Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-19

and received contributions from 31S
for total amount of S2243.25. The
Y asked for $4,000 and it will be
seen that Mr.. Oliver put the
proposition nearly $3.50 over the top.
The late warm dry weather of
this fall seems to have been favor
able to the Matching of chickens, out
Mrs. Selvin Flanders on the NAL
bon's Mills road, Skowhegan reports
that recently a nice White Wyan-
dotte hen of hers, doubtless think
ing that few late chickens would
be a nice surprise, safely hid nest
of eleven eggs and in due time
brought forth eight downy white
chicks as bright and smart as in
summer.
A capacity crowd composed OF
students and townspeople at Chase
hall, Bates College Monday evening.
listened to an interesting lecture by
Sherwood Eddy, speaker. writer. and
student OF international conditions.
MIR. Eddys topics of the evening
were, Tho Industrial Problems OF
the World, The Race Problem. and
The Abolition of War. In the course
of his talk on the industrial prob
lens. Mr.. Eddy stressed for the most
part the conditions within the
United States. AZ
Fred H. Leonard of Corinth has
just finished harvesting his crop of
beans corn and potatoes. Two acres
of potatoes yielded 600 bushels.
Three acres of sweet corn was de-
livered to the corn factory yielding
12k tons. 1t took three men six
days to pick and load the corn on
the wagon. The bean crop consisted
of 10 acres and threshed out 225
bushels, 60 bushels being yellow
eyes and the balance red kidneys of
raised on Morrison Bros. 4-S-10
fertilizer. 500 pounds to the acre.
Freeport is to have a new in
dustry. A big shoe factory which has
been vacant for about six months. is
to be occupied by the Sawyer Boot
and Shoe Company. which will re-
move its business to this town from
bdlSol, WIteIC Al Ids DSeIi AL OpSiN-
ton for more than 80 years. The
Frceport plant is equipped with the
necessary facilities in the way of
shafting, power machinery and all
sorts of equipment for the manu-
facture of shoes. and it will be
comparatively easy matter to move
the machinery now in use in Bangor
to the factory here. The work OF
moving the sawyer Company to this
village will begin within a week or
two. and It is expected that the
company will be settled in it's new
quarters In February.
r. C. Smythe, who left a Ca
madam port last July on a canoe trip
to New York and then to board
steamer for England, attempted to
land at Popham Beach to get a
nights rest and got spilled in the
surf but was rescued by the coast
guard. He has had other troubles
of late as shown in a press dispatch
from London which says: =. c.
Smythe, the Canadian who attempt
ed yesterday to cross the English
channel in his canoe on the way to
Rome. but was forced to take refuge
on the South Goodwin lightship ow-
ing to the heavy seas. returned TO
rover today. Smythe lost every
thing except his canoe. When he
has obtained new outfit Smythe
will again put out from Dover for
Calais on the northern coast of
France. II he is successful he will
afterwards proceed by way of the
Bay of Biscay and the Mediterran-
can sea for the Italian capital.
Rumors continue to persist that
Governor Percival P. Baxter may
seek the position of Republican Ma
tional Committeeman from Maine,
says The Portland Press Herald. |
Thus far there are no active candi- |
dates for the position. although |
Joseph w. Simpson of York, treas |
urer of the Republican State Com |
mittee: and John Percy Deering of !
Saco, chairman of the York County !
Republican Committee. and primaryS
for the Republican nomi- f!
nation for Governor in 1920 and I
1922. have taken the ground that II |
the nomina ton should be offered
them they would not refuse It. Mr.. |
Deering 1t quoted as taking the at |