THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. V( )L. 42 Historic Forest Fires. The terrible work of tlie flames which have burned over and destroyed i hundreds of thousands of acres of tim- , ber and property to the value of mil- | lions in the Lake States, recalls to ; t memory other great forest fires which have attained historic importance. ( One of the earliest of these was the { great Miramichi fire of 1825. It be- { gan ita greatest destruction about one t o'clock in the afternoon of October r 7of that year, at a place about 60 miles ( above the town of Newcastle, on the j Miramichi River, in New Brunswick. £ In nine hours it had destroyed a belt ( of forest 80 miles long and 25 miles t wide. Over more than two and one j half million acres. Almost every liv- ing thing was killed. Even the fish were afterwards found dead in heaps j on the river banks. Five hundred j and ninety buildings were burned and t a number of towns, including New castle, Chatham, and Douglastown ( were destroyed. One hundred and sixty persons perished, and nearly a thousand bead of stock. The loss from the Miramichi fire is estimated at $300,- 000, not including the value of the ( timber. In the majority of sUoh forest fires t of this the destruction of the timber is j a more serious leas, by tar, than that ( of the cattle and buildings, for it car- ries with it the impoverishment of a whole region for tens or even hun- j dreds of years afterwards. The loss of t the stumpage value of the timber at i j the time of the fire is but a small , p»vt of the damage to the neighbor hood. The wages that would have been earned in lnmbering, added to the value of the produce that would have been purchased to supply the lumber camps, and the taxes that would have been devoted to roads and other public improvements, furnish a much truer measure of how much, sooner or later, it costs a region when its forest are destroyed by fire. The Peshtifio fire of October 187J, Was still more severe than the Mirami chi. It covered an area of more than 2,000 square miles in Wisconsin and involved a loss in timber and other property of many millions of dollars. Between 1,200 any 1,500 pesons perish ed, including nearly half the population of Peshtigo, at that time a town of 2,000 inhabitants. Other tires at about the same time were most de structive in Michigan. A strip about 10 miles wide and 18© miles long, ex tending across the central part of the state, from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron, was devastated. The estimat ed loss in timber was about 4,000,000,- 000 feet board measure, and in money over §10,000,000. Several hundred per sons perished. In the early part of September, 1881, great fires covered more than a 1,800 nquare miles in various parts of Michi gan. The estimhted loss in property, in addition to mauy hundred thousand ocres of valuable timber, was more than $2,300,000. Over 5,000 persons were made destitute and the number of lives lost is variously estimated at from 150 to 500. The most destructive lire of more recent years was that which started near Hinckley,Minnesota, September 1, 1594. While the area burned over was j less than in some other great fires, the lo3s of £ life and property was very heavy. Hinckley and six other towns were destroyed, about 500 lives were lost, more than 2,000 persons were left destitute and the estimated loss in property of various kinds was $25,000,- €OO. Except for the heroic conduct of locomotive engineers and other rail road men the loss of life would have been much greater. This fire was all the more deplorable because it was wholly unnecessary. For many days before the high wind came and drove it into uncontrollable fury, ;it was buring slowly, close to the town of Hinckley, and could have been put out. Brought Home the Machine. Tho shop force of tRe Emporium Ma chine Company was well represented at Cuba and Olean last Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. F. P. Rentz, F. P. Strayer, George Huffman and Charles Clark left on the flyer on Saturday morning for Cuba, where the auto of Mr. Rentz was side tracked for repairs, several weeks ago. In the afternoon, Mr. Floyd Hilliker, in his auto, accom panied by Messrs. Ermine Rentz and Frank Rutz, made a quick trip to the same place. They all returned Sunday evening in the automobiles, both ma chines working nicely. Cattle for Sale. One cow giving milk and two calves born June and July. Just suited for butchering. Also ten ton of hay. In quire at this office or Chas. Edgar, Wliittemore Hill. 30tf. WASHINGTON LETTER. ( | From our Hegular Correspondent.] ! | WASHINGTON. Sept. '2(i, 1908. ' F The President had scarcely gotten ' back to the White House before he , 1 I i placed himself at the van of the Taft | campaign, charged up San Juan Hill I and bearded the Democrats in their j entreuchments. It is probable that by the time this letter reaches you the ■ Treasurer of the campaign Committee | Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, will ( have resigned from the impetuousness 112 and effectiveness of the President's 112 charges. Chicago may be the base of ] the Republican campaign committee ] but the White House has in the last | week become the headquarters in the field. There is much criticism of the President's strenuousness and activity in the campaign. His course is said * to be undignified, without precedent 1 and in fact, a scandal in the eyes of the ' onlooking courts and cabinets of 1 Europe. But this view of the situation J no matter now loudly proclaimed aud ' emphasized will not effect the Presi- 1 dent wbo is sui ffeiieris, a man "with- ' out a model and without a shadow." Washington has with the return of the President and the Cabinet resumed j its normal importance as the seat of , Government, the most important in ( this hemisphere and not even the j political field over which the embattled j Democratic and Republican armies are , marching and countermarching led by tho respective candidates themselves j. will possess the interest of the Capital. One of the most unexpected develop ments of the camgaign is the apparent entente between President Roosevelt and Mr. Hearst the leader of the Inde- : pendent party as a result of Mr. Hearst's scoring of the Republican candidate and his most prominent sup porters. The Tuberculosis Congress is now in session in W.'ishington and the habituee of the streets and hotels notice a sprinkling of serious looking men evi dently non-American and talking strange lingoes, or when they attempt to ask a direction or other question in English using an accent that betrays 1 them as French, German, Italian, Rus sian, Spanish or Scandinavian as the case may be. These are the physicians who have come across thesea by scores by delegates to the Congress now sit ting in session in the New National museum. This great building is the setting tor numerous exhibits such as are used in the United States and for eign countries in an effort to eradicate tuborculosis or to cure those affected with the scourge. Statistics show that until recently one death in every ten was caused by it; now it is said that not more than one in fifteen die from consumption and medical special ists are many of them so sanguine as to hold out the hope that in fifteen or twenty years the disease will be 1 eradicated in the United States and Europe. Charles Wilson, a patient at the I Tuberculosis hospital here has offered | himself as a subject for the test to be made early next week by Dr. Detrie of I Buda Pesth to demonstrate whether it | is possible to determine the type, de ! gree and stage of the infection. The test consists of the inoculation of the deadly tubercle bicilli and is of course attended by grave danger. It may not seem an important or a very courag eous act on the part of the man but greater love and greater heroism hath no man than that he give his life for . another, the thing that Wilson is offer ing to do with this difference that if he should die and the experiment succeed he would be a sacrifice for the good of many thousands of sufferers. Only those associated with consumptives and knowing the tenacity with which they cling to life can fully appreciate the real heroism of a man who after having held out to him the hope of re ' j gained health is still willing to submit I himself for the test for the advance ! ment of the war against the deadly . j disease. 1 i There is now in Washington another 1 | large convention called the Fisheries . i Congress. This one also largely com t i posed of delegates from foreign coun r | tries. Tliey are met here for the pur t , pose of considering questions relating , to the propagation and preservation of , | food fishes and it may be mentioned - | enpasmnl that it is universally conced -3 | ed that the United States has done more a | than any other country in this direc / tion. Big Fish. Hon. Geo. J. Laßar and Mr. H. O. Haupt putin a couple of days fishing I at Lime Lake last week and returned r I home with a big catch. They were " | fine fish and we know it for we eDjoy i | a feast ot some of them on Monday. I We are smacking our chops yet. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908. Fine Broilers. Ye editor and family are under obli- j gations to Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Peter- j son, of Cameron, for a basket of deli- j cious fruit and two fine chickens that ! were fit for a King. We thank our cs- j teemed friends for their kind remem- | brance, which we highly appreciate. To Purchase Christmas Goods. H. S. Lloyd and wife are in New York City, on a ten days' trip, where they will purchase an up-to-date line of Holiday Goods for this coming sea son, for their popular store, in the Key stone Block. Both Mr. and Mrs. j Lloyd are experienced buyers in this line and their selections this year will be the best the market affords. Freight Train Wreck. On Monday, passenger train No. 61, due here at 6:30 p. m , was five hours late, arriving at 11:30 p. m , caused by a wreck of freight train at Ritchie, a town situated between Renovo and Look Haven. Both tracks were block ed for several hours, needing the ser vices of two train crews to clear the tracks. Eye Specialist. Prof. W. H. Budine, the well known Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. Y., will bo at R. H. Hirsch's jewelry store, Emporium, Pa., Oct. 10th. If you can't see well or have headache don't fail to call and see Prof. Budine, as he guarantees to cure all such cases. Lenses ground and fitted in old frames. Eyes tested and ex amined free. All work guaranteed. After That Prize. The following Emporium ladies are after thb Williamsport Bermuda free tickets, offered by the Williamsport Bulletin, their names having been en tered by their friends: Misses Nina Bryan, Edna Auchu, Marion Rentz, Grace Lloyd, Verna Hertig, Lillian Heilman, Kate Lechner, Helen Blumle, Theresa Blumle, Lena E. McDonald, Agnes M. Blumle. All are estimable and deserving young ladies, yet we fear two many have entered the con test. It would be better if they pooled their issues and pulled for two of their number. In unity there is strength. 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 destiued to make those same millions laugh again and also shed a few tears, as there are many pathetic touches in this biggood natur ed lovable Swede. "Yon Yonson" is a comedy drama of the polite kind con taining nothing in the least suggestive. Mr. Hendricks' singing specialties are original and will doubtless prove an especially enjoyable feature. Teacher's Institute. The forty second annual Teachers' Institute which will bo held in Empori um, Oct. 27-30 th promises to be one of the most successful institutes ever held in the county. The day instructors are the strongest and most popular ! talent available. The evening enter tainments which will be held in the Emporium Opera house, will be a treat to the people of Cameron county. Monday evening, Hon. Emerson Col lins will deliver his lecture on Alexan der Hamilton. Mr. Collins needs no introduction to our people of Cameron county. Tuesday evening, The Kater • ine Ridgeway Company will give a • pleasing entertainment. Miss Ridge -1 way is without doubt the best known j reader of the present generation, j Wednesday evening, The Alton Pack ; ard Sketch Lectures. This lecture and : entertainment is humorous and instruc | tive. Thursday evening, The Lotus I Glee Club. This will be the the most ; pleasing and most popular concert | ever held in Emporium. Banquet the Powder Men. . I Messrs. Crum Bro's of Sinnamahon ing, who are hustlers for the powder plant at that place, as well as great . j friends of the "powder boys"--in fact ' | all who are acquainted with them — [ gave the "boys" a good lunch last . i Saturday evening. Of course the oc , j casion was one of good-fellowship. . j Before the festivities closed a party ot j ladies, many of whom were wives of i the guesta, serenaded the party. The ' pleasing incident was hugely enjoyed j by all hands and the ladies were invit , j ed to partake of ice cream and cake. No Services. 5 j There will not be services at Presby terian Church next Sunday. The fol lowing Sunday services will be held. THE SUDDEN DEATH OF CHARLES C. FAY. fßu MBg - CHARLES C. FAY. Our citizens were shocked last even- | ing to learn that our old and esteem- j ed townsman, Mr. Chas. C. Fay, had 1 suddenly passed away at his home, at this place, aged 83 years, Nov. 6th, j 1908. Mr. Fay came to Emporium in j 1859 and has resided here continuously | Congressman Barclay in Town. Congressman Chas. F. Barclay stop bed In EmporiumJTutsdity night,after a very satisfactory visit to several por tions of his district. liis reception in all sections was very cordial and his electiou is only a matter of majority— all pipe dreams of Mr. Walker, and a few guys, to the contrary, notwith standing. His election need worry none of his friends, who are expected ; not to place or take any stock in the j yarns told in some places for effect, j Just keep at work and saw wood. Mr. Barclay's acquaintance in Wash- j ington and his close attention to the j wants of his constituents, Democrats as well as Republicans, will bring him very many new votes, and ; some more to follow. His second term will make him still more useful to the district as well as the Nation. Frank G. Judd for Sheriff. Mr. F. G. Judd, Republican nominee i for Sheriff, is quietly soliciting the sup- , port of the voters and not making any noise about it. In fact the people know his excellent business abiliity and will elect him. Mr. Judd is a Cameron ; county product, being born in Empori um, April 18th 1862; is a son of the late ' J. M. Judd, who served as postmaster under President Cleveland, in 1885-88. Frank G. Judd aud wife ably conduct ed the clerical part of the work for the elder Mr. Judd. Our nominee has j served faithfully in every capacity the people have called him and if elected Sheriff the duties of the office will be creditably served. As an agent for fire insurance companies, in which ca- \ pacity he has been engaged for many j years he lias met most of our citizens, who appreciate his eminent ability for , the impostant position. While never j an active partisan, Mr. Judd has been identified with the Republican party | for twelve or fourteen years. If you i do not know him ask any one. You ■ will be satisfied. Returned to Emporium. Rev. F. B. Shriner of the Emporium ; and Truman charge of the Free Metli ! odist Church was returned for another i year to the same charge by the annual | conference of said church held at Oil I City, Pa., Sept. 23-27. The unanimous wish of the circuit was that Rev. j Schriner should be returned. After a J brief visit to their parents at Mercer ; and New Castle, Rev. and Mrs. j Schriner will be home to take charge jof their conference appointment. Ser , vices as usual Sabbath, Oct. 4th. Cols on —Tilton. ! Miss Jennie Colson, daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colson, of this i place and Mr. Dave Tilton, an em i ployee of the Emporium Powder Co., j were qnietly married last Monday ; evening, at the courthouse, Prothono | tary W. J. Leavitt performed the cere- I mony. until the time of his death, always re spected by all who knew him. His wife died several years ago. Deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. Thos. H. Norris. The funeral takes place Sun day afternoon, at 2:30. We hold our paper to make this brief announce ment A Pleasant Drive. A party of jolly young fellows, con sisting of Jas. Ullmer, Dorr Spencer, Herkie Jones and William Schweikart enjoyed a very pleasant drive to the Schweikart farm on Sizer Run, last Sunday, where they were brisk par takers in a very elaborate dinner. A vote of thanks was given to the kind friends for the day's pleasure. On re turning home the boys stopped at 1 Sizerville and filled up with mineral i water. The boys report a good time. Rev. Johnston Leaves Emporium. Rev. G. H. Johnston preached his last sermon in the Presbyterian church last Sunday evening. The Doctor left ion Monday morning, to attend the meeting of tho Northumberland Pres bytery that is being held at Benton, Pa. After the meeting the Rev. John ston will take charge of the church at Duncannon. Mrs. Johnston and j daughter Ruth departed for their new home last Saturday. Notice of Withdrawal. To the Electors of Cameron County:— I hereby give notice that I have with ! drawn my name as an Independent ! candidate for Sheriff. Thanking all of my friends for their support, I remain, Very respectfully, ALBEUT MURRAY, Emporium, Pa., Sept. 29th, 1908. A Lasting Success. i That always successful Swedish-Am erican play 'Yon Yonson" like Tenny son's babbling brook, seems destined togo on for ever. It has been played steadily for ten years, and the interest j in it to-day is just as great as it was during the first year of its existence, j when, ou account of the newness of j the Swedish diale< J character to | American play goers and the genuine j merit of the play, it was so enthusiasti ! cally received. During the ten years thatis has been presented throughout the United States and Canada, and in many places it has been seen every season, always to the same large busi- I Hess. Now comes the announcement that "Yon" is to be continued next season, and will be given a more pre tentious production than it has ever yet receivod. New scenery is being painted for every act, new properties and effects are being built, which when completed, will require a sixty-foot baggage car for its transportation. Ben Hendricks will of course play the title role, and his support will be thor oughly capable. At Emporium Opera House, Friday evening, October '2nd. Fall Openings. Fall openings of millinery are being conducted by the Misses Ludlum and Mrs. E. S. Coppersmith, respectively. The window displays are very neat and attractive at both places. The former on Wednesday and Thursday, the latter Thursday and Friday. Our hat is a peach. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.501N ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. | FRIDAY Fair. SATURDAY Fair. SUNDAY Fair. ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business Sept. 30,1908, $800,109.03 DEPOSITORS SECURITY. In addition to its excellent facilities, this bank has the advantage of abundant Capital |IQO,OOO Surplus and Profits 103,032 Additional liability of its 46 stockholders SIOO,OOO $303,032 A good board of directors, ks follows: Hon. B. W. Green, W. L. Sykes, Hon. Josiah Howard, N .Seger, J. Pitt Felt, Joseph Kaye, John E. .S tilth, W. S. Walker andT. B. Lloyd, and strong body of 46 stockholders and with 24 years experi ence in banking convince us that conservative methods are always best—best for the bank and best for the people. 3o INTEREST PAID ON CERTIFICATES "o OF DEPOSIT. DR. LEON REX FELT, DENTIST. Emporium, Pa. DR. H. W. Mitchell, DKIVtiTST (Successor to Dr a p Mead.) Office over A. F, Vof;t'> -*ioe Store, Emporium, Pa 12y At Emporium Opera House/ FRIDAY, OCT. 2 TWO OLD FAVORITES Ben Hendricks AND YON YONSON tELISS» "«» fompan) Yennie and Yennie f|BW LSUgfIS Hew Features Strawberries (The S u Cener y Old favorite Yodel "Yctl New Yonson" Prices: 75, 50, 35 and 25 Gents. "farmer wykoff" ■ j Republican Nominee for Associate Judge.—He's a Winner. Sixteenth Anniversary. October Ist, (to-night) the Lady Maccabees, of this place, celebrate the Sixteenth Anniversary of their order. The entertainment will be held in the Court House and will consist of vocal and instrumental music, recitations and music by Fisk's Juvenile Band. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Brown, of Bradford, Past Great Commander will be present and address the meeting An orgar will be given away. An admission 25 cents will be charged Mrs. B Mrs. Woodley, Miss Ida Seger, T Edna Auchu, Miss Dora Nelson several others of our musicians play. Against Borough. Judge Hall yesterday deci Emporium paviug question ap Borough. Will publish his next issue. We note that 1 this course with regret. , For Light Housekeepi Four good unfurnished rot use of bath and kitchen join J present tenant. Apply at PRES NO. 33.
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