FIRST NATIONAJ * N ' K
CA PII'AL
SI/UP 1 ' 1 * pWragK
poes ft General Banking
S . l». rtTKRIUKKE, M. D. 0()0
President.
/ ,K-r rent interest ALLOWED on 1 R "4JJH,.
J. BRADLEY,
Attorney at-Xjaxv.
Havin" opened an office at 1328 # rcl ,
St.. Philadelphia, 1 shall still conliu#;, t0
practice i» the several Courts ot hulr llvan
!.. o n„,v; When not in <»y ofti. M l*m jnally
« coinpet«i>t person will be toi ln j
charge thereof. Bonds o( various kinds
furnished.
pRANCIS W. MEYL^RT,
Attorney-at-Law
.tlice in Keeler's l>tock.
I.APOKTJJ, ".SuIIivan < ounty, PA.
JTJ". & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTOHHEVH-AT-LAW,
LFGII I bnsineas attended to
in this! and adjoining counties
_ A FORTH, T»A
jf J. MUiIEN,
Attorn oy-at-Law.
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UIISIiOHK. PA
LAPORTE HOTEL.
P. W, UAIJI.AQHEK. Prop.
Newly erected. ■ Opposite Court
House square. Steam heat, hath room?,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,and barber shop; also good stabling
and livery,
Gblppewa
Xtme Utflns.
Lime furnished »n car
load lots, delivered at .
Right Prices.
Your orders solicited, i
Kilns near HughesvilU
Penn'a-
M. E. Reeder,
MUNCY, PA.
For a well Kept
Up-to-date
Stock of *
General
y
Merchandise
For pries that are
Right
For curteous treatment
goto
Buschhausen'
CONIiKSi KLI REI'ORL ot the condition of Tile
First National Hank at llushore. in the *iate
of Pennsylvania at close of business May 20th,
1907.
KKSOT'KI'KS.
LI MI TIE «nd discounts »2.U54n7 77
I'. )«NI to secure circulation .'-O.uoOuo
Prei —* hi 112. s. Bonds 1,50000
stoi" ■MILLIES 148H;S:M
Fur i«r> #OOOO
Dui Ml Bank- anil approved Res. Agt. 44,;>34 «Wt
Hi" m ion fund I". S. Treasurer .'HKI »0
Sl>. i BTiud Legal Tender notes. .. 20,43104
Total J4»J,201 78
T.T A Kt I.ITI KS.
c, ?so.ooo no
...- and undivided profits 50.67900
Circulation 40,100 00
D1 vldeu.is unpaid
IlilKisil- 339,42278
l'otal #409,201 78
State HI Pennsylvania County of Sullivan as.
1, M L>. Swarts cashier of the above named
bank do solemnly swear that the above statement
is TTUE to the bust ot my knowledge and belief.
M. I>. SWARTS. Cashier.
Sulisc.lltied and sworn to IN-fore me tills 23th
day ~1 May L;H)7. ALBERT F. UEKSS,
MY commission expires Keby 27,'09. Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
J. |I. REESER |
K. ti. SVLVAH A, Directors.
SAM I" EL COLE, )
M. Y. BANKING HOUSE offering
priineßTEAM KAII.KOADBONONwiII
eTitfAKt* the nervices of Halesnien who can con
trol investment buiineaa within their neigh
borhood. Address Lock Box 2067,NewYork City
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i / • • crsoml Events
County" l J
' Local and K . Q .
Tersely Q Sonestown
hunday.
Morgan Gavi^ ence visited ,lis
sister Mrs. A. J. Bradley, last
week.
Hon. T. J. Inghsin is spending
the week with friends at Wyalu
sing.
Miss Hazel Gansel of William
sport is spending a vacation with
her parents at this place.
Mr. Benjamin King and daught
er of Hnghesville were calling on
friends at Laporte Saturday.
Mr. Guy Cross ley of Say re spent
the 4th. with his parents at this
place.
The Village Improvement Soc
iety will meet at the home of Mrs.
Keeler on Tuesday evening July
Hi.
Mr. George Hirst of Montclair,
N. J. is visiting his annt Mrs. A.
C, Parker.
Mrs. K. P. Voss of West Phila
delphia is visiting Mrs. A. C.
Parker.
Mp. R. A. Couklin of Picture
Rocks called on Laporte friends
the early part of the week.
H. D. Lancaster of Forkesville
was transacting business at the
County Seat Wednesday.
Merchant A. P* Wieland of Say re
and Mr. Scott Wieland of Nord-
IUOII) were Laporte visitors Friday
of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Ingham and
son Donald, of New Yorkf are
again numbered among our pleas
ant summer guests.
Mr. Charles Jackson and family
have moved to Masten where Mr.
.Jackson is employed by C. W.
Sones.
Atty. A.J. Bradley lias trans
planted a booming flower bed on
his office corner grounds which
excites pleasing comments on its
beauty.
There will be a lawn Festival at
Central Park Friday evening July
12 under auspices of the Epworth
League. Ice cream cake cud coffee
will be sold. All are welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Landon and
family of Leistershire were in town
the latter part of last week, called
here by the death of Mrs. Landon's
mother Mrs. Frances Breiger.
Mrs. Mary Downs of William
sport is spending a vacation with
her daughter, Mrs. N. B. Maben.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schrader and
daughter Hattie of Hillsgrove, at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Brieger
last Saturday.
Mr. James A. Mullet, who for
several years was engaged as a
Field worker in the interest of the
Sunday Schools in this county,
arrived in town Monday evening
and is making his headquarters at
Prof. Ford's "Summer Outing for 1
Boys." j
Mr. George Brown of Hillsgrove
died at the Williamsport Hospital
011 July 2. He had been at the
hospital but a short time when his
death due to heart trouble occured.
He was a brother of Judson Brown
Republican candidate for sheriff.
Mrs- Anna Stackhouse has com
pleted her valuable services at the
Prothonotary's office and goes to
Lock Haven to join her husband
and commeucehousekeeping. Mrs.
Stackhouse made a very careful
and capable assistant while in the
county office and incidently added
many friends to her large list of ac
quaintances.
Let all join in any movement
calculated to better conditions in
this good old town, and we will
guarantee that the results will
justify the action so taken and in
time meet the highest anticipation
fcra prosperous future for Laporte.
The work before us can net lie ac
complished by a few. It necessi
tates a fraternal union of the whole
community in one concerted effort
to attain the one ami only end, the
one important object in view a
handsomer Laporte.
Missea Frances and Laura Boice
of Philadelphia, are guests of Miss
Fanny Meylert.
George Rea of Notdmont tran
sacted business at Laporte Wed
nesday.
T. J Keeler came home from
Wilkesbarre to spend the Fourth
of July with his family.
Fred Eddy of Wilkesbarre spent
the Fourth of July with his parents
at this place,
Joe Wrede spent a few days of
last week with ji'iends at Fuglisli
Center.
Mr. A. Gasperine of Bridgeport,
Conn,, was visiting friends at La
porte Tuesday. He drove to Lopez
Wednesday to visit his old friend
O. Bonci.
Chas. Lauer of Lock Haven was
at Laporte Tuesday managing the
sale of furnituae at the Mountain
House Mr. Ellis Swank of Muncy
Valley auctionered.
Sunday School 10.00 a. in
Preaching 11.00 a.m.
Kp worth I,eague 7.80 p. in
This is the order of service at the
Methodist Episcopal Church next
Sunday.
The inspecting tour about town
made by the council last week re
vealed the fact that many property
owners are negligent in keeping
their premises free from rubbish
that has been allowed to accumulate
from year to year, and permit the
growth of weeds that seed profusely.
A stimulation of local pride among
property owners will he greatly ap
preciated, and in fact required if our
town is to grow handsome in old
age. If you have no local pride,
borrow some.
A Committee appointed by the
town council visited the News Item
oflice parley one morning last week
and served official notices that the
Editor had bee.u unanimously elect
ad to till a vacancy in the council
caused by a retiring member.
After it had been satisfactorily
explained why our services were
needed,by the use of cross references
from a recent issue ot the News
Item, we accepted forthwith the
service of notice and was sworn in
to ottice on the spot —perhaps the
quickest action ever known to have
been executed in that honorable
body. Should we fail in filling the
office with justice and credit it will
be the fault of judgement and not
of heart.
Since the mowing of the village
park it presents a most handsome
appearance. It renewed the interest
of the V. I. S. and the ladies turned
out in goodly number Wednesday
evening and added lieuuty to the
rockery as well as other improve
ments. Everything indicates a
forward movement. Let everybody
help to stimulate such healthy en
terprise now heing manifested. En
courage our local authorities in m »k
--, ing improvements by giving our own
, properties a little better appearance.
It is these many little considerations
, that makes a town grow in beauty.
Nature has showered upon us her
most choicest blessings, and with
perfect unity and effort for the good
of our common cause, great will be
the result.
Mrs. H. N. Noyce, a guest at Miss
Finnigan's cottage, praises Laporte
in every particular excepting its
: sidewalks and numerous dilapidated
I old barns. Praising a town is a most
excellent advertisement and an ex
ample worth emulating. If there
be one better way than another to
ruin a town, it is for those who re
side in it togo about apologizing
for its existence. There are some
who are always ready to say, by
their action at least, that this place
i don't amount to much. They will
tell you that the town is dead; that
no one would think of stopping here;
that some town adjacent is more re
spectable, more enterprising. This
is all wrong. There lias been so
1 much of this talk in recent years
' that the News Item nearly acquired
L the same habit. Every good citizen
1 of this town should take a special
i local pride in all that pertains to
, Laporte. The town that says "we
. can" will always succeed. The
. town that says, "Oh, I don't know,
1 don't think it will amount to very
i much," is never of much force or
t very inviting to outside interests,
j Let us not be out-done by any of our
new-comers in beautifying home
1 surroundings and praising the many
virtues of Laporte. . ,
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HILLSGROVE ITEMS.
Mrs. David Marks of Tivoli and
Mrs. Tresa Done van of Muncy
Valley spent part of last week with
Mrs. E. Shrader.
Miss Grace Hoffman is spending
two weeks with friends at Hoyt
ville.
Hurry Shrader <of Hillsgrove
spent last week with triends in
Athens.
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.
How Th*y Can Aid In the Improvement
of Towns.
What co-operative societies can do
toward the building up .of a town Is
shown by the success of the following:
Athol, Ivan., boasts of three co-opera
tlve industries controlled and almost
entirely owned by nearby farmers who
have Invested their surplus capital In
building up the town, says the Arena.
There are the Athol Co-operative Grain
company, with an elevator which han
dles 23,000 bushels of grain and which
in 11X10 disposed of 130 carloads of
grain to the entire satisfaction of the
farmers, and the Farmers' Shipping as
sociation, which handled 129 cars of
stock and made sales amounting to
$130,050.12, besides $253 collected as
damages from railroads. Of this
amount the shareholding farmers re
ceived $129,354.80. The People's Lum
ber company is the latest venture of
the farmers, and It is believed it will
prove successful.
A property owners' co-operative soci
ety and a co-operative construction com
pany have been organized by the citi
zens of Auburndale, N. Y., to improve
the town and guard against Infringe
ment of their rights. The construction
company has been organized with a
capital stock of $50.000 and is engaged
in the manufacture of concrete build
ing blocks, of which It is proposed to
construct the town. A small plant is
now in operation at Auburndale, and it
is proposed to enlarge this, putin new
machinery and engage lu the manufac
ture of blocks on a very extensive
scale.
A co-operative Ice manufacturing
company, which was incorporated in
Orange, N. J., recently,,has purchased
a large lot for the location of its plant.
Demands for Ice are constantly coming
In from people In the Oranges, Mout
clalr aud Bloomticld.
'Tirlxt optimist and pt-ssimlat
The difference In droll;
The optimist sees the doughnut.
The pessimist, the hole.
Notice
The supervisors ot Hillsgrove Town
ship ask tor sealed bids for the moving of
the unused school house at llillsgwe a
distance ol' thirteen rods and removing
and rebuilding ol'the foundation on lot
now owned by said township. Also one
side of the building to he reshingled and
windows repaired; petition to be moved
so as to leave a space twelve I'eet, also
slide door large enough to admit road
machine; and tilling or bridge with prop
er grade to door. Supervisors reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
All bids to be in by August Ist 1907.
[•'or further specifications inquire of
.1 < ill N BREY, Secretary,
Hillsgrove. I'a.
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of the Eagles
Mer« l.iglit Company is called to convene
at the Lakeside Hotel, Kagles Mere.
Pennsylvania, at 2 p. tn. on the ,'id day of
August 1907, to take action on the ap
proval or disapproval of the proposed in
crease of the indebtedness of this C'orn
panv from $26,000 to $.">0,000.
RAYMOND L). KKIIRKR.
Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders ot the Kagles
Mere Light Company is called to convene
at the Lakeside Hotel, Kagles Mere.
• Pennsylvania, on the 3d day ot August.
1907, io take action on the approval or
disapproval of the proposed increase ot
the capital stock oi this company from
■ #25.000 to $50,000.
RAYMOND 1). KKIIRKR,
Secri tary.
In re: estate of Benjamin <i. Welch.
, ileced.
The undersigned having been appoint
ed executor ol the above estate, all per
sons indebted to said estate are requested
to make payment, ami those having
claims to present the same without delay,
to
(ieorge W. t'lifle, Phi :.d Iphia.
or 5014 Germaniumn Ave.
Chelten Trust Company.
(iermantown. Pfiilu.U'lj hia.
License Transfer
Notice is hereby given that iLe license
granted to Patrick Daley will on the
• sth day of July 1907 be tmustered to
E i/.aheth Cannody. Hoiisesinuited in the
. village of Dushore Sulliivan < ounty Pa.
i THUS. K. KENS EDM. Clerk.
( i 'lerks' office, Laporte, Pa., .filly 2,'07.
I
, Notice.
I Estate of Win. Hardy, late of Klkland
j Township, Sullivan County. Pa., deceased
Notice is hereby given that letters of
" administration upon the estate of said
i decedent have been granted to the under
, signet!. All persons indebted to said Es
f late are requested to make payment and
r those having claims or demands against
same will make them known without de
r lay to
e ALLEN lIA RDY, Adtnr.
( . Eldredsville, Pa., dune 5. 1907.
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SHUNK, PA.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
HUGHESYILLE,
CAPITAL STOCK
$50,000
Surplus and
Net Profits,
65.000.
Transacts a General
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Accounts oflndivid
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solicited.
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Spring /xtits
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Boys and Childrens' Suits in all the new fabrics and
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