Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-17

GTOQuCIS pOOklet, complleQ by the
State Chamber and containing the
names and products of all Maine man.
ufacturers.
AS sequel to the proposed plan of
asking the Legislature to appropriate
a portion Of the gasoline tax funds col
lected in winter for the removal of
snow from the main trunk highways
of the State, the suggestion is made
by the writer of a letter published in
the Portland Press Herald that the
proceeds from the tax on one cent per
gallon for gasoline used in motor
boats, be expended for the keeping of
the Maine harbors free from ice.
Here is an opportunity to brush up
on French which may have been for
gotten since high school or college
lessons in conversational French will
be broadcast from radio station WCSH
at Portland under the auspices of the
Portland Young Women's Christian
Association. Madame Marie Clement,
native of Lyons, France, and for nine
years resident of Boston and Port
land, is the instructor.
Sixteen hundred and forty-six cars
of Canadian potatoes have entered the
United States already this season, &C.
cording to the latest report of the U. S.
Bureau of Agriculture. Last year the
total up to this date was only SO cars,
and the whole seasons exports to the
United States last year amounted to
only 191 cars. which is only about
what have gone out of Canada to the
United States market in the past two
weeks.-Aroostook Pioneer.
A travelling man was in Bath a few
days ago telling his experience in an
other city trying to send a telephone
message to a telegraph Office to be
forwarded to his house which deals
only in nuts. He called the telegraph
Office and asked the operator to take
a message. He gave the number of
the street and city and then continued,
THE Nut House." that being the name
under which his concern goes. When
he said the words Nut House," the
operator on the end of the phone line
said. Think you're funny, don't you,"
and hung up the receiver.
Henry A. Dunn of Presque Isle, who
has kept way-back diary, finds by
reference to 1t that the winter of 1885
was more mild in the early. part of 1t
than the present season, says The
Star-Herald. In much of the month of
January of that year the temperature
was from 20 to 40 degrees above zero.
There was little snow till the latter
part of February and March. Then 1t
came down, and a big thaw in April
swept out bridges and wrecked dams
by wholesale. In Pressure Isle the
Parsons bridge at the mouth of the
Pressure Isle Stream was swept out,
one span of the Aroostook river bridge
went out, also the Caribou bridge, also
the dams at Big Machias and Squa
Pan.
| Following many years of service
with the Biddeford fire department.
Captain Merry B. Hayes, one of the
Oldest of the active veteran firemen in
New England, died at his home at Bid
deford last Sunday afternoon, He was
born in Rochester, N. H., October 80,
| 1916. He entered the Saco fire depart
ment as torch boy with one of the
! old hand tub companies of the city.
! About so years ago he took up his
residence in Biddeford and with the
| exception of a few years he has been a
member of the fire departmnt since
| that time. For a number of years he
was a member of the Richard Vines
company of the Biddeford department,
and was one Of the few surviving
lv,oa a6nr nc he xx,I@
called upon to go to Boston for the big
fire there in 1872. About Is years ago
he entered the fire department as a
| permanent man and when the chemical
| truck was added to the department he
was attached to this company. For sew
eral years he has served as captain of
| this company, and for the last few
| years he had been house captain at the
| central fire station.
| Mr.. Hayes saw much active service
as member of the department. He
| was known as one of the most cour-
| ageous fire-fghters of the department
and had the reputation of being a
/ ''smoke-eater." One of his most re-
| cent feats of daring was performed at
| the Jones farm on the kennebunkport
| road, a few years ago, when the Bid
| deford department was called upon
IoT dSSlStdHCe. Inc smoke was so
dense in the building that the firemen
were unable to get into the building
| to find the source of the blaze, until
Captain Hayes crawled into the smoke
filled building and made 1t possible
to save the set of buildings. He has
an exceptionally good record in the de-
| partment and was especially respect
ed by the young members of the vari-
Gus companies. His position in the de-
partment called for active work up to
within few months of his retirement
on account of his ill health.
Collectors of old and rare coins may
find the following item of interest:
Fred Amnotte of Biddeford has in his
possession an English half-penny,
dated l701, given to him at South
Hampton, England, while he was a
member of Uncle Sans navy. Anna
Lemay of Biddeford reported an in