Republican News Item. VOL. !X. NO. 38. } This Is the Place CTo Buy Your Jeweler * C QNothing in Town to Compare Withes ( the Quality that We are Giving / ) You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always } S With a full line of «oods above suspicion; chosen C }( with a care and judgment commensurate with its « \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ / our store a sale place to invest. 112 C Repair work done on short notice and gtiaran-Q teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated, S RETTENBURY, > DtJSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OR WOOD HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in-stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Special Notice! We are offering all our Winter Goods at 50c on the Dollar. Wiil Soon Pack Them Away. All the mens'sio and sl2 Overcoats All ti e Mens' heavy 8.00 and 10.00 suits, at 4 75. Children's! short aim coats at 99c. All the Lad its' ard 6.00 Coats for 1 00. All wool sl.Ol undt rv\ ear at Heavy lleeced undershirts 31, Heavy Jersey Top Shirts 2gc. I.a ies' si 2 00 Taylor made Jackets Coats 53. 90 » his is vo ir last chance for the season. Come at once and buy.! c: R FARE PAID BOTH WAYS. Now. If your purchase amounts to 10.00 or over, wii" pay your car fare both ways. We are receiving new good now, and must se'l all the winter goods at once. Jacob Per, HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1905. . , y- t Orlicfn of the Granite. The grange idea originated with O. 11. Kelloy, 11 .Minnesota farmer em ployed In the bureau of agriculture. When he was traveling: In 1860 through the south obtaining Information for the ; bureau In regard to agricultural con ditions it occurred to him that a secret society of farmers might prove as ben eficial to them as th ,'asonlc order la to its members. \VD> / he returned to Washington he broa<4.«l the matter to six friends. On I>ee. 4, IStJT, with Mr. Ivelley, these six men organized tiie grange: William Saunders, Rev. A. B. Grosh, W. M. Ireland, Rev. John Trimble and.l. 11. Thompson of Wash ington and l'\ M. McDowell, a horti culturist of Wayne. N. V. Besides these Miss Caroline Hall, Mr. Kelley's niece, is now generally classed among the founders because she suggested some of the most important features that have contributed to the success of the grange, among them extension of membership to women. Mr. Kelley and Miss Hall are now the only sur vivors of the founders. Farmer*' Asaoelallou In lo(vn. Some of the farmers in Rockwell, la., several years ago formed a co-opera tive association for the purpose of han dling their own grain, live stock, etc. From this association have sprung nu merous others, which have worked along the same lines until at a recent meeting of the co-operative companies in lowa twenty-six distinct companies in the state were represented and some from other states, making a total of over thirty. This organization is not a distinctively grange organization In deed we do riot know that any of Its otlicers are members of the Order—and It is often the case that as good results are obtained by farmers' organizations outside the Order as in it, yet this is one of the chief advantages sup posed to be secured by the grange or ganization. There Is much to be learned yet about co-operation. WHAT IS THE GRANGE? % Qaeatlon That Should .Nrfit So Annner. With 800,000 members in the United States, it would seem altogether un necessary to ask or answer the above question. But this paper may come tinder the eye of some one who is not familiar with the aims and principles nf our Order. It is an organization of i iriu.rs for their mutual welfare, j Among the spuciOc objects named In ' Us declaration of purposes are these: j To develop a better and higher man- j hood and womanhood among ourselves; to enhance the comforts and attrac- j lions of our homes; to further co-oper- j fttion; to buy less and produce more in j order to make our farms self sustain- j ing; to bring producers and consumers, j farmers and manufacturers, into the j most direct and friendly relations pos- j elble. The grange is nonpartisan, yet j its principles underlie all true politics ! and statesmanship. It believes in <-o | operating together in every legitimate ' manner for their own protection and to j enhance their mutual Interests. The Order is called the Patrons of | Husbandry, and the head of the na tional grange is Hon. Aaron Jones of | South Bend. lnd. Twenty eight states j have state organizations. Below them i are the county organizations, called | Pomona granges, and below these are the numerous subordinate granges. Meetings of these subordinate granges are held once a month or oftener, where subjects pertaining to the farm- j ers' interests, social, educational and ! agricultural, are discussed. Women | are on an equality with men in the; grange, and to them not a little of the j wonderful success of the organization I is due. Its purpose may be stated in a I word to be: To uplift the farmer mor I a'.'.y. socially, educationally and mate ! rially. j NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING Many Portland Or git itlsnt louft rliitf TbciiiMrlvpß, We learn from a Portland (Ore.r paper that several committees have al ready been named by the various or ganizations In Portland, Ore., to ar range for the next meeting of the, national grange in that city. The or gaul/.ations that are Interesting them selves in the matter are the board of trade, chamber of commerce, the ; Manufacturers' association, the Com nicrcial club and the state granges ol Oregon and Washington. At a meet lag of representatives from these sev • i.il bodiet cui!iu)ilt< < son liuainf. eu 'ertaiutiieut, reception, tratispoi tation and an executive committee mere ap pointed. It was decided to raise al fund of s:>.r.oo to defray the expenses' of entertaining the nniloual meeting The Portland Mregontan says that one of the s|HM-iai IV,-mires contemplated by the committee in ease tic meeting can be secure! will be an excursion i for the delegate* to Curvallls, on the hide of the rl\er returning oil til* MM side .j. .■■ j I'rrmitnMl lload llullilina. >othile* can add more to the pros l-erltj o{ the state, nothing can servt to lift 112 irm values so materially, uotli ing i n>i I.ring siintno r tourists and rim d< tits in scute and lientttify sod enrich our valleys so niudi us fN-ruiaiient road build liuveruul of Vermont ! The Philadelphia Press of March ! Ist says: It is estimated that under j i the bill now before (he ligislaturo to i jtax all anthracite coal mined five cents a ton and all bituminous two ! cents an additional revenue for the i state of $4,800,000 a year would be jrealtzed. Jt is proposed that tw - fifth of this shall goto the public schools, two-fifth to the construction of good roads and one-fifth to a min ers' relief association. I These are most worthy purposes;, but what would be the effect of the coal tax? It is the evident theory of those who favor it that it would be a tax on the mining corporations or ■ would be largely paid by consumers outside the state. It can be taken for granted that the tax will not fall upon the corporations. Whatever amount is imposed will be added to the price of coal in the market, and it is not improbable that advantage would be taken of the apjiortuniiy to make the increased price even more than the tax. So far a.n an-! thracite is concerned the burden would probably fall pretty evenly i upon consumers inside and outside] the state. It would be so much more ! per ton to whomsoever bought and , sold and used it. The conditions are different re.' spectiug bituminous coal. That in j produced in many other states and there is a sharp competition in the j markets. A tax imposed l>y tlii~ j state could not be added to the cost to purchasers outside the state w illl out putting Pennsylvania corpora tions at a disadvantage with those ot other states. But the tax would have to be paid, and an it could not well be added to tin- price of coal sold out of the state it would have i to come out of the miners, wages or out of the purchaser within the stale, and in that event the tax would j amount to many times more than two cents a ton to Pennsyvania con sumers. There is, of course, no intention of having the tax work that way, l.tii taxes will not act upon theories: j they are purely practical. If the j j proposed tax could be imposed upon I | the mining corporations, and upon nobody else, it would be immensely j popular, but such would not be the] ; case. Every dollar paid by the cor- j ! potations would be taken out of eon ! sumers, and out of Pennsylvania! j consumers in cases where there i competition in the outside markets. ! | which would make it impossible to 1 add anything to the priceNjf coal in such markets. j The Mugliesville Mail says of K. | IF. Hill who for several term- wa-' principal of the Lopez high school." and is well known in this s v ion ol ; the county: "The most succt —-fill | duck hunter in this section i- E. E. ' Mill, Esq. If a flock of <lu. ks are headed this way Mr. llid i- able to I scent them twenty four hour-, before! j their arrival, arid can ted almost to j a certainty the spot where they w ill | land, and in a short time after they j arrive he is on hand with his shot j gun, and the result is that the flock lis depleted and Mr. Hill has roan' I duck for several days." Few people realize what they are I doing when they procure liquor for minors or men of intemperate hab its. The fact that a man «>r boy can not get li«|iiur himself at the bar ,is the best evidence in the world ; that he should not ! ve it. Every community lias pti-o-is who pro cure liquor for ilrunkav ind mn jors. Here are two case- 'Vat ought to serve as a warning to th-n • who engage in this business. A young man at Clarion was convicted of procuring liquor for a man of inteni perate habits. He was lined *.'oo and sen! to jail 112« »r sixty day- A j trustee of one of the churches at Huntingdon, was convicted of fur i Dishing liquor to m> n of iutempei :ite habits and was senti need to pay ia tine of f-'iOO and undergo an im ! pri-simuent In Jail for one year Alfred 11. Cole of Jamison • ity, I left 'l'm-day morning for \\ e-t \'ir ginia where lie will |{o into the lum bering bu-iuc*s. Cole is the loan who wanteil to dam the river it Berwick la»t spring in an effort to start the Ice gorge, but Id* scheme was not thought practicable. Svllivan Connty School Directors Annual Convention. The first annual convention of the school directors of Sullivan county w ill be held at the Court Ilouse, La porle, Pa., Thursday, March 2;}, 'OS. The program is arranged as fol lows: Morning session 10:150 a. m.—Or ganization and election of officers. "Present condition and needs of the rural schools of Sullivan county,' Prof. M. R. Black. "Township High Schools," F. O. Rice. Afternoon session, 1:!J0 p. m. "Waste in the administration of schools," J. 11. Thayer, Esq. "The Compulsory Attendance Law,!' Hon. E. M. Dunham. "Grading of rural schools," County Supt. J. E. Keese Killgore. "How to secure the best possible teach* rs, with the means at our dis posal," George Strtby. "School equipment and apparatus' Prof. J. A. Bowles. "The text book problem," F. W. Meyler, Esq. "The directors immediate relation to the school," E. J. Mullen,Esq. Address, by some prominent ed ucator not yet engaged. Question Box. This program will be varied by a number of musical selections pro vided by the following committee— Mi's. E. M. Dunham, Mrs. F. W. Meylort, Rev. Eugene lleitn. A very appreciative audience gathered in the M E. church at Forksville, Tuesday evening, Jan uary 'Js, I<lo.*>, to enjoy an entertain ment given by the local W. C. T. I . 'ssociated by the children of the 'unior Loyal Temperance Legions, and other friends of the catme. A general offering was received Following t- the program of the evening: March and Rallying Cry, L. T. C. Singing, Penn'a State Song; Devo tions, Rev. R.F iluntly; Recitation Myrtle llryan; Recitation, "A Chur eli Trial," Myra Collins; Song, "Saloons Must Go " L. T. C.; "Crumbs" from the National Con vention, Mrs. Anna F. Nye; Solo. What next in Temperance Reform In the Home - .' Rev. J. 11. Bower; Song. "Some Glad Day, L. T. C ; What next in Temperance Reform lu tjie W. C. T. I'.".' .Mrs. C. B. 1. Roth rock; Recitation, Howard Lit tie; Male (Juartett Messrs Steveim, Flick, Schanbacher and Smith What next in Temperance Reform In the Church ? Rev. R. E. Iluntly. offeriug. Temperance Dox ology. The state tinh commission has be* n conducting experiments at the Corry Bellefronle, ami Wayne county hatcheries with a view of ascertain ing whether or not live brook trout could be frozen in a block of ice and revived when the ice was melted At the Corry hatchery the ex peri incut was with mature trout, at Wayne county with yearlings and at Bellefronte with fry. The test be an on l'e r ary is h un 1 in led on the 22nd. The mature fish and fry»were found to be dead w hen the ice wa- melted, and out of six yearl ing tinh at the Wayne hatchery, two lived through the ordeal and within a few niinuti - after the ice was melt ed were apparei.tls a- well as ever. The experiment proves that trout frozen in ice in trout streams will not ncce»snrily di ■•. The conimi--- ion will dintnihute T.nno.noo brook tr >ut thin spring. Tliat the New York, Pennsyl vania and Southwestern It It. will not cuter Willhunsport back of Bradon Park 1- the In lu 112 of the rail roaders, who say, the new r.illm.id like an infant will have to be led Otherwise it vi ill starve. I'hey -ay it ntli-1 connect »ttll r with the Pennsylvania or Philadelphia and Reading, and ludictatlon* seem in favor ot the latter. It Is r ported that th • new com* panv hi- an option on the Mali ilfe.v farm at Moiitoursvllle a'ltl that the land hi-It-en staked out for a yard. This of i niiH', Won I I lie an u direct connection with the Heading it .Moutour<v ill '. 75 TS. PER YEAP BERNICE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. John Rick called on Onshore friends last week. S. A. I'ieffenbaeh and wife were at Dushore Saturday. The following were La porte. visi tors during court week: L. Lowry, Samuel llerst, S- A. Dieffenbach, John Harney, Simon Frombuug. The (lunton mines have been shut down for the past week. The bucket brigade Was called out Saturday. Squire Lowry's temple of justice was on fire and after con siderable hard lighting the fire was gotten under control. According to a recent address by one learned in the law, is that if any one makes a forcible entry you should ask him how long he intends to stay, if only one night you should let him go for if you have him ar rested you will have to pay half the costs. If he is going to stay a week you may have him arrested and lie will have to pay all the costs. Quite a number of the foreigners at the mines have been paid off and are leaving: for parts unknown. SHVNK. Plenty of snow and drifting. Dei r IUC! Mother (ioosebone seems to be all wrong. J. I*. Kilmer and son have a large stock of logs to saw this coming summer. They have about one million feet, mostly hardwood. They are running the mill to its full ca pacity. K. M. Letts has the largest stock oi' logs of any one individual. Considerable excitement was cre ated here one morning this week when one of our neighbors went to his stable and found that a horse which he had recently purchased wa- missing. His first thought was that it had be< n -tolen, but upon in quiry in found thai his son had ta>k en the horse the evening before and gone to (! rover. Hoys be careful. The law i-just the same whether you take a horse from your father's stable or some other man's stable. NORTH MOUNTAIN. Paul Swank called on Krnest Fnl mcr Saturday night. t.oyd Masteller, who was hurt on Soncs's log train, is improving. Paul Seliiig called on Wm. Bay Saturday night. \V. 11. Hay was a Sonestown visi tor Monday. I .eon Schug called on Albert Mey er- Saturday night. The Bald Eagle school children en joyed a sleigh ride to this place Moil day night. Percy Hay spent Sunday with his pari nts at this place. ( I - ('. Swank was a business visitor at tliis place Monday. Krvst Fulmer is busy hauling \\ nod. Be--ie and Anna Fulmer did shop ping at Muncy Valley Saturday. Paul Swank visited his father at Muncy Valley, Saturday. George Phillips and Gibson Rider are busy cutting wood for B. A. Fulmer. John Temple was a business man at this place last week. Thomas Phillips spent Saturday and Sunday witii his parents at this place. * llarvy Ketse was home with his family over Sunday. A jolly crowd of young |»oople from ibi- place drove to the home of Mr and Mr». \\\ Keller near I'nity ville one evening last week. The lime wa> very enjoy ably spent in g:.nu s aud siK-ial conversation. The following wen present: Karl Phil ip-, l.illian Climare Henry NVarbur toll, tinuv H:i|ier, I>l i Ver (. olttrt, .\ IIIi t Weaver, Harry Wren, Anna Flli-on Anna tjuiiin, Walter Fllit>on, How ard Hiy, Lulu Wtuver, Myrtle Klli »on, Purge— Wartairton, Hurley Weaver, Lundy llel.er, l.«im Schu., Maggie Sander-, Harvey Phillip*. Sixty year- and tlve daythe sentence el a military olllcer in the I'hilippiin - «oiiviete I of appropri ating *l,''""o. lie ought to have done hi- oteuling «Her the mania r of the shipbuilding tl'U-t, Kiel tbell lie would Hot lINVe tieetl Sell tl need (o IVI i live i'uv- Ne\\ York New.
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