Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-11
Maine Gossip

1NUS1Ie OOSSP
Voices y
In the night you called.
But 1 could not find YOU
In my dream.
Will death be so:
The spirits CALL
Then cropping
Through labyrinths of dark?
lie BaB Cooke, in Contemporary
Verse"
One West Bath farmer has har-
year.
More wild duck are present in
Merrymeeting bay this year than any
previous time for 25 years, and the
open season is but 10 days off. Gun
ners are getting out floats and guns
ready for the shooting.
Few visitors have passed through
Pennington on their way to the
Rangeley region this year without
taking notice of a very large tract
of sweet corn near the canning fac
y. us SlZS IS
from 20 to 20 acres for the one lot
The public schools of Sanford and
/ Springvale opened their fall term
Monday and the enrolment was the
largest in the history of the town.
Two more grade school buildings
are being rushed to completion, but
are not yet ready for occupancy.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
Maine will hold schools of instruc-
ton at Ellsworth. Sept. % and at
I.ivermore Falls, Oct. 9. The. Grand
Lodge of Maine, F. & A. NJ. will hold
lodges of instruction at Blue Hill.
Sept. %. Lincoln, Sept. 26, Livermore
Falls, Oct. s. Brunswick, Nov. II.
Distance presented no obstacles to
workers engaged in getting out the
big vote in Kennebunk Monday.
For instance. Stanton Stevens drove
80 miles to get one voter who was in
the town Of Alfred and woman en-
gagged in rounding up a portion of
the electorate journeyed IA miles for
another. Such efforts as these-and
lesser-resulted in 1113 persons CO.
ing to the polls.
Republican women take their pol
itics in earnest in Houlton. In one
instance a woman was urged to ap-
pear at the voting place Monday.
but seemed to be unable to leave her
family. as some of the children were
i'll. Don't think of staying away
from the polls at a time like this
Get ready at. once and we will send
replied Nine. Get Them or Die"
and surely enough. the nurse was
forthcoming.
The Office force of the Maine Pub
licity Bureau is in dismal frame of
mind. The members have been fore
ed to admit that there is one thing
in this city to which they can't direct
people. Two men entered the office
yesterday afternoon, leaned conf
dentially across the counter and ask
ed: Can you direct us to reliable
bootlegger?" And not only could
they not think of reliable one, but
had to admit that they had in their
directory no names of that profession
at all.
Old Orchard Is to be extensively
advertised in the far West next sea-
son by the Boston & Maine Railroad
Co, according to the plans outlined
by the publicity officials of the sys-
tenn announced at Boston Monday.
Not only will Old Orchard be adver-
tised but the state of Maine as we'll
and also northern New England. The
step, which is to be taken early in
the spring months, was decided upon
following a series Of debates between
the several departments Of the sys-
tenn in connection with the necessary
dropping of many summer trains
from the schedule this season.
The board Of mayor and aldermen
Of Saco met Monday evening to dis
cuss the question Of the contract
between the city and the Thornton
academy trustees, regarding the tut
ton of resident pupils of Saco. Last
week a report Of the Academy trus-
tees to the board committee, wae to
the effect that the contract price OF
$3.50 per year from the city for each
resident pupil is the lowest that pos
sibly can be made to maintain the
school without loss. A vote of the
board was taken Monday night and
1t was agreed to authorize the
schoolboard to contract to pay $ld0
per year for each pupil and no more.
It 10 believed that the trustees would
not change from their first demand
OF $40 per student. With school
opening only q few days OF parents
are greatly concerned and fear that
the affair may interfere with the re-
OF the school,