Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-04-27

| in Skowhegan Thursday night to
visit for a time with Major Merrills
relatives. Mrs. Merrill has been
abroad with her husband much of the
time during his military career, con-
siderable of the time having been in
| Persia where he has held a position
! in the Persian army Of high rank.
| Major Merrill was educated at West
Point and was at one time at the
head of the constabulary forces in
the Philippine Islands. He retired
! from the Persian army in order TO be
of service to the United States in the
present war and accordingly returned
to Washington. u. c. He has now
gone TO France.
| w. H. Heselton has returned to
Skowhegan after passing the winter
in Florida.
| Mrs. Ann Palmer, housekeeper for
many years for j. Harvey White, ar
rived from Bangor Thursday night.
! having passed the winter in that city.
| Mrs. Bessie Lawley Maxim of
! Everett, Mass. arrived Thursday
night to visit her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Lawiey. She will also su
perintend the removal of her house
| hold goods from Skowhegan to Ever
EFT as they purpose to establish their
home there.
| What was reported as being small
pOX cases on Railroad street, Mrs.
| Charles Perry and two children being
reported as the victims, has now been
determined as chicken -poX.
According to the vote of the citi-
Zens of the town of Skowhegan on
and after May no person shall car
ry on the business of a public hack
man or taXicab drive in the town Of
SkoWhegan or use any conveyance in
the business of transporting passen-
gers for hire within the limits of the
town Of Skowhegan, until he shall
have procured q license enabling him
to carry on this business.
Milk is going to take a raise of one
cent per quart after May !, when the
| local dealers name their price as 10
cents instead Of nine. The milk men
| have decided that under existing con-
ditions. with high prices prevailing
I for everything, that it is impossible
for them to do business at a fair
profit.
| The town Of Skowhcgan in fur
! therng its scheme of municipal fuel
yard according to the selectmen has
! secured an option of about 1000 cords
; of soft slab wood. This ought to make
good summer fuel and will be quite
a saving on the hard wood drain at
the municipal fuel yard next winter.
| Isaiah Crowell, who now owns the
! Webb homestead farm on the River
road, has purchased a new. Saxon
kerosene engine and wood saving
outfit as an addition to his other farm
ma chinery.
, Miss Doris Tobey of this town. who
is student at Pennington Normal
school. has been quite ill with the
mumps.
Henry Wheeler and Roy Savage are
engaged at the present time in paint
/ ing the interior OF the Savage paper
plant from top to bottom. The inte-
rior of the building itself is being
painted white. the machinery red and
the boxes black.
A Boy Scout rally embracing the
troops of Somerset county will be
held in Skowhegan. May 81 and June
l and ,, Scouts being expected from
Madison, Solon, Athens, Norridge-
Wock, Pittstield and Fairfield beside
the SkOWhegan Scouts who are ar
ranging for this big event The Scouts
will be in camp probably on the Rifle
range and there will be various scout
activities. foremost among which will
be the track meet between teams
from the different troops. This will
be held at Fairview park and the
Winnig troop Will be presented with
a cup. There will probably be no
formal affairs downtown except that
the scouts will march to some one Of
the local churches on Sunday morning
to attend divine worship. Rev Henry
Clay Turner, pastor of the Methodist
church has extended the invitation to
the boys to attend deVotions at the
Methodist edifice. but definite ar
rangements have been made in re-
spect to the place of worship as yet
The local committee include Earl
Grundy as the chairman with Ray
mond Fogg, Richard Turner and
Lawrence Cockburn among his as
sistants. Local grocers and meat
dealers have already announced that
the boys should have provisions dur
ing their stay here at cost.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Barker and L.
II. Hackett of New Vineyard We're
guests Thursday at the home of DR..
+. S. Bigelow. They drove over by
automobile and reported the roads as
being very good in spite of the earli-
ness of the season for travelling.
Mrs. Carl w. Malley underwent a
surgical operation at Somerset hospi-
tai Friday forenoon.
The Epworth League will hold its
annual business meeting in the vestry
of the Centenary NJ. f. church next
Friday night.
Frank Ross of st. Stephens. y. B..
who has been in Florida during the
winter is visiting his brother, {. A.
brick in town.
E. L. Ford arrived home Friday
forenoon from a trip to Jackman.
Moose river and round Moosehead
lake accompanied by Elmer f. Green
wood also of this town.
The Working League of the Congre-
gational church will meet next Mon
day afternoon at the church parlors.
Boys Club
The Skowhegan Agricultural club