First national bank OF DUSHORE, PKNNA. CAVTTAI. - - *50.000 tjUH.PiiUS - - $35,000 Does a General Banking Business. S. l>. STERIQERE. M. D. IS WARTS. President. Cashier :t |>er cent interest allowed (ill uertiftiutcs. i p RANG IS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. office in Keeler's Block. LAFORTE,!* Sullivan County, PA. J # J. & F. H. INGHAMT attornbys-at-i-aw, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _APOKTK, PA C J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA OFFICB ll* COITNTY BUILDING SKA!J COURT 00C81C. H. CRQNIN, ATTOBNKY-AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. OfUCI OB MAIN STIiBBT. DTISIIORE. PA LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W, GALLAGHEB, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Coitrl ; House square. Steam hunt, bath rooms, j hot and cold water, rending and pool | room.and barbershop; also good stabling j and Jirerv, Cbippewa %ime Utilus* Lime furnished in car load iots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesville 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' nONDKNChD REPORI oi the condition of Tin; First National Hank at Dusliore. in the State of Pennsylvania at close of business Dec. ;»d, 19G7. RESOURCES. J.oan« nn<l discounts $J.019*29 11 r. s. 1 >cii' 1 s to secure circulation .Vi.ooooo I'.oitd Securities ,778.3:; Furnifioic , you 00 ( ash. and duo from banks ami Treas ury I. S 81),991 09 Total SoOo.Vjy 09 U ABILITIES, "apftal s.vu«oi»oo Hurplu* and undivided prolits -.-UH -»«• < 'irculatlon fjO.ooo "0 Dividends unpaid 00 Deposits ; > .72,L'SOS;{ Total £'>08,599 09 State of Pennsylvania County of Sullivan ss. i, M 1). Sw'aitH Mishit** of the above named bank do solemnly swear that the above .statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. M. D. S\V A KTS. < "as hi er. Subscribed and >worn to before me this sth day ~112 Dec. 1907. ALB Kit T I*. HF.KSS. Mj ;.«»mmission expire- Keby27,'o9. NotaryPublie. Correct Attest: J. 1). RI'KSER ) E. (i. SYLYAKA, Directors, i SAMUEL COL 1" M ) QOIJKT PROCLAMATION, Wiikrkas, Hon. Ciias, K Tkiir'y President .fudge. Horiorables Henry Uiehlin and R. c. R. K>kinku Assoc. Judges of|tbe < ourts of Oyer and Terminer and (ieneral .Tail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, orphan- court ami Com mon Pleas lor the County of Sullivan, have issued I heir precept, buiiring dare tin II day or Mar. Jt«o7. to uie directed, lor holding the severa courts in the Borougli of J,ai>orte.oii Monday the 21 day of Sep. 1908, at 2 o'clock p. in. Therefore.notice is hereby given to the Coroner, Justices of the Peace and Constables within the county, thattlvybe then and tin iv in tlieir prop er j»erson at 2 o'clock p. ni. of said day, >vith their rolls, records. inquisitions examinations and other remcmlierances to thofic things to whioh their ottices appertain to be done. And to those who are hound by their recognizance to prosecute against prisoners who are or -hall be ill the jail of thesaid county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to be Chen and there to prosecute against them as will be just. JCDrOX BROWN, Sheriff. Office,Laporte Pa.,. v», Jan 1908* ?OI£YVffIDK£Y€B£B V. Makes Kidneys and Bladder Highi [County Scat Local and Personal Events Tersely Told. J Henry Upman of Kingsmam. N. .J., is visiting with Laporte and Eagles Merc friends this week. Dr. W. F. Randall of JDushore, drove his new Ford auto to La* porte Wednesday. Ellery Crossly of Sayre, spent a few days of this week with his par ents at this place. Mrs. E. Y. Ingham of Eagles Mere, spent Saturday night with friends in town. Miss Mary Witherow of Taw neytown, Md., is visiting her sis ter. Mrs. T. W. Null at the Recto ry. lie v. T. "W. Null spent Sunday in Williamsport where he preached in one of the Episcopal churches. Preaching services in the Bap tist church Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. All are invited. Mrs. Ilunsicker will sing. Rev. S. IS. Bidlack of Muncy Valley was a pleasant caller tit this office while in town Friday enjoy ing the day at Lake Mokoma. 15. F. Crossly of Dnshore, spent Sunday at the County Capitol with his parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crossly. An interesting game of base ball was played by the Marry Town club and the Laporte te.vni Tues day forenoon. The score stood 11 to 11. Mrs. Rosa Taylor of Sonestown, is in the Donaldson Sanitarium at Williamsport, where die was re cently operated on for gall stones, lon being removed. She stood the operation w ell and is getting along nicely. Harry W. 15riuk of New Albany, who recently graduated from the Manslield Normal School, has been engaged as principal of the Forks ville High School, Victor Bird of Estella, a gradu ate of the Lock Haven Normal School, lias accepted the 'position ! of assistant principal of the Sones town schools for the coming term. Editor Taylor of the Sullivan Review, and wife were among the interested excursionists to the county scat Tuesday. Their visit to the News Itemotliee w as greatly appreciated and enjoyed. Mrs. A. M. Nardine of Phila delphia is visiting her husband'si parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Nardine,; at the tannery. Mr. 11. H. Arrison of Phila- ' delphia, was the guest of Prof. L, L. Ford and family Saturday and < Sundry. The Sonostown base ball team will play the Lal'orte team on the Lal'orte Athletic Association grounds at i'::!o p. in., Friday, Aug. Jl. Admission, 15c. Grand Stand, 10c. HiILLSGROVE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. W. 15. Hitter and Mr. and Mrs. Leo W rede of La Porte spent Sunday with Mrs. Sam Hitter at the home of Mrs. Rachel Little. Miss Katie Mervina and Mrs. Florence Fox, of Milton are visiting Dr. and Mrs. Mervine at this place. Mr. and Mrs. John Watts of this place are visiting the later* par ents at I'nityville. Virgii; Cassleherry of proctor and Hazel Featherhay of Eldredsville spent Saturday and Sunday with Uattie S'-hrader. Miss Anna Ives of Money is visit ing friends at this place. Mrs. Mary Mitchell of Danville is visiting her sons llarry and Oscar Snyder at this place. Dr. Mervincand Edward Sehrader drove to La Porto to attend the ball game on Tuesday. A large crowd went on the ex cursion Saturday of last week to Eagles Mere to attend the hall game between llillsgrove and Eagles Mere. The game stood 0 to 8 in favor of Eaglt-s Mere. fiim't Tobacco .Spit ami ukr i'uur Life Awt»». To q jit tobacco j-nd forove»\ be mag* actio, fulloor. r life, n- rve 'Mid o;-, take No-To iiac. the w true r woiFm*. tliat nrucfi Wi.-'iU mcr strong. ;vh iiriiygists, o, CI. t urc artu.' rc"ci BooUlcl and Mtinjilo fre«*. ivinl/os* iU: in a Remedy C) t:hica*ro "» w Varli CRACK ROAD MINE j When Best to Use the Split Log Drag. FOLLOWING EACH HEAVY RAIN^' [ Finest Work Done When the Soil Is | Moist, Net Sticky—Clay Highway Dragging Needs Special Attention. | Economy of the Device. The best results with the split lot drag have been obtained by dragging roads once each day after each heavy rain. In soiuo cases, however, one dragging every three or four weeks has been found sufficient to keep a I road in good condition. When the soil is moist but not sticky the drag does its best work, says a bul letin from the government office of public roads. As the soil in a field will bake if plowed wet, so the road will bake if the drag is used on it when it is wet. If the roadway is full of holes or badly rutted, the drag should be used once when the ground in soft and slushy. This is particularly ap plicable before a cold spell in winter, when it is possible to so prepare the surface that it will freeze smooth. Not infrequently conditions are met which may lie overcome by a slight change in the manner of hitching. Shortening the chain tends to lift the front slab and make the cutting slight, while a longer hitch causes the front to sink more deeply into the earth and act 011 the principle of a plow. If a furrow of earth is to be moved, the doubletree should be attached close to the ditch end of the drag, and the driver should stand with one foot ou the extreme forward end of the front slab. Conditions are so varied in different' localities, however, that it is quite impossible to lay down specific rules. Certain sections of a roadway will re quire more .attention than others be cause of steep glides, wet weather springs, soil conditions, exposure to sun and wind washes, etc. There is one condition, however, in which spe cial attention should lie given. Clay roads under persistent dragging fre quently become too high in the center. This may be corrected by dragging the earth toward the center of the road twice and away from it once. There is 110 question as t<> the econo my of this roadmaking implement, either in first cost or in operation. In six counties in Kansas in I!hiG the cost of maintaining ordinary earth roads, without the aid of Ihe split log drag, averaged * 12.50 a mile. These figures were furnished by Professor \V. C. I load of the University of Kansas, j who secured them from official records of the counties. Some figures furnished by I*\ P. San born and IJ. H. Aishton, general man ager of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, have revealed the wonders of this simple device. Mr. Sanborn said: "The least expense per mile per annum for split log dragging was $1.50, the greatest a little over $0 and the average expense per mile for five and a half miles a little over s:<. I have lived along (his road all my life, and never in forty years have 1 seen it freer from mud and dust, despite the fact that during the season we have | experienced the extremes of weather j conditions." j The testimony of Mr. Aishton is I equally strong. Learning that a town ! ship in lowa had been making an in j vestigalion of the split log drag and had been experimenting with it for a year 011 twenty-eight miles of high way, he sent au agent to secure infor mation. It was reported that, al though the town board had paid the cost of making the drags and of hir ing men to operate them, the total expense for one year averaged but $2.40 a mile, and the roads were re ported to have been "like a race track" | tlie greater portion of the year. Beware of Narrow Tires. Where the soil is stiff or loamy it | pays to use the split log road drag ! after it rains and before the ground dries hard. Nine-tenths of the country roads could be made into splendid thoroughfares by the proper persistent use of the road drag and wide tires. Wide tires alone will keep a loamy road in fairly good condition with just j one scraping in the spring to round up I the turnpike. Sandy roads are a much • more serious problem, but sometimes a ; surface of clay will soon mix with the I sand to form a hard track, and wide \ tires will keep it hard and smooth so j the rainwater will run off quickly to 1 the sides, but narrow tires will ruin I such a road surface quickly by cutting j ruts to hold water. It would be tllfti j cult to invent a worse implement of destruction, especially on roads that ! are inclined to be sandy. Good Road Agitators, Wi.iwn have been found to be active : workers in the matteid of agitating j. 'Nid ron I movements. They not only work lo get hard roads, but adopt measures to preserve the natural beau ty of public highways. Within the 1 list few months the, Tuesday club of St. Charles, 111., planted 350 ornamen tal trees along two miles of the Fox river road. Not long since the Kane county women, who are auto enthu siasts, raised over SI,OOO by selling spoons, and it all went to the Improve ment and preservation of natural fea tures of the finest auto drives lu Il'i j nols. The Lock Haven .State Normal is oneof the half dozen great Norma' Schools. It has graduated over two thousand teachers. It was never so prosperous as at the present time, it is the ideal secondary school in central Pennsylvania. A few rooms are yet available for the Fall m 111 which begins Sept. 7th. Ad-j dres.- the principal for a catalogue. The cider press at Sonestown will open Saturday Aug. 29tli. 11)- 08 and will run Saturdays of each week until Sept. 12th. 11)08. After that date it will run Fridays and Saturdays of each week until Nov. 7th. l'J08; Customers figure 011 four gallons to the bushel. This is to give an idea how many lbs. a loa.l, Everything will be readi ness and first class condition 011 above dates. J. Converse. Notice. In Ue: Mattie A. Miller for a divorce from George E. Miller, her husband. To George K. Miller: You are hereby notified that the alias subpoena in the above stated case having been returned that you could not be found in this county you are required to appear on Monday, the 21st day of September, 1908, at the Court ot Common Pleas to be held at l.a porte, for the County ot Sullivan, ai 2 o'clock p. 111 . and make* answer to the complaint made by your wife in the above stated case or be liable to have a decree of 'Hvorce granted in your absence. .lUDSON BROWN. Sherifl. Sheriffs office, I,aPcrte,Pa.. Aflg. 7, 190S. Notice. In Re; Application of Oca Snyder for a divorce from Charles Snyder, her hus band. To Charles Snyder: Von are hereby notified that an alias subpoena in the above .stated case having been returned that you could not be found in this county you are hereby required to appear tin Monday, the 21st day ot September. I'.IUS. at the Court of Common I'leas to he held at l.aporte, lor the County of Sullivan, at 2 o'clock p. 111., and make answer to the complaint make by your wife in the above slated case or be liable to have a decree of divorce granted in vour absence. .11" I >S< )\ 15lit I\VN. Sheriff. Sheriffs office, Laporte,Pa., Aug. 7. I'.'OS. Trial List, September, Term 1008., Return day, Sept. 21,1908, at 2 o'clock,p. 111 7 A. J. Bradley, Administrator and Escheator of the estate of Celia Mary Kelley, plaintiff, vs J. H. Comber, indi vidua Ily and as Attorney-in-Fact for Mrs. Nora Quinn and Elizabeth Kelley, and S. li. Kilenberger and John 11. Yeager, .lames Mansell and' Mrs. Nora and Mies Elizabeth Kelley. defendants. No. 34 May Term, 1908. Framed Issue. Dunham. | Maxwell 2. Catherine Hahr, Administratrix ol Charles Hahr, deceased, vs Julius l'ahr. No. 24, December Term, 1905. Replevin. Cronin. Mullen. | Scouten -3 Walter J. Ehrman and Gustavo Stern. Co-Partners, trading as Ehrman A Stern vs Ellen A. Carroll. Executrix ol the last will and testament ot John \V. Carroll, deceased. Trespass. I'lea.—Not Guilty. Hill. | .Scon ten. 4. Mattie N. Schoonover vs, Delia Brown. No. 2.'!. September Term, 1907. Trespass. Plea, —Not Guilty. Scouten. | Bradley. 5 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the useotMina J. I'hillips, wife ol A. G. Phillip- \> .1 "rank W, Buck, Sherifl of the County ol Sullivan, and the United States Fidelity ami Guaranty Company o! Baltimore, Maryland, Surety. No- 43, September Term, 1907. Summons in debt founded on official bond Pleas.—-Non Assumpsit, Performance, with leave to give special matter etc. Not Guilty. I'erlormance. with leave to give special matter in evidence. T. J. I ngham. | Bradley. ('). George Golder vs Eagles Mere Light Company No. 19, February Term, 1908. Trespass, Plea, — Not Guilty. Scouten. Bradley. | Meylert. ALBERT F. JLEI.SS, Broth. I'roth. office, Laporte Pa., Aug t>, 19U8. Administrator's Notice. 111 the estate ot Anna 11. late Hillsgrove town.-hip, Sullivan County, Pa., deceased. Letters of Administration in the above estate having been granted to the under signed, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment; and those having claims against said estate are requested to present the same, without delay for payment. C. W.SADLER, Adminii-trator. F. W- Meylert, Atty. Auditor's Notice. Notice is hereby given that the under signed auditor, appointed l>y 1 he < )rphaii'» < 'ourt ol Sullivan County, to make dis tribution of the fund now in Court, being the balance undistributed as shown by the financial account of James Thomson, sole surviving executor of the last will and testament ol Josiah Jackson, deceas ed. which account has been continued absolutely, to and among those legally entitled to the same, will attend to the duties of his appointment at the Court House, in l.aporte, Pa., on Tuesday, August 25, 1908, at ten o'clock, a. in., at which time and place all persons entitled to share in said funds shall present their claims or be thereafter debarred from coming in on said hind. F. W. MEYLERT, Auditor. July 24, 1908. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, CAPITA!. STOCK $50,000 Surplus and Xct Profits, 65.000. Transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts ofludivid uals and Firms solicited. DeWITT BQDINE, President. JEREMIAH KELLY, Vice Pres. W C. FRONTZ, Cashier. DIRECTORS: De"\Y itt Bodine, Jacob Per, Frank A.Roeder, Jeremiah Kelly, Win. Front/., W. C. Front/, \\ .T. Reedy, Jolin (J. Laird, Lyman Myers, Peter Front/, C. W. Sones, Daniel li.Poust, John Bull, 3 per Cent INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS -A-T THIS GENERAL STORE GO laporte 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, WILLOW ARE and CASTINGS (or the farmer. Prices are consistent with quality of goods. JAMES McFARLANE. PAII\P>AN^S GAS or GASOLINE K N G I N E S. There are many Gas and Gasoline Engines and ONE "FAIRBANKS" * Some reserr.! it in construction, others in name BUT THERE ONLY ONE FAIRBANKS ENGINE. Engines that excell in quality and moderate in cost. Vertical from one to ten horse power. Horizontal three , norse power up- THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY, 701 At ch St., Philadelphia. CHARLES L. WING, Ageni, Laporte. ft ~=^ iff You Aye Going to Get Whisky, Get Good Whisky lid Penn Whisky good, and is distilled from care fully selected grain 75c a Quart $2.75 a Gallon If you want the finest whisky made we recsmmend Imperial Cabinet Whisky $1.25 a Quart $4.75 a Gallon Champagnes, Sherries, Ports, Catawba, Moselles, " J 4 Rhine Wines, Brandies, Gins, Cordials fMNM Massr* c,C* ■/ 1310 V.''.""'J?'" II V are the oldest ivtnc and liquor house in J hi/a dclphia, -we refer to the thousands of Physicians who send here for pure liquors. Goods Shipped to All Parts of the United States Thomas Massey & Co. Philadelphia jj * 11 is a sure resource WANTED^ IFmrm or BumtnaßM for sale. Not particular about location. Wish to hear from twin only who will sell direct to buyer. Olve price, description and itate when poateaalon can be had. Addreaa. L.BAMT»ffl»E.*Baa »W» taAwl*. W.T.
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