The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-06

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! Bath. Three men according to the
Bath Times, now stand ready to put
$40.0 900 into a new hotel The land de-
sired as d site. which there has long
been doubt of obtaining, il assured
| for the building.
A contract calling for an expendi-
tnre OF $4,000 and requiring that
Glenn II. Curtis shall give daily ex-
hibition Of flight with one of his ia
nous aeroplanes at the Maine State
fair the first week In September, has
been signed by the trustees
James J. Jeffreys has been speak |
ing in Maine against the use OF cigar |
cites. The Jeffreys in question is
not the ex-ehampion heavy weight
pugilist. but a former railroad man
and field secretary OF the Anti
Cigarette League of America.
The discovery OF the missing Bidde-
ford man. Charles | Weymouth, at
Sherbrook, Que. would seem to indl-
I cate that 1t is pretty safe plan for
officers to be sure that murder has
been committed before they make
any arrests upon such grave charge
Potatoes are worth from 81 rs to
81 80 per barrel in the Fort Fairfield
market, says the Fort Fairfield Re /
view. They have been above $3.50 |
all the past week. but previously they |
brought only 81 and some of the deal
ers did not want them at that. Most
OF the dealers have wound up their
operations for the season.
The twin towns of Dover and Fox
croft are planning for club of bust
ness and professional men, which
Will occupy some of the finest club |
rooms to be found in Eastern Maine |
1t is proposed to have local mem |
bership. 1t is planned to spend ,
about $1,000 in equpping the rooms |
for club purposes and everything pur-
chased will be of the very best quail |
ity.
This has been great spring for
lobster propagation along the coast of
Maine, $4,000, 900 lobster fry having
been planted at various points along
the Maine coast up to this time. The
eastern section has been planted from
PASSPORT to Friendship, and the west
ern section from Portsmouth to Cane
Porpoise Recently 100000 fry were
distributed at Wheeler's Bay, St.
George. 100000 in Seal Harbor and
100000 in Rockland harbor.
Treasurer Walter S. Mitchell of the
Weber Hospital association of Bid
deford announces a gift of 1925 from
person who chooses to remain I'M
Known. The amount was recently
received from a woman in Massachu-
sets who is interested in the opera
tives of the Pepperell Mills and their
welfare and who stipulates that the
income of the fund shall be used to-
ward paying the board of needy op-
eratiVes who have to go to the hospi- {
tai for treatment
The Beth Israel congregation of +
Bangor, whose synagogue was burned
in the fire of April 30. Monday
signed contracts for new $25 900 Il
synagogue. The building will be en- |;
tlrely of reinforced concrete and alb u
solutely fireproof. The design is or
nate with dome and minaret effect
and large Corinthian columns In t
front. In the basement will be To- t
Gated rooms for schools with accom- +
odat;on for 300 pupils The building .
is to be ready 70 ruse in September,
1912. c
1t would appear that when a man +
has reached the age of AZ years he
would at least be beyond the age u
when he would be charged with ma y
licious mischief Such was the a
charge, however, that was entered a f.
few days ago against Albert l.. Bow
den OF Portland. 1t is understood that =
the man had been annoying a Cum u
berland avenue resident who con- Il
ducts a boarding house and when de- f,
MED admttance displayed a certain
of mind by breaking VI
down the door. +
Forty years ago Calvin S Adams of O
Calais started as an apprentice to his ~
'ather, Daniel Adams. to learn the
boat builders trade and he is still l.
working in the same old shop. He 4
las not been there for the entire 40 II
ears. however, for he was three >,
ears with the Herreshoffs at Bristol.
(. l., and then he became something
II globe trotter and went to the S
'acif1c coast, where he worked for a q
line at his trade. He built boats e..
alter at Key West and then picked up =,
some Spanish gold building sugar u
iroghers in Cuba. Some years ago p
he returned to the old shop in Calais,
lust as the demand for power boats
began to come brisk. c
The strange case of a letter which -
has been 26 years and eight months q
In reaching its destination in Sears q
port from Bangor, was discovered a {
few days ago at the Searsport post ,
Office. The letter was addressed to {
F. r.. Whitcomb of Searsport and 9
receipt for a bill of lum- :
Der purchased from Morse & Co., in ,
Bangor, Sept. 81, 1884 The letter !
which had fallen behind a partition
together with four other letters had
been In the Searsport office since the !
of Postmaster Edward
s. Sheldon in 1884. The letters were :
discovered by Postmaster Black while >
he work of tearing out the interior =
If the Office to install new partitions Y
and boxes was going on. n
Benjamin Franklin Day, the oldest h
no % a. 10