VOL. XI. NO 28. CTo Buy Your Jewelry s iii Town to Compare Withes 112 the Quality that We are Giving J ✓ 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 112 of this section. Many years here in business, always } \ with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C (with a care and judgment commensurate with its ! \ desirability and adaptability to refine makes \ Q our store a safe place to invest. C £ Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \teed, by skilled workmen. Yourorders appreciated. A S RETTENBURY, > $ DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler OL HARDWA^KI No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOO D HEATERS; ONE OF WINTERS 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 Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Table Linen and Napkin^. Linens are like money, there are good and there are counterfeit. We won't take ccunterfeii linen any more than we would take bad money. Neither will you when you know what you're getting To be sure about wh.it you're getting in linens come here and get the kind you will be proud to own. > Needn't pay much for them either—not as we sell them. Our linen prices are always fair; now they are very low considering the rise in linen. Ladies' Suits Kid Gloves. (iet the suit now, don't wait until the Ot course you will want new kid gloves last minute and have to buy in a hurry, togo with the new costume. We are Besides the selection is hest yiow and it showing ail excellent line ot' kid gloves you wait until later the stocks will all he in a splendid range of colors for a low picked over. Better choose the new suit price. You can't go tar wrong if you today while the stocks are yet complete, spend your glove money here. Wool Dress Goods Have you given them their share of at- fancy mixed fabrics are now at the best, tention ? Is the winter dress still un- Of course you expect to find the prices bought? Our assortment of plaii and right so we will say nothing about them. Corsets for All Figures. Knit Underwear. How about your underwear supplies? * Every figure has its appropriate corset Have you everything you need? It not here. We me the greatest care in giving ' el us furnish what you want. \cm the customer the right model. Some won't find any better values than we are brands are bent for stout figures, others showing in either men s, ladies or chil- Rtiit slender figures better. We know the dren s warm knit undergarments. Some brands and we know their limitations, specially good values in ladie's I uion Ask our corset advtce on these. stilts, GOOD WARM BLANKETS cither white or colored in all qualities nre here and you cannot go wrong in buying ihem, the prices are very reas onable in view of the conditio is ot the wool maiket. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1906. I The Triennial Assessment. j This is the year fixed by law for the various township and borough assessors to make what is known as the triennial assessment of all taxa ble property, for the purpose of es tablishing a basis for the levying of taxes. It is called the triennial as sessment because it is made once in three years; and the assessments made in 190ti cannot be changed be- I fore 1909. ! As the assessment is the basis of I all taxation, it is evident that the assessment placed upon taxable prop erty by the various assessors, should represent its fair, actual, just and true value. All assessors, before entering upon their duties, must take an oath of office and by this loath they agree to assess all property ! at its full, just and true value in the , market, it will thus be seen that the work of the assessor is of the ut most importance to the county and community. Upon his knowl edge of the value of property and his , fairness, impartiality and moral courage, depend the equalization of taxation and the just sharing of the burdens of government among all the people. There is just now much discussion of the question of the equalization of taxes. That there is much injus tice and (inequality in the raising ot taxes is evident to every person who has given the question any atten tion. And that much of this tice is due to unfair assessments is i equally true. The assessors of Still ivan county have'an important duty j to perform in the assessments they : are to return to the County Coinni- ; issioners during this month and j next. And the taxpayers of the County w ill await with much inter est the result of their labors. That v luable property has been i assessed at ridiculously low rates in 1 this county in the past anil in gross violation of the law, is well known ' to everybody who has given the matter the least attention. in al- I most all instances the village and j farm properties have been rated i much higher according to their value than have timber lands, coal lands i and manufacturing establishments, j I n fact, a study of the various assess ment books in the office of the Coun- I ty Commissioners will reveal the I fact that in many instances the own- j er of a house and lot in one of the j towns of.the county or the owner of. a farm in one of the townships, is assessed at nearly the full market ! value of such house or farm; but the owner of valuable timber land, coal land or manufacturing plant has ! escaped with an assessment of from i one-fourth to one-fiftieth of the real j value of such property. The approaching triennial assess ment should witness an end of such unfairness, as far as is possible. Un fortunately for Sullivan county, it is now too late to correct this injustice as far as timber lands are concerned. Her wealth of hemlock forests has almost disappeared. Only a few tracts r main; but they are of im mense value and should lie assessed at their real worth, the same as other property. What is hemlock timber land worth in Sullivan coun |ty today? Go and try to buy some, t'he stum page price of hemlock is from $6.00 to 9.00 per thousand feet and of bark from $5.00 to 7.00 per cord. An acre of fair hemlock land \ ill yield from 10,000 to 15,000 feet of timber and from six to eight cords of bark. This gives it a value of from £12">.00 to 150.00 per acre in the market. It is now assessed at the paltry sum of $19.80 per acre! Sullivan county has been conspicuous as an easy victim in the matter of these assessments. Rut the deplore alile financial condition of the county | now requires the proper officials to j take cognizance of these matters and | see that a just and fair valuation is I placed upon these lands, as far as I any remain. This will undoubtedly be the last chance to assess hemlock timber lands as in. all probability the last of the hemlock will be cut i before 1909. While the hemlock is practically exhausted, we yet have \ thousands of acres of valuable hard wood. The value of this land was fixed by the last Hoard of Cominis- .sinners: tit $3.00 per aero. Since Unit time it has materially increased in value and the present Board will doubtless place upon it its just and true market value. (Continued in next issue.) ''To get all the children to school | and to get good teachers for all the | schools, are the two greatest prob lems in school administrations," says I)r. Nathan C. Schaefl'er, Super • inlendent of Public Instruction, in his latest annual report, which i now in the hands of the state printer and will he ready for distrihutioi next January. The report states that in view of the irreparable loss which ehildrei. deprived of schooling must suffer, it behooves the Legislature to make j provisions for the schooling of the following classes of children : Children who, after repeated at tempts, have not been successfully vaccinated, because they tire, or til least seem to he immune from smali pox and vaccinia. Children whom reputable physi cians refuse to vaccinate by reason of scrofulous, tubercular or other ad | verse conditions. Children whose parents will not j allow them to be vaccinated on ac count of prejudices due largely ti | the excitement caused by anti-vac j filiation literature. Defective and backward children' for whom education cannot be pro vided in schools of the ordinary ! type. Children so situated that no school is accessible to them. The report shows that at least for j a decade the appropriation to the I common schools of LVnnsy lvania has been decreasing while the number of , pupils has been increasing. '•l'nless the compensation of teachers can be materially advanced, : the report goes on,"it will be im possible to keep the schools up to ' ihe high standard wliieli i'ney nave attained. In a number of districts j the limit of taxation has been reach j etl and the needed advance in teach- ! ers' salaries can not be made with- \ out more liberal school appropria- 1 tions by the state legislature." The report recommends the estab lishment ot a teacher's retirement fund; the creation of the otiice of 1 state inspector of township high schools to classify such schools and ' that the bounty of the state is wisely j applied, and that the legislature will be as liberal toward borough schools' as it has been toward those of the; townships. "Out of the money which has ac cumulated in the treasury," there- i port concludes, "the next legislature | should make a more liberal appropri-1 ation for the common schools. I'enn-! sylvania is rich enough to give her i children till the education they are i willing to take, and no more ini-! portant question can occupy the at tention of our law makers than the betterment of our public schools." Leaves Legacy to Comrades. It is seldom that any of the veter ans of the Civil war are overtaken 1 by any great or unexpected prosperi- j ty. They are too often made to feel | the pangs of destitution as old age ' creeps upon tlieni. But a case has i just come to light that will tiring sunshine to twenty-three u! the sur vivors of Company F., 121st P. V. John M. Clapp went out as captain of that company on the third day of September, the company being recruited from Venango county. The regiment served in the first corps under Col. Chapman Middle ol_ Philadelphia, was in all of the tierce battles fought by ttie Army of the ' Potomac. Capt. Clapp was oblig-1 fd to resign August 7, 18(33, on j account of ill health, and he came I home nnd engaged in the oil busi-; ncss in which he amassed a large fortune, lie died at I.akewood, N. | Y , a few weoks ago and he provid ed a legacy in bis will for the twen ty-three survivors of his company. ; His son is executor of the will and | if any of the twenty-three survivors jof the company live around here | they had better make themselves i known. The President at Panama. 11 I j lirief as the time which Pre-id'Mit j Roosevelt has to devote to the in | spiclion oi affairs in tiie i'aiinina canal zone, it seems to be certain : that the purpose of his visit is being j lully achieved. Since his arrival h<- lias seen nil that practically needs to he seen in order to {five him a clear • idea of the work that has been done I and of that which is In progress and to enable him to deal uuderstanding ly with problems which may arise later on as the enterprise progresses, i Arriving at Colon on Wednesday, he i left on Thursday morning for Pana j ma by rail, proceeding slowly across the isthmus so as to be able to ob iter vein detail the operations of the i canal engineers. En route the Pres ident interrogated engineers and workmen examined the machinery ■in service and studied carefully the I soil the surroundings and all else which might aid in securing a full comprehension of the difficulties to be met and of the manner in which they are being overcome. On his arrival at Panama, where the Pacific j entrance of the canal is situated, he had, it is safe to say, a complete 1 grasp of the conditions governing 1 the canal. Thus enlightened, Mr. Roosevelt will find himself much ; better qualified to supervise the | working out of his vast enterprise j than he could have been had he rest i ed content to view the work only at ; long range. It i-< by this spirit of thoroughness in the doing of things that the Roos ; avelt administration is so remark | ably successful in the accomplish ment of the policies to which it com j mils itself. Mr. Roosevelt is not | satisfied with dependence upon the judgment of others. lie must see ! for himself. He must know to a cer j tainty the how, the why and the | wherefore of all that is being done 1 under his direction, and he must be | convinced that the public interests l ire being hon»stly -"1 capably served before he puts his <). K. up jon the acts of his subordinates. Had | ihe same masterful guidance been available when De Lesseps under i took the execution of the same pro ject, the chances are that the French ' people would not have sacrificed mil i iious and it would not have been left | lo anotner nation to repair the terri ble failure of the French enterprise, j The De Lesseps scheme was ruined ; !>y graft, neglect and incompetency. Under the watchful eye of Theodore Roosevelt there is no chance for the development of such evils. The man , who goes from the White House to : the canal zone in the rainy season to "boss the job" can be counted upon Ito see that the job goes well and ; safely through.—Pittsburg Gazette j rimes. I Right in line with the prosperity j that has marked Muncy's progress j for years conies the authoritative an aouncemcnt of the establishment of i new industry which will lie iu -op eration by the opening of the new i year. The Albright Spring Com pany, recently formed, will locate in ; town to manufacture buggy springs, i xmie years ago the Albright Pocket j liook factory was situated in that : place, but the rapid growth of its l business demanded a larger outh-4 1 lor the product and it was removed to Philadelphia. The Albright Spring company will manufacture an article that has been evolved by Dr. C. 10. Albright, a resident of the town. In the opin ion of those who have tested the spring it is by all means the most perfect ever placed on the market. The evolution of the present idea lias been the result of much careful thought, and contains for its strong | point the essentials for a good bug gy spring. When l)r. Albright first conceived the idea he made a gum spring under a buck-board arrange ' ment; later he developed this into an elliptic, spring with a jointed coupling; from this the coil spring : was evolved, and the present pro duct is a spring that has for its fea ture a tortion twist and an adjust able apparatus whereby the sprinfc can be made to carry different loads without jar. This is a story of 10 years of work toward the completion of an idea I i 75C PER YT/ P | that .should produce the ettse and | comfort in « »r<li ruir\ country dtivuig. i As A combination of the «Hr>-l>nr it IKI ; the knuckle joint this spring (i..s till the advantages that can be gained But it is not the idea of the pro moters of the scheme to manufac ture for buggies alone; they expect in tlie course of time to apply their patent to automobiles to the end that the pneumatic tire, now the greatest expense connected with the maintenance of a car, may be done away with. One auto has been built and has proven satisfactory in this particular. There is not the least doubt but that the new idea may be as successfully applied to autos us to vehicles. She Got Bvsy. It takes a woman to do tilings. That is it takes a woman to rush in | where a well balanced man would ; fear to tread. The other day the grand jury at Towanda failed to re turn an indictment against a certain | man, and placed the costs upon the i prosecutor which in this common j wealth is perfectly legitimate. The j prosecutor failed to have the coin | wherewith to liquidate and be was j consigned to jail. His wife was in l formed of her husband's incarcera j lion and she got busy. With her six children she beseiged the courthouse and after visiting every office in the edifice succeeded in getting her hu-sband released. She threatened to turn her whole family over to the county for support. As a matter of economy it was thought better to libera 4 J her husband. Samuel Harrer of East Point, Tio ga county, reports bear plentiful in that section and very bold. Recent ly two sheep belonging to Jlr. Ilar rer were killed by the animals The carcass of one of the sheep was taken away by bruin while the other was left in the field. Mr. llarrer also reported that Pe ter oechrist, just over the Liberty line in Lycoming county, set six traps for bear one night and captured three weighing li>">, 200 and .'IOO pounds respectively. J. A, Richie, a Berwick grocer who "paid a tine of Bt>B for selling impure olive oil, has found a means of making the manufacturer re sponsible where the law fails to provide a remedy. When order ing the oil he stated that he want ed it pure and paid the price for pure oil. The cans were labeled "Guaranteed pure by analysis." The manufacturers are outside the State and the pure food law does not affect them. Richie ordered a bill of groceries from the same manufacturing firm and returned as payment the receipted bill of the Justice of the Peace for S(SB. Jonathan Colley, who was a son of Judge William Colley and form erly resided at Colley Corners in this county, died at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning at his home in Muney, aged T'.t years. 8 months and 20 days, after an illness of about three weeks. lie leaves a widow and eight children—Mrs. Wyoming Watts of Muney; Mrs. Lewis Kinsey of Dushore; Lewis of Muney; Mrs, Norman Edwards of Muney; Charles of Williamsport; Maurice of Muney; Levi of Muney, and Mrs. William McMichael of Muney. The funeral was held Tuesday from the Baptist church at Muney. A Justice of (he Peace of Par sons, Luzerne county, who was ar rested for forgery and conspiracy in issuing fraudulent judgements against Plains township in that county, had 18 indictments against and if he had been convicted in each case he would have been sen tenced to 180 years in the peniten tiary. He plead guilty, however, and on account of implicating oth ers, was sentenced to the peniten tiary for only three years and six months on two of the charges. Sentence in the other cases was suspended.
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