Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-06

ord and probably will be eaualied by |
but few He has collected every poll
tax without q single summons and
has collected every real estate tax,
with the exception Of some which are
guaranteed and time extended by the
selectmen, without advertising a sin
gle piece.
Such is the demand for pulp and
paper that the log-cut for the pulp /
mills is likely to be very large this
season, while high prices for lumber
have encouraged increased cutting
for the sawmills." We have been in
formed by lumbermen that the cut Of
pulp wood in Aroostook will be very
small this year on account of the re-
duced price offered by pulp mills. All
the pulp mills have large quantities
and are not particularly anxious to
buy. Some lumbermen had planned
to cut pulp wood this winter, but the
sharp decline in price offered COM
PEELED them to cut lumber instead
Bangor dispatch, Boston Transcript.
Thousands of friends will regret
the accident on Friday to Edward P.
Kicker of Poland Spring, who was
knocked down by a truck in New
York. sustaining a triple fracture Of
one leg at the angle. He was on his
way to his office from his hotel. His
condition is favorable, he having a
splendid constitution and his physical
condition being well nigh perfect, in
spite Of his age, about 70 years.
Henry Blaisdell, who died Saturday
in Rockland, was known wherever
Maine vessels were found, having for
many years been a rigger. He was
60 years Of age, a native of Honolulu
and ran away from home when a
small boy. He followed the sea for
some years and then took up rigging
in Rockland. A widow survives. He
was u Mason.
The ninth monster steel oil carrier
the Roanoke-was launched on
Saturday from the Texas yards at
Bath. She will carry 1864 barrels
of oil. Gross tonnage. 1920. Mrs. w.
A. Thompson. New York, wife Of the
president of the Texas Co., chris
tened her with champagne. The Ro-
anOke will burn oil and will have lis
knots speed. She is IS per cent. COM
pleted and will be ready for commits
sion in few weeks.
Civil Engineer Percy II. Richard
son Of Portland, who has been en-
deavoring to secure from the Cum
berland county commissioners his
pay for preliminary plans for a new
bridge at Martins point-s10, 900
entered suit on Saturday last for the
balance due, about $500, the COM
missioners having at various times
raid $1,000 on account, but refusing to
pay the balance.
One of the few remaining six mas
ted schoonCrs was lost Christmas
eve, when the Eleanor A. Percy, ,,
Copenhagen Nov. II for Rio Janeiro,
suddenly listed and sank. Five of the
crew arrived Saturday at Swansea.
She carried Is men. The Percy was
Bath built, 323.5 feet long, so feet
beam: 24.8 depth of hole; with gross
tonnage of 34S1. She was last owned
by King, Limited, of New York.
Hundreds Of Maine soldiers-meE
Of the 1o3d Infantry-will regret the
death on Saturday Of Major Christie
pher Lee Of the 1929, one OF the he
roes Of Verdun. holder Of the croix
de Guerre. Distinguished Service
Cross. French Legion Of Honor, re-
membering we'll his. bravery and
valor.
What does it cost the AroostooA
farmer to produce a barrel Of pota-
toes nowadays? asks the Fort Fair
field Review. Well, you can of course
get all kinds of answers. The most
of them range from $500 to $2.75. OF
course if man has had bad luck
with his fertilizer, so that his yield
is cut down 80 or 40 barrels, it costs
AAAAsA vShy HAuSh iuOIc lIldu IQdI. II
may be possible that, with the best of
luck in every way, even during these
high prices a man may be able to
produce potatoes a trifie less than
$500. but there is no doubt that a |
much higher price than that is the |
average cost this year. Some farmers !
are claiming that in certain in
stances it costs moro than $500 to |
grow q barrel.
Booze versus prohibition. Arrests |
in Portland for 1919 totaled o174