The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-09

DR.. William F. Blunt arrived home
Monday evening after an absence of
three weeks, during which he visited
relatives in Lewiston, Bangor, and
Farmintgon.
Word has been received here of the
death of Eugene Roby in New York,
on Friday of last week. Many Show
hogan people will recall the widow
who survives, who was Miss Clara
French of this place.
The Reading Standard Motorcycle,
which won the race for those vehicles
at Fairview Park, last Saturday, of
which a more extended account is
given elsewhere in this issue, is sold
in Skowhegan by Hackett & Witham.
Herman Huff of Attleboro, Mass,
who had been in town for the Fourth
and for a brief visit with friends,
returned home this morning. He
was formerly a resident of this place
and employed in the r. L. Mitchell
factory.
Mrs. George Marsh of Leicester,
Mass. arrived here Thursday of last
week and is the guests of Miss Han
nah Page. Mrs. Marsh is the mother
of Rev. E. L. Marsh, formerly pastor
of the Congregational church in
Waterville.
The reservoir maintained by the
town for fire purposes on Coburn
avenue is to be recovered. 1t is of
stone and cement construction but
has heretofore been covered with
plank. The covering put on at this
time will be stone, supported by rail-
road iron.
j. A. Roderick, who has conducted
a market here for several years, has
gone to Pennington to re-engage in
the same business. 1t is unde rstood
that the store vacated by him will be
opened in the near future by Rhode
Island parties as a tea aud coffee
store.
Hon. E. F. Danforth and wife arriv-
ed home Friday evening from the
west where they had been since the
latter part of May. Mr.. Danforth had
business for the Ancient Order of
United Workmen and other matters
to take him to various points in Iowa
and Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs John w. Fogler and
Ben B. Fogler their son, accompanied
by Mrs. Mary c. Brainard and her
daughter, Miss Caroline, left here for
the Moosehead Lake region yester-
day, going by way of the Somerset
road. They are to pass a week at
Roach River on the eastern side of
the Moosehead Lake valley.
John Metcalf of New Portland, for
merly a member of the board of
county commissioners for this county,
was in town yesterday. His visit
here was under appointment from the
Maine Tax commission and he spent
some time in looking over the valua-
tion books and in gathering other in
formation relative to valuation of
Skowhegan property. Skowhegan is
one of six Somerset county towns in
which he is commissioned to make an
investigation.
E. P. Dyer of Hartland, treasurer
of Somerset county, and the board of
county commissioners, L. c. Will
liams, Geo. T. Tibbetts and Henry
Crowell, were in session at the Court
house Monday and yesterday. One
item of business taken up was the
settlement, in part, with Hiram
Moore who has been building the
road from Moxie Station to The
Forks, five and one-third miles.
This was opened for travel yesterday
but some further work remains to be
done before the contract is finally
completed.
Three young persons, the owner
thinks girl and two boys, raided the
garden of Simeon s. Sawyer, on Mt.
Pleasant avenue, Sunday night, steal
ing about all his young cucumbers
and breaking down the vines, also
destroying his musk melons, of
which he had something like eight
cen hills. Mrs. Sawyer saw the
parties, presumably after they had
been at work for some time. as the
damage done indicated they had had
time to visit every hill in the garden.
1t is an exasperating loss for Mr..
Sawyer, after his care in tending the
plants along to the present time, and
one that ne is of course, entirely una
bic - remedy for this season.
There was a large attendance at the
regular, meeting Monday night of
Mohican Tribe, No. So |. o. r. M.
The degree Of Chief was worked on
one candidate and the following Off
GERS were installed: Sachem, w. A.
smith; senior sycamore, William
Jewett B. s. FIagg, prophet; junior
sycamore, Marcus A. Moore; first
ssnnap, G L. Cleveland; second san
nap, DR.. |. L. Salley; guard of wig
wan, Frank Bryant; guard of forest,
@. A. Flye. The installing officer was
@. L. Cleveland, district deputy great
sachem, who was assisted by q. E..