ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 41.
Business Cards.
J. C. JOHNSON. J P. MCNARNEY
JOHNSON & McNAKNKY,
AT I'ORNEYS-AT-LAW
EMPOBILM, PA.
Will give prompt attention to all business en
trusted to them. 16-15'.
MICHAEL BRENNAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Heal estate
a ad pension claim i-gent,
15-ly. Emporium, Pa.
J. Y P. FELT.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Corner Fourth and Broad streets,
Emporium, Pa.
All business relating to estate,collections, real
estate. Orphau's Courtand general law business
will receive prompt attention. 41-25-ly.
AMERICAN HOUSE,
East Emporium, Pa..
JOHN L. JOHNSON, Prop'r.
Having resumed proprietorship of this old and
well established House I mvite the patronage of
the public. House newly furnished and thor
ughly renovated.] 48Iy
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Office,)
Emporium, Pa.
WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in informing the public that I
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street. It will be
my endeavor to serve tlie public in a manner
that shall meet with their approbation. Give me
a call. Meals und luncheon served at all hours.
no?7-lyr Wm. McDONALD.
MAY GOULD,
TEACHER OF
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY,
Also dealer in ail the Popular Sheet MUMC,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholarstaughteither at my home on Sixth
street or at tliehomesofihe pupils. Outoftown
scholars will be given dates at my rooms in this
place.
ATTEMPTED MURDER
We stop the press to announce that
Ora Odell, at two o'clock shot himself
and wife. Both are yet alive, as we go
to press.
The shooting was premeditated and
was the result of too much drink.
O'Dell first shot his wife in the neck
and then turned the gun on himself.
The shooting occurred at their store in
the East Ward.
Be Young Again.
Everybody is'riding on the New 20th
Century Merry-go-round. The "Lov
er's Tub" is a great attraction and
largely patronized. L«arge crowds are
in attendance each evening.
The management has cleared the
atmosphere about the grounds of that
objectionable element, too frequently
(bund about such places, and wish to
impress upon the public their deter
mination to allow no ungentlemanly
conduct or rowdyism on the grounds.
They in particular, look to the comfort
and wellfare of the little folks. Child
red permitted to visit their Riding Gal
lery, unattended will be well looked
after and sent home happy.
Arrangements can he made with the
management to run afternoons for
special occasions, Sunday school pic
nics, parties, etc., at greatly reduced
rotes. For further particulars, see
proprietors.
22-2t. RHINES & BEMAN, Props.
Maccabees Meet.
Mrs. I. K. Hockley is attending the
triennial conclave of the Lady Macca
bees at Atlantic City, with headquar
ters at Marlborough-Blenheim. Seven
ty five delegates are in attendance.
This order has an emergency fund of
$2,500,000 and an interest income from
its investments of SIOO,OOO. The order
plans two things at this meeting. One
is to have a new insurance policy
which calls $2,000 and $3,000 at death,
while the limit is now SI,OOO. It is also
planned to lease beds in hospitals all
over the country for the use of mem
bers, the expense to be paid from a
fund to be secured from converting the
official organ from a gift paper to one
of subscription.
Two Auslrians Perish in Burning
Building.
Two Austrians named John Mix and
John Smeats, (the former being in the
employ of Howard & Co., in the woods,
while the latter worked for Mr. Kelly
in Hicks Run), perished in a fire early
Sunday morning, that destroyed a
tenement house on Chestnut street,
owned by Geo. H. Spring of Elmira, N.
Y., and known to the readers as the
■'Bossworth Row". From all accounts
the men wore having a drinking bout
and were dead to the world when the
fire broke out Being a frail building
the fire soon lapped the block, smoth
ering ono of the men and burning to a
!risp the other.
John Mix's wife and four children
escaped from the burning building, her
youngest child being severely burned.
She lost all her money, §2-40 in cash, he
-lides their ch'thing and furniture. Mrs.
DeLong and Mrs. Shives solicited
money to purchase t.hb family sulfi
•ient furniture to keep house and M.
M. Larrabee, agent for the property,
fitted up rooms over Edgcomb's store.
Mrs. Rockwell and other ladies con
tributed clothing. Is there a more
•haritable class of people in the coun
try than Emporium contains?
It is not known whether the prop
erty was insured or not, the owner,
Mr. Spring, not having arrived yet.
For Sale.
I will sell to a reliable party the
growing graas on 200 acres of land on
iny Eddy Run farm. CaU on L. G.
Cook, Emporium. 22-2t.
A Record Year in Timber Output.
How THE NATIONAL FORESTS WILL
PARTLY OFFSET THE COMING SHORT
AGE.
THO production of lumber, lath, and
shingles in the United States in 1906
was the largest ever recorded. A
census bulletin recently issued gives
37i billion feet as the actual cut of tho
21,000 mills which made reports. This
is seven billion feet more than the cut
reported in 1905.
These figures at first seem to point to
a very alarming conclusion—that the
country had in tho last year cut more
than 23 per cent, more lumber than in
1905, in the face of the fast waning sup
ply. The difference is, however, chief
ly due to the fact that 21,000 concerns
have reported their cuts as against less
than 12,000 a year ago. The gain is
the result of response from the smaller
mills, made because the rank and file
of the lumbermen now appreciate that
these returns are important to the*
trade, and that their value depends up
on everybody helping to make them
as complete as possible.
If the returns were complete they
would probably show a cut of forty bil
lion feet for lumber alone. The cut of
lumber forms perhaps 40 per cent of
the total timber consumption for all
purposes. The figures are alarming
enough, taken in connection with our
available supply of wood. The total
amount of mercantable timber in the
United States is believed to be less than
2,000 billion feet. If the demand could
be kept stationary, and no timber were
burned up by forest fires, we Fliould
have twenty years lrom now only whaS
our lorests would have grown in the
interval.
Three-fourths of the population of;
the country is east of the Mississippi, '
but more than half of the timber sup- |
ply is west of it. The West hag in its'
forests material to last it for nearly
lifty years if its per capita con- j
sumption is 110 greater than that of the
country at large and if it can hold it.
self down to the same annual total.
This, however, takes no account of the
demands which a developing country
makes. But the East has not enough
saw timber of its own to last fifteen
years. In poiut of fact the East is al
ready drawing so heavily upon the
Northwest for lumber that the rail
roads have trouble to handle the traffic.
The position which Douglas fir holds
illustrates the West's rapid progress to
ward becoming the principal source of
supply of saw timber, and the falling
off in the production of Eastern States
which formerly held first place.
Douglas fir now ranks second only to
yellow pine in total cut, and yields
about one-half as much lumber. Never
before has it outranked white pine,
which for many years stood first, and
later second. Just as white pine had
to give way to southern yellow pine,
this in its turn will be superseded by
Douglas fir, which is also known as
red fir and Oregon pine. It is found
nowhere east of the Rocky Mountains,
and by far the greatest quantity of it is
in Oregon and Washington.
The passing of the white pine of the
Lake States is emphasized by the statis
tics gathered by the census, which in
1870, 1880. and 1890 showed Michigan
the leading State in total production of
lumber. In the census of 1900 Wiscon
sin had passed to first place, with Mich
igan second and Minnesota third. This
relative position was not changed un
til 1904, when Washington appeared at
the top of the column and Louisiana
was third, with Wisconsin second and
Minnesota and Michigan fourth and
fifth, L'misian now takes second plaoe,
while Wisconsin goes down from
second to third and Minnesota from
fourth to seventh. Mississippi and
Arkansas have moved up to fifth and
sixth places, while Michigan goes to
fourth.
New York, in 1850, led all the States
in the production of lumber. Pennsyl
vania rose to first place ten years later,
and New York dropped to second. In
the period followingjthe civil war the
rapid extension of railroads brought
into market the great white-pine forests
of the Lr.ko States, and the chief source
of supply moved thither Michigan
first, then Wisconsin, went to the front.
When Washington supplanted the
latter the leadership had crashed the
continent. In fifty years it passed
from an Atantic to a Pacific Coast
State.
The holding of lirst rank in produc
tion by a State does not locnte the
country's chief source of supply.
Washington now stands first among
the States, yet the South is supplying
more lumber than the West. But the
magnificent yellow-pine forests of the
South are being rapidly cut and
marketed, just f.s done with the white-
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTKß.
EMPORIUM, PA„ THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1907.
pine forests of Michigan and Minne
sota during the thirty years following
1870. But the Pacific coast will soon
be the chief source of supply
The policy of the Government in
creating National Forests in the West,
taken in connection with the favorable
climatic and topographical conditions
for the growth of trees, insures a fut
ure supply which will be greatly to the
West's advantage. When the inevit
able time of timber shortage arrives,
the cost of transportation in the long
haul across the continent will aid the
West in supplying its own needs first.
The National Forests must be first of
all for the supply of western needs.
The East had originally the bulk of the
country's forests. It has largely wast
ed them. The West has now a consid
erable provision for the future. The
presence of the National Forests
will insure for all time a permanent
supply of material for wood-using in
dustries in the West although the actual
holdings of the Federal Government
in themselves are by no means suffi
cient to furnish ail the timber which
will be needed. They also have an in
fluence in encouraging private hold
ings of timberlands to take care of
them in a way that will keep them in
a productive state. The question what
to do for timber that can not be had in
needed quantities is likely to become
acute in the East.
Important Food Law.
An act passed by the General As
sembly at its last session and approved
by tbe Governor on the 28th day of
May 1907 make some important
changes in tbe law regulating the sale
of Feeding Stuffs within the State. It
provides that wheat and rye, bran and
middlings or any mixture thereof, ex
cept when sold at the mill whore made,
must be accompanied by the name and
address of the manufacturer and a
guarantee that the same is pure. Mix
feeds, except chop made by grinding
whole grain, and all condimental seeds
must be accompanied by the name and
address of tho manufacturer an>' a
statement of their protein and fat con
tent and also a statement of the sev
eral ingredients of which the mixture
is composed. The minimum penalty
for violating any of the provisions of
tbe Feeding Stuffs Law is raised from
?50 00 to SIOO.OO.
An act to regulate the sale of Paris
Green, providing for the collection and
and analysis of samples of the sam
and the punishment of frauds in the
sale and manufacture thereof, was al
so passed which was approved by the
Governor on the 29th day of May 1907.
The Secretary of Agriculture, who is
charged with the enforcement of these
acts, will be glad to Bend copies of the
same to any person who will write for
them.
Extensive Timber Purchase
An extensive timber deal in the state
of Washington, has been made by
Barclay Bros., of this county, E. V.
Dunlevie. formerly of Cameron, Wil
liamsport and other capitalists.
Messrs. Barclay Bros, organized the
company and are in control of the pur
chase, which runs over $2,000,00. The
land will cut 800,000,000 feet of timber,
consisting of fir,cedar, spruce and hem
lock, upon which there is a modern
double band saw mill, fully equipped.
A railroad now in operation for six
miles is included in the deal. The
property is situated within fifty miles
of Seattle. Mr. L. C. Hurton, of Ridg
way has been made secretary and treas
urer of the new company and will take
immediate management.
Test Gas Wells.
The Bradford Gas Company are
drilling a test well on Cooks Run, in
search for more gas which is sorely
needed in Bradford. The well is now
down over 200 feet. They have struck
a flowing well of pure water, filling the
six inch casing. Why not drill more
wells on same lands and pipe the
water to Emporium. What say you,
Emporium Water Company?
Ice Cream Social.
W. R. C., No. 89, will serve ice cream
and cake on Friday evening, July 19th,
at the home of Mrs. Sarah Swope, the
object of which is a worthy one and
we desire the patronage of the public.
COM.
Position Wanted.
Having had several years experi
ence and capable of taking care of
home if necessary. Girl would like
place to do general housework. Apply
at PRESS office.
Some Good Bargains.
1 have several pieces of summer suit
ing which I will sell at great reduction
during July and August.
TIIKC. HARERSTOCK,
22-4t. Over Express Office.
Odd Fellows' Orphans Home.
The Corner Stone Laying of the new
building of the Odd Fellows' Orphans
Homo near Sunbury, Pa., will take
place August 15tb.
The Independent Order of' Odd Fel
lows had its beginning in England, iu
1813.
Odd Fellwoship was introduced in
to the United States on April 26, 1819,
by Thomas Wildey, at Baltimore, Md.
The Order has grown steadily since
that time until to-day there are 1,300,-
000 Odd Follows in the United States.
In the State of Pennsylvania there
are:
Present Working Lodges, 1,135
Present membership, 136,686
Brothers relieved during 1906,. .15,927
Paid for relief of Brothers. $443,688.71
Raid for relief of Widows, $3,513.65
Paid for burying dead, $171,847.51
Paid for special relief, $42,014.24
Working expenses of lodges,. $382,715.32
Total expenses and relief $1,079,164.46
Assets of Lodges, $4,598,760 32
INSTITUTIONS.
The following institutions are main
tained by the Odd Fellows of Pennsyl
vania:
Rebekah Home, Phila , 10 inmates
Ben Avon, orphans, widows 62 "
Meadville, orphans, 58 "
Philadelphia, orphans, 54 "
Sunbury, orphans, 67 "
THE SUNBURY HOME.
The Odd Fellows' Orphans Homo of
Central Pennsylvania is situated four
miles outside of Sunbury, along the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at a station
named after the Home. The station is
called "Orphanage." Running parallel
to and close by is the P. & R. R., the
nearest station is called "Arter's". It
is a beautiful place, situated on gently
rolling ground, splendid water and an
elevation that given spleudid drainage.
It is on a southern exposure. A good
wagon road leads direct to Sunbury.
The Home has a farm of 170 acres of
ground, most of which is under culti
vation.
MANAGEMENT.
The Home is a corporation formed
by the Lodges in the district. These
Lodges select a Board of Directors as
managers. There are 40 Directors.
The Directors elect a President, Vice
Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer,
who are executive officers. The most
of the work is done through commit
tees. It is well done, for last year it
cost the Home less to maintain each
resident than any other orphan home
iu the Order within the State. The
Home maintains its own schools, has
its own chapel, and largely produces
on the farm the necessities of life.
THE ORPHANS.
There are at present in the Home 67
orphans—37 boys and 30 girls—ranging
in age from 6to 16 years. It cost in 1906
the sum of $7,946.87 to maintain the
Home. The Home received from the
Grand Lodge £8,214.00 The orphans
are well cared for and are a happy set
of children. There has been no epi
demic of disease among them, and only
a very little sickness of any kind.
Every man who knows the true
meaning of F. L. & T., will rejoice in
this Home. It is well managed, and
the bright, happy faces of the boys
and girls there, once been, will be suffi
cient satisfaction for every dollar given
ana every effort put forth. There are
many more boys and girls which we
are morally and oath-bound to caro for;
but there is no more room. The All
seeing Eye is upon us, brothers. Let
us not fall short of this opportunity to
provide for the crying orphans of our
deceased brothers. Will you help on
this Corner-Stone Day by your pres
ence aud otherwise, to dry those be
seeching tears?
Prepare for August 15th—lay aside
your labor —join the army of brothers
that will descend upon the Home
grounds—witness your Grand Master
and other officers lay the corner stone
of tho new building which, when com
pleted, will be a home for 200 boys and
girls. This alone should be ample ex
cuse for spending the day on the Homo
grounds, aa well as seeing for yourself
the grand work we are doing for the
unfortunate. Remember the day,
Thursday, August 15, 1907.
Church Social.
A church social will be held on tlio
lawn of Mrs Fisher's home at Howard
Siding, Saturday night, July 20th. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
who want to spend a pleasant evening.
For those wishing to attend from Em
porium, arrangements have been made
to have the night train stop.
Pay Your Taxes.
The tax duplicate being placed in
my hands, I will be at my homo every
week day in July to receive the taxes.
After July 31st, ten percent, will be
added. Until that time two per cent,
will be added. JOHN GLENN,
213t Constable and Collector.
DEATH'SI^pINGS
aasSP
MILLER.
The PRESS deeply regrets that we
failed to mention the death of our
townsman, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MIL
LER, on Friday, June 28, 1907. Our
own sorrow caused us to forget many
things of importance for which we beg
the pardon of our friends.
Mr. Miller was aged 72 years, five
months and fourteen days. Deceased
was born at Milton, Pa., having resid
ed at Jersey Shore, Newberry, Wil
liamsport, Philadelphia and Empori
um, early entered the mercantile line,
being for many years successful until
the great flood and fire wiped out his
property, lie was for a long time em
ployed in stores of L.W. Cook and L.L.
Stearns at Williamsport, after which he
entered the employ of Wanamairer &
Brown, having charge of their work in
this section. He continued to actively
engage in this work until a few months
ago, when illness and his advanced age
compelled him to remain in his office,
trusting the out of door work to young
er blood. During his severe illness,
heart disease, he was very patient and
wonderfully kept up. We called on
the deceased many times during his
sickness and wondered at his great
vitality. Like all men of his age, he
was simply living for those he loved
and expressed to his children his hopes
and wishes before he passed away,
peacefully, after a long and eventful
life. He leaves an aged widow and six
children—three daughters and three
sons—viz: Mrs. Chas. Diehl, Philadel
phia; Miss Carrie Miller, Mrs. C. E.
Crandell, A. 8., and Augustus, of this
place, and W. H., of Marquette, Mich.,
The funeral was held from the family
residence East Fourth street, on July
Ist, Rev. Johnston, pastor of Presby
terian church, officiating. Interment
was made in Wiley addition to Bor
ough cemetery.
TROTTER.
JOHN WILLIAM TROTTER,I aged 55
years, died at University Hospital, j
Philadelphia, Tuesday mormiig.July lti,
1907aftor an illness of several months,
of spinal affection. When weaccompan.
ied him to Philadelphia last March we j
little thought we should so soon be
called upon to meet his silent form.
Deceased came to America from Eng- !
land about twelve years ago and enter- |
ed the employ of C. B. Howard Co., as '
clerk and faithfully filled the position
until the fatal disease prostrated him. j
He had the advantage of an excellent;
education, was an intelligent and digni- 1
fied gentlemau.
His sudden death came as a great j
shock to his wife and invalid parents,
it not being anticipated that dissolution
was so near.
His remains were taken charge of by
R. R. Bringhurst Co., Philadelphia,
and shipped to Emporium yesterday
evening, arriving here early this
(Thursday) morning, being met at the
Junction depot by Undertaker Egan.
The funeral will be held at Emman
uel Episcopal Church, Friday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock, the deceased
having been a member and Vestryman
of said church. Rev. Mr. Robertson
came home yesterday to officiate at the
funeral.
V
MCNEIL.
Rev. W. R. McNeil, former pastor of
the Baptist church, at this place, died
Tuesday evening at 8:40 o'clock, at the
Geo. Nugent Home for Baptists, Ger
mantown, Pa. Poor soul, his troub
les are over. His burial takes place
from his old home at Bridgeton, N. J.
Farewell old friend.
*■'*+
PETERSON.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Peterson, of
Cameron, are sorely afflicted in the
death of their little daughter, . which
took place on Tuesday. The funeral
will be held to-day at Cameron. Wo
I extend to our friends our deepest
! sympathy.
A Well-Founded Opinion.
William L. Douglas, tbe millionaire
■shoe manufacturer, was asked the other
day if he had ever tried advertising in
other mediums than tho newspapers.
"I should say so!" he replied. "Maga
zines, circulars, street-car signs and
many another. Once I actually paint
ed a whole town rtd, spreading my ad
vertisements over its fences and roofs
and barns and everywhere my men
could find space tor an ad. I've tried
them all, and tho newspapers give by
far the best results." Mr. Douglas has
made the bulk of his fortune within tho
past ten years. In that period he has
spent $2,000,000 for newspaper adver
tising. It may be reasonably assumed
that he knows what he is talking about.
—Philadelphia Record.
Local news on every page.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.501N ADVANCE.
THE WEATHER.
FRIDAY. Fair.
SATURDAY, Showers.
SUNDAY, Showers
ASSETS
First National Bank,
EMPORIUM, PA.
At the close of business July 17th, 1907.
$833,135.32
At Your Service.
The service that this Bank gives to its ci to
mers, places within their reach every advantage
to carry on their financial matters. You can
start an account with SI.OO.
INTEREST PAID ON CERTIFICATES OF
DEPOSIT.
DR. LEON REX FELT,
DENTIST.
Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa
DR. H. W. MITCHELL,
DENTIST,
(Successor to Dr. A. B. Mead.;
Office over A. F. Vogt's Shoe Stcre,
Emporium, Pa. 12ly
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For State Treasurer,
JOHN O. SHEATZ, of Philadelphia.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For County Treasurer,
CHAS. J. HOWARD, of Portage.
Win Success in Nursing.
Nursing the sick is perhaps the meat
attractive field for the ambitious
woman who would win success and
make the best of life. It is a refined
occupation. It gives skill to the hand
and grace to the heart. It is the b:ct
paying occupation now open to women,
and presents an ever-widening field of
opportunity. The call for nurses is a
world-wide call. It is the one calling
which is not over crowded.
The demand for skilled nurses in
creases with the years. Thousands of
young women have the natural graces
of the skilled but have had a chance
to cultivate them and so have been
prevented from improving their own
condition and blessing the race. 2r.t
a new day has dawned. Large beart
ed philanthropists have opened wide
the door of opportunity at the Phila
delphia School for Nurses, 2219 Chest
nut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. A Two
Years' Free Course has been establish
ed at this Institution, wherein the stu
dent is provided with room, board,
laundry, nurse uniforms, and all the
refinements of a good home, witli suit
able training, instruction and actual
nursing in the homes of the poor and
among people of moderate income, and
at the end of the Course the student's
fare home is paid.
The Term can be shortened to eigh
teen months reading and study at
home—a course which ia very valuable
in itself. Hundreds of young women,
scattered all over the country, are
started in the work, becoming not
self-supporting, but a boon to their re
spective neighborhoods.
A Short Course is also provided fcj
the woman who wishes to quickly pre
pare for self-support and a substantial
income. Enrollment is now in pro
gress for a class of four hundred etn
dents in the Resident Courses next
year. Young women from the smaller
towns and country districts are favor
ed in the distribution of scholarships,
with a view of conveying hospital
knowledge to all rural communities.
Base Bali.
| Port Allegany nine was defeated by
Emporium on Monday 7 to 6.
*«*
The Ridgway team again defeated''
' Emporium yesterday in another heart
hreaking contest by the score of 9 to 2,
St. Marys plays hero next Wednes
day, two games for one admission.
First game starts at 2:00 o'clock. TVe
' would like to see the boys take a brace
1 and win back the laurels lost at the
hands of this club last week.
The Emporium club was defeated at
St. Marys last Saturday, two games.
This wa3 the first time St. Marys has
defeated Emporium this season, and
is a hard blow to the local club, as it
now gives Emporium a tight grip on
fourth place, with slim prospect-! of
being bested by any of the other teams.
You can gat all kinds of good ce 'ar
hingles at C. B Howard & Co..
Saved Our Life.
Yesterday was a fearful hot day and
while we sat at our desk mopping the
presperation from our brow, our good
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Meisel, acrrms
the street, sent us a dish of delicious
ice cream and glass of ice water.
Thanks friends; awfully king ofy.j.
Editors are not used to that kin ! of
treatment.
NO. 22.