The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-11


it another full grown potato.
Merrill E. Leiteh. son OF Rev. and
Mrs. F. A. Leitch of Auburn, is Wis
lifting Emery Dyer for several days.
Christopher Church mas been APP
pointed foreman of the h. T. Patten
farm, known as Eaton Mountain
farm.
The Town improvement Society
will meet with Mrs. Lizzie Marble
Spring street, on Friday afternoon at
three o'clock.
There will be band concert by
the Skowhegan Military band Thurs
day evening from the veranda OF
Hotel Coburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Estes of Bos-
ton are the guests of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs Frank /. Estes. This is the
first visit of Mr.. Estes here for four
years.
Miss Cora Robinson, goyerness at
the home of Dr. George Otis Smith,
who has been in Robinson at her
home for several weeks, will return
here this week to resume her posi-
ton.
The oat crop in this vicinity will
be the best in years. Hardly poor
piece of oats can be found. Potatoes,
too, are looking very good. The tops
are green and show thrift A good
yield is expected.
Hon. Samuel Gould will deliver a
political address at Mercer Smith
field and Madison during the latter
part of this week. Monday he will
speak at Searsport and on August 16
he will speak at Skowhegan.
Mrs. Philander Jewett and her
daughter, Miss Florence of Waterville
were In town Sunday, the guests of
friends. A few years ago they were
residents of this town. Miss Rosa
Jewett, the younger daughter, was a
graduate of Colby college in June.
A large Franklin touring car was
in town Monday with a party from
Florida. The people were touring
New England, taking in the summer
resorts of Maine, making short stops
Iapa Infr
they will go to Poland Spring and
Bar Harbor.
R. T. Patten left here Monday for
trip through the different parts of
Aroostook county. Monday evening
he spoke in Houlton on the subject
of direct primaries and Tuesday af
ternoon at Caribou and then again at
Houlton Wednesday. He was accom-
panied by State Master c. S. Stet
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sewell Smith, E. F.
Harris and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Jewett will leave here Tues
day for Rehoboth, Mass, where they
will attend the Deacon Joseph Wy
man reunion. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
before their return will visit their
nephew, DR.. Howard Wyman, in Med
way, Mass.
One of the farms in this vicinity
that, in the last few months has
shown excellent improvement, Is the
Moses Cain place on the River road
toward Hinckley which was recently
sold. The buildings have been en-
tirely repaired. The fences have been
rebuilt, the trees trimmed and the
whole place casts an appearance of
thrift and prosperity. For several
years the buildings have been aban-
doned.
The web worms are destroying the
apple trees and shade trees in Show
hogan and vicinity. A war is being
waged against them by the farmers
and those who owns trees. The only
way to rid the trees of them seems to
be to cut the branch on which they
have made their web. AS many as
40 webs have been taken from one
apple tree here recently The fruit
on the trees is being affected and the
farmers fear that these worms will
ruin the trees for other seasons.
A starch factory is to be built at
Norridgewock and it is reported that
work will be commenced on it at
once. This will be under the super
vision of Aroostook farmers who live
in and about Norridgewock. They
claim that in any year whether there
is a good market or not for potatoes
there are many unstable ones that
can be converted into starch and reap
a greater profit than even the salable
ones. Norridgewock at present is
the largest potato growing district in
the county, this being the first sec
ton of the county that the Aroostook
men made their advent to, so that
now large majority of the farmers
in that town came from Aroostook.
Ora Chase of Canaan narrowly es-