THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURtt, PA. 4 STRONGEST BANK Capital SIOO.OOO. Undivided Profits 830.00O. First National Bank, MAKE NO MISTAKE BUT DEPOSITYOUR SAV INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK. OFFI C E R H : I .. W. M. Low, President. J. M. Staver, Vice r resident. E. II. Timlin, Vice President. E. F. Carpenter, Cashier, DIRECTORS: 5 W. M. Low. F. O. Yorku, Frank Ikeler. ' Joseph Rattl, W. Tustiu, Fred Ikeler, Geo. S. Robbius, 8. C. Creasy, J. M .Staver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, H. V. Hower. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consolidated 1869 Published Eveky Thursday Morning, At Blojmsburg, the County Seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. ELWELL, Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Fokwm as . .'" Tkkm: Inside the county l. 00 a year In advance; $1,501! not paid in alvance. Outside thecounty, 1. 25 a year, strictly in Advance. All communications should be addressed THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomslmrg, Ta. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1907 LEGISLATIVE WORK. Anions the work clone by legislature last week was the lowing: Representative Townsend, Philadelphia, appeared as the fol- of the champion of the anti-vivisectionists in the House by introducing a bill providing that it shall be unlawful for any person to vivisect or experi ment upon any living creature whatever. It matters not whether the ex perimentation shall be done in scientific research or not; the bill applies to everybody. The penalty to be a fine of $ico to $500 and risonment for from one to six litlis, either or both. NO MORE GROWLERS. Pushing the growler, treating ?.:t. other methods of conviviality in which alcoholic drinks play a conspicuous part will it back num bers should an amendment to the Brooks high license law of 1S87, offered by Mr. Simpson, of Hunt ingdon, be enacted. It amends section 17 of the act in question and makes it unlawful to sell any sort of intoxicants at a retail place wl;ich is to be carried away from the premises or which is to be drunk by any person other than the purchaser himself. ANOTHER BILL INTRODUCED. Mr. O'Sheil, of Allegheny, in troduced a bill making it lawful ior employers, at any time not less than 30 days after the death of any tmploye, to pay all wages due to such deceased employe to the wife, . minor children, brother or sister, father or mother (preference being given in the order named), of the deceased employe, without requir ing letters of administration to be issued upon the estate of the de ceased, where the amount of wages due does not exceed $100. Should the relatives in question not sur vive it shall be lawful for similar payment to be made creditors, giving preference to undertakers, physician and boarding bouse keep er. Payment of such wages shall constitute a full release of the em ployer from all obligations. Mr. Owen, of Luzerne, introduc ed a bill making it unlawful for any coal operator to place any one miner in charge of more than on breast, chamber or other working face as a miner in any anthracite mine, the idea bein , that this will serve to conserve the safety of the miner. A fine of from $50 to $500 is provided for each offence, Children in the Cold. ' The February Grand Jury hclds up to well deserved tk'.icnle the rule which keeps school children wait ing outside of the schoolhouses in wintry weather until the gong strikes to summon them to their lessens. If this absurb regulation were enforced against teachers and principals there would be a shriek of indignation that would make , Father Penn totter on his lofty pedestal. Phila, Record, In would be a good idea for the Grand Jury of this county to do the same thing. It is a fact that the school children in this town bay to standout in the cold if they get to the school five, ten or fifteen minutes before the door opens. P. II. F. IN THE COUNTY Surplus 8150,000. What Do They Cost. The people w.rdd very much like to know what the Philippines have cost this country and what the an nual expense of holding on to them is. For some reason or other the administration senators don't want this information published. Sena tor Clay, of Georgia introduced a resolution the other day calling for it, and Senator Lodge at once ob jected, saying that the information was in the published reports, and was accessible to anybody who car ed to hunt it up. When the reso- lu'ion was passed he bad it referred to the committee of which he is rhairmm. Will he ever furnish the information to the senate? If he does it will be because Senator Clay insisted upon having it. And why shouldn't the people know what it is costing us to teach the Philipinos how to govern them selves? It is well known "that the islands, since we have had posses sion of them, have cost us hundieds of millions of dollars and thousands ot lives. And there is no doubt that they are going to cost us oth er hundreds of millions of dollars if we retain possession of them. If they have been of any particular benefit to us the 'act has escaped general observation. 1 hat the administration senators want to keep the truth from the people is pretty good evidence that it would create a sentiment in favor of getting ri of the islands at the earliest practical moment. And there is a probability that they will involve us in a war that will cost a vast sum of money and many valu able lives, beuator Clay should not only insist upon having the in formation he has called lor, but he should make such use of it when he gets it that the people will have no trouble in understanding clear'.y it any benefit has accrued to us from the possession of the islands or whether or not any is likely to accrue to us. Bloomsburg Souvenir Books, 4S half tone pictures, 25 cents, at the Columbian office, tf. Predicts Late Winter, Jersey Prophet Says Spring Weather Will Be Dr and Hay Crop Light. John R Downer, of Williams town, N. J., who has made fore casts on the weather months in ad vance f-r some years, says he does not base his predictions on the goose bone, planetary influence or hog spleen, but he declares that winter will last well along into March, followed by a dry spring. Mr. Downer says thai hay will be rather lisht, but winter crops will be fine; that fruit will be plenti ful, corn and tomatoes will grow well, but that dairymen will com plain of short pasturage. Truckers along the Delaware shores will have a successful season. Pale, Thin, Nervous ? Then your blood must be in a very bad condition. You certainly know what to take, then take it Ayer's Sarsa parilla. If you doubt, then consult your doctor. We know what he will say about this grand old family medicine. Tlii is flic flrit nuA.tton Tour doctor would hk: "Ar jour ul rridilurT" IIm know. Iln.t it iiljr ttt'tluii of llitt howttl l ullutly ei'iiliil to ruroverv. Keen vour hvr Mi'ltvn ui.il yi.ur imwt'ls regular by uklng UxitUvo A H4by J.O. Arr Co., LowU, Hhi 4'h Alio BMuuteoturara of Oyer's HAIR VIGOR. AQIJK cine. CHEHRV pectoral W hv no moU I Wt publl.h th formulM of all our mtdiolnM. 1IARRISBURG LETIER. Special Correspondence. Ilarrisburg, Pa., Mar. 2, 1907. Though everybody expected that legislation would run at the highest rate rf sv ed durin ; ldsl week as a matter of' fact only one bill has readied the Governor since th close of business a wtck ago and the sum total of legislation com pleted dnrivg the pte-ii-nt session of two months and two d.tys is to laws. This makes legislation ex pensive. Thnt is to say the aggre gate cost of the two bills completed is little if a n- lest than 1 million dol'ars but the future output wili be les9 exp.-nsive. There is a gie. t detl of tall: in the corridcr about tax bills which are to 12 iuiro.luc.-l in the near future and if half the addition.il revenue is secured that the pr .pos ed spoiors predict the problem for 1 he futur.- will le bow to dispase of the surplus. Governor Penny packer's idea of taxing anthracite coal appears to be meeting witli more favor now than when it was fir.-vt suggesteJ two years a.;o and a bill putting a small Ihk mi that ex elusive produ:t ui.y hi loo-el for. Of course the people will have to pay the tax as they have to pay all other taxes and the bulk of the burden will fall on those who can't well afford it. But the expendi tures are to be increased so vastly, according to the talk, that eery subject that can be made to bear taxation will have to be brought into the service. Of course nobody ever thinks of decreasing the cost of government. During the last six years the cost of building the newcapitol has been taken out of the revenue in addition to the ordinary expenses of the government and when it ii figured up it will be found that this bill amounted to very nearly fifteen millions of dollars or an average of two and a half millions a year. This draft will not continue, uow ihat the building is completed but there is talk of adding a million a year to the school appropria ion and as much to the charities. That would still leave a half million to be disposed of even if the revenues are not increased at all and as a milter of fact the charity appro priation needn't be increased per manently. At present b;ii'ding and repair that are needed will cost a good deal of money but after ade quaie buildings are secured the cost ot maintenance will be great. It is safe to say that with the present revenues the school appro priation might be increased a mill ion and a half a year and ample provision made for the charities of the State were administered econo mically. But the aim of those in authority is to spendas much as pos sible and there are commissions of all kinds to facilitate the work. Every office is crowded with clerks and other employes and there are oversee s, watchers and policemen enough to patrol a big citv. But there is a constant demand for more and the legislators are being im portuned all the time to create new offices. The Health Department, ' is saiti, win involve an immense expenditure during the next few years. In fact it is whispered about that this department has already cost a great deal more than the law allows and that an examination of its accounts would reveal a condi tion very much like that which Mr. Berry discovered in the capitol building. That is to say money appropriated for one purpose has been used for another, the rumors go, and that is not strictly accord ing to law. One of the Philadelphia members was heard in one of the hotels of the city, the other evening, announ cing that the liquor men would get busy or else the loc.l option bill will te passed. "If it evergets out of the committee," he declared, "it can't be stopped and it will get out," he added, "unless something is done pretty soon." The plain inference was that the gentleman wants to be paid for killing the bill in committee and it remains to be seen whether or not such meaus of controlling legislation prevails to considerable extent. We all know that during the last half dozen ses sions legislation has beeu largely a matter of commerce and during the last sesion anybody could bargain lor any kind of legislation at the Boas mansion where men not mem bers of the legislature were in con trol. But it is said that conditions have changed and that rerorm has taken hold during the present ses sion. In view of this it is worth while watching the progress of the local option bill. The two-cent a mile passenger rate bill which passed the House so hurriedly a few davs ago s the laughing stock of the lawyers of the State. "It will be noticed," said a lawyer of considerable promi nence, the other day, "that in tha first section which describes the of leme, it is made to relate only to a company and not to the officers, directors or employes thereof, and it applies furthermore to miles traveled and makes no provision whatever for centra! to be made or tickets to be sold for the present or future transportation of prisons. The clause which provide the pen alty, clear'y -. lnni:i;iies tlie company as Midi t, 0111 it prueinions but at-tt'tnpt-i to punish an officer, director or employe who shall violate the a:t." In ether word the offense is cousin. tted by the corporation but the penaltv is put upon the in dividual so that both are certain to escape when the matter is brought to judicial test. It is Generally be lieved, moreover, that this fault in the construction of the measure is not the result of accident but was by design and for the purpose of making a law that will be worthless from the start. A railroader who visited the capitol the other day gave a hint as to the reasons why the Pennsyl vania railroad wa so anxious to defeat the proposition to measure the line between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. It is estimated that by slra gnuuing curves and building 'cutoffs" during the past few years ten or a dozen miles have beeu cut off the distance between the two cities but the mileage has not been cut down ut ull. It seems that alter the measurement of ot,e of the New England roads recently, mer chants who have bee:i for years paying for excessive mileage for their traveling men, sued and re covered immense sums. It is esti mated that the Pennsylvania rail road 011 its cut off of ten miles be tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg sells or takes $40,000 worth of ex cessive mileage each year, on ,he sale of mileage books alone. If that amount annually say for six years, could be recovered it would be worth while and for fear it could b recovered, it is said that the bill was killed. G. D. H. Preparing to Fight the Plague. Farmers Throughout the Stale Are Dctermin. ed to Check the Soread ol the San Jose Scale. Farmers throughout this section are becoming considerably alarmed over the dangers of the San Jose scale. For years this most dreaded disease to the apple orchards has beou fought valiantly, but it has trrown steadily until today it has become a matter of serious concern to apple growers Farmer's institutes have discus sed the problem exhaustively and all sorts of remedies have been re commended but in many instances they are not carried out. Some of the more progressive fruit growers spray their orchards extensively and give them every attention pos sible. These suffer but Jittle, if any, from the scale, but those who spray occasional'y or uot at all find theii orchards dying in sp:te of tbem. When once the scale makes havoc the orchard is of little use after that. It seems to attack young trees and the wore, asd owners of young orchards have been warned tme and again to fight the scale in every possible way. So serious has the matter become that farmers all throughout the State are preparing to form an organization for the pur pose of seeing that there is a syste matic war carried on against the ravageges of this scale. It is the intent of the large fruit growers interested to have men se lected in each community who mak ; it a duty to not only examine the trees minutely in their own orchards but to go into the orchard of their neighbors and carefully m vestigate them, and where there is the slightest indication of the scale most determined and radical steps will ne taicen to prevent its spread ing. It is claimed that should the scale once get under good headway it would do a hundred thousand dollars of damage in a single season. The new Sayie breaker of the Lehigh Valley Company, which is located east of Mt. Carmel, will Le put in operation within the next three weeks. Its output of prepar ed coal 'vill be 2500 a day. The tiew breaker is not only oae ot the largest in the anhtracite region but is equipped with every modern con venience, iucluding an electric alarm system whlh will stop im portant machinery indifferent parts of the breaker by pressing a button. TO W1S11B SPRING LINES ARE COMING IN EVERY DAY As we do not get pos session of our new store until April ist we are compelled to open up our lines in our old stand. THE NEW DRESS Are Now Excel them ? Imposssible ! Equal them ? Try ! We are proud of our selections eager for you to see them confident of your approval. For with the greatest care we have picked and chosen and purchased, and know that there are not to be found more worthy and beautiful representatives of the newest and best in Spring Dress Goods. Novelty and exclusiveness are the features of the gath ering, and some of the rarest combinations of weaves, col or and effects ever manufactured are included. Certainly the display is the superior of any in this section, and you need go no farther in your search for modish fabrics of the moment. Make your selections early, when the fabric, the weaves, and the color combinations are sure to delight you, Panamas in gray mix turesmany of them, all different, and yet gray, 36 in. wide, 50c yard. Panamas 42 inches wide in all the spring colors, 79 cents the yard, Panamas 46 inches ide in Stripes, Checks arid Plaids in Grays plain col ors in two shades of Blue, Myrtle Green, and Garnet, $1.00 the yard. Panamas 50 inches wide in all colors and black a special value for $1 the yd. Panamas 56 inches wide Stripes, Checks, Plaids and over-plaids in Gray, Plain Blue and Plain Black $1.50 the yard. Chiffon Panama 40 in. wide in Black, Cream and all of the new spring colors $1.00 a yard. Wool Crepes 42 inches wide in all the evening shades, 75c and $1 a yard. F P BLOOMSBURG, Cut off that cough ua prevent ronciuta and connimrfi The worid't 8t&ndar m-ax: r SEED'S GOODS OF SPRINO on Display. Eoliennes 42 inches wide in Blue, Cream, Gray and Black, $1 the yard. Prunella 44 in. wids in all Colors and Black, $1.00 the yard. Storm Serges and Chev IOTS in Blue and Black steam shrunk and ready to foake, 36 to 54 in. wide prices from 50c up to $1.50 the yard. Fancy Suitings 36 inch es wide Cheeks and Plaids in the newest Spring Col oringsa window full of them, 50c the yard. Collingdales 42 inches wide in all of the prevail ing colors, $1.15 a yard. The Black at $1 per yard. Nuns Veiling 43 inches wide, in all the newest Spring shades, Cream and Black, $1 yard. Wool Taffetas 40 in. wide in all the new Spring Colors, Black and Cream $1 PURSEL. - PENN'A. with Dneumonir .yy TV Ml a T m Get it of your droggUt tnd keep fc tlmr rti: h tic hoc.
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