Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-01

| Every life has its turning point,
Every struggle and trait it's hour
When out of the shadow 1t suddenly
Into its beautiful. bright. fresh
Nothing that's hateful can go on
long,
There's a turning point for all who
| And. oh. for the glory II at the turn
The road leads cleanly along to
The Bentztown Bard. in the Balti-
The third fire of mysterious origin
in the Biddeford section within a
month Saturday destroyed the cot
tage of Capt Bruce Chase at Con-
cordville at York Beach; damage
$4,000. A high wind was blowing
/ and by the time the firemen arrived
the buildings were doomed, SO they
! turned their attention to efforts to
saving nearby properly, including the
summer residence of c. F. Moseley
of Concord, N. H.
Frederick A. Nickerson, dean of
the automobile industry in Portland
and vicinity. president of the +. A.
Nickerson Inc, Of Forest Avenue,
and practically all his life identified
with the industry, died Monday
morning at his home in Wildwood
Park, Cumberland Foreside. at the
age of II years. He was taken Ill
last Friday with acute indigestion.
and had been very active up to the
time he was taken i'll. He was
known throughout the country not
only for his long identification with
the automobile business, but in other
associations.
Officer Boisvert, of the Auburn
police Monday forenoon seized a
twin-six Packard touring car bear
ing Maine license plates issued to
Arthur b. Brogan of Van Buren,.
containing 100 gallons of alcohol.
The car was stopped on Mill street,
New Auburn, stalled because of lack
of gasoline. The driver went after
his drivers license at the request of
| Off1cer Bolsvert, but failed to return.
| The alcohol was in cans, six cans to
carton and one package containing
I four cans. The packages We're
covered with rubber sheeting. The
! police expected to arrest the driver
claiming he is known to them.
They do not say who he is except
That he is not local man. The car
was libelled.
The postof1ice officials of Bangor
are starting to line UP their plans
Tor the Christmas son. Addition
al employees are already being got
ten together for instructions ana
they Will come on duty within the
next two weeks. Statistics have
| SHOWN that the Christmas mailing
business has increased about 10 per
cent each year and this year it will
probably be heavier than ever be-
fore. While it is difficult to gain
an idea of the amount of mailing
matter passing through the Bangor
office, from studied formula of
estimating, it is figured that last
year in the month of December
alone there were 100000 pieces of
mail passed through the mailing
! room of the Bangor office. 1t is
estimated this year more than a
million pieces Of mail matter will
pass through during December.
Bath Times: The Maine Farmers
Almanac in its prognostications fol-
November. have had a much colder
month, and fell far short of the
facts. On the 9th when cold was
prophesled. the warmth and general
rally condition was oppressive for
the season. December, the shortest
month. declines from the first, when
the days are nine hours and eight
minutes long to the 18th when the
shortest days" begin, eight hours
and 81 minutes in length. There
are seven days of equal shortness,
when the days begin to lengthen,
three minutes being the limit for the
remainder of the month. Continued
mild weather" Is forecast for the
| first three days; some signs of snow.
for the 9th and 10th; cloudy on the
18th; rainy, the 18th; fair and mild
, for the season from the 18th to the
list; stormy the 23d: cold on
christmas Day, and real snow
storm may be expected from the
18th to 18th. The month has five
Fridays, and one blue Monday"
coming on the 18th.
For the entire winter the principal
fishery industry along the frontier
coast in Washington cou...y is smok-
ed and homeless herring, starting up
last month as important employment
when East Maine sardine factories
| We're closed until after April 18th
and during the long period of idle
| ness In canneries when plenty of
general laborers are available at
| reasonable rates. Several homeless
| herring plants are usually operated
at Eastport each winter furnishing
| employment to men, women and
| girls In families who would other
wise be idle. AS general laborers in
| recent years have been plentiful at
40 cents an hour although much of
the smoked and homeless herring
| work is piece work" the distribu-
ton of few thousand dollars in diff
ferent sections of Eastport is of
much value during each winter. It
| was only 20 years ago that the first
homeless herring had been introduce
ed and was tried out in East port at
! that time later beinp introduced at
various Washington county towns
| The huge Arctic horned owl which
was captured by Harold Sonia OF
Bath and was on display in tina,
| city, has escaped. The owl which
Is of the specie SO much discussed
! OF late, was caught on the edges of
Merrymeeting bay by young Sonia
and George Conway. While on a
! duck hunting trip Sonia caught
sight of the giant bird flying at long
| range and essayed a shot. He
| slightly wounded the bird which fell
on the edge of the woods. The bird
had plenty of fight and bit through
q heavy leather pair of mittens on
Conway's hand before the capture
was effected. After bringing the
| creature down the Sonia boy was
| startled as he approached the bro