r :-m$uC&N KEWS ITEM.
CUACIiiS L. WING, Editor.
PttldllbMl Every Thursday Afternoon j
By The Sullivan Publishing Co !
At the Count; Seat of Sullivan County. ;
IiAPOBTG, PA.
W t\ Mason, I'rosiden.
TUGS. J. INGHAM, Sei-'y & Treas.
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second-class mail matter.
HARRISBURG.PA.
C'.'sis all Drink ano Dnu& Addictions.
j NCWU FUPNISMED NEW MANAOtMtWt i
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Grange visiting Is very popular j
a uong grargas that fire of easy access j
one to another. The visiting grange j
goes prepared to furnish the literary j
programme. while the entertuinlng |
grunge furnishes the refreshment fea |
Many of the Early Prospectors Select,
od the Name* of Wives or Sweet- j
hearts, Which Stand Now as Remind
er of Romances of Bygone Days.
Behind the names of many of the j
mining claims ami mines of every lain- .
lug I'istrlet In the west, there Ilea a j
voaltb of romance and history, both j
pathetic and ludicrous. The Black
th is furnish us many and as good ex
<>.up!es of the peculiar circumstances
under which many claims nre named
it - any locality ill the country.
»Hie of the best known mines In the
Koutiitru hills is the Holy Terror. Back
in il:o early days this claim was lo
tilled by an old miner who had work
til r-ocae years without success. The
cl:Jm was n hard one to work. When
the inau ■».'ll home in the evening
..i'.cr locating Ills claim his wife asked
In:ii what he named it. lift smiled and
it-id her. "I'or you. my dear," and her
t'urlLer inquiry drew forth the fact
had railed it Holy Terror. An
oliu'i man once named his claim Gen
• .\iinie for tils wife, while still t
tiil.vi perpetuated the memory of hi*
wife, who was a noted clubwoman, by
nandig his claim Silent Julia.
1 hllis< are dotted with the names
cf ; i;:iius recalling romances of bygone
days. Mauy a young, ambitious man
can:t> here when the mining boom of
tl:.- eighties wns at iis height, lured
< i.h hope i'l a fortune, and all that re
naiii- to tell the tale is the name of
Katie W. or Mabel 12. or Lulu J. Many j
a sweetheart or wife in the faraway
east v.'ns honored In the naming of a
eluii.ii tiiiil iu-i owner hoped would prove
bonanza. Some few made good. Wit
ness ihe Annie Fraction and the Josle,
i:oth of wlii h were named for the
eastern wtw;s of their owners. They
are in the l'ald mountain district and
have produced thousands of dollars for
the locators.
La the Galena district there i» a
small abandoned claim known as the
V. uiow, with which there goes a story.
Veai: ago a youth named Hanley ap
peared 'from somewhere with a few
tL 'iisaud irtld with zeal commenced to
i-iuk his money in a hole iu the ground
in the hope of a vast fortune. Back
in the old home a little widow waited
hi \uin for the golden wealth he said
was sure to come and the wedding
day that would celebrate it. It took
i.ut a short time for the youth's small
savings to dwindle away with his in
experience, and. chagrined and dis
heartened, he put a bullet through his
brain on the site of his blasted hopes.
Oue prospector who worked diligent
ly on a claim which was staked by an i
outsider and had difficulty iu even get >
ting Ills living expenses secured his re- :
renge by naming his claim Old Per- |
f.lnimon.
Men of patriotic turn of mind have j
choseu names of those famous In his
tory, as Washington, Lincoln, etc.
i'ucli of the presidents has been re
•aembered, famous generals, all of the
stares, seafaring heroes and heroes of
the Philippines, as I>ewey and Fun j
r.ton. Indian names by the score are [
found, as Hiawatha, Minnekahta and {
Nanoma. Those of sporting procilvi- j
ties chose race horses, as Nancy Hanks,,
Salvutor, Maud S., Red Wilkes, Joe
I'ati.iien. Favorite authors have been
remembered, as Longfellow, Burns and
Dickens. One student named his
group Mtltlades, Mark Anthony, Attila
mid Cleopatra.
One man of a pessimistic velu chose l
What's Left and Some Left The aver- j
age business man in naming claims :
will choose a simple name and use a '
series it numlors. as. for Instance,
Thoiuas No. 1, Thomas No. 2, etc. One j
man favored his wife by calling lit* j
clai;:i Red Headed Woman. Two ad- j
joining claims are known as On Time;
and Late.
An odd case was known In the name
of.the Hoodlebug claim, which- was lo- j
cated he a German and an Irishman j
and Intended by the former to lie called :
Heidelberg. When the Irishman reach-,
ed towu to record the location he bad :
forgotten his partner's selection of a !
name and said it was something like 1
Hoodlebug. which, for convenience,;
was the name recorded.
The Prodigal Son lived up to Us
name by I ankruptlng Its locator, who
returned t > lowa at the behest of the !
father who had put up the funds for j
the \e: -e. Among the names that'
doubtle. s conceal stories never known
me Old Whiskers, She Devil, Crack
Brain and Crank.
Some of the guicbes have uames
tUat refer to Incidents. Two Bit was
i unied because a placer miner de
clared his first panful would yield
about two bits. Then there are Poor
Man's Gulch, Sbeeptall, Blacktall,
Whltetail, Crooked Arm, Poverty and
i'rosperity.—Deed wood Cor Bt Loula
Republic.
Kentucky, following the example of
her progressive sister state* of the
north, has organized a grange with
i the charter list composed largely of
| the forulty Hnd students of Its eg
; cultural college at Lexington. The ex
| perlment station corps of experts is
'< also represented In the charter list of
' ceventv-five.
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! A COMMENT OR TWC\
Oa MetKocta of Work Bm*lsr«4 at
National Uraasro Mcctlsfi,
in the Importance of questions con
sidered the 100«J session of the national
grange will rank well with preceding
Ones. Measures of much Importance to
the Order and to the public as well
! were considered and In most Instances
I acted upon wisely. Xt Is expected that
: In a body of men representing differ
j ent and widely separated sections of
| tlie country there will be a diversity
| of opinion upon certain pnbUc ques
j tlons, and It is characteristic of dele
gates to the national grauge.
This was particularly noticeable in a
: discussion which arose on the resolu
| tlon Introduced by the Washington del
j egate relative to the Initiative and ref
'
ICKS. «T» S. M'DOWE&I., tkiaschxr or
MATIOX&I, OHAMCIE
erenduni. direct nominations, direct
elections, proportional representation
and the right, to recall executive offi
cers. The resolution was pressed with
great vigor by the geutletnen from
Washington and Oregon, but was not
especially favored by the eastern del
egates. and ouly one or two from the
middle west seemed inclined tore- j
celve tt very cordially. Probably a i
resolution favoring the initiative and i
referendum alone would bave boon
adopted, but this one never. Tba mat
ter was finally referred to the several
state granges for their action, as the
delegates did uot care to take posi
tion on it without instructions from
various states. Several of them
expressed their personal views on the
question, but refused to allow them
selves to be governed by those views
aolely.
While questions of this nature may
properly come before the national
grunge, it seems to the looker on that
there Is a tendency to deal with ques
tions that are really without the prov
ince of the grunge or are at least not
particularly apropos. I refer particu
larly to the resolutions Introduced by
the delegate from West Virginia re
stricting the amount of land which any
in no may own or ieaae and another ad
vocating a progressive tax on all for
tunes Above a fixed maximum, either
given awuy In life or bequeathed In
death, and, strange as It may seem,
both of these resolutions prevailed.
I am of the opinion that tbe closer
| national and state granges confine
! themselves to such legislation as most
j dir:»cMy iienra upon the Interests of
j the fitriiii I .' Uio better will our Order ful
; till Its mission to tbe farmer. Further- :
| more, there is not that general discus
sion of resolutions offered in these
grange meetings that should be for
the highest Interest. As all who are
familiar with tbe workings of tbe state
and national granges know, resolutions
! are referred at once to the appropriate
I committee without discussion. Cotn
j ralttees after due consideration present
j tlielr report to the body either favor
i ably or adversely, as the case may be,
uud their rejwrt Is acted upon by the
delegates, but scarcely ever with argu
ment or discussion.
As to the future, the outlook is moat |
i encouraging. Something like 100,000
. bave been added to the membership
; throughout the United States the past i
! year. It will grow In numbers as It
i grows results shown for tbe farm-
I era' benefit —American Agriculturist.
JsTtslle Craatn.
Mrs. Elizabeth Phelps Parnham, lec- j
I turer of Oswego county {N. Y.) Pomo
: na grange and who has given much
! attention to juvenile grange work,
, says that souis of the best reasons for
' organizing juvenile granges were
| based upon tbe plan ot holding them
at the same time as the subordinate
i grange.
| First, many members who would be
I helpful to the Order and who would
. find it helpful to them cannot attend
unless accompanied by their children;
: second, tbe children. In whom all are
Interested, add greatly to tbe Interest
of the lecturer's programme if allowed
: to enter after the business meeting Is
i over and are asked to recite, read or
sing, as tbe csee may be; third, and !
by no means the least in favor of tbe
meetings occurring at tbe aarae time
and place, Is the grange atmosphere,
wbtch the children absorb by attend
ing the meetings with their elders and
the confidence they gain at an early
age by assisting in tbe work before :
them. Tbe juvenile grange la the prl- ;
mar? grauge school where the gran- *
gurs of tbe future are trained for tbe
work of the Order.
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TNERSHI P.
Notice is hereby jjivoi that the part- j
nership heretofore existing between .). <i. !
Cott find Henry Kratise, who were en- I
jraged in ilie butchering business in La- j
(H.rte, PH.. was on May 29, 19(17 dissolv- i
eil by mutual agreement. All persons •
having any claim or claims against said |
partnership will please present said claim I
ibr payment to either of the mulorsignetl, j
ami those indebted to said partnership
will make payment to either
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