Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-29

Posters soliciting the cooperation OF
the ex-servlce men toward contribut-
ing $40 out of the State Bonus for
home in Rumford, have been placed
in various places throughout the iowa.
Such a E1mc would be a valuable
rial to the men who fought in the lat,
war, says the Rumford Falls Times.
While Percy WEIGH was rabbit
hunting in the Big Swamp, Mondav,
says the DiXfield correspondent of the
Rumford Falls times, he came across
a young bob cat, eating a rabbit Mr..
WEIGH shot the animal and as he did
so. he heard . slight noise and on
turning around Saw much larger
one crouching on a stump nearby;
this one was also captured by Mr..
WEIGH and measured about two and
one-half feet in length. There being
quite bounty on these animals the
afternoon proved profitable one for
Mr.. Welch.
A dispatch from Bangor reports the
arrest there OF Sam Cushman, a fed
eral prohibition agent. who has heen
working in Maine unGer direction of
his superior, George ]. Christie. Cush-
man was arrested for the alleged rob-
berry of Joe Tornaralis, of Cherry
field. After making an investigation
Christie stripped Cushman Of mis-
badge and discharged him from the
service. Tornaralis alleges that b.
and two other Lithuanians were held
up at the point of a revolver by Cush-
man and a pal named Melvin Hanson.
The alleged mold up and robbery took
place in South Park street, in Bangor.
This same Cushman has been trying
his hand a. sieuthing in this vicinity.
says the Biddeford Journal. He was
In Saco short time ago and among
other stunts searched house on the
Hearn road for STILL" which he
said he had been tipped off was in
existence there. Among the inmates
Of the house. was one Charles Rosen-
bloom. Of Portland, who now comes
forward and claims that after Cush-
mans departure $3.50 in cash, belong
ing to him. was missing. Rosen-
bloom has taken legal steps against
the booze hunter. to recover the
money which he alleges was stolen.
A canoe frozen into the ice field
which is forming above the big Old
Town-Milford dam, causes many a
covetous eye to wish that it might be
rescued and taken to shore against
the need Of another padding season.
writes the Old Town correspondent of
the Commercial. However, it is the
property of a resident of the island
home of the Penobscot tribe, who was
caught there in the drifting mush the
other evening and while not in danger
Of going over the dam, was vet held
securely from returning to the island.
For two hours the disguised brave
sat in his frail craft and cooled his
heels, before his calls for help brought
a boatman with q more substantial
craft, which could force its way to
the imprisoned paddler and rescue
him from his uncomfortable plight,
Later. when the surface has frozen to
a sufficient firmness. he will cut the
canoe out and take it to his home for
safer keeping during the winter.
Many boatmen in various parts of
Passamaquoddy Bay and Bay of
Fundy are engaged in the important
lobster catching industry which
opened Nov. Is. and as Eastport is the
principal shipping point for that coast
section large numbers Of the tooth
some and palatable shellfish are
reaching there daily, numbers Of the
crafts carrying over 5000 Holsters on