Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-27

Two Statewide conventions are
scheduled for the State House this
week and next: The Maine Social
Welfare Workers Conference Oct.
% and 20, and the 10th annual con-
vention of the Association of Maine
| Assessors Nov. 2 to 4.
Mercer folk who have read stories
| about tornadoes on Sunday got an
| idea Of what real twister looks like
and of it's lifting and destructive ca
pacity once 1T gets twisting in good
shape, for small one swept through
town and left in it's wake one up
| rooted and badly smashed giant will
low, while other trees suffered con-
siderably from the blow.
William D. Patterson of Wiscasset
will read a paper on Fort Edgecomb,
| at the lecture room of the Maine
| Historical society on Thursday at
| $50 p. m. Mr.. Patterson has been
| a member for "a years Of the Maine
| Historical society, of which he Is one
of the standing committee, its vice.
| president and corresponding secre-
| tary. He is also a member of the
New England Historic Genealogical
society of Boston.
| Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin F.
Frye of Bath, who left about three
weeks ago to motor to the Pacific
| coast where they will make their
! future home, have received letters
; from them, the latest coming from
Arizona. They have been making
. the trip by easy stages and report a
wonderful tour. They have stopped
in a number of cities and found the
! entire trip very interesting and
| pleasant.
| Over $4,000, contributed mostly in
comparatively small sums, was the
total Of the donations secured in the
American Legion drive for a war
memorial at Bath. While the total
| amount sought was not realized. the
ex-service men Of that city hope
some of these days to have a home
which will be suitable for their uses
| and serve as war memorial for
those who sacrificed in the great
conflict.
| A morning newspaper yesterday
carried on its first page a faring
headline to the effect that a cement
plant at Rockland is nearly ready to
start. Here in Rockland and vi
| entity we of course know that 1t is
a new lime plant which is about to
! start, but readers elsewhere, I'M
familiar with the situation, will of
| course get mistaken impression.
| Knox County Is going to have
cement plant-probably two of them
l. hut tho Ennnahnn PriI Will ho
In use before either is ready to
MISUNDERSTANDING Courier Gazette.
Edwin o. Chandler Of Bath is
seeking bounty of $40 from the
State for a bobcats tail. He has
just returned from g. cunning trip
with two companions in the Maine
woods and while in the vicinity of
| Dover FoXcroft few days ago spied
the wildcat which appeared to be
watching the other two men who
We're with Mr.. Chandler. The cat
was seated on log and presented
TOO good target for him to let go
by SO he took careful aim and fired.
/ Robert Ingersoll. acting secretary
of the Lewiston Chamber of Com
merce, was given permission at Mon
day evenings meeting of the cham
Der directors to put in operation a
plan to interest members in various
chamber projects; to meet them in
groups for the suggestion and con-
sheraton of topics which it Is felt,
the chamber could and should &C
complish. Snow removal was dis
cussed briefly. More drastic enforce
ment of traffic ordinances was not
discussed "a tha ;1
close.
Fred A. Currier of Portland came
IN from a hunting. trip at Durgin's
Mountain, North Stoneham, Monday
| morning with a fine specimen of black
| bear. The animal weighed 200 pounds
| and had handsome. thick fur. Mr..
Currier, accompanied by II. L. Mars
| ton of West Falmouth and Charles
| Adams of Bridgton ran across the
| tracks of their game in the four-inch
| snow about 1890 in the morning and
| shortly after the noon hour, after both
| Messrs. Currier and Adams had made
hits, they secured their bear.
The Bath municipal officers met at
| 430 Monday afternoon to consider a.
petition from the trustees of the Bath
Water District for laying two or more
pipes on the bed of the Kennebec
river at the site Of the draw in the
new kennebec bridge. The pipes are
| to be brought across the river on the
bridge and at the point of the draw
will make right angle turn so as to
! run PRECAUTIONARY from the bridge
to the river bed and then across the
| open space to the opposite pier. the
pipes being U shaped.
oxford county should feel proud Of
its high school agricultural students
who carried off all three of the cups
in the second annual contest for
agricultural students from high
schools in the State, held at the Uni
versity of Maine. South Paris High
school boys won the grand cham
pionshfp cup for the highest totai
score in all events. They also won
the cup for the best score in Judging
potatoes. The Norway boys brought
home the cup for first place in cattle
Judging, showing up especially well
IN the Holstein class. In order to re-
| tain the cups they must triumph two
times more in their particular event,
which Is a difficult task with some 16
or ~ competitors. Houlton High
School was second in the total score.
! wilton Academy was third, Stephens
High Of Rumford was fourth. and
| Norway High fifth.
The Old Longfellow house in Pitts
field, Mass, had narrow escape from
destruction lately. The high school
commission endeavored to secure pos
| session Of the land on which the old