Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-13

Needless Of spring time,
Intolerant of youth.
Here he sits dryly
Talking all day;
Woodenly sober a
And slim as his pay.
Maurice Kelley in The American
Mercury.
Nellie Durham and his original act
will be the great drawing card OF the
Legion Minstrels at Norway. May ~
and 2S. Mellies consent to this was
more than cheerfully granted.
There Is talk of consolidating
schools at Ellsworth by closing the
rural schools and transporting the
children to city schools. This plan
will probably be tried out in one or
two districts there in the coming
fall.
Two automobiles came together
near the square Thursday, damaging
mud guards and doing other slight
damage. AS both drivers were of
several years experience, and couldn't
see wherein they were not strictly OBJ
SeTNlIlS lllc thSy SASNAuSN t''t.S
there was nobody to blame."-South
Paris news in Oxford Democrat.
Potatoes have taken another slump
in the Fort Fairfield market. The
price offered by shippers on Monday
morning was $500 per barrel, but
early in the afternoon several of the
dealers dropped to $500, few being
brought for $4.25 and $3.50. The
reason for the drop was that the
Boston and New York markets were
overloaded and there was no demand
for shipments. The local dealers do
not feel it wise to purchase stock to
hold for future shipments.
Maine beekeepers are importing
bees from Porto Rico and the South
ern United States to replenish the
hives whose inhabitants were prac-
tically annihilated during the severe
Winter. Several shipments of the
insects. closely packed in wooden
boxes holding about $500 bees each,
passed through Portland in Tues
days freight, bound for Aroostook
and Penobscot counties. DR.. Ellery
p. Blanchard, Portland dentist, awho
prefers bees to any pets he ever has
had, has stocked $4,000 bees from
Alabama, and expects that with
proper training they will be as will
Ing and Industrious as those raised
in Maine.
William s. Linnell, Cumberland
county member of the Republican
State committee plans to call meet
ing of the Republican county COM
mittee for Saturday. May %, follow
ifg the meeting of the State COM
mittee on Tuesday. Linwood F.
Crockett, chairman Of the commit
tee will decline a reelection and his
successor will be Clement f. Robin
son of Portland. Mrs. Sara p. An
thoine, vice chairman has been elect
ed to the State committee. A possible
successor Is Mrs. Lena M. Day Of
Gorham, although others have been
mentioned. The meeting will prob
ably be at the Falmouth hotel at
| Portland at noon, with luncheon.
The June meeting of the Maine
, Office Appliance Association will be
| held on the first Monday and will be
combined with a shore dinner pro-
gram at some resort near Portland,
according to plans suggested at the
| last regular meeting. Three new
members were admitted to the asso-
| citation at the last meeting, these be-
| ing Charles w. Bond of the c. NJ.
Rice Paper Co., Charles Baker of the
| Bacon Manifold Co., and T. Earle
Russell of the Todd Co. Mr.. Bond,
who is manager of the C. NJ. Rice
| Co., was also the principal speaker
| of the meeting. He gave an inter-
esting talk on the manufacturing
| and merchandising of paper and led
a general discussion of the subject
at the conclusion of his talk.
| BY. arrangement of Bangor Cham
Der Of Commerce, Col. ]. T. Trippe
| Of the Colonial Always Inc, which
maintains service between New York
| and Boston and other cities, was in
Bangor Wednesday to confer on the
| question of means and methods of
| promoting the work of establishing
the Bangor airport. Col. Trippe Is the
| aviation engineer of the Colonial
| Always, Inc, and came to Bangor
through the cooperation of Governor
| Trumbull of Connecticut, who Is one
of the foremost figures in activities
| connected with aviation in New
England. Following his visit to the
site of the proposed Bangor airport,
Governor Brewster communicated
with Governor Trumbull, requesting
his assistance in behalf Of the
project, and Col Trippe's visit is the
| raSIIlf