Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
Maine GOSSIP

Maine Gossip
The New Year
off my old Calendar.
The last leaf is torn;
Is the old year dead
While the new one is born?
Are there in it's echoes
No life giving strain
Its bright hope and promise
Are all, all in vain?
Yea. Old Year. thy blessings.
Thy good deeds. and true
Shalt thou, in thy richness
Bequeath to the new
Thy fond, pure affections,
Old Year, that lie deep,
Thy friendships sweet promise.
The New Year. shall keep
Good. by--Old Calendar
The new one, I hold.
IT'S, well--that closed leaflets
Thy secrets cnfold.
AIRS. &. T.. Underwood.
i'aNctte. Maine.
The record of shipbuiIding in
Maine for 1933 is n short story. Two
p'ttAb SUM, bt'' $50 q t''t''''o''
steamer. one small coaster, a fleet of
probably 80 small motor craft. he
sides three steel Ightships for the
government. or not more than 4a00
gross tons of merchant vessels make
up the list, which is below the pre-
war time lowest figures in production
for Maine yards, and almost at the
vanishing point when compared with
the peak of 10000 tons in 1919.
The outlook for the present year is
not reported to be very encouraging.
Workmen are demolishing the
! century old wooden bridge between
the island city of Eastport and the
, mainland at Perry. Washington
! county and within two weeks not
much of the ancient and worm eat
en- structure will be seen along the
frontier beaches. The new bridge
which replaces the old structure
; was opened to travel Dec. 22nd. The
old bridge is furnishing plenty of
, fire wood for those who will take
the trouble to salvage it. At the res
ervatien Of the Passamaquoddy tribe
Of Indians about a mile away along
the shores. quantity of firewood
| has already been secured by the
natives who can find use for much
, OF the material. even for construct
ing small buildings or for repairs.
Several hundred members OF the
Maine Life Underwriters Association
will gather II Portland on Tuesday,
January s. fol their annual meeting,
which promises to he one of the larg-
est and most enthusiastic sessions
thpt ti1iC nj ign tfnt hold
Many interesting topics, pertaining
t. life insurance. will he brought up
for discussion, while several notable
speakers have been secured. The
principal address of the meeting will
be delivered by Charles G.. Gilman of
Boston. assistant to the president OF
! the National Association of Life I'm
derwriters. The session will be held
at the Congress Square hotel. and
bankers and credit men of Portland
! have been invited to attend the meet
ing. Besides Mr.. Gilman, other
speakers are Alexander Z. I.aughlin
and Louis NJ. King, bo,h of Portland.
Although the acreage planted to
sweet corn for canning in Maine was
1885 acres, POI per cent greater
than in 1922. the harvested acreage
Is estimated at ! 900 acres or 90 per
cent less than in 1922. Only so per
cent of the acreage planted in 1928
made crop. The season was mostly
unfavorable to corn. The cold late
spring was followed by cold, dry
weather during the summer. Early
September frosts seriously damaged
crops located in cold. low places.
More favorably located crops escap-
q frnSfc for
Many of the latter matured and
made fairly good crops during Sept
ember. Most of the corn canned is of
good quality. In 1928 the average
yield per acre in Maine was 80 tons
compared with n five year average
i91S1923 of 81 tons. The above give
n total production in 1929 of $4,000
tons and an average production of
1850 tons. An average price of S21.51
per ton was received 10y the growers
giving the Maine crop total farm
value of $4,000. The price received
by the Maine growers Is much higher
than that received by growers in the
western states where prevailing
prices range from $SSS to $3.50 per
ton. Weather conditions in New
Hampshire and Vermont were much
the same as in Maine. The average
yield in New Hampshire was-2.9 tons
per acre and in Vermont 20 tons per
acre. These when applied to the
acreage of the states give a total pro-
duction of $500 tons in New Hamp-
shire and 500 tons I'm Vermont. The
total farm value of the crop in these
states is estimated at $4,000 and
SIC. geo respectively.
To demonstrate what can he &C
oomplished in the way of keeping the
highways open for travel during the
winter, the Bangor Chamber of Com
merce committee on snow removal
has decided to concentrate on the