The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-04
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS ,

Miss Janette Lander OF Bingham, Is
,-i.i,o at the home of her uncle,
Melville G. Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Crotto with
,heir two sons. Willard and Francis,
wore the guests of relatives in So
lon sunday.
The Social Circle of the NJ. E.
.h,rch will hold a food sale on Fri
dov afternoon, August 5, from three
o,clock to five in the church vestry.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis of St.
rouis were in town Monday, having
oone from Rangeley lakes and were
=, their way to Bangor. They were
~ 90 horse power Thomas car,
which is an unusual thing in Maine
Arthur Wood and friend, Miss Leta
Kelley. who have been visiting Mr..
Woods parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Uood for two weeks. have returned
N Portland where Mr.. Wood Is en-
Moved by A. F. Cox & Son, large
wholesale shoe company.
Mrs Wilfred Gagne, formerly Miss
Nellie Lewia, retains her connection
with the Lewia Shoe Store, where
she will be glad to welcome all
friends and customers. The state
ment in our last issue that she was
70 locate elsewhere was an error.
heavy hail storm passed over
skowhegan and parts of Somerset
county, especially through Scion and
Athens Tuesday afternoon, damag
ing the corn fields to a slight degree
The hail stones at Athens were large
and cut the apples from the trees in
several places.
Our baseball enthusiasts are to
have an opportunity to enjoy two
good baseball games next Saturday
afternoon. The first will be our To-
cal nine against the Good Wills, fol-
lowing which our local team will
play the Bingham nine, Two games
for the price of one admission.
Tuesday evening Chas Bagley was
elected 1st lieutenant of Co. e, N. G. S.
NJ. and Earle Thibeault was elected
second lieutenant. Mr.. Bagley is a
Spanish war veteran and lis very
adept in army tactics. Mr.. Thibeault
hot hpnn q
short time yet has proved himself an
able soldier in the work in train
ing.
DR.. George Otis Smith, director of
the United States Geological Survey,
will sail from New York today &C.
cImpanied by Mrs. Smith and his
mother Mrs. Emma Smith for Stock
holm, Sweden, where he goes as a
delegate from the United States to
the International Congress of the
Geological Society Convention. They
will be gone about two months. The
convention will open August 10. DR..
Smith was a delegate from this coun-
similar convention.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde H. Smith, Miss
Olive Green and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
0rdway, in Mr.. Smiths Elmore tour
ing car, left here Sunday for a ten
days trip to Canada. Besides Mr.
Smiths car there were two machines
from Madison that accompanied them
They planned to make their first
stop in Jackman and the second
night at Quebec. From there they
will go to Van Buren, and along the
Maine-Canadian line to St. Francis,
Halifax, Ellsworth and up the Pc
hobscot river home.
The body of DR.. Fred Kidder was
brought here Monday night for burial
in the North cemetery. He was a
prominent physician in st. Louis for
number of years. He was sixty
five years old. Several years ago he
native home, being the son of Reu-
ben kidder who was the first
cashier of the old Somerset bank He
left here about 1866 and soon after be-
gan the practice of medicine. He had
prepared himself for his profession
In Germany The body was escorted
from the station by the deceased's
four cousins, George Arnold, Fred, S.
W and John Phflbrick.
Lawyer w. H. Halves Is one of the
few fine gardeners in Skowhegan vii
lage. His whole plan is system. Ey-
erything in his garden he has planted
In such way and he has studied the
growth of the particular thing so that
he can reckon ahead almost to a day
when he can pluck the fruit for his
table. He has a method of growing
cucumbers that is remarkable. He
can grow them about twice as quickly
as they are ordinarily grown. He
does it by keeping water near the
roots all the time by trench system
and the sun continually keeping the
water warm which ia beinp taken nm