VOL. XI. NO 34.
(This Is the Place
To Buy Your jewelry s
V, Nothing in Town to Compare Withes
( the Quality that We are Giving j
/ You for the Low Price Asked. S
C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\
> irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r
C of this section. Many years here in business, always }
\ with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C
112 with a care and judgment coinrrv nsurate vvilh its «
\ desirability and adaptability to refine last' 1 , makes \
112 our store a sale place to invest. C
r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q
S teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X
S RETTENRURY, )
< DUSHORE, pa. The Jeweler
COL H^RDWARE^
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OR WOO D.
HEA TERS;
ONE OF 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 second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap.
wo can soil you in stovee 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.
Sole^iislior^Pa.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLI AM SPORT, PA.
Soft Warm Blankets and
Comfortables.
There's all the difference in the world in blankets and comfortables.
Prices doesn't give vou much clue to their actual value—Cora very poor blanket
or comfortable may s.iem fur better than it is—at first.
We're blanket and comfoitable "tspec'alist"—proud of the fact that, as poor
ones cannot get into this store—thev can't leave it.
You may be sure of one thing-the money you spend with lis lor blankets
brings you lull value. For the prices you'll be asked to pay will return as much ol
beauty and soilness, and actual durability as any store can give you.
White and Grey Cotton Blankets, good, large sizes, for
50c to $2.00
White and Colored Blankets, with small per ocnt of cot
ter They are so soft and tine you could harply tell them
from all wool, for
$3.00 to $4.50.
Then we have the strictly all wool Blankets, in white,
grey, scarlet and fancy plaids. An excellent assortment to
select from, at
$5.00 to $lO.
Comfortables and Sateen or S : 1 koline covers. They are
filled with pure white cotton. Some specially good val
ues for si.oo, $3 75
Muslin Underwear Sale.
We are having our Annual Sale of Muslin Underwear
this week. We have been planning for this for several
weeks We are now prepared to show the best garments
you have ever purih isul 112 >r the price.
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Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 190 7.
[THE GRANGE
1 Conducted by
I J. W. DARKOW, Chatham. N.
Pre« Onrrmpoiideiit New York State
Grange
I NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING
Annuuimemcnt of Poi-thconUnK An
nual MertliiK nt Denver, Col*.
I The executive committee of the na
tional grange has issued n circular of
information concerning the next an-
I liuul meeting, Nov. It to 21, at Denver.
| It will be tlie fortieth annual session.
A reduction of the fare one-tliird, on
the certificate plan, has been secured
to Chicago from eastern points. Front
I'hier.go to Denver the Western Pas
senger association has made a single
rate plus $2. The one way fare front
Chicago to Denver is $20.50 plus $2,
which would make It $31.50 for the
§ rou nd trip from
Chicago. Any
members of the
Order In the
eastern states
who expect to
make the trip
to Denver can
secure further
Information by
writing their
Btat® master.
Tickets win be
good to return
from Denver un
" til Dec. 10. Na
j. A. NEWCOMB. TLONAL grange
[Master Colorndo state headquarters
grange.] w m fo e a t the
Albany hotel, Denver. On Wednesday
afternoon, Nov. 14, there will be pub
lic exercises in the Chamber of Com
merce, at which a welcome will be ex
tended to the national grange by Gov
ernor McDonald of Colorado. The
mayor of the city and master of the
state grange will also speak. Re
sponses will be made by Hon. N. J.
r>iich«;lder, master of the national
grange, and others. There will be ex
i tensive exhibitions of agricultural ami
horticultural products of Colorado, for
which prizes have been offered. Tues
day, Nov. 20, will be known as Colo
rado day. There will be an excursion
to Fort Collins to visit the State Agri
cultural college, and possibly the trip
will be extended to Greeley, Colo.
The national grange at its forthcom
ing session will be asked to consider a
j resolution adopted by the Oregon state
! grange relative to the postal service.
| The resolution empowers a committee
; of three members of the Order to em
' ploy all necessary assistance, as law
yers, stenographers and expert account
ants, to proceed to Washington and In
vestlgate the public records and ali
other available sources of information
In the postal department, and "If any
unnecessary financial drains are dis
covered the national grange shall at
once convey the facts to the president
of the Failed States and to the national
congress and demand public investiga
tion." That committee will have a jot
on its hands If appointed. There would
not be much trouble with the postofHce
deficiencies if congress would cut oni
the flagrantly abused franking privi
lege, which now costs the government
!?11»,000,000 ti year. Another resolution
will relate to the basis of represents
tion in the national grange, changing it
from the present two delegates to each
state to a number based on the number
of members In each state—iu other
words, on popular representation.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
To Wliuiu 11.-lon urn the Property oi
the Grantee- Thai Dlnbaiiitaf
Sometimes the question arises in the
minds of members of a grauge that
owns its own hall, To whom do the
hall and other projterty belong in case
the charter should be surrendered for
any reason? It may bo stated as the
general interpretation of the law that
Ihe real estate of the grange, such as
hulls, barns, etc., in case the grange
disbands should be sold at public auc
tion or at private sale and the proceeds
be equally divided among the members
of the grange in good standing at the
time when the grange disbands. The
personal property of the grange—as,
for instance, rituals, regalia, etc.—
whose charter has been surrendered
for any reason belongs to the national
grange until such time as Its charter
may be revived.
The state grange has no right to the
property of the subordinate grange
any further than to sea that the pro
visions of the law under which the
grange is organized or incorporated are
fully complied with.
Go Slow on City Ownership.
Until politics in America is purified
far beyond its present condition any
large experiment in government own
ership may be called a "thief breeder"
with much safety The more authority
there is vested In the hands of poli
ticians (with all due deference to our
national aihieaistration) the more cor
ruption the • will be It Is a short
sighted cltlxea win would take more
business out of private hands und com
mit it to the tender mercies of the poli
ticians.—Troy Press.
! Van Busk irk Without Legal As
sistance, Hearing Was Post
p >acd. Will Be Tried at
Hcxt Term oi Cov.t.
George Vanßuskirk, tlit* wood
man, a< u- I o!°' ki. • i>■ <_»' Klli-Snell,
after ileliv ring liirn- If tot lie Sherifi
1 last week, was in good spirits tinil
confident of his acquittal at next
term of court, until Tuesday when
lie was to have a hearing before a
justice of the peace, he found him
self unable to secure the services of
a lawyer and the case was postpone!
until next Monday to give the pris
oner an opportunity to secure coun
cil. It appears that he is unable to
guarantee a sufficient sum of monev
to pay for the extra amount of work
and responsibility in defending liini
of the crime lie is charged. At any
| rate the lawyers are passing the job
around, or at least not elbowing
i each other in> an effort to offer him
j their services.
The prisoner iu an interview said:
"1 admit that 1 acted hastily, and
that my act virtually caused the
death of Snell, but 1 am sure they
I v\ ill see that 1 had to defend myself,
i mean to plead that I acted in self
defense, and that I was irresponsible
at the time I stabbed Snell, for both
ol us had been drinkink on the day
of the tight. 1 know 1 did some
thing that I would not have done if |
i 1 had stopped to think, and I sup
| [lose 1 will servo a few months for it.
| ! never had any olhtr trouble with
• i.i It, but tie whs a man that the j
■ii in the camp did not like I
I hail I i mixing it Up Willi
rs,"
II ;.;!i 111i- •-1■ ry came from t li
the UCCU ■' i ; all, (>1 llt'l'.s
; w. h the titti.Ujon seeai to hold
■ ie-s en on i-mcnt for the ae
: tii .I. A . Iv J. M lllieli ha
•p- - • dto iv| re-.cnt the pro--
I ' i •! that w i...
: iia-.l it not been I
■ >'i !>, Van: lu-i.i k w a'*"
it •••-! ills man outiight. iI <
aa tion of thed' Cp wound throo-. ;
• h iv. ! that the !•;
.d .1 t ■ i- ail aft i r 1.e...- M,
> tier- t's body, and :he -!
tie evii 1' iice. I i- said that wi>
;• : • •• < ; t
• i", -i i..b \ > n: .1 • •
: • . .; ' • ..•• ' -n ,w ..
■ I> ■'l : : • •« Willi his a. i! 1
i ' : I'll : i 1 fill! ;:!; •
: low O er tin 111 .a! .at | . d Oi;
, the lobby. V «i Is:i I. ; at once
j wood and wem to Hie lobby when.-!
t- '. ill : 111l I\: and g W
i.i • a the Ilea !.
id t.h'-n I'll. !a »i to the kite! il id
■' io. M ... -,\ .der li. ss, pro
?t« •! Hh Van skirk and trk'd
I to induct hi:': to d.i iiver the knife. 1
• tin :e: I ilea Vet I'd io !•'cep t ill 111-
\i .! 1 i..in w itlt l-.iiu ill the
.ii ■ i he Mi'.n did iu do
ii--. ti:ui; e u r.d hour for retiring,
1 1 ' i Mil in the lobby after
. e other men had retired. Van ,
Uuskirk ongoing to the lobby en-j
! countered Snell and the deadly con-1
flict ensued. Snell being the heav
ii rof the two had succeeded in lay
ing Van Huskirk out on the floor of
thecampand as both men lay clinch
ed was when the prisoner used the
butcher knife. By the time the
men in the room above could reach
the combatants Vanßuskirk had
not only made the stab which prov-,
ed fatal but had inflicted a had
wound on Snell's cheek and severed
1 a portion of one car. The long,sharp
blade Ik il'e w;.- ii-ed ready to i ■
plunged the second time in the vic
tim's body as Kugene Shoeniaker
grabbed the arm of Vanßuskirk and |
prevented the stroke. With other
assistance close to follow the men j
were seperated, and Snell was hastily 1
taken to Hillsgrove for medical at- j
tendance.
The only phase of this affair that i
appeals favorable to the defense, is I
the fact that Snell was aware that ]
Vanßuskirk was armed with a dead
ly weapon and was making serious
threats, so it is rumored. He could
I have easily avoided the intoxicated
; man while in his rage, and delirious
i from the effect of liquor. But the
i evidence is likely to show that Van
[ Buskirk wanted blood, and got it. 1
A strain, 'e and wt*nred bear story
I conies from C.iLiwiss*, and Ibis i i;u
| the ileprcd iti ins of hriiin were "nri
j mitlcd within the very coafines < ;
i the borough, and were nothing short
lof an attempt by a larife bear to get
into the tower house of the P. .fe It.
railroad and attack the operator,
j ] It is related as follows by M.
Cornelson, who is the night telegraph
operator at the tower located ju-t
1
a. TOSS the creek from ('atawissn
' where the I*. A- it. crosses the track
of the IVnnsy. Wednesday mam
' :'ig not long after midnight his at •
i ■ "
i n i'ai was :tf traeted by the grow -
i.ig id' a dog followed by a scufi!-'
Id.' the tower. Looking nut tin
lie >w, lie says he distinctly recog
i. I a good sized bear which was
ii-.t ehasi ng a way one of the neigh
borhood dogs which had attacked it
i he bear then came up to the toua ;
1 ! house and sniffed at the window and
I door apparently in attempt to gain an
entrance. Cornelson fearing the
bear might get the door open, ran
down and threw the bolt on the door.
!'he bear heard liiui and renew I
its efforts to get in, starting to growl
when a couple dogs appeared and
began to bark at his hruiuship. It
was not long before the barking at
tracted several other dogs from near
by houses, and soon a lively skirmish
was under way, the dogs and bear
having a lively chase about the low
er and around trees. The ca
nines were too numerous for thebei r
a atl t.he beast fled up the hill, being
I ftllowed for a distance by the > lp
! i;ig dojjs.
i _
A plant, whi- : i it is s ihl will
n . n(1 liars to ere< ,ad <«jt: ;
..i Vliieil will t a p: y !• I 111 .
• t v. ith, is to ba loeatt d near -
a in the near fuilire. 11 \i ill
,vn as the M - M :
iiipany, and the probabilities ;
at it \\ I be located at Vir; i
ion, oil the l.aurel Line,
dii'-t of the plant will be cht i..'
prepared piper and the capacity
• clai lied, will be twenty tons a
The plans for the building,
a-huilli of concrete, have al
ady La en prepared.
Hie law will a went into eflect
i tin first ot th year, requiring the
1 arers of [ atent- medicines
the formulas oil the labels i
i - be-t things that has ever
in the interest of the
i aoi iple. Though the new
e I it a fe .t' (lays, it ha
i . t driving from the
o ,i iii:tt are injurious
I- ; ihe nianufacturi rs
ii-«- rather than tell
. - !.a'.' taK 'ii the only alter
il I ' siis|)endeil opera
ia I.:-!)' lactones. Scver
:■ n aes concerns, .
: iii as we!'. t-staM siu-l hi.ve
- ii:. ti l" on account of the new
' law.
1 ,i Coninii -ioin r Meehail
Mved notice from the l'ennsyl
.i;ia Kailroad company that cans
tish will he carried free during 'dT
heretofore. The u'anpany has is
-ited instructions to baguage masters
I lo take ali proper cure of cans of fi-li
j ,tnd to allow messiatg i s of the Ue
partnient of l-'isif .es w ho are trav
eiing iu charge of the ii-li to hav
access to the cans at all times. Th
messengers have to pny their fa >-.
however. The courtesy of free trau
sportation of tish to and from hatch
eries and the return of empty cans i
one which is allowed by the railways
. throughout the State.
()ne of the officials of a town near
Philadelphia has been the butt ofj
much good natured raillery for some 1
days past as the result of a bull made j
by him at a recent official meeting. ,
Complaint had been made that the j
! hose in use by the fire department of j
tiie town had been very unsatisfac-;
| tory and that at the last two tires to '
| which the company had turned out, j
sections of the hose were found in a j
[ l aking condition. After considera-J
j ble discussion as to the proper action
ito be taken the official in question
'surprised his colleagues when he,
arose and said: "I move, Mr. Chair-1
i man, that until further notice the
chief of the fire department he in
structed to have an inspection of all
fire hose made two days before every j
lire." I
75C PFR YFAP
: r . 112 .tin 5.
I I >ll. .T Mil lli St'h.i 111 js :II»"'! 112 !,! ' r
i burg.
John Duly was a Dushore visitor
j on Monday
j Mr. and Mr.-. .1; nx-s Mcllerniott
| are llarii-huig visitors I hiss week,
j .John Collins has returned to Yin
| tondnle, nfi* r spending a short time
with ids parents \[i. ttij(l Mrs. Wni.
: < 'oiiin- of Mildn d.
('ounty Kupt K lligore of 'Hisiiore
| was visiting our seln .Mo •»..
Mr. and Mi . ]'. I i ,<ran of W nor
j ty, r< i "is r.i d i>"111 on i ln>v.-d:iv after
j.-pencH'v: two ri'ks v. jti, the Jailor's
| 1 ,lvnf - M• • I Mr-. Ww. 11 an y
IVm !•■ a', ;s;ivt i- • itiii"
' hi* par -.- i .-id ivi.-. \s n. •Kihi"
I The forlowhta ire uj der. (•»«• doc
' ' " • •! d Lewi*
Mi" wn.
•'•if I • III" ;i
At th, S 1 . ;%■
I .
I According to t i; . •» \v .„|
il' Uit- i'cnnsyi c. jii . i•
expo.-ure ol" t i'<
: "hese oMeiuU by til i.iii'i' .
I uicrce eoiu'mi.--ion. '1 1 • v- *
.targ".< that ii■ • ■ ; >
. awarding contra:-: 112« r mid
va.-ion of tho !.• t • .• :
, .10 uf high lip in <• ; «,f
■' ' ■ • i lii in
UStt 112 the evils r, nnfefed w itfi Uio
t • it . r luad.
jltis<. id nt that I « si nt M>Crea
| hi'S .- •:» belli] ■ him.
j '. J : C'Oj.-.t l : ls.
j: i- 'Mvd in <• US' i|:ience of
. 1 i.iiic I' «id law
- Will
i ! lb ii- product
■v. . ; ! forced to
I i.'i s I'or what
"i liters who
t!:, 1-. •!(' for
- a now
■ ted, to take
■■.ill ' in. ■ •!' to
'■ i''' ;in new !. x.
i vi' ! , n ex peeb d.
i i; i'...ii.' i is• i- of foiid.Mufl's who
'al as enough to sell
!-ill lis to tilt' people
a ill nit niii,\ raise the price oftlie
:/ ill- ;i ;.* must make pure, but
<!i -y will .;;,p all the }>;oods they
now have on hand as pure and sell
tin in at liiyflr r print's until the law
sir: 'go into edict in Ortoiii'r. So
it would serin that the proti -t
of ihe people dust eatiiifj puison
otis 112. ilstui'ls is to tie punished by
• IN;M -11IIIthem to pay exhorbitaiit
p. in fir the pure artiele.
Tl.£ Au'.o Line Assvred.
Kveryihinjjj has been arranged by
the li.tnji'or representative, baekiiur
the auto ear prqjeet, for the line
which i lo be operated between I'ie
tore I locks and Mmi joinery, to
have the ine in operation by the
opening of Spring The machines
have been ordered and three ears
will be placed on the route nt the
start, and more will be added as the
business increases.
Residents along the proposed route
are eagerly anticipating the opening
day of the auto line, for they expect
it to answer a great need. The facil
ities for reaching the towns linked
by the line are not the bctt, and the
auto ears will offer a schedule that
will bring Picture Rocks and Mont
gomery within an hour of each
other.