Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-07
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Attorney Thompson also presented
| the claim Of DIR. Edwin T. Murray of
East Millinocket, for the sum Of $51S
; for damage caused to his automobile
| by a moose charging upon 1t.
Partridge have practically ruined,
! for a few years period at least, a
| good sized block of apple trees in
| the orchard of Wilson II. Conant of
! Buckfield, according to testimony
! that Mr.. Conant submitted at the
hearing. He testified that the part
ridge would come out of the forest
near him farm lands and would eat
! the buds from his choice apple trees,
and it would take from three to five
! years for the fruit spurs to develop
new buds.
Sheriff E. e. Torrey Of Oxford
county, who was formerly warden
| employed by the fish and game de-
| partment and who made an inspec-
ton of Mr.. Conant's orchard in the
winter of 1923, Commissioner T. p.
| Washburn Of the State department
Of agriculture, State Horticultural
| G. A. Yeaton, and former Represen-
! tative Everett Conant of Buckfield
also gave testimony regarding the
inter. The amount of Mr.. Conant's
claim is $1,000.
Claim for Eustis Bridge construe.
ton
Attorney George r. Cover Of
Skowhegan appeared in behalf of
Horace f. Reed of Skowhegan, who
claims the sum Of $500 on account of
concrete floor construction he COM
pleted in 1922 on the bridge at Eustis
over Dead River stream under the
direction Of the State Highway De-
partment.
1t was the claim of Llewellyn N.
Edwards, bridge engineer for the
State Highway Department, that Mr..
Reed had not taken proper precau-
| tons to prevent the concrete floor of
the bridge from freezing, and that
Mr.. Reed had not followed the direc-
tons given him for completing the
| job.
! Mr.. Reed testified that to the best
of his ability, with the materials with
which he had to work, he had done
! everything to prevent the concrete
from freezing and that he had COM
pleted the job according to specifi-
cations, but had not received his pay.
Cornish Fair Seeks 1923 Stipend
A group of the officials of the Cor
| nish Agricultural Association spoke
in favor of the claim of s256.47, the
| amount of the State stipend for 1928.
which State Commissioner F. P.
Washburn withheld.
| William r. Copp Of Cornish, presi-
dent of the Cornish Agricultural AS
ISOLATION, stated that Commissioner
! Washburn had visited the fair on
one Of the busiest days of the fair in
1928, that Mr.. Washburn had not
| made himself known to the fair Of
| ficials, and that the commissioner
, had found in operation on the mid
way a certain game Of chance which
| the fair officials did not know was
! being operated on the grounds.
Commissioner F. Z. Washburn Of
| the State department of agriculture
said that on his brief visit at the
Cornish fair he found there a lottery
which was being conducted on the
midway. Tickets were being sold in
this lottery and the person holding
the lucky ticket was given a blanket
worth about 81 or SO, for which
those in charge of the game received
from SIS to $40. He had noted sew
eral other games of chance which
were prohibited according to the in
structions which are sent every year
to fair officials all over the State.
Fred G. Small of Cornish, an offic-
ial of the Cornish Agricultural AS
ISOLATION, stated that he was on the
fair grounds on the morning in ques-
ton and that at that time the blan-
kpt inc vr-.+l
wheel, the lucky numbers on the
wheel indicating the winners of
blankets. He stated that he had told
those in charge of the game that they
must remove the wheel. The wheel
was removed and Mr.. Small did not
notice afterwards that the booth was
being conducted as a game of chance.
He thought that the blankets at the
booth We're then being sold and nots
given away through game of
chance. Mr.. Small testified that this
same game of chance was operated
with the wheel at a number of the
fairs in the State during the fall of
1923.
Commissioner T. P. Washburn de-
clared that there are SIS fairs in the
State. running from two to six DAYS.
and it is impossible for inspectors
from the department to be at all of
these fairs all of the time. Such an
inspection would cost $4,000 and the
department has no funds for this
purpose. To the best of their abil-
ity the members of the department
icok over the fairs and report any vi
olations of the laws in relation to
games of.chance, immoral shows and
prohibition. During the past four
years Is fair stipends have been
withheld for violations The COM
missioner stated that his department
has no authority to clean up the fair
grounds, but every year the depart
ment sends to the secretary of each
OF their fair associations a descrip-
ton of the games than can be al
lowed and cannot be allowed.
State Pier Insurance Premiums
Robert NJ. Pennell of Portland ap-
peared In favor of a resolve appro-
priating $11, 101.46 to pay Al different
lire insurance agencies for premi-
ums for insurance on the State pier
at Portland, aggregating S735,00O.
Attorney Pennell stated that the
Governor and Council during the
last administration passed an order
placing insurance on the State pier
for a short term, and nearly all the
policies had expired. The agents
were obliged to pay the companies
and now the agents who are scat
tered all the way from Eastport to
Portland. want reimbursement.
Attorney Pencil further stated