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Cajneron County Press
HENRY 11. MI'IJ.IN,*
».alitor and Proprietor
OBVILLU PaouDFOOT, Amman! and Manager
RAYMOND KI.KHM, Assistant Foreman.
W. fTKHNRR, Awiirtanl I>tK-al Editor.
PUBLISHED EVEKY THURSDAY
From the United States Office of !
Public Roads.
HARRISBITRG, PA., MARCH 7.- -In an
address made to leading engineers of
the state and the members of both
branches of the legislature, Logan
Waller Page, Director of the U. 8.
Office of Pnblic Roads, to-night out
lined a model law, which if adopted
would give Pennsylvania the best, in
stead of the worst public roads in the
country.
Considering its wealth and popula
tion Mr. Page asserted Pennsylvania
has the poorest roads of any state in
the Union. The total assessed valua
tion of property in this state and the
total expenditure for public roads ex
ceeds that of any other Btate, except
New York, but there are 32 states in
the Union which have a larger percent
age of improved roads.
Mr. Page pointed out the benefits I
that score from improved roads, in- !
eluding increased land values, better
facilities for transportation of farm and
other products, increased population, .
improved schools, and better social
conditions throughout the rural com
munities.
"There are,' said Director Page some- j
thing close to 20,000,000 acres of farm i
land in this state. The increase in the
value of this land, resulting from road
improvement would more than pay
for the improvement of the main high
ways. Assuming one mile of improv
ed road is built to each square mile of j
farming land, and that the increased
value would be only $o an acre, the
total increase from this sor.rce alone
would amount to about $100,000,000.
"According to the report of the
Secretary of Internal Affairs of Penn
sylvania for 1900" he continued, "only
68 per cent, of the farms of Pennsyl
vania are improved, but with a system
of improved roads practically all of
the available farm lands in the State
would be cultivated."
Mr. Page lias been invited to ad
dress the members of the legislature
in reference fo the proposed law es
tablishing a new State Highway De
partment, .with a commissioner, depu
ties and an engineer in charge of the
work. In bis address, he came out
flatly in opposition to the proposed
change in the administration of the
work of improving the roads, arguing
that the changes that are needed can
best be worked out under the present
administration.
"If any change is to be made, how
ever," Director Page said, "I would
recommend a law providing for the
appointment of a non-paid State High,
way Commission, consisting of a dean
or professor of civil engineering from
each of the two leading universities or
colleges of the State and one member
to be appointed by the Governor."
"A commission thus constituted
would have a majority of its members
selected because of their training and
engineering ability and without refer
ence to their political affiliations,
which would result in a non-partisan
and technically competent commission.
At the same time, the civilian member
to be appointed by the Governor
should bring to the commission the
busiuess ability and experience essen
tial to the proper and economical .or
ganization and prosecution of its work.
The fact that the appointments would
carry no emoluments would remove
them from the catagory of political
preferment."
Director Page told the large gather
ing of legislators, engineers and others,
that it was absolutely essential to pro
gress, in the work of improving the
public roads, that the present system
of statute labor—that enacted from
citizens in lieu of such taxes—should
be abolished as soon as possible.
"If a change in the administration of
the highway work is to be made at all,"
he said, "it should have as its object
the elimination of all political influ
ence and the establishment" of a non
political State Highway Commission.
The commission should be authorized
to appoint a State Highway Engineer
and fix his salary and the law should
provide that he should be a civil en
gineer, skilled and experienced in road
construction and maintenance.
"It is necessary, above all other
things, that the State should maintain
the roads improved with State aid and
not turn them over to the county sup
ervisors. My advise to you, therefore,
is to pass a law requiring all road taxes
to be paid in cash and providing that
the present township system of work
ing the roads be abolished."
Director Page advocated the use of
convicts in preparing road materials,
pointing out that free labor, instead of
being discriminated against wouid be
directly aided by receiving employ
ment in building roads which, other
wise, might not be built. Moreover,
be said, it wouid help solve the prob
lem of keeping convicts employed.
The whole question, as Mr. Page
Mununt'd it up, is simply one of substl
tuting scientific, buHlnemt-like methods
for th"W that Invariably exist where
politics dominate the situation, it it a
big, broad, economic question, involv
ing the greater prosperity of Pennsyl
vania, and be said he felt sure the
members of the legislature would view
it from that plane.
Needful Knowledge
Emporium People Should Learn to
Protect the Approach of Kidney
Disease.
The symptoms of kidney trouble are
so unmistakable that they have no ground
for doubt. Sick kidneys excrete a thick,
cloudy, offensive urine, full of sediment,
irregular of passage or attended by a
sensation of scalding. The back aches
constantly, headaches and dizzy spells
may occur and the victim is often weigh
down by a feeling of languor and fatique.
Neglect these warnings and there is dan
ger of dropsy, Bright's disease, or dia
betes. Any one of these symptoms is
warning enough to begin treating the
kidneys at once. Delay often proves
fatal.
You can use no better remedy than
Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's Emporium
proof,
Mrs. J. M. Pepperinan, Fourth St..
Emporium, Pa., says: "My back was
weak and lauic and my kidneys were in
bad shape. I had but little strength and
was feeling poorly in every way when I
procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Tag
gart's Drug Store. They benefited me
greatly and in return 1 heartily recom
mend them."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents,
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for flie United States, lie
member the name—Doan's—and take
no other.
Attacks School Principal.
A severe attack on school principal
Chas. B. Allen, of Sjlvauia, Ga., is thus
told by him. "For more than three
years," he writes, "I suffered indescrib
able torture from rheumatism, liver
and stomach trouble and diseased kid
neys. All remedies- failed, till I used
Electric Bittofs, but four bottles of this
wonderful remedy cured me complete
ly." Such results are common. Thous
ands bless them for curing stomach
trouble, female complaints, kidney dis
orders, biliousness, and f"r new health
and vigor. Try theui. Only 50c at ail
druggists.
The Use of Sexine Pills.
No man or woman who is nervous,
weak or irritable, should fail to take
Sexine Pills. The treatment costs only
85, and is fully guaranteed. Sexine Pills
make you strong and happy. Price 81
a box; six boxes 85, with money-back
guarantee. Address or call on B. C.
Dodson, Druggist, Emporium, Pa., where
they sell all the principal remedies and
do not substitute.
For Sale.
Practically new six room house; batli,
gas and water; good cellar; two lots,
100 by 225; in good repair; concrete
walks and steps; located East Fifth
street, Emporium. For particulars
apply to Edward Viner, Emporium,
Pa. 51-tf.
Bogus Cloth.
What is Paint? Some people think
anything labelled "paint" is paint, but
there's a difference, just as much as
between one kind of cloth and another.
Cloth nine-tenths cotton and one-tenth
wool, is bogus cloth. Cloth all wool
wears to the limit. Paint at a price be
tween 75 cents and J1.50 is like bogus
cloth. The L. &M. Paint is all wool
and wears to the limit. There's a
reason.
Our Agent is Harry S. Lloyd.
Bake Sale.
By ladies of M. E. Church, in Par
son's Bazaar, Saturday Feb. 11.
Notice.
Our Whittemore Hill coal mines will
be closed until Jan Ist, 1912.
JACKSON M. THOMAS.
For Sale
A small cook stove, suitable for coal,
wood or gas. Apply at PRESS office.
Wanted.
One pair of seconded hay scales to
weigh 2,000 pounds or more. See Em
porium Machine Company, Emporium.
Pa.
Good Piano for Sale.
A Bradbury Piano (square) in good
condition.
Apply at PRBSF office. 37-tf.
For Sale."
A four roomed house and lot, situat
ed in West end Emporium borough.
Apply to T. L. Wbeaton. 4-2t.
Lost.
A locket engraved "C. 8.C." on Fifth
street, between Court House and East
Ward School. Finder will please re
turn to PRESS office.
t
Latest Popular Music.
Miss May Gould, teacher of piano
fort has received a full line of the lat
est and most popular sheet music. All
! the popular airs. Popular and class
ical music. Prices reasonable.
44-tf.
For Sale.
Pure Bred R. C. Buff Orphington
| Cockerels, $2.00 each. Eggs SI.OO per
netting of 13, are now ready for delivery
C. L. BoRTRKE,
50-3 m. East Emporium, Pa,
CAMKRON COUNTY PRRSS, THURSDAY, MARCH g, rqji.
MARRIAGE IN CONGO REGION
How the Young Afrloan Native Courts
and Weds His Dusky Ten-
Dollar Bride.
A wife in the Congo region costs
$lO. Th is sum is paid to the par
ents of the girl or to the man who
owns her as his slave. The girl sel
dom has any voice in the matter.
Sometimes, however, the couple wish
ing to be married make their own
bargain and then it is an interesting
business. The young man seeks to
meet the darling of his dreams. But
how and where are the questions that
worry and puzzle him. Often he
lakes refuge in the home of the evan
gelist and gets him to write a note
for him. lie then goes out, cuts a
stick and splits it at the top, puta
the letter in the split and hurries to
get a carrier.
When it is delivered he stands
around to see how it is received. If
it is favorably received a nice pot of
food is cooked and sent to him. The
parties are then considered engaged.
A man can have as many wives as
he can buy. I saw one man, a king,
who had 40. The marriage feast is
a ceremonious affair with the hea
then. If the groom is wealthy all of
the drums, horns, bells, musicians
and dancing masters are hired to do
the bride honor. All of the luxuries
of the tropics, according to the na
tive ideas, are in evidence at the
feast. I have known them to have a
hundred pots of food at a single wed
ding supper.—Southern Workman.
NOT IMPORTANT
Lodger—How dared you lose my
letter.
Landlady—Don't worry, I read
it and it was not interesting.
.'OSSUM BREEDING.
Mr. Le Soeuf, curator of the Syd
ney Zoological gardens, has proposed
the breeding of opossums in Queens
land on systematic lines. The skin
of these little furry animals has be
come so valuable that unless some
protection is accorded possums may
soon become extinct. Mr. Le Soeuf
would select, he says, a site sheltered
from the westerly winds, as possums
like protection from the cold while
they are feeding. They do not like
to be disturbed, either, by the winds
shaking the branches while feeding.
The land should he fenced with six
foot galvanized iron to keep them
from climbing or jumping over.
PROTECTION FOR REVELERS.
In Copenhagen, as in Amsterdam,
provision is made for the safe con
veyance home of inebriated revellers.
When a policeman in the Danish
capital finds an intoxicated man
wandering at large he places him in
a cab and takes him to the nearest
police station, where he is examined
by a doctor and then sent home in
the cab. The following morning the
bill for the doctor and the cab is
sent to the publican who served the
man with his last drink.
WHOOPING COUGH CURE..
"Will you ptease give mother a
nut to put a spider in, as baby's got
the whooping cough." This ex
traordinary request was made to a
Tiverton shopkeeper this week by a
little girl whose mother believes that
if she imprisons a live spider in a
nutshell and ties it round her in
fant's neck the whooping cough will
disappear when the spider dies.—
London Daily Mail.
QUICK CHANGE.
"That girl was the apple of my
eye until—"
"Until what?"
"Until I found she was a lemon."
HIS PREFERENCE.
Bacon —Do you like grand or
comic operas the bent ?
Egbert Oh, comic operas, by all
means; 1 think they're grand!
NO MORE QUESTIONS ASKED
First One at Irish Home Ruie Meeting
Started a Riot and Sent Ques
tioner to Hospital.
When a noted Irish orator was in
America a few years ago he ap
peared at a meeting in St. Louis and
delivered an address on the subject
of "Home Rule for Ireland." There
[ were 6,000 of his countrymen in the
audience. At the close of hia re
marks the chairman asked:
"Would anyone like to ask the
Bpeaker a question?"
A man in the rear of the hall,
; who was quite evidently under the
influence of liquor, arose and said:
"Will the gentleman tell me if there
is any reason why the Irish should
not be wiped off the face of the
earth ?"
Immediately pandemonium
reigned. The disturber was at
j tacked from every quarter. Calls of
i "Down with him!" and "Let me get
at him 1" came from all directions.
I Finally he was rescued by the police
! men and, torn and bleeding, and in
an unconscious condition, was placed
! in an ambulance which had been
called. Order was in a measure re
stored. While the audience could still
| hear the clatter of the ambulance
( and the sound of its gong as it con
; veyed its burden to the hospital, the
I chairman stepped forward and
j asked:
"Would anybody like to ask an
j other question?"— National Month
|lj-
THE QUESTION
She—l don't think much of her.
He—Don't say that, for her face
: is her fortune.
She —Indeed! Self made or in
herited ?
HOW OLD ARE THE BIG TREES?
An age as great as 5,000 years has
sometimes been ascribed to the giant
trees of California. The latest fig
ures seem to indicate that such esti
mate is very much exaggerated. One
investigator, who counted with great
care the rings of a tree felled in
1853, and which was fully 24 or 25
feet in diameter, so that its stump
served as the floor of a dancing pa
vilion, states that the rings num
bered 1,147, and that that number
would represent the age of the tree
in years. The authority gravely
doubts whether any of the existing
trees approach the age of 2,000 years.
FEMININE CURIOSITY.
ITer husband was a merchant and
one day while down town she
dropped into his office.
are all those books on top
of the safe?" she asked.
"Those are the day books, my
dear," he replied.
"And where are the night books?"
6he queried.
"Night books?" he echoed in sur
prise.
"Yes," she rejoined. "Those you
have to work on at night sometimes,
when you are kept here until two
o'clock in the morning."—London
j Opinion.
LITTLE FLATTERER.
Mme. Melba, in an interview in
New York, replied to a reporter's
; compliments:
"I am afraid you are a natural
j flatterer—like the children, you
j know.
"A Sunday school superintendent
I was once telling me about the beauti
i ful, almost involuntary flattery of
little children. He s&jd he asked a
I class of little girls:
"'Whom ought we to love best?'
i "A little girl answered softly:
"'Our superintendent, sir.'"
CUT OFF THE WEDDING.
He—Tomorrow, darling, is our
wedding day.
She—Yes, and it's bargain day at
| Silkmnn's, too. Isn't it just too ag
gravating !
Council Proceedings.
Proceeding of meeting held Mon
day evening, March (i, ISIII
Members presi nt—Mes-trs. Haupt,
llilliker, Howard, .Muliin, CtimmingH,
Pearmill, and Norris, President.
Members ul>sont—Messrs. Mumford,
and Cramer.
Mr. llilliker presented his certificate
of appointment, properly executed
and upou motion of Mr. Howard, sec
onded by Mr. Muliin, same was accept
ed and the new member was installed
as a representative from the East
Ward.
The minutes of the proceeding meet
ings read and approved.
The Secretary of the Emporium
Beard of Health reported that 38 in
spections and notices to abate nuisan
ces were served during the month;
also one case of diphtheria.
Moved by Mr Howard, seconded by
Mr. Haupt, that the report of the
Board of Health be accepted and
placed on file. Carried.
The following bills were read. Pay
roll for month of Feb:
Dan Shuggart, Streets $1i.20
John I'leminin g, streets 8 oO
Owen Nangle, streets 5 70
Jas. Davin, streets 4 60
John Fredette, streets 1 to
Michael Mulcahy, streets 3 40
James Wagner, streets 4 60
Larry Smith, streets 1 30
Peter Kuda 80
John Kolridge, streets !. 80
Stif Bednar, streets „ 80
Stif Kosnack, streets 80
Andy Lasnack, streets 80
Gus W'hitmer, police 7 00
E. Mately, sewers $8.50; street #22.50 31 00
Stephens Hardware Co. invoice 29 25
F. V. Heilman & Co., Exp $2; Sts. $237 , 4 37
St. Marys Gas Co 30 00
Express Co.Exp. 35c; E. L.jf2lo 2 75
W. H. Weaver, E. L. freight & dray . 3 10
Doubleday-Hill Elec. Co. E. h 10 10
Emporium Mochine Co.. E. L 50
Novelty Incandescent Lamp Co., E.L. 1 20
H. I. Sacket Elec. Co., E. L 7 84
Furnace Supply Co. Exp 30
C. E.Crandell, Exp 3 91
Mrs. C. G. Schmidt 25
Moved by Mr. Howard, seconded by
Mr. Cummings, that bills be naid as
read. Carried.
Ayes and nays were called Ayes—
Messrs. Cummings, Haupt, Howard,
Hilliker, Muliin, Pearsall and Norris.
The repors of the Burgess showing
$3.00 fines and $6.00 in licenses collect
ed was read aad upon motion of Mr.
Howard, seconded by Mr. Muliin, was
accepted and ordered filed.
Moved by Mr, Howard, seconded by
Mr. Haupt, that consideration of the
paving ordinance relating to the pav
ing Fourth street be held over until
the next regular meeting. Carried.
Upon the president vacating the
chair at this time, Mr. Hilliker acted as
president.
Moved by Mr. Howard, seconded by
Mr ihr.t the n>< i ion of Mr. Mul
iin at the meeting of F b. 6tb, relating
to the Emporium Theatorium be amen
ded to re;id §60.00 per year instead of
$25.
Moved by Mr. Muliin, seconded by
Mr. Pearsoll, that the amendment be
amended to read 835.00 instead of SSO.
for moving picture shows.
A vote was called upon the amend
ment and the members voted as fol
lows: ( Ayes Messrs. Cummings,
Faupt, Hilliker, Muliin, Pearsall. j
N tys —Messrs. Howard and Norris.
A vote was then called upon the
motion as amended and. Ayes—
Messrs. Cummings, Haupt, Hilliker,
Muliin, Pearsall. Nayes—Messrs.
Howard and Norris.
Regarding the suggestions made by
the Board of Health, relative to the
installing of the closets in the Lodk-up,
same was referred to the sewer com
mittee.
Moved by Mr. Howard, seconded by
Mr. Muliin, that of Police be j
instructed to rigidly enforce the anti- j
spitting law. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Howard, seconded by j
Mr. Muliin that the Treasurer, Secre- j
tary and Chief of Police be re-elected j
to serve the ensuing year at the same j
salary as last year. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Muliin, seconded by I
Mr. Pearsall that traveling theatrical j
shows shall pay a license of $2.00 for a
one night stand and for more than one j
night SI.OO additional for each night. ;
License for minstrel shown shall be j
$3.00 and $2.00 for additional nights
where more than one performance is i
given.
Ayes—Messrs. Cummings, Haupt, i
Howard, Hilliker, Muliin and Pearsall.
Nays—Mr. Norris.
Moved by Mr. Muliin, seconded by 1
SEE WASHINGTON
SPRING VACATION EXCURSION '
Friday, March 24, 1911
$8.95 From Emporium
STOP-OVER AT BALTIMORE ANO PHILADELPHIA
allowed on return trip if ticket is deposited with Station Ticket
Agent, affording opportunity of visiting ATLANTIC CITY
Tickets will be goort going on regular trains onj date named and to re
turn so as to reach original starting point on or before April 7. m
1 SIMILAR EXCURSION APRIL 7
I
Full,information regardingjleaving time ot trains may be obtained of
Ticket'Agents.'or,David Todd, D.J T. A., Williamsport, l'a J
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
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Mr. Huupt, that oonHlderation of the
license lor moving pictures for the
opera house be laid over until next
regular meeting. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Howard, seconded by
Mr. that an order for s7o
be drawn in favor of the Treasurer
for yearly salary. Also salary due the
| Secretary.
Ayes—Messrs. Cummings, Huupt,
Howard, Hilliker, Mullin, Pearsall and
Norris. President.
1 The President appointed Mr. Hilli
ker member of the Sewer Committee.
Council then adjourned.
C. E. Crandkjx, Secretary.
Pianos.
The W. J. Frederick Music Com
; pany, of Williamsport announce that
I they have for sale an elegant line of
! pianos. Twenty-flve makes to select
from, among thefae are the Chickering,
Knabe, Hardman, Strich and Zeidler
[ also the Estey and many others. For
I further information address Mr.
Thomas J. White, 187, Centre Street,
j St. Marys, Pa.
6 n4-4t
A Fierce Night Alarm
is the hoarse startling cough of a child ,
suddenly attacked by croup. Often it
aroused Lewis Chauibiri, of Manchester,
0., [R. R. No. I'] tor their four children
were greatly subject to croup. "Some
times in severe attacks," he wrote 'we
were afraid they would die, but since we
proved what a certain remedy Dr. Kind's
New Discovery is, we have no fear. We
1 rely on it for croup and for coughs, colds
or any throat or luug trouble." So do
thousands of others. So may you. Asth
ma, Hay Fever, LaGrippe, Whooping
Cough, Hemorrhages fly before it. 50c
and SI. OO. Trial bottle free. Sold by
all druggists.
Keep Your Carriage or Buggy New.
Keep your carriage or buggy look
ing bright and new with a can of the
L. & M Carriage Varnish Paint in var
ious colors.
Its cost is small per can.
One can make a buggy look as fresh
as though just from the maker, •
Anybody can use it.
Get it from Harry S. Lloyd.
New York's Great Pennsylvania
Station.
One of the greatest works of modern times was
the consiruction of the concrete lined steel tubes
uniJtr the Hudson and East Rivers the tunnel
ling of Manhatten Island, and the erection of the
magnificent Pennsylvania Station at Seventh
Avenue and Thirty-Second Striet. New York,
bringing the through trains of the Pennsylvania
Railroad into the heart of New York City.
An illustrated booklet describing this great
work, and telling what it means to the New
York passenger, has Ijpen issued by the Penn
sylvania Railroad and will he sent postpaid to
anyaddressby George W. Boyd, General Pas
senger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel
phia, Pa., on receipt of a two-cent stamp. Send
for it. 109-4-2t.
Low Rates to the West.
Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets to Rocky
Mountains. Pacific Coast. Western Canada, Mex
ico and Southwestern points on sale daily March
10 to April 10 inclusive at reduced fares. Consult
nearest Ticket. Agent, or David Todd, D. T. A.,
Williamsport Pa. 118-4-2.
Groceries and
Meats
An Unhappy Loving
Bride
She isgko doesn't know how
to for a critical hus
band. The experienced house
wife will tell her that our meats
are always reliable, tender, juicy
and a fine flavor, and those who
depend on us for the choicest
meats, poultry and game will
never be dissatisfied when they
buy at
Alex. MacDougalPs