THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED nv C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 42 The Groat Forest Fires. WASHINGTON, SEPT. 21.- -The forest i I}res which have just laid waste whole j counties in Minnesota, Michigan, and j extended into Wisconsin, destroying , many towns and making thousands of persons homeless, have focused the at tention of both government and state forest officers on the enormous losses j of forest wealth which will be checked 1 up to the year 1908. In the whole northern half of the United States throughout the vast ter ritory extending from coast to coast, j the reported destruction by forest fires has been terrific and it is likely that the year will go down as one of the worst in the last quarter century. It seems that no part of the country has escaped the work of the devastating flames. The latest disasters in Minne sota, Michigan and Wisconsin are the worst of the many that have visited the Lake States this year. Other sections have also suffered from forest fires dur ing the spring and summer months, I and the people of the Pacific Coast, the j Rocky Mountain and the New England states, and Canada have had a j thorough, and insomecases, a continu ous experience in fire fighting. Officers in the United States Forest j Service here say that it is doubtful if j this year's actual losses from forest | fires in all parts of the country will j ever be known, but it is certain that j they will run up so high in the millions , that the country will be startled when a compilation of statistics at the end of j the season makes it possible to give j even the most conservative figures. J Suffice it to say, were all the timber ■ burned up this year in all parts of the j country converted into cash, it could j provide for a good sized navy of first- I class battleships. The fires have done good in one way; j they have focused the people's atten- | tion on the seriousness of the forest fire j problem, practical foresters say, and j have started a wide spread movement | in many states to check them by adopt- j ing national systems of fire protection. Among thinking people there has awakened an intense interest in throw- ! ing a better protection around the forests, which grow more important as a natural resource as the timber supply dwindles. The government has had a lot of work in the fire fighting line 011 the j National Forests, but serious as the j lires have been, careful patrol and the j organization of a force to battle with j the flames as soon as discovered has | hold the losses down to a point, where j they are insignificant when one consid- J ers the fearful destruction which would have come about had there been 110 j protection. Although the fire menace has been 1 serious in all seections, officers of the j Forest Service estimate that the total : cost of the forest fires on the National I Forests for the season, exclusive of the 1 salaries of forest officers, will not be ' more than §30,000. This sum is small when it is remembered that it means fire protection for approximately 165,000,000 j acres of National Forests less than two I tenths of a mill per acre. Progressive | state lire wardens and forest officers, i individuals and private corporations I having large timber holdings have or- | ganized fire fighting forces along much } the same line as the government in j many cases, and in this way they hane | given protection to millions of acres of j timber which might have been destroy ed had it been left unprotected. Mr. Sheatz's New Bond. Pittsburg Dispatch. State Treasurer John O. Sheatz has taken a long step in the right direction by preparing a new form of bond for state sureties. The new requirements of bondsmen put them in the way for criminal as well as financial responsi bility. The first effect of the new form will be to impress upon bondsmen the lia bility they are assuming. The second will be to secure State officers absolute assurance of the financial ability of of fering securities. And finally the state will have recourse in criminal prosecu tion of any who falsely represent their financial standing. This reform may well be regarded as of the utmost importance—as superior even to the act governing depositories and requiring payment of interest. The plan is distinctly a credit to Treasurer Sheatz His handling of the State funds has justified the confidence of the voters who elected him and this movement to increase the safety of public deposits marks him as a pro gressive Treasurer. It is much better than the issuing of sensational statements at critical junc tures during the State campaigns. Haekenberg Agency. FOR RENT—A good house with all modern improvements. l&tf W.M. lIACKENBERO Voters Must Pay Their Own Taxes. The Act of March sth. 190U, makes it a misdemeanor, punishable with li.:e and imprisonment, for any one not a. candidate or the treasurer of a politi cal committee to pay,give or lend or to agree to pay, give or lend any money or other valuable thing whether con tributed by himself or by any other person,for any election expenses what ever to any one except to a candidate or to a political committee. The same act requires all payments , by a political committee to be made through its treasurer and makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, for a candidate or the treasurer of a political committee to pay, give or lend or agree to pay give or lend, either directly or indirectly, 1 any money or other valuable thing for j the payment of taxes to qualify any person to vote. A man may pay his taxes to qualify him to vote through an agent, but it must be with his own money. The agency must be in writing and pay- , ment cannot be made through a can didate or a political-committee. Edison Prophesies. Thomas A. Edison, inventor, in the course of a talk 011 aerial navigation, declared that within live years airships would carry passengers across the ' ocean in eighteen hours, at the rate of two hundred miles per hour. He said the north pole would be reached in a forty-hour trip and that a perfect ed helioceptal would circle the globe in a week. He said neither Wright brothers aeroplane nor any airship built on that principle nor along the; idea of the dirigible balloon would ever j be practical 'or use or a success commer cially. He asserted the proper idea had not yet been worked out, but would be within five years. Pay Your Taxes and Vote. Saturday, October 3d, is the last day to pay taxes in order to qualify for the November election. Failure to pay taxes 011 or before this date means that your vote is lost. Duty demands that every citizen make sure that he can cast his ballot. Care lessness or neglect should not prevent any man from exercising his privilege as a citizen to vote. Remember the date. Hi Henry Dead. Hi Henry, the popular Band and Minstrel man, well known in this sec tion, died at Boise, Idaho, a week ago. He was a wealthy mine owner. Many years ago he made his home at Re novo, being instructor of the band at that place. [Translated from German.] i A Problem to be Figured Out by High School Pupils—Figures Do Not Lie. The manager of a farm one day sent two of his servants to market with a number of chickens to sell. Each one ( received 30, with instructions to sell at 1 best possible price. In order that in case one should sell for more than the ' other, and the one getting less for her j number would possibly get a calling j down from the manager, they agreed j to put the whole sum received together J and then divide it by one-half, so that | they could both show the same result. ' One servant sold, (as this happened in | Germany we give the price in marks) J her chickens for the price of five marks for each two chickens. She received therefore, for her 30 chickens 15 x 5 marks equals 75 marks. The other only received five marks for each three chickens, a total of 10 x 5 marks equals 50 marks. Together they have there fore received 75 and 50 marks, is 125 marks. The servants being rather weak in arithmetic, they therefore de cided togo to the village merchant and I have him make the division. The mer chant figures this way: One part of the lot of chickens sold for five marks for each two the other for five marks j for each three, together for each five j chickens 10 marks. They had 60 chick j ens, therefore CO divided by five results j 12 x 10 equals 120 marks. The servants j have 125 marks in their pockets, be ; cause one received 75 marks and the ! other 50 marks. Then who is right? 1 The merchant who evidently figured ' right at 120 marks or the servants who ; have 125 marks to show. XX For Sale. 1000 strawberry plants, pedigree stock, grown from R. M. Kellogg, Co., thoroughbred, for variety and price call on Herbert Day, at Tannery Of fice. 29-3t. For Rent. Furnished rooms for light house ; keeping. Apply to Arthur Frappier, j corner Fifth and Cherry streets, "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEBSTER. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908 Last Days of the Fair. Thursday was the banner day of the Cameron County Fair. The largest crowd over assembled on the Keystone grounds was there on that day. Our fire department in full force, beaded by the popular Fisk's Juvenile Band I marched to the fair grounds and made a good showing. The races and pie eating contest were especially good and enjoyed by all the participants, as well as spectators. Master Horton j Simmons, the bright little son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Simmons, of East Alle gany Ave., captured first prize for the j best looking two year old child and lie \ well deserved it as he is a most beauti- | ful child. The ball game on Thursday i betwen Emporium and Renovo, was I interesting from start to finish and re- I suited in a score of six to two in favor I of the home team. The game was well ( played. The people having stands were more than busy all day and a lively interest was manifested in every thing. Friday, the closing day, passed j off with the same general interest that I was displayed throughout the entire Fair and thus closed the best Fair ever j held iu Cameron county. Yon Yonson Coming. Amusement lovers are now awaiting the coming of our old and tried Swed ish friend "Yon Yonson" at the Em porium Opera House, Friday even ing, Oct. 2. Ben Hendricks is adver tised as the actor that will make mil lions laugh and in the charrcter of "Yon" hs is destined to make those j same millions laugh again and also j shed a few tears, as there are many j pathetic touches in this big good natur- j ed lovable Swede. "Yon Yonson'' is a j comedy drama of the polite kind con- 1 taining nothing in the least suggestive. j Mr. Hendricks'singing specialties are ! original and will doubtless prove an 1 especially enjoyable feature. Interesting Relic. While standing in front of our office, | one evening last week, talking to two j of our friends and subscribers, we 1 noticed Mr. J. H. Beck was holding a | plain oak cane. "What is that?" we asked. Holding it up, he remarked: "This cane is made from a piece of oak plank that I and a Bohemian sailor fish ed out of Gen'l Perry's vessell "Nia gara," about twenty-five years ago. The boat was sunk in the Bay about two miles from Erie. The Bohemian sailor knew the exact location of the boat and one evening rowed me out- We finally succeeded in fishing out a plank from the boat, which lies in a sand bed, covered by about twelve feet of water. It has always beeu a mys tery to me why the boat lias not been raised before this." Mr. Beck highly i prizes the cane, which he had on exhi bition at the Fair. Ghance for an Ostrich Plume. Office of Richard Kuehne. EMPORIUM, PA., SEPT. J7, 1908. Contest Editor, Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, Pa. DEAR SIR: Your great contest where ; in you make it possible for seven of j the most popular ladies living in Em | porium, St. Marys, Ridgway, Johnson burg or Kane, to visit the Island of Bermuda as guest of your valuable : paper, and as my pride and interest centers in our own town. Emporium, I wish you would say through the col ums of your paper, the following: To the contestant who receives the i first, second or third highest number j of votes and is a contestant making our town, Emporium, her home, I will give to her one magnificent colored ostrich plume, valued at §15.00. In" case more than one should be among the winners from Emporium, the one receiving the highest number of votes will receive the plume. Hoping our own girls will head the list, we are. Yours truly, RICHARD KUEHNE, Emporium's Leading Dry Goods House. Still riore Room Needed. No one supposed a few years ago when the Hon. Josiali Howard put up the first building for the County Fair, that it would ever amount to anything but now with two extra buildings we are still short of room and we all real ize that Cameron county is as good as any other county and that we can ac complish many good things if we only pull together. U. S. Powder Demonstrations. Demonstrations by the U. S. Govern ment, of the workings of dynamite, was held in Pittsburg during the past week, Members of the Cameron County Fraternity who attended were: Messrs. Henry Auchu, A. C Blum, H. A. Cox, G. M. Smutz and Chas. W. Shaffer. The experiments wore very interesting and the gentlemen were royally entertained. New Home. Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Felt, we learn will occupy the J. P. Felt residence. The dental rooms will remain in the Rockwell block. Opening of Rink. The roller skating rink will open on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 to 5:30 and also in the evening and hereafter every ! evening until further notice. Another Druggist in Town. Another young druggist has putin its appearance in Emporium, at the j residence of George Taggart. Mother | and son doing nicely. Grand pa L. I Taggart is now grand-pa four times. Has Joined the Clan. Judge George J. Laßar has at last, 1 after looking over the field for some I time, purchrsed an auto-carriage. With the assistance of Geo.Huffman he is busy "getting the.hang of the crea ture " Emporium now boasts of flf -1 teen autos. Frank T. Beers Improving. Mr. H. C. Olmsted has received a | telegram from his daughter, at Barks dale, Wis., with the pleasing informa tion that "Mr. Frank T Beers' condi tion is in no way dangerous and he is steadily improving." This is pleasing to his Emporium friends. Coppersmith's Hall Opening. The attractions at Coppersmith's Fall ] Opening, Thursday and Friday, Oct. | | Ist and 2nd. Latest novelties not only j in Pattern Hats but we show a fine ! line of ladies suits, ranging in prices i from $13.50 to S3O 00. Remember the | dates. Jumped the Track. The Erie Flyer coming east on Tues > day,met with a slight accident just out -1 side of St. Marys, when the engine and tender left the rails. The train was i not going fast, having slowed down to 1 pass mail going west and it was stop | ped after it bad gone about the length |of the engine. The cars remained on i the rail.;. The train was delayed about I 50 minutes. Cameron County Represented. This county was represented at the opening of the Republican campaign | at Wilkes Barre, last week, by the Re j publican State League Clubs. Con- J gressman C. F. Barclay, Representa ; tive Josiah Howard, Judge Geo. J. La j Bar and Hon 11. 11. Mullin represented I this county. The monster meeting in | the armory building, at which Vice j Presidential candidate Sherman, Sen -1 ator Penrose, Congressman Longworth j and others spoke. It was the largest ! political meeting ever held in Wilkes | Barre. Grand meeting. An Oregon Visitor. Mrs. Frank W. Ayers and two eliild -1 ren, of Portland, Oregon, after visiting j in Emporium for three weeks, guest of ; Jos. Lechner and family on third street j leave to-day for Jamestown, N. Y. | where they will visit until latter part ! of Oct., at which time they start for ■ j their western home. The eastern visit j has been very pleasant to Mrs. A., who 1 met scores of old friends and relatives • j in Emporium, Buffalo and other points lon the route. The PRESS was honored | by a visit from this lady and we were [ glad to learn they are prosperous and | contented in their western home; also | that Ray White, formerly employed in j this office, holds down a first-class posi . tion in Oregon. Always glad to hear of former Cameronites being prosper ous. Of course the PRESS will be a weekly letter to them. • Active in Virginia. j We are pleased to note, in the Cov -1 ! ington, Va., Sentinel, that our old 11 friend and former citizen, Mr. Geo. W. | Huntley, Jr., is in the harness for the I Republican candidates. Mr. Huntley , is an able gentleman; truthful, honest 4 and very progressive. Had ho remain ed in the North no doubt his fine legal attainments Would have pushed him to , the front ere this. Virginia gains an , ! excellent gentleman: Mr. G. W. Hunley, Jr., was elected [ i president who made an excellent ad dress paying in the course of his re i marks the highest compliment to the i south. He said that he was born in , ! the north, had lived in the west and j expected to die in the south, that it | was the most favored section under the ! canopy of heaven, that in addition to i its great mineral wealth, you can raise | anything that grows in any other sec j tions of the country and a great many other things, and that the only thing ; needed to make it blossom as the rose ! was more liberal views on political > i matters. He said that if there was any 1 section in the United States that lieed . Ed Republican principles applied to ' j make the country and people prosper ous it was the south. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel ! ; Salve is the best thing to use for piles. I Sold by 1!. C. Dodson. I " Convention of Sunday School Workers. Next Tuesday evening, Sept. 29th, at the Presbyterian Church will he held the opening session of the Con vention of Sunday School Workers of Cameron County, and the attendance and co-operation of all church people is earnestly invited. "Stop, Look and Listen" all you church people, and other people, who wish to grow and help others grow a little also. Don't you think the people of this county are worth bothering with? Do you Methodists and Baptists think that the Presbyterians, Episco palians and Free Methodists are not worth meeting with, or do you Episco palians and Evangelicans think you can not see any good in meeting with the Romanists and the Methodists? Supposing that you are so orthodox or that your standard of principles are so high, don't you know them well enough to half way tell them and help the other fellow a little bit? If you are bashful or unlearne. in speech making, then give us of your good-will and gracious presence. The Committee 011 entertainment will provide rooms and meals lor all attending delegates. « THE COMMITTEE. Gone to Conference. The Rev. and Mrs. P. B. Schriner left 011 Wednesday for Oil City to at tend the annual conference. It is the unanimous wish of the Free Methodist | congregation here that the Rev. Sehri ! ner be returned to Emporium. He is i an energetic worker in the lield of the I Lord and has accomplished much I good here We hope he will be re j turned to this charge, which we learn i is almost positive. Tine Residence. The residence of John T. Howard, on ; West Fourth street, is now completed j on the inside and Mr. and Mrs. Howard ! are now nicely domiciled in their new home. A new flag stone walk lias been laid in front of the home and when all the improvement on the ex terior have been completed and every thing of the most modern improve ments within the home, it will be one of the finest residences in the borough. Successful Farmer. Mr. Win. McElvane, who conducts the "Robert Lord farm" at Cameron, , ; now owned by L. K. Huntington, was 1 in town on Tuesday and visited the j PRESS ottice, 011 business. He is male . J ing a success of his work and supplies . j our citizens with an abundance of fruit and vegetables, nice and fresh. Announcement. During our opening, September 30th p and Oct. Ist, Miss Fisher, of dean,will J. he with us and will have a complete line of Hair Goods. Pompedours, pompedour rolls, pin curls, cluster curls, transformations, [ curley switches and all ol the new novelties that are used this season. \ LUDLAMS. 1 Large Tomato. 1 Mrs. P. R. Beattie, of Sixth street, ' has the record of raising the largest 5 tomato this season, weighing two ' pounds, eight and one-half ounces. ' Her modesty prevented her from hav -1 ing it on exhibition at the fair last week, where it certainly should have r been, as it would surely have captured ' | a prize. NEW TO-DAY. R. Kuehne—New Adv. Humphrey Med Co.—New adv. " j Mrs. Coppersmith—New adv. 1 | Jasper Harris—New adv. • i Misses I.udlam—New adv. 1 | Geo. J. Laßar—New adv. J. H. Day—New adv. k ; First National Bank—New adv. i Doan's Kidney Pills.—Local. ' | Pennsylvania Railroad—New adv. 3 | Rexall Remedies—New adv. 1 j Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Co., — | new adv. 1I _ _ • | Merry-Go-Round. ; Mr. Frank Aten, who operarted the , j merry-go-round on the fair grounds, [ | has decided to remain in Emporium ' i all this week, south Broad street, | | every evening. Mattinee Saturday j j afternoon. Tickets oc; six for 25c. r i Cattle for Sale. ; 1 One cow giving milk and two calves ' I born June and July. Just suited for ' butchering. Also ten ton of hay. In . quire at this office or Chas. Edgar, > Whitteir.oreHill. "30tf. For Light Housekeeping. i Four good unfurnished rooms, with ' [ uso of bath and kitchen jointly with • j present tenant. Apply at PRESS office, j 32 tr TERMS: $2.00 —#1.501N ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. FRIDAY Fair. SATURDAY Fair. SUNDAY I air. ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business Sept. 23,1908. $785,182.06 DEPOSITORS SECURITY. In addition to its excellent facilities, this bank has the advantage of abundant Capital SIBO,OOO Surplus and Profits H>3,032 Additional liability of its IB stockholders SIOO,OOO $303,032 A good board of directors, r,s follows: Hon. B. W . Green, W. L. Sykes, Hon. Josiah Howard, N.Seger, J. Pitt Felt, Joseph liaye, John E. Smith and T. B. Lloyd, and strong body of 46 stockholders and with 2-1 years experience in banking convince us that conservative methods are always best—best for the bank and best for the people. 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 Store, Emporium, Pa 12y The County Sunday School Con vention. The Annual County Sunday School Convention will he held in the Presby terian Church, this place, beginning on next Tuesday evening, Sept. 29th, and extending through morning, afternoon and evening sessions on Wednesday, tho 30th. The program outlined in last week's PKESS will be followed. Mr. W. D Reel, and Miss Ermina C. Lincoln, Philadelphia will represent the State organization. Each Sunday school in the county is entitled to two delegates. Each super intendent should see that delegates are appointed or elected. All delegates are asked to report on their arrival to the committee on entertainment at the First Presbyterian Church, Notice to Water Consumers. To Water Consumers of the Empori - um Water Company: Owing to tho unusual continued drought, tho water in the reservoirs has reached tho danger point and in order to keep tho supply for domestic use and fire protection, we are com pelled to order the discontinuance of all lawn, garden and porch sprinklers, vegetable sprays, automobile washers in garages, buggy washers in liveries and private barns until further notice. If our inspectors find any violation of the ordinance governing the water department, particularly the wasting of water through leaky fixtures or otherwise, the supply will be shut off from such premises without further notice and a penalty imposed for such violation. J. F. PARSONS, President Emporium Water Co. J. D. LOGAN, See'y. T. F. MOORE, Supt. 32-3FC Emmanuel Church Notice. Sept. 27th, 15th Sunday after Trin ity: 10:30 a. m., Morning Prayer, Litany ar.d Sermon; 12 m., Sunday school; 7:30 p. m., Evening Prayer and Sermon. DEATH S DOINGS zmm WEISENFLUH, ARNOLD WEISENFLUH, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Weisenfluh, died last Tuesday morning at the family resi dence on West Sixth street at 8 o'clock. Deceased was born in Emporium, No vember 12, 1899, and was in his ninth year. Arnold was a very bright child j and a general favorite with all and will | be greatly missed especially in the family circle as he was an only son and brother. Although never a very healthy or rugged child yet he never complained and about six weeks ago t was stricken with inflamation of bowels and he gradually failed and in I spite of all that loving hands could do, as he was constantly admiustered to j by a devoted mother and father and [ faithful sisters, death claimed him and j the spirit of the littlo sufferer was : wafted to the great beyond. Deceased is survived by his parents and five sis ters, Mrs. George Neidlinger, of Ridg ! way, and the Misses Kate, Anna, Mar garet and Clara at home. Tho funeral will be held this (Thursday > afternoon, at two o'clock, from the residence , Rev. G. H. Johnston to officiate four; sisters of the deceased will be the bear ers. The bereaved family have the -sympathy of the PRESS and a large i circle of frieuds. NO. 32.
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