Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-10

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meeting will be held March - in
stead of March IL, as planned. 1t
was found that the officials could
not get ready for March Is.
Senator Morrill, Of Maine declined
the portfolio Of war and the President
nominated Judge Taft Of Ohio. said
The Portland Evening Express on
Monday in it's Fifty Years Ago" col
umn.
The fourth annual Cumberland
County Y. M C. A. Older Boys Con-
ference will be held March 10. 20 and
81 at the Westbrook Congregational
church. The Rev. Andrew w. Solmdt,
county secretary. Is now arranging
for speakers.
w. B. Jaquith Of Montville Center
sends to the Journal the following
lines of poetry from the Maine
Farmers Almanac in the early
1905:
Blows the wind and rocks the cot
tage:
Thaws the roof and vets the path.
Dorcas cooks the savory pottage,
Smokes the cake upon the hearth.
Freeman w. Smith. one Of the
organizers and the first worshipful
master of Eastern Frontier Lodge,
Masons, in Fort Fairfield who was
recently reported as having died a
short time ago, turns up very much
alive. to the Joy of many old friends.
in Highwood, N. j., where he Is
passing the winter. Mr.. Smith
lacks only a few months of 80 years
of age, and has been a mason for 68
years.-Fort Fairfield news in Ban
gor Commercial. Cs
The third annual convention of the
Maine Federation Of Music clubs
will be held in Auburn April IA and
Is. with the Philharmonic club Of
Lewiston and Auburn as the hostess
club. Mrs. William Arms Fisher,
first vice president of the National
Federation, will be the principal
speaker. Mrs. Fisher addressed the
first convention in Portland and
those who had the privilege of hear
ing her will eagerly welcome a
similar opportunity this year.
Appropriations totaling $3.50 for
advertising the natural resources of
Maine were authorized Monday at
town meetings and by the city coun-
! Gil in Gardiner Gardiner, which
raised 500 last year, doubled the
amount this season. ,Skowhegan was
! the high liner In the towns, from
| which reports were received, voting
| $3.50. Other towns which made pub
licity appropriations were Freeport,
| 5000; Yarmouth, 5000; Limerick, 500;
Pittsfeld. 5000; North Yarmouth,
| 500 and Oakland, $500; Kittery, $780,
Charles H. Reid of Bangor has re-
ceived an invitation to be one of the
| principal speakers at the annual
| banquet of Iota Chapter of Gamma
Eta Gamma fraternity on March 16,
in the Hotel Lafayette. Washington.
D. C.. Iota Chapter was instituted
! at Georgetown University in 1914, by
/ Mr.. Reid when he was high chancel-
| lor of the fraternity, of which he
was one of the founders at the
| University of Maine Law School in
/ 1901. 1t soon spread to all sections
of the country.
Definite statement that he had suffi-
cient faith in Maine to quadruple the
business now being done at the Oak
land and North Wayne plants of
| the North Wayne Tool Co, of
| which he is president. was made by
Horatio Sawyer Earle of Detroit
! Mich, past national president of the
! Exchange Clubs of the United States.
| speaking at the luncheon meeting of
the Portland Exchange Club at the
Congress Square hotel. He urged that
! Maine hold onto all the summer tour
list business that it can get" and at
! the same time develop Industries
which have pay day every week."
Dexter P. Cooper. the noted engineer
and promoter Of the famed Cooper
| Quoddy Tidal Project with offices at
Eastport, but residing with his family
| on Cambobello Island, N. B., about
| two miles across Eastport harbor,
was a recent visitor to Ottawa and
other Canadian cities. He was also on
| short business trip to New York. 1t
| Is stated that very satisfactory pro-
gress is being made on the necessary
| permits which will be of considerable
| interest, and financial value later. to
Maine and Dominion people when
| work starts up on constructing the
| monster dams. The great amount of
dertaking Is said to call for the ex-
penditure Of not far from 100000, 900.
Prior to 1929, Maine had no facili-
ties for taking care of the insane and
the attention Of the Legislature was
called to this condition in 1880. On
March 8, 1884, the Legislature appro-
priated $4,000 for the purpose, upon
condition that like sum should be
raised by individual donations within
a year. Before the time limit was
reached, Ruel Williams of Augusta
and Benjamin Brown of Vassalboro
each agreed to contribute $4,000 for
the purpose. Mr.. Brown in his dona-
ton proposed to convey to the State
the land for the site in Vassalboro.
This the State accepted, later sold and
bought land where the hospital is\now
located. other donations followed Ia
ter and on the 14th day Of October,
1888, the first patient was admitted.
Nine physicians, one Of them a
woman. have filed applications with
the Maine State Board Of Registra-
ton Of Medicine for licenses to prac-
tice medicine and surgery in the State
of Maine. Examinations for these
candidates are being held at the
March meeting Of the State Board at
City hall, Portland, opening yesterday
and continuing today. Those filing
applications are. Drs. Constantine P.
Zariphes of Hartford, Conn: Henry
L. Johnson of Westerly, r. L.: Rich
ard L. Savage Of Van. Buren,; Myles s.
Record of Abingdon, Mass; Walton G.
Card of Haverhill, Mass; Katherine