Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-15
SK0WHECAN.

With the completion of the Stat
road now under repair by z. l.. Ford
one of the most important pieces o
road will have been changed and re
built that is in the town. For abou
four weeks a crew of men under the
forema nship of Horace Reed has
heeen at work on the Eddy road. neal
the river drivers house. From a Is
loot road there has been made 2S-
foot road A bend in the road that
fas always been danger place to al
ttams and automobiles has practical
Is been Strengthened, and from a
point of the new road now one can
sca mile over the State road that
has been made, this year, and last.
The engineer had planned to have a
24-foot road. but Mr. Ford has ar
ranged for eS-foot road and the en-
tire piece will cost about $3.50. About
49, yards of ledge have been taken
cut. This has been used for filing,
and on top of the ledge road there is
a gravel top, and part of it is sand
clay top. A steam drill has been at
ork during the whole time and 500
rounds of dynamite. have been used,
The piece repaired is 1900 feet long,
snd with the piece rebuilt, last year.
Which was $50 feet, there is one mile
; nd 20 feet. On the river side a rail-
Ing will be built of 600 feet. Three
eulverts have been built IS feet long
and of iron,
Arrangements have been made for
the following Progressive rallies to
be held in the county: D. J. W. Per-
isins of Wilton and Arthur Stacey,
atfStarks. Oct II; Mercer. Oct. %
Mrs Frank Malbon went to Sydney,
Monday. to visit rela tives, for few
days.
The sewer system on West Front
street has heen completed. This in
eludea 7sG feet and the pipe ranged
from II inches to Is inches. Work has
row begun on the North street sys-
tenn. to drain the North street plains,
for which special town meeting was
called, in August This will go from
Prospect street to Jewett street. and
the pipe will be % inches. 20 inches
and Is inches, and will be placed from
IA feet to II feet in the ground In
the work a piece of tile old system of
new laid in the place of it, The entire
system will be about 1900 feet in
length.
The first local hunter to get deer
from the nearby woods is Manley
Lambert, who went out, Friday, and
after a short time shot a good sized
doe.
meeting is to be called of the Re-
publican town committee, soon, to de-
termine how the committee stands as
tc Its party preference. There are
three on the committee ow who are
Taft men. manyeof The members hav-
ing been made members of the Pro-
gressive committee
One OF the greatest curiosities to be
found in Skowhegan is on the farm
OF Fred Hill. There is a maple tree
there that is now 100 years old. and
through the middle of the butt are
TWO cedar rails, the tree having
grown completely around them. The
Tree is 3i2 feet in diameter and each
rail sticks through on either side. and
nave not deeayed in the least. Old
residents claim that they have been
there rs years. The other end of the
rails are partly grown into big oak.
MIS- Clara Wyman and daughter.
Leila. have rented the Flora Brainerd
mouse, on North street for home.
IL mas been discovered here, this
year, by many of the farmers why
the potato balls dc not longer grow
upon the potato vines, and as a re-
suit many of the farmers have had
potato balls and much better pota-
toes, this year. They have done away
with the Paris Green for bug poison
ing ana are now using az bug death
.hat does not effect the vines. This
mas oeen so effective to these few
farmers that another season the ma
1orlty OF the farmers in this vicinity
VIII do away with the Bordeaux and
use some other form of poisoning.