Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-26

sic Supervisors Convention at Detroit
Mich, the week Of April IL. Young
Grant is a. junior at Edward Little
High school. Mr.. Clifford formerly was
conductor of the orchestra at the old
Cape Cottage Casino.
This Is the first year that Bridgton
Academy has gone into debating as
a school against another school and
the boys are working hard to make
good showing. The council In COM
posed of about IA boys and among
them are found the leaders in school.
Meetings Of the Debating Council are
being held each week on Tuesday and
discussions over the forms and pro-
cedures of debates are being worked
out.
Trappers report that this season
has been the best for many years.
both as to quantity Of catches and
quality of the fur taken. Foxes have
been especially plentiful, and are in
fine fur just at present. Early
catches of raccoon and muskrat were
heavier than usual. and quite num-
Der of mink have also been taken by
trappers in Kennebec county. G. X.
Hunnewe1l of Auburn. veteran fur
buyer, who takes much of the fur
from this section, says that he has
bought more fur this year than for
many years past.
Thelma Howe, who has lately been
in the Somerset County Jail on the
charge of incorrigibility is to be re-
turned to the State Reformatory for
Women from which institution she
was taken in Municipal court. At a
meeting of the trustees arrangements
were made for the building Of q
special cell in the Stevens building
for the woman as the officers believe
it Is not safe to have her at large
either for the inmates or matrons
The girl was first placed under tho
care of State Board of Charities
and has also been confined in the
hospitals for insane at both Augusta
and Bangor. She has also been In
one or more sanitariums and was
transferred from the State school at
Hallowell to the Reformatory here.
She has a child at the Reformatory.
A gayel made from one Of the 10
locust trees planted many years ago
by Alexander Hamilton on his New
York estate, has been presented to
the Belfast Rotary Club. The gift. a
valuable one, came as great sur
prise and will be highly treasured for
it's historical value. When Alexander
Hamilton laid out the grounds of his
New York estate, he planted 13 To-
| Gust trees, one for each of the IL
states. AS time went on and the city
grew, it became necessary to turn
this vast estate into business blocks
and apartment houses and when the
| last locust was cut down the con-
| tractor kept the tree and made from
| it many souvenirs which have found
| their way to all parts of the world.
| He was a friend of Mr.. Vaughan and
| gave to him the gavel, which he, a
| member of the Rotary Club has pre-
| scented to the Chapter and it will be
used in it's meetings.
Evidence that Maine is beginning to
| reap returns from its publicity cam
paign is cropping out every day. Har-
RE b. Coe, manager of the Maine Pub
licity Bureau. last week received
letter from James Ashe, publicity and
real estate man of St. Petersburg,
Fla, giving particulars of the devel-
! opment of a 5,000-acre tract of land In
| the town of Wesley, Washington
| county. This land was opened Tor
| sale in ST. Petersburg, and in few
hours of the first day, 10 estates or
five acres each were sold. The people
who bought have stated that they are
| to build cottages and camps this
| spring and summer. These persons
| include bankers. doctors and lawyers,
real estate men, merchants, and In
| fact men and women representative
of almost every activity in Florida.
| The party developing this property
has options on several other beautiful
pieces of property in the same section
| of Maine.