The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-05-05
SOMERSET PICK-UPS

The pulp mill at Fairfield started up
Monday morning with fun crew.
T II spear is about to erect some
poles to connect telephones with the
farms in the eastern part Of the town of
Madison
The Maine Central Institute, Pitts
field, base ball team defeated the Dexter
high school nine by score of - to 3 at
Dexter, the 9Th inst.
A. f Gerald of fairfield started for
High Point, North Carolina, on flying
business trip, saturday morning. He
will return, some time this week
John Goodwin and his son Charles, of
Iartland, from 125 trees, have made
this spring 40 gallons of maple syrup.
Abbott Salisbury has made from 125
trees, AZ gallons.
Mr. Locky Mcdonald, proprietor of
the Howard House, Anson, was arrested
The 9Th inst. by Deputy sheriff Dunbar
on "a charge of violating the prohibitory
law by making single sale. Messrs.
| Raymond and Gilman, town cOnstables
of Arson, secured the necessary evil
derce.
William Preble and Irvan Nichols who
purchased the Daniel Record farm at
North Arson, about year and one half
ago, have sold the farm and purchased
another at Kents Hill. They were in An
son, Tuesday, on visit to friends and,
| Wednesday morning, went to kents
Hill to take possession of their recent
purchase.
j II Davis is to commence work, this
week, on large one-story and basement
| building which will be built for him by
| Contractor Watts on the lot on Middle
street, Pittsfield, just south of his
| fathers residence on the east side of the
street. The building will be S. feet
on the street and 40 feet wide, 1t will
be finished into four stores, three of
them being 20 feet wide and one "a feet
wide. There is decided demand in
| this town for store rents.
Henry Rich, Forrest Daniels and VIM.
Mcdonald of Franklin, Vt, have been in
the vicinity of Black Hill the past weeks
prospecting for silver deposits. They
claim that at Embden the deposit dis
covered three years ago and bonded by
Supt. w. NJ. Aver of the Somerset rail
road, was lead from a vein which runs
through this section and which has
cropped out in several places west of
here and in New Hampshire. They
claim to have found a continuance of
the vein west of the Aver mine.
Two students of NJ. C. l., Pitts6eld,
met with rather a peculiar accident,
Tuesday, which resulted quite seriously.
Stephen Allen Of Sedgwick and another
student by the name of Carter, were
playing with the base ball team in one
of their practice games. Both were at
tempting to catch a foul fly and were
running fast when they bumped into
each other, their heads coming together
with great force. Aliens nose was
broken and both boys came out of the
mix-up with badly bruised faces Il .
services of surgeon were necessitated
to dress A Hens wound.
Fibre and Fabric; The American
Wooden Co.'s mills at Fairfield still con-
tinue to be very busy on coverts, rain
coats and venetians. The last six
months has been a most successful per-
iod in production on this class of work
The night work also continues, with or
ders ahead Und T the new manage
ment changes have taken place and
younger men installed as overseers. The
new fiuisher, Mr.. Toas from Dover, n.
H., has demonstrated that he under
stands his business as finisher from
loom 10 case, also as manager of help.
Mr. 5 G Hall is the resident agent.