Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-21

seas, returned Saturday night, with
out scratch and sound as q nut,
although he was gassed in one bat
tie. Wearing fc ur stripes. one of the
first of the Bath men to enlist for
the war and who went WIN the local
company, going across with the saith
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Young Mr.. Chase. one Of the first
to go TO the war is the last to re-
turn. He left Antwerp December 10
and arrived in New York January 3,
where he was given an honorable
discharge January Is.
He has visited Scotland, England,
France. Germany and Siberia in his
years Gas been in the military police,
+ as corporal. He was in the battles
of scissors and Cantigry and after
the signing of the armistice, at CO.
logne ard CoblenZ For three months
he was in Siberia. The latter conn
try has was not pleased with on ac-
count of its cold climate 1t was usu-
ally. while he was there. from IL
to IS below zero. So far as known.
ne is the only Bath man to wear the
four stripes on his sleeve.
He was gassed August IA, 1918.
Most of the time he has enjoyed his
experiences abroad and has had
good health He plans taking a va
cation Of two weeks, before settling
down to work
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Camden Herald-Now that the
, railroads are to be turned over to
their owners the LIST of March, and the
kennebec to be bridged at Bath to
take care Of the great increase of
! business from the East Coast Fish
cries Co., why would it not be good
TIME to talk up connecting Rockland
ana Belfast with the steam railroad
70 run up back of the mountains, so
as 10 help the mill industry of Cam
den In the matter of freight and
carriage? Some estimates this extra
cost for lack of railroad facilities to
be about 100000 a year.
Pioneer. Houlton-Danforth is to
have a bank. the promoters who are
among the towns most prominent
business men having already taken
the necessary steps. The establish
ment OF bank at Danforth is in
Keeping with the progressiveness of
Its business men who during the past
year formed an agricultural society
and will have a fair this fall.
plan has been definitely launched
this week to build a railroad be-
tween Boothbay Harbor and South
Newcastle to connect there with the
Maine Central Railroad and it seems
more probable of success than such a
project ever could have been con-
sidered before the war. for not only
mas there been an increased demand
for proper transportation facilities
with badly cut service but our in
dustries have increased amazingly in
the period of four years, and, with
greater transportation facilities
would without doubt still further in
crease.-Boothbay Register, Jan. 1e.
A hath sportsman says that in his
hunting trips for game around sasada-
hoe county. he has been amazed. espe-
ciaily in the last three years, over see
ing many farms that have been aband-
oned and are now non-productive. The
owners Of the farms have been Iured
oy the high wages in Bath to leave
these farms an work in the wards or
other industrial plants Thus. he con-
ciuded, farm produce in this section has
become limited in output with resulting
high prices for what we eat.
MI and Mrs. Albert 8. Pratt OF Great
harrington, Mass. are the firs. SQUIRE,
Island arrivals of the year. report the
Bootheay Register. Mr.. and Mrs. Pra.,
came on Wednesday Of last week just
10 see the island in the winter. q trea:
thev had looked forward to for some
time They visited the island and spent
one night there. remaining here until
Saturday At Squirrel they got some
fine winter pictures. which they will
prize Mr. aQd Mrs. Pratt were among
those who made unusually long visits at
Squirrel last summer. coming early and
remaining late.
The contract for the First National
Bank building at Biddeford has been
awarded and il will be erected mex.
season. at cost Of sieoooo.