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The Nenana news., 1923-05-29

Decoration Day will be generally observed in Fairbanks tomorrow. with members of the American le- zion taking a prominent part in the exercises, which will be followed by a parade to the cemetery.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-29

Mrs. NJ. J. Sweeney returned to Nenana on the Saturday train after a visit of several days at Anchorage.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-29

MT. and Mrs August Bjerremark will celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary next Saturday. They were married at Skagway during the rush to the Klondyke.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-29
SPRING WORK FOR MEN

Cleaning, pressing, repair work. Bring me coats, suits, shirts, any thing that needs renovating.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-29

E. H. Mack and Charley Thomp- son left for Anchorage today to ap- pear in one of the scenes of "The Cheechakos." which Is being filmed in the coast town by the Alaska Moving Pictures Corporation.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-29

Reports from the creeks state that heavy frost clogged up the sluice boxes Sunday night
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08

sister and husband. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Clifford. of High street. Mrs.
Wilson before her return home will
visit in Waterville, where she has
two brothers. Arthur and William
Trafton.
Miss Airline Plummer of Farm
ington. has been engaged to succeed
Mrs. Lena Mullen, resigned, on the
faculty of the junior high.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eben Goodrich. who
went to Rochester,. N. H., planning
to spend the summer, returned the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Laney were
in Fairfield Wednesday in attend
ance at the funeral service Of Mrs.
Laney's brother. Albert Ware, who
was burned to death while going to
Pittsfield with a truck loaded with
lumber which tipped over and
caught fire. Mr.. Ware was pinned
beneath the load and the man with
him was unable to extricate him.
MI. and Mrs. G.. B. Salisbury and
Mrs. Salsbury's mother, Mrs. George
Fowler. and their guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. H. Frost, Of Waterville.
made up an auto party shopping
in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Spofford of
Summer street and their son, Clair
Spofford of Oakland, were in Athens
Thursday in attendance at the fune-
raj service of Mrs. Spofford's sister,
Mrs. Rattle Corson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08

1920. when slightly more than 1.ooo,-
600 cars were freighted in single
week.
The volume Of freight loaded by the
railroads. has jumped about 80 per
cent in the last three months. Rail
managers are planning to handle this
fan the largest movement Of freight
ever received. According to testimony
presented to the Interstate Commerce
Commission. the annual transfer of
box cars from east to west has already
been initiated in anticipation of the
heaviest crop movement in years. At
the same time. the lines are hurrying
open cars from the west to the east to
handle as much coal as possible before
the fall months.
Railroad managers predict that the
shortage of cars will not increase much
beyond the present figure. To insure
an adequate supply of rolling stock,
they are cooperating in a nationwide
campaign to expedite loading and I'M
loading. In. addition every effort is
being made to insure prompt delivery
of new cars and locomotives already
ordered and authorized. Approximate
ly $780, 100000 worth of new equip
ment has been contracted for and au-
thoriZed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08

Tommy said, "and so they generally
matched me with the big fellows. ]
didn't have much to gain, for they al
expected me to win my fights, but
had a lot to lose-at least, it seemed
lot then-and so naturally fought
over my head as rule"
The father of Mike and Tommy
had a keen aversion to fighting. It
was over his strong protests that
Mike entered the game, but when
the senior Gibbons saw the remuner-
alton that might result from a single
engagement, his opposition gradually
vanished and had disappeared by the
time Tommy was ready for the pro.
fessional ring.
However, the Senior Gibbons never
saw either one Of his sons In the ring.
He died on the night that Tommy
fought Billy Miske in New York hast
October; a fight Tommy entered with
knowledge Of his fathers serious ILL
ress. The bout terminated when
Gibbons fouled Miske.
Tommy was the youngest member
OF the family. and. he declares,
naturally somewhat Of q favorite."
He tells with a smile Of the day he
and Mike framed" q bout With their
father as the only spectator. This
mixup ended when Tommy Knocked
OUT Mike. He was glad to see the
younger one get the best Of it, the
senior Gibbons said after he saw
Mike was not seriously hurt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08
Chicago Produce Market


market and by prospective delay IN
settlement Of the German reparat1ons
issue. wheat failed today to hold up
turns in price. Closing NJ, 9uo as vess
were unsetted "a at sc the Iew same with july
1.10a to 1.1Oa and September l.o9t TO
1.09s. Corn lost IL to II: oats closed
at ac decline to shade advance anu
provisions at to 10 cents gam.
times, the wheat market showed an up
ward trend, chiefly as a result OF re,
ports that excessive rain had cause u
damage in Oklahoma and Kansas. WIN
the new crop nearly Ie ,,.aye iI more dis.
nosed to pay attention to weather re-
ports than for some time past, out
the buying lacked volume excepI on
downturns. Evidence thai some of OF co oru
were taking to the bear side OF me
corn market had an evident deterrent
effect on wheat bulls although some
of the selling of corn was again SIN
Reports that the German reparations
note was indecisive and that even az
best it would apparently mean pro
longed interchanges and perhaps zen
eral economic conference had fur.
market. On the other hand. gossip
that 100000 bushels Of wheat is to De
loaded out of here te. go east counted ';s
araI shipments east from Duluth were
ind Indicated. and the seaboard reported
ann 400 bushels worked for EUROPE In
Guiding Guiding some old crop hard winters nate nd
ENLARGED receipts OF he eiGrP c n9rG ned
f re Rans slza city from Nebraska points
led to a decided increase OF selling
nressure in the corn market. The oats
market took its cue mainly from wheat.
packers buying gave flrmneSs to
provisions despite weakness Of corn
and hogs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08
they were married In tho Bethany

Mr.. and Mrs. George Mcdonald and
little daughter. who formerly resid-
ed at East Madison and who last fall
went to Plymouth where Mrs. Nc
Donald's parents reside and where
Mr.. Mcdonald has a position, have
been at East Madison the guests
of Mr.. McDonald's mother. They
have shipped their household goods
to Plymouth where they plan to
make their future home and have
returned to Plymouth in their ma
chine, being driven by Mrs. Lewis
Thompson of East Madison who will
visit in Portland on her return.
Mrs. Donovan Cool. who has been
employed at the Atkinson Bakery
on Water street, is completing her
duties there on Saturday and will
move to Old Town where Mr.. Cool
has fine position as boss dyer with
the American Wooden Company. Mrs.
cry forenoons for next week which
is the last week of school and after
the close of school the Misses At
kinson will work in the store.
Mrs. Colley of Massachusetts, for
merly a trained nurse from the
Maine General hospital, Portland, is
a surgical patient at the Somerset
Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Wirrmann and
daughter, who have been in Show
hogan occupying bungalow on
Bailey street. which they recently
purchased are removing to their for
mer home in Patterson. N. j.. hav-
ing left on the noon train Thurs
day.
Maurice Magoon returned from
Freeport Thursday noon accom-
panied by his children, Marion and
Maurice, who have been visiting with
their aunt, Mrs. E. H. Stowell for
several weeks at her home in Free
port.
Mrs. Flora Clay Of Pittsfield was
a business caller in town Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08

10.25; she stock more active; better
grades strong; bulls closing weak to
Is lower. vealers so to Is off; stock
ers and feeders in better demand at
prices about steady with recent de-
Cline: bulk desirable Gamers 1850
2.75; light kind ESQ; bulk bologna bulls
:50@4.75; bulk beef heifers 7.5O0S.50;
choice beef heifers in load lots up
yard to $50: bulk beef cows 4.50l
e76; bulk stoekers and. feeders e.T5
@7:6o; meaty esq pound feeders 500
HOGS-Receipts $4,000; steady to 10
lower: light weights on most: top 7.25
one load out Of line; practical top 7.20:
bulk 100 to 240 pound average 7.10@
LIS: 260 to 325 pound butchers $50
Q7.10; packing sows mostly 6.00@6.25;
desirable 40 to 13o pound pigs $50
q e:25i estimated holdover 10000.
SHEEP-:Receipts 1000: mostly
steady; bulk desirable native springers
Sis.ss; cu\i mostly So ' a gssrS 1l 'Sc
four doubles handy weight fed lambs
14.10 and 14.15; few culls $50; handy
weight ewes mostly 5.25 $500; heavies
unevenly lower. mostly 2.75@3.50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08
$50: creamery. firsts. IS to 81 score, 81

Sss; creamery. firsts. SIS to 81 score. 81
EGGs-Unsettled: receipts 4o.527.
Fresh gathered extra tirsts 25@26;
ditto firsts 23a Q24!; seconds 221@23.
Fresh gathered. storage packed extra
flrStS 21@2S; ditto firsts 26 @ 26A: near
by hennery whites. locally selected ex-
tras 500 81; state, nearby. and nearby
western hennery whites. firstS to ex-
tras esq So; hennery browns extras 81
OBS.
PoTAToEs-Quiet. New York up
state sections old crop $50 pound sack
1.75 2.40: new crop South Carolina
barrel SIS q 600.
CABBAGES-N Nominal,
The raw sugar market was less &C.
tive today. but prices We're unchanged
at 50 for CubaG cost and freight, equal
to SIC for centrifugal. while Porto
Ricos We're quoted at $40 for centrifu-
gal. There We're sales of 27.500 bags
of Cubas and $4,000 Porto Ricos for
June shipment and at the close it was
believed that more sugars were avail
able at quoted prices.
Except for a slight upturn at the
start raw sugars futures were general
prompted by reports of sharp break
in the London market for refined. The
latter was supposed to result from the
arrival there is refined sugars from
this country on consignment. offerings
OF which had evidently weakened the
position. At the start prices showed
advances of to 5 points on active
positions. supposed to be the taking in
of hedges against sales of spot. but
after this buying movement had sub
sided, prices eased off sharply under
commission house liquidation prompted
by the decline in the English refined
market. Closing prices were at the
lowest of the day and from 9 to Is
points below the previous night. Clos
ing: July 6.2S; September ga; Deem
Der SIS: March 4.42.
There We're no changes in the mar
ket for refined sugar and the demand
was only moderate. Prices were quot
ed at 9.75 to $50 for fine graduated.
Refined futures NOMINAL.
Late in the day it Vas reported that
IL, 900 bags of Cubas had been sold to
an operator at 5-16 cents cost and
freight, equal to $40 for centrifugal.
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Boston Produce Market
Boston, June Z.

Boston, June Z.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 1901.
BUTTER-EXtras 39a q 40. Firsts
3S139. .,
CHEESE-Fresh choice 26@26a;
" CoRN@No. 2 yellow 1.o1@1.o2.
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex-
tras 1896: white and mixed extras
3l634; western extras 1902.
FLOUR-Spring patents. 1875 pound
sacks, special short 725@7.5o; stand
HAY-No. 2 Timothy 24.50926.
thanksgiving 25Z2S.
OATS-4O pounds. $1,000.
PORK-Medium backs 24.50 @26.
POTATOES-GreenM Mountains 1.5OV
1.6O per 100 pounds; new Southern NO.
s61s625 per barrel:
quotes 80 cents in 100 barrel lot less
two percent for cash.
NEAI=1OM
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Boxing for Life
Gibbons Sole Aim

st. Paul, June 7.-(By A. P)-Just
about the time most anxious fathers
are feeling out" their sons to as
certain their life-work desires. a
young man OF st. Paul-"hardly
more than a kid" his friends said
gripped the lower rung of the ladder
of pugilistic fame.
fession, and how well he has mas
tered it will be demonstrated July 4,
when he seeks to wrest the heavy
weight boxing crown from Jack
Dempsey at Shelby, Montana.
For the young man who decided
on fisticuffs as a life work was
Tommy Gibbons of st. Paul, only a
youth Of 16 years when he answered
the lure Of the game. Many boxers
have gained their start in the ring
through their prOwess as rough-and-
tumble mixers, with science devel-
oped later as a necessary requisite
to greatep success.
Not so with Tommy Gibbons. 1t
was purely business proposition
with him. and he selected his career
for the same reason that many other
young men have entered less violent
professions. 1t was the attraction of
more money than he could make any
other way.
Tommy's path had been beaten by
his brother. Mike Gibbons, five years
his senior, whose boxing skill later
gained for him the sobriquet Of 1.-THE
Phantom" It was the verbal per-
suasion Of Mike. coupled with his
success at fighting, that decided
Tommy.
Il had left school and had gone to
work for the Great Northern Railway
here" he said in recounting his start.
"Of course. I was only making little
money; no more than any kid Of that
age is likely to make.
zone day Mike came to me with
proposition that enter the ring. He
said he could pay me more than the
railroad company could, and as had
watched with some envy the money
Mike was making. I decided to take
him up.
Mike was a great teacher, and
from that time until very recent
years. when Mikes eyes have been
bothering him. he gave me thorough
instruction. 1t Is to this, of course,
that owe much Of whatever boxing
ability I possess.
1t was the luster cast over him by
his brothers success that took Tom
my into his first fights-informal
quiet affairs at little athletic club"
the young men maintained out in the
Gibbons neighborhood.
THE fellows expected me to be q
fighter Just because Mike was"
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FINANCIAL NEWS m
II YORK MARKET
:. IS The Days Dealings In All
' . H. Leading Stocks

k June Prizes in today's
VOTE Welded moderately to
naIne' and short selling. which
takine Yectiye in certain OF the
post nsnt. oil and motor shares.
stSe reactionary tendency ex-
nv ~ most Of the usual leaders.
ARE several speciaities which
" eet gains Of from l TO nearly
az Us. on the day. Business was
o!n's Considerably. reduced scale
o. The absence Of any effective
pans for the year were estab-
ps s the session by American
ou'I International Harvester.
. oil Of New Jersey and Vir-
~ .oiina Chemical preferred.
S shares enjoyed a brief pc
tl,o ssturength on reports that April
q class one roads showed an
" net return Of 81 percent on
~ nv property valuations. Just
w close there was a good de-
.ne some of the low priced car
u, ~. Marquette establishing a
* for the year at 45s.
lgn of Studcbaker. which
Il more tHdH d i0iH -
attended to most OF the other
md motor accessories. Hays
saweyer, was strong on reports
~ full years dividend of - a
'n M.s earned in the first four
"s snd that gross sales and net
~ ' in NAV exceed ID the turnover
n ~ nreyious month in the COM
~ history.
IL! a's breaking crude oil produc-
S. ..; to have a depressing eff
The oil shares although with
oa,n,ihn Of Royal Dutch, off IL.
.ryecessions were held to frac-
,,s,on OIL moved against the cur
.ssnd, rising . points.
u = |itv Rapid Transit isEues
be gains on the announcement
;,crease in the semi-annual divi-
pocant activity of American
49, 10 said to be based on pros
IS dividend rate beng estao-
Al next weeks meeting.
h money held steady today at Al
~. The demand for time money
.mnroyed with brokers bidding Al
y, commercial paper was more
an eased bank buying, prime
still commanding 3 percent.
.,en exchanges We're slightly re-
Jaw Demand sterling was quot
%nnd s4.6es and French francs
FAX cents. German marks
eta,l below .O013 cents. Spanish
.,ss dropped five points to 1910
$40 40 new low for the year.
~ continued their move to high
..nnd in today's bond market de-
. number Of heavy spots scat
shroughout the list. The mar
.owsd broadening tendency with
~ issues moving higher and sec
srs5a railroad mortgages in fair
mi at rising prices.
} Sian SIS continued to be the IN
iml feature of tho foreign group,
y nearly . points to 76a. new
inr the year and % points above
vars low. Lyons 6s and Mar
d IS each closed more than a
higher. , .x.s
n about 3-32 Of a point each.
street heard rumors today that
,rarnment would issue about
10000 in treasury certificates
June Is.
in speculative expectation of the
nan stock being placed on q s.
Ind basis next week. Otis Steel
hoped Il and Steel and Tube IS
ue was another series Of small
1erings today the largest being
OOO.OOO,O0O first mortgage ~
percent sinking fund gold bonds
h belgo-Canadian Paper Company.
70 mature July l, 1943. at 81 and
est to yield more than 81 percent.
Ml sales, par value, were $685.
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New York Produce Market
New York. June I.

New YORK, June =,
FLoURasteatdy; s sp1iiess i5..eo95.s5;
@ss5; ,; soft w sitrsghts 5.s5 $500.
A' WuEAT-spot irregular; No. 2 RED q
wi Mahe elf track New York d9mes tic
track track New York e1p sss: l;sssi Ma:
hard G WHtef s SttG and IL. mixed du-
UNI ditto 1.2O. I'D
CoRN-spot easy; No; yellow .ni2 a n
NJ white elf New York rail- A.ois
and No. 3 mixed ditto 1.ol.
oATs-spot barely steady; NO. z
white Sc. ,7ofo@
1900. eoeoo
PORK-Easy: mess 25.5oQ NV. ~
LARD-Firm;. middle west il.so is SSS
BUTTER-Firm; receip wtras 39a@
S1sa nrasmer1l extras, 90 score, SSsV
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals for the ccnstruc-
ton of addition to Stevens Cottage.
State of Maine Reformatory for
Women at Skowhegan, Maine, will be
received until IL. o'clock noon. June
18th. by the Board of Trustees Of the
State Reformatory for Women. Pro-
posals must be addressed to State Re-
Main e.0 Plans and o speeiacatioms e nav
be obtained from Milton w. Stratton,
Architect, Bar Harbor.. Maine.
A surety bond for $50 Of the amount
Of the contract will be required Of the
successful bidder. bond to be surety
Company bond.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all proposals.
Per order
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Of Reformatory for Women.
june2d9t
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Special to The Kennebec Journal

FURNISHED to the Kennebec Journal
through the courtesy of ]. A. Carnage
q Co or Augusta and Waterville)
Washington. June 7.-Principal rail-
roads throughout the United States on
May IA were short 23,761 cars needed
to load freight on that date, according
to official reports just received in
Washington. Three months ago. the
daily shortage was in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 cars and at one time
jumped to $4,000. Railroad officials
say car shortage has virtually dis
appeared"
That the shortage has ceased to be
a really serious menace to shippers is
proved by the official reports which
snow that the number of cars needed
but not available now is the lowest in
very many months.
The reduction in shortage has been
accomplished by the railroad managers
In the face of record freight move
ment for this period of the year in the
history of rail transportation. More
than $4,000 cars of freight We're Of
fered to the railroads and loaded in the
week ended May 10. This is within
three per cent of the highest loadings
OF all time which occurred in October,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08
FORMULATE PLANS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY

At the last meeting Of the Uunice
Farnsworth Chapter, D. A. r. a res
olution was adopted in favor of pre-
senting historical pageant some
time in mid summer in observance of
the Tooth anniversary of the Incor-
poration of Skowhegan, formerly
known as Milburn, into a town. 1t
was decided to ask every organiza-
ton in town to cooperate with the
chapter In the presentation of the
pageant and for each to appoint a
committee of two to confer with the
committee of two from the chapter
made up of the new regent. Miss
Mabel J. Pooler. and the registrar,
Miss Gertrude S. Weston. On Mon
day evening at 7.30 o'clock these
committees are to meet for the first
general conference.
County Agent C. A. Storer was in
Hartland and Palmyra Thursday
working with the farmers on the po-
tato plants.
Miss Marion G. Hare, the Home
Demonstration agent, conducted a
one piece dress demonstration at
Cornville Thursday.
Gerald c. Dunn Of Orono, who has
received the recommendation for the
county agent of Somerset county
to succeed c. A. Strong, will be in
town Thursday and Friday of next
week in conference with Mr.. Storer,
concerning the work of Somerset
county.
There will be meeting Of Som
erset Council No. 2O89, knights of
Columbus Monday evening in the
Council rooms in the Wentworth
block.
Fred D. Harvey of Portland, master
of the State of Maine fourth degree,
Knights of Columbus was in town
Thursday on business.
Tuesday, June 18th, in the evening
an informal reception is to be held
at the parlors of the Federated
church as a farewell for several
members who are to leave town to
make their home elsewhere, among
them being Professor Ralph w.
Leighton and daughter Miss Helen
Leighton, a sophomore in the Show
hogan High School, who the last of
this month will go to Portland where
Mr.. Leighton has accepted a position
with Hornblower and Weeks and
Mrs. Sarah Stenhouse, who will go
to Madison to make her home where
Mr.. Stenhouse is employed.
The Rank Of Esquire was confer
red upon class of candidates at the
regular meeting of the Skowhegan
Lodge, knights of Pythias held in
Castle hall Thursday evening.
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DRESDEN

SOUTH-Mr. and Mrs. Leland Sic.
gars and son Joe passed the week.
end with relatives In Randolph and
South Gardiner. :.
Mrs. Charles .Pushard II teaching
school for few weeks in North
Edgecomb.
Mrs. Lizzie Cortello visited her
daughter, Mrs. Albert Tibbetts. last
week.
Moses HENDERSON Of Bath was the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. @. L. Siegars
Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Tibbetts was calling a
Mrs. Vesta Siegars Sunday.
Mrs. Fred CaritoG passed 1opday
in Bath.