Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-09

Portland headquarters there would
be q branch in Lexington, but he
could not state just when the manu-
facture OF the explosives would begin.
The Mould, by Grace Kellogg Grif-
fifth. one of the popular books of the
season, he's q special interest for
Bangor readers as the authoress is
native of Bangor having been
born in that city while her father,
Charles c. Kellogg, was a student in
Bangor Theological Seminary. By an
interesting coincidence the printers
proof of Mrs. kellogg's manuscript
was received by her in Bangor while
she was in the city for the first time
since infancy, making a brief visit
here while on a motor trip with her
husband and children. The Mould
is a story of uncommon interest.
In 1t girl is transformed into a
selfish seeker of pleasures by the
environment of fashionable school
and a group of idle rich in a great
city. The death of her father brings
her almost to poverty. and the strug-
gle for existence is the mould from
which she merges restored to her
true character.
Maine stands a chance of losing
scme of its Quebec traffic by high
way If the Jackman road Is not I'm
proved at an early date. This Cana
dian business is proving so lucrative
that New Hampshire and Vermont,
as well as New York. are doing
everything possible to have 1t 20
through their states. The Province
of Quebec has built a good road to
the Maine line. but there are several
miles on this side of the border
that have not been improved. The
State Highway Department is how
ever. alive to the situat ton on ac-
count of the urgent appeal of the
Maine Automobile Association and
State of Maine Publicity Bureau
that something should be done at
once to improve conditions. and it is
understood that work will be car
rled on possibly throughout the
winter In getting out material for
the bad stretches.-"The Stroller"
Portland Evening Express,
The towns of Sidney and Andover
In this state, each with more than
1000 inhabitants and each without
doctor, have appealed to the Bos-
ton City hospital for relief. D. l..
Weeks, chairman of the Board of
Selectmen of Sidney, in asking the
Boston Hospital authorities to
recommend a doctor. stated there
are now several sick persons in the
town and that the services of a doc
tor are badly needed. The nearest
doctor, he said. is about fifteen
miles distant. With the heavy Win
ter SHOWS. he fears the town will
be entirely cut off from medical
aid. He stated in his appeal tina
! any doctor going to the town would
be guaranteed a substantial income.
Andover reports similar conditions.
Authorities at the Boston CITY
! Hospital state they have peceiyed
similar appeals from various Massa
! chusetts towns. and that the con-
dition is general in the more sparsely
! settled districts throughout New
england. Officials at the Boston
Tor doctors for the two Maine
! towns on bulletin boards at the
| hospital.
Dudley Alleman is the editor of
the Maine Farmer, the only farm
! paper published in and for the State
/ of Maine. He is both book -larn-
cd and a dirt" farmer having been
a successful operator of a large
farm in western New York, on which
there are fifty acres of fruit trees,
and a graduate of Cornell Agri-
cultural College. He came to Maine
from the National Stockman and
Farmer, published lin Pittsburg.
Penn, one of the leading sectional
! agricultural journals of the country,
on which he was assistant editor.
Prior to this connection he was in
the U. s. Department of Agriculture
and made many valuable studies Of
| marketing conditions and of market
ing methods of various crops. Since
his coming to the state less than
; two Years ago he has had an ac-
tive hand in the agricultural af-
, fairs of the State and has brought
the Maine Farmer in intimate touch
with all the forces that are working
for the betterment OF farming con-
ditions in Maine. His editorials are
conspicuous for their constructive
| common sense and every department
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