The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-08-29


Llewellyn Eaton is attending the
fair in Bangor this week.
BINGHAM.
Another goodly number of Bing-
ham people took advantage of the
Sunday train to visit Moosehead
Lake, and Wednesdays excursion to
the same place also carried many
more.
Thomas Towne and Elenford Mes
ser are threshing grain by gasoline
power.
W. E. Robinson was at Skowhegan,
last Monday.
DR.. L. w. Jordan and wife took
supper at Pray and Rogers summer
resort on Murray island, Sunday p. M
Stella McKenny of Livermore Falls
and Mrs. Fanny Berry of Lowell,
Mass, who have been spending the
summer with Mrs. Sarah Collins, re
turned to their homes the first Of the
week.
Weymouth Collins is at present
guide for a party at Moosehead Lake.
Olin Taylor, with his wife and two
children of Providence, r. l., were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Good :
rich, last Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. James Pooler's sister, Mrs.
Watsel and her niece, Mrs. Greenly
of Vermont are visiting here, this
week. On Tuesday they went to
Pleasant Pond for few days. outing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Colby and their
guest, Mr.. Frank Collins, of Rhode
Island, Belle Colby and Nellie M.
Baker of Massachusetts recently
spent few days at Pleasant Pond.
During the past two weeks large
number of touring auto cars have
passed through town, either going to
or returning from Quebec by way of
Jackman. They report the roads at
the present time the best in New
England and but few better in East
ern United States; and the scenery
of the finest.
Pearl Jenkins and her friend, Mr..
Perry of Portland are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Abbey.
Ula Bean, who has been in Greene
the last two months, has returned
home.
Mr.. Robson and Morris PEBBLE
have been spending few days with
Horace Craig at his cottage at Pleas
ant Pond.
Simeon Whitney and wife have re-
turned from a weeks trip to Halifax,
N. s.
w. w. Stoddard and family have
fri n
Mass, for short time.
Oscar Owens has gone to Pittsfield,
where he has position as assistant
booker in wooden mill.
Mildred Mullen of Oakland is visit
ing friends in town.
Earl Andrews has been with friends
at Lake Emblem for several days.
Again the matter of accepting a
road as laid out by the selectmen, ex-
tending from the end of Meadow
street to the proposed station ground
known as Moscow, was brought up at
special town meeting, Saturday p.
m, and as 8. T. Goodrich wanted six
hundred dollars for drainage of the
road crossing his land, it was voted
not to accept the road, and as A. P.
Murray offered to give the right of
way across his land If the town would
lay the street running six rods north
of and parallel with his south line,
the town to fence the north side Of
said way, the town by an informal
vote accepted Mr.. Murray's offer.
We hope soon to see this matter sat-
isfactorily adjusted.
Mrs. Clark and two children of
Madison have been visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Ed Fogg, of this place.
Last Tuesday evening at E. E. Ba-
ker's, a party was given the Mt.
Hermon boys, Earl Andrews, Ralph
Goodrich and Guy Morris, by their
young friends. The boys intend to
return to the work of the second
year in the Mt. Hermon school,
Thursday of this week.
There came near being a serious
forest fire above Dead Water, last
Friday. 1t had got good start on
the supply road to Austin pond and
was spreading rapidly before north
west wind. Frank Haines discovered
the fire, and taking locomotive he
ran a special to Bingham, got help
and supply of tin pals and fought
the flames until late at night when
they were nearly under control. The
rain of Saturday night completed the
work so that by Sunday it was en-
tirely out.
A fine opportunity to learn the
printing trade awaits boy of from fif-
teen to eighteen years, who will apply
at the REPORTER ONCE, Skowhegan.
Two of Albro Bakers boys from
Mimi, are visiting rela-
tives in town and went to Pleasant
Pond, Tuesday, with Gene Lander
and Arlie Dinsmore.