4 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURH, PA. STRONGEST BANK Capital 5100,000. Undivided Profits S30.000. First National Bank, OF RfrtlQMSBUItCa, PA. MAKE NO MISTAKE BUT DEPOSIT YOUR SAV INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK. OFFICERS: J "V. M. Low, President. J. M. Staver, Vice President. i:, H. Tustln, Vice President. E. F. Canenter, Cashier. DIRECTORS: . W. Jf. Low, F. G. Yorks., Frank Ikeler, Joseph Rattl, :. H. Tustln, Fredlkeler, Geo. S. Rohbins, H. C. Creasy, J. M Staver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. Hower. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1 866. THE COLUMBIA IDEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consolidated 1869 Published Every Thursday Morning, At Blojmslmrg. the County Scat of Columhia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. EI. WELL, Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman. Terms: Inside the county $1.00 a year la hilvance; l.5oif not paid in advance Outsidethecounty, $1.25 year, strictly in Advance. All communications should beaddressed THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Ta. THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1907 DEFEAT MR. SHEATZ. Just two years ago the city of Philadelphia was stirred to its cen ter by what was characterized as an attempt to steal the gas works. The gas plant of that city is a munici pal asset. Ten years ago it was leased to the United Gas Improve ment company for ten years, upon condition that time notice would be given if the city desin d to abrogate the contract. Two years ago the machine bargained with the cap tains of industry to extend the lease ar 1 the community revolted. One he results was the election of Kerry and a victory for civic .teousness in municipal affairs. : machine was routed "horse, and dragoons." i'iie other day councils of Phila delphia did precisely what the peo ple said, two years ago, they shouldn't do. That is to say, the municipal legislature of the city re fused to enact the necessary legis lation to serve for a revocation of the contract which gives the United Gas Improvement company control of the gas plant indefinitely and so far as we are able to discover the people have made little if any pro test. What was a great crime two years ago is a matter of indifference today, or has been condoned. This is the lamentable condition of affairs which menaces the perpetuity of the government. It implies that the spirit which two years ago was paramount in the popular mind has already been silenced and that there is now no objection to spoliation. This reaction on the part of the people of Philadelphia is the logical result of the election of John E. Reybnrn to the office of Mayor. Mr. Reyburn is a scrupulously hou eSt man. But in office he is agent of the machine and does whatever he is told. The latest order is that the gas works shall continue under the control of the machine. Not withstanding its proved incapacity and dishonesty the monopoly is to continue in control of the gas trust and the people are to continue pay ing excessive rates for gs. Mayor Reyburn could have prevented this outrage but he was too busy with his personal quarrels to give such a trifle attention and councils have practically renewed the lease of the gas works indefiitely. Mr. John O. Sheatz has no more valid reason tor claiming popular favor than his predecessor in the appropriations committee who was defeated by Mr. Berry. His repu tation for integrity and probity is no greater than that of the average man. Mayor Reyburn stood as high in popular esteem as Mr. Sheatz ever aspired to. Yet the election of Mayor Reyburn has worked the forfeiture of every ad vantage gained for civic righteous ness through the uprising of the public conscience two years ago and the election of Sheatz to the office of State Treasurer this year will have the same effect throughout the State. Therefore it is the obvious duty of the people to defeat Sheatz. Bellefonte Watchman. OASTOItlA. Bears tht ' y 'to Kind You Have Always Bought -inniuwnoi IN THE COUNTY Surplus $150,000. INVESTIGATION CLOSED. Report Will State There Was Collusion and Fraud Borwecn Huston and Sanderson, The public sessions of the Capi tol investigation committee were brought to a close Friday afternoon with the testimony of former Gov ernor Stone, who was president of the Capitol building commission and also chairman of the board of public grounds and buildings dur iucr his tenure of office. The sessions of the investigators began on March 1 1 and continued since without interruption, except during the closing days of the re cent legislature. The commission expects to complete its report to Governor Stuart within the next thirty days, after which Attorney General Todd will institute civil and criminal suits in the Dauphin county court against those respon sible for the alleged frauds and overcharges in the furnishings of the capitol. The report of the commission will state that there was collusion and fraud between Joseph M. Hus ton, architect and John II. Sander son, contractor for $5,000,000 of the furnishings; and that the con tracts for the furnishings were im properly awarded, and not to the lowest bidders; that the go:ds were not purchased at the prevailing market prices, as the law directs that they shall be; that inferior fur nishings were supplied, not in ac cordance with the plans and speci fications and that there is evidence of shortage, and that the members of the building commission and the board of grounds and buildings were derelict in their duties in not inspecting the evident fraud and collusion that existed. Much of the testimony taken by the commission will be used in the legal proceedings. Huston and Sanderson evaded subpoenas to ap pear before the commission and tell their stories. Congressman H. Burd Cassel, president of the Pennsylva nia Construction company, which supplied the metallic furniture at a cot,tto the State of $2,000,000, also declined to appear before the com mission. James M. Shumaker, su perintendent of public grounds and buildings, and executive officer was too ill to appear. The world-famous Susmiehanna boom at Williamsoort is soon to become a thing of the past. It is stated that the lumber companies now putting logs into the West Branch will close out their stock in 2 more annual drives, after which the boom company will erect a sawmill themselves and manufacture the lumber contained in the boomsticks, rafting platforms and crib timbers. A stone crusher will be emnloved to make marketable the stones with which the cribs are filled, and the boom will be entirely abandoned. Is Your Hair Sick? That's too bad! We had no ticed it was looking pretty thin and rough of late, but naturally did not like to speak of it. By the way, Ayer's Hair Vigor is a regular hair grower, a per fect hair tonic. The hair stops coming out, grows faster, keeps soft and smooth. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures sick hair, makes it strong and healthy. The baet kind of a testimonial "Bold ior over aixty yeara." A Mftde by J. O. Ayvr Co T.naall 1H ,0 mnunoturr off 9 SARSAPAftlLU. yers Pit l . CHERRY PECTORAL WASHINGTON From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C. June 27, 1907. Reports from the President's summer home, Sagamore Hill, in dicate that the Presidei.t is enjoy ine his vacation. But the thenrv that it was to be a workless season has already disappeared as it was well known in thi first place that it would do. Secretary Taft has just been up there to talk over his western trip with his chief. He said after returninz to Ovster Bav that it was a purely personal visit ana mat pontics were not discussed. But everyone knows that visitors are not supposed to divulge the exact nature of their conversations with the President. So it is possi oie tnat tne subject ot Ulno was mentioned in the conversation. The other members of the Cabi net are always ronmug up to Oyster Bay on one pretext or another. Secretary Metcalf will be the next visitor, having a number of naval matters to present inclu ding the final disposition of the contract lor submarine boats for which Congress appropriated $300, 000 at the last session. The tests of these submarines at Newport have recently been concluded and while one type of boat seemed to nave an tne best ot the competi tion. there were noints ot evrel lence about both of them and it is possible that the contract may be split ana a nart ot it co to each nrm. After Secretary Metcalf cets through with the President Secre tary Root has arranged 10 haw a o conference with him One of the most important points he will dis. cuss will be the consummation of a commercial "arrangement" with France. It will be noted that this is nothing so formal as a treaty or even a convention. It is hist an arrangement. The President has become tired of sending treaties to the Senate and having them pigeon holed and the result is that the most of our commercial relations with other cowers are beino- nmdp by documents that do not have to go to congress tor approval. This is executive usurpation of tho Wis- lative function of course. But it has worked so far and the country has been the better off for it. The Senate deliberates and deliberates until the crack of doom or adjourn ment which is the same thing. trance has been verv anxious to conclude some commercial arrange with this country that will be as satisfactory as that recently enter- ea into oy tne united States with Lrermany. Ambassador Jusserand, the French representative in Wash ington, has eone over the snhiert carefully with Secretary Root and the plan that has been decided .-n between them is believed to be as good a one as can be secured under present tariff conditions. Army and navv officers do not often confess anv interpst- in th performances of a mere "show man, but there is a deal of talk in both Departments over the nerfnrm. ances of Lincoln Beachy, the young aeronaut who this week sailed in an airship over Fort Wadswnrth outside of New York City and dropped some paper "bom'os" amone the bier eruns. enough, hnrl they been cans of dynamite to have Diown the whole fort out into the Narrows. It was merely a show ascent from one of the summer amusement parks near by. Beachy did not even take the management into his confidence as to what he intended to do. But he carried alcne with him several hicr rnrwr balls weighted just enough to fall straight. His course took him over tort Wadsworth and he tossed the "bombs" into the fort trnm a enfe elevation of nearly 3,000 feet. It just snowed what an air ship could do to a fort or a fleet mirier kpmmVo conditions and has set the whole of the War Department talking dirigi ble balloons in a way that" they have not been talked since Santos Dumont made his first successful flight. The War Donartmenr balloon corps and now has accumu lated 10 ordinary spherical balloons that are merely intended to Up used for observation. Rut the fioirt of usefulness of the steerable bal loon is such that it is receiving con- siuciauic aiienuou. While there is always a possibi lity of ordinary fleets and forts being rendered useless by the ap pearance of the practicable airship, the Navy Department is going ahead with the construction of ves sels that will put this country well abreast of any other naval power. The latest is the launching of the scout ship Chester which is the first ot the naval scout class con structed in this country. She is the first of three ships of the same class that were appropriated for by the last congress. She cost a little over $1,500,000. She will have a speed of 24 knots and this is great er than any other ship in the navy except the torpedo boats and the destroyers. At the same time she will have a main battery of four 5 inch rifles and a minor battery to match. Her speed will not be quite so great as the scout ships of some of the other powers, but she will be able to keep up her contract speed for a longer time and under worse weather conditions than any other ship afloat. She is not the first scout ship of the navy though she is the first that has been built in this country. The Department bought the New Orleans from Brazil just after she had been com pleted in Europe alxut the out break of the Spanish-American war. She could only do 21 knots Under the best conditions and her guns were not of the standard navy calibre, necessitating special ammu nition for her. But she was a trim, eflective ship and was of so much use as a scout and a dispatch boat that she has been improved on and added to the navy as a regular type. An interesting question has come up before the pure food board of the Department of Agriculture. It is what constitutes "Scotch Whiskey?" There is an immense amount of so called Scotch whiskey imported to the United States. By far the most of it never saw Scot land and some that is made there would not be allowed to be sold in England by the board of revenue. Some of the importers have raised the question with the Department of Agriculture and a decision on the subject is awaited with great interest. Meantime the average citizen will continue to drink "Scotch" high balls without ques tioning their nativity. Take it With You on Your Trip. July Lippincotfs contains the latest automobile novel by C. N. and A. M. Williamson. Its title is "He Who Stole and Rode Away," and it appears complete in one number of the magazine. This means that the plot is packed full of meat not padded out to make so many pages of print. Like "Brown" in the Williamsons' early success "The Lightning Conductor," this new hero is a gentleman-chauffeur, and the girl is a "winner." The characters are real flesh and blood people, and the reader is thorough ly in sympathy with plucky "Larry O'Hagan" in all his exploits, which sometimes threaten to land him in jail but eventually bring him to a state nearer Paradise. The short stories this month are "Diunv O'Neill," by Seumas MacManus, a lively tale of the days of the Irish Rebelliou ; "Enter, a Lady, by Will Levington Comfort, the well-told story of a defaulter ; "A Personally Conducted Adventure," by Capt. Lloyd Buchanan, the love-story of a Son of Yale; "Mr. Carter Feels His Oats," by Sarah Chichester Page, a Southern tale of love and exquisite humor; "At the Door ot the Cage," by Adele Marie Shaw, emotional story of absorbing interest ; "From the Land of Ought," a clever sketch by Jane Belheld; "Angel Paradise," by George Edwin Hunt, full of human interest ; and "Isaiah's Daddy," by Ella Middleton Tybout, an amusing, easy-dialect darky story. A particularly timely paper by Col. Willard French is entitled "Why is Perpetual Peace Impossible?" This presents the question plainly and answers it with equal candor and force. Mrs. Van Vorst, whom President Roosevelt delights to honor, con tributes an extremely engaging talk about French working-girls, their lives and their rates of wages. Its title is "Grisettes and Midi nettes." Elbert Hubbard's "Thoughts on Liberty" are concentrated essence ; big ideas boiled down to small space. V erse suited to the out door sea son is from the following well known singers : Elsa Barker, Hil- tou R. Greer, Gertrude Hunting ton McGiffert, Nancy Byrd Turner, Grace Duffield Goodwin, Grace Shoup, and G. F. Pennypacker. Both the "Ways of the Hour" and "Walnuts and Wrine" depart ments amply fulfill their purpose to furnish entertainment in their respective branches. . A Certain Cure for Aching Feet, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder; cures Tired, Aching, Sweating, Swollen feet. Sample sent FREE. Also Free Sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. 6-27-41 Before that cough turns . IJVMJy UllV. W JLaMVUVJl IU11111U ll01ICSn? arvl It has proved its real value during 75 years, Ask your druggist for it TWO PIECE SUITS! LIGHT WEIGHT BLUE SERGE COATS FOR SUMMER WEAR. :w STORE, C3J73GiZ!AIJ i3S52EESE THE EXTRAORDINARY Summer Wash Suits 1 J!0!1'1 ,come in and let us show you these new and 'delightful WASH SUITS, we promise you a most enjoya ble hour. J ' By far the greatest selection to be found anywhere in this section comprising all the newest fads and fancies in Lawns, Shrunken Muslin, Fine Swisses, Batiste and Fine Persian Lawns. The prices range from $2.00 to $ 1 7.50. ou- Vrhe same showinS 'ou will find a beautiful array of Shirt Waists and Separate Skirts in all the newest styles and best fabrics at moderate prices. But whether it be Suit or Skirt, Shirt Waists or mate rials to make, you owe it to yourself to COME and SEE before buying. A CUE AT TEE SUITS At $5.00 Dotted Swiss Suits with different colors in floral designs, Lingerie waists with Dutchess ef fects, trimmed with Ger man Lace and Insertion. At $5.98 Suits of fine Lawn Lingerie waists, tucked and trimmed with fillet lace, full skirt, with rows of fillet lace insertion. At $5.98 A Jumper suit of light blue Batiste beau tifully made and a very stylish suit. Many of the popular suits in all the dif ferent colorings are shown from 5 to 5.75. At $8.00 Princess Suit of fine white Lawn, beauti fully sherred and trimmed with cluny lace. F P PURSEL. BLOOMSBURG, - PENN'A. into a serious throat or lung trouble, stop it with or this kind of weather. It is really too hot to think of a vest. Don't fail to look over our line of TWO PIECE SUITS before you take your vacation. They will more than repay you in comfort for the price you pay. TEE WHITE m SKIRTS Larger variety better values than ever, m a wide range of prices from $1.00 to $4.50. We mention a few; At $1.00-- Nine gored skirt of Shrunken Muslin, pleated at each scam, panel effect. At $1.25 Linen finished 1 shrunken muslin skirt. 11 gored, trimmed with straps I of same material. At $1.98 Skirt of fine quality, White Lawn tuck- , ed at yoke, knee and bot tom, j At $3.00 Skirt of fine j Linenette strap trimming I and inverted pleats. j At $4-50 White skirt of ; fine all Linen seven gores ; pleated. j ta-OlCWF
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