Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-08
amount of labor and the putting into
circulation of a large sum of money.


There are rumors that the reason
why work on the new bridge pro-
posed in Edgecomb toward Damaris-
Gotta to avoid the Eddy" is delayed
Is because OF the difficulty in making
the fill. A small crew has been at
work on the eastern end dumping in
earth hauled from the shore onto
the flats. 1t has been said that this
earth disappears about as fast as 1t
is dumped, owing to the soft bottom.
If this is true. it means much
more costly job than anticipated. 1t
may mean that pile bridge will
have to be built. Motorists over
East have been pleased to note that
a crew have been at work widening
the highway between Woolwich and
Wiscaset, and many improvements
made in the drainage.
Aroostook's stock of bears grease
which serves many useful purposes,
has been increased to a considerable
extent by the killing of one Of the
largest of these animals ever seen
in that part of the State. The bear.
which weighed 435 pounds and from
which two wash boilers filled with
fat were obtained. was shot in
Bridgewater by Cyrus Smith of
Presque Isle. called there by j. a
farmer who is one of many losing
sheep through the depredations Of
this "critter" and many others of
its kind. Lying in wait last Satur-
day night Smith saw the huge
animal approaching. and one shot
from his rifle ended its career The
bear was we'll equipped for it's
Winter Information, for the fat on
it's hind quarters was more than four
inches in thickness.
Overcrowding. lack of employment
for prisoners and the placing of
youthful offenders with hardened
criminals are among the infavorable
conditions which CRUDE b. Cornish,
secretary of the State Board of
Charities and Corrections found in
his recent inspection of the Aroos
took County Jail at Houlton. II
found SO prisoners herded in
quarters which had hardly accomo-
dations for 49," said Mr.. Cornish.
"A particularly bad feature was that
of the 15-year- boy who bad
been bound overato the November
term of court and who was closely
associated with the So adults of the
prison, many of them old offenders"
The prisoners have no employ
ment." he continued, and they are
fed in their cells. AS delicacies
sent them and remnants from meals
are saved by the prisoners in those
cells the unsanitary condition and
prevalence of flies can be easily i'm
agined" Conditions at the Houlton
Jail will probably be called strongly
to the attention of the public in
Secretary Cornish's forthcoming re-
port. The other Aroostook institu-
tions which the secretary visited
were found to be in very good condi-
ton.
Richard Phair, alias Richard
Breen, was very busy in Bangor on
Sunday night. SO it is alleged. hunt
ing up prospective customers for
some automobile tires which he
planned on stealing after his hunt
for a buyer was successful. Phair
was on the lookout for a buyer in
the West side of the city and as 1t
happened, he approached Inspector
Frank Golden of the Bangor police
department at the junction of
Everett and Ohio Streets about III
o'clock and casually asked him IL he
was in the market to buy a few new
tires at a much reduced price. Being
suspicious OF the tire salesman,
Golden immediately got interested In
the deal and after dickering with
Phair some minutes, finally agreed
to take the tires at $40 each, but he
demanded immediate delivery. This
Phair could not give, but agreed to
deliver them at FIVE o'clock Monday
morning to garage in Clinton
street which Golden described as his.
So promptly at five Inspector Golden
and Patrolman Frank J. Rogan, were
at the Clinton Street garage. when
Phair drove up in a touring car
loaded with the tires. There were 10