Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-20
MAINE GOSSIP


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To the Phoebe Biyd
oh little gray bird with your plain
Calling Phoebe, Phoebe, all the day
long,
Where is Phoebe? The mate of your
choice
That She does not answer your
lonely song. .
Perhaps she hears you and coyly waits
| Hidden from view in the Juniper
tree,
While you scan the bushes, the fences
and gates
Constantly calling Phoebe, Phoebe.
I know where you builded your nest
last year.
And ] saw your nestlings, one, two
1 asked them their names, and Sweet
and clear
They each one answered Phoebe,
Phoebe.
Good luck little bird, may no harm be-
As YOU fit about from tree to tree,
nris springtime l know when l hear
you call,
Emma A. Whittier.
Readfeld Depot, Me.
The last report of President Hus-
tbs of the Boston & Maine must
make some of the stockholders wish
that he could be induced to stay on
the job awhile longer.-Portland
Express.
Warning motorists against max
ing trips into the country even on
the hard surface roads unless they
are certain about the conditions, the
Lewiston Sun states that a number
of cars We're stuck in the drifts be-
tween Lewiston and Lisbon Falls on
Thursday.
The Elm St. Universalist church
of Auburn will observe its 50th an
niversary on Sunday in a fitting
manner. Several prominent speakers
have been secured to participate in
the special program. Rev. Mont
ford S. Hill is pastor of the anniver-
Sary church. -}~fN
The Rockland Police department
is to conduct a campaign against
attaching placards, hand-bills, etc,
to poles used by the city and the
public service corporations They
are not only unsightly, but danger
Gus to the life and limb of the line
man whose spikes are apt to slip
when he encounters one of the Shiny
bills.
That port1and has hppn selected a =
the Maine city to entertain the Ma
tional Grange in November of this
year, will come as no surprise to the
majority of Maine folks. Thousands
of visitors will flock to Maine for the
eight days, beginning November 10.
1t is estimated that at 1900 Pat
ron of Husbandry from all sections
! of the country will be on hand for
the occasion.
Col. John w. Wright, L. S. Army,
commanding officer at Portland Har-
Dor and commandant of the 1926
Citizens Military Training Camp at
Fort Mckinley, and Major f. Rae
Moody, Ord. Res. Cumberland county
chairman of the C. NJ. T. G. will
speak on the citizens military train
ing camps at meeting of the Port
+ land chapter, Reserve Officers As
ISOLATION, which will be held next
Monday evening. There will be
other speakers and the discussions
will include the topics, court mar
tial and military intelligence.
The sale Of the Bath Iron Works,
on account of the resurveying and
replotting of the land, has been post
poned from the dates formerly adj
vertised, and is now to take place
on Tuesday, April 6; Wednesday,
April and Thursday, April s, COM
mencing at $50 a. M. each day. The
Industrial Plants Corporation. of 50
Church Street, New York City, is the
auctioneer. The sale is announced
to be sold in the following manner.
First: the land and buildings will be
sold in IL separate parcels, properly
surveyed. After the sale of the real
estate. all of the patterns of the Bath
Iron Works will be sold. Thereaf-
ter, the supplies, machinery and
equipment will be sold in piecemeal
lots, comprising approximately 200
lots. The sale should be completed
in three days as the auctioneers pro-
gram is to sell approximately 900
lots per day. ass.
A proposed intensive survey of the
industrial and other resources of
New England will be discussed at
the meeting of the New England
Council which will be held at Port
lad on Friday of next week. The
financing of the program of the
council will also he discussed.
Names recent move to create a
Maine Foundation to which wealthy
men may leave money designed for
the development of the state has at
tracted attention throughout New
England, and it is probable that the
advisability of establishing similar
funds in other states will be talked
over Reports from the committees
which are making a study of the
agricultural, power and .ecreational
resources with a view to the de-
velopment of New England-wide
program will be presented. Asri-
cultural surveys are now in progress
4 the several states. and these sur
eys will be reported upon.
DR.. Augustus S. Thayer, who OBJ
yclyed his DIST. birthday on Thurs
day has the distinction of being the
oldest practicing physician in Port
land, and is likewise the oldest men,
Der of the Portland Masonic Order
and the Portland Lodge of Elks.
For years he was known as one of
the best physicians in that city and