SNOW SHOE TIMES
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March 9, 1910, at the post office at
Moshanon, Pa., under the act of March
3, 1879.
THE CENSUS.
If any stranger should manifest im-
pertinent curiosity in your affairs to
day, or at any time within the next
two weeks, do not resent his inquisi-
tiveness; do not utter rude language,
and least of all use personal violence.
In all probability he is the embodi-
ment or personification of the United
States of America, your native land,
the object of your devotion, upon
whose altar you would readily lay
. down your life—unless you had money
enough to go to Europe during a war,
or at least enough to hire a substitute.
This great and glorious nation, the
biggest and the best in all creation, is
taking an account of stock, and you're
a part of the stock. When the United
States of America ask you whether
ycu are a white man or a negro or a
Mongolian or an Indian not taxed, do
not tell their personification to get
out, but answer the question respect-
fully and truthfully so far as you
know anything about your ancestry.
If your native land demands to know
whether you are the head of the fam-
ily you maly confidently answer in
the affirmative,” because the blank
which the enumerator is filling out
will never be shown to your neigh-
bors, who would only laugh at this
statement,
In fact, nobody will ever see
blank. Several thousand young wo-
rmmen in Washington will take it,
and millions like it, and will feed
them with great velocity into electric
tabulating machines five hours a day
for several months, and these intelli-
gent and faithful machines will infal-
libly punch holes in all the spaces
where it is intended that holes shall
be punched, and they will automatical-
ly register the number of holes they
punch, and in due course of time,
which means six or eight years, fif-
teen or twenty huge volumes will
emerge from the Government Print-
ing Office, from which you may learn
how many of you there are, and what
propertion of the population speaks
Eng'ish tolerably, and what all the
people earn and how many children
there are, and how many there ought
to be, and how many divorced women
have married men whose first wives
died, and how few people own their
houses free of encumbrance, and what
proportion are deaf in one ear, and
how much less the pay rolls of the fac-
tories are than the bounty that the
protective tariff gives them, and an
incredible mass of further informa-
tion. \
And when you gaze at a five-foot
shelf completely filled, nct by Joka
Woolman’s autobiography and other
light literature se’ected by Dr. Eliot,
but by a set of blue volumes lettered
in silver and containing the results of
the Thirteenth Census, completed a
short time before the taking of the
Fourteenth begins, vou will reflect
proudly that you answered all the
questions asked you by the United
States of America and that you and
your age and color and conjugal con-
dition of servitude, the olive branches
around your hearth, and the mortgage
on your house, are all atoms that went
to make up the magnificent total which
at a cost of some fourteen million
dollars sets forth a’l the satistical de-
tai's of the American people.—Phila-
delph.a Record.
The rise cf prices puts the Repub-
licans in a distressing dilemma. They
dare not say it is due to the tariff, for
that wou’d condemn them for not re-
ducing duties further, and if they say
it is due to the greater quantity of
go'd William Jennings Bryan rises up
and says they have admitted the quan-
titative theory of money. They would
be very glad if they could get along
without saying anything. At the
same time it may be worth while to
that.
cbserve that fifteen years ago the com-
plaint was of low prices, and the gues-
tion was whether free silver coinage
would raise prices or not. Now we
!have the high prices, and somehow or
iCiher the people who are paying the
bil's fail to recoznize them as a great
blessing. —Philadelphia Record.
Good luck, muses the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald, is an excellent thing to
' meet about half way..
Now the male advocates of votes
for women are being called ‘‘Suura-
gents,” notes the Grand Rarids Press.
° Women, declares the New York
Telegram, have frequently hit the
nail of fact on the head.
To make men good by forcs, avers
is to force out
of real gcod-
the Chicago Tribune,
of them the dynamic
ness.
The man who quits when he has
earned all he gets, declares the Com-
moner, is forever getting no more
than he earns,
The fact that over a thousand post
offices were robbed last year, thinks
the Charleston News and Courier,
may in some measure explain the pos-
tal deficit. :
In a speech before the University of
Berlin, Prof. Albrecht Penck, who was
Emperor William professor at Colum-
bia University, said New York, with
its population of nearly 5,000,000, has
a brilliant future. Looking far ahead,
‘however, he thought Chicago would
be a greater city.
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A prize of $100,000 has been offered
anonymously through Yale Universi-
ty for the discovery of an adequate
remedy of tuberculosis. KE ‘is a
worthy gift, contends the New York
Press, the chief usefulness of which
will be to stimulate here and there
efforts already undertaken to fight
this dread disease. Perhaps the mon-
ey would be of more value if put in
the hands of investigators who can-
not afford the expense of research.
There is already enough incentive to
the medical profession for the pur-
suit of a baffling foe to mankind. The
man who can achieve this triumph is
assured of one of the richest prizes
in the history of medicine. To make
such a discovery in commerce would
itself be worth more than all the
riches of a hundred Rockefellers, yet
would surely come to the winner.
Money as a means to the conquest of
tuberculosis could best perform
office by suprorting investiga-
tors who are devoting their energies
ey can go a long way toward reducing
the ravages ol the disease.
as well as abroad, that Americans are
mcney mad; and, of course, there is
ample ground for the accusation, con-
fesses the Dallas News. There ig like-
wise ground for the broader assertion
that the whole world is afflicted now
and has always been afllicted with the
same madness. The Spanish invaders
were wild in their search for gold;
and the same may be said of all in-
vaders, even from the beginning,
since gold was found to be precious.
The enormous sums claimed by tha
rulers and dignitaries of the Old
World evidenced a greed for gold
quite equal to that which we have de-
veloped; and there is a tone that is
funny in the criticisms of American
avarice by the thrifty ‘keepers of
pensions, restaurants, and hotels and
by relic peddlers and various schools
of professional swindlers and beggars
in other countries, and even by im-
ported lecturers who actually di‘ate
over our avarice in cheap lectures for
which we have paid them a fancy
price! We are an avaricious peorle,
to be sure, but it is just as well tc
add that avarice is a world-wide ail-
ment and always has beea puch.
There are victims of avarice #0 be
found everywhere, as well as a few
men and women Who are not so
greedy. The love of money is tie
same sort of root the worid over.
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fortune as well as everlasting fame!
PENNSYLVANIA
Interesting Items from All Sections of
the Keystone State.
SIX MEN ARE INJURED
Fire Loss Is $100,000; Flames Check-
ed by Dynamiting Exchange
Hotel,
Johnstown—There has been a loss
of $100,000 from fire at Ebensburg.
Six men were ‘Injured in fighting the
flames.
The injured: John P. Blair, left hip
dislocated; dying. Frank Jones, head
scorched, back and chest bruised.
‘Lee Brown, bruised about body; Roy
Davis, deep cut on head; L. S. Hum-
mel, deep cut on the back; Del Shute,
struck on head by hose nozzle.
Help was asked from Johnstown
and Altoona, but was long in reaching |
The principal losses are
the town.
as follows:
Huntley's hardware store, where
the fire orginiated, $21,000; Schettig’s
hardware store, $15,000; Mrs. R. H.
Jones, women’s furnishings store, $20,-
000; Mrs. Elizabeth Griffiths’ resi-
dence, $6,000; Hott’s hotel, $15,000;
Exchange hotel, $15,000; several
smaller structures, $10,000.
The fire started in Huntley's hard-
ware store and quickly spread to some
inflammable material that was stored
in it. There were two explosions in
the store. Blair, Jones, Brown, Da-
vis and Humme! were injured when
the wall of the hardware store fell
cutward after the second explosion.
They had gone to the rear of the
store in an attempt to put out the fire.
The fire was checked at 2:15 by
dynamiting the Exchange hotel.
BIG FISH HATCHERY PLANNED
Stale to Take Over Large Peninsula
in Lake Erie.
Erie—State Fish Commissioner W.
E. Meehan has arranged for the state
to take immediate possession of a
large portion of a peninsula in Lake
Erie, the use of which was recently
granted by the United States govern-
ment. The piece contains several hun-
dred acres and it will be used for the
largest fish hatchery in the world. It
is expected the next legislature will
provide funds to carry on the work as
planned.
Commissioner Meehan, who was
here looking over the situation, said:
“The state needs all the fish hatching
stations, natural and artificial, it can
get. In a few years the demand for
fish food will have increased and the
supply diminished. 4
Banker Indicted.
Pittsburg—Thomas P. Daniels, who
is alleged to have operated the Bank-
er’s Bond Company, with offices in this
city and Guthrie, Okla., wag indicted
by the federal grand jury, charged
with using the mails to defraud. The
company was incorporated in Oklaho-
ma and it is. alleged that advertise-
ments were circulated throughout the
country to the effect that the com-
pany was in a position to secure large
amounts for investment in business
enterprises.
Pennsylvania in Big Deal.
Beaver—A syndicate, headed by W.
its F, Dunspaugh of Beaver, and Walter
P. Rice of New York, with many
stockholders distributed throughout
the Beaver and Ohio valleys, has just
to the study of the curse. And mean-: closed a deal whereby it takes over the
while, in the absence of a cure, mon- |
© ground
€ Mountains at Map ewood, N. H. The
Maplewood hote! and 1,000 acres of
in the heart of the White
i deal involved the expenditure of al-
The charge is often made, at homa
most $1,000,000.
New Chief of Police at Butler.
Butler—Too great political activity
at the recent election is given as the
, reason for the defeat of Chief of Police
Joseph Angert and Lieutenant of Po-|
lice Louis Hays for
council. E. L. Schultz, former chief,
was chosen chief and James A. Hamm,
lieutenant. George Armbruster
selected counci'man to succeed John
Schenck, who resigned.
Postoffice Is Looted.
Oil City—The postoffice at Coal Hill,
near here, was entered by thieves and
there about $350 in money taken while
James Siraup, the postmaster, and his
wife were at supper.
and his wife intercepted the robbers
and succeeded in recovering part of
the money, but in the battle Mrs.
Straup was badly beaten and is in a
serious condition.
Will Establish Parochial School
Canonsburg—The Pittsburg diocese
of the Catholic church, through Td-
ward Mooney and J. J. Foley, purchas-
ed property at East College street
and Greenside avenue, and a parochial
school will -be erected, in charge of
the Sisters of Mercy. A residence on
the property will be remodeled and the |
school will be opened Saptember 1, in |
charge of St. Patrick’s congregation.
Pittsburg Firm Sued by State.
Harrisburg—The state has brought
suit to recover $40,000 from the Mid-
land Coal Company cof Pittsburg on
the ground that it had not made a
correct report to the state auditor gen-
eral for taxation of capital stock. The
suit is the first of the kind to arise
after a decision by the state board of
accounts and covers taxes claimed for
several years.
re-election by |
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FIRE LOSS $400,000
Business Part of Town Near Harris-
burg, Pa., Burned and Half
- Dozen Persons Hurt.
Harrisburg—The business section of
Middletown, nine miles distant, a man-
ufacturing town of 10,000 people, was
swept by fire. About 75 buildings
were burned, with more than $400,000
loss.
The town was in danger for two
hours until by the combined efforts
of firemen from Harrisburg, Lancaster,
Columbia and Steelton and the use of
explosives the spread of the fire was
stopped.
Except about a dozen buildings,
such as the Auditorium, Y. M. C. A,,
market house, Odd Fellows’ buildings
and a, few large stores and residences,
the bulk of the buildings destroyed
were small frame structures, contain-
ing stores, restaurants, pool rooms and
offices. Many occupants lost every-
thing and have no insurance. Many
stores: had large spring and summer
stocks and nothing was saved.
TO OBLITERATE TOWN
New P. & L. E. Yards Will Occupy
the Site.
Connellsville—The village of Dick-
erson Run will probably be wiped off
the map and replaced by a large rail-
road yard for the joint use of the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad and
the Western Maryland railroad, when
the connecting link between here and
Cumberland is constructed.
The owners of 28 properties which
have been under option by the Pitts-
burg & Lake Erie road for 60 days
were notified that the options will be
closed, The prices range from $1,
500 to $3,000.
State Treasurer Appointed.
Harrisburg—Governor Stuart an-
nounced the appointment of ex-Con-
gressman Charles Fred Wright, a
prominent banker of Susquehanna
county, to succeed John O. Sheatz as
State Treasurer. Attorney General
Todd said that he would institute pro-
ceedings in the Supreme court at Phil-
adelphia to determine the legality of
the appointment. The proceedings
will be in the form of a quo warranto
against State Treasurer Sheatz to de-
termine the right of the governor to
appoint, J. A. Stober of Lancaster
county, elected State Treasurer last
November, having died before he could
qualify. The governor, in making the
appointment, acted up the advice of
Attorney General Todd.
ARMORY DEDICATED
Governor Stuart and Other Noted Men
Present at the Ceremonies.
Warren—The handsome new armory
of Company I, Sixteenth regiment, Na-
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, was
dedicated here on the 6th, in the pres-
ence of Governor Edwin S. Stuart,
members of the armory board and
others distinguished in military and
civic life.
Republican Candidates Endorsed.
Somerset—The legislative commit-
tee of the Somerset County Anti-Sa-
loon league indorsed the following
candidates seeking Republican nomin-
ations at the June primaries: For
State Senator, district of Somerset.
Bedford and Fulton counties, William
H. Miller of Stoyestown; for Legisla-
ture, (William H. Flota of Meyels-
dale and M. D. Reel of Shade town-
ship.
Gives $100,000 for Y. M. C. A.
Greensburg—The will of David S.
Atkinson, late president of the West-
moreland Bar association, provides
for the building of a Young Men's
{Christian association building to cost
$100,000 or more, and gives a plot in
was |
the center of town upon which it is to
be erected.
Presbytery Elects Officers.
Uniontown — Redstone Presbytery
met here in an all-day session. Rev.
J. L. Clark of the Second church, Mec-
Keesport, was elected moderator;
Rev. Thecdore iS. Negley of Little
Redstone, stated clerk, and Rev. R. C.
Aukerman of Dunlaps Creek, perma-
inent clerk,
May Abandon Narrow Gauge.
Foxburg—It has been reported here
that the Baltimore & Ohio railroad is
considering closing its narrow gauge
road between Foxburg and Kane, a
distance of 90 miles. = It is said $500,-
060 would be necessary to repair the
road.
Hotel Burned by Incendiary.
Corry—As a result of an effort to
burn the Bacon House at Cherry
Creek, N. Y., the hotel barn was de-
stroyed with a loss of $2,500. Charles
Dwight is under arrest. He is a
stranger who was ejected earlier im
the evening and swore vengeance. The
guests were badly frightened.
Incendiaries Destroy Barn.
New Castle—Fire of incendiary orig-
in did some $4,000 damage when a
large barn on the Carl Ferver farm in
Neshannock township was burned. The
live stock was saved after hard work.
It is believed tramps along the rail
road caused the fire.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. Carl Dinger
Dentist
Philipsburg, Pa.
Painless Extraction of
Teeth a Specialty
Dr. F. K. White
Dentist
SECOND FLOOR
GRANT BLOCK
PHILIPSBURG, PA.
R. J. YOUNG, M. D.
Practising Physician
SNOW SHOE PENNA.
Dr.J.W. CARTER
DENTIST
BELL TELEPHONE
OFFICE HOURS | Nok 5 Ne
Masonic Temple
ALTOONA, PA.
ONE CAUSE
of headache is straining
the eyes and using them
until they feel weak and
bleary. If the people could
realize the need of proper
glasses, there would be
less sore eyes and fewer
headaches.
I can fit you out with
the right thing. Give me
a trial.
WN. LUCAS
MOSHANNON, PA.
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BANKERS INDICTED
Men Who Furnished Funds to Buy
Councilmen’s Vote.
Pittsburg—Frank N. Hoffstot, of the
Pressed Steel Car Company, and pres-
ident of the German National bank,
of Allegheny, was indicted on charges
of conspiracy and bribery in connec-
tion with the payment of $52,500 .to
former Councilman Charles Stewart
for councilmanic influence in the se-
lection of certain city depositories.
Emil Winter, president of the Work-
ingman’s Savings and Trust Company,
North Side, pleaded nolo contendere
to the charge of bribery in connection
with the payment of $20,000 to former
Councilman Morris Einstein to have
the bank selected as a city depository.
James M. Anderson, bookkeeper for
the Workingman’s Savings and Trust
Company and confidential man to
President"Winter, pleaded nolo conten-
dere to the charge of mutilating a
book of the bank for the purpose of
preventing disclosure of the $20,000
‘payment.
A presentment came from the grand
jury naming James W. Friend and
Frank N. Hoffstot as the men who ne-
gotiated with Charles Stewart to have
the Farmers Deposit National, Second
National and German National bank
of the North Side selected as city de-
positories, and the men who paid over
the $52,500 bribery fund in New York.
Before becoming district attorney, ©
William A. Blakeley was requested to
hold the bribery fund until the ordi-
nance passed councils, according to
the presentment. He refused and
warned the plotters,
Write me as one who loves his fel-
low-men.—Leigh Hunt.