Milford chronicle., 1917-05-04
BOWERS
Shnd Season a FalInre.

The cold weather and the backward
spring has been very much against
the fishermen. The shad fishing has
practically closed at Bowers Beach
and was next to a failure. The trout
fishing with the large surf selnes Is
at least two weeks late, compared TO
former seasons. Only about one-thlrd
of the seines that usually fish from
Bowers. have made a beginning ana
those that are in commission are nav
ing but poor success. Up to the pres
ent 6ftv bushels at a haul has not
heen attained. The only thing that
that favors those with seines so tar'
is the extraordinary prices they are
getting for their catches.
War Deranges Steamer Schedule
On account of the Steamer FTeder-
ica having to pass by Fort Delaware
between sunrise and sunset, it IS max
inc II very incOnvenient for shippers
on the up trip, and more especially
for perishable freights. The majority
~ the freight has to be delivered at
her wharf here at Bowers the day De-
fore the steamer leaves, and even then
she does not land the freight in the
citv markets until a late hour the
next morning-tOO late for the market
Of that day
RosobaU Season Opened with Victory.
The Bowers Cubs and the Frederlca
Rangers. both Junior baseball clubs,
crossed bats on Saturday last on the
Powers diamond and the Rangers de-
Iivered a pretty good wholloping TO
the Cubs the score being 1S to Z. A
return game will be played IN the
near future on the local diamond
500 BrOilers Ready for Market.
Mrs Lizzie Cohee Boone, Of near
Rowers. made a trip to Philadelphia
the past week by the Steamer FRED
erica. relative to the marketing about
500 plymouth Rock young chicks
which weight from two to two and
half mounds each. AS they are now
-eadv 10 nut in the market she is
looking after the business end OF the
matter Mrs. Boone is certainly an
expert in the early raising OF hign
nriced broilers, and any person wish
ing information on the mater Woulu
not 20 estray in visiting her plant or
calling her up.
Caleb S. Van BurkalOW's Large
Funeral.
A qoodlv number of our townspeO-
ple attended the funeral Of Caleb 5.
Van Burkalow, who died at his home
in Magnolia on Thursday, April 26th,
1917. The funeral was held at ms
late home on Sunday last and inter-
ment was made in Barratts cemetery.
n was the largest attended funeral in
Doint of numbers that has ever oc-
curred in this section, or, perhaps ev-
er before at that cemetery. Ihere
were eighty-ive automobiles which
followed in the funeral procession /
from his late home to the sepulture' |
besides the teams of various xmas
and the large concourse of people that
had assembled at Barratts prlor TO
the arrival of the cortege.
Mrs. Virginia Wood, who makes !
her home in Camden, n. j., in the
winter. has moved down to Bowers !
and opened up her store in the Quak-
or Citv cottage on Murderkill avenue |
and where sine viii cater &c the pun
lic IN her line of merchandise thru
the entire season.
week moved his pea huller into posi-
ton near Bowers where he intends to
take care of the crops Of peas he has
contracted for in this vicinity. An
other year he intends to get the far
ners in and about Bowers to grow su-
gar corn on the same basis for his
plant near Dover.
Mrs. William J Coverdale, who
- Z FOR
past, is much better at the present,
and her entire recovery will soon be
a fact, unless unforeseen complications
set in.
Because of the prevailing wet wealth
er Of the past week, the condition Of
the factory peas in this vicinity is
better, and most Of the farmers are
wearing broad smiles in anticipation {
Of the rich harvest they will reap in