Republican Uews Item. VOL. IX. NO. 32. i his Is the Place (To Buy Your Jewelry S Nothing in Town to Compare With > 112 the Quality that We are Giving / s You for the Low Price Asked. ' S C Qualitv arul moderate prices makes a force that S 3irresist bly draws into our store the best patronage r C of this section. Many years here in business, always 3 > with a full line of above suspicion; chosen C { with a care and judgment commensurate with its « S desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ Q our store a safe place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q V teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. A > RETTENBURY, > <> DUSHORE, PA. Tlie Jeweler. C ° HARDWAR No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANG ES, COJi-Xj OK/ WOO D HE A TERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every DescnViicn, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot -;:f socond iicuid atoves and ranges for sale cheap. Wo can oel! you in stoves r.rything from a fine Jewel Ease Burner to a low priced but sutiefactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hut Water Heating and General Flepuii Jig. Roofing and Spouting. >C:-' /■ J () l-u k£ -v* >i v *V O*■ $>JSf 01 1- d« The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AMS PORT, PA. January Scile, Muslin Underwear. This week, we i egin an imp >rt:snt safe of Muslin Underwear, at sp 'ci.,l pn- es that is hv of more than the usual att iton of n uMin underware sal s. Fver> •.rami nt is cn'irt-lv i.evv :nd the prices are very much less than vo i have been p.i>ing 112 >r equal value. For 10 Cents Ladies' Cornets Cover.-- Children's Drawers, '1 to (Wears; Buys' and (iirls' Twilled Muslin Waists: Children's Skirts, 1 to IS years, and Infant's Dresses, 'Nock ami Sleeves Edged with I .nee. lor 10c. For 15 Cents Ladies' Corset Covers, edged with lace or homtstitehed rtillles: Ladies' Drawers, with rtillles: < 'hihlretis' l'lain or liultled Drawers, sizes 2to Childrens' Waists and Infants' Dresses will, yoke and insertion, tor louts. For 55 Cents Ladies' fiowns, either square or V neck, tucked yoke or lace or embroidery insertions; Ladies' Drawers with Flounce and Tucks: Ladies' Long and Short Skirts, with hemstitched rullle: <'orset Covers chyntily trimmed with lace and ribbon, and Infants' liresscs, (or 125 c. For 50 Cents Ladies' Corset < 'overs with lace embroidery and ribbon; Ladies' Drawers with deep llounce edged wi ,h embroidery or lace; Ladies' Long Skirts; Ladies' Short Skirts with la< • ed^e —several styles of gowns to choose from, for 50c For 75 Cents Ladies' (iowns with tucked vok', lace embroiderv insertion; Ladies' Long Skirts, with tucked llounce i.r insertion and lace edge: Ladies' Drawers with deep llounce trimmed with tucks and embroidery or lace. A large line of Corset Covers daintily trimmed with line lace and embroidery, excellent values for T.'ic. For Si.OO We show a large line of Ladies' Muslin, and Cambric Underwear elaborately trimmed with tine laces and embroideries: the best assortment we ever showed lor SI.OO In connection with this special sale ol Muslin Underwear we will have dis played a large line of the liner grades of Muslin and Cambric Under (iarments, that are elaborately trimmed with daintj laces, embroidery and ribbons. (Quality considered, the prices will be very low. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURL HJARY 26,1905. >• r ijlfc ' Penna. State Capito! Building as it will appear when compfeierl. CAPITOL BtAUTIHS HIDDEN Park Should Be Extended to Af ford Setting For State Building. A bill will shortly be presented In the state legislature at Harrisburg for the extension of the state capitol park, a project which has been urged for years, and which in the opinion of everyone who has seen the new state capitol, is needed if the magnificent structure is to be given an adequate setting. This measure has been out lined and will receive the hearty sup port of members of the legislature : from all parts of the state. The plan for park extension has ! been endorsed by Architect Huston. ! whose plans have been carried out for the new capitol, and to whom is due ; the splendor of the building which is risinc on historic Capitol Hill. It has been a subject which has received periodical attention for many years, but which never took definite shape j before. Now general interest in all j parts of the state has been aroused, I and since the proportions of the state's j new official home can be seen it is ! realized that unless something is done i to provide more room the structure, on j which there has been expended a wealth of idea and millions of state j •aou/v, will be practically hidden. 1 building notable for its stately appear- j ante, its handsome decoration and beautiful material. IF being built in the | midst of a city, so tha* it will be tin- [ appreciated unless one goes almost be side it. In order to appreciate this condition it is necessary to give some idea of the location of the state house at Har risburg. The building is being erected on Capitol Hill, au eminence which is from eight to 15 feet above the streets in the heart of Harrisburg, and which ; is bounded on all -<ides by paved thor oughfares lined with business and resi- 1 ilential buildings, some of which, es pecially on the side which it is pro- j posed to take, are anything but beau- ; tiful. On the west <ide of the capitol park stretches the chief residence dis- j trict of the city containing many fine homes, several of the city's largest churches, the new V. M. C. A. building, one new theatre, the government's j stately granite building and for which I are projected a Masonic temple and a Roman Catholic cathedral, which will cost far over half a million uol- ; lars, in addition to other buildings. To extend on this side would be manifest- ! ly impossible because of the expense j even though it is bounded two squares j from the capitol by the beautiful Sus quehanna. The proposed improvements are to j be on the east side. If it had been destined by the founders and builders of the capitol to have it taken into the park some day it could not have been planned better. It has never been de veloped worth speaking about. It con tains some industrial plants,, none of them attractively built, a soap factory or two, a market and some small churches, the bulk of the buildings be ing small and many of them rickety : frame buildings, characteristic of the j poorest section of a city. Some idea j of their character can oe gleaned from the photographs presented. Because of this growth of the city 1 there are just two points from which . there can be obtained good views of the new state house. One is on State street, west, where from a distance of j a block a view embracing about half of the front of the building, with its flight of steps, can oe lind. Extension i of the park there is considered out of the question because of the expense. On the east side State street gives the other view, equally circumscribed. At no place can there be obtained a view of the state bouse so that its decora tion and graceful outline <an be satis faitorily observed. On the side where it is proposed to make the extension of the park the capitol rises from a city street, towering so that even on the opposite side of the highway it is necessary to crane one's neck to see the balustrade on top of the main building. The section which it Is proposed to take contains four streets running Toward Capital Building from Fifth Street on North Avenue. i§H J§fS| j j Looking west on South Avenue from Fifth Street. I north and south and an eq ial number j running east and west, there being also several alleys whose removal would ; be a good thing for all concerned. This . projei t lias long been a favorite one with lawmakers and state officials to whom the eastern outlook from the ; capitol has been *n eyesore, and who J realize that at comparatively small cost the park can be extended so that the $t,500,000 capitol will not Vie hid den, but can be given a setting like those of other states, and where the citizen of Pennsylvania may view with pride the unmatched capitol of his state. The death of ex-Governor Nash of Ohio left a vacancy on the board of i trustees of the Ohio St.to university, i Coventor Herrick promptly appointed i Hon. I\ A. Dcrthick, master of th* Ohio state grange, to till the vacancy. i Every deputy organizer should know the history of the Order by heart and be nMe to tell what it lias done for the farmer. Bradford county. Pa., has twenty-five granges, and eighteen of them own their own balls. Its membership ia 2,3.10. 75 TS. PER YEAR 1 Wf THE GR.ANGE > Conducted by J. W. DAKKOW, Chatham, N. Y.. I'rrm Orrrcßpmuient New Yirrk State Orange THE ORDER FLOURISHING. Ilrit-f of the Condition of the (irunico In VnrlouM State*. Now Hampshire reports 200 subordi nate awl 1!) Pomona granges, and 100 members of the Order were elected to ihe last legislature, Pennsylvania re ports nearly 7,000 new members the past year. Maine now has 374 subordi nate granges and 24 I'oinoua granges. The total state membership Is 45,772. Thirteen new grange halls were erect ed the past year in that state, cost ing on au average $3,700, the most expensive one costing $14,500. One subordinate grange in that state has a membership of about 800. New York has organized 32 new granges the past year and has dedicated 7 grange halls. The gain in membership is between 0,000 and (>,OOO for the year. Kansas lias added (5.000 to the member ship during the past year. One Are ln wwfcfcvt 1 in that state carries risks tv'fofe vWkueof more than $3,200,- 000. fair prosper ity for megraimKS Mutual Are insur ance companies flpport a saving of 50 per cent on the cost of insurance. Maryland reports prdsress. Michigan has added eighty-one granges the past year, malting 71 i) granges in the state, with 44,013 members. There are about twenty county and district fire insur ance companies in |lie state, the aver age cost of Insuranc£*ftn each SI,OOO being about .$1.25 perjknuum. They have 520.000 In t(uv ma treasury. Four hundred awned by subordinate are twenty-four In one Vir ginia is rapidly iwningnKpi^w front. There are about 100 granger In good -taml'.ng. New Jersey has increased its membership about 2,000 the past year. Ti>i>le* For OlscuNsion In the Grange. Will the exclusive use of commercial fertilizers tend to impoverish land when used continuously? Is the food value of a ton of corn either increased or diminished by put- , tin;: it into a silo? *" -fc Should a farmer* join the grange merely to make or save money by so doing? Is the abolition of corporal punish ment in our common schools proving n blessing or an injury to the youth of our country'. 1 Is it possible for manufacturers of farm impl< ments to sell direct to farm ers and dispense entirely with agents? Does improved machinery increase or decrease the cost of production of a crop, everything being taken into con sideration? Is it equitable and fair for one lo cality that has already built good roads to be taxed for the improvement of roads in other localities where roads are unimproved? Tlie Subordinate Urnn«e. The subordinate grange is the basic .stone of our Order, and without it we could not succeed, says State Mas ter (Jaunt of New Jersey. It is the strong link in the chain that binds this Li-eat farmers' organization together from ocean to ocean. The influence and usefulness of the Pomona state and national granges depend upon good work done by our subordinates. It be hooves us as Patrons to look well to the great superstructure upon which the order re-it ;. Let each be a farm ers' school, where rlie mind and heart can be cultured, the vision be broaden ed and life made worth living. An EntCi'iu'isins Maine tiraiiffe. Wesaweskeag grange, up in Maine, is noted for something besides its name. This grange, we learn from the Maine I-'armer. is to acquire title to a small farm property at South Thomas ton, whereon it will erect or remodel one of the present buildings into a com modious grange hall. The hall will be on the second floor, with banquet hall, kitchen, pantry and other facilities on the first floor. This will involve an expense of about .SSOO, and the money for the entire deal is in sight. The property cost $1,300. The llrniiEi- In Illinois. We have added eight granges to our rolls during the year and increased our membership about 20 per cent. The profits to the membership, so far as reported for the three quarters past, by co-operation in buying supplies and disposing of products, were about 14 per cent as compared with the local prices. Our dealings reach from the disposing of products in the east to the buying of l'ruit in Washington and California.— Oliver Wilson, State Mas ter of Illinois. The Grnnpre In RltOile Inluiicl. This little Roger Williams state, con taining a little over 1,200 square miles, reports within its borders twenty-one subordinate granges and four Pomona granges. Frank E. Ma reliant is the worthy master.
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