2 State street, Boston.
Charles Davis who has officiated as
sexton Of the Rockland Cniversalist
Church since 1889, has resigned that
position. on account Of increasing
age, and will devote mis- entire time
to the affairs of the Davis Bicycle shop
| in Park place. His 80 years of serv-
ice have been highly satisfa Glory to
the members Of the church, and in all
| that period he has been absent very
few days from his duties. He is sue
| ceeded by c. Everett Harrington, the
Court House janitor whose services
the parish felt fortunate in securing.
The several hundred Canadian
families at the several settlements
about Deer Island. New Brunswick
a few miles down the bay, have been
without cable connections with the
mainland. via PASSPORT. for some
weeks past and no telephone con-
! nections will be had until the arri-
val in the early spring Of the Domin-
ion cable repair steamer Tyrian from
Halifax which was here early in the
summer and made repairs on the two
mile cable connection across the bay
from the northern part Of this island
city. This cable was laid three :ears
ago by the above steamer and had