Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-31

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Joseph Houlton went to their new
home, it is said that hrs. Houlton
rode on horseback carrying on her
china teaset, and a feather pillow
was strapped to her saddle. Their
nephew. Amos Putnam. acted as
guide for about ten miles. Then
they were obliged to go on foot
leaving the horse.
Mrs. William H. O'Connor, cham
pion woman swimmer of Maine and
holder of the record for swimming
from Portland bridge to Peaks Island
has been selected to have charge of
a summer swimming, course for
young women at the Portland Y. NJ.
G. A. during the months of June,
July and August. The swimming
tank at the Y. NJ. c. A. will be
turned over to the girls and women
of Portland on every Thursday dur
ing the next three months. Mrs.
O'Connor is former resident of
Bangor, now living at Auburn. where
she holds the position Of Red Cross
lifesaving examiner. In 1912 she
established the record of three hours
and 13 minutes for swimming a dis
tance of 81 miles from the Portland
bridge to Forest City Landing, Peaks
Island.
The writer noted the other day a
carload of birch edgings, which were
being unloaded at local wood yard.
1t led to the thought how many
thousand cars of edgings of all kinds
have been thrown into the kennebec
river by the sawmills which used to
line it's banks from Augusta to the
sea. In the old days. only the best
of the edgings and slabs were kept
and the rest, with the sawdust. shaw
ings, and bark all went into the
river. After time this practice be-
came such a nuisance that it became
necessary to pass laws providing
that refuse from saw mills should
not be thrown into the river. If one
had the material which was thus
wasted by the mills he would be
many times a millionaire today, for
there is a use found for all the by
products of the few mills which re-
main. One of the best examples of
this is the Bath Box Co. which en-
terprising concern turns about all of
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products.-The Bath Daily Times.
A unique village within a village
has sprung up within few years at
the rear of the green fence which is
the northern boundary to Strathglass
Park in Rumford The names of
"Garageville," "the Shacks" and
Garage Village" are all used in all
luding to this place, according to an
article in Lewiston paper. In this
settlement are over 40 garages, single
for the most part, although there
are a few double apartments. Many
styles of building material have been
used, from spruce siding to mill can
vas, and while some have wooden
floors, the majority have Mother
Earth for floor. Few of the build
ers had to bring in rock for corner
stones for this little settlement.
sprung into being in q section where
big boulders shoulder each other and
crowd out vegetation. And when a
new garage was started, the stills,
very often were obtained by step
ping one side and cutting down a
hemlock or other tree and saving it
into proper lengths. Possibly no
other Maine town has the counter
part of this hamlet anu until this
year, the only formality connected
with building a garage was to OBJ
tain consent from Byron Evans,
supervisor of the Park, to clear and
occupy a site. But this year, on
May 1, the Rumford Falls Realty
Company sent notice to every own
er in this settlement that commence
ing June 1, rental will be charged
for the land occupied by his garage
near the end of Strathglass Park at
the rate of 81 per month.