Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-16

Christmas brings thoughts of home
And the loved ones abiding there.
And home hearts for the absent yearn,
Love travels far by land or sea.
And prayers go forth for the SAFE re-
OF wandering feet where'er they be.
Emma A. Whittier.
Readfield Depot.
Bath reports that shooting stars
were numerous last Sunday evening.
and that there was one at about $50
that attracted unusual attention. leav-
ing a trail of light as it started in the
northeast and shot across the skies
and finally disappeared in the south
west. There was a brilliant glow for
several minutes after it's passing.
A conference in regard to shipments
of livestock on the railroads and al
legged cruelty to animals was scheduled
for yesterday morning at the Maine
central Railroad offices in Portland.
The conference was the result of &C
ton taken by the Maine Humane So
ciety to put stop to alleged cruelty
to animals while being shipped from
Maine to Massachusetts.
Cecil F. Clark Of Saco, who was
| member of Governor Bakers Council.
may oppose State Senator Harmon G.
Allen of Springvale as candidate for
the Governors Council from York
county in 1927. Mr.. Clark's friends are
urging that he become candidate Tor
the Office. The candidacy Of Mr.. Al
len for the place has already been an
nounced.
Deciding that Lake Pennesseewassee
at Norway offered ideal conditions for
site for a boys camp. William r.
Brewster and Bartlett Boyden, MEM
bers of the faculty of the Newton Day
school for boys in Boston. purchased
two acres on the shore of that lake
and soon will commence construction
of the buildings. which will probably
be opened for use next spring. Messrs.
Brewster and Boyden found the ideal
spot In Maine after travelling thou
sands of miles seeking a suitable site.
The mid-winter fruit meeting of the
Western Maine growers will be held
in Auburn in February Thursday and
Friday, the 18th and 18th. According
| to plans that are now in the making
| this will be the biggest and best meet
| ing Of the kind ever held in the State.
| George r. Yeaton. State horticulturist,
| has the plans underway and f. +.
| Washburn, commissioner of agricul-
| ture is helping in the work. The Lions
| Club of Auburn will, as they did last
year. take the entire charge of the
banquet, and the plan of this service
club is to make big Improvement
| over last years success. The Cham
Der of Commerce of the shoe city will
cooperate for a successful meeting.
A bill carrying s1s5,OoO, 900 appro-
priation will be reported by the con-
gressional committee on public build
ings and grounds, a statement that
was heard with especial interest in
| Portland which believes that it's
| dream of a new federal building is
soon to be realized. Senator Fernald
| of Maine is chairman of this tmpor-
, tant committee and says that he thinks
new building for Portland will be
! ordered. Since the war the govern
ment has been very economical In APP
preparations for new buildings. In
many instances where rented build
i
| ownership would be economical but all
available money has been needed in
other directions. Now the President is
said to have agreed that some new
| postoffices may be erected and Port
| land is understood to be high on the
| list.-Bangor Commercial.
Entertained in Honolulu by Cover
nor Wallace r. harrington, who is
| former Maine man, former Governor
| thusiastic reception there on his trip
! to Australia and New Zealand. Ex-
| Governor Baxter arrived in Honolulu
| Nov 26 and was met at the entrance
! to the harbor by Governor Harrington
and escorted into the city with due
| ceremony. On the day Of his arrival he
was guest and speaker at the Ad Club
| luncheon. The affair had all the at
| mosphere of a Pine Tree State func-
! ton, for Gov. Harrington, himself a
son of Maine. introduced him. and in
| his Introductory address referred to
| the fact that the first governor of the
| territory. Sanford B. Dole, was the
| son of Maine parents, that James and
| Charles Dole of pineapple fame. who
! did much to put the Hawaiian pine
| apple on the market, were Maine men,
! and that other Maine citizens had
| played prominent roles in the develop
| ment of Hawaii.
While State Highway Inspector Jo-
seph W. Littlefield of York was pa
| trolling the Post road in Kittery last
Friday afternoon. at about 25 miles
| an hour, he was passed at good
| speed by a Ford containing two men
and woman, and one of them shouted
get over there" to the officer. as he
| believed. AS the horn of the passing
| vehicle had not been sounded, the Of
! ficer overlook the passengers, and
| made an examination of the outfit
The driver was found to be a man
| who gave the name of Frank Silver of
| Boston and was found to be operating
without a license from either Massa-
chusetts or Maine.
Silver was arrested and later ar
| raigned in the municipal court in Kit
terry before Judge Justin H. Shaw, and
being convicted on the complaint of
the officer. was fined $40 and costs of
$3.50, which he was not able to pay
at the time, and was held accordingly.
According to the story in Court the
man had operated the car from Boston
to Lewiston, and back as far as Kit
terry. where someone in the car evil
IDENTIFY wanted the officer to get off
the highway while they went by. The
other man with Silver had a license,
but was using the car owned by some
one else In Boston, and claimed he
was not familiar with Ford and got
Silver to operate for him on the rec
ommendation of some one.
"
Rev. A. e. Roberts of the Maine
Conference of the Methodist Epis-