FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF DLTSHORE, PENNA.
CAPITAL - ■ $50,000
eUK-PliUB - - $25,000
Does a General Banking Business.
S. D. STERIGERE, M. D. SWARTS.
President. Cashier
percent Interest allowed on certificates.
fRANCISW. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-Law.
„tKcein Keeler's Block.
LAP* lUTliV.Sullivan County, PA.
y. X & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTOKHBY9-AT-LAW,
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining oounties
_ A PORTE, PA '
F J. MULLEN,
Attorn ey-at- La w.
LA PORTE. PA
orriCH m COtJMTY BUILDIRO
SRARCODRT HODBK.
j H. CRONIN,
ATTOBBKT--AT -LAW,
HOTABT PUBLIC.
omoH OH MAIN STI'.BRT.
OIISIIORK. PA
LAPORTE HOTEL
F, W, OALLAGHEB, Prop.
Newly erected. Opposite Court
House square. Steam heat, batli rooms,
hot |inl coM water, reading and pool
room,and barbershop; also good stabling
and livery,
Gbippewa
Xime tkUns-
Lime furnisheo in car
load lots, delivered at
Right Prices.
Your orders solicited.
Kilns near Hughesvilla
Penn'a.
M. E. Reeder,
MUNCY, PA.
For a well Kept
Up-to-date
Stock of
General
Merchandise
Far pries that are
Right
For curteous treatment
goto
Buschhausen'
/"ONDENcED REPORT ot tin-condition of The
First National liank at Dushorc, in the stale
of Pennsylvania at close of business Dee. ;ld.
lUO7,
11KS01RCES.
Loan* and discounts .$2. 01929 11
I". S. bands tu secure circulation SO.OMI IK)
Houd Securities 1C5.778.:13
Kurnimi' ,900110
i'axli. and due from banks and Treas
ury U. 8 89,991 09
Total {508,599 09
LIABILITIES,
Capital fno.oonoo
Surplus and undivided profits :;tyilß .'n.
■< 'irculation no.ooooo
Dividends unpaid 00
Deposits 372,28053
l"otnl $508,599 09
rotate (if Pennsylvania County of Sullivan ss.
1, M. It. Swarts cashier of the almvc named
bank do solemnly •■wear that the above statement
is tiue to the best'of my knowledge and lielief.
M. 1). SWARTB. ( 'ashler.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this >t 11
day 111 lice. 1907. ALBERT F. IIEESS.
My commission expires Feb.v 27.09. Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
,t. D. RKESER )
IC. SYLVAR A, • Directors.
y AMU EL COLE, )
QOl'K'l PRoi I,AM ATIO.N .
Whf.kf.as, Hon. ( 'has. E 'I kkkv President
Judge Honorables Henry Rieblln and K. C. R.
Kskinka Assoc. Judges of|the < ourls of Oyer and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter
Sessions of the Peace, Orphans'Court anil Com
moy Pleas tortile County of Sullivan, have issued
their precept, bearing date the 11 day of Mar.
1907. to me directed, lor holding the seVera
courts In the Borough of Lu|mrte. on Monday the
18day of May 190s, at 2o'clock p. m.
Tlicrefore.notice is hereby uiven to the Coroner,
Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
county, that tiny be then and there in their prr>|>-
cr person at 2 o'clock p. m.of said day. with their
rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and
other rememberanccs to those things to which
their offices apin rtain to be dune. And to those
who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall lie in the jail of
thesaid county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to
be then and there to prosecute against tliem as
will be just.
ICDSON BROWN. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office.Lajiorte Pa., v 9, Jan 190S'
fOLEYSRIOMYCURE
w Makes Kidneys and Bladder Hlflht
County Scat
Local and Personal Events
Tersely Told.
John Hassen has placed a new
piano in the Commercial hotel.
Mr, John Hall of Mapleton, vis
ited his daughters, Mrs. Otis Rose
and Mrs. Lee Fritz, last week.
The ladies of the Village Im
provement Society have planted a
bed of cannas in the park.
W. C. Taylor lias sold his res
taurant at Muncy Valley, to his
brother-in-law, J. Will Moran.
The overseers of Davidson town
ship have two young boys, aged
11 and 12 years, whom they wish
to place with some good family to
work fortheir board and clothing.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Iligley are
visiting their daughter Mrs. W.
1). Finkle, at Roselle Park, X. J.J.
While there they will witness the
graduation of their grand-daughter
Miss Pearl Finkle.
In a recent issue of the News
Item it was stated that Mr. Valen
tine Kobe carried an insurance of
81,700 on his barn recently dis
troyed by lire. This statement was
incorrect as the amount of insur
ance was only §BOO. The loss is
estimated at §1,700.
Any college president whose duty
it is to secure for his institution
large sums of money could have told
her of her peril. It is becoming
more and more frdquent for big gilts
to universities and colleges to lie
made anonymously, because the
generous giver is pestered night and
day after each large s*ift liy beggars
u person and by thousands of letters.
The News Item editor was pre
sented with a box of strawberries
by Mr. A. 0. Jenkins. The gift i
was highly appreciated as they j
made a dish lit for a king. The I
berries were marvelous in size and j
contained a rich, sweet flavor ex- ;
celling any other fruit grown. Mr.!
Jenkin's prize berries are known i
as the Arnot. and have been grown
from one native plant, and are
capable of being improved by the
best-cultivation.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Lake Mokonia Company was
held at Kenuett Square, Pa., on
Monday evening for the election of!
directors and the transaction of
other business. The following di
rectors were elected - Charles J.
Pennoek. E. S. Philips, Thomas
Rakestraw. J. 13. Swayne, W. ('.
Mason, Ellery P. Ingham and F. j
\V. Mcylert. After the election
the directors met and organized!
by electing Charles.l. Pennoek, |
President, E. S. Philips, Vice
President and Secretary, and Will
iam P. Mercer, Treasurer. We
understand that a meeting of the
directors will be held at Laporte
in the near future when the devel
opment plans of the new company
will be gone over. Richard M. !
Pennoek has been appointed resi- j
deiit manager and arrived here 1
)
this week to remain for the sum- j
mer.
A very pleasant birthday party
was tendered Mrs. W. B. Ritter on
Thursday evening, June 18. The
home was beautifully decorated i
with roses and palms presented by
friends and neighbors. The even
ing was most pleasantly spent by !
all present, singing by Mrs. Ernest
Allen of Monroeton, with Miss
Lizzie McNellan at tlia organ was
thoroughly enjoyed. Refreshments
of all kinds were served, and a
merrier crowd never eii|oyed La
porte hospitality. The following
friends of Mrs. Ritter were pres
ent besides her father: Mrs. Dou
ty, Mrs. Lynn, Mrs. Moodlandcr,
Mrs. Frate, Mrs. Buck and daugh
ter, Mrs. Haitian Mrs. Goodman,
from New Columbia; those from
Laporte were Mrs. Wrede. Mrs.
Rogers, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Phill
ips and sister, Mrs. Lovelace,
Mrs. Tressr. Fries, Mrs. John
Flies, Mrs. Jacob Fries, Misses
Bessie Wrede, Lizzie [McNellan
Alina Farrell and Tessie Fries.
Mrs, Ritter was the recipient of
many beautiful gifts and hearty
wishes formany more happy birth
days.
George Bown of Lincoln Falls
was at the County Seat Monday.
John Hansen, 11. 11. Kunim,
F. M. Crossley, and daughters,
Dolly, Freda, and Margureteatten
ed Buffalo Bills show at "YViJlia.ni
pport Tuesday.
Kev. George F. Meitch will
preach at the Baptist church at
this place next Sunday at 10:00
A. M. All are cordially invited to
' attend this service.
In the essential features, the pro
cess of making the fine gut strings
■ for surgical uses, or the heavy strings
three-eighths of an inch thick some
times employed for machinery belt
ing, does not differ from the method
j employed in the case of the musical
strings, except that the latter are
handled with more care.
Notice is hereby given that a pe
k tition for the transfer of a Retail
Liquor License for a Hotel or Tav
ern heretofore granted to .James I'.
McGee of Village of Lopez, t'olley
Township, Sullivan County, Penna.,
to Anthony Rouse, has this day heen
tiled in my office and the same will
be presented to the Court of quarter
sessions of Sullivan County 011 Wed
nesday July Ist 1908, at ten
o'clock A. M.
Clerk's ottice, Laporte, Penna.,
June l!», 1908.
Albert F. lleess,
Clerk.
Notice is hereby given that a pe
tition for a transfer of a Restaurant
or Eating House License heretofore
granted to \Y C. Taylor of the Vil
lage of Muncy Valley, Davidson
Township, Sullivan County, Penna.
to J. William Moran, has this day
been tiled in my office and the same
will be presented to the court of
Quarter Sessions of Sullivan County
on Thursday the Second day of July,
| 19(18, at ten o'clock A. M.
Clerk's ottice, Laporte, Penna.,
I J line 22, 19HS,
Albert F. Hess,
Clerk.
i < MHce of the Sullivan County Tele
| phone < 'oni|>any.
Dualiore, I'a., May liitli, 1908.
| , Notice is hereby given that the Annual
Meeting ot the Stockholders of the Sulli
van ('ouiity Telephone Company will lie
held at the otliee of the Company in IMi
shore, Penn a. 011 Friday, the 3d day of
July, 1908. at ten o'clock a. 111 . tor the
election ol directors, and such other husi
ness as may come before (lie meeting.
Also a vote vv.ll he taken on the propo
sition to move the otliee ol the Company
to Forksville.
Attest: I>. F. McCarty, Pres.
Flysst's Bird, Secretary.
Notice.
1 MIPS WAXTKP.— Laporte Township
j will htiihl one concrete or stone-arch
! bridge fourteen leet long, six leet wide
I anil tonr feet high, across l>oo run, said
; run being between Laporte and los. Mc
| I ntire's property.
Bids will be received and opened on
•luly - ml at Ingham's law ottice, at ten
I o'clock a. 111.
My order ol Supervisors,
Laporte Township.
A Model Grange Home.
Very few granges j n the country hav*
I had the good fortune that has come to
! Laurel grange of West Newbury.
Mass , which has just had placed at Its
: disposal an elegant $20,000 ball, which
; they are to occupy with no other ex
\ penso thnu the Janitor service. The
I building is of the old English style.
i 58 by 90 feet in siae. with front porch
i 12 by 22 feet. The tlrst story is of brick
j and the second of wood, with cement
j stucco, high pitched roof and colonlai
; Interior, finished very handsomely
The auditorium seats 300 people and
has been elegantly furnished. A stage
12 by 30 feet has dressing rooms anil
all conveniences. In the building arc
also a banquet hall 30 by 60 feet. 11
kitchen 12 by 10 feet and fine pantry,
closets and paraphernalia rooms. There
; is also a delightful reading room 10 by
! 22 feet, with a good library and read
lug tables.
An Eloquent Granger.
Mortimer Whitehead, the sliver
tongucd orator of the grange and one
1 of its oldest members, has been doing
1 yeoman service for the Order the past
; summer In New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. His
| home is near New Brunswick, N. J.
In the national congress there are
| r,50 members, of whom only nine are
I farmors, and we doubt If they are
-rangers. Something wrong there!
Watch the Gates.
The grange is growing by leaps
bounds in tunny states. I.arge classes
are being Initiated. Let them not be
too large or so large as to comprise
some members who will be better out
than In the grange.
j In Kentucky the grange has taken
n new lease of life. Five hundred new
i grange halls have been or soon will b«
I completed !i< that state.
'I
' LaPorte Twp. Statement.
< 'Gorge ICarve ill account with Laporte Twp. as
Collector of School Tax for the year ending .lime
, Ist, HtOS.
To amount of duplicate 1372 iw
• redit by exoneration* KHB7
Laud returns 24
• Commission on returns 121
Auit. collected 5 per cent off 9:IR :w
Commission oil same IS 7:1
Rebate 49 28
Collected ou face duplicate lti:il>4
Collector's commission SIS
Aim. rolleeied 5 per cent added 50 00
lialance due township 54 lfi
1372 lilt 1:572 09
' Lyman (). Harvey, Treasurer of School Funds
for the year ending June Ist, 1908.
Balance in liatnl from last audit C 8 37
State appropriation 488 18
Itecd. from County Treasurer... 720 00
*' Ueorge Karge Collector... 1150 02
" K. C. Peters 100
K.E. Botsford (borrowed) 725 00
" Ernest Botsford " 125 00
" lv C. Peters. " 226 00
By amt. paid teachers. 1670 00
Teachers attending institute 62 50
Auilittng account for year 1907 7 00
Fuel 109 86
School supplies 170 74
Text iKMiks 85 67
Freight 25 85
Cleaning buildings 20 25
I epairs 12 90
Secretary's salary 29 81
Publishing 9 00
Laixirte Born, children tuition 11 lit
Sugarloaf Twp. Col. Co. " 17 99
Attorney's fees 25 00
Kent for Nordmont school house 15 00
Directors attending convention
and election of Superintendent 28 52
Miscellanies 125
Purchasing lot 8 00
Building new house 886 50
Furniture and fixtures 138.66
Treasurer's commission 66 60
Postage and stationery 1 08
Balance In Treasurer's hands.. 105 59
3503 57 3503 57
We. the undersigned auditors do hereby cer
tify that llie foregoing statement is true and coi
rect to the best of our knowledge and belief. ,
HOWARD C. HESS I
MORGAN OAVITT i Auditors.
gll KRIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of fieri lacias issued
out ot the Court of Common l'leas ol'Sul
livan County, Pennsylvania, and to me
directed and delivered, the will he exposed
to public sale at the Court House, in the
Morough of Laporte. Sullivan County. Pa.
on
FIJI DAY, lULY 10, 1908,
at 10 o'clock a. m., the following describ
ed property, to-wit:
All that certain piece or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the Borough
of Laporte. in the Comity of Sullivan
and iti the.State of Pennsylvania, bound
ed and described as lollows:
ME«I INNING at a point on the North
side of Cherry street seventy-six (7(5) (eet
West from the west side ot the extension
of Spring Alley, thence along the North
side of Cherry street tw# hundred and
til'ty-seven (2">T) feet to a corner and line
of Lot No. 87: tlieuce along the said line
and line ot Lot No. 88 North two hund
red and sixty (260) feet to Raspberry
Alley; thence along the South side ot
said Alley Fast two hundred and fifth
seven (2*>7) leet to a corner seventy six
(70) leet West from the West line ol
Spring Alley; thence South in a line par
allel with the West line of this lot two
hundred and sixty (200) feet to the place
ol begintiiug. CONTAINING Sixty-six
Thousand Fight Hundred and Twenty
((16,820) Sipiare Feel ot land be the same
more or less.
Said lot being improved and in a good
state ot cultivation and having a number
of fruit trees thereon*
Seized, taken in execution and to be
sold as the property of Charles Lamlon
at the suit of A. 11. Busch liauseu, (use,]
.lI'DSON BROWN, Sheriti.
Sheriffs ottice,Laporte.Pa., -lune I1 yim.
NATIONAL GRANGE NOTES.
Matters of General Interest to Mem
bers of the Order From Maine to
California.
New York stands at the front among
grunge states. State Master F. N.
Godfrey reports the membership at
about 75.00 U. There are 009 subordi
nate granges, tiilrty-eight having been
added the pa: t year. The Patrons'
lire insurance associations are »trong
factors in a fin uncial sense. They rep
resent nearly $100,000,000 of risks.
There are 172 grange halls owned In
the state, the total value Iwing re
ported at $343,070. Much Iras been
done by the state grange In legislation
benefiting rural conditions.
State Lecturer Thompson la one of
Maine's enthusiastic grangers. He
says there are over 400 granges In the
state, and over 300 of them own their
own grange halls, which range In value
from $-2,1X10 to SO,OOO or more. A
grange of 200 members is almost cer
tain to' have its own hull, and this
gives a permanence to the grange
movement that is unquestionable. The
grange membership has iucvensed from
20,000 to 54,000 in twelve jears. The
largest grange in the state and per
haps In the Culted Sir.tes is Houlton
grange, with 1)00 members. It has a
grange store, w Uich did a business of
SIOO,OOO last year, and there are half
a dozen more younger stores in the
state.
National Treasurer Mrs. Eva S. Mc-
Dowell of Rome. N. Y., reports the
financial condition of the national
grange as follows:
RECEIPTS.
Balance Oct. 1, 190S *20,896.30
From various aourcea 42.212.5*
163,108.89
PAYMENTS.
On orders J62.711.M
Balance Oct. 1, 1907 10.3*7.03
K3.101.tt
The total resources of the national
grange, including the above balance
and money invested in bonds, savings
bank deposits, etc., is 9102,921.44.
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; FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
HTJGHIESVII.LB,
CAPITAL STOCK
$50,000 DeWITT BODINE, President.
Surplus and JEREMIAH KELLY,'Vice Pres.
Net Pnfits, W C. FRONTZ, Cashier.
65.000.
T , _ DIRECTORS:
Transacts a General _ „
Banking Business. DeW .tt Boding Jacob Per, Frank A.Rceiter,
Jeremiah Keliy, m. Fronts!, WC. Front/,
Accounts oflndivid- W. T. Reedy, John C. Laird, Lyman Myers,
uals and.Firms Peter Frontz, C. W. Sones, Daniel H.Poust,
solicited. John Bull.
3 per Cent INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
.A.T TIEUE
GENERAL STORE
gd Baporte Tanner. ®
You can find a general stock of Lumbeimen s Flannel
Shirts, Drawers and Socks. Woolen and Cotten Under
wear and Hosiery.
MEN'S and BOYS' HATS, CAPS and MITTENS.
Also a Full Assortment of Boots and Shoes
of the Usual Variety.
The Grocery and
Provision Department
is second to none in the county. Also a fair stock of
HARDWARE, WILLOWARE and CASTINGS
for the farmer. Prices are consistent with quality of goods.
JAMES McFARLANE.
PAIRP,ANP)S
CAS or GASOLINE
ENGINES.
There are [many Gas and Gasoline Engines and ONE
"FAIRBANKS"
Some resemble it in construction, others in name
BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE
FAIRBANKS ENGINE.
Engines that excell in quality and moderate in cost.
Vertical from one to ten horse power. Horizon jal three
horse power up-
THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY,
701 Arch St., Philadelphia.
CHARLES L. WING, Agepi, Laporte.
i it~"i iigsa—BßMi' i i i '-iii —■ ' 1 aaa
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H It ia the most thorough skimmer, the eailest to
m operate and to clean, and the moat dorable of any
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vkH every-day use.
souus, N. Y., Nov. >7* 1697.
If -M We have used your Improved U. S .Separator
■ for nearly three years, ana have never had any
~ m B trouble with it. _ There is no question but that the
m ■ Improved " United States 'is the separator for
m everv-dav use. and you can depend on it for 365
B days
W PETER LANG WILL,
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