Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-08

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A group of Saco boys turned the
Fourth of July into Halloween, Sum
day night, when they took the stand
used by Officer Malcolm Grant Of
Saco in directing traffic at the
junction Of Thornton avenue, Elm,
Seaman and Temple streets. When
Officer Grant reported for duty
Monday he spent half the morning
looking for the stand in breaks of
the heavy traffic, and finally found
it in Fred Demers' yard on Scam
man street, where it was put by
the youngsters.
The state of Maine features big
on the Grange map this year, with
the two outstanding events Of the
entire country to take place within
it's borders. These will be the 60th
annual session Of the National
Grange to be held at Portland in
November, and the annual rally and
conference of lecturers and Grange
workers for New England. which
occurs at the State University at
Orono in August, The latter will
call together one of the largest
groups of energetic Grange leaders
that has ever been held in this coun-
try.
Tourist and Summer camp travel
into Maine by rail over the Fourth
of July period has been in excess of
previous years, in the opinion or
Maine Central Railroad officials, al
though final figures were not check
ed up Tuesday. The next big rush
of Summer travel into Maine will
come about mid-July and prepare
tions are being made by the railroad
to take care of another large volume
of travel then. Nearly every camp
party coming into Maine by rail the
past week has been in excess of
camp a year ago, and this applies
to the girls as well as the boys
camps.
The largest deal in lake property
that has been negotiated In western
Maine for several years was consul
mated Tuesday, when the Clough
& Maxim Company took over from
the Peoples Investment Association,
of which Representative Arthur
Gilman Spear is the head, tract
of land on Pleasant Pond at Wind
ham, containing 200 cottage lots.
The new owners plan to build at
tractive cottages costing from $1,000
to $500 on certain of the lots and
will sell other lots with adequate re-
striction provisions as to building,
to keep the entire development along
desirable lines. The Clough & Max
i'm Company has contracted for the
development of 80 lots at first and
has an option upon the entire prop
erty which 1t expects to take up
! later, in connection with the build
| ing up of an ideal Summer property,
| within easy drive from Portland.
The new development will be named
Pettengill Shores.
Complaints were made Tuesday
about oil-fooded streets in Lewis
ton. One woman declared she was
'just about crazy" over the way oil
| was being tracked onto her carpets.
| TT seems to me that whoever is
putting the oil on the streets does
MT know his business" she said. Il
! never saw such a sight as the dirty
| 6eCLiOUS VI Dbl llelt, hui lOlI, I1oWc
and some of the other streets oiled
! Tuesday, presented. They were
simply flooded with OIL Crossings
between sidewalks were also oiled
so that pedestrians had no escape.
| Children have tracked the stuff into
| every room in my house and others
| in the neighborhood are complain
/ ing. Oil put on this way is worse
| than the dust" Not all of the COM
claimants were women. One man
whose automobile was more or less
"oiled," said it was a shame to food
| the streets with nasty. sinking
OIL" Streets properly oiled are all
right" he added but when it is
poured on until pools Of it form on
the surface and remain all day. it is
a nuisance"
The City Of Auburn is threatened
with suit for more than $4,000