VOL. X. NO. 8. This Is the Place (To Buy Your Jewelry s in I own to Compare Willi p ( the Oualitv that We are Giving J / You for the Low Trice Asked. S C Oualitv and moderate prices makes a force that \ irresistibly draws into our si ore the best patMiuigi. C ol this section. Many years here in business, a ways J Swith a full line of goods above suspicion: chosen C { with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine \aste, makes \ Q our store a sale place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q teed, by skilled workmen. Yt-ur orders isppieciated. $ RETTENBURY, > 4 DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. <> CO HARDWARE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOO D HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of [very 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 Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. 531 n tie 10 o rc,F a, lytlcr them oxide to Aeasare Maii,3c!)(i| j"Mer and Aarx 15, i5 and S2O foil's are equal to the finest made to measure, even if you would pay $40.00. Mitre is no country lay lor that has the workmanship 1 ke Hart, Schallucr and Marx's Hand Made Clothing. Hart, S'chaffuer and Marx Clothing are loaders in style. I hey guarantee their suit ;to hold the shape for one year. We also have a large assortment of clothirg for young men. Men's suits from ss.oo to SI2OO in all th° latest make. Come here, we have a big varktv and guarantee the Clothing and Prices and pay your car fare it 11 purchase amounts to s*o 00 < r over. H UGH E S VILLE, PE N N' A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1905. i ATTRACTING THE TOURIST. , Tl»«» Sconory of I3itrn|>c Arrcssi« 1»1«- I».V (rOMII ICOJHIM. With the sinnnier season begins the 1 usual exodus of American tourists to | Switzerland and other countries fa : nious for their nioiuitain scenery. Cus j tola, no doulit, is largely responsible | for the popularity of Ibis exodus, but i there is also another reason for it. The j beautiful scenery is made accessible by | good roads, thus making touring a | pleasure rather than a hardship. So much value is attached to securing | 4he patronage of tourists from this and | <ptlier countries Unit foreign govern | inents spend vast sums of money in J Improving their rands as an attraction, j says (looil Koads Magazine. It is keen ! business acumen on their part, and few | people probably realize the great j amount of money that travelers leave annually in such countries. In Switzerland it is estimated that there are 3,000,000 visitors annually j who spend a sum aggregating $30,000,- ] 000. Italy, Bavaria and Spain, It is said, receive $(>0,000,000 from their vis- I itors. Great sums are received from | visitors by all the large capital cities, — r I TOCIUNC! IN AMERICA. I including l'aris. London, Vienna, etc., j while the seaside and lake resorts re ! ceive upward of $10,000,000 from their j visitors. Every point is easily reached, even to the small villages and forest I countries, by good roads. It is granted that some of the finest' scenery ill the world is to lie found right here in America, but the fact that we have not yet built roads to make it: accessible to tourists results iu a great loss each year to this country. We are glad to note, however, that there are indications that leading men iu some of the st.it's nre becoming-alive to the possibility of keeping the tourist In this country anil attracting others from for eign countries. The opportunities are truly great in those states where touring can be made | popular simply by opening up and building good roads. HIGHWAYS OF SWEDEN. How tbc Government Aid* in Build ing liooil lloiklh. At the St. Louis good roads conven tion Captain A. 11. Bernhardt of Stock holm, Sweden, referring to the matter of how the Swedish government and congress gave their aid and support in building good roads, said that the means for building roads were appro priated by congress in funds partly-for estimating the cost and partly for the construction of the roads. "The means are distributed by the government and congress, with sugges tions from the state engineering depart ment," he said. "The whole country j is divided into road maintaining dis | triets, each one being Independent of ] the other. All expenses of maintaining | the public roads are defrayed by the respective districts, with the exception of 10 per cent that is paid by the state. ! W hen a road is to be built application is made for an estimate of the cost of same and specifications, and this work | is carried out by officials of the state engineering department. "If these estimates meet approval the road district can apply for means from the fund to carry out this work, and •if the government feels satisfied that there are good reasons for the con struct ion of this road the government appropriates two-thirds of the estimat ed cost and authorizes the proposed specifications. Then the district has to sign a contract with the state engi neering department, in which it is specified mainly that the road is to be constructed in a specified time and in accordance with the specifications and thereafter to be maintained, and It is also subject to forfeiture in case of not being in accordance with contract. "While in progress the work must be in charge of an engineer recommended by the state engineering department, and the work is supervised by an offi cial of the same department." R.ura! Delivery Nofes J ! Each of the rural routes In operation | means a monthly deficit of if'.!.", that be | ing the average loss to the government 011 the operation of a single route. This ; causes a total annual dellcit of about ; $7,000,000 on account of rural service. There are pending 4.043 petitions for I additional routes. Since the service was established there have been filed j .14.104 petitions for rural routes, of which 10,1,13 have been rejected on adverse reports. ( On March 1 there were 29,998 rural free delivery routes in operation. Detectives in the M-e.ret service of I the United States government have 5 discovered gigantic frauds practic !ed by foreign nations in collusion with the steamship lines to dump hordes of criminals and paupers in !to this country, the revenue from the scheme to the steamship coin panics being over $50,UOO,(lOO an nually. Iu several European I countries it is custom to promise convicted criminals immunity from punishment if they will emmigrate to this country or if their relatives will send them here. The state de partments in Washington and Pres ident Koosevelt have taken up the ■ matter wit h a determination to halt the nefarious work. The discovery is stirring up an excitement and in dignation here that may result in the passage of laws approaching ex ! elusive acts against countries w liich have been caught shipping their j criminals and paupers to our shores. There is a great, misunderstand ing this year as to the changes in the lish laws. We have communi cated with Deputy Fish and (Jame Warden Shoemaker who informs us that no changes were made in the fish laws this year, excepting that carp, suckers and mullets may he taken with nets providing the fisherman give the fish commission a hond of S2OO and that it shall he a fine of 825 for parties guilty of stunning. The bullheads may be taken by "bob" net or hook. The law that forbids spearing is still in force and a line of §25 for Sunday fishing will be rigidly enforced The trout season which has been generally reported to close June 15, will not close until July SI. .Me shoppen Enterprise. \\ illiamsport l!!ks, who will go TOO or lnoic strong, are nrrtiripai ing a great time at the biggest gath ering of Elks in the history of the order, which will be held in JitilVa lo, July 10. It is expected that at least 35,000 Elks and their families will assemble in the Bison City to attend the 10th. annual convention. Fred Biruey, an Athens hunter, attempted to cross a railroad bridge ahead of a train, but was overtaken and had tolling his gun down and jump from the track. He swung 'row an eye bar until the train pass ed. Mrs. Flora Terry, wife of John Terry of New Albany, died at the hospital at Say re on Saturday even ing, following a brief illness. Mrs. Terry was admitted to the hospital during the fore part of the week and shortly afterward submitted to an operation. Death was due to heart; failure. She is survived by her husband ami six children. Chief of I'oliee Edward M. Fen nel-, of Troy, Bradford county, was murdered last Saturday morning while in the performance of his du ty. Ilis body was found lying iu an ally, shot through the heart and another bullet had gone through his left leg and the groin and was found in his hip pocket. There is no clue as to the perpetrators of the crime. The supposition is that he surprised several men who were attempting to break into a blacksmith shop near where the officer's body was found, and engaged in a pistol duel with them and so met his death. A reward of.>l,(MM) is oll'ered for the apprehension of the murderers. lion. Mial E. Lilly, of Towanda, was endorsed for governor of Penn sylvania at the Brad fori I county He publican convention held at Towan da, last Thursday and a committee of live was appointed to prosecute ! his claim for that office. The en dorsement was made by a rising 1 vote of the delegates and the sug gestion that Bradford county should | launch a man for governor iu the person of .Mr. Liliey was received with enthusiasm. Beginning y it'i th- new time la-: hie which took ela i ton the Nil ipie : lianna and New York railroad Sun- 1 j day June IS, train No. I, connect-I ling at Ralston with P. It. B. train i Xo, :i. leaving Wiliiainsport at 7:10 ;a. in. will run daily, including Sun j d i.ys, arriving at Towanda at lit a |m. Train Xo. (i, which leaves To-! Wanda at !!:">0 p. m. making close | jconvrcJio'i- with the P. K. It. train arriving at Wiliiainsport at t!:-"i0 p. ! in will also run daily. In addition! i a train on Sundays only will leave j ; Towanda at 10:30 a. in., arriving at Laqiiiu at 11:15 a. in. Returning' j this train will leave Laquin at 2:30 j p. in. arriving at Tawanda at p.m. 1 Laws passed by the Legislature of! | 11)01 Rial liio.'i.make a safe and sane 1 Fourth of July a possibility in this j state. As dealers iu fireworks may j : not all be fully aware of the law iii | will be expidient for them to ex-J | amine closely the follow 1 ug acts, and j also the proper thing those who con- ! ! template an unsafe and insane Fourth | One act, approved June 111, linn, is as follows: j "Any person or persons manufaet-j ; uring or selling fireworks containing dynamite, chlorate of potash, or any j l explosive except t.liat containing or-j jdinary gunpowder shall be guilty of] a misdemeanor, and upon conviction I ] thereof shall be sentenced to pay a I tine of not less than s">o am] not more i | than y 100, oi by imprisonment for * ; term of not less than six months and i not more than one year, at the dis { cretion of the court." Another act of assembly, approved i April I " 'llO3, declares it to be un ! I" .or any person "fci discharge ion ftie streets or alleys of any city or j borough in this commonwealth a Hu bert rifle, air gun, spring gun or any i implement \> .eh impels with force j a metal pellet of any kind." Tin [ penalty is $5 for the first oHence and i #ls fer the second and the conimitt ! jng magistrate is further authorized •to impose for th" "Mad offense an j imprisonment of from ten to thirty j i days in the countv iail. | . j The small boy may not be pleased ] J with a rigid enforcement of the law j j relating to fireworks and explosives ; j on t he glorious forth, and many think j !it a repression of popular freedom, j but others will bless the lawmakers j ! who mav he instrumental in prevent I | ing many an accident, with the terri : ! bleaccoinpaninienlof lock jaw. Per j | haps if there were a good deal less] noise and more intelligent sentiment j jin the celebration of the day, it! | would be better for the development ; of true patriotism in the young peo- ] j I'h'- The last Legislature so amendeii j the law regulating the sale of eon-1 jcentrated commercial feeding stut'.-; ias to add to the feeds that shall not I ] he sold without having affixed then -I | to in a conspicous place a legible and 'plainly printed statement certifvinjj | the number of net pounds of the teed | ing stnil's the package contains, the name, brand or trade-mark under which the article is sold, the name !an I address of the manufacturer or loi ter, and a stati nit nt of the per | centage it contains of crude protein |of the following: Corn bran, wheat, rye and buckwheat bran and midd j linjfs. Also hay, straw and corn sto ! ver, when the same are mixed with ' ] other materials. I n other word -, tin j feeds above named have been added j J to the list of feeds that cannot he soldi without the above citcl certificate ; being attache i. This, however, does j | not under the provisions of the act. interfere with persons engaged with ! persons engaged within the State of I I Pennsylvania in manufacturing i ' flours so as to prevent them from ! selling at the-place where made their j jown manufacture oi bran and midd ! lings, without having the above named certificate attached. Come to Laporte. Every indication points to a record crowd here on July Ith. and a record good time as well. All of oilij peo ple generally are taking great inter est in the celebration and no etlbrt will be spared to give visitors a good time. We advise all our friends to come to LaPorte and take part in an old fashioned cclel r. tion. We can guarantee you will have a good [time. TSC PER YE Nordinont. R. Kosslcr .Jr., and faniii Towanda. have conn' to speiufl summer months in our town. 1 Hurry Ilotsford i> employed the Kagle Mere I! R. Co. as as ant agent at Ka< les Mi n . Howard Hess was a Willi seort visitor Tuesdaj-. Mrs. A Justus Moncer and cm ron visited her mothdr, Mrs. I). (Sritnian la t week. I lie llano Hall Foam's festiv w I deli was held la.-! Saturday c\ ning, was a .-ueeess. Horn, to .Mr. and Mrs. <). J. man, a daughter. Mr. and M:-. A. K. Ilotsforl wi go 011 an excursion to Nt w Vori City this week. Mr. Amos Liific Dead. 1 Mr. Amos Little if Nordmontl died .Sunday afternoon of cancer oj tile stomach after an illness lastinj since March. Deceased was agc<ll T:i y< ars and IN days. The dt ath ofl Mr. Little removes from the com-t munity a L>ood and respected citizen, 1 who was one of the pioneer settlers I of Nordinont, and who lur mmy years was engaged in lumbering and farming. He is survived by a wife, one daughter Mrs. Charles Coxe, and live sons: John, Lewis, llobert, •Joseph ami William. The funeral services were held Wednesday fore noon and were conducted by Rev. ■J. O. liiggs of iSonestown. Political and medical circles are deeply interested in the organization of the new State Department of Health. This is particularly true with regard to the appointment of the ten district deputies. Com missioner Dixon is familiarizing himself with the work oftlie Depart ment. t'ntil he has its organization weil under way he probably will not an iiourice the-appninlmwnt of tistri'k deputies. In fact, this announce ment may not be made for two or three months, Regarding this mat j ter, Commissioner Dixon yesterday said: - "The law u tulcr which we are work ing wisely permits the eominis:-ion to exercise iiTs discretion as to di.-triet i tile State, and it i probable that for Ihe present the departm nt will not ilevide the State into ten districts but w ill reappoint county medical in -pectors with added responsibilities necessary to carry out the broader work of the new department. This will permit sanitary work to be promptly and effectively continued throughout the Stale while ihe new department is being carefully organ ized.'' Had A Good Time at L^porte. A party of thirty or more gentle men front Sunlmry came to LaPorte Thursday morning in a chartered car whieii was run on the Mokonia siding and the guests given full po session of the town. The La Porte Hotel served them with a line din ner and I'. M. Cios ley's hack was kept bu-y during the day driving about the town and to the Lake. The hoys w» re an orderly and jolly crowd who wen well pleased with their outing at the lake. (toveriior Ponnypacker has ap pointed Judge John Stewart, of Franklin county, to till the vacancy on ihe Supi<me court bench, caused by the death of Judge Dean. Nearly a hundred college students wire registered at the hotel- at l.a gles Mere last week, and made things lively at the famous uninier resort. Dr. (>. J. Bird of New Albany, while out hunting a few days ago shot a turkey buzzard measuring about seven fe< t from tip to tip of its wings. This is « rare bird in this latitude, as they seldom come so fai North. Mrs. Claries llecker of Cherry township, ilied Wednesday (.f last week, aged 7'! years and (i months. She is survived by her husband, one son who 'ivis in Philadelphia, and one daughter, Mrs. Conrad Kraus of Cherry township.
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