Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-20
Maine News Notes,


Az the outcome OF the death of q cir
from the results of an illegal operation
last November, one indictment for man
slaughter and four for abortion have beer
found by the Kennebec grand jur!
against DR.. Edward @. Hooper Of Wins
low.
The Houlton potato market has I'D
vanced the price to $3.50 and % per bar
rel, with the owners disposing OF them
at Q lively rate. Just how long thiI
price will prevail 10 uncertain, but th'
farmers are making the best Of thei
opportunity.
Howard Trussell of Wiscasset, . retail
grocer of that town, has been bound ove
to the federal grand jury In Portland
on the ohsrge:of "proflteering" In sugar
selling sugar at prices higher than pre-
scribed by the regulations. This 10 th'
first case In Maine.
Governor Carl e. Milliken and family
have moved into the new executive resi-
dence, the remodeled Blaine mansion
enough of the house having been com
pleted 80 that they can live there, a.
though the front part of the house will
not be completed for some weeks yet.
Water dripping from Q Bath letter box
caused no little wonder as to the cause,
but investigation showed that nearby
water pipe had burst and the water bad
forced It's way along until 1t met the
mail box post which was hollow, and
then went up through and into the box.
The Ferris type steamer that has been
lying 80 long on the ways In the yard of
the Cumberland Shipbuilding Co., at
South Portland, and work on which was
suspended long time ago by order of
the United States Shipping Board, she
being about 40 per cent completed, is
being taken to pieces, and the lumber
will be used for other purposes.
The feat of tax collector John P. Kel-
ley of Boothbay Harbor for the year 1919
must be very nearly record and prob
ably will be equalled 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 ex-
tended by the selectmen, without adver.
Using single piece.
As shown by the annual report Of the
state assessors, the total valuation of
Maine is S526,s96, 991, representing an
increase of 1926, 459, 94S as compared with
last year. Forty-two per cent Of the In.
crease is in the cities. The amount of
taxes assessed on polls for the past year
amounted to $539, 453 90; while the aver
age amount assessed on each poll was
b2.72. The amount of taxes assessed on
property, in the different cities, towns
and plantations for state, county and
local purposes the past year was '$16,-
)4S, 900 while the average rate of taxa
lion on each 81 900 was 5000.
Herbert Sherwood of Bancroft, the
embezzler of government
funds while postmaster in his town and
held at Bangor in $1,000 bonds for appear
ance before the district court, pleads
hat he was led to the act by the neces.
titles of his family. he notified the
of the shortage In his &C.
counts. An invalid wife and four Of six
children were stricken with the flu, the
wife dying. His salary as postmaster
.anged from 81 to s13 month and he
vas obliged to do outside work, but was
lnable to pay expenses. He is victim
If pulmonary tuberculosis. The short
,pe il about $3.50.