Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12

this there were ether big features OF
the session incfssdnjG novel guessing
contests and spirited dabates under
the dieeetton OF the entertainment
com0i4tee, and the get-together
proved to be ons Of unusual attrac-
ton.
An ssterpristng young journalist
suggested the. other day. said Mr.
Barnes in opening his address, that
sportsmen henceforth would traverse
the Maine forests by airplane. SO i
may be that the joys and hardships
of the canoe and the trail are pleas
ures 81 the past. It may be that In
futufe ssueratioAs spostsmen will
cifsie over tho woods and lakes like
the fislh hawk, the eagle Or the owl;
but until o new generation has risen
lovers Of nature Of the present type
40 Of this past, will prize their recoi-
feetioMS Of the wildwood experiences
as men always heretofore have done
with a fult appreciation of the beau
ties and pIezsases Of their jaunting
trips euhanced by the recollection OF
the cost In toll and fatigue that the
enjoyment Of those pleasures entail.
Until q. Devastating forest fire
readers the approach OF Mount ka-
tahdin. uninviting. perfect day for
the Vigorous lover Of the woods can
be enjoyed while he tramps from the
very outskirts Of civilization on the
east branch of the Penobscot, COLO
quially known as the East Branch,
to and into the south basin Of Ka-
Continuing his address. Mr.. Barnes
said in part:
Never party yet arrived at Ka-
tahdin lake, save at nightfall, who
were not unanimously in favor OF
pushing on. The way from Katahdin
lake to the basin is but a footpath, or a
mere bridIepath, at best. Sleeper and
ever sleeper we are climbing now. the
pathway many time being bat the
bed Of a brook. and if you stop to in
spect the brook you will find it here
swarmfng with Tiny trout. and just a
few steps further you will have climb.
ed into an altitude above the habitat
OF brook trout, q section where the wa
ter falls limpid and pure over white
granite sand, without a sign Of fish
or life therein.
All Of a sudden you emerge from the
bushes onto a tiny plat of natural
meadow, and the mountain bursts into
view. gigantic and huge.
You later emerge from forest, well
within the sheltering arms of the
great south basin. and here at the END
Of the trail of all who visit katahdin
on this side Of the range. you stand
on the shore Of a little lake that COW
ers just few acres, with not spoon
full of soil visible anywhere. nothing
but granite cliffs aud crags and rocks
and gravel, and the dust about the shop
of the forger of the thunderbolts OF
Jove. If it is a clear day and the noun
tain top is smoking, the air at this
high altitude, almost mile above the
level OF the sea, is undisturbed by
dust or any fog. and the great granite
cliffs loom up before you like the
proscenium of mighty stage on
which the artist with a few bold
strokes. now here. now there. has de-
lineated great sears and assures. hor-
izoftal, perpendicular, and at all con-
eeivable angles, deep-set in solid rock
and where the waters have worn the
gray ashen covering off the outside OF
the stone, you will see bright sweep
ing reaches of red granite.
Your day is now yet done. You, OF
the simple redman who many years
ago rested for the night upon this
spot, have gone at sleep IN silence
that is profound you
dream of Penola as a goddess bright
swinging her censors on the very tip
your eye the cloud wreaths were but
incense waited from the alta Upward
to the Infinite.
At the close of Mr. Barnes ad-
dress the speaker was given a rising
ovation from an intensely interested
audience.
Entertainment Committees Program
The entertainment committee
started the ball rolling at the very
beginning of the meeting when sew
eral of the Rotarians entered into 4
lively debate on the subject Of wheth-
er or mot the club should pay the ex-
orbitant physicians bills for the pro-
fessional services rendered in the
emergency Caesarean Laparotomy
on the person Of Rotarian Charles
KinsnBan at a recent Rotary session.
That the charges, which were up in
the hundreds, were reasonable con-
sidering the seriousness of the opera
ton was argued by Attorney Charles
l.. Andrews of the law firm of An
drews & Nelson, who said that the
bill had been left with his firm for
collection.
There were those who thought
otherwise and Dr.. o. W.Turner was
called upon to read the itemized bills
of the several physicians who as
sisted in. the operation. Among the
charges which were included in the
bills were those for pulling Mr..
Kinsman's leg" by DR.. Hoffman, os-
teopath, for d jug broken during the
time when the ether was being adj
ministered, and for the contents of
the jug, which was valued at 500.
1t was finally decided that Mr..
kinsman be allowed to pay the bills
himself. The dialogue was humorous
in the extreme and called forth
hearty applause and laughter.
Rotarian Dwight Higgins of the
entertainment committee was in
charge of the next feature. which
was guessing contest and as the
originator Of the guessing match, he
surely put across a good one. In
the center ofthe hall there was a
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