Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-24
SKOWHECAN,
Another Candidate for Sec
Ond SeIeCtman.
Board OF Trade Will Have a
Banquet Discuss Industries.
Local Horseman meei-.hew Furnish
Y ings at Court House.

bo a candidate for the Office of second
seleetman This office at present seems
10 have candidates for lively con-
test. there now being tnree in the field.
So far r. F. Parker seem. 10 nave the
track all TO himself in the race for the
ehairmanship of the board Some of
those. who have served as second. here
tofore. declare that there is not enough
salary connected with the office to give
a man any special incentive to desire
the job The chairman of the board
draws $500 year and those, who have
had experience say that no man can DO
Justice to the town and to himself on
that GALAXY. They SD that the chair
Inaa of the board should give the most
OF his attention TO the work of the
town. in order TO do what is necessary
to carry on the work as t should be,
and it has been suggested that the
salary be raised to $1,000 so that
man could afford to have the office and
keep regular Office hours and give his
time to the work.
It was decided at q meeting of the
Board of Trade, Friday evening, to
have banquet in honor of the mana
gers and foremen of the various indus
tries of the town, to be given at the
next regular meeting of the board,
definite date TO be made later. Another
topic discussed at the meeting was in
regard to fire escapes being placed on
the big buildings Ia the town. The
matter was left with the committee on
village improvement for investigation.
Mrs. Emma Frost of st. Adams,
formerly of this town, is visiting
friends here. for few days.
Elmer f. Locke OF Athens and
Charles p. Chase of Canaan have been
drawn to serve on the traverse jury at
the March term of court.
Congressman Forrest Goodwin,
who has been in poor health for some
months, and for several weeks at a
hospital in Portland for treatment re-
turned home, Friday night, very much
improved.
The following new books were added
TO tie Skowhegan Public library. Sat
urday: 1.-The Yale Book of American
Verse Lounsburg; Life of the Spid-
err" Fabre; Social Life in Old New
Orleans" RIPLEY: Lectures on the
American Civil War" Rhoades: THE
Four Men," Belize; Lorna Doone,'
Blaekmore was 1t Murder?p Booth;
.,Freckles,, Porter, Song from Books
kipling; @'E.ciioes from vagabondia,"
carnan; 1.-The American Mind" Perry:
"The seige of Bosnian French; "Ro-
mantice Days in Old Boshan." Craw-
ford, "The American Year Book for
1912. Mickware; "Hesler's Counter
part" Baird, The Girl of St Nodes"
Mead; Seven Maids. Mead; "Mollie
a.
"MolIie Browns Sophomore Days"
Speed An Island Story" Marshall;
",rhe Little Gray House," Taggart:
Prairie Rose" Bush; sally Castle
tom Marriott; Miss PJennie," Rich
ards: Branching for Sylvia" Benloes;
Happy Warrior" Hutchinson; Her
self" Sedgewick; Poor Dear Margaret
Kirby" Norris; Port of Dreams"
Alexander; Mary. Mary
Miss Berle Lewis Whitman has been
engaged to act as special teacher at the
Academy building.
A meeting of the local horsemen was
held. Friday evening, for the purpose
of arranging for races, on July 4. 1t
was voted to hold a race at Fairview
park and that all entries should be
made according to the State races and
25 per cent. of the entry fee shall be
paid before March /. 25 per cent. be
fore April l. and rs per cent by July /.
New furnishings have been ordered
for various offices in the court house.
The clerk of courts Office will have
new filing cases; register of deeds Of
fee new desks and new roller shelvings
and the law library new wall shelvings.
These are to be installed about April
Is.
Miss Marion Estabrook, teacher of
domestic science, went to her home in
Crono, Friday, on account OF bad
cold. She will return, Monday
Mrs. Ora Bray Holmes of Southwest
Harbor has position in the store of
Frank w. Buchanan for a time, TAX
ing account of stock.
Mrs. Sherman Cook. who has been
visiting her father, c. W. Stoddard, re-
turned, Saturday, to her home in Har-
mony. Mrs. Cook recently lost her
home in Harmony by fire.
Major j. w. Fogler will leave here,
Tuesday for Minneapolis, From there