Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-02

landlocked salmon. 1t was landed by
Alex Guerette after putting up a
hard fight for>more than half an
hour.
Girls of the student body Of Jor-
dan high school Lewiston. are to act
upon the proposal Of a group Of SEN
Tor girls to adopt uniform. II it
is carried into effect competitive
dress in the high school of that city
will become a thing of the past,
which is the purpose of the instiga-
tors. Uniforms are already being
made in the domestic art class by the
seniors.
Over thirty years ago Everett and
Ernest Huntley of Harrington
brought small turtle from
Schoodic pond. They bored a hole
in his shell and kept him tied to
stake but he finally escaped. One
day this last week, Mr.. Huntley
found this same turtle near stream
back of his house. There were
familiar marks which assures him
it is the same turtle. 1t has grown
but very little.
Hurricane Island near NinalhaVen
was once a thriving town of 1000
inhabitants with granite industry
which produced much Of the granite
used by the government in post office
buildings and customs houses, but the
industry declined and the island pop
ulation fed. Saturday the last in
habitant. Vim Pesta died, and his eff
fects were taken off by the steamer
Vinalhaven so that Hurricane is now
deserted island.
With one million dollars as its
goal a National Committee of 1900
men will campaign during October
for an Educational Endowment
Fund for the Order of DeMolay.' The
income from the Endowment will be
used for scholarships, vocational
guidance and to aid members COM
plete their Quotations who are
hampered by finances. The commit
tee members in this state are: John
W. Springall, Dexter; Charles Locke,
Dover Foxcroft.
Mrs Blanche Day of Fort Fairfield,
lost her pocketbook September %.
The pocketbook contained quite
little money. Mrs. Day had driven
up to the village that afternoon, and
just as she was stepping out of the
car a stranger approached the car in
which she had been riding and said
the car had a fat tire. 1t is claimed
the tire was all right, so it is thought
that the pocketbook disappeared
about the time the persons were
looking after the tire.
The soldiers monument erected
some 35 years ago near the West
Bristol cemetery in memory of the
bows in that section, who left their
all and went in defence of their coun-
try in 61-65 has recently been moved
across the road into a beautiful spot
in the cemetery, the removal being
made necessary by the State road
going by. II was taken down and
erected again without scratch.
About Is new names have been
added. Only one whose name ap-
pears on it, is living.
Mrs. Mary P. Dane Of North
avenue, Skowhegan, has in her gar
den a castor oil plant that is almost
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and a half inches in diameter and
the branches about an inch. Some
of the leaves are two feet across,
and are of the most beautiful brown
hue, much like the oily color glass
ware so common now. There is but
one bud which has many seeds. 1t
was planted In June and will not
have an opportunity to mature until
the killing frosts arrive. But one
seed terminated.
A party OF laborers digging gravel
in Dresden on the common in the vi
cinity of the old church lot, so call
ed. recently unearthed a thrill in the
form Of a human skeleton. The re-
mains appeared to be those of a
young man and were in an excellent
state of preservation. Portions of the
coat were SO well preserved that the
brass buttons were not easily re-
moved.