THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSRUPO. STRONGEST BANK Capital $100,000 Undivided Profits $30,000 First National Bank, OFU&OOHttIfl71lG 1A. Solicits the Business and Accounts of Farmers and Business Men. SATISFACTION OUAIIANTKKD HY A STRONG, C'ONSKKVATI VK AND SAFK MAN AO KM F.NT. 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. OF KICK US: K. W. M. Low. President. Janice M.Stavfr, Vice President. I) I K KOTO US: E.W.M.Low, K. U. York, S. C. 'reimy . Fred Ikeler, H.V. Mower lames M. Slnver, Myron I . Low, Lou in Oroxc, M. K Stack house. Frank Ikeler, THE COLUMBIAN. ESTAllLISMFI) iSf.h. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, isrABI.ISIIKl) lSj7. CoNSOl idai ei 1S69 UHi.tsntii) Kvkkv Tiu kshay Murming, A lilo.misliur, the Ceisnty Scat ot , Columliio County . !V::nsylvania. ;!:.. K. i.t.W ELL. Flu tor. HE: . C. ROAN, I om ,as. I'kkm.-: Insult t lie j i . n;y I ,oc a year i m a tv.nn c ; 1 . 5 o i f not ; .iui in alvance. ) r sule the county, t. 2 a year, strictly in Iw C. Al. :iiiiiiiunications should be. id dressed THE COLUMBIAN, H!oomslurn, l'a. : IllT.-sDAY, DECKM KKK 31, I mis. Wages and the Cost of Living.- It took ?3f23 lnt year to pay for the necessaries of living that could he bought for $2500 in 1S97. Six-ty-nine ce.its ten years ago had the buying power of the dollar today. This is the graphic way in which Professor Joseph French Johnson, of New York University, drives home the meaning of '"increased cost of Hying." I lis two simple statements make it startlingly plain that there is a seamy side to mod ern American prosperity. Our Republican friends common point to the existing high scale . workmen's wanes as evidence of 1 exceeding blessings of the jutry under Republican policies. .. hardly need be pointed out that .: advance of wages is cf no ad vantage to a workman if everything that he buys has advanced in the same proportion. The true gauge of a laboring man's prosperity is the purchasing power of his income, and even those workmen whose wages have most advanced are lucky if they can live as well now as tbey could ten years ago. With the professional classes and with clerks, salesmen and other middle-priced employes, the situa tion is much less favorable. Lack ing unions to promote their inter ests and having no organized clas identity to enlist the attention of stump orators and legislators, they have had no advance in income to keep abreast of the advance in pric es. For the mast part, the posi tion that paid $2500 in 1897 pays the same salary in 1908. The one evident financial difference that the decade his brought to the man who holds it is that the $2500 of 1897 is worth only $1725 today. From the standpoint of the vast class which lies between the great captains of industry and those who labor for them is there not some thing of mockery in a high tariff prosperity? Just what is there in it for the bank clerk, say, who married ten years ago on $25 a week? Would not even the high paid skilled workman prefer to be free to purchase his necessaries in the cheapest market and take his chance on being able to exact a good living wage for his labor. Richmond Times Dispatch. More Capitol Trials in April. The next trial of alleged Capitol grafters will take place on April 5, and Joseph M. Huston, the archi tect, who so far has escaped the net, will be one of the defendants, and he will not be granted a sever ance this time. Along with Con tractor Sanderson and former State Officials Snyder, Mathues and Shu maker, the architect and designer of high-priced trimmings will face a jury. Attorney General Todd, Assist ant Deputy Attorney General Todd, District Attorney Weiss, Senator John E- Fox, of Harrisburg, were present for the prosecution, as was Attorney James Scarlet, of Dan ville, who left off prosecuting the Ppwder Trust for the Government long enough to come to Harrisburg to help care for the interests of the State. Mr. Scarlet will again be the chief counsel, taking active part. IN THE COUNTY Surplus $100,000. Myron I. Low, VIcp President. Frank Ikeler, Cashier, State Road Improvement. In a letter to this paper com mending its arguments in favor of highway improvement by the State. Mr. J. II. Weeks, the chairman of the Good Roads Committee of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation, which has instituted a campaign to secure favorable action by the Leg islature, thus definitely outlines its purpose: I "Our Main Highway P.ill pro ' vides for a commission to be ap pointed ty the Governor who shall prepa:o a complete plair of all the mails in the State which they be lieve should be converted into State Reads, not alone those that the lirst appropriation ot s.is,ot)o,ooo will cover. In other words, we are advocating the planning of a complete system. It is unquestion ed that such a system will embrace at least three across-the-State high ways and a number of north and south highways with branches run ning into every section of the State. The difficulty today lies in the fact that our "State-aid" roads only go into such sections as can afford to pay one-fourth of the cost. The poorer sections get no roads for the reason that they cannot afford to pay their share. In certain locali ties important highways pass through these poor sections, with the result that nn immediate amount of traffic is compelled to go over roads that are almost impassable. The present plan has resulted in nothing but patchwork, mostly roads leading from nowhere to no where, and has practically frozen out the poorer townships. We maintain that the main highways should be constructed and main tained at the expense of the State. They are for general use, and should be supported by the general fund. We naturally have a selfish interest in advancing the cause of good roads in Pennsylvania, but our bills have been worked out not solely in the interest of the auto- mobihsts, as many seem to think, but according to the motto we have adopted, "Good roads for the farm er means good roads for the auto- mobilist." Our bills provide for no boulevards, but for common- sense roads treated with a preserva tive whico shall make them water proof and dustproof." It is obvious that what is here indicated is the sensible treatment of the State's highway problem. It there is to be substantial pro gress 'in road improvement there must be a system by which each stretch of work accomplished shall be part of a contemplated whole. The entire scheme of betterment should be lodged in the State au thorities, and the fund acquired by general taxation. It is as unjust to deny good roads to the poorer sections of the Commonwealth as to deny paved streets to the poorer sections of the city. Troops Soon to Leave Cuba. New Year's day will witness the beginning of the evacuation of Cuba by the American army of pacification, which has been in pos session ot the island since the be ginning ot the provisional govern ment, in October, 1906. The First Provisional Regiment of Marines, numbering about ooo. which will be among the first troops to leave, is now concentrating from various posts at Camp Columbia. About half this regiment will sail fiom Havana on January i, on the cruiser Prairie, for Newport News, after which the Prairte will return and embark the remainder. Headquarters and Companies A, B, C and D, Twenty-eighth Infan try, will embark on the transport Sumner at Matanzas, on December 31. From there the transport will proceed to Havana and embark Companies F, G and H, stationed at Guanajay, and Company E, stationed at Guines. The Sumner also will sail for Newport News, the ultimate station of these com panies being Fort Snelling, Minn. WASHINGTON From our Kecular Correspondent. Washington, I). C, Dec. 28, 1908 The Ways and Means Commit tee, that has been sitting so long in Washington, has discontinued its so called investigations and Con ns having adjourned, we are in the midst of the holiday seasi n. An unusuilly large number of Senators und Members temain in Washington, but these are cheered by the visits of their sons and daughters who are in eastern schools and colleges or may be in western and pout lit rn schools and colleges. For there are many worse places to spend the holidays than in the capital city of the United States. The ground is covered with six inches of snow, but the days are bright and there has scarcely as yet been any really cold weather. The citizens of Washington, those who make it their home, are interested in the preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Taft. Seventy-five thousand dol lars have been already subscribed for the expenses of tbc si reel pa geant and ilu- inaugural ball ami it is interesting to note that this a inouut is $i 2,000 gieater than the total subscription for President UnoM Vi U's last i n a u g ti r a t i o n. There is no doubt but that the sub scription will be considerably in creacd for donations are coming in in sums of $ co or more. Locally Mr. Taft is a much more popular man than President Roose velt, lie is genial, tactful iuiper turbably goodliuinorcd. and as the proftssjr said, Mr. Roosevelt "ain't". Thousands of Washing tonians have a grudge against the President. He extended the work ing hours in all Departments from 4 to 4:30 o'clock causing what was imagined tc be intolerable hardship to at least twenty thousand govern ment employees, interfering with their dinner hour and with the schedules of local tiains, fur it must be lemembered that hundreds of government clerks live eight and ten and even forty n:iles outside of the city, quite a number of them coming over in the morning from Baltimore and returning in the evening. President-elect Taft will not have to do what Mr. Roosevelt has done, fortunately perhaps for his local popularity but it may be safely assumed that he will not re scind the older. The inauguration on the fourth of March is expected to surpass in splendor and in volume of specta tors, street parade, and inaugural ball, any similar event that has been given before. As usual, Penn sylvania Avenue, on the south side, will be lined with bleachers where the spectators may sit on a rough pine board at an expense of any where from fifty cents to a dollar and a half and watch an almost endless procession, military and civic, with fifty or more brass bands interspersed, for five or six hours. The day is usually inclement and frequently almost intolerable. The seats that cost $1.50 will have awn ings; while those of ; less price will be exposed to the frownings or smiling skies, as the case may be. In thiity years residence, your cor respondent remembers only one pleasant fourth of March and that was the day of the first inaugura tion of President Cleveland. Andrew Carnegie's admission be fore the Committee on Ways and Means that an international combi nation of steel manufacturers exist ed has naturally excited many people interested in the tariff prob lem and it is said that steps will be taken to get to the bottom of this alleged international trust. Mr. Carnegie denied that he knew any thing of it personally, but he did not deny its existence and had heard of it from several sources. There has been talk of summoning J. Pierpont Morgan, on the assump tion that if there is a big trust any where, he is in it, or may know something about it. Moreover, Mr. Morgan had much to do with the creation of the steel trust and it is somewhat natural to suppose that he is advised as to any inter national relations. It is predicted by those who pro fess to know that President Roose velt's reply to the demand of the House of Representatives for the Weak Throat Weak Lungs 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.,LoweiWass. Always keep a good laxative in Hit house. Take a dose when your cold first comes on. What U the best laxative for this? Ayer's i'ills. Ask your doctor his opinion. Let him decide. information upon which he based the assertion tn his annual message that Members of Congress were averse to investigation by secret service men, is piepared and in the form of a special message. It is said that th President has com pleted it after working clay and night to get it iff his hands in or der that lie might enjoy the Christ mas holidays with a liht heart The draft ot this 111 ssage, it is said, has been submitted to the Cabinet and the paper was carefully scrutinized by every one of the President's counsellors. It is said that those who are anticipating a vitriolic document will not have thfir expectations realized The paper is said to lc conservative, calm and temperate. Congress will scaicely have assembled in the Cap itol before this paper will be re ceived by it and those who have seen it, believe that the country will be convinced, ns will also Members of Congress, that the President h id sufficient rjason for the words that have been so heat edly criticised and discussed in his annual message. The American Eagle. Will NjI bo Prolcitcd any Longer in Pel n. sylvanla. The St. ile of Pei lylvania will remove its olTici il protection from the great American eagle it a bill in contemplation and having the back ing of the State Game Commission hi conies a law. Now the eagle is protected ami there is a fine of $511 for each and every eagle killed. The state game ollicials take the ground that the eagle is a bird of prey and does more damage than good. It has been ascertained that the United States government does not protect the ?airle. and ill.' flan is to make it legitimate game. - - . U. S. Navy Second in World. England Alone Now Leads Us on the Sea. Our navy stands second among those of the great wot Id powers at the present time, aecouling to the navy year book, prepared by Pit man Pulsiver, clerk to the senate navy committee. Germany follows third, while France has dropped to fourth place and Japan to fifth. The year book shows that Great Britain has sixty-one first-class bat tle ships, the United States thirty one, Germany thirty one, France twenty-six and Japan fifteen. France takes precedence of both the United States and Germany, if the tonnage of all the vessels in the navy is counted. All told, France has 516 vessels. Pennsylvania's Big Bridge. One of the most daring and re markable engineering structures ever proposed is the bridge which the Pennsylvania Railroad will be gin building from Port Morris, a suburb of New York, to Queen's county, Long Island, as soon as work on its terminal station is farther advanced. With the approaches the bridge will be three miles long and span the Hell Gate ship channel with an enormous arch 1000 feet in the clear. The entire bridge, except the piers for the arch, will be of steel, having an estimated weight of 80,000 tons. The novel feature of the plans is that the train floor of the bridge in stead of resting on the crown of the arch is hung from it. The crown is 300 feet above the water and the floor 140 feet, enabling the largest steamer to pass under with ease. The bridge will have four tracks, two for passenger trains and two for freight, and is designed for live loads on each of the tracks of two 190-ton locomotives, followed by a uniform load of 5000 pounds per linear foot. The main arch is to be flanked by piers, from which will rise double towers 200 feet high. The towers will be of massive propor tions, with the lower portion of granite and the upper of concrete. w niiam KaoD ot uauviue, son of Dr I. L. .Rabb of this town, was united in marriage on Monday to Miss Ann e Reifsnyder of Dan ville. The ceremony was perform ed in Binghamton. ' ; 1 1 00 YOUR 1 SH0PPOKK3 I AT PURSEL'S. A GREAT VARIETY OF GOODS SUITABLE ! FOR HOUSEHOLD USE F. P. BLOOMSBURG, We Have Ten Styles of Envelopes and Paper to Match FOR Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets Announcements, &c. Full size Wedding with two Envelopes, down tc Billet-doux m.c with Card to Fit. Twenty-Four Styles of Type FOR CARDS AND INVITATIONS. We Do All Kinds of Printing Columbian Printing House, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Worth Knowing. Burning oil is spread by water. To extinguish it throw down flour! sand or earth. The idea is to pre vent the oil spreading. Fried chicken with cream sauce and corn fritters is an old dish, but one that too seldom finds a sub stantial place in the home. A faint scent of violets is impart ed to handkerchiefs by adding a small piece of orris root to the wat er in which they are boiled. PURSEL. PENN'A. To soften hard water, put one ounce of quicklime into four gallons and a half of water. Stir it thor oughly and allow it to settle. Then pour off the clear solution which will be enough to add to four bar rels of hard water. Trespass Notioes. 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