The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-12-29
SOlon-Embden.


also In the town OF Emhden, just across
the river, where the pulp grinding plant
of this company is located, than prevail
ed, last year, when affairs were about as
dark as they could we'll be. Under the
new regime the mill has been run about
six months, doing profitable business
In manner more satisfactory 10 ALI
than under the former man.
agement. The company has paid cash
and paid the operatives every week, the
model theory and correct principle upon
which to transact business in these, the
closing years of the 10Th century, or in
any other era.
The reverses of the Moosehead Pulp
and Paper Company struck Scion and
Embden about as hard blow as any
one business event could strike a COM
Not only did il cause money
loss to many, but 1t also at the same
time caused a disturbance in business
relations, throwing a comparatively
large number out of the employment
they were dependent upon for living,
causing wide embarrassment and dis
tress not appreciated by those unfamiliar
with the circumstances, and also occa-
sioning quite expensive litigation and
vexatious uncertainty. These thugs
are history, have been given sufficient
publicity, and we do not propose 10 en-
large upon them at this time.
The successful running of the plant
for six months, as before stated, aud the
contamination of contracts for pulp
wood and logs to supply the mill for n
year, puts an entirely different phase
upon the situation and naturally causes
"a corresponding degree of cheerfuness
to come over those interested. The stu.
alton, however, is subject to passing
clouds. just now the mill is shut down,
for precisely what cause or for what
length of time, there Is much In the way
of conjecture. We are assured by those
who have the best opportunity to know,
that the plant will be in full operation
within very brief time, probably by
January 1st.
In this connection we notice that we
are not up to date in writing "pulp-
wood" No one on the. upper kennebec
uses the term. They all say pulp
and apply it to spruce sawed into cord
wood lengths, 4 feet long, and to full
length spruce logs, when they are to be
used to make pulp. 1t is so many cords
of "pulp" or so many thousands of
pulp" as the case may he. Therefore.
don't say "pulp-wood" or pulp-logs"
when you GO up the kennebec unless
you desire to be known as an "outsider."
The Solon Creamery, OF which we
have written heretofore. keeps along in
the even tenor of its way and is proving
the best industry of its size Scion has
had for many years. 1t has well es-
tablished patronage both as producers OF
cream and consumers of the product at
fairly renumerative prices. There is II
good healthy margin In the operation of
the plant upon the economical scale it Is
being run. The institution Is firmly
fixed In the favor of the community,
may be put down as having passed
safely the experimental stage, and as
having become one OF the permanent
Industries OF the town. 1t Is worthy of
mention that dairy products have stood
up better and borne more nearly uni
form price than almost any other article
that Maine farmers produce, and THE,
Notwithstanding the increased number
of creameries in the country. Not an
insignificant fraction of the money re-
ceived Ia Maine for dairy products Is
that received for cream used In Boston
and other New England cities. The
Scion creamery finds the shipment of
cream, when properly prepared and
handled, quite as advantageous as the
manufacture of butter and has large
and increasing trade 10 1t.
Farmers 10 Scion and other Somerset
towns are realizing more and more, the
truth of what the REPORTER has con-
tended for these many years and are
giving more attention to cattle and
sheep land theraising Of feed for them
on the farms. The high price prevailing
the past autumn for cattle and sheep for
wintering were better than for many
years and the farmers who had surplus
of these animals were "on top" The
low price Of hay has further emphasized
the fact, this year.
There are men in Scion who have
faith 10 neat stock. Among these are
o. o. Vittum & Son and w. S. Eaton.
Mr.. Vittum, the senior, has raised and
bought and sold cattle since he came
home from the army in 1865. He has
probably shipped to the Brighton mar
ket more stock than any man In western
Somerset. Two years ago he rallied to
Brighton 100 oxen that were given an
ocean voyage to Liverpool for the bene-
fit of the beef-eating gentry of England.
They we're nice, fat oxen, mostly "white-
faces" grade Herefords, for which
breed Mr.. Vittum has decided par
TALLY.
w. S. Eaton, young farmer 10 SolOn,.
has made grand start in the stock rails
ing business and probably has the most
valuable herd of thoroughbred Herefords
in Somerset county and one of the best In
Maine. His herd, this spring, numbered
80 heads of Herefords and this has been,
and is being increased by frequent ar
rivals. Seven calves came along in
November. His herd figured conspicu-
ously In the State fairs and in the New
England fair, this yeat, and his assort-
ment of ribbons taken within two or
three years must be an interesting one.
Mr.. Eaton is thorough believer in
Herefords and will, we predict, before
many years have large and very valu
able property in his stock farm.
To the Public.
Knowing Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to be a medicine OF great worth