Republican News Item.
VOL. XIII. NO 36
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v 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
\ time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or (
/ S6OO for a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 in a *
\life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24-r
J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a ?
V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C
J creased self-respect cannot be measured in money, x
\ Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when <
s the International Correspondence Schools, ot Scran- V
\ ton Pa. can give you an education that will make /
V high salaried man ot you ? No matter what line ol \
S work you care to lollow, this great educational ln-£
\ stitution can prepare you in your spare time and
r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r
\local Representative will show you how you can V
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? C. IF 1 . ZBIR/ZEUSTI-T A IST, 5
0.1. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA.
COLE
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No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OB WOOD
HEATERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHT'S.
House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every
Description, Guns and Ammunition,
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
i. 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.
Samuel
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
January Clearance C3ale;
of Ladies'3aits and Coats !
Profits have been entirely clipped oil in this January Salt.'—cosi in no way
figur»s in the selling prices.
Ladies' stylish Coat Suits, in plain and Mack colors, good assortment to choose
Iron). Suits that were formerly
sls to $25 are now reduced to 95
S2B to $32 are now reduced to sl4. 4 .»5
#32.50 to S3B. are now reduced to #19.75
$38.50 to $42.50 are now- reduced to $22.50
Made of plain and fancy cloth are being closed out at just one-half the regular
|>rice. $lO to $35 values, now marked at
$5 to $17.50
Two other lots of Ladies' Long Cloth Coafs have been marked
$3.00 and $5 00
Which are less than half the price.
Children and Misses Winter Coats
One lot children's cloth and Hear Skin Misses' plain and fancy cloth Coals. S
Coats, 2to 6 years sizes, navy, cardinal to 14 year sizes, $5.00 to SIO.OO values
green, gray, brown and white, were #3.00 tor
to #4.00, IK)W -» EN
$1 SO 9J.OV
H'l.i'v/ O tie j ot 0 f Misses chinchilla cloth
One lot of clii'dren's plain and fancy Coats in navy, red, gray and brown, were
cloth Coats, #4.25 to $5.00 values, lor #12.50 to 14.00, now
$2.95 7.00
Change of Prices on Furs.
Furs will take a drop in prices to be in keeping with the Coat Sile. Here
will be the chance of the season to select Furs that you will be proud to own.
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LAPCRTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 1909.
Liquor License Notices.
Notice hereby given that the follow
ing applications lor liijuor license have
been tiled in my office and the fame will
be presented to the Court ot Quarter Ses
sions of the Peace of Sullivan County on
MONDAY, the Btli day of FEBRI' AlO
I<)09. at 2 o'clock p. in.
CHERRY TWP.
Cherry Mills".
John E. Gross, tavern license,
Dushore.
Leonard llilbert, wholesale license.
Mildred.
Ella Murphy, restaurant license.
Frank F, Schaad, distillers license,
John C. Schaad, tavern license,
James J. Connor, tavern license,
Joseph A.Helsman, tavern license,
John Daley, tavern license, Mildred,
John Nestor, tavern license.
Michael F, Donovan, wholesale license.
Murray.
William Haley, tavern license.
Satterfield.
Patrick McOee, restaurant license.
COL LEY TWP.
C. F. llutisinger, tavern license, G'olley
DUSHORE BOROUGH.
Thomas J. Rrogan. wholesale license.
John I). Lane, tavern license,
Elizabeth Carmody, restaurant license,
Margaret Connor, restaurant license.
Robert McGee, restaurant license,
Philip E.Grace, tavern license.
P. J. Finan, tavern license,
B. F. Saxer. restaurant license.
DAVIDSON TWP:
Sonestown.
Daniel ll.'Lorali, tavern license,
Harry Basley, tavern license.
Muncy Valley.
William L. Parmeter and !
Brady llouscknecht I tavern license
Dennis Palmatier, tavern license,
•J. William Moran, restaurant license.
Emmons.
Michael J. Devanney. tavern licence.
Lopez:
•lames P. McGee, restaurant license,
! Steve lialabuk. tavern license,
iieorge tHsziewski, tavern license.
Joseph 11 rnlienak. restaurant license,
Al>e Goodman, wholesale license,
Anthony House, tavern license.
Theodore Shimansky, restaurant license.
Maxim Mtisiala, bottlers' license.
EAGLES MERE BOIfOPGII.
Win. 11. Vanl'Uskirk, tavern license,
HILLSGRoVE TWP.
Jacob Caseman,tavern license, Hillsgrove.
LA l'i >KTK B< >R< >1 "(ill.
Theresa Gallagher, tavern license,
•lolin Hitmen, Jr., tavern license.
L.H'ORTE TWP.
Geo. M. Eie-ter, tavern license,Nordmont
SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP.
Smith Bondman, restaurant license.
Norman E. Stackhouse, tavern license.
ALBERT F. IIE ESS. Clerk.
Clerk's otYice.La porte, Pa., Jan. lf>, 1909.
Notice to Owners of Dogs.
COMMONWEALTH «»F PENNSYL
VANIA. STATE LIVE STOCK SAN
-ITARY BOARD. .
Regulation relating to dogs in Cherry
Township, Sullivan County.
The attention of all owners of dogs in
the above described district is called to
the following order of quarantine ot doge
adopted by tiie State Livestock Sanitary
Board, January 2tj, 1900. Dog owners
are warned that disregard ot this notice
may lead to the destruction ot their dogs
and that they themselves may be pro
ceeded against legally.
LEONARD PEARSON,
State Veterinarian.
Harrishurg, Pa., January 20, 1909.
WHKKHAS, There is reason to believe
that the disease known as rabies or
hydrophobia exists in Cherry Township,
Sullivan County, and the nature of this
disease is such that lor the present all
dogs, within certain limits, must be sus
pected of being capabel of spreading it.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, by
authority ol the State Livestock Sanitary
Board ui der the provisions of the Act ol
March 27, 1903, thai all dogs in the
above described district are hereby declar
ed to be in a state of quarantine, and j
must be strictly contined or tirinly secured j
on the premises ot tinir owners, and not j
allowed to run at large or enter public
highways excepting when led or when
muzzled with a well fitting muzzle that
will effectually prevent biting.
'fois quarantine shall remain in lorce
lor one hundred days from the date here
of or until removed by the State Livestock
Sanitary Hoard.
Attention is called to the following sec
tions'ol the above mentioned Act:
Section •'{. Should dogs be permitted to
mnnt large, or to escape Ironi restraint
or confinement, or togo without muzzle,
in violation of the quarantine, or regula
tion, established by the State Livestock
j Sanitary Hoard to restrict the spread of
I rabies or hydrophobia, as provided by
! this Act, such dogs may be secured and
1 eon lined, or they may be shot or otherwise
j destroyed, and the owner or owners there
! of shall have no claim against the person
\ so doing .
Section I. Any person violating the
provisions ofthis act or of a <|nam■> tine,
or of a regulation or order 10 restrain,
con tine or muzzle dogs, duly established
l»y the State Livi stock Sanitary Board
torthe purpose ol restricting the spread ol'
rabies, or hydrophobia, in the manner
provided in the oilier sections oftliis act,
shall be deemed guilty ol'a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall forfeit and pay
a fine of not less than ten dollars nor
than one hundred lollars, at the discis
sion ot the court.
BANNER SALVE
tfr* most healing salvt th« world.
I Opportunities Por Men of Small Capital.
j One of the most interesting phase?
of the remarkable transformation
which is being wrought by irri
gation in many of the desert valleys
of the West, Is the prominent
position which newcomers from the
East are taking in the clevelopement
work. The instances were men
from the East with no previous ex
perience and training in farming
have achieved signal success on ir-,
rigated farms are numerous. They
call attention to the opportunities in
the desert for men of small capital,
but with plenty industry and brains,
To get away from the crowded
centers of population into the broad
free country.
In much of the preeent develope
ment of new agricultural areas in
the West the sturdy sons of Penn
sylvania are taking no small part.
Nothing less was expected of the ex
perienced farmer of the Keystone
State who ventured out into the
West, But the same achievements
apparently are being shown by
other citizens from the cities.
From iron moulder to dairyman is
rather a startling change of occupa
tion. Ten years experience iu the
Baldwin Locomotive works would
hardly seem to be the sort of train
ing to insure success in dairy farm
ing. Nevertheless 11. C. Watson,
! who for a decade labored faithfully
as iron moulder in the Baldwin
shops, has demonstrated that his
previou^ioccupation did not unfit
him for another profession. In
1907 Mr. Watson took stock as it
were and decided that while iron
molding brought him good wages,
the annual difference between in
come and outgo promised him little
for his old age. He sent Mrs. Wat
son to the West on a tour of investi
gation, with the result that in 1907
he gave up his job in Philadelphia
ami moved his belongings to a farm,
in West Idaho near the town of Cald
well He bought eighty acres of
bind, all iu sage brush, but with
rights to water from one of the large
canals. Although he had never
worked at the carpenter trade Mr.
Watsou in one week built a house
of two rooms and attic, assisted
only by bin son 17 years old.
In 1908, after clearing, cultivating
and planting he cropped 60 acres,
ten acres in red clover, eight seeded
to alfalfa, five to potatoes, and the
balance to oats. He had a good gar
den and some chk kens. Mr. Wat
son brought one cow with him, ami
in February that year, purchased
two more at $75 each. In April he
bought another for slls and later
added another to his herd. He was
finally established in the dairy busi
ness and soo:i began to supply the
home market with butter at 85 cents
per pound. From April to Decem
ber he produced and sold 1,340
pounds, which returned him the
the sum of $412,45. deducting the
cost of feed $105., the net return
was #BO7 45, or $Ol per head for nine
months. All the feed for the herd
and for five horses and three colts
was raised on the farm, besides near
i ly all the food consumed by the fam
[ ily. The land has more than doub
j led in value so that his net returns
for the year are considerably in ex
! cess of what he usually made work
ing at his trade. He is free from
worry, no landlords trouble him, and
shut-downs, strikes or panics do not
disturb his rest at night. He has
one great ambition, and the fulfill
ment is within sight—to own a
dairy herd of 100 registered cow?.
The great work of bringing water
to the thirsty land npon which the
government is now spending $50.00(1,
000, has its justification in the suc
cess of the industrious home builders
who are taking up the new farms,
and who are paying back to the
Treasury every dollar thus invested
by the Nation. What wonder that
the daily mail bag of the Statistican
Reclamation Service at Washington
contains hundreds of inquiries daily
from homeseekers all over the land.
Strayed or stolen:—White dog
with one black ear, other white
with few tan spots., has long hair
! with black spot near tail, has col'ar
and lock. $5.00 for return.
I a. K. Brown, liicketts, Pa.
The annual report of captain J. F.
Robison, commander of troop B.
State Constabulary. Stationed at
Wyoming, for the year ending Dec.
31, 1908, has been sent to headquar
ters at Harrisburg. It is a very ex
haustive document' dealing with the
minutest details of the work of the
troop during the past year. Some
interesting facts contained in the re
port are as follows:
The condition as to law and order
in this district have improved over
previous years. Riot calls have been
few. In most cases two or three
men were able to .quell the dis
turbances.
Sub-stations ware maintained at
West Hazelton and peckville. Dur
ing the first ten months of the year
and on November 4th. nine addition
al sub-stations are established at
Benton, Mayfltld and Montrose, Old
forge, Picture Rocks, Tobyhannu,
Towanda, Trout Run and Tunk
bannock.
The health of the troop was excel
lent, there having been but few
serious cases of illness.
Troop and individual schools were
held during the year, giving instruct
ions to the men in the "Duties of
Policemen" Game and fish laws,
Criminal laws, Drill, Regulations,
care of horses and General Duties.
All older men have reached a point
of proficienty and the newer men
especially the recruits are progress
ing rapidly in the work,
There were 54 horses on duty Dec.
31.
The troopers made a total of 1,302
arrests, of which 833 were convicted,
263 discharges, and 200 await trial.
Of those arrested 297 were American,
14 Austrian, 32 Germans, 21 Hun
garian, 77 Irish, 108 Italians, 75
Slavish, 48 Polish.
Costs were collected amounting to
$600.60 including 16.68 fiom Brad
ford county.
The milage travel by the trooper,
tluriug 1908 was 113,535 as compar
ed with 130,383 in the previous year.
The closing paragraph of Captain
Uobison's report reads as follows:
"The efficiency of the troopers has
long since been above question and
this fact, in conjunction with the
moral tone assumed by the troops, as
a whole, has materially advanced
the high opinion held by the public
of the state poliee.
"The salaries of the troopers
should jbe raised as railway com
panies and other concerns are reach
ing out for the experienced men,
offering them advanced pay, there
by making it difficult to retain
troopers of recognized worth and
efficiency entitle them to more mon
ey than they are receiving."
A proposition has been presented
to the legislature providing for the
elimination of the associate judge as
a part of the machinery of justice in
such counties as still retain this re
lic of the dark ages. Associate
judges are now serving in district
composed of two or more counties,
and if the hill before the legislature
shall pass every county in the state
j would presumably become a separate
judicial district, or some judges
would be required to travel from
onecouuty to another when duty
called them to transact such business
as is now left to the tender mercies
of associate judge. The cost to the
state of maintaining associate judges
is a great deal more than these orna
ments of the bench earn.
It has uot been unfrequently found
that associate judges have wrought
more evil than good by combining
to overthrow the decisions of the
president judges in such matters as
the granting of liquor licenses and
the like. And then in these times
when litigation is of such an intricab
nature as to require not only legal
knowledge as well as wisdom in the
disposition of cases the associate
judge Is a mere nonentity, the po
sition not requiring that the occu
pant shall be learned in the law or
much of anything else. It would be
a step forward If the state were to
get rid of its associate judges.—Wil
liamsport News.
To the voters of Laporte township.
1 request all voters not to vote for
me for I will not serve as supervisor
if elected.
E. C. Burk.
75C PL R YEAP
Miss Edith Maben Buried Sunday.
Miss Marion Edith Maben was
buried by the beautiful and inipn
ive service of the Church of Engl,u; I
from St. John's church on Janu try
31, the Hector, the Ilev. Thuriow V".
Null officiating. The subject of ihe
address was ISAIAH LI, 11.
"Therefore the redeemed of (he
Lord shall return, and come with
singing unto Zion."
On account of her great interest in
and devotion to the choir of win-ii
she was a faithlul member from me
time it became organized and vest; • i,
and as an unique mark of bono.-,
she was laid to her vestment,
for in these she served the church
and God.
The many floral tributes, one very
beautiful cross ot white lilies, ros <,
and hyacinths by Mrs. Ualleg! r
and Mrs. Fry; a beautiful pink OIC.J
of lilies and sweet peas by the
choir; a handsome broken circle
of pink and white by the high
school and Miss Jessie Wrede; a
pillow of while carnations and li
lies hearing the name Edith in pur
ple, the gift of many friends through
the efforts of Miss Dolly, Crossley;
White carnations and ferns by (he
primary school; pink carnations and
ferns by her teacher Prof. Carl ().
Bird; white carnations and ferns by
Miss Nora Heess of York, show Die
love and respect of her many friends.
It is always a loss when the good
are called to Paradise. But why do
we call that a loss which leads one
from all uncertainty and sorrow, to
be a full sharer in the glorified t>lis
of the redeemed; or from the Initi
ations of earth to the grand capacitit s
and possibilities of the better world;
why weep for those vested in whit >
whose voices ring in the symphon
ies of Heaven.
"In that great cloister's stillno-s
and seclusion,
By guardian angels lead,
Safe from temptation, safe from
sin's pollution,
She lives whom we call dead.
A fair maiden, in her father's
mansion,
Clothed with celestial grace,
And beautiful with all the soul's
expansion
Shall we behold her face."
Muncy Valley, Pa. Feb. Ist. lit:)' 1 .
Death of Mrs. James O. Jord. u
near Souestown, Pa.—One week >
last Thursday at Souestown in ti n
M. E, church was held the funeral
of Nora Jordan the wife of our fal
low citizen James C. Jordan. To ihe
community her death brought pro
found sorrow. Mrs. Jordan wast
young woman of thirty two je; s
of age. She left a family of six.
chidren, mostly quite small, and x
step children partly grown up. !!• r
husband a hard working man; khrl
ami industrious, is left in sorrow ai I
with a home that will greatly mi-s
a mother's noble life and devot. I
service. For a long time Mrs. J -
don was afflicted with heart trou' i ,
tho able to tlo much of the home
work, but two months ago she v s
taken with severe pain and drops ,
and after much snffering was reli> , -
ed of the troubles of this life MOIK! :
Morning Jan. 18th. Her fune: d
was largely attended by her many
relatives and friends. She was vim
second daughter of John and J :io
Myers formerly of Lairdsville, but
now of Hughesville, Pa. The h -
band and the family have the sym
pathy of the whole community 111
.their sorrow.
S. B. Bid lack
Claiming that he is crippled fur
life bir having his leg broken a year
ago, while being initiated ai a meinr
her of fraternal order of Eagles at
Butler, Thomas Lewis has instituted
a suit against tlie lodge for js.'yMlO
damages. Lewis alleges that lis
limb was broken by tlfe rough baud
ling he received at the hands of the
degree team.
At the Huntingdon Reformatory
each new inmate is required to spend
at least one month in the "awkward
squad'' and become thoroughly ac
quainted with and able to execute
the movements in the Manual of
Arms and the Buts llitle drill, for
military drill occupies an important
place in the work of the reforma
tory.