Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-05

-Muriel c. Haynes.
The alewives appeared in the river
at Damariscotta last week. Several
have been noticed passing under
the bridge into the stream at the
mills and Thursday night Charles
Clifford took 1900 in his nets below
the bridge. This is an early ar
rival. Last year they appeared
May 7.
Tie steamer Wiwurna so we'll
known for many years on the Bath
Boothbay Harbor run was first put
into commission 40 years ago the
coming July. If memory serves cor
rectly the old steamer Islander which
ran between Augusta and BoUthhay
Harbor went into commission the
same year. 1t was not the same Is
lander that is on the route now but
was a popular boat and a fast one,
like her successor of the same name.
Bath Times.
Secretary of State Frank W. Ball
personally conducted hearings ut
Bangor upon the applications of five
Eastern Maine residents for restora-
ton of automobile operators licenses.
Which were revoked on the charge of
driving while intoxicated. He re-
served decision in all of the cases.
The applicants were James II. Tay-
Tor, Fred w. Patterson and Walter
:. Higgins of Bangor Benjamin
Moran of Rowland and Guy O. Far
rar of Bar Harbor. Moran lost his
license in 1921 and the others in 1922.
A precipitation of GAS inches, the
highest rainfall in April in the last
four years, fell last month in Port
land, according to the monthly
meteorological summary issued by
officials in charge of the local
Weather Bureau. The rainfall for
April was 3.37 inches in excess of
the normal for that month, which
during the past SO years has aver
aged 3.11 inches. which in that time
rainfall. The accumulated excess
since January amounts to 1926
inches. During the month there was
n snowfall of III inches.
The sale of canned heat has
reached such alarming proportions
in Bddeford that efforts will be
made by local druggists and others
selling the article to restrict the
trade to customers who want 1t to
cook with and not to use as a bev-
erage. In come instances canned
heat addicts have been buying the
stuff in dozen lots. The druggists at
the first sale supposed that the pur-
chaser. intended to use the solicited
alcohol in the small stoves. but
when the same individual returned in
a few days after another dozen, the
dealer surmised that perhaps they
were drinking the canned heat and
refused to sell it. Recent seizures
disclosed a bushel of empty canned
heat cans at a single house. A party
was in full swing. all the guests be-
ing hilarious. A half dozen or more
were taken to the police station and
in each instance many empty cans
of canned heat were found in the
house. With the ban on canned
heat. the inebriates will be obliged
to get new tipple.
No person who Is afflicted with or
is carrier of any communicable
disease can be employed in or about
any public eating or drinking place.
or in any mandatory or salesroom
where food or drinks are prepared
or sold to the public. after July l.
1924. when the new rules and regula-
tons Of the State Department of
Health relative to the sanitation of
public eating and drinking places be-
come effective. The State Health
Department has. under proper
legislative authority, the power to
formulate such rules as 1t thinks