Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-23

came to q garden Of flowers,
In the breeze they huttered like lace;
And with them, gracing the hours.
Like flower, too, was your race. :.
-Le Baron Cooke, in THE Spur"
The Bridgton Academy football
management is looking for a game
for Saturday. Oct. 8. to be played at
Waterford Fair which Is one of the
big events in western Oxford county.
Three interesting features are be-
ing arranged for the Armistic Day
celebration in Bangor: Parade in the
forenoon, Brewer VS.. Bangor High
| football game in the afternoon, and
! minstrel show under the auspices of
| the Williams Post of the Legion in
the evening.
Construction Of wider highways is
being called for in many states where
there is heavy traffic and eventually
the highways which were built in the
early days of automobile travel, like
that between Bath and Brunswick,
will have to be widened to accom-
modate the great amount of travel
which is going over them in an in
creasing volume every year, says The
| Bath Times.
| DR.. E. S. Stackpole Of Sanfords
Crossing. Bath. is harvesting his mel
on crop. They are little backward
in ripening off, but the hot sun has
| done it's work, and DR.. Stackpole
says they are the best specimens he
has yet raised. 1t is gratifying. for
he has experimental with various
kinds. and although he will not have
as large a crop as last year. when
| he harvested over 1900 melons. there
will be an unusually large harvest.
William Doucette of Bangor. walk
ed into the outstretched and willing
arms of several deputy sheriffs Tues
day afternoon as he was returning
from a visit to the community hide
In the rear of buildings in lower
Union street in that city. The Of
| ficers were waiting patiently Tor
Doucette and gave him ample oppor-
tunity to go to the hide, having po-
sitions from which they could OBJ
serve his actions. When intercepted,
he was found to be the possessor of
|
something with a kick. He gave
bail at Jail for appearance in court.
State Highway officers Jewell and
Carson were the compliments in
several cases heard in the Bangor
municipal court on Monday morning
! in which the respondents answered
to the charge OF violating motor
vehicle laws. Fines aggregating
about $3.50. were imposed. The
heaviest sentence. 500 fine and 60
days in Jail, was handed out to Leroy
S. Wilson of Bangor. charged by
Chief Sproul with operating an auto
while under the influence Of intoXi-
eating liquor Respondent took an
appeal and furnished bonds in the
sum of $1,000, for his appearance at
the January term Of the Superior
court
Charles II. Green, proprietor of
Green's shoe store at Biddeford, re-
lates the following incident that is
still clear in his mind. although II
happened many years ago in Russia !:
when l was but a boy in the old
| country. about 40 boys all about my
age used to take writing lessons once
a week. from an old writing teacher.
| We used to have a lesson a week and
the cost was only $3.50 per student
for six months, making the teacher S
income about ;120 a year. on which
he used to support his wife and two
Children. Our weekly lessons were
held in the dining room of his home
and us boys used to look forward TO
them with great interest, as the old
instructor was a very interesting and
learned old man. One day l remem-
Der in particular the teacher wishing
to impress upon US the Importance
and usefulness of being able to write
showed US paper which he had
written, which reached from one
end Of the room to the other. the
exact measurements I think being
so feet long and two feet wide. This
long paper. the teacher spread out
on the floor and walked across It,
the same as he would a rug, and
can see him to this day walking
across his dong manuscript, which
was written partly IN Yiddish and
partly in Russian. This little Incl
/ dent certainly impressed me as to the
value Of being able to write and
will never forget this lesson"
A suit brought by Irving E. Vernon
of Portland, as receiver Of the Parker
& Themes Co., Of Portland against
Frank J. Ham Of Augusta. Federal
internal revenue collector, because OF
an alleged overpayment of taxes was
among several actions filed in the
United States District Court at Port
land on Tuesday at the convention
of the September term.
A statement which made earnings
appear to be more than they actu-
ally was, caused an erroneous assess
ment Of taxes, it is alleged, and re-
suited in payment of taxes which
should be refunded, according to the
suit. Payment of this amount OF
taxes was made under protest several
years ago and applications for re-
fund were made in 1923 and last
year and were refused. The receiver
wants $17,S93.95, including the al.
legedly excess assessment and In
terest from it's date, June IS. 1921.
Damages OF $4,000 are sought ir
an action brought by the government
against w. A. Tucker, formerly OF
Winslow, and similar damages in
suit against the Amsterdam Casualty
Company, his surety. The suits are
based on an expense account for 1851
rendered 10 years ago by Tucker for
his transportation home from South
America, where he was in the Fed
eral service.
The government also brings q suit
for $500 against George Vinall OF
Portland because a car driven by
Mrs. Vinall crashed into and dam
aged machine owned by the United
States and driven by Kark Kittredge
at Houlton, Aug. -, 1925.