Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-17


Rockland, who sailed from New York
Thursday, on the steamship President
Harding for his far off post. Mr..
Buffum applied for a consulate as
signment several months ago and
found no vacancies. Consequently
the appointment, which came while
he was in the employ of New York
business house, was very much Of a
surprise.
General Superintendent T.. NJ.
Trott, of the United States Light
house Department, who had been
spending a week at Bath and vicinity
arrived in Portland and will remain
there for several days before leaving
for the westward. Mr.. Trott is max
ing his annual inspection tour, it
being his practice once year to visit
every lighthouse district in the Unit
ed States, in addition to Alaska and
the Philippine Islands, to look over
the situation, and to make such rec
concentrations as he believes will be
beneficial to the lighthouse service.
Belfast is wondering who will be
its next municipal judge. Since the
term of Judge Clyde r. Chapman of
the municipal court expired with the
close of his term. June 80, no ap-
pointment has been made by Govern
or Baxter to fill the Office Without
judge, Belfast is without a NUM-
clpal court other than in cases which
! may be heard before a trial justice.
1t is expected that the Governor will
make the appointment shortly. Judge
chapman and Attorney Carleton
Doak are being mentioned as candi-
dates for the Office.
Skowhegan claims that it has bet
! ter streets than any other munieipali-
ty in Maine. We rather guess that
the laurel wreath in this respect will
go to the twin towns of Norway and
South Paris, with it's cement road
| extending the entire length of the
| main streets and connecting the two
towns, to say nothing of the three or
four miles of cement road extending
TO the Welchville plains. Bridgton
| has little to say along these lines but
when the bituminous macadam sur
face Is laid on Main street we may
want to enter the contest.-Bridgton
News.
The statistics regarding infant
| mortality in Lewiston showed death
| rate of 154 per thousand under one
year old, which was one of the high
est rates of any city in the country.
! Statistics given out by DR.. l.. J. Du-
mont, city health officer, regarding
the rate for the first six months of
this year, show a reduction of % per
thousand, the number being 120. The
improvement is attributed by DR.. Du-
| mont to the fact that parents have
been better educated regarding the
subject Of child welfare. He believes
the figures for the next six months
| will show still further reduction.
, An historic old cannon will soon
ornament the lawn in front of the
community house at Winnegance.
Just how old this cannon is no one
Knows but it was in use in the for
ties on ships built at Winnegance in
the old Morse shipyard. 1t was not
designed for use in case of war but
to keep pirates from boarding the
ships upon which it might be mount
led and it made several voyages
around the world. After it was TAX
| en- off the last ship upon which it
travelled it laid around the shipyard
and vicinity for many years and was
fired occasionally on Fourth of July
by the boys and men of the place.
Some 25 years ago, a night before
the Fourth it had been fired several
| times and was discharged prema-
turely and badly injured the late
Howard Hunt. Then the boys spiked
il and it has never been fired since.
1t is to serve as memorial to Ro-
land II. Smith, a Winnegance boy,
who gave his life for his country, in
the World War and for whom Roland
H. Smith post, American Legion, was
named.
! AS the prospective chairman Of the