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F. . W . M . Low , President.
James M . Sta ver, V Ice President
DIRECTORS:
fames M. Staver,
Kred Ikeler,
8. V. Creasy.
Clinton KefrinR,
E. W. M.Low,
F. O. York",
Louis Grows,
M. E Stackhnuw.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA '(DEMOCRAT,
-.TABLtsHF.n 1837. Consolidated i8f 9
t'Hl.lsiiED Every Thursday Morning,
At Tiloomstiurg, the County Seat ot',
Columbi a County , Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. EIAVELL, Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN. Foreman.
Tekm ss Inside the county $1.00 a year
Ii advance; l.5oif not paid in advance.
1 ursMethecounty, $1,451 ye.ir, strictly in
a inc.
All 0 jininunicniionk should beaddressed
THE COIJMBIAN. Hloomslitirc, Ta.
THURSDAY. JUNE 24, 1009
CORPORATION DIVIDEND TAX.
In suggesting that the net in
comes of corporations be taxed two
percent., President Taft is proba
bly aiming at securing additional
revenues but also, as pointed out
by our Washington correspondent,
at securing an inspection by the
federal authorities of the books and
transactions of corporations with a
viewjto eliminating abuses which
have been the bane of the manage
ment of the great corporate con
rns of the country.
Unquestionally it was the latter
.titre which caused the reported
1 rry in financial circles following
; publication of the message con-
eying the President's suggestion
to Congress. On this ground, as
the carrying out 0! a general policy
of supervision, little opposition
would be likely to develop except,
perhaps, from corporate sources.
If the main purpose is to furnish
more revenue, however, the first
objection to be raised is that this
end could be secured by simpler
methods. Again, unless the tax is
graduated, and an exemption
clause inserted, struggling in
dustrial concerns would be bur
dened with a load necessarily op
pressive, and in some cases even
confiscatory. Such a clause should
limit ' the tax to the larger and
wealthier concerns, and relieve the
small manufacturing corporations
in nearly every community, corpo
rations, it is true, capitalized at
small amounts but larger than in
dividuals could well undertake. A
corporation dividend tax that wip
ed these out of existence would un
questionably act as a boon to trusts
and a blow at the smaller concerns.
In the third place, the question
of the effects on dividends arises.
While perhaps no ill results would
be noticeable at once, so far as div
idends are concerned, yet as the
entering wedge of a new policy,
this proposition must be carefully
considered in this regard. Liter
ally thousands of struggling men
and women have invested their sav
ings in small holdings in industrial
concerns. They will want to know
all about this measure that is offer
ed in lieu of tbe Bailey-Cummins
proposition which effects only the
rich, and concerning the constitu
tionality of which Mr. Taft had no
doubts until very recently.
Hon. John M. Garman, nomi
nated for Judge in Luzerne county
by both Democrats and Republi
cans at the recent primaries, has
filed his account of campaign ex
penses. Tbe double nomination
cost just $512.25.
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.tfH f'lMPAKT
Surplus 8160,000.
and Surplus in the County
Paid on Time Deposits
Myron I.
Low. Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
Myron T. Low,
H. V.Hower.
Frank Ikeler.
A TRIPLY DEADLY FOURTH.
Because the "glorious Fourth"
this year falls on Sunday, under
takers, hospitals, aud physicians
and surgeons are expecting a heavy
increase in the list of. fatalities and
serous injuries resulting from the
annual ebullition of frenzied patri
otism. A Sunday holiday mea::s.
as a rule, tliree days of celebration,
the .Sabbath lull providing little
more than a period of recuperation
from the strenuousness of Saturday
in which to prepare for a fresh out
burst of reckless enthusiasm onMon
day. The record of deaths and
permanent crippling and blinding
due, to fire-arms, giant crackers,
and toy cannon nud pistols on for
mer Independence Days leads to
the belief that these allied enemies
of human life and health will run
up a heavy score this year, with
three days at their disposal instead
or one.
According to the statistics gath
ered by the American Medical So
ciety last Fourth of July rolled up
a total of 5626 serious injuries iu
the United States, with 163 deaths.
Of these, 21 fatalities and 987 in
juries are charged against Pennsyl
vania. For the five yars preced- i
ing, the total serious injuries in the
United States reached 23,673, and
of these 1 153 ended fatally. Penn
sylvania furnished 3458 of the seri
ous injuries and 172 of the deaths.
The Pennsylvania State Medical
Society is appealing to state, mu
nicipal, and health authorities to
enforce existing laws and ordinan
ces, which are deemed as adequate
to preserve order and protect life
ou a holiday as on any other day
of the year. An effort is beiug
made, too, through the press,-to
from sentiment in favor of a more
rational observance of the nation's
birthday. In view of past failures
to effect a reform along this line,
especially timely is the suggestion
ot a discouraged but kindly human
itarian who recommends that the
member of a family selected for
sacrifice on Independence day be
killed quickly and more mercifully
than the toy cannon and giant
cracker usually permit.
Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this office. Half toues supplied.
COUNTY WATER PURE.
Following a careful and systematic
examination of the water sheds of
Columbia county, H. S. Coffman,
an inspector of the State Health
Department, found the percentage
of pollution of water . supplies in
this county very slight and smaller
than that of any other seetion yet
visited in the State. Certain changes
in the sewage conditions at Benton
and the removal of all out-buildings
from which there is any refuse to a
distance of more than twenty feet
from running streams were order
ed, and this will result in still fur
ther lowering the pollution of the
water supply.
In Columbia county Mr. Coffman
inspected Benton, Stillwater, Or
angeville, and Millville boroughs;
Orange, Mt. Pleasant, Pine, Fish
ingcreek, Greenwood, Bentonjack
son, Sugarloaf, Scott, Hemlock,
Centre, and Madison townships,
and that part of Bloomsburg known
as Irondale. In his tour he has
visited also parts of Sullivan, Ly
coming, and Luzerne counties.
Dandruff
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germs that cause dandruff, it removes every
trace of dandruff Itself, and keeps the scalp
cican anu in a ncaiiny condition.
CANAL MENACING HEALTH-
Because the Town Council will
not act of its own volition in the
matter, and because the local Board
of Health has not yet seen fit to
compel it to remove the cause, the
health of the people of Bioonis
burg is constantly menaced by the
disease breeding condition in which
the old canal is permitted to re
main. Two of the town's surface-drainage
pipes pour water into the canal
bed, and this with the water that
accumulates - from other sources,
provides a paradisiacal breeding
place for the malaria-breeding mos
quito. That the malarial mosquito
is in evidence there is not an idle
fear born of the brain of an alarm
ist. Prof. D S. Haitline, of the
Normal biological department, has
stated that he has found specimens
of this mosquito, which is well
known to science and medicius, iu
existence in that section. Dr. D.
J. Waller subsequently made com
plaint against the conditions pre
vailing at the canal to the Board of
Health, thus putting the matter
squarely up to that body.
The D. L. & W. railroad com
pany owns the old canal bed, hold
ing it as a valuable right of way.
When approached on the subject of
getting rid of this water, pregnant
with disease-carrying mosquitoes
by thousands, the railroad com
pany answered, briefly and to the
point, that it would take care of its
own share cf the accumulating wa
ter when Bloomsburg stopped emp
tying its two surface drainage pipes
into the company's right of way.
That position is morally and le
gally impregnable, aud the olame
for the existing conditions is placed
on the Town. The Board of
Health becomes, at least morally,
particeps enminis because, while it
canuot act against the Lackawan
na under the circumstance, few
doubt that it can compel the town
to move those two surface-drainage
pipes so that they will not empty
into the old canal bed.
The presence of the malarial mos
quito has been proven. The reme
dy is known Protest has been lode
ed with the Board of Health. If
Council will not act, let the Health
authorities compel it to do so. If
that body will not take the neces
sary steps, it is time the State
Board was appealed to for relief.
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PRICE OP PEACE PRESERVED.
Realizing that if Mars could be
deprived of all ammunition and his
pockets emptied of the coins that
are, after all, the very sinews of
war, the bellicose Roman god would
be forced to give up his bloody pas
time and devote himself to sleep or
the wooing of fair goddesses on
Olympus. James D. Hallen, Amer
ican citizeu, undertook to bunco
the blustering patron of warriors
and, which is more to the point,
succeeded.
Hallen, about two years ago,
met Ramon Echesareta, New York
agent of the Nicaraguau govern
ment, who was trying to buy arms
and ammunition. Hallen realized
that this meant war, and beiug op
posed to war in the first place, and
his kindly heart sympathizing with
the prospective widows and orphans
destined to fill Central America if
Ramon's plan went through, set
himself to thwart it.
Could and would Hallen furnish
Nicaragua with 1,000,000 Reming
ton cartridges? Hallen answered
"aye" and then and there agreed
to provide them for the bed rock
price of $11,000, cash to he paid
when the cartridges were delivered
on the wharf. Nicaragua paid that
$11,000 on the bills of lading but
great was the wrath of its officials
when, opening the package that
looked precisely like ammunition
boxes they found them filled with
copper dross and saw-dust.
In their wrath, not reflecting that
peace had cost but $11,000, they
had Hallen indicted for grand lar
ceny. And Hallen, on trial in
New York, pleaded that President
Zelaya, of Nicaragua, wished the
cartridges for use in putting through
a plan that would result in making
Zelaya the only President in Cen
tral America, and that Guatamala,
hearing of the plan, engaged Hai
ku to assist in frustrating it. Be
cause Echesareta is dead, the avail
ability of this delightful tale is in
creased.
Meanwhile Hallen, instead ot
beinsr decorated with a oeace medal
for so effectually buncoing Mars,
was put on trial tor ms liberty.
Verily this is a censorious world,
and few there be who shall escane
calumny. The only balm peace-preserving
Hallen received was an ac
quittal on the charge lodged against
Orphans Home Dedicated.
Amid imposing ceremonies the
new 540,000 Odd Fellows' State
Orphanage between Snnbury and
Snydertown was dedicated last
Thursday. Odd Fellows and rela
tives from many parts of twenty'
three counties, containing 35,000
members of the fraternity having
an interest in the institution, were
present. One hundred orphans, in
mates of the Home, took a leading
part in the exercises, which started
with an inspection of the building,
occupy ing a part of 170 a:res own
ed by the Odd Fellows. The
ground also contains a chapel, a
school and a frame structure, form
erly used by the orphans, and
wh'ch hereafter will be occupied by
old and indigent members of the
fraternity and their wives.
Following the dedicatory exer
cises, in charge of the Grand Lodge,
addresses were made by J. S. Mont
gomery, Philadelphia, grand mas
ter; Rev. B. H. Hart, Harrisburg,
past grand master; J. W. Stroh,
Sunbury; Mrs. Hattie Mendle, Al
legheny, president of the State Re-
bekahs, and E. C. Wagner, Girard
ville, president of the Orphanage
Association. He stated that a
$100,000 permanent fund would be
raised for the maintenance of the
home. Four thousand dollars was
collected from the audience during
the day by contribution, and from
the sale of souvenirs and refresh
ments, to help liquidate the $40,000
debt.
Sutton Escaped Easily.
According to the Salida (Col.)
Record of June 18, John R. Sutton,
the much wanted Berwick tax col
lector, escaped arrest in Salida,
Colorado, because a detective, who
gave his name as J. S. Kelly, bun
gled what might have proved a
neet bit of work.
Kelly according to the Record,
followed Mrs. Sutton when she
started west, keeping her shad
owed until she joined her husband
at Salida. Then Kelly drove about
the streets and kept announcing his
object until the Suttons eventually
heard of it aud disappeared. Then
the detective, with the assistance
of the Salida police, succeeded in
again locating the Berwick man in
a Salida house.
The police arranged to assist in
making the arrest, two of them go
iug to the front door of the house
while Kelly was sent to guard the
rear exit. Then, says the Record,
while Mrs. Sutton talked to the of
ficers, her husband left by the back
door. Kelly, though he saw him,
permitted him to go on down an
alley without trying to detain him.
An effort to trace him with blood
hounds, following this last escape,
brought no results.
An Ancient Engine.
One of the oldest locomotives in
existence is to be brought down
from the upper part of the Fishing
Creek valley within a iew days and
taken to Scranton, where its new
owners, A. J. Derry & Company,
will use it in demonstrating a sig
nal system and then consign it to
the scrap-pile. The engine, one
of the old wood-burning kind and
which was used for years by the
Pentecost Lumber Company will
make the trip to Scranton on a flat
car, its usef nines being so long out
lived that it was deemed safer to
carry it on a car than to risk its
making the trip on the track under
its own power.
The engine would create a posi
tive sensation wherever shown.
The top of the stack is about four
feet in diameter and in its construc
tion it is of the stamp of the six
ties. Few engines ot such age re
main intact today.
Mrs Joseph A. Hess.
Following a nine days' illness
with paralysis the death of Mrs-
Joseph A. Hess occurred at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph
B. Aul, of Espy, Sunday evening.
For a number of years Mrs. Hess
made her home with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John
F. Hidlay, in Bloomsburg, accom
panying them when they moved to
Espy, and recently she had been
living with her only other daught
er, Mrs. Aul. She was aged about
65 years and in addition to her two
daughters, is survived by the fol
lowing named brothers and sisters:
J. C. Coleman, of Surprise, Neb.,
and Frank Coleman, of Capron.IU.,
and by Mrs. C, W; Ammerman, of
Greenwood, Del., and Mrs. Samuel
Pealer, of Asbury. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday afternoon
from the home of Mr Aul. Inter
ment was made -in Hidlay's ceme
tery.
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Children Cry
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Spring1 Suits have arrived!
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woman who is not all eyes to see
the new garment fashions ?
The Hew Spring Suits Are Low Priced.
A most remarkable feature about
these handsome new models is
their extremely lew prices. Your
spring outfit will give you a bet
ter service a much finer appear
ance and yet cost you a small
price. Catering to every taste we've
gatheredan assortment of choicest
correct styles. Prices $10 to $35.
Spring Suits ( '
Regularly $2000 p I J-'
Suits of hard twisted serge and
striped worsted in black, blue,
green, tan and gray. 36 inch hip
less coats; slashed back, patch
pockets, self button trimming, full satin lined; satin collar
and cuffs; Skirt is Demi-Princess with self covered buttons
down the front. All sizes up to 42.
SUIT at $12.75 Of shadow stripe chiffon panatna in
navy blus, elect blue, green, tan, ashes of roses and gray.
Coat 40 inches long, semi-fitting hipless cutaway front
forming points on the sides, new small sleeves, lined
throughout with satin: gored flare skirt with trimming of
straps and self covered buttons.
SUIT at $26.50 A 4 button cutaway coat 40 inches
long of striped worsted, slashed back and sides, inlaid
bengaline silk collar; large flap pockets, trimmed with but
tons, lined with taffeta silk; plain 1 1 gore demi-Princcss
skirt,
At $6.00 to $14.00 Junior Suits for the little Misses in
sizes 11, 13, 15 and 17 years. Made of shadow stripe pan
ama and fine serge in navy blue, gray and green, semi
fitting hipless coats, gored and pleated skirt.
SUIT at $27.00 A strictly tailored suit of French
Serge; 4 button cutaway; single breasted (just a slight cut
away effect;) lined with taffeta silk; new small sleeves;
Demi Princess Skirt with inverted plait at sides.
SUITS at $20.00 Of chiffon panama in blue, green
and black; graceful semi-fitting hipless coat 36 inches long,
single breasted, new small sleeves and trimmed with satin
piping; gored flounce skirt.
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