THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 42.
THE BOARD OF
TRADE BANQUET
GREAT SUCCESS
The banquet given by the Emporium
Board of Trade, Monday evening, in
the very neatly decorated dining room
of New Warner, was a very enjoyable
affair, and surpassed anything of the
kind over given in Emporium. Mine
host Wm. Schutte, ably assisted by
his manager, E. E. Breene, carefully
arranged everything lor the occasion.
While L. S Pisk's orchestra rendered
some choice music, the members oft lie
Board, escorted by its president, Hon.
Geo. J. Laßar, marched to the banquet
board at 9:3o—the speakers and
guests occupying a table in the
centre of the square. Tin: banqueters
were as follows:
Anderson, Kev. Kreider, S.P.
Allen, G. S. Larrabee, 51. AI.
Balconi, G. F. t,ecliner. Jos.
Bush, Dr. Linglo. Jos.
Blumle, Hon. I'\ X. I.eet, F. D.
Barclay. Hon. C. F. Lloyd, T. B.
Butler, C. 1.. Levecke, Fred.
Brennan, M. Laßar. Hon. Geo J.
Cramer, VV. H. Leavitt, W. J.
Crandell, C. E. Lloyd, H. S.
Cox, H. A. Libenius.Mr.
Cummings, John. Mickey, K. K.
Day. J. H. Mitchell, Dr.
Day, Herbert. M etzger, Geo. Jr.
Eick, It. A. Mullin, Hon. H. 11.
Falk, Dr. McQuay, R. It.
Gallagher, Thos. Newton. Jos.
Goodiiough, C. J. Norris, Thos. 11.
Green, Hon. I!. W. Parsons, J. F.
Heilinan, Dr. Plasterer. Prof.
Haberstock, Theo. Pearsoll, H.L.
Hilliker, F. F. Risliell, C. W.
Howard, W. 11. Robertson, Rev. J. M. 1
Howard, Hon. Josiah. Seger, C'lias.
Howard, Chas. J. Seger, Fred.
Hockley. Hon. I. K. Sizer, W. R.
Jaeger, Henry. Strayer, F. P.
Johnson, Hon. J. C. Tompkins, H. G.
Judd, F. G. Van Wert,B. M.
Johnston, Rev. G. 11. Walker Geo. A.
Kline, C. It. Wiley, Chas C.
Kuebne, R.
All in shape, and after Rev. Johnson
evoked divine blessing, all partook of
one of the best served and neatest din
ners ever served here, viz:
MENU.
Grape Fruit with Sherry
Vermicelli.
Radishes Pickles Olives
Roast Chicken, with Sage Dressing
Mashed Potatoes Cranberry Jelly
Tomatoes with Mayonnaise
Parker House Rolls
Ice Cream with Strawberries
Chocolate Cake Lady Fingers
Salted Almonds, with Mints
Cigars Coffee
At the close of the enjoyable dinner,
President Laßar wrapped for order
when he called upon Hon, I. K. Hock
ley to act as toast master, who
promptly rang the bell and introduc
ed His Honor, Mayor Howard, who
welcomed, on behalf of the Borough of
Emporium, the Board of Trade and
its guests.
W. H. Howard in his address of wel.
come said that heretofore there had
been a board of trade in Emporium but
they never did anything and died a
natural death. R was followed by the
ladies forming a chamber of commerce
and they did something. Their last
act was the erection of the town
clock in the courthouse six or seven
years ago.
Mr. Howard said we had as good a
town as was to be found anywhere,
with as low taxes and insurance rates;
with as pure air and water and as
healthy a place as there is in Penna.,
or in the world; we have good hotel
accommodations, railroad advantages
and banking facilities; good schools
and an orderly town; fine scenery and
drives for miles in all directions from
the borough.
He said that while we had all these,
some of them could be made better
and others added. He hoped that
soon we would havo free mail delivery,
a government building, paved streets,
incineration plant to take care of the
sewerage, pollution of the streams
Blopped, larger water system, military
school, glass, brick, stove, automobile,
clay and pipe factories, for all of which
we have the raw materials at our door;
the coal veins further developed; a
hospital, our mineral springs utilized
more, a railroad up Rich Valley that
went somewhere so as to avoid Keat
ing Summit, St. Marys and Kane bills;
better passenger railroad facilities and
at some time in the not very distant
future, a population of 50,000 or more
and the hills of the county reforested
so as to supply both lumber and water.
Mr. Mullin responded very briefly to
Mr. Howard.
At this time numerous letters of re
gret were read from invited guests, the
most promiuent being from United
States Senator Boies Penrose, Gover
nor Stuart, Mr. H. R. Laird, the hust
ling Sec'y of Williamsport Board of
Trade and Col. J. O. Brookbank of
Driftwood.
Congressman Charles F. Barclay was
then introduced and gave an interest
ing talk of thirty minutes, which was
listened to willi wrapt attention and
heartily applauded.
Hon. J. C. Johnson waß next speak
er called on and held the closest atten
tion of the guests. We give the major
portion of his remarks.
Natural and Business Resources of
Cameron County.
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Board of
Trade:—
] thunk tlie gentlemen of the Board of Trade
for the kind invitation to join you in this occas
ion. The presence of so many gentlemen promi
nent in trade and commerce in this county and
elsewhere makes this an interesting occasion, as
itisunusual. I think it must mean that there
is something doing or about* to be done in this
"neck of woods," and I am glad to be here and
find out what all of you business men are think
ing about or doing.
I was aske 1 to speak of the "Nutural and busi
ness resources ot Cameron county." 1 was flat
tered by the request and said I would do it— just
as all men feel flattered when they arc aeked to
|do things way beyond them. Now I can say at
the outset there is one well recognized natural
resource of Cameron county that I shall not dis
cuss. It is the one resource that lies open to us
before our doors and seems most to demand our
earlist attention. This is clay. Clay and clay
products will be left out by me, because a gentle
man eminently competent to handle this subject
expected to be here. Mr. Walker came into the
county about three years ago, backed by a large
amount of capital and started brick works on
Hunts Bun. He has accomplished wonders over
there, in a place where none of us would ever
have thought there was anything worth rescu
ing from the wilderness it was in. His work
speaks volumes for his energy and ability and
places him among those entitled to be quoted as
authority upon the possibilities of clay and clay
products in Cameron county.
I therefore turn from that subject to consider,
for a few minutes, one or two other natural re"
sources that may prove of value to us in Cam"
eron county, at some time not very distant in the
future.
And tirst, I suggest gas or oil. 1 know the ob
jector will sij' the territory has been tested. I
deny this.
There has been as yet no sufficient test in this
.county. Early aud late there nave been, all told
not more than twenty wells drilled. The size of
the drill is 6' 4 inches. There are 243,810 acres in
Cameron county, or 3SI square miles. That gives
us one 6 1 , inch hole to 12,192 acres, or one well to
every nineteen square miles ot territory. Who
is there to say the test for oil or gas in Cameron
county lias been thorough, in view of these facts,
when you add that the wells have been drilled
about indiscriminately, without any regird to
anticlinals.
Now, for a moment, let us consider the de
velopements about us. In Potter county the de
velopcment of gas has been abundant In Sharon
township, with wells in Oswayo and Bingham
and recently the producing line has been crowd
ed down to within a few miles of Coudersport in
Hebron. The development on Card Creek, in
ltoulett township, south and west of Coudersport
is on an anliclinal that is believed to extend
through the north west corner ol Sbippen town
ship in Cameron county. The gashas been tap.
ped at Liberty, in Mckean couuty, a short dis
tance north of the Cameron county line. East of
us was the development at Gaines in Tioga
county. South and east of us at Hyner, on a
very promising anticlinal, there are wells proj
ducing gas and recently at Cross Forks in Leidy
township, Clinton county, south of us and east
of us gas has been developed with wells of about
400 lbs. rock pressure as reported. West of us in
Benzinger township, Elk county, adjoining Cam
eron county, and with in a few miles of our coun
ty oil has been found in small well, at least so it
is reported. And recent developments in Jeffer
son county, complete the circle so that we are
surrounded. Forty-five degree lines so highly
regarded by oil and gas men drawn through
these developments pass through our county.
Under these circumstances, regarding the
scanty tests within our lines, and the fact that
mother earth issteaming with gas and oil all
around us, on the north, east, south and west,
does it seem to be a wild prediction that when
the oil capitalist gets in earnest and makes a
; scientific investigation he will be able to locate
paying gas or oil wells on our territory?
It only remains for the landed proprietor to be
liberal toward leasiug aud for this energetic
Board of Trade to get next to the oil capitalist
and by a full and careful skowing of the pros
pects, get these two most interested parties at
work to solve the problem in regard to these
possible natural products.
Ihavenextto call the attention of this as
sembled body of representative businessmen and
citizens to a more certain natural resource found
within our borders.
The great Allegheny Coal Field, begins way
up here in Northern Pennsylvania. It extends
across the state into W. Va., Ohio, Tenn., Ky.,
and Ala. It is 800 miles long and 180 miles in its
greatest width. In Pennsylvania we have up
wards of 12,000 square miles of this coal field and
i it is divided for superintendence by the state in
i to districts and Cameron county is in the4th Dis
! trict. Really we are in a northern field, cut off
| from the great body by the swift running waters
j to the south of us. This northern field is broken
| into fingers, as it were, extending some of them
) into the county of MeKean on the north.
| We have here the four lower strata or seams Of
! the Carboniferous system and two of these veins
\ or seamsare surely workable, being from three to
i five feet thick. They lie near the tops of our
mountains. They are easily worked are good
coal and while the receding waters of the Apala.
, chtan Ocean eroded a great deal more coal than
j we have left, yet the conglomerate rock upon
I which this deposit rests by its great solidity has
! saved enough to make it a sure and sufficient
natural resource for profitable exploitation.
Not all the coal lies intheC'ameron basin. Hut
t speak by the book when I tell you that there
i are two thousand acres of the Pardee lands
underlaid with two workable veins of coal one
three feet and another from three to five feet in
thickness. In this property you may make your
i own ca Iculation, 640 acres of coal one foot thick
will produce a million tons ofcoal and this body
j of land alone would yield 15 million tons of good
| coal.
| The same veins underlie the property Mr.
Brady is operating upon. As to what he has
' been able to make out of them and do with this
coal you have been able to see during the last
three years. He finds it good steam coal and he
makes coke out of it and uses it in his blast fur
nace. Now Mr. Brady lias in the Sinnamahon
' ing property 5,000,000 tons of coal; there are 15,.
000,000 tons in the Pardee property and 5,000,000
in another property; in all 25,000,000 tons in the
"Liberty and Union, One aud Inseparable." —WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JUNK 11, 1908.
Cameron basin. This means that if you were to
employ 2">o men to remove 1,000 tons a day for
practically 70 years you would only exhaust this
on? basin of coal.
There are undoubtedly many other tracts ol
coal in the county, but the tracts mentioned
have been thoroughly examined and reported on
by very able experts and they are opened and al"
ready have been worked, in a small way, success
fully. This then is alnatural resource of certain
production and great value.
Now, for a moment, I want to suggest to yon
something a bout another natural resource that
we have in abundance, that's of great value and
has been utterly disregarded. I refer to the
streams. They are of great value. They should
be impounded, and made to give up the power
anl wealth that is in them, and slicd abroad the
peace!' prosperity and contentment that their
rippling waters sing of as they go rushing oyer
their rocky beds on their way to the sea.
Bennetts Branch heads in Clearfield county'
passes through a corner of Elk: West Creek heads
in Elk county. The Driftwood passes through
a corner of Elk county and with Elk Run and
North Creek heads in McKean county, the Por
tage has branches extending into both McKean
and Potter counties and Hunts Run and (.lie Firs
Fork both head in I'otter county. If you take
t ie map you will discover that the water shed
drained by our streams is very great,extending to
Clearfield, Elk, McKean and I'otter counties.
Tne.se streams are all concentrated at upper Jerry
Run in our county and a dam should be con
structed there to impound all the Hood water
and make a lake from three to five miles long
and from 10 to 30 feet deep. Erected at ! het
jfoint mentioned the dam would not exceed 1000
or 1200 feet from rock wall to rock wall of the
mountains on either side, which would furnish
ample material forth# work, right at hand.
This dam should he made at once and the pro
duction of electrical power secured at the earl
iest day.
Is this idea new and does any one think it is
impracticable?
Let me call your attention to what you all
know about such matters.
You know the British Government built the
Assouan dam in the Nile and are now making it
20 feet higher than originally.
You all knbw that in 1902 our Congress took
up the idea and appropriated 20 millions for
building dams and that they begun then and are
yet building dams that when completed will cost
70 millions. You know that dam building is a
school of engineering science, now greatly de
veloped. That we have in the Shoshone proposi
lion the highest dam in the world, 310 f.)et. You
know that these constructions to conserve the
waters extend from Mexico to Canaia, through
that vast expanse of silence land, west of the
tiocky Mountains. Arizona, California, Nevada,
Oregon, Idaho, and also through Montana, the
Dakotas, Colorado and New Mexico. In short
from the Rio Grande to the Yellowstone the
United States Government is engaged ill expend
ing 70 millions of dollars in constructing dams
to conserve the waters.
Now, more than that, private enterprise and
capital has been aroused and is no longer un
mindful of the advantage of such enterprise. In
deed private enterprise and capital have already
seized upon thee very waters of yours in their
course to the ocean and at McCall's Ferry, the
McCall's Ferry Heat, Power and Light Co., has
built a great dam across the Susquehanna to
impound them and convert them into electrical
power. Electricsl power to serve a million peo
ple in the counties of York and Lancaster and
the City of Baltimore.
You see at once then it is practical to construct
a dam at Upper Jerry Run, in this county, where
the valley is narrow and there is nothing to
hinder and make a lake 30 feet deep and five
miles long and use this wator to produce this
wonderful power called electricity most cheaply
and furnish it to industries so cheaply as to in
duce them to come to our town in large numbers.
Now, I will not draw the picture of the possible
future prosperity of the beauiful valley we live
In when the manufacturers come here and get
cheap electrical power and when the population
of this great Commonwealth is double what it Is
now. as it will be within 30 years. The great
Hood tide of population must set in here it this
natural resource is seized upou as it should be at
once.
It i 3 up to this energetic and able Board
OJ Trade to get next to capital that will drill for
oil and mine for coal and perhaps best of al
size upon the oportunity to produce that niagica.
power, electricity, cheaply. Through enterprise,
energy and capital wisely employed upon these
natural resources our connty will surely be popu.
lated by an industriou--, prosperous and content
ed people, many times greater ia number than
our present population.
Judge Green's Able Address.
Hon. B.W. Green, who returned last Sunday
from an extended visit to the Pacific coast states,
this trip forming one of three visits that covered
32 states. He was full of interesting observa
tions that would interest our readers if we had
space to give his remarks in full. However, we
shall give a part of his talk to the members of
Board of Trade, as well as points given us. The
visit placed the Judge iu elegaut form and he
looked in the prime of health. Mr.Green went to
the far west in the interest of Mr. Joseph Kaye,
who has extensive lumbering interests in the
State of Washington; he stopped at Philchuck,
Wash., where he was the guest of Mr. Jas. L.
j Norie, who is interested in, and is manager, of
! one of the largest lumbering operations in that
■ state, in connection with Mr. Jos Kaye. His
' visit extended through all the great northern
; agricultural states of tile Mississippi Valley and
every one of the states with one exception, west
of the Rocky Mountains. He was at Seattle,
Wash., the day the great American fleet arrived
, in the harbor of that city of 250,000 population,
j and witnessed the extensive illuminations, par
-1 ades andlentertainments. There were 500,OOOvisit
-1 ors in Seattle to witness the parade of the mar
ines, state mlitary and civic ibodies. While
| viewing this great sight, he was happily surpris
ed to see Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Barclay stnading
a"few feet in front of him. It took but a minute
; to slap the Capt. on his back—then the surprise
was mutual. A few days later he witnessed the
same fleet and similar demonstrations in the
harbor at Tacoma. Here Fred A. Blac kwell is
1 located and is one of the leading business men
of that great city. He also had a pleasant visit
with Fred A. Hill and family, at their beautiful
residence in the finest section of the city and
found them nicely located and in good health.
He saw the extensive timber land holdings of
Hon. Clias. W. Stone, located near Seattle, which
is regarded one of the most valuable timber
tracts on the Pacific coast. At Butte, Montana,
he visited an old friend in that great copper
field. From Tacoma he went to Portland, Ore
gon, the principal city of Oregon, with 250,000
population. This city also has a fine port. Here
the largest steamers land freight and passengers.
From Portland Mr. Green went toSan Francisco
population between three and four hundred
thousand, the largest on the coast. The city is
rising rapidly from the effects of the great earth
quake disaster. Scores of large, substantia! and
elegant buildings are being erected to take the
place of those destroyed. In a few years not a
tracti of the great disaster will remain. In
speaking of trade conditions he said he found
the business outlook rapidly recovering its
normal condition—thelumber industry being last
to recover. Railroad building in the far west is
being pushed with the vigor and energy of good
times. The Chicago, Milwaukee SC St. Paul have
graded nearly the entire distance I rode, from St.
Paul to Seattle, a distance of 1600 miles. They
are now engaged in completing bridges and lay
ing iron and expect tohave the road in operation
from St. Panl to Butte, two-thirds the diltance
by Sept. Ist, and completed to the Pacific in one
near. The Gould lines are graded and will soon
have lines from Salt Lake to San Francisco, a
distance ofßoo miles, thus completing connect
ing links to Pacific coast.' Many other large
railroad projects are in full progress.
The crop prospects ia the great agricultural
districts were never better on account, in a
groat measure, by reason of the rainy season ex
tending later in the season than usual—the fall
for May being four inches—more than ever
known since the settlement of Salt Lake. Loca
ted in the heart of what once known as the
Great Desert, Millions of acres ha v e been re
gained by irrigation.
Denver is the most beautiful city of the Missi"
ssippi Valley. Great wealth and mining inter
ests continues to prosper Denver.
Judge Green's interesting talk was applauded,
especially his "goiden message of prosperity."
Mr. Green was then followed by Hon. Josiah
Howard, Dr. It. P. Heilman and Mr. F. D. Leet>
all of interest, yet we are unable to publish them
this week. Mr. Howard kindly consented to
have his remarks laid over,while wo do not think
the other gentlemen would object.
The banquet did not adjourn uulil one o'clock,
but none regretted the lateness unless it was the
patient ladies of tha hotel. Ail things taken
into consideration, we believe much good will re
sult from this evening of good cheer. Many
guests united withlour Hoard of Trade—let others
follow. Hand your names to cither officer—the
feo for one year being $3.00.
Now Onward.
Letter From Mr. Walker.
BUFFALO, N. Y., JUNES, 1908.
MY DEAR CAPTAIN JOHNSON:--
This in the day appointed for the
meeting of the Board of Trade. I very
much wished to attcDd, and fully ex
pected to, but at the last moment I find
I cannot leave uncompleted the errand
which has held me in this city for the
past few days.
Had I been able to attend the meet
ing of the Board, and been accorded
the opportunity, I should have been
glad to bear witness to the bounty of
our county to her people. We all
know, and appreciate the lavish gifts
of the finest lumber that she has furn
ished, but as yet few of us realize the
additional store of treasureshe has pre
pared and guarded for us through the
ages, in the form of clays. Surely the
builders need have no fear of a cessa
tion ot their craft because we have
taken, almost to the exhaustion of her
lumber store, for carefully laid away
in the higher land elevations, are nice
ly assorted strata of different clays for
different uses. It is true that in the
suitable preparation of these clays heat
must be applied] but here again our
county has been most kind. Some
times underlying, sometimes overlying
she has placed the coal for the generat
ing of the needed heat. She has also
anticipated ages beforehand the difficul
ties that abound in the sorting of clays,
so she herself has sorted and cleaned
the different kinds of clays as other
counties have not done, and has given
us, first, a stratum of clean, soft fire
clay, about eight feet thick from which
we can make the following ware so
much neoded: Sewer tile; Conduit
tile, for electric underground wires;
building tile; high grade face brick, for
building purposes.
Below this stratum of soft fire clay
about twenty feet, there lies a vein of
hard fire clay about nine feet thick,
from which can be produced the fol
lowing materials: Fire briek, for high
refractory purposes; eruciples, for re
duction purposes, such as brass
foundry and similar work and cupola
linings.
Finally she has been most generous
with a large vein or stratum of the
purest vitrifying shale. The list of
materials that can be produced from
this stratum would indeed be a long
one. The clay industry in our county
is still too new to have brought to the
county of Cameron the full measure of
good name that is her just due, but
still it is true that she has already at
tained no small degree of favor in the
paving industry as a producer of high
grade paving block, and now, at all
lettings for brick pavements, in all the
large cities of the New England and
Atlantic States, as well as Canada, our
neighbor across the line, the "shale
pavers" of Cameron are always ment
ioned, and, if accorded the successful
bid, gratefully welcomed by engineers
and taxpayers.
To date only one branch of the clay
industry has been developed in Cam
eron county. She has given to us gen
erously, it remains for us her citizens
to profit by her gifts, and bring her
name to fair prominence, as she de
serves, in proportion to her gifts to us.
These are the facts, my dear Cap
tain,that I would present to the Board
of Trade, of Cameron county, together
with our kindest greetings and well
wishes for the future of the county of
Cameron and her Board of Trade.
Regretting my inability to attend the
meeting, I am,
Cordially yours,
W. 11. G. WALKER.
A Lawn Social.
The people of West Creek will hold
a lawn social, just one mile west of
Emporium, at liogertown, Friday
evening, June 12th, 1903. They will
•serve ice cream, strawberries and cake.
All persons desirous of spending a
pleasant evening are cordially invited.
Strawberry and Icc Cream Social.
The young people of Sterling Run
M. E. Church will hold the first straw
berry and icc creaiu festival of the sea
son, Saturday evening, June 13th, 1908,
in Brooks hall. They will also serve
cake, coffee and sandwiches. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Grove Pic-Nies.
Our young folks are enjoying them
selves hugely this fine weather and
many pic-uics are being held in our
beautiful Groves. Last Saturday Miss
Pearl McGrain entertained a party of
her young lady friends, in Walker's
grove, north Sixth street. The party
was composed of: Misses Margaret
Crandell, May Henry, Gertrude Pep
perman, Ruth Pearsall, Belle Camp
bell, Carolyn Moore, Ethel Creigliton,
Violet Swanson,Velma Frappier, Caro
line Knickerbocker, Bessie Edwards,
Nina Morse, Dora Morse, Rebertie
Murray.
Under the management of Miss Ruth
Pearsall, the following young ladies
enjoyed Wednesday at Keystone Park
with the first pic-nic of the season:
TheJMisses Margaret Klees, Mary and
Avis Dodson, Carolyn Moore, Crice
Halderman. Mary McGrain, Evelyn
Donovau, Rose McDonough, Mildred
Proud foot, Hazel Farrell and Sara
Kraft.
The Paving Question.
fJilitor Press:
I understand there are a few people
residing on Fourth street, within the
space proposed to be paved, who are
saying some hard things about me, be
cause I will not agree to bankrupt my
self by contributing one-third the ex
pense of said proposed paving in front
of my property.
First, let me say that I don't believe
there is a man living, or one that owns
property within the distance that
would agreo do so, if they had as much
frontage as I have, and certainly it
would not be the mop most active in
this paving project that would do so,
and I believe every citizen in town
will bear me out in this. Again, the
parties circulating this petition for
this paving in giving the people an
estimate of what it will cost each one
and if I and others can figure, it will
cost each one nearly or twice as much
as represented. I do not see how I
could get out of it for less than six
hundred dollars and a side walk I have
just laid §IOO a fence ordered will cost
me s'2oo. Taxes now about due, S2OO,
making SI,IOOT would have to raise. I
trust and hope the good people will
not impose this burden on me. If it
must be paved, let the Borough do it
and let the taxes pay the bill. Then
the burden will be equal.
L. TAGGART.
Emporium, Pa., June 9th, 1908.
Gone to South Dakota.
Fred Julian departed yesterday after
noon for Custer, South Dakota, accom
panied by his faithful employee, Mr.
Thomas McGrain. Mr. Julian has ex
tensive mining interests there that re
quire his attention. During his many
years residence hero ho was closely
identified with Emporium and liberally
contributed to the upbuilding of Em
porium. He never turned down an
appeal. We regret ho has found it
necessary to leave Emporium, His
beautiful homo on Broad street was
yesterday leased to Mr. E. 11. Hughes,
mining engineer and contractor with
Emporium Iron and Coal Company,
who will take possession at once.
Three Days' Fishing.
Judge Laßar accompanied a party of
young men on a three day fishing va
cation, locating on main stream, near
Peasloy's. The party left on Tuesday
morning and consisted of Judge La-
Bar, Geo. and Carl Rishell and Wm.
Welsh, son of Thos. Welsh. They are
expected home to-day.
TERMS: $2.00—51.501N ADVANCE.
THE WEATHER.
FRIDAY,
SATURDAY
SUNDAY,
ASSETS
At the close of business June 10,190 H.
$833,557.40
First National Bank,
EMPORIUM,PA,
sl.oo—Cultivate tlie savins habit,in your ehil
dren by opening a 'wiving account in this Bank,
ONE DOLLAR starts an account.
INTEREST PAID ON CERTIFICATES OF
DEPOSIT.
DK. LEON REX FELT,
DENTIST.
Rockwell Block, . Emporium, Pa
DR. H. W. MITCHELL,
DENTIST,
(Successor to Dr. A. B. Mead.)
Office over A. J'', Vogt's Shoe Store,
Emporium, Pa 121
Children's Day.
Next Sunday will be observed ae
Children's Day in the Methodist Epis
copal church of Emporium, at 10:30 a.
m. Brief sermon by the pastor, ap
propriate to the day will be preached,
preceeded by the baptism of children.
In the evening, beginning at 7:30
o'clock, exercises in charge of Sunday
school. The offering will be in the in
terest of education. A cordial welcome
to all persons, who do not worship
regularly elsewhere is extended.
The Best on Earth.
Protection against Accidents and
Sickness is an absolute necessity. It
costs but §5.00 a year for $15.00 weekly
benefits, and §2,1i00 death claim. The
only policy paying such liberal bene
fits. Identification card and case pre
sented to each policy holder; liberal
commissions to agents, by the German
Commercial Accident Co., Phil'a, Pa.
W. R. Sizer, Gen'l Agent, Sizerville,
Pa. Drop him a postal—He will do
the baianee. 17 ]y.
Another Emporium Boy Makes
Good Record.
Frank 11. Murry, of St. Marys, (an
Emporium product) visited in town
last Friday, accompanied by his wife.
Frank is one of the most active busi
ness men in St. Marys, being President
of the Elk Engineering Works, Mana
ger of St. Marys Electric Co., Chief
Engineer of St. Marys Brewing Co.,
and Consulting Engineer for Hall,
Kaul & Co. He is a busy man and
seems to carry the weight of his many
responsibilities with ease and comfort.
Give an Emporium boy a fair chance
and he always makes good. This re
minds one of the fact that many of our
young men aro climing up the ladder,
which should be an incentive to more
of our boys.
Friday Night Club.
Miss Margaret Crandell, one of Em
porium's popular young ladies, enter
tained the "Friday Night Club," last
Thursday evening at her home on Fifth
street—sixteen young ladies and gents
being present:
Mae Henry, Mary McGrain, Clare
Lathrope, Florence Lingle, Nancy
Turley, Ruth Jackson, Helen Welsh
and Messrs. Harry Levecke, Frank
Housler, Clark Metzger, Leon Dininny,
Oscar Foster, Joe McNarney, Harry
Hogan, Whitely Howard, JohnCreigh
ton.
Piano Tuning,
Prof. A. E. Bakor, the expert piano
tuner, will visit Emporium, June 15th,
to remain several days. All persons
wishing their pianos tuned will please
leave word at PRESS office, or City
Hotel.
Good News.
A telegram received by Mr. T. F.
Moore, Wednesday evening from
Philadelphia, str.ted that his wife had
successfully passed tnrough the opera
tion.
Cabbage Plants.
Early agd late, 20c per 100; §1.50 per
1,000. FRED K. ZIMMER,
17-3 Gardeau, Pa.
The souvenir number of the 28th
annual encampment Penna. Sons of
Veterans, contains a portrait of Don
M. Larrabee, a former Emporium boy,
who is secretary of general encamp
ment committee at Williamsport
Senator Penrose for chairman of Re
publican national committe meets with
hearty response in Chicago.
NO. 17.