Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-18

weighed over 500 pounds ana was
taken to Portland where it was sold
for SIS.
James F. Young Of Bath has book
Of Railroad Passenger Tariffs in
effect on the Maine Central Rail
road in 1873. 1t is leather covered
volume. The fare from Boston to
Bath or vice versa in that time was
about So.
Saturday, Aug. 8, mas been tenta-
lively set as the date Of the annual
river carnival of the Saco Yacht
Club. There will be three classes OF
races for power boats on the pro-
gramme, tub races and rowing and
swimming contests.
The New England section Of the
Society of American Foresters will
hold its summer meeting in York
County, August 8, and S, Raymond
f. Kendall, manager of the Bates
College forests in York, Cumberland
and Androscoggin counties is chair
man of the committee of arrange
ments and a part OF the program
will be the inspection of some OF the
Bates forests in York county.
The new State of Maine building
at the Eastern States Exposition
grounds at Springfield, Mass, has so
! far progressed that it is now being
rooted in. Under the terms OF the
contract the building is to be COM
h,,%
are that the structure will be COM
pleted considerably in advance of the
scheduled time. The contractor Is
the F. A. Rumery Company of Port
| land.
Miss Grace NJ. Ridley of Alfred has
just completed 40 years service in the
registrar of deeds Office of York
County. She was graduated from
Berwick academy, in the class of 1885
and entered the Office on July 13 OF
, that year to work on revising the in
dex of York county records. When
Elmer ]. Rurnham resigned Miss
Ridley was appointed registrar by
Gov. Milliken to fill the unexpired
term In the election of 1922 she
was elected to the position.
Governor Brewster's appeal for
better road to Mount Katahdin has
brought quick results through the
prompt action of the Millinocket
| Chamber of Commerce which has put
a large crew Of paid and volunteer
| laborers at work on the stretch of 81
miles to which the Governor called
their attention. Some Of the mem
bers of the Chamber are giving their
labor and those who cannot leave
their business to do so are hiring
others to substitute for them, show
ing thereby a community spirit which
is most commendable.-B Times.
To join a caravan Of 10000 auto
mobiles headed for Washington, D.
c., to attend national convention
of Maccabees, Mr. and Mrs. William
]. McKinna and Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus
Roberts Of Bangor left Bangor re-
Gently by automobile. Mr.. McKinna
is district deputy and Mr.. Roberts is
commander of the Bangor tent of
Maccabees. Mr.. McKinna and DR..
Lumbard of Portland are the state
delegates for Maine. The Bangor
people joined the caravan in Boston,
and the procession gradually in
oreases in numerical strength as 1t
passes through New York and other
cities along the coast. Many noted
speakers will address the gatherings,
and several entertainments are
planned. The Bangor people expect
to return within three weeks.
The Bates College sumrne' session
students are getting in lot Of good
times as we'll as studying. The stu
dents are signing up for various all
day trips Saturday, for which auto
mobiles have been secured. These
include trips to Old Orchard, to New
Meadows, to the White Mountains
Tacoma, Portland and Riverton, the
Ten Lake Trip, and q sail down
Casco Bay. The Ten Lake Trip in
cludes Range Pond, Lake Trip,
Thompson Pond, and Camp Maqua,
Sebago, Bay of Naples, Waterford,
Lake Pennesseewassee, Lake Auburn
and Taylor Pond. July 20 will be a
red letter day in the summer session
calendar when conce,t will be given
for the students and faculty and their
FRIENDS in the chapel, by Drew B.
B. Gilman, Bates '25, Of Pennington
Falls, organ and piano, and Charles
Boothby of Lewiston, tenor.
Organization Day will be observed
by the Fifth Infantry at Fort Will
liams at Portland on the afternoon
and evening Of July 25, when former
officers and enlisted men. now else
where and whether in or out of the
army, will be invited. There will be
a program Of sports, band concerts, a
dance for officers and their friends
and dance for enlisted men and
their guests. Every unit in the army
sets aside one day in the year which
is known as Organization day, in
reality a birthday or anniversary of
some outstanding event Of impor-
tance in the history Of the organiza-
ton. This regiment has July 25 on its
calendar and there is always cele-
bration of some sort. This is Gen.
Miles famous command Immediately
after the Civil War when he was
commissioned a colonel in the reg
ular establishment. 1t was an i'm
portant factor in his early campaigns
against the Indians nearly 60 years
ago, and he, just turned 80 and a
brilliant commander during four
years of the war, was selected to aid
in conquering the Indians and tanning
the West. Buffalo Bill was one of the
scouts attached to the command.
Freeman F. Dudley of Portland,
commander of Thatcher Post, was
was one Of the fighters in those days
and was nicknamed "Old Fifth" by
Colonel Cody years ago when he
headed his Wild West show. Mr.. Dud-
ley will attend the celebration and
tell the boys something of army life
on the plains when Indians and buf-
faloes We're in full possession of un-
told acres.