Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-11-27

ments last year from Aroostook on
the same day, were a trifle over 2oo
cars. practically the same: Last
years shipments brought about Sa5'
600. while this years on the same
day brought 100000, about seven
times as much.-Star-H Herald.
All of the above Is true, of course.
But the farmers, selling last years
crop at u loss as well as losing on
their crops Of 1922 and 1923. were
plunged more deeply in debt. Ana
then this years yield was not by con-
siderable as large as in 1924. We're
II not for the reasonable prices which
prevail this year, the last straw on
the camers back would have been
placed.-The Aroostook Republican,
Two young men who decided TO
.blm" their way to Florida and pass
the cold winter months on the hot
sands, are back at their home IN
Saco and relate quite an experience
in which they came mighty near be-
ing arrested as members OF rum
running crew. They left Saco ana
finally landed in Boston after severai
lifts" by autoists on the state road:
They wended their way TO one OF
the wharves and learned that a YES
sci was about to sail for the South.
The captain was pleased to nire
them and they were soon aboard the
boat and telling each other how lucky
thev were and how they wouht get
to Florida and receive pay on their
arrival there, while 1t costs others
500 or more to make the trip. They
had not been congratulating each
other long when they were given a
big surprise by men boarding the
vessel and announcing that they were
federal officers and placed the crew
from the captain down under arrest.
They got the captains books ana
secured the names OF the crew but,
fortunately. the names OF the Saco
boys were not on the books. The
Saco lads were allowed to beat IT,
off the boat. which fney did to the
queens taste. and after minutes
consultation, and no more. they Vot..
ed. With no opposition. to start at
once for Saco and pass the cold
winter months in Saco shoveling
snow. They had good luck bum
ming" rides home.
John Wentworth has recently
closed his sardine factory at East
port, started up for the first time a
few months ago along the shores OF
that border seaport, having secured
buildings and wharf in the northern
part of Eastport where he had
carried on sardline canning under the
new process OF hot air as introduced
more than a year ago there by DR..
Beard of Washington, D. C- con-
nected with the U. S. government
fisheries,
The process had been given O
demonstration more than a year ago
by DIR. Beard when he had q small
outfit constructed near the cannery
of Blanchard Mfg. g. Canning COM
pany at Eastport. where Mr.. Went
worth had been their bookkeeper In
recent years. Last fall he had taken
over the small experimental plant
and learned just how to turn out
neatly packed. sanitary and APP
petizing Maine sardine, put up with
great care and having packed many
cases up to date November 1924. the
Wentworth sardines were sold In
Eastport drug stores at IL cents a
can. 1t was somewhat of a novelty
for even Eastporters who had tried
locally packed sardines for past SO
years of the industry. This season
Mr.. Wentworth opened his new can
merry and operated it until few days
ago and now has sardines that are
considered equal to any on the
market. The same process was also
tried this season by Carroll Gardner
of Eastport who operated his new
factory in northern part of that city
and recently was closed for the sea-
son, but 1t has been demonstrated
that a high grade and high priced,
can Of sardifies is saleable when put
up with all care under such modern
methods. Perhaps next season other
Gamers Of fish may adopt the So
called hot air process as 1t is looked
upon with favor.