Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01


Yesterday a cloud of sorrow
Fell across the way.
1t may rain again tomorrow.
1t may rain--but, stay,
It's fine enough today.
William r. Chapman, the forceful
and energetic leader of the Maine
music festivals, considers his con-
quest in securing Marie Jeritza, the
great Austrian soprano, as star of
the next October concerts, the
climax of his rs years Of managerial
work.
Bichop Fred B. Fisher of Calcutta,
India, will be speaker at the Maine
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal church in Chestnut street NJ. +.
church at Portland, under the aus
pices of the Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary society, on April 8. He is
we'll known in Portland, having been
formerly heard there.
Machais Is soon to have a new fire
alarm system and no longer will it
be necessary to ring the church bell
to warn citizens of fire. A Game
well system, for which the town
voted at the annual meeting. is to
be installed at cost of $3110, the
town appropriating $500, and the
remainder of the money being sup
piled from the firemen's fund.
The general opinion that Nah
Jongg was the over-popular game in
China. received a bad jolt, when in
quiries of half dozen Cinnamon at
Lewiston revealed that they had
never heard of the game. Two China
men. who have recently returned
from visits to the Orient, professed
ignorance of this indoor sport. Don't
know what you mean" they replied
when asked for information regard
ing Nah Jongg."
All previous records Of fish
receipts at Portland were broken
Saturday by the arrival of four
beam trawlers of the Rockland fleet
from the Western Banks with a
catch of more than 100000 pounds
of mixed fish. mostly cod and had
dock. The principal part of the big
fish arrivals went to the Burnham d
Morrill, Co, while about $4,000
pounds were taken out at the plant
OF the Dirigo Fish Company.
Plans for public camping ground
for automobile travellers are being
worked out just now by a commit
tee from the Pressure Isle Merchants
Association, and it Is anticipated
that the site for the ground will be
selected within a short time. 1t is
the intention of the committee to
make the campground just as COM
Portable as possible and to have it
located near the village. 1t is ex-
pected that it will be of distinct ad-
vantage during the week that the
Northern Maine fair is in progress.
A Longfellow Garden Club has
been formed at Portland and the
object of this club will be to restore
to it's original beauty the gardens in
the. rear of the Wadsworth- Long
fellow House on Congress street,
and work has already been begun,
900 tulips, which have been pre-
scented, already having been planted.
Membership in this club will be gar
den lovers who will help to accom-
plish the object for which the club
was formed. The active member
ship in the club will be those who do
actual garden work, and there will
be other types of membership,
sustaining and life memberships. Al
dues from life, membership will he
used for a fund for perpetual care;s
end this fund has already been start
ed.
The subject Of State road appro-
priations, which is just now attract
ing much attention among York
county people, came up for discus
sion at the weekly meeting of the
Riddeford- Saco Rotary club. Judge
John p. Deering briefly called atten-
ton to the we'll known fact that sew
eral counties with much smaller pop
ulations are receiving three and five
times the amounts from the State
fund which York county receives. A
meeting of the governors council at
Augusta has been called for next
Wednesday and Rotary and kiwanis
cubs, chambers of commerce and
other business mems organizations
from over York county are planning
to send delegates to present the
claims Of this part of the State. A
motion was carried naming Judge
Deering as the representative from
the local club.-Biddeford Journal.
A Singing bee" will bring to-
gether Canadian fishermen and
farmers early in April from all parts
Of IL mile long Dominion Island Of
Campobello. New Brunswick, less
than two miles across PASSPORTS
international boundary harbor. After