FIIIS CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, IWJTLN, 1866
VOL. 41.
Business Cards.
J. O. JOHNSON. J P. MONABN"> i
JOHNSON & M N'A IINHY,
A T TORNE YB-AT-DA W |
KMPOHIBM, PA.
Will give prompt atteution to all busiiit- j eji- j
trusted to tliein. 16-ly.
MICHAEL BIiENN AN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA.W j
Collections promptly attended to. Ileal estate j
auri pension claim agent,
35-ly. Emporium, Pa. j
JAY P. FELT.
AT TOR >" EY-AT-LAW, |
Corner Fourth and Broad streets, j
Emporium, Pa.
All business relating to estate.pollections, reai
estate. Orphan's Courtandtten< ral lav 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 I
well established House I invite? iiu- patronage of j
the public. House newly 'irr: hed and thor- j
oughiy reuovated. 48ly
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post Office,)
Emporium, Pa.
WILLIAM MCDOXALIJ, Proprietor.
I take pleasure in informing the public that i i
have purchased the old ana j pular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth Mrcet. It will be
my endeavor to serve the public in a manner
that shall meet with ir approbation. Give me
a call. Meal, and luncheon served at all hours.
n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD. '
MAY GOULD,
TEACHBH OF
PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY,
Also dealer in all the Popular .Sheet Mu.* ic,
Emporium, Pa.
Scholar*: taughCtanher at. my home on 'ixth
3treet or at t lie homes of the pupite. Out oftown
scholars will be given dates at my roon-, in this
place.
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DU. LEON REX FELT,
DENTIST.
Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa
DR. H. W. MITCHF.I.L,
DENTIST,
(S accessor to Dr. A. B. Mead.)
Office o* W A. F. Volt's Shoo Store,
Emporium, Pa. 121y
Great Grangers' Picnic at Wil
liams' Grove.
The 34th Annual Great Grangers' Pic
nic Exhibition will be hold on the "Old
Camp Grounds," Williams' Grove,
August 26-31, 1907. The exhibition of
farm machinery, implements, etc., and
live stock promises to exceed that of
any former year. A splendid program
will be presented in the AiiidKorium:
Wednesday, Governor Stuart and
Hon. John O. Sheatz, Republican Can
didate for State Treasurer; Thursday,
Hon. N. J. Bachelder, former Governor
of New Hampshire, and Master of the
National Grange, Hon. W. F. Hill,
Master Pennsylvania State Grange and
other prominent Grangers.
T&esday and Wednesday evenings,
Mr. Frank R. Roberson, in illustrated
lectures ou South America and the
Panama Canal. Thursday and Friday
evenings, Ideal Vaudeville Company.
Everything high grade and up-to
date.
Excursions on all railroads. Consult
your Station Agent.
Base Ball.
A very interesting game of base ball
was played OL the park grounds last
Saturday between the home team and
the St. Marys boys. It took ten in
nings to decide the contest. The Em
porium boys won out in the tenth,
by the score of 6to 6. Young pitched
for St. Marys and held our boys sately
throughout the game with the excep
tion of the fourth inning when they
landed on him for live runs. Gilbert
was on the firing line for the home
team, and with a lead of fonr runs
could not hold the Elk county boys,
who were steadily gaining runs, and
manager Walker sent him to the
bench and called out Hemphill, who
was a puzzle for the boys after the first
inning, when they counted one run,
tieing the score. From this time on
it was an interesting battle with honors
even until the last half of the tenth,
which settled the contest with the
above result.
The Port Allegany base ball team
came over on Monday and defeated
the Railroad boys to the tune of 10-2.
The Emporium team lost to Ridgway
yesterday, score 10 to 5.
Big Cut of Timber.
H. S. Best, General Supt. manufac
turing and shipping deparcment, of
Central Penn'a Lumber Co., William
sport, Pa., transacted business in Em
porium on Friday and made the PHESS
sanctum a visit, accompanied by E. L.
Mason, one of the best mill men in the
state. Mr. Best was looking for men
for their big mill at Sheffield, Pa.,
about to commence on a twenty year
cut.
Ice Cream Social.
There will be an ico cream social at
the West Creek school house, Saturday
evening, Aug. 24th, for the benefit of
the church. The public is cordially in
vited to attend. The champion ice
cream eater of the Valley, Willis Gas
kill, will meet the Emporium champ
ion on this occasion.
Mu- ij.' and Fun in"The Toy
makers."
Tliejf. are very few theatregoers in
the ITtiUed Siat< 3 and Caiiada who
have nut seen and enjoyed that
ostiNow England pi My ever written,"
"Quirq.n Ad amu JJawys.While
music jvas not made a great feature of
thin ptyiy or the production, whnt there
wan'op-.'it was ;>i" the most enjoyable
sort, and of great assistance in thceom
ple&nfe«t> and success of the entertain
ment. The author of "Qufcicy Adams
Sawyer" is Charles Felton Pidgin, who
now conies with a new play, "The Toy -
makers," whose locale i i laid in old
England in a picturesque little village
of Middleton-On-The-Quick, with char
acters as quaint and as interesting as
the village itself. They are indeed the
village for, alter all, it is the individual
that gitofa color and life aijd warmth
to otherwise inanimate and uninterest
ing wood and brick and clay and glass.
Author Pidgin, in"The Toymakers",
has drawn his characters with a dia
mond paint, has laid on his colors in
masses;'his brushwork is strong and
vigorofcisiand his composition is certain
to enchain the attention. He has done
more tlian this for IK has made his
chfiracterfl ting appropriate songs.
Now,- although Mr. Pidgin has written
the songs, commonly called lyrics, he
makes no pretence to ability to write
music, so the aid of those two weil
known Boston composers, Charles 1).
Blake arid John A Bennett, was called
into service and the result was a de
lightful bombination of lyric and music
rarely found nowadays, even in the
most ambitions of musical comedies.
"The Toymakers" is to be presented
here at the Emporium Opera House,
Monday evening, Oct. 21, 1907, by "The
Jollities," under the management of
Charles F. Atkinson and James That
cher and nearly three hours of deli
cious fun, clean wit, snappy satire,
comical situations, electrical life and a
foast of joyous melody are assured to
all patrons. There are nearly two
dozen musical numbers in"The Toy
makers" and those not of the neces
sary descriptive or romantic character
will be certain to keop the lingers and
the toes a tapping and send one home
in right merry mood.
"The Seminary Girl.".
There are many delightful features
about "The Seminary Girl," Melville
B. B. Raymond's comedy with music
which comes to the Emporium
Opera House, on Wednesday, Sept,
4th, not the least of which is the thor
oughly American atmosphere of the
book. The story is consistent and
wittily unfolded. Steve Dwyer, a New
York politician, realizing that his
daughter, Dorothy, will soon leave the
seminary, determines to have plenty
of blue blood in the family. Armed
with a check book he goes to Germany
in search of a title, meets Baron Ru
dolph von Gruber; looks up his family
record and buys up the scion of nobil
ity outright and returns to United
States. Dorothy and some of her
friends are spending the summer at
Saratoga. Young Grannan, a typical
American of the never-say die class,
very much in love with Dwyer'schild,
meets her father and takes him for an
escaped lunatic, Daffy Dan. Steve
thinks the young man is crazy and
tries to humor him. In the midst of a
very funny scene in comes an aged
school marm spinster who would say
"yes" to the question that would add
the prefix of Mrs. to her name. She
imagines that Dwyer is the King of
some South Sea Islands and relentless
jly pursues him. The Baron's Ameri
can wife arrives in search of her van
ishing husband and mistakes the
waiter, Schultz, a follower of Gran
nan's, for the Baron. Daffy Dan, the
lunatic, comes into view and points
out old Dwyer as the insane individual.
The trouble waxes fast and furious for
everybody. The second act shows the
deck of a yacht. How Grannon pre
vents the marriage of Dorothy and the
Baron is highly interesting and the
sequence is naturally worked out. The
piece contains many musical numbers
that are hits and the chorus is a bril
liant one. Knute Erickson is the fea
ture and Miss Minnie Jarbeau plays the
title role supported by a capable com
[ pany.
Ladies' Society Outing.
Several lady members of Emmanuel
j Episcopal Church Sewing Society en
i joyed an outing on Tuesday, at River
side Park, near Portville. They en
| joyed the day's sport very much.
For Sale or Rent.
Sterling House, opposite depot, Sterl
ing Run, Pa. Inquire at my residence,
opposite Catholic church, Emporium,
j Pa.
11-tf. MRS. MAHONY.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1907.
WHAT IS EMPORIUM BOAKD
OF HEALTH, DOING?
Rldgway Suffering From Typhoid i
Fever.
i
Ridgway, is, according to a dispatch I
sent out from that town, suffering from
two epidemics and it is said, so many j
people have been afflicted that every 1
train is carrying many out of town.
Everyone who can raise a few dollars
for car.'uro is fleeing from the town
with all personal effects. On Monday ,
many i cople were taken ill with ty- ;
phoid fever and cases have developed!
on an average of 15 to 18 or 20 a day |
since then. The situation is growing |
worse every hour. Already there have i
been more than 75 cases developed !
Hiiu e Monday and there an: numerous !
deaths. The local health- department, ;
of which Dr. James Stcnfield is chair- j
man, is not able to cope with the epi- i
demic and physicians from outside
have beeu called upon to give assist-)
ance. Continuing the dispatch says: j
"about the same time typhoid fever !
became epidemic another one of a dif- I
fa rent nature made its appearance. I
Children ranging in ages from 5 to 13 j
years have been taken ill and generally |
within -18 bourn' time their lower limbs
became paralyzed. In the past week!
over forty canes have developed and i
the unknown disease is spreading rap- I
idly. Already there are . about forty j
v.'ho have been thus afflicted. Local :
physicians and health oflicers who have j
been called to attend these cases refuse |
to make any statement and it is said
they are unable to determine just what
the disease is. Some say they have
never seen the like of it' before. Al
ready there have been several deaths
and more are expected. It is expected
that the state health department will
send representatives here at once."
What has already happened to Ridg
way may strike Emporium at any
hour, since we are drinking water
pumped from West Creek, during the
summer months. We do not wish to
alarm our citizens and pose as an
alarmist, yet our duty as a journalist
is plain. If the creek water in whole
some, well and good. If it. is not then,
our board of health are the proper per
sons to solve the question. It is too
grave and dangerous a question to risk
the lives of our citizens until death and
a scourge sweeps our town. Each year
we are promised plenty of water and
aa regular as the year comes around
pump! pump! comes, what surely
must be, unhealthful water. The
Water Company, no doubt, do the best
they can with the system as now con
structed, but it does not All the wants
of the people for domestic use and fire
purposes. We .ire informed that Salt
Run is adequate to supply the town.
It is up to the Water Company to
remedy the defective system.
In a word, our advise to all citizens
is to drink either Sizerville water; filter
or boil the creek water. Do not use
water from wells, where they can get
the washings from the hillsides or
seepings from cesspools on the flat.
Boil every drop of water you use for
cooking and drinking until such a time
as the mains are flushed with clean
pure water.
The State Health Commissioner is
due in this section of the state this
week, to view the source of water sup.
ply furnished the towns in this section.
Leaves Emporium.
Mr. Alired Hockley, who has resided
in Emporium for fifteen or sixteen
years, left last Saturday for Muncy,
Pa., his old home, where he will reside
until he decides on a permanent home.
"Al" was a good citizen, quiet and un
assuming and a man of good judgment.
We regret he has «een fit to leave us
for we always liked him and enjoyed
his friendship. He is a man true to his
honest convictions at all times. Suc
cess to him, wherever he may locate.
Furniture at Private Sale.
The undersigned offers for sale her
household goods, at private sale, on ac
count of leaving Emporium. The
goods are all in first-class condition
consisting of: One bed room suit, side
board, book case, dining table, couch,
centre table, two parlor chairs, four
leather covered dining chairs, upholst
ered leather rocker, three art squares,
two heating and one cooking stove,
kitchen utensils, crockery, cabinet,
table and three chairs. Call at my
rooms on Maple street, between the
hours of eight to ten a. m., and five to
seven p. m. All goods must be sold
by Sept. Ist.
27-2t. MRS. APOLLJNA TROTTER.
Settled in Full.
James R. Batclielder, Constable and
Collector of Grove township, was a
PRESS visitor on Tuesday, while settl
ing his tax duplicate with the County
Commissioners. Mr. Batchelder is a
faithful official and prides himself up
on his record. "Jim" Batchelder is
all right.
Call at Chas. Diehl's old stand and ,
see what bargaids we offer in ladies
and gents shoes. THOS. W. WELSH.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
The night watchman at the jail, Ai
| bc-rt Murray, is not troubled with loaf
ers.
I
Contractors and builders would do
well to read the Sbippen School Board
, advertisement in another column, In
viting bids for the new school house.
"You will be pressed for money of
tener because you have no advertising
: bills to pay than because you have,"
j observes The Buffalo News." Big ad
j vertising bills and big bank balances
j grow, together, out of the same publi
■ city campaigns." The merchant who |
; hold:: down his expense account by \
j cutting out advertising saves money j
j just the way the railroads would if !
j they should stop buying coal for their |
j locomotives. Without coal the wheels ,
( won't turn; without publicity trade
! comes to a standstill. It pays to throw j
| silver out of the window that gold
j may come in at the door.—Philadel- ;
phia Record.
While it is fashionable now-a-days
| to given linen showers, kitchen show
| ers, variety showers, and several other
j kinds of showers, it is strange that no
| one has thought of inaugurating a sub
| scription shower, and several other
kinds of showers that would interest
the printer who earns his money, but
in very many instances is kept in the
background during these shower aea-
Bon, llow happy would be the printer
to record the fact that he had been
given a subscription, or advertising
shower now and then. Such ovedts
would cheer him on his way to encour
age the other kind of showers in their
fullest capaacity. Who will be the first
to inaugurate a genuine old fashioned
newspaper shower, whereby all delin
quents will step up in the captain's of
fice and liquidate all indebtedness?
The Democrat will offer as a prize to
the man who will set the ball a rolling
a year's subscription as a recompense
for his efforts to increase on the public
the fact that the printer occasionally
needs a shower of dollars to keep
,-bings going.— Smethport Democrat.
Secretary Tafl's Columbus speech
constitutes a remarkable contribution
to the literature of the Republican
party. It deals with the railroads, the
trusts and the tariff, and incidentally
with the subject of "Swollen fortunes."
With that perfect candor which is his
chief cuaraoteristic, Mr. Taft
makes a complete profession of faith
and criticises with severity, but not
with extravagance, the evils of railway
management and the culpability of
the men whose cupidity and greed for
gain have forced the federal gov em
ment to increase its control over the
"highways of the nation." He ex
plains with extraordinary lucidity the
purpose and effect of the railway rate
bill, points out the defects in the Elkins
bill and exposes the fallacy of tha ar
gument that 'the Elkins measure was
sufficient to correct all evils without
further legislation. He sternly con
demns those trust officials who have
used their extraordinary power to
crush out legitimate competition and
to practise extortion on the people. He
regards progressive inheritance taxa
tion, to be imposed by the states as the
best remedy for "swollen fortunes"
and the federal income tax he would
resort to only in the event of necessity
for extraordinary revenues.
Secretary Taft's keynote speech is
eloquent only in so far as the expres
sion of convictions which can have
been arrived at only after profound
thought in the simplest terms and with
convincing earnestness is eloquent.
There are no bursts of oratory, no
flights of rhetoric in his declaration of
his convictions with, perhaps, one ex
ception, the peroration in which he de
clares his admiration for Theodore
Roosevelt and all that he has done for
the Republican party.
Strike Soon to End.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20—The belief pre
vails here that the telegraph compan
ies will arbitrate despite their declara
tion that they have nothing to arbi
trate.
Chas. P. Neill, United States labor
commissioner, is expected here to
! morrow to meet Gompers, John Mitch
i elll and D. J. Keefe, officials of the
I American Federation of Labor, with a
i view of a settlement between the men
| and the companies.
Lost Bet and Life.
Terry Ryan, a glass blower, of
Smethport, waged that he could climb
I to the top of the courthouse and reach
; the figure justice on the top of the
| tower, when he fell to the ground, a
i distance of 130 feet, killing him instant
ly. He leaves a wife and several small
children.
ROOSEVELT STANDS
PAT ON HIS POLICIES
Challenges Money Kings of
Wall Street,
WHO SHALL RULE NATION, PEOPLE
OR PLUTOCRATS?
President Roosevelt made a forceful
and timely speech Tuesday at the lay
ing of the corner stone fqr a handsome
monument at Provincetown, Mass., to
mark the first landing place of the
Pilgrim fathers.
•In this speech the- President replied
to attacks that have been made upon
him and his policies and expressed a
determination to continue theso policies
no matter what opposition might come.
Provincetown was crowded with peo
ple who gathered to witness the plac
ing of the granite block that is to form
part of foundation of the memorial of
the early settlers.
In addition to the speech made by
the President, addressee were also de
livered by James Bryoe, British Am
bassador to the United States, Gov
ernor Gouild of Massachusetts, and
several high Mi.->>r»iir officials.
The eeremonies began with "the ar
rival of President Roosevelt on the
Mayflower. Warships saluted the
President's yacht, which fired an an
swering salute. The President was
met at the dock ai d escorted to the
monument grounds, the crowds cheer
ing him at every foot.
After a prayer the corner stone was
laid by the Grand Master of Masons in
Massachusetts. Then came the
speeches by the President and others,
after which the assembly attended a
banquet in the town hall.
DEATH'S* DOINGS
E23HI
JOHNSON.
After two years of suffering with an
incurtiblo stomach disease. Mr*\ W.
W. Jonhson, wife of Section Foreman
W. W. Johnson, of Huntley, died at
the home of her daughter Mattie in
Renovo, Monday evening, August 19th.
Mrs. Johnson had recovered sufficient
ly to be able togo to Renovo a week
ago to visit her daughter and appar
ently felt as good as could be expected
up to a few days ago, when she was
taken with spells of heart failure and
died in one of these attacks. The re
mains were brought to Huntley on the
evening train Tuesday evening. The
funeral was held from the Huntley
Church Wednesday at 1:30 p. m.,
the Rev. Mr. Ebersole, of Sterling
Run, officiating. The remains were
interred in the Huptley Cemetery,
Johnson was forty-six years of age
and is survived by her husband, three
sons and five daughters. The deep
sympathy of the entire community is
with the bereaved family in their great
sorrow. j. F. S.
$1.25 WHEAT COMING.
Only a Two-Thirds Crop in the
West Will Make Prices Soar.
There will be little more than a two
thirds crop of wheat in the United States
and that wheat will reach $1.25 a bushel
this fall, is the prediction of George C.
Howe, of Dulutb, Minn., one of the
largest wheat growers of the great
Northwest. Mr. How is in the East on
business and outlined the wheat con
ditions at a Washington hotel. He
said:
"In Minnesota the crop is probably
two-thirds what it usually is, and the
some conditions prevail in North and
South Dakota. Tfie backward spring
held crops up aud after they got start
ed they were injured in so many places
by excessive rains. Yet in other sec
tions there was a shortage of rain, and
this condition has done the most dam
age during the season of maturing of
crops. Kansas will this year make not
more than 60,000,000 bushels, which is
about three-fourths of the usual output.
These are vital states whsn it comes to
the production of wheat, and I feel as
sured from present conditions, that
the price will be not less than $1.25 in
the outumn. The foreign demand is
strong and has a tendency to advance
prices. The output of Argentina is not
yet known, and the crop in South Am
erica will exert a strong iufluence on
the market and be of much importance
in connection with the year's output.
It cannot under the most favorable
conditions, however, be sufficient to
prevent wheat reaching a price ib has
not reached for a number of years."
Wanted.
A good girl for general housework.
Apply to MRS. JOHN GLEASON, Drift
wood, Pa. 26-tf„
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.-50 IN ADVANCE.
'I HE WEATHER.
FRIDAY, I air.
SATURDAY, Fair.
SUNDAY, Sliowerg,
112 ASSETS
First National Bank,
EMPORIUM, PA.
At Ihi; close of business Aug. 21* t 1907.
$845,710.62
SHORT ROAD.
For most of us there is no shorter roail to
wealth than by working hard and spending less
than we cam. The greatest aid to systematic
saving is a bank account in a reliablo insty ' n
like the FIRST NATIONAL, BANK, EiApi.
Pa.
INTEREST PAID ON' CERTIFICATES OF
DEPOSIT.
Notice to Contractors.
We wish to correspond with log job
bers in Pennsylvania, that can stock to
railroad, from one million to three mil
lion feet in a job. When job is com
pleted, will give new job HO jobber will
have work from year to 'year. We
have the stocking of the timber on 57,-
000 acres an; pay the beat prices. Our
work is worth investigating.
G. W. HUNTLEY & Sox,
23-tf. Shryock, W. Va.
Piano for Sale.
A good second-hand piano for sale
very clieyp, §3O. J. P. MCNABNEY.
Increase Your Earning Power.
There are thousands of young farm
ers in Pennsylvania who are trying to
lind the best way uf handling live stock
and laud. They are wanting to 'win.
The widest of these men are watching
the methods of successful farmers in
their neighborhoods. That is a good
thing to do. In addition to these ob
servations and their own experience
they want to know the principle that
control in the development of animals
and of plants. When they have the
principles there is less guess work and
there are fewer mistakes and failures.
We have in this country tens of thous
ands of very successful farmers who
say that they owe part of their success
to the teaching of practical scientists
who discovered facts that had a big
cash value when carried into the field
and orchard and stable.
The best way to get facts is by listen
ing # to the man who has the facts.
When one can be with a man, quest
ioning him and talking with him the
true value of his facts is learned.
Our agricultural colleges have devot
ed much time to giving young men a
full college course. That is all right
but the agricultural college receives
all the money that the state appro
priates for agricultural education and
it owes a duty to the ninety farmers
out of every hundred who do not
want to devote four years to college
studies. It must help all who want
help. A few years ago some of our
western agricultural colleges solved
this problem. They established winter
courses of study for busy young men.
The scheme was to invite these men
to spend twelve weeks at the agricul
tural collego listening to lectures on
practical tarm subjects. No entrance
examinations should be required and
the twelve weeks should be devoted to
a study of things tliat puzzle a man in
the handling of laud, plants, live stock
and dairy products. The young men
came to these colleges in great number
and these winter courses have become
immensely popular.
Last winter the Legislature gave
funds to the School of Agriculture of
The Pennsylvania State College to
render this practical service to the
young men of Pennsylvania. The re
organization of the School by the Dean,
Dr. Thomas F. Hunt, formerly of Cor
nell, brought in some of the most
practical, helpful scientists of other
states, and they became a part of the
force of instruction in the five winter
courses in agriculture. These courses
begin December 3rd and continue to
February 26th. Any man in the state
may enter any one of these courses
and he does so without any examina
tion. If he is wanting facts that will
help him to understand his life work
he is welcome. The five courses deal
with plain agriculture, horticulture,
dairy husbandry, poultry and cream
ery. Every reader who is interested
should address "Alva Agee, State Col
lege, Pa.," tor further information.
Send a postal asking for details.
Ridgway's Epidemic.
With seventy-five cases of typhoid
fever in Ridgway the citizens of that
burg have every reason to be alarmed.
A town the size of Ridgway, with its
great wealth, certainly can have an
abundance of pure water. No doubt
the state health department will tear
up some of the typhoid breeding pests
in this section of the state. Ridgway
has for years complained of their foul
water supply.
Big bargains in ladies and gents
shoes. THOS. W. WELSH.
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