>•? imucAit sews nm. | L. WING, Edttv. >*!ibllehed JBvery Thursday Afternoon ! By Tbe Sullivan Publishing Co j At the County Seat of Sullivan Oounty, IiAPOHTB, PA. W C. MASON, I'nv.vJi.n. IHOH. .1. K\(r)IAM, a cc'y A Ircai. EiUtred at tiie Post Office at Laporte, as second class mail matter. IP®?®! , HARRISBURG.PA.,^S jC'JRES ALL ORINK AMD DPO& ADDICTION* Primary Election Notice. Xotiet if hereby given in accordance ■ 'iih the provisions ol Act oi AnseniLly of February 17, 1900, [P. IX 37] ol the lollowing officers to be nominated ai Primary Klectioii to be held between the hours o! 2 p m. arid 8 p. m., on SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1908, Republican Electors are entitled to vote lor: < »ne Representative in Congress. (»ne Representative in Genera! Assuobly. Two County Commissioners, * »!j«- County Treasurer. < 'ne Delegate to State Convention. One Alternate Delegate to State Conven tion. Iwo Delegates to Republican National Convention, T«o Alternate Delegates to Republican National Convention. Democratic Electors are entitled to vote !.>r: One Representative in Congress. One Representative in General Assembly. Two County Commissioners. One ( utility Treasurer. <'tie Delegate to State Convention, One Alternate Delegate to State Conven tiot.. Two Delegates to Democratic National Convention. Two Alternate Delegate* to Democratic National Con vent ion. J Toiiibition Electors are entitled to vote '..r- One Representative in Congress. One I; preventative in General Assembly. Two < Y.unty Commißsior.ers. < »ne County Treasurer. Two i 'elegates to State Convention. < Delegate to Prohibition National < 'on vention. i Oli XTY COMMISSIONKRS. U M . V. SHOKMA KER. Clerk. j (Hdvantagreyj This is the Timej This is the Place W Men you are looking for sonn- good Farm Implements it wi'i be to your Advantage to call on me and examine my line consisting ol" DEI'.UTNG HINDERS, MOWERS, KKaPKRS and DAY RAKES. Also the UMPIRE GRAIN DRILLS, LI ROY PLOWS, HARROWS AND CULTIVATORS. Btacksmilhing and General Repair Work given prompt! attention and executed with ! guaranteed satisfaction. J. M. Dempsey, CHERRY MILLS, PA. NATIONAL GRANGE NOTES. Matters of General Interact to Mem bers of the Order From Main* to California. Now York stands at tbe front a atone crtmge states. '.Aate Master F. N. Godfrey reports the membership at about 75,(XX). There are 059 subordi nate Kt'anges, thirty-eight having been added tho past year. The Patrons' tire Insurance associations are strong factors In u financial sense. They rep resent nearly $100,000,000 of risks. There are 172 grange hails owned In tbe state, the total value loping re ported at $343,07(1. Much ifiia been done by the state grange in legislation benefiting rural conditions. iitate Lecturer Thompson la on# of Maine's enthusiastic grangers. Ha says there are over 400 granges In the stale, and over 300 of them own their own grange balls, which range In value from $2,000 to jfti.OOO or more. A grange of 200 members Is almost cer tain to have its own hall, nud this gives a permanence to the grange movement that Is unquestionable. The grunge membership has increased from j 20,000 to £>4,000 in twelve years. The j larg. st. grange !n the state and per- ; baps In the United States Is Houlton grange, with 900 members. It has a grange store, which did a business of j ilo .'tOO last year, and there are half j u dozen more younger stores ID the j state. National Treasurer Mrs. Eva S. Mc- ; Dotvell of Rome, N. Y., reports the j financial condition of the national j grange as follows: RECEIPTS | Balance Oct. 1, 19CS |»,8»8.30 From various source* 42.212.Ct ! t63.108.6S ! PAYMENTS. On orders tS2,TU.U I I'-iar.co Oct. 1. ISOT 10,S»T.OI ; W3.1U1.68 The total resources of the national grange, Including the above balance j and money Invested In bonds, savings bank deposits, etc., is $108,921.44. I | FOR PURE WATERS 1 AND BETTER HEALTH j Health Commissioner Dixon's Great' Task I? to Reclaim the Water* of tie State From Pollution. HI DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE Sanitary Engineering Divitien of the Department of Health la Teaching Municipalities Efficient and Economical Method) of Drainage. A lamentable and tremendous amount of neetlleas suffering, sickness, expanse and death annually result from the wanton pollution of tho suchine of Pennsylvania atnong those individuals dependent upon thes# sources of supply for drinking water. Hundreds of communities hang in the balance and at any time may have an epidemic of typhoid fevor stalking through their midst and decimating their numbers. Hundreds of the young aoa best lives of the commonwealth ara aonually sacrificed to the unsani tary customs of sewage disposal. Poi ses materia! of human origin from public and private Institutions, sewers and privies are emptied into streams at points but abort distances above wa ter works intakes, and in a few hours thereafter are delivered through the wa'er pipes of public systems to many lur.osent and unsuspecting Individuals, who rest secure in the belief that the publio authorities, having in charge tJae furnishing of drinking water, and who are responsible for the purity ot ths water thus supplied, are faithfully performing their obligations. Publlu and prtvate corporations, bow aver, eveu when earnestly Inclined, : ate often limited In their powers to I pi event sewage contamination, of the i sources of water supply. : After years of affliction, and at a ( terrtao cost In human life, it has finally j #«wneu upon the people that a higher I authority tbao the municipality must grapple with the problem and afford a remedy. It is, therefore, of interest tc eveiy citizen of the commonwealth to know about the work that Health Commissioner Dixon Is doing to pre serve ibe purity of the waters of the state in fulfillment of the duty laid upen feint by the act of April 22, 1905. The enormity of the task U com prenended when one realises the fact that almost without an exception eveiy city, borough and municipality ; in Pennsylvania having a sewer ays | tern discharges Its filth into the most ; cobvanient nearby stream, regardless j of consequences to the user of that stream at some point below. Further, where there are no sew ers, privies ate almost universally lo cated on or near tho banks of natural water courses, which thus serve as epan sewers. By no known math* matlis is it possible to compute th« extent of evil, the misery, espouse, poverty, lifelong suffering and death which this custom entails; but it is s fa ot that a large amount of it all would be driven from the state if sanitary methods of sewage disposal wers adoptee It i* tbe privilege, as well as the duty of the State Health Commission at to bring about lust this result. No short sighted, vacillating and radical p®iiey could bo successful In such s gr**t undertaking. It will necessarily fee the work of years to undo the cus tout* of generations and establish uni verse) healthful conditions. Us auc ts*» m a measure depends upon ttat enlightenment and co-operation of the people. The stupidity and skepticism of * preoccupied and selfish populttcs l* a barrier to (juick results. Wher« the public conscience la quickened, voluntary reforms will be inaugurated and benefits will be at once secured In other cases the law will have to be invoked and enforced. Tbe Chief Engineer of the Depart ment, P. Herbert Snow, and his assis tants are now traversing every part oj the State, making examinations ol sewerage systems and water aupplini and collecting data with respect to tin ; quality of all of tbe waters In Pean | sylvuola. More than this is being done, i sources of pollution and menaees which can be abated at once are reported to the commissioner, and in many caaet i a request on bis part to the ownei | of the premises is sufficient to cause • a removal of the nuisance. Th* num ber of letters of encouragement and 1 co-operation in this kind of reform j received by the commissioner splendld | ly illustrates the willingness of the cit ! liens ot the state to do what is righk la a few cases owners wilfully refuse I Plttsfield, Mass., can have the meet , lng of the next Bay State grange If It can secuse sufficient hotel accammeda ' ttona. It la getting to be a problem in • some states to entertain the state : grauge at Its anneal seeakma. [ The first specially manufactured lampf for denatured aleebol wUI bear 1 tbe brand oi stamp "P. of H." In recog ' nltlon of tbe grange's work In securing Industrial aleohel free of tax. [ Cultivate the Habit of buying reputable goods from a reputabe concern. We are agents for W. L. DOUGLASS SHOES fro j.50 3 jways satisf j A GOOD ASSOR TMENT LDRENS anl Clothing Made to Order All have the right appearance and guaranteed otsd in both material ana workmanship and price mte. We also manufacture Feed, the Flag Brand. It is not cheap, but good. Is correctly made. Ask your dealer for it [or write us for prices. NORDMONT SUPPLY Co. General Merchants, «°*°! NOE XXMICOSTT. U J 99 The Best place to buy goods Is often asked by the pru pent housewife. Money saving advantages are always being searched for; Lose no time in making a i thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on lexhTßTTl^^ ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. I AJi answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. n«n ii 11 a*. j Make Your Grocer Give You Guaranteed Cream of Tartar Baking Powder ! ) Alum Baking Pow ders interfere with digestion and are tint- ; healthful. \ Avoid the alum. T •I Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what yon eat. This preparation contains all of the digestaiits and digests all kiuds of fo»d. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It. allows you to eat all the food yon want. The most sensitive atomacbs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cared after everything else failed. 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C fail tocure. druKK'*>i» refund uioihjv ' •Hull Tobart-u Spil am] ukf lour file nn.77. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be ina? nt'tfe. lull of life, nerve and vitfor, take No- 0 j 3ae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak ir.. r, | stro»ig. ali uruj-'srist-s, oOc 01 »l. Cure guarar I Booklet and sample free. Address- j ■IUt-Idk Hemedy o>. chlcaco r N< iv Vgiu [ GIGANTIC SALE at Jacob Wihton's, V K|N( M VALLEY, PA. Men s Boys and Cfyldrens' fine Clothing (Hats and Furnishing Goods at unheard lof LOW PRICES. Sale Commenes This Week | OVERCOATS—Men's good ? MEN'S 5.50 PANTS at 2.99 ;wnrm Overcoats; not many I Mens' HATS Men's 3.50 pants, worth 0 0 r ;of them but enough for p- U + * I mort ; money, sold at Z.Zb | fairly heavy demand. rlflG n3tS thSt 31- Men's heavy shoes, at 1.55. 297 ways sold for 2.00 dose them out at Z.J/ a great sacrafice at 3.50 Overcoats at s.so this Scile 2 e>o t> ' anlll tll . volume of own home '" "hirh " h '"'' r » 0 " other plmnoirii.ha rot wish to Wpp It. If t m»ch no doe. I the h.lf Not only So V„u n,.10 ,ood ovr every elala-wlmw.wnll more v„1.,m0. I.ut you rc. a he" ty. ..vira. .rt»fi.rtl«n- juat mU It Lack, tor tone—clearer, tweeter, more We " Pay all freight charge* boih »»ajs. i.k. ou ' All the Latest Improvement* r IvLL Ci\T.ALAjf*l IF The Duplex it equipped with e mechanical feed that re will **t>lain fi.llw *i » lleves the record of all the destructive work of k.rnpeMin* ■ll iiwliivin«»til superiority of The Duplex. Dnn't Iho reproducer across it-surface. The needle point ia held out first Mndh>c?«?•.??* IT T " uy Bli> othof m * k * witb * 4n continuous contact with the Inner ( which is the more J? Li ° r * ur cttlopuo. accurate > will of thoaoimd «.v.,roow, tl.u.r.pfoduclrg ■ riZl?}}. iM e h » , i?' r 70% , Prof ' u whin urotits Vf,