Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-05

80 years old. a member of the'flrm OF
Fish Brothers, who are building the
State road through Gray, was seri-
ously. If not fatally, injured in an &C
cident at Carson's crossing, near
Danville, this forenoon. Mr.. Fish,
whose home is in North Arson was
driving his sedan out of a gravel pit
at Carson's crossing and drove on
the track directly in front of a Part
land bound Interurban car driven by
Charles Mitchell. Bushes beside the
track INSTRUCTED the view SO that
neither Mr.. Fish nor Mr.. Mitchell saw
the other until too late to avoid the
collision. The sedan was dragged
several hundred feet before the car
could be stopped. Mr.. Fish was TAX
en- to the Central Maine General hos
pital where his injuries were cared
for by DR.. B. G.. w. Cushman. His
condition is critical.
Bangor, July 3-At the next regu-
lar meeting of the City Council, ac-
ton is to be taken regarding the pc
tition signed by ninety residents of
Catell Street and vicinity requesting
the removal of the newly established
Municipal pig farm on the charge
that the resulting odorS are offensive
and have rendered the neighborhood
unfit for human habitation. The pc
tition is addressed to Mayor A. d.
Day and the City Council, and the
Mayor will bring the petition before
the assembly. Several of the petit
TONERS plan to be at the meeting to
express their opinions of the desired
change. A contest is expected, as
the proponents of the farm do not
intend to give up thier project so
soon after starting it. The piggery
now has $50 Inhabitants and fifty
more are to be added if the plans go
through. Benjamin w. Blanchard,
former judge of the Municipal Court,
who is acting in behalf of the petit
TONERS. declared today that If the
Council refuses to remedy the situa-
ton he will take the matter into
court. The entire neighborhood near
the piggery is aroused over the issue
and interesting developments are eX-
pected.
Bangor. July 3.-Ernest Reed of
Damariscotta, auto dealer, was be-
fore Judge l. w. Butterfield in NUM-
cipal court this afternoon on the
charge of driving his machine while
intoxicated, and also of driving with
out a Hence. On the first charge he
was iiHeu 9E0u dHI-SlNeHs twenty
days in Jail, with three months addi-
tional in default. He was fined $50
and given two days in Jail for not
having a license. Reed appealed both
cases and bonds were set at total of
$1,000. Unable to obtain it today, he
was taken to Jail. The complaint
was made by Mrs. Anna Mcmillan of
Main street. a relative of Reed. Mrs.
Mcmillan charged that while visit
ing at her home Reed misbehaved,
tearing out the telephone and later
driving while intoxicated. State
Highway Policeman Lloyd Sewall
brought the non-license complaint.
Reed said his license had been taken
from him in 1921 for period of three
years for driving while intoxicated.
Bangor. July ga controversy
has arisen in Bangor over the long
dormant BLUE Laws" 1t was given
its impetus at a meeting of the To-
cal Chamber of Commerce. The
dispute centers around some local
merchants who keep open their re-
freshment stores on Sundays and
holidays. Edward w. Spangler, To-
cal grocer, complained to the Cham
Der of Commerce that some store
owners are in many cases now car
rying groceries as a sideline, and by
keeping open on Sundays and holi-
days they gain an unfair advantage,
Mr.. Spangler said that the local gro
GERS are being forced to keep open