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.
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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,
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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.