Milford chronicle., 1914-10-02

."S 1o assume the debts against fhe CON,
pt"4 al twenty cents on the dollar ana
y''iS oher, 1t is thought. will b.. tbs las.
"t adjudication. The system, is m ,,,,,-i,
d'NdAlage TO tGe town. which ,,.,s ;.s
Supply az a cost of $500 40 Der 5rr,,,,,
-e patronage from private families l.
lne'nsldgraoie, and therefore II ioots
a' Siahce. as though the comDau,. ,,.,s
't.1.-,, 'N'.'S ihuch from It's franchise. but
74'1ii a.. the families In town ns4 H..
'-~- a- 1ie company $ schedule OF prices
'-e financial conditions would be differ
SI.'' 4he works are run bv gosoline
engine which Is considered cheaDtr Ia
i~"' as II does not require the attention
OK man all day, as would an engine fed
o4 coal. At,he plant of the Water Works
tH.Ie has been installed an ice Dlaut
~ mas however, not proved a success.
"SolUSe' perhaps. of non sufficient power
I" operate II, although there was an ex
ua engine Installed for chat nurDosr II
appears % have taken Two OF three d,vs
20 make the ice, and then it was of an
inferior quality. The plant has been dis
caried an3 The engine removed The
IOWA IS uow supplied with ice. mostly
from Milford.
The Frederica Creamery would nm.
aouotedly be paving plant were the pat
Tonage sufficient 10 keep it in operation
all the time As il is. the creamery
works a part oi three davs i'm each week
making good butter which sells al thirty
ule cents pound, and huttermiik galore
Whlch anyone can have bv going after il.
The Diamond State Telephone Com
p'nv has been settling poles and are re-
moving their wires from tile electric
ht poles 90 Tie ones thev have put
4HAn. The company is consolidating
tH- many wires hat are used ON the /
poles into one cable. BY this means the I
Trees viii be uo longer an obstacle i'm the (
way We presume the same action will /
De taken hy the company in the MANY
towns through which IT'S wires pass. and
Milton WiI come ID for its share of the .
pew arrangement.
What Is known as The Fredeiic8 Hotel
Property was sold last Saturday at pub
he SALE and bought by W ". Wilson.
ormer.y OF Milton for >lbel 90. 4 few
ears ago,or before this hotel was closed
BY the result OF local option this property
tas sold for SoOJ0.JJ, and subsequently
or $4,000. Now the inquiry we wish to
make is Does the sale of liquor increase
lie value of real estate in the same ratio I
hat it increases turpitude. or. moral de-
lravitv.
The farmers around this neighborhood
re using much fertilizer this fall, and
he suppostion is the acreage of wheat
-iil be large.
The cattail crop on the marshes and
long the causeways promises to be good
nd they say" cattails make very
ood bed We remember once boarding
t a country house where another and ,
lyself slept on what was said to be a
attail bed. There was a ridge always /
J the middle OF it with incliuations out =
oard; and we could roll ont. each on
is own side. 1t was always hard; and 7
e don't beliere cattails are as good as
.athers to sleep on. 7
There is a great deal of fodder in this \
cinity that is not saved yet. 1t is re-
arkable that with all the dry weather 7
E have had of late, that fodder should i
main so green. The drought was bro +,
en- on Thursday evening when a gentle
in set in and continued all night Il