Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-21


To spell life's Mystery;
One foretold a Kingdom,
That kingdomless should be;
One was mute with visionings
And tears were in his eyes;
But 1 who heard the choiring stars
Had walked in Paradise.
BY James H. Powers.
Maine Motorists returning from
Boston last Friday and Saturday re-
ported that the roads were in excellent
condition for automobiling.
President Kenneth C. NJ. Stills of
Bowdoin college will speak at a dim
ner in Brooklyn, N. Y, given by the
New England Society this Tuesday
evening. Among the other speakers
will be the Japanese ambassador.
A few days ago when Perley Rood
OF Richmond went to Eastern river to
seven point buck which had apparent
ly been caught in the ice and was in
an exhausted condition. He notified the
State Fish and Game department and
an agent was sent TO Richmond to in
vestigate. Mr.. Rood took the deer to
his barn but the animal had been so
severely injured that it died soon
after.
Sheriff Murrays deputies raided the
homes of Carl Goddard and John
Duricko at Lisbon Falls and arrest
er Carl Goddard and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Duricko. over the weekend.
About 80 quarts of beer was seized at
the Goddard place and about 40 at
Duricko's place, in addition to one
pint of moonshine. Goddard was
charged with manufacture and search
and seizure. Duricko was charged with
nuisance and his wife was charged
with manufacture, two charges of
single sale, and nuisance. They were
ordered to appear in the Lewiston
municipal court Monday morning.
Capt. O'Connell of the Lewiston
police has qualified as fngerprint
expert. He was called to s Hill Block,
Friday night. by the report that
roomer named Sampson had found $50
missing from a roll of bills locked in
his trunk. The landlady showed great
concern over her roomer's loss. And
even more when Capt OConnell an
nounced that the trunk would be taken
to the police station for examination
Of some very good fngerprints visible
on the lock. She had moved the trunk,
she said, and might have touched the
lock. Any way, rather than have any
trouble, she, would give the roomer
$50. Don't give it to him unless it's
his" said the captain. But If you
have $40 that belongs to him, return
it and the case will be closed so far
as we are concerned" The police have
heard no more from the complaint.
The skating rink and toboggan slide
at the Penobscot Valley Country Club
at Bangor are now in use and already
many people have taken advantage of
the opportunity to indulge in these
out-of-door sports. BY slight
change of the location Of the tobog-
ganslide, longer run is possible than
was the case last winter. Now the
sliders may make hole in one, so to
speak, by landing on the putting green
of the first hole of the golf course. a
distance many rods greater than that
of last season. 1t is expected that the
ski jump will be ready for use by
Wednesday, work in it's construction
being in progress. An interesting
piece of news in connection with the
ski jump department Is the announce
ment by Chairman Tyler that he Is ne
gotiating for the presence of one of
the finest women ski jumpers in New
England for exhibition flights through
the air from this jump. Some crack
ski jumpers from the University of
Maine will be among those who will
later enter contests.
Game Warden Herbert l.. Spinney
of Bath whose early home was in
Georgetown, has been devoting consid-
cradle of his spare time of late in
searching out the genealogy of his
family. His ancestors came to Long
Island. in the lower Kennebec, long
before the Revolutionary war and the
name has been prominent for many
years in that section of the state He
recalls hearing some of his ancestors
tell that in the early days of the Spin
ney family coming to that section
that wolves We're frequently seen in
Phippsburg and Georgetown. He has
seen the fishing industry undergo
great changes on the Kennebec in his
day and things are different now from
what they were when he was a boy
when Kennebec salmon We're not a
rarity. He has also seen the sturgeon
and shad fishing industry practically
pass out of existence in that section.
He has seen the lobster industry un-
dergo great changes and has seen the
aecllne In ship building, cutting and
ice shipping and saw mill operations
all along the river. Mr.. Spinney has
gained much information of value re-
sard1ng the territory along the lower |
Kennebec during his research work
and much of this he will put into