VOL. X. NO. 22. This Is the Race C c To Buy Your jewelry C C Nothing in Town to Compare With*} ( the Quality that We are Giving j 3 You lor the Low 1 rice Ashed. C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ j irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage | of this section. Many years here in business, always 5 S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C (with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to i . tine uiste, makes \ / our store a sale place to invest. C Repair work done on short notice and yuaran-Q S teed, by skilled workmen Your orders appreciated. \ > RETTENBURY, > $ DUSHOKE, PA. The jeweler. COL. EL HARDWARE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL ona WOO D HE A TERS; ONE OP 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 socond 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. 55 assise: I CENERAL STORE ® Baporte Tannery. ® FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK ALWAYS POUND HERE. Inst received a special purchase of' Kiches" Flannels, Lumbermens Shirts and Drawers, Men s, 1 adies and Childrens' Mitts, Gloves and Hosiery. There's Lots Here to Show You From the City. Fresh stock of Diy Goods and Notions, Boys and Men's Hals and Caps, full line of Snngproof Shoes and Rubbers, Ladies', Gents' and Children's Goodyear Rub bers Woodsmen and Boys Shoes to suit all. Our Usual Quality of Groceries and Provisions are Equal to the BEST. JAMES McFARLANE. MEN WANTED at the American Car and Foundry Go's, works at Berwick, Pa. Able bodied nun can lind steady w rl< at fair wages i;. lh :t great plant An increas ol lorce necessary btcaus of < x-ension of woiks. Call in pers< nat t!u Employment Office of the Company in Berwick. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, C. 'LUVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1905. I OUIi COUNTRY ROADS THEIR IMPROVEMENT TOO EXPEN SIVE FOR THE FARMERS ALONE. A Stuto jiiml IVill ionnl l*ro|»or!I ion, •Siiyn C. F. .Millcc of KaiiMUN-Uooi! Ultflnvaytt of Dirt—Wide Tire WlieclM on Veiliclew. At the Kansas g.>.>d ruails co/ivention U. F. Miller, secretary of tlio Southeast Kansas Uood lioads association, de livered an interesting address 011 high way improvement, lie said in part: We, is Americans, are justly proud of our great railway and electric lines, for America today leads the world in her great modern lines of transporta tion. But when it comes to our com mon -highways and country roads 110 one will deny that they are not 111 keep ing with the progress of our modern in stitutions and development nor to be compared with the highway systems of our sister nations. This is the one great problem affect ing our commercial, "industrial and so cial welfare today that, is not in keep ing with the movement of the wheels of progress in other lines of national development. The bad and deplorable condition of our common highways is admitted and undisputed by all. It is no longer a question for argument. The people want good roads. It is simply a question of ways and means. Our present system of road laws and roadmaking is adequate. We de pend almost wholly on the farmers for our roads. It is too gr< at a burden to be borne by any one class when all derive benefits alike from good Toads. It is a state and national proposition, and the great and important question before us is to arouse the people to a realization of their responsibility to favor and work for legislation that will secure state and national aid. This is the only solution to this great question. And now I want to speak of a seem ing misunderstanding of this good Ljl — — — " • - ; A BOUQH TKIP TO MARKET. roads question in the minds of some people who are inclined to oppose it be cause they tliink that good roads, as advocated, mean the macadamizing of all roads, main roads, crossroads and all, and on account of the expense they naturally oppose it. This is a mistake, for good ron.ls can be made out of dirt as well as other material, and of neces sity dirt roads or improved dirt roads will continue to l>e used for many j years to come on crossroads and the j less traveled roads. The good roads j movement is only in favor of hard j roads on the main thoroughfares and heavy traveled roads, where dirt roads would not stand the travel —in other j words, the construction of roads adapt ed to the needs of the travel over them. j In my .judgment, I think that the ideal country road is a hard road ecu- j ter, with dirt road driveway on either j side. This presents advantages for both wot and dry weather, and when ever practicable and possible, by sutii cient width outside of the trenches, I should favor the construction of good roads in this way. The subject of good roads is a very important question and one that is tru ly worthy of our effort and careful study. There are many important fea tures to be brought out in a discussion of this question, one of which I am pleased to present as "wheels of prog ress" in this movement. 1 refer to the use of wide tire wheels. They are road makers instead of road breakers. Al ready a number of the eastern and central states have enacted legislation favoring the use of wide tire wheels. England, France and Germany have all recognized the benefits of wide tires as road maintainors and prohibit the hauliiig of heavy loads without the use of them, the width to be in propor tion to the tonnage. Six inch tires are very common in France, and the gov ernment is encouraging the use of wagons built with the rear axle ex tending wider than the front wheels, for the purpose of giving greater roll ing surface, j In this way two feet or more is rolled I by the travel of the wagon, and It has been proved that very heavy loads can be hauled without injury to the roads. It has also been demonstrated by te.-ts that the draft of wide tires is equal to If not less than the narrow tire 011 hard roads, making their use a double ad vantage to good roads. Some one asks, "If wide tires are such a good thing, can't they be used to im prove our present bad roads?" Wide tires, although useful, are not practi cable ou bad roads, especially in mud am! rue on account of the increased ) draft. Under such conditions, where ' i the narrow tire cuts through the mud, , the wide tires will curry it, making [ heavier craft, i spenk from practical j experience, being a dealer in the im plement and wagrm trade and bavins I I observed c!o*Oij the progress of the wide tire movonient in our community, am! believe that U:e use of wide tires should be advocate:! along with the j building of g>od roil a sand that favor- 1 able legislation sh n!d lie enacted in i Kansas for (lie encou • tgeinent of the of same, for 11 ir»o\v tires and pear ilraln:*.«>* are surely tLe greatest one ' c.:les of gaoil roads. By HIM terms of a fund to In- ad ministered in cimnectiou with the! Philadelphia School for nurses, 1 j Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia ! a number of young' women from | every county will receive free train-, Sing in Nursing. It is planned to ul- ; tiniately reach and help in this way j every village and township. I The young women will lie provid-! led with room, board, nurse uniforms! : and all the refinements of a well ap j pointed Christian brittle. At grailu-1 I ation the diploma of the School and ! j the Order of tlie lied Cross w ill he : conferred, qualifying for practice in any State or country; the railroad | fare will then he paid hack home. | Those* applying and chosen to; receive the benefits of this fund will I I lie given two y ear's training, with a ; j rich experience in nursing the poor I | sick of the city under skilled leaders. | I The term may be shortened to j eighteen months by taking a prelim inary course of six month's reading | and study at home. A special short ; course enables young women to (prick ly qualify themselves for self support ! 1 and a substantial income. in additional to regular nursing, j the young women are tauglil how to I preserve their own health; how to recognize, avoid and destroy conta gion; how to establish and maintain perfect sanitary conditions about the home; they are prepared for positi ons as olllce nurse and physicians assistant; they get a practical know - ledge of City .Mission movements, Deaeoni's Training, College Settle ment Work*, and are trained to special positions of trust institutions. The School is ten years old and is endorsed by physicians, leading edu cators and prominent men throughout the country. The voter who does not pay his taxes and get a proper receipt for them is really no voter at all. It might not to be necessary to remind American citizens that without at tending to this important privilege they are not qualified to exercise the suffrage*, but it is necessary, unfortu nately, in every community. Every man who takes pride in his -Ameri can citizenship, and who further more realizes the importance of the present campaign, should make it his first concern to see that his taxes are paid. ll'you are a property ow ner your taxes have probably been p .rid, to avoid penalties. Others than property owners must pay a poil tax before being qualified to vote. This payment must be made by Oc tober 7 1 >on't disfranchise yourself. A freight train on the Susquehan na «V New York railroad, running from Fllcnton to Ralston, was wreck ed 011 Saturday evening, caused by ! the breaking down of the engine, allowing the train to get beyond control of the engineer. Nine cars went over the bank and were so In.dly smashed that several were use less and will have to be burned. The engine was stopped at Crantown. - There is trouble brewing in the I printing offices in the tinted States The cause is the promulgation of what seems to be a determined, limited and growing movement of jthe International Typographical; I iii'iii to establish the eight hour I day iu till union shops. They have tak 'ii as their motto: "Wepropose to sell 1.1 the employer eight hours (Hit of twenty-four, and we w ill do] a- wc p!ea.-e with the 1 eniaiuiug six teen." The I. T. I'. is making a along this line, using the strike as its weapon in till eases where the employers refuse to grant an eight hour contract. The department ut Harrisb I gives a list of nearly ail the counties I in the State with the aucunt that paid per day for tlio keeping of their repective prisoners, which are as 'follows; Adams 35, Allegheny 27- jNK-100, Armstrong 25, Heaver 25, Bedford 25, Berks l.i, Blair 35, ! Bradford -In, Bucks 25, Butler oil, Cambria 25, Cameron oil, Carbon 15, Center 25, Chester H 7 10, Clearfield Columbia 25, Crawford 25, Cumber land 25, Dauphin has three classes of prisoners and three rates—ls 2n and 25 cents, Elk 50, Erie 2!) 2-7, Fayette t -'lO, Forest 50, Franklin 25, Fulton i 25, (Jreen 25, Huntington 10, Inrii- I anna 50, Jefferson 50, Juniatti 37, Lancaster 10, Lawrence 50, Lebanon 25, Luzerne 10, Lycoming 35, Me- Kean 25, Mercer 10, Mifflin 10, I Monroe 25, Montgomery (1 0-7, Mon- I tour 35, Berry 33, Philadelphia 13, ] I'ike 40, Potter 25, Schuylkill i) 3-10 Snyder 50, Somerset 25, Sullivan 35 Susquehanna 50, Tioga 25, I'nion 50 Venango 10, Warren 32.J, Washing ton 25, Wayne 50, Westmoreland 25, York 30. The counties not reported are Clarion, Clinton, Delaware, Lacka wanna, Lehigh, Northampton, Nor thumberland and Wyoming. Commencing on the 15th of Oct 1- lier the. following game with the exact number of each may he killed: pheasants five in one day twenty in cue week and lifty in one season. Wild turkey one in one day, four in one season. The other kinds o game such as hare, rabbit, deer quail etc. will be in the November cliedulc. It will be well for our huntsmen to observe the above rules sit will not be safe to violate one. The woods will he filled with spys ■ 'tis season and there is no person easier to convict than the person who violates the game law>, for the crack of his gun and the game on his person is all the evidence required. Because explosions from a defect ive gasolene engine disturbed the serenity of the court, Judge McClure of Middleburg, on Tuesday issued an injunction preventing the editor of the Middleburg Post, from allowing his power press to run of the weekly edition of his paper. The Sheriff immediately served the injunction which held good for the balance of afternoon and the editor was com pelled to rfin the press tit night in order to print his paper. Alexander Thoni' >n, a lumber man at Laquin, can .* to the fair on Thursday. He had with him sl7 in cash and a check for $2-1 Thursday I ight he succumbed to the arguments of old John Barleycorn and laid down to sleep tit Hast Towandu. » ■ 1 Friday morning when he awoke Ids 1 money and check were gone. Soon after the Citizens bank opened Friday morning the check was presented but payment refused | because of some apparent irregularity i in the endorsement. Thompson made complaint to the police and Chief Miller and Constable llolleu made a search of the fair grounds, tii !')* locating the man wanted at Fust Towauda, about dark. The young fellow, who is a resident of Say re, got away on a freight train, | however. —Towandu lieview*. Hicks predicts plenty of storms during October. The autumnal rains are due and the St. Louis weather prophet says there will be general storminess fill over the country. Other October periods w ill bring heavy frosts and spurts of snow and sleet, with high gales over t he great hike region and along the North Atlantic coast. The month will close with liign tides and seismic disturbances. Lumberman Charles Sones has just purchased a good-sized saw mill in Clearfield county. Il is a single j band-saw mill with a capacity of about 75,000 a day. Mr. Sones w ill move the mill to Hill-grove .Junction, where it will add to his already large timber op erations in that section. It will lie reached by the S. \ N. Y. railroad and by his railroad extension from II illsgrove. 75C PER YEAR RICKETTS. v |f. ?. r rs. Richard ( row, who is being treated at ilie Say re llospitul is reported to he doing nicely. Mr. 11. 15. Rogart has moved his j family to Niagra, where !ie experts to reside. I 'I tie mil] >fe.ill he shut down for re- I pail's it) ahoiii wo weeks. I i I Mr. J. M. ij- : expects to leave* pie hotel 4 : • -^.is j found to take ht*V The school clilinren arertll he>ing vaccinated, as is required by law. There will he a great many sort arms soon. All*. Archie Surplice has moved in to the house vacated by Mr. 11. 15. Rogarl.- Mr. and Mrs. George Lathrop attended theTowanda Fair last week The school districts of the county have been (!•'• «d as follows for the convenience of the teachers. The teachers will meet at the places mentioned, -SnjLi i<lay, October 11, 1905, at 2 o'clock P.M. Col ley T ?»\ !dp at Lope/.. Prcsi bent, I'rof7_ J'. Jt. Helming; Sec'ry., Miss Jessie \\ rede'. Cherry Twp., Forks Twp. and Dushore Horo, at Dushore. Pres., Prof. J. M. Strohl; Sec'ry., Miss Victoria Lusch. Davidson Twp., Shrewsbury Twp. and Fugles Mere Ho a -stown. President, Prof. <' " ®utiue; Sec'ry., Prof. K. (r. Salisbury. Forksville lloro, Elkland and Fox Twps., at Mitella. Pres., Prof. 1). M. Flick; Sec'ry., 11. 11. Green. 1 1 illsgrove Twp., at llillsgrove. President, Prof. J. It. Molyneux; Sec'ry., Miss Dewar. Ha Porte Horo an*l Lal'orte Twp , at La Porte. President, Prof. F. Shoemaker; See'ry., Harry Hotsford. The first meeting of the Teacher's Training Class will be held in the High School deling at Du;-!iore* Saturday, OcK/oer 7th. A COM -e of professional study will be pi. led, and all teachers are requested to enter this class. No charge is le. J. K. Reese Killgore, ('ounty Superintendent. Mr. Darson Speary Dead. Air. Dorson Speary, one of David son township's most respect'"! citi zens, died at his home neiu .Norel mont Tuesday morning after an ill ness of several days resulting from catarrhal conditions, aged about ii."> years. Mr. Speary served in the late civil war where he made a good record as a soldier. lie is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Julius Sick. The funeral services were held at Nordme nt Thursday morning. In terment in Cherry Grove cemetery. Djilh ol Miss Nellie Enright, Miss Nellie Enright, sister of Itev. J. A. Enright, of Mildred, died at the family residence at Al legany, N. V.. very suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday of last week. Miss Knright was well known in this county. She was a lady of much talent and refine ment and her death in the prime of life is a severe shock to her numer ous friends. The typhoid fever situation in Nati ticoke is becoming more serious each day. Every statement and pre diction made regarding the new cases v ias been verified. Che total number of cases in Nantieoke and vicinity Friday, were '2~>2 and 15 deaths. I'he city hospital at Wilkes-Harre bus made preparations to receive L'II patients which will relieve Nantieoke of conside ruble e-xpense. Sugar relltiers lust wevft cut price's Kl cents per Kill pounds, which breiught the sealing base's for granu late'd down to I !•"> le-- i per e-eilt. fore-ash. The e-eine-e's.-ion u .is a be lute'el re'e-eigtnlioii ol the recent steuely decline in ttie> price' e»f raw sugar. State SupeTinte neleiit of Public In strue''l it HI Se-haller has ti\eel Frielav, t >cte»ber -<•, a» the l Autumn Arbor Day. The'day will nodou'u hegen e rally eibserve'd by the- children of tin' public schools.
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