The Somerset reporter., 1903-10-15
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

The girls of the Fairfield High school
have organized what is known as "the
girls athletic club and elected the fol.
lowing officers: President, Gladys Tot
man; vice president, Lucy Brown; sec
rotary and treasurer, Emma Crawford;
committee on athletics; Marion Mayo,
Hattie Brophy, Caro- Chapman and
Eloise Totman.
At the last meeting of the Festival
chorus of Pittsfied a committee of
seven were appointed to solicit member
ship for the coming season. Mr.. Pitcher
of Belfast will direct the class this year
If class can be formed. No rehearsals
will be held and no attempt made to
keep up the festival work here unless
that number can be obtained The COM
mittee has every reason to hope for sue
cess as large class is already we'll
started.
Died, in Detroit, October End, William
Clifford, aged Is years. Mr.. Clifford
was life long resident of that town and
for many years had been in failing
health. He leaves a wife, two sons and
three daughters and one sister. Funeral
services were held at his home on the
South road, Sunday, October 4th., con-
Quoted by Rev. A. E. Norris, pastor of
the NJ. f. Church Pittsfield. Bearers
were E. 5. Robertson, {. II. Sanborn,
John Morse, Edwin Hatch. Interment
at the village cemetery.
The members of the East Somerset
Agricultural society held their annual
business meeting at Agricultural Hall,
Hartland, Oct. 3, at which the following
officers were reelected to serve for an
other year: President, j. A. Goodrich;
vice presidents, w. Ii. Moore and j. S.
Page; secretary E. A. Weber; assis.
tant secretary, Fred Morse; treasurer
and collector, L. Fish; trustees, J. A.
Goodrich, A. F. Buker, Il. Estes, L.
Merrick aud S. P. Goodrich. The soci-
ETY. has just passed most successful
year.
At the town meeting recently held in
Pittsfeld the town voted to authorize
the monument committee to place the
monument upon the library lot IL they
80 desired. The sum of $1,000 was raised
to help purchase the monument. The
monument committee have already
raised $500, and with the $1,000 from
the town will give them a sum sufficient
to purchase fitting memorial and of a
design that the committee had hoped to
be able to secure. The order for the
building of the monument will be given
at once and it is expected that it will be
ready to be placed upon the library
grounds some time next spring, so as to
be dedicated on Memorial day, 1904.
About so men are employed by Hall
& Reed on the dam for the electric
power on Sandy river about five miles
from Madison. This power is to supply
Madison village with electric lights.
Eight derricks and five donkey engines
are in operation. A Golfer dam 700 feet
long extends across the river and from
1900 to 1900 yards of masonry are al
ready built. All the granite is qnarried
out of the river bed, the gravel and sand
are also taken from the river bed and is
the very best for concrete work. The
power house which is to be 4Sx38 feet
and built of brick is to be situated on
the east side of the river. Mr.. Hall
feels confident if they have good luck
the work will all be completed by
December, which will give our mer-
chants an opportunity to have electric
lights for their holiday displays. A
boarding house which accommodates
about fifty men has been erected by Hail
& Reed near the works, while about
seventeen men are Accommodated at a
nearby farm house.
Never AJAX Advice.