Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-20

saw, Jollll H. l@ONtll Vi w diuODOTO
and Langdon Gibson, an ornitholo-
gist.
Several departments of the Bates
and Androscoggin mills at Lewiston
will be run only four days a week the
remainder of the summer on account
of decreased orders, necessitating
curtailment, the arrangements have
announced. The Avon mill has been
closed entirely but the continental
is running full time with expectation
of continuing its present schedule.
Curtailment has been found neces-
sary in q number of New England
textile mills owing to lack of orders.
StOrehOuSeS are reported full with
the cotton goods market dull.
A three reel motion picture, set
ting forth the resources and business
of Portland, Maine, resorts and &C
tivities of the entire State, will be
part of the publicity program in con-
ncction with the trip in September
of the State Chamber of Commerce
special train from Portland to Port
land. 1t is proposed to show this
picture in each of the nine larger
cities and several smaller ones
through which the special train will
pass. The picture will first be
shown about two weeks before the
advent of the Maine party and again
at the time of their arrival.
A great pageant, to boy written
and coached by Miss Eva Scates of
Fort Fairfield, will be the feature
event of the centennial celebration
to be held at Milo Sept. l to 3. She
mas met with the committee and has
inspected sites for stable location
on which to stage the pageant
Uniting with the town in the CEN
tennial will be the Milo lodges of
Masons, who are also celebrating
the arrival of the 10Gth anniversary
Mems Association recently met and
discussed plans for their participa-
ton in the town celebration. a
parade is one of the features
planned.
The trustees of East Maine Confer
ence Seminary at Bucksport have
elected Ralph Edward Peck Of New
York City as president of the school,
His name was presented to the trus-
lCSo ny LII. a. w. lOlIlGL
president of the University Of Maine,
and now general secretary of the
Board of Education of the Methodist
| church. Mr.. Peck has been associat-
! ed with DR.. Harris as assistant treas
| urer of the board of education. He
was endorsed by such men as DIR. G..
+. Reisner. who was director Of the
Minute Man activities during the
Centenary campaign, and DR.. David
| G. Downey. book editor for the Meth
odist church. His personal appear
i ance before a committee of trustees
confirmed the favorable impression
given by his friends.
Names hay crop is unusually
! large and the price of hay is low
with little or no demand for it. 1t
| is predicted that loose hay will not
| sell for more than six or seven dol
lars a ton next winter. Now the
| real problem is labor. There is a
| scarcity of farm labor at any price,
and the few who are willing to work
during the haying season, are de-
maQding more for their services. in
many instances than the farmers
can afford to pay. Farmers are will
| ing to pay $3.50 or 81 day, but balll
at the 30 anu 30 SCule proposed DE
| some of the workers. AS a result, it
is predicted that many a field will
go uncut this summer, because the
cost of cutting and handling. would
| exceed the price the farmer could
expect to get for his hay next winter
or spring. Hence some of the farm
ers are offering to give away por-
! tions of their hay crop to anyone
| who will properly cut the grass.
Lewiston refutes the report that
New England's first automatic tele-
phone exchange was opened in Bos-
| ton on Sunday. Twenty years ago
lewiston Auburn had such serv-
! ice and. all who used it agree. it was
a good one, says the Lewiston Jour-
nal. While there have been i'm
provenlents during the period which
has elapsed since the Service was
| abandoned in this city, the system
inaugurated in Boston this week is
| substantially the same, it is under