Milford chronicle., 1915-10-22
BOWERS.


The Industrious oystemen of Bow
ers are certainly busy set of people
at the present time trying to make
hay" and incidentally meat, while the
sunshines. While the weather is
good every dredge and each tOnger is
working to the limit, and the finest
oysters on earth are to be found in
the two rivers that flow by the very
| doors of Bowers citizens and they are
selling for the small sum of twenty
five cents per bushel; just think of it,
only twenty-five cents for a whole bu-
shell of luscious oysters. Rumor has
stated that some of the oystermen
have sold oysters for only fifteen
cents a bushel, but if true, we have
been unable to locate the man. To
catch, Gull and market the oysters ac-
cording to the law, would certainly
leave the profit in a transaction of
that kind on the wrong side of the
books. No 25 cents is certainly the
limit for low prices for well-culled
oysters that are fresh and marketable.
If such has been done they are rob-
bing themselves and cheating the pub
lie, for an oyster that is not of lawful
size is not worth anything, and by
taking them the oyster crop of next
year is being destroyed. The law
will be enforced however, when it is
infringed upon, and the lawbreaker
will be compelled to give the public
a square deal as well as the honest
oysterman a fair show in the business.
Gull according to the law and charge
fair living prices for the oysters, and
the public will be well served. This
is our view, and we believe that nine
out of every ten people of this and |
other communities will feel the same |
way about conserving the oyster as a |
'oOd supply.
The farmers in this section have |
seeding the fields with the
wheat for this season, and are about |
'eady to commence husking corn.
The corn crop in the vicinity of Bow
rs Beach is certainly a fine one, and
very farmer believes that he has
'ield that will establish a record for
orn to the acre. There are a number
1hO are figuring on getting from fifty
D seventy-five bushels Of shelled corn
er acre. One of the nearby farmers
aid to the writer this week that he
'ould have to husk and clear his field |
ecause the shocks of corn occupies
bout one-half of the acreage in the
ED and he wanted to SOW his wheat } .
here the shocks stood He claimed
lat the cause for the unusually heavy !
)rn crop was the lime he used so lib
ally, and which he bought of Will
am Webb in the wide-a-wake town
Milford.
E. T. Williams, who resides upon a
lluable farm near Bowers, is har-
ssting a very large sweet potato crop
1t it is hardly as large as it was last
ear. :.
An acetylene gas plant is being in l
allied this week into the home of Will \
Am Davidson, who built large res
ence last year and retired from farm \
g to live in Bowers Beach. Several (
sidences have been equipped with
is light and it appears to give very |
'od satisfaction to those who use it a
The Davidson Cannery finished can
ng keitfer pears on Tuesday last. l.
'Yeral thousand baskets of them v
ere packed, and they certainly look I
in the cans.
Wilbert Emory from Denver, Colo, d
S been visiting the scenes of his
ildhood here the past week, and he +
surprised at the improvements over v
enty years ago, as he knew the +
ace.
Miss Annie McCaffrey was a guest s.
the Roe-COnwell wedding at Rising =.
n last SatI rday.
Miss Lola Donovan, who is learning
millinery business in Wilmington.
S been visiting her father, Coroner
novan, who resides near Bowers
ach.
Mrs. Jack Willicutts has returned
I'M an extended visit in Philadel- RI
ia.
lr. and Mrs. William C. Salevan r
mt to Seaford to attend the funeral r
their brOtherin-aw, Henry Philips.
tobert Mason has gone to New York Oi
ere he has accepted a position. m
lrs. Belle Kelley, Miss Abbie Buck w
Mrs. Harry Young of Bowers are "
for a weeks visit. tb
lrs. William Tribbit and family
re gone to Wilmington where her
band is working, and they will re- ~
there in the future.