Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07
BY Albert Tered

hen houses and a large dog kennel
To get out of the fog and dampness
some of the passengers who were
landed there took shelter in the hen
houses and it is said that one even
got under the roof of the dog kennel.
but the latter was as a joke and the
joker did not remain there long.
The Radio Corporation of America
is installing at its plant in Belfast
an antennae which will extend for
miles over the country side from
Belfast to Moody Mountain. crossing
40 farms in its course. This plant
is one ofShe largest in the vicinity
and is said to be the nearest point
from which ocean going ships c,n
send messages as they make the last
turn on the coast before crossing the
Atlantic. The Ncompany has i"st
installed similar antennae at Koko
Head, Honolulu
Speaking Of the difference in tho
amount of traffic on the river now
from what there was when so many
shipments of ice, lumber and hav
went out of the Kennebec. a Bath
man says that on more than one day
he has seen over 100 vessels tow up
thr0urh tho Reach bound fo- Bath
and up river points. Some Of them
brought in cargoes while many came
IN light after ice to be takcn ON at
the ice houses up the river. In
those days a half dozen or more tugs
were busy on the Kennebec all Of the
time.
Hay left standing and blueherries
left to rot on the bushes. are two Of
the unusual sights that will be seen
around Eastport this fall. The cost
of labor on the farms. the scarcity OF
dairy stock and the big crop of hay
has been responsible for a part of the
situation. The Cutting of the cam
ned BURBERRY market with goods not
all of which were up to standard is
the cause of the non picking of the
berries. The BURBERRY raisers need
to cooperate in regulating "A coming
business. and probably will do so an
other year.
The Boston University GUNNER
school of 1924 will probably be in SEES
sion at Surry, Me, according to an
announcement made by Charles f.
Bel!atty, director of the school. The
session this year was held at ELS
worth, four miles, from the new site.
The new location will enable the stu
dents to derive all the healthful bene-
fits of the seashore while attending
their classes. The past season wit
messed record breaking. both in at
tendance and in scholarship. Ninety
students were in attendance OF this
number. thirty-four succeeded in
achieving the Honor Roll by ranking
A or B IN two or more subjects. On
the Honor Roll were eight regular
students and twenty-six others who
attended the sessions under the aus
pices of the United States Veteran
Bureau. The total registration Of the
school included fourteen regular stu
dents and seventy-six under the di-
rection of the Veterans Bureau.
A. L. T. Cummings, who recently
resigned as agricultural editor at the
University of Maine to accept the
position as manager of the State
Chamber of Commerce with head
quarters at Portland. is well-known
and highly regarded among the news
paper men of the State. His many
friends all over the State are tender
ing their Fluctuations. The new man
ager of the State Chamber of Com
merce was born in Saco and was
graduated from the Saco high school
now Thornton academy. He began
his newspaper career with the Bdde-
ford Daily Times, serving that publ
cation as reporter, city man and
editor. Mr.. Cummings was for twelve
years Western Maine correspondent
of the Boston Herald. covering Cum
berland. York and Oxford counties,
making his headquarters at Portland.
During that time he also did special
work on Portland dailies and for
year and a half edited the Sunday
edition of the Portland Press. He
also was within that period for five
years clerk of the common council
and for five years deputy collector of
internal revenue. Mr.. Cummings was
for three years city clerk of Portland
in the administrations of Mayors
EH5U