Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-23

Evelyn moore, IN new
York Sun.
The annual meeting Of the Maine
Gamers Association will be held
Dec. 1. probably in Portland.
A large flock OF grackles was seen
in one yard in the upper part of
Phippsburg on Wednesday. The
ground seemed covered with them.
The road crew of West Bath has
made a wonderful improvement in
the highway near Campbell's pond
and it was a piece of work which was
badly needed.
A 25-mile gale was blowing at the
mouth Of the Kennebec river Thurs
day and the sea was extremely
rough with high surf on the south
beach.
Partridge are very scarce so far
this season and the gunners are hop
ing for better luck in November when
the leaves are off the trees. There is a
good fight of woodcock, says The
Bath Times.
c. r. H. Nelson of Portland has paid
taxes on a cottage on Peaks Island
ever since he sold it in 1899, according
to claim filed for the city council to
consider. He makes an appeal for re-
endorsement for what he has paid in
81 years, claiming that his tax bills
have come in lump sums and he did
not know until this year that he had
been paying on property not owned by
him.
Pulpwood cutting which has been
going on in the stretch of woods be
tween Rocky lake, Whiting and the
Edmunds highway for the last five
or more years is through for three de-
cades. The s. D. Warren Company,
which has been the chief operator, is
preparing to withdraw its crews at
once and the 1900 cords of pulp that
has been cut and peeled during the
summer will be foated to the upper
landing in Whiting and thence hauled
by truck to East Machias, by bidding
contractors, to be shipped west by
rail. 1t takes from % to 80 years to
produce marketable stick of pulp
wood, so that the stripped areas will
have that long to renew themselves
and furnish better shelter for the
game animals of that section.
The Boston & Maine Railroad is
planning to boost Maine potatoes on
its dining car menus, according TO
information received Thursday by
Philip Kicker Shorey, publicity di-
rector of the State of Maine Asso-
ciates from T. f. Joyce, publicity
manager of the railroad. In addition
to using the Maine spuds in the din
ing car service, the plan is to have
photographs and description of the
merits of the Maine grown potato
and facts regarding it's production
spread upon the menu card folders.
The Lewiston Chamber of Conr-
merce will continue to function. It's
office will be relocated and Robert
lngersoll will continue as acting sec
rotary. The Chamber directors are
to act on the realization that person.
al work is necessary. These things
were told the members, Thursday
evening, by Paul l.. Bean, reporting
for the directors, and he was assur-
ed by a show of hands that the
members present were ready to sup
port whatever action is taken.
United States Senator and Mrs.
Walter e. Edge and daughter,
Camilla, of New Jersey. crossed the
Atlantic on board the Leviathan as
fellow passengers with the Queen OF
Rumania. Pictures of Senator Edge
and family were in some of the
morning papers Thursday. Mrs.
Edge was Miss Camilla Sewall of
Bath before her marriage.
James Let's OF Salem, Mass, and
Catherine McDermott of Lynn, Mass,
whose names were frequently men
toned in the proceedings which end
ed in the removal of Henry +. Cum
mings as sheriff of Kennebec coun-.
ty, have been convicted in a Massa-
chusetts superior court on several
charges. During the hearing, Judge
Connolly, counsel, for Cummings,
alleged Let's and Miss McDermott
had been used by federal men to get
evidence against Cummings; that
they were granted special favors;
that they had been indicted for il
legal transportation and also had
been arrested for obtaining money
under false pretences. Let's and
Miss McDermott did not appear at
the trial, though 1t was at one time
suggested they would be called, but
their names were a part of the testi-
mony on practically every day of the
trial. In the first session of the
superior criminal court at Salem.
Mass, Wednesday, the jury returned
verdlcts of guilty against Stanley
Jastrenlski alias Ryan; James Let's
and Catherine McDermott on a
charge of breaking and entering the
store of J. j. Moran at q Derby So.
Salem, Aug. IL, and stealing $500
worth of tires. They also returned
verdicts of guilty against Jastremski
and Let's on a charge of breaking
and entering the garage of Oliver
Ames at Prides Crossing, Beverly.
Aug. 5. and larceny of an autono-
bile valued at $1,000. In the first
case, John L. Haggerty and Charles
j: Carroll, indicted with the others
pleaded guilty and were used as
government witnesses and Leo SuI-
hvan of Salem, pleaded guilty of re-
ceiVing 10 Of the stolen tires. Their
cases VIII be disposed of with the
others.
governor Ralph o. Brewster and
nve of Names leading business men
nave received an imitation to attend
the fourth intersectional business
conference between New England
and Virginia, which will be held at
fredericksburg, Nov 5, and 7.
Inc invitations were from the Vir-
glnia State Chamber of Commerce
Inc business men invited were
Henry e. Merrill of Portland. chair