Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-09

The birds flew through the sunshine.
where they sang
So loud. so clear, SO sweet, the
heavens rang
OF lark and thrush and stars.
I never heard a melody so sweet
AS / heard then; 1 never knew q
day
So filled with sunshine; never saw the
And. tinted clouds so high and free
and gay:
Each danced to the horizon like a boy
let out from school, each tumbled in
its Joy
And ran away.
James stephens in Songs from the
Clay"
The saw mill of J. c. Crandell at
Lincoln was destroyed by fire Sunday
night. The loss is estimated at $10.-
900, with partial insurance. The origin
of the fire is not known.
The new Biddeford Exchange Club
will observe Charter Night on Sat-
urday evening of this week when 1t
expects to receive its charter from
the National organization.
AOOuI q year Will DC ICuulISu "
construct Lewiston's new million
dollar hotel, the Paul Hildreth, work
upon which will commence July Is.
The contract has been awarded to
Keer & Houston. general contrac-
tors and engineers Of Portland.
The annual convention of the
Maine Branch Of the National Rural
Letters Carriers Association will
be held this year at Presque Isle,
on August and z. A committee
is now engaged in making up an
interesting program, while an at
/ tractive list of speakers are being
| engaged. A number of important
postal matters will come up for dis
cussion during the session: the
annual election of officers will be
held. Arrangements will be made
by the postal officials, to place sub
| stitute carriers on all rural routes
in order to allow the regular car
riers to attend the convention.
Some 1909 employees Of the Ports
mouth navy yard got notice satur-
day night Of there being no further
| work for them at present. This
includes a good many Bath men,
| most of whom will be home this
| week. Some were home over the
| week end, but had to return to get
their pay check and sign many of
tha> papers which cover navy red
tape. About two weeks ago many
Of the Bath men employed at the
navy yard when they received notice
of layoff went to the old plant of
the Atlantic Corporation where they
were given immediate employment.
This plant is being prepared in a big
way for manufacturing purpose.
For more than two hours Monday
night the Auburn City Council dis
| cussed in secret session the application
of the Ku Klux Khan organization in
Auburn for permission to parade In
the Shoe City July 4. Action was de
| ferred until Thursday night, when the
matter will be brought up at spe-
| cial meeting of the City Fathers. The
| Khan proposes, If the parade applica-
| ton Is granted. to march not more
than 500 strong on the day America
| celebrates it's independence. It's parade
! will not be part of the big 15oth OBJ
servance Of the Declaration of indie
| pendence parade to be part Of the
Perryville program for all of Auburn.
| The Khan proposes to march alone.
| They ask for permission to parade in
full regalia. which includes hoods.
| An effort is being made to have the
! Kittery-York highway improvements
completed for the heavy summer
travel The members Of the State
Highway Commission hope to have
| the work completed by another month
A bad stretch Of road is being re-
placed with an excellent stretch of
modern highway. The new road is be-
/ ing run across fields in Kittery for
several miles to link with the Atlan-
I tic highway. Due to the construction
! work on the main highway. consider
! able delay is now being experienced by
/ motorists AS 1t Is necessary to make
the road one-way highway for the
present.
The s25o,o0o stretch of highway be-
tween York Corner and Cape Neddick
will be completed in about six weeks,
it Is stated. Residents Of that section
will welcome the re-opening of this
road. which has been closed for nearly
a year, on account of the heavy traf-
fic which is now passing through. For
| the earliest GATE III the history OF the
beach resort business in Maine. traf-
flc in the past week has been dense.
! Despite this fact, due to the efficien-
! cy of the State police force few acct
dents have been reported.
Smoking girls at Bates College
are having their day with the facul-
ty and student council. according
! to rumors which are being discussed
on and off the campus. II any con-
| siderable number Of the fair Bates
! co-eds have been addicted to the
nicotine habit, it has never before.
so 1t Is said. come to the point of
i declaration Of facts. But with the
approach Of commencement and
with the care-free spirit often ap-
parent in the anticipation of the
Last Chapel. some Of the girls have
been blowing smoke rings rather
promiscuously, 1t is reported. These
! rings have proven to to anything
but halos above the heads Of the CO.
eds as visualized by the faculty.
Smoking among the women students
is not approved at Bates. Con-
sequently about Is who were sup
posed to possess valuable informa-
ton on the subject are reported to
have been summoned before the
faculty, where the smoke screen
| was removed and a declaration of
facts permitted. OF this number
seven or eight are understood to
have confessed to more or less fire.
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