The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-24
SOMERSET PICK-UPS

D. b. Whitney is busy at the saw mill
with crew of men repairing the mill at
Cambridge and getting ready for the
winter saving when the logs are haul
ed in.
The new grange hall, Pittsfeld, will
be formally dedicated some time in jan
uary Plttsfeld grange now has one of
the very best fraternal homes in the
state of Maine.
The vault and safety deposit boxes OF
the Pittsfeld Trust Co. have arrived
and are now being put into their bank
ing house by an expert from New York
City, and everything is of the best work
mansbip
Foreman johnson has a crew of about
Is men now at work on the Sebasticook
dam, Pittsfield, filling in the crib-work
and the different faces of the dam
This work is being greatly facilitated by
the use of the steam drill.
Everett Cody, Harmony, has crew
at work getting ont lumber on the
Knowles place, 30 called, for W. E
Marble. They haul it ON to the river
whence it will be driven to the mill he
purchased last fall of Lee Collins.
Among the postal changes recently
announced was the route from Smith
field to Norridgewock. Leave Smith
field daily except Sunday $40 a. m.
Arrive at Norridgewock by m.
Leave Norridgewock daily except Sun
day 20 p. m.
Orrison Chadbourne of Cambridge,
who has been foreman at N G Shaw &
Sons saw MILL Bath, for the past two
seasons, is at home for the winter. Mr..
Chadbourne was laid off a number of
weeks in the summer with rheumatic
fever. 1t has left him in poor health.
The Waverly wooden mill, PittsfelG,
and its modern equipment not only has
the leading WOODEN manufactures in the
state, but was among the very first to
foresee and guard against the present
emergency of low water caused this year
by the unprecedented drouth.
The railroad commission on Friday
approved petition of the Kingfi9ld &
Dead River Railway Co for extension
from Carrabasset, through Dead River
plantation to Flagstaff, about II miles
The extension to be known as the Moose
head railroad, will reduce the distance
to Portland by II miles and to Lewiston
by 20 miles.
At the regular meeting of Bethlehem
Chapter, No. SO, Order of Eastern Star,
Pittsfield, the following officers we're
elected for the ensuing year: Worthy
matron, Mrs Sarah Woodbury.; worthy
patron Lhas K VickerJ associate ma
| iron, Mrs Fannie ornell; conductress,
Mrs May Berdeen; associate conduct
ress, Mrs. Josie Matthews, secretary,
Miss Minnie Carter, treasurer, Mrs Julia
Smith The installation of these officers
will occur at the next regular meeting,
January T.
Mrs Oramel Murray, wife of Postmas-
ter Murray, Pittsfeld, died at her home,
the 18th instant Mrs Murray had been
i'll for some time with diabetes, which,
terminating in blood poisoning, CAUSE
her death. Mis-. Murray had been a
resident of that town for many years,
and Was loved and respected by all who
knew her. Beside husband, four chill
dren, one sou, William, of Buffalo, New
York, and three daughters, Caro-, Mae
and Edith, who reside in Pittsheld, sur
yive her.
Lawrence, Newhall & Page Co has
started its large operations at Alder
stream, cutting logs, with Lafayette
Bray as superintendent and Mrs Bray
in charge of the cooking at the farm
Mr.. Bray has been in the employ of the
company for number of years and
holds responsible position with the
firm. w. II Hatch of Shawmut, a COM
petent scaler, who has been in the en-
ploy of The firm for several years, has
also gone to Alder stream to scale the
logs which they will haul to the landing