The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-09
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS,

County Teachers Assn, will be held
in Stockton Springs May 20, and
preparations are being made for
carrying out AZ elaborate pyegya0s,
A record, it is claimed, in saving
laths has been made by a hustling
crew at Smiths mill at Machias when
in one day of a little over nine hours,
81 ,0oo COED laths and some over 5000
poor ones were sawed.
About two years ago the trustees of
the normal schools voted to make in
structiOn in agriculture part of the
required work The matter of intro
ducing manual training into the
course was vetoed by the trustees
nearly year ago and was discussed
at the meeting held at the State SUI
perintendent's office May and it was
voted to make arrang ements for this
work to commence with the next
term which opens in September.
The delay has been caused by lack of
funds.
BY vote of the board of censors of
he Maine Medical Association the
dates of the annual meeting of this
year, which is to be held in Lewiston
have been changed to Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, June 18th, 18th,
and 18th in order not to conflict with
the dates of the meeting of the Amer
lean Medical Association which meets
the first week in June This is the
first time in years that the annual
meeting of this association has been
held elsewhere than in Portland and
the change is in the nature OF an eX-
pertinent.
Mr.. Furber for many years proprle
tor of the Gazette has Withdrawn
from active work on the paper, and a
company has been formed, which Is
known as the Gazette Publishing
Company, with Geo. Huff, manager
MIR. Huff has had much experience In
this line of work and comes to Dex
ter from Augusta highly recommend
ed. Mr.. Furber will not remain IN
Dexter, but with his wife will 60 To
Massachusetts, to reside near Boston
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Furber have a host
of friends in Dexter who will deeply
regret to learn of their decision 70
leave this place, but wish them sue
cess in future work.
Hon. Byron Boyd, recently secre
tary of state, has engaged i'll an eX-
tensive lumber enterprise i'll com
pany with William Harvey of Read
field. The firm will engage in the
manufacture of cedar into telegraph
telephone and electric light poles
railroad ties and shingles. They al
ready have nearly 100000 feet OF
cedar logs to come down the Kenne
bee this season, which they purchas
ed of w. T. Haines, the Holdings
worth & Whitney Co., and others
They have placed several contracts
for railroad ties, including one foI
those for a proposed trolley road be-
tween Augusta and Hallowell. They
will build a mill for cedar manufac-
ture on a river in New Brunswick
Logs which cannot be used for poles
will be made into ties, and that which
is not suitable for ties sawed into
shingles. They have 500,OU0 feet Of
logs cut on that river for use this sea
son. Their mill will have sea com
munication so they can ship theil
product direct from the mill to Am
erican ports. Mr.. Boyd will continue
his interest in Maine politics and viii
be in better trim to take an active
part than when he held an office.
Mrs. 8. Joyce, 1870 Sullivan St.
Claremont, N. H., writes: "About {
year ago [ bought two bottles of Fol
ey's Kidney Cure. l. cured. me of
severe case of Kidney trouble of sew
eral va "a, standing IT. partainIV ia