THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURfl. PA
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12. 1009
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aMfconaalaM matter, March 1, lwib.
Examinations for rural carriers
were held in town last Saturday.
H. Mont Smith Esq., and family
are spending several days at Jones
tctvn. Miss Ella Stoker of Stillwater,
spent last Saturday in town calling
on friends.
Mr. and Mrs. William Leverett
of Philadelphia are visiting their
relatives here.
Dr. C. F. Altmiller has ordered
a new Speedwell Auto, and ex
pects it this week.
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Rev. J. W. Higgles and family
are spending this month at Brent
wood, Long Island.
Mrs. T. F. Hicks, mother of R.
A. Hicks, was severely bruised by
falling down stairs on 1 uesday.
The Craftsman Club won frcm
tlie Wheelmen Club last Thursday
at base ball by the score of 14-13
Frank Roys of Lyons, N. Y., is
making a visit here. His many
friends are giving him a hearty
welcome.
II. Domer Geisiuger ot this
office is taking a two weeks' vaca
tion. His trip will include Niagara
Falls and other points.
The Northumberland county court
has authorized the voters of Sba
mokiu to vote for or against a city
charter in the autumn.
Mrs Col. A. T. Frick of Danville.
and her daughter, Mrs. Tabor of
New Yord, were the guests of the
Misses Clark yesterday.
Merrill W. Smith, of Centre
street, has been confined to the
house for the past several days with
a case of ivy poisoning.
Miss Margaret Williams has pur
chased the millinery store of Miss
Minnie Tames. Miss Williams is
an experienced milliner.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairchilds of
Bridsrenort. Conn., who were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E.
Wirt, returned home on Tuesday.
The employees of Bloomsburg
Silk Mill will hold their tenth an
nual picni: at Indian Park, Wil
liatnsport, on Saturday, August 21.
W. O. Holmes and Son have the
contract for heating by steam the
house owned by Win, Krickbautn,
ou Fair street, and occupied by
Mover Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Elmer Wilbur
are visiting the former's parents,
Prof, and Mrs. G. E. Wilbur. El
mer is engaged in teaching in Jack
sonville, Florida.
Nicholas Oberender, a former
resident of this town, died at
Mansdale on Sunday, aged 74
years. He was a civil war veteran,
and a tailor by trade.
E. F. Row will move next week
Into apartments over his barber
shop. He has transformed the sec
ond floor into a commodious flat
with every convenience.
The Supervisors of Mifflin town
ship have entered into a contract
with the Columbia Power, Light
and Railways Co. to light the south
ern end of the Mifflinville bridge.
Rev. M. E. McLiun of Apollo,
Pa., will preach in St. Matthew's
Lutheran church at both services
next Sunday. He was pastor of
that church for a number of years,
and has many friends here.
OIlldrn Cry
FC3 FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
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It isn't necessary for you to sacrifice
comfort for style if you wear
EVANS' SHOES
Because they combine the highest de
gree of style ami comfort. Finest
Quality Materials in
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PRICES;
SI. 25 to
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81.20 to 7.00
in and let uWiell you a shoe
that proves.
Considerable excitement was
caused in council meeting Monday
evening by reason of remonstrances
on the part of several residents of
East Seventh Street against the
methods of the town in fixing up
that street.
A Salina (Kan.) girl sent 50
cents in answer to a Chicago adver
tisement for keeping the hands soft
and white, and received this recipe:
Soak them three times a day in
dish water while your mother
rests."
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa. post office:
Mr. F. W. Coe, Mrs. Frank Fry
mire, Mr. R G. Geary. Cards
Mr. Herbert Hoffman, Mr. B., F
Tones, Miss Mary Liby, Mr. Bruce
Kahler.
On the notice board of a church
near Manchester, Eng., the other
day the following announcements
appeared together: "A potato pie
supper will be held on Saturday
evening. Subject for Sunday even
ing: 'A Night of Agony.' "
A grocer in Gardner, Me., who
sells storage eggs because he cannot
get fresh ones, has had the follow
ing card printed, which he puts in
with each package of eggs sold:
"Cold Storage Eggs. We charge
2 cents per dozen over cost aud do
not guarantee quality. No discount
if they are all rotten."
Treasurer's Report for August.
Following is the repart of Town
Treasurer Campbell ending August
91I1:
To balance on hand last report
S1094.95; to amount collected on
1909 duplicate $2208.87; to amount
C. P. L. and Rys. Co., account ex
penses incurred in relaying of track
near D. and B. bridge $40.50: to
amount W. V. Robbins, Collector,
account 1907, $200; W. V. Robbins,
Collector, account 1908, $145.88;
state tax 3.
DISBURSIiMKNTS.
By orders paid $2126.82; by cou
pons paid and state tax $909.35; by
balance on hand $656.95; total
$3693.12.
Amount due from W. V. Rob
bins Collector, account 1906 dupli
cate $100; 1907 duplicate $637.34;
1908 duplicate, $7903.25; total
$8640.59.
Big Chestnut Crop Likely.
Indications are, judging from the
unusually heavy load of blossoms
on the trees, that the crop of chest
nuts will be a record breaking one
this year. This will be hailed with
delight by the boys who find pleas
ure in chest-nutting and also by
many others to whom a large chest
nut crop means an additional in
come to them, as chestnuts always
command a good price.
Farmers' Picnic.
A large crowd attended the Far
mers rijCtncat wmtenigtu s urove
yesterday. The speakers were Hon.
Leslie M. Shaw, twice governor of
Iowa, and Secretary of the Treas
ury under Roosevelt, Congressman
J. G. McIIenry, Representative W.
T. Creasy, Prof. C. L. Goodling of
State College, Hon. A. J. Kahler
of Hughesville, John A. McSper
ran of Lancaster.
Dr. Gilbert Gone Abroad.
District Superintendent of the
Methodist church, Dr. R. II. Gil
bert, and wife, have gone for an
extended tour in England. During
his absence, the Rev. Mr. Hoke, 01
Shamokin, will represent him in
district matters.
Operation for Cataract
Dr. J. J. Brown, of Bloomsburg,
and Dr. C. Shultz of Danville, Mon
day, performed an operation on the
eye of Thomas Buck, Danville, for
cataract. The operation was a success.
"Bob" Burdette 111.
Clergymin, One Newspaper Man,
riout Condition.
in Se-
Tlie Rev. Robert J. Burdette,
the humorist find pastor of the
Temple Baptist chuch at Los An
geles. Cal., is reporied seriously ill
at his cottage at Clifton-by-the-Sea.
Mr. Burdette was to have re
turned to his pastorate August 15,
but will be unable to do so. He
said that his resignation was in the
bands of the church trustees, and,
though they bad not accepted, he
added that he would not resume his
pastoral duties aud never again
would be more than an occasional
preacher in the big church that was
built for him.
Mr. Burdette visited Bloomsburg
several times as a humorous lectur
er, and has many friends here who
will regret to learn of his ill health.
Large Railroad Orders.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
have received orders from the Hill
lines for fifty-seven new loconio
motives to cost about $1,000,000
The Great Northern ordered
twenty-five passenger and ten
freight locomotives, the Northern
Pacific seventeen passenger and the
Burlington five freight locomotives,
From the Pullman Company the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
has ordered 130 new passenger
coaches. The Cambria Steel Com
pany will make 600 and the Stan
dard bteel vjar Company 2,000
steel coke cars for the Pennsylvania
Farmers' Picnic.
The seventeenth annual reunion
of the farmers of Columbia and ad
joining counties will be held a
Gr:ss Mere Park, on Thursday
September 2nd, 1909. The public
is cordially invited. Two good
speakers have been secured by the
Grange and will be present to de
liver appropriate addresses. All
who desire can secure a good din
ner on the grounds for 50 cents.
Other stands will be on the ground
where sandwiches, coffee, ice cream,
soft drinks, etc. can te procured.
A good band will be in attendance.
Two games of base ball will be
played; morning between Benton
and Berwick; afternoon between
Benton and Nanticoke. For spec
ial trains, rates and other informa
tion see posters. tf.
Symphony Orchestra.
Charles P. Elwell has organized
the Elwell Symphony Orchestra
composed of the following well
known musicians: Charles Potter,
violin; Charles Alexander, violin;
Emerson Davis, violin; Edward
Holmes, violin; Lloyd Kitchen bass;
John Arkwright, flute; Clyde flow
er, first clarinet; H. G. Eshleman,
second clarinet; Edward Searles,
first cornet; Ray Cain, second cor
net; Clarence Piper, trombone;
George Kitchen, drums and traps.
They furnished very good music
for a dance at the Midway last
evening.
Wilhamsport Commercial College.
Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Type
writing and Preparatory School.
Largest Commercial School in Cen
tral Pennsylvania. Fall term begins
September 1st. New Catalogue
gives the names of 900 students
holding positions. Write for it.
F. F. Healey, Prop.
Cave In at Wilkes-Barre.
A section of the east end of
Wilkes-Barre, covering twenty-five
acres, was considerably damaged
last Friday by a cave-in at the old
workings in the Baltimore colliery,
which caused a subsidence of the
surface. Several streets were badly
damaged, being broken up, opened
by crevices and cracks, while the
water and gas mains were broken
and the foundations of a large num
ber of houses cracked and twisted.
The big roundhouse and the
yards of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road were also damaged considera
bly, aud it is feared the subsidence
may extend to the m iin tracks.
In an effort to prevent the work
ings caving in more, the officials
are flushing culm into them to fill
them up.
Stopped Penny Coinage.
The new Lincoln pennies, which
appeared last week, have aroused
considerable unfavorable criticism
because the initials of the designer,
Victor D. Brenner, appear very
conspicuously on the reverse side
of the coin. The Philadelphia Mint
struck off twenty-eight millions of
them, then orders were received
from the Treasury Department to
discontinue the coinage. Whether
or not more are to be coined in view
of the existing criticism, depends
upon the decision of the Treasury
I authorities.
THE TARIFF ATTACKED.
Democratic leaders make no con
cealment of their purpose to draw
freely from Republican speeches
for their ammunition 111 the next
campaign. 1 lie Congressional Rec
ord, which is still appearing carry-
ng the surplusage that could not
be handled in regular editions, teems
with incendiary speeches on the
tariff delivered by Republican Sen
ators. "Tim best Democratic speech on
the tariff," according to minority
leaders, was delivered by Senator
Clapp, of Minnesota. He denounc
ed the tariff bill as a sham from
cover to cover and declared just
before leaving Washington on Mon
day that he would criticise the new
law from the stump. Senator Dol
liver, of Iowa used strong language
111 characterizing the tariff bill,
speaking of it as an effort to dupe
"with humbug and misrepresenta
tion."
"There is coming a day of reck
oning." said Mr. Dolliver. ' No
English speaking people will com
mit the manufacture of their cloth
ing to a syndicate with a license
embedded in its laws to make its
own terms with its customers, who!
ly uninfluenced by the market con
ditions of the outside world.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin
has already hit the Chautauqua
circuit and is saying things about
the new tariff law that the Demo
crats declare gleefully to be hot
stuff.
Representative Davis, an insur
gent Republican from Minnesota,
gave out a statement recently in
which he went after the tariff law
hammer and tongs, declaring that
it was in violation of the party's
platform pledges and expressing
the belief that public sentiment will
force Congress at the December
session to revise tue tarin down
ward. Stamp Out the Cigarette.
It is a notorious fact that there
are many minors fast becoming ad-
d.ctcd to the cigarette habit. On
the streets and everywhere they
smoke the little brain sappers with
gusto and impunity. It is useless,
however, to repeat the medical
warnings against the practice. So
far as the boy is concerned, it is up
to lnui and his parents to the ex
tent of his own action in the mat
ter of smoking. But beyond the
personal habit, there is another rs'
sponsible party the tobacco dealer
A boy cannot smoke cigarettes un
less he can get the stuff, the cigar
ettes or the cigarette papers. Now
the selling of either to a minor is a
misdemeanor, the penalty upon
conviction being a fine of not more
than $300 nor less than $100.
Where do the boys get the
"dope," as they terra it, with as
much comprehension as their eld
ers ? Get it, they do, somewhere,
either directly from the dealers or
through some older individual who
ought to know better.
But the law is plain here. It
reads that if any person shall fur
nish cigarettes or cigarette papers,
by gift, sale or otherwise the same
penalty attaches. Every man who
furnishes in any manner the "coffin
nails" to minors violates the law
aud takes the risk of its punish
ment. Why not enforce the law
against all violators alike ?
Farmers Too Slow Said Farmer Creasy
Farmers are too slow, the mem
bers of the Lackawanna County
Grange were told by the Hon. Wil
liam T. Creasy.
The Grange held its annual pic
nic at Northern Electric park, aud
he was one of the speakers. He
has represented this county for
years in the legislature at Harris
burg, and his subject related spec
ially to what farmers ought to do
to secure legislation.
From his experience, he said, he
saw frequently a chance to get ben
eficial legislation passed if it was
backed up by the sentiment of the
farmers.
The only way to get anything at
Harrisburg, he said is to go after it,
ask for it, and show the powers
that rule that you want it, other
wise they'll take it for granted that
you are satisfied and want nothing.
In that way you'll get nothing.
Though he is a Democrat, he
didn't appeal to any partisan spirit
at all, simply to farmers as a body
to work through their associations
in asking for what they consider
their rights.
More Lincoln Cents Soon.
Officials of the mint bureau ex
pect that the coinage of the new
Lincoln cents with the first two in
itials of Victor D. Brenner's name
removed, in accordance with in
structions from Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh, will be resum
ed the latter part of this week in
the Philadelphia Mint. The work
of removing the initials from the
dies will require only a day or two.
A Million for New Trolley Line.
Work Will Start Thlt Fall on Sunbury-Mil-ton
Eloctrlo Road.
A mortgage for a million dollars
has been filed at register and record
er Nicely's office in the court house
at Sunbury, made out by the Sun
bury, Lewisburg and Milton Elec
tric Street Railway company to the
Sunbury Trust aud Safe Deposit
Co. The incorporators are Henry
Lyons, Guy Webster, C. M. Clem
ent, J. C. II. Newcomer and Boyd
A. Musser. The line contemplated
is from Sunbury to Milton through
Northumberland and Lewisburg.
lne line will run up Front street
in Sunbury to the borough limit.
A bridge will be built to Packer's
Island. The right of way has been
secured over the island.
Another bridge will be built at
Northumberland. The line thus
far will closely parallel the Penn
sylvania. At Northumberland the
line will cross the right of way of
the Pennsylvania railroad, proba
bly by subway, and will go to Duke
street. There they have an option
on the VanAlen property on the
corner of Duke and Front streets
which will be used as a station.
The hue will run up Duke street
and then through the open country
close to the classification yards to a
point opposite Winfield.
A bridge will be built across the
river at Winfield. As this will be
a toll bridge additional revenue will
be secured from this source. From
Winfield the line will follow its
right of way, which has already
been secured, to Lewisburg and
Milton. The mortgage will be suf
ficient to finance the enterprise
The company announces that work
will be started in the fall of this
year, all the necessary surveys hav
ing been made and the expenses
calculated.
This line, with the Sunbury and
Selinsgrove, with which it will con
nect, will in its full length tap Se
linsgrove, Shamokin Dam, Sun
bury, Northumberland, Winfield,
East Lewisburg, Milton and West
Milton. The company estimates
that the population reached will be
1,000 to every mile ot track.
Figures show that the S. & S.
line is one of the best built and
best paying suburban trolley lines
in Pennsylvania. The new line
will be an even better paying prop
osition, especially in view of the
increased population at Northum
berland due to the building of the
new yards.
State to Protect Timid Fisherman.
Hereafter it will be dangerous
for any one to impersonate a fish
warden and frighten timid fisher
men along the streams of this State.
It seems that according to what
Fish Commissioner Meehan has
heard, there are men in the State
who profess to be fish wardens and
make arrests of fishermen, alleging
that they are violating the fish
laws. What their purpose is has
not yet been developed, but black
mail is supposed to be the object.
Now a fish warden is a State ap
pointed officer, and as such it is
illegal to impersonate him. Com
missioner Meehan was of that
opinion, but to make sure he re
ferred the matter to the Attorney
General's Department, asking
whether a citizen not a fish warden
could pretend to be such an official.
Assistant Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Hargest has rendered a decis
ion that a fish warden is an officer
under the Act of Assembly em
powering certain officers to make
arrests, and to impersonate hinv is
a misdemeanor, punishable by fine
and imprisonment.
Commissioner Meehan will cause
the arrest of any person pretending
to be a guardian of the fish when
not authorized to make such a
claim.
Pennsylvania Railroad
ATLANTIC CITY
CAPE MAY
ANGLESEA
OCEAN CITY
WILDWOOD
SEA ISLE CITY
NEW JERSEY
1909
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iumua 909 SUNDAY
AUust August 22
TICKETS GOOD FOR TEN DAYS.
$4.75 Round Trip $4.50 Round Trip
Via Delaware River Bridge. via Market Street Wharf.
FROM EAST BLOOMSBURG
Stop-Over Allowed at Philadelphia.
For full Information concerning leaving time of trains, consult small hand
bills or nearest Ticket Agent.
J. R. WOOD, 6 GEO. W. BOYD
Passenger Traffic Manager. 6-24-8t. General Passenger Agent
Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
elude the following makes :
Chas. M. Stiefk,
Henry F. Miller,
Brewer 4 Pryor, Kohler
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey, Miller, II. Leiir&Co.
and Bowlby.
This Store has the agency for
SINGER HIGH ARM SE W
ING MACHINES and
VI CI OR TALKING
MA CHINES.
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WASH MACHINES-
Helby, 1900, Queen, Key- I
stone, Majestic. i
J. SALTZEtf ,!
j Music Rooms No. 105 West Maim '
I Street, Below Market.
I BLO OMSB UR G. PA
FOR SALE
The fine residence prop
city of the late Judge K
well is for sale.
Location :
West Third Street bctwecr
Jefferson and West Street?
Description:
Two story and attic, bricl
and frame. 13 rooms. Loi
about 00 by 212 feet.
FKAME BAKN
AND COW STABLE,
largo garden, abundanctrol
fruit trees.
The house has a Steam
Heating Plant, Bath Room,
Stationary Bange and Wash
Tubs; Water, Electric Light,
and Gas.
Will
terms.
be sold on
Apply to
easy
GEO. E. ELWELL,
Attorney.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
HOLLY BEACH
AVALON