Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-01
mobiles at the beach was the larg
est of the season.
BY Albert T. Reid

mobiles at the beach was the larg-
est Of the season.
First shad OF the season caught in
the Kennebec river were taken on
Saturday night by a Bath fisherman
There were but two Of them and they
were unusually late in getting along.
1t is not expected that there will be
much of run of shad on the Kenne-
bee this year. The times when shad
were plenty in the Kennebec in the
Spring are over.
One thousand tons Of soft coal have
been salvaged from the barge Ephrata
which was wrecked one month ago on
Long Island at the mouth Of the Ken
nebec river where she went to avoid
the storm that threatened to wreck
her il she remained outside many more
miles. There were 1472 tons of coal
aboard but Capt. Baker finds it imprac-
ticable to try to get it all out. The
! barge is under water much of the time
and what is left of the coal is in such
a position that it cannot be reached.
Snowballing the last few days Of
May is a most unusual sport even in
Maine, but that is what has been go
ing on this week at the Kelley, Spear
| Co, shipyard at Bath. A man work :
| ing on the deck of the barge building
| there was given surprise Monday
, morning when SNOWFALL hit him and
at first could hardly believe it was
snow. 1t seems that the workmen in
turning over pile Of chips under the
bottom Of the barge, and on the north
side OF the CRATE, uncovered bank Of
snow that had been so shaded that it
had not melted and so they had lit
tie sport by snowballing their fellow
Workmen.
; Maine sportsmen as we'll as those
, in other states are interested in the
! movement on foot to abolish the au-
tomato shotgun. which Is used ex-
| tonsively by gunners in the shooting
! of ducks and other game. This cam
paign is endorsed by many sportsmen
who believe that if the automatic gun
was discarded that there would be
better sport and fewer birds would be
| crippled to seek refuge in the marsh
! es from which they are not recovered
and there die. These sportsmen take
| the position that the double barrelled
| to reward any gunner, when there is
any game to be had, and that if the
| sportsmen would confine themselves
tn it's use and abolish the automatic
that the sport would be improved.
Sixteen Maine boys have been pick
| ed for the class of 1927 at Dartmouth
J College under the new selective sys-
tenn. The list includes: L. N. Kes-
arts, Lewiston, Jordan High school;
| Warren d. Oliver. Bath, Morse High
| school; c. d. Philbrook, Bethel,
| Gculds Academy; d. p. Cobb, Gardi-
| ner, Worcester. Mass, Academy; J.
r. Murphy. Guilford, Hebron Acad-
emy: f. Jackson. jefferson, Lincoln
| Academy: j. D. Gay. Newcastle, Lin
| coin Academy; L. F.. Milliken, Saco,
/ Thornton Academy; j. NJ. Russakoff,
A. ]. Stinchfield, Skowhegan. Show
hogan High school; l.. w. Moulton,
York Village, York High school; F.
=. Cummings, r. F. Griffin, r. H.
Jones, K. H. Russell of Portland and
] w. Trefethen, South Portland.
Nets, pitchforks. hand lines and
water-pails have been employed by
Kennebunkport people in capturing
the millions of small fish driven
| ashore and up the river by pollock.
Large quantities of these fish have
been obtained by men, women and
children. who awaited themselves of
the opportunity to beat the high cost
of living the past week. Fish dinners
and suppers We're the order Of the day
in many household at the Port"
and nearby places. People came from
other towns to share in the good for
tune. Port people wish the, fish might
have been driven in when the summer
season was in full swing, for the I'M
precedented good fishing would have
been a revelation to summer vaca-
tionists.