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By The Sullivan Publishing Co
At ilia County Boat, ol dullivftn County. !
LAPOBTE. I J A.
\V O. M *k!)X. I'rcsideu.
TOO . J. Sec'y & Tieas.
Sintered at the Post Office at 1 a porte, a«
second-class mail matter.
"The experiment wns nil entire suc
cess. T1 e street was clenn, people
liked it, visitors commented mi it, mer
chants sa 1 the luck of dust in tlielr
.•tores wa • most noticeable, anil we (lid
it with 110 more cost to the city than
the old di -ty way—namely. $5 a dr.y.
"Then the street comir.i ioner un
dertook t. keep tbe street as clean as
we did, but without the Waring sys
tem. It cost him sß.o!> a day.
The league tcsde to the city's coin*
mittee on street.-) and bridges an ex
haustive ieport allowing th? need of
really clean streets throughout the
pa ved di;. riet and demonstrating the
(-•uneriorlt of the Waring system and
its relative cheapness. We succeeded
tii getting,tbe Waring system Inaugu
rated on three tniles of pavement."
VALUE OF WIDE: TIRES.
Cos of the First Essentials to Good
Highways.
The King drag is no doubt a good
thing, but how about the wide tired
cva_'m? Observe the dirt road after a
thorough soaking Tbe farmer cannot
work in hi 3 fields, and, having some
wheat, corn, oats or hogs to haul to
market, the time to haul is while
the fields are unfit to be worked, sav
ing ; ime by doing *;».
lie loail his product into his one
and a half inch tired wagon, 3.000
],or. als or more, and probably hitches
four horses to his load, and along the
w!u io distance be cuts a rut from
thr to t'.i inches deep. Several of
his neighbors do likewise, and soon
ilie road is worked down to the con
sistency of mortar a foot deep, says J.
I\ Anders u of Agenda, Kan., in the
I" ir ■ rs Advocate. observer" will
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IU'I'C.CT o:-- HAr.rtow AND WIDE TIRES.
bear me out when 1 say that if these
tires had been four inches or more
tl.-.« road would have been benefited
ivih'.-r than damaged. A wide tire un
der a load makes an observer think
Of K roller.
I t nk this wide tire proportion is
o:ie of thi» first essentials to go l id
ro.'il:- and should be eneau: • :;?d by
legislation and a liuiit law lor the
ami.r.at of ioad for every inch of tire
v.vjih If wagon tires were r iulred
to i r three inches or more for 2,000
pountl load-' and one additional inch
for cr.ch added 1,000 or major fraction
i here ve. .> much less work would lie
roiiui -d to maintain our roads.
oort: rpltO' LAMATIUNT -
W'IEREAE. HON. CHAS. 1" 'I K.fcir\ P "Slflent
' hit* iloiif!-: hli llcnrv Ullhlin ninl I'.. C'. K.
i:-kii,;.i A»:,o . Juilg. -1 fjtlu't oui-fo uf Over and
i nil.:ter ii'i.l General J»il Jlelivery, Quarter
Besslons of tlir i', nc '. !)• pliaus'Cr'iit an I Ccr.i-
T...111 I ' '!!< lor : ■ ( uuii! <lf Sullivitn. hav : issued
their]- eceit, 1. Liring time thr day of Dee,
r to me directed, tor holding the se\era
eue.rts e the I! ii'<m;;h o; Laporte. oil Monday the
8 day of Pel 1909) (it 2 o'clock p. in.
II ... iui'e.l, ( e isi her. iiv given to the Coroner,
i -in of tli" i are HI. ! Constables within the
t unt; that ii > tie then and there In their prop
el |x"i .11 ill i ; ~'k p. m. ot .-.lid d'iv, w ich tfceir
..... leeo'tr- inqu]:-. 1 on.- examinations i, id
i her . .nemlii ,i"ees to thou thin to which
t •4r I i'.icrti up erunn 10 he done. A:■ '1 in those
.. .10 .ire t» ■ . by ihrirrecoglii. anei- to p/osecnte
. . :iin>l prisom - veho a ot *hn ihe . t j: :' of
ti t'stii! oount} of Sulii 'an, are hereby aotiSedto
lie tin tand i : eie to prosecute agaiiift them as
will be just.
J OLSON' BROWN". Shenu.
Short;f«Ofllee,Laporte Pa... 9, Jan l'We
Notice
Tiie Coniioit-flioiu rn will hold an appeal
nt their office in the Court House. Feb
ruary 9, 1909, lor the purpose of hearing
sneli is leel tliemselvc.- Hjigileved by the
»F«,'-.smerit or military enrollment, and
m i! ing such alterations as seem to them
|f-' ■ ' ni'o 'r, when and whefe all may
attend who so desire.
Titos, K. Kennedy, Clerk.
Administrators' Notice.
Notice is hereby eiven that Letters of
Ail >uitiistrntion npoti tin* estate of Fran
ci* W. iialia .'her, late ot I.nporte lloro.,
Si van Cuitnlv Penna.. deceased, have
been i to the undersigued. Ay
persons ir. ifbted to said estate are re
ijii -ted to make payment, aid those
! i' .in.; claims or demanda against the
iinc will make them known without de
lav to
aIRS. TIIERFSA *iAI.I.ACiIIKII.
i.i|iorto, Penna. Adtnini-tratrix.
ianuary 4, 1909.
r. Ac: iBTER'a i« T o 1 ic a.
! Xotic.' t. Leriliy (jiven that the follov:
tog acc >n1111» oi il\ei;utoi's, Adniiiiist
j ti rs etc. have been filed in my office.
' First jid final uccount of Miies E. \
| I'uras, Administrator ot the estate of]
j James V. Burns, late of Cherry Town-1
ship, deceased.
Also the following appraisinents of prop
erty set of! by Administrators to the
widows and children of the following i
decedents:
In the Estate of Philip <T. Tubaeb, late
of Col!e;> Twp. Inventory and
inent of personal property set apart.
In the estate, of Frances W. Gallagher,
l.ite of Lunorte Borough, ilecd. Inven
tory and appraisinent of real and ptrsotial
piopert) net upatt.
And the same will be presented to the
Orphans' Court of Sullivan County, to be
1 i-ld at f.apor'p, l'a., on the Bth day of
February 1909, at H o'clock p. rn. for
ontirmation and allowance, and they
s .all then be confirmed nisi; and unless
exceptions are filed within ten days there
after cot firmation absolute will be enter
e i thereon.
ALBERT F. IIEESS, Register.
Register's office,Laporte, Pa..Jan. 11,1908
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the Stockholders of the Eagles
Mere Company will be held at the prin
cipal office ot the Company in Eagles
Mere Park. Sullivan County, P»., on the
loth day <•( February A.1)., 1909 nt eleven
o'clock A. M.to take action on the ap-
I ival or disapproval of the proposed in
crease of the indebtedness of said Com-
I nv from sixty-live thousand dollars to
two liundte l thousand dollars,
K DCi Al< R. KI ESS, Secret ■; ry,
K ties M._ re Pari;, l'a., I lei;. S, 190S.
C iurt Calendar for Sullivan
County,
Notice : hereby given that the Terms
of Court in StillivanJ County have been
amended M :id changed to read as follows:
There S)IH!! be four terms ot Court in
ercii year s tollowa:
Febrttan Term for one week, commenc
ing on the -econd Monday ot February.
May Te: n for one week comtnettcing
on the tlurd Monday of Ma\.
September Term, for one week, cotn
m. nciiij? on the tiiird Mondav of c Se) t.
December Term, tor one
mencing 6n the second Monday of Dec
en.ber. ' "riminal cases shall take the
pri cedence of the civil list at each term.
The tii.ie for hearing liquor license ap
iilications in Sullivan County is hereby
changed from the third Monday of' Fe
bruary to the second Monday of February
in each year.
BY THE COURT.
Charles E. Terry, P.J.
At'est: Albert F. ileess, Clerk.
Trial List, February Term 1009..
Return day. Feb., 8 1909, at 2 o'clock,p.m
]. George Gol Jer vu Eagles Mere
Light Company.
No. 19, February Term, 1908.
Trespass. Plea—Not guilty.
Scouton. llradlcy. j Meylert.
2. M I'rink ve U. J. Sell sad
No. oJ, February Term, 190S.
Defendant's Appeal.
Plea,—Ni -Assumpsit, payment, pay
ment with leave to give special matter
in evidence,
Sti phen ft. Smith, j Bradley.
■>. AllredG. Phillips, a tax payer of
Davidson Pwp. Scfiool District, plY.intii!
vs Warre't E. Gritman, Treaeuier of
Dt.vidso" l'wp. Seliool District: and
Fruik M; targel, D. S Phillips, W; rren
E. Gritma: . ( lust Olson, G, \V. Meyers,
and Pete: Swank, School Directors of
Di.vidson Tow tit-hip School District, de
fendants.
No. 17 September, 190S.
Framed Issue.
Plea, —Non-Assumpsit.
Mniien. Ingham. j Scouton.
4, ihe First National Bank of Du
shore, now. to the use of A. W. Sones. vs
■Jotin W. Buck, L. 11. Buck and A. W.
Senes.
No. -i7. September Term. 190.5.
Sri • Facias stir Judgment.
Plea, —Payment. Payment, with leave
to .;ive special matter in evidence.
Mullen. ) Ingham.
A r BERT F. IIEESS, Proth.
Proth, offii c, Laporte,Pa., Dec. 28, l'.'OS.
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The Best place
to buy goods
Is otten asked by the pru
pent housewife.
Money saving advantages
ai 'aivv.iys being searched lor
; Lose no time in making a
thorough examination of he
N.;w Line of Merchandise
Now on
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STEP !N AND ASK
ABOUT THEM.
; answered at
Yerson Hull's
Store.
| 112 Short lalKs on \
Advertise no «.ji!
No. 19.
People generally read advertisements more than they did a few years ago.
• The reason is to bo found in the advertisements themselves.
Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make the advertise
ments more readable. Some of then eveu become, in a
way, a department of the paper, and people look for them 5
• every day with as much xest and pleasure as they turn to /%A,
any other feature.
This is true of many department stores all over /ybugij oC. /_" 112
In many cities there is just one man who appre /^ErV/
ciates the value of such interest. f iyj\l jSTTfj/t / \V /
He breaks away from the old set style. lie tells II ■ jSyoal/f
something interesting in his space every
There are lots of interesting things in I
bus : ness. Look over the miscellany page of j
any paper—loek at its local news columns. 3 1
and its telegraph news, for that matter, IjJ i
aud you'll see that the majority of the J
items are more or less closely related to '0:
some business fact. £
Dress these facts up in a becoming "irf tk. of hi,
:tarb of words, and they will find readers, Jtdattl."
eveu thjugh they be in a "mero advertisement." Let the merchant come
down off his pedestal and talk in his
iff He needn't be flippant—far from it,
let him not write as if he were ad'
gp'fljk him about something at even a greater
~~ / Pff 11 IOWA Tho newspaper goes right into its
jr reader's house—goes in and sits down
r It is on the table when he eats, and
>~s't ' n " 8 hands while he is smoking after
'■ (SssSe- ~ ■'ill f^c nlea '' It reaches him when he is in
an approachable condition.
' t :pRV.Vj i That's the time to tell him about
I Wjlpii#'' l |»Sf!wil' your business—clearly, plainly, con vine-
J3&i\S ingly—as one man talks to another.
** TV r*M rifh! int» tit rtmJm't , _ , J , L m .....
ke*M *nd lit, uu uM JUm." Ckmrin Mtu*m Rate,. Mm Ym-k.
MUNCY miXEY, PA.
Never Before Have]We Received t,
bO and 75 so many praises and heard so H V
Boys' Knee many flattering remarks as we
Pants ' iave had this Season. V-\?
Special. Were you one ot the vast thrones 'bat o||
" crowded Mir store during t! e paj-1 wet k? pgri*'j
Did "you pet your share of the rn tir!< s *,
advertised? If not you should j[,.
conn HER t NO (I) |j§|
We are making new friends fast: selling iik re
goods tii an ever before 11DP*
But we stlli want more friends, want to sell our stock taster, ye
!we are'spurred onto deeper price cutting. Peopl; wonder how _—\
we can do it. To this we can answer, tnat no other si >rs i > ihi cwkuu,-
sectionjhas the wholesale buying facilities enjoved by tin > eat ~b mlSEZm.**
lishment. We can buy lower, we can sell lower. 1"" Y>
Sweater Coats Specials Men's G rduroy i'ants rvlcn'S Shifts
Ar , r * , rnH(s From 1.19 to 2.50 Jr , t| . B x H ■ S i. irti< 39c
Men «:orrßovs' Sweater Coate .08
Mensfsweater coat., .75: CHILDRF.NS' SUl'l S J <">.* J' ork *"
Mens sweater coats 125 From <MC tO : .>0 and SSO . '
„ i r/. Inciiv Manuel overall iris 1..W
Mene sweeter coatn _ 1.00 T ,) A |ifrnc
Men? sweater coats 2.00 McrN r> 1 K L< jL i\»-
V~ieck"~6weaters 25 and 46c : From 6QC tO £4 75- Men's extra heavy] cotton
Mens cardigan?jacket» 1.25, AUrnl i , c mixed socks 08c
ribbed ir fleeced 20 and 20c All I I All t ilCc S
Men's ribbed'underwear DllCh and Corduroy B$C tO 2 AIMO big line men's lumber,ne.
all colors 39c ' rubbers— Lambertville an>M Bal
Men's fleeced lined underwear ' I<a " li - A bi * ™ vin K for >
all _ Colorß .
Pants. Also line of Shoes at suv- FUHS at great reduction
Hoys' corduroy knee pants, lined| priCCS «Sj>L6cj' tOT 2. e io 1 'lt 1!KI) HLAXKL'I S from 75c'fup
| throughout, fine ribbed quality Shoe. LadieS 1.0)S lOfl ' O ~„ . , „
| worth regular 75c Special 39cj Men's Working Shoes 1.65 " MZeS lr<>n ' " >(
Men's Suits ! C e S . Douglas Shoes at reduad Ladies' Sweaters*
I Men's Suits 4.65; Q, . . ~•• . I Ladies'.Sweaters all colors 99
j Men's Suits 0,75: Dig Line 0l IVI^SS aPiQ Ladles' Waists, blue, black, 39
| Mens Suits 9.05 10.AO: Children's Overcoats at re- . r .
(MensSuits 11.75 14.50| HllPPfl nriPPQ vjL-Q o
Mens Suits 15.50 16 251 UUI/OU pi IvCO. Ladies' Coats from 3.50 to 12.00
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|So Cotne to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy yottr wants. Remenibei
ale only lasts this month. Railroad fare from Laporte anc
iNordmont for purchase of sio'oo or over.
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