Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-06-03
Maine News Notes.

A Burnham man has flock Of White
Leghorn pullets, fifteen In number, who
are alleged to have laid, on two recent
days, eighteen and seventeen eggs
respectively.
"A large COW moose which had been
seen several times In Winslow and
Vassalboro during the past Eve years
Was recently, found dead, and II 10
thought that disease which afflicted tho
animal was the cause Of her frequenting
the vicinity OF towns, after the manner
OF her kind.
The Maine W. g. T. q. continues its
work for the children In devastated
regions. At this time hundreds OF gar
ments are being made for the destitute
frontier children by the local unions over
the state. The garments are sent out
from the state headquarters, $50 Free
Street, Portland. where the work is 10
charge Of the Office secretary, Miss Elsie
I. Hannaford. Mrs. Annie n. Frost OF
Belfast Is the state superintendent OF
this department Of flower mission and
associate superintendent.
Writes the Kingfeld correspondent of
the Pennington journal Chronicle: The
heading: Butter Price High. No Relief
in Sight, caused Kingfeld housewife
to ask her husband the reason. He
replied: "Go to the butter man and be
will say that 1t is the cost of feed; 60 to
the feed producer and he will say 1t is
owing to the cost OF labor; 60 to labor
and It will explain that Il is the high
cost of living caused by the war; 20 to
war and the reply will be, 1T 10 helI;' 60
to hell-but We are getting back to just
where We started from with butter at
90 cents pound"
The youngest member of the class
Of 1920 at Russell Sage College, New
York, is Miss Louise 81. Ford, daugh.
ter of Charles O. Ford of Saco and
Biddeford, who was the "baby" member
of the class OF Thornton Academy, and
one of the youngest students to receive
. diploma at that institution. She was
16 when she left Thornton to enter
Russell Sage College, and will be 20
when she graduates. She was active
In school affairs at the academy and
has been equally so in New York. She
is president of her class, president of the
athletic association, and captain of the
baseball team.
Names two senstors-Fernald and
Hale-showed party of senatorial
friends few days since an exhibition of
State-of- Maine GOODNESS and nerve that
should have proper appreciation from
the latter, as the Maine men did what
none of the others cared to attempt.
Senator Fernald took party In bis auto
to Boiling field and there all had an
opportunity to 60 aloft in an airplane,
but Senators Smoot, Spencer and Nc
Cumber were perfectly content to watch
the Maine men ascend. The latter de-
scribed the experience as delightful, one
never to be forgotten.
Msj..Gen. Clarence r. Edwards has
recommended Capt. Edwin 81. Cooper
for Distinguished Service Cross for
heroism in battle, and for the Distio-
guished Service Medal for his contrlbu.
ton to the advancement of photography.
Capt. Cooper, whose home Is In New
Jersey, was head of the Photographic
section of the American overseas army,
and later was head of the Photographic
section of the 18th Division. His cita-
ton refers particularly to the engage.
ment at Torcy, In the Chateau Thierry
drive, when he and his force were order
ed to 60 over with the front line attack
ing party. They had made several still
pictures and were setting up q moving
picture machine when four Germans
suddenly appeared, and surrendered,
thinking the machine was new style Of
machine gun. On The way back with
the prisoners, members of the force
picked up wounded American. estab-
lished dressing station under fire and
later captured four more Germans.