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The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
Canaan.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mitchell from
Waterville visited relatives in this vicinity,
las, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Eugene Cain from Clinton with
little Dorothy came up Saturday after
noon to spend Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Burgess, accom-
panied by Alice Goodrich who visited heI
with her people.
G.. Everett Farnham and wife passed
the Sabbath with friends at Clinton.
Dennis c. Goodrich from Waterville
was the guest of Ansel A. Goodrich over
night, last week.
Mr.. G.. w. Farnham visited his sister,
Mrs. Clara Merrill in Cornville, few
days last week.
Mrs. Judith Role has gone to Skow.
hogan to care for Mrs. Eugene Keene and
a very youthful daughter.
Master Ray Mitchell from Brunswick is
visiting his grandparents, Col. and Mrs.
Fiield Mitchell.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
North New Portland.

Crops are backward in this sectiont
There will not be more than an average
Top of hay, even If the remaining par,
OF the season is favorable; the grass in
old fields is thin. the pastures are good
Rev, Mr. Wright is taking four weeks
vaca ion.
Mrs. Maria S. Gould, widow OF the
late Ward S. Gould of New Richmond,
Wis. is visiting DR.. Stevens family.
Ii will be remembered that in the terrible
cyclone that destroyed the most OF the
city of New Richmond, Mr.. Gould and
Mrs. Creation. husband and mother OF
Mrs Gould. lost their lives. New Port
land was their early home. Mrs. Gould
is spending the summer at North Arson
with her husbands sister and brother,
Mrs. Mark Emery and MIR. S. S. Gould
she will return west in the fall to her
daughters.
Perry Jackson was quite seriously
injured while at work in the novelty
mill, last Tuesday.
The census enumeration was at work in
this place last Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. H
Scion.
Mr. Chayiae pnuall oot bon,e from
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
COrnviiIe.

Mr.. A. J. Bryant was in town Tuesday.
The road machine is at work on the
highways in town.
Joseph Hayden with his four horses
is working the road machine in town.
c. c. Kinsman has had the guide
board replaced at the corners near his
house
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21

Mrs. J. o. Moore is visiting her son in
Skowhegan, J. L. Moore.
Mrs. Lucinda N. Stevens returned home
from Watervile. Monday
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
East Fairfield.

Mrs. Elba Flagg and friend of Water
vile are visiting friends in this place.
Miss Hattie Sargent of Nye's Corner is
at work at Arthur WardwelPs.
Mrs. Allen Parmenter has arrived home
from Mass. and Is feeling some better
than when she went away.
Mi. Melvin Palmer has moved the barn
on the Burrill place to the south Of the
house and is repairing all the buildings,
having recently painted the house outside
and inside, which was very much needed.
Mr.. Waldo Hall and friend of Brooks
visited at his brother Walters, in this
place, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Erving Boyden is gaining very
slowly.
Mrs. S. J. Tracy and grandchildren
are visiting in Cornvlle few days.
Mr.. Will Derborn and family also Mr..
Will Larkins and wife of Oakland visited
at A. K. Nelson's, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Percy Kicker sold horse to MIR
Catlin of New York, recently.
Rev. G.. w. Hinckley preached in the
Moody chapel, Sunday, p m.
Mr.. Walter Smith and Mr.. Ryason OF
New York are expected at Mr.. Smiths
summer home at the Pines, this week.
Mr.. Daniel Langley and wife OF Show
hogan also Miss Ethel Cain of Clinton
visited at Mr. Elmer Tuttle's, last week.
Miss Kate Drew and mother of Nor
ridgewock visited at Good Will Farm,
several days recently.
Mrs. Will Henderson is the last on the
list who has new wheel, which she
very much enjoys.
There were five graduates from, the
Good Will High school 1900, the girls
being Miss Bertha Conner, Miss Lizzie
Tobey and Miss Emma Anderson. the
boys Arthur Kimball and Charles Nutter
OF Good Will Farm. Each took their
part well and everything passed off in
fine style with the aid Of the whole
school.
Mrs. Walter Nelson is visiting at A.
K. Nelson's for few weeks. r
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
East Mercer.

The grass is looking very nicely.
The prospect is that strawberries will
be plenty.
Mont Tyler of Mount Vernon was in
town, last Saturday and Sunday.
Alton Tyler and Leslie Chapman pass
ed through town, Monday, on their way
to Skowhegan.
Wallace Taylor of Smithfield was in
town visiting last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Fletcher of Starks
we're In town one day, last week, as
guests of her father, George Harlow.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
Browns Corner.

The work OF repairing the roads has
been begun in this part of town, and we
hope soon to see our highways in better
condition.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21

Scion.
Mr. Charles Rowell got home from
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
Athletic Events.

Bicycle Race, Foot Race, 22o yard
Dash, High Jump, Pole Vault, Broad
lump, Base Ball. Liberal prizes for
all events. Open to everybody.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16
0||FST|0NS CONCERNING
C|TYS WATER SUPPLY
Facts and Figures Of It's Present and
an Inquiry is to Its
future.

reservoir water, nearly A per cent. Ii
is obvious that a filtration plant is very
badly needed, and Ii Is altogether
good thing that the Council of State has
appropriated the money for one. This
coming mechanical filter Is one OF
kind which has given more or less sat
isfaction on the Mainland, according to
the attention which those placed have
received in construction and operation
The plant will consist OF six circular
gravity filters, each fifteen feet In dia-
meter and eight feet high, arranged In
two rows of three each. 1t will filter
100000 gallons per day.
The initial cost will be approximate
ly 100000, as against s92, 900 for a nat
ural sand filter of the same capacity.
The annual charges. including interest,
will be about $40, 900 for the mechanical
filter, as against sS.120 in the other
case. So that the cost Of filtering each
million gallons will be S9.11, as against
S7.41. This method of filtration obtains
a thorough Qualification, and the re-
moval of 9S to 80 per cent. of the BAG
terra. probably all of the protocol. but
practically no dissolved organic matter.
IL much of the latter remains in the
water, a renewed bacterial growth may
take pldCe. l1ONtNtT, III the water ic-
mains in the reservoir only short time
before being drawn off. and II the reser-
voir be covered to prevent sunlight and
heat from assisting subsequent bac-
terial growth, the dissolved organic
matter remaining will probably not be-
come Objectionable.
On the Upper Levels.
This greatly needed Improvement,
however, does nothing toward increas-
ing the supply OF water for daily use
on the upper levels, for a reserve sup
ply, for fires, or for possible further
drouth. This part of the problem is to
be taken care Of by a new pump ut the
Beretania avenue pumping station. The
pump now there, put in five years
ago, was expected to furnish 100000
gallons per day. 1t has been from the
first worked at from 3,225,000 to more
than 100000 gallons. Pumps, like
other kinds Of machinery, are liable to
break down or wear out; and IL the
Alapai street pump should do either
Of these things, the city would be in
cheerful pilikia. The Council OF
State has decided to put in a new
0rmr bv the side of the present one.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

banana and taro patches ~
ing unsightly and ill-sm,pbte tts
water farms stop the etaG
growth, and breed eno,suvt gl
OF mosquitoes. and maia,i'O vs III
diseases. Putting aside s - = 10
erations, however, these n s,SlA q
IN the aggregate perhans ~ a.,
hfty million gallons per a., 'vv'Vt
Eleven years ago thero
these wells in the city. A,, wv I
arteslan level for an va sssi u
found to be about forty.,vUo, ,he
sea level. Since lSgo , n lea
sunk seven feet. mos, Of 49, e't
Ing been noted during tho ' ~
years. Laws ordaln thar ~. iag
be capped 10 prevent was, Hlu
quite likely that the shrewS s,,@a
serve this regulation. HAMS .oha
that II they do not thew s,'
have their supplies cut IN W
IL is asserted that they ara
ful In the use Of water thai ,, mon
householders. who throw a n4l
lawns from 1000 90 1000 e,iial
without securing a proportIosa.
nj. Even 80. n In qucstlons,,.
er the government might ny.
take possession Of these Vsns y,
purchase or by the right a, a. Wy
ment to serve the interests ~ y
pie. and control and regulate ~
flow. Obviously the time ". %
when this will have 90 he dom
extent, az a measure Of aolt.
ton. IL may be wen 10 an y
II becomes imperative.
Conserving Underground SAL
Honolulu will be much u
city before many yoars ana
then absolutely dependent mn.
sian water. The underrrop,,
plies must eventually be s,.y
and II will be- wise 60 look AM n
matter before they become ny
ther impaired. IL will not 49,
feasible TO prevent people ,ror
far up Nuuanu valley. above /. !
and when this section hecon-I
tied, few persons will feel M J
ing much Nuuanu water
The long and short of A AEON,
that the water supply win nav
Increased within a very few /. !
spite OF the Immediate relief M
new pump and the filtration nal
AFFORD; and that the logic q, m
alton points 10 ,urtailing inc +
10 water farms. These are mi,
and they interfere with he cy
ural development, which shni
a bound forward soon after a, |
OF Americans which will ioIu
settlement OF Hawaii's poltica
Furthermore. a seaglrt island a
pendent upon artesian waiG
aiford to see Its source Of SUBJ,
pleted at the present rate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

We wish 10 inform our pain,l
we will not be deferred from u
forward az rapidly as posslbl, n
struction OF our electric ralur
other improvements upon
Heights by reason OF a suit Il
begun against former owner
The development and sale d |
Heights lots will 20 on unrFj
md parties seeking choice n
ocations will nnd this a perieI
,rty with an absolutely periesa l
pRTiCE WARfNGl n
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

1t is asserted that there is nothing in
wafer that comes mp to this standard to
threaten any body's health. The anal
ysis was made at n dry time like the
present. II is well known that artesian
water Is clearest and purest after much
dry weather. sometimes becoming
cloudy after long rains: and that. the
dry seasons here are the unhealthy
ones. which would seem To show that
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

Tn question of the water supply OF
Honolulu is now in fair way to be an
xvered and settled very soon. IL Is high
time People who live up Nuuanu val
Ley and In other high levels fed by
Nuuaru water have been complaining
for months of the insufficient supply.
gometimes they have had water during
only tuo or three hours day; at least
once they have had to go altogether
without water for four or five days.
Two dry years have eliminated In the
present unusual drouth. but there Is no
evidence that we shall not have many
more seasons equally dry. The scare or
January 20, when the blaze In emma
town got beyond the capacities OF the
fire department and rumor flew around
that the water had given out, Is not for
gotten. A large house up Nuuanu
caught fre a few weeks ago; the hre-
men could get no water and the house
with its fine furnishings and bric-a-Drac
had to be allowed to burn.
This is said to be the only city I'M
der the United States flag which has no
reserve supply of water. The reservoirs
ND Nuuanu valley would at times make
good baseball grounds, except that in
drying the mud has cracked open, and
the ball would be lost. The Nuuanu
water now flows directly into the pipes.
IL is far from sufficient for daily needs;
and, IA DIR. Wood said Monday. 1t Is
not fit to drink unfiltered. Mr.. Herring
found the same condition three years
ago. when he published his report on
the filtration of the Nuuanu water sup
ply. At Luakaha, he stated on the au-
thority of Mr.. Andrew Brown, the wa
ter. though never very muddy, Is never
quite clear When IL is used at the
electric light station, the water. rush.
ing from the upper reservoirs into No.
4. stirs up the mud at the bottom and
becomes turbid. At both places the wa
ter has a vegetable taste and Is slightly
bitter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

For more than half a cehr1
famous old Jesse Moore whA1
been n favolitc with connotseu,]
be had at Lovejoy a. Co.'S. Hul
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16
A Wafer Analysis.

As to the suggestion that there is a
connection between artesian water
and the fevers. there is not sufficient
evidence to support 1t. The analysis
Of the artesian city water, made by
MIR. Shorey. Government inspector OF
foods. last October, gave the following
results:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16
Much Suspended Matter.

According to the analysis made years
ago by A. 3. Lyons, there is much more
suspended matter In the water In the
reservoir than at the source above. OF
the suspended matter in the stream wa
ter about 90 per cent. Is organic: OF the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

Using IL to run the duplicate boilers
llready on the spot. This new pump
will have a capacity OF 5000. 900 gallons
md will force water 275 feet above
3eretania avenue. The idea of this Is
% have an auxiliary pump. to force the
artesian water into the Nuuanu sys-
EN- at all times and seasons when 1t
nay be needed-probably two months
II so every year; and the rest OF the
ime to serve as a reserve for all cases
If emergency. Presumably it can be
used TO supply the main part OF the
sIty in case the pump now in use
should conclude to lay up for repairs.
This new pump, it is understood, can
each the reservoirs; but presumably
IS water will not be passed through
he filter. With Nuuanu water purified
md the artesian supply potentially
doubled and made available for Nuu-
lnu. the problem Is fairly wen solved
or the present.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16
Deaths From Fever.

Deaths from fever have been alto
,ether too plentiful for comfort late
y, and IL has been suggested so often
hat there was some connection be-
ween the fever cases and the water
upply that the question is worth dis
ussion. Disease from Nuuanu water
las always been feared, and not from
rtesian water. Now IL turns out that
he fevers come from the heart of the
icy and other low levels, all OF which
re fed with artesian water. This at
nee throws suspicion on the latter
nd takes IL away from the other. II
nay be worth remembering that very
many of the people who use Nuuanu
water, boil and filter IL, which may
.elp to account for their freedom from
isease.
The soldiers for the Philippines. II
is said. brought the typhoid fever here.
and caused it's spread. While the hos
pital was in a swamp the soldiers died.
and when it was finally put up on the
slopes of Punchbowl the patients all
recovered. The higher regions arc I'M
questionably healthier; but the seeds
of the disease had been sown and a
sad crop last year and this was the re
Sulf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16

A great deal OF arteslan water Is
either wasted or employed In such ways
that its does not help 10 satisfy the
city's needs. Not far from a hundred
wells In and near Honolulu are tapped
every day. Except for the one at Ala
pal street, these supply few families
each. or they are used for flooding rice,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01
Fruit Excursion TO Southern
Alabama June 1Iths

On June 1lth the Glover Leaf will
issue from all stations special low rate
excursion tickets TO points on the NJ. &
o., including Mobile, return limit 10
days from date OF sale.. The excursion
lists will arrive during the fruit market
Ing season, thereby having the privil.
eye and pleasure as well Of seeing the
wonderful fruit region on the Line %
the NJ. & o. IL that section sf-
ands Of peach, plum and oth,r
BILE fruits ready Tor market aEa t1
spection of those interested. The Elk.
cursion rate is within reach OF all. G.
Q. Jenkins, General Passenger Agent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01
special Train Toiedo IsIngI,ng Bros
shows

Clover Leaf will run q special train to
Toledo, on June 9th. leaving Delphos
so \. NJ. stopping ut all stations, ar-
rive Toledo Union Station $40 A. NJ.
Great street parade takes place $3.50
\. Returning special train will leave
Union Station 600 2. NJ. Excursion
tickets will be sold Mt one fare for the
round trip. Excursion tickets are not
good on trains 8 and 9. On going trip
they are good on special train only. re-
turn special 60 y. m, or No. 3, 1920
H. IN. following, Ample coaches. SEQ "a
gents or small bills for complete sChed-
ule. &. G. Jenkins. General Passenger
AGENT
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

New York has been the graveyard
of many legal regulations. \ writer
In n current magazine says: "Men
who dominate their towns and even
their states; men who have cut great
figures as governors and senators,
come to New York and open 81 law
Office, and almost Immediately they
sink out of the public recollection.
The fact is, New York is the one
place in this country where politics
and law viii not mix. Politics is now
as much of profession as law, and
each must let the other severely alone
IN that CITY,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01


1t is not generally known, SAYS the
Philadelphia Record, that great deal
of the paper money that is constantly
circulating about gets frequent wash
ings in the same way as the housewife
or maid goes at the dirty clothes on a
Monday morning. In some banks
there is regular wash day every
month, usually at the beginning, when
clerk may be seen bent over tub, and
rubbing real money up and down a
washboard. The dirty greenbacks that
have been saved up for month are
soaped and rubbed just like handker-
chiefs and socks, and are run through
wringer before being put out to dry.
The paper currency may be handled
somewhat roughly, as it does not tear,
because there is in il great deal of silk
and linen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

Pneuma ir trausi; of mails Is at
tracting Increased attention in all the
large American cities, and is working
well wherever il has been introduced.
1t would save nearly half an Eour in
the closing Of mails in st. Louis, and
its adoption here at an carly date
ought TO be urged ny the whole COM
munity. One line is working in Boston
and two others are proposed. 10 cost,
respectively. S35.CO0 and $30,Oo0 year.
"a pneumatic tube service for parcels
will be constructed in Boston by a
company this spring. leading from the
main retail district to .ihe suburbs.
Ten-inch tubing viii be used for the
parcel delivery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

A Georgia judge recently, In decid-
ing q case against man who had
been missing for many years, then
suddenly appeared and claimed part
of an estate, made this comment: 81
scarcely think the statute of rela tions
will stop and wait for him any more
than the village of Falling Waters
awaited the awakening of Rip Van
Winlle, or the wife of Enoch Arden
awaited his return"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

Merchants, manufacturers and pro-
fessional men In Chicago who employ
boys are combining TO refuse applica-
tions for work from all lads under 16
who confess to the cigarette habit. De-
eelt on the part of the boy avails but
hitie' since the fingers are carefully
examined for the sign manual Of the
nicotine AS for the result, one boy
recently admitted that at none of ten
places t" which he had gone for work
IN one week had the question as to
whether be smoked cigarettes been
omitted
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01
GKAND RECEPTION


Admiral Dewey will be in Columbus
on June 9th and 7th, at which time will
he held the Ohio Society and Sailors
Reunion and Dewey Reception. For
this occasion the OHIO Central Lines
will make rate OF One Fare Round
Trip; tickets on sale June 9th and 7th
good returning until June Sth. On
June 7th, Dewey Day, occurs the
Grand Parade of the Soldiers and
Sailors of Ohio Of All Wars. Grand
display Of Fire Works on State House
Grounds in the evening.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01
The N.clsIe Plate xond

W sell low rates excursion tickets to
NofM Manchester, Ind, Icrount Annual
meetih OF German Baptists Dutkards)
at one fave for the round tin fTickets
good goiDA on May 29th to Nine 4th
inclusive, bexpnd radius of 100 miles,
and on May 3Nt to June Sth within a
radius of 100 hiles from North Man.
chester, Ind. GOO returning until June
10Th. or by depAsit until July oil,
Inclusive. Call on add,ess Il. A.
Aker-. Agent. Cleveland Ohio. or Z. A ,
Aslerlin. I. =. A., Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
No. u, June A.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

Only a slight change at any .of The
Michel Plate stations. No. 4 leaves
'UhicaSNat $3.50 p. m. and deparls from
intermediate stations about thlfty min
utes later Nesn formerly. Iudivldual
Club LuncheohAnd Sukper in Dining
Car Chicago t1ssRelleTue. Improve
ment in the sleepiThs car service both
east and west. ClIh> Breakfast and
Lunch is served in Dniasy Car Bellevue
to Chicago on No. /. D7pg Car SER
vice on No. 2 and in botHadirection
between Chicago and Buffalo. All
trains daily. Write. wire, 'plfHae or
call on G. A. Asterlin, T. T. ASsEt.
Wayne, Ind. ~ June 5.s.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

1t is said there win be more hemp
raised in Kentucky this year than has
been raised in n great many years.
There was time when hemp was the
main product of Kentucky, but in late
years it has become such an expensive
article to raise that the farmers gave
it up. Now the price of hemp is high
and the farmers are taking advantage
-aE.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

IA Massachusetts correspondent, of
the Albany Country Gentleman, who
wants all dogs, II not killed, restrained
from running ut large, says the flock
of sheep on many n farm is to the farm
er lust the difference between enough
and not being able to live" ,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01
coc TO ro,eao via n. aud o. q. ny

Every Sunday during the Summer Sea-
son, excursion tickets will be on sale to
Toledo and return at rate Of only S60c
Round Trip, via I. and o. G. Ry., from
Bowling Green, Hand bills will be dis
tributed each week giving attractions
and copies can be obtained from q. G.,
Agents. JUMBO
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

When the writer OF 4 letter offering
the mayor of Eoston $1,000 for good
position appeared at the mayors Of
flee the other day he was found to be
an honest-lool.iug old man, who said
he though ali officials got their jobs
that way.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01
Gsnnaescekcrs' Excursions

Glover Leaf will issue Homeseekers
Excursion tickets May 1st, 15th., June
oh and 18th ut rate of about one fare
for the round trip Cali on nearest agent
10 :Hriic"l'rs or a3lr..-a L. q. Jenk .
ue"e','' "sscnser Asom, June ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-01

Will sell excursion tickets to Philadel-
phia, ~. on June 14th to 18th inclusive,
at one fareASpr the roundN tripfacconnt
Republican Natsnsal Convehti9h. Tick
els are good returnfHgsto aSd including
June 26. 1900. Write, %iye, phone or
call on E. a. Akers e. p. &HsssA. Cleve-
land, o.. or e. A. Asterlin, L. PA. Fl.
Wayne, Ind. S2- June III