The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-12-20
TOWN and VICINITY

pass Christmas with nls aunt III rIee-
dom, Me.
Or. W. s. stlnchheld arrived home,
Tuesday evening, from a professional
trip to Lewiston.
f L. Walker left here, this morning,
to 10 n bis wife, who Is visiting thei
daughter, Mrs. Carl Curtis in Lexington.
Carl Steward, principal of the High
school At X )ckport, Me-, Is passing his
Christmas vacation In town with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs.. w. B Steward.
Christmas Ia to be observed by the
! SkoWhegan churches, generally, this
year. The exercises OF the Methodist
society will occur on Monday evening
aud at the First Baptist church on Tues.
lay evening.
L. ]. Brown OF Portland, who Is In
charge OF Maine territory for the Ger
eral Electric company, was In town,
! Tuesday, on business with Supt G. J.
Abbey at the Skowhegsn Electric Light
station.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Holt have trans.
ferred their place of residence from
Hinckley to Skowhegan, making their
home on Pleasant street. Mr.. Holt is
he manager Of the Maine Telephone Co.
In this section.
Superintendent Of schools, d. w.
Colby and Miss Addie NJ. Swain, one OF
he teachers 10 the Garfield building, at
tended the exhibition and fair Of the
Watervile public schools In that city,
Tuesday afternoon.
Three boilers arrived at the Skowhe-
gan station during the past week, one
for the Dunlap block, one for the new
mill recently built by Rufus McKenney
1t Lakewood and the other for Horace
Spears mill near the Jesse Reed farm
William R. Elliott, accountant at the
Anderson Mills, went to Boston, yester-
day, to attend the annual meeting Of the
accountants of the American Wooden
Co., which occurs at Young's Hotel, to-
day. He will also visit his parents, Mr.
aid Mrs. Robert Elliott in North An
dover, Masa. before returning.
Mrs. j. o. Smith, who had been visit
ing for the past few months with her
daughters, Mrs. Edward PeRram In
Decatur, IL. aud MIS-. w. Is. Pierce in
B verify, Mass, has returned home and
will pass the holidays here. Later she
will 90 to Washington, D. c. to pass the
winter with her son, Geo. o. Smith.
Mrs. Forrest Goodwin arrived home,
Tuesday evening, from her California
trip, having been just seven days on her
return from Los Angeles. She had been
away from home for about six weeks
and the chief object of the journey was
visit to her mother, Ars. Martin Smith
now eighty four years OF age. hre.
Goodwin found her mother In feeble
health and yet as well as could reason
ably be expected considering her sd-
vanced years.
g. p. Vles arrived home, Tuesday,
from the Dead River egIon. He re.
ports something like Is inches Of snow
10 the woods In that section, but this,
unfortunately, came before the cold
W ather had chance to fresz3 the
swsmps so that road making for the
lumbering operations requires more
labor than usual Through the swamps
| he roads have to be broken out and
hen left to freez) before anything can
he done over them. From knowledge OF
operations already commenced or pro-
| i'cted Mr.. Viles estimates that the cui
on Dead River aters this season will
be about twenty million. something like
rwo thirds that of last winter. Stocks
Of lumber and logs have been sufficient
ly large during the past summer to lead
operat ors to lay out their plans for the
coming season on a somewhat conserva-
tive scsle, as compared with last year.
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Great sale OF enamel ware at NJ. B.