The Republican journal., 1908-07-30
Tie NEWS OF BROOKS.

| MRS. Susan Cole is Spending the summer
with her mother.
Mrs. n. r. Cook and children returned
home last week.
Mrs. lizzie Hall of Waterville is visiting
her friend, Mrs Alice Bessey
Mrs. Chas. o. Goodwin and little daughter
OF Portland are visiting her mother, Mrs. F.
Il. York.
VIII Emery and wife of Massachusetts
are spending the summer with Mrs. Mittie
q. Reynolds
Mrs e. f. Files and children, who have
oeen spending few weeks in Greenyille.
have returned
Walter Bradford of Lynn, Mass. who has
been spending his vacation here. returned
home last week.
Y; +. Files, our station agent, has been
mighty lonesome of late, as his family are
at Greenvile for the summer
DR.. n. r. Cook has returned from New
port with his family, who had spent d few
weeks at the Judkin's cottage at the lake.
Ira w. Bowden has been in Belfast with
MS family tor few days and while there
LIZ CUT tne nay on their farm in East Belfast.
Norman McTaggart is at home for the
summer, not feeling well enough to take up
MS JOB as cook for the railroad shifting
crew.
Mrs. A. r. Huxford and her sister, Mrs.
Chas Goodwin, are at the York Hotel for
visit to their parents. They both reside in
Portland.
Mrs. Atfie Godding, who has presided at
our Central telephone office, was taken i'll
one week ago last Sunday and has not been
a IN cit f.r
Her daughter Edna supplies for her.
The Martz, Burnell Vaudeville Co. pre-
sentec one OF their most attractive pro
grams at Union Hall last Friday night and
drew an unusually large audience AL.
Martz has Well-earned reputation as a
snowman and this season is supported by
company of unusual ability.
A meeting of the new fire company was
who acted as chairman. F. K Roberts was
unanimously elected fire captain and a COM
mttee was chosen, consisting of w. F. En-
mons, Everett TaSker and Harry Brown, to
draw up constitution for presentation at
the next meeting.
Despite the expectations and predictions
of last winter there is considerable build
ing being done in the village this season.
ootHo VI 1t, VI COURSE, is Lldue necessary Dy
the recent fire, but much of it is independ-
ent of that, showing that our community is
fairly prosperous in spite of the supposed
hard times. When our local potato farmers
can support big Rambler motor car as the
HeWeS brothers are doing it does not look
as If they were having very hard fight to
keep the wolf from the door.
E. NJ. Stacy of the Anti Saloon League
spoke at the Congregational church last
Sunday afternoon, and gave very fine lee
ture and one that should be heard in every
town in Waldo county. 1t is time fO~ the
temperance people Of the county to get to-
gether and see where they are at. From
the outline Of the objects of the league it
looks like safe and sane proposition. 1t
has been doing noble work in some of the
new prohibition States, and is becoming a
power in this nation, holding the balance
of power in many places.
Well, Brooks has the proposed fire engine
at last! The matter of fire protection has
been discussed for many years and now the
sentiment and best judgment of the place
has crystalized in the fulfllment of the long
wished for object. The machine bought is
combination chemical and hand engine
with hose cart and 500 feet of hose 1t
was manufactured at indianapolis and G.
G. Howe of the firm came here last Satur-
day to exhibit it to our people. With $50
feet of hose it threw a inch stream over
the church and several feet above it. In
the evening an immense bonfire was kinded
with boxes, oil, etc, near the engine house.
In II minutes by the watch from the call
the engine was at work and in a moment
longer the fire was smothered by the
chemicals Then followed the extinguish-
ment by combined chemicals and water and
lastly by water alone. Our people were
much pleased with the exhibition and think |
they have something that will well answer
our purpose at the cost of about $1,000. We
have nice building for storage purposes,
buckets and ladders, and are now in "a way |
to protect ourselves from fire.