Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-09
CLINTON.

The Clinton Board of Trade has be-
gun the Boom Clinton campaign,
and the banqueting room of Town
hall was a scene of enthusiasm on
Friday evening, as the prominent cit
izens of the town smoked and talked
over ways and means for really put
ting Clinton ON the map. Shortly az
ter 7.30, Chairman Frank l.. Besse call
ed the meeting to order and introduced
as the first speaker, Hon. IL. w.
Dodge, who had caught some of the
fire and enthusiasm of the recent Au-
gusta meeting and got things started
right by telling of that gathering. Su-
perintendeut of Schools Charles L.
Clement, who had also been present
at the Augusta meeting, added some
fuel to the fire. The chairman was
called upon at this time and told of
the tannery interests of great value to
the town. Its pay roll is well up in
the thousands of dollars and already
this winter more than $4,000 has been
distributed among the farmers. most
ly in a radius Of 30 miles, for the sin
gle item of hemlock bark. In case of
a fire destroying the property under
the present conditions of no fire pro-
lection, it is very probable it would
not be rebuilt The insurance on the
building and stock, not including skins,
is over s4 per day, which would be
materially reduced if a sprinkler SER
vice could be inaugurated. He adv0-
Gated the putting in of water system
by corporation, as the town had al-
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OF this sort, when given the opportu-
nifty. S. P. Felker told Of several towns
that had doomed because of the addi-
ton of water works and clearly show
ed the advantages and profit to be
derived. 1t is exceptional when a
water works is not a large paying in
yestment, besides a blessing, Other
speakers in favor of doing something
and pledgirg moral and financial sup
port to any effort put forth by the
board We're Rev. II. F. Milligan.
Charles Spaulding, H. K. Brown, e.
E. Merrill, John Davis. Arthur Rich
ardson, Arthur Holt, Willis E. Knight,
Irving Hall. Nearly all of the bust
ness men of the town Were present.
At the close of the meeting it was
AtltA W diltIu tilt open StSSlOll VI
Clinton Grange on Saturday evening,
March II. for the purpose Of continu-
ing the discussion. the topic on that
evening being. what Can We Do to
Improve the Town of Clinton ?" 1t
was also decided to invite the Grange
10 prepare a banquet at a nominal
charge for the citizens Of the town at
some near future date, at which a
real do-something campaign may be
started, and committee to confer
with the Grange on this line was ap-
pointed consisting of Charles L. Glenn
ent, Willis F. Knight and S. p Eel
ker. a lengthy communication was
read from the Lewiston Journal Of
fering to assist in booming the town
and proposing to send an artist and
literary expert to write up the town
for special edition of the paper
The sawmill has been doing an encr-
nous business this winter and a larger
crew has been employed than ever be-
fore. The shinglc mill is running all
night at present and the Grating sec
tion has been doing many hours of
overtime. One pine log, five feet in
diameter, was hauled to the mill last
week.
Frank L. Besse is in Boston this
week ON business trip.
Sebasticool Lodge. F. and A. NJ.
held its regular communication on
Thursday evening, March 5, working
the NJ. NJ. degree on two candidates.
Thirty-two visitors were present from
China, Albion and Unity and big
night was the result.
The sleighing has been excellent all
winter, and not once since the week
before Christmas has it been necessary
for the farmers to go back TO wheels
in hauling logs and potatoes to mar
ket.
Rev. A. r. Cox is running a shingle
mill on his property. two miles from
the village.
The Arcana Club will hold its reg
ular winter home evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. p Loder, Rail-
road street. SOME time the latter part
of this month, date to be announced
later
The Clinton and Burnham basketball
teams will face each other in Town
hall Thursday evening, March 10.