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OFFICE
Kit a. 3. Whitney of Bingham was
in til* city on business Friday.
Mias Mildred Sprague has entered
the employ of th« Ida Taylor Hersom
store in the millinery department.
Hermon E. Rowe, who has been
playing in a theatre in Honlton, has
returned to his home on Elm street
Mrs. Walter Hinckley of Hinckley
was a business caller in the city Fri
day.
Dr. Howard Witham is ill at his
home on Pleasant street with tonsil
itte.
Mrs. B. L Batcfcelor has returned
from Dexter, Where she visited
lriends for a week.
Sanger N. Amis has gone to Bos
ton on. a busmens trip of a few days.
He will return the first of the week.
Uoyd Libby, Charles Libby and
Howard Fairfield of Norrldgewock
were business callers in the city on
Friday.
The degree team of Waterville
Lodge. N. E. O. P., is requested to
; meet at G. A. R. hall Sunday after
noon at &30 for rehearsal. i
iwn— Caroline Beyer is at Hanover,
N. H-, enjoyftog the winter carnival
-at Dartmouth college, where her
! brother, Wendell Boyer, is a student.
Harold p. Davis left Friday night
for a business and pleasure trip to
. Boston. Worcester and Providence
for a week.
On Monday evening next there
win be a Valentine party at the Ware
parlors under the auspices of the
Unuty club.
Mrs. William H. Cook ^>as return
ed from South Norwalk, Conn.,
where she has been visiting her pa
rents.
The vital statistics as compiled at
the city clerk's office for the month
of January show 22 marriages, 15
births and 29 deaths.
Qeorge Boudreau has returned
from Bath, where he has, been for a
month. He has recovered from a
sprained ankle, which, he sustained
several weeks ago.
The first grade room in the North'
Grammar school, which has been
closed for fumigation on account of
a case of scarlet fever among the
children, will be re-opened Monday
morning and classes resumed.
Waterville Lodge, N. E. O. P., will
hold a regular meeting in G. A. R.
hall Monday evening at 7.30 sharp,
when the degree will be worked. The
meeting will be followed by a social
hour. Refreshments will be served.
All N. E. O. P. members are invited
to attend.
Miss Helen Yorke, Maine's beau
tiful coloratura soprano arrived in
the city Friday afternoon and is a
i guest at the home of Mrs. J. Wallace
West of Pleasant street. Miss Yorke
jump in Lewiston Wednesday eve
ning befpre a large audience, where
she made an overwhelming success,
taking the audience by storm. Miss
Yorke will be at the West home
about 10 days.
A surprise birthday party was
given Gladstone Sawyer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. K. Sawyer of Wentworth
court Thursday afternoon in honor
of his eighth birthday. The children
enjoyed the usual games and con
tests and refreshments, of which a
prettily decorated birthday cake was
a feature, were served. The guests
present were Daphne Hall, Justine
Wan, Mona Foster, Durward Foster,
'Joseph McKenney, Europe McKen
ney, Jr., Maurice , Tally, Frankie
Gray, George Sawyer and Rowena
Wadleigh.
Mrs. Louis Mathieu
Funeral serivces for Mrs. Louis
Math lea of 11 Grove street will be
held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at
the Notre Dame church. Mrs. Mat
thlen was taken suddenly ill at the
Bijou theatre Thursday evening and
died a few minutes later at Pon
sant’s candy store, to which place
she was cart tied from the theatre. The
cause was pronounced heart dis
ease. Mrs. MattMeti was 65 years of
age. She Is survived hy her hus
band and four daughters, Mrs. John
Cote, Mrs. Albert Butler and Mrs.
Clifford Vlgue of this city and Mrs.
David Pooler of Fairfield; also two
sons, Albert and Ernest Pooler of
■this city.
TICONIC NATIONAL BANK
WatervtUe, Maine,
February- 4th, 1921.
Tfrf» directors of this bank Invite
proposals for the purchase of Its re
Inmtly vacated building on Main street,
'TWtervnie.
Proposals should be sent under seal
to George K. Boutelle, President, and
“ be endorsed "Proposal for pur
building." They will be re
y time up to nine o'clock in
of Thursday, February
. which time they will be
a the presence of the bidders
property will be sold to the
ildder subject, however, to the
reject any or all bids which
y reserved. Bids should be ac
ted by a certified check for
t win be credited on ac
» successful bidder and will
'therm. The pur
ted to make pay
thlrty days from
He will receive a
a condition re
the property for
purpose of yiy com
■ttusted on the west
tot with a frontage
ratending about 100
nts Row. The
_ 114-116 Main
•ad granite cen
ts of a main build
^ and basement ex
abOut.BO feet with a one
-—-Jemnent addition covering
ssbin,? £»■&,..&.
•tLSterffiss-M .fssas
Tfte_ second, floor contains a
of offlera and the third a College
hall, both of which have been
d by the same tenants for
yeera. There are no leases out
may be Inspected at
business hours upon
_ _ janitor of the bulld
occupy at No. 1*2 Mala
GEORGE K. BOUTELLE.
/ebf-10-12-15 __ » JBeraWsnt.
Ur. and &rs. Hiram I* Aadentm
h&re gone to Boston for a business
trip of a few days.
Hiss Bera Lahey of 26 Summer
street is recover!os from an operation
at her home.
L. E. Thayer and V. O. Bean of the
Boothby and Bartlett Insurance com
pany have gone to Portend On busi
ness.
Mrs. W. Irving Hamilton and the
Misses Elinor and Elisabeth Hamil
ton of Greenville are passing a few
days in the city.
A11 civil cases Which were up for a
hearing in the Municipal court this
month have been discontinued or de
faulted with the exception of Bow
man vs. Carey, which is scheduled
for this morning at 1# A. M.
Mrs. William H. Cook was pleasant
ly surprised Friday evening by a par
ty of ladies who gathered at her apart
ments at the El^prood to welcome her
home after a protracted visit with
relatives in South Norwalk, Conn. A
very pleasant social evening was
passed.
Mrs. Hugh Smith entertained a
party at which Thursday evening at
which eight tables were present, the
proceeds to go to the Odd Ladies.
The prize winners were Mrs. Zella
Dearborn and Mrs. Williams for
ladies and Melvin Smith and James
Alley for men. Refreshments of ice
cream and cake were served.
Miss Mary Moreland of the Na
tional League of Women Voters
spoke to a gathering of girls at the
Girls’ City Club rooms on Temple
street last evening, explaining the
work of the league. Miss Moreland
is making a tour of the State, or
ganizing leagues wherever possi
ble. There was a smaU gathering of
ladies on account of the storm.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Gilman, who
have been living on Pleasant street,
have gone to Monmouth, where they
will live on the farm of Mrs. Gilman’s
parents and where Mr. Gilman will
drive the rural delivery mail wagon.
On the night before they left they
were given a surprise party at the
rooms of Drew’s Watervffle hand, of
which Mr. Gilman has been a mem
ber for several years. Refreshments
and dancing were enjoyed and the
feature of the evening was the pre
sentation to Mr. Gilman of a genu
ine leather traveling bag, for which
he expressed his deep appreciation.
Mr. Gilman has been. employed with
his brother, Dr. T. A. Gilman, for the
past six years.
Mrs. John Inches
Word was received in this city Fri
day of the death in Homestead, Fla.,
on Monday, February 7, of Mrs. Caro
lyn Fuller Inches, wife of John In-,
ehes, at the age of about 70 years. Mr.
and Mrs. Inches were married about
six months ago. Mrs. Inches was
tong a resident of Fairfield and for
many years was a teacher in the pub
lic schools of Waterville. She leaves
her husband, two sisters, Mrs. Anna
Corson of Rockland, and Mrs. Mary
Hayward of Worcester, Mass., sever
al nieces and nephews in this locality,
among them being George A. Kidder
of- Boutelle avenue. Dr. Charles F.
Kidder of Hartland and Miss Gertrude
Kidder of Everett, Mass. Interment
was in Homestead. Fla.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Cheater Stackhouse was brought be
fore the municipal court Friday aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock on a charge of
breaking and 'entering, to which he
pleaded guilty. He was bound over
to the superior court in April in the
sum of $1000. He had not secured
bonds last evening and it is probable
that he will be taken to jail at Au
gusta today by City Marshal Murray.
It is alleged that Stackhouse at
tempted to break into the store of
Imke Brown on Main street early Fri
day morning. Georgia Austin, who
keeps a remnant store on the upper
Ifloor, and Mrs. Alice Dunbar occupy
rooms over the Brown store and were
aroused by the noise of tapping and
the falling of a window. Mrs. Austin
looked out of the window and into the
face of a man and then called Mrs.
Dunbar to watch out of the window
while she called for the police. Depu
ty ‘Marshal Simpson anti Officers Hall
and Bedeett effected the capture. The
man was taken to the police station
and found to be Chester Stackhouse,
who had on his person the sum of
$28.07 and a 33 calibre automatic re
volver fully loaded.
Stackhouse was interviewed by
Judge Charles W. Atehley of the ihu
nicipal court Friday morning and said
that he had looked the place over
about 9 o'clock when the people were
inside and the place lighted. He said
that he only wanted a piece of cloth
to make himself a suit from. Stack
house was formerly a resident of this
city and last May was arrested for
stealing a bicycle and was found guil
ty. He was then working for the
Kennebec Boat & Canoe Co. on Chap
lin street He said that he came over
from Old Town on Thursday afternoon
and went to the'lunch cart fk Park
square for a lunch and * while there
staked an old man to a feed.
Although questioned closely by
Judge Atehley and Deputy Marshal
Simpson, Stackhouse would not admit
that he had any confederates, but the
fact that th«ae was a revolver sh6t
heard on Front street while Stacy
house was at the -building and that
an automobile came up from that way
and along In front of Brown's and up
Main street, end when the Occupants
caught sight of Deputy Marshal Simp
sen turned rapidly up temple street,
lead the police to think he had accom
plices. Deputy Marshal Simpson also
stated that he believed 8taekhOhse was
the man #h0 robbed Miss Belle Scott
of her handbag Sear the further end of
Ticonic bridge Thursday evening as
8tackhouse admitted that he went over
to the Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.
to see If he Could get work.
In speaking of the case Friday aft
ernoon Judge Atehley remarked that
anyone who came before the court on
such a charge need expect no mercy
or any favors shown: that ft is his
intention to deter such crimes if pos
sible.
Miss Gladys Balentine went to Au
burn Friday for a visit with friends.
The Library department of the Wat
erville "Woman’s £lub will meet with
Mrs. Frank Mason of Greylock street j
on Tuesday afternoon next. A11 mem
bers are requested to bring pieces for |
the scrap book.
Someone has dumped the body of a
dead porker on to Pray field and it
has caused some disturbance among
the olfactory nerves of the residents
in this section. The matter was re
ported to the health officer and steps
will be taken to prevent it becoming
a nuisance.
At the whist party of the G. I. A. to
the B. of L. E. held Friday afternoon
in Modern Woodmen hall, there were
U tables in play. Prises were won by
Mrs. Melvin Smith, Miss Chritine Don
na and Mrs. George Hayhurst. Re
freshments of fee cream and saltines
were served. The committee of. ar
rangements consisted of Mrs. Howard
Sawyer, Mrs. T. F. Cowan. Mrs. Har
ry Lowell and Mrs. Fred Little.
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The educational department of the
Woman's Club met at the home of
Mrs. E. L. Thayer of Nudd street Fri
day afternoon, where an interesting
session was held. The regular session
in English was omitted. The ques
tion of having women on the school
board was discussed and several can
didates were mentioned. Plans for
the reception of Mrs. W. C. Crawford
of Boston, who will speak at the open
night of the department on Feb. 25,
were made.
Sampson-Paine
Announcement has been made of the
marriage in Porto Ricon on January
15 of Miss Mildred Paine, daughter of
Mrs. George S. Paine of Winslow, and
Lieut. Thomas Sampson of Minnesota,
who is a lieutenant in the naval service
of the United States and is stationed
in Porto Rico. Lieut. Sampson is a
veteran of the Spanish War and orf the
World,War and his father was a Cit-il
War veteran. Mrs. Sampson taught in
Porto Rico last year and returned in
September to take up the work again
but discontinued teaching when she
married. She is a very talented girl
with hosts of friends who wilt be
pleased to learn of her happiness.
Lieut, and Mrs. Sampson will refhain
in Porto Rico for a time but hope to
come to Maine next summer.
Rotary Club’s Weekly
Members of the senior class at Col
by College were guests of the Rotary
Club at the regular meeting Friday
evening at the Elmwood, bringing with
them their orchestra and the Colby
song books so that they might display
their talent at the proper time, which
was done to the satisfaction of their
hosts.
Frank W. Hanson, committee on
Rotary anniversary', reported on
plans that have been made for the
servance, chief among the mbeing
the birthday will be celebrated ’
a ladies’ night on Friday evening,
ruary 25.
Five-ittinute speeches' on ^in
were given by Carroll Perkins on ”
coin as a Rotarian;" T. B. Asheraf
Lincoln as the South Biews H
H- T. Muzzy on “Memorials to
coin.” and Rev. C. A. Knickerbo
on "Lincoln the Man.”
Herbert X,. Emery voiced a pre
in regard to the advertising of
tain plays which are to be prese
at the Haines theatre next week bv
Chicago Stock Co. He read from
leaflets which were passed about
city Friday morning and a com
tee consisting of Cecil M. flag;
Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker, .1. Hov
elch, Herbert I,. Emery and Di
F. Hill was appointed to look
the matter. There were 51 Rotar
Present ayd 51 college boys.
Mrs. Berry’s 80th
Mrs. Celia C. Berry Sc No. 5 APPle
ton street celebrated lier SOth birthday
Friday surrounded by her children
and grand children. Mrs. Berry was
born in the town of Mt. Vernon but
soon moyed to Vienna, where she liv
ed till the ^eath of her husband. Lew
is Berry, when she came to Watervilia
where she has made her home with
her son, S. I,. Berry for the last 25
years. Mrs. Berry is still very active
for one of her years and is seen daily
upon the streets. She is a memlfcr of
the Advent church for whose welfare
she has a long time taken a keen in
terest. Kach year finds some articles of
her handiwork entered at the Central
Maine Fair and is counted a sure win
ner of the coveted blue in that class.
Mrs Berry yesterday visited her son.
55 alter \V. Berry, Center street, hav
ing dinner with him and was surpris
ed upon her return homo to find a
birthday supper in waiting. Those
present were. Mr. and Mrs. Walter W.
Berry, Mr. and llirs. Sherman L. Ber
ry and her grandsons. Ralph Berry
and wife. Merle W. Berry, Harvey L.
Betty and Leon S. Berry. The table
was finely decorated and at the close
Mrs. Berry cut and distributed a
beautifully decorated birthday cake.
Choice bouquets of flowers find numer
ous post card greetings from many
friends were received. Mrs. Berry al
so received a birthday cake from Mrs.
Mary Ingham, Western avenue, who,
herself, is 81 years^of age.
missing ice cream
TRACER TO WINSLOW
BY TRACKS OF SLED
5Vhen it came time to serve the ice
cream at the birthday party of Mrs.
C. C. Berry Friday, evening that spe-\
eial part of the dessert, which had
been plaoed outside the side entrance
of the house to keep cool, was missing.
Sled tracks showed plainly where
someone had come along and helped
himself to the ice cream. Two grand
sona of Mrs. Berry followed the sled
tracks, which Anally led them to Wins- i
low, where one boy was overtaken
with one quart of ehe much desired
dessert. He fold Mr. Berry that the
other boy who was with him had
gone up over Sand hill with the other
quart. Toung Berry took the boy’s
name and He will probably be looked
after by the proper authorities this
morning.
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AUGUSTA LOCALS
The Sunday School Of the South
Parish Congregational church will hold
special exercises Sunday in observance
of Lincoln's Birthday. • Included in the
program will be moving pictures de
picting incidents in the life of Lin
coln. i'
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At the Augusta Geneva] hospital
*Frtday, W. J. Wight of Boston and
Miss Dorothy Wheaton of Augusta,
were admitted for medical treatment,
and Mrs. Jennie Nash of Washing
ton. Me., was admitted for surgmal
treatment.
Gen. Phil Sheridan Circle, No. 5.
Ladies of the G. A. R., will meet at
Grand Army hall on Tuesday, Feh.
15, at 2.50 P. M. A program in ob
servance of Washington’s Birthday
will bo carried out. Members are
requested to dress fn costumes and
to bring sandwiches and cake.
“Y” Bowlers Defeat Clerks
The "Y” bowlers mad it three points j
out of four in the match rolled with
the Clerks on Friday -evening at the
Y. M. C. A. alleys. Minchin of the
“Y” team was high man with a sin
gle of 114, and a three-string total of
301. Hart -was high man for the^Clerhs
with a single of 104, and a three- [
string total of 290. The result:
Y. M. C. A. 432 482 450-13*4
Clerks * M 420 413-1288
The match between the Dormitory
and the Clerks scheduled for Feb. 14,
has been postponed on account of the
Entertainment course. The date of
this match will be announced later.
/
GIRLS’ CLUB NOTES
At a meeting of the Augusta Girls'
Community Club to be held at 3:30
Sunday afternoon Miss Gardside and
Miss Naomi Thibodeau will give a re
port of the meeting of the Massachu
setts League of Girls’ Clubs which
they attended .at Boston. All the ^em
bers are urged to be present.
Teh class in fancy gancing which
lias previously been held on Monday's,
will hereafter meet on Friday eve
nings at 7:30 o’clock.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES
Toda.y will be celebrated as Lin
coln Day at the big “Y” building.
The feature of the day will be a
moving picture of the Boyhood Life
of Abraham Lincoln in the Assembly
hall at 11 o’clock.
Physical Director Ralph M. San
born has also a full day’s program of
.athletics, games and swimming. The
small boys will meet for their exer
cises .at 9 o'clock and in the after
noon the larger boys will have thefr
turn.
There will be a free moving picture
sho wopen to the public again in the
evening at 7,30 at ,the building at
which time the Lincoln pictures will
i be repeated and a number of other
: pictures will be shown which are
: coming to the “Y” each week from
the International committee without
any charge except the*express. Moth
ers and fathers are welcome to bring
their children to see these pictures.
St. Barnebas basketball team will
play the first game of the series in
| the new church league aginst the
| Universalist team at 2.30. This
league promises to be something very
fine" and the boys of the various
churches are practicing and getting
their teams in shape for the sched
uled games.
Edwards’ Cotton Mill
Gradually Increasing Output
' The Edwards’ cotton mill. With an
increase in orders coming in, is grad
ually opening up its mill to Its capac
ity and at present between 1488 and
1300 of the 2000 looms are running on
the 54-hour schedule. All the looms
for which there are weavers are now
in operation and as the old weavers
return to, the milt they will be given
employment.
SANFORD HIGH DEFEATS
CONY BY CLOSE SCORE
OF 25 TO 23 FRIDAY
One of the snappiest and most por
; sistent teams that ever showed up on
the basketball floor of Cony's gymna
sium would properly characterise the
aggregation that come over from San
ford Friday evening and administered
to the Cony boys a defeat that was
certainly unlooked for, the score be
ing 25 to 23. The game was fast from
j the start, both teams putting up a‘
! groat exhibition with the result in
doubt until the final whistle blew. The
i summary was as follows:
1 SANFORD. CONY.
i Wiggin, rf . lb, Knowles
Russell. If.rb. Brennan
.Sturgeon, c .. c. Pierce
McFarland, rb . If, Hewins
Pillsbury, Huff. lb. .. .rf,' Farrington
Score—Sap ford 25. Cony 23. Goals
from floor—Wiggin 3. Russell 4. Stur
geon, McFarland 4. Knowles, Pierce 3.
Hewins 3, Farrington 3. Goals from
fouls—FaVrington 5, McFarland. Ref
eree, Abbott. Scorer, Hunnewell. Tim
er, Goldberg. Time, two 20m. periods.
Attendance. 300., " *
S u b j e c' t#of Splendid j
Address at Rotary by j
C. P. Barnes
Beauty of Mt. Katahdin Region Is
Graphically Described in Most In
teresting Talk—Guessing Contests
Among the Features of the Mset
ing . j
Maine has many beautiful # spots j
which attract the trouslSt* flora all!
over the United States, but no more!
charming place can anywhere bei
found than the. region of Mt. Katah- j
din of which the State. may well be
proud. Augusta Rotarians were
privileged to listen to a most graphic i
anil splendid description of this ma
jestic mountain and its surroundings,
given by Rotarian Charles P. Barnes
of Moulton, speaker of the House of
Representatives, at the regular meet
ing of the club on Friday evening at
the Augusta House.
The subject of Mr. Bernes’ address
was “A Day in the Maine Woods,”
and the pleasure that a person gets,
in making a trip through that most.
beautiful part of Maine was described
in detail by the speakers It was at
very eloquent and interesting address I
and was keenly enjoyed by the Rotar- *
lass and thetr gawti. to additlam to'
this there wvrv other Ms features of
the session laghidkfg novel guessing!
contests and spirited debates under
the direction of the entertainment
rnmmtlttti and the set-together
proved to be one of aa usual attrac
An esterpriatng young journalist
suggested the other day, said Sir.
Barmen la opening his address, that
sportsmen henceforth would traverse
the Maine forests by airplane, so it
may be that the joys and hardships
of the canoe and the trail are pleas
ures of Pie past It may be that in
future gsserattorns sportsmen will
circle over the woods and, lakes like
thd fish hawk, the eagle dr the owl:
but until a new generation has risen,
lovers of nature of the present type,
an of (he past will prize their recol
lection* of the wfldweod experiences
as men always {Heretofore have done,
with a fait appreciation of the beau
ties and pleasures of their jaunting
trips enhanced by the recollection of
the cost to toil and fatigue that the
enjoyment of those pleasures entail.
ITntl a devastating forest fire
renders (he approach of Mount Ka
tahdin uninviting, a perfect day for
the vigorous lover of the woods can
be enjoyed while he tramps, from the
very outskirts of civilisation on the
east branch of the Penobscot, collo
quially known a* the “East Branch,”
to and into the south basin of Ka
tahdin. ‘
Continuing his address. Mr. Barnes
said in part:
Never a party yet arrived at Ka
tahdin lake, save at nightfall, who
were not unanimously In favor of
pushing on. The way from Katahdin
tke to the basin is but a footpath, or a
ere bridlepath, at best. Steeper and
ever steeper we are climbing now, the
pathway many a time being hot the
bed of a brook, and if you stop to in
spect the brook you will And it here
swarming with tiny trout, and just a
few steps further you will have climb
ed into an altitude above the habitat
of brook trout. a section where the wa
ter falls limpid and pure over white
granite sand, without a sign of fish
or life therein.
All of a sudden you emerge from the
bushes onto a tiny plat of natural
meadow, and the mountain bursts into
view, gigantic and huge.
Tow later emerge from a forest, well
Within the sheltering arms of the
great south basin, and here at the end
of the trail of an who visit Katahdin
on this side of the range, you stand
©a the shore of a little lake that cov
ers just a few acres, with not a spoon
ful of soil visible anywhere, nothing
but granite cliffs and crags and rocks
and gravel, and the dust about the shop
of the forger of the thunderbolts of
Jove. If it is a clear day and the moun
tain top is smoking, the a^r at this
high altitude, almost a mile above the
lev el of the sea, is undisturbed by
dust or any fog, and tfie great granite
cliffs loom up before you like the
proscenium of a mightly stage on
which the artist with a few bold
strokes, now here, now there, has de
lineated great scars and fissures, hor
izontal, perpendicular, and at ^11 con
ceivable angles, deep-set in solid rock,
'and where the waters have worn the
gray ashen coverfng off the outside of
the stone, you will see bright sweep
ing reaches of red granite.
\ Yow day is now yet done. You, or
, the simple redman who many years
ago rested for the night upon this
spot, have gone at sleep ;n a silence
that iB profound * * * * you
dream of. Pomo-la as a goddess bright,
swinging her censors on the very tip
top of the sun-kissed mountain, and in
your eye the cloud wreaths were but
incense wafted from the afta ^upward
to the Infinite.
At the close of Mr. Barnes’ ad
dress the speaker was given a rising
ovattion from an intensely interested
audience.
Entertainment Committee’s Program
The entertainment committee
started the ball rolling at the very
beginning of the meeting when sev
eral of the Rotarians entered into a
5vely debate on the subject of wheth
er or not the club should pay the ex
orbitant physicians' bills for the pro
fessional services rendered in the
emergency Caesarean Laparotomy
on the person ef Rotarian Charles
Kinsman at a re*ent Rotary" session.
That the charges, which were up in
the hundreds, were reasonable con
sidering the seriousness of the opera
tion was argued by Attorney Charles
L. Andrews of the law Arm of An
drews 9c Nelson, who said that the
bill bad been left with his firm for
collection.
There were those who thought
otherwise and Efir. O. W.Turner was
called upon to read the itemized bills
of the several physicians who as
sisted in. the operation. Among the
charges which were‘included in the J
bills were those for "pulling Mr. j
Kinsman’s leg,” by Dr. Hoffman, os
teopath, for a jug broken during the
ti0ie when the ether was being ad
ministered, and for the contents of
the jug. Which was valued at $100.
It was finally decided that Mr.
Kinsman be allowed to pay the hills
himself. The d'alogue was humorous
In the extreme and called forth
hearty applause and laughter.
Rotarian Dwight Higgins of the
entertainment committee was in
charge of the next feature, which
was a guessing contest, and as the
originator of the guessing match, he
surely put across a good one. In
the center of the hall there was a
b..r*el and on tap of the barrel was
— no One knew until the cloth sheet
had been removed and there was;
discovered a black a real one,
inside of a crate. The'game was an
old fashioned charade to guess what
three-syliible word the pig repre
sented, and the animal itself was the
prize. The time limit was set at
live minutes.
For the first two or three minutes
there was silence and much deep
thinking by the Rotaiians and guests.
Then the answer* began to come. To
assist a little, Mr. Higgins announced
that ■ the first letter of the word was
*T\ "Ingrate.” and “Innocent” were
among the answers submitted. The
prize winner was Rotarian George W.
Merrill who guessed the word, “Insti
gate." He was promptly awarded the
prize and was warmly congratulated
urx>n his success.
Picture Guessing Contest
A "Unique picture guessing contest
was then in order and was under the
direction of Rotarian Lewis A. Bur
leigh of the entertainment committee.
The contest cards had been sent out
the first of the week to members of
Botarv, and their answers had all been’
tetuined to Rotarian Charles T. Pen
ney of the committee who had care
fully reviewed them and made their
awards. Bach contestant was allowed
to submit live titles for the picture,
each blank to be unsigned so that the
committee would not know the au- j
there.
Half-tone cuts of four Rotariuw.
President Iran hang, Elmer E. Nevr
bert, John E. Nelson and* J. Francis
MacNichol, were arranged in the four
corners of the picture, with words in
dicating their professions beneath the
cuts, while the interior of the pic
ture represented four riders strug
gling with refractory steeds. Above
the picture were tbe words "The Pour
Living Creatures," and a reference to
Rev. VI-I in the Bible, and beneath
that was the .sentence, “God Bless
Our Home.”
The contest was for tbe beet titles,
not exceding 10 words each descrip
tive of the picture, and the prizes
were: 1st, three dollars; 2nd, two dol
lars, 3rd, one dollar.
Mr. Burleigh announced that 154
replies had been received and he tlwn
read the titles which had been chosen
by the committee as deserving honor
able mention. All were clever and il
indicated a goodly amount of genius
on the part of the contestants. Then
Mr. Burleigh announced the winning
titles, and as they were read their au
thors stepped forward and were
awarded the prizes.
The winner of the first prize was
Rotarian Ralph Herrick whose title
was “The Four Winds.'' This appear
ed to be a humorous conception of the
outward attitude of the four gentle
men coupled with the Biblical allusion
contained in the first verse of Revela
tions vH.
To appreciate the second winning fi
tle it should be noted that 'the men
in the ufiper pictures. Messrs, Mac
Nichol and Lang are bachelors are
blessed with an abundance of ambro
sial locks, while the men in tne two
lo\v’er pictures, Messrs Newbert and
■ Nelson are benedicts with large fam
ilies, but do not have an abundance
of ambrosial locks. Rotarian Harold
Allan was awarded the second prize,
his title being: ‘‘Hairy heartbreakers
and Hairless Home-makers."
For a proper appreciation of the
third prize winning title, the picture
represented the four struggling riders
should be remembered. It will be re
membered that the popular novel en
f titled “The Four Horsemen of Apo
: ealypse" by Blasco Ibanez was based
! upon the sixth chapter of Revelations
! where allusion is made to the four
, horses and riders. The winner of the
third “prize cleverly caught the con
| ception and made a play upon the ti
1 tie of the novel by substituting the
| title ‘‘The Four Hostlers of the Apo
crapha.” thi^ Apocrapha being the tui
cannonical books of the Old Testament.
Fred R. Lord, secretary of Augusta
Rotary, was the winner of the third
I prize.
I ' Each of the winning titles was
! cleverly conceived and the three win
ners were given warm applause. Mr.
[Allan suggested that his prize be ac
! cepted by the club as the beginning
| a fund which the club might use for
j specif purposes, and the other two
! winners also turned their prizes in to
j wards this fund. Rotarian L. A. Bur
j leigh, who was in change of the con
i test, conducted it in a very able man
j ner and with his witty remarks and
[tumorous allusions brought J forth
rounds of applause. The contest made
a great hit with all and furnished a
most entertaining feature on the com
mittee’s program.
Tlio meeting was presided over by
President Ivan Lang and Charles F.
Bilodeau directed the singing. Pre
vious to the meeting a sumptuous R6
tarian dinner was served. The session
was closed with Ihe singing of "Amer
ica."
• The following were drawn as mem
bers of the entertainment committee
for the next session of Rotary, which
will be held Feb. IS: Wallace Man
ning. John MelIroy and Warren .Mal
colm. ,
Committee Hearings
Spicy Hearing on Freeing
Dixfield-Peru Toil Bridge
It creeps out that at an adjourned
evening session of the Ways and
Bridge committee on Thursday evening
the spiciest and liveliest hearing of
the session developed over the bill to
free the toll bridge between Dixfleld
and Peru. Oratory reached the poind
of loud words and wild gestures, with
sharp remarks passed freely. The
point of dispute seemed to be over the
apportionment of the expense between i
the towns. The total expense was
stated to be: Oxford county, $10,000: i
the State, S&750; Peru, $2000: Dixfleld i
$1250. #
Judge Aretas Stearns of Rumford I
appeared against the bill as it stands, j
for Mexico and Peru. O. A. Hutchins |
of Rumford. formerly of Mexico, ap- j
peared for Dixfleld,
Judge Stearns said 'it was purely j
and simply a Dixfleld proposition and j
ail the benefits would be derived by j
that town. lie styled Mexico as a ■
sleeping chamber for Rumford and
said the most of (he bridge stockhold
ers belonged in Dixfleld. fie cited the
Wlscasset-Edgeeomb bridge, where
each town paid Its share of mainte
nance in proportion to its use of the
bridge. He said the end of the Peru
bridge was one-eighth of a mile from
the thickly settled' part of Dixfleld
and five rrnfles from the thickly settled
part of Mexico. Dixfleld Is doing all
she can to keep Mexico from growing.
Dixfleld people own teh only mill site
in Mexico and so long as that terri
tory remains in their hands no mill
will ever be built.
O. W. Goodwin, chairman of the
Mexico selectmen, said the town had
two iron bridges the upkeep of which
she paid 50 per cent.; had 12 miles of
road and paid one-half the upkeep of
a bridge across the Androscoggin at
Rumford. The only industry was one :
sawmill and the tax rate was 55 mills.
The strip of land involved in a pro
posed transference to Peru is valued
at (7500, between the county road and
toll bridge and Dixfleld, and belongs to
Mexico.
Selectman Dog-on of Mexico said tiiaT
Mexico was fair by offering to pay 25
per cent, of the cost of freeing the
bridge, with Peru to pay 25 and Dix
fleld 50 per cent. Mexico wouldn't suf
fer If the bridge was removed. <
. Ex-Selectman Howard of Mexico
said the only use of the bridge to his
town was to take a train.
Mr. Kidder of Peru said most of
the Peru trading was done in Rum
ford. The effect of the bridge on
the developnjeitt of Peru had been,
since ft was built, the-erection of
three houses in West Peru. Peru ob
jects to paying $2000 but was willing
to pay 25 per cent, of the upkeep.
Peru has nine steel bridges, the
smallest 18 feet Ipng. Peru’s share of
the ferry cost la $200. Peru’s in
dustries consist of three sawmills.
It has 51 miles of road.
Ex-Ceunty Commissioner Tyler of
Any Business
Problems?
If jm have any business problems of a
financial nature, do not hesitate to consult
our officers freely, who will be glad to render
advice.
Hie Augusta Trust Company is a prudent
choice as ynv depositary.
. Augusta
Trust Company
AUCUSTAT MAINE
Madison, Richmond; winthror
I i •!
Mexico said Mexico was unable to
pay more than bad been stated. At
present it much needs a new school
house. E^ery family that moved into
town necessitated a new room on tl^e
schoplhouse. A church was being
used for school purposes.
County Commissioner Buzzell did
n’t think the county should pay
more than $7500 aa its share. The
bridge was not , on a thoroughfare
and Dixfleld was the only one to ben
efit.
Newton Stoweil of Dtxfield was in
favor of the bill. He did not own any
stock In the bridge. At the time it
was built the mill in Mexico was
more valuable than than In Dixfleld.
D|ixfleld did not complain at the
cost of Its share In freeing the bridge
and would pay as high as $7000 if
necessary.
George A. Hutchins of Rumford,
speaking for Dixfieid, said that the
Wiscasset-Edgecomb bridge propo
sition referred to had been a fail
ure. A State highway is being talk
ed in the Dlxfield-Feru .bridge section
and a toll bridge on a State highway
was not wanted. Dixfieid has one
thlrd more roads than Mexico and
Mexico had more fights to the
square inch than Old Mexico south
of the Rio Grande.
Mr. Taylor remarked that since the
lawyers had moved out of Mexico,
the town had been far more peace
able—evidently referring to the fact
that Mr. Hutchins resided in Mexico
before moving to Rumford.
The entire hearing was full of life
and pep and afforded no little enter
tainment for the committee and the
small number of spectators.
WAY8 AND BRIDGES
Only Committee Hearing Friday Has
a Busy Afternoon
Ways and Bridges committee, the
only committee to hold hearings on
Friday afternoon, had ita usual large
audience.
Rep. Wight of Newry spoke for .the
resolve in favor of the town of New
ry to aid In building a piece of road,
tjKT resolve asking for $6000. He said
It was a stretch of about 2000 feet and
on a,through road to Dixfieid Notch,
one of the famous beauty spots of our
State and the road when completed
wil bring a large amount of travel
into Maine, which under poor condi
tions now existing-on this rood would
probably go to New Hampshire. Some
200 to 300 autos pass over it a day in
the tourist season, with all the local
business, travel and trucking. Upton
and Grafton in the past have had spe
cial resolves, but Newry has never re
ceived anything. The road ip very
narrow and ledgy and dangerous. It
neds repairs. Newry might be able
to give something toward the work,
but he said the town had been doing
about all it could stand on. the Toad,
puting all Its State-aid money on it.
County Commissioner C. W. Bowker
of Paris corroborated Mr. Wight’s
statements, and said the town de
served assistance. The county was
taking care of nine miles of the same
road in Grafton, now an unincorpo
rated township.
The resolve to hid the town of
Dresden in repairing the three draw
bridges across the Eastern river, went
over to Thursday, Feb. 17.
The esolve to aid navigation on Se
bec lake will be reported with sugges
tion that It go to the committee on in
terior waters.
Chief Engineer Paul D. Sargent of
the Highway Commission explained
the situation as to the bridge over
ti>e east branch of the Penobscot at
Medway. It was built in 1909, the
State paying $20,000 of the total cost
of $22,946.81 and the State has since
a r propria ted for the replanicing and
repairs.
Penobscot county, Milltnocket and
East Mlllinocket each paid $782.27 to
ward the cost and Medway paid 3600.
The Legislature in 1915 appropriated
(1000 for repairs and nothing has been
none since. He estimated that it would
cost $70 per thousand for 23,000 feet
of lumber for replanking or $1610, the
balance to go for painting, and neces
sary work on the floor beams and
stringers. Medway is unable to
stand any part of the expense and the
State has always done it. Tfie
bridge is 327 feet long, three steel
spans and is the only outlet for Milli
uocketr
A question net o the Highway Com
mission being able to take care of this
matter, brought the answer from Mr.
Sargent that the commission bad no
fund foe that purpose. Hs called at
tention to the fact that traffic had
doubled in the last few years, and for
that reaeop the bridges and highways
are wearing out just twice as fast, in
addition to the fact that they are
costing much more on account of the
increased cost of labor and material.
He said the deficit in the commis
sion’s maintenance fund last year was
nearly $800,000, caused by the money
being taken away for other purposes,
such as bridges. He thought the en
tire maintenance fund could be spent
on bridge upkeep, if permitted and
Baid that the commission—like the
committee—was forced to try to do a
Jot of work without sufficient money
in sight. He said the State now hal
over $3,000,000 invested in highway!
ind over $6,000,000 in State-aid roads.
This shows the vast extent of the
work and the need of more funds.
Representative Audibert of Fort
Kent made a good plea for the appro,
priation of one-half the cost of an in.
ternatlonal bridge between Fort Km
and St. Francfs, N. B., the estimate!
total cost of which in 1013 was $7o,Ws
to $80,000. Funds had previously been,
provided for the purpose but the com
ing of the World War made buildim
impossible and Canada's share revert,
ed into the treasury. He was certain]
that Canada would again provide what
is necessary. The plan has been fav
ored by each Maine Legislature since:
1913. It could have been built two!
years and a year ago, but it would
not have been economy and he »a»
glad that no further burden by iu
construction was placed on Canada or
this State. Fort Kent has deposited
$4000 toward the bridge.
Joseph Croteau of Augusta spoke i»
favor of the resolve. He said Fort
was the metropolis of that section and
was handicapped by lack of a bridgt,
which would cause its travel and bus
iness to expand. The ferry was a dif
ficult method of crossing the river and
it promised to be more so. if the pr#-:
posed dam was built up the river;
lowering the water below during tl»
summer. Great purchases of horse»
and sheep came through by the war
of Montreal and Quebec and had W
be ferried at Fort Kent, 100 or so at
a time, a difficult jqb. He urged a
favorable report.
Mr. Poor of Andover explained tin
condition of the road leading to thi
south arm of Richardson lake in 0t
ford county, a great summer resort
section for which $5000 is asked. Hi
said the road to be repaired was aboul
4 or 4 1-2 miles long, crooked, narrow,
muddy, one bad hill and Andover, ii
which it is located, feels that it can
not stand all the expense. The Ando
ver end is all in the woods. crookeJ
and narrow, but it ia the only road to
that part of the lake and is much trav
elled by summer visitors from out of
the tSate, osme 40 to EO cats a day ii
'July and August and 25 to ;io in June.
Mr. Coburn, proprietor of a summer
I hotel at the south arm, said he was
building a garage to take care of tin
summer people’s cars and that they
complained bitterly' of the road's con
dition. Sporting camps lines the whole
[ road clear through to Rangeley lake*
[ Plenty of gravel for building,
j Selectman Thomas of Andover said
Andover would do Its share of build
I Ing the road.
i County Commissioner Bowker said
I the work was a necessity and favored
1 the appropriation of $5000.
Rep. Bragdon of Franklin appeared
In favor of the resolve carrying an ap
propriation of $5,000 to repair the Shore
Road, so called, between East Frank
lin and Notrh Sullivan, a distance of
two and one half miles. Rep. Brag
don said that this resolve was the on
ly one which he had been called upon
by his class district to. present to tin*
Legislature. The road is through th#
woods and it is extremely narrow
crooked and rocky. Franklin has a
valuation of $340,000 and it will show
a decrease unless new industries come
to the town. The town lias 33 miles o'
road to maintain and many of them
are bad ones.
Paul D. Sargent, chief engineer «f
the State Highway Commission, saW
that the road has many ledges ami
that it is extremely dangerous*
—t
Florida Mob Hangs
Negro, Riddles Body
Wauchula, Fla., Feb. II — B*n
Campbell, a negro, was taken from
the city jail last night by a mol!
hanged to a telephone pole and W*
body riddled with bullets. He *»•
accused of attempting to attack *
white woman. !
Japan's Sulphur Baths
At the foot of the volcano Asamaya
ma In Japan there is & combination
hot sulphur and cold mineral sprinP
The bathing house consists of tnh*
or four substantial wooden bathW
tanks, into which the hot water flo**
and a wooden platform running aroutw
the room with cupboards and shelv’d
where the people dress.
Beams laid across the bathing tank*
divide them into little squares, »
square for each person
The duration of the time bath ■'
regulated with great precision by th*
head attendant, and wkiring the b*t*
from 150 to 300 half litre scoops of l>o1
sulphur water are poured over th
bead of the bather.
Several ounces of dried leaves an«j
a small quantity of seed of a wil
plant that is about1180 times as sw<*
as sugar reached Washington, ft*"*
Paraguay. It is called kaa lee,
Its botanical name ia stevia rebaUd'j
ana. Another strange plant is
agbayun (synsopalum dulclferutn) 0 1
southern Nigeria, the fruits of wh* M
are only slightly sweet, but have t ^
peculiar property of making the tort’
set substances, such as limes, letn®0
unripe fruits, or vinegar, eaten wit
hi H hours pr so afterward, seem
tensely sweet. <