The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-30
the Sons of Vets, ans Reserves, the mill
.ary branch of the order, there will be
& O0l rfiIlf,, har In ffnrdannn

the Sons of Vete, ans Reserves, the mill
'ary branch of the order, there will be
B 600 members In attendance.
The Newfoundland government has or
dered the customs collectors through
out the island to refuse American fish
ing vessels licenses to procure bait In
colonial waters, the government intend
ing TO introduce legislation at the ses-
sion of the legislature opening next
week, to enforce the bait act against
Americans as stlingently as it is now en-
forced against the French, because the
American Senate buried the Bond Hay
treaty
The Peary Arctic clubs staunch
steamship slid gracefully from the ways
inside the covered shed ia the Mckay &
Dix shipyard at Verona near Buck p It
at II 80 o'clock. Thursday noon. Only
few of the workmen employees on tho
craft were aboard of her as she glided
into the water. As she started to leave
the ways, Mrs Peary, wife of the intrep
id Arctic explorer, broke a bottle of
water over her bows and christened her
the Roosevelt
Bowdoin won the intercollegiate de-
bate with Amherst at Amherst, Friday
night The question for debate was:
Resolved, that President ROOSEVELT
recommendation that the interstate com
merce commission be empowered to fix
railroad rates, subject to judicial review,
should be adopted Bowdoin has the
affirmative and her debators we're II K.
Mitchell, Brunswick, Maine; Edwin d.
f, Harvey. Maine, and Leonard A.
Pierce, Houlton, Maine
By the explosion of boiler and fire
that followed at the factory of the r. b.
Grover Shoe company at Brockton, on
Monday of las week in which So persona
are supposed to have persisted, 81 wives
were made widows, AZ children were
left fatherless, while Q children became
orphans For the purpose of caring for
those families from which the bread
winners have been removed the first or
ganized movement for relief was begun
last Friday aud the fund has already
reached nearly sac, 900.
Capt Roberts of the Thompson Line
steamship Kildona, said at Portland,
saturday, that he never before encount-
cred vast ice fields SO far south as be
did Oh his trip from London to Portland
He saw hundreds of icebergs, large and
small, and great ice fields. of very
dangerous nature. He supposed that
the ice had broken up in the st. Law
renee, but such is not the case, and he
does not know where 1t came from
Great caution must, in his judgment, be
be observed in crossing the Atlantic at
this time.
WWhat is expected will be one of the
most profitable maple sugar seasons in
several years is now on in Vermont and
farmers throughout the state are pre-.
pairing to clean up between 81 900 900
and 81 100000. Some trees have already
been tapped in the southern counties
and the flow of sap indicates great run
Last year the season was phenomenal
and it was not anticipated that this
years output would be above the aver
age, but indications now point to an
even greater yield. This is because of
the severe winter and the fact that the
ground has frozen to depth of six feet.
At the April meeting of the Biddeford
city council it is understood that the
question of celebrating the seni-centen-
NAL of the city will be brought up for
consideration, and if the body favors the
idea committee will be appointed to
make the preliminary arrangement for
luo event Ihe CITY was oo years Olu
Feb 10, and there was some discussion
about celebrating the event thin, but
for various reasons it was thought best
to postpone the observance until sum
mer A plan suggested aud favored by
many is TO have an old home week this
year and to devote one day to the cele-
bration of the city's 50th birthday. An
other suggestion is to hold the celebra-
ton July 4, and have parade, sports,
band concerts, addresses by prominent
citizens in the opera house in the after
noon and fireworks in the evening