The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-11
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST,"

The Bangor Water Board met in the
Council room at City Hall Thursday
forneoon and settled two very important
matters, the awarding of the contract
for the new pumps at the water works,
an AMID or building the new filter house.
The contract was awarded to the Deane
Steam Pump Company of Holyoke
Mass. Their bid WAS SIG, 654. Geo. +.
Lowell got the contract for the filter
house for 1913, 1876.
All of the West Branch logs have
reached the Lower Lakes and about 25, :
Duo, GOOD wers sluiced this week on the
waste of water. The drive to the Lower
Lakes was made very quickly, and it is
expected that the logs will be into the
boom by the last of this month. The
East Branch drive is coming along well,
with fine pitch of water, and will join
the West Branch drive at Midway.
The house of the Clough Veteran
Charitable Association has just been
completed at Windemere Park, Unity.
The building is s6xSO feet, two stories in
height, with cook room In the rear of
the main building, 14x14 feet. The
main building contains seven sleeping
rooms and II dining room, 45x36 feet. A
Sorauuh 0Ateuus acfOsS UnS 6nGlf6 IrOnU
and both ends of the building. The up
per story Is one large hall the entire size
of the building-36xS0 feet. 1t is build
Ing OF which the veterans of Maine may
well be proud. The grounds around the
building have been well cleared off and
| improved by the veterans, who have vol
unteered their services for that purpose.
The building has cost about 81, 500 and
is all com pletsd. The building will be
dedicated, August 49,
The most interesting events of the past
week at Greenville were the raising Of
the pole, 81 feet long, and the largs flag
presented by Lyman Blair. 1t ia beau
| ty, 40 feet long, and was formerly part
OF the decoration of the California State
building at the Exposition. A large
number of the citizens gathered at the
square Tuesday about six O'Clock TO wit
ness the raising. Interesting remarks
were made by DR.. Hunt, Rev. Mr.. Da-
vleson, Veteran Mcfarland. Mr.. Blair, A
reading by Mabel Folsom, songs by Mrs.
G. d. Shaw and Miss Mason and the
children made quite celebration.
The election of officers of the Lewiston
and Auburn marketmen was held Thurs
day and resulted as follows: President,
A. M. Penley; vice president, Eben W.
Dresser; secretary, Retgis Provost; treas
urer, Abram Atwood The matter of
the annual excursion was discussed and
1T was decided to have an excursion on
Wednesday, July 49, The following ex-
eoutive committee were appointed to
| make arrangements: A. B. Nealey, w.
E. Cloutier, J. W. Peables, III. B. Bart
lett, j. Il. Carrigan, John Garner, Otto
Olfene.
Alanson Grant while driving on the
road to Highland Springs recently found
field of grain from which he obtained
@ plant which stands at the present time
81 1-2 inches in height. The grain has
been replanted in the garden of the finder
and Is expected to reach the second story
window before harvesting. Friends who
| have inspected it are undecided whether
it be barley or rye. and one person was
heard to suggest that. il was winter
| wheat. Whatever the creature may be,
| 1t is fine climber for this time Of year.
The sardine factory at Tillson's wharf,
Rockland. is having about $4,000 worth
of new machinery put in for the manu-
business of the factory has been greatly
enlarged. Eighty bands are now
| employed daily and more are to be added.
The biggest log raft probably ever
towed in Maine waters was towed across
Moosehead Lake last week. 1t was In
tow of the steamer Katahdin, and the
boom surrou nding the raft was made of
100 sticks and was mile long. There
were 8, 000,0 of logs III the raft, about
40 acres in area.
In Belfast is hen that has built her
nest and laid her eggs ! n an elm tree Is
feet from the ground. These times even
the hens roost high.
| Hon. Edward Wiggin. master Of Maine
oranges, received two charters, Thurs
| day, from the National Grange head
quarters at Washington, D. G. One of
| the charters was for Indian River Grange
| No. $50, in the town Of Addison, Wash
! ington county the other for Abbott
Grange, No. 329, at Abbott, Piscataquis
county. There are now $40 granges in
Maine. Mr.. Wiggin says that ipdica-
tions point to q total number of 90 600
people as u ombers, an increase of about