The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-05-26

sealed bottle on the beach recently
with the following address written in
neat hand: Joseph M. Darby, South
port, Lancashire, England. The ad-
dress was put in the bottle Dec. IL
and the Old Orchard lady found it the
last of April.
At Phillips, June /, ground will be
broken for a large toothpick factory
near the spool mill of the Internation-
al Manufacturing Company, which
will also operate the new industry. II
is stated that the mill will be one OF
the largest in the Country and will
employ in the neighborhood of 70
hands. 1t is probable that a boarding
house will be built to accommodate
the employees as there is a great lack
of suitable Accommodations in the
town.
Mrs. Newton Earle of Mechanic
Falls landed a 14-pound salmon al
Sebago Lake recently She has the
distinction of being high line this
season among the feminine anglers
and few men have landed fish of any
such size. She caught a seven-pound
fish recently, and also trout of three
and half pounds. The party was
at Richville 10 days and included Mrs
Earle, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank |. Moor
and daughter, Ilene, and Edward Har-
ris of Mechanic Falls.
The Gorham High School has been
placed on the list of approved schools
by the New England entrance certifi-
cate board which held its annual
meeting in Providence, Friday, May 10
Principal Charles e. Shaw has just
received his notification and is being
congratulated upon all sides for this
Is a high honor for him and one he
richly deserves, so conscientious have
been his efforts to raise the standard
of the school and 80 inspiring has been
his leadership to make this gratifying
result possible.
James F. Hunt, the first letter car
rier appointed by the Federal govern
ment in Boston, who died at his home
in Someryille, Mass, last week, was
born in liberty, Me-, Nov. %, 1876
He worked as young man in Boston
and at Benton, Me-, for his father
After the Boston fire, which crippled
his fathers business, he returned to
Boston, and July IS, 1873, became a
letter carrier. He had since been
continuously employed in the postal
service, being at one time superin-
tendent of the Somerville office.
In In, Az,
gusta as the Legislative agent of the
Maine State Branch of the American
Federation of Labor, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of construc-
ton of the new Jessup Memorial Ii
brary In Bar Harbor, the work on
which will begin at once Mr.. Eddy
has been to New York where he had
an extended conference with Delano
& Aldrich, the architects. Mr. Eddy
who has been building inspector for
the past two years, Is eminently fitted
for the work of constructing the new
building.
The Sandy River and Rangeley
Lakes Railroad will this year build an
extension in Madrid. near West Phil
lips, to what is known as Small's
farm, which will open up large tract
of cumberland, heretofore unavailable
from lack of transportation facilities,
and it Is believed that after this ex-
tension is built the large lumber mills
in the Western part of Phillips,
which have been idle for more than a
year, will again be operated. The
mills have recently been repaired
which adds strength to this belief, al
though the lumber company neither
afflrms nor denies the rumors.
Dogfish are raising havoc with the
fishermen along the coast to the ex-
tent that large amount of fishing
gear has been destroyed; many fisher
men have given up seines and have
gone handling, while others have
given up deep seafishing entirely and
are turning their labors toward lob
ster catching. Many of the fishermen
claim that the dogfish are more plenti-
full than ever before and that they
destroy gear. One fisherman said re-
recently that when he pulled in his
nets he found many cod and haddock
with their heads eaten off. He said
that the dogfish are giving all sorts
of trouble and that there Is absolutely
no way to cope with them.
w. II. Rowe of Cumberland Center
raises trout in a brook and ponds on
his farm. He maintains a hatchery
and sells the young fish all over the
country. Thus far Mr.. Rowe has
given his attention only to the raising
of the spotted trout, but he hopes to
enlarge his ponds and be able to raise
salmon. He says, that it is generally
conceded that the Maine trout is the
best ip the world and for this reason
they are in great demand for the
stocking of ponds in other states. Mr..
Rowe is a young man who was born
in Parkman.