Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-01-01


n common with other shire towns Of
!. counties Of the State and through
Nev England. the cow owners Of
~. section met in skowhegan satur-
:, while in scme respects the condi-
80. surrounding the session which
ms held In Grange hall were very un-
.aefactory, considerable was accom-
.usbed by the enthusiastic bunch Of
smers who put aside their work long
I,,ob TO listen to some good cow
.s The train which brought the
of-town men here was late SO that
.ss meeting scheduled for 10 A. NJ.
-.s not underway until nearly noon.
rhe expected speaker, L. p. Parker of
~. Lewiston Sun, for some reason un-
s,own to the county demonstrator,
robert NJ. Stiles, did not put in ap-
s,rator's mail had been sent to the
vrong town, the work Of the meeting
had 10 be handled more or less in the
dark. The purpose was to formulate
mans for a thorough organization of
the milk producers with the idea Of
bringing about greater cooperation
among the farmers and placing the
dairy business en- q more protita BILE
uhasis. The meeting was called primarily
BY Richard Pattee, secretary of the
uNew England Milk Producers Associa-
nu,n and L. l.. Sandford, president of
the Skowhegan Farmers Union, pre-
sided. John l.. Fish being elected the
secretary of the meeting
Harvey D. Eaton
Harvey l.. t.alon, Esq, although a
PRESIDENT of keInebec county, expressed
IA desire to unite with the Somerset
ucounty organization, as it was IN the
latter county that he carried on his
agricultural operations. He was the
Nfrst speaker called upon ana said there
we're two ideas, that the milk was not
bringing what 1t ought to and that it
was good to get together. I'VE have
got the people here but we haven't
got the cows" said Mr.. Eaton. Other
speakers OF considerable length were
Elmer E. Harris. superintendent of the
Skowhegan Jersey Creamery, who told
1t Augusta and of Mr.. Pattee's ad-
dress, speaking more particularly from
mlddleman's standpoint. Perley
Withee OF East Madison, discussed the
modlemen situation and F.. N. Vim
ing OF st. Adams spoke of the mjddle-
men as an unnecessary evil, gave in
teresting schedules Of food stuffs as
compared with milk and repeated
amuslng incidents in connection with
the ei1ort he had made to reach Skou-
pagan that morning from his farm in
D. Adams. Prof. Chas. Cleveland
~'tn the bureau of animal industry in
0outn carolina. urged assistance from
!ne farmers in the farm demonstrator's
oehaif and others present expressed
ooeas generally, the keynote seeming tn
organization for Cooperation In
nhe with these views, l.. L. Sandford
way eiected president, Peregrin q
"'e permanent secretary. and +, +
treasurer of an association
Aho IoiioWlng men were electad y;o,
Wssidents: II. L. Williams. HartI,na
y L. Heald, Norridgewock; E. F. Harris
sfowhegan; Fred Magoon, Solon. A1her,
nooges' Fairfield; e. F. Burns Madi.
s0u 1orham Magoon, Harmony. and r
A. Nhing' st. Adams. John l.. Fish was
sW0ihted press representative. Countv
Dsmonstrator Stiles spoke at intervals
curing the meeting and the matter of bv.
avs was left with him as we'll as otba,
matters pertaining to a meeting to he
ned here In the near future. amono
nraGQnt
somerset Pomona: Ansel Holway, Nor.
ndgewock; F. N. Vining, St. Albans: Fl
D. Eaton. Esq. Waterville; H. l.. WY.
Hams. Hartland; Perley Withee, Eas,
Madison; C.. B. White, P. c. White, X. A
Hithee, Maurice Magoon, T. T. Deane
Skowhegan: Prof. Chas Cleveland OF
South Carolina and others.
Prof. and Mrs. Sidney Patterson OF
Iorono have been visiting friends in town
1during the past week. Mrs. Patterson
vas formerly Miss Harriet Simpson Oh
A"mslow, teacher in the schools of this
adllage
Miss Winifred Gardner has been passing
few days with her sister in Augusta.
Somerset Real Estate Transfers
There has been less business than for
long time at the register of deeds
aeadquarters during the past month
among the latest transfers recorded there
ifs the following,
Aoscow-Clarence w. Dutton to Forrest
p. Colby, Frank 3. Rowe and Chester A
Rollins. land formerly owned by George
duard; Edward Z. Page to Lorenzo D.
auiding. wild or timber land, part OF
L@ In Range 8, beginning on the Town
oad YES
Concord-Thos. S. Whitney to Ray G.
Grown. land near that of Robie Sands
hartland-Elmer E. Hurd of Brighton
aass.. to DR.. j. c. Strong 1of New York
City John Hurd wood lot near Moose
tond
Bingham-Forrest H. Colby cts ais to
tme Jane Craig; Forrest II. Colby ct
u.s. to Horace j. Craig.
Norridgewock-Byron L. Trueworthy to
scar Lockwood ct AL. right of way over
and on south side of Main street near
Frueworthy home
Frank Mayo, land with buildings on
Phawmut street in Shawmut village, con-
aderation 5000.
starks-W. II. Duly to Seraphina W.
F,cxerson, land on westerly side of road
eaaing from Starks village to Yves.
Mills.
Lexington-Forest Walker of Poland
NO Hph nr 10 rJi 70 Har-
eH :. Wing of Kingfeld. the lot south