The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS.

Seven young people from the Maine
Sanatorium at Hebron started tobog-
gaming on Greenwood Mountain, the
other evening. When half way down
the steep incline, the toboggan over
turned, severely injuring the four that
were on it Miss Bertha Coughran,
from Bangor, waitress at the Sana-
forum was injured more than the
others. She is suffering from frac-
tured nose and bruised about the
eyes and head. Miss Della Cameron,
Lewiston young lady got severe
shaking up, also bruised shoulder and
hip. Miss Lydia Hawker another
waitress. received bad fracture on
the head and Travers Hacket of Med
ford, Mass, escaped with a cash on
the nip. The Greenwood mountain
road where the accident occurred Is
very steep and at the rate that all
were going it seems wonderful that
all were not instantly killed.
Al the Belgrade Lakes alone in 1908
the fishermen and tourists left s296, 900,
more than 10 times as much as they
spent eight years ago. ms case Is
but one IN scores and serves as good
Illustration of what Names summer
business means TO the State. -
There will be no danger of fish
famine during Lelt II the future is To
be judged by the fares brought in to
Portland Saturday, by an even dozen
vessels connected with the local fish
ing feet. Straight from the fishing
grounds and none of them spending
over three days there, they raced into
port and within short time the deal
ers-on Commercial wharf had their
employees busy taking out the $4,000
pounds which had been purchased.
1t was one of the heaviest supplies
received on a week end for some
time.
After railroad journey of $50
miles in each direction, which was
taken for the purpose of making a
twenty minute speech at the laying
of the cornerstone for memorial
building on the site of the birthplace
of Abraham Lincoln, in Larue county
Kentucky, President Roosevelt re-
turned to Washington Saturday with
his wife and daughter, who made the
trip with him. They proceeded i'm
mediately to the White House, where
the President promtly resumed his
official duties. The trip consumed
just 80 hours of the time of the chief
executive.
Seven express companies were
raided simultaneously Saturday in
Portland, and an assortment of liquors
valued at $4,000 was seized making it
probably the largest raid in the his
tory of this State. At every express
Office the man in charge was arrested
on warrant charging him with the
unlawful possession of liquors. Later
these men were released under 5000
bail to appear in court Monday, Sc
wall G. Peterson, whose term of two
years as captain of police expired
year ago, was arrested at the place OF
business of Hoyts express. The COM
panies raided were the Union, Stand
ard, Forrest City, General, Hoyts,
Portland and Portsmouth and Gen
tile. The liquors included beer, whis-
dey, cordials, wines, champagne and
variety of other kinds. They COM
pletely filled to the ceiling a room 20
feet square, besides large cellar
way. The raids were made by nine
deputy sheriffs.
A potent influence for the good of
the village, has come with the organ
| ization and growth of the Springvale
board of trade. 1t is noted that young
as this organization is it has already
begun to wrestle with some Of the
hindrances that trouble and perpleX
the merchants. The membership
seems sure to rise above the 100 mark
very soon, a wonderful growth, show
ing the public spirit of the village and
the energy of the organization.
President, William Dewitt Hyde
told the Bowdoin college alumni of
Boston and vicinity, gathered for their
41st annual banquet at the Hotel Som
erset, last Thursday night, that he
had not ouly raised the $4,000 he set
out for four years ago, but twice that
amount and that the college was now
! in easy circumstances The preai-
dent add ed that the money was not
to be spent i'll erecting extravagant
buildings, but to provide that the
faculty should pc well paid and the
teaching force enlarged.