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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
New Corporations

The office of the attorney general
has approved the certificates of in
corporation of the following new
corporations:
Stockholm Light {; Power Com
pany, organized at Stockholm, to
generate and distribute electricity in
the town of Stockholm. Aroostook
county: capital stock. $4,000, all Of
which is common stock; nothing
paid in; par value. 5000; shares
subscribed, seven; directors. Herbert
J. Merrill (presidenD, John Ander-
son (treasurer), Ralph A. Merrill
(clerk). Irving z. Howe, Carl San
strom. Eric Larson and Fritz An
derson. all of Stockholm.
The Powhaton Productions, Incor-
porated. organized at Saco, to deal
in motion pictures and to conduct
moving picture theatres; capital
stock. S1.OO0,000. of which 100000
is common and 100000 preferred
stock; nothing paid in; par value,
500; shares subscribed, three, COM
mon stock; directors, Frances l..
Hewes (president), Clayton Hewes
(clerk), Saco: Harold S. Richards
Creasurer), Portland.
The Deering Sand and Crave
Company, organized at Portland, TO
deal in sand and gravel; capital
stock, $4,000 all of which is com
mon stock; nothing paid in: par
value. 500: shares subscribed. three;
directors, Marco DiSanto (president'
Richard Kennedy (treasurer), VIII
liam r. DiSanto. Albert E. Ander-
son (clerk), all of Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
It's Easier to Smile
Than 1t Is to FrOWn

DO you know that it takes "a mus
! cles to make a frown and only IS to
smile? Having this in mind the
management of the Opera House
have booked program for next week
that will make you smile, and that
smile will broaden into a grin, and
the grin will lead to roars of laugh
ter when you hear Jimmie Evans.
Jimmie Evans is well known
Broadway entertainer and he has
gathered together a remarkable tour
ing company for his Musical Revue.
Fun and more fun will reign at the
Opera House next week and you will
see bunch Of Broadway fiappers
that will make you think Flo Zeig-
field hasn't cornered the market.
The opening bill for Monday and
Tuesday will consist of the musical
absurdity, Hello Broadway" and tho
feature picture. THE Blot" with
Clare Windsor and Louis Calbern
ms is q Lois Weber special and
from its earnest appeal is truly
dramatic.
jimmie Evans Musical Revue is
coming mere direct from a successful
three weeks engagement at Lewis
Ton ana II you enjoy good clean COM
cay by comedians. second to none.
ana singing and dancing, don't miss
TINS treat. Special scenery and cos
tunes are carried by this clever COM
pany OF twenty entertainers, mostly
girls, and you are assured of an even
ing of fun.
Matinees at 2.15 and evenings at
$50. Jimmie Evans and his com.
pany will appear at $50 in the even
ing and 2.15 in the afternoon NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
School for
Rural Teachers

The school for training rural
teachers, The Teachers Plattsburg,"
so-called, will begin at Castine, July
II, and will continue for six weeks.
according to a statement made Fri
day by DR.. Augustus Q. Thomas.
! state superintendent of schools. Miss
Char Williams of Memphis, Tenn,
president of the National Education
| Association, after the annual con-
vention of the association at Boston,
will pass two weeks in Maine, one
week of which will be used in rest
and the other week in instruction
! at Castinc.
Among the instructors at the Cas-
/ tine conference will be Miss Jean
| Brown, in charge of the Division OF
! the Red Cross in Canada, who will
/ pass a week: Lee Driver, who is in
charge of the rural school work in
| PENNSYLVANIA, who will also pass q
| week at Castine; Miss Nellie Jor-
dan of South Portland, director OF
! the health crusade work for Maine;
| w. ID. Hall, principal of the Castina
| Normal school; Miss Alice Coffin, in
! charge of the teacher training at the
| Aroostook State Normal school at
| Pressure Isle; and Harold A. Allan
! and Miss Florence NJ. Hale, agents
| for rural education.
DIR. Augustus @. Thomas, state
superintendent of schools, will give
I q unit course of week on rural
/ life conditions and rural schools.
DR.. Thomas is permitted to select
/ 100 rural teachers for he Castine
conference, but it is thought that
a more intensive training would be
I given with less number, 50 there
will be probably between GO and 20
| teachers in attendance.
Miss Florence NJ. Hale, agent for
rural education, has returned from
| a years study at Columbia Universe
tv. where she took post graduate
course. DR.. Thomas has received d
number of letters from professors
at Columbia commenting the work
of Miss Hale, who will now resume
her accustomed line.
Harold A. Allan, agent for rural
education, will be given a leave of
absence for a year and he will prob
ably take a post graduate course at
Harvard University.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
BLUE SKY LAW" ADVERTISE
MENT

Application having been made to
the Ban king Department by the fol.,
lowing rsdmed persons to be reglstereu
as a Dealer in Securities under the
provisions of Chap. 40, Sec ll-23, OF
the Revised Statutes. as amended, lei
gal notice is hereby given and any
person may, within two weeks frcn
the date of this publication, file obJec..l
ton to the proposed registration VILE
the Banking Department.
Name Business Address.
Red River Valley Mort
gage Company, Stern BLOCH
Fargo, North Dakota
FRED f. LAWRENCE.
Bank Commissioner
Augusta, Maine, June IL, 49,. I'd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
ADJUSTMENTS
A New Tale of Wonderful Love and
Lovers

A New Tale of Wonderful Love and
Lovers
With hands that we'll know their
way into the secret pockets of life,
David Wark Griffith has built a new
tale of love and lovers, which was
shown as Dream Street" at the
Opera House for the first time yes
terday.
1t is a story Of the unusual. The
very winds OF beauty seem to blow
across ii. Mystery and high adven-
turc Turk along the dim streets, fold
cd in fog. Lovely and haunting pic
lures swim before the delighted eyes.
The quick action sWarms to a sudden
suspense. Even the breath neglects
it's even measure to race with the
thrills, and again relax in sympathy
with the signing sweetness of the two
lovers, who only know they arc in
love.
1t introduces three young players
Of exceptional interest: Ralph Graves
as James spike" McFadden, who
conrucrs tho girls With his golden
voice and the males with his great
fists. Carol Dempster is Gypsy Fair,
@cntle, brave ana gay, swift and rest
less as bird. with every pulse Of her
body singing with JOY. The brother
Of spike" is Charles Emmett Mack,
tho property boy of recent months.
who had the astounding fortune and
great talents to become famous over
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
Mrs. Thomas
on Long journey

Mrs. Thomas, wife of DR.. Angus
tus O. Thomas, state superintendent
of public schools, left Friday for
Vancouver, from which place she
will go to Seattle, Wash. where on
June 23rd, she will meet her daugh-
ter. Miss katheryn Thomas, who
has been teaching school in Fair
banks, Alaska. Mrs. Thomas and
Miss Thomas will visit DR.. Thomas
brother. Charles E. Thomas at Bel
lingham, Wash. and friends in Port
land and Seattle. They will go then
to Los Angeles for a visit to Mrs
Thomas sisters. They will procee i
to San Francisco. where Miss Thorn
as will embark for Japan, where she
will pass a year teaching English.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17

An alibi that read like a page frohif
a novel failed to convince the couf'
that William Cathiot, 90, Of Lyiinf
Mass, was not guilty Of unla"lut
possession of % gallons Of alcoheII
when the case was heard in the Au1
burn municipal court Wednesday
While Cathiot was fined $500 AMI
costs and sentenced to so days in JAY
with an additional six months in def
fault of payment AN alleged parting
was more fortunate and escapef
deputy sheriffs late Tuesday nlsfn
while endeavoring to dispose OF tni
booze to a customer out on the DAM
vile road, according to deputy sheis,'
ifs. Cathiot entered an appeal aHt
wired Massachusetts for funds anf
bail. x
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
Revival of
Cheese Making

The state department of agricul-
ture is cooperating in movement
which may prove to be the begin
ming of the revival Of an almost for
gotten industry, that of cheese max
ing in Maine.
The farmers Of Monroe and Win
terport, in Waldo county, becoming
dissatisfied with their present facil-
tiles for marketing milk, have or
gained the Monroe Cheese Company
under the direction of two Of their
number, Ex-senator Charles NJ. Co
nant and c.. C. Clement.
Being unable to secure profession
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17

Mrs. Thomas will return by
way of the Grand Canyon to Den
Yer. Colo, to visit more relatives,
and then will go to her old home
at Arapahoe, Neb. After visit to
friends in Omaha, Kearney, st. Paul,
Plattsmouth and Lincoln, Neb., she
will go to Clorinda and Mt. Pleas
ant, Ia, to visit the relatives OF
DR.. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas expects
to reach her home in this city the
latter part of August.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17

al advice in the carrying out of the
project, an appeal was made to the
department and as a result the serv
Vt, were secured. Mr.. Conner has
had a life time experience in the
manufacture of cheese and butter,
and has been able to render the new
company much valuable assistance,
the expenses of his visit being paid
by the department.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Frank P. Washburn and CHIEF
Charles NJ White of the Division o.
Markets visited Monroe Friday. and
were much pleased with the progress
made. They report that notwith-
standing the fact that the project
was only started very recently, they
found the building in readiness and
up-to-date machinery installed,
while in the upper story were n
number of large tables on which
were neatly arrayed some 80
cheese in the process of ripening
The product being turned out at
present is what is known as full
cream cheese. made from milk
which tests over four per cent on
the average. Most satisfactory re-
suits have been obtained. so far each
nine pounds of milk producing 4
pound Of cheese. Fifty patrons are
already delivering their milk daily
at the factory.
I'VE hope this may lead other
communities of farmers to interest
themselves in a similar move" said
Commissioner Washburn Friday
land also that our Maine dealers
and buyers of cheese will see what
this new concern has to offer before
ordering from out of the state"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
WaIIy Reid IN New Racing Picture

Wallace Reid, Paramount star, who
has been seen in several pictures as
racing driver in which he drove big
powerful cars around the track, pi-
lots small "flivver" type of racer in
his latest vehicle, across the Con-
tinent." which shows at the Colonial
theatre next Monday and Tuesday.
This small "bug" is no snail, however,
for it dashes across the continent at
the rate of eighty-five miles per hour,
which is about as fast as it can be
run and kept on the ground.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
Approve Bond Issue

A decision was rendered by the
public utilities commission Friday
authorizing the Dover and Foxcrof1
Water District to issue $1,000 in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17

inees 50 cents. Evenings, orchestra
so cents, balcony 35 cents.-Ady.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17

100 Pairs of Fine Jap Wolfe Curtains, full size,
new made-up rutlles and tie backs-selling
everywhere at $3.50 per pair.
Our price Saturday, S1.9S per pair
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Labor Shortage
Forces Builders
To Bid for Help
Breakdown of Apprentice
System Is Responsible
for the Inadequate Sup
ply Of Skilled Workers

"Unpreeedented building activities
prevail throughout the country and
will continue apparently at present
PROPORTIONS through the heart Of the
season" s. W. Straus said yesterday.
"The demand for skilled workmen In
some Of the trades is greater than the
,upply. This labor shortage appears
primarily 20 be due to the fact that
apprentiees have not been filling the
plaees left vacant for various reasons
by skilled laborcrs. As a result the
available supply in some Of the trades
i being gradually depleted. which has
Effected an increase IN labor costs oy
reason OF builders bidding against each
other in order 20 complete contracts on
snccifed time. Special efforts are be-
inc made 10 recruit apprentices IN or
der that the supply Of skilled workmeh
may be augmented. go.
"Otherwise prices arc well staoiiiLea,
with a tendency 10 seek slightly higher
levels for the time being. and no iae-
tors are apparent that seem hkely
20 interfere with present activities.
ut is noted also that the genera,
business situation is being helped
grea,lv as a result Of the building
movement, as through TINS means a
brisk demand has been created ior
many basic commodities"
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Business Opposed
To Temple of Art
Going in 9TH Ave.
Project Would Cost Far
More Than 100000, 900
and Would Greatly In.
crease Traffic Congestion

Believing that the proposed Temple
of Art" at Seventh Avenue and Fifty
seventh Street, now under considera-
tion. is visionary and highly imprae..
tical. the Columbus Circle Council OF
the Broadway Association has recon-
mcnded that the Broadway Association
express its disapproval OF the loca-
tion for the proposed building, whieh
Is deemed unsuitable from every stand
point The council wishes 1t 20 be
Understood that the recommendation
does not include disapproval Of the
need or desirability OF providing suen
an art center or institution OF the
character contemplated.
Objections TO the location OF the
proposed Temple" are based BY the
council on the grounds that II would
crt of Seventh Avenue at Fifty-sev-
cnth Street: that il would interrupt
traffic east and west on Fifty-eightn
Street; that IL would involve the con
demnation Of large area OF highly
improved property; that II would close
an important outlet 10 traihc coming
out Of Central Park at the present Cen
trial Park entrance and intensity con
ccstion. and that while a limit OF S3O'-
900 900 is publicly discussed as the
urobablo cost Of carrying out this prol-
cct investigation reveals that the hg-
ures named hardly cover the cost OF
acquiring title 10 the property within
tho zone marked for condemnation
The present assessed valuation Of the
nropertv involved exceeds Si5,oOO,OOo'
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Nav Name Own Price
For These Bronx Homes
Ten Tax.Exempt Houses on
Cedar Ave. To Be Sold at
Auction on Wednesday

Ten tax-exempt dwellings at zoo'
70 pose Cedar Avenue. In the Bronx on
lot 25xio0 each, will be SOLD oy ptyAn
II Kennedy. Inc, in the Vesey Street
salesroom. on June 2s. On the same
dny Mr.. Kennedy will offer lOi9-o5
simpson Street, 2429 East fremont Ave-
nue. 24ss Frisby Avenue, Webster Ave
nue. East Side, 100 feet north OF l7oth
Street; Gainsborg Avenue, west sice'
AIS feet south Of Buhre Avenue; south
cas-. corner Post Avenue and Academy
street. 2i3 and 2aa South Street, run.
ming through to Water Street, and at
psdford Hills. n. Y. two dwellings,
large barn and several outbuildinss on
about hfty-seven acres. a
In the same salesroom, on July ~
Mr.. Kennedy will sell twenty-four lots
~ Wayburton Avenue and Odell Ave-
nue.. southeast corner Of odell Avenue
eni Vawlcy Terrace, adjacent 70 War
burton Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Mortgage Company Buys
Madison Ave. Building
I3.Story Structure at 3f3 10
BE Local Offices of American
Bond and Mortgage Go.

The American Bond and Mortgage
Co. Inc. has purchased the thirteen.
story Office building which has Just
been completed a. 3i3-335 Madison
Avenue. adjoining the Equitable Trust
building.
The building will be used as the per-
mancnt New York Office Of the Ameri'
can Bond and Mortgage Co... Inc
The interior and exterior OF the build
inc will be altered. These plans m,
clude the installation on the ground
floor Of banking quarters. Upon con-
pletion Of the alterations, whieh VIII
be in about three months, the Ameri.
can Bond and Mortgage Co., Iner VIII
occupy the banking hoor and Two con,
Meeting floors for the Transaction OF
its eastern business.
The company was founded seventeen
years ago and is nationally known DC,
cause Of the financial suceor EXTENDED
10 builders OF large enterprises.
Charles henderson was the broker
in the deal, Stoddard & Marx repre-
sented the purchaser, and VI. Karl Le-
vine represented the 3s3 Madison ave
nue Corporation. the seller. The build
ing was constructed by Joseph u. Sle'
gel, Inc, after plans by Blo0dg00d q
The purchase Of this property b.
another one Of the we'll known mort
gage bond houses is further eonhrma'
lion Of the value OF this location on
Madison Avenue near the Grand Cen
tral Station. The building stands on
plot 5OxlO0, which is held on a ions
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Brooklyn Realty Board
Plans Year Book for 1923
Will Be Larger and Contain
More Information Than
Last Years Issue

The Brooklyn Real Estate board mas
announced rs intention 90 publish
wear book for 1923. which will serve as
a real estate manual as well as diary,
The initial publication Of the board
the Year Book for 1922, met with sueh
a favorable response and the demand
for il so far exceeded the expectations
of the committee in charge. that u Is
planned to triple the 1923 edition.
The manual. in addition 20 contain
ing a complete list OF the boards mem
bership. will also contain directory
OF city and county Offices, building sta.
tisties, synopsis OF realty laws, table.
for use in appraising, historical data OF
Brooklyn and Long Island. annotated
calendar. directory Of financial insti,u-
tions in Brooklyn and Queens and much
ether information OF value TO those in
terested in tie real estate business.
The committee in charge, NJ: c.
O'Brien, chairman; Charles L. Gilbert,
George II. Gray, George $. Horton and
William G. Morrisey, are busily az
work gathering material for the book,
which will be issued about December l..
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Portland War Supply
| Station Up for Auction
Shipping Board Will Sell Con
tents of ST. Johns Ware
house Next Month

The United States Shipping Board
has directed Charles S. Gerth, OF
Gerth's Realty Experts, 20 sell at auc..
tion on July II and II the contents OF
81 Johns Warehouse, at ST. Johns,
Portland, Ore.
81. Johns Warehouse was used dur
ing the war for storage Of materials
received direct from source OF pro-
duc,ion. All the materials 70 DC OF
ferod in the sale or virtually in the
same condition as on the day they
The Shipping Board is anxious for
the individual 10 enjoy all the advan-
;ages offered in this sale, and every
facility will be placed at his disposal
10 bid on any OF the materials that
NAV suit his fancy. Catalogues are be,
ing published to simplify matters and and
one may be had by addressing the
Sbinning BOARD manager az 81. Johns
or he auctieneer. at l0l West Forty
second Street. New York City.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

have been erected. the impetus Of the
movement has not been spent, for on
every hand operations are going forth
AZ GOOD pace. The streets are
crowded with wagons loaded down
with brick and other building material
on the WY to the hundred or more
operations in progress all the way
along the subway route from l6fth
Street north to Fordham Road. New
/ brick work is coming within sight Of
the passengers travelling north ana
south on the Jerome-LeXington Avenue
First new wall is observed to the
right. The next morning there is one
| 10 the left, and that is the way TINS
| stretch Of territory is being Trans
! formed from suburb 70 q city OF mod-
ern APARTMENTS, fitted with everything
cxccnt elevator service, which has been
rescryed for several apartment build
| ;ros that are being erected on the Con-
coprse. They are skyscraper strue.
t,res. that is they will be twice, II not
tbree times. the height Of most OF the
bpildincs Shich have been erected OF
are now under construction.
Tntl the advance Of these apart
mont builders this section was s,rlctS
rural being only a few degrees re-
moved from farms. Scattered through
The district were small frame houses
nanv of which were landmarks. lhose
on the Concourse we're modern com.
naretively speaking. but they were no'
anv too advanced Vegetable gardchs
were 10 be seen everywhere.
Apartments Replace Fields
All this is passing. and very rapidly
Before the ruthless marcn OF tne
+ builder old houses and gardens hsve
/ disappeared and piles OF DricK' htc
and six stories. have come IN thelI
places. In these piles provisions hase
heen made for from nifty 10 lOV lam
f lies. For instance, IN the group o.
buildings erected by Dairy DIos, ~ a.
the corner Of Morris Avenue ana i'o11
Street. known as the Long view an,
crs,d View. are l02 apartments OF
,broo four and six rooms. Many OF
/ - have been rented. The three
roor,s arc held at S64 TO S66, the four
roo,,s Al SIS. $50 and S62 and the
/ s;v rooms al Sl25. These rentals are
shont what most Of the builders are
Ting for apartments ready for ten
/ onte The O'Leary Construction Com-
Darv which is finishing fine apart
panS' pan, house on Grand Avenue, just
south Of Fordham road Is renting
/ ~ bouse AZ $3.50 a room. Although
still in the hands Of workmen' inc
So,se SIi, ;s renting rapidly 1t IS built
70 10 house seventy-two families in three
four and fve-room suites.
On Bainbridge Avenue, near mosnoIu
PARKWAY. J. .McNutty & Son have com
nleted recently house which tney are
ppferine at sl7 a room. OF the forty
seyer suites in the house, eight are va
can't but the builders are not e~ef'''
80" n the 81. James's Park Court apart
rent. which is at the corner OF MOTIFS
Avenue and 1880 Street and dlree.iy ..Iy
across from 81. Jamess Par k rentals
are higher than those asked three
biocks to the north in houses Of Dairy
BROTHERS and in other houses IN INC
neighborhood. There are sever. seven apaiit sIp'ai,
ments Of hfty-fve in the building a"ai'-
/ ing tenants. .ro
Three-rOom suites in this house are