4 THE COLUMBIAN. BL00MS8UR(, PA. STRONGEST BANK Capital 8100,000. Undivided Profits $30,000. First National Bank, MAKE NO MISTAKE BUT DEPOSITYOUR SAV INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK. O F F I C E n H : K. W. M. Low, President. J. M. Btaver, Vice President. E. 11. TuHtlu, Vice Prewident. E. F. Carpenter, Cashier, DI HECTORS: W. M. Low, F. O. Yorks, Fnuik Tkeler, Jom-ph Rtttti, I-!. H. Tustin, Fred I keler, Geo. H. Uobblim, 8. C. Creasy, J. M Htaver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. Howcr. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED t866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Establish kd 1837. Consolidated 1869 Published Every Tiu'rsday Mornino, At Blojmsburg, the County Scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. EIAVELL, Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman. TRM!: Inside the county i 1.00 a year In advance; Sl-Soif not paid in advance. Outside thecounty, $1.25 a year, strictly in Advance. All communications should lieaddressed THE COLUMBIAN, Uloomsl.urR, Ta. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907 1'OK ASSOCIATE JUDGE, W. W. BLACK, of Bloomsburg. Subject t.: the decision of the Democratic voters. FOR ASSOCIATK JUDGE CHARLES A. SHAFFER, of Berwick. Subject to the decision of the Democratic voters. NOTICE PRIMARY ELECTION Tor the Spring Primary Election to Be Held Saturday June 1st, Between the Hours of 2 P. M. and 8 P. M.. 1907. the Voters of Columbia County: In accordance with Section Three paragraph Four of the Uni form Primary Election Law notice is hereby given that the sev eral political parties in the said county will vote at the various polliug places in the said county on Saturday June 1st, 1907, between the hours of 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. to nominate candidates at the Spring Primary election as follows, towit,- One person for Associate Judge. One person lor County Surveyor. Two persons for delegates to the Republican State Convention. Four persons for delegates to the Democratic State Convention. Six persons for delegates to the Prohibition State Convention. One person for Republican Com mitteeman in each election district. One person for member of the Democratic Standing Committee in each election district. One person for Chairman of the Prohibition party. One person for Secretary of the Prohibition party. One person for Treasurer of the Prohibition party. One person tor committeeman from each election district for the Prohibition party. Jerry A. Hess" County C. L. Pohe Commis E. Ring rose ) sioners. Attest A. B. Black, Commissioner's Clerk X)ur New Attorney General. The Attorney General assures the public, according to popular gossip, that the capitol looters will be punished to the full measure of the law. We expected as much from Attorney General Todd. He has not been a politician, and he has had no interest, direct or in direct, in the graft. His predeces sor in office was equally free from complicity in political chicanery when he went to Harrisburg. But unfortunately for him he wa3 asso ciated with a Governor who was under obligations to the machine and he yielded both conscience and manhood to make good with his chief. The history of the State re veals no more lamentable incident than the prostitution of Attorney General Carson to the base pur poses of Quay's "Cousin Sara." Attorney General Todd is a dis tinguished lawyer who came into the public life of the Common wealth without political backing. He was known to the bar, not only of Philadelphia, but of the State, IN THE COUNTY Surplus $150,000. as a "lawyer's lawyer." That is to say, he knew the law better than most lawyers but wasn't himself known to the public. We can con ceive of no better recommendation for the office to which he was call ed. We can imagine 110 other Re publican Governor than Edwin S. Stuart who would have called hitu to the office under those conditions. But his announcement that the grafters, high and low, will be pun ished, more than justifies the wis dom of his selection. It proves that the right man is in the right place. But Attorney General Todd will have plenty of work to do if he ful fills his promise with respect to the grafters. There is plenty of crimi nal business to be looked after, if the testimony taken before the pro bing commission is anything like accurate. Collusion between Hus ton, Sanderson, Payne and Cassell lias already been shown and if Pcnnypncker is not inculpated as an accessory before and after the fact he will have to show us. But we believe that Attorney General Todd is equal to the emergency. No lawyer has had a greater task before him and we know of no law yer who has greater capacity to meet his obligations. But mean time we are awaiting results and promises. Bellefonte U ateimam. The Demand for Technically Qualified Young Men. In view of the general impres sion that the professions are greatly overcrowded, it is surprising to learn that some of the leading rail roads of the country are finding much difficulty in securing proper ly qualified young men to fill sub ordinate positions on the engineer ing staff. One road in particular has recently gone so far as to make the fact known in the public press, and to invite communication from young men who have passed through technical schools, and pos sess the necessary qualifications to enable them to commence work as rodmen and cbainmen, or do the simpler instrumental work connect ed with the construction and main tenance of railroads. It was further stated that the remuneration would be sufficient to enable these men to maintain themselves at once in de cency and comfort, and that for those who showed aptitude and ap plication there was a reasonable ex pectation of early promotion. Fur ther evidence of the excellent open ing afforded by the present indus trial activity is found in the fact that, in one of the leading technical colleges of the country, every mem ber of the graduating class of 1906 had secured an appointment some months before the close of the col lege year. The demand for technically-qualified men in railroad work has unquestionably been stimulated by the recognition of the fact that the increase in the capacity and weight of the motive power and rolling stock, and the demand for Does YouA Heart Beat Yes. 100,000 times each day. Does it send out good blood or bad blood? You know, for good blood is good health ; bad blood, bad health. And you know precisely what to take for bad blood Ayer's Sarsaparllla. Doctors have endorsed it for 60 years. On fraunt cs,us of hud blood li ft sluggish Hvnr. This prodms coiistlimtloii. Poisonous iint,iii-tii hi men annoriHHi iiiio mm uiooq hnup iht bowoli ujjun with Ayer's Tills. A Modi J 3. 0. l;w Co., Low!!, Vui A1.0 DlftnufMturoro of HAIR VIGOR. I 10 10 AOIIE CURB. If Vl O CHfcRRY PECTORAL. W baTO bo Mflrtti I Wo publish til formulas of all our nodlolnoa. m For Associate Judge CHARLES A. SHAFFER, of Berwick. more intelligent supervision due to the introduction of electric t tact ion on steam roads, is rendering it de sirable that not only the engineer ing department, but also those which have to do with the main tenance and operation of the road should be run bv men with suffici ent technical knowledge, with suffi cient training in natural science, to enable them to exercise a more intelligent oversight of their de partments than is possible in the case of men whose theoretical knowledge is bounded by the limits of a common school education. Scientific American, INVESTIGATION OF FLOODS IN VALLEY. North Branch Will be Given Special Allen- Hon II New Law Passes. The house appropriations com mittee has reported favorably the Bluestone flood bill which appro priates $20, 000 for use in investiga ting, and if possible, eliminating the disastrous floods that have oc curred with so much frequency in the Susquehanna and other rivers, especially in the North branch of the first named stream. Supporters of the bill appeared before the committee on Friday and made an intelligent explana tion of the damage that was done in the North branch alone, during the last few years, and the result was that the bill was reported favorably out of committee and the prospects are that it will pass. It was stated that the total drain age area ot the Mate of Pennsyl vania comprises 43.126 sauare miles, of which the Susquehanna river contains 21,320 square miles ; Ohio, 15,149 square miles; Dela ware, 6,520 square miles ; Potomac, 555 square miles : Genesee, 2 square miles. The Susquehanna river basin contains nearly one half of the total drainage area of the State. The Ohio drainage basin, wlrch includes the Mouougahela and the Allegheny rivers, comprises 33 per cent of the drainage area. "The estimated damages caused by the floods in the year 1904 be tween Pittstou and Sunbury was $6,500,000; in York county, $275, 000; in Dauphin county. 27.000 : in Cumberland county, $200,000 ; Perry county, $200,000 ; Snyder county, $125,000; Juniata county, $100,000, making a total of $7,875,000. Of the estimated loss between Pittston and Sunbury, $6,500,000, $2,000,000 was lost in the Wyom ing valley. In the 1904 flood the loss to the State of Pennsylvania on account ot bridges destroyed amounted to $800,000. The losses caused by the floods of the years 1902 and 1904 in the Wyoming valley and the descrip tion of the flood conditions during that time were more than many people would believe. TO THE PUBLIC. Jn this issue I announce myself as a candidate for the office of As sociate jud e ot Columbia county. i have always been a Democrat, and I assure you if nominated and elected to the office which I now aspire to fill, I will be guided whol ly Dy my Dest judgment, and en deavor to do my duty as I see it, and as I have done it in the past I promise, if elected, so far as with in my power, a fair, honest and impartial administration, withequa and exact justice to all men and special privileges to none. I will endeavor to see all the Democratic voters in the county be- lore the Primaries in Tune next and I will be content to abide their decision at that time. Based upon my pledges as herein stated I will ask the voters to stand by me. Sincerely yours, tf. W. W. BLACK THE JUNE PRIMARY ELECTION. The delegates to the State Con vention to be held this year, and all candidates to be voted for at the November election, will be nominated at what is termed the Spring primary to be held on the first Saturday of June, which is the first day of June 1907. The primary election will be held by the regular election officers, and the polls will be open on that day from two o'clock to eight o'clock P. M. The tickets to be used at the primary election are to be prepared and furnished by the County Com missioners. In order to become a candidate and have your name printed on the official ballot the following conditions must be com puted with: FIRST: If you desire to become a candi date for delegate to the State Con vention, you must file with the County Commissioners at least three weeks prior to the first day of June, your petition signed by at least 10 qualified electors, of the county. second: If you desire to become a candi date for associate Judge in Colum bia County you must file your peti tion with the Secretary of the Com monwealth, signed by at least 200 qualified electors, at least four weeks prior to the date of the pri mary election, June 1st. third: If you desire to become a candi date for County Surveyor you must file your petition with the County Commissioners at least three weeks prior to the primaries, June 1st, and signed by at least 50 qualified electors. fourth: If you desire to become a candi date for member of the County Committee from your election pre cinct, you must file with the County Commissioners your petition at east three weeks prior to the date of the primaries, June 1st, and signed by at least ten qualified electors. As the June primary will be the first held in Columbia County un der the Act approved Feb. 17, 906, these suggestions and direc tions are made by the Chairman of the County committee to inform prospective candidates as to what is required of them under this pre sent Act of Assembly. These directions have been con fined exclusively to such offices in Columbia County for whom candi dates are to be named at the June primary of this year. Every candidate for nomination, whether successful or not, must within fifteen days after the pri mary, hie with the Prothonotary, statement setting forth under oath, either that his expenses did not exceed $50, or if they exceed ed $50, the statement must be itemized. James H. Mercer, Ch'n. Dem. Co. Com. iive Candidates for Jndge. Lively Contest In Schuylkill lor Plica. Bechtel'i Schuylkill County is in the midst of an exciting campaign for the seat upon the bench which Oliver P. Bechtel, President Judge, a De mocrat, will vacate at the end of the year, after serving three terms. For the Republican nomination the competitors are R. H. Koch, Wil liam Wilhelmand A. J. Pilgrim, all of Pottsville, while the Democratic aspirants are II. O. Bechtel and A W. Schalck, also of Pottsville. The Republican Organization is behind Mr. Koch, while Messrs. Wilhelm and Pilgrim are waging largely an independent campaign. The out come is uncertain. Mr. Wilhelm is pushing a reform movement, while Pilgrim will be backed by the Pro hibitionist vote and conservative Republicans. On the Democratic side Mr. Bech tel and Mr. bchalck have strong followings, and the issue as to the nomination will remain in doubt until the votes are counted at the primary election. Judge Bechtel is aiding his son. A. W. Schalck is the present county chairman. He has served as District Attorney and is prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic. 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Boys' Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers. Shirts with long sleeves. Drawers in knee or ankle length. Children's Ribbed Cot ton Vests low neck and sleeveless, 10c. Children's Fine Gauze Vests and Pants. Vests have short sleeves. Pants side buttoned, knee and ankle length, all sizes, be ginning at 15c and up. PURSEL. - PENN'A. with coniumntion. tlwsys resdy in tt hout. SEED'S
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