Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-18

Richard Matthews Hallet, the
Maine author. has returned from Cuba
and is at present in New York, await
ing publication by the Harpers of his
/ first novel. The Canyon of the
Fools" Since Mr.. Hallet finished COL
lege he has travelled the world over.
both lands and seas, in search of ma
terial for his stories, rouGhing il under
all sorts of conditions. Hence, his
present "loafng" spell must seem
strange to him.
A man in his seth year serving
on the Federal grand jury. an old
Fort Fairfield man at that. says the
Fort Fairfield Review. George W.
Haines of Phoenix. Ariz.. formerly of
Fort Fairfield. served on the FEEDER
al grand jury in Phoenix this winter
He was IS years old last November
But perhaps Mr.. Haines has several
lives-caused by living in city
named Phoenix.
Kora Temple Mystic Shrine) has
decided to hold a ceremonial in
i Rockland next month. says the
Courier Gazette. The welcome news
came yesterday in the form Of let
ter from c. Franklin Packard. poten-
tate of Kora Temple. to George r.
Barbour. who was very active in Sc
curing the big ceremonial which took
place here year ago. Mr.. Packard
wrote: Am in receipt of letter
from the Potentate of Anna Temple
stating that he is willing for us to
! hold ceremonial in Rockland. Ac-
cordingly I appoint you chairman of
| the committee to make arrangements
! for a Rockland ceremonial of Kora
Temple some time in April
! A Bangor man who drove through
from Boston to Bangor by automo-
bile Thursday reported that the trip
was accomplished with comparative
ease, serious. trouble spots being few
and far between. Between Water
vile and Bangor there were two
snowdrifts about 100 feet long which
required some maneuvering to pass
through, it being necessary to lay
! things in the roadway.
The Bangor Railway & Electric Co.
is the first public utilities service corr
/ poration IN northern New England to
equip its entire lines with the one
man safety electric cars. This means
the Bangor tracks. the 15-inle line to
Old Town, the 25-mlle line to Charles
ton and the Smile line to Hampden.
With most Of the system operating
one-man cars through 1921. the COM
pany had the largest net earnings in
its history.
Workmen began Thursday tearing
down the freight sheds Of the Maine
Steamship Line on Franklin Wharf
Portland. on the site of the coming
State Pier. 1t is thought that enough
of the pier will be ready by July to
accommodate the new Portland-New
York steamer service.
The SD annual meeting of the
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
will be held on Sept. 1915 at Bar
Harbor, with headquarters at the New
port hotel. The Maine association is
the oldest of the kind in the United
States and has about 500 members.
DR.. NJ. L. Porter of Danforth is now
serving his Goth term as secretary.
Hollis Center. York county. reports
1o5 days of sleighing, ending March
Is and breaking all records so far as
the oldest residents can remember.
One Portland woman was pretty
nearly the thead OF the house. the
other day when she marched to the
Jail and paid her husbands poll tax.
which he had neglected and refused
/ to pay.
The parcel post service in Maine is
Just now carrying many little chicks,
day or so old, shipped in special
carrier boxes and paid proper atten-
ton by postal clerks.
| Portland has invited the National