Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 11. } This Is the Place Q To Buy Your Jewelry C V Nothing in Town to Compare WithS 112 the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices rnnkes a force that N j> irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r C of this section. Many years here in business, always } S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C ( with a care and judgment commensurate with its J \ desirability and adaptability to reline laste, makes \ 112 our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. A C RETTENBURY, > <, UUSHORE, I'A. The Jeweler^ cdl^s^X™^7" HARDV No Place Lifce this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A. lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Sam us I ' .... - GENERAL ' STORE Bjaporte Tannery.® FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK ALWAYS FOUND HERE. lust received a special purchase of' Riches" Flannels, l.umbermens' Shirts and Drawers, Men's, ladies' and Childrtns' Mills, Gloves and Hosiery. There's Lots Here to Show You From the City. Fresh stock of Di/ Goods and Notions, Boys andj Men's Hats and Caps, full line of Snngproof Shoes and! Rubbers. Ladies', Gents and Children's Goodyear Rub bers Woodsmen and Boys Shoes to suit all. Our Usual Quality of Groceries and Provisions are Equal to the BEST. JAMES McFARLANE. RL 1 ■ Try The Nrws I .rn Job OlTice Once. Fine Printing ' : ' We Print To Please. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1905. AN ORDANCE. To secure better sanitary conditions in the I Borough of Eagles More, Sullivan I county. Pennsylvania. Section I.lit- it enacted by the I Chief Burgess and Town Council of i the Borough of Kagles Mere and it is ' hereby enacted by authority of the i same—that all that portion of the | Borough lying and being between ; Pennsylvania Avenue and the Lake, and between Ivagles Mere A venue and i the Lake, and between La/'ewood ! drive and the Lake, shall constitute j and be known as Sanitary District Number One. Section 2. Any person or persons who shall build or maintain a cess pool for an out-house, or for any pool to throw rotten garbage, manure, or ] pig pen filth in, within the limits of Sanitary Distric No. i, or any other matter or tiling that by exposure will begin to decay, or become offensive to the public, or injurious to the health of the community, or detrimental to j the purity of the waters of Eagles Mere, shall forfeit and pay the sum of I 525, to be recovered according to law, and paid to the Borough Treasurer for the use of the Borough, and in addition, such person or persons shall upon notice of the High Constable or any policeman, be required to ! abate, remove or suppress the said cesspool, or other offensive and in- Ijurious matter or tiling within twenty four hours after such notice; and in case the same is not removed, abated or suppressed at the expiration of j such time, it shall be the duty of the High Constable, or any Policeman, ! serving such notice, to cause the same to be removed, abated or suppressed, /•eeping .111 accurate account of the ex penses thereof, which the person or persons so offending shall be liable to pay, with fifty per centum additional as a fine for neglect or refusal, to be collected according to law. Section 3, It shall be the duty of! the High Constable or any Police offi cer who discovers any cess pool, or any unhealthy or decaying matter detrimental to the purity of the water of Lake Eagles Mere, to report the same in writing to the ( hief Burgess at once, and if in the opinion of the Burgess immediate action is required to remove such unhealthy or decaying matter detrimental to the purity of the water of Eagles Mere, lie shall direct in writing the High Constable or and Policeman, to cause such j unhealthy or decaying matter I to be removed or disinfected, under direction of Board of Health, and the Borough shall be liable to pay the expenss thereof upon the account being presented to the- town j council, and the town council shall j thereupon proceed according to law J to collect the same from the owner or the occupant of the premises where I such nuisance was caused or permitt ed, with twenty-live percent addition-1 al as a fine for causing or permitting j the nuisance as aforesaid on his prem ises. V. \Y. PEA I.E. Chief Burgess. | Attest: C. PEAI.E. Jr., Clerk of Council. AN ORDINANCE regulating the j building, repairing and relaying! of the side or foot walks upon and | along the public streets in the Boro- j ugh of I.aporte, Pennsylvania, and Over and upon the lands abutting 011 ! and along the sides of turnpike roads j ins aid Borough, fixing the width and j designating the materials out of I which same shall be constructed, and j regulating the service of notice 011 1 property owners, to build, repair or relax side walks in said Borough, j and prox'iding for the filing of liens | therefor, when done by the Borough Council. Section 1. Beit enacted and or -1 dained by the Town Council of the Horough of I.a Porte, and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the authority j of the same: That the oxvner or owners of all I lots fronting upon the public streets | of the Borough of I.aporte, Pennsyl vania, and the oxvner or owners of I lands abutting on and along the sides ; of turnpike roads within the limits <>l ! ! said Borough of l.aporte, shall, when ! j required so to do by the Town Conn- j cil of said Borough, build or relax j j side or foot walks along their respec- j live lots, fronting upon the public I streets of said Borough, and oxer and 1 upon their lands abutting 011 and 1 ! along the sides of turnpike roads 'within the limits of said Borough, i upon such grade or grades as are now | established, or which max hereafter be 1 established by the proper authorities of saiil Borough. Saiil side or foot walks shall IK* 1 built along tin sides of -aid streets 1 and turnpike roads at the places and 1 111 the manner designated bx the l ow n Council ot said Borough, and shall be not less than four feet in width. Same shall be built of boards plank. stone, (lagging. bii"'k concret. ashes cindeis or gravel, at the option of the lot or land owners, and on fail ure of an\ lot or land owner or own ers to build or relax such side or foot waU*s after fifteen days' notice in writing shall have been given such owner or owners or then ayeiit or agents in the manner provided bx law Ito build 01 lelax said »ld< 01 fool walks, then the Town Council shall proceed to build or relay same, as the case shall require, using any of the materials above mentioned for the construction of same, at their option, and shall collect from such oxvner or owners the cost of said work and ma terials, with twenty per centum ad | vance thereon, and file a municipal ! lien therefor, in accordance with the 1 provisions of the Acts of Assembly. | Section 2. It is further enacted j that all repairs to side or foot walks j already constructed upon and along the streets and turnpike roads of said Borough of I.aporte, when required to be made, shall be governed by the above regulations. Section All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. I.aporte, Pa., Julv 11. 190^. JAMES McFAK I.ANE. President of Toxvti Council. Attest: W. B. RITTER, Secretary Town Council. Approved this nth day of July, A. I). 1905. TIIOS. E. KENNEDY, Chief Burgess. This ordinance shall take effect 011 and after the first day of August A.I). 1905. Believing that to little attention is given to the study of local lii .n.i,,, the Lancaster County Teachers' In stitute has appointed a committie whoso especial work it x\ ill be to arouse interest among the scholars in the work of collecting facts about local historical places and personages and prepare sketches concerning them. The lost industries of the county will be investigated, olden amusements revived, the early re ligion studied, and, xvhero possible photographs will be procured. Spec ial days xv 111 be set apart in the schools when local history programs will be rendered. An excellent idea which ought to be adopted iu every county of the eoinmonxx'culth. Teachers in the public schools are hereafter expected to spend at least half an hour each week during the school term instructing their pupils to he kind to animals and birds. The act says that a system of humane education which shall include kind treatment of birds and animals shalj be included in branches of study now required by law to be taught in common schools, such instructions to be given to all pupils up to and in cluding fourth grade of public schools of the commonwealth, and to con sist of not more than a half hour each xveek during the whole w'eek of school; that 110 experiment upon any living creature to demonstrate in physiology shall be permitted in any public school of the State, and that the principal or teacher in every school shall certify, in each of his or her monthly reports to the school board, that such instruction has been j given in the school under his or her [control. This act, approved by thej I Governor the 2">th day of March, j ItKi.'i, shall take effect immediately, j j.- - v Dushore will soon have its second ' silk mill in full operation. The old ; Bigger Foundry building has been j purchased, and the company, at present is composed of Samuel Cole, A. It. Morrison, K. A. Ballon and I 11. N. Bigger. The work of making 1 the necessary alteration- i- already I j under way, and things xx ill be push-1 ed as rapidly as possible. Mr. Cole recently sold his interest j in the Dushore Silk Mill Company! to .J. D. Beeser. Col. Morrison was 1 formerly manager of the same com pany, Mr. Ballou resigned the fore-1 ' manship of that company to inter st , himself in the new enterprise, and Mr Bigger, xv ho has been living at Itickctts for the past few years, was formerly in the foundry and machine | shop business at Dushore and owns the building. Commissioner Uartleld has put fifteen of his special agents on the' oil trusr investigation, and xvill in crease the force whenever it may be come nece—a ry When the evidence against the oil baron- i- iu shape for a grand jury, the sleuth- of the bu reau of corporation- will be turned lisi-e ayaill to tiud out xv li.it they call about the condition- in -teel and to hacco. Mr. (Inrlield ha- ulopted thi |tolicy because lie Iteliexi'- that, next to the beef tru-t, the oil monopoly more dimity ntl'ecl* the people than any other of the evils which it i- the aim of hi- bureau to eradicate. The Lehigh Y-.llvy is clistributi 1 pamphlets which contain a large • amount of exceptionally interesting i information to railroad men and also ! to the general public. The pamphlets are copies of a state ' nient prepared for submission to the | Senate Committee on Interstate ('iim j merce. According to it 1 0. s of the | gross earnings of the railroads in the I United Stab s is expended for labor. The gross earnings of the road is SI, | 5M>0,817,1)07 and the amount paid for ] labor is but three quarters of a hil l lion dollars. The fuel and oil used jby the roads amounts to about one tifth of the cost of labor. This pr< - portion seems excessive but the act | ual percent is H. 12 for fuel and oil a igtinst per cent for labor. Of the wages the largest portion, I<»:»,- I2(!,l>8"i is paid to men employed on the track. The engineinen received s(>-1,17:1,825. The cost of the railroad? with !!»:!,S2:i miles of trackage is over ten billion dollars and the cost of equipment is nearly two billion dollars. There are now l-'!,K7I en gines in use which cost $IS2,">81,000. Hiring the past four years all rail roads have been improving their equipment, purchasing new engines, passenger and freight cars and this has cost about £871,000,0(1(1. In the United States enginemen average Si.(II a day white in England they iverage SI.(Hi per day for the same service. Jlere firemen average 52.28 per day and in England 72 cents, in America conductors average S-">:>8 md in England £1.22. This pro portionate rate of wages applies to nearly all other employees of the roads. The Board of Game Commissioners net at Ilarrisburg on Monday and decided to expedite the creation of State game preserves with the s<>,ooo which was appropriated for game propogation by the last legislature. Phe matter of securing wild turkey "ggs from other States, hatching them in incubators and turning them loose when sufficiently old to care for themselves, was also discussed but no definite decision was reached. It will not be long, however, before work along this line will be started. Ex-State Treasurer I"rank <«. Harris of Clearfield; \V. Howard Myers, < 112 William-port, and Secretary .Joseph Ivolbfus, of Ilarrisburg, were appoin ted a committee to select sites for the game preserves. They will be estab lished upon State land already con trolled by the Forestry Commission, •ifter consultation with that commis-- ion. The idea of the preserves is to provide a haven of refuge for game, upon which hunting will be allowed at no time. The preserves will be inclosed with a fence of single wire, about three feet from the ground— high enough to be jumped by larger j inimals and low enough for small animals to run under it. The game men already have their eye upon a couple desirable spots, one of which is a place in Clinton county which i.- a natural refuge for deer and other large game. The actual production and con sumption of spirituous liquors in •ountries that, like the United States levy upon them an exorbitant excise tax will never be known with any reasonable degree of accuracy. How much contraband whiskey is distilled in the almost inaccessible mountain j ranges of this country or in the ob- I scure garrets of some of our cities 1 will remain a matter of conjecture, i In Italy, on the other hand, -talis ties demonstrate that by a long pro cess of evolution -piril- have become repugnant to the taste of the masse.- of the inhabitants. The -nine is true also of the Spaniards. Without the aid of legislation or in-truction in I the schools the Italians have found out that the habitual eoiisiimption of spirit- is injurous to them and they have given it up. .lame- Met ice of New Alliuuy, had his left leg amputated tilmxe the knee, at the Say re Hospital on Tlieml.ix. Some line ago Met ice fell and struck his knee on a stone ami has had trouble ever since. U«*ceutl\ neero.-is developed and the knee wit* resected. The IMIIICS were too badly diseased to knil. mid amputation ln-citinc necessary. 75C PER YEAR A Senator (o Get Light Sentence. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, hits been convicted of connection with tl e land frauds in the west. Senator | Mitchell'soffense consisted in giving . material aid to certain land grafters | in Oregon, hy introducing the head I grafter to the departments and reco j mending him, and by accepting qay | Irom the grafters for his influence J before the departments. Inasmuch as the land commissioner was an Or egon man very close to Mitchell, the incident amounted practically to bribery. Senator Mitchell is sup ported by powerful political influence in the west and he made a hard tight to prevent conviction. Hut for the persistency of the legal department of the government to break up the land grafting the senator probably would never have been brought to trial. Ihe usual effort for a new trial will be made and an appeal to higher courts to secure reversal on techni calities. The sentence under the conviction mirht be as much as two years in prison and slo,Odd line. The jury, however,recommended leniency and Judge Dellaven is not likely to make a severe sentence. High Speed al Any Cost. Another railroad train has mada a record-breaking run. The list of the last year is this: I'ennsylvania Special, Junes, 19o">, Chicago to I'iltsburg, 108 mites in 440 minutes. Twentieth century Limi ted, October 2(1, MID I, Buffalo to Chi cago, f>4o miles in 480 minutes. Em pire State Express, July 10, 1904, -New York to Buffalo 440 miles in .17") minutes, Michigan Central Special, April J7, 1004, Niagra Falls to Wins dor, miles in 11)1.1 minutes. 1 hi* sort of a thing is very well as lar a> it goes; but it does not go very far -no matter how fast it goes. •'One swallow does not make a sum mer. \\ hat we seem to need in this country is safety more than speed. It ought to be a matter of little pride with railroads that they can send a certain train over a stretch ol hundreds of miles in less than a mile a minute, compared with the the pride they should feel in being able to send all trains regularly iu safety. There is a ceatain barbaric crudity in boasting of swift runs while the yearly record of people killed and niained and property des troyed amounts to more than that of all other railroads in the world. No one has forgotten that the railroad that boasts of speed made, ran a reg ular high speed passenger train into a freight that was carrying dynamite killing and wounding many people. Railroad olllcials may say what they will and boast as loudly as they please about "run," but mere swiftness can not be compared with safety. The motto of one of the oldest and best steamship lines in tin' world is "A good voyage is a safe voyage." l'lie of all the ships of that line have that motto always before Iheir eyes, and it serves as a standing corisoltation against any time record, riiey realized that tin? prime object is not simply "to get there", but to come in with every one on board and unharmed. American railroads and the American people need safety ad monition. When the craze for speed reacnes a certain stage it becomes de generacy. Another One for Hvghcsville. llughesville base ball team won a good game from the Hernice team on the l.al'orte Athletic Association Held Saturday last, the score-tainting ti to Several of Dushorc's crack players were associated with Hernice and llughesville were ably -upporl ed by out -idc players, t'p to the •■losing of the fourth inning in. -core-, on either *ide were made and at the eighth inning the teams *|ood tie at six. At this Mage of the game those | of the l>u-horc player* w ere obliged to leave the game in order to take the i>: li train The remainder of the game wa* in I login -\ illc'» favor. The attendance at the ground* was large, the gate receipts amounting to nearly * 00. ,\n < \rur*lon train wa* run from 11 light-ville, and evi dently all the hack and conveyance accomodation abollt Hi mice were utilized. Con-idiraltle lielting wa* -aid to have been done and consider able (none) changed hand*.
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