Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-16

Plants tiger-lilies red.
The skunk that nobody talks about
had no idea our animal friends
Were so active all on their own.
-Woman's Viewpoint Magazine.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 tons of
bituminous have been received this
Summer by the Kennebec Wharf &
Coal Co., at Bath. and the plant has
been a distributing center for aAwide
radius. Much Of its supply has been
shipped throughout the Kennebec
valley and thousands of tons have
been shipped by trolley to the inter-
ior of the state.
Gene Hebert, former Westbrook
high three letter man and last sea-
son while wearing the uniform of st.
Johns prep In Danvers, Mass, Sc
lect,d as the best hurler in Massa-
chusetts preparatory school circles,
is to enter Boston college this fall
and should be in line to make a name
for himself in athletics while out on
the heights. Hebert played football
and basketball during his high school
career.
Joe Laporte. veteran and expert
fresh water fisherman Of Sanford,
who has a big power boat on sebago
lake and makes many trips to that
body of water during the summer,
has taken 129 salmon from the lake
this season. Just now. however. his
thoughts are turning towards wood
cock and partridge. Recently he
bought a setter in Comic, n. H., and
tryouts with the dog are proving to
his satisfaction that he will get plen-
ty Of game this fall.
Sieur de Monts Spring at Bar
Harbor. had a record breaking month
in August. There. at the pictur-
esque entrance to Lafayette National
Park. exactly 1909 people have regis
tered and it Is stated bv Charles
Huss in charge of the grounds that
probably only fifty per cent of the
visitors in August registered. This
means that about 5000 people either
spent the day. climbed Flying Squad
ron, picnicked, lunched or only paus-
ed for a drink of water and were
on their way again.
The baby show usually held at the
Franklin County Fair at Farming
ton, will this year be baby contest
one year of age, and will be judged
60 ~tnl
development. The contest will be
under the direction of the County
Public Health Nurse. Miss I. c. Jo-
hansen. with physician to attend to
the examinations. All babies enter
ed will receive prize as we'll as the
babies scoring the largest number OF
points.
The dates of the fair are Sept. IS
to 30.
Gardens in the city of Bath. are
again suffering from early morning
marauders. One Bath business man
who has taken great pride in his
garden and has raised a dozen splen-
did squashes reports that between
sunset last Thursday and sunrise
Friday morning some one made away
with two. The marauders have not
stopped at squashes however for they
have stolen beans, cucumbers and
| all varieties of vegetables. A SHARP
watch is being kept for persons load
ed with vegetables and flowers al
unseemly hours in an effort to locate
the guilty parties. While owners
have their suspicious they are await.
ing more positive proof before start
ing prosecution. Garden thieverS
has existed for some time but In
various localities has been stamped
out the last year or two but now
the same owners are again suffering
from their visits and indignation is
running high, says The Bath Times
Stephen Russell and Harlan Willis
Of South Paris. made a strenuous
tramping trip over the northern
peaks of the White Mountains or
Labor Day. c: +1ping Sunday nigh,
at the Dolly Copp campground, they
started early in the morning from
the Ravine House. going up throu~r
Kings Ravine. They were accom-
panied and chaperoned by L. C
Button, but when they got to a point
about opposite the Mount Madison
huts. he was not feeling we'll, and de-
cided that he would have to go tc
the huts and rest. The boys kept
on. in spite of the rain, over the
Gulfside trail to the summit OF
Mount Washington. Later in the day
they retraced over the same trail
picking up Mr.. Button on the way
and got down about four O'Clock In
the afternoon. The distance from
the Ravine House to the summit OF
Mount Washington. by the trail they
took, Is somewhere between nine and
ten miles. not to mention that the
end of the trail is about 1000 feet
higher in the air than the starting
point. They doubled over this, in the
rain. for tho daY'a tramn