Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-14

unf1inchingly upon conditions in our own
state. He gave prohibition credit for
having got the rum power of this coun-
try scared as never before, that it had
driven liquor traffice under the cover of
secrecy and had brought the saloon pro-
blem under the searchlight of observa-
ton. Miss Ruth Viles played a piano
solo after the addresses were completed
and the president made various announce
ments, one of which was that the next
meeting would be Mothers day. She
urged the young mothers to come and
stated that the children would be cared
for in the octagon room by attendants in
charge. The members are also requested
to bring gifts for the poor at the aims
house to the library for packing on the
Friday afternoon before Christmas, the
committee in charge to be Miss G. S.
Weston, Mrs. Lacasce and Mrs. Paine.
The hostesses at this pleasant session
were Mrs. Cora Nye and Miss Edith NJ
Lewis. Mrs. Nye is chairman of the lum-
bermen, soldiers and sailors department
and quantity of pretty bags and small
gifts were brought in at this meeting to
be sent to men this employed.
Ernest fash, who has lately been en-
ployed as a salesman in the store of the
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., has been pro-
NOTED to the management of a store OF
the same company in Old Town. He has
already left for that place, but Mrs. fash
and their daughter will continue to live
here for the present. Mr.. fash was for
merly at the Day grocery store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Hackett have
been passing portion of the present
week in Portland having left for that
place Tuesday afternoon
S. F. Emerson, who was taken quite Ill
Sunday night, is somewhat improved but
was not well enough to attend to his
usual duties as secretary of Somerset
Pomona at Tuesdays meeting in Corn
vile.
There is decided movement on foot in
favor of having the Community CHATEAU
qua returned to Skowhegan for another
series of entertainments next summer and
with this in view Carl H. Turner of New
York. assistant general manager of the
Chatauqua. has been in town Tuesda,
and yesterday. 1t has been suggested
by those interested in the movement that
guarantee the sale Of IS worth of tickets
to insure the coming Of the Chautauqua.
Mr.. Turner seemed to be much pleased
with the interest being evinced here con-
corning the proposition.
Mrs. A. r. Jones is expected home to-
day from a short visit in Portland She
accompanied her brother Perley Witham,
to that city
Skowhegan Jersey Creamery was
awarded second premium at the exhibit OF
the State Dairy Association at Augusta
In summing up the farming conditions,
in Somerset county Eugene Danforth of
Arson states that there has been an aver
age crop of corn and that a very few
farmers got large crop of nice tubers.
Grain was very light and a small amount
of straw. Pastures were good. New
silos are built every year and dairymen
are keeping about the usual number of
cows. The yield of apples was light.
Farmers are steadily increasing their
number of stock but the dairy animals
predominant. But few draft horses are
being bred. There was hardly an average
yield of small fruits, but the prices were
quite satisfactory. Vegetables were near
ly failure. Price of stovewood has been
anywhere from IS to SO per cord.