Republican News Item.
VOL. XIII. NO 29
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C Which Do You Prefer # ?
\ The average man earns about SI,IOO a year. He/*
/ works 40 years and earns a total of $44,00 in a life V
\ time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or 112
/ S6OO for a year of }oo days. He earns $24,000 in a I
S life time. The difference between $44,000 ands24- q
J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a ?
X practical education in dollars and cents The in- C
v creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. S
C Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when j
112 the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V
\ ton, Pa., can give you an education that will make/'
V high salaried man ot you ? No matter what line of \
J work you care to follow, this great educational
x stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at %
r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r
\ local Representative will show you how you can
/^tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today, 112
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COLE
' • HARDWARE.
No PlacellfKe this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OK/ WOOD.
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every
Description, Guns and Ammunition
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap.
We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Concerning Fall 3aits
There is a great demand and sale this season tor medium priced Tailored Suits.
Wc are making a specialty of tliis class of Suits and can show more styles than
you to see. While we show a pood line of the medium price Suits
we have some handsome gowns in the liner and more expensive gui les.
THE NEW FURS KID GLOVES
Are here. Our showing is the best course you will want, new Kid
in years—every piece was carefully sel- ('loves togo with the new suit. We are
ected Irom only the best of skins. New showing an excellent line ot Kid (iloves
boas and fancy neck pieces with inutfs to ' n !i splendid range of colors. \V e have
match in all kinds of furs that will be th e «'loves to match your new gown,
stylish this season. Tlie J" ar " rtt the right price.
Wool Dress Goods
Wave you given them their share of attention? Is the Winter dres* still tin
bought ? 1 »tir assortment of plain and fancy mixed fabrics is now at. the best. < M
course you expect to find the prices right, so will say nothing about them.
CHILDREN'S COATS WASH FLANNELS
We have just received a new lot of Not the old-fashioned heavv weights,
Children's Winter Coats. They come in i, ut medium fine woven fabrics in new
the plain red. tan etc. Some are neat designs and fancv colorings for house
and plain, ot tiers are trimmed. wear and waists for 40e. a yard.
Good Warm Blankets
Either white or colored, or fancy "plaids, iri all qualities. You cannot go
wrong iu buying your Winter supply here if you want the best qualities \our
money will buy.
Shopbell Drygood Company.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1908.
SUCCESSFUL
Hunting Moose and Deer In
Maine Woods.
Dr. W.F. Randall and Lawyer J.H. Thay
cr Return From The Faslcrn Forests.
Dr. W. F. Randall and lawyer
Thayer, of Dushore, returned home
last week from a hunting trip in
the Maine woods. Accepting their
own word for it, they were the most
successful hunters who have visited
the Eastern forests this season. The
tally book carried by the doctor
shows the record of one big moose,
which the guides claim was the
finest they had ever seen; four deer,
four dozen ducks, five dozen pheas
ants, and a round dozen jack-rabbits.
The tally book score is attested to by
Lawyer Thayer, so there is no ques
tion of its accuracy. Aside. from the
large amount of game captured, the
gentlemen, it is noticed, accumulate
ed considerable energy and reserve
vitality, both looking hale and ro
bust.
Their journey by rail was to
Prieeton, Maine. Here they were
joined by two guides and continued
their travel by stage eleven miles, as
far as it was possible to drive, when
they started on fool to cover a dis
tance of ten miles when camp was
made and the fun began. The first
day in the woods a deer was the ob
ject of the doctor's aim and was suc
cessfully captured.
THE NEW CONGRESS.
The Republican majority in the |
House of Representative for the six- j
ty-ttrsl Congress will be IT as j
against ">7 at present. With a good j
working majority in the House i
and a Senate whose Republican |
members will out number tho Demo- j
cratic two to one that harmony be
tween the legislative and executive j
branches which is indispensable to |
active ami constructive political j
life guaranteed. At the same
time the strength of the controlling
party in Congress is such as to quick
en the initiative and make robust
the peculiar capacities of that great
department of the government.
There have been times when a par- j
ty having but a small majority in the I
two Houses has done and effici- I
ent work, indeed, in some eases, with !
one branch Republican and the other :
Democrat, something more than J
routine legislation has been enacted !
The Bland-Allison bill was not only {
passed by a Democratic House and !
a Republican Senate, but was pass- j
ed by heavy 111 '.j >rities over the veto j
of a Republican President. But |
these are the exceptions to the rule, j
anil when either house is nearly hal- j
a need politically it often loses much
of its strength.
Congress in the last 20 years has
grown stronger, not at the expense j
of the executive and the legislative, I
hut by the steady increase of federal j
functions brought about by the |
growth of the country ami the ac
cruing demands of our complex
social and political structure. And
this strength, we may believe will
impress itself during the next ad
ministration—not by contrariety but
by the wholesome co-operation of!
positive counsels. The House will
lose nothing of that power which,
when in tlu; hands of a forceful
speaker, and then only, enables it,
when necessary, to make headway
against the Senate. And into the
Senate will bo ejected a new element
liberalism which will tend to en
hance its Democratic efficiency.
Great is the work which the new
Congress will have to do, and most
responsible. No more important
duty could confront a Congress than
that with which this one will be
charged at the very outset— the re
vision of the tariff. And that this
work and all that is to follow will be
well done, we may legitimately
hope. The efficiency and the sense
of a great public obligation that are
born of conscious and unchallenged
strength, should insure it.
North Dakoto has doubled the
residence period required for a di
vorce, so that now instead of se
curing a divorce between trains
you have to stay all night.
LAPORTE--A
Woundedfßear Fights Hvntcr.
The first actual fight with a hoar
to occur in this section during the
present hunting season was ex
perienced on Thursday near Ilills.
grove by a Montousville man,
Charles Slaugenwhite, who after
wounding bruin had a lively time
with the infuriated brute.
A dog that was with Slaugenwhite
ran the bear into a hole and the
hunter did not at first know where
the bear had gone. As he passed
the place where the bear was con
cealed, however,bruin struck at him.
The hunter lost no time in firing at
the big creature, striking it on the
head but not indicting a vital wound.
At this juncture the bear started to
pursue the hunter, who ran until he
could turn and get a good shot at
the animal. The secoud shot ended
the bears life.
CATTLE PLAGUE
Now AHecting Two Big Stales. Fears
Thai Disease May Travel Westward.
Washington, Nov. 19.—Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson is greatly
alarmed over the spread of the foot
and month disease among the cattle
of Pennsylvania and New York.
Late this after noon he issued an
order extending the quarnatine to
cover the whole area of these two
States.
Secretary Wilson is fearful that
the disease will spread to the West
and infest the great herds West and
South. It has gone as far as Butthlo
N. Y., and the rigid restrictions im
posed to-day are with the hope of
preventing it traveling any further.
The Secretary would not adopt these
drastic measures if he did not be
lieve a serious disaster menaced the
the whole cattle industry.
Seventy-five of the most skilled
veterinarians in the service of the
Department have been rushed into
New York and Pennsylvania for
immediate and thorough invest
igation of the origon and extent of
the disease.
The only point in New York
affected as far as the officials know
is the stock yards at East Buffalo,
which were ordered closed pending
a general cleaning up and thequaran*
tine against the State was deem
ed imperative for the protection
of adjacent States.
The outbreak of the disease in
Pennsylvania seems of a grave na
ture. The officials hero believe the
infection was brought into this
country in recent months with for
eign merchandise.
The disease first appeared in the
I'nited States in the winter of 1002
and UHW, when it affected portions
lof Masachusetts, Vermont, New
| Hampshire and Rhode Island, but
| by prompt action on the part of the
(lepartinent and State authorities
i ibt- infection was stamped out.
Washington, Nov. "JO—Alarming
results following the outbreak of
a eontageous foot and mouth disease
in New York and Pennsylvania,
causing those states to be quarantin
ed against interstate shipments of
cattle and etc., were shown today in
advices which reached Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson stating that five
children in Danville, Pa., had con
tracted the disease.
.V rigid investigation is in pro
gress in Danville and elsewhere to
j determine whether others have be-
I come similary affected. The officials
i believe that the spread of the con
, tagion \rill be checked, although ad
i milting that the situation is grave
and w ill require energetic and con
certed action by the state and federal
authorities.
At Muncy a dog of more than
ordinary value died last week, and
the owner. Nathaniel D. Green, who
made every effort to save the valu
able animal considers his loss a
heavy one. The dog was of the
bull species and was valued at if:!, 000.
It was give to Mr. Green by Mrs.
Vanderbuit, now Mrs. Edwin P.
Young '<>f Pittsburg, just prior to
her departure for Kurope. The dog
i was born in the kennels of Windsor
j castle during the reign of quean
i Victoria.
TOWN WITH A FUTURE.
LAPORTE TANNERY
COMING TO THE FRONT.
Real Estate Valves are Advancing
Rapidly at County Seat.
GOOD NEWS SPREADING.
Extensive Plans will Be Executed
By Lake Mokoma Company.
BANK COMPANY ORGANIZING.
A New Era o! Progress Has Taken Firm Hold Upon the
County Capitol. Vigorous Life Manifested on Every Hand.
Marvelous Strides Made During Past Year.
Impetuous activity is much in evi-i
dene around the Laporte tannery
these days anil the large and busy
force of mechanics during the past
few weeks have treated many notic
ablt liriprovments throughout the
entire establishment, In order to
facilitate this work that has evident
ly been extensively planned, a large
shop is being erected near the main
building and when completed will be
fully equipped with new tools for
both carpenters and machinists as
well as being supplied with an en
gine to furnish power for saws and
lathes.
The company buildings have all
been painted. The dwelling houses
are receiving a coat of red, trimmed
in white. The tannery buildings
have received a liberal coating of
white. With all these extensive im
provements underdevelopment there
is no small amount of speculation in
outside circles as to its true signifi
cance. A feeling ( 112 assurance prevail
that the permanent establishing of a
tanning business at this point is fully
settled. While is has not been learn
ed from any official source, yet it can
be stated with a reasonable margin
of certainty that the tannery is to be
greatly enlarged and the output in
creased to equal that of the largest
tannery owned by the Union Tan
ning Company.
All the-best machines from the
dismantled tannery at Muncy \"al
ley has been shipped here and added
to the equipment. Large shipments
of bark continues to arrive daily
from various points and the stacks
throughout the extensive bark yard
are growing long and numerous as
the result.
Two expert draftsmen are at pres
ent engaged in drawing plans of the
plant. Complete measurements of
all the various buildings, their loca
tion and the arrangment of machin
ery within are carefully incorporated
in the draft they are making. The
surrounding grounds are being sur
veyed to a considerable distance and
grade stakes set. In fact, all the
usual preliminary work requisite to
the establishing of a plant of
vast proportions has already been
executed and remarkable develop
ment about the tannery will soon be
seen to follow.
While the tannery management is
making things hum in general tin
Lake Mokoma Company are loosing
none of the early energy displayed
when they first secured control of
the lake. Development continued
briskly until within the past few
days when climatic conditions cheek
ed progress and will necessitate a
holdup until spring. Their large ice
house is uearing completion and will,
when the crop is ready for harvest
ing, be filled with the pure crystal
cakes of rarest quality, matured by
a temperature of 10 below zero.
The sale of lots continues and as
a result the diversity of interest is
daily widening and drawing new in
vestors into the field. Many new
cottages will be erected next spring
anil a large hotel is promised.
The Commercial Hotel will be
enlarged to double its preseut size.
75C 'PL R YEAR
Landlord Gallagher is contemplating
improvement of the Li.porte Hotel
before the next summer season
opens,
Ileal estate values at the county
seat have doubled within the past
nine months and the trend is marked
with demands growing stronger.
More dwelling houses is the crying
need at Laporte. Some of the houses
are occupied by two families and the
plea tor more houses is constantly
heard. Nowhere can a better place
be found for the profitable invest
ment of capital in real estate and
dwellings than right herein Laporte.
The Lake Mokoma Company have
completed plans for the building of a
reservoir upon the elevation above
the ('old Spring where pure water
can be piped to any part of town.
.. A syndicate of gehtlemon who am
favorably impressed with the finan
cial project of establishing a bank at
Laporte have about completed their
plans and the breaking grounds for a
bank building at the county seat is
an occurence of no distant date.
Serious Gas Explosion.
Henry Middendorf, who formerly
resided at Laporte, was seriously in
jured by an explosion of acetylene
tfas in the cellar of his brother's ho
tel at wyalusing l'a. Thursday after
noon of last week. A leaky gas
jet was responsible for the terrible
explosion that did considerable dam
age to the hotel. Mr. Middendorf
went into the cellar to place a keg of
beer in the cellar, and lighting a
match at till? time of opening the
door of the concrete cooler the ex
plosion instantly occured.
Mr. Middendorf was hurled across
the cellar, and although he was
terribly injured, ho did not loose
consciousness and was able to call
for help. He was removed to a
room in the hotel, and Dr. Boswoil
hastily summoned.
Examination showed that Mr A-
Middendorf had been burned in a.
terrible manner about the face, head
•ind arms. Nearly all the hair was
burned from his head, eyes and lips
badly blistered, and the arms were
>oth badly burned, the sleeves be
ing burned from his coat and shirts.
Some idea of the force, of the ex
plosion is to be had in the fact that
me of the 120-inch walls of the cool
er was blown out, and the interior of
ihe cellar badly wrecked. Many
•ans of fruit and other Stores in the
•ellar were ruined by the explosion.
In the upper part of the hotel two
loors were racked from their hinges,
he tables iu,the dining room wee
raised from tfie floor about IS inches,
•omingdowrj with a crash. A man
■ittiug in fhujhot* I office was trans
fered to a place half way across the
"oom leaving his chair. Per
sons iff rttlier parts of the hotel
were howled.about like ten pins.
The njrcu of the explosion was
112 It all ovtrffyhc borough, windows
shaker} as if an earthquake was at
work, j ,
The advance in freight rates may
t»osi11 evidence of returning prosper
ity, but naturally shippers do not
relish the prospect.