The independent-reporter., 1910-04-28
Here and There in Maine

The new owners of the Peaks Islant
water system are going TO erect {
large standpipe as an additional pro
lection against fire.
A huge flock of geese passed oyel
Brunswick recently, bound northward
1t was one of the largest flocks ever
seen in that vicinity.
Captain Wylie r. Dickinson Of
Phippsburg, was once wrecked on the
island of Juan Fernandez, the islant
where Robinson Crusoe is supposed tt
have had his unique career.
A handsome deer was seen strolline
along the street at Fogg's Corner ir
the town of New Gloucester las
Wednesday, says the Lewiston Sun.
The machinery in the S. s. Manhat
tan, recently burned at Portland, has
been found intact and practically un.
injured. The boilers have been sole
to a coastwise transportation com
pany for use in a small freight steam
er.
A Republican club has been organ
lied in Eastport, with a membership
of one hundred of the independent Re
publicans of that city. The object O
the club is to purify local politics
a sort of good government associa
ton, in fact.
The Millinocket Journal has fount
man who says he has a hen which
recently produced three eggs within
"a hours. 1t seems that the hen lait
6ne very large egg which contained
two others, all three being perfect il
form. Next!
H. H. Porter, who died recently a
Chicago, was a native of Machias. He
had been a prominent railroad builder
for many years. His love for the towI
of his boyhood prompted him to give {
free public library which is one of tht
show places of Machias.
The thriving town of Garland il
anxious to secure an electric railroad
that will facilitate the getting of tht
many products of the town to marke
and a committee of interested citizens
has formulated review of the ad
vantages to be derived by the con
struction of such a road.
A Bangor man makes the prediction
that Maine will some day be a vastly
larger producer of wheat than she is
at the present time. The best farm
land in Maine as is we'll known will
produce more wheat to the acre and
of better quality than that which is
raised today ON the best prairie lands
of the West
Oscar H. Hersey, for many years a
prominent lawyer of Portland, who
has been in charge of the Forster
toothpick interests in Dixfield and
Strong, Is now interested in a new
toothpick industry which is to be es-
tablished at Phillips The Forster
estate furnishes two-thirds of the
toothpicks used in America.
One of the largest power boats
which will be seen about Portland
this summer is now building at West
WATERFORD. She will be equipped
with 25 horsepower engine and will
be used as freight carrier between
Portland, way points and Small
Point. She is expected to begin SER
vice about the first of next month.
Maine Woods: Phillips must be
seen to be appreciated. Its situation
and its geological curiosities are alone
worth trip across the State to see.
Its falls are among the beauty spots
of Maine and as the summer sun
glints along the polished boulders at
their base we can we'll imagine this
to have been a trysting place for the
savage in the long ago.
Bernard Small, the three and one
half year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Small of North Pownal, while
playing with the other children in a
pasture Sunday strayed away and was
lost In the woods. A large number Of
men and boys searched the woods all
night but no trace of the little fellow
could be found until a. m. Monday
when he was found in the
pasture of Mr. Fogg. The little fell
low seemed to be none the worse for
his nights experience.
The crew demolishing the wreck of
the burned steamer Manhattan found
the refrigerator intact. Some of the
ice remained and meat, fowl and other
food was unhurt. The Portland Press
says: 1t might be thought that owing
to the terrific heat from the consum-
ing fire that everything would be
cooked but such was not the case by
any means. Workmen clearing away
the debris found the refrigerators
practically intact. They were opened
and inside were discovered meats and
fowl and other delicacies. One of the
contained about Is
pounds of butter. d. J.. Murphy, in
charge of the work on the steamer,