Mn a m m a a. m i at 1 a-k rV f mm t 1T T 1 i fc I rlH CJCJl'IJ frltS IAIN. oLUUlVlooU Kil "Keith's Conqueror. TH E C O LU M B I AN. Isl.OOMSISURO, FA. "l; J I URSDAy7 AUGUST 13. 1908 I ntrreil at the Port Op'cr, lllnmnrlnirg. Pa. orrrnmdctiirr mnttrr, Murcii 1, kw. Vacation clays will soon be over. The clays are growing perceptib ly shorter. . - V. S. Reed will give his annual watermelon treat to the Men's Bible Union on Friday evening of next week. - Tbe following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa. post office: Mr. S. Gunipert. Cards : S. Lan der, Mr. Maxwell Raney (2), Mr. J. A. Schramm. Look over your stock of printed matter and see if it needs replenish ing. Now is a quiet season, and we can do your work promptly, and at the lowest prices. The Philadelphia Record of last Sunday contained an excellent like ness of Hon. Alexander Billmeyer of near Washingtonville. and an interesting descriutive article. Mr. J. R. Townsend is now wear ing tube-roses and presenting them to his friends. His crop is about the first of the season thus far, as these flowers are unusually late this summer. Dr. Miles' Antl-roln Tills relieve pain. H. V. White Esq and Hon. W. T. Creasy have been appointed by Governor Stuart as delegates to at tend the Farmers' National Con ... 1 .1: . Rress, wnicn meets in iuauisuu, Wis., in September. The J. L. Dillon plant has had nn addition in the shane of a new shionine room, built at the west side. It is provided with plenty of light, and much more space afforded than formerly. is Prof, and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff of Normal Hill, celebrated the tenth anniversary of their marriage on Monday. The guests included a number who were present at the wedding ceremony ten years ago. Mrs. L. S. Wintersteen of New York City spent last Thursday in Bloomsburg. On Friday she went to Bellefonte to visit her sister, Mrs. Linele. Mrs. Wintersteen is a daughter of the late J. J. Biower. The contractors for the Blooms burg and Millville Street Railway arrived in town last week, and after looking over the route, announced that work is to be commenced at once, and the road will be complet ed by November fifteenth. Judge Alton B. Parker of New York, played the role pf a rescuer on Sunday in California, when, jumping from his automobile, he stopped a runaway team and carried home the injured occupants of the overturned carriage in his machine. Harry C Wilbur and wife of Jacksonville, Florida, are visiting the former's parents, Piof. and Mrs. G. E. Wilbur. Mr. Wilbur has become prominent as a newspa per writer in the south, and is now engaged on the Jacksonville Times. . The bridge for the cut off that the Lackawanna Railroad will build acioss the Delaware River between Portland and Slateford will be a concrete structure 1350 feet in length and will be 80 feet above low water mark. There will be five arches spanning 150 feet, two spanning 30 feet, and eight smaller ones. Albra W. Baker, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Diseases of Children a Bhkciai.ty Corner Jof Third and West Streets, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Hour Until 10 a. m. 1 to a and 8 to 8 p. m. Both Telephones. 5-7-6m GREAT Clarance Sale This Week of Seasonable Shoes for Men. Ox ford Ties, Low Shoes and Pumps. The greatest money saving sale of Men's Oxfords and Low Shoes that we have ever announced. Right at a time when you want a nice cool and comfortable shoe. 15 Reduction on Men's Oxfords, Low Shoes and Pumps, this week only. Patent Leather, Russian Calf, Gun Metal and Vici Kid. The Progressive Shoe Store CHAS. IYI. EVANS. vner a ween s test ot the new system between Binghamton and Scranton. the officials of the Lacka wanna Railroad declare that the dispatching of trains by telephone is a fast, safe and economical method of carrying on that import ant branch of railroad work. I he porkers raised at the Dan ville Hospital, about two bunched of them annually, are to be housed 111 a steam-heated piggery, and fed on steam cooked food. Happy hogs ! But when the leaves fall. and the frost is on the stubble, and the buckwheat has been harvested, their happiness will be ended, for those are sausage days. There is some talk of erecting an asylum for th- insane in connection with the poor district of the middle coal field, which covers the territory in Hazleton and vicinity. This action seems to be necessitated on account of the crowded condition of the asylum at Retreat, where the patients from the Hazleton district are now cared for. The horse of J. M. Robbins cre ated a bit of excitement last Sun day afternoon by galloping play fully on the front porch of the Rob bins home on Market street. The animal was loose in the side yard; and wishing to get out, took the only means of exit offered by mounting the veranda on the side and walking down the front steps. A movement is on foot in Schuyl kill county to have the county can didates on the Democratic and Re publican tickets hold a joint outing at Railway Park, near Pottsville, 111 the near future. It is proposed to have both sides mingle together in a social way, forgetting politics for the time being. As there are enough to make quite a respectable gather ing, the picnic would be a success m - Notwithstanding the reports that dissatisfaction exists among the seamen in the navy, there seems to have been little among those in the Atlantic fleet which is now on its world cruise. It .was rather ex pected that there would be many deserters when the fleet left San Francisco, but official reports state that there were only one hundred and twenty-nine men missing out of thirteen thousand, and some of these absentees were detained by sickness and other causes. For headache Dr. Miles' Antl-Paln Dili. The Thaw muddle is again in the lime light. Papers in bankruptcy have been filed in Pittsburg, and other sensations are promised. The attorneys who defended Thaw dur ing his trial are to be prosecuted for alleged extortionate fees. The charge is in turn made by these lawyers that the bankruptcy pro ceedings are merely a ruse for get ting Thaw over the state line into Pennsylvania, whence he could not be taken back to prison. Will the row never cease ? Illegal fishing in the reservoir of the Wilkes-Barre water company, at Huntsville, has just received a black eye. On Friday night the Garrahan detective agency took several men before 'Squire William Norton of Dallas, charged with trespass on the water company s dam. Each man paid $3.50. Sat urday night 'a batch of foreigners were taken before the same Magis trate. The charge was fishing with nets .and with having undersized bass in their possession. Unable to pay a fine of ft 20 each all were seni to jail for no days. A new Odd Fellows' orphanage building, at Orphanage station, nearSunbury, is nearing comple tion. The new structure will ac commodate 260 children. The original plans were to finish only the boys' dormitories, but it has been decided to push the work through and finish the girl's dormi tories also. The completion will be followed by fitting ceremonies. The old building will be transformed in to a home for aged and indigent Odd Fellows and their wives, after the new one is completed and in use. Telephone "Courtesy."' Plenty ol Room tor Improvement lu Manneri ol People Who use the 'Phone. An exchange very aptly remarks: In case you are in a hurry when your telephone rings, and you re spond quickly, it is pleasant to be told, Hold the phone a minute, until the party that called is ready to converse with you about some matter that concerns himself. He is occupied, of course, and had his clerk or wife call you, so that he would lose none ot his precious time in getting your attention ; but to make you wait in such circum stances is a rare exhibition of nerve There's another telephone nusiance. That's the person who rings you up and asks, "is that steenty-steen ? You blandly say it is, and ask who calls, but the party at the other end refuses this courteously sought information, although he has the advantage of knowing you all the time, and leaves you in the dark as to his identity. He might just as well walk into your offue wearing a mask and seek to hold coversa tion with you in his disguise, as be so elusive on the 'phone. There is room for improvement in the man ners of a cood many persons who use the telephone. . . Railroad Accidents. The first complete report of rail road accidents ever compiled for Pennsylvania has just been finished by the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission, and shows that in the six months ending July 1st there were 525 fatal accidents and 4,635 which resulted in injury. Hereto fore the reports of accidents did not show exclusively what number oc curred in Pennsylvania, the returns being for all accidents all over sys terns having lines in this State The State Commission s report deals entirely with casualties in Pennsylvania. The average number of employ ees killed and injured every month was 642. The average number of employees killed an average of 109 accidents per month is 25. and the average number of employees in jured is 617. The average number of passen gers killed and injured per month was 71, the average number killed was 52 and the average number in lured 69. The railroads of Pennsvlvania re ported an average of 109 accidents per month to trespassers. The average uumber of tresspassers kill ed on the lines of railroads in the State of Pennsylvania per month was 52 and the average number in lured 57- The highest percentage of fatali ties in connection with accidents is that of trespassers, the report show ine that 47.24 per cent, of all tres passers concerned in railroad acci dents suffered death; 3.03 per cent of the accidents to passengers were fatal; 384 percent, of the accidents to employees were fatal; 24 67 per cent, of the accidents at grade cross ings were fatal. State Crops. A Record Breaking Year Fruit and Hay a Bumper Year. Correspondents of Secy. , Critch field's Department of Agriculture report record-breaking crop condi tions throughout the state of Penn sylvania. Fruit is especially plentiful- Apples were not seriously damaged by moths, and the pear crop promises to be one of the larg est known in years, reaches are very plentiful. "They seem this year to have escaped all the various ailments that ordinarily attack that crop, said Deputy fcecretary Mar tin. Among the other tarm pro ducts, hay was a bumper crop. Wheat also yielded well, and the indications are for" a heayy crop of corn. Jiarly potatoes were not up to standard, but reports as to the late crop are uniformly favorable. . -- Tunnelling the Delaware. If ever a newspaper was enthusi astic over public improvements and pushed them forward strenuously, it is the Philadelphia Press at the present time. Within the past week it has stirred up all Philadelphia and Camden, and the adjacent coun try, over the idea of tunnelling the Delaware, and things seem to be looking favorable to an early reali zation of the gigantic project. Phil adelphia was in tbe midst of self congratulations over the completion of the Subway when the Press launched the boom for the Delaware tube, tagged with the "Do it now" slogan. From external indications it won't be long until it is done, end our contemporary may be thanked for awakening the local public to action. O Bean the Rfiatm ef aTht Hind You Hm Wwiys BwgW A Brick Roads. Uttle Difference In Cost and Will be Vastly Better and More Durable. It is believed the time is not far distant when state roads in Penn sylvania will be constructed of brick instead of macadam. While mac adam is a great improvement over dirt roads, urick is rapidly displac ing the former and is becoming more popular as its advantages are made known. One clement in favor of brick is the matter of cost. It is asserted that a properly constructed brick highway can be built at even less cost, especially in this section of the country where much of the macadam material has to be shipped iu at a cost much in excess of the material's value The preparation of the road for brick is no more ex pensive than that for macadam, and its lasting qualities are much great er. It is a tac: mat However care fully macadam road is built it wears out rapidly and requires almost constant attention. Brick paving lasts for years and where a section of road does yield through sinking or wear it um be replaced easily and at no great cost. The test has already been made and the unani mous opinion is that brick is much the superior. It is said that the state highway commissioner is look ing with favor cn the brick road and that he will advocate that material where new highways are being projected. A Hot Campaign. The Presidential campaign is uow on and from the present indi cations will be the hottest fought and most interesting campaign for many years. Both great national parties are working hard for the success of their candidates, interest will increase from day to day and will continue until the voter has cast his vote and the election has been decided. Every American citizen will want to keep in touch with the campaign as it progresses Ihe Philadelphia Press, the great, reliable, metropolitan daily, will publish the campaign news com pletely and will keep you posted up to the minute. Tell your news dealer to serve The Philadelphia Press to your home, get it at the news stand or send m your sub scription direct, addressing it to the Circulation Department, Ihe Press, 7th and Chestnut Streets, Philadel phia. . WILLIAMS GROVE PICNIC. Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad For the Grangers' Picnic at Williams Urove. fa., August 24 to the 1'enn sylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets to Williams Grove from stations in Pennsylvania and from Baltimo e, Elraira, Frederick and intermediate stations on the Northern Central Kail way, August 18 to 28. Inclusive, good to return until September 1, inclusive, at reduced rates. 8-13-2t Wonderful Cows. An agent in a neighboring town is advertising some real estate and appurtenances this week. Among other offers he has a seventy-five acre farm, and according to the "ad," there are two wonderful animals on this farm. The item reads, "Two cows have had second and third calves, two heifers, sev enty-five chickens and machinery all for only $1800.00." Miraculous bovines ! And what a reasonable price for them. A menagerie would pay double the amount. LITERARYINSTITUTE and STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Bloomsburg, Pa, 1908-1909. New Science Hall, costing $75,- 000 Laboratory Methods Good Gymnasium New Library and Recreation Rooms Well-Drilled Model Schod, with ample accom modations New Athletic Field Remodeled Kitchen Equipment Improved Dining-Room Service Free Tuition to Prospective Teach ersHealthful Location 33 Pass enger trains daily Fall Term opens Sept. 8, 1908 Classes begin Wed nesday, Sept. 9th. tor various courses and rates see catalogue. Address D. J. Waixer, Jr., Principal. A fine new line of Wedding in vitations just received at this office. IN THE ORPHAN'S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF COLUMBIA JSUate of James McIIalt, Metaled Notice is hereby given that Honora McHale. widow of decedent, has pre sented to and filed in said Court her pe tition witn tne return ana inventory ana appraisement of the personal estate of said decedent elected to be retained and set aside to her under tbe Act of June 4th, 1883, and that the same will be ap proved by the Court on the 4th Monday of September, 1908, unless exceptions thereto be filed before that time. EDWARD J. FLYNN. 8-6-3t Attorney for Petitioner. Big Irrigation Scheme Completed. After five years of hard labor and the spending of a mint of money the stupendous irrigation works which the Government has been installing in western Nebraska and Wyoming have been finished, and the snow water which the hot Au gust sun is bringing down from the mountains in torrents is being con served in the immense reservoirs instead of being allowed to rush down the Platte River and through the Missouri on into the lower Mis sissippi to iuundate that portion of ' tne country at a tremendous loss to the people. This is the first prac tical trial of the Government irriga tion works and the officials of the Reclamation Bureau are watchiny the result with a great deal of ,anx- ty, as on that result willhantr the future actions of this branch of the national Government. The irrigation works on the east ern slope of tbe Rocky Mountains are intended for a two-fold nnmosc. One ot these is to irrigate a semi- arid country; theother is to so hem up the hood waters when the sum mer sun has started the mountain snow to melting that no damage will result to the country along the lower and more level stretches of the great rivers, the water being nem in check when in flood and gradually released when the land is dry and baked under the nrairie sun wind. The work which has just been finished and the reservoirs which are just now - filling up with the snow water, has been done on the famous Pathfinder system, the dam being located in a deep gorge of the Rocky Mountains through which the North Platte River plunges. In this gorge a dam costing $i,ooo, 000 was built, and the water backs up 25 miles through the mountains. The great reservoir holds 1 ,000,000 acre-feet of Water that is, enough water to cover 1,000,000 acres of land one foot deep. 14 OFF YOUR BILL That's what THE CLARK STORE offers you now on their Entire Stock of All Wool Dress Goods, Embroideries and Laces, and Counterpanes. You reap the benefit in this big; sale of these dependable and reliable goods by saving 25 per cent. Just so much interest on your money, and the joods are what you need. Don't delay if you wish to share in this saving. Act now while the offer is on. 6.75 SILK PETTICOATS 4.09. All Wool Tailored Suits J Price. THE CLARK STORE . The Climax of the is a Yellowstone Park A Stage Ride of 145 Miles through the Heart of Nature Three Days Along the Pacific and Five Days in the Canadian Rockies Eighteen years of experience in planning and conducting Personally-Conducted Tours makes the Pennsylvania Railroad the leader, among transportation companies, in this field of traffic. Yellowstone Park is the most interesting area of land in the world. Every mile discloses a new revelation of nature's strange manifestations The Rocky Mountaius of Canada contain the grandest scenery in North America. A 22-Day Tour Leaves August 24 A booklet with complete description and rates will be furn ished by Ticket Agents, or will be sent by mail on application to Geo. W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC. Chas. P. "El well announces that he will be pleased to receive all former pupils on violin and piano forte, as well as new ones. No be ginners taken, and no evening les sons, owing to band and orchestra work. Latest and best methods. Terms strictly cash by the lesson or month. Address Hotel Hidlay, Bloomsburg, or call up on Bell 'phone any afternoon between i and 2. tf ALL RUN DOWN. Miss Delia Stroebe, who had Ce pietely Lost Her Health, Found Relief from Peruna at One. Read What She Says: ,''' ,i I Wit MISH DELLA 8TKOEHK, 7U Rich mond Kt., Apploton, WU., wrtUn. "For several years I was In a. run down condition, and I could find no re lief from doctors and medicines, t could not enjoy my mealu, and eonlr not Bleep at night. 1 had heavy, dart circles about the eyes. "My friends were much alarmed. I was advised to tfive Peruna a trial, mat' to my Joy I began to Improve with h first bottle. After taking six bottlM? felt completely eured. I cannot say tot much for l'eruna as a inedlclna tar women In a run-down condition." Pe-ru-na Did Wonders. Mrs. Judge J. F. lioyer, 1421 Sheraiai: Ave., Evanttton, 111., says that sb k came run down, could neither eat r sleep well, and lost flood and spirit. Pe runa did wonders for her, and she thanlfc Peruna for new lifo and strength. Man-a-lin the Ideal Lautlvs. Summer's Outing week iu It is very ruffling to the temper of a man who may be even as meek as Moses and as patient as Job, to be summoned to the telephone and at once greeted with a gruff de mand, "Well, who Is this?" The Eerson summoned has a right to now first who has called him. The proper way is for the caller to first inquire "Is this Mr. Smith ?" and then say, "I am Mr. Jones." Most people do it this way. Some don't.
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