THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA. STRONGEST BANK Capital Undivided 8100,000. S3O.O0O. 8160,000. first National Bank, OJ? HXjOPMHHUKG, ia. MAKE NO MISTAKE BUT DEPOSITYOUR SAV INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK. O F F I C E II H : K. V. M. Low, President. J. M. Btaver, Vice President. K. 11. Tustln, Vice President. K. F. Carpenter, Cashier DI UKCTOUH: C W. M. Low. F. O. York, B. TuMtin, Fred Ikelcr, J. M Htaver, M. I. Low, THE COLUMBIAN. KSTAULISIIED 1866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consolidated 1S69 Publish!! Kvkkv Thursday Mornino, At Bli)jmsl)iir(, the County Scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. fiEO. K. KI.WKI.L. Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, FokkMAN. rnKM:--(nsule the county $f.00 a year la advance; 1.501 f not paid in advance. Outside the county, $1.25 year, strictly in A JvaiKc. All co'ninunications should lie addressed THE COLOMBIAN, Bloomsl.urg, Ta. TlllKSDAY, .IANUAKV 17, 1H07 WASHINGTON Fro t. our Kegular Correspondent. Washington, I). C. Jan. 14, 1907. It looks as though the House had fixed up a scheme whereby it will be able to block any legislation to which it has an objection, es pecially anything in which the Senate or the President are parti cularly interested. It has taken up the consideration of a Revised Pen al Code, and has made it the next c.ler of business after the Appro j ntion Bill. This means that ; is legislation will have a right of v tv over any legislation except the a ,ropriation bills at any time the " ) iropriation bills are not under . cussion. The measure natural ly is about as long as the Moral Law, and it will have to be read in extenso Members who wish can discuss it any length they please and it will be only by special Provi dence that anything the House wishes to oppose gets by this piece of obstructive legislation. The chances are one of the first things it will be used to kill is Senator La Follette's bill limiting the hours of labor for railroad em ployees. A vote was fixed for this bill this week, but the House will have a chance at it when it comes up for reconsideration and it may be considered almost as good as dead. The numerous other urgent matters, including the Brownsville case, and the State's Rights bill, will all have to wait the pleasure of the House before they get a hearing. They are telling a story, however, tending to indicate that the House thinks very well of the prospect for legislation. The story is probably apocryphal, but it is good enough to bear repeating. They say the Steering Committee was holding an informal meeting just before the recess and discussing the same matter of possib'e legislation. The most of the members were inclined t take a pessimistic view of the situation and professed to think there would not be much done, save routine work and the passage of the regular appropriation bills. Then arose one member and spoke as follows: "Gentlemen, I am not given to tht-se gloomy forebodings. Con gress has done well this session. We have already done more than we had any reason to hope. We have already saved the dictionary of the United States, and before we get through d- ned if I don't think we will save the constitution also." The President is on the eve of sending another message to Con cress and this too is going to be il lustrated. It is a report on the break in the banks of the Colorado River, which is ast becoming a question of national moment. The message is likely to handle Mr. E. II. Harriman and the Southern Pacific Railroad, either with gloves or else with gloves of the two ounce variety. It will be recalled that the break in the Colorado River was caused originally by a flood carrying out the head gates of an irrigation canal that had been dug IN THE COUNTY Profits Surplus Frank Ikelcr, Geo. H. HoliMim, Joseph Rattl, S. C. Creaky, H. V. Hower. Lou Is Gross, by the California Development Com pan v. This turned the whole course of the Colorado River west ward and northward into the depths of a remarkable geological depress ion, known as the Salton sink. This is deeper than the Dead Sea ard below the Pacific level and con tains an area of ever 2000 square miles, much of it capable of becom ing rich farming land as soon as ir rigation water is put on it. The river is pouring in to the bottom of this depression and promises if not stopped to form an inland sea as big as Lake Michigan. The river is running through soft alluvial ground and has already cut itself a canyon 80 feet deep and in places 1500 feet across, and is eating its way backward at the rate ot half a mile a day. The point where Mr. Harriman and his duplicity come in is that tbe California Development Coin pan v is owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad whose tracks are menaced by the rising flood. Some weeks ago President Rooseve't urg ed Mr. Harridan to have the Southern Pacific close up this dangerousbreak in the river banks. Mr. Harriman at tint time declared that the Southern Pacific Railroad had no interest in the California Development Company and sug gested that ths lederal government should bear a part, if not the whole expense ot turning the Colorado j back into its old channel. It now appears, however, that the South-! ern Pacific owns the California De velopment Company outright and the President in his forthcoming message probably will suggest that the Southern Pacific Railway be made to bear the whole expense of replacing the river in its channel, and will have a few characteristic things to state 0:1 the subject of Mr. Harriman and his effort to hoodwink the government. Little has been heard for a week or more on the Panama Canal, but that matter promises to crop up in Congress on tbe report that is now in circulation to the effect that the whole scheme for a lock canal is jeopardized by . the fact that no foundations have been discovered for the gatum dam. This dam, if erected, would be the largest in every respect in the whole world, and would make the Assuan dam in Egypt I . ok like an ordinary rail road eubankment beside it. It is designed to form a lake to divert the eatire fl -.w of the Chagras Riv er, and if it cannot be built will necessarily change the whole plan of the canal construction. Borings have been made on the site of tbe dam, but it is claimed that no sat isfactory foundation has been dis covered. Trespass Notices, Card signs ' 'No Trespassing" for sale at this office. They are print ed in accordance with the late act of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf It Quiets the Cough This is one reason why Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is so valua ble in consumption. It stops the wear and tear of useless coughing. But it does more it controls the inflammation, quiets the fever, soothes, heals. Ask your doctor about this. The beat kind ol a testimonial "Sold tor over aixty year." Made by J. o. Ayr Co., t.sw.11, vm Alfto laaauraotur.r. of 9 K1IK1P1UII I 1 I I01Q PILLS. IVf O HAIR VIUOR. W bar. no aaorata I W publl.h tha formula, of all our madlolnM. Hasten recovery by keeping the bowel regular with Ayer's Pills. "FARMER" CREASY INTRODUCES BILL, Fighting Democrat Still Fighting lor Trolley Freight. A ft c r all the years of fighting for trolley freight in tiie Pennsylv nia legislature, William 1. Creasy, of Columbia county, again introduced sin. h a bill in the house on. Tues day. This is the first time that Mr Crf-asy ever introduced such legis lation that he seemed to have any chance cf witnessing it become a law. Mr. Creasy's bill is a brief one and provides that all railroad com panies operated by any power other than steam shall have the right to carry freight over their lines, whe ever located, subject to certain re strictions. The restrictions are that anv bor ough or city through which the lines of the traction company may run and over which lines the com pany wishes to carry feight may tax the company for the privilege of carrying freight through the municipality. These restrictions are incorporat ed in the bill by .Mr. Creasy so that cities and boroughs may not be held up by the traction companies and the companies enjoy valuable privileges without the citv or bor ough getting remuneration. College Figures Doubled. Remarkable Increase In Number of Students in Ten Year. Superintendent of Public In struction Schaeffer, secretary of the College and University Council, has'sent his sixth biennial report on higher education in Pennsylvan ia to the Legislature. During the last ten years the number ot under graduates in the coll-ges has in creased from 6500 to 16,421, and the number of women at colleges from !202 to 3147. The report submits figures to show that the public schools may rely upon the smaller colleges for the supply of teachers in so far as college-bred men and women can be secured to teach in the public schools. The report states that in many quarters a cry is heard from the emancipation of the high school from the domiuat on of the college, and that it is to be hoped the mod ern method ol teaching history will find its way from the college into the publis schools. College Must Pay Tax. Judge Endlich Renders an Important Decision at Chambersburg. A decision in which every edu cational institution, partly support ed by charity, is concerned, was handed down recently by Judge En dlich, o'" Reading, when he decided that Mercersburg College must pay county, borough and school taxes. It was contended by the Board of Regents that the corporation is an institution of purely public charitv and a college founded, endowed ana maintained by private charity, and therefore exempt. Judge End lich recites that the revenues de rived from tuition, the revenues from a store maintained at the col lege, and the rental of college ground bring it within the corpora tions amenable to the tax law. An appeal will be taken. NEW STATE ADMINISTRATION. Governor Edwin S. Stuart was inaugurated at Harrisburgon Tues day with brilliant ceremonv. Roh- eri S. Murphy entered upon the duties of Lieutenant Governor at the same time. The ceremonies took nlar nr t1n Capitol and were witnessed hv thousands. There was grand parade by the militia and political clubs. The Governor lias made the fr1- lowing appointments: Secretary of tbe Commonwealth: Robert McAfee, Allegheny. Attorney General: M. Ha mntnn Todd, Philadelphia. Adjutant General: Thomas J. Stewart. Norristown. Private Secretary: Alexander A. Millar, Philadelphia. A Diary and Account Book For 2 cts. C. A. Snow & Co.. Patent Law. yers of Washington, D. C, will sena on receipt of postage 2 cts. their diary for 1907 to inventors, manufacturers or patentees. Tr contains also decisions in patent cases ana otuer usetul matter. OA8TOHTA. Bear tha ) M8 Kind YOU Haw MffltV -r .-r-- Will for Million a Forgery. Court to Declarei jin Rejecting Schooley'! Teitamort. G. B. Schooley's attempt to cap ture the Crawford estate of over a million received a bird set back Sat urday at Seranton Judge Sando, in Orphans' Court, handed down, an opinion in which he makes it clear that he believes the -ill presented by Schooley is a forgery. Schooley lives in Philadelphia and was a cousin of the late James L. Crawford, president of the Pto pie's Coal Company, of Seranton, who died in Florida on January 19, 1905, leaving nn estate worth nea ly $2,000,000. Soon after his death Mrs. Crawford had his will probat ed. It left ; radically all of the estate to her, Sixteen months later Schooley produced a will, whhMi, he alleged, was made at a later date than the one produced by Mrs. Crawford. This gave Schooley the major por tion of the Crawford estate. Then he began his fight to have this will recognized. He is now under in dictment in Lackawanna county on a charge of forging the signature of Mr. Crawforu to the will. In the opinion Judge Sando de clares that the evidence furnished to prove the will ungenuine is so overwhelming that the Court has no other course than to refuse to consider the document, rlthougii two witnesses have sworn that they witnessed Crawlord sign the will in favor of Schooley. Attorney S. B. Price, counsel for Mr. Schooley, says that an appeal to the Supreme Court will be taken. Pennsy to Absorb the P. & E. By Exchange of Stock, Its Separate Identity Will Be Ended. The Philadelphia & Erie is to be coi'solida'cd with thi Pennsylvania Railroad and become an iutegral part of that system and its identity as an independent railway corporation lost throuch its dissolution. This actijn is expected to follow shortly upon the consuornation of the pro position to the majority of stock- noiuers ot tne Fuiladclphia & nne bv the Pennsylvania Railroad to exchange their stock for Pennsyl vania stock on a share tor share basis. While no official announcement to that effect has been made it is in timated in official circles that this would be the next step after the Pennsylvania had secured coincide control of the Philadelphia & Erie tnrougn an exchange of stock. The Pennsylvania Railroad's chart er, it was explaiued, provided for the building of a line to the Great Lakes. Before this could be ac complished the Philadelphia & Erie, which has beeu operated by the Pennsylvania since 1862, was built, and its absorption and mer ger with the Pennsylvania would be in line with its charter provis ions. In all the various displacements, prolapsus, inflammation and debili tating, catarrahal drains and in all cases of nervousuess and debility, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription it the most efficient remedy that can possibly be used. It has to its credit hundreds of thousands of cures more in fact than any other remedy put up for sale through druggists, especially for woman's use. The ingredients of which Favorite Prescription" is compos ed have received the most positive endorsement from the 1 ading medi cal writers on Materia Medica of all the several schools of piactice. All the ingredients are printed in plain English on t"e wrapper enclosing the bottle, so that any woman mak iug use of this famous medicine may know exactly what they aret king. Pr. 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The Me values for 70c. Fancy Strljie Cotton Blankets in blue and white, brown and white or pink and white ooiiiliiimtioiis 10-4 size regularly $1.00 the pair now 8!u Kxtra size (12-4) White Cotton Blanket, regularly f 1.50, now $1.25. Heavy Chester Oray Blanket. 11-4 size, regularly $1.75, now $1.50. White Cotton Blankets 11-4 size, regularly $ 1.25, now f 1.10. Silver fleece Blankets 11-4 size, regularly $3.75, now $3.15. White or Gray Wool Blankets 11-4 size, regularly $4.00, now $3.50 Oray " " H-4 4.75, 4.00 White or Gray " " H-4 " 5,00 4.25 Gray " " 11-4 " " 6.50! " 6.25 Gray ' " 11-4 " 7.00, 5.1)8 Beautiful White Wool Blankets 11-4 size with pink, red or blue bor dersthe very acme of perfection in blankets from the very best people In the business bargains every one. 1 1 Iioho marked K7 ftO nro imur S , .... A miro iiini rcti fcr.uw Iltl w $ I . lij Those marked $8.50 are now $7.25. Crib blankets reduced pro!ortionately. BED FURNISHINGS Sheets, Pillow Cases and Counterpanes all at a saving. COTTON COMFORTABLES Prettily covered with Silakline and Sateen j $1.00 ones reduced to $ .85 1.25 ones reduced to 1.10 : 1.75 ones reduced to 1.50 2.31 ones reduced to 2.00 DOWN QUILT with covering of $4.50 kind reduced to $3.98. ' F, P. BLOOMSBURG, Bargains! OB Tl, ..... m nn . $2.98 ones reduced to $2.50 2.25 ones reduced to 1.98 2.50 ones reduced to 2.15 the finest Buteen, beautiful colorings. $5.00 kind reduced to $4.50. PURSER.. PENNA.
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