REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM. !
CHADLcS L WIHG, Editor.
Pabliahed ilvery Thursday Aftoraoon j
Bv The Sullivan Publishing Co
A.t the County Befit of d alii van County,
UAPOHTFi, PA.
\V (;. Mason, Presiden.
THOS. J. y & Treas.
KtUere \ a' the Fost Office at Laporte, as
Hecond-claßb mr matter.
, OMU.M Kl' KK!'< »L< 1 oi , <• condition ol ! h<:
• - First National Bank at Dnshore. in the Suit**
<>•' Pennsylvania at close of business Nov Uih,
li»0G,
HESOV R( I'.S.
].»ans ami discounts Sl.OoOlOT;
• \or « rails . 1 ; 1
l . s. Bonds to -• own- circulation.. '•<>" •' <"
I*! luiuni on I". s. Bonds I >OO • ■
• . ( k securities 10 1
I nniturc _ .900
li from Banks and approved Red. Afgt. 'TI 17< «•' j
! lemptiou fund I. s. lYciumicr 1 j
fascial and Legal Tender notes 1 7
Total i i6s,U. v 2
I.IAMLITIEB,
r \i f.ital ? r ;O,(X«i u '
;»ius and undivided profits
( inidation M "
J >J vidends unpaid
Total
s .','of Pennsvlvanla rounty of Sullivan s>.
!. M. I>. su arts (•:»>!, ur of the abov nam. <1
l» ml do solemnly swear thai the above st a tomcat
i.' ii tie to the best of my Miow u dee and brluf.
M. i>. SWAKTS. Cashier.
i bed and sworn to before un- tbi Oil
flay of Nov. 1906. ALBERT P. HEBSS. I
My commission expires Notary Public.
Correct Attesi:
J. 1). KEEKER )
s. I> ST EKI CI ERE -Directors. \
gAMUEL COLE, )
r - .
KOW TO SHOW A PROFIT.
Tricky Bookkefeping Puts Losses oil
tha Proiit Side.
The printed report of a imiiiiciji.il i
i 'e. iric light plant in litdianu just
l'.'> M recei 'I. It -Ini\v- a proiit. There j
i tpic-ition about it. It t-liows ;i •
1:; r. ■ • proiit. The figures are there in
black ami while. and they flimv a
{>•• lit equivalent to •'■■■> p. r rout oi' tlu '
jlti • ■ income ami IS per cent on Hit! j
capital invested. That is what we call \
a profitable business.
Xljw was this plant able to make w J
g >.la showing'.' In a way so simple I
H' i any municipal plant could adopl I
it with success it' its superintendent :
v.good at figures And the best of j
it is that it makes .competition by pri- |
*,.;■> plants impossible because—well, |
si .r!:holders are too Inquisitive.
la the first place the fixed charge*
for interest 011 the capital invested and 1
for iepreciation were entirely ignored. ;
T. '.l 110 allowance was made for taxes !
ios t by having municipal instead ul '
private ownership. Next, while full .
e la.'ge was made against the water de
partment and the city offices for lights ,
aiiti . applies, the superintendent con 1
vol: -utly forgot to chat ••• the lighting
plant with the water used in its boil
ers and condensers or with its share of
the salaries iu the city accounting tie
purtmcnt. Insurance was also over
looked, finally, to make assurance of
pi ait doubly sure, a number of items
prop'rly pertaining to iiiainten;nc-J
•-.v.a • charged to "new construction.'
At the same time the charge for street
a I ;• iblie building lights was quite as
h'.si as in surrounding cities served
l.y private companies, which had some
i.;• or other tn provide for all tlicsv
ted items.
I. is perhaps needle-s to add that ex
c.-; for the judicious way in which th<:
s perlntendeuf prepared his report 11
c. 'a-i lerable deficit would have appear I
ed i , :ti ail of the gratifying profits. Of !
c . a the taxpayers will have to pro- i
v: . ■ '"ie money i-> make g '-'d these pa :
]!!-■ -nroflte. but they may not for somt ,
y ■ see the connection betweu I Lie a j
pre:: I able plant and the higher tas
rate, and meanwhile are happy ill tin
contemplation of lis profits a::d v.Hi |
d leas te. tify eii'.hu nth-ally to tin j
iTeii fits of municipal owner-'ii..l.
From the a'oave ve may dedtn .■ tha
112 .10-.ring rule for showing a profit:
l'ir !, omit all items of expense that
e 11 without too much (lunger of de
lac'.:.a be saddled 111 "ii the general
t i.\ list or other depart men ts; see \
ch.i: •' in as vague a way as po aide
t 1 ii, w construction as many items oi
r. aiemmee us may be necessary ti
:h jw a large profit. tX. B.— profit
ni'i -t be large to provide for the con
t l.galley of some carping critic (lis, IV
crin.: one or more of the <• mceaU d
ilcms of expense and ruthlessly draw
ing them forth from their hiding
places.)
If the above rule is scrupulously fol
lowed there seems to be no reason
why every municipal plant should not
show a profit. -••Concerning Municipal
OH liersliip."
GONE OUT OF BUSINESS.
Millions Sunk In Unsuccessful Munici
pal Lighting Plants.
During the past few years at least
sixty cities and towns in the I nite 1
Slates have sold, leased or abandon.'!
I heir lighting plants. In a few cases
they still retain their distributing s\.-
teni. buying the current from
c-»:..pauy, but in most Instances tiiey
liave gone out of the business entirely.
A number of other places have mado
unsuccessful efforts to dispose of theh
plants.
As with few exceptions municipal
lighting plants have been in operation
i.iii a short time, this is a remarkable
sli 1 wing of failure and one, it need
h irdly lie said, that is sedulously avoid
ed by those who for cuds of their ova
are urging other cities to make sluiilai
experiments.
As il usually takes some years for
u city to realize how great a burden
it is carrying in its lishtiug plant, it
i : probable that the number of admit
ted failures will inerca- e rapidly from
now on, tor. as an eminent electrical
engineer recently said, "There 11 re ul
• ready indications that a considerable
numb oi' these municipalities which
have engaged 111 improper undertak
ings are entering upon a period of
financial difficulty."
I rftJNICIFAL- OWNERSHIP.
All Right In Theory, but Breaks Down
l,i Practice.
i TN-e.v. ticaT ' there Is so much in
j iue ■ i. lOV . >-a po:: ic utilities
I that t!a• pr.-n ileal carry hig out of its
j i-airat ::•--s 1 a tares appears simple and
11!' no ■ 'rin,:- aioment, and for a mu
' ni'-ipality to 1 i. ■ o'er an 1 run water,
1 ; e.-wei " ' ana ;•> -n transporta
tion app-Mls to taxpayers, and the
1: aile is iinaile without the'first as,air
tun e that tha caaluct <d' t> 'se proper
ties will be along pr a -..l an.l busi
ness lira s.
It ii the failure to a e the prac
tical that works the evil, for municipal
(jwner liip I- a general ownership, and
! a aiiei .1 owner hip re ailts too easily
! In its being no a ecial busilic.-s of any
citizen or taxpayer to look into or In-
.1 a'o after t ' conduct of the proper
ties mulct control. This leaves the
mann,'lenient to a few, who soon find
that they li.tve only themselves to ac
count to, that people are too bijsy to
demand accountings and taxpayers
accept any kind of report, just
so there is the appearance of all being
right and light, water, sewerage, etc.,
are given.
It is this indifference and neglect on
the p. it of taxpayers to take note of
I municipal affairs which make mimic-
I Ipa! ownership of public utilities a
1 izardou- and expensive matter. The
1 theory of municipal ownership, with
' its great saving to each taxpayer, the
| extra service given and the great prof
its re tilting, can all be placed in fig
i in-" bt forehand, but if is a failure 1111-
; less the taxpayers shall give earnest
i and serious heed to the conduct of
I tl.; e public utilities, for unless this is
j don a they will wake tip some day with
I broken rlown properties and a big bond
i .10 to make good.—Newborn Week
; ly Journal.
THE G?iEAT TRANSITION.
Public Prop'- ' / Wasted Qicatiso "If
Cc :is Wothing, You Know."
"Hello:" s 11. "What's thatAnd
I stopped to pick It up.
I "That V"re 1e l the boy who liappen
-1 ed to be passing through thb school
i yard x\ itti ie. "That is nothing but a
| lead 1 cue il." .
"Hut il i:- a whole one," said I, "and
• with a rub'-ier on the end."
"I know it." said the boy.
"\Y!,- : I 1 \ >u ~,citii to tell me that
I you have Seen this here before':"
"Yes, ever. ' "dy's se-ei it.''
j "All thee ill Iron in your school have
seen tills lying here day after day and
not one bay has picked it up?"
"Of. cour-e. What should we pick
it up for? 'i here's plenty in the school
hou-e. The town 1 tiys 'cm."
And I had been raven a text for a
long is: slit :i in. Not pick up a wh ilc
new lead pencil? And a pencil with 11
rubber on it!
When I was a boy we prized even
slate pel < ifc. A boy who hooked any
body-'s slate pencil was baited until he
gave it •.:;>. bet :• lead pencil--we fought
for 1" : jienciis as the (Jreeks and
Tro.iaus fought for Helen. We scoured
ti e 1 luntryslde for old horseshoes to
sell to tii" i! ;•••!,-smith for money enouali
to buy a lead pencil, and, having it,
we ci 'or private n irk on it. guarded
It, kept it as our last resource in trade.
Many a time a precious two iii'-li lead
| p cil Ins turned ,-iii Important jack
knife t 1 "!e tme vay Or the other. 1
I never In d but one lead 1 -n-il at a time
I a: I \ cry often hardly that until I was
j fifteen years old. And these ten-year
-11 ga pick up a whole one with
a rubber! Think of it! The best
! era -el- 1 had was a i iece of rubber
j boat hc. i!_ Henry T. I'.ailey in Journal
j of Kducatioii.
Faults Enoi.:c'n as It Ic.
The political machine that dominates
New 1 rk city is stroii •: because large
powers are <h legated t > it, and the ex
pen-liiure of .' bio.tHJO.boo is ; : iveu ab
olutel.v into it-> keeping We have
tauits enough without municipal own
orsiiip in un»t of the cities ot this
country, and the ordinary business
man 112 to see the wisd m of making
the situation mora complex and dubi
oa than il is by adding the problem
of : .s.iicipai ownership with all that ii
iUiplie-. Hhraliamton Herald.
"If."
".TTtiiiicipal owner-hip." rea\' rks the
Wiuiii 1 ieg free Piv-s, "should not b«
discre atcd b-. cau-e of its tendency t 1
; increase municipal debt, provided thu
! new enterprises are made to be Tully
| self sustaining." Neither is dynamite
dan.;rous if carefully handled. It is
1 just about as xifc to intrust the man
a;;en,iait of a municipalized service t >
the average municipal council as it
would be to eaga .c a seven year-oil
boy to handle dynamite.—M jutieal Ca-
I zette
Who Would Fine the City?
An exchange notes the fact that a
city council recently lined a water
eomp-ny s lajfilajfi fat supplying impure
mvl nil wholes mie water. That Ist right.
But ii' tin' waterworks had bet'u invned
J by the city -
Ca relet - re.Not Graft.
At :t local government board inquiry
1 held at We t Hum. l.ondon. to sanction
the 1 >tToVieg by the corporation cl
i XtU. '.!«) for ele -tri-'iiy extensions it was
'statc i that the eleolrlcal undertakinj
Up to the pri out had resulted in a 1 ■
i of XT.-o'i. -which had been charged is
1 ! the raies. Them p a tor pint I out
I , that loans of same thousiuids of pound 112
had been sanctioned bv the board for
■ purcha iii'i various machine-, and In
1 found the c ■ me:! again asking I'm
- j m:>::ey to buy machinery f»r which
tlicy had iibeady received the cash.—
i Morning I'o-t.
Join D, Reeser's Dig Store, Bank Block, Dushore, Penn'a
-ty m ■■ - ,„, nn,,,,, , —"—w~i —, r
I CASH STOI \n.
|Mcu Fall Aerdxindise.
| vie. DRESS GOODS, AND UNDERWEAR.
I Our Coat and Suit Department, isoverllowir, g with the choicest Metropolitan styles
'n Plaids, Blacks and Blues. 1 hey must be seen to be appreciated. WOOLEN B! ANKI TS nearly all co'orj
uid prices. vee our Window Display—Outings and Ma? nelelts, nearly 100 pieces to s led from.
UNDERWEAR, in their department. You will find <vver) thing in woolen and cotto i wear lor men women an
jchildrcn. BED COMFORTABLEb Irom sl.oo to $3.50 they are beauties.
Ydohn <?... Reeser's Big Store. Bank~bJock
iv ; r ** i" IDTTSJJQIR/E .
..'.■sa®itt:Jßserr «v«jOff*nncwM»r« «,■* ■v- m ■ u_— inrrt&i-MJTiWH ■ - m
i i iiila'bit. of buying - reputable
good from a reputabe concern
We aagi nts for W. L. DOUGLASS SHOES fro* 2.50
to 5.00 p:».
- School Shoes
j|rorboys has no equal.
'J? Tracys Shoes tor'
farmes are, we lind,
always satisfa tory.
A GOOD ASSORTMENT |
\ \°\ of CHILDRENS' and
LADIES' heavy Shoe
Fine Goods at corr ec
I/I -.. V v. v prices.
A 112 ■' ■ :^«BUS
"'".V'-tCTON.- JK
t Z6 : <®^S
! r 'i£ 1 R{ n
Clothing Made to Order
; All have the right appearance and guaranteed otsd
in 1 oth material and workmanship andjprice mte.
\V( an u facti re Feed, the Flag Brand. It is not clieap, but i
p. d. 1 correctly made. Ask your dealer for it or write us for prices. .
NORDMONT SUPPLY Co.,
General Merchants, mill 0 "!
KOI jDIVrOZCTT. PA. _
i £ll JP? &.-? E* ©T JF" IMBMU .
, . * ? h d l £ JgHp ►
| Hfff FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN \ :
| "Newftivel," "LeasSer, j
J In»Ut upon having tbem, ttV.e no Other* and you will get the be.t shells that money can buy. j-
ALL DEALEHS KEEP THEM. !
Short Talks on .
r Adverts^ino
No. 19.
I' ople generally read advertisements more than they did a few years ago.
The rcas ' i is to bo fo nd in the advertisements themselves.
Advertisers ;.re more careful than they used to be. They make the advertise*
meats more readable. Some of them even become, in a
way, a department of the paper, an 1 peiple look for them * |
i every da)' w'.ili as much zest aud pleasure as they turn to
'I is true of many department stores all over . Jyjjii&j jJ*
la many eili-s there is just one man who appre- _7i \ /ZT//
ci.itcK the value of such interest. A vA t± 3^TE/ f tir !
1I o bix: ; away from the old .set style. He tells / i
something interesting in his space every \y <ji
There are lots of interesting things in
; business. Look over the miscellany page of W—j
any paper—look at its local news columns, 1 *—j 1
■ ad its telegtv.ph news, for that matter, X i j
and you'll see that the majority of the '
1 items are more or less closely related to 0:
• some business fact. • m.
Dress these facts up in a becoming nZel tkt mmhan , come dmm ki , j
arb of words, and they will find readers, ftdtstal."
( >.ven though they be in a 'mere advertisement." Let the merchant come i
i down off his pedestal and talk in his !
£?a ads -
He needn't be flippant—far from it, ;
but let him not write as if he were ad- |
H -—i— IKf dressing somebody afar off, and telling
- •• K I: ' ni a! '" ut something at even a greater
<*' .. 7* '■>/'& J The newspaper goes right into its
i *••_.»/wjtlA roa<^er ' s ' :oUSC —goes in and sits down
• /* . /' with him.
in hiS • ••' :(ls wl:i!e he is smoking after
( —y,,* -j the meal. It reaches him when he is in
; |jjiwliPL— an •''!'! reachable condition.
That's the time to tell him about
't.'J&St'- »* * -!^V l youv business—clearly, plainly, convinc.
j T ■; t /';/ x inglv—as one man talks to another,
ij !
** Tn4 gott rrg : it into its rrutUr's
and sits detim ur.th Ckarlss Austin Bates, New Y*rk*
Williamsport & North Branch Railroad
TUVUE TABLE.
In effect Monday, h'ep. 25, 190(i.
_ Read down Read up
Flag stat 1008 'a here 11 mi 8 mai ked "112"
AM P M I'. M. r.M PMAMA. M. A M .STATIONS. AMAMA.M.A. M. PMP II I'M PM
10 in 12 f>o 120 n2l <; so 1 1020 7 no 1 Hu115.... 11 co 7ro 93712ininor. an »«o
10 20 12-V, M 2:1 ft 2m; :>:! FlO 2ft nr.-' lYi.iwdnle... 6 lft 757 »:« 12 12 866 500 ftft
10 .10 1 0". 132535 <> 11 10 :v» hOl . Huj:! wville... 6057 48 922 12 (0 3 1") 4 fio 'l lK
113439 542 6 6 10 42 f8 06 I'ieti!«• Kocks 9 I*, jo 51 3 86' <» 38.
1 1H 4 44 f> 49 fsoo ....01 MTioiihi io 15 9 :\>2
1 26 4 51 C> 54 8 14 ...Glen Mnwr Hi 3h 3*28 9 *>s
1 34 f5 00 7 (X) f8 20 ..Strn w bridfft» 10 :'l <i T<;
1 if foos 7 03 112 ...Bet' hGh n jo •> 313 «» (is
1 43 5 07 7 05 8 26 ..Mill < y Valley 10 20 3 o'.> •» 05
1 55 5 13 7 10 8 31 ... SOMtftown 10 H) 3 07 h 0"
5 545 902 ] jiporte 922 ...... 719
"C (»09 ....SaMcrflolrt S 50
'■ AM A.M. A V A. Ja. I'M I'M
I'M I'M AM AM AM I'M IM I'M
620 rt 00 920 71 0 SonoMmvn <1 l.» 2 10 '.ld n iHI
708 34810 08 7 ft* Eagk's >l. re 827 1 .»2 122 hl2
6 93 9 49 ...Dushore ; .1, .
7 26 10 50 ...Tomhi -1a... 7 (C, .](,
12 10 NVill . • J'.ui rv
500 400 1220 10 0'» 7M) \Villian>; •Tt !<»,;•.. 3; j,,:,;
S. D. TOWNSEND, D. K. TOWNSEND,
Gen. Manager,Hughesvillr Passenger Agent.
Try The Mew? r ' ~ "" . Once.
Rine l y vi:
1 nkat'~WOl:k ' • , "T 2
* MODEKN F\' 11 '!' • « " I'l lit
V:. j^ense.
Reduction v s ale of
si ioi
Great Rargains
Groceries and Provisions.
We have the best goods at the lowest prices. 11 you
want a good sack of Hour, try the Laural Brand < 112 winter
wheat and you will use no other. Special pi es on large
j quantities. Our n otto is: ' Best Goods at Lowest Pi ices."
J. S. HERRINQTON,
DUSHROE, PA.
j F AIR RAN Fj 3
GAS or GASOLINE
ENGINES.
; There are many Gas and Gasoline Engines and O^F
"FAIRBANKS"
• %
Some resemble it in construction, others in name
BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE
FAIRBANKS ENGINE.
Engines that excell in quality and moderate in cost.
Vertical from one to ten horse power, l-'orizou/al tiiue
horse power up-
THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY,
701 Arch St., Philadelphia.
CHARLES L. WING, Agent, Laporte