52.500.000 AVAILABLE POR
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
The United States Government Now in
a Position to Reimburse Stock Own
ers Promptly for Ail Slaughtered
Herds
Washington, D. C., Feb. I.—Under
Ui.) recent urgent delicieiuey act which
was signed by the I'residemt on Janu
ary $2,500,000 is now available
tor the eradication of the foot and
mouth disease. Up to January 1, 1915,
the outbreak had cost the federal gov
ernment a total of $2,129,138.04. Of
this sum $1,540,025.9y represents the
federal government's share of the ex
of slaughtering affected herds and
reimbnimng the owners for their loss,
of which the government pays half and
the individual States the remainder.
The figures show that exclusive of the
work in January 101,176 aninrals have
been slaughtered. Of these 46,268 were
tattle, 47,735 swine and the remainder
sheep and goats.
The money now at the disposal of
the Department of Agriculture, will, it
is believed, aid the campaign against
the pestilence by enabling the govern
ment to make prompt payment to all
owners of infected herds, and thus min
imize the reluctance of farmers to have
their stock slaughtered. In Illinois, for
example, approximately $600,000 is
now available for this purpose. The loss
in that State has beerf larger than in
any other, thirty-six thousand, seven
hundred and fifty-eight animals, alto
gether, having been slaughtered. Penn
sylvania comes next with 17.896 ani
mals, and Ohio third with 10,111. None
of the sixteen other States in which
there was an outbreak has iost as many
as 8,000.
In those States in which the local
quarantines have been rigidly enforced,
and in which the farmers themselves
have aided the authorities to stamp out
the disease, satisfactory progress has
been made at a smaller expense than
was at one time feared. Indiana and
Michigan, where the disease originated,
were, for example, at first hard hit.
•Much of that territory is, however,
now entirely freed from quarantine, and
in only a small area is the movement
of live stock absolutely prohibited. In
Indiana 6,127 animals were slaughtered
and in Michigan 7,728.
While Illinois and Pennsylvania are
probably, to-day, the most seriously af
fected of all the States, there is, it is
raid, every reason to believe that ener
getic measures will stamp out the pes
tilence there as well as elsewhere. Al
though large quantities of stock have
been affected already, the number up to
•the present is small in comparison with
the total quantity in those States. In
Illinois there were approximately 2,-
500,000 head of cattle at the begin
ning of the outbreak. Of those 14,-
653 have been slaughtered. Out of ap
proximately 4,500,000 hogs, only 21,-
oSi had been killed up to January 1,
Of the 150,000 farms in that State
about 500 have been involved.
ELIZABETHTOWN
Stock All Subscribed for New Choco
late Factory
Special Correspondence.
Elizabethtown, Feb. I.—The entire
amount of stock for the building of the
Klein Chocolate Factory on the new-1
]y acquire.} site on th» East Side of
Brown street has been subscribed. The j
business has outgrown the capacity of !
the present factory on South Market
street and a large three-story brick and
fireproof building will be erected and
much additional machinery introduce !,
which will afford the plant more and
better facilities for handling the rapid
ly increasing business.
Charles Shay, railway mail clerk,
a.fter a service of a number of years) i
has resigned his position to engage in
other business.
R. C. Gingrich, a vocalist of Lawn,!
assisting the choir of St. Paul's I*.'
B. church in this place during the re
\ ival services.
The Rev. J. E. Deacon, pastor of the
Methodist church at Strasburg, preach- 1
ed at the Masonic Home Sundav after
noon. He was assisted by his' excel
lent choir.
I'he Ashenfelter bakery, on South!
Market street, will be conducted here
after by J. K. Frevmeyer, the Florin!
baker, who will run it in connection!
With his other bakery.
The executors of the late John B.
'truer sol<l 1 of
t"wn National Bank stock at $159.50
per share and twenty shares of Klizu-
I'l'V'K"." Exchange Bank stock at
$114,3 D per share.
The board of directors of the Ex
change Bank passed appropriate resolu !
tions on the death o.f the late Dr. A. M.
Kalbavh, of Lancaster, who was one ot
the originators of the bank and a mem
ber of the board of directors at the time 1
ot his death.
A. G. Heisey will be a delegate to
tic twentieth annual convention of the
Directors' Department of the;
Pennsylvania Educational Association!
vturh will be hel lin Harrisburg on
February 4 and 5. s \
. bile trying to turn around in front i
"t thl ' Garrett, Miss Elsie Houl-1
try was thrown from her runabout but
escaped uninjured.
DUNCANNON
Mrs. H. W. McKenzie Will Entertain
Crescent Bible Class
f*ppcial Correspondence.
Duncannon, Feb. I.—Emanuel .Ten- 1
• " and daughter. Edna, are spending
a few davs in Xew York State. 1
Samuel Bueke, a student at Philadel ;
}>liia School of Pharmacy, spent Sundav
with friends here.
Mrs. H. W. McKenzie wiLl entertain
the Crescent Bible Class of the Meth
odist Sunday school at her home this
evening.
C. L. Steele is confined to his home
ns the result of a fall while working -
at his barn one day last week.
Miss Ruth l*hillipg, of Mont Alto is i
spending a few days with friends here.
After spending several months with !
Ins parents, Fred Harl'ing left tor San 1
Francisco, C'al.
Ue Lightner, of West Fairview
spent the past week with his parents s
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lightner.
W. W. Steele and H. C. Swarr. stn
dents at State College, were guests of
tiie former's parents last week.
i coming out? j
»
Dandruff causes a feverish irritation t
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, I i
loosen and then the hair comes out fast, t
To stop falling hair at once and rid the I (
scalp of every particle of dandruff, get 1 (
a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any ] |
drug store, pour a little in your hand o
and nib it into the scalp. After a few \ 1
applications the hair stops coming out | 1
aud you can't find any daudruff.—Adv.
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*ARP»«»UW POPULAR ___ fS S2^T25«
To-morrow Is the First Day of Our Great
! a a pleasure to hear the oft-repeated state- P* a 0 • o j
rTi ment that folks wait for our Furniture Sale V 7 1
X to furnish, refurnish, or add just a piece or ______ s j| ~yj"|
two, to the home, because they realize that \ 1 IT 1
t they are saving considerably in doing so. "I <
' event * s mac * e P oss ihle by the ever- i.• 1 . tfki ' : ;s, ,
>3 increas * n g> ancl rapidly-growing volume of 1 \
business transacted on our Furniture Floor, ly- p|~~j p —pff] |p
resulting in the old story of our school days \ t <d
about each depending upon the other —We = 0 » 0 \ , J_- i 1
can sell more; we can purchase more; the 0 ;T ° ? IT|
manufacturer can make more. Reversing: ■ \ I
the manufacturer can make more, and because of this, he I s
can sell cheaper; we can purchase cheaper; we can sell for I I
less; you can buy for less, _J £___ -
But let it be known that furniture offered in this sale — _^==-
and that means every piece, must measure up to the desired ¥*•• n C'j.r'ijnrkPf t •
standard of workmanship before it is placed on our floor IIIIS HanUSOllie Ullllllg KOOIII blllte lOUld Be Ulierefl Ullly 111
You may also be interested in knowing that no portion of Our Furniture Sale at sllO
this furniture came through hurry-make-them-any-old- r riie above illustration truly describes this handsome four -piece dining room sot, which is a
way" orders, as ample time, in fact weeks and months were feature of this sale. The sale price is SIIO.OO instead of $134.00.
o-iven to each Order ' Constructed of genuine mahogany, Sheraton design, and includes buffet, china closet, extension table and serving table.
' All interiors are finished in 3-plv veneered mahogany. Buffet has 50-inch top, fitted with French beveled plate mirror.
We invite every liomekeeper to visit this store and in- Beautiful Dining RoOUI Suite, i
spect the wonderful showing, from a small chair to the T» r» # j OllOWlllfif cl
largest suite. in 1 rue neproduction ot the „ ®
Tnonhvnn Pvrind NeW Pattern
This initial advertisement tells of only a few, and mostly p rt l „ i
of the better grades. Popular prioed lines are here for your , toprotably the most quaint dim Wed wwdl OI l/OlOniai
r " y as the latest pattern of any bearing ear marks ot this Period. n --
judgment make comparisons if you choose. It consists of 10 pieces—buffet, china closet, serving table, ex- jDlllxCt
tension table, five side chairs and one arm chair. ... D . .
The cabinet work is especially well executed; made of se-
Hfir Hum IM lected quartered white oak, and finished in true Jacobean shade. &2y,Uu
I/IH UtVli VUdllly ifldill Cjj dl <B0»/v In a regular way this suit would sell for $202.25. Febraarv Its construction is an example
I £ a i e pviee $169 00 0 ex P ert craftsmanship, and
Leads All Other Makes in This Sale Wnirf ir' IfT j
Tti ,, , , , ~ $13.95 LlgLe™n™e»cuw. are
It is nuide under our own supervision. Filled with pure r tt I r. . . ! Hade of selected quartered
white cotton which is felted and these layers form a substantial. POf Of fl(fflClSOffie LtWfflQ oak ; highly polished, interior is
filling. Covered with best grade satin art ticking; weighs full r> O finished throughout in oak This
fifty pounds and conies in one or two parts. .4*12.00 is a fair ! l\ool7l pi(!Ce would onlinari| y st>ll for
estimate of its value. , ;{4 -
Which would be marked $22.00 any other tune. Of staunch Ciuarie*rt*A finl/lon
Our Regular "Number Three" Felt Mattress, that alwavs j construction and finished in fumed oak to harmonize with anv " A . «
sells for $6.98, is offered in this February Sale 0? JA 'C surroundings. • Oak Buffet at
Consists of table, arinchair and armed rocker. Table is $19.75
All Cotton Mattress—covered with trood art tick- AA i 24x36 inches (top) fitted with magazine racks and under-shelf. v T, *,
ing, is very special in this salt 1 , at ..... . ®0.90 Chairs have leatherette seats and baeks, and scats are con- lop «S
j structed in auto-seat stvle, with heavy steel spring work. bottom of drawers arc of oak
Here Is But an Inkling of the , Exceptional Prices on Brass Beds
Many Style Extension Tables During Tr " e a(ur A e d d 7 n "/. h w is
Colonial Extension Table, with plank top and platform Brass Beds, with three-inch posts, and fifteen fill- j c* v c • t
base; made of quartered oak; finished in golden oak. Three fill- ing rods in head and foot. The combination finish gives it j fOOIII o£t, V6ry jpCCial
ing boards give an extension of six feet. Regular (£1 QHK added beautv. Regular price, $45.00. Februarv fI»Q7 CA > at XQS
price, $20.00. February Sale price , Hale price, .' tbo / .DU Construction is perfect and finish
Colonial Extension Table, substantially made; having plat- New Colonial Post Bed, with large rod ends and heavy as fine as can be had. The bureau and
form base, full rubbed and polished. Regular price, «jO 75 «»««• <-"'™ in bli « ht a '" l d,,U H,,ißhc ' s - $22 75 Sm Ztwl"'lwaS'
slo.oo. February Sale price price, $29.00. February Sale price, i O and thege as weU thg triplicat^
Colonial Pedestal Style—extension of six feet; finished in Three-inch Post Style—substantial fillers; handsome de- dressing table have large French
golden oak. Regular price, $10.50. February Sale Crt sign. Regular price, *20.00. February Sale Ajk , .TStaSd'i""
P nce ' pHee> ; hogany, and fitted with brass screws.
40 KIT TRAIL LAST NIGHT AT
MECHANICSBURC MEETING
Sufficient Subscriptions Received Yes
terday to Liquidate Indebtedness on
Tabernacle and It Is Said the Col
lections Will Be Discontinued
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Moclianicsburg, Feb. I.—Saturday
evening was "Booster Night" at the
tabernacle. The boys' and girls' chor
us occupied the platform and furnished
the song service, vhich included solos,
duets and quartets, as well as choruses.
One tiny soloist, who could not speak
plainlv the words of his song, created
considerable amusement by joining
heartily in the applause which followed
his performance.
There were reservations for a crowd
TTAreftlSßlTftq STAIMXDKPEXDKNT, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1. 1915.
of "Kast Harrisburg trail-hitters'' and
for the Blue Ridge knitting mill em
ployes. Visible tokens of their ap
preciation for the Miller partv wore
(lowers from the Kast Harrisburg peo
ple, (lowers from the knitting mill girls
and a '*ake with the iced inscription,
'•Blest Be the Tie That Binds." from
the knitting mill boys. Mibs Cree and
Prof, llohgatt received special gifts
from some of their bovs and girl
friends.
Evangelist Miller preached on "the
Devil's Pj>y Check," from the words in
Proverbs 11:19, "As righteousness
tendeth to life; so he that pursueth evil
pursueth it to his own death.''
There were twenty one decisions at
this service. Yesterday at both morn
ing and evening services subscriptions
were .received to complete the amount
of the campaign budget. It is said
that the amount necessary was raised
and that the collections will be discon
tinued.
Yesterday morning no regular ser
mon was preached, but Evangelist Mil
ler made an appeal to the unsaved. At
the men's meeting yesterday afternoon
in the tabernacle there was a large at
tendance. Mr. Miller's subject, was
"God's Gentleman," and he discussed
personal and social purity forcefully.
At this meeting there were five deci
sions for Christ.
When Mrs. Bowman, of the Miller
evangelistic party, made her address
upon social purity at the U. B. church
yesterday, the large auditorium was fill
ed with girls and women, notwithstand
ing the incfement weather.
At the tabernacle service last even
ing, the Irving College students attend
ed in a body and also the local lodge
of I. 0. O. P. Forty penitents came for
ward to confess Christ at this service,
the majority of whom were young men.
To-day is rest day and to-morrow serv
ices will be resumed as usual.
STAB-INDEPENDENT WANT
AOS. BRING RESULTS.
FRIGHTFUL CONDITIONS
AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN
State Department of Health Discovers
Twenty Per Cent, of School Chil
dren in One Ward in Nanticoke
Have Tuberculosis
The newly organized Bureau of
Housing of the State Department of
Health has been investigating a condi
tion in the Eighth ward of Nanticoke,
which Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon,
considered in many ways remarkable.
In this district there are 356 school
children, of this number 69 were dis
covered to be suffering from tubercu
losis or were in a physical condition
which required immediate attention to
prevent them from becoming the vic
tims of this disease.
The discovery that practically 20 per
pent, of the children in thjs district
were in the various stages of this dis- j
ease led to the immediate investigation |
of the housing conditions in the dis
trict. The Kighth ward has a popula
tion of about 2,000, the majority of J
whom are coal miners and their "fam
ilies. There are no tenement houses in
this section. The majority of the 285
dwelling houses are small two-story
cottages of front four to six rooms. -Of
this number the inspectors found three
houses which were occupied by three
families, 43 houses which were occupied
by two families. In 19 of the houses
which were occupied by two families,
there were from one to ten boarders
and the majority of the residents of
the district kept boarders. The highest
number of occupants of any one of
these houses was '27 but many of them
had from 15 to 20 occupants. In ono
case a man, his wife and four children
wore found living in a low-ceiled one
room house, 12 feet square in which
they all ate and slept. The wage earner
5
in this case was an outside laborer who
receive* $1.52 per day for such .lav
as he worked. In one cottage of four
rooms a man, his wife, six children and
four boarders were housed. In each of
these dwellings one of the children was
found to be suffering from tuberculosis
of the Jungs.
The school building attended by
these children was a fairly modern
structure and the general sanitary con
dition of the settlement was fair.
The living conditions in tho homes,
however, were not sanitary. There was
a high number of occupants per room
and an almost total lack of ventilation
was noted. A majority of the children
examined'were also found to be suffer
ing from lack of nutrition. In many
instances the parents sent the children
to school without breakfast.
The cases of tuberculosis found were
sent to tne State Tuberculosis Dispen
sary . n .N'anticoke for treatmeut and
further examination.