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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

January and had gone the way
the other parties that disappear
Knight had died of scurvy. Ada,
sole survivor, was killing what gad
she could and making clothing real
for Il winter alone. NoiCe left on
island James Wells of Nome and
liskimos. whom he had engaged
that purpose-the third Canad1
colony on Wrangell Island.
Last summer several efforts W
made 10y American and Canad'
vessels tn reach Wrangell Island
the ice was the worst that old.ta
northerncrs had known. and oil
tcmpts failed.
1t was left for a Soviet aru
transport, the Krasny Oktlbr III
October) TO make her way up !
eastern coast of Siberia from Petf
pavlovsk, thread Boring Strait .
pressing through the ice, to rea
the island August 20, 1924. She hon
ed the Russian flag.
Wells and the IL ESklmos VI
taken away by the Red October y
recently landed at Vladivostok, u
miles to the south. according 10
est adviceS. The Russians confscl
ed n valuable store Of furs which
British colonlsts had gathered.
Russia had maintained n claim
Wrangell Island for a number
years. based on n landing ASSERTED
have been made in 1911.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Approves Sale
OF Hereford Railroad

A decision was rendered by the
public utilities commission giving its
consent to the Maine Central Rail-
road Company to purchase and hold
the shares of the capital stock OF
the Hereford Railway Company. The
Hereford Railway Company line,
which Is located in Vermont and
Canada. was leased 81 years ago to
the Maine Central Railroad Com
pany for long term of years.
1.-THE value of this property, &C
cording to an appraisal, was esti-
mated to DO $129,323.OO," says the
decision Of the public utilities COM
mission.
1.-The value of the track and track
rights of the lessor railroad consist
ing of approximately 52.S5 miles is
not included In the inventory" con-
tinues the decision.
THE petitioner represents that
the capital stock of the Hereford
Railway Company is authorized at
$500, 900, divided into 5000 shares of
the par value of 800 each, all of
which has been issued. and is now
in the hands of the public.
1.-THE venture proved anything but
remunerative to the Maine Central
Railroad Company. 1t produces a
gross annual revenue of approx
mately $4,000, while the cost of OPP
Grafton and maintenance is approx
mately $250.OOC a year, thus exhibit
ing an annual deficit ain operation
Of about 100000, in addition to the
amount of rental of $64, $4,000.
THE purpose of the present Pc
tition is to enable the Maine Gen.
trail Railroad Company. by securing
Gates that the Hereford Railway
Company, to free itself from! the ef-
feet of the burdensome lease with
its continual expense. There is
nothing in the situation that indi-
Gates that the Hereord Railway
Company will ever be productive, of
sufficient revenue to make it attrac-
tive as financial venture. 1t serves
the petitioner seeks by the purchase
of stock at once to minimize its
loss.
1T Is not for us to moralize upon
the consequences of this improvident
bargain. We fail to see. however,
why the course now to be pursued
by the petitioner does not exhibit
good judgment and business acu-
men. To refuse to authorize the pc
titioner to buy this stock, agreeable
to the section of the statute, would
be to condemn 1t as q continuance
of the financial burden. This is not
a petition for the issuance of capital
securities, and that question Is in no
way involved. The pending ques-
ton Is merely the authorization to
the Maine Central Railroad Com
panY to purchase and hold tho Sfock
of the Hereford Railway Company"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Regulations in
Regard to Birds

Upon inquiry at the department
of inland fisheries and game as to
what plan Commissioner Parsons
proposed for the determination or
reduction OF the supply of herons
and sheldrakes, in accordance with
the recent order of the U. 8. De-
partment of Agriculture, Bureau of
Biological Survey. the following
statement was made:
1T Is not the intention Of the
department.. by any means, to wipe
out the Species as this was not the
intent of the federal order. This
order was instituted only after care
, full investigation by the department
at Washington, and after consulta-
ton with the department Of inland
fisheries and game.
The present plan of the depart
ment Is to instruct the hatchery SUI.
perintendents and regular full-time
wardens that they have authority by
virtue of the federal order of Now
ember 21st to kill by shooting shell
brakes or blue herons when found
Oh waters inhabited by game fish In
the vicinity of their respective
hatcheries. The order provides.
however, that no herons may be kill
ed In or near rookeries.
This order Ii safeguarded by the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
AUGUSTA OPERA HOUSE

Today "Tha Turmoil" Booth Tark-
ington's great stirring novel trans
ferred to the screen with an excep-
tional cast including George Hacka-
thorne, Eleanor Boardman. Eileen Per-
cy, Pauline Garon and scores of other
favorite. Rapid of action and lavish
in color, tense in situations. THE Tur-
moir' has been success everywhere.
The Chicago Daily Journal, usually a
conservative newspaper. states in ref
erence to this photoplay: zone Of the
best attractions Of the season." The
second feature on the double bill pro-
gram Is the n. Y. famous success Not
One to Spare" Latest. international
News terminate the program. On ac-
count of the rental Of this theatre for
a local performance the showing of
pictures will be suspended tomorrow
and resume again Wednesday with e
tremendous program.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Electric Juice
For MedWay Town

The Public Utilities Commission
Saturday rendered decision author
izing the Penobscot Power Co. to rem
der It's service of generating, trans
hitting. distributing and supplying
electricity for lighting. heating, man
ufacturing and mechanical purposes in
the town Of Midway. Penobscot
county.
The decision states that the petition
er represents that the Bangor Railway
4 Electric Co. and the Bangor Power
Co. are each authorized to furnish SIM
liar service in Midway. but AYERS that
neither Of the companies so author
lied Is actually engaged at the pres
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
New Corporations

The office Of the attorney general
has approved the certificates of In
corporation of the following new
corporations:
The Rich Tool Company. organ
lied at Portland, to manufacture and
deal in tools and machinery: cap
ital stock, 100000 of preferred
stock and 1850 shares of common
stock of no par value: nothing paid
in; par value of a preferred. share,
800; number of shares subscribed,
five: directors, NJ. +. Foster (presi-
dent). South Portland: NJ. G. o.
Neil (treasurer). A. B. Farnham. D.
F. Drew, w. F. Chaplin, Portland.
Compania Guiana De Electrical,
Incorporated, organized at Augusta,
to conduct a general manufacturing
business: capital stock, 10 shares Of
common stock of no par value and
40 shares OF preferred stock OF no
par. value: nothing paid in: 1--WE
shares Of common stock subscribed
directors. f. NJ. Leavitt (president
and treasurer. Sanford L. Fogg,
Frank E. Southland, Ernest L. Nc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
STATE HOUSE
Meeting Council 10 NJ, Thursday Dec II

In the library. the most cherishe i
room In the school. and how pleased
the students were with the gift.
"A man who loves dogs and boys
ond girls Is all right" said Presi-
dent Manson, And 1 wish to assure
you. Governor. that you will always
be welcome at Cony High School,
Gov. Baxter feelingly responded.
saytng thur he was touched with the
exp essions OF good will on. the part
OF the students and was pleased that
they took such a keen interest in
their school. Gov. Baxter also said
that he appreciated the fact that he
call OF the student council was made
on Saturday, when the members
came on their own time.
T.ie party then made a call on
DR.. Augustus o. Thomas. the State
Commissioner of Education. who
cordially greeted the students and
who made g. short address 20 them in
his usual happy vein.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Wrangell Islands
Story Personifes
Strife and Lore

Seattle. Wash, Dec, Dec. CA. p
| -Wrangell Island, rife in story OF
tragedy and of unfinished projects
, has attained the status of q Russian
| possession, to be explored and eX-
plotted, according to dispatches
which the Soviet government has al
, lowed to reach the western world
The first white man to sight NVran-
CELL Island, so far as recorded, was
Captain Kellett of the British ship
Herald in 1S49. He didn't land. He
thought the island. which is IS miles
long and 50 miles wide and which
lies 40 miles north of Siberia and
800 west of the latitude of Boring
Strait, was part of an Arctic CONT
nent that has been proved non-eX-
istent.
A small island in that vicinity was
named after his vessel. On Herald
Island the Stars and Stripes recently
were hoisted by Captain Louis Lane
master of the gasoline schooner Her.
man, after he had made n vain at
/, tempt to reach WrangelI Island.
Interest in Wrangell Island appar-
emily dates back to 1923. when ma
tives reported such an island to Adj
miral Baron Ferdinand Petrovich
Won Wrangell. Russian governor
of Alaska. Baron Wrangell tried
vainly to reach the island.
From Kelletts time the island was
called Kellett until Captain Thc,zis
Long of the whaling bark Nile, out
OF New London, Conn. happened
around there in August. 1867. He also
failed to land, but he clearly saw and
delineated the shores, which for the
most part are banked by masses of
ice that come and go. He called 1t
Wrangell Island, after the baron
'. whose cognomen Is scattered around
southeastern Alaska, and the name
stuck.
The first recorded landing on the
island was by party from the Unit
ed States revenue cutter Corwin. Au-
gust IL, 1881. This party was search
ing for the Jeanette. an American
vessel in which Admiral Melville had
tried to reach the North Pole and
which was lost in the delta Of the
Lena river. Siberia. all of her COM
piement but one officer perishing.
The next year n party from the
Rodgers OF the United States navy
an expedition fitted out In San Fran
cisco to hunt the Jeanette. spent ~
days on Wrangell Island. The Rod
gers, trying to get back to the United
states. burned in st. Lawrence Bay,
on the eastern coast Of Siberia. Her
people were rescued by the cutter
Corwip. =
In 1913 vilhjalmur Stefansson,
heading an expedition for Canada to
explore lands and waters of North
america, went from Seattle via
Nome into the Arctic ocean in the
hariuk. a 2oO-ton steamer. The mas
Yer OF the karluk was Captain Rob-
ert A. Bartlett, master of the Steamer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
CLINTON

Friends of Mrs. Arthur 1lot
sorry to learn that she Is III az
home on the Burnham road.
Mr.. Everett OF Portland was
business caller in town recently;
George and Fred Wakley were y
mess callers in Plttsfleld, TnufsS,,
where they looked at machinery
their new shop.
Mrs. Ida Foster and Mrs. Sais'
OF Burnham were guests recenu'
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Eastman;
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bamiolo
Pennington were recent CUES"
Mr.. and Mrs. II. g. Dixon. -,
Mrs. II. X. Brown and MISS " ~
Reed were business callers ID "
terville, Friday. ~
Miss Ethel Reed Is a guest ol -
Fl. X. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Tutue
receiving congratulations On
birth Of a girl, born THURSDAY
Miss Florence Cain. Englisn Va
er OF the High school. Is conans'
her home by illness.
Sheriff Carroll Robinson va
business caller in Waterville' 1HU
day.
Chester Holbrooke was a Du'D'
caller in town, Thursday. IN
Mr.. George Waldron ana I InU
Mrs. Albert Waldron and VIZ, ~
Files were business callers Id -
field. Friday. -. q,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Waloross
Gerald Fisher motored to P'p'''"
Thursday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

Members OF the student council Of
Cony High school. two boys and two
girls from each class. with the prin-
cipal. Everett V. Perkins and the
coach. Malcolm Morrell, called on
Gov. Baxter Saturday morning aid
Manson Gordon. the president OF the
council. In behalf OF the school.
thanked the governor for presenting
the institution with his portrait.
Tho following members of the four
classes comprised the party which
called on the governor: Senior class.
Marguerite LeuChter. Josephine
Hanson, Manson Gordon, lewis Me-
Donald: Junior. Dorothy Hunt. EdnS
Gagnon. Maurice Howe. Russell
Winslow: sophomore. Marion White.
Alice Barker, Robert Leadbetter.
Roger Jackson: freshman. Gertrude
Murphy. Hope Adams. Charles Ty-
son. Richard Higgins.
Manson Gordon. the president of
the student council. told the COVER
nor that his portrait had oeen placed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
VIOLATIONS OF
THE GAME LAWS

G. I. Hodgdon Of Pressure Isle, de-
putty game warden. has reported to
the department of inland fisheries
and game the prosecution of Chester
Johnston of Easton for having q
jacklight in mis- possession. He was
found guilty and was sentenced to
pay a fine of 500 and to serve 6O
days in Jail, from which sentence
he appealed to the supreme judicial
court for Aroostook county.
The department has also been mott
fed of the payment of fine of VS.
and cost; ty Eugene Dupre of Ches-
uncook for setting ali unmarked trap
between Caucomogomce Lake and
Round Pond.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Governor H0n0rs
ExtraditiOn Papers

Papers in two extradition cases,
both at the request of Gov. Chan
ming H. Cox of Massachusetts,, were
honored Saturday by Gov. Baxter.
Thomas C. O'Brien, district attorney
OF Suffolk county, was the COM
plainant in-each case.
One case was that Of william
Giller. who is charged with the lar
ceny of all automobile at Boston and
who is new serving time inethe Ok
ford county jail at South Paris. The
papers were mailed by the Depart
ment Of StateAo William o. Froth-
ingham. sheriff of Oxford county.
The other case was that of Board
8. Williams, who is charged with
the larceny Of $500 at Boston. Will
liams is under arrest at Houlton and
E. William D. LaBlanc, a member
Of the BoNon police department.
will go to Houlton and bring Will
liams back to Boston for trial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
BLUE SKY lAWv ADVERTISE.
MENT

Application having been made n 4he
ranking Department by the foIlowine
named persons to be registered as a
Dealer In Securities under the pro-
visions of Chap. 144. Sec. 12s-i35. in
elusive. OF the Public Laws of 1923,
person may, within two weeks from,
the date Of this publication. file az
lection to the proposed regfstrat,on
with the Banking Department.
Name business Address
IS DevonshIre St,
Boston, Mass.
r Room 1101
Bank Commissioners.
Augusta, Maine. Dec. 6. 1924.
decSdIt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
1910 Cattle 80,
Tested in November

Tuberculosis in the State of Maine
during the month Of November. as
made from the Animal Industry
division. State Department OF Health
shows that S37 herds have been in
spected. This number represented
7,S1O cattle. OF that number, 49,
were found to be diseased and were
condemned. This places the reactors
in the per cent class.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

+
special provision that no bird can
be killed except by q regular full
salarfed employee Of the Sfate--a
hatchery superintendent. or regular
full-time warden. Every bird killed
In accordance with this order must
under the federal regulations be to-
tally destroyed as promptly IS pos
sible-cannot be possessed. trans
ported or shipped In any manner ex-
cept for the purpose OF destruction
in the immediate vicinity where the
bird was killed. The order provides,
however. that such birds may be
shipped or transported as a gift TO
a public museum. or to a public SCI
entific or educational Institution,
providing the package is marked
showing the name of the shipper
and the nature of the contents
thereof"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
THE FORKS

D. J. Burns has finished work on
Cold Stream and returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Holway are in
Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. D. Durgin ar cen
joying a new radio.
Roland FitzsimmDns has returned
home from Skowhegan.
Mrs. Inez Durgin was in Lewiston
and Auburn last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Kennedy are
staying at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Kennedy.
Hosey Bean Was taken to the State
hospital for treatment Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Comber have
closed their house for the winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

nKARIES life was q cruelty re-
Nx stricted one. She was denied
an companionship with young men.
deprived of the simple pleasures
every girl loves.
Her father brought home q young
Frenchmanwhom shewasto marry.
Marie detested him. He was ike q
sleek. weA-fed pig.
Then she met Sandy McCandless
big, gentle, lovingly tender. Sandy
asked her to marry him. She took
him home, that her parents might
approve their love.
little she dreamed Of the starting
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Edgar Of Hawkes., South portI.;,d

South Portland. Dec. edgar o.
Hawkes.. teacher Of manual training
in the local schools, died suddenly to-
day. He would have celebrated his
65th birthday tomorrow. He was
born here and. showing an aptitude
for wood working. engaged early in
thu trade. He was associated With
the late Henry Whitney in develop
ment OF several patents, including a
heater now used on electricscars.
HIS nrst teaching was at Hampton
Institute in Virginia, and later ne
taught at Biddeford, coming here
four years ago. His wife and one
son. James r. Hawkes. Of Portland.
survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

the nasty oil with
the flshy taste,
because the Nc
Coy Laboratories.
Of New York, are
now putting up
| Cod Liver OIL in
$ u g a &c o a ted
tablet form.
| Ask for Nc
Coy's Cod Liver
Oil Tablets. Sex
t on, c o u ghlin
ami every drug
gist worthy the
name sells them
| so tablets, so
| cents. Any man
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Who is Your Skinny
Friend, Ethel?

Tell him to take Cod Liver OIL for
a couple of months and get enough
good healthy flesh on his bones to
look like real man.
Tell him he won't have to swallow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
he Sins of
Her Parents

train Of events which were to have
their beginning when she introduced
Sandy McCandless to her parents.
She could not foresee the intrigue,
jealousy, hate that was to reach clear
across the Atlantic, blast four lives,
and burn REPRESENTATIVES, souls.
No matter how much or how little
Won know Of Ife-you cannot afford
to miss reading ~Derelict LiUes,
In the January issue Of True Story
Magazine. And it Is only one Of the
many absorbing features in January
True Story. Secure your copy at
any newsstand today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

ent time In supplying such service and
that public convenience and necessity
require that the petitioner be granted
authority to do %.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

or woman can put on I'VE pounds Of
healthy flesh in 30 days. or the money
paid for the tablets win be refunded.
One woman put on fifteen pounds
In six weeks. Children grow robust
and strong.
Get McCoy's, the original and
genuine Cod Liver OH Tablet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

sFhe Aeid Test's-She lived In New
Yorks esy Greenwich Village. when shs
married ana moved to q suburban town. But
noon memories Of gay dinnsrs, jolly dances,
and the hscdc night-lifs Of Broadway began
10 haunt her. With her husbands consent.
abe went back for "visit"-littls dream
ing into what . whirlwind of mad events
her longing for the gay life was to lead her.
A thrilling, plainly-told story With an I'M
expected outcome.
ssThe Hen Women Want'-of humble
hirsh. Judith longsd for mental culture,
pictures, music, books. So when she be-
came private secretary to Loring MacVeigh.
his broad education and culture made q
profound impression on her mind. She had
not learned that under the guiss OF renns-
msnt there may Turk the vilsst beast
ssThe nlisfit Wife, When Mary mar
$ r;ed. she did not dream that temptation or
the slightest thought of disloyalty to her
husband ever ouldthreaten hsrsacredvows.
Vet. when an old sweetheart offered her his
love and wealth. she was tried by Ares FROM,
which only a woman Of innate purity and
strength could emerge unscathed. II you
think that wealth and leisure, and selfish
lows are the only worthwhile things In life,
read this girls eonfession-svsry word Of
which IL trues
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

Appointed Dedimus Justice
Gov. Baxter, Saturday, nominated
G. Allen Howe of Brunswick as a
dedimus justice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Annual Sale Held

The Ladies' Aid of the BroWs II
mortal church held their annua n.
and supper Thursday afternoon ~
4, at their church parlor, ltps ~
very successful affair. Inc
booths were very attractive al' 4
received many compliments. .sr.
licious cold meat supper was a. n
from S TO o'clock by the Laa's ss,sd
of which they deserve nlucn IN
The sum of 1927 was receives, n
will be used for the purcnass
new carpet for the church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08

Earl Walker, an operator W sr
NJ. c. r. r. has taken a posi''"
Dexter station. m
Mrs. George Waldron was
In Waterville. Friday. ..,,,na
Mr.. !. w. Lincoln has Ie
from q business trip In OakAH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-08
Other Startling Life Stories In
January True Story are:

sWoman Against Woman" - When
Sally listened to the solemn promises Of the
rich young Henry Harris and trouble came
his proud mother sought to spirit him Oh
to Europe. But . respectable old doctor
turned blaekmailer to save the girl whose
innocence and ignorance Of life came 50
'nsar resulting in tragedy.
Her One Temptation - Minnetts
thought girl was fool to marry only for
lovs-unless money, pretty clothes, good
times went along whit. She did notknow
the f,ighful price girls pay who seek happi-
ness In purely material things nor that
when she encouraged the attentions Of a
rich but interruptions man. that she was
booming herself to the lowest depths OF
degradation and sitter suffering.
Other Stories In this Issue:
"a Soul for Sal'' ''The Honorable Way"
s'Venseanee Of Youth" can Unexpected Return"
MADE In Heaven" ''Throagh Eyes Of Youth"
The Price They Pay
Ayoung girl suddenly disappeared. Later
she was taken from the river dead. A
note she left behind told her pitiful story.
She wrote:
'Oh, mother, If had only known. n you
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-02-09

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