Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-29
Crop Outlook for
Season in Somerset.
Grange Hall Filled Thursday
To Hear Prohibition Speech.
Other Interesting Local Items and
Personal Mention.

Why 1 Think Maine Will Retain
ject of the sermon at the Methodist
ehurch Sunday morning. Rev Robert
Morris will speak on the subject '"rhe
East Window" at the First Baptist
church Sunday. AT the Bethany Bap-
tist church Sunday will be mid-sum4
mer Rally day There will be SER
mon by the pastor on "A Basket of
Summer Fruit" and solo by Mrs
Eldena Hawes.
1t is estimated that there are be-
t1 cen 1000 and 5000 acres of potatoes
planted in Somerset county at the
present time, and that about 1000 are
planted in Skowhegan and vicinity
This is about the number that was
planted last year but there are more
new farmers who have. entered into
the business and a great number of
those who planted large acreages last
year are planting less this year. The
farmers that are making potato grow
ing somewhat a feature of their farm
ing are planting on the average about
10 acres each. The largest potato
grower in the town is L. c. Trafton
who has about 40 acres. In Norridge-
wock the Owen Brothers have about
40 acres, Among some of the other
big growers in this vicinity are:
Charles f. Ward, Il acres: on the Col
onel Snow place % acres; Carroll
Head 20 acres; Elmer Towne. 20 acres;
Merton Dennis. Is acres: Alfred Jew
lett, 10; Morris Gaylord IL; Lester
Stevens s; Mr.. Loberg Is; C. B. White
tdIl0 x.
erlck brothers 10; Frank GilIings 10:
harry Yeaton II; Lewis Whitney Is;
Leo Ketchum 10; Walter Crosby 10:
b. F. Yeaton seven; Nelson Weston
eight; Lester Packard 10: Clinton
Luce TO- An interesting part of po-
tato raising in this county this year
Is that several professional men have
gone into the business. H. w. Smith,
physician in -Norridgewock, has
planted 10 acres; Rev. B. H. Johnson,
pastor of the Baptist church. Athens.
mas planted Is acres. Sweet corn
growing in this section is taking a
lead this year over potatoes. Many of
the big potato growers of last year
are planting corn this year. Where
some 10 acres of potatoes were plant
ed last year the same amount of land
is being used this year by them for
corn growing.
Edward Whiting of New York City
Will arrive here the first of the week
to visit his nephew, e. B. Whiting, and
his brothers in Norridgewock, Henry
and Charles Whiting.
Mrs. Fred Wentworth of New York
City arrived Friday to visit her pa
tc and MrS Horace Ipwaft m
their new home on Dyer park.
The Athens Sunday schools will hold
their annual picnic next Wednesday at
Lakewood.
Miss Opal Burns of Madison is WIS.,
iting her uncle, Isaac Pierce and fam
lily. She made the trip with her little
pony. Miss Burns has had her pony
about year and has paid for it her
self by carrying herself to school. The
town has to pay so cents a day for
her TRANSPORTATION and now that she
has her pony they allow her that
amount
Harold Rowell went Friday to East
Jaffrays, n. H., where he has been Of
fered a position as principal of the
High school there
The quarantine that Sheriff John A.
Mooers placed upon 35 cattle in West
New Portland about month ago will
be taken off next Tuesday Several of
these cattle have had to be killed, they
being afflicted with tuberculosis. They
were shipped here from Massachusetts
for the purpose of putting into beef.
When they were bought it was not
known that they had the disease
Grange hall was filled to its seat
ing capacity Thursday night at meet
ing at which Miss Anna Gordon of
Chicago gave an address on "Prohibi-
ton" Music was furnished by $50 chill
dren of the town, they singing Maine
prohibition songs. The Boy Scouts
marched to the hall to about 100 in
number. The Young Campaigners
gathered at G. A. r. hall before the
meeting and marched to Grange hall
singing and giving cheers