Milford chronicle., 1918-09-20
MILTON NEWS.

It does not appear to the writer that
the Milton canneries have been so busy
this season as they were for the last few
years past. There has been no night
work on tomatoes, and, but few whole
days work have been made during the
season. And, vet tomatoes have been
so plenty as to cause great fluctuations
/ in prices, The fact that from four to six
carloads of this vegetable have been ship
/ ped from the Milton station FIVE days of
the seven may help to explain the ap-
parent difference between production
/ and consumption. That the canneries
are not using as many as usual is appar
ent; that there is a normal shipment
taking place is sure, and in the face of
all this prices 60 down below normal
figures at any unlocked for time. Is
there an production a man who
| is in a position to know told me few
days since that a farmer in his locality
put out fifteen acres in tomatoes and did
not plant enough corn to feed his team.
And there are others who put out ten
acres each. The high prices tomatoes
brought last season whetted the farmers
appetite to get rich quick, and retire
from a farmers life. Hence the large
acreage planted. Every body is trying
to get rich on tomatoes. The farmer by
growing them, sets the ball in motion.
The mechanic and others leave their oc-
cupations to become buyers at the sta
ton for the canneries. or for shipment
The skinners in the canneries are making
big wages at eight cents bucket and the
laborers at thirty cents an hour. All are
making money, but when they come to
spend it, they find it takes all they have
made to pay for the necessities Of life.
All are making money except the poor
farmer; he never gets enough But for
the last two weeks the man who contrac-
ted his tomatoes at 40 cents a basket,
has been hauling them to his contractor
with happy smile on his face. 1t was
not thus at the beginning.
The Street Supervisor, with necessary
help, has been scraping where cutters
onght to be for some days past. Really
the streets where there is no drainage,
hardly needs this kind of work, and yet
It goes on,
John Mcgee is improving his property
on Lavania street by the addition of an
other outbuilding.
Mrs. c. G. NAPLES returned from a
two-week visit in New York.
29S persons registered on Thursday |
under the late draft law. There We're
a number of people in town on that day. |
Ruth and Archie Lynch, children of |
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Lynch gave canta.
lOupe party on Thursday evening, which |
was attended by many of their young
friends.
Miss Virginia Davidson gave a fete +
champetre on Thursday evening to her
sixteen-year- friends on the lawn in
the rear of the Jester House. Many of
her friends were in attendance.
Miss Lucy Atkins has sold her proper
ty on North Union street to William T.
Walls for 81 500
Mrs. Ida Fox has bought the property
Of Thomas W. Cutter at the south east
limit of town, Consideration 50 800.
Some hard-hearted woman turned out
a farrow of puppies on the mill dam last
week. She was seen and known to be a
but not recognized. The auth
Orities are trying to find out who the
woman really is, and the agent of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals may be called on to help. The
puppies are over a week old and are ruu-
ng around the streets, and trying to ]
make friends with all of the little child i
EN- Luey see.
Miss Lora Pepper was taken i'll on
Wednesday evening, and it was feared {
or time that appendicitis would de- Z
'eloped. She is now out of danger and q
rapidly. IL
George Washington Jones had COM I
published in the Chronicle a \
ew weeks ago, regarding the early open
ng of the Pnblic Schools, which was
ensible and we'll timed, but, of course,
othing was said nor even thought about
. by the Board of Education. Mr.. Jones il
expressed the truth in a nut shell - 3
nd part of that truth is now exempli- a
ed in the Milton Public Schools, snd S
oubtless elsewhere. The 7th and 9Th S
rade department of their schools bad r,
,ur pupils day in attendance last week; il
nd presumably, the other departments
ere as slimly attended. The schools 9.