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VOL. XLIV. NO. 20.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgee. J. D. W. Reck.
Justice vflhe reace C. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
COuneumen.-J.VT, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. 11. RoblDSon, Wm. Bmearbaugh,
It. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calboun, A. li.
Kelly.
Constable Charles Clark,
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Director i. O. Soowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jamleeon, J. J. Landers, J.
C. Oeitt, Joseph Clark.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress P. M. Speer.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge W? D. Ulnckley.
Auoexate Judge Y. C. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
rrothonotary, Register A Recorder, .
-J. O. Gelst.
HherirH. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman.
Commissioners Vim. H. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel, II. H. MoClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioner Ernest nibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. M. C. Kerr.
County .Auditor George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly.
Oountv tiurveyorD. W. Clark.
County -Superintendent D. W. Morrl-
aon. Mn '
Heaslar Tenia C"rt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May,
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of month.
Chare mmt Hakbath Bchal.
Presbyterian Sabbath Sohool at 0:48 a.
m. t M. E. Sabbath Sohool at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calboun.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
U. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaohlug m the Presbyterian churoh
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:80 p.
in. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Factor.
The regular meetings of tbe W. 0. T,
D. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdaya of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Tir.N ESTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
Q. A. R. Meete 1st Tuesday after,
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday eveulng of each month.
TF. RITCHEY,
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Offloe In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sta., Tionesta, Pa.
I7HANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8.
I1 Unnma nvar Cltlzenii Nat. Rsnk.
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
rp j n smniNH.
D Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
TTOTKI. WEAVER.
tl C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date in all its ap
pointments. Every oonvenlenoe and
oomfort provided for the traveling public
C1ENTRAL HOUSE,
j H. A. KULTON. Proprietor
Tlonsela, Pa. This la the most centrally
located hotel In the place, ana lias an me
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make It a pleasant stopping
place lor we traveling puuuo.
DHIL. EMERT
FiTfflY ROOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Klin street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the fiuest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to menuiug, auu ynvom
aonable.
Fred. Grettenberger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work wertaiuinst to Machinery. En
glnes, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General Blacksmlthiiig prompt
ly done at Low Kales, Repairing mm
Machinery given special attention, and
satistactlou guaranteed.
Shop in rear of and lust west of the
Shaw Houso, Tidloute, Vm.
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. GRETTENBERGER
WoJl Paper
I have just received Two Thousand
Holla of 1U11
WALL PAPER
Nov? is the time to get your paper
iDg done before the spring rush. Then
it will be almost impossible to get
paperhanger and that will delay your
housecleamng.
Wall Paper, Window
Shades Oil Cloth,
Paints, Oil, Varnish, Sewing Machine
Supplies and Notions.
G. F. RODDA,
Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm
btreet, Tionesta, Pa.
'-,4'
Haal
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You Buy the Daily Home Needs on Larkin' s Big List of Over 2,000
Articles Somewhere, Anyway.
This Advertisement Telia How You Can Own Good Real Estate Without Additional Expense in the Fast-Growing City
ot Erie Where The General Electric Company Is Building Its Huge New Plant.
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO EVERY HOUSEWIFE.
Land is the basis of all wealth.
It is the safest and most desirable investment on earth.
Aodrew Carnegie says that fortunes can no longer be made in any part
of the world except through the rise of
Money planted id real estate in a
work.
This is why so many people would like to own real estate.
No doubt you appreciate tbe advantages of owning real estate yourself,
but have never bought any because you
This advertisement tells bow you
city of Erie, where a big rise in values
The money paid on the easy
monthly installment plan for the
deed of a lot
Buys an equal value pf household
supplies, food stuffs, furniture,
etc., etc.
Visit the Big Sale
To the Housewives.
The same money otherwise spent for
household needs, under our system will
one or more lots at Nicholson Heights,
DMtvt'Jfc'Wi.M Iff
You buy somewhere right along, many of tbe
artichs in tbe Larkin catalogue; leas,
tracts, baking powder, laundry and toilet soaps,
etc.
Under our easy monthly payment
time you make a payment on real estate, you re
ceive an equal value in Larkin certificates cover
iog the same household needs of Larkin manu
facture.
In a way, this is one time when you
your cake and have it, loo.
As it is now, the money paid by you
monthly household supplies, loses its
when they are consumed.
Under our plan, after consumption, you still
have remaining the full value iu tbe form of the
credit payment on a piece of good
one of the best assets on earth.
Bee bow this works out:
Example.
One lot at Nicholson Heights
Larkin certificates for borne supplies
household articled
Total 8600
This combination retail value of 8000 you can
buy for 8300 by either paying all cash down or
10 per cent. (830) and the balance in monthly
payments to suit.
Now with the first 830 paid, you receive 830
worth of Lirkin certificates and you will have a
selection to choose from of over 2,000 Larkin
Products and Premiums.
Each month thereafter, that you make an in
stallment payment, you receive an equal value of
Larkiu certificates.
By all
Erie Merchandise-Realty Co.,
Marine Bank Building,
Erie, Pennsylvania.
Owners and Developers of Nicholson Heights.
The Erie Trust Company of Erie, Pa., is the fiscal agent and trustee of
the company.
Purchasers of lots at Nicholson Heights make all installment payments
direct to the Erie Trust Company, which issues the deeds and abstracts of
the property, thus affording absolute security.
The Republican, $1
:of aa J?) I r.rH Vi.VmmAi I C0NTRIBUTL5 TO
AWaMIV, Ub VVV a'JIvl UlAOltUlOW
land values.
growing city makes fortunes without
thought it was beyond your reach.
can buy real estate in tbe fast growing
is assured, without increasing your
Birdseye View of Nicholson Heights and Erie.
and the Larkin Exhibit at Erie, beginning June 27th.
Don't Miss
your daily
You can redeem these certificates at once for
food supplies, etc., or you can keep them until
you have a sufficient number to buy some article
for the bouse in the line of furniture, carpets, etc.
If your daughter, for example, wanted a piano
you wilt find one which you can purchase for her
by saving your Lankin certificates.
Iu the meantime Erie is keeping on growing
and the real estate you are buying will be stead
ily increasing iu value.
Erie's New Addition Beantlful.
The above bird's eye view illustrates the mag
nificent locasion of Nicholson Heights in Erie.
It is a 15 minutes' ride by direct trolley to the
heart of tbe city; 12 minutes to the Lake Shore
Union Station.
It has an extensive frontage on both sides of
Peach Street, the main artery of the city to the
south.
It is in the direct path of Erie's irresistible
growth in that direction.
It is 400 feet above the city, high, dry and
healthful; removed from the noise, smoke and
dust of the factory zone.
It is the ideal home site.
It is where the best element of the swelling
population will want to live.
Buy where land will be wauted and you are
bound to win.
Nicholson Heights is subdivided into over
1,250 large lots, averaging 40 by 140.
Hundreds of lots at 8200, 8300, 8400 and 8500.
Tbe prices at the opening sale will be opening
prices, that mean you are able to buy at the
very bottom.
Better still, when you buy you receive an im
mediate aud full purchase value for the money
you pay, in merchandise of the highest quality.
You get "something for nothing," because by
applying scientifically the law of efficiency, econ
also buy
Erie, Pa.
spices, ex
plan, each
can eat
tor your
entire value
real estate,
$300
and
300
means mail this coupon today. tT
present expenses or monthly outlays.
It tella how lots at Nicholson Heights, the largest and most important
new addition to Erie, will be sold in connection with the products and mer
chandise of the famous Ltrfcio Company of Buffalo, N. Y.
It explains how under the system operated by us, you receive an equal
value of merchandise for every dollar paid on the real estate.
This merchandise to be selected by you from the Larkin catalogue illus
trating and describing over 2,000 home needs, daily supplies and household
articles.
This plan gives your money a double purchase value.
This plan makes SI do the work of 82.
This Chancel
RESERVATION COUPON.
Erie MereliaiidlHe-BeaUy Co.,
Marine-Bank Building, Erie, Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen Enclosed please find Teu (f 10) Dollars deposit on the follow
ing lots at Nicholson Heights:
Lots. Block, Total.
1st choice
2d choice
3d choice
Make three selections In case
1 10 is required on each lot.
Send contract, pass book, and
Full Name .
Address ,
Not More Than Two
a Year.
Best
VTHt WORLD
LARKIN QUALITY
Over 2,000 household needs to
select from.
ff'!'" .'.liM
You get an equal value of Lar
kin's certificates with every dollar
paid on a lot.
omy and profit sharing we are able to effect an
exceptional saving on the combiued retail value
of the merchandise and the real estate.
Tbis saving is cheerfully offered for your ben
efit. Special Information.
The big opening sale at Nicholson Heights
begins, Tuesday, June 27.
During this sale Larkin Company will main
tain an exhibition of Larkin Products and Pre
miums in the two large stores at the corner of
State and 10th streets, Erie.
Come to Erie if you can and visit this exhibi
tion. Inspect for yourself the unexcelled quality
of the Larkin Products.
Come to Erie and see for yourself tbe beauty
and attractiveness of Nicholson Heights.
If you can't come now, send in the reservation
coupon and your deposit and then come later
when you have time.
Our system protects both the buyer and the
seller.
The title to Nicholson Heights has been passed
to the Erie Trust Co., one of the strongest finan
cial institutions in the state of Pennsylvania, and
is held in its name for the protection of every
buyer.
AH installment payments are made to the Erie
Trust Company.
And the said company upou full payment of
the purchase price of the lot, issues to each pur
chaser a proper warranty deed accompanied by
an abstract of title free of cost.
No interest; no loss by forfeiture; payments
suspended in case of disability or sickness; and
always a full and immediate value in merchan
dise for every dollar paid.
Mail the coupon today to socure an allotment.
Money refunded if our selection is uot satisfactory.
Brst selection is Impossible. A deposit of
tbe Larkin certificates to:
Luis To Any One Purchaser,
paper in the county.
Are you a subscriber 1
If not, you ought to be.
SUFFOCATED IN WELL
Second Death to Occur at Olean
Under Like Circumstances.
Victim Went Down In a 14-Fost Deep
Oil Well In the Vicinity of the Vac
uum Oil Company's Plant to Repair
a Leakage In a 'Pipe When He Was
Overcome by Fumes of Gas Other
Items of General Inte-cst.
The second doalh within the last
week from asphyxiation In tho 14-foot
dug oil wells In tho vicinity ot the
Vacuum OH company plant ut Olean,
N. V., occurred Saturday.
The unfortunate man whs Chailea
Kd wards, agrd 39 years. He was em
ployed by the Vacuum Oil company
mid wont down Into one o ths wells
to fix a pipe and wa.s ovorcomo by
the gas.
The oil Is suppose! to corns from
the leakage of the big tanlw a,id linos
In the plant and soaks Into the ground
and Ktanild in pools in the gravel. Mr.
Kdwards leaves a wife and child.
RAISE IN SALARY
Postmaster General Announces That
Rural Mail Carriera Will Get
an Increase.
Postmaster General Hitchcock at
WaHhlngton has just Issued an or
der for the disbursement of 14,000,000
In the current fitcal year as Increases
In the salarips of rural letter carriers.
This sum was appropriated for the
purpose at the last session of con
gress In terms that left It discretionary
with the postmaster general as to how
much of it should be expended. Mr.
Hitchcock had decided to authorlzs
the expenditure of the full amount.
The effect will be to increase the ral-
arles of all rural carriers on standard
routes from $900 to $1,000 a year with
proportionate Incrrases on tho smaller
routes.
On June 30 last there were 41.562
rural carriers and their aggregate al
arles for the fiscal year Just ended
was about $3.",79?,noo. The rural de
livery system was started only 15
year sago.
It Increased from S3 carriers at a
cont of $14,840 for tho f'real year 1897
to 35,606 carriers at a cost of $24,201,.
520 for the fiscal year 1906. A large
growth has also occurred In the last
Ave years, the cost of the service hav'
Ing Increased about $10,000,000.
Confessed to Shooting Brother.
Wilmot Roberts, 12 years old, Fri
day confessed to the I'tic:i (N. Y.)
f:oroner that he fired the shot wl.lch
killed Wesley, his seven-year-old broth
er, Monday evening of last week. He
declared that It was an accident and
that he misinformed bis parents and
the authorities because he was fright
ened. Wilmot and Grant Roberts, both
older than Wesley, carried the boy In
to the house. He was dead then. The
boys said that Wilmot pointed the rifle
at Wesley not knowing It was load
ed and1 puMed the trigger, the ball en
tering the little .fellow's head. He
died almost Instantly andi then they
nicked him up and carried him to the
house.
Flames Sweep Salamanca Hatel.
The Wildwood House of Salamanca,
N. Y., was totally destroyed by fire
Sunday morning. When tin firemen
reached the place the blaze lmd gained
such headway that their work availed
nothing. A stiff wind was blowing
fiom the east, and this fanned the
Games until tho entire building was
enveloped by them. It wad linpotKl
ble for the firemen on gain control,
and in a short time the structure had
been burned to the ground.
Take Appendix Out Half at Time.
Walter J. Ilasslnger of llataviu, N.
Y underwent an operation at the Ua-
tavla hospital on June 23 for hernia,
which resultel from an operation he
had undergone lfi years aso In Phil
dolphin for appendicitis. In the re
cent operation the physicians were
amazed to find the man's appendix,
which they were Informed hud been
taken out durina: the first operation. It
was removed for good the second
time
Accused of Black Hand Letter Wrltlig
Thomn3 J. Dempsey, head of a
private detective agency, at Frank
lin, Pa., was held in bail, ac
cused of sending a ' black hand" letter
to General Charles A. Miller, a wealthy
oil man. Four handwriting experts
among them Dr. Albert H. Hamilton
of Auburn, N. Y., tetlflod that the
writing In the black hand letter and
a letter signed by Dcmpsey were the
the same.
Olean Boy Is Drowned.
While wading in the Allegheny riv
er above the old l'arrett swimming
hole Friday afternoon, Howard Page,
son of Frank Page of Olean, slipped
Into seven feet nl water and was
drowned before Peecher ltutledge,
nearby, could rescue him. Kdward Os
good recovered the body about 5
o'clock a'ter It had been in tho water
for an hour.
Apples Cake on Tress.
Apples growing on the Frank Spar
lin farm, north of Brockpott, N. Y.,
were baked on the trt hv the In
t .'Bse hcat of last week. Somo cf the
apples wore taken to Brock port and
exhibited In a store window.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
Tendced a Banquet In Hit Honor,
Which He la Unable to Attend.
'SCOTTY" HAS A BIG BUNDLE
Death Valley Mystery Going East to
Spend His Coin.
Death Valley Scotty, who has
startled almost every large city
In the United States by his eccen
tricities, turned up in Goldfield, Nev.,
Sunday with his pockets bulging
with greenbacks. Three months ago
Scotty was In Reno dead broke.
How he suddenly came Into wealth
is a mystery, but he displayed $11,000
in currency and promised to reveal
the location of hia fabulous wealth
after Aug. 1.
In the meantime Scotty saya he In
tends making another spectacular
whirlwind dash across the continent
in a special train. After that Scotty
will settle down.
"1 have shot more champagne corks
into the air than all the bullets fired
in the Mexican wnr, und education has
been expensive," he said. "I have
learned enough nnd now 1 am going
to look out for Scotty."
EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS
New York State Press Association Del
egates at Rochester Conven
tion Held Banquet.
OUlcnrs wero elected at the DSth
convention of the New York Press es
Eocintlon at Rochester Friday. In the
cfternoon the delegates visited several
large manufacturing plants. Friday
right the editors and their ladies at
tended a banquet.
The new officers are: President,
Kdward U Adams, Marathon Indepen
dent; vice presidents, George 10. Mar
cellus, LeRoy Gazette; John K. Wal
hridge, Saratoga Saratcgian; L.
William Hones, Roscoe Review; Don
C. Seltz, New York World; secretary
nnd treasurer, A. O. Bunnell, Dana
ville Bree.e; executive committee,
William O. Greene, Fairport Mall; A.
R. Scott, Geneseo Republican; Dr. K.
H. Porter, New York Journal of Home
opathy; Gardiner Kline, Amsterdam
Recorder, and I.uke Mcllenry Chit
tcnango Times.
Canal Gives Up Murder Mystery.
The body of a man, tied securely in
a heavy burlup bag was found floating
In the Oswego canal near Phoenix,
32 miles north of Syracuse, Friday
morning. The hnnd and legs were
held tightly with strong wrapping
twine and tho Oswego county authori
ties have started In to ferret out what
appears to be the strangest murdor
mystery ever known to those parts.
The man appeared to have been in the
nelghboihnod of 50 years of age, prob
ably 5 feet 1 inches In height and
weighing 1"i0 pounds. The faco was
beardless and the hair black. The
arms were bound to the side of the
body.
Chloroformed and Stabbed Husband.
John Carroll, who is employed
as a fireman on the Milwaukee rail
road, running west from Mobrldge, S.
1)., and residing at that place, is In an
Aberdeen horpltal and may dlo as a
result of an attack upon him by his
v.ifo, who Is alleged to have chloro
formed him as he slept by her side at
night and then badly disfigured him
with a knife. Jealousy Is said to have
been the cause of the deed.
Carroll is 25 years old, his wife la
40.
Lyndonville to Have Discount Bank.
Authorization has been given by
Superintendent of Banks Van Tuyl to
the Citizens' State batik of Lyndon
ville, Orleans county, N. Y., to con
duct a discount nnd deposit business.
The directors are: Willis S. Housel,
Holley; Charles F. Housel, Bergen;
Frank Ii. Housel and John Ward, Lyn
donville; Albert n. Hlse, Ashwood;
Lee I. Wells, Medina; George Ites
eigule, Millers.
Killed His Fatner-ln-Law.
William Peters, 40 years old, living
on the Tonawunda (N. Y.) reserva
tion, was murdered with an ax by his
sonlnlaw, drover SI;lo, Thursday.
The murderer was arrested by Sheriff
Garrett and Doputy Sheriff Ward aft
er a long chase and was placed In the
Geneseo county Jail.
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