Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-16

unknown, He thought of a blow out
the first shot, but quickly drove on
when other shots followed him, but
without taking effect. When he
reached Damariscotta and told his
story County Attorney w. NJ. Hilton,
C. A. Richards, Chester Leighton and
Lewis Light rode over through the
woods but were unmolested.
G. Harold Gilpatric, the Putnam,
Conn, cashier. who is found a
quarter of a million short IN his ac-
counts, and whose alleged act has
wrecked the bank of which he was
cashier, purchased Moose Island, off
Juniper Point, few years ago, with
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, who
has since built a beautiful home on
the Island. Before Hotel Samoset was
erected this Island was the. most
fashionable summer resort about
here. 1t was expected that Gilpatric
would build his own home there
this year, but he gave his financial
situation as a reason for not build
ing until next Summer, when asked
about it early in the season.
Not only Rumford, but oxford
county and Franklin county adjoin-
ing is being rapidly organized for the
coming campaign to raise 100000 for
a modern hospital in Rumford, to
serve the communities of the two
counties. James w. Harris, chair
man of the entire executive body
behind the movement, expresses
himself as highly pleased with the
response coming to the preliminary
approach being made. The Com
mittee is to be known as the Allied
Towns Committee and is headed by
Walter G. Morse. Each town and
village in the territory to be served
is to have it's town chairman and
organization, both of men and of
women, in accordance with the size
of the town, and on that basis the
quotas will be defined.
Few men have travelled over this
Country more extensively than has
Edwin c. Dunning, 25 Washington
street Boothbay Harbor. He was
born in Harpswell on farm and
resided there until he was IA when
he went to Foxboro, Mass, to learn
the joiners trade, remaining there
two years. From then on he de-
veloped into a bridge builder and
was engaged in the work all over
the United States. Taken in all Mr..
Dunning has built not less than 500
bridges in different parts of the
country which in length would
make many miles and says he has
worked to some extent in every state
in the Union. One of the biggest
jobs Mr.. Dunning ever undertook
was to build high railroad bridge
near Des Moines, Iowa, which was
2,400 feet long and the track was 107
feet above the river.
Frank Hayden Of Lewiston,
veteran race driver and horse train
er, expects to be racing horses when
he is a hundred years old. He is
now rs and is handling one of the
largest strings of horses at the State
Fair Grounds at Lewiston. He be-
gan his racing career at the age of
ten years as a rider of running
horses on the Brighton Beach track
and continued both to ride and drive
until the middle sos, when he turn
ed to trotters and PAGERS exclusively.
In 1871 he rode Governor, a two
year-old, to a worlds record on the
Brighton track, which stood for two
years. Mr.. Hayden has raced and
lowered marks with 500 horses dur
ing his time on the track. Records
show that his horses are 80 per cent
in the money winners and SO per
cent in the money horses. He is the
only Maine horseman who ever rae
ed over the entire grand circuit and
at one time held the record of hav-
ing received the biggest check over
given on that circuit. He had the
first public racing stable at the
Readville, Mass, track.