Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-23
STATE HOUSE.
State Assessors Have Been in
Aroostook County.
They Find Healthy Growth With No
Farms for Sale.
To Meet Kennebec Assessors October 8 and q
News Of the Capitol.

1T is a long way to Caribou in ARGOS
took county remarked Secretary James
Plummcr of the board of State assessors.
Friday morning To the journal man. The
assessors have been holding meetings tn
past two weeks in Pcnohscot and Aroos-
took counties, meeting the local assessors
and having all things explained why tnis
is set at a lower price and that is higher.
ana the general prospect Of the town.
city or county. They have been III
Aroostook during the past few days ana
while there met with the assessors of
about every town and plantation in that
long county.
People living in this section of the
State who have never made the trip Up
! through to Caribou little imaG CINE the di. -
| tances. 1t is over 200 miles beyond Ban
gor ana it is Il miles from here to Bangor
So YOU can figure for yourself how far II
is Ii one should travel the other way
! from Augusta they would 90 about lod
! miles beyond Boston to travel as many
/ miles il is to that far away town. ana
/ that is not the limit Of the county BY any
means"
| Mr.. Plummer is an ardent admirer of
any section where there is n bright pros
pect for the future of agriculture and
stock raising. That latter Is one Of the
| things that is a source Of regret to him
| He says that the people up that way are
devoting more attention to stock raising;
| than in the past, but he adds regretfully
! they are not doing as much in this line
as they should.
We have all heard a great deal about
this section of Maine but some of Mr.
Plummers observations are by no means
untimey.
II cannot see he says. why the
young men will persist in coming to this
and other parts Of the State similar
| when Aroostook offers so many advan-
! tages to the man with a will ana witn
muscle. The advice Of Horace Greeley. to
go West young man. ought to be
changed to go East young man 1t s
flied with advantages that no other sec
ton Of the State possesses.
| "One thing that we noticed that is Of
marked pleasure to any one is the almost
entire absence of abandoned farms. We
| asked the local assessors if they had any
abandoned farms in their sections ana al
most to a man they answered that such a
thing was unknown in their vicinity.
This is a marked contrast to other coun-
ties especially down in this section.
Around here about every assessor mas q
tale to tell Of abandoned farms and
farms for sale but up that way there is
nothing of the sort. \ farm in this part
of the State can be bought 70 a mort
advantageous bargain than one up there
FOR every farm there mas d future
1t Is also pleasure 10 :" out mo 'h'
country ana see '"e puS' 80 rs u mus
lillian, ,,I ., ,,,.,;,.
ana TINS week VIII propdpiS " tle p"9I'S
of all. The quallty OIL the tupers Is uhcA
celed and nothing can be said aSainS
them, this year. The farmers are hauling
their potatoes to the trains ana sellins
them now Tor - cents parrei OF 70 ~
starch factories lor 10 GEMS
They never speak ol d ousiei u pUte'''
up III 'h"' '0"''''
parrtI' . .,
we louHu ali'H7 ~
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with the three S"od 'ioP'' ny
ana po'atoeS' 'nrS 49, HIN ,,.,,
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