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BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1909.
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DIED IN NEW MEXICO.
Although it was known that he
had been ill for some . time, the
news that Raymond Hummer had
died on Friday, at Fort Bayard,
New Mexico, was a shock to all
his friends, for it was not thought
by any one that the end was so
near.
He was the second son of Mr
and Mrs. John N. Hummer of
Berwick, and a brother of DeForest
J. Hummerof this town. He was
born in Danville on April 2, 1885,
so that he would have been 24
years old in April next. His par
ents moved to Bloonisburg some
yeare ago, and here he learned the
machinists trade.
On January 27, 1908, he went to
Pottsville and enlisted in the
United States Army as a musician,
and was sent to Fort Slocum for
his equipment and to be sworn in.
He was a good clarinet player, and
had played in the Berwick Band,
in the Bloomsburg Band, and in
Repasz' Twelfth Regiment Band of
Williamsport.
At Fort Slocum he contracted
a heavy cold and last July he was
sent to the Government Hospital,
at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and
had been in failing health ever
since.
Since his death last Friday, let
ters from him have been received
by his father and brother, one
written on the 26th, and the other
on the 28th, the very day of his
death. In both of them he seemed
hopeful, and spoke of coming home
soon, as his enlistment would soon
expire and he would return to his
friends here. There was not a word
of complaint, nor anything to indi
cate that he realized the serious
ness of his condition. These letters,
coming as they did after his life
had gone out, were like a voice
from the dead.
The remains were to have been
shipped on Saturday, but for some
reason they were not started by
express until Monday night, and
will probably not reach here before
Friday or Saturday. The funeral
will be held from the residence ot
DeForest Hummer on Fifth street,
but the time cannot be definitely
fixed until the arrival of the body.
Raymond was a fine young man,
a member of St. Paul s Episcopal
Church, and of the choir, and was
popular with all his acquaintances.
His death is peculiatly sad, just as
he was budding into manhood,
and in a strange place far from
home and friends. His parents and
brother, and sister, Mrs. B. F.
Kelly of Danville, have the heart
felt sympathy of the community in
tbeir afiliccion.
THE BALLOTS.
The printing of the ballots for
the election on February 16th has
been awarded by the commissioners
to the Columbian, and the work
has begun. v
For fifteen years with two or
three exceptions, the ballots have
been printed at this office. Not
once in all that time has it happen
ed that the ballots have not been de
livered on the day promised, and
only once have any of them been '
reprinted because of the printer's
error, and then only for two dis
tricts, a name being misspelled.
Did you ever notice how long it
takes a man to select a seat for an
entertainment, from the diagram at
Bidleman's? Of course, when you
are the man, it does not take very
long, but when the other fellow is
ahead of you, and you are waiting,
it takes that other fellow as lone as
it does a womau to select a new I
spring hat. 1
LACKAWANNA TO EXTEND.
Harriman Road From Northumberland South
to Maryland.
Reports in railroad circles during
the past month indicate strongly
the bettering of the Lackawanna
Railroad between Scranton and
Northumberland and the construc
tion, by E. H. Harriman, of a con
necting link between Northumber
land and Hancock, Maryland and
thence to the Atlantic seaboard.
For some weeks officials of the
Lackawanna and Delaware and
Hudson Railroads have been going
over the line from Scranton to Nor
thumberland, viewing it with the
contractors, with the supposed pur
pose of rebuilding the line.
A prominent banking house in
New York city has been buyirfg all
offerings of the Western Maryland
Railroad stock and has even pur
chased a large stock of its bond.' in
order to secure the stock held by
the bondholders. This purchase
was made abroad. This banking
house is closely identified with the
Lackawanna and the Harriman in
terests. The conclusion drawn from these
activities is that a line is about to
be built from Nortumberland to
Hancock. Marvland. to connect the
Lackawanna system with the West
ern Maryland line and open up a
large territory of fertile lands, lum
ber, coal and iron.
Such a line would probably Dass
through Selinsgrove, Richfield,
Mimintown and from the Juniata
river through the Broad Tod re
gion and Fulton county. Fulton
county is the only county in Penn
sylvania not having a railroad.
Such a line would allow Harri
man to send his traffic from the
southwest to the eastern points
without placing it on Pennsylvania
trackage. He has at no time been
friendly with the Pennsylvania.
COAL FOR 85 YEARS.
According to Prof. Wm. Grif
fiths, mining expert and geologist
of Scranton, the entire supply of
anthracite coal will be exhausted in
eighty-five years. His estimates on
the supply are based on 1905 sur
veys. Ihe production, has been
averaging just under 80,000,000
tons. Already much territory is
entirely mined out and the empty
caverns are so numerous and great
now that it is possible for people to
walk twenty or thirty or more
miles under the surface .of the
earth in mine passageways. Ex
Expert testimony on the subject
of the quantity of coal still in the
ground, is about as reliable as ex
pert testimony upon the subject of
the coming of the millenium. They
differ so much in their opinions,
which are based largely ou guess
work, that the ordinary mind is led
to the conclusion that the experts
do not know very much about it.
DANIEL MILLER.
Daniel Miller died at his home
on Seventh street last Saturday
night, from consumption. His age
was about 71 years. He was born
in Madison township, and spent
his life in this county. He was a
painter by trade. He was a mem
ber of the United Evangelical
church and a charter member of
the P. O. S. A. of town.
His wife and the following chil
dren survive him: Barton, of town;
J. S., of Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. C. J.
Goss, of Wilkes-Barre.
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COURT PROCEEDINGS.
The February sessions of court
began on Monday morning, with
all the Judges on the Bench.
The constables made their re
turns. Everything according to
their reports was in good shape in
the county the only exceptions be
ing that George W. Roberts, con
stable of Jackson township, report
ed that a road had been bad be
tween E. E. Cole's and E. Fritz,
but that the same had never been
opened owing to the fact that it
would destroy a line tree owned by
Fritz and he would not allow the
supervisors to open the same. The
Court said that line trees must give
way to the march of progress. The
matter was placed in the hands of
the District Attorney for investiga
tion. Constable P. T. Groh. of West
Berwick reported that there was a
hole in Clark Avenue, that Bor
ough, which was dangerous and
might result in some one being in
jured. Mr. Brockway, the solicitor
for Borough, stated that there was
a question as to whether the street
had ever been accepted by the Bor
ough. He said he would take up
the matter with the Borough offi
cials. Constable Laville, of Centralia,
returned that Patrick O'Reilly, of
that Borough, was selling liquor
illegally. In reply to a question
from the Court he stated that it
was the same case in which he is
the defendant and is on the list for
trial at this term and heuce no ac
tion was taken. F. W. Stauder,
constable of Greenwood township,
reported that the index boards
were not all in good condition.
Referred to the District Attorney.
Eli Schneidman, Constable ot Scott
township had attached to his re
turn a letter he had received from
Harvey Creveling in which he
complained that the supervisors
had not erected a bridge over the
gutter . along the public road so
that he could drive into his barn.
The Court remarked that the
county was not building bridges
for private persons.
Grand Jurors Called.
The list cf Grand Jurors being
calle d it was ound that all were
present excepting Josiah Bernin
ger, of Locust, who was reported
dead. D. W. Robbins of Pine, was
appointed tipstaff to wait on Grand
Jury.
The Court theu proceeded to
charge the grand jury.
He deplored the fact that the
criminal list was being flooded with
trivial cases which never should
have been returned and that it was
withiu their province if they found
the evidence warranted it to find
some one else than the person j
named on the indictment as prose
cutor.
For many years the Lebigh Val- I
ley railroad company has been
building and keeping in repairs the
roads in Conyngham township and
at the same time paying the super
visors, as they have found by ex
perience that it is cheaper than al
lowing the supervisors to work
them and then paying the taxes
they assess. At the session Mon
day morning Col. Freeze presented
the annual coutract of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad for the approval
of the Court.'
Col. Clement, of Sunbury, pre
sented a bond for the approval of
the Court in the condemnation pro
ceedings of the- Roaring-creek
Water Compauy vs. The Locust
Contluued on page 6.
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NEW ROAD LAW.
Improved Roads are Costing too
Much
Says Mr. Creasy-Revision Necessary -Would
Abolish Road Work Tax.
Under the caption of "Good
Roads," Hon. William T. Creasy,
recently elected master of the Penn
sylvania State Grange, in the
Grange monthly publication calls
the present township and state road
laws unsatisfactory, and suggests
that the Legislature should revise
them materially. As chairman of
the legislative committee of the
Patrons of Husbandry at the Al
toona meeting in December, Rep
resentative Creasy contended the
taxpayers were not getting "value
received" from the roads that are
being constructed at $8,000 and
$10,000 per mile by the state high
way department. "Costs and
methods of building improved high
ways." he says in his communica
tion, "are somewhat misunder
stood. Farmers have to build and
maintain practically all the roads,
while others are interested in good
highways leading from one large
city to another. Should the town
ship supervisor? levy a tax to be
used mostly on these intercounty,
or main roads, and neglect the
great bulk of the township roads,
fault would be found by the greater
number of the taxpayers, because
more taxpayers live on the more
important thoroughfares. It costs
a certain amount of money each
year to keep the township roads in
repair so they may be even passa
ble. The idea that the tax could
all be used to improve a piece of
road each year and neglect the bal
ance of the highways is an error
many good-road people have made.
Every taxpayer wants better roads,
and to this end the Grange asks a
change in the present township road
law. We favor the passage of the
hill that provides for a cash tax,
and that the state shall pay the
township fifty per cent, of the a
mount of cash tax levied, limiting
the amount paid o each township
to $20 for each mile of road; also
the repeal of the $1 per capita tax
that has created endless trouble.
This plan will help the poorer
townships in the state. To build
and maintain better highways in
the townships will require better
supervision, and that will cost more
money. '
CALENDAR FOR 1909.
It is always interesting to look
over the calendar we receive for
the coming year. For 1909-we find
the movable holidays fall on the
following days: New Yeai: and
Lincoln's birthday on Friday;
Washington's birthday on Mon
day, Memorial and Independence
Day on Sunday, and Christmas on
Saturday. Ash Wednesday is Feb.
24, Good Friday on April 9. and
Easter Sunday on April 11, Jewish
New Year (5760) begins at sunset
Sept. 15, Labor Day is Sept. 6,
election day, spring, Feb. 16, and
Fall Nov. 2, Thanksgiving Day is
Nov. 25.
There will be four eclipses iu
1909, two of the sun and two of
the moon as follows: Total of the
moon 01 June 3, partial f the sun
on June 17, total of the moon ou
Nov. 26-27, partial of the sun on
Dec. 12. The latter will be visible
in the Antarctic regions only.
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