Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-05

VI SSiOOl ouS
The discovery, Saturday morning Of
a big easle with its head burned of at
the foot of pole 100 on Sec. 81 of the
planned the lack of power in that sec
ton for short time last week. The
bird was discovered by Melvin Fer
ris, who patrols that section which is
between Chops Point and Nequasset
when he fell over its carcass 1t was
too big for him to bring to the COM
pany's local Office unaided.
The eagle evidently flew into a high
voltage wire carrying $4,000 volts. It's
feathers were badly singed. One of
them measures nearly two feet In
length.
When taken from the crate in which
It was shipped to Boston, the owl
which resident Of Gardiner has pre-
scented to the Franklin Park zoo, tried
to grab Keeper Jack Donahue with
it's talons and its beak came pretty
close to his face when 1t made several
leaps at him. The owl, which was
captured after 1t had slain eight fat
geese belonging to Maine farmer,
has a wing spread of fully four feet,
and it is the opinion of Curator Daniel
J. Harkins, who has been curator at
the zoo for 13 years. that 1t has talons
the size Of an eagles. Its general APP
pearance, featured by It's claws, to-
sether with its reputation, has led
Curator Harkins to warn keepers to
take no chances when feeding the bird.
Livermore Falls and Chisholm.
which are practically one village, are
now entering a boom season as three
big Jobs of construction are now I'M
derway. The big power plant of the
International Paper Co., that IS now
being erected at cost of about ST.
10000 at the Otis mill is giving work
to a large crew of men, many teams
and several trucks. This plant will be
several months under construction.
Besides this, a fine new community
house is TO be erected at a cost of
nearly $4,000. Another is the new
annex to the Baptist church at cost
of $4,000. work upon which started
this week. The contractors for all
these Jobs will employ local help so
far as possible. A dozen or more
dwelling houses are also being built
in these villages which is giving en-
ployment to several skilled carpen-
tiers as we'll as helpers.
Cheered at their success at the East
ern States Exposition. the dairy cattle
judging team from the University of
ca %
their way to Detroit, where they will
enter the intercollegiate contest which
features the National Dairy Show to
be held there this week. This team
consists Of R. c. Dolloff OF Rumford,
George Dow of Wayne, Carroll De-
Coster of Norway, all of them seniors
in the College of Agriculture, and H.
w. Hall, instructor in the animal
husbandry department, coach. Con-
tributions to defray the expenses of
this team to Detroit are being received
from all parts of the State, declared
w. G. Hunton of Portland, Industrial
agent Of the Maine Central Railroad.
He is advancing funds to make this
trip possible, counting on additional
subscriptions still to come in to make
up the required total October is the
date the contest will actually take
place in Detroit.
During the past week the greatest
feet of fishing crafts Of the season
were gathered in Eastport harbor,
about a mile off from the wharves
and business section, the attraction
being cod. pollock, haddock and hake.
Occasionally small halibut Is hooked.
The fleet of motor boats of small size
are always safely moored on the
American side of the international
boundary waters but 1t Is quite
problem to determine the exact line
as all large white can buoys that once
marked the true boundary between
Maine and Canada in Eastport harbor
and that vicinity had been uprooted a
few years ago by great masses of
floating salt water ice and were soon
out Of sight. During the summer
months 1t is considered great sport bv
strangers but is looked upon as work
by regular fishermen. There should
be no scarcity of salt water fish dur
ing the winter and numbers of famil-
les are putting away enough to keep
until spring.
Aho 4hdSSaCHuSSIIS FISH ana Game
Protective Association have announced
the completion OF elaborate plans for
New England sportsmen's Show to
be held in Mechanics Building Janu-
airy 29th to February 5th, inclusive,
1927. This show will be a revival of
the world famous sportsmen's shows
held in Boston a score of years ago.
but will be larger and more com
plete In all its particulars. The pros
poets OF the show are many and varied
and the definite announcement that it
will be held is whetting the appetites
Of sport lovers, particularly in New
England and Canada.
The show will be known as the New
England Sportsmen's Show and nat
urally the New England states are
taking a keen interest in 1T. Governor
ralph o. Brewster of Maine. who has
oone SO much valuable work getting
the name of the Pine Tree State be-
fore the eyes of the world has baarti-