Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-16

| wheel in many years, has been torn
down.
Taking advantage of the high wa
ter in the Saco Thursday. Harold
Eastman and Louis Aldrich Of Frye
| burg made the trip by canoe from
I the dam at Swans Falls, just below
the village. to Lovewelrs Pond. They
made the distance of % miles in two
hours and Is minutes and think thew
have established a new record TOR
time. 10y. e.. ---.. i.,
Proprietor Charles H. Cahill of
New Meadows Inn does not intend 10
be outdone by Boston or Mere FONT
In having a memorial to the worlI
f1iers. He plans having a bronze
| tablet placed in New Meadows Inn.
where four of the men had their first
meal on United States territory alter
, landing at Mere Point on their flight
from Pictou. N. s., to Boston.
After welding the razor and shears
in Camden for IS years, Sylvester l..
Arau, who has the distinction of be-
ing a member of the nobility and of
having fought with Garibaldi in the
revolt of 1860. has sold his barber
shop and will retire. Mr.. Arau is
now in his S5th year. and has been
located in Camden since 1870, during
which time he has seen many chang
es in haircutting. but none of which
he has frowned upon quite as much
as the present vogue of bob cuts.
Total receipts from the years ex-
hlbition of the Maine State Fair as
ISOLATION at Lewiston amount to
about $4,000. according TO completed
reports presented by Treasurer Cobb
at meeting of the officers and truS-
tees at the treasurer's Office in Au-
burn, last Saturday evening. In the
view of bad weather the second day
of the fair, the showing Is considered
an-sxcellent one. Last year the total
receipts approached the $4,000 mark
Then the weather was more favor
able and the attendance larger.
The little town of Alfred probably
has the distinction of being the only
municipality in the State of Maine
to receive a letter of greeting to its
citizens on Defense Day from Gen.
John J. Pershing. who has just re-
tired from command of the United
States Army. This letter was read
by Mrs. Frederick Clark Kimball of
Portland. whose husband, a former
Alfred boy, was graduated from
West Point in the same class as Gen.
Pershing. Alfred's celebration of the
day, the feature of which was mass
meeting in the evening, was attend
ed by a large number of people from
the surrounding towns, this being the
only observance in York county.
The name of Alton c. Wheeler of
South Paris has been mentioned as
a possible candidate for attorney
general of Maine, following the an
nouncemen- over his own signature
of Franklin Fisher of Lewiston that
he had finally decided not to enter
the field. Clement F. Robinson of
Portland. this present deputy attor-
ney general, Raymond Fellows of
Bangor. who has previously been a
candidate for the office; and Fred +.
Lawrence. State bank commissioner
and former assistant attorney gen.
eral, are already in the field for the
position. The choice comes through
election by the Legislature. Rams
ford v. Shaw. the present attorney
not a candidate for another term.
With the opening of the fall term
Of the University of Maine. a project
of interest to all New England and
athletic departments of all colleges
comes to the fore. Returning stud
ents find active preparations in prog
ress for putting in the foundations
this fall of the new Memorial armory
gymnasium. Students. alumni and
friends of the university have united
in an achievement so remarkable and
SO full of meaning for the Pine Tree
state and neighboring common
wealths that knowledge Of it should
be spread. Without aid from state
appropriations they have raised in
cash and pledges 100000 to erect a |
building Tor use as gymnasium and /
an indoor held house for general ath- |