THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA. STRONGEST BANK Capital $100,000 Undivided Profits S30.00O First National Bank, otfii&ocHtiMifuitc;, v Solicits the Business and Accounts of Farmers and Business Men. !: VTISKALTIOX UUAKANTK1.I V. V A STItONO, CONSKKVATi VK AN D SAKK MANAUKMKNT. i Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. OF FIT KItS: I',. W. M. Low, Pri'sliliMit. Myron I. Low, Vice PivM.li-tit. Jiuiu'N M.Staver, Viee President. Frnnk Ikeler, Cashier. DI HECTORS: E. W. M. Low. F. (1. Ynrku, H. C. Creasy. Fred lUidcr, H.V.Howpr lames M. Stitver, Myron 1 . Low, Louin Unws, M. V. StiK-k'.iouw. Frank I koler, THE COLUMBIAN. KST.iu.:sin:i) tsff.. THE COL'JMCIA DEMOCRAT, riSTAHl IM1KI 137. O N Si II 1 1 A'l t 1 I Sf'Q ,'UBI.IStlKI) F.VKRV ThCRSIUY MoRNING, V Hlnomsl'ury, tin; Counlv Scat ot Oo'.umliiaCour.ty, Pennsylvania. CK. K. l:l.Vi:i.I Kditor. v.'. '. C. KUAN, l okV-MAX. !Vi. m : In su1 1 the tount y $ i .00 a year !i ilvaiuc; 1 . 5 1 i f tiot iail in a Ivanco. O v lin county, 71.25 a year, strictly in a iv:t -1 "v iiiminicntions s'.imilil le:ul Irossrd niE CULVVHIAN, LMooinslmrc l'a. HI'KSDAN . ilKCKMIiKl! L'4, l!i()S. ' He Should Not Be Sacrificed. The Philadelphia Record, dismis sing the proposition of making Hon. John G. Mcllenry the Demo cratic nominee for Governor at the next election, and commenting up on Mr. Mcllenry s indisposition to be a gubernatorial candidate, says that he cannot withdraw himself from favorable consideration. "Any way, the office should seek the an and not the man the office." This is all very w-dl. but Mr. McHenry not unmindful of the :ior which the mtnton of his r. 2 iii that connection implies, eves that his present obligations the public require him to give ; undivided attention to his con .ional duties, and that eneour iging a movement that might di vert some of his euergies into an other channel would have a re creant appearance. He has found legislative work agreeable and has adapted himself to it and feels that he owes his constituents his best efforts. Besides, it would be treat ing Mr. Mcllenry unfairly to take him from a successful congression al career and expose him to almost certain defeat in the contest for Governor, for the election of even the strongest Democratic guberna torial candidate in Pennsylvania would be a miracle, and miracles are not happening in present day politics. Teddy's Temper. Angry at Girls Who Passed Him on Horseback. Under the caption "Girls Anger ed President" the Baltimore Sun printed this Washington dispatch: "You know that you should not go ahead of our party," said Presi dent Roosevelt as he rode past my self and three of the seminary girls in Rock Creek Park, near the For est Glen entrance, on Thanksgiv ing day. The President rode by fiercely, not stopping, and, as he passed, the boot of one of the girls was knocked from her stirrup, and the President's riding crop fell vi ciously upon the flank of the horse she was riding. Had she not been an excellent horsewoman serious injury to her might have followed. The President seemed to be in a great rage and his party rede with out looking back. I do not know whether the blow was struck inten tionally. We were unaccompanied by male escorts." "The foregoing statement was made by Miss E. I. Sisson, instruc tor in an exclusive seminary for young ladies located in Maryland, near the District line. She was re counting an experience which she, as chaperon, and the three young women students, two of whom are daughters of wealthy Texas and Chicago men, underwent on Thanksgiving Day in Rock Creek Tark. The old-fashioned cab horse will soon be a thing of the past in the city of Scranton. One automobile company has a line of taxicabs al ready in operation in the anthracite city, and two other companies are about replacing their horse cabs with electric cabs of the latest design. IN THE COUNTY Surplus $130,000. COAL VALUES How the Anthracite Companies Dodge Taxation. Properly In Lackawanna County Worth Two Hundred Million Assessed at $200,000. The Scranton Times, in nn edi torial on coal values s.iid: "A fvw months a:o, who 1 the cmnty com missioners wore inquiring into the values of coal lands in Lackawanna county with a view lo compelling the corporations to pay, at least ap proximately their sh ire of the cost of local government, the great cor porations were appraising their properties at an exceedingly lo.v rate, 'flu? county commissioners made an assessment of $Jor a foot acre, at which the big eop.l o.vners held up their hands in holy honor and by pleading poverty of val in had the assessments reduced by the court to $00 per foot acre. Recent ly Mr. Clarence 1). Simpson went upon the stand in the Cod Trust investigation and testified that the coal sold by the firm of Simpson & Watkins to the Temple Iron Com pany is Wor.h from $1 50,000,000 to 5 ;oo, 000,000. The Temple Iron Company is possessed of other prop erties than those sold to it by Simp son ct Watkins and all of it is rep resented by $2,500,000 of stock is sued and a little more than $1,000, 000 of bonds. We have no figures at hand, but we doubt that the as sessed valuation on all this property exceeds $200,000. Clarence 1). Simpson is a competent witness as to coal values He has been in the business all his life. He knows whereof he speaks. All of which goes to prove that the coal corpora tions are not yet paying anything like their fair proportion of local taxes. Our county and city au thorities should get busy again." Spring Election. Will Be Held Tuesday. February 16. Preparations are now under way in the office of the commissioners for the annual February election at which the borough and township offices, expiring in March next, wi'.l be blled. The February elec tion will be held on Tuesday, Feb ruary :6th, and will be a very im portant election to the voters. Borough officials, consisting of tax collectors, chief burgess, auditors and couucilmen and school direc tors will be determined at the elec tion, and election officers fo- the ensuing year. The last day for fil ing regular party nomination papers, which nominations are de termined at political primaries or caucuses of the Republican and Democratic electors, will be Friday, January 29th. The last day for fil ing independent nominatiions will he Monday, February 1st. The lat ter can be filed by any candidate who does not desire to come before the voteis of any party, or where no primaries are held, by securing the voters of any party, or where no primaries are held, by securing as petitioners two percent, of the total number of electors in the dis trict, and by having the petition or nomination paper sworn to by five of the petitioners. As Seen from Fairview. It must be admitted that the language employed by Mr. Roose velt was uncalled for and unbecom ing to a President's message. But, Mr. Roosevelt is not-and we say it in the best of spirit-famous for his good manners. His chief boast is that he is the apostle of the "square deal," and yet on many notable oc casions he has been guilty of cruel injustice tn dealing with his I fellows. He has needlessly and wantonly insulted many individ- I liolu oAt nllkni.irli V. ,1 r...Wl.'. I. 1 aim nituuugii l tit; puuuw Uitvc borne this shortcoming patiently. 1 it is plain they are now growing I weary. Ifryan's Commoner, WASHJNGTON From our Keuulnr Correspondent. Washington, I). C, Dec. 21, iooS The political situ .tion during the past week has been replete within cresting events and episode. The Panama Cannl dial has been the subject of unfounded charges against the Govcrnnu nt ami those nearly related to the President, and of irdignant and vindictive coun terchatges coming direct irotn the President in the shape ofa message to Cong toss and containing tlreats of libel suits against the chief of fender, the editor of the New Yoik World. Congress is writhing under the stinging lash of the President charging it with an effort to choke off or scotch detective activity with regard to its members. .Some mem bers of Congress (.like some of the rest of us) would not care to have too strong a searchlight turned on all th- ir outgoings and incomings The President knows who some of them are and lie is ptrhaps waiting with some impitience for the Na tional legislature to lise in its holv wrath ned repudiate the insim a lion. Congress, or at least some Cong-e'-snien, will not play with fire lor fear of an cxpl moh. The Preside .t is merciless in hi expos ures a id his denunciation and what they have done in the closet, he is capa. le of proclai ning from the housetops ol their constituencies in a way that all men mid their wives will hear and believe him It is a little short of sham-less how some nivinbers and Senators nuke the United States treasury pay their elertion expenses and even bribe their constituents. The common remark: "They all do it" renders it not one whit more respectable or less dishonest. There are Navy yards on the New lingl.md coast and on other coast that are supported by the United States for no other reason than th .t a Senator or a member of Congress has use for them to sus tain his political fortui.es by keep ing him in Congress. These navy yards are too small for modern warship construction, therefore useless ships are appropriated for and hundreds of men are emploved and millions of dollars are paid in wages (wasted) to the Inends and political lien, linien of certain Sena tors and Members. The lower House of Congress has just passed a bill for the next Census with a provision that the clerks are to be selected independ ent 01 the Civil Service competitive examinations. I'.very member o: Congress knows that this is not in the interest of economy or efficien cy. Wright and Porter, two capa ble superintendents of the Census, are on record as regretting that the service under them was not includ ed in the classified civil service ev animation lint, Wright, especially, believed the cost of the last Census had been increased to the extent of two millions of dollars by the neg lect of the application of the Civil Service to the selection of clerks. The motives of Congressmen in re lieving the Census appointments from the necessity of competitive examination, are open to everyone. They are seeking appointments for their political supporters or their relatives-their sons, their wives, cousins, aunts and mothers-in-law-- who are constantly after them for some place at the public crib. They cannot tight publicly against the Civil Service Law. With the conn try at large it is too popular. It has redeemed a service that was scarcely less rotten than that of Russia or China. But they are des perately hungry for patronage. In putting the large body of Fourth- class Postmasters under Civil Ser vice protection, these congressmen have been robbed of much influence and they are trying to recoup themselves through the Census Office and at the expense of the country at large. Some few members of Congress are independent of patronage. All of them should De. To well in formed, enlightened statesmen, pat ronage is a curse. It curses him that gives and him that receives. The person who gets the office is an ingrate and the twenty who fail to get it become enemies. But the average congressman is not an en Weak Throat Cold after cold; cough after cough! Troubled with this taking-cold habit? Better break it up. We have great confidence in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for this work. No medicine like it for weak throats and weak lungs. Ask your doctor for his opinion. He knows all about it. His approval is valuable. Follow his advice at all times. No alcohol in this COUgh medicine. . C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mais. Always keep a good laxative In tht house, 'lake a dose when your cold first comes on. What U the best laxative for this? Ayer's Pills. Ask your doctor his opinion. Let him decide. lightened statesman; he is a small politician. There is still time for the Senate to amend th" House bill by inser ting a clause iu-isting on coi:ieti tive examination for the Ceiius Office appointments Without such examinations, thousands of incom petent persons will be appointed. Men cover, many more persons than ate Heeded will git offices and the cost if the Census will be greatly increased by politicians insisting 011 having their friends taken care of. The public Rood demands that the thousands of nersovs to be employ ed in taking and publishing the next Census should I e appointed for efficiency and indepenelently of political pull. The Senate Ins an opportunity to further establi.-h it self in the confidence of the country by insisting on amending the bill so that the Cemns Office, like the other offices of the government, shall be filled with clerks chosen for their efficiency and not because they need places but be. atise the government needs a clerical lorce chosen 11 the principle of the sur vival of the fittest. Wlire Some of the Deficit is Crmtal The postoffico officials, who h ivc charge of the financial end ofjh.it department, are w. tkiner overtime just now to discover some way by which the rapidly and constantly accumulatMi'.; deficit in the post.il service can be checked. lV.ssibly if they woald turn their eagle- eye-, to the abuses of the gem-rtl fr .Hiking privileges enjoyed by Senators and Members of Congress they might find a few leaks, that il stopped, would pn-vent a portion of the losses complained of. When the government atteinpls to carry free the thousands of t jus of documents and departmental re ports, all the crazy sp.cches deliv ered by Senators or Congre smeii, and in addition permit Republican committees to stuff franked enve lopes with all kinds of political rot and nonsense as it did during the recent campaign, and then pay the railroads exorbitant prices for transporting this tra.-h, it i-i not to be wondered at that the deficiency increJises and that the shortage is bei-oaring fi ightful. It is upon the weight basis that railroads are paid for carrying the mails. A single department report with its heavy wrapper, will weigh as much as a thousand letters pay ing two cents each. Tlu report costs, just as much per pound to carry as does the letter It pays nothing. It is of little use, and less interest to the public generally. The few libraries that treasure them enough to give them shelf room, and the fewer individuals who can interest themselves in the dry and generally unreliable details that most of them contain, could easily afford to pay the thirty-five or forty cent charges that express companies would deuian J for de livering them. It is all right that Senators and Congressmen should have the rielu to frank their letters and all the correspondence they are obliged to maintain with their constituents, but when it caivtes to having free use of the mails to send out any old thing they can lay hands on, or to distribute broadcast and without limit the pointless, useless, and of ten untruthful speeches they im pose upon the public, there ought to be a halt called. .The sooner this is done the soon er the deficit now troubling the Department will disappear. Watchman, Says Posterity Should Help Pay. Judge Staples, in the Strouds burg court, created much interest when he stated that he thought it wise that the County Commission ers pay off less of the county deht this year and reduce the taxes in stead. "Is it right," asked Judge Staples, "that the people of this decade should pay for the improve ments which will be enjoyed by posterity ? The county buildings, excellent bridges and other proper ty will be enjoyed by the coming generation, and it is not right that the present generation should be compelled to pay off entirely the county indebtedness. Judge Staples might have includ ed road improvements. There is no reason why municipalities should not mortgage the future to give the present generation better roads. Weak Lungs 00 YOUR CHRISTMAS HOPPBMG AT Of TC r S A GREAT VARIETY OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS. ' F, P. BLOOMSBURG, We Have Ten Styles of Envelopes and Paper to Match I Invitations, Acceptances, Pegrets Announcements, $cc. rim m.o Heading witii iiiliet-uoux isi.e Twenty-Four Styles of Type FOIl CARDS AND INVITATIONS. We Do All Kinds of Printing Columbian Printing House, BLOOMSBURG, PA. The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., post office. Mrs. Susie Hunter, Mr. John Mauing, Miss Grace Shultz. Mr. and Mrs. William Leverett of Philadelphia are the guests ot Bloomsburg relatives. An old attorney of the Union County Bar recently gotofT the log ic that a jury is a body of twelve men that decide which lawyer is the smarter. PURSEL. - PENN'A. 1 FOR two Envelopes, down tc with Cam to Fit. INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC. Chas. P. Klwell announces that he will be pleased to receive all lormer pupils on violin and piano tarte, as well as new ones. Latest and best methods. Terms strictly cash by the lesson or month. 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