Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-22

II. S. Weather Bureau located at
Boston, called at the State House on
Tuesday to confer with officials of
the State Department Of Forestry,
which has been cooperating with the
Weather Bureau for the past few
years through it's lookout station OBJ
servers, who are in some cases
equipped with rain gauges, atmomet-
ers and other equipment supplied by
the Federau bureau. Mr.. Loyeland
also stated that while in Maine no
planned to visit about 20 private sta
lions which are also keeping records
for the Weather Bureau.
Secretary CRUDE Il. Cornish of the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
lions passed Tuesday in Portland on
matters Of business.
A detail of State Highway police
was sent to South Paris this week
and will be on duty while the fair
there is in progress. Inspector
George Coleman. Captain William
Hancock, and Patrolmen Charles
Patten, George Wood and Eugene
Stevens have been assigned to duty
at this fair, which Is usually heavily
attended.
Deputy State Sealer Of Weights
and Measures Clarence o. Brown of
the state department of agriculture
is attending the fair at Exeter this
week. Inspector Edgar Ramsdell of
the same department Is passing the
week at South Paris.
Adelbert w. Gordon of the State
! department of education left on
! Tuesday for Bangor, to attend a
committee meeting of the Maine
Teachers Association being held
II IL INI NNr
of the same department went to
Bigelow the first of this week to in
vestigate the transportation facilities
being provided for school children
there, which are reported as not be-
ing entirely adequate.
State Highway Officers Frank
Place and John L. Marks left Tues
/ day for Philadelphia on brief
| leave of absence, and will attend the
Dempsey Tunney fight there on
| Thursday, making the trip down and
back by automobile.
Charles Taylor OF Fort Kent, who
| has been employed during the past
| summer as patrolman on the Cp-
per Allegash river by the State for
estry department, called at the state
House on Tuesday on his YSy to
! Boston, where he will be employed
during the winter.
w. O. Frost, State agent for the
prevention of white pine blister rust,
left Tuesday forenoon for Portland
and from there will visit several Of
. the towns in oxford county, calling
on his men who are doing eradica-
ton work in that part of the State.
Commissioner Neil l.. Eiolette of
the State department of forestry,
left Tuesday noon for Greenville and
will go from there to Chesuncook. TO
investigate conditions in the upper
Moosehead Lakes region.
Arthur l.. Edgecomb of Bangor IS
the guest for a few days of Albert
Lamb of the Public Utilities Com
mission.
Miss Louise Brennan OF the Ad-
jutant generals office returned Tues
day morning from a two weeks va
cation which she passed at Woodland
with her brother Walter Brennan,
and his wife.
Chief Arthur II. Field of the State
police left Tuesday morning for Bel
fast on official business.
Petitions were being circulated in
this city the first of the week asking
for the repeal of the Primary law at
the coming session of the Legisa-
ture.
The crowds of visitors which daily
come to the State museum take
much interest in the small brook
trout which have been raised from
eggs in a small tank in the aquarium
The little fellows were Matched early
last spring, and have now reached
about two inches in size. They are
among the most active of all small
fishes, and the bright red and blue
markings make them very attrac-
tive to look at