Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-04-27
About the State.

The late Frederick W. Rill of Bangor
bequeathed $500, 900 in trust to the Uni
versity of Maine. The income may be
used each year for improvements at the
university.
The frigate Richmond, commissioned
10 1858, made her last voyage last week.
She left Boston on the final leg of her
trip to Rockland, where she will be
beached and burned for junk. The
famous wooden sailing ship for years
was used as receiving ship in the Naval
service.
Members OF the state commission have
informally selected Gait and franklin
wharves for the new state pier for which
the state vii provide bond issue. The
Eastern Steamship Company will con-
tinue to use Franklin Wharf until the
pier Is erected, and will probably have q
berth and Office on the pier when COM
pleted. Extensive terminal facilities for
railroads and steamships will be pro-
vided.
An incident said to have never been
duplicated in q Methodist conference
took place at business session OF the
East Maine Methodist Conference IN
Bangor, when good conduct service
medal was awarded by the government,
more than fifty years after the recipient,
Rev. Melvin E. Preble of the 10th Maine
Infantry, was mustered out OF service.
The medal was secured for him by Chap.
lain D. a. Tribou and was presented by
Bishop Hughes.
For lack Of evidence, Lee Hing Chin,
the Japanese actor, who was arrested
while appearing ct a Bangor theatre sus-
pected of having morphine illegally In
his possession, was discharged when ar
raigned before United States Commits
sionsr Reid. Chin testified that the nine
capsules found In bis possession were pre-
scribed by Q New York physician for a
cold and Prof. j. M. Bartlett of the Uni
verify of Maine testified that little II any
trace of morphine was found from anal
ysis Of the pills.
The Maine and New Hampshire Gran
lite Corporation have In hand, along with
several other jobs of stone qusrrying and
cutting, . job for the Hartford Fire In
surance Co. With the rest Of the stone
work for the building is included six col.
umns of granite thirty feet tall and
lathed to about four feet thick. Finished
they will figure up about 20 tons each.
To produce these six stone means hav'
ing quarry ledge heavy enough to get
them from. Stone men know that such
auarries In operation are rare. Foremen
OF the quarry at North Jay say that there
are three such chances In this single
quarry. This is one big thing.
The State Highway Commission viii
furnish the commissioners OF Somerse
County with 10000 to be used In per
manent construction on the Canadian
Road north of Jackman. This amount
will be augmented BY what funds there
are available In the county. The Cana
/ dian Road 10 an old historical trail, sl
most a. old as the state. It Was opened
for travel in 1926. It was over this trai
that great many Of the French Cana
dams came into northern Maine to worl
In lumber camps. They came In peculia
two. Wheeled carts with their household
goods tied to every conceivable part o
the rig. Many of them remained b
make their home In the state. Il Il
over this trail that great deal Of th
LIQUOR smuggled into Maine from Canad
n brought; and 1t ID over this section o
, the trail that Nelson BARLEY took hi
, last ride. This road II the Nprincipa
highway from Maine into the Canada
, provinces and the travel IL heavy In part
Of the year.