Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-07

LIE NdteTEille Ialr coming the las,
week in August and the bangor fab
the week before that. 1t was an
nounced Tuesday that the Waterville
fair dates would be September 1, 2
and 4 next year. These dates baG
already been fixed on by the Maine
State fair. and the Lewiston officials
have made numerous contracts fol-
those dates, which cannot now be
changed, they say. The winter meet
ing of the Maine Fair Association al
Portland in January is therefore ex-
pGcted to take up this matter.
Working at top speed to ship out
as many Christmas trees as possible
into states where the embargo has
been lifted on trees from New Eng
land, the operators in Bucksport will
have shipped about as many trees by
December 10 as were sent from tina
section last year. Sixty thousand
trees are being sent from Buckspolt
section this year to various places in
New England and elsewhere which,
together with the number of trees cut
and marketed by three operators
from this section up 70 10000. Not
only is it an unusual year in this in
dustry in this respect. but the men
working at it never remember of a
year when the work of cutting, haul
ing, shipping and marketing the
trees was carried so far in December
without an inch of snowfall. 1t has
been n remarkable fall and present
indications are that the entire work
here will he accomplished without the
use of sieds.
Strong support from Oxford coun-
ty, in addition to that which he will
receive from Aroostook and Wash
ingtor county, is pledged to Charles
J.. Barnes of Houlton, in the event
of his deciding to enter the contest
for the Republican nomina ton for
governor. Several well known OK
ford county Republicans have told
the drpester within the past few
days that their interest in the COM
ing campaign would lie greatly in
creased should AIR. Barnes decide to
enter. the primaries. Thirty years
ago Mr.. Barnes was principal of Nor
way high school and the young men
ana women of that town who enjoyed
his instruction and are still remain
ing in OXFORD county, are eager. ac-
cording to reports, to have an OPP
portunity of supporting their former
teacher for governor During his So
journ in Oxford county, Mr.. Barnes
took an active part with the Repub-
lican organization and served salts
factorily as county attorney, prior to
his removal TO 4Houlton.
A group of husbands in the South
End of Bath have gone on a strike.
yHI,~,, 80 lop,ond;oo, "NTop'S PiphtS -
declaring that they are being
neglected by their wives who are
spending too much time on clnp
husbands of the members of the
South Street rent-Teacher AS
ISOLATION in Bath recently COM
planned to Sheriff Wilbur c. Oliver
that they We're being neglected. so
that when the ladies of that associa-
ton met in weekly session Tuesday
afternoon to devote the whole after
noon and part of the evening to MAX
ing Christmas wreaths to fill orders,
their president, Mrs. Carroll A.
Deering read to them communica-
ton she. had received through the
mail from Sheriff Oliver. In this
complaint it was set forth that the
husbands had been Obliged to get
Illtuy VI lHSlI oWh hlCCio civ wv
much of the family mend.nS, and
that on account of the late hours
kept by the wives of these suffer-
ing and neglected men, said wives
are irritable and cross making it
difficult for the husbands even with
their exemplary dispositions to
maintain that desirable and usual
equanimity of family life.
When the ladies arrived at the
Washington. street school house
where they hold their meetings they
found, that Deputy Sheriff John A.
Norris had arrived, and assisted by
William H. Small had brought many
packages of clothing, each neatly
tied and with notes attached from
the, husbands with various instruc-
tions and entreaties all addressed to
the President. The largest contribu-
ton of clothes alleged to need mend
ing was trunk full from William
H. Small, well known grocer who in
his note said: please have your as
ISOLATION get busy repairing my
clothing which my dearly beloved
wife can't find time to do. Every
thing is in this trunk. May Heaven
bless you in this gold work and you
will get your reward hereafter"
AS result Of these protests Presi-
dent Deering has appointed a COM
mittee to confer with Sheriff Oliver
and tell him of conditions at the
South end as they see them and
promise to do better by their hus-
bands hereafter. '"7