The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-04-07

The Foresters of America. Court
City of Westbrook, has an option on
valuable business block site in the
center of Westbrook and plans to
fbuild at once.
The farmers of Maine will receive
81 900, 900 from the Gamers for their
corn this year and will deliver $1,000
900 of corn to get it. 1t is not a
charitable transaction.
Sanford. York county's rapidly
growing manufacturing center, has
formed a board of trade and Bidde-
ford will have to hustle to keep her
place as the largest community in
that county.
PASSPORT wants soldiers and sail
Ors' monument and has taken steps to
get it. The town contributed more
than it's quota to the forces which
fought in the Civil war but has never
erected a suitable monument to those
who lost their lives.
The Lewiston textile school closed
its first term recently after a very
successful season. Cloth analysis and
designing, spinning and carding were
taught The fact that four overseers
and six second-hands attended the
classes regularly shows how much
such school is needed.
People interested in salmon fishing
are rejoicing because T. F. Allen of
Bangor was able to prove to the sat
isfaction of the New Brunswick leg
slature that if dam was built on
the Tobique stream, the st. John sal
mon fishing would be spoiled. Tobique
stream is the only spawning ground
left.
Fort Fairfield Review: Eugene M.
Curtis and Ezra Curtis were hunting
recently and found a fox hole and
dug it out about 10 feet long and two
feet wide and worked for day and
half, and when they got their animal
driven out of his hole it proved to
be nice ground hog instead of fox.
What are ground hogs pelts worth?
Bath Independent: w. c. Todd al
ready has forty lambs on his Indian
Point ranch and more to follow. Mr..
Todd commenced the sheep raising
business about three years ago with
a very small flock of native sheep.
He now has about one hundred and
contemplates increasing his flock to
five hundred. He is much elated over
the success of his venture thus far,
and has great confidence for the fu-
ture.
1t has been announced that w. 8.
Spaulding of Boston, has purchased a
controlling interest in the Waterville
& Oakland electric road Mr.. Spauld-
ing is now heavily interested in the
Waterville & Fairfield Railway &
Light company, which operates the
Wateryille and Fairfield electric road
and does large business in electric
light and power. The Waterville &
Oakland is about six miles long and
has been in operation five years. 1t
connects with the Waterville & Fair
field road at Waterville and has track
privileges with the older road
Lewiston Journal: Men go West and
come back with glowing descriptions
OF the resources of that wonderful
region. Other men go South and
come back with the belief firmly fixed
in their minds that Dixie Is the COM
ing land of opportunity for the farm
err. And yet other men visit the rich
potato fields Of Maine, the orchard
lands of New York and the cheap
farms of New England and they say
that in these sections the farmer may
find wealth in abundance. The fact
is there are opportunities everywhere
for the man who knows how to make
the best of them. Opportunities for
success in farming have sighted nc
section of our great country.
An unusual suit has been instituted
In liquor case in Maine wherein q
man gave a bond to keep out of the
liquor business efor term of two
year, and during that time, was con-
victed on charge of selling liquor
In the past where the principal has
not appeared when the case was ready
for trial and where default has been
entered in several cases, the bonds
have been paid, but in no instance In
the county has the bond been paid
where a person promised to refrain
from violation of the liquor law. The
principal in this case is John A. Hy-
land. who was recently released from
serving a sentence in Jail on search
and seizure complaint and the bonds
men, who were Hyland's sureties In
the sum of $500. are John w. Hay
hurst and Charles H. Vigue, both OF
Waterville.
The library room of the Maine His
torical Society at Portland has anoth-
err and important addition. II IL q
large and handsome portrait OF Sir
william Phipps, one of Names nOta-
BILE sons. 1t is the gift Of Henry
Deering, Esq, citizen who has a
happy habit of doing many things for
Portland. In December. 1907. he
presented this society the portrait oil
Sir William Pepperell that hangs in
the same room. The Phipps por-
trait ID the work of Miss Elizabeth
d Doftoronn a aiatar of William n