The independent-reporter., 1909-12-09
SKOWhEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Webster keses arrived home sat
urday from Lexington where he had
been hunting a few days. lie brought
beautiful deer home with him.
Miss Helen Holman of North An
SON who has been q guest at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Stevens
for several days. returned to her
home Monday.
Miss Katherine Mckenney of Ber-
lin. \. H.. who has been working In
the office of John Grimm for some
time past. has returned home on ac-
count OF Ill health.
Mrs. Herbert Trask left Tuesday on
the noon train for Hampden wher
she is the guest OF her sister for
few days Before returning home she
is to visit her parents In Lewiston.
Clyde II. Smith was In Waterville
on Friday where. upon invitation of
the speakers in the Hallowell Prize
Contest of Colby college he acted as
Saturday morning.
The Somerset Traction Co. have re-
Gently purchased now motor equip
ment for their snow pillow and this
addition to their equipment will per-
NIT the company to keep the eight
wheel car In commission during the
winter as has been impossible during
recent years.
E. E. Greenwood. the local civil en-
gineer, who has a special oversight of
the construction of the Hinckley
bridge, states that the abutments for
the bridge will be completed this
week. The iron construction will not
be pushed forward until the river has
frozen over which will make the work
much easier.
Rev. Robert Morris and J. W. Pack
ard were in Anson last Sunday after
noon where Mr. Morris Is conducting
preaching services twice a week in
the Baptist church. This church has
simply supplying until the vacancy is
filled. Mr.. Packard favored the au
dience with the Smile song"
A news item in one of the Maine
papers states that Eben Hutchinson,
formerly of Athens, recently died In
South America. Colonel Hutchinson
T.. IN h 01ot
year commanded the oath Maine Reg
ment in the Civil war. He will be
remembered by many of the older
residents of this section of Maine.
A great number of Skowhegan peo
pie are planning to attend the cele-
bration at the opening of the new
bridge across the Kennebec river in
Waterville. The citizens of our
neighboring city have raised very
nearly $1,000 to defray the expenses
of the celebration, and II is expected
that the occasion will be a memorable
one.
Roland r. Patten went to Orono
last Friday on the noon train to con-
suit some of the experts at the Uni
versity concerning orcharding, which
he has been going into quite exten-
sively and scientifically this fall Mr..
Patten intends to go over again in
January and take a course from the
fourth to the twenty eighth in dairying
and general agriculture. He also
plans to attend the course in or
charding in February.
Newspapers of few days ago con-
tanned the report that Supt. Dennis
E. Bowman of Waterville had re-
signed his position with the schools
to enter upon the practice of law in
Los Angeles, Cal Supt. Bowman will
be remembered by many of the teach
ers and citizens of Skowhegan be-
cause of his presence here few
months ago and an address delivered
at the Somerset County Teachers
Association meeting. He has been
very prominent in educational mat
ters and will be missed by the State.
A member of the committee COM
posed of Athens citizens which is
pushing forward the proposed Athens
Electric railway proposition was in
Skowhegan Tuesday, and in conversa-
ton with reporter of The Indepen-
dent-Reporter stated that Engineer
Jones, who was recently appointed
by Governor Fernald as one of the
Railroad Commissioners of Maine, is
at present engaged in making the
preliminary survey, and that very
soon now some definite plans could
be laid before the citizens of the sew
eral towns interested in the proposed
roads, The engineer states that the
road will be an easy one to construct,
and that by the present survey a mile
or more can be saved. The people
are still enthusiastic over the propo-
sition, and the committee confidently
expects that with the coming of
spring some tangible results of their