r'RST NATIONAL BANK
* OF DUSHORE, I'ENNA.
CAPITAL - - $50,000
eujßPiitra - - tss.ooo
Does a General Banking Business.
S. D. STKRIGERE, M. D. SWARTS.
President. Cashier
" per cent Interest allowed on certificates.
FRANCIS W. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-Law.
..Hice in Keeler's Block.
LAPOUTF,"SuIIivan County, PA.
J~± & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTOnUETS-AT-LAW,
Legal business atteuded to
in this and adjaining oounties
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£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LAPORTK, PA
OFFICE 111 COUNTY BUILDINfI
TIKAR COURT HOUBB.
J H. CRONIN,
ATTORN -LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
OFFICB OH MAIN BTRSBT.
DUSHORE, PA
LAPORTE HOTEL.
F. W, OALLAOHBE, Prop.
Newly erected, Opposite Court
House square. Steam beat, bath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,and barbershop; also good stabling'
and livery,
iXbtppewa
%ime ftflns.
Lime furnished in car
load lots, delivered at
Right Prices.
Your orders solicited.
Kilns near Hughesvilla
Tenn'a.
M. E. Reeder,
MUNCY, PA.
For a well Kept
Up-to-date
Stock of
General
Merchandise
Far pries that are
Right
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goto
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CONDENOEIJ REPORT ol the condition of Tin*
First National liunk at Dushore. in tile Stale
of Pennsylvania at close of business Dee. 3d,
1907,
RESOI'RCES. I
I.oans and discounts $2,0192911 |
I'. S. Bonds to secure circulation f>O.CMX) 00
lioud Securities 165 775.:i:; '
Furnlmie UUO uO
Cash, and due from banks and Treas
ury U. S 89,991 09
Total 8508,599 0!)
LIABILITIES,
' 'apitai S".(i,ooooo
.Surplus and undivided profits S(i,SlB sfi
Circulation 50,000 00
Dividends unpaid 00
Deposits 372,28053
Total $508,599 09
State of Pennsylvania County of Sullivan ss. 1
I, M. D. Swarts cashier of the above named
bank do solemnly swear that tjie above statement <
is true to the best of mv knowledge and lielief.
M. I). SWAftTS. Cashier.
Subscii bed and sworn to before me this sth
day of Dec. 1907. ALBERT I". HE ESS,
My commission expires Feby 27, 'OO. NoturyPublic.
Correct Attest:
J. D. REESER ) l
E. <i. SYLVARA, Directors.
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My offlce clo»e to U. 8. Patent Office. FREE prellmin- $ ! '
ary examinations made Atty'i fee cot due unli] uatent 112
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) Local Persona! Events;
I TerscJy Toi<L
Miss Edith Brtinner of Muucy is
the guest of her cousin, Miss Fan
nie Meylert.
Miss Mai>le spencer is visiting
her mother and sister at their
home on Muncy street.
Mrs. W. TI. Rogers is visiting
friends at Washington and other
places.
Clarence Cott of Lincoln], Falls
• is visiting his friend Herbert Keel
er.
Miss Mayme Epler of East Forks
is attending the Laporte High
School this winter.
Mrs. Mary E. Downs is on the
sick list,
After a pleasant summer spent
at their former home in Laporte,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Cheney on
Tuesday returned to New York
City for the winter.
Dr. E, W. Samuels, Republican
candidate for Congressman was a
guest at the Laporte Hotel Mon
day night.
Mrs.R.L. Busier and children and
| Miss Vina I'pman of Eagles Mere,
are spending a week at the I'pman |
homestead at Hiis place.
Don't forget the Forksville Fair
next week. Exhibits will be bet-
I ter than ever before.
The town of Lopez is being im-
I proved by concrete walks being
laid in front of a number of res
idences.
The Canton base ball team,
champions of Bradford county,
won 10 and lost 4 games during
J the past season.
Saturday was Rosh Hashana,
the Jewish New Year, and the
year s,<><»!> lias begun.
Messrs. I). H. Lorah and Geo-
Iviess, overseers of the poor of
Davidson township, and Charles
MeClintock were in town Monday j
for the purpose of executing official
papers for the adoption of a young
son of the late Joseph Craft, who
has been a township charge, by
Mr. MeClintock.
On Monday Jerome Laird, con
stable of Davidson township
brought to the county jail a tramp
who had been causing much an
noyance to the people of that sec
tion of the county. He is thought
to be demented.
The heavy rains on Monday
proved a. veritable God-send to the
entire country. The forest fires
which have done thousands of dol- j
lars worth of damage in this
county have been extinguished!
and the parched earth has been re
vived. Before the rain, water was
such a scarce commodity in this!
town that many families could no! !
do their usual weekly washing fori
the past several weeks.
On'aeeouut of the Forksville fair
the meeting of the Village Improve
ment Society is postponed until •
Tuesday Oct. 1 :lth when it will be |
held at the home of Mrs. T. J. j
Keeler at I o'clock I'. M.
The principals of the county's I
High Schools are requested to for- ;
ward not later than October 5, the I
names of the contestants that are ■
to take part in the athletic exer-!
cises at the Fair.
M. E. Wilcox, Secy.
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Coming! Mrs. E. Norine Law
the noted lecturer, vocalist and i
author will speak under the an-j
spices of the Sullivan Co, Wom
an's Christian Temperance I'nion ;
on the Fair grounds at Forksville. J
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock
October S.
Mrs. Law is a soloist of great
ability and accompanies herself on
a line auto-harp. Those who fail !
I I
to hear her will miss a rare treat. |
Order of Committee.
A horse belonging to a man by'
the name of webster, residing east of
Hughesville, was stolen Sunday!
night. The animal was taken
from the barn. As yet no clue has
been found as the identity of the
thief.
Tin: grange that isn't doing scue
tiling might as well be dead.
J. W. DAUR-OW.
I
CRACK ROAD MACHINE
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When Best to Use the Split
Log Drag.
| FOLLOWING EACH HEAVY RAIN
Finest Work Done When the Soil Is
Moist, Not 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 ouce each day after each heavy
1 rain. Iu some cases,, however, one
I dragging every three or four weeks
i has been found sufficient to keep a
: road in good condition.
When the soil is tuoist but not sticky
I the drag does its best work, says a bul
letin from the government otlice of
pulflic roads. As the soil in a lield will
j 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 is soft
| and slushy. This is particularly ap
j 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 chjiin tends to lift the
j front slab and make the cutting slight,
while a longer hitch causes the front
to sink more deeply into the earth and
act on 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
on 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 lie
cause of steep grades, wet weather
springs, soil conditions, exposure to
sun and wind washes, etc. There is
one condition, however, In which spe
cial attention should be 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 no question as to the econo
my of this roadinaking implement,
either in lirst cost or iu operation. In
six counties in Kansas in I'JOO the cost
of maintaining ordinary earth roads,
without the aid of the split log drag,
averaged a mile. These figures
were furnished by Professor W. C.
lioad of the University of Kansas,
who secured them from official records
of the counties.
Some figures furnished by F. P. San
born and R. 11. 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 apd the
average expense per mile for live and
a half miles a little over $3. I have
lived along this 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
conditions."
The testimony of Mr. Aishton is
equally strong. Learning that a town
ship in lowa had been making an in
vestigation of the split log drag and
had been experimenting with it for a
year on twenty-eight miles of high
way, he sent an 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
$11.40 a mile, and the roads were re
ported to have been "like a race track"
the 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 iu fairly good condition with just
one scraping in the spring to round up
the turnpike. Sandy roads are a much
more serious problem, but sometimes a
surface of clay will soon mix with the
sand to form a hard track, and wide
tires will keep it hard and smooth so
the rainwater will run off quickly to
I lie sides, but narrow tires will ruin
such a road surface quickly l»y cutting
ruts to hold water. It would lie diffi
cult to invent a worse implement of
destruction, especially on roads that
are inclined to be sandy.
Good Road Agitators.
Women have been found to be active
workers in the matter of agitating
pood road movements. They not only
work to get hard roads, but adopt ,
measures to preserve the natural beau-
fy of public highways. Within the j
lait few mouths the Tuesday club of i
St. Charles, 111., planted 350 ornamen- i
tal trees along two miles of the Fox s
river road. Not long since the Kane 1
county women, who are auto enthu- (
siasts, raised over SI,OOO by selling '
spoons, audit all went to the improve- j
ment and preservation of natural fea
tures of the finest auto drives in lIU- '
nols. '
Political Wither for,
Bryan winds tor September, Demo
cratic Squally for October, a Taft
cyclone followed by Republican sun
-1 shine for November.
In last weeks issue an error was
made in stating that candidate for
County Treasurer, Mr. Win. Cum
t ble had resided at llillsgrove for the
past five years. This should have
read twenty-five years. ; Jle has been
. a large tax-payer all these years and
has always had his shoulder to the
wheels of progress in Hillsgrove. lie
i will make a good, faithful, eompe
' tent officer. Give him your support.
The County Commissioners are
the men who handle the business of
r thecounty, who expend the money
, of the tax-payers, and whose good
■ judgement depends on the public
i welfare. For that reason the people
i are directly concerned, and in vot
ing they should exercise the wisest
discretion. The Republicans of this
; county have nominated F. W.
I Peal and William H. Rogers, men
l in whom public confidence can be
: placed. Their selection would mean a
! careful business administration. That
1 fact is assured.
Wood for sale by the cord,
4 feet, also 12, 14 rind 16 in
ches
LaPorte Tannery Store.
Notice of Transfer.
Notice is hereby given that a petition
('or the transfer of a Hotel or Tavern
License heretofore granted to Irvin <i.
\\ esver ol Mildred, Cherry Twp., Sulli
van County, I 'a., to .lohn Nestor, lias
tliis day been filed in my otlice and the
*ame will be presented to the Oourt ol
Quarter Sessions of Sullivan County on
fhursday, October I. 190S, at II o'clock
fl. m. AUiKRT K. IIEESS, Clerk.
Clerk's otlice, l.aporte Pa., Sept.L'l, 190M.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that letters ol I
administration upon the estate of Klli*
Swank, late of Davidson Township, Sulli
van County. I 'a., have been granted to
the undersigned. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make pay
ment, and those having claims or de
mands against the same will make them
known without delay to
EMMA SWANK, Admrx. of
Ellis Swank, l>ec'd*
Sonestown. Pa.. Sept. 4, 1908.
Administrator's Notice.
1 n the estate of Anna 11. Sadler, late
Hillsgrove township, 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, Administrator.
F. W- Mey.lert, Atty.
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Money saving advantages
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thorough examination of the
New Line of Merchandise
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Vernon Hull's
Large Store.
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Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the
ditfestants and digests all kinds ol
fond. It gives instant relief and nevct
fails to cure. It allows you to eat all
the food you want. The most sensitive
stomachs can take it. Ry its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have beer,
cared after everything el°c failed. Is
unequalled for the stomach. Child
ren with weak stomachs thrive on it.
First dose relieves. A diet unnecessary.
Cures alf stomach troubles
Prepared only by E. C. DkWittA Co., Chicago
Tbu SI. botUe coutaina 2H times the 30c. aIM
rig\oi n/uiuimL o/iniv,
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i CAPITAL STOCK
$50,000 DeWITT BODINE, President.
i Surplus aud JEREMIAH KELLY,'Vice Pres.
Xet Profits, W. C. FRONTZ, Cashier.
65.000.
Transacts a General | DIRECTORS:
! Banking Business ? eW,tfe Bodine ' Jacob Per > Frank A. Reader,
U . „ Jeremiah Kelly, Wm. Frontz, W. C. Frontz,
Accounts oflndivid- w. T. Reedy, John C. Laird, Lyman Myers,
uals and Firms Peter Frontz, C. AV. Sones, Daniel njoust,
solicited. John Bull.
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GENERAL STORE
go Baporfe Tanner. ®
You can find a general stock of Lumbeimens Flannel
Shirts, Drawers and Socks. Woolen and Cotten Under
wear and Hosiery.
MEN'S an,d 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.
Reduction Sale of
SHOE 3
Great bargains
Groceries and Provisions.
We have the best goods at the lowest prices. If you
want a good sack of flour, tr) the Laural Brand of winter
wheat and you will use no other. Special prices on
ntiaes.nOur motto is: "Best Goods at Lowest Prices "
.. S. HERKINGTON,
dushore, pa.
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Get Good IVhisky
Old Penn Whisky
Is good, and is distilled from care
k fully selected grain
_ 75c a Quart $2.75 a Gallon
If you want the finest whisky made we recommend
Imperial Cabinet Whisky
mxm sl*2s a Quart $4.75 a Gallon
Champagnes, Sherries, Ports, Catawba, Moselles,
Unmm nmmt fcC* Rhine Wines, Brandies, Gins, Cordials.
W' are the oldest wine and liquor house in Phila
delphia, we refer to the thousands of Physicians
who send here for pure
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