Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-05
1skoN'HEeAN.
Main Drive on ksnnebec
Reaches This Place.
Six DtJs Ahead Of Last Year..
=. WMk. DsInf Rushed.
aeustoa Of lie Old Eatsa School
tlumaI q nssvtdgeweek.

Roy t. Marston went to Boothbay
Harbor yesterday to join Clair Il.
Marstofl in making a complete survey
and reiotting of the summer resort
: property at Spruce Point and South
port owned by the Boston & Boothbay
Land Co., of which Mr.. Marston is
managing director and treasurer Clair
Marston has had charge Of large
crew Of men since the last of June,
building new roads and bridle-trails
and making other extensive improve
ments on the property. The company
owns about 1870 acres of the choicest
summer property on the. Maine coast.
The false support for the building of
the south span of the railroad bridge
here Is all ready for the beginning OF
the construction Of the iron work. 1t
is understood that the steel will arrive
III about two weeks and work will be-
gin soon after. The span will be about
las feet and will be built in about
four weeks
The main log drive on the Kennebec
and its tributaries has reached Show
hogan falls and will within few days
be past this point. 1t reached here
about six days earlier than last year.
The cOnditi9ns have been most fay
orable. fofs thf drHerx sbr the whole
season. The height Of the river has
been in the best of shape for the work
and the weather has been most salts
factory. The log cut last winter was
125,00O,00O feet as to 11O,OO0,OOO feet
the winter before. There have been
employed on the drive about 500 men,
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Dunbar of
Maiden, Mass. were in town Wednes-
day calling on his nephew, r. E. Dun
ba:.
The following officers were installed
at the last regular meeting of Show
hogan Lodge, No. 70. X. of p. by Spe-
cial d. G. c. Fred c. Dunlap: c. C.,
Morris Gledhill; V. c., Charles Griffin;
prelate, Harry f. Chase; M. at A.,
= Edmund Gilman; L. G.. Herbert Jud-
kins: o. G.. E. L.. Ford.
State Entomologist E. F.. Hitchings
of Waterville and his assistant. G. A.
Yeaton of Chelsea. were in town
Wednesday inspecting those orchards
entered for the Gregory prize. They
were particularly interested in the
work that Roland T. Patten Is doing
at Eaton Mountain farm, and took a
goodiy number of photographs to be
used in connection with future re-
port OF the department of agriculture.
The annual Field day Of the Clemen-
tine Weston. w. c. T. u. will be held
at Lakewood Tuesday afternoon. The
union has invited the Madison w. c.
T. u. ladies to, be its guests at this
time. An interesting program will be
given, Mrs Mary E. Marsh Of Provi-
dence. r. l.. will give an address. A
Picnic supper will be served.
The First and Second degrees were
conferred upon three candidates last
evening after short business meeting
at the Skowhegan Grange. At the
next meeting, Aug. II. the Third and
Fourth degrees will be given and a
supper will be served by Section b.
in. charge of Mr.. and Mrs. Orison
Clough, Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. Spear. Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Clough. The enter
tainmeht program will be in charge Of
Mrs. Elva Adams.
en-. johnson of Waterville and ].
L.. Snow. of Fairfield Center were in
this vicinity Wednesday prospecting
for apples in the interest OF the Ber-
VIM johnson Co. 1t Is the intention of
this firm. ultimately to establish
chain OF apple packing houses and put
up a choice line Of box goods to COM
pete. with the far-famed products of
the West. ~. .,.
The members Of Eunice Farnsworth
Chapter. d. A. r., have interested
themselves in locating the graves of
Revolutionary soldiers buried in
Skowhegan. During their search three
unmarked graves have been found.
those Of Tilley Mason. Jonathan Davis
and Eliexer Parker. The Chapter look
up and forwarded to Washington the
records Of these men with the request
that. the United States government
furnish stones. as it Is willing to do
in such cases. Two Of the men were
pensioners and the full army record of
the third was found in Hanson's his
tory so there was no difficulty in OBJ
tainipE the stones which have been
received and set In their places in the
South Side cemetery in this village. 1t
il the purpose of Eunice Farnsworth
Chapter@to continue this work until
all such graves are found and marked.