HE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURd, PA. STRONGEST BANK Capital 8100,000 Undivided Profits $30,000 First National Bank, SPer Cent. Interest Allowed 011 Savings Deposits officios: i",. V. M . Low, President. J. M. Stftver, Vice President, i:. 15. Tustia, Vice President. E. F. Carpenter, Cnsliler. 1)1 11ECTOI18: : W. M. Low, F. (LYorks, Frank Ikeler, JoHcpli Ilatti, i-:. I?. Tuxtin, Fred Tkoler, Gen, S. Uobblns, 8. ('. Creasy, J.M Sliver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. Hower. THE COLUMBIAN. r.r.Lisn i:i i86b. THF COLUMBIA CEMOSRiT. THURSDAY, OCTOHKR 10, 1!K)7 CSTAHI.ISH I - T 1S37. C'lNSOl IPA I F.I 1869 .'rm.isiiKii Kvkky Tin RiAY Morning, At I'.lti.inKlHirg. 1 tie Count v Scat of "o imilii a County , Pennsylvania. rK.M nsiil e t he county $ t.oo n year In a Iv.uicc ; l.5oif not paid in advance. Ou'side 1 ho county, 1. 25 a yen r, strictly in AJvance. All :o miiunications should liCActilrcsscd THE COLOMBIAN. Klonmslmrj:, Pa. Political. Democratic Stats Ticket. For State Trkwrkr, JOHX G. HARMAX, of Bloomsburg. Democratic County Ticket. For Associate Jcdgk, WILLIAM KRICKBAUM, of Bloomsburg. Sheatz and the Capitol Steal. In behalf of the Machine candi date for State Treasurer it is claim- that he would prove a most vigi it and inflexible guardian of the nblic finances in spite of all the in- lious influences that might be jaght to bear upon him. With his plea many an independent Re publican had been almost persuaded to vote for John O. Sheatz befoie his full legislative record was spread before the people of Pennsylvania, with its ample proof of his support of some of the worst schemes of the Machine. As an example ot his want of the vigilance that is gratu itously attributed to him is his vote for House bill No. 486, that con veyed the technical legal authority under which the Pennypacker-Sny-der-Mathues Board of Public Grounds and Buildings flung open the vaults of the Treasury to the State Capitol brigands. Whilst the authors of the act fully understood its sinister import, John O. Sheatz was doubtless as innocent as a new-born babe when he gave it his vote. He merely went along blindly with most of the followers of the Machine who were not in the secret of its legisla tion. But how can this justify the boast that partisanship makes in his behalf? By what metamor phosis can a careless and subser vient representative of his party be converted into a jealously vigilant administrator of the finances of the people ? Citizens of Pennsylvania who sincerely desire a fit successor of the intrepid William II. Berry in the office of State Treasurer have only to contrast the high legisla tive record of John G. Harman with the record of John O. Sheatz and vote accordingly.-ZVZa. Record, HARMAN NOT DISSATISFIED. Democratic State Chairman Dim eling telegraphed from Clearfield Monday evening a positive denial of all the essential points of a pub lished report that State Treasurer Candidate Harman had expressed dissatislaction with the manner in which his campaign was being con ducted and had demanded that there should be a stirring up by the State Committee so as to improve his prospect of election. Chairman Dimeling asserted that Mr. Harman had not made to him, or to anybody so far as he knew, any complaint whatever about the management of the campaign. They were together last Saturday and up to that time Mr. Harman had been evidently well satisfied that the State Com mitsee was doing everything possi ble for the success of the ticket, t Mr. Dimeling added that he would j have more to say upon his arrival at the headquarters in the Hotel Walton concerning efforts of the; enemy to spread false impressions ' about Democratic conditions. 1 IN THE COUNTY Surplus $150,000. THE REPETITION OF HISTORY. As our Harrisburg correspondent clearly shows in his letter of this week the criminals of the Insurance Department of the State have not yet been prosecuted. In an inves tigation which occurred in January and February of 1906 it was shown that the Insurance Commissioner had p.'idded the pay rolls of the de partment and carried as employees men who had never been at the de partment or performed any service for the State. This was a criminal violation of the law. It was con veiling a department of the State government into an agency for paying unearned bounties to politi cal dependents out of the revenues of the Commonwealth and should have been severely punished. As a matter of fact, however, there have been no prosecutions or punishments. During the last gu bernatorial campaign candidate Stuart emphatically declared that in the event of his election he would prosecute the capitol grafters and all other criminals who had been guilty of looting the treasury. So far as the grafters in connection with the construction and furnish ing of the capitol are concerned, he is still keeping up a false pretense of fulfilling his pledge. But he has been in office for nearly nine months and has not attempted to prosecute any of the insurance grafters though their culpability is just as plain and the evidence of their criminality has been available ever since February, 1906. A tree is judged by its fruits, ac cording to the adage, and a man is estimated by his actions. There is every bit as much reason why the insurance grafters should be pun ished as that the proper penalties should be imposed upon the capitol construction grafters. But the in surance grafters have been permit ted to escape punishment tor the reason that the authorities, includ ing the Governor, believe that they have been forgotten. In the event that Sheatz is elected State Treas urer, the same policy will be pur sued with respect to the capitol grafters. The Governor will delude himself with the notion that the people don't care and the prosecu tions will be abandoned Btlleonte Watchman. PLACE FOR SCARLET. To bt Ont ol Ihe State Railroad Commit ilonere. James Scarlet, Esq., of Danville, who has won fame as a state capi tol prober, is designated as one of the state railroad commissioners which was created at the last ses sion of the Legislature. The com mission and its staff will include a secretary and an attorney, each at a salary of $4,000 a year, marshal at $2,500, inspectors, engineers, clerks and experts of various kinds. The three commissioners will each receive $8,000 a year. My Hair Ran Away Don't have a falling out with your hair. It might leave you I Then what? That would mean thin, scraggly, uneven, rough hair. Keep your hair at home I Fasten It tightly to your scalp 1 You can easily do it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. It is something more than a simple hair dress ing. It is a hair medicine, a hair tonic, a hair food. The beit kind of a testimonial ' Sold tor over sixty years." A JHd by J. O. Ajbt Co., Lowell, MM, f 8ARSAPAH1LLA. yers CHkKitV PECTORAL. WASHINGTON From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C. Oct. 3, 1907. In spite of the fact that the Presi dent is out of Washington, politi cal speculation is rife as to the out come of the next nominating con vention. Kvery politician who drifts into town is full of talk, rumors and speculation as to what the attitude of the President will be toward the candidacy of the several "favorite son" Republicans who are avowedly in the fight for the nomination. This speculation is almost profitless at this time, never theless it persists and is more or less interesting. It is a case of Taft against the field, always with the proviso on the part of the specula tor that the President will not take a third term himself. Everything possible has been done to get fur ther expressions of opinion from the President as to his attitude to ward renomiiiation and his prefer ence for a candidate. It is not like ly that there will be any further announcement from the administra tion on either of these points j list no a. The President has already expressed himself about the third t.-im, saying that he did not want it and would not take it. As to his preference for the Taft candidacy, lie 1ns given it his quiet but posi tive approval. The same cannot be said for any of the other candi dates. He is not apt to make any further statement on 'either subject at present because it is by no means a psychological moment. The con vention is too far off for anything but talk. Advocates of the ship subsidy bill are already at work in Wash ington. There will be a desperate effort made at the coining session to get legislation of some sort through. This is a measure that has by no means popular support throughout the country. All of the seaboard cities realize that it would be to their advantage if it materi ally helped to build up the mer cantile marine, but the inland com munities may be regarded as in different, with the element against it that shies at the prospect of heavier public expenditures of such an indefinite extent as entrance to the subsidy field would entail. It is quite possible that if there is sub sidy legislation, it will take a very mild form and will be first . urged to secure additional steamship faci lities for South America. This is unquestionably needed from a com mercial standpoint though whether even a heavy subsidy would secure it is a matter for serious considera tion. Admiral Coghlan has certainly secured for himself a well earned reputation as a troublemaker for the government. He has just come out in a long interview on the sub ject of war with Japan and the necessity of sending the battleship squadron to the Pacific. It will of course be recalled that it was Ad miral Coghlan who got this country into very warm water with Ger many over his "Hocta der Kaiser" poem at a banquet a few years ago. There was notbiug of malice in his reciting the poem, but it was just jesting near enough to facts to be very uncomfortable, and it came at a moment when the relations of this country and Germany were none too cordial, though the gov ernments of both countries would willingly have had it appear other wise. Now, when the situation is just about the same with Japan, the loquacious admiral comes out in print with a long talk about the possibility of war. He says that it would be a good deal cheaper to duplicate the American navy, and that is what it would mean if the battleship squadron is to remain in the Pacific, than it would be to put up a six month's fight with Japan or auy other first class power. He says that $150,000,000 speut in new ships would make this country im pregnable to attack by any power and that it would be a good invest ment, tantamount to a life insur ance policy for an otherwise indi gent family. He says also that it would remove any possibility of war and leave this country free to develop commercially as it chose. All this is quite true. But the in opportunity of the talk lies in the fact that it comes just at the mo ment when Secretary Taft and the Japanese higher officials are falling on each others necks and swearing eternal lnendship and scouting the possibility of war. Quite naturally if Japan has any lingering notion of war, sL'e is not goiug to publish the fact in advance, and the way she struck Russia at the outbreak of the Manchurian trouble is an in dication that the Oriental and Oc cidental minds work in different channels and that any nation with the faintest likelihood of Japanese trouble on its hands, does not want 10 leave its gun at home when it goes visiting. . . Secretary Root is making a re cord as a close second to Secretary Taft in cultivating international friendliness. His journey to Mexico is being watched by officials here with the greatest interest. He seems to have the faculty of doing and saying the right thing to appeal to the Latin-American mind, and the reports so far of his reception in Mexico are decidedly encouraging. It was less than 20 years ago that Mexico was not only rated as a decidsly fourth-class power, but was regarded as the last place on earth for the investment of Ameri can capital. Under President Diaz, however, the country has developed into a strong and compact nation with ambition for commercial de velopment and the ability to absorb the best of everything modern. Tens of millions of American capi tal are invested in Mexico not only in mining but in manufacture, and they are regarded quite as safe as investments in Canada. The Mexi can people look to this country as the model in commercial and me chanical development, and it is not only natural but appropriate for us to take keen interest in the develop ment of the big, strong state just south of us. Mexico will be able in the next few years to do more towards solidifying South America and keeping Central America in order than this country could ever do and it is well that she should have cot only our friendship but our cordial support. The visit of Secretary Root to President Diaz is a vital means to that end and seems to be accomplishing its purpose well. It is announced from Ottawa that the Japanese-Canadian controversy is to be settled by the prompt pay ment of $5,ooo damages to Japan for the Vancouver riot, and that Vancouver will be called on to foot the bill. This will make the end of the Japanese incident from the standpoint of the Ottawa govern ment, but the affair is sure to ran kle among the people of Japan and of the Pacific coast for a long time to come. THE TRESPASS LAW. Hunters Should Keep Ofl Potted Landi. It will be well for hunters who are planning to go into the fields and woods in search of game to re member that the trespass law is in force and that many farm ers have posted notices on their premises warning hunters and oth ers not to trespass on their lands. The hunter who tramps all day through the fields with little suc cess may be inclined to ignore tres pass notices, but it will be well for him to take heed of the warnings lest his hunting trip shall cost him dearly. It is required by the law that trespass notices shall be con spicuously displayed so that hunt ers and others may readily see them. Unless they are so posted the farmer cannot collect damages from those who walk through his fields. The hunter who has to search diligently for trespass notices is not in much danger of being fin ed for trespassing, for he is excus able in supposing that because the notices are not conspicuously post ed none exist on that particular property. Bloomsburg Souvenir Books, 48 half tone pictures, 25 cents, at the Columbian office. tf. Wanamaker on Business. John Wanamaker, in an inter view in New York a few days ago, said: "There is nothing the mat ter with business. Wall street is agitated, but Wall street is a world by itself. It kicks money around as though it was a football. In the main it is a great game of specula tion. At times the country is filled with wonder at the power of a few to tie up money and to project it into great corporation movements that for the time-being make banks and trust companies their partners and indirectly affect the mercantile business. But the great country is not affected by the spasms of Wall street. It can be counted on to continue in good financial health. The real business of supplying the wants of 80,000,000 people has to go on because wants go on. I feel sure that it can be proven that a large majority of the mercantile world was never in so sound a condition." Before that cough turns into a serious throat or lung trouble, stop it witn Jayn&s OpeciaraLfif It has proved its real value during 75 years. taOld Ask your druggist for it ONE OF THE MOST Popular Suits lor this season consists of double breasted Jacket with or without belt and knickei liot'kersor "bloom ers" as some people call them. Here in a larue assortment of beautiful worsteds, cassi mcres and cheviots. $4.00 to $8.00. I I TOWNSEND'S CORNER. BUYING Thrifty Housewives i . Right at this time when good housewives are buying , Furniture and Kitchen Ware, our extra values will make j this store the mecca for nearly all of them. j Now just a word as to this Furniture. We only ask j that you look all around compare ours with other stock and we feel confident of your verdict "I CAN DO BET- ! TER AT PURSEL'S." j And the Kitchen Helps we can only mention a few in the space of course, but if you have a need in that line 1 ama W : 11 I whig uc, ic win save you Furniture. Rocking Chairs 1.50 to 15.00.' Parlor and Library Ta bles 1. $o to 22.50. Buffets 20.00 to 39.50. Side Boards 10.00 to 35.00 China Closets 20.00 to 40 Extension Tables 5.00 to 35 00 , Dining Chairs 4.50 to 25.00 a Set. Couches 6.75 to 39.00, Chiffoniers 6.00 to 22.50. Bed Room Suits 16.50 to $100. White Enameled and Brass Beds 5.00 to 35.00. Kitchen Helps A full and complete line of the justly celebrated El dleweiss cooking ware 10c to 1.50. Rochester Nickle ware in Chafing dishes, tea and cof fee pots, syrup jugs and what not all guaranteed. Scrub Brushes 10c to 25c White Wash Brushes 25 to 50c. Wisp Brooms 10 to 25c. F. P. BLOOMSBURG, BOYS' Stylish Fall Soils That will wear well, always look well, and please t.ho I toy as well as von, are tin; only sort you'll find here a I the right prices. $2.00 to $8.00. "DfiMiuatftdl J TIME FOR money every lime. Kitchen Helps Floor Brushes 1.00 to 1.50 Wall Brushes 60c. Stove Brushes 15 to 25c. Washing Machines 7.50 to 9 50. Clothes Wringers 1.75 to 3.50. ' Carpet Sweepers 1.7 5 to 2.75. Cedar Wash Tubs, (three sizes) 90c., 1.35 and 1.75. Painted Pine wash tubs 75 to 90c. Galvanized wash tubs 80, 90 and 1. 00. Wash Boards 1 5 to 40c. Wood Scrub Buckets 20c Galvanized Buckets, 10 qt. size 20c, 12 qt. size 25c Fibre water buckets 35c. Heavy Tin water buck ets, 12 qt, size 40c, 14 qt. 50c. Enameled water buckets 38 to 90c. Heavy Tin Wash Boilers (with lid) No. 8 for 1.25 and No. 9 for 1.35. Heavy Tin Wash Boilers, copper bottom, No. 8 for 1.35 and No. 9 for 1.50. All copper Wash Boilers $3 PURSEL. - PENN'A.
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