VOL. XII. NO 15. T524,000 $44,000 „ > Which Do You Prefer • r P The average man earns about si, 100 a year. He P V. works 40 years and earns a total of $44, 00 in a lifeV / time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or / V S6OO lor a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 ma J / life time. The difference between $44,003and $24-X V 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of aV 112 practical education in.dollars and cents The in-V \creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. J r Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when x VJhe International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- / 112 ton, Pa., can give you an educat.on that will make 1 V high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of V J work you care to tollow, this great educational In- S \ stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at V r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Ourr \ local Representative will show you how you canX 112 tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today.^ 7 He,s o. IF 1 . a :isr\ / C. I. s. Representative. TOWANDA, PA. C HARDWARE^ No Place Lik6 this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OK/ "WOOD HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Cefsci Iption, Guns an^ftmrnuriition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. £ lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell yon 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. Saiiiiici jSots^iisfiore^a. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, ' t WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Ladies' d)t)ite LavnWctist The stock is at its best just now, and ar.y ideas you have may jje readily satisfied here, as we have all the newest stytrs that have been shown this season, and afejjpve all allarg assortment to choose from. are neatly made and are reasonable in price. Ladies' and Children's Embroidery for Corset! Tan Hos§ Covers U.lie/ plain f1.,1 la.- Inn llw, ex v „i lowilljr 80 me vcrv handsom- Jrn pi. id qualities tor 12' c tcfeoc a Pair " e>v 01 18 il,ch , ' or Met c ' ove ''| K CI iwsnV Taw. I lose in a l l sizes tor lOiul.roiJery: tl»e prices ran«e from K 13 and 2">c 25c to 7">c a Yard I Li,ants' Dresses and Wearables for Babies. We have just opened some Infants I nl'ants'and <'liildren's Hand Crochet in. Presses with lots of taste and baby- ed Sao.|ues, in plain or white or pink ami K; !>»■»»ntv in them, plain, others blue trimming** -f>e to fc lae.es and-lhck*. Pricesstart at 25c Bal ,y- 8 am i Children's White Mull l' 1 ' ... •'npH. at 2") C to 75e. Si; l» - .it»! older biiujes. Mi , ~ , - . - » £ i I. . f* i • Infant* Cashmere llamto, _oc ami »»0*? n(\ ami ( ; made irom tine < amunc fesainsook. at ifot* and np. Infants Wool ami Cotton I lose in ■Ham.*' ami 'liildren's long or short white, pink, blue, tan and last black §P# oil waist* at ;><> to si.oo extra qualities, tor 1 be. ami 2">e. l ok Ladies' White Dresses. While Lawn and Swiss I 'reuses in the newest styles. Neatly ilia A <MuHb)H<d witli emdroiderv or lace*. It doesn't pay to make them when you here tor S.j.lKt to IT.'iU. ®scnhe tor the News Item Republican News item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 1907. CLEANING OF STREETS What the Women of Kalamazoo, Mich., Have Accomplished. CUT COST NEARLY IN HALF. Woman's Civic Improvement League Took Up Problem and Proved It Could Be Solved—How Streets Were Fluahed —Cans Provided For Rubbish. Writing uu "Charities and Com moDS," Caroltue Bartlett Crane gives j au account of what has been done by j the Women's Civic* Improvement league iu Kalamazoo. Mich., a city of I 32,(100 population, to prove that it does I not cost too much to have clean streets, j says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. "We studied the matter of street cleaning as well as we could, and then we allied for and received permission from the city council to take charge of si* blocks of the main business street for three mouths. Then we introduced the Waring system, the salient fea tures of which are: "First. —Sweeping the pavements by hand with push broom* and collecting the dirt Into pile*. "Second.—lmmediately taking up each pile of dirt and depositing It, with the help of a small hand brooiu and shovel. Into a bag suspended upon a two wheeled bag carrier, which the sweeper pushes about with him. "Third.—Tying (he bags when filled and depositing them in convenient places In alleys or along the street, to be removed by wagon. "Fourth. The 'orderly' or 'patrol' system, by which each man Is given. a definite portion of the street to keep clean and Is held responsible for this portion. "Fifth.—A white uniform (of at least white coat and hat or helmet) and a wa terproof outfit for rainy days. ' Sixth. —Flushing the streets at staled intervals -once a week— in the absence of drenching ralna. "We secured carts, brooms, uniforms for tiie men, and we made three neat galvanized iron street cans, aluminium painted and inscribed. 'For Waste I'a per. Fruit Skins, etc.' We also succeed ed in trettithe council to pass an autisplttlng ordinance. We took pho fographs of all the filthy downtown alleys and of the hideous refuse dumps which disfigured our naturally beauti ful fiver banks. "On the appointed day we began all *"uT<iilji the line itt o'tice. lf>< vihii be gan to seek Hie pavement, and after they found it the fire department came out :it 3 o'clock iu ihe morning with some secondhand hone and flushed the streets under the direction of theehalr mau of the women's committee. Dif ferent ways of flushing were tried on successive mornings until the right way was found flushing without noz zle from the middle of the street each way and either bagging the storm sewer entrances or stationing men with hoes to keep the coarser dirt from entering. Of course the best way to flush Is with a patent street flushing machine which works with compress ed air and whh-h can be charged with air as well as water at any street hydrant. "Our very attractive cans were placed «t intervals on poles along the streets, and boys from our (Junior league distributed thousand* of little dodgers like I his; "PI.EASE" "The Women's t'ivic Improvement league hus undertaken to k. > p ilali Street clean. W'e asl. Vol' to help u." Please do nut throw anything- paper fruit stains, peati'it shells <>r uther' litter in the street. Put ll I:> the wastf p-P'" can at the corner. And. gentlemen. p% is* do not spit on the sidewalks or in llu gratings or anywhere but in 11.,» sult< r. "Now. please don't throw this in tin street! "Our alley pictures were sent to the tenants or the owners, sometimes t< the health officer, with the result thai the alleys were cleaned up like magi' and have l>ee« kept fairly cl«ni evet since. "The experiment was au entire sue ■ ■ess. The street was clean, people liked It. visitors commented on it. mer chant* said the tMfc of dust in their stores was most noticeable, and we did it with no aore cost to the city than the old dlrt.v way- namely, $5 a day. "Theu the street commissioner un dertook to keep the street as clean n* we did. but without the Waring sys tem. |r cost litui sN.yy a day. "The league made to the city's com mittee on street® and bridges an ex haustive report showing the n<s»d of really -clean streets throughout lite paved district and demonstrating the superiority of the Waring system and its relative cheapness. We succeeded In getting the Waring system Inaugu rated on three miles of pavement." Bonds Burned. Webster grange of Monroe county celebrated Its twenty-seventh an niversary iu May. The chief feature of the programme was the burning of iar. bonds ranging from $lO to $350, a total of about $7,000. These bonds were given for the erection of their tine grange building aud purchasing equipment*. Expend your grange funds as eco nomically aud as wisely as )ou do I \ one own money. i Candidate Shefttz made Ins open- j ing speech to old friends and neigh bors in Berks county. In comment ing upon it the Philadelphia Press says: The opening speech of 31 r. Sheatz, the Republican candidate for State Treasurer, was direct, man ly and unequivocal. Ho gave every pledge that the people could ask, and his pledge was (j&fivincing because there was an honest, fearless man behind it. Mr. Sheatz declared for the punishment of the capitol looters to the fullest extent of the law. Whatevt r he can do to promote that object will be done, and no effort within his power to prevent the re currence of such crimes in any branch of the public service will be spared. He has himself been an up right and irreproachable public rep resentative and that, too, amid many temptations—and he abhors such a betrayal of public trust. But his pledge went much farther. He said: "< >f this you can be absolutely sure that if elected 1 positively will refuse to pay any request or demand upon the State Treasury where the expenditure is not clearly defined and approved by existing laws, or when I suspect that great extrava gance exists." That goes to the root of thewhole matter. The treas urer is the custody of the State funds. He pays upon warrant, but that is not a perfunctory mission to pay any and every warrant that may be presented. He must know the authority of law for it. He must be on guard against wanton, extrav agance. He must be a faithful watchdog. It any other official has been lax he must enforce rigid ac countability. That is what Mr. Sheatz pledges himself to do and his record is the assurance that he will fulfil his pledge. In the hope of having President Itooseveelt as their guest on the day of their parade those in charge of the arrangements for the sixteenth anni versas.y convention and jubilee of ■ the Patriotic Order Sons of Amcrkw, which will be held in Philadelphia next week, have planned to make the affair one of the biggest events of thesummer. The special committee which waited on the President at Oyster Bay was informed that Mr. Itooseveelt is holding the matter under advisement. The Presidt lit js opposed to attending celebrations during his Oyster Bay vacation, but it is hoped that he will make an ex ception in this case. The fact that the invitation was couriered at all has inspired the Jubilee committee with hope that it willjbe accepted. Michael Combourt, 1 prisoner in the Bradford county jail, is seriously ill as a result of a practical joke play od on him by fellow prisoners Sat urday night. It required an hour's hard work by Dr. Johnson to save the man from death, j The prisoner is an iftdiau and like many of his countrymen is very superstitious. He wife assigned to the cell formerly occupied by Charles Johnson, the murderer who was hung at TowanA several wenks ago. Sat urday morning Comliburt declared that he had been visited by John son's ghost. The otHer prisoners thinking to have some fun with the foreigner on Saturday night rigged up a broom with a sheet to make i resemble a human fori&ttieu went to Combotjrt's cell au(ff found him asleep. The jokers helM the ghost in front of tap cot and Men threw a stick in upon the nleepdC Combourt started fromjjjbypt, ana seeing the ghost bowing, to hirnij lie gave a shriek and fell to the floor uncon .l i BCIOU9. The jokersjaow thoroughly alarm ed, called sheriff >,who found Combourt floor of his coll ap parently dead. His heart was beat ing faintly anil it was only after ad ministering powerful stimulants that he was r< stored to consciousness. While Dominic Bun'caforo was peeping In on the festivities at an Italian christening Towanda Thursday a young ran out of the house and slashed him four times on the head and body. The officers have tailed to find bin assail ant for the reason that he is being j Shielded by his countrynoten. Buncft | foro is in a hospital and may die. I A ! Eagles Mere never witnessed a more brilliant spectacle than tint of the annual boat carnival held on the laka lart Thursday night-. Seventy five boats appeared in gay array as competitors for the honors awarded for the most utikum ami artistic dec oration. The inght was perfect. Scarcely a ripple marred the surface of the water. The new moop cast upon the lake a silvery light, but not of sufficient brilliancy to detract from the beautiful scene presented by the hundreds of Japanese lanterns waving to and fro upon the small crafts. It was pronounced the most suceesful of all the 20 annual carn ivals held there. J. Horace McFarland, of llarris burg president of the American Civic Association, was chairman of the generdl committee having in charge the festivities. I lis efforts created the enthusiasm that made the event such a magnificent success Every person on the mountain gath ered along the shores to witness the scene, and the applauso as the pretty slouts and other crafts passed was enthusiastic. A Judge at each of the five hotel piers and at the con clusion all assembled aboard the Iroquois steamer and conferred as to the merits of the various contesting floats. When the results were an nounced the entire fleet gathered about the Iriquois in the center of the lake and cheering for the victor was vociferous. The Forest Inn, the Lakeside hotel and the Raymond were rep resented by large floats supported on five or more small row boats. That of the llaymond, represented a log cabin with a happy throng of j iii'gros singing old songs familiar to Dixie folk, was awarded first prize. The Forest Inn float, represented the story told in the popular comic opera "The Red Mill," with a unique red mill and windwheel, was awtrdedsecond prize. The "District Skewl,"from the Lakeside hotel, having on do*«al a md tjttlii'try.x school with 20 scholars, was-Siven honorable mention. Jag The proprietor of the CreAJtpnt Inn displayed $l5O worth 'of fire works from the hill on which the iun stands duriug the time when all of the boats were assembled in the center of the lake awaiting the decision of the Judges. The dis play was brilliant and highly appre ciated by the crowds of people. Many skyrockets and caifakm rock ets were shot high into the air so as to be seen from every section of the town. The eighth annual reunion of the Little family was held at Eagles Mere park Thursday. About 100 members of the organization were in attendance, coming from a!! oarts of .Sullivan county, and from :uany parts of Lycoming county. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: I'itesident, Brady Little of Picture Rocks; vice president, A. <«. Little of Forksvfjle; secretary, < Jeorge Sypher of Pictujre Rocks; treasurer, Miss Sara Jluokjto of Forksville. The committee ap9 pointed at the reunion a year ago to | raise funds for a monument to be erected in the Eagles Mere cemetery were instructed to make an effort to raise S3OO by the time of the re -1 union next year. It is worth while in presenting a Petition for the constriction of a public road under the new law to make the description of the route and terminals explicit. Judge Hart, of the Lj wining county eoijrt, set aside recently, the viewers for a public road in Logan House and Lewis township, Lycoming county because the description of the terminal of the was to vague. A new peti(ir>if*«nd report will be necessary befoje' anything > further can bedoue. j - J*- A ruling by the Tostal Depart ment provides thafcif mail trains on any route are lalfe ten times in three months the jgltd shall be fined fif ! teeu per the pay of that route for that qnMgjfr-—provided the trains ' are thirty jfpiutes behind sehedul e !ti mejjf hgjftrslan than that the fine ' Will less. Some western roads dttritip) the fines seriously threaten | ttjflMr resources. 75C PLR YEAR BERNICE ITEMS. Mr. (iallagher and wife of Auhurn X. Y., are visiting parent- Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ilannan of Mildred. Mr. itnd Mrs. ('. K. Jackson are Berwick visitors. Born, to Afr. and Mrs. Harry Mc- Laughlin, a Mrs. W. K. Brown and family of Wilkes Bih'e, arc visiting her par ents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sclioonovci of ' The "hoHo Bills" are receiving dunning hills. 1-He following attended the picnic on Tuesday: Xorra Con nors, Lucy llannon Rita Hope, Murry Dale, Frank Ramsey and Michael Connere. Myers Fromhurg returned to his home in New York city on Friday, after spending the past week with Mildred friends. John < >. Connors and Thomas Ram sey assisted the Ricketts Base. hall team to defeat the Hagles Mere nine at that place on Friday. Lewis Thurston of Douranceton, is visiting Mildred friends. Our base hall nine played hall at Laporte on Thursday against some of the best players that Hughcsville could pick up, and we are proud of our hoys that they trimmed (lie Hughesville team to the score of 9 to 4in our favor. It must have heen a sorrowful home going for the pick of Lycoming county to be defeated by the coal cutters of Sullivan county. We are willing to stake our last dol lar on our nine. It can defeat the same nir." every day in the week for money, chalk or marbles even if they are the sons of miners. Hello Hughesville how do you like it. Sunbury, as well as all other towns, cities state and countries, is proud of the Independent Order of odd Fellows, and her pride is justi ficd after the magnificent showing the members of tho organization made at the laying of the corner m»e lur iho new building at the Home for Orphans between Sun bury and Snydertmvn last Friday. An outpouring ot fully five thou sand participated in the excercises, but no lessjmpressive than the num ber was the character of participants The ordor comprises citizenship of the highest degree, and the best did not disdain to make the journey and help mark the event in an appro priate way. Judge aud lawyer, cap italist and railroader, men hant and mechanic, they stood side Vy side symbolizing and typifying the equality brotherly love and charily which forms the broad basis of their order. Tlu* wt alitor was all that could be desired and the rays of sunshine eo .led by gentle breezes added large ly to the enjoyment of the memor able event. Some of the large crowd in attendance left for the Orphanage on the early morning trains over both the Pennsylvania and Heading railroads, hut it was not until the arrival of the special trains that the greater part of the big assemblage arrived. The special train over the sheading road passed through Kun- HJjj)r3k.|»etwe«u nine and ten o'clock. 1%0 stpeetals were run over the Petinsghrani* road from Sunbury comjjpsed of ten and three cars ro sjjectivly, and every coach was fill ed to the doors. It was a big good natural crowd and the spirit «.f good fellowship was manifest on all sides, not a thing happening to mar ths pleasuie of the occasion. Many odd Fellows from this Bounty attended the corner stone laying. Fire of unknown origiu in the for "ek above Laquin, did considerable damage last week. The blaze start ed about o'clock Tuesday after noon and raged fiercely for several hours, |hefore being extinguished early Wednesday morning. Th.» fire was on the property of the Pennsylvania Lumber company I and was very threatning for a time. I Employes of the big mill at l,u(|uin ■ were called out to fight the fire. A concidesable amount of acid wood ' was consumed by the flames. The 1 blaze was extinguished before reach ing far into the valuable standing ! timber.
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