The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-05-14
TOWN and VICINITY

Mrs. W. G. Davis is visiting in
Waterville at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. R. Pollard.
D. D. Strickland went to Portland
last Monday morning to consult a
specialist in that city with regard to
his health.
Mrs. J. o. Smith arrives home Tues
day from a five weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. W. B. Pierce, in
Beverly, Mass.
Miss Clara Varney entertained the
Afternoon Whist Club on Friday of
last week. The prizes went to Mrs.
Lena Wentworth and Mrs. Fred c.
Dow.
Mrs. Nettie Holt Harding of Massa-
chusetts, who has been lecturing in
this state recently, passed last Sun
day in Skowhegan as the guest of
Dr. F. S. Bigelow,
E. A. Moore left here on Monday
last for Massachusetts where he will
remain on business for the next three
months, as has been his custom at
this season for several years past.
He will make his headquarters at
Danvers.
Hon. E. E. Danforth and Fred F.
Lawrence Esq, were at Mexico, Me-,
on Friday of last week, attending
session of the educational committee
appointed by the last Maine legisla
ture. The committee met in con-
junction with the Oxford County
Teachers Association.
Miss Gala Packard was given a sur
prise party at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Packard,
corner of North avenue and Leavitt
street, Friday evening of last week.
Twenty of her classmates of the
Grammar school took part in the
affair and left suitable gifts in COM
memoration of her fifteenth birthday.
Elsewhere in this issue, under the
heading of "Civic Improvement"
will be noted an article ON the plans
and methods of work of the Town
Improvement Society. The work of
this organization is such as should
enlist the sympathy of every resi-
dent of Skowhegan and the atten-
ton of our readers is especially
invited to their proposal for day
to be devoted to Municipal House
Cleaning, further announcement of
which will be given in our next issue.
Griffin & Sampson have closed a
contract with Harvey B. Goodwin for
the erection of their new brick block
at the corner of Madison avenue and
Water street, and the work has al.
ready been entered upon. There is
no material change in the plans as
described in these columns some
months since. No tenants have as
yet been secured for the second story
and, until they are leased, that part
of the building will be left unfinished,
its completion to suit the require
ments of any occupant, being in that
manner the more readily made. 1t is
gratifying to know that the bid of the
local contractor was the lowest of
those submitted.
The crew at work installing the
new gate at the Russell street cross
ing of the Maine Central railroad,
have had some unusual problems to
solve in getting the location for the
conduit through which to transmit
the cable for it's operation. One of
the reservoirs maintained by the
Skowhegan Fire Department is To-
Gated under the west track at this
point and it was found that the sup
porting timbers for the roadbed
occupied about all the space beneath
the rails. it was finally necessary to
change the location of the gate on
the east side of the track about eight
feet. E. F. Beale of Auburn with
crew of two men have been at work
on this job since May 9Th and have
but just completed it,
The stocking of Hayden Lake with
fish of the brook trout variety is
commencing to demonstrate it's ad-
vantages to those who are interested
in the fishing in that body of water.
Handsome trout of this kind have
been caught there recently by Will
liam T. Clark, Geo. B. Fairgrieves and
others. The United States and also
the Maine hatcheries have been
sending fish to Hayden lake for sew
eral years and last season some 5000
were liberated there. The screen at
the outlet, put in place last fall, is
believed to be serving nicely to pre-
vent the trout escaping from the lake
in that direction. For the present
season arrangements have already
been made for additional supplies of
trout frye from the hatcheries.
Holman DAVIS new book, King
Spruce, is on sale at Bucknam's.
Palmer g. Company have some