The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11
SOMERSET PICK-UPs


is improving rapidly, and he expects to
return to Good VIII Farm soon. Mr..
Hinkley has been spending few weeks
at the Rangeleys.
The Democrats of the class towns OF
Fairfield, Smithfeld and Mercer have
nominated Clearance L. Stevens OF Smith
field as their candidate for Represen-
tative to the Legislature. The caucus
was hald the Sd inst and was we'll at
tended
The return of the Pittsfleld officials
to the State assessors, shows an increase
In the value of live stock over last year
of 1924 This large increase is the re-
snlt of larger diaries to supply our local
condensed milk factory, There is also
a heavy increase in the valuation OF the
boats on our lake. Both are healthy
signs of prosperity.
o E. Libby, who resides on the De-
troit road about two and one-half miles
from Pittsfleld village, says that 1t ID
not an Uncommon sight any morning
from his back porch to look upon large
hnck In company with a small doe,
leisurely feeding around the pasture and
after satisfying their need walk slowly
back to tho thick growth, not many
rods from the house.
"A. Jones for the trustees of Somer-
set Academy has had the building thor
ouphly repaired since the fire of last
spring, the chimney entirely rebuilt, all
of the interior freshly painted and re-
papered, and is about to put new desks
into the upper room. 1t will then be
we'll. arranged and well-fitted school
building with large school rooms with
seats for over one hundred pupils and
two recitation rooms.
W. Fl. Mitchell has resigned his po-
sition as station agent for the Maine
Central r. R. Co., at Pittsfield and
will engage in other business. For the
next few weeks he expects to make a
commencement of the towns history,
for which work an appropriation was
made by the town at the last annual
March meeting. Fred w. Crockett has
been appointed station agent there and
has entered upon the duties of that po-
sition.
Mr.. Will Ford, the we'll known stage
driver from Bingham to the Forks of
the Kennebec, claims the record for
driving a single pair of horses the
greatest number of miles with the
least number of omissions. he has
driven his pair of blacks for fourteen
years, through all kinds of weather,
and not missed single day. One OF
the horses 10 20 years old, the other TO-
Neither of the horses have ever been
driven with any other. Both are coal
black. the NEAR horse being with.
out a blemish of any kind In all
their travels in the path of stage duty
have aggregated $4,000 miles. Next
Hon. L C. Williams, Athens hustling
member of the Somerset county com
missioners, is not content with that of
fee, the post Office, drug store and
half of the largest and best general store
In town, but is developing a considerable
telephone system, having several con
nections in the village, line to Wes'
Athens via Chapman ridge, one ovei
Dore hill, another over Stickney hill, and
still another staked out over Fox hill
and down into the southern part of the
town. When this is completed his sys
tenn will have about fifty subscribers
He is now trying to convince the people
that water supply for domestic pur'
poses and as protection against fire il
both desirable and feasible.
Isaiah (rowell of Canaan and his son
Henry, who have been associated in
business for several years under the
style of |. Crowell & Son, have bought
a substantial block of stock of the
Pittsfleld Electric Light 4 Power Co.
and will have an important part in the
concerns management hereafter. They
will have the direction of the numbering
and timber land operations of the
corporation, including all the business
of getting the lumber to the mill, They
are practical lumberman, and canno
fail to contribute greatly to the success
of the corporation. Henry Crowell hal
already taksn up his residence In Pitts
field, having secured, luckily, q place tC
live In Somerset avenue. Mr.. Crowell
senior, is likely to move there perma
nently little later.