TUK COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA. STRONGEST BANK IN THE COUNTY Capital 3100,000. Undivided Profits $30,000. Surplus $150,000. First National Bank, MAKE NO MISTAKE BUT DEPOSIT YOUR SAV INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK. OKFI C K It H : I .. V. M. Low, President. J. M. Htaver, Vice President. E. 15. Tustin, Vice President. . K. F. Carpenter, Cashier. DI HECTORS! 5 W.M.Low, P.O. York, Frank Ikeler, .Tom-ph Katti, I. K. Tustln, Fred Ikeler, Oeo. S. Knt.Mns, H. ('. Crensy, J. Starer, M. I. Low, Louis Uross, II. V. Hower. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED t866. THE COLUMBIA IDEMOCRAT, nsrm.isiiKr 1837. Cossot idai ei 1869 I UHUSMEI;EVKHV THURSDAY MokNINO, At Bloomsliurg. the County Seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. CEO. E. EI.WELL, Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman. Terms: Inside the county il.oo year a advance; $ 1 . 5 0 i f not paiil in advance. Outside the county, $1,251 year, strictly in Advance. All communications should beaddressed THE COLUMBIAN, HloomsliurR, Ta. TIll'KSDAY, FKBRL'AHY 21, 1W7 WASHINGTON From our Keaular Correspondent. Washington,' D. C. Feb. 19, 107. Indications are that a satisfactory solution has been reached of the Japanese immigration question. While no official announcement has be;n made on the subject, it is un derstood that the President, the Secretary of State, and the Speak&r of the House have agreed to an amendment of the immigration bill that will preclude the necessity for fi exclusion act. Ju?t how the 1 panese school question will be t'ed in Sau Francisco is not yet town, for Mayor Schmitz and the r n Francisco representatives are 't much in evidence. It seems : . it the main question is going to be settled between this government and Japan, and the school question r.-ill be taken up afterward. The basis of the proposed settle ment is simply this: Add a provis ion to the immigration bill that no Japanese are to be admitted to this country without passports. The Japanese government theu under takes to assume the responsibility, and will not issue passports to un desirable citizens. This gets around any talk ot an exclusion act or a treaty or anything else. The rea son that this government believes itself safe in leaving the matter in the hands of the Japanese govern ment is that the officials have told the state department all along that they are not in favor ot Japanese immigration to this country. They have use for all the able bodied men tbey can get in Korea, Man churia and Formosa, and they have only been issuing passports to Jap anese to go to the Hawaiian Islands because there wss a large Japanese population there already and the plea made by most of the applicants was that they were going to joiu friends and relatives. As a matter of fact the most of them came di rect to the United Stages, and now that the situation has beeu explain ed to the Japanese government, it has promised to stop the issue of passports to Hawaii and the Philip pines except in selected cases. If this is done, the whole question can be settled without much trouble. The tariff commission that has been meeting with the German ex perts, to try to arrange fcr satis factory trade relations with this country, has finished its report, and it is understood that it will be speedily submitted to the President, and by him transmitted to Lon gress. The commission has pointed out a number ot commodities on which reciprocal reductions can be made to the satisfaction of Germany without hurting the interests of this country. More than that it has pointed out a number of chang es that can be made in the adminis tration of the valuation regulations and custom declarations, all of which will add to the good com nieraal feeling between the two countries. These matters could be embodied in a treaty, but it Is thought more likely that tbey will be made an integral part of the tar iff law and their advantages thus thrown open to all nations alike. It may not be possible to get the changes enacted into law at the present session of Congress, but the modus vivendi under which we have been carrying on trade with Germany has been extended for a year so that there will be time en nigh in which to act. The Department ot Agriculture this week issued a circular letter to the railroads, calling their attention to the fact that the so called "28 hour law" governing the transpor tation of cattle on the railroads was being persistently violated and warning them to regard its provis ions as it would be strictly enforc ed. There was a great fight over this "28 hour law ' last summer. The cattle shippers wanted to ex tend the time in which cattle could be transported without food, rest or water, lrom 2S to 36 hours. There was a protest from the Hu mane Societies all over the country because the law as it stood was all too liberal of torture St'll, the railroads won, and the law was so amended that upon the application of a shipper cattle could be carried by the railroads for 36 hours, suf fering th. tortures of hunger, thirst and exhaustion. Then the Depart ment started in to enforce the amended law, and it has already piled up 500 violations, the time occupied in transit sometimes run ning as high as 92 hours. There were certified to the Department ol Justice this week 16 cases against the Rock Island ro d, some ot them extending to 60 hours. A maxi mum hne ot $500 has oeen asked for by the department in each one of these cass, and it is announced that every case of violation will be prosecuted if evidence can be col lected to support it. The over transportation is not the whole story either. The law contains a provision that when the ca' tie are put off to rest and feed, they shall be given proper accom modations and proper food and drink. It has been found by the inspectors that in too many cases the corralls where the cattle and sheep are placed are belly deep in mud, and in mauy cases the poor animals have not been able to reach either the food or water provided tor tueui. This phase of violations will be taken up next and the De partment expects a heavy crop of convictions. The President has sent to Con gress a strong message on the need for reform in the land laws touch ing the disposal of mineral lands held by the government. The plan ot the administration is to lease these lands instead of selling them, and the President pointed out in bis message that one beauty of the plan was that if any fault were legitimately found with it, the gov ernment at least would have the lands and could make some other disposition of them. On the other hand if the lands are alienated, the Is It Your Own Hair ? Do you pin your hat to your own hair? Can't do it? Haven't enough hair? It must be you do not know'Ayer's Hair Vigor! Here's an intro duction ! May the acquaint ance result in a heavy growth of rich, thick, . glossy hair! Use this splendid hair-food, stop your falling hair, and get rid of your dandruff. The beat kind of a testimonial "Sold lor over sixty years." A Md UyJ.U. Ayur Co., Lowoll, llul Alio luanuiihoiurera es - . JL SARSAPAWLLA. W I O ClltKKV PECTORAL. government can not recover po session. The plan is being strongly op pose by the coal and oil interests, while the big cattle, and especi illy the sheep iulerests, are equally oj -posed to the scheme of leasing the grazing lands. Both of the meas ures are for the common good and Hre diawn by officials who have practical experience in dealing wiih mjh cases, but there will be a hard fight against them before they are allowed to pass. Cost of the Philippines. Senator Clay, of Georgia has in troduced a resolution asking for an "official statement of all that the United States Treasury has been called upon to expend on account of the acquirement and maintenance of its title to the Philippines. " He could hardly have touched a more interesting subject. Thoughtful people have long been cogitating the question with more or less an xiety. Various and widely sepa rated estimates have not abated either the doubts or fears. All that is known is that the aggregate hai run into hundreds of millions and that thus far ther have been few or no retuns for the vast outlay. Soon after the acquisition of those To Drop Spring Elections Legislature Will Move for Amendment Constitution. to Spring elections in this State wiP be abolished it the amendments to : the Constitution wliicii have been prepared by Clinton lingers Vood- ruff ant Charles C. Hinney are! adopted. Senator Charles L. j Brown, who is strongly in favor of j the new bill, will introduce the ' measure in the Senate and lock after its passage by that body. The amendments provide that only one election be held annually, in November, the municipal election coming in the odd numbered years and Federal elections in the even numbered years. In commenting on the proposed amendments Mr. Woodruff said: "The amendments have been pre pared t doaway with the necessity of having two elections a year, or really four elections a year, as the primaries under the new law in volve nearly as much labor, trouble and expense as the municipal and general elections do. The plan of annual elections in New York has worked admirably, and the amend ments prepared by .Vr. Binney and myself for the Election Reforms miasmatic swamps and jungles we , Committee is designed to introduce were assured that a Rreat commer cial triumph had been achieved and that as soon as the germ ot benevo lent assimilation had developed a little we would beein the harvest of trade with Asia. The Pacific would be crowded with shin i it was pre dicted, from the cargoes of which nur nennle would make fortunes be- youd the wildest dreams of avaiice. having one election a year Hut .a,,n hn siirreeded season uhder the present system. that ot a similar system in mis state. "There is a very general senti ment in iavor of the amendments on the part of representatives of all the parties. It is conceded that we have too many elections and that the people are put to too much trouble and expense. I am sure that better results will follow from than Just regis- without producing even the symp- ,ak UP ,;e 'nauer, torn of gam while the expenditures iuon. or urnHiritiulv ton from the rmhlir- ' "If We had but One view. Senator Clay wants to know about these things and the public shares his curiosity. Senator Clay has not indicated what his purpose is in asking for this information but it is a safe con jecture that he is not influenced en tirely by curiosity. Probably his idea is to use the in forma' ion for making an estimate or devising a plan to tret rid of the Islands. Some of cir ablest statesmen are moving toward the view that the property costs too much and conies to too little to continue the experiment which has proved successful and we can conceive of nothing which would more certainly promote that view than a detailed statement of the expenses already incurred. We hope Senator Clay will succeed in his undertaking. Fx. Betsy Ross House's Peril. registration a year, like they have in New York, there would be no question of changes of residence or deaths. The matter would settle itself. At present it requires the utmost care and caution on the pait not only of the registrars and of the Registra tion Commissioners, but of the re presentatives of the parties, to make surt that ail removals are noted and the names of those who have removed ai'd have died siucfi the fall election are stricken from the registers. "The indications are that the amendments will be adopted at the present session of the Legislature. They will then have to be advertis ed and repassed by the session of 1909 and theu submitted to the voters of the Stale beiore becoming operative." Bill for State Fair. "Congressmen with no more pat riotism than some of ours are not fit for their jobs," declared C. H. Weugeiber, the repre.-edtative of the American Flag Home and Betsy Ross Memorial Association, in dis cussing tne reiusal ot tue reaerai Government to assume the guard ianship of the Betsy Ross Flag House at No. 237 Philadelphia. This the part of Congress makes the maintenance of the House uncer tain, unless the city or State appro priate money for the purpose. Mr. Wengerber waxed indignant as he discussed the question and said: One million people contributed, so that the house where the first American flag was made might never be destroyed. We planned to have a park around it and other improvements. . We have struggled for years to keep the building up, but are no longer able to do so by the sale of simple souvenirs. We have had a hard fight all the way through contending with Congress men and public officials, who ap parently have no love for their counf.y. I do not know what will happen unless the city or the State take over the house. It is not like ly, though, that a city which makes us pay taxes for this build ing will appropriate a few hundred dollars toward its maintenance. When Americans allow such an in stitution as this to decay our nation al patriotism is getting to a danger ous ebb." If the bill reported by Mr. Jones to the bouse becomes a law, liar risburg will have an annual State fair which will be a credit to the State, and not an imitation affair devoted to horse racing ad fake side shows. The bill appropriates $200,000 for the holding of a State fair npar that citv every vear and Arch street, 1 provides for a commission to tr action UDOU rinnra fnf if rr nni rn 11 v Micief inrr of farmers, fruit growers, cattle raisers and others engaged in agri cultural and kindred pursuits. It will be a State fair pure and simple and under the proper auspices will no doubt be a success. 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 What the Swing of Bring. Years Might The Secretary of the Treasury has been a guest of the city of hom es this week, and has made a speech there. Two things in the speech invite notice, for different reasons. "I do not know to what extent our people sell abroad cheap er than at home," he said. "I am not among those who seriously ob ject to the policy." Thar, sounds natural. But listen to this 'Though a strong Protectionist my self, I concede there is much force in free-trade arguments; undoubted 'y the American people, in the swing of years, would be prosper ous were this a free-trade country." Who ever expected to hear the Hon. Leslie M. Shaw talking that way? Ilartjord LourantRtp.) NOTICE. The supervisors or their treasur ers and treasurers of borougns can receive their respective shares of icense money for 1907 on or after March 1st, 1907, by presenting themselves at the treasurer's office in Bloomsburg and receipting for the same. M. II. Rhodks, County Treasurer. Envelopes 75,000 Envelopes carried in stock at the Columbian Office. The line includes drug envelopes, pay, coin, baronial, commercial sizes, number 6, 6, 9, 10 and 11, catalog, &c. Prices range from $1.50 per 1000 printed, up to $5.00. Largest stock in the coun ty to sele:t from. Entrance through Roy s Jewelry Store. tf TOWNSEND A Small Lot of Those $3.00 SUITS FOR MEN STILL LEFT AT TOWM SEMO'S MOVING SALE WE MOVE IN ABOUT A MOUTH. The February Linen Sale! Our Annual Sale of Linen is now on. We promise you that there's enough linen here to stock a dozen ordina ry stores ; that we bought the bulk of it before the present high prices (for linens have jumped sky high); that we have not advanced our regular price, and that our regular Prices Are Slaughtered for This Sale THE BLEACHED TABLE LINENS. Our 50 cent Mercerized Damask reduced to 45 cents Our 89 cent Our 70 cent Our$i " " Regular 25 cent bleached linens reduced to 50 cent 69 cents 59 cents 85 cents 19 cents 39 cents 49 cents 52 J cents 65 cents 724 cents 85 cents 1. 00 1.25 1.49 175 2.00 2.25 The Unbleached Table Linens are all reduced proportionately. 60 cent 65 cent 75 cent 85 cent 1. 00 1.25 1.50 1-75 2.25 2.50 2.75 NAPKINS REDUCED. $1.50 Napkins for $1.25 1.75 " " 1.50 300 " " 2.50 TOWELS and TOWELINGS. There are bargains ga lore in towels and toweling be here early. The 25c kind 21c a pair. The 30c kind (extra large) 25c pair. The $1.00 kind for 78c a pair. F, P. PURSEL. BLOOMSBURG, - PENNA. Cut off that cough with aync's txpectorTTT and prevent pneumoni ronchitu and consumption. The world'i 8tandard Throat and Lunn Medicine for 7 c yean. Get it of your druggitt and keep H aNrtti reatfy b tin house.
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