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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
Passing Of Lumber Bust
ness Below Augusta

Nc Logs Expected to Be manufae-
tured on Lower Kennebec the Conn
ing Season-FJrst Time in History
Of Lumber Business
In the opinion Of we'll known Au-
gusta lumbcrman there will be no
logs Of the Kennebec drive manu-
featured below Augusta the coming
season. which vii, be the first time
that anything of the kind has taken
place in the history Of the lumber
business on the lower Kennebec.
Having made the above statement,
which will no doubt be read with
surprise by a great many people who
are not familiar with lumber con-
ditions as they exist along the Ken
nebec river today, the speaker went
on to speak Of the business that used
to be done on the lower river and
of it's gradual decadence until it has
at last reached the conditions refer
red to by him in the opening para
graph,
In the old days. he said, the late
Hon. J. Manchester H>.ynes Of Au-
yusta used to have q big mill at Wis
casset, and at this mill used TO man
ufacture great quantities of logs that
came down the kennebec to Bath
and were from there towed around
to the Sheepscot river to their des-
tination. Then there vas the mill cf
NJ. G.. Shaw & Son at Bath and the
Fogg mill at Bowdoinham. both OF
them busy places in their time. In
later years there was the mill Of the
Bradstreet Lumber Co. at Richmond,
but that too is now a thing Of the
past.
At South Gardiner there is the
Lawrence Bros. mill which has been
mill Of the South Gardiner Lumber
Co. but it is not understood that
either of these two mills will be in
operation the coming season. Far
Their up the river at Gardiner were
the mills Of J. Gray g. Sons and Of
H. W. Jewett & Co. but both of these
once busy plants are now things Of
the past The big modern mill OF
the Berlin Mills Co. at Farmingdale
will probably not Re run, all OF
which means that there will be no
sorting and rafting Of logs At Hallo-
we'll boom the coming season. AS 20
the cause Of the decrease in the lum-
Der business in the section mention
ed the speaker gave as his opinion
the changes in conditions. the in
creasing cost of operating. and the
diminishing supply of saw logs.
As regards the lumber business at
Augusta and vicinity. the speaker
said that the Augusta Lumber Co.
would have an average supply OF logs
the coming season. The company'S
logs are sorted above the dam. The
Cushnoc Paper Co. will have about
TIE usual supply Of river logs. The
kcnnebec Lumber Co. has consid-
crable amount of box board on sticks
at its mill at kennebec Siding. The
shook mill was destroyed by fire last
fall. and it is not known for sure
whether the mill will be rebuilt.
Nilcs & Gannett will operate their
cedar mill at Ecnnebec Siding. and
in addition to the cedar viii prob
ably saw about c,oh0.000 feet ct
spruce The S. D. Warren Co. is
making extensive additions to its
plant at Kcnnehec Siding and Is in
stalling Il second cutting up mill 70
which a railroad track will be laid
in the spring.
This latter company viii! have n
large amount Of poplar and spruce
logs. which will he taken out and
sawed the coming season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
FLAGSTAFF

Harold burbank Of this town has
returned home for a few days. He
has been in South Carolina in the
Marine Corps.
Raynard and Timothy Kicker are
both on the gain. Timothy is able to
be UP.
Miss Gertrude Smith, who has been
sick for some time at the home Of
a. Z. Wright's, is improving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

Wednesday nights rain vas lust
sufficient to glaze everything with a
thin coating of icr and make some Of
III" SmCothest going Of the winter on
the city sidewalks, SO srnoot'. in fact
that carly risers about town found
the passage Of some of the hills de-
ciGcd problem. Il has not been
learned that anyone sustained serious
injuries on account Of the slippery
walks but there are those who got
into close touch with mother earth
and with n =uddcnness that evoked
remarks which, would not look real
nice in print.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS
Calanthe Lodge Elects Officers at rs
Wednesday Evening Meeting

Calanthc Lodge. No. SO. X. OF f.,
held its regular meeting on Nc.ines
day evening apd elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows:
Chancellor commander, William 7.
Cole: vice chancellor. Harold Weeks:
prelate. Aaron +. Ripley: master at
arms, Henry Nichols: master Of fl
nance Bert i. Nicholas; master Of
excheqrer. W. Frank Herrick: keep
er Of record and seal, George T. FRYE:
inner guard, Henry C;etchel: outer
guard. Warren Nichols; trustees. Pc
ter Bush. Jr.. and Aaron Il. Ripley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
Seth Williams Post lnstasls

Officers Of Seth Williams Post. No.
-. G. A. r., were installed Thurs
day evening as follows: Commander.
George +. Gay; senior vice connlar-
der. Oliver p. Robbins: junior vice
commander Daniel w. Pettengill;
surgeon. Otis W. Littlefeld; officer
day, Nathaniel w. White: quarter
master. q. O. Stetson; officer guard,
Edwin Halves: adiutant, q. @. Stct-
son: patriotic instructor, James w.
White: chaplain. James W. White;
representative to State Camp. Chas
H. Davis: alternate. Edwin Halves.
The officers we're installed Ivy Sc
Nor Vice Dept. Commander Q. O..
StetSon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
Mrs. Mary e. Haskell

The many friends of Mrs. Mary L.
Haskell will be saddened to hear Of
her death. which occurred December
30 at the home Of her daughter in
Ainla, Ncb., resulting from acute in
digestion. at the ago e IS gears.
She was a woman very highly cs-
:ecmed Ivy all WHO knew her and
will lie greatly missed She leaves
FIVE children, .1rs. John EVerson rf
Alma. Neb.: Mrs. Vernon Davis If
Columbus. O.; Mrs. Arthur barney Of
Kearncy. Ncb., w. q. Haskell Of
Alma. Heh.: and =. q. Haskell Of this
city. The funeral VIII he announced
later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
Ex-Fire Chief Slips

r. II. E'laherty, ex-chiet Of the
Portland Fire Department. suffered a
severe fracture of the ankle Tuesday
night white on a business trip to the
Union Station. AS he stepped from
the station the ankle slipped in a
manner so that his weight was
thrown upon it and the fracture fol-
lowed. He was taken to his home on
Sheridan street and surgical aid
summoned. The fracture is such that
it will incapacitate him from duty for
q considerable time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
TROY

Chesiey Waning has returned from
Camp Upton, having received an
honorable discharge.
James Luce is quite ill and confined
to his bed.
Mrs. Jennie White passed the week
end with her daughter in Pittsfeld.
Mr.. Babb is i'll with grip in Old
Town. where he and Mrs. Babb are
passing the holidays with his family
Miss Erdene Pierce is quito III at
her home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

The now year began at kcnnebec
iiil with n total OF II prisoners con-
:lncd AZ that institution. OF which
number SIX arc bound over prisoners
awaiting the January term Of the SUI
perior court which convenes on the
second Tuesday of the month. There
are two pr.'Nnc-s at the Jail serving
sentence from other counties than
kenncbec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

Chief Radio Electrician Lloyd c.
Greene. L. s. X, formerly OF Augusta
was a caller Thursday on friends ia
this city. Mr.. Greene is il. charge of
the communication Of the steamship
Suwanee, which was previously the Ger
man informed ship the Mark of TIN
North German Lloyd Line and which
is now at Newport News, Va. He has
made the trip overseas six times. Mr.
Greene was formerly employed as limo
tyne operator at the Journal office
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
ANNOUNCER EMIT

Having retired from the Office Of
County Attorney after six years in
that position. am now prepared to
devote my whole time to the general
practice OF the law.
Particular attention to the trial Of
causes in all courts and to the settle
nent Of estates.
WILLIAM H. FISHER.
Augusta. January /. 1919.
JanlcOd3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

Deputy Sheriff James Tebbetts,
who was in the city Wednesday eve
ming to attend the banquet at the
Augusta House. left OF the $50 train
Yesterday morning on the way 10 his
homo in Belgrade. Mr.. Tebbetts has
during the past few years passed
some Of the winters in the South. but
said yesterday that he should remain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
LOCAL NOTICE

&. +. Hannaford & Son, Rexall
druggists. have q large supply ot in
flucnza cold and grippe remedies on
hand. also a full stock of sermioides
and disinfectants like Hubbard ana
Jaynes for throat spray. a!so asperin
tablets in one and two dozen and 100
pkg, which are used SO mucl, at this
time. jan3d2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

When sweeper brush bristles be.
come soft from long use and do not
sweep up lint as we'll as when stiff,
put a little common baking soda in
some not water; take the brush out
OF the sweeper and dip it up and
do"n in this. Let it dry in the sun
and 1t will bc like now. Hair brushes
or any brush can be treated in the
same way with the best Of results
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
MANCHESTER

The public schools Of Manchester
will open on Monday. Jan. l3, 1919,
after a vacation of four weeks. Sew
cral new teachers will be present in
town this winter for the first time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

l.. {. Jones. who had for some time
past been at Georgetown in charge of
a case and had returned to his home
In this city. returned yesterday to
c.! .gr.o"n to resume charge Of the
; me case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

The Woman's Alliance of the Uni
tartan church Will meet with Mrs.
Cornish. ~ Green street. at S o'clock
this Friday evening. Mrs. Benjamin
y. tlcavcs will read Il paper on Pub
lie Utilities and the Law"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

State Grunge Master W. j. Thomp-
son and Mrs. Thompson IF South
China were visitors Thursday in this
city. leaving in tie afternoon for
Portland, where they Will be the
guests of friends for few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
Dexter
Wilbur Fields

The death OF Wilbur Fields, son
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene. Fields. who re
side on the Hayes farm, so.calle
occurred Wednesday after a short Il,
ness from pneumonia following naa
enza. The young man. who former,
resided in Aroostook county, Ia
made many friends in Dexter sin,
the family came to this town sever;
years ago. Several other membe,
Of the Fields family are seriously
with the disease.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Tufts Of Lew
iston were visitors Thursday in this
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

Mrs. Edna Maguirc. VINO has been
very sick at her home on Bridge
street. is reported TO he better and Is
nblc to sit NJ Il portion Of each day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

The installation OF officers OF Man
chester Grange has been postponed
until Jan. Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

Leigh D. Flynt. who had been n
pneumonia patient at the Augusta
General hospital. has So far recovered
that he left the hospital on Thursday
for his home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

At certain periods Of life we live
years Of emotion in n few weeks and
lock back on those times as on great
gaps between the. old life and the
uew.-Thafkeray.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

Mrs. T.. G. Dudley of Riverside
Drive Is visiting relatives in Brook
Ign. y. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

The Board of Health has decide
not to lift the ban on closed pub,
places during the present week, I'll
situation in some respects beir
worse than it was last week. Super
intendent James A. Hamlin Of Ii
public schools has issued a no,i,
that the schools will not open IN.
Jan - at tho earliest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
Horace Weber

News was received here Thlrsda
Of the death in Boston Of lIoa
Weber, formerly a resident OF Il
town. The deceased was the son
the late T. l.. Weber and has seve,
sisters surviving. including II.
Francis w. Hill Of Exeter and N.
Leigh Cyphers Of this town. Tie y
mains, 1T is understood, vii, !
brought to this town for burial,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

The Board of Health has now %
sessed itself of real power to enfo,
the bylaw or order for the closing
churches, schools. pool rooms q.
other public places as a prevent.
against influenza a copy Of the c
Ger was sent to State Health Con
missioner DR.. Leverett D. Bristol
Augusta several days ago and it VI
approved by Chief Justice Leslie
Cornish of the Supreme court T
order will now be strictly enforc
and the health board has announc
that violations will result in pros
cution in the municipal court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
LOCAL NOTICE

Dance at Golden Cross hall. Jan.
uary I. Music by a three. piece or
ehestra. Gents 40c: ladies' coc. In
GLIDING war tax. dec30toJan4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03

Salvation Army Gospel Meetings every
night in the year at SIP. NJ. at $50 Wat.
CT etreet.' Augusta. Maine. Sundays.
le3o A. NJ. holiness meeting: 80 p. NJ,
county Jail: p. NJ. young peoples
meeting. You arc invited and urged %
attend. dec7dQ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-03
ADJUSTMENTS
COLONIAL THEATRE

Paramount Presents Shirley Mason
and Ernest Truck in Good Bye
Bi!i": Big ~" Comedy: News
Weeklx and Educational.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
$4,000 Booze Theft
Claimed by Two
B'klyn Come Ons'

Two men appeared at the Edge
water police station Wednesday and
told Chief of Police John J. O'Brien
that they had, after due elaboration.
come to the conclusion that they had
been swindled.
One of the incidents of the story
they told was of a long cold wait
with the mercury just above zero in
the vicinity of the Weehawken ferry
house for ten thousand dollars worth
of booze. 1t never came They are
peeved because they claim they paid
$4,000 to secure delivery.
The men told the chief their names
were Wessen and Krohmeyer, and
that they live and do business on De
Kalb avenue, Brooklyn.
Their story was that VIM. Bahren-
berg, who used to be a bartender at
EnOch Carlson's hotel on the River
road in Edgewater, offered them a
good thing" He was sin with" some
truckmen, who had stolen several
barrels of whiskey from a bonded
warehouse in New York, and had to
get rid of it quickly. For three thou
sand dollars he would let the pair have
a chance for big profit.
With whiskey worth what YOU
please to ask for it they took the
chance, they say, and paid the money.
They were to receive the stuff at the
Weehawken ferry. When they went
back to Edgewater sore and cold, after
their wait, they sought the hotel. The
proprietor told them Bahrenberg had
packed up and left just after they
did on Monday and had taken all his
belongings. He is not expected back,
but he may come. If he does he will
surprise everyone in the CASE
Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
DR.. N. NJ. Butler
Talks to Rep'ns on
Labor Problem

Hackensack, Dec. 17.-FuIly a hun
dred members of the Bergen County
Republican COMMITTEE, together with
county officials, Senator William B.
Mackay, Jr., and Assemblymen w. Irv-
ing Glover, William st. John Tozer
and John Y. Dater were guests of
Major Daniel r. Pomeroy, state COM
mitteman, OF Ehglewood, at the Hack
ensack Golf Club tonight. A number
of recent members of the committee
were also among the invited guests.
The only speaker of the evening was
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia University, whose subject
was 'The Labor Probelm" His adj
dress proved to be a genuine treat.
Major Pomeroy believes that the in
terest and activities of the county COM
mitteemen should be kept agoing all
through the winter and summer, and
not only during campaign periods, and
it is his plan to assist in obtaining
speakers of note to address the gath
erings.
The feast was splendid one, and
Major Pomeroy was complimented on
all sides for his thoughtful generosity
and keen interest in the welfare of the
Republican party
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
haywood Man Says
He Has Not Meant
To Be Disloyal

The haywood Post, of the Amer
lean Legion, held an important meet
ing on Monday evening in the Munic-
ipal building.
During the evening, Henry Heck,
president of the haywood Board of
Health and former councilman, asked
permission to give his version of the
stories of pro-Germanism concerning
him which were aired at the last meet
ing of the post. Mr.. Heck said that
he did not intend to be disloyal, and
that the remarks he had made to one
member of the legion were not meant
for anyone in particular. He said
that he had enrolled in all previous
Red Cross drives, had purchased three
Liberty Bonds and been active in other
patriotic work during the war. In
closing he told the members of the
legion that he always was and always
will be a loyal citizen of the United
States.-Record
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
Jury Disagrees in
Slager's Trial for
Highway Robbery

After being out five hours the jury
in the trial of Sergeant Major Charles
A. Slayer of Camp Merritt for highway
robbery reported that they could not
agree and were dismissed by the court.
1t is said the jury stood 8 to 8 for
conviction.
Slayer was remanded back to the
custody of the sheriff, and it is said.
will again be placed on trial for the
same crime. Other indictments of a
similar nature are pending against the
prisoner.
He was alleged at this trial to have
held up former Undersheriff Thomas
e. English and his father at Arcola on
October II and to have robbed them
of $50 in cash, an automobile and Jew
elry.
Assistant Prosecutor Charles T. Nc
Carthy appeared for the state and
Rex B. Altschuler for the defendant
Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
Cliffside Man Drops
Dead While Tending
To Furnace in Home

Hans Madsen, sixty-two years old,
of "a Park avenue, Cliffside, while
shoveling coal on his furnace fire in
the cellar of his home early Wednes-
day morning dropped dead from heart
failure. Mrs. Madsen, when her hus-
band stayed unusually long in the cell
lar. went down to see what was keep
ing him and found him dead at the
foot of the cellar steps.
The couple were alone in the house,
but Mrs. Madsen quickly got in touch
with her son, Oscar B. Madsen of
Brooklyn, who came to the house. DIR.
William Schmitt of Grantwood was
called in and said death was due to
heart failure.
Mr.. Madsen had not been well for
the past two years, but appeared to be
hale and hearty when he went down
to the cellar. Mr. Madsen was former
ly engaged in the automobile business
in Brooklyn, but retired several years
ago, moving to Cliffside.--Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
James Woolcott
Marries in Buffalo
Miss NJ. Blackjack

James Woolcott, one of the best
known young men of Palisade, was
married in Buffalo, N. Y, on Monday
afternoon last, at four o'clock, in the
Presbyterian church to Miss Marie
Grertrude Blackjack, of North Tona-
WANDA, N. Y, Rev. Christian G.
Hasssg officiating Young Wooleott had
FgoIse to the home, of Miss Blackjack
on the previous Thursday, and after
spending several days, concluded to
have the knot tied without further de-
lay. The young couple had met some
six months ago in Washington while
Mr.. Woolcott was in the naval service
at wireless telegraphy, having gone
into the service early in the war and
remained through it's whole period. He
had learned wireless as an amateur
in Palisade, having rugged up his own
outfit in the trees on his fathers
premises. He became quite an expert,
but took regular course in the navy
in wireless and Seamanship and spent
the rest of the war on the Jan Van
Nassau, Norwegian cargo carrier
in the United States naval service.
Mr. Woolcott is the only son of Mr..
and Mrs. James " Woolcott, of
Edgewater lane, Palisade, early
pioneer residents of the village. He
is at present engaged in the demon
strating department of the Oakland
Automobile company, New York, and
expects to bring his pretty young
bridge to her new home here about
February first. He has many friends
in Palisade, where he is one of the
most popular boys that have grown
up since the town was christened in
1905.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
Police Shoot and
Kill Drunken Man
In His Down Cellar

Steven Hauser, So of 43 Samson
street, Garfield, was shot and killed
in the cellar of his home Wednesday
morning in a pistol duel with the
police. A bullet penetrated his heart.
Police Capt. John Dwyer and Po-
licemen William Hintenberger and
Charles Morrison went to the house
that morning to serve warrant,
Hauser having beaten his wife and
driven her from the place. He had
threatened to kill the policeman who
attempted to arrest him and then hang
himself.
The policemen finally located the
drink-crazed man in the cellar.
Come out of there" ordered Capt.
Dwyer.
The answer was a bullet from
Hauser's revolver.
Policemen Hintenberger and Nor
rison shot at the board behind which
Hauser was hiding and then dashed
toward the spot. Hauser was dead.
County physician Ogden performed
an autopsy.
County detectives are investigating
tiie ease. Record. - A.---S-si- =
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-12-20
Bergen Co. Photos
Wanted for War
History Volumes

Trenton, N. Jas an indication of
the speed with which the preparation
of history of New Jerseys part in the
World War is proceeding, John p.
Dullard, director of the New jersey
State Library's War History Bureau,
appeared before Governor Runyon's
budget commission this week to sug-
gest an appropriation of $4,000 to pay
for the printing and distribution of
the first volume of the history.
Mr.. Dullard explained to the gov
ernor that while the gigantic task of
gathering and collecting historical
data had but recently begun he be-
lieved the bureau would be in a posi-
ton to send to press before the end of
the next fiscal year its first volumne-a
Gold Star Volume" containing the
portrait and descriptive data of every
Jersey boy who gave up his life for
the country.
The bureau here announced today
that photographs of some of the serv-
ice men in and about Palisade and
Bergen county who lost their lives in
the war, either in action or through
disease or other cause, had not been
received. "We must have those prompt
ly If the work is not to be unneces-
sarily delayed" Mr.. Dullard states. 81
most earnestly request the parents of
deceased service heroes and all posts
of the American Legion to cooperate
with us by mailing such photographs
to the State Library"